Roosevelt Era Rumors and World Court Debate
A columnist recalls John Boettiger's early career and his marriage to Mrs. Dall, the President’s daughter, noting elevated White House influence. It discusses Roosevelt era security plans, their cost, and the burden on consumers, plus social aims. It reports bank robbery cases, Hauptmann trial tensions, and mixed views on the world court and armament outlays. It ends with criticism of old age pensions and legislative funding shortfalls.
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White House
Boettiger
Will Hays
Dall
Iowa
Fred Barker
Kate Barker
Oklawaha
Fla
North Dakota Impeachment Vote Hits Legal Snag
The North Dakota House moved to impeach Governor Thomas Moodie but Attorney General Sabre issued an opinion deeming the action incomplete. Moodie, under orders to bolster security at the executive offices, promised to pursue legal methods to remain in office while Lt. Gov. Welford prepared to assume duties in an orderly, legal fashion.
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Bismarck
N. D
Thomas H. Moodie
House of Representatives
P. O. Sabre
Moodie
Sathre
North Dakota
William Langer
Nonpartisan League
House
State Supreme Court
L. L. Twichell
Cass County
Welford
Bonus Bill To Get Hearing In House
Speaker Byrns expects a speedy hearing for the $2.0 billion soldiers bonus bill in the House despite potential delays from the President's social security program. He would support a petition to force a vote if Ways and Means stalls, but the bonus would not displace administration measures.
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Washington
INS
Byrns
House
Ways and Means
Justice Trenchard Starts New Term
Supreme Court Justice Thomas W Trenchard began a seven year term after being sworn in at his home in Trenton New Jersey He presided over the Hauptmann trial and returned to work Friday indicating a continued commitment to his duties on the high court.
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Trenton
N. J
Supreme Court
Thomas W. Trenchard
Bruno Richard W Hauptmann
State liquor store profits and pension costs
The text suggests using state liquor store profits to fund pension payments as a makeshift solution. It notes the need for the state administration to devise equitable methods to distribute pension costs.
Pension Legislation Urged After Pension System Failure
The article notes the failure of machinery for pension assessment collection and distribution, urging greater caution and skill in the current assembly. It calls for emergency legislation this winter, including new pension laws or amendments, unemployment insurance measures, and better guidance and study of realities involved.
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General Assembly
Everyday Living Explores Portrait of Hitler as Man and Leader
A German reader profiles Adolf Hitler, noting a slender, untypical appearance, early life in Austria and Munich, war service and gas injury, the rise from political lecturer to founder of the Nazi Party, and his surprising lack of humor. The piece questions how much control he actually holds over entrenched forces.
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Hitler
Charlie Chaplin
Brunau
Vienna
Munich
Nazi Party
Les “seAs
Farm Bureau Names Francis Johnson As Vice President
DES MOINES AP Francis Johnson of Terris was unanimously elected vice president of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation at the close of its 16th annual convention. President Charles E. Hearst will retain office. Mrs Ellsworth Richardson of Albia was re elected chairman of the federation women's committee. Charles Wood of Lyon county named committeeman at large for the western section. Executive committee members named: First district Lloyd Cunningham Cresco third district Lester Gillette Fostoria fifth district Ed Doolittle Webster City seventh district Hervey Hazen Denmark Ia ninth district Harold J Teachout Farragut. Women’s committee members listed by district: Second Mrs W H Jacobs Forest City fourth Mrs A H Beebe Logan sixth Mrs J C Woods Traer eighth Mrs Raymond Sayre Ackworth. Delegates to the national convention elected Francis L Keer Mineola Raymond Pim Chariton. Alternate delegates R M Wilson Sac City and R C McElpheny Dysart.
