Senate Discharges Barry in Libel Charge Debate
The Senate voted 53 to 17 to discharge Sergeant at Arms David S Barry over a magazine article alleging bribes among lawmakers. Debates ranged from ethics to a dog anecdote as lawmakers pressed for dismissal while others defended him.
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Rules Committee
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Mont
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New York
New Outlook
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Charles F. Pace
Pace
Charles M. Stevenson
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Conn
al Smith
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Jessup Attacks State School Economy Bills
Des Moines AP reports opponents of bills to abolish the education finance committee and require direct state appropriation of expenditures testified at a joint legislative tax reduction meeting. University leaders defended current controls, stressing elasticity in funds, audit safeguards, and the risk of divided responsibility. A Senate plan would substitute a comptroller under audit to oversee all expenditures.
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DES Moines
State Board of Education
Legislative
Ion
Walter A. Jessup
University of Iowa
R. M. Hughes
Iowa State College
O. R. Latham
Iowa State ‘Teachers’ College
J. H. Anderson
Thompson
Anderson
Jessup
Iowrz
Finance Board
Sens
Hicklin and
Beardsley
Finance Committee
Highway Commission
State Board of Audit
Will Rogers Comments on Cal Coolidge Memorial Ceremony
Beverly Hills viewers recount a tribute to Calvin Coolidge in the House of Representatives. Will Rogers reports lawmakers rank the death reverence, while a Massachusetts jurist delivers praise and a Senate critic fears partisan misdirection. Hoover sits nearby, pondering his own mortality.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
House of Representatives
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
Coolidge
Mr. Hoover
Hudson Plant Walkout Closes Detroit Factory
In Detroit Hudson Motor Company ordered all departments closed after 3,000 workers in the body plant walked out. The stoppage, prompted by a demand list seeking higher wages and an eight hour five day week, leaves 3,000 more workers idle.
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Detroit
Hudson Motor Company
Fire Threatens Hoover Residence
A chimney fire at President Hoover's residence on the Stanford University campus was extinguished by the fire department before any damage occurred. No injuries were reported.
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Stanford University
Calif
INS
Hoover
Roosevelt and Governors to Meet March Sixth
Franklin D. Roosevelt will host a White House conference with governors from all forty eight states to discuss mortgage foreclosures taxation unemployment relief land use and local government reorganization. The aim is to set a precedent for federal state cooperation on pressing issues. Louis Howe announced the plan from Democratic national headquarters.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Democratic National
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Louis McHenry Howe
Seven Injured in Riot at Briggs Strike Breakers
In Detroit a street car carrying Briggs strike breakers was attacked Tuesday night. One man was shot in the back, three stabbed, and three beaten with blackjacks. Two injured are in serious condition as the car suffered heavy damage and many windows were broken.
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Detroit
Mich
Briggs Manufacturing
Wyoming Records Low As Moran Sees 53 Below Zero
Moran in the Teton region reported a new state low of 53 degrees below zero while Yellowstone National Park registered 34 degrees below. The frigid air swept across Wyoming, threatening travel, utilities, and outdoor activities.
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Wyoming
Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Ins
Moran
Here
Teton Mountain Country
Yellowstone
Goodbye To These Good Buys Ad Claim
Mr John Krejtei of 1055 5th Ave SE says every item in his advertisement sold and additional items not listed were snapped up by twenty five responders. He notes strong activity in the Want Ad Market Place and invites calls to place ads with Ad-taker services. Special rates apply for 3-day and 7-day runs.
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John Krejtei
5Th Ave. SE
Krejeci
Iowa approves farm mortgage moratorium through 1935
Iowa lawmakers pass a foreclosure moratorium until March 1, 1935 by a 48 to 0 Senate vote and 104 to 2 in the House. Governor Herring is expected to sign immediately, making the measure effective on publication. The plan allows district courts to stay actions, transfer custody of property, and determine rentals and income, while avoiding receiver appointments. A separate Washington discussion aims to craft emergency relief to pause foreclosures and aid delinquent farm tax payments.
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Herring
Des Moines
Iowa
General Assembly
Senate
Mitchell
Cunningham
Stiger
Washington
Senate Banking
Fletcher
Steiner
Rep
Ore
Hull
Dem
Tenn
Harrison
Women among gang sought in Skeele kidnapping case
In Los Angeles police sought a fashionably dressed woman and four confederates in the kidnapping of 65 year old Mrs. Mary B. Skeele. She was released without paying the $10 000 ransom after the note to her husband Walter F. Skeele directed the money to a spot. Mrs. Skeele said she was blindfolded most of the time and only saw two suspects. Detectives believe the group were amateurs and may have intended to kidnap the Skeeles daughter before changing target.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Mary B. Skeele
Walter F. Skeele
University of Southern California
Skeele
Skeeles
Walter Humphreys
Oelwein Couple May Adopt 8 Year Old Orphan Otto Brockhoff Jr
Milwaukee report says Otto Brockhoff Jr an eight year old orphan twice, awaits his maternal grandparents in Oelwein Iowa after his foster parents Brockhoff and his wife died in an apparent murder suicide. Attorney Erwin Novotny has placed Otto with his future guardians the Buensch family of Oelwein while adoption plans proceed.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Otto Brockhoff, Jr
Otto Brockhoff
Elsie
Otto, Jr
Brockhoff
Erwin Novotny
Bandits Grab About 30 Dollars At Gas Station
Cedar Rapids report says two armed men entered a Second avenue and Fifth street SW filling station at 6 35 p m Tuesday and demanded money from attendant W R Cherry 1545 Washington avenue SE about 30 dollars. One robber warned Cherry to sit still then both drew guns as Cherry tried to move. Suspects described as about 25, one tall in a blue overcoat and gray cap the other short in gray overcoat and cap.
