Farmers protest WPA spend on beauty projects and overpass
Ray Anderson reports that Johnson County farmers deride $50,000 for highway beautification and $25,000 for a Solon Ely overpass while farm to market roads lag. The piece also covers the Ed O Connor trial with Max Duckworth, debating testimony and possible impeachment after a long court process.
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Johnson County
Ray Anderson
WPA
Solon
Ely
Washington
Sumac
O Connor Gambing Conspiracy Case Near Verdict
Sioux City AP report on Attorney General Edward L. O Connor gambling conspiracy trial. Special Prosecutor H M Havner argues non appearance of O Connor justifies jury consideration as verdict looms near Christmas. Duckworth testimony and witness refusals highlighted as delays continue.
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Sioux City
Edward L. O'Connor
H. M. Havner
Havner
O'Connor
O’connor
Maley Calls Havner Statement Unfair in Iowa Case
In Sioux City opening his closing argument Special Prosecutor Havner noted that neither Attorney General Edward L. O Connor nor First Assistant Attorney General Wal ter Maley testified for the defense. Maley replied that Havner had not served him a subpoena to testify, calling the remark manifestly unfair.
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O'Connor
Havner
O’connor
Iowa
Walter Maley
Tom Conroy
Joe Gagen
Des Moines
Duckworth
INS
H. M. Havner
Maley
Edward L. O'Connor
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935 Details Accidents and Injuries
A Cedar Rapids toll report for 1935 records 407 accidents resulting in 469 injuries and 1 death. The data highlights the toll on motorists during the year.
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Cedar Rapids
War on Artichoke Racketeers Declared by LaGuardia
New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia proclaims war on artichoke racketeers banning sale of small artichokes at public markets. Police set patrols at Bronx and other markets as he reads the proclamation from a market truck. The artichoke trade, valued at about $1,000,000 annually, has been controlled by Ciro Terranova and associates with high profits.
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New York
Fiorello LaGuardia
Bronx Terminal
Bronx
LaGuardia
Pelham Manor
William F. Morgan
Crippled Parade Demands Jobs at WPA Office
Fifteen crippled members of the League of the Physically Handicapped picketed WPA headquarters in New York, a death watch protest over unemployment. It was 20 degrees at 6 am with a high wind as the march began Friday afternoon, banners accusing the agency of breaking promises waved in the cold.
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New York
League of the Physically Handicapped
WPA
Exports Gain in November Despite Usual Downturn
U S commerce data show November exports rose over October and last November with a 100.445 million favorable trade balance. Key gains stemmed from un manufactured cotton autos and petroleum products. Italy received 9.054 million in exports with 3.831 million in unmanufactured cotton and metals machinery and vehicles totaling 2.027 and 1.341 million respectively.
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Washington
United States
Italy
Commerce Department
Department
Milne Kidnap Victim Returns Home Under Guards
Caleb Jones Milne IV aged four years, kidnapped earlier, was brought back to his mother’s home in Woodstock New York with heavy guard. Two cars carried Milne, his mother, a younger brother, and several Department of Justice agents to the residence before noon. G men refused to answer questions and admitted no visitors.
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Woodstock
N. Y
INS
Caleb Jones Milne
Department of Justice
Doylestown tale centers on milky kidnap case and ransom note
Authorities pursue a kidnapped four year old heir Caleb Milne in a New York search after a ransom note demanding twenty thousand dollars was mailed from Poughkeepsie. Frederic Milne, the victim's brother, hints Caleb knew an attractive girl in upstate New York and visited her near Woodstock.
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Doylestown
INS
Caleb Jones Milne
Philadelphia
New York
Cannet
Milne
Poughkeepsie
Frederic Milne
Frederic
Woodstock
Motorist Injured In Collision With Transport Truck
Bernard J. Schwarzkoff age 23 of Wall Lake was injured when his coupe, registered to Ronald Meyer of Carnarvon, collided with an empty Boslonga Automobile Transport Co. truck from Detroit on highway 30 west of Cedar Rapids. The truck driver Leonard Danzis and passenger Kenneth LeRoy Weaver rushed Schwarzkoff to St. Luke's Hospital. Police investigated with Deputy Payn and Trooper Rhoades on scene.
