Hauptmann defense probes ladder alibi in Lindbergh case
Col. H Norman Schwarzkopf head of New Jersey state police testifies at Hauptmann trial. Defense probes alibis including a friend of Hauptmann and a man seen with a ladder by the Lindbergh estate. Ladder model breaks at 180 pounds during experiments.
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Hauptmann
New Jersey
Violet Sharpe
Yonkers
Fisch-Sharpe
Col. Schwarzkopf
Flemington
N. J
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Lindbergh
Bates
Col Schwarzkopf
David T. Wirentz
Marriage in Modern Times Says Reader Says It Works Forty Years
A reader recalls forty years of marriage where a wife and husband share decision making with the wife choosing big questions and the man deferring. He laments modern flirtations with divorce and changing morals while wishing for simplicity and steadier values amid economic strain.
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Newton
Iowa House Passes Redemption Bill Extension
Iowa House approved a bill to extend the redemption period on mortgage foreclosures to March 1 1937. The measure cleared 103 votes to nil after three minor clarifications were adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
House
Plane crash kills pilot and two CCC workers in Lebanon
Pilot John Bullet age 20 and two civilian conservation corps workers died when Bullet's plane fell and burst into flames during takeoff at the Lebanon CCC camp on Sunday.
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Lebanon, Kan
INS
John Bullet
Civilian Conservation Corps
Bullet
Lebanon
Malaria Epidemic in Ceylon Causes Up to 50 000 Deaths
A tropical disease expert warned that Ceylon's malaria outbreak may claim about 50 000 lives. He said the epidemic is ongoing and far from finished, with death tolls rising as the disease ravages the island.
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Ceylon
London
United Press
Plan to move industries from cities to country
Washington AP reports business leaders call for a new government agency with a 2.5 million revolving fund to lend to industries that can operate better in rural districts. Loans could cover moving costs and payroll for a limited period, aiming to reduce urban concentration and boost rural employment.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Business and Advisory Council
Henry I. Harriman
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Advisory and Planning Council
HP. Kendall
Boston
Democrats Agree To Narrow Roosevelt Jobs Bill Scope
A small bloc of senate Democrats on the appropriations panel met to curb President Roosevelt’s broad authority over a $4.88 billion jobs program. They agreed to strike "economic maladjustment" from the measure and limit construction to previously authorized projects. Amendments would bar Treasury interference and require federal agency disbursement for highways and grade crossings with prevailing wage rules.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
White House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Carter Glass
Glass
Mr. Roosevelt
Reedsville
W. Va
Congress
Myrs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
J. R. McCarl
The
Treasury
Carl Hayden
Ariz
Pat McCarran
Nev
Father Sought In Kidnapping Of St Paul Girl
Charles Whitson, an ex convict and missing since 1933, is sought in the Monday abduction of 9 year old June Haas on her way to school. June was taken from her foster family by a car with a man and a woman and driven away after stopping near her classmate Mary Anne Mixer.
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Mary Anne Mixer
Mixer
June
J L Farmer Fined $1000 on Liquor Charge
J LeRoy Farmer head of a canning company was fined $1000 and costs by Judge H C Ring in district court for illegal possession of liquor. Delbert E Greb, factory superintendent, was fined $300 and costs. Confiscation of $2000 worth of liquor seized in a police raid was ordered. Appeals bonds were set and both defendants may seek supreme court review.
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Cedar Rapids
J. LeRoy Farmer
H. C. Ring
Delbert E. Greb
Ring
Farmer
Greb
State Supreme Court
House
Senate
General Assembly
Gang Frees Sioux City Guard In St. Paul After Theft
Ernest Newman a bank messenger kidnapped by four men in Sioux City Iowa. they took $1500 in cash and checks. He was released Monday night and contacted police from Fort Snelling stating he was en route to the station. The incident details appear on page 17.
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Sioux City
St. Paul
Ernest Newman
Newman
Fort Snelling
Murray Macaulay
Conviction of M Cracken Upheld in Senate Contempt
The Supreme Court upheld William P. MacCracken's contempt conviction for defying the air mail investigating committee. MacCracken, ex assistant secretary of commerce for air, failed to produce papers after subpoenas, invoking attorney client immunity. papers later destroyed after subpoena. Justice Brandeis delivered the opinion.
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Washington
INS
Supreme Court
Senate
William P. MacCracken
Senate Air Mail
MacCracken
Air Mail
Germany preps air security pact talks after London talks
Five nations plan to pool air power to deter aggression with France Britain leading an accord that would include Germany Italy and Belgium while Germany would rearm if readmitted to the League of Nations A Rome spokesman questioned Germany return and Italy entry due to geography The U S was informed of the Franco British pact recognizing German rearmament as the London talks continue
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Associated Press
London
France
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Belgium
Reich
League of Nations
Rome
United States
Germany Rules Out Strings In Security Accord Talk
Berlin signals willingness to discuss the Franco British security plan proposed in London but demands absolute equality of status and no external conditions. Germany rejects participation in Eastern European security pacts or Austrian integrity guarantees. Hitler hints at returning to the league of nations once equality is secured.
