Mayfair Hosts To Face Treason Charge
London report claims a group of Mayfair hosts and stockbrokers face treason charges over a whispering campaign about King George VI. The Sunday Referee alleged the scandal involved prominent hosts, left wing figures, and could involve dockside action if rumors persisted.
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London
TTP
George VI
United Press London
Stanley Baldwin
Delhi
Sunday Referee
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mayfair
Baldwin
George
Prince of Wales
Murder blast linked to jewel robbery and gang split
A detailed confession describes two men abducting Baker to inspect a powder magazine. They planned to blow it open, steal dynamite, and shoot the duo. The pair then killed Baker and shot Mrs. Sieler before fleeing as a fuse triggered a massive explosion. Reeves was promptly arrested. Nesbeth’s movements connected to Bradley and St Paul.
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Baker
Sioux Falls
Reeves
Trio Rob Bank West Side Branch of Lorain Street National
Federal agents and Cleveland police hunted three unmasked men who robbed the Lorain Street National bank west side branch, escaping with about 20000 dollars after forcing a motorist to drive them to the bank and later abandoning his car. Bank staff alerted authorities as the thieves took cash from drawers and the vault, with officers locating the suspect vehicle miles away.
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Cleveland
Lorain Street National Bank
West Side
Joseph Varga
Varga
R. W. Reitsman
E. C. Ritencour
J. A. Baracsky
Reitsman
Roosevelts Honor Birthday Of Son
President and Mrs Roosevelt will celebrate their son John’s twenty first birthday with a small informal party Sunday evening. The event occurs ahead of John’s actual March 16 birthday, as the President will be in Warm Springs Georgia at that time. Most guests are described as young friends of John.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John
Warm Springs
John’s
Luckiest In Iowa Clover Collector Found 3211 Four Leaf Clovers
Cedar county farmer Herald Eves shows a vast collection of four leaf clovers found over twenty one years on his 200 acre Tipton area farm. He notes 3211 total with 3200 being four leaf and 11 six leaf clovers, plus 99 in Rochester patch. He keeps them pressed in two books alongside old reads and a Horatio Alger tale.
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Tipton
Iowa
Herald Eves
Cedar County
Ripley
Mr. Eves
Rochester
Eves
Gazette
Egy
Paul Richards
Iowa Highway Commission
Richards
Eugene Eves
Court Plan Friends Seek Compromise
A proposed compromise on judiciary reform surfaces as President Roosevelt explores options to expand and reconstitute the Supreme Court. Senators and labor groups weigh in while a plan to add two justices, bringing the court to eleven, circulates amid hearings set for March.
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Roosevelt
Labor
League
Senate Judiciary Committee
Homer T. Cummings
Robert H. Jackson
Father Who Chained Girl to Bed Sentenced
David Locke was sentenced to six months in jail and a $500 fine after admitting he chained his nine year old daughter to a bed and assaulted her with a belt and a knife. A bakery wagon driver convicted Friday said he would appeal. Myrtie testified to the abuse.
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Crockett
Calif
David Locke
Myrtie
Locke
Threat Of Violence Rises In Mexican Church State Clash
In Vera Cruz region officials clamp news censorship as Catholics arm and ready to deter a CMT demonstration. Reports from Orizaba warn of a potential bloody clash amid anti church laws and civil orders.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Confederation of Workers of Mexico
CMT
Orizaba
American in Nazi police slaying case in Berlin
An American, undergoing questioning in Berlin, was linked to the fatal shooting of an elderly man after leaving a hotel. Investigators identified a “mystery woman” seen with a suspect in cafes and theaters. Ernst Gennat led the probe for Nazi authorities as American consular officials intervened.
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Hoffman
Hughes
Berlin
Case
Germany
Ernst Gennat
Ernst Dahlmann
Hughes seeks aid over Berlin arrest of son
John J. Hughes Jr requests information from Washington officials about the arrest in Berlin of his 27 year old son. He plans to seek intercession on his son’s behalf whom he has not seen in eleven years.
