Federal probes Louisiana runoff election sources cited irregularities
The U S government subpoenaed ballot boxes tally sheets and returns from Orleans Parish and summoned the federal grand jury to reconvene Investigations extend across the state amid serious complaints about irregularities in the Louisiana runoff primary that pitted Sam Houston Jones against Earl K Long The probe follows earlier civil liberties and mail fraud cases connected to Huey Long era officials and associates
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New Orleans
Louisiana
U. S
Herman Rosenwald
Rene A. Viesca
Orleans
Rosenwald
Sam Houston Jones
Lake Charles
Earl K. Long
Kingfish
Huey P. Long
Earl Long
Orleans Parish
Federal Grand Jury
Washington
O. John Rogge
Seymour Weiss
Monte Hart
J. Emory Adams
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Louis C. Lesage
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Rogge, Teton
Feuding Flannerys Face Court Over Bed Fight
In Minneapolis a family feud centered on Ma and Pa Flannery and their nine children reached municipal court. Magney Palm, a police lieutenant acting as referee, described frequent clashes with pranks and assaults. On Washington's birthday Thomas Flannery, 22, kicked Jack Flannery, 18, from a bed leading to an assault charge and a 30 day workhouse sentence for Thomas.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Magney Palm
Palm
Ma Flannery
Flannery
Pa Flannery
Flannerys
Washington
San Jack Flannery
Thomas
Jack
Guilford
Dixie Landslide For Roosevelt In Seminole County Primary
In four rural Seminole county precincts voters cast ballots in a playful presidential primary. Franklin D Roosevelt led with 841 first choices followed by Garner 18 and Hull 3. Hull led second choices with 245, Farley 154, and Roosevelt only one. The non binding vote marked the first public ballot on future Democratic candidates.
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Donaldsonville
Seminole County
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Garner
Farley
Cordell Hull
Wheeler
Montana
McNutt
Sen. George
Roosevelt
Hull
George
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Oldest Living Moderator Of Iowa Presbyterian Synod
Dr. William M. Evans, aged in his eighties, has spent 58 years as a physician of the spirit, guiding Iowa Presbyterians from Keokuk to Sioux City. Born January 7, 1856 in South Salem Ohio, he pursued ministry at Wooster College and Manchester through Miami University ties, shaping a life long in service to faith.
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Iowa
Presbyterian Synod
William M. Evans
Cedar Rapids
Keokuk
Sioux City
Dr. Evans
Tabernacle of Brick and Stone
Ohio
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Synod of
Marcus Warren Evans
Sarah Jane McClung Evans
South Salem
Miami University
Oxford, O
Salem
Academy
Isaac Evans
Evans
Ajax
Wooster College
Mrs. Schmidt Wins Grand Prize In Ad-Rite Contest Week One
Cedar Rapids The Gazette announces Mrs. A W Schmidt as the first weekly $25 grand prize winner in its $2 500 amateur ad writing contest for 4 028 entries. Her Inter Ocean Reinsurance ad is featured with 26 top ads from 130 merchandise prize winners.
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A. W. Schmidt
the Gazette
Thirty-sixth Street
Schmidt
Inter- Ocean Reinsurance Company
The
Gazette
LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Schmidts
FHA
Icy Streets Sparked Several Local Traffic Accidents
Police logged multiple minor injuries from icy roads Saturday. Virgil Horak, 22, and Ed Carlson, 38, collided at Seventh Street and Eighth Avenue SE at 9 30 AM, Horak receiving head and nose cuts. George Griner, 45, slid on Center Point Road NE at 5 PM and struck a City Lines bus, passenger H C Cooper reporting back pain but later stating no injury. Tony Mrazek, 21, swerved to avoid others on Ninth Street SW at 6 55 PM, hitting a telephone pole. Herman Wirtz was the bus driver in the Griner incident.
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Cedar Rapids
Seventh Street
Eighth Avenue SE
Virgil Horak
Thirty-third Street
Ed Carlson
Ellis Boulevard
Horak
Carlson
Eighth Avenue
George R. Griner
First Avenue E
Center Point Road
H Avenues
City Lines
H. C. Cooper
Daniels Street
Herman Wirtz
Griner
Tony Mrazek
Nineteenth Street
Ninth Street
Eighteenth
Nineteenth Avenues
Bugs Baer Finishes Donahey Political Gag
Cartoonist Bugs Baer adds a punch line to Vic Donahey political satire. Bill Jones of San Diego contributes the line describing Donahey as “a stuffed shirt all round” alongside the laundry ticket image.
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Bugs Baer
Donahey
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Bill Jones
San Diego
Bill
Turkey Moves Toward Civil Mobilization Amid Near East War Fears
Turkey on Sunday imposed sweeping emergency steps amounting to near mobilization as the threat of conflict in the Near East grows. Authorities prepared for broader wartime measures and the public watched for further government action.
