Farley Denies Personal Remark About Senator Black
Postmaster General Farley faced the air mail committee denying a so called personal remark to Senator Black. Walter F Brown testified he told Farley to read a letter about the correspondence found among Brown's effects and Farley replied he would consider it. Brown said Farley stated he had no sympathy for political investigations and insisted inspectors were not assigned by him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Farley
Senate Air Mail Committee
Walter F. Brown
Senator Black
Ala
Brown
North Carolina
Aetter
Jim” Maher
Post Office
Maher
Black
McCarran
Quaker Oats Declares $1 Extra Dividend
CHICAGO AP The Quaker Oats company reports 1933 net income of 4,444,104 dollars or 4.81 a share, up from 4.59 in 1932. Directors vote an extra 1 dividend on common stock in addition to the usual quarterly 1, payable April 16 to holders of record April 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Quaker Oats Company
Mrs Massie Collapses After Divorce in Reno
Mrs Thalia Massie hospitalized in Reno after Friday divorce from Lieut Thomas H Massie U S N amid nervous collapse. Doctor says stress from court appearance, denies poison. she plans a Carmel visit then Europe with her grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Nev
INS
Thalia Massie
Honolulu
Thomas H. Massie
Massie
Lieut
Granville Fortescue
Navy
Joseph Kahahawai
Carmel
Calif
Europe
Empty grave found in Backus boy case
Rockford police locating the body of 8 year old Charles Backus reported a grave from which a body had been removed two miles from the family home on Rock River. The father had confessed to accidentally slaying his son and the search for the body had continued unsuccessfully.
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Rockford, Ill
Charles Backus
Rock River
Backus
Winter Returns to Cedar Rapids With Snowfall
Cedar Rapids reports a new winter spell as temperatures hover near freezing and a fresh snow blankets the city. The day began with a 24 hour low of 5 above, rising to 6, 8, and 13 by mid afternoon, with a Friday high of 20 and a drop to 10 by midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury Drop
Mark New
Attack of
Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Asylum Deaths At Northen Hospital At Issue
Five patients at the Northen hospital for the insane died after alleged brutal beatings by guards. A legislative committee investigates with a report to Governor Schmedeman recommending dismissal of officials and attendants. Lucian Storm’s bruised body was allegedly hidden for two days.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Northen Hospital
Albert G. Schmedeman
Peter Bell
Lucian Storm
Racine County
Ralph Gilmore
Waterford
Frank Cosgrove
Russell Morrison
Senate Passes Gas Tax Refund Bill In Iowa
The Iowa Senate approved a gas tax refund measure by 45 to 4 and left room for further action on related bills. The lower house had previously rejected an automatic farm mortgage moratorium, with Rep. Foster moving to reconsider the 51 to 44 vote. The gasoline bill broadens tax refunds requirements and imposes dealer licensing and reporting duties.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Senate
House
Rep
Foster
Cedar
Johnson
Homer Hush
Six Die as Bus of Mormon Temple Workers Overturns
A bus carrying southern California Mormon temple workers overturned in a ditch on a rain slick highway west of Phoenix. Six people died five women and a one year old boy and sixteen others were injured. Names of the dead include Elizabeth Macarthur Genevieve Shadlock Mabel Gorwis Sarah Crawford and the infant son of Clem Haws. Mrs Haws and Mrs Shadlock's husband were said to be critically injured.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Calif
Sarah Crawford
Southgate
Frank Riggs
Huntington Park
Clem Haws
Haws
Shadlock
Three Die In Snowbound Bus Truck Crash in Kansas
In Whitechurch Kansas a bus and truck collided on a snow obscured highway killing three and injuring three. Victims include Isaac Enpin a Boston salesman and Edgar F Keith a Topeka bus driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitechurch
Kan
Here
Isaac Enpin
Boston
Edgar F. Keith
Topeka
Army Mail Pilot Dies In Atlantic Sea Rescue
Lieut George F McDermott is reported lost at sea after an amphibian transporting air mail from Rockaway Beach to Richmond Va sank off the coast. Lieuts James H Rothrock and Williams Pocock survived after clinging to wreckage for over five hours as the Bernadou rendered aid and recovered them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Army Air Service
Air Corns
Floyd Bennett Field
Army
George F. McDermott
McDermott
Bernadou
Notable Military Pilot Rothrock Dies in Service
Lieut. Rothrock native of Cedar Rapids and son of a former Iowa judge. Born November 3, 1906, he graduated from New Mexico Military Institute in 1927 and earned wings in 1930. He served at Albrook, Mitchell fields and logged 772 flying hours by January 31.
