State agents put on job by att General
Attorney General Edward L. OConn or announced that complaints alleging straw bosses at the University of Iowa hired relatives and out of state friends are being investigated with the state department of justice. Clyde Albrecht was discharged after affidavits showed gifts of ten dollars from laborer John Volker. albrecht said he did not know who sent them and no tribute was demanded.
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DES Moines
Edward L. O'Connor
University of Iowa
State Department of Justice
Clyde Albrecht
O'Connor
Wisconsin
Iowa
Tennessee
Iowa City
Bureau of Investigation
John Volker
Albrecht
Volker
University Nepotism Probe Faces State Officials
Davenport AP George T Baker says university authorities and the state board cooperate with the attorney general in investigating nepotism allegations at the University of Iowa. The probe follows past revelations of payroll padding and fictitious names involving labor foreman Charles Brown and his relatives.
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University of Iowa
Gazette
Charles Brown
Albrecht
Brown
Antigo Engineer Dies of Injuries from Train Collision
George Steber age 52 of Antigo died from injuries after the collision Thursday night at Monico between North Western trains Nos 12 and 112. Dan Jones of Antigo, an engineer on No 112, was killed instantly in the crash.
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Antigo
Wis
George Steber
North Western
Monico
Steber
Dan Jones
Nila Cram Cook Departed From Calcutta Aboard U S Ship
Nila Cram Cook, Iowa native once linked to Gandhi, was deported to New York on the City of Elwood with her young son. Refusing to speak to her son and locking herself in a hotel bathroom, she finally boarded the 6197 ton U S Shipping Board steamer after a prolonged departure order. She had joined Gandhi three years earlier and had periods of radical withdrawal from his austere life.
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Calcutta
India
Nila Cram Cook
Iowa
Mahatma M. K. Gandhi
New York
City of Elwood
United States Shipping Board
Miss Cook
Iife
Mahatma
George Cram Cook
Davenport
Former Local Woman Indiana Teacher Sent Up For Theft
Cora Steele a 55 year old Terre Haute School teacher pled guilty to grand larceny for stealing 25000 dollars in bonds from the state teachers retirement fund. She admitted disposing of the bonds through a Chicago broker with traces to Cedar Rapids Boston and New York. Steele long served on the Terre Haute pension fund board and taught there thirty five years.
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Indianapolis
Cora Steele
Terre. Haute
Miss Steele
Board On
Farmers Organize Credit Association in Cedar Rapids
Preliminary formation of the Cedar Rapids Production Credit association as a unit of the Omaha Production Credit corporation was completed Friday afternoon with fifty farmers from Linn Benton Tama Iowa and Johnson counties. Capitalization set at 80000 with three quarters from Omaha and one quarter from borrowers. Four directors elected: W J Breakenridge Roscoe B Banks Henry Grunewald and A Everitt Hursh. A Johnson county director to be named later. many incorporators listed from multiple towns. The Cedar Rapids unit is among seventeen Omaha Credit corporation units planned in Iowa per Henry Eichling.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids Production Credit Association
Production Credit Corporation of Omaha
Linn
Benton
Tama
Iowa
Johnson Counties
Omaha Corporation
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Omaha
Cedar Rapids
W. J. Breakenridge
Dinsdale
Tama County
Roscoe B. Banks
Marion
Linn County
Henry Grunewald
van Horne
Benton County
A. Everitt Hursh
Marengo
Iowa County
Johnson County
Association
Breakenridge
Mr. Blinks
Mr Grunewald
Mr. Hursh
J. D. Misbach
Williamsburg
L. J. Meyer
Earl W. Morse
Arthur Pundt
Homestead
J. D. Hayes
Toledo
Harry Lichty
Charles A. Gary
Montour
R. C. McElhinney
Dysart
Joe Che
Bill 10 Rule Markets Faces Rocky Route
Washington AP reports federal regulation of stock exchanges faces delays as Congress seeks Roosevelt guidance. Hearings on Fletcher Rayburn measure set for next week. expectations of revisions persist though Fletcher calls it middle-of-the-road. Roosevelt to weigh in on prohibitions. Some lawmakers doubt his broad recommendation equals approval. House and Senate panels plan hearings midweek with tentative dates.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Fletcher
Senate Banking Committee
Manly
Federal Trade Commission
Rayburn
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Cold Grips Eastern States as Death Toll Rises
A brutal cold wave ends its grip on the Atlantic coast with 40 deaths across five states led by New York and Pennsylvania. Temperatures slid to record lows, trains delayed, fires hampered by freezing water, and coast guards rescued five mariners after an ice-coated schooner incident.