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W. R. Cherry
Washington Avenue SE
Second Avenue
Fifth Street
Cherry
Mutineers Seek Safe Passage On Dutch Warship
Dutch naval forces close in on the De Zeven Provincien fleeing mutineers as seaplanes threaten bombing. The crew offers surrender with freedom guarantees for themselves and fifty European prisoners aboard, while authorities doubt the sincerity of the bid and fear an attack on Sourabaya.
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Batavia, Java
Ins
de Zeven Provincien
Java Sea
Sourabaya
Hague
Wisconsin Supreme Court guards debtors from low foreclosure bids
The Wisconsin Supreme Court rules courts of equity may protect owners from foreclosure sales far below property value. It endorses limiting deficiency judgments and allows setting aside a low bid sale and re sale after evaluating current emergency and financial distress.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
John D. Wickham
Supreme Court
Courts of Equity
Court of Equity
Arold F. Murphy
Oconto County
Murphy
Spring State Bank
Ernestine
August Giese
Linetre A
Montana Expert Backs Wallace For Place In Cabinet
Professor M. L. Wilson of Montana State College endorsed Henry A. Wallace for secretary of agriculture in an Ames Iowa interview. He said Wallace is the only man for the job and discussed farm allotment plans and administration, favoring wheat cotton and hogs inclusion while warning against overloading the bill.
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Ames
M. L. Wilson
Montana State College
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Wilson
Des Moines Farm Magazine
Roosevelt
Congress
No Basis For Charge That Bullitt Meddled In Debts
Washington AP says the State Department found no evidence that William C. Bullitt meddled in war debts. Un dersecretary Castle told Senator Robinson that Bullitt did not claim to represent President elect Roosevelt. Paris cables show Bullitt only as a journalist and foreign affairs specialist with no Roosevelt credentials.
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Washington
Robinson
Rep
Ind
State Department
William C. Bullitt
Senate
Castle
Bullitt
Roosevelt
Paris
Democratic Party
Outlawed Hold Up Ends With Quick Tongue Call
Oklahoma City report says J. C. Williams, pressed by two robbers in his store, called for help using his tongue to signal the operator after being bound. The incident underscores swift response during the daylight robbery.
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Oklahoma City
J. C. Williams
Cedar Rapids Endures First Blizzard Of The Winter
A severe nor wester lashes Cedar Rapids with sub zero temperatures and heavy snow. Town crews hire 140 snow removers and keep primary roads open despite drifting streets and stalled vehicles. Trains face delays while streetcar tracks remain open and plow crews fight the blizzard.
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Highway Commission District
Cedar Rapids
Streeta
L. J
North Western
Garner Charges Plot To Create Legislative Jam
Speaker of the House said some members of Congress planned to force an extra session by creating a legislative log jam after Roosevelt's administration began. He refused to name the plotters and implied the plan was underway as of December.
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Washington
LLP
Garner
Congress
Roosevelt
Corbett's Condition Remains Unchanged After Restful Night
The condition of former heavyweight champion Jim Corbett stayed unchanged Tuesday, as his physician Dr G Willard Dickie reported. The doctor said Jim passed a fairly restful night.
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New York
INS
Jim Corbett
G. Willard Dickie
Jim
Reichstag Group Breaks Up In Row
Berlin reports that Nazi members of the Reichstag standing committee for safeguarding parliamentary rights shouted anti semitic epithets at Paul Loebe causing such disorder the meeting could not continue. Hans Frank claimed Loebe insulted Chancellor Hitler and Nazi deputies declared him unfit to preside. The government ignored the session.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Paul Loebe
Herr Loebe
Hans Frank
Loebe
Hitler
Adolf
Hitler Returns as Nazi Drive Stirs Vote Campaign
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler returning from Munich marks the real start of the Nazi party vote-winning push. The premier hastens mobilization as the campaign gains intensity ahead of elections.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Blizzard Devours Midwest as Chicago Seals Tight
An apocalyptic blizzard grips the central United States with freezing temperatures and deep snow. Trains, cars, and planes stalled, schools closed in Chicago, homelessness rises, and early deaths emerge from cold and isolation across Manitoba, Kansas, and Saskatchewan.
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Ohio Valley
Rocky Mountains
Appalachians
St. Paul
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Winnipeg
Kansack
Sask
Mercury
Bitter cold grips Iowa with record lows across counties
The weather man forecast subzero temperatures across the state with twenty eight below in the northwest and twenty below in the southwest during the night. Snow and high winds slowed traffic while state highways remained open. Trains ran behind schedule and trolley service was unreliable in major cities.
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Acreas
Iowa
Weatheer
Corener
Iowa Highway Commission
Sioux City
Humboldt
Webster City
Fort Dodge
Dubuque
Burlington
Illinois
Des Moines
Dathe Fingerprints And Writing Sent To New Jersey Police
Police said fingerprints and handwriting specimens from German professor William Dathe are en route to New Jersey for comparison with ransom note samples linked to the Lindbergh case. Authorities investigate Dathe who claims the six year old girl Hedwig is his daughter, found as an infant in a New York railroad station.
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Los Angeles
INS
Hedwig
New York
Hoover Promises 125 Pens for Medicine Ball Autographs
President Hoover plans to sign 125 medicine balls with 125 pens at the 7 a.m. cabinet workout. He will present the autographed balls and pens to his morning exercisers and fellow members of the administration.
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Washington
Hoover
Gallagher Bank Bill Passed in Des Moines
The Des Moines house approved the Gallagher bill by 90 to 13 empowering the district court to name bank receivers from current officers or board members and require the receiver to reside in the county. The measure also sets up a three depositor committee to assist the revelver.
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House
Gallagher
District Court
Dee
Revelver
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