Iowa liquor commission under audit raises probes and calls for resignations
The audit report challenges Governor Herring’s earlier assurances and suggests the liquor control commission may need complete overhaul. It questions spending on an Illinois outfit, high prices for state liquor, and improper licensing of a Tama county distributor. The findings push for legislative investigation and accountability for commission members and leadership.
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Handwriting expert testifies in Lindbergh kidnap case
In Flemington New Jersey on page 8 of the AP report the defense won the right to present the first handwriting expert to challenge the state's identification of Bruno Hauptmann as the ransom writer. Two new alibi witnesses bolster Hauptmann’s story while prosecutors press the credibility of a laborer who claimed two men with a ladder asked for directions to the Lindbergh estate.
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New York
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John Ferris
Flemington
N. J
Harlem
Hopewell
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Charles A. Lindbergh
David T. Wilentz
Wilentz
Lou Harding
Lindbergh
Harding
Princeton
John M. Trendley
East St. Louis
RFC Extension Bill Passes Both Houses
Congress acts with ten hours to spare approving a two year extension of the RFC life. Senate backs the conference report after House action. The measure moves to the White House for the President to sign once formalities are completed.
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Congress
RFC
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White House
Felix McDonald Convicted in Kelley Kidnapping
In St. Louis AP report Felix McDonald is found guilty of kidnapping Dr. Isaac Dee Kelley. The jury deliberated 21 hours and imposed a 60 year sentence in the penitentiary.
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ST. Louis
Felix McDonald
Isaac Dee Kelley
Indigent Medical Care Plan Nears Start in Linn County
Complete change in how Linn County funds care for the indigent sick goes into effect February 1 with a three month trial. The Linn County Medical Society will supervise care under a county paid family health plan capping costs at $1.15 per month per family unit. A new medical relief office is set in City Hall room 401 with 24 hour access via telephone. Patients will not be treated at the relief office but at private physician offices or their homes, with temporary clinics possible.
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Linn County Relief Department
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Medical Relief Office
Blink to Die in Chair On Feb 20
Sterling Ul. is set for Fred Blink Fulton to die in the electric chair after a circuit court sentence by Judge Nels A. Larsen. Blink, convicted for the slaying of John Hamilton and four others last fall, faces execution on February 20 after a defense appeal to the state supreme court. The killings reportedly began over a $40 bill.
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John Hamilton
Nels A. Larsen
State Supreme Court
Demurrer Filed Over Cooper Indictment In Iowa Liquor Case
Harold M. Cooper chair man of the state liquor control commission faces a demurrer to his indictment for allegedly permitting J LeRoy Farmer Cedar Rapids canning firm head to illegally possess alcoholic liquors The demurrer argued before Judge H C Ring in Linn County District Court The defense maintains the indictment under section 85 of the act is flawed and must be dismissed
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State Liquor -Control Commission
J. LeRoy Farmer
Cedar Rapids
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G. K. Thompson
Cooper
Linn County
Cedar Rapins News
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Cooper’s
Boardman and Cartwright
Marshalltown
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Debt talks with Soviet collapse in Washington
Secretary Cordell Hull announced that negotiations with Soviet Russia to settle Soviet American debts and claims collapsed. He said the export import bank may be dissolved and trade promotion halted. Hull said the Soviet government rejected the American settlement basis and that the talks should be regarded as ended.
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Cordell Hull
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Alexander Troyanovsky
State Department
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France
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
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Russia
Soviet Russia
Herring to Study Commission Audit Findings
Des Moines Governor Clyde L. Herring said he would study the state liquor control commission audit in light of new auditor comments added to the report. He noted the inaugural address claim that the audit showed no grounds for an investigation before these comments were included. The comments reference deals with a Tama distributing firm and use material dated January 17.
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INS
Clyde L. Herring
State Liquor Control Commission
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Oe Pere
Western Distributing Company
Mulberry
Jesus
Jin
Austelec
Bethlehem Steel Reports 1934 Profit Despite Dividend Standstill
Bethlehem Steel directors took no action on preferred stock dividends. Six months earlier a $1.75 distribution was ordered, with no payment at the October meeting. The 1934 annual shows net income of $550,571 versus a $8,735,723 deficit in 1933, while quarterly results include $411,099 in Q4 1934 and $629,671 in Q4 1933.