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Bernard J. Schwarzkoff
Wall Lake
Boslonga Automobile Transport Co
Detroit
Mich
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
Schwarzkoff
Leonard Danzis
James H. Smith
Danzis
Kenneth LeRoy Weaver
South Bend
Ind
Ronald Meyer
Carnarvon
Dick Payn
K. W. Rhoades
Hollywood Stand-In Wedding Links Stars Across Cast
Hollywood prepares for a stand-in wedding district with Gary Cooper and Mae West stand-ins marrying Saturday. Best man Sir Guy Standing's stand-in and matron of honor Mrs. Don Hall join the ceremony alongside Lowell Henderson and Helen Holbrook as couple.
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Hollywood
Gary Cooper
Mae West
Sir Guy Standing
George Raft
Standing
Lowell
Cracker) Henderson
Helen Holbrook
James Fuller
Don Hall
Cann Indicted For Murder In Liggett Death
Isador Blumenfeld known as Kid Cann was indicted for murder in the death of Walter Liggett, a weekly newspaper publisher. The arraignment is set for 2 p.m. Monday, with defense counsel McMeekin planning to plead not guilty. The grand jury cited testimony from Edith Liggett and Wesley Anderson, witnesses to the slaying, though the driver remains unidentified in the second indictment as John Doe.
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Minneapolis
Isador
Kid Cann” Blumenfeld
Walter Liggett
Thomas W. McMeekin
Canny
Edith Liggett
Wesley Andersoh
John Doe
Joe Louis denies death rumors again in Chicago
In a Detroit free period, Joe Louis publicly denied reports of his death after rumors spread following an automobile accident. A large police presence guarded access to Louis as he reportedly ate breakfast and confirmed he is alive.
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Joe Louis
Chicago
Joe
Car Crash Injures Three on Fifth Avenue and Sixth Street SW
At 3 30 p m Friday a car driven by Mrs J L Kelly 1936 Grande Ave SE collided with a truck driven by Carl Paintin 33 of Oxford The truck swerved striking a light pole breaking it Mrs Kelly her mother Mrs J D Barker and her 10 year old son Billie were treated at a home then Barker was moved to Mercy Hospital with severe bruises and possible leg fracture The boy and Mrs Kelly had bruises and were later improved Paintin was uninjured Mrs Yaints 67 of 419 Second St SW was injured near Second Street in E Avenue NW at 7 15 p m riding with her daughter Mrs C D Pratt 35 of 609 Second St NW both women bruised and the other driver fled the scene claiming he would call police Pratt said the other driver was speeding.
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Fifth Avenue
Sixth Street
J. L. Kelly
Grande Avenue SE
Carl Paintin
Oxford
Paintin
Second Street
E Avenue NW
Indict 14 in Police Probe at St Paul
Fourteen people including seven police officers and several alleged gamblers were indicted by a Ramsey County grand jury on charges of malfeasance and abetting malfeasance. The panel heard ten weeks of testimony with numerous phonograph recordings of tapped telephone conversations.
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ST. Paul
INS
Ramsey County
Schall's Condition Slightly Improved After Accident
Washington doctors reported Senator Thomas D. Schall of Minnesota in slightly improved condition after being struck by an automobile. He remained mostly unconscious but occasional awakenings occurred and his overall status remained very critical yet somewhat better.
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Washington
Thomas D. Schall
Minn
Senator Schall
Former mate offers aid in Todd mystery grand jury
Hollywood shaken as Pasquale Di Cicco, ex husband of Thelma Todd, telegrams grand jury foreman Rochester offering cooperation. Margaret Lindsay summoned. witnesses include Roland West, Sid Grauman, and others as investigators probe Todd death and possible murder linked clues such as bloodstains on her phaeton.
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Todd
Mystery
Hollywood
Pasquale di Cicco
Thelma Todd
Los Angeles County Grand Jury
George Rochester
Grand Jury
di Cicco
New York
Delmonico Hotel
Margaret Lindsay
Dubuque, Ta
Trbcadere
Alisesey
A.S . Bablock
Comedienne
Tom Cavett
Miss Todd
Robbery at Elmont Cemetery Yields $1300
Police report three bandits robbed a cemetery office safe in Elmont New York. They took $1300 then drove through the cemetery's winding drives and escaped.
