Contested Iowa Governor Race Sparks recount Doubt
In Des Moines and across Iowa concerns rise that Kraschel won a narrow governor elect via ballots without machines and miscast votes. Critics cite many single X ballots and Roosevelt-only marks as evidence of possible irregularities. An official canvass seems unlikely with limited prospects for challenge.
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Nels Kraschel
Nels
Kraschel
Des Moines
Iowa
Roosevelt
Fkraschel
Mr. Roosevelt
Ex-Convict Quizzed On Kidnaping Mattson Case
In Tacoma and Olympia area, investigators pursue leads in the Charles Mattson kidnapping. A 35-year-old former convict resembling the kidnapper was arrested after attempting to sell a ring, then fingerprinted and held. Ink analysis and abandoned camp findings near Olympia add urgency to the search for the 10-year-old.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
Charles
Department of Justice
George Burgeson
al Farrar
Olympia
Iowa urged to end predatory compromises in state business
Governor Frank Murphy in Lan sing calls for no compromise with selfish interests that would debase public business. He cites past compromises tied to the justice department and alleges campaign fund contributions from predatory interests. The speaker urges reform and court scrutiny while noting hope remains alive.
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Iowa
Lansing
Frank Murphy
Department of Justice
Edward L. O’connor
Herring
Annual American conference on the Cause and Cure of War in Chicago
The twelfth annual conference opens in Chicago with renowned authorities to present conclusions on preventing war. The event comes as war prospects seem brighter than since 1918, though speakers doubt any legislation can fully curb a nation’s urge to conflict.
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Chicago
Uncle Sam
Moratorium Sought by Chinese Humane Societies
North China humane societies urged officials to grant a three month moratorium for narcotic addicts. They noted over 100000 addicts locally and more than 500000 in North China, arguing executions cannot solve the problem and that mass shootings were delayed to allow treatment efforts.
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Peiping
Humane Societies
North China
Tientsin
Red Cross
China
Poor start for Cupid in Albuquerque wedding ad
Justice L M Tartaglia offered to perform marriages free to celebrate the new year and his birthday in Albuquerque. The proposal drew no takers as romance remained quiet.
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Albuquerque
N. M
L. M. Tartaglia
Is the world growing better or worse over time
A 1937 essay argues that progress is uneven with health and longevity improving while some evils persist. It notes abolition of slavery, children's rights, and humane reforms as advances, yet acknowledges that wide awareness makes modern ills seem harsher. It calls for measuring forward motion without certainty.
Attempted bombing targets Calles residence in San Diego
A lighted bomb found in front of General Plutarco Elias Calles’s home in San Diego prompted a heavy guard around the exiled Mexican leader. Braulio Estrada saw a man lighting the device and chased him into Balboa Park after snatching the burning fuse.
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San Diego
Calif
Plutarco Elias Calles
Iron Man
Braulio Estrada
Calles
Balboa Park
George Sears
Former N. Y. Bank President Dies
Eugene Van Renselaer Thayer, 55, once president of Chase National Bank of New York and former receiver for Mississippi Valley Utility Investment Co., died in St. Luke's hospital after contracting influenza on a Chicago trip to attend a Stewart-Warner directors meeting. The illness was blamed for his death, with pneumonia developing quickly.
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Chicago
Eugene van Rensselaer Thayer
Chase National Bank of New York
Mississippi Valley Utility Investment Company
Thayer
New York
Stewart-Warner Corporation
St. Luke’s Hospital
Woman Mayor Holds Office Amid Daytona Beach Court Order
In Daytona Beach, Irene Armstrong clung to the mayor’s seat under a court order blocking Governor Sholtz’s bid to oust her. Guards were sent home after a judge enjoined the new commissioners, while Armstrong and other officials stayed in their offices.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Irene Armstrong
Dave Sholtz
Vivien Collins
Herbert Frederick
Shultz
Frederick
Harry Wilcox
Wilcox
Collins
St. Augustine
Sanford
of the Elks
Fred P. Cone
Armstrong
Sholtz
Funeral services for A. W. McGregor Sunday at 2
Funeral services will be held in Turner's chapel at 2 p.m. Sunday for A W McGregor 56 of 1910 B avenue NE a prominent real estate operator who died Friday morning in a Rochester Minnesota hospital after more than a month as a patient Burial will be at Marengo with grave side rites at 3 30 p.m. He was born May 21 1880 in College Springs Iowa and grew up in Koszta and Marengo. He studied at Northwestern University and married Myra Aubrey Jones in 1908. He led a Cedar Rapids real estate firm until illness ended his work. He is survived by his wife three sons David Robert Bruce and Bonnie Jean a daughter, his mother Mary Lois McGregor of Des Moines, three brothers Walter Floyd and Bruce, and a sister Lois Sneath.
