Huey Long Dreams Of Taxing Millionaires Now
A column cites Huey Long predicting a national tax plan that would raise from 50 to 165 billion dollars annually by taxing incomes over a million. It argues these “recovery” schemes reflect a nationwide appetite for taxpayer money, with Iowa liquor licensing and political graft examples illustrating how campaigns fund themselves and how incumbents capitalize on power.
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Ulead
Huey
Georgia House of Representatives
Sinclair
Long
Townsend
Washington
Liquor Commission
Roosevelt rebuffs patronage plea to appoint the best men
President Roosevelt told Congress he will appoint the most capable people to government jobs regardless of political ties. A House Democratic caucus, led by Rep. Adolph Sabath, seeks reforms in patronage and courtesies from department officials. Sabath's committee, with members from 48 states, aims to report back in two weeks and push for access to information and faster service.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congressional Feaders
House Democrats
Adolph Sabath
White House
Sabath
Peratais
Eee
Ocrats
Taylor
Cole
O'Connor
N. Y
Bankhead
Ala
Fuller, Ark
McFarlane
Tex
Johnson
Okla
Joseph W. Burns
Tenn
Martin Dies
Congressional Democratic Committee
Congressional
Congress
Coroner criticizes sheriff over Elk Horn crash closure
Audubon county coroner Hans J. Johnson condemns Sheriff Fred Clemensen for closing the truck auto crash near Elk Horn that killed four, saying an inquest was warranted after doctors signed death certificates and the case ended without full inquiry. Johnson notes he is uncle to Ethan Johnson, one of the slain Elk Horn High players.
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Audubon (Ap
Hans J. Johnson
Audubon County
Fred Clemensen
Elk Horn
Johnson
Clemensen
Ethan Johnson
Blass Berg man kills two then takes his life
Arthur De Gron, 30, shot and killed two people at Lynn's Crossing near Blossberg Alabama. He wounded two others before killing himself. The incident occurred Thursday according to reports.
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Blossberg, Ala
Arthur de Gron
Lynn’s Crossing
Here
Des Moines Faces Historic Graft Scandal Shakeup
The passage accuses political factions of patronage graft and backroom wire politics, blaming them for pork barrel spending. It warns that the current conflict in Des Moines surpasses previous graft in scale, suggesting a dramatic political crisis unfolds in the capital.
Dickens as Magician of London Life on His Birthday
Jane Welsh Carlyle praised Dickens as a gifted conjurer who turned raw flour and eggs into a plum pudding in a hat and conjured scenes from London slums. His magic lay in transforming hardship into humor and humanity, conjuring beloved characters like Pickwick, Tiny Tim, and Scrooge to warm hearts and restore festive spirit.
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Jane Welsh Carlyle
Dickens
Aple
London
Thei Abyss
Pickwick
Sam Weller
Guppey
Uriah Heep
Micawber
Toots
Chol- Jop
Mrs. Wuitterly
Strau b widow and Miss Edlin freed
Chicago police released Ellen Billy Edlin after taxi driver Kenneth Colling said she was not the woman he drove to the Saddle and Cycle club the night Louis Straub was killed. Mrs Melba Springer Straub, widow of the victim, and Mrs Edlin both received vindication as drug clerks failed to identify her.
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Chicago
Kenneth Coling
Ellen
Billy” Edlin
Louis K. Straub
Edlin
Melba Springer Straub
Straub
Colling
Cummings Prepares for Gold Decision Emergency
Washington legal briefing says Attorney General Homer S. Cummings will be ready for any emergency after meetings with Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and other federal officials. The statement follows the Supreme Court gold decision anticipation.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Homer S. Cummings
Supreme Court
Wage provision written into jobs measure
Washington officials report the senate appropriations committee amended the four point eight eight billion dollar public works bill to require prevailing wages on all work. The change aims to prevent wage-rate decline on private employment while keeping administration support. The provision, backed by the AFL, does not guarantee higher earnings, only wage rate compliance. The panel approved the amendment 12 to 8 and may finish work on Friday.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
American Federation of Labor
Pat McCarran
Neyne
Wilder
Sheriff Charged With Murder In Shooting Of U S Agent
POST Texas August report says federal narcotics agent Spencer Stafford was killed and Sheriff W F Cato of Garza County was charged with murder after a confrontation outside a veterinary hospital. Cato claimed self defense. two agents were involved in a drug trafficking investigation.