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Elmont
N. Y
Want Ads Offer Christmas Cash on Sunday Gazette
Hundreds of last minute shoppers will read the Want Ads in the Sunday Gazette for gift ideas and to buy puppies canaries toys clothing bicycles furniture radios and musical instruments. Call 2-1121 before 8 p.m. tonight to place your ad.
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BIG Sunday Gazette
Unemployment Benefit Tax Set to Begin January First
Washington reports the unemployment tax under the social security act becomes effective January 1 with a one percent levy on gross payrolls. Employers must keep payroll records starting January 1 1936 to 1938 and may deduct state unemployment taxes up to ninety percent. Collections begin in 1937 and funds go to a federal unemployment trust.
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Washington
Treasury
Sen
Bennett C. Clark
Mercury Climbs From Subzero in Cedar Rapids
The temperature rose from subzero levels in Cedar Rapids as the mercury reached 17 above at 1 15 p m after a low of three below at 5 00 a m. Friday’s high was two above at 3 p m with further drops to one and one below by midnight.
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Cedar, Rapids
Tax Collector Seizes Prize Money for Arrears
MARSEILLES UP The Academy of France awarded a 20 000 franc prize to M and Mme Mareghal for population augmentation. Saturday a tax collector seized the prize money for arrears.
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Marseilles
Academy of France
Mme
Mareghal
Revolt Plot Foiled in Mexico City and Vera Cruz
The interior department said a rebel movement planned to start in Orizaba but was thwarted by raids that seized arms and arrested six people at Luis Morones’ house. Morones and former President Calles denied plans for revolt. Vera Cruz laborists split from Morones group as anti Calles demonstrations loom with over 50,000 expected.
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Mexico City
Orizaba
Vera Cruz
Laborista Party
Department of Interior
Luis Morones
Plutarco Elias Calles
Morones
Callies
Los Angeles
Calif
Interior Department
Calles
Mexican Laborista Party
Regional
Confederation of Mexican Workers
Ethiopians Engage Italians Near Aksum in New Battle
Reports say Ethiopian forces under Dedjasmatch Ayedu press an advance guard about 50 miles west of Aksum. The encounter, now 36 hours old, parts from last week, with 590 Italian dead and wounded reported so far. The loss of Aksum remains a central grievance for Ethiopians.
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Addis ‘Ababa
INS
Aksum
Dedjasmatch
Ayedu
Italians Attack in the South Front After Ethiopian Resistance
The report describes Italian plans for a general advance in the Dollo region as heavy air raids strike Ethiopian camps. Widespread fires and columns of smoke appear over enemy lines while Italian headquarters claim many Ethiopians killed and livestock destroyed.
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Dolo
Aladdaje
Britain Ready for Mediterranean War as Italy Tensions Rise
London reports Britain has launched a preparedness race with Italy in the eastern Mediterranean. It says Britain has received satisfactory replies from Mediterranean powers and is ready to mobilize if Mussolini acts. Britain plans to send a brigade and a tank battalion to Egypt within two weeks and continues naval activity at Alexandria. France pledges support if attack occurs.
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London
INS
Great Britain
Italy
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Britain
Egypt
Alexandria
Rome
Il-Duce
Libya
France
Mussolini Signals Mediter readiness for any eventuality
Mussolini and the fascist grand council pledged Italy’s flexible determination to push the Ethiopian campaign forward and prepare for all possible Mediterranean actions. Four thousand troops sail to Ethiopia aboard the Lombardia while the Trento division stands ready to head to Libya near the Egyptian frontier.
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Rome
INS
Britain
Italy
Mussolini
Grand Council
Mediterranean
Ethiopia
Lombardia
Libya
France
Paris
Grand Coun
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Hunt Girl Friend
Cedar Rapids News
Schall
Alex Hounie
Trocadero
Hounie
John M. Hanson
Hanson
ROB Cemetery
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