iAirways Chief Involved in Missing Papers Case
Washington authorities recovered papers taken from former Assistant Attorney MacCracken's offices after Gilbert Givens admitted he helped move confidential files tied to air mail negotiations. Givens, secretary to Harris M. Shue of Transcontinental and Western Airways, said MacCracken instructed him to remove items not of committee interest.
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Washington
INS
Lces
Commerce
William P. MacCrack
Senate
Col.h. Brittin
Northwestays, Inc
MacCracken
Givens
Hanshue
Black
Four Convicted Of Fraud On Chicago Insurance Schemes
Four defendants were convicted Saturday of conspiracy to defraud Security Life and Northern States Life Insurance through mortgaging Waukegan property. Two were acquitted, including attorney John H. S. Lee and Bertram Day. The four guilty men Dor sey Huttig Johnson and Hult were fined 1000 dollars each and face prison terms to be set by Judge Epstein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Security Life and
Northern States Life Insurance Companies
Waukegan
Little Worth
John H. S. Lee
Charles S. Deneen
Bertram Day
Northern States Company
Benjamin P. Epstein
Machir Dorsey
Indianapolis
Security Life Insurance Company
Harry W. Huttig
Muscatine
C. Edwin Johnson
Security Life
Edwin Hult
Separation of Charley Chase and Bebe Elting After 20 Years
Hollywood reports the separation of film comedian Charley Chase and his wife Bebe Elting after twenty years of marriage. They have two daughters.
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Hollywood
Charley Chase
Bebe Elting
Federal Agents Track Crooked Govt Officials
New York AP report says President Roosevelt orders the secret service to end the alliance of crooked government officials and the underworld. The probe, led by William H. Moran, targets customs frauds and bribery, with evidence of a massive illicit network and drug and alien girl trafficking.
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New York
Daily News
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Lincoln
Allan Pinkerton
Service
Washington
State Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
United States
Hudson River
Haverstraw
N. Y
Willam H. Moran
Linn County CWA Payroll Totals $27,109 for 2048 Men
The first February CWA pay checks for Linn county totaled $27,109.60 for the last week and were distributed to 2,048 men on CWA jobs Saturday. The payroll for the previous week was $27,917 apportioned to 2,132 workmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
T. McDonnell
Kruidenier Locks In Re election Papers for Cedar Rapids Council
Dan Kruidenier public safety commissioner and World War II veteran filed for re election revealing a challenge from John Cook, a former police captain. The Cedar Rapids primary is March 13 with the general on March 26.
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Dan Kruidenier
Public Safety
John Cook
Kruidenier
Cedar Rapids
Kraschel Moves to Quash Indictment in Iowa Case
Des Moines AP reports Lieut. Gov. N. G. Kraschel and ally Carleton D. Beh face a federal motion to quash a conspiracy indictment linked to the Iowa public works program. Judge Charles A. Dewey sets a 10 a.m. Thursday hearing on the demurrer.
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DES Moines
N. G. Kraschel
Iowa Public Works Program
Charles A. Dewey
Kraschel
John N. Hughes
Willis J. O'Brien
Leon W. Powers
PWA
National Industrial Recovery Act
NIRA
United States
Carleton D. Beh
Beh
SLAIN TEACHER AND 28 YEAR-OLD FARMER DIE IN IOWA SCHOOLHOUSE
In Harlan Iowa a rural Monroe school Miss Margaret Graves 23 was shot by rejected suitor Herman Seick 28 who then killed himself. Witnesses 20 pupils described the final class when Seick entered with a shotgun fired killing Miss Graves who stumbled to the door and fell on the steps. Relatives testified of a long troubled courtship and threats over holidays.