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Cato
Tom Morgan
Stafford
Karpis Lead In Utah Proves Dud
A car with New Jersey plates thought to contain Alvin Karpis was stopped by justice agents in Salt Lake City. The search showed no connection to Karpis, refuting the earlier report of his presence.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
New Jersey
Alvin Karpis
Department of Justice
Karpis
Burlington bus line hearing delayed by railroad commission
In Washington Iowa the Town railroad commission heard the proposed Davenport to Council Bluffs Burlington bus line on highway 2. The commission delayed ruling and adjourned to Friday in Des Moines as twenty persons testified.
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Washington, Ia
Town Railroad Commission
Burlington
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Daring Escape by Bremer Kidnap Suspect
Jesse Doyle, 34, alleged Karpis Barker gang member, fled after an attempted transfer in Yorkville Illinois. Federal agents pursued as Doyle bolted from a hotel, leaped from a window, and escaped in a farmer’s car after a gunfire exchange during a forced landing near Chicago. Doyle faces St Paul Bremer kidnapping charges and was en route to Chicago from Kansas City when the incident occurred.
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Yorkville
Department of Justice
Karpis-Barker
Jesse Doyle
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Chicago
Doyle
Bremer
Kansas City
Joseph Jacobson
Jacobson
E. L. Matlock
Here
William Ford
Fenee
H. W. Bretthauer
Trio tied to Bremer kidnapping nabbed after gun battle
Pittsburg police and federal agents captured two women and a man believed to be Jess Doyle associates after a running gun battle. The suspects were ordered held in communicado and their names were not released.
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Pittsburg
Kan
INS
Jess Doyle
Bremer
Consider U S Milk License For C R
Washington reports a proposed market agreement to establish a federal license system for the Cedar Rapids milk area is before the AAA dairy section. Action likely delayed a couple of weeks while awaiting advice from William Perdue, milk market administrator for Des Moines and Dubuque. Officials say the provisions are not yet disclosed and the plan is under discussion. Perdue is praised for his work managing the Cedar Rapids market beyond his normal duties.
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ED Hadley
Gazette
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
William Perdue
Des Moines
Dubuque
AAA
Perdue
Dairy Officials Say Cedar Rapids Milk Talks Continue
William Perdue, market administrator for the AAA dairy section in Des Moines and Dubuque, admitted in a long distance call to The Gazette that he has discussed the Cedar Rapids milk situation with Washington officials but no steps or plan have been made. He declined to comment further. A stalemate ended when Perdue secured an agreement for distributors and producers to hold the price until the end of April.
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William Perdue
AAA
Des Moines
Dubuque
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Perdue
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
A 1935 Cedar Rapids toll tally shows 238 accidents with 46 injuries and deaths recorded. The note lists counts for accidents injuries and fatalities without further context.
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Cedar Rapids
Fire engulfs Charles City business district in blast
A major blaze tore through the Hil dreth block in Charles City Thursday night, threatening the entire business section. Firefighters from Charles City could not stop the flames before Mason City was alerted thirty-two miles away, with near 100 properties at risk including the Hildreth hotel and theater, a hamburger shop, and the county relief building. The outbreak followed an explosion and caused extensive damage with expected losses surpassing 100000 dollars.
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Charles City
Charles
Mason City
Hildreth
Mason City Fire Department
Demas
County Relief Office
Ex-convict returns to Italy to find long‑lost fiancée wed
MOLINARA Italy ex convict Michelangelo Gentilcore 45 returns from Minnesota prison after 22 years for murder to wed his childhood sweetheart Maria Delando only to discover she married another. Letters he believed real were forged. He has little money and had sent 3000 lire home before sailing.
