Christmas Peace Amid Global Turmoil Cited in Commentary
A broad column contrasts Christmas peace with looming conflicts in Europe and Africa. It notes England’s push for France to revise Versailles era treaties and Mussolini’s expansion, while touching on Townsend plan critics and calls to nationalize federal reserve banks. It also reports Lindberghs moving to England amid kidnapping fears and public concern over the Hauptmann case.
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Europe
Africa
London
England
France
Italy
Defense To Argue Today HAYNER CITES SLOT MACHINE GRAFT
The opening argument by special prosecutor H M Havner in the O Iowa gambling case ended Monday in district court. The state outlined graft allegations against Attorney General Edward L O Connor as defense plans to begin Tuesday. Havner argued Beck was left alone by the defense and cited Beeks statements and Duckworth’s prior actions as circumstantial proof, with the jury to be instructed after closing.
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Sioux City
Edward L. O'Connor
H M. Havner
Fred Free
T E. Diamond
Havner
Earl Peters
Beck
O'Connor
O’connor
Duckworth
Havner Can Do His Christmas Shopping
SIOUX CITY AP Special Prosecutor H M Havner secured a near Christmas payday from the board of supervisors after tax dispute hurdles. He posted a $2,500 bond with the county auditor and was allowed $1,950 for 26 days of trial work, with $550 withheld for possible costs if needed.
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Sioux City
H. M Havner
Edward L. O’connor
Board of Supervisors
Havner
First-time accusation for local man amid bootleg affidavits
The subject, a Marshalltown resident in Marshall county Iowa, faces a misdemeanor for the first time. Officials have not disclosed evidence beyond affidavits from bootleggers, while the man is described as a longtime law abiding citizen with cash on hand and due salary.
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Marshalltown
Marshall County
Iowa
The King and His Sons and the Wide World
An old parable tells of a king who walls in his realm and his two sons. They grow restless, wise men urge escape, and one dawn they force open the rusted doors to discover a vast world beyond, leaving behind a life of small vision. Copyright 1935.
Board Accepts Miss Jacobs Resignation
The Linn county board of supervisors accepted the formal resignation of Miss Cora Jacobs as Linn county director of relief effective Jan. 1. In her note she confirmed leaving at year end and thanked the board for cooperation. Jacobs joined the Linn relief office in late 1933 after eleven years in social work in Chicago Madison and New York City. Mrs. Alice Ferber will succeed as acting director.
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Cedar Rafids
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Cora Jacobs
Linn County
Miss Jacobs
Chicago
Supreme Court Adds Guffey Coal Act to New Deal Cases
The Supreme Court on Monday added the Guffey coal control act to cases awaiting early decision and began a two week holiday recess. The government plans to ask for an accelerated argument date after January 6. otherwise arguments likely to occur in March. The court anticipates returning with a batch of New Deal constitutionality rulings.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
A disjointed item lists figures on road safety in Cedar Rapids for 1935, mentioning numbers of accidents injuries and deaths. The fragment hints at traffic toll data, but specific details and context are unclear.
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Cedar Rapids
Fall pig crop shows sharp rise in 1935 Iowa
Federal statisticians report the 1935 Iowa fall pig crop up about 73 percent from 1934 with 2,747,000 pigs saved. Combined spring and fall crops for 1935 total 9,887,000 head, up 1.7 percent from 9,724,000 in 1934. Sows farrowing rose 61 percent in fall 1935 over fall 1934. The Agriculture Department notes 30.6 percent rise nationwide in the 1935 fall crop, with spring and fall totals down 5 percent from 1934.
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DES Moines
Leslie M Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Iowa
Carl
Division of
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
North Central
Corn Belt
Iowans Resuscitated After Carbon Monoxide Incident
Pearl Monical of Iowa City and Miss Genevieve Strye of Ottumwa were overcome by carbon monoxide in a car en route to a family reunion. The driver halted at a Missouri filling station where Dr Grow and a hitchhiker administered artificial respiration. Both regained consciousness and returned home three hours later.
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Kirksville, Mo
Pearl Monical
Iowa City
Genevieve Strye
Ottumwa
Strye
Bloomfield
Monica
Iowa-Missouri State Line
Queen City
Lancaster
Monical
Dr.r. Grow
Emma Willis to be Prosected for Father Murder in Oklahoma
ANADARKO Okla INS Emma Willis 18 a high school student faces prosecution for murdering her father while he slept after years of alleged abuse by the cotton picker She told reporters she would do it again if necessary and showed no remorse at his funeral while her family described years of abuse.
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Anadarko, Okla
INS
Emma
Haskell Pugh
Emma Willis
S. H. Willis
Cedar Rapids to bar extra materials from schools
Cedar Rapids schools will bar magazines like Every Week and other non-regular materials from the system. Superintendent Arthur C. Deamer issued a Saturday order directing principals to requisition all instructional materials through the central desk, removing pupil-initiated purchases and placing responsibility on the superintendent for purchases.
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Cedar Rapids News
Board of Education
Cedar Rapids
Arthur C. Deamer
Deamer
Report Iowa Liquor Seals Stolen From Distilling Plant
DES MOINES AP B E Manley Iowa liquor commission chairman announced a letter reporting theft of Iowa liquor seals from Lionel Distilled Products Chicago plant. 1804 old Decal comania seals and 456 blue engraved seals were taken along with seals from other states. He urged a full inquiry and expected a report from Gov Herring on the source of seals found circulating with bootleggers.