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Turner’s Chapel
A. W. McGregor
B Avenue NE
Rochester, Minn
Robert Little
First Presbyterian Church
Marengo
Alexander
Mary Lois McGregor
Alexander Wallace McGregor
College Springs
Koszta
Marengo High School
McGregor
Northwestern University
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Mr. McGregor
Myra Aubrey Jones
Williamsburg
B. G. Popham
Davenport
Gansett Candy Company
Cedar Rapids
Donald
Marion
David
Robert
Bruce
Bonnie Jean
Des Moines
Walter
Pasadena
Calif
Floyd
Sheridan
Montana
Lois Sneath
Cranbrook
British Columbia
Canada
Crashed Army Plane Found Near Munford Alabama
Major John B. Patrick of the U S Army reports a burned Army attack plane located near Munford Alabama on Saturday. Two or three bodies are believed aboard. A Naval Academy ring belonging to Howard E Shelton Jr was found among the victims. Colonel F I Elgin of Langley Field Virginia and Shelton Jr disappeared on a flight from Virginia to Maxwell Field Montgomery in foggy rain. It is unclear if a third man accompanied them.
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Atlanta
John B. Patrick
U. S. Army Air Car
Munford
Ala
U. S. Naval Academy
Howard E. Shelton, Jr
F. I. Elgin
Langley Field
Virginia
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Patrick
Atlanta Army Air Station
Pope Pius XI in worsening condition at Vatican
News from Vatican City reports Pope Pius XI grew more alarmingly ill with paralysis spreading and acute pain. Personal physician Dr Amanti Milani made two urgent morning visits and used leeches to reduce blood pressure as guards tightened access to the Pope's private rooms.
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Vatican City
Ins
Pius XI
Amanti Milani
Milani
Vatican
Pius
Fire dept removes New Year banner across Atlantic Avenue
Atlantic City fire brigade began the new year by dismantling a latte banner across Atlantic avenue reading Elect Landon and Knox. It was spotted Friday as crews wrapped up the display marking the calendar change.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Atlantic Avenue
Landon and
Knox
Administration battles for discretionary neutrality powers
Washington leaders push to block permanent neutrality plans and seek flexible authority to embargo arms while avoiding blanket bans on all materials. Debate centers on avoiding shortages of tin nickel and manganese and protecting US war readiness.
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Washington
INS
United States
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
Spain
Robert Cuse
Sam McReynolds
Tennessee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Pittman
Nevada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
McReynolds
Auto Union Delays Answer to GM in Labor Talks
Detroit AP Homer Martin president of the United Auto Workers said the union would not answer GM's latest communication until after the U A W A general conference in Flint. Delegates from cities meet Sunday on a collective bargaining proposal to GM, amid widespread strikes that idled 30,000 workers in seven plants. Knudsen of GM said talks should go through plant managers and that sit down strikers must evacuate before grievances could be discussed.
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Detroit
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers of America
Generali Motors Corporation
Flint
General Motors
William S. Knudsen
Iowa City coach Ossie Solem resigns to join Syracuse
A report from Iowa City says Ossie Solem resigned as athletic director and head football coach at the University of Iowa and accepted a Football coaching post at Syracuse University after a special athletic board meeting on Friday.
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Salem
Iowa
Iowa City
Ossie Solem
University of Iowa
Syracuse University
Britain and Italy Sign Gentlemen’s Mediterranean Pact
In Rome on Saturday Great Britain and Italy signed a brief communique to preserve the Mediterranean status quo and foster closer cooperation. Count Ciano and Sir Eric Drummond signed the declaration at the Chigi palace, with the text to be published Monday.
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Rome
Great Britain
Italy
Mediterranean
England
Chigi Palace
Galeazzo Ciano
Eric Drummond
Count Ciano
None Of O'Connor's State Agents To Be Retained By Mitchell
Des Moines attorney general John Mitchell announced that none of the eight agents appointed by former AG Edward L. O Connor will be retained. Mitchell and W A Akers, new bureau chief, will name four agents soon. O Connor appointees included Zelinsky Lacy Birmingham Arthur Brady Gilad stone Haight Gruber. Governors appointees were Ryan Burke Moorhead and Akers. Kraschel has not yet disclosed his choices.
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DES Moines
John Mitchell
State Bureau of Investigation
Edward L. O’connor
Mitchell
W. W. Akers
O’connor
William Zelinsky
Tom Lacy
Walter Birmingham
William Arthur
Frank Brady
Basque Government Orders Fire On Attacking Vessels
The autonomous Basque government ordered patrol boats to open fire on any vessel attacking Spanish merchant ships after the German cruiser Koenigsberg shelled the freighter Soton. The move is the first extreme measure by the northern administration to halt foreign attacks.
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Bilbao
Koenigsberg
Spanish envoy calls German shelling of freighter act of war
In Paris the Spanish ambassador Luis Araquistain branded the German warship attack on the freighter Seton as an act of war. He said Spanish envoys would consult France and Britain and he planned to visit the Quai d Orsay to present the matter to French authorities.
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Paris
Seton
Luis Araquistain
Valencia
Quai d’Orsay
German navy threatens seizures of more Spanish ships
Berlin reports that pocket battleships and fast cruisers will press a blockade of Spanish waters as civil war rages. Aware ships, including the Aragon and Soton, were damaged or captured, with German officials pledging further actions if Bilbao cargo is not released.
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Berlin
INS
Spain
Palos
Bilbao
Aragon
Graf Spee
Soton
Bay of Biscay
Koenigsberg
Comeback Staged By Winter In Cedar Rapids Nights
Rain and snow hindered winter's return in Cedar Rapids New Year's night and Saturday. A light snow cover Friday gave way to morning rain Saturday as precipitation totaled .31 inch. Temperatures fell from 35 at noon Saturday to 27 by 1 15 p m with winds.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
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