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Associated Press
North Atlantic Seaboard
New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Ohio
Cape Cod
Pennsylvania Railroad
Will Rogers Refuses Son Car To Drive To School
CORVALLIS Oregon June 6 Will Rogers humorist says his son William Jr should walk to Palo Alto and not drive to school He notes he has sought a new car for four years and explains he would approve a horse ride to Stanford but not a car The exchange occurs as Stanford polo team plays Oregon State College and the elder Rogers favors walking over driving.
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Corvallis
Ore
Ins
Will Rogers
William Jr
Palo Alto
Calif
Stanford
Young Rogers
Oregon State College
Rogers
House Likely to Pass Senate Utilities Bill
The House is expected to back the Johnson bill prohibiting utility firms from using federal courts in rate cases. It would require appeals in state courts and follows Senate approval amid opposition from some Republicans. Critics call it unconstitutional while supporters label it a check on the power trust and federal judicial reach.
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Washington
INS
House
Senate
White House
Henry T. Rainey
Johnson
California
Norris
Nebraska
Power Trust
Rainey
Austin
Vermont
Supreme Court
Chicago
New York Telephone Company
Kansas
Giant Cities Service Company
State Commission
Compromise Reached on Crop Loan Bill at 40 Million
Senate and House conferees agreed on a crop production loan bill providing 40 million dollars for loans this year. The agreement keeps two House provisions requiring cooperation with crop reduction programs and loans on wheat and other crops, with a 250 dollar per borrower limit and a possible 400 in needy cases.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Noted Army Counsel to Defend Murrel in Trial
Lieut John H Murrel Ninth Infantry army officer and ex West Point star will face federal charges of criminal assault in an alleged Oct 22 attack on Blanche Balls a Birmingham Alabama divorcee at Fort Sam Houston Texas Captain J F R Scott will serve as private counsel after Washington blocked his official defense role The case stems from a game official duty at the Texas university Centenary college football game and a November preliminary hearing
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San Antonio
Tex
John H. Murrel
Ninth Infantry Army
West Point
Blanche Balls
Alabama
Murrel
J. F. R. Scott
U. S. Army
Scott
Johnson Hagood
Eighth Corps
Washington
U. S
William Smith
Cedar Rapids
Fort Sam Houston
Army
Miss Ralls
W. L. Boisclair
Birmingham
Ala
Texas university-Centenary
Ickes halts non federal PWA projects
Public Works Administrator Ickes ordered all new non federal PWA projects halted. He cited a backlog of over 3.5 billion dollars in applications with no allotments due to exhaustion of the 3.3 billion dollar fund. State engineers were told to stop accepting new projects and to report pending items and timelines. The focus shifts to finishing existing work and pushing contracts.
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Washington
Public Works
Ickes
PWA
Ett von Ickes
Gmp
Gold Hoarding Test Case to be Fought Before High Court
Washington AP reports government seeks dismissal of Frederick B. Campbell suit testing the gold hoarding act and Roosevelt orders. Campbell docketed the appeal after returning 26 of 27 gold bars to the treasury, challenging private ownership limits and presidential power under the act. The first count survived. the second was dismissed.
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Washington
Frederick B. Campbell
New York
Roosevelt
James C. Biggs
Supreme Court
Campbell
Treasury
Federal Grand Jury
New York City
Linn County CWA Payroll Totals $27,061 for 2018 Workers
Linn County civil works payroll shows 2018 workers receiving checks totaling 27 thousand 61 dollars for last week. Payments distributed Saturday reached 2,048 men with a total of 27 thousand 109 dollars 60 cents, per paymaster T. McDonnell.