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Berlin
London
INS
Germany
France
London talks yield new arms pact proposal for Europe
French and British negotiators leave London after four days with a plan for a general arms agreement among Germany Italy Belgium and France and Britain. The summit urged extending mutual air protection under Locarno and anticipated Germany reentry to the league of nations and the Eastern Locarno pact.
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London
INS
Germany
Italy
Belgium
France
Britain
Ask Mutual Air Protection
Court rules on bank assessment against estates in probate
Supreme court ruled Monday that double assessments against stockholders of failed national banks can be enforced against their estates while in probate, but not if the estate has been closed for years.
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Washington
INS
Supreme Court
Lie Detector Used On Widow Of Slain Man
CHICAGO UP Northwestern universitys lie detector was used Monday night to probe discrepancies in Mrs Melba Springer Straubs account after her husband Louis was found shot to death at the Saddle and Cycle club The test yielded negative results and investigators continued examining motives and alibis including a watchman story and an insurance beneficiary claim by the widow.
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Chicago
Northwestern University
Melba Springer Straub
Louis
Morris Meyers
Leonard Keeler
John L. Sullivan
INS
Melba S. Straub
Louis K. Straub
Staats
Spitz
Partial Solar Eclipse Observed in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids observers used smoked glasses to view a sun eclipse as the moon covered about forty percent of the solar disc in mid morning. The day opened fair with 35 and peaked at 38, then the mercury fell to 27 by 3 a.m. Monday.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Farmer suffers arm injury in corn shredder accident
Frank Housar a farmer living near Walford sustained a crushed arm when it became caught in a corn shredder on the Frank Schulte farm shortly before 5 p m Monday He was rushed to Mercy hospital in Cedar Rapids where part of the arm was amputated immediately.
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Frank Housar
Walford
Frank Schulte
Housar
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Peace Move Fails In Rudy Vallee Suit
A last minute bid by Supreme Court Justice Salvatore A Cotillo to reconcile Rudy Vallee and his estranged wife Fay Webb or secure an amicable out of court settlement of her alimony suit failed in New York on Monday.
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New York
Supreme Court
Salvatore A. Cotillo
Rudy Vallee
Fay Webb
Banks Not Liable For Transit Checks
The Supreme Court ruled that banks holding checks for transmission to other banks cannot be liable as trustees of funds. The decision states that only the intended recipients and other creditors may share in the funds, not general trustees.
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Washington
INS
Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
An unclear obituary-like or public notice fragment references Cedar Rapids tolls in 1935 and notes counts related to accidents including injuries and deaths, but readable details are extremely limited. The text appears to cite totals rather than specific incidents or dates. Additional context is unavailable from the fragment.
Senator Schmidt links Galena distillery to campaign fund fees
Iowa City Senator Paul Schmidt, an agent for Jo Daviess County distillery Galena NL, says E. J. Feuling urged him to pay 60 cents per dollar earned to the Democratic campaign fund for liquor sales to the Iowa Liquor Control Commission. Feuling denies the charge.
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Sen. Schmidt
Galena Distillery
Feuling
Iowa Liquor Control, ‘Commission
Gazette
E. J. Feuling
State Democratic Committee
State Senate
Paul Schmidt
Iowa City
Senator Schmidt
Schmidt
Democratic
Fort Des Moines
Des Moines
Jo Daviess
Galena
Iowa
Control Commission
Democratic-Campaign Fund
The
Eanyone
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Liquor Control Commission
Laurer
Commission
Feuling denies liquor sale campaign fund link to Schmidt
The Iowa senator and Feuling dispute a claim that 60 cents per liquor sale went to the state Democratic fund via Schmidt. Feuling insists no such contributions were made or requested. He notes George Huffman handled some funds and that Mike W. Hyland’s $1,000 donation came from Tama County Democrats.
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E. J. Feuling
Schmidt
Feuling
George Huffman
Huffman
Liquor Commission
Mike W. Hyland
Tama
Commission
Hyland
Maloy Union Head Shot Dead in Chicago Driveby
Thomas E. Maloy head of the motion picture operators union and federal income tax defendant was slain in a daylight driveby near Lake Michigan. Dentist and fellow operator Dr Emmet Quinn wounded. Maloy had survived prior kidnap attempts and a $60,000 robbery at his summer home.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Maloy
Emmet Quinn
Lake Michigan
Maloy
Quinn
Michigan City
Ind
Delinquent Tax Sale Delayed to March 4 in Linn County
Linn county postponed the delinquent tax sale again when no bids were made on listed properties. The sale is rescheduled for March 4 at 10 a.m in County Treasurer Milo Sedla eck's office with a large majority voting to continue the postponement.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Milo Sedlaeck
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Kloppenburg
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Huquor Commission
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