Drifted snow cripples Iowa. fears grow for food and fuel
Iowa faces a historic winter tie up as drifting snow halts trains and delays mail deliveries. Highways closed. motorists urged to stay put. Rural services struggle. concern rises that continued blockade may threaten food and fuel supplies to snowbound communities. A country school teacher questions relief pay versus public aid and asks whether a wider strike is needed. Senator Dickinson’s forecasts linger in debate as Missouri slot machine gangs heighten crime reports.
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Iowa
Missouri
Kansas City
Sioux City
Graft probe seeks tax records on OConnor Maley officials
Internal revenue agents ask Woodbury county court to compel production of income records for Attorney General Edward O'Connor and chief assistant Walter Maley along with a list of involved names. Hearing delayed due to snow as Rawlings contests the request citing privilege. documents tied to raids at Iowa Dakota Novelty, Bachelor hotel, and Brennan's beer parlor.
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Sioux City
Internal Revenue
Woodbury County
Edward Bh. O'Connor
Walter F. Maley
T. P. Smith
Maurice E. Rawlings
Smith
George Scott
Rawlings
Iowa
O'Connor
Mey
Maley
Supreme‘court
Clyde E. Mayer
F. M. Mayer
Henry C. Kuhlmann
Gus Vaginas
George Meyers
Tony Santi
Joe Gagen
Tom Conroy
Des Moines
Thomas L. Taggart
Abe Kroloff
J. E. Brennan
Jack Warden
C. E. Stevens
Phil Dunn
Bill Taxler
Robert Kroloff
Ike Sherman
Frank Comerfield
Isadore Kroloff
Jack Kennedy
Anthony Curcio
Jim Pontrale
Iowa Dakota Novelty Company
Bachelor Hotel
Brennan
Court voids Louisiana newspaper tax in landmark press ruling
The U S Supreme Court unanimously invalidates Louisiana's gross receipts tax on newspapers, anchoring free press protections. The decision, read by Justice Sutherland, traces constitutional guarantees and rejects state attempts to curb journalism, with continued coverage on TVA rulings and New York milk control issues.
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Washington (Lp
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Tennessee Valley Authority
George Sutherland
Orders 2 Million In AAA Taxes Repaid
Federal Judge Merrill E. Otis ordered 2 625 000 of a 3 500 000 impounded AAA tax fund returned to five milling companies. A further 875 000 remains in reserve to allow bakers group to intervene in tax distribution. The released 2 625 000 will be shared by Larabee Flour Mills Washburn Crosby Walter and Spies Midland Flour Milling and Rodney Milling.
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Kansas City
Merrill E. Otis
AAA
Otis
Larabee Flour Mills Company
Washburn-Crosby Company
Walier and Spies
Midland Flour Milling Company
Rodney Milling Company
Happiness as elusive as electricity in daily musings
A reader questions the pursuit of happiness while the column argues happiness is not a goal to chase. It suggests happiness comes from living fully and doing meaningful work, citing Emerson Lincoln Twain Newman and Von Huguenin as examples of varied happiness and struggle.
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Gobi Desert
Emerson
Wwe
Lincoln
Mark Twain
Newman
von Huguel
Eastern Iowa Snow Removal Expands With WPA Help
Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa dig out after a severe blizzard that shut down rail and roads. Northwest winds held and temperatures fell to 5 below zero as city crews and 113 WPA workers, forming nearly 400 snow shovelers, pressed removal efforts without reducing city hiring.
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Iowa
The
Mercury
Chambers
WPA
Dave Williams
Public Improvement
Williams
Mrs. Long Sworn In As U S Senator
Washington reports that Rose McConnel Long widow of Huey P. Long was sworn in as his successor joining Hattie Caraway of Arkansas to become the first time two women serve simultaneously in the United States Senate.
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INS
United States Senate
Rose McConnel Long
Huey P. Long
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Long
Senate
388 Million Defense Bill Moves Through House
The 388,782,232 dollar defense bill advances in the House aimed at boosting western defenses and overall military spending, with 168,359,985 for rivers and harbors. Field commanders report inadequate western defenses and Hawaii Panama coast projects receive sizable boosts.
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Senate
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Panama, Canal
Anama
Pacific
Oscar Westover
Air Corps
Westover
United States
Panama
Budget Bureau
Two Men Missing On Marshalltown Road
DES MOINES (UP) Two men missing since Saturday were feared Monday to have frozen to death on the highway between Ackley and Marshalltown. One man Earl Thompson a Des Moines paper carrier has not been heard from since he phoned his wife at Marshalltown Saturday noon. Thompson was known to have had a companion whose identity is undetermined. Fears also were held for H E Scarborough 54 a salesman missing from Iowa Falls since Saturday morning.
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Des Moines
Ackley
Marshalltown
Earl Thompson
Thompson
H. E. Scarborough
Iowa Falls
Mile Long Snowdrift Delays Gazette Drivers
In northeast Iowa Gazette drivers E. J. Jedlicka of Monona and Lyman Bort of Manchester fought blizzard conditions, drifting roads, and long delays from Monona to Cedar Rapids and back. Jedlicka endured 400 feet of drifts and four stalls starting Saturday, reached Strawberry Point at noon, then resumed Monday after waiting for a plow, recalling mile long drifts and a plow working seventeen hours to cover sixteen miles.
