Slot machines in storage spark renewed Iowa-Missouri probe
A Hannibal Missouri report recalls a prior sale of gambling slot machines kept in storage after being shipped from an Iowa operator. The machines were not sold and may be returning to activity in Iowa, prompting a renewed look at the slot racket and enforcement efforts. The Gazette urges action to end the graft and corruption tied to the pastime.
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Iowa
Hannibal
Missouri
Gazette
State Department of Justice
Nation faces early fights over neutrality and bonus in 1936 session
Roosevelt outlines agenda for the second session of the 74th Congress opening soon. A compromise bonus bill is sought with no general tax measure planned. Nye and Clark vow reintroducing a bill to bar commodities to war zones in American ships while Borah advocates freedom of the seas. The two billion dollar bonus is likely, but details and signing remain disputed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol
Harrison
D. Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Yike
Nye
Senate
Special Munitions Committee
Clark
D. Mo
Borah
Idaho
Foreign Relations Committee
Supreme Court
AAA
Former Dubuque County Attorney Allan Kane Dies
Allan J Kane longtime Dubuque County attorney and former state representative died suddenly in his law office. He had been a prominent figure in Democratic politics in Iowa. Survived by his widow and nine children. he was brother of Dubuque mayor Mark Kane.
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Dubuque, Ia
Allan J Kane
Dubuque County
Kane
Mark Kane
Dubuque
Two Army Privates Die in Cave-In at Fort Sill
Two army privates were killed in a gravel pit cave-in at Fort Sill Oklahoma on Thursday. Identified as Risley Rogers 25 of Anadarko Oklahoma and Fred Risinger 23 of Dallas Texas.
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Fort Sill
Okla
Risley Rogers
Anadarko
Fred Risinger
Dallas
Tex
Enthusiastic girl hawks football tickets for milk fund
In Dodge City Kansas an eager girl tries to sell a farmer tickets to a New Year’s Day football game claiming the proceeds go to a milk fund. The farmer replies with a playful quip that he will give her a cow.
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Dodge City
Foe and Friends Honor Late Senator Schall in Minnesosta
In Minneapolis and St Paul mourners gather as the funeral honors fall to Thomas D Schall a U S senator who died in an auto crash near Washington. Governor Olson leads state officials while friends and foes call him a crusader who fought hard for social and economic issues. A police dog Barry pays tribute by placing a wreath atop the senator's casket in the capitol rotunda.
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Minneapolis
Thomas D. Schall
United States Congress
Schall
Lakewood Cemetery
Charles Fox Davis
Methodist Episcopal Church
Senator Schall
Paul
ST. Paul
Capitol
Barry. von la Selle
Minnesota
Washington
Lux
Barry
Plan to Buy Farm Surplus Haltted
Washington AP O. M. McCarl halts federal surplus commodity corporation plans to buy surplus farm products for relief. He says 30 percent of gross customs receipts set aside for AAA cannot fund such purchases and relief legislation offers another route. Officials note funding is unavailable until new revenue is found and diversion schemes may continue for other uses.
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Washington
J. R. McCarl
Federal Surplus Commodity Corporation
McCarl
AAA
Wallace
McCar
Farm Administration
Surplus Commodity Corporation
Prowers
Receipts Lag Far Behind Government Spending in 1936 Year
The treasury nearing mid fiscal year reports a deficit of 1.785 billion dollars as expenditures exceed receipts by 1.95 to 1. The gross federal debt rises to 30.543 billion, with general expenditures at 2.052 billion and relief outlays at 1.599 billion for the period.
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Washington
Treasury
Quintuplets Reported Born in Nicaragua
The Managua press reports the birth of quintuplets to Senor and Senora Timoteo Laines in Sebano Grande Matagalpa. The five children include three boys and two girls all in good health. Authorities fear high infant mortality in remote Matagalpa where communications are limited.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Senor
Senora Timoteo Laines
Sebano Grande
Matagalpa
Dog Saves Bellevue Family From Fire
A Chow dog barked to wake Arthur Blitgen his wife and son Glen as flames swept their Bellevue apartment beer parlor. They escaped with the dog in sub zero weather after grabbing a few clothes. The fire’s cause is unknown and losses are about 4500 dollars.
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Bellevue
Arthur Blitgen
Glen
Committee Woman Bertha Baur Seeks Congress Seat
CHICAGO AP Mrs Bertha Baur a socially prominent Republican committee woman for Illinois will run for representative in Congress her secretary announced Thursday.
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Chicago
Bertha Baur
Republican Committee
Illinois
Congress
Wisdom in a London bookshop on the woes of life
A narrator discusses a worn Book of Wisdom and its bleak verdicts on life. He contrasts dismissive laments with Meredith and Stevenson lines, suggesting people cling to life and seek meaning, while accepting life as a fleeting, mixed experience.