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Des Moines
Francis Johnson
Terris
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Charles E. Hearst
Ellsworth Richardson
Albia
Federation Women's Committee
Charles Wood
Lyon County
Lloyd Cunningham
Cresco
Lester Gillette
Fostoria
Ed Doolittle
Webster City
Hervey Hazen
Denmark
Harold J. Teachout
Farragut
W. WH. Jacobs
Forest City
A. H. Beebe
Logan
J. C. Woods
Traer
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Francis L. Keer
Mineola
Raymond Pim
Chariton
R. M. Wilson
Sac City
R. C. McElpheny
Dysart
Norris Strikes Blow at World Court Adherence Debate
In a Friday Senate clash Senator Norris of Nebraska announced he will vote against adherence to the world court unless the Senate holds exclusive power to submit American questions. Norris, once a Roosevelt supporter, argued the terms fail to protect American interests and depart from anti entangling alliance policy.
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Senate
Welkin
Woodrow Wilson
Uncle Sam
Washington
INS
United States
Vandenberg
Michigan
Roosevelt
Norris
Nebraska
League of Nations
Norris warns on court and pledges ratification reservation
Norris stunned colleagues by recounting his 1926 vote for American adherence to the court. He says the court has not functioned as a true judicial tribunal and argues the United States must shield itself from future entanglements with Europe. He pledges to vote for ratification if his reservation is adopted, limiting submission of U S government disputes to the permanent court to Senate two thirds approval.
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Norris
United Sates
Europe
America
United States
Permanent Court of International Justice
United States Senate
Mount Vernon To Palisades Road May Be Surfaced
The Linn county board of supervisors will inspect the Mount Vernon to Palisades road site early next week to secure a 100 foot right of way for grading and gravel surfacing. State highway officials say contracts will be let soon at Ames and the road will be brought to grade with a thirty foot top.
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Palisades- Kepler State Park
Mount Vernon
Linn County Board of Supervisors
William 4H. Behrens
State Highway Commission
Behrens
Ames
Baldwin Confirmed as Cedar Rapids Postmaster
The U S senate confirmed Frank B. Baldwin of 1645 Wildwood Drive NE as postmaster of Cedar Rapids on Friday. Baldwin had been serving as acting postmaster after Frank K. Hahn resigned to become commissioner of public improvements, following a presidential nomination this week for permanent appointment.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank B. Baldwin
Wildwood Drive
United States Senate
United Press
Baldwin
Roosevelt
Frank K. Hahn
Lloyd Hamilton Dies, Pioneering Silent Film Comic
Hollywood AP reports Lloyd Hamilton, famed silent era comedian and early talkie star, died Friday from an abdominal disorder. His performances brought laughter to millions during silent films and early sound pictures.
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Hollywood (Ap
Lloyd Hamilton
Anna Roosevelt Dall Weds John Boettiger in NYC Home
The ceremony took place Friday at the President’s New York City home on East Sixty-fifth Street with Judge J. Frederick Kernochan officiating. Anna Roosevelt Dall and John Boettiger, former Chicago Tribune reporter, will reside in New York. Boettiger recently left the Tribune and now works for the Motion Picture Producers of America. Mrs. Roosevelt and family attended. Dall had been divorced from Curtis B. Dall in a ten minute court proceeding.
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Washington
Chicago Tribune
John Boettiger
Tribune
United States
New York City
East Sixty-fifth Street
J. Frederic Kernochan
New York
Boettiger
Motion Picture Producers of America
Fort Myer
Dall Wires Best Wishes To Couple In Chicago
Curtis B. Dall ex husband of Anna Roosevelt Dall, now married to John Boettiger, sent a telegram from Chicago to offer his well wishes. He attends a national liquor administrators conference and joked about remarriage before denying any such plans. Dall chairs the executive committee of the Distillers and Brewers Corp. of America.
