Huey Long Telegram Links Plot to Assassinate Senator
In Baton Rouge a Telegram allegedly sent by Cuba Campbell claims plans to kill Huey Long on return from Washington. Long reads the telegram amid a sweeping inquiry in the state supreme court chamber. Campbell was summoned to explain the message as the investigation pivots from the highway ambush to the wider conspiracy.
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Baton Rouge
ULP
Huey P. Long
State Supreme Court Chamber
Long
Washington
Hammond
George B. Campbell
the Vindicator
Huey Long
Livingston
Feliciana
Tangipahoa
W. D. Womack
Campbell
Letter Links 1932 Push to Favor Nonpacifist White House
Senate probe reveals copies of a 1932 Democratic HQ letter asking shipbuilders to back a candidate “other than a pacifist” for the White House. A. P. Homer, who signed the letter, claims Roosevelt friendship. Homer once worked in the lobster business with Roosevelt. Resurrection of the letter could hurt Homer’s standing. The rest counsels Iowa protests over liquor control and reform needs.
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Senate Committee
White House
A. P. Homer
Roosevelt
Sam
Homer
Senate Eyes Stricter Scrutiny of Unemployment Bill
Washington reports the Senate may tighten safeguards on President Roosevelt's 4.88 billion unemployment relief bill. Defeat of the world court prompts talk that the president must spell out spending plans. Senator Carter Glass advocates restraint as taxpayers face a large, gamble like appropriation.
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Washington
Senate
House
World Court
Roosevelt
Carter Glass
Long resumes murder plot inquiry in Louisiana Paris
Senator Huey P Long arrives in New Orleans and vows militant counter moves against foes. He arrests Ernest Bourgeois of the Anti Long Square Deal group in the afternoon while investigators reopen the shooting case involving George Alessi at the local airport.
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Baton Rouge
Lay
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Washington
New Orleans
Ernest Bourgeois
George Alessi
Twelve Men Adrift on Keweenaw Bay Ice Floe
Unconfirmed reports say twelve men are adrift on an ice floe in Keweenaw bay and are being carried toward Lake Superior. Capt. Fred Sollman of the Portage Canal coast guard station left for Paquaming where the floe was last seen as a warm noon sun threatened to break it up.
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Houghton, Mich
Keweenaw Bay
Lake Superior
Fred Sollman
Portage Canal Coast Guard
Paquaming
Clinton Firm Named in Liquor Indictment
A federal grand jury indicts the Clinton company of Clinton Iowa and Louis Eisenstein among 11 defendants for illegal liquor operations. The case stems from the seizure of a $100000 still in May 1934, with charges including illegal operation and conspiracy under the internal revenue law.
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Chicago
Internal Revenue Law
Clinton Company
Clinton
Louis Eisenstein
Federal Grand Jury
Everyday Living and the Rise of Ordinary Folk
A reflective piece extols humble, unnamed lives over fame and fortune. It celebrates a mother of twelve who overcomes tragedy through hard work, manages a large family, and preserves their dignity, showing greatness in everyday spirit and service.
23 Freight Cars Derbyditch Near Preston Clinton
Twenty three Milwaukee freight cars jumped the track and toppled into a ditch near Preston Clinton about twenty miles northwest of here late Friday night. No injuries reported as crews worked to clear the line.
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Preston
Clinton
Here
Southern Iowa Soil Aid Assured in Federal Projects
Washington AP reports two cooperative attempts to restore erosion damaged land in southern Iowa are practically assured after talks between federal officials and H. H. Kildee dean of Iowa State College agriculture and planning board chair. A federal land purchase for pasture demonstration areas remains unsettled.
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Washington
Iowa
H. H. Kildee
Iowa State College Division of Agriculture
Iowa Planning Board
Ivan Poderjay Sentencing Set for February 14
In New York, Ivan Poderjay pled guilty to a bigamy charge for his marriage to Agnés C. Turverson. With counsel present, Judge George L. Donnelly remanded Poderjay to the Tombs for sentencing on February 14.
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New York
Ivan Poderjay
Agnés C. Turverson
Detroit
General Sessions
George L. Donnellan
Veteran flyer escapes TWA crash near LA river
Ernie Smith, a veteran transpacific flyer and current TWA mail pilot, was unhurt when his aircraft collided with high tension wires near the California National Guard airfield and plunged into the bed of the Los Angeles River.
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Los Angeles
INS
Ernie Smith
Transpacific Flyer
TWA
California National Guard
Roosevelt Eyes Major Changes in Social Security Plan
Washington officials report significant proposed changes to the President’s social security plan aimed at shifting unemployment insurance from a charity image and saving federal costs. Possible moves include transferring administration to the treasury and removing unearned annuities, with potential exemptions for farmers and casual workers.
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Coprricht
Washington
Capitol
Congress
Senate
House
Social Insurance Board
The
Treasury
Congressional
Markets May Close on Day of Gold Ruling
New York exchanges and national markets may shut briefly when the Supreme Court announces its ruling on the gold clause cases. Wall Street expects a government loss, which could force payments of old gold values and disrupt the financial system before any remedial action.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
United States Supreme Court
Wall Street
Farmer's Demurrer Set for Monday in Liquor Case
Attorneys for J LeRoy Farmer a local canning company executive charged with illegal possession of liquor will argue a demurrer in district court at 9 a m Monday The defense contends the state liquor control law is unconstitutional County Attorney G K Thompson said the court's ruling will guide further action
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Cedar Rapids News
J. LeRoy Farmer
G. K. Thompson
Thompson
Judge Atherton B. Clark Declared Re-Elected
Cedar Rapids Republican Judge Atherton B. Clark won a court contest over C J Haas by a fifteen vote margin in the Eighteenth judicial district. The decree names Clark as judge elect and orders a state certificate issued. Official canvass showed Clark 18 411 Haas 18 368 after contest adjustments.
