Lincoln Values and court cases echo across pages
Tributes to Lincoln resurface as political talk rises nationwide. A Chicago burglary case shows a lawyer father urging a plea, reflecting Lincolnian honesty. The U S Supreme Court upholds free press against Huey Long while urging newspapers to balance news with responsible interpretation. Public concern over poisonings and graft investigations in Iowa recalled by readers and officials alike.
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Lincoln
Jefferson
Jackson
Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States
Huey Long
Louisiana
Long
High Court
Probe Offex to Fix Kid Cann Case Involves $10000 Bribe Claim
A grand jury in Minneapolis opened an inquiry into charges that two police officers offered to fix the Kid Cann murder case for 10000. The probe followed a bribery claim by Meyer Schuldberg, a The Chesapeake Brands executive, who said the officers approached him and Mrs Liggett to alter her testimony. Schuldberg was subpoenaed after Chief Foyestal sought the officers’ identities, with the case unfolding during Isadore Blumenfeld’s trial for Walter Liggett’s slaying.
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Minneapolis
Kid Cann
Isadore
Blumenfeld
Walter Liggett
Jast
Meyer Schuldberg
Chesapeake Brands, Inc
Shuldberg
Frank Foyestal
Nelson
Neilson
James Lonergan Fatally Injured at Anamosa Reformatory
James Lonergan 57 a guard at the state reformatory in Anamosa died after a brine tank toppled onto him at 3 p.m. Tuesday causing crushed chest pelvis and internal hemorrhage. He died within an hour at Mercy hospital. Survived by wife May and daughters Lucille and Janaan. Funeral plans not set. Cyrus Cort Irwin 69 another reformatory guard died Monday at home after a short illness. Burial Buckhorn cemetery. Irwin born Zwingle Sept 2 1866, son of Abe and Sarah Irwin.
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Gazette Anamosa
James Lonergan
State Reformatory
Lonergan
Mercy Hospital
Milwaukee Railroad
Dubuque
May Byer Lonergan
Lucille
Janaan
Anamosa
Iowa
Activies
Knights of Columus
Cyrus Cort Irwin
Anamosa Reformatory
David M Beggs
Buckhorn Cemetery
Irwin
Zwingle
Town
Abe
Sarah Cort Irwin
Life Givers and Takers in Daily Living Echoes
A 1936 column extols the difference between life givers and life takers. Positive, radiant individuals enrich others and boost vitality, while negative people drain energy. Sharing happiness and giving instead of merely taking is urged as a path to brighter life, with quotes from Kipling and Shaw cited.
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Bishop
Victor Hugo
Phillips
Brooks
Kipling
Bernard Shaw
Weather Moderates As Highways Opened Across Iowa
Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa see relief as snow removal clears major routes. Temperatures rise to 4 above zero by 4 pm after a 21 degree gain from the 18 below low. State highway officials report several intercity routes now passable, with many numbers open in both directions and others linked from key junctions to major cities.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Associated Press
State Highway Commission
Ames
Missouri Line
Oskaloosa
Toledo
Waterloo
Minnesota
Des Moines
Grinnell
Muscatine
Davenport
Dubuque
Cascade
Dyersville
The
Highway Commission
Sioux City
Youth crawls eight miles on hands to shore in ice
Clayton Brown, 22, crawled eight miles across ice of Lake Michigan after his companions froze to death. He arrived at Goodhart with feet and one hand frozen, saved by primitive aid from locals and hope of survival from physicians. Brown left the bodies of his father in law and a Coast Guardsman as rescue attempts failed and the blizzard raged through the night.
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Charlevoix
Mich
Lake Michigan
Clayton Brown
Petoskey
Goodhart
Brown
Han “Brown
Claude Beardsley
Coast
Gene Bears
Cleo Lapeer
Lloyd Lapeer
Cunningham
Beardsley
Huddie
Rock Island Gets Time Extension
Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson granted the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad a six month extension to file a reorganization plan under Section 77B. The original deadline was set for February 27.
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Chicago
James H. Wilkerson
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Tuptey
Search for US Army pilot continues after crash near Mount Baldy
Riverside California March Field reports intensified efforts to locate Lieut. John L Helm 31 an Army aviator missing since December 30 after his wrecked airplane was found on the south slope of Mount Baldy by a ground crew.