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Chicago
Curtis B. Dahl
Anna Roosevelt Dall
John Boettiger
Dall
Boettiger
The
Distillers and Brewers Corporation of America
Kalamazoo College President Emeritus Dr Stetson Dies
Kalamazoo Michigan AP Dr Herbert Lee Stetson 87 president emeritus of Kalamazoo College died at his home Friday.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Herbert Lee Stetson
Kalamazoo College
House Labor Committee Opens Fire on Security Plan
Washington related notes say the House Labor Committee moved to hold immediate hearings on the former-labor unemployment insurance plan by Rep. Lundeen of Minnesota costing about 11 billion annually. Secretary Perkins expected to testify as the Ways and Means Committee prepares hearings for Monday. Senate Finance tackles the issue next week as opposition grows.
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Washington
INS
House Labor Committee
Lundeen
Minnesota
House Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of Labor
Perkins
Senate Finance Committee
Lewis
Wagner
House
Mansaschusetts
Labor Committee
Congress
Lindbergh to fly across Pacific for air service
Associates of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh said on Sunday that after the Hauptmann trial ends he is expected to fly across the Pacific Ocean as a preliminary step toward establishing an American air transport service between California and China.
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New York
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Pacific Ocean
California
China
Grant Wood to Unveil Red Flannel Painting in Spring
Chicago reports that Grant Wood will reveal The Bath 1880, a portrait of a late nineteenth century gentleman in a red flannel undergarment, pouring water from a kettle into a wooden tub. The work, to be completed in Cedar Rapids, relies on a Minneapolis pair bought for ten dollars after Wood placed ads in Midwest papers.
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Grant Wood
Chicago
Turner Alley
Cedar Rapids
Daughers
Wood
Reasons for Drought Highlight Water Scarcity Causes
Washington report from the National Resources Board notes the 1934 drought was severe due to a lack of rainfall and resulting water scarcity. It emphasizes the impact on agriculture and regional water supplies as a key factor in the drought.
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Washington
National Resources Board
Self Rule For Farmer Urged By Farm Bureau
DES MOINES AP Iowa Farm Bureau federation urged reform of the 1935 corn hog program with a state committee partly elected by county chairmen to reflect producer representation. The convention backed the program but called for simplified long term agricultural control by local associations and broader democratic processes. A motion to make the entire state committee elective was defeated.
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DES Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Ronald M. Wilson
Sac City
Farm Administration
Sby
Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Three Months Trial Of Medical Society Plan For Indigents
Linn county medical society reports tentative three month relief plan approval from the board of supervisors and Miss Cora Jacobs head of relief. Starting Feb. 1 the county would pay 1.15 dollars per family monthly for needed medical service with physicians sharing the monthly total pro rata. A medical director and review board would oversee the effort.
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Linn County Medical Society
Board of Supervisors
Cora Jacobs
Medical Society
Board of Review
Borah Attacks Roosevelt Security Plan And Armament Costs
Senator William E Borah of Idaho condemned Roosevelt social legislation as waste and criticized outdated pension provisions calling old age relief insufficient. He warned against spending nearly two billion dollars on armaments while allotting only fifteen dollars for old age security.
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Borah
Washington
William E. Boraly
Ida
Roosevelt
Corn Hog Checks Totals Over $122000 in Muscatine
About 800 corn hog checks with a total value exceeding 122000 dollars arrived in Muscatine Friday, announced by William Cashman, president of the county association. The checks will be distributed to contract signers across the county Monday.
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Muscatine
William Cashman
County Association
Hauptmann Trial Far-Reaching Courtroom Outburst
In Flemington New Jersey Bruno Hauptmann faces a tense day as state witnesses tie his handwriting to a hidden doodle on a board in his Bronx home and Anna Hauptmann erupts with a yell of you are lying in court. The defense challenges the authority of the questioning while details emerge of a trip the couple took on March 1 1932.
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Bruno
Jassie
Anna Hauptmann
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Hauptmann
Bronx
Isidor Fisch
Testis
Anna
Mrs. Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Hauptmann Trial Session Closed Saturday Adjourned
Justice Thomas W. Trenchard postponed Hauptmann trial session to Saturday at the request of prosecution and defense counsel. The court determined on Friday to adjourn the proceedings for the day.
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Flemington, N. J
Thomas W. Trenchard
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