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Rothrock
Tanile
James H. Rothrock
Superior Court
Iowa Supreme Bench
Cedar Rapids
New York
Colorado Springs
Colo
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
New Mexico
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Cavalry
Army Flying School
Brooks Field
Texas
Kelly Field
Albrook Field
Panama
Mitchell Field
Italian Car Burns Charcoal To Cut Gas Cost
Rome reports a fascist scientist’s process to generate gasoline from charcoal and charred agricultural refuse. A Fiat test car carries the apparatus, powering 500 kilometers on charcoal with a trunk like device attached to the rear. Prof Mario Ferraguti leads the project backed by Mussolini’s wheat committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Fiat
Budapest
Mario Ferraguti
Benito Mussolini
Central Wheat Committee
Propose Pay Boost For Iowa Tax Board
Des Moines AP reports a bill to raise each of the three state tax board members by 1200 annually for extra duties. The measure accompanies a new 20 million revenue law with an expanded tax staff from 50 to 75 to administer and collect individual and corporate income tax and retail sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
State Tax Board
Iowa Senate
Judiciary Committee
Tax Department
Three Iowans Aboard Missing Plane in West
United Airlines planes search the Utah mountains for a missing airliner reported overdue after a Friday afternoon flight from Salt Lake City to Cheyenne. Eight aboard include three Iowans and a Cheyenne crew, with a ranch sighting near Randolph offering the only clue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Salt Lake City
United Airline
Jack O'Brien
H. A. Collison
Salt Lake
Randolph
Utah
U. A
United Airlines
Cheyenne
Wyo
Iowa
E. L. Walker
Rock Springs
J. A Sterling
Bentonery
Te Mich
Bert
McLaughlin
Perry
Eagland
Zinamaster
Des Moines
Lloyd Anderson
J. Danielson
Mary Carter
Here
Interstate Buys Crandic Equipment from Crandic Stages
The Interstate Transit Lines of Omaha buys Crandic Stages equipment including 33 buses and depot gear. Crandic employees are retained. operations shift to Cedar Rapids on Interstate routes via Highways 6 and 30. The sale involved securities tied to Nevin Bus Lines. Town Electric of Cedar Rapids had previously acquired Crandic stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Interstate Transit Lines of
Omaha
Crandic Stages, Inc
Crandic
Union Pacific and
North Western Railroad
Leeast
G. E Motz
Des Moines
Dubuque
Davenport
Iowa
Motz
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Interstate Transit
Third Street SE
Fourth Avenue
Second Street SE
T. J. Manning
Interstate General
Town Electric Light and Power Company of
Nevin Bus Lines
New York
Nevin
Crandic Bus System
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1934 Accidents and Casualties
The record notes the 1934 Cedar Rapids auto toll with figures showing 52 accidents, 69 injuries, and 4 deaths. It presents a concise tally of crash outcomes for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Court ruling threatens Touhy gang case and Chicago indictments
A state supreme court decision voids Cook county grand jury selection, risking convictions in major cases including John Factor’s kidnapping and the Touhy defendants. The ruling threatens about 700 pending indictments and prompts rehearing efforts and possible legislative action to validate or reverse the decision.
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Chicago
Cook County
State Supreme Court
John Factor
Roger Touhy
William Scott Stewart
Samuel
Martin Insull
Bain Bank
Illnois Life Insurance Company
Sanitary District
TNT
Wynekoop
Gail Swolley
Frank Souder
Thomas J. Courtney
Supreme Court
Lewis F. Jacobsen
State Assembly
Ve Supreme Court
Jack
Criminal Court
Trio of Gangsters Sentenced to 99 Years in Joliet
Chicago inmates Roger Touhy Gus Schaefer and Albert Kator were convicted of kidnapping John Factor known as Jake the Barber and were immediately given 99 year sentences in Joliet State Penitentiary by Judge Michael Feinberg just before noon Saturday.
