Cooper Sues Broadcasters Over Graft Campaign Role
The Iowa writer Cooper files libel suits seeking $100000 against two broadcasting companies over alleged use of their facilities during a political campaign. He aims to join The Gazette as a defendant in Polk county, linking the action to his resignation as Iowa liquor control chief amid graft allegations and sworn denials quoted in Linn county. The piece covers broader Iowa law enforcement actions and the governor’s call for a special session.
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Ate
Iowa
Cooper
The
Gazette
Polk County
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Linn County
Wiith
Des Moines
Edward L. O'Connor
Max Duckworth
Sioux City
Davenport
Fort Dodge
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Herring
Colesburg Farmer Charged In Extortion Plot
John Scherbring a 48 year old Colesburg farmer and township trustee was arrested in Cedar Rapids on extortion charges after an undercover operation led him to pick up a decoy box containing no money. He allegedly penned threats signed The Black Legion and planned to kidnap Miss Vina Lovett to obtain 3 500. He appeared before U S Commissioner Ed McPartland and was bound to the federal grand jury with a 10 000 bond.
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Cedar Rapids
U. S
Ed McPartland
John Scherbring
Linn
the Gazette
Manchester
Colesburg
Vina Lovett
Scherbring
Black Legion
Harlan J. Williamson
Miss Lovett
Bristol and Bolsinger
Colesbury
Tax Committee Sets Friday Session on Jobless Insurance Act
The Iowa Tax Committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet Friday at 4 p.m. in Des Moines to discuss proposed unemployment insurance legislation. Harold Horan chairs the committee and will review copies of similar laws enacted in other states to compare with Iowa’s plan.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Chamber of Commerce
Harold Horan
Chamber of Commerce Tax Committee
Trotzky to Stay Longer in Norway
OSLO Norway UP The exile Bolshevist Leon Trotzky will remain in Norway beyond the expiry of his sanctuary term which ends at midnight Friday immigration officials said Thursday he would stay for some time in this country.
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Oslo
Norway
Leon Trotzky
Bolshevist
When Life Fails to Matter A Psychiatric Reflection
Dr Newton discusses the widespread mood of failure across ages, noting unemployment and disillusionment. He observes that many feel useless despite having advantages, and warns that dimmed religious faith and self-absorption deepen the sense of worthlessness. The piece urges shedding self-ownership to reclaim life’s meaning.
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DR. Newton
Cedar Rapids Retail Gain Leads Iowa Survey
The final 1935 retail sales report from the Census Bureau shows Iowa stores totaling 650 million dollars, up 36 percent from 1933, with Cedar Rapids posting 23.586 million dollars in 1935, an 18 percent rise. The Cedar Rapids area employed 2,855 people with payrolls of 2.63 million.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Linn County
Business Census Bureau
Department of Commerce
Gazette
Chamber of Commerce
William L. Austin
Bureau Census
Sioux City
Cloudy Weather Keeps Cedar Rapids Temperatures Low
Cedar Rapids saw a cloudy day with sun breaks as temperatures rose from a 7 a.m. low of 27 to 29 by 10 and 32 by 2 30 p.m. A Wednesday high of 40 at 3 p.m. gave way to 30 at 7 p.m. and midnight, per Chambers Inskeep company charts.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Chang Sends Emissary to Discuss Peace
Shanghai report says Gen Chiang Kai-Shek may be released if Chang Hsueh-Liang's demands are met. Negotiations pause hostilities as might end the civil war risk. Australian veteran W L Donald and Soong plan to press for release while other officials travel to Sianfu. Peace prospects hinge on terms and ceasefire steps.
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Shanghai
Chiang Ting-Wen
Sianfu
Nanking
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Loyang
W. L. Donald
T. V. Soong
Moh Teh-Hui
Manchuria
Peiping
Soong
Donald
Japan
Motta Elected President of Switzerland in Parliament Vote
Dr. Giuseppe Motta foreign minister was elected president for a one year term starting Jan 1 by a joint session vote of 157 to 15. He succeeds Albert Meyer and has previously served as vice president and holds four prior presidential terms. Motta is 65.
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Berne
Switzerland
Giuseppe Motta
Albert Meyer
Motta
Meyer
Federal Council
Hoover Backed By Cummings On Bandit Capture
Attorney General Homer S. Cummings defended J. Edgar Hoover after a midwestern desperado was captured in New York amid gunplay. Cummings said Hoover had orders to get criminals dead or alive and praised the raid on Harry Brunette, noting no complaints from officials and rejecting charges of violations or jealousies.