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Harlan, Ia
Margaret Graves
Monroe School
Herman Seick
Selick
Miss Graves
Selik
Elmer Larson
Fred Graves
Harlan
Seick
Jacob Seick
Avoca
Scandal Hits French Cabinet With High Level Resignations
Paris reports say Premier Edouard Daladier exiled Police Chief Chiappe to Morocco after neo socialist demands. Lieut Col Jean Fabry and Francois Pietri reportedly tendered their resignations over the Bayonne pawnshop scandal, to be replaced by Joseph Paul-Boncour and Maurice Palmade.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Perfect
Jean Chiappe
Morocco
Chamber of Deputies
Jean Fabry
Francois Pietri
Daladier
Bayonne
Fabry
Joseph Paul-Boncour
Pietri
Maurice Palmade
Fay Vallee Loses In New York Court Reinstated Suit
The New York Supreme Court vacated an order allowing Fay Webb Vallee to discontinue her suit against Rudy Vallee. Justice Richard P. Lydon said he would not have signed the previous order had full facts been known. Fay must continue the fight in New York while pursuing California actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Fay Webb Vallee
Rudy Vallee
Supreme Court
Richard P. Lydon
Lydon
Crooner
Fay
California
Springlike Cedar Rapids Day Warmed To 49 Degrees
Cedar Rapids enjoyed springlike weather with fair skies and seasonable temperatures. The temperature rose from a 22 degree low at 3 a.m. to 25 at 7 a.m. 30 at 9 a.m. and 49 by 1:15 p.m. Skies cleared on Groundhog Day and the day kept a light rhythm with a 3 p.m. high of 37, then 35 at 7 p.m. and 29 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
PWA Short on School Bond Funding Forces Local Sale
PWA officials in Washington rejected a supplementary $590,000 loan for four junior high additions due to insufficient funds. Iowa board members plan to sell $580,000 in bonds at public sale, aiming for about 4 percent interest, while awaiting a federal answer to a midwest request.
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P. F. Hopkins
Iowa
Board of Education
PWA
Washington, D.C
Hopkins
Washington
Cough ‘Moke
Sen
BOM
Touhy Gang Set for Feb 13 Retrial in Kidnapping Case
John Jacob Factor nicknamed Jake the Barber may stay in the United States to testify at a second trial for the Touhy gang. Roger Touhy and two followers, Gloomy Gus Schaefer and Polly Nose Kator, await retrial after a mistrial in the $70,000 ransom kidnapping.
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Chicago
John
Jake the
United States
Touhy
INS
Roger Touhy
John “Jake
Michael Feinberg
Feinberg
Gus” Schaefer
Albert
Polly Nose” Kator
Gilbert M Hitchcock dies former U S senator
Gilbert M Hitchcock former United States senator from Nebraska died of a heart attack just after 1 am Saturday He was 74 and had served 18 years in congress including three terms in the house and two in the senate Funeral services are planned at his Washington home with Dr Zebarney Phillips and then in Omaha for burial Survivors include his wife daughter and grandchildren He helped found the Omaha Evening News and the Omaha World-Herald
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Washington
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
United States
Hitchcock
Zebarney Phillips
Senate
INS
Nebraska
Congress
House
Omaha
Phineas W. Hitchcock
Omaha Evening News
The
Omaha World
Gilbert Hitchcock Built Omaha News Empire Before Senate Career
Gilbert Hitchcock, long time U S senator and congressman, died in Washington of heart disease at 74. He began in Omaha in 1885 by purchasing the Omaha Evening World and fought to establish The World against entrenched rivals. He later merged the Morning Herald with The World and hired a famed editor who would become a renowned Platte Valley orator.
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Omaha
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
United States
Washington
Omaha Evening World
the World
Morning Herald
Nomi
Cuban Utility Restored to American Ownership
President Mendieta signed a decree returning the Cuban Electric company properties to American owners. The cabinet debated the issue with company representatives and increased guards around the facilities amid threats of a strike by Sawa employees.