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NEW York
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Debates on Depression Drugs and Economic Policy Woes
The piece critiques medical overreach and a flood of remedies while discussing inflation public works and price controls. It argues the core issue is structural economic strain rather than a single cure, noting disagreements on diagnosis and the role of machinery in unemployment.
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Alfred
Judge Clark Apparent Winner In Linn County Recount
Final tabulation by the Clark-Haas contest court shows Judge A. B. Clark leading by 43 votes. Linn County totals remain Haas 12,232 and Clark 12,208 with Clark holding a district edge after recounts in Jones Cedar and Linn counties. The three-county totals give Clark 18,411 to Haas 18,368 with official canvass figures at 18,426 to 18,411. The court will reconvene at 9 am Friday as attorneys pursue further actions and a formal ruling is awaited.
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Cedar Rapids
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Cedar County
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Toledo
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Iowa City
Roosevelt urges unified control of all transportation
President Roosevelt urged Congress to create a centralized transportation agency to supervise aviation and other transport forms. He rejected a separate air commerce commission and supported empowering the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate and adjust air mail contracts as needed.
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Creation of a single air transport regulatory commission
The federal aviation commission urged Congress to create a powerful non partisan air commerce commission to oversee development of aviation transport. It called for post office subsidies only on mail actually carried and emergency legislation to allow IC C to adjust air mail rates by case, with a postponement of March 1, 1935 to January 1.
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Atlanta
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Roosevelt thanks nation for birthday honors and charity
President Roosevelt celebrated his 53rd birthday with more than 7000 benefit balls across 48 states the Philippines and Alaska. He expressed happiness at the gifts and letters and thanked supporters in a White House radio address. He noted most funds will aid crippled children through the Warm Springs foundation.
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Audit faults Iowa Liquor Commission mismanagement probe
A state audit reports mismanagement and unlawful practices by the Iowa Liquor Commission. It cites unnecessary spending, high prices from a Tama distributor, and purchases without bids, plus refunds to the state treasury and consignment sales to Sioux City hotels. The findings trigger calls for investigation and Senate Judiciary review.
Hyland Keeps Books in Tama For Liquor Sales
M. W. Mike Hyland of Tama and Roland Oliver of Peoria act as Iowa sales agents for Century Distilling, with no warehouse or liquor shipping from Tama. Hyland says two carloads were sold directly to the liquor commission before his firm began handling orders. He kept one bookkeeper and has not yet calculated his percentage. The Tama operation includes Hyland, his son John Hyland, and Oliver, with papers delayed by Toledo incorporation.
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Tama
Western Distributing Company
Fabor
Iowa‘ Liquor Control Commission
Gazette
Hyland
Iowa
Century Distilling Company of
Peoria
Century Company
Liquor Commission
Distiller
Des Moines
Grinnell College
John Hyland
Missouri
Roland Oliver
Oliver
Toledo
Western Distributing Company Registered in Tama County
Tama county recorder reported that Western Distributing Company was registered here on January 21, 1935. Owners listed include Roland Oliver from Peoria and Mike Hyland of Teihan, a 72 year old contributor credited with $1,000 in campaign funds.
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Toledo
Tama County Recorder
Audit report questions Tama commission liquor license timing
Harold M Cooper of Marshalltown chaired the Linn County inquiry into a Tama firm license. The investigation found the Tama firm obtained its license on December 10 after trade name filing delays and noted liquor purchases from Western Distributing before license grant. The report questions price differences and the Iowa Liquor Commission’s monopoly on state liquor sales.
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Iowa. Liquor Commission
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American flyer Kirby Russell dies in Mexican plane crash
American aviator Kirby Russell was killed when his aircraft crashed and burned near Nazatlan, Mexico. He had lived in Mexico for years while employed by a mining company. his U.S. home address is not known.
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Nazatlan
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