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DES Moines
B. E. Manley
Iowa Liquor Commission
Iowa
Lionel Distilled Products Company
Chicago
Roosevelt to terminate NRA January 1 order
President Roosevelt signed an executive order terminating the National Recovery Administration on January 1 and transferring some remaining employees to the Department of Commerce and Labor.
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Washington
Roosevelt Monday
National Recovery Administration
Commerce
Laor
Twelve victims identified in Hopewell bus crash
Police in Hopewell Virginia said they had identified twelve of the fourteen victims when a Greyhound bus plunged from a drawbridge into the Appomattox River early Sunday. Names include Mrs. Anne Duncan and Mrs. Ruby Mathews among others. one body is believed to be Alma Parham of New York City and another Miss Laura Davie. Authorities examined brakes and possible driver fatigue as factors. investigations by state police and the corporation commission continue.
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Hopewell
Appomattox
Alma Parham
119Th St
New York City
Oliver Nance
Lumberton
N. C
Miss Parham
Laura Davie
J. Jones
Commonwealth
John Goodman
State Division of Motor Vehicles
H. B. Nicholas
State Police
State Corporation Commission
Highway Department
Anne Duncan
Pittsboro
N.C
J. W. Massey
John Belch
Ruby Mathews
Richmond
L. G. Alford
Five Points
Loretta Fairfax
Superior
Wis
Lillian Fairfax
Elizabeth Fisher
McKenny
Gertrude Fisher
Martin E. Smith
Ruth Goodwin
Park Avenue
Raleigh
Kermit Goodwin
Liggett Suspect Refused Release in Minnesota Case
In Minneapolis district court on Monday prosecutors argued that mysterious influences that could handicap the Walter Liggett murder investigation justified blocking Isadore Kid Blumenfeld’s release. Fred Pile, assistant state’s attorney general, convinced the judge to keep Blumenfeld jailed until trial on January 20, dashing his Christmas hopes as he was led away in handcuffs to await court action.
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Minneapolis
Walter Liggett
Isadore Kid Pant Blumenfeld
Fred Pile
Prisoners Shoot Guard and Escape in Cab
Two prisoners Edward Guarnelli and Antonio Repucci, both Everett men, overpowered guard Walter Doucette in a Boston taxicab taking him from Dedham to the South Station and later escaped in the cab. The guard, shot in the stomach, was treated at City Hospital. police launched a citywide manhunt.
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Boston
State Prison
Dedham
Walter Doucette
Charlestown
Atlantic Avenue
Edward Guarnelli
Antonio Repucci
Everett
City Hospital
Hauptmann seeks clemency in Lindbergh murder case
Bruno Richard Hauptmann filed a petition for clemency with New Jersey's state board of pardons to escape the electric chair for the murder of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. in the week of January 13. Governor Hoffman will be notified and a meeting date will be set next.
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Trenton
N. J
INS
New Jersey
Little Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
State Board of Pardons
H. G. Hoffman
Arraignment Set in Schall Death Driver Charged
Sen Thomas D Schall of Minnesota dies after being struck on a Maryland road. Driver Lester G Humphries of Hyattsville is ordered arraigned on a manslaughter charge. Schall passes after 55 hours of medical care. Funeral plans place services in Hyattsville then Minneapolis. Burial at Lakewood Cemetery with relatives present. Congressional delegates from Minnesota to attend.
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Washington
Thomas D.schall
Schall
Minnesota
Lester G. Humphries
Hyattsville
Justice of the Peace
Herbert Moffatt
Alan Bowie
Berwyn Heights
Margaret
Gasch Undertaking Establishment
Minneapolis
Lakewood Cemetery
Charles Fox Davis
Congress
Henrick Shipstead
Rep
Harold Knutson
Farmer Survives 15 Hours Buried in Snow
JOLIET Ill AP Fred Lauterbach Plainfield township farmer was buried a trunk under snow for fifteen hours after his car skidded into a 15 foot ditch as a heavy snowfall began. Rescue parties found him Sunday and he reached a hospital with no broken hip but frostbitten hands and feet.
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Joliet
Ill
Fred Lauterbach
Plain
Field Township
Lindbergh to England Amid Kidnap Threats
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his family sailed for England in a freighter amid reports he will take temporary residence there to oversee trans Atlantic air service plans with Pan American Airways. Officials said permanent residence was unlikely but plans remain uncertain as threats against the family continue.
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Prather Coughlin
Federal Reserve
Ondin
United States
England
America
Hoffman
New Jersey
Bruno Hauptmann
London
Charles A. Lindbergh
Col
Lindbergh
Pan-American Airways
trans-Atlantic Air Service
Lindberghs
Col. Lindbergh
New York
Charles .A. Lindbergh
Bergh
Englewood
Engle
Harold G. Hoff
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Britain
British Isles
Friends
Jon Lindbergh
Charles ‘A. Lindbergh, Jr
Hauptmann
American Importer
Pan American Airways
Flemington
High Court Throws Out Bond Trial Case
The Supreme Court Monday formally dismissed the government's appeal in Milwaukee federal court challenging Halsey Stuart and Company Inc and other New York bankers over mail fraud charges tied to the sale of Wardman Realty and Construction bonds.
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Washington (Lp
Supreme Court
Ty Halsey-Stuart and Company, Inc
New York Bankers
Milwaukee
Wardman Realty and Construction Company
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