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Atherton B. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Eighteenth Judicial District
Clark
C. J. Haas
Haas. Oy
H. C. Ring
John T. Moffit
Tipton
F. O. Ellison
Anamosa
Olti State
Haas
Cedar County
Jones County
Will Argue Cooper Demurrer Saturday
A defense demurrer to the indictment of Harold M. Cooper head of the state liquor control commission, charged with violating the liquor control act by allowing J LeRoy Farmer Cedar Rapids canning firm head to illegally possess alcohol, will be argued before Judge H C Ring Saturday forenoon.
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Cedar Rapids News
Harold M. Cooper
State Liquor Control Commission
State Liquor Control Act
J. LeRoy Farmer
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Ring
Ring
Colonization Proposed as Jobless Aid
President Roosevelt and advisers study colonization of U S possessions to ease unemployment. Alaska and Porto Rico seen as first tests with possible small expansion to Hawaii. plan aims to move unemployed to self supporting territories and reclaim agricultural land after irrigation projects. Largest populations in Porto Rico and Alaska among listed possessions.
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Roosevelt
Advisers
Alaska
Porto Rico
Washington
INS
United States
Daniel C. Roper
Chester McCall
Ernest HL. Gruening
Boulder Canyon Dam
Far West
Hawaiian Islands
Philippine Islands
Northwest
Dakotas
Minnesota
Samoa
Guam
Panama Canal Zone
The
Virgin Islands
Linn County Patrol Jobs Probed Over Democratic Questionnaire
Iowa senators debate a probe into Soldiers Home and Linn county patrol job practices. Senator Patterson reads a Democratic questionnaire listing questions about votes and party service, alleging political criteria influenced patrol hiring. Senator Reese counters with an nonpolitical job application, arguing the record reflects one county’s partisan practice.
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Patterson
Soldiers Home
Des Moines
Linn County
G. W. Patterson
Kossuth County
Enator Patterson
House
Democratic Central Committee
Cedar , Rapids
Linn
Reese
Jis
State Says Miss Sharpe Home At 11 On Kidnap Night
Special Prosecutor George Large testified Violet Sharpe was at home shortly after 11 o clock the night the Lindbergh baby was kidnaped. Peter Sommer said he saw two women, one possibly Sharpe, with a golden haired baby on a New York street car after midnight. Edward J Reilly left for New York to confer with witnesses for the Hauptmann murder trial and asked for a weekend recess to interview city witnesses. He cited three Montreal witnesses who would testify they saw Isidor Fisch with a baby there, though their availability is doubtful.
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Flemington
N. J
Violet Sharpe
Dwight W. Morrow
George K. Large
Peter Sommer
Miss Sharpe
New York
Edward J. Reilly
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Brooklyn
Montreal
Isidor Fisch
Tsidor Fisch
Peter H. Sommer
New Jersey
New York City
Reilly
Fisch
Sharpe
Sommer
Cwas
Sharger
Nesses
Lindbergh Estate
Oly
David T. Wilentz
Suspect Hauptmann Linked to 1926 Hohenzollern Gem Swindle
The Dispatch identified Bruno Richard Hauptmann, on trial for the Lindbergh kidnapping, as the man who once posed as a German prince from the House of Hohenzollern. Victims in the Dakotas and Minnesota reported identifying photos of the swindler, with Rev H J Schaar of Marion SD among those who believed the prince borrowed royal jewels. The scheme netted about 12 500 dollars in 1926.
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ST. Paul
Dispatch
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Flemington
N. J
Hauptmann
House of Hohenzollern
H. J. Schaar
Morriston
S. D
Herring backs inquiry into Iowa liquor control audit
Governor Clyde L. Herring urged a legislative probe of the Iowa liquor control commission citing facts from the state auditor's report. He said he will support the inquiry and noted the audit, though not completed, warrants thorough investigation with Assembly and Senate committees to determine scope and actions. He would not comment on the incomplete audit's significance.
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J. W. Rhomberg
Dubuque
Iowa
Liquor Control Commission
The
Liquor Commission
Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Town‘ Liquor Control Commission
Herring
Iowa State Equor Control Commission
Legislative
General Assembly
Geske
X. Geske
McGregor
Senate Judiciary Committee
House Committee
Ito
Executed Rebels in Spain Treason Trial
In Oveido Spain Jesus Arguelles Fernandez a civilian rebel leader and Sergeant Vasquez were executed by firing squad for treason on Friday after taking part in the October uprising.
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Oveido
Spain
Jesus Arguelles
Fernandez
Vasquez
Lindbergh Baby Kidnap Trial Focuses on Sharpe and Fisch
Witnesses linked Violet Sharpe and Isidor Fisch to the 1932 Lindbergh baby case. A fingerprint expert testified about a ferry trip with two men and a nervous woman with a baby. Defense seeks Montreal witnesses while court adjourns amid accusations of intimidation.
No Trial Session Saturday in Hauptmann Case
Justice Thomas W. Trenchard announced there would be no session of the Hauptmann trial on Saturday in Flemington New Jersey. The day’s schedule cancellation affects proceedings as reported by United Press.
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Flemington, N. J
Justice Thomas
W. Trenchard
Attorney General seeks withdrawal of Hauptmann trial pictures
New Jersey Attorney General David T. Wilentz posted a telegram Friday demanding the immediate withdrawal of Hauptmann trial pictures filmed during actual sessions. He accused producers of using trickery in defiance of the court and urged cooperation with authorities for decency and legal compliance.
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Flemington
David T.wils
Entz
New Jersey
Hauptmann
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George Mills
Iowa Daily Press Bureau
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