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White Plains
N. Y
John J. Hughes, Jr
Washington
Berlin
Hughes
Tightening Lines On U S Strike Fronts
The article details renewed strike actions and responses across the United States. It notes two thousand homes without power, legal reviews of state control in Minnesota, and efforts to arbitrate at Illinois Watch Case in Elgin. It covers GM and Ford/Federal Shipbuilding impacts, sitdown threats in Pittsburgh, and wage talks proposed by steel firms while non striking workers continue at Grand Haven's Eagle Ottawa Leather Co.
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Minnesota
Electric Boat Company
Groton
Conn
Myron Lehman
Citizens’ Committee
Illinois Watch Case Co
Elgin
Ill
Eneral Motors
Janesville
Wis
Committee For Industrial Organization
New Jersey
Ford Motor Co
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co
United States Steel Corp
John L. Lewis
Pittsburgh
Homer Martin
U.A.W.A
Lewis
Harold G. Hoffman
Hoffman
Connecticut
Illinois
Eagle-Ottawa Leather Co
Grand Haven
Mich
Peggy Garcia cries in jail for bail
New York AP report details Peggy Garcia and Michael La Rocca jailed on bigamy charges after Garcia fails to post 2500 bail. Garcia dismisses the indictment as foolish while planning a sketch rehearsal and a Bronx cafe appearance. La Rocca remains silent in custody.
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Peggy Garcia
New York
Dave Rubinoff
la Rocca
William C. Dodge
Rubinoff
Bronx
House of Detention
Oelwein Hosts Grand Lodge School of Instruction
Oelwein Hebrgn lodge No 374 A F and A M will host the annual Grand Lodge school of instruction for northeastern Iowa March 9 to 11 under the board of custodians. Grand Master Tom B Throckmorton Grand Secretary C C Hunt Deputy Grand Master Harry L Searle and other grand officers are expected to attend. A banquet will be served at 6 p m March 10.
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Oelwein
Hebrgn
A. F
A. M
Grand Lodge
Iowa
Board of Custodians
Tom B. Throckmorton
Des Moines
C. C. Hunt
Cedar Rapids
Harry L. Searle
Deaths Charles Kennedy 85 Funeral in Ryan
Funeral services were held at St. Patrick church in Ryan for Charles Kennedy 85 with Rev M J Farrelly officiating. Kennedy born October 12 1851 married Margaret King of Delhi in 1880 survives children Anna Thomas Ryan Owen Cedar Rapids Mrs E F Hladek Delhi and Mrs J T Clark Manchester.
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St. Patrick’s Church
Ryan
M. J. Farrelly
Charles Kennedy
Owen Kennedy
Cedar Rapids
William McAreavy
Herbert Kennedy
Charles
Jay Clark
Eugene
Francis King
Kennedy
Margaret King
Delhi
Anna
Thomas
Owen
E. F. Hladek
J. T. Clark
Manchester
Mrs Caroline Law Dies at Home in Marion
Mrs Caroline Phyllis Law widow of W M Law died at 7 05 p m Saturday at her home 1284 Sixth avenue Marion The body is at the Yocom funeral home
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Caroline Phyllis Law
W. M. Law
Sixth Avenue
Marion
Yocom Funeral Home
Penningroth Seeks Second Term on Cedar Rapids School Board
The Cedar Rapids school election on March 8 features Charles Penningroth seeking reelection to the board after a three year term. The 55 year old former city attorney from 1941 Fourth Avenue SE chairs the janitors and engineers committee and serves on education and finance panels. Born in 1885 near Tipton, he studied at Tipton High, the University of Iowa, and Harvard Law School, and has practiced in Cedar Rapids since 1914 with World War I and World War II service. He and his wife Bertha Reichert have three children.
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Board of Education
Charles Penningroth
Fourth Avenue SE
Penningroth
Tipton
Bertha R. Reichert
Mary Elizabeth
Herbert
Charlotte Louise
Redmond, Stewart
New Court Members Shown As Babies In Satire On New Deal
At the White House correspondents dinner President Roosevelt watched a moving picture lampooning his administration. The film opened with a dark cloud over the White House and closed by depicting a newly reorganized Supreme Court as a nursery full of squalling babies.
