Nation on draft plans and economic reforms cited
The piece discusses calls for martial efficiency with a draft bill from Wisconsin, debates on conscription to form battalions, and tax effects on millionaires. It notes Hauptmann's trial amid a ransom saga, Linn County relief plans via medical society, Postmaster Farley’s fiscal report, and a warning from Fritz Zwicky about a potential sun explosion endangering Earth.
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Gbee
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Linn County Medical Ociety
Supreme Court divided on gold payment law dispute
The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided over the constitutionality of Roosevelt era gold payment restrictions. Arguments centered on gold ban, contracts, and potential chaos if the measures were struck down, with bondholders seeking inflation-adjusted dollars and the government fearing instability.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
High Court
Missouri- Pacific Railroad
Cummings
The Pirate in Him Dead Rentier Life and Risk
A reflective essay on aging and the drift into routine comfort. It cites Warwick Deeping Bernard Shaw and James Martineau to argue that leaving adventure behind dulls the mind and life, urging readers to keep a pirate spirit alive to avoid becoming parasites of Easy Street.
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Warwick Deeping
Bernard Shaw
Easy Street
James Martineau
Thomas Arnold
Rugby
U S to Pay Canada 25000 Over Rum Boat Sinking
A U S Canadian arbitration ruling held that the United States should apologize for sinking the gum runner I'm Alone off the Louisiana coast in 1929 and pay Canada 25000 as compensation. The decision was issued by Supreme Court Justice Van Devanter and Canadian Chief Justice Duff.
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Washington
Lousiana
United States
Canada
van Devanter
United States Supreme Court
Duff
Conway Heads Iowa Rail Commission
DES MOINES AP Conway of Atlantic was elected chairman of the Iowa state railroad commission for a one year term. He succeeds Fred P. Wondruff of Knoxville who was defeated for re election to the board in the November general election.
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Des Moines
Conway
Atlaintic
State Board of Rairoid Commissioners
Fred P. Wondruff
Knoxville
Brookhart Exits Trade Advisory Post Next Tuesday
Smith W. Brookhart former Iowa senator will leave his role as special adviser on foreign trade to Secretary Wallace next Tuesday. Officials say the post within the farm administration will be dissolved on January 15. Brookhart, elected to the Senate in 1926, later joined the new farm administration in 1933 after losing the Republican nomination in 1932. Some AAA officials expect him to join an import export bank staff under George N. Peck.
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Washington
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Wallace
Farm Administration
Brookhart
New Farm Administration
AAA
Import Export Banks
George N. Peck
Peoples Savings and Guaranty report big gains in deposits
At annual meetings Tuesday afternoon Peoples Savings bank reported a 36 percent rise in deposits over 1933 and noted growing loan interest signaling expansion. Guaranty Bank and Trust, five months old, said deposits rose over 50 percent from June 30 to December 31 1934 and expressed confidence in future growth serving the community.
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Peoples Savings Bank
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
Federal agents hunt Karpis Barker gang after raid
Federal marksmen pressed a Chicago search for Alvin Karpis Arthur Barker and mob aides after a tense raid left Russell Gibson dead. Agents seized a north side flat and captured Byron Bolton while interrogating women tied to the Bremer kidnapping case. Gibson faced charges for Bremer ransom money and a separate Oklahoma City holdup.
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Chicago
Karpis-Barker
Alvin Karpis
Arthur Dock Barker
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul Bank
North Side
Russell
Rusty” Gibson
Bremer
Asgents
Byron Bolton
Gibson
Roy Gray
Glen Gray
Smith
Oklahoma City
Planning Board Maps Iowa Relief Projects
In Des Moines the Planning Board moved to prepare for early start on Roosevelt’s emergency program. Housing and legislative committees met to discuss legislation needed to qualify Iowa for federal fund allotments.
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Des Moines
Town Planning Board
Roosevelt
Iowa
Cases Of Farmer and Greb Not On First Criminal Docket
J LeRoy Farmer Cedar Rapids canning firm president and plant superintendent Delbert Greb face charges of illegal liquor possession. Their cases were not listed on the first criminal docket for January but are expected to be tried in the term begining Jan 15. Both pled not guilty and posted bonds. Farmer also faced a gambling house count after a December 12 raid found a slot machine and punchboards.
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Cedar Rapids
J. LeRoy Farmer
Cedar Rapids Canning Firm
Delbert Greb
G. K. Thompson
H. C Ring
Farmer
Fourteen Drown As British Trawler Edgar Wallace Sinks
A steam trawler Edgar Wallace sank half a mile from Hull after hitting a sand bank. Fourteen crew members drowned with two survivors rescued by a sail trawler. The 336 ton vessel belonged to Newington Steamer Trawler Co. Ltd.
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Hull
Eng
Edgar Wallace
Newington Steamer Trawler Co. Ltd
Tial
Eicher Proposes Bill to Fix Farm Prices in Congress
Washington AP Representative Eicher introduces a cost of production bill to set domestic farm prices at farmers costs plus a reasonable profit. The plan aims to reduce administration needs, avoid artificial scarcity, and fund export sales with loan-backed receipts.