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Washington
Department of Justice
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Homer S. Cummings
G-man
New York
Riverside Drive
Harry Brunette
New Jersey
Hoover
Treasury
Secret Service
Post Office
Senate
Cummings
Brunette
John Dillinger
Chicago
Hoover methods draw fire from New York police chief
New York police commissioner Lewis J. Valentine criticized J Edgar Hoover for melodramatic tactics in a letter to Fire Commissioner John J. McElligott. He disputed a Riverside Drive raid to capture bank robber and kidnapper Harry Brunette as not aligning with city police plans.
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New York
J. Edgar Hoover
Lewis J. Valentine
Valentine
Hoover
G- Men
Riverside Drive
Harry Brunette
John J. McElligott
Edith Maxwell Convicted of Second Degree Murder
In Wise Virginia a jury of 12 tradesmen and farmers found Edith Maxwell guilty of second degree murder in the death of her father Trigg Maxwell. The panel sentenced her to 20 years in prison after six hours of deliberation following closing arguments.
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Wise
Southwest Virginia
Edith Maxwell
Trigg Maxwell
Edith
Blue Ridge Mountain
Virginia Court of Appeals
Light Company Declares 1937 Preferred Dividends
Iowa Electric Light and Power company directors set January 20 1937 as payment date for preferred stockholders of record December 31. Series A 87 cents, Series B 81 cents, Series C 75 cents per share. Dividends maintain quarterly rate.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Carl B. Myers
Myers
Searchers scour Wasatch for missing Western Air Express plane
Western Air Express launches a multi‑plane air and ground search near Provo Utah for seven aboard a Los Angeles to Salt Lake City flight. Snowstorms hindered the effort as forest service and volunteers from the army and conservation corps scoured the Wasatch from the western slope toward a six mile square area.
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Los Angeles
INS
Western Air Express
Provo
Utah
Salt Lake City
Wasatch Mountains
I. I. Hess
Forest Service
George Keyser, Jr
Jimmy James
Western Air Flyer
Samson
Civilian Conservation Corps
Alvin P. Adams
James
Allan Barrie
Fred Kelly
Wasatch
Duke May Act As Santa Claus For Villagers
Edward VIII, the Duke of Windsor, is expected to appear in Enzesfeld Austria as Santa Claus at a Christmas party for village children. Baroness Rothschild sponsors the event and anticipates strong turnout while the duke awaits letters from Wallis Simpson. A mystery woman arrived to deliver a personal letter to him, but was stopped by police.
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Enzesfeld
Austria
Edward
Duke of Windsor
Eugene Rothschild
Santa Claus
Edward VIII
Jane Kent
Secret Service
Pope Pius Suffers Setback in Recovery Efforts
Vatican reports Pope Pius, recovering from partial paralysis and circulatory congestion, suffered a setback Thursday night during an exchange with a visitor. Doctors cited extreme fatigue from daytime activity and urged him to refrain from duties. Earlier reports had called his condition satisfactory.
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Vatican City
Pius
Holy Father
Britain develops new 14 inch super gun for battleships
Five cruisers slated for scrapping under the Anglo American treaty will be kept in service. Sir Samuel Hoare said there is no time to scrap serviceable vessels. Britain has developed a new 14 inch gun lighter and more efficient than current models. It will equip two 35 000 ton battleships to be started next month. The gun fires a 2010 pound shell at about three rounds in two minutes.
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London
Samuel Hoare
Admiralty
House of Commons
Great Britain
American Nations League Sidetracked At Parley
Argentina and Brazil opposed proposals for an American league of nations at a peace conference in Buenos Aires. A sub-committee suggested Dominican and Colombian outlines be acted on and proposed five jurists, led by Max Henriquez Arena, to study the plans for a report to the 1938 Pan American conference in Lima.
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Buenos Aires
Republicans Face Leadership Battle Over Hamilton Resignation
At a Republican National Committee session in Chicago, John D. M. Hamilton offered to resign after a party deficit of 901 501 was disclosed. Representative Fish denounced Hamilton as part of the old guard calling for new leadership and broad reform. Committee members pledged confidence in Hamilton amid divisions over social security and party strategy.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
John Hamilton
Hamilton Fish
New York
Alaska
John D. M. Hamilton
Fish
Hamilton
United Press
Rep
Ruth Pratt
Republican Party
William Allen White
C. B. Goodspeed
Goodspeed
Alf M. Landon
Kansan
Landon
Arthur W. Curtiss
Missouri
Cedar Rapids Stores Extend Hours to 9 P.M. This Friday
Downtown Cedar Rapids storefronts affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce will stay open until 9 p.m. each night through Christmas Eve boosting holiday shopping. Sixty Girl Reserves from the YWCA led by Mrs. E E Fisher will sing carols Friday evening in Greene's Square in front of The Nativity display.
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Cedar Rapids
Retail Merchants Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
E. E. Fisher
Greene’s Square
Young Men’s Bureau of the
Third Avenue
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Grimly A. E. Cahlan
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William Bogen
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