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Havana
Carlos Mendieta
Cuban Electric Company
Sawa
Family of Six Struggles Amid Quarantine and Sickness
George H. White 52 dies of pneumonia as scarlet fever quarantine grips his Cedar Rapids home. His widow cares for four children and two sick teens while seeking clothing bedding and a washing machine to cope with the crisis. Two older sons earn meager wages and arrange aid, including a hired helper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapide News
George H. White
Sixth Avenue
White
Mrs. White
Dollar's Value Fluctuates As Stocks Rally
Stocks rallied sharply as European reports indicated heavy gold shipments to the United States. The dollar moved erratically in foreign exchange markets, sliding over six cents against sterling at one point, then recovering some losses. The pound traded around 4.93 dollars at noon, the franc about 6.31 cents, with gains in bonds and grains and rising cotton prices.
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New York
Europe
America
Clyde Barrow Gang Believed Bottled Up in South Texas
Texas Rangers and officials say Clyde Barrow, Raymond Hamilton and five companions are believed bottled up in the river bottoms near Seguin south of Houston. Adjutant General Henry Hutchings directs the search from Austin while Ranger Captain James Robbins confirms Barrow among the five men after a Blanco encounter ending in gunfire.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Sid Kelso
Ranger
Clyde Barrow
Raymond Hamilton
Seguin
Henry Hutchings
James Robbins
Barrow
Hamilton
Eastham
Blanco
Dubuque Man Held Here After Lottery Books Found In Car
CC E Flynn of Dubuque was held at 2 35 a m Saturday for illegal possession of gambling devices after police found lottery books in his car during a business district arrest. He pled not guilty in police court. The items included treasury pool tickets forty seven books on a Panama lottery and several Canadian sweepstakes books.
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Cedar Rapids
Cc. E. Flynn
Dubuque
Flynn
Treasury Pool
U.S. Gold Valued Now at 7 Billions
The Treasury announced the new value of its gold supply at 7 018 263 925 70 dollars. The profit on the gold boosted the general fund to 4 434 713 155 18 dollars as of Saturday. The note indicates the gold profit could near 3 000 000 000 and notes potential spending of the fund.
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Washington
the Treasury
General Fund of the Treasury
Roosevelt
Treasury
Morgenthau
Spanish Supreme Court Pardons Four Americans in Palma Assault
The Spanish Supreme Court pardoned four American nationals who were sentenced to six months and a day in jail in Palma Majorca for assaulting a civil guard.
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Madrid
INS
Spanish Supreme Court
Palma
Majorca
Depositors to Receive Half of Funds in Two Banks
Cedar Rapids banks American Trust and Cedar Rapids Savings near releasing 50 percent of depositor funds after recent negotiations in Cedar Rapids and Washington. Van Vechten Shaffer to head a new bank absorbing assets and providing $1.5 million in deposits, with RFC loan arrangements and a rapid charter process underway.
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American Trust and Savings
Cedar Rapids Savings Banks
Washington
Senate
van Vechten Shaffer
Cedar Rapids
Butts
Shaffer
Merchants National Bank
Cedar
Rapids Savings
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
American Trust
State Banking Department
East Side
C. R. Savings
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
Third Avenue
Third Street
Cedar Rapids Savings
State’ Banking Department
Cedar Rapids Savings and American Trust Banks
Friedman Convicted In Mae West Holdup Case
Los Angeles AP reports Edward Friedman was found guilty by a one juror court of second degree robbery in the 1932 Mae West holdup. West’s jewels and cash totaling 20 400 were stolen. Friedman awaits sentencing while his lawyer William J. Clark faces contempt penalties.
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Los Angeles
Dward Friedman
Mae West
Friedman
Harry Sewell
William J. Clark
Clark
Miss West
Americans Periled By Havana Bombing
Bombings in Havana endangered several American residents at the Palace hotel, the Westinghouse warehouse, and a large store. No casualties were reported. Hotel damage estimated at five thousand dollars.
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Havana
INS
Palace Hotel
United States
Westinghouse Company
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U.S. Aviation
Res
United States Chamber of Commerce
Earl B. Wadsworth
Federal Post Office Department
Cedar Rapids News
QUASH
Fay Vallee
Touhy Gang
Bulletin
GM. Hitchcock
U. S
Bryan
City’s New Bank
South
Inc. R. Savings and American Trust
Banks
Gazette Want Ad Department
BIG Sunday Gazette
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