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CWA
Cedar Rapids News
Linn County Cwa
T. McDonnell
Linn County Civil Works
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1934 Accidents Report
A 1934 Cedar Rapids toll report records 38 accidents, 52 injuries, and 3 deaths. Officials tally vehicle incidents and categorize outcomes to gauge road safety trends in the year.
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Cedar Rapids
France forms four man foreign affairs directorship
Paris forms a four member foreign affairs directorate headed by Premier Gaston Doumergue to handle policy quickly. The group includes Andre Tardieu Edouard Herriot and Louis Barthou aiming to block a German Austrian union and seek cooperation with Italy and the Little Entente.
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Paris
Gaston Doumergue
Austria
Doumergue
Andre Tardieu
Edouard Herriot
Louis Barthou
Mussolini
Italy
Roumania
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Engelbert Dollfuss
Tardieu
Herriot
Sullivan Slated as Iowa National Committeeman
Rep. A C Willford of Waterloo predicts John E Sullivan of Waterloo will become the next national Democratic committeeman from Iowa as Richard Mitchell resigns to join the state supreme court. Willford circulated a petition among nine district committeemen and nine district committee women urging Sullivan's selection.
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Washington
John E. Sullivan
Waterloo
Iowa
A. C. Willford
Richard Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Willford
Mitchell
James A. Farley
National Democratic Committee
Eicher
Gilette
Biermann
Sullivan
Otha Wearin
New York
B. M. Jacobsen
Thomas Walsh
Dayvenport
Jacobsen
State Supreme Court
Murphy
Army To Fly Mail Private Contracts Voided
Washington reports President Roosevelt moves to replace all private airmail contracts with an army run system beginning February 19. A sub committee will study aviation policy as government eyes permanent service while carriers face cancellation and lawsuits.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army Air Corps
Army
Douglas MacArthur
Senate
James Farley
Homer Cummings
America
Air mail contract holders listed after Roosevelt cancellations
Washington AP reports the firms with air mail subsidies last year and miles flown. United Air Lines earned 6,611,236 dollars over 11,656,088 miles at 56.7 cents per mile with routes including New York Chicago Dallas and others. American Airways received 4,792,703 dollars for 89,273,354 miles at 51.7 cents a mile with routes Boston New York Chicago etc. Transcontinental and Western Airlines had 3,119,613 dollars for 5,054,394 miles at 61.7 cents a mile New York Los Angeles. Eastern Air Transport 1,765,901 dollars for 3,555,322 miles at 49.7 cents. Northwest Airways 868,816 dollars for 1,616,380 miles at 53.8 cents on Chicago Billings. Kohler Aviation and United States Airways listed with smaller sums and routes Chicago Omaha Atlanta Chicago Billings.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United Air Ones
New York
Chicago
Dallas
National Air Transport, Inc
Salt Lake City
Portland
Varney Air Lines, Inc
Seattle
San Diego
Pacific Air Transport, Inc
San Francisco
Boeing Air Transport, Inc
American Airways, Inc
Boston
Memphis
Fort Worth
Galveston
Brownsville
Atlanta
New Orleans
Houston
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Omaha
Los Angeles
Transcontinental and Western Airlines, Inc
Eastern Air Transport, Inc
Miami
Northwest Airways, Inc
Billings
Kohler Aviation Corporation
United States Airways, Inc
Chicago and
Witness Fails to Appear in Air Mail Probe
The senate investigation into air mail contracts learns the whereabouts of William P. MacCracken Jr. remain unknown as his chief clerk Joan Murphy testifies she has not seen him since Friday. Brittin’s oil of defense weakens under Black’s inquiry as witnesses discuss seized files and FOI related papers.
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Washington
William P. MacCracken
Senate
Joan Murphy
Col. L. H. Brittin
Northwest Airways
Chairman Block
Special Airmail Investigating Committee
Brittin
Miss Murphy
Garner
MacCracken
Black
Chesley Jurney
Frank* J
Hogan
Commerce
Department ‘of Justice
Jurney
District Supreme Court
Frederic P. Lee
Couneel
George N. Peek
Lee
Post Office
Senator Black
Alabama
Walter F. Brown
Robinson
Arkansas
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Terre Haute
W. C. Benesh
Farmers Organize Credit Association
Horse O. K
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Communist Party
Rep
Probe Foreign Mail
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Post Office Department
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