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Chicago
INS
Roger Touhy
Gus Schaefer
Albert Kator
John
Jake
Joliet
Michael Feinberg
Whisky Price Cut Sought By FACA In Lifting Import Ban
Washington report says the federal liquor control agency aims to lower prices through unrestricted imports from Canada. FACA officials expect Canadian distillers to sell whisky 25 percent below recent quotes, with possible tariff reductions from $5 to $3 per gallon to curb bootlegging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FACA
Washington
INS
Nes Control Administration
Joseph H. Choate, Jr
Canada
United States
Dominion
Choate
Local Man Hurt In Los Angeles Auto Accident
Police report Otto Keith 1035 Third avenue SE seriously injured in a Los Angeles accident Friday night. Relatives were notified. Keith had driven a car to California for Miss Barbara Douglas 1965 First avenue SE and planned to return soon after delivering the vehicle to Miss Douglas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Otto Keith
Third Avenue SE
Los Angeles
Calif
Keith
California
Barbara Douglas
Avenue SE
Douglas
Poe
Air Mail Deals Could Boost GOP Campaign Effort
Washington dispatch notes air mail contract cancellations fueling Republican hopes. The contra calls and Army Luft mishaps are framed as a potential campaign issue against Roosevelt, with debates over Hoover era contracts and defense of Brown's contracting methods. The piece cites evolving senate testimony and White House responses to accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Army Air Corps
White House
Charles A. Lindbergh
Senate
Walter Brown
James A. Farley
Republican: More Seen as Attempt to Shelve Sanders
Washington AP observers interpret a bid to sideline Everett Sanders as RNC chair as Republicans plan to fight next fall’s campaigns independently. Senate leader McNary and campaign chiefs Hastings and Bolton reportedly kept Sanders as figurehead while coordinating campaigns without the national committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders
Washington
Everett Sanders
Republican National Committee
Senate
House
National Committee
McNary
Oregon
Hastings
Delaware
Bolton
Ohio
Roosevelt Tightens Crop Credit Plan With New Loans
The $40 million direct federal crop loan fund is to be the last of its kind, Roosevelt says. Farmers should first seek community production credit associations, capitalized by government and requiring stock, with government aid only if needed. There are 587 associations, capable of roughly $300 million in lending. Interest stands at 5 3 percent, and borrowers must meet AAA controls. The land banks set a weekly refinancing record with 15 804 mortgages totaling $38 million.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William S. Myers
Farm Credit Administration
Hold Up Owa Bank Cashier in Melcher Iowa
Two masked bandits halted L. V. Paulson cashier for the Iowa State Savings bank of Knoxville and stole a $5 000 payroll from Des Moines. The robbery occurred on Main Street in Melcher in front of a drug store as the payroll was en route to Indiana Consolidated Coal mine No 2 for 1230 miners. The robbers fled in a black sedan toward Des Moines. Melcher lies about 37 miles southeast of Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melcher, Ia
L. V. Paulson
Iowa State Savings Bank of
Knoxville
Indiana Consolidated Coal Company
Melcher
Main Street
Des Moines
Paulson
Rock Island Improvement Company
Marion County
Scottsboro Defendants Lose Bid for New Trial on Legal Technicality
Morgan county circuit Judge W W Callahan refused to hear the motion for a new trial for Heywood Patterson and Clarence Norris in the Scottsboro case, ruling it was outside the court’s jurisdiction due to an Alabama statute requiring motions be filed during the trial term. Patterson and Norris had been sentenced to death again after late 1930s trials. the November term ended December 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ala
INS
W. W.,callahan
Morgan County
Scottsboro
Callahan
Heywood Patterson
Clarence Norris
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
Alabama
Patterson
Norris
Mrs Vallee to Push Fight In California Despite Ruling
Fay Webb Vallee will continue her separate maintenance suit against Rudy Vallee in California courts despite an New York supreme court injunction. Attorney Ben M. Cohen said California courts had previously sustained her right to proceed here and the NY ruling may interfere with California jurisdiction. appeal steps were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Fay Webb Vallee
Rudy Vallee
California
Ben M. Cohen
New York Supreme Court
Vallee
Cohen
New York
Police prepare for jobless marchers in London Hyde Park rally
London dispatch says unemployed marchers from across the country gathered for a weekend protest. Police plan large security with 3,000 officers at Hyde Park and 10,000 special officers nationwide. Prime Minister MacDonald will not meet the demonstrators as two leaders are arrested.
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London
MacDonald
Hyde Park
Scotland Yard
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Crouch
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6Th Army Mail
Iowa Tax Board
Rocky Mountains
Interstate
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