Contract Made For Care Of Indigent In Linn County
Linn County adopts a clinic in the county building to supply medical care for the indigent. Doctors from Cedar Rapids and rural areas will be compensated on a set schedule with senior and junior physicians rotating calls. Authorization from the county overseer of the poor is required, with emergency care allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tory
Linn County Medical Society
Linn County
Medical Society
Cedar Rapids
O Connor retrial fate debated by Iowa officials
The Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette analyzes the Iowa case against Attorney General O Connor amid a failed hung jury and a key witness leaving. It argues that prosecutors should dismiss the case to avoid another costly fiasco and questions his fitness as chief law enforcement officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Connor
Grand Jury
Supreme Court
O’connor
Iowa
Burlington
Hawk-Eye Gazette
Liquor Raid At Beer Parlor Nets Two Arrests
A raid on Quinn's beer parlor at 802 Third Street SE led to the arrest of A W Quinn 35 and Grover Huston 31 of 727 Eighth Avenue SE on illegal liquor possession charges. About one pint seized. Quinn pled not guilty in district court before Judge A B Clark and posted 500 bond. Huston released as charges not filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A W Quinn
Eighth Avenue SE
Grover Huston
Quinn
Third Street
Huston
A. B. Clark
Boost In Gasoline Prices Slated Here
Gasoline prices at Cedar Rapids filling stations were slated to rise by half a cent per gallon on all grades effective Friday morning. The new prices would be 14 12 cents for low grade, 15 14 cents for regular, and 17 5 cents for high test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Edith Maxwell Denied New Trial in Patricide Case
Edith Maxwell, 21, a mountain school teacher, was sentenced to 25 years for patricide. Judge H A W Skeen ruled defense evidence insufficient to overturn the verdict, granting counsel 60 days to petition the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise
INS
Edith Maxwell
Mar’m
H. A. W. Skeen
Trigg Maxwell
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hopewell
United States Supreme Court
New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
Court of Pardons
New York
New Jersey
Flemington
Trenton
J. Warren Davis
Hughes
Washington
Neil Burkinshaw
Nathan Dodds
Supreme Court
Federal Circuit Court
Wilentz
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh May Lease Italian Villa on Italian Riviera
The Tourist News agency reports Col Charles A. Lindbergh, in Wales, may lease a villa at Alassio on the western Italian Riviera and stay most of the year. He asked if the owner would fell trees in a park to allow airplanes to land there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Charles A. Lindbergh
Wales
Alassio
Riviera
Lindbergh
Local Man Wanted In Vinton On Check Charge
Albert Fritz, 58, of 1216 L Street SW, was arrested at 2:30 PM Thursday by Sheriff James Smith and Deputy Dick Payn in Vinton. He was held for the sheriff as a warrant was issued for a bad check charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Fritz
L Street
Sherff James Smith
Dick Payn
Vinton
Fritz
Governor grants 30 day reprieve in Hauptmann case
The governor spared Bruno Hauptmann from immediate execution with a 30 day reprieve. Officials cite executive clemency amid doubts about the case while denying a new confession. Hauptmann’s supporters await possible new evidence and a potential retrial.
New Evidence After Hauptmann Trial Faces Pardons Review
Six months after Bruno Hauptmann's conviction a new trial fails by law but may influence clemency. Hochmuth, who identified Hauptmann near Hopewell, sought a witness ticket. Harold Keyes claimed enough facts could clear Hauptmann with a new trial. Illinois Governor Horner probes a ransom bill tale. Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt received pleas but will not intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Pardons
Amandus Hochmuth
Hauptmann
Flemington
Hopewell
Harold C Keyes
New York
Horner
Illinois
Chicago
Lindbergh
Washington
Franklin Roosevelt
Courts Order AAA Taxes Returned In Chicago And Philadelphia
Federal Judge Joan P. Barnes in Chicago ordered the return of AAA processing taxes held in escrow by five Chicago packing houses and one grain processor. The ruling covers about 55 million dollars in deposits, with Armour and Company and Thomas E. Wilson and Company among those receiving refunds. In Philadelphia, Judge William H. Kirkpatrick ordered roughly 2 million dollars in AAA taxes returned to about 1,200 eastern Pennsylvania millers, meat packers and manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joan P. Barnes
Carl Perkins
The
Treasury
Armour and Company
Thomas E. Wilson and Company
Oscar Mayer and Company
P. Brennan and Company
Miller and Hart