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Iowa
E. J. Jedlicka
Monona
Lyman Bort
Manchester
Cedar“ Rapids
Jedlicka
Strawberry Point
Oelwein
Independence
Walker
Cedar Rapids
Strawberry
Elkader
House panel balks at Passa Maquoddy and Florida canal projects
The House appropriations committee refused to fund the Passamaquoddy Maine hydroelectric project and the Florida ship canal, demanding congressional approval first. Both projects were drawn from a $4.88 billion work relief fund and public works package and remain unapproved.
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INS
House Appropriations
Passamaquoddy
Maine
Wisconsin polar scientist returns to Ottumwa after Byrd expedition
Dr. Thomas C. Poulter of Iowa Wesleyan College arrived in Ottumwa after a Sunday trip home from the South Pole. He spent months at the pole with Admiral Byrd and quipped, I’ll take Little America.
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Ottumwa
Thomas C. Poulter
Iowa
Wesleyan College
South Pole
Admiral Byrd
Needle restarts hearts with new electric device
Dr Albert S Hyman unveiled a compact electric needle that can restart hearts stopped by angina pectoris, coronary thrombosis, electrocution, or shock. The device, about the size of a hand flashlight and battery powered, improves on the original Pacemaker, reducing bulky equipment from 40 pounds. The demonstration cited the death of Samuel Rothafel to illustrate potential life-saving use.
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Associated Freas
NEW York (Ap
Roxy
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Albert S. Hyman
Carolina Greenwood
Aviation Medicine
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U. S. Naval Service
Witkin Foundation For
Hyman
Pittman Charges Japan Violated Pacts Seeks Strong Defense
Sen. Pittman urged prompt approval of large defense expenditures in air and naval forces to protect U S rights. He accused Japan of openly violating treaties and warned of a possible Russia Japan alliance threatening America in Asia. He cited Manchuria conquest as a breach of the Kellogg Briand pact and the nine power pact.
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League of Nations
Hiroji Saito
Coal Shortage Deepens Across Iowa As Winter Bites
Des Moines reports Iowa faces a worsening coal shortage as blizzards and heavy drifts slow deliveries. Gov. Clyde Herring directs National Guard armories opened for shelter, cots provided, blankets by the guard. Adjutant General Grahl urges city coal relief and Legion posts urged to aid families with fuel and food.
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Iowa
Clyde Herring
Charles A. Grahl
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Grahl
John R. Hattery
W. P. Henke
Charles City
American Legion
Legion
Herring
Seven CCC Boys Rescued From Ice In Cape Cod Bay
Seven Rhode Island CCC youths faced death on drifting ice for 22 hours in Cape Cod Bay before rescue. Coast guardsmen, Army planes, and private aircraft delivered food and blankets, and the group was brought aboard the Harriet Lane seven miles offshore. One youth had both feet frozen. others suffered exposure. Names: John E. Fitzsimmons Jr, Tony Ray, Albert M V Papa, Manuel J Botello, Nicholas S Scungio, Norman R Beaulier, Thomas G Malone.
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Mass
INS
Cape
John E. Fitzsimmons, Jr
Portsmouth
R. I
Tony Ray
Albert M. V. Papa
Manuel J. Botello
West
Warwick
Nicholas S. Scungio
Norman R. Beaulier
Pawtucket
Thomas G. Malone
Coast Guard renews search for men adrift on Lake Michigan
In freezing conditions Charlevoix coast guardsmen resumed an arduous hunt for three marooned men on a floe or small boat in Lake Michigan. Two coast guardsmen were hospitalized for exposure and three fishermen were saved by the actions of two of the missing men as dawn brought a coast guard power boat and planes to direct the operation.
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Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
U S Urges Pan American Peace Conference Plan
Washington reports a possible Pan American peace framework to extend the Monroe Doctrine and keep Latin America free from old world politics. Assistant Secretary Sumner Welles has begun sounding Latin American governments about a Pan American peace conference to formalize the agreement.
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Hemisphere
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Sumner Welles
Snow clears routes as Iowa railroad, highway crews press on
Des Moines reports progress after the weekend blizzard. Snowplows fought drifts as rail lines open portions of the state and highways in south Iowa began to clear with several east-west routes opened for one-way passage. Bus service resumes Des Moines to Ames and other cities amid continuing frigid temperatures and ongoing snow removal efforts.
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Rock Island
Chicago
Denver
Snowplow Placed in Drift 30 Men Marooned Near Oneida
A Milwaukee railroad snowplow train carrying thirty workmen stalled two miles south of Oneida Monday after sliding into a 12 foot drift. Men lacked food since Sunday. rescuers brought sandwiches while horses were used to reach town. Deep drifts up to 18 feet hindered relief as schools nearby remained closed.
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Cedar Rapids
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