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March Field
Riverside
Calif
INS
John LT. Helm
Mount Baldy
Politics Center In Native State
Washington AP reports a feverish political clash centering on Abraham Lincoln’s legacy as campaign season heats up across the United States. Illinois primaries April 14 loom with Borah Knox and Roosevelt ties shaping the party fights while Lincoln commemorations spark speeches from coast to coast highlighting Civil War era principles.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Lincoln
Borah
Col
Frank Knox
Farley
Roosevelt
Cep
Ae Roosevelt
Philadelphis
Ion
neRlaatetanansa
Patrick
A. Nash
Bruce. Campbell
State Democratic Committee
Chicago
Ohio
Ed D. Schorr
Columbus
Landon
Kansas
Vandenberg
Michigan
Schorr
Knox
Springfield
Ill
Portland
Ore
Hoover
State of the Union
Wallace
Indiana Farm Bureau
Indianapolis
New York
Dickinson
Greensboro
N. C
Steiner
Providence
R. I
Golden Gloves finals tickets remain plentiful in Cedar Rapids
Boxing fans in Cedar Rapids were assured of ample seating for the Golden Gloves finals with at least 1,500 general admission seats available at $1.12 each. Tickets cover main floor, first balconies, behind reserved sections, and stage bleachers, with seats guaranteed up to eight o'clock.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Missouri Coal Prices Show Rise Amid Severe Cold
Kansas City AP reports coal prices climbed in eastern and central Missouri due to prolonged cold weather and fuel shortages. In western Missouri increases were negligible as markets balanced supply and demand.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Western Iowa gets snow as mercury rises
Snow moved into western Iowa as railroads and highway crews battled to reopen traffic after a blizzard. Temperatures remained well below zero with readings across cities from Charles City to Des Moines. Authorities warned full service would take days as snowplows cleared miles of tracks and roads to restore coal deliveries.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Dubuque -10
Davenport
Keokuk
Rock Island
Des Moines-Minneapolis
Great Western
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Milwaukee
Herndon
Burlington
Illinois Central
Fort Dodge
Omaha
Hotel Patrons Leap To Safety In Peoria Fire
In Peoria Illinois a blaze at the Seneca hotel injures no one but forces 77 guests to flee. A dozen jumped into fire nets from upper floors while women were helped down ladders. Firemen say the fire started around 1 pm from a discarded cigarette and control was regained before 3 pm.
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Peoria
Ill
Seneca Hotel
Farm Bureau Hints March If Bill Delayed
Des Moines Iowa Farm Bureau president Francis Johnson warned that a Washington march could occur if Congress delays farm legislation and processing tax decisions. After 50 Iowa meetings criticizing the Supreme Court ruling on agricultural programs, farmers oppose politics delaying action and urge delivery of impounded processing tax funds to processors.
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Des Moines
Washington
Congress
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Johnson
Iowa
Supreme Court
Mgergi
Pee
Guards Placed at Marshalltown Coal Yards in Shortage
Marshalltown guards were stationed at coal yards and cars after a group of fuelless citizens attempted to commandeer a partly loaded coal car. In Melbourne 150 men shoveled snow to clear the Great Western line freeing fifteen passengers stranded since Saturday en route to Oelwein.
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Marshalltown
Melbourne
Oelwein
Two Men Die In Gas Pipeline Explosion Near Pine Grove
Two workers were killed and ten others injured when a Hope Natural Gas pipeline exploded in an open field three miles from Pine Grove West Virginia. The victims, part of a twelve man repair crew, were torn by the blast and identities were not immediately known.
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Pine Grove
W. Va
Hope Natural Gas Company
Senate May Vote On Farm Bill Friday
Washington AP reports Senate leaders forged an agreement to limit debate on the soil conservation subsidy bill with a Friday final vote in sight. Majority Leader Robinson won unanimous consent to cap speeches at 15 minutes per member and 10 minutes for amendments, after adopting Byrnes amendment proposing 500 million dollars for new programs. The measure would allow federal subsidies for economic use of lands, with grants flowing to states after two years. Republicans pushed tariff-focused substitutes and opposed direct two year federal grants.
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Washington
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Byrnes
S. C
Roosevelt Aims Budget Cuts Amid Farm Relief Tax Plan
President Roosevelt ordered a broad survey of all government departments to identify spending cuts and possible borrowing cancellations as Congress debates a farm relief program. Officials discussed a composite tax bill to raise about 900 million dollars through excises on farm goods, revised income tax exemptions, and retroactive taxes, with emphasis on permanent excises and broad commodity coverage.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Daniel Bell
Stax
AAA
Congress
Supreme Court
Four WPA Workers Die In Train Car Crash
Four relief workers from Munster were killed when their car was struck by a Grand Trunk train at a crossing in Maynard near Hammond Indiana. The victims were Peter Meeter Cornelius Verbek Garrett Vanderrook and John Kruit. They had reported for a WPA project but were sent home due to extreme cold.
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Hammond
Ind
Grand Trunk
Maynard
Here
Peter Meeter
Cornelius Verbek
Garrett Vanderrook
John Kruit
Munster
Ceremaan
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Verne Marshall
E. Z. Hauflake
Joliet
Joseph’ Burke
Hauflake
Warden and Parole Board
Hauflaire
Fas Revenue Bureau
Liggett
Reformatory
Joseph Fort Newton
DR. Newton
Politics Center
Abe Lincoln
Golden Gloves
Marshalltown Coal
Cummings
WPA
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