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Istanbulap
Turkey Sunday
Near East
Weekly Forecast for Chicago and Plains Regions
AP notes a mixed forecast for the week starting Monday. The Upper Mississippi valley expects snow early and late, with generally fair skies and below normal temperatures. The Northern Great Plains will see light snow at the start and end of the week, otherwise fair and moderately cold.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
Woman Held For Falsely Charging Purchased Goods
Miss Hilda Bjornsen 30 of 1216 First Street NW was arrested after admitting charging articles valued at over 200 to other customers at Killian’s and Newman’s since December. Detectives Kudina and Bailey said the case mirrors a Muscatine woman’s over 2000 case and plan further questioning with charges of cheating by false pretenses to follow.
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Kudina and Bailey
Hilda Bjornsen
First Street
Merchants National Bank
Killian’s
Newman’s
Carl Hagemeister
Muscatine
Miss Bjornsen
Fairfield Man Dies In Auto Door Fall
Eugene A. Martin age 35 died from injuries after a door opened and he was hurled from a car on Highway 34 two miles west of Fairfield Iowa. Authorities said the accident occurred Saturday night.
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Fairfield
Eugene A. Martin
Here
New Deal Attitude Echoes as Primary Drama Unfolds
The report tracks unresolved questions about Roosevelt's third term stance and potential withdrawals in the Illinois primary. Senator Bankhead urges early public clarity, while Garner avoids Nebraska entry to protect Burke’s renomination prospects. Taft remains a Republican presidential hopeful amid regional political maneuvering.
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Washington
Bankhead
Ala
Roosevelt
Alabama
Speaker Bankhead
Garner
Nebraska
Burke
Neb
Roy L. Cochran
Sunday Index Sections Layouts and Page References
A list of section names and page numbers across four sections detailing content like National and Local News Front Line Reunion No Glamour for Grant Underneath Iowa Editorials Harry elf prticles Walter Winchell's column 40 Years Ago Edgar Guest Poem It Happened Last Week Tenpin Ducker Grandpa Comes of Age along with sport and lifestyle pages on various pages.
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Nat’l
Grant
Iowa
Harry
Elf
Walter Winchell
Edgar Guest
Tenpin Ducker
Grandpa
U S predicted to become top air power from Allied orders
Washington reports military experts forecast that nearly 1 billion dollars in French and British orders for U S warplanes will boost domestic production to new heights. The program could yield about 8 000 aircraft, mainly pursuit ships, light and medium bombers, with engines likely to be included.
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Washington
United States
Temperature Dips as Ice Closes Roads Across Iowa
Shivering Cedar Rapids residents faced a bitter cold night with a record five degrees below zero at 11 40 p m Saturday and a 2 above low at 7 a m The day saw a 23 degree high at 1 30 p m followed by a sharp fall as temperatures edged up then dropped Again statewide lows ranged from nine below at Estherville to three below at Charles City Des Moines logged four above Travel remained hazardous with glare ice on most arteries despite sanded hills and curves warned state highway patrol
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Estherville
Spencer
Carroll
Charles City
Associated Press
Des Moines
Highway Patrol
State Highway Commission
Government seed corn boosts high yield through cooperation
Mrs. Harper Sibley of Rochester New York told a national farm institute group about a seed corn strain from her Sibley Illinois farm crossed with a federal government strain that produced the county’s highest yield. She called it an example of farmer government cooperation. She is the wife of the former president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.
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Des Moines
Harper Sibley
Rochester
N. Y
National Farm Institute
Sibley
Illinois
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Soviet Viipuri Drive Slowed by Finnish Defense
Finnish forces report the Mannerheim line holding the right wing as Soviet troops press to Viipuri. Reports say Koivisto island and nearby fortifications were captured or contested, while Finnish air units claim two enemy planes destroyed. Field Marshal Mannerheim thanks Swedish and Norwegian volunteers aiding Finland.
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Koivisto
Mannerheim Line
No-Man’s-Land
Viipuri
Kaislanti
Gulf of Finland
Viipuri Bay
Gulf
Lake Muola
Finland
Baron Carl Gus
Ataf Mannerheim
Smiling Girl Cripple Is Honored By Hundreds In Observance Of Birthday
Detroit article notes Lucille King, a paralyzed and blind woman known as Detroit's smiling queen, celebrated with hundreds at her birthday despite long illness. She receives visits from prominent figures including Mrs. Ossip Gabrilowitsch and support from Dr. Frank Slayden, who helped her after leaving Henry Ford hospital.
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Detroit
Lucille King
Lucille
Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Mark Twain
Henry Ford Hospital
Frank Slayden
Roosevelt
Dr. Slayden
Mrs. Gabrilowitsch
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