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Washington
Eicher
Secretary of Agriculture
Fugitive George Collett Kills Seven Then Self
Mount Vernon Kentucky police report a violent act by George Collett a 50 year old man who killed seven people including his wife and her parents Lola Helton and others then shot a brother in law and neighbors before taking his own life. The victims include Lola Helton Henry Helton William Helton Julian Bortes and Mr and Mrs Bortes. The sister in law survived. A report was made by Carl Helton.
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Mount Vernon
INS
George Collett
Collett
William Helton
Henry
Lola Helton
Carl Helton
Julian Bortes
Plan to plug gap in oil control law by high court ruling
Washington AP The administration moved quickly to fix the New Deal oil rule gap after the Supreme Court upheld the NIRA oil section. Senator Connally of Texas planned to introduce a bill to strictly regulate interstate shipment of hot oil produced above quotas as a substitute for the earlier law deemed illegal.
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High
Washington
Supreme Court
NIRA
Connally
Texas
Dillinger Face Lifting Operation Almost Fatal
Government reveals in Chicago trial that John Dillinger nearly died during a face lifting operation performed by two surgeons in a Chicago hideaway. Louis Piquett, former Chicago prosecutor, faces trial as alleged mastermind of the Dillinger gang.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Louis P. Piquett
Piquett
Reilly Admits He Had A Busy Day
Flemington New Jersey AP report says Edward J Reilly Hauptmann counsel told reporters he will keep Dr John F Condon on the stand most of Thursday. Reilly also said Ive had a busy day as a summary of the days case.
Senate Favors World Court Action with Reservation
The Senate foreign relations committee approved American adherence to the world court with a reservation shielding the United States from advisory opinions. Senator Robinson said he would bring the issue to the floor when opportune. The action is said to ratify the Root-Hurst formula while keeping the 1926 reservation in effect.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Robinson
Senate
Pittman
Harrison
Wagner
Connally
Bachman
Thomas
Utah
van Nuys
Duffy
Pope
Bulkley
Black
Vandenberg
CSS
Lewis
Murray
Borah
Johnson
Cutting
la Follette
Farmer-Labor
Shipstead
Wallace Promotes Barter Plan for Crop Cut Rewards
Secretary Wallace proposed amendments to pay farmers in commodities instead of cash for reducing production. Farm groups favor the idea, which would use stored grain to compensate farmers after greater cutbacks, aiming to lift prices and boost returns when stocks are returned.
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Washington
Wallace
Dairy Options Stall as Blue Valley Moves in Marion Area
Blue Valley dairy shows no action on its 10 day option to farm 2 000 acres near Marion held by Weaver Witwer keeping milk status at Cedar Rapids Cooperative price of 2 dollars per hundredweight. Tom Wright declined to reveal a decision while Blue Valley continues purchasing milk from Cedar Rapids Cooperative and other distributors pay the same price.
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Cummings
United States
White House
Roosevelt
Holland
France
Great Britain
Hull
Cedar Rapids News
Blue Valley
Weaver Witwer
Marion
Tom Wright
Cedar Rapids
Betty Gow Criticizes Hauptmann Defense Strategy
Betty Gow told her mother in a trans oceanic call that Ed ward J. Reilly would say anything to gain a point with the jury. She testified at Hauptmann's trial in Flemington that she told all she knew and withheld nothing, accusing the defense of trying to influence the jury.
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London
Edward J. Reilly
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Betty Gow
John Taylor
Condon testifies on Hauptmann ransom links in court
Dr. John F. Condon testifies for two and a half hours branding Bruno Richard Hauptmann as John the kidnapper. He details cemetery meetings and delivering $50 000 to the alleged mastermind, with cross-examination fierce as prosecutors seek truth in the Lindbergh case.
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David T. Wilentz
Thomas W. Trenchard
John
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Eerie
Charles
A. Lindbergh
Condon
Violet Sharpe Linked to Harlem Spiritualists in Lindbergh Case
Violet Sharpe, linked to a Harlem spiritualist cult, drank poison after questioning in the Lindbergh kidnapping inquiry. The maid at Englewood N J was said to be a member of Rev Biratella's church and connected to a psychic circle whose prophecies appeared after the kidnapping.
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Theon Wright
New York
Violet Sharpe
Miss Sharpe
Anne Lindbergh
Englewood
N. J
Peter J. Biratella
United Press
Robert L. Hector
Biratella
Hector
Joseph Dunninger
Mary
Verbal Battle Tames Reilly in Lindbergh Ransom Trial
In Flemington New Jersey Dr John F Condon known as Jassie testifies amid tense cross examination about the Lindbergh ransom affair Hauptmann is accused of murder The witness repeats his identification of Hauptmann as the man to whom Col Lindbergh paid 50000 for the return of his child as trial proceeds further questions arise over letters and symbols connected to the ransom notes
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Haupt R
Ras
Haupt
Hauptmann
Jafsie
Hauptann
John
Bindbergh
Flemington
N. J
John F. Condon
Jassie
Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bronx
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Jafsas
Sym- Bot
Jatsie
Reilly
Condon
Jassile
Two Held In Liquor Raids At Iowa City
State and federal agents with local officers raided two Iowa City homes seizing seven gallons of alcohol, liquor with Illinois and Iowa seals, and a slot machine. Blanche Fleming and Frank West were arrested and charged with illegal possession of liquor.
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Iowa City
Illinois
Iowa
Blanche Fleming
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