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Senate
House
Pope
Supreme Court
Rep
Teigan
Minnesota Farm-Laborite
Stephen Early
White House
Roosevelt
New Deal
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bill Lets Husbands Sue for Physical Cruelty in Alabama
In Alabama the legislature sent Governor Graves a bill granting husbands the right to sue for divorce on grounds of physical cruelty, placing them on equal footing with wives. The measure, introduced by Representative Dan Gullat Cook, a 68 year old bachelor, aims to broaden divorce rights.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Graves
Dan Gullat Cook
Sitdown strike involves 0 to 10 girls at Cleveland store
Mayer negotiates with district offices in Cleveland as 0 to 10 girls stage a sitdown strike over pay. He says raises already in effect and notes new hires at 29 cents an hour. Clerks earn 14 to 20 dollars weekly with extras at 10 dollars. Stores offer food from the restaurant as unrest builds. Church services planned for Sunday with an altar and possible chaplain.
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Cleveland
Mayer
Open Verdict in Pearson Slaying In Palm Springs
A murder inquiry surrounds the death of Pearson in a moonlit Palm Springs bungalow. The body lay in a bedroom with a chest wound as Mrs Pearson wept beside him. Key witnesses describe a party prior to the shooting and a struggle over a pistol possibly fired in self defense.
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Palm Springs
Pearson
Butler
Recover Body of 8th Crash Victim
Coast guardsmen in San Francisco Bay recovered the body of Roger Meyer a New York wool salesman. He was one of eleven victims of the February 9 airliner crash and the eighth body recovered. The body was found three fourths of a mile from the crash site.
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San Francisco
Coast Guardsmen
Roger Meyer
New York
San Francisco Bay
Roosevelt Extends Railroad Tax Features to 1938
President Roosevelt signed a joint resolution extending the railroad retirement act tax features until June 30, 1938. The action preserves financial provisions tied to railroad workers and the retirement system.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Phelps to Install District Officers at C E Convention
Dr. William H. Phelps of Des Moines will oversee the installation of district officers at the thirteenth district Christian Endeavor convention closing session tonight at 7 30 p m at the First Evangelical church.
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William H. Phelps
Des Moines
Iowa Christian Endeavor Union
Christian Endeavor
First Evangelical Church
New Law Aims to Speed Vandenbush Robbery Trial
White Plains New York a state statute allows trial of Merle Vandenbush within two weeks of the bank robbery charges. Westchester District Attorney Walter Ferris asked Judge James Bailey to preside in a now abandoned courtroom as Westchester tied up with another high profile case. If Bailey accepts the trial could begin around March 8 with an outside judge stepping in due to local caseload.
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White Plains
N. Y
Merle Vandenbush
Westchester County
Walter Ferris
Vandenbush
New Jersey
Ferris
James Bailey
Putnam County
New York
Westchester
Gerald Nolan
Chang Foo Lee
Bailey
Mount Vernon Man Dies After Long Illness
Robert A. Scroggie 78 long illness dies at home in Mount Vernon. Survived by widow and three children Dr. Robert A. Scroggie of San Francisco Dorothy D. Scroggie of Naperville and Mrs. John B. Emery of Cedar Rapids. Funeral arrangements await word from Dr. Scroggie en route from the west coast.
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Mount Vernon
Robert A. Scroggie
San Francisco
Calif
Dorothy D. Scroggie
Naperville
Ill
John B. Emery
Cedar Rapids
Scroggie
West Coast
Card Game Bandit Suspect Arrested
OTTUMWA AP County Attorney Ed J. Grier said Saturday he asked police at Colorado Springs to hold Henry C. Moyer, wanted for the card game holdup on November 11, 1934. A deputy from the Wapello County sheriff's office will depart for Colorado Springs, Moyer signed a waiver to return to Iowa, Ottumwa authorities say they have statements from Moyer and Jack Lake who is on parole after a state reformatory sentence for his role in the holdup.
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Ottumwa (Ap
Ed J. Grier
Colorado Springs
Henry C. Moyer
Wapello County
Moyer
Iowa
Ottumwa
Jack Lake
State Reformatory
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Bill
Fred Blackman
Pearsons
J. L. Beller
Mecca
Miss Henderson
Leonard Mitchell
Boller
Rayburn
Blackman
Maynard Smith
Robert Woolsey
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