B A. Eckehart Milling Company
E. E. Matteson
Ladora
Rice Brothers
Philadelphia
INS
William H. Kirkpatrick
Eastern
Pennsylvania
Iowa hog producers sue packers over processing tax refunds
A state court suit by Iowa hog producers seeks refund of processing tax deductions from eight major packers. The federal order releasing some funds in escrow did not affect the Iowa case. The suit names Swift and Company Armour and Company Wilson and Company TM Sinclair and Company Miller and Hart CA Burnette and Company Fuehrmann and Foster Company Illinois Meat Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iowa
John P. Barnes
James C. Spence
Spence
Lee Ripperton
Monmouth
Illinois
Francis Allegretti
Swift and Company
Armour and Company
Wilson and Company
T M. Sinclair and Company
Miller and Hart, Inc
C A. Burnette and Company
Fuehrmann and Foster Company
The
Illinois Meat Company
Conway Seeks Atlantic Postmaster Job
ATLANTIC AP M P Conway a state railroad commissioner Thursday was listed as an applicant for appointment as Atlantic postmaster to succeed A A Emigh whose term expires in April Charles E Malone Cass county state senator also is an applicant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic (Ap
M. P. Conway
Atlantic
A A Emigh
Charles E. Malone
Cass County
Marriage Licenses for Clifton Smith and Isabelle Mehl
Clifton L. Smith and Isabelle M. Mehl, both residents of Toulon, filed applications for marriage licenses. The notice lists their names and hometown as part of the civil record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton L. Smith and
Isabelle M. Mehl
Toulon, I
Greater Vinton Club Re Elects President
Carlton D. Knupp was re elected president of the Greater Vinton club after the annual dinner and business meeting at the American Legion hall. Officers re elected include Don Wells vice president Russell Shreeves secretary and F J Lynch treasurer. Additional directors and holdovers were named with a 100 member attendance and a student musical program directed by Grace Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Carlton D. Knupp
Greater Vinton Club
American Legion Hall
Knupp
Don Wells
Russell Shreeves
F. J. Lynch
J. S. Bigger
F. J. Patterson
Fay W. Hite
J. E. Showalter
Roy Cameron
Joe Carrier
Clare Donels
Marion Alcorn
American Legion Auxiliary
Grace Miller
Hoover Attacks New Deal Farm Relief Plans
Former President Hoover in a five part speech condemns New Deal farm policy. He argues farms bear a quarter of the 14 billion dollar debt, warns of inflation and drought effects, and contends AAA failed to raise real prices while reducing home consumption and expanding imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Roosevelt
Stock Exchange
AAA
Process Tax Writ Granted Against Soap Co
A court grants a processing tax writ against a soap company. The plant, with three large parent firms, argues they can sell soap at or below cost to profit on exports and nonsoap products. The firm claims competition prevents passing the tax to consumers. the decree notes $202027.99 paid in processing taxes on Philippine oil borrowed to cover the cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Lowman Acquitted Of Corn Theft Charge
George Lowman of Kelley Iowa was found not guilty by a district court jury in Nevada on a Story county corn theft charge. He had been indicted in Polk county with Lyle Lantz who pled guilty and was sentenced to Anamosa reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffman
Hauptmann
Edgar Hoover
Department of Justice
H Norman Schwarzkopf
State Police
Wilentz
John F ‘ Jaffsie
Condon
Nevada
George Lowman
Kelley
Lowman
Polk County
Lyle Lantz
Lantz
Anamosa Reformatory
Story County
New Federal Farm Plan Faces Revisions After White House Meeting
A White House session with Burns, Jones, Smith and others weighed tying the 1936 appropriation to the annual agriculture budget or a deficiency bill. Proposals included reactivating processing taxes, quotas on imports, and using AAA provisions to subsidize exports while preserving soil conservation goals. Senate action backed $300 million for 1935 adjustment contracts and $60 million for 1936 feed and seed loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
White House
Burns
Jones
Smith
Wallace
Morgenthau
Cummings
Robinson
Arkansas
AAA
Chester Davis
Stanley Reed
Treasury
General Revenue Fund
Edward A. O’neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Agricultural Conference
Louisiana Rice Millers
Supreme Court
Soil Conservation Bureau
Soil Conservation Service
Secretary of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
Senate Agriculture Committee
McNary
Also Mentioned on This Page
Des Moines
T. C Denney
Medical Relief
Federal Emergency Relief
Westinghouse
Bruno
Fisher
Pope
Willie Willis
Conway
NEW Deal Farm Relief
Soap CO
Lowan
Okinow
Marge
Waman
Rinso
Good Housekeeping Institute
America
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!