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Freux Frankfurter
Brain Trust
Hugh Johnson
Frankfurter
Frank
London
Meredith
Sen
Stevenson
Record Cold Hits Cedar Rapids With 17 Below Zero
Cedar Rapids endured a record cold Christmas into Thursday with the temperature dropping to 17 below at 7 a.m. and easing to 15 below by 10 a.m. Traffic and trains faced delays while utilities remained repairable. Highways north and south faced icy spots and slipping roads. The day marked a 116 degree spread from last summer’s peak.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Tama
van Horne
Linn
Jones Counties
State Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids Automobile Club
Des Moines
Chambers Inskeep
Chinese Cities Placed Under Martial Rule
Major General Rensuke Isogai warned that Tang Yu Jen assassination would affect Sino Japanese relations. Nanking police ban gatherings as martial law spreads from Shanghai to Hankow and the central government capital.
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Shanghai
Rensuke Isogai
Tang Yu-Jen
China
Japan
Nanking
Hankow
Protests and tensions ripple through China amid anti-Japanese sentiment
Report outlines student protests reaching Changchow after seizing a locomotive for free transport to Nanking. It notes Japanese embassy reactions to Tang Yu Jen’s assassination in Nanking and a fatal anti Japanese sentiment trend. Japanese marines briefly deployed in Hongkew after a hotel blast deemed accidental.
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Phen
Epi Ws
North China
Nanking
Changchow
Tang Yu-Jen
Shanghai
Japan
Hongkew
1935 Grain Trade Volume Tumbles to New Low
CHICAGO grain trade volume in 1935 was among the smallest on record as of December 24, government figures show. Analysts attribute the drop to reduced speculative activity and two years of lower U S grain production, with total futures purchases at the board of trade totaling 10.061 billion bushels, over 15 percent below 1934.
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Chicago
United States
Grain Futures Administration
Dee
Grain Operator Arthur Cutten Improves After Heart Attack
Arthur W. Cutten, the prominent grain operator, is reported greatly improved after a heart attack. He was placed under an oxygen tent following a collapse at his Chicago hotel and described by Dr. Arthur F. Byfield as having a minor setback due to recent pneumonia.
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Chicago
Arthur W. Cutten
Arthur F. Byfield
Cutten
Byfield
Diamond Asks For Acquittal Of Ed O Connor
Sioux City report on the seventh week of the gambling conspiracy trial of Iowa's chief law officer E L O Connor. Defense counsel Diamond contends the state failed to prove connections to graft and accuses prosecutor Havner of shaping evidence. Fred Free backs the defense asserting the state delayed the case to suggest wrongdoing.
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Sioux City
INS
T. 5
Diamond
E. L. O'Connor
Iowa
O'Connor
Havner
Joe Gagen
Attorney General's Office
Gagen
Jake Harkaway
O’connor
Red Brennan
Max
Duckworth
Woodbury
Fred Free
Laval Cabinet Survives Motion as Italy Crisis Looms
Premier Laval kept his government intact by withdrawing a confidence motion tied to a conscription bill amid fears of a cabinet crisis over the Italo Ethiopian conflict. Paris reports say he pledged France would not act militarily unless provoked, while Edouard Herriot debated backing Laval and League of Nations policy.
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Paris
Laval
Chamber of Deputies
Jean Fabry
Chamber
France
Italy
Edouard Herriot
Lebrun
Herriot
League of Nations
Sioux City Officer Demands City Action Over Graft Ring
Sioux City Police Inspector Joe Young told the city council affidavits prove a graft and protection ring. He urged resignation of Commissioner of Public Safety Gordon C. Hollar or abolition of his own post, saying action was needed after months of investigation.
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Sioux City
Joe Young
Public Safety
Gordon C. Hollar
Young
W. D. Hayes
Maurice Rawlings
Hollar
Political scandal embroils Davenport public safety leadership
Helga Hollar and H C Kuhlmann faced graft accusations tied to the 1930s era Davenport public safety office. Kuhlmann defeated Hollar in 1934. a grand jury urged removing Kuhlmann for a payoff ring. Ouster actions followed against Kuhlmann and Mayor Hayes. Hayes was acquitted in a malfeasance case amid rumors of a rift with Hollar.
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Peter
PSD
Helga
Police’ Department
Hollar
Public Safety
Thomas McBride
H. C. Kuhlmann
Office of Public Safety
Kuhlmann
Max E. Duckworth
Edward L. O’connor
Alleged Gagen hookup discussed at Sioux City council
Police Inspector Joe Young testified that Public Safety Commissioner Gordon Hollar attended a meeting of slot machine operators called by Joe Gagen, alleged collector of protection money. Clyde Mayer, a slot machine operator, testified at the O’Connor trial about this subject.
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Sioux City
INS
Joe Young
Public Safety
Gordon Hollar
Joe Gagen
Clyde Mayer
O’connor
Charge Pair With Robbery Abduction in Illinois
A Davenport report states warrants charge Russell Henley of Galesburg and Joe Parker Mills of Omaha with robbery and abduction of filling station attendants in Rock Island and Davenport Tuesday night. Mills alias Palmer faces further assault with intent to kill and robbery charges in Omaha. Henley, on parole from Joliet for robbery, provided false names James Monroe and Terance O'Brien during arrest in Muscatine.
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Davenport
Russell Henley
Galesburg
Joe Parker Mills
Omaha
Rock Island
Mills
Palmer
Henley
Illinois
Joliet
James Monroe
Louisville
Terance O’brien
Chicago
Muscatine
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