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America
Gentileore
Maria
Gentilcore
Calabria
Italy
Crop Loan Bills Passed And Sent To White House
The House completed action on the 1935 crop production loan bill, approving compromise provisions authorizing $60,000,000 for needy farmers. The bill now goes to President Truman after Senate initially set loans at $100,000,000 and conference fixed at $60,000,000.
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Washington
House
Senate
Obituary: James L. Brodie 80 Killed in Hit and Run
James L. Brodie, 80, of Cedar Rapids, died after a hit and run as he crossed First Avenue E near Thirty-second Street. A witness described a brown 1929 Model A Ford sedan. Brodie, formerly a Kenwood School janitor, suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries. coroner to decide on inquest. Police searched for the motorist.
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James L. Brodie
First Avenue
Thirty-second Street
Brodie
Charles E. Irwin
Bukacek
Kansky
Kenwood School
Dizzy Dean Signs With Cardinals
Jerome Dizzy Dean, ace pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, signed his 1935 playing contract in Cardinal offices in St. Louis. The deal, witnessed by owner Sam Breadon, was for a salary higher than the prior offer of 17,500 dollars, though the exact amount was not disclosed.
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ST. Louis
Jerome Herman
Dizzy” Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinal
Dean
Sam Breadon
Cardinals
Dizzy
Redbirds
Rockefeller fingerprinted at request of justice officials
New York AP report says John D. Rockefeller Jr. was fingerprinted Thursday voluntarily after J Edgar Hoover urged all citizens to file prints with the FBI. The action followed a public notice from the justice department division of investigation.
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New
York
John, D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
J. Edgar ‘Hoover
United States Department
of Justice Division of Investigation
Compromise Near On Liquor Probe In Iowa Senate
Des Moines reports say the senate appropriations committee, split on subpoena power and funding, moved toward a compromise on the liquor investigation. Democrats face pressure from Republicans and fellow Democrats as two dissenters seek limits while supporting subpoena authority and more than five thousand dollars in funding.
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Des Moines
Senate Appropriations Committee
Liquor Commission
Iowa
INS
Senate
Liquor Control Commission
House
Appropriations
George Patterson
Byers
Wilson
George Wilson
Roy Stevens
Appropriations Committee
Democratic Committee
Liquor Investigating Committee
Defense presses ladder experts in Hauptmann trial
In Flemington New Jersey defense lawyers pressed witnesses to cast doubt on the state case about the Lindbergh kidnapping ladder. Charles A. De Bisschop and other witnesses challenged the ladder’s origins and construction.
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Edward J
Reilly
Supreme Court
Thomas
Trenchard
Fone
David, Friedlander
New York
Cols H. Norman Schwarzkopf
New Jersey
Friedlander
Amandus Hochmuth
Hauptmann
Colonel Schwarzkopf
de Bisschop
Arthur Koehler
Forestry Expert To Aid Prosecution In Kidnapping Case
FLEMINGTON UP The first rebuttal witness for the state will be H. S. Betts a United States Forestry Service engineer whose testimony counters the claim that only one nail hole was found in the ladder the night of the kidnapping United Press learned Thursday night.
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Erastus M. Hudson
New York
Hobby
Alter
Flemington
H. S. Betts
United States
Forestry Service
United Press
Probe track scandal rocks Texas racing
Governor James V. Alfred ordered a sweeping investigation into Texas race tracks amid reports of a ring, possibly national in scope, fixing races through the use of dope and narcotics.
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Austin
Tex
James V. Alfred
Texas
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Kingfish Long
Father Coughlin
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Leslie Francis
Mississippi River
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DR. Newton
Senate Group
U.S
U. S
C. R
Girl Long
Cedar Rapids News
Dizzy Dean
Bulletin
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Uhlig
Fisch
Henckel
Connecticut
Henry” Uhlig
de. E. M. Hudson
Bronx
Ay Jonn
Ferris
N. J
Bruno
Richard
Deffense
Trump
Lindbergh
A. de. Bisschop
Waterbury
Conn
India
New See
David’ R T. Vwilentz
Salso
Hudson
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