Purported retrial opens amid political climate in Iowa and France
In Sioux City the retrial of Attorney Edward L. O Connor on conspiracy charges surfaces as a formality amid broader political maneuvering. Reports from France note Laval's cabinet collapse and Mussolini's standing. A Utah state column weighs Old Age Assistance funding and centralized government risk. The cold snap ends with 55 below zero at International Falls, with deaths and school disruptions noted across Iowa.
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France
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Solini
Ussolini
Samuel Hoare
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Mussolini
Frigid Iowa Weather Brings Record Lows Across State
Des Moines reports a bitter Arctic wave with subzero readings across Iowa. Temperatures plunged to 36 below in the northwest, triggering deaths and widespread hardship as the coldest weather in twelve years persisted. Forecasters warned of further plunges toward 40 below and lingering frigid conditions.
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Des Moines
Weather Oddities From a Cold Iowa Day
The Centerville ice plant halted due to frozen pipes as ice cutting on the Mississippi faced disruption. Air carriers over Iowa paused because of snow drifted fields, yet the time of day kept transport on schedule. A Polk County assistant county attorney wore pajamas to court, joking he had none to wear.
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Centerville
Iowa
Polk County
Des Moines
The Magic Word of Liberty Progress and Love
A 1936 reflection contrasts liberty progress and security with the fate of modern civilization. It recalls how ancestors valued liberty and progress, notes world war's wreckage, and predicts love as the ultimate answer uniting liberty and security.
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Spencer
Clar
France
Cedar Rapids Hit By Record 31 Below Zero In 22 Year Span
The benumbing cold followed a fresh snowfall of about three quarters of an inch. The mercury slid from 10 above at 2 p m to 4 above at midnight as an Arctic blast struck. A 22 year record for lows was shattered with 31 below at 11 a m, eclipsing 28 below readings from 1915 and 1924. Schools closed Thursday as the city braced for more frigid weather and continued low readings.
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Joseph Halligan
Moorland
Roslyn
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Chambers Inskeep Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
State Weather Bureau
Arthur Deamer
Two Year Farm Program Heads to Congress
The administration unveils a new 500 million dollar two year soil conservation and domestic allotment act to aid farmers. It arms the secretary of agriculture with wide payment powers and may establish a domestic allotment system while preserving AAA like features.
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Washington
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Alabama
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Texas
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Seventeen Hurt As Truck Knocks Streetcar From Track
In Chicago, a truck and trailer plowed into a pair of loaded street cars during the morning rush, causing a head-on collision. Seventeen people were injured, five seriously, with many shaken by the crash at the loop offices.
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Edward VIII travels by train to Sandringham after London flight scrapped
King Edward VIII arrived in Woolerton with the Duke and Duchess of York and the Dukes of Gloucester and left by automobile for Sandringham. Officials cited unsuitable flying conditions for canceling the planned air return. The royal train ran in a special first class coach, and the king acknowledged cheering crowds as he waved.
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Edward VIII Proclaimed King In Bright London Pageant
A colorful ceremony outside St James Palace formally pro claims Edward VIII as Britain's new king. A crowd gathers as the age-old pageant blends with modern touches in London.
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Great Britain
Edward VIII
St. James Palace
Villagers honor King George at quiet English funeral
Villagers and country folk gathered at St Mary Magdalene church in Sandringham to bid farewell to King George. The white shrouded body lay in a flag covered coffin, surrounded by flowers from Queen Mary, as mourners filed past the royal bier in the chancel.
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Pope Suspends Audiences in Memory of King V
Pope Pius suspended audiences in Vatican City in memory of the late King George V of England. The pause marks a solemn toll for the monarch as church officials note the global impact of his death.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
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England
Roosevelt Gets Bonus Measure From Congress
Washington (UP) Congress sent to President Roosevelt a bill providing immediate payment of 3.237 billion dollars to soldiers. The House approved the Senate substitute 346 to 59. the Senate 74 to 16. Roosevelt has 10 days to act, with aides predicting a veto. Leaders said they have enough votes to override if needed.
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Congress
Roosevelt
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Senate
Two Iowa Democrats Oppose Bonus Measure in Vote
Representatives Hubert Utterback and Fred Biermann voted against the bonus measure amid a recent Washington inquiry. The pair changed their positions noting the current political context and shifting perspectives within their party.
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Ins
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Utterback
Fred
Biermann
Gaeinat
House Votes Yes on Bonus Bill Ending Long War in Congress
The House voted 346 to 59 to approve the Senate substitute of the bonus bill amid swift passage. Speaker Byrns signed the measure, Vice President Garner endorsed it, and the bill moves to the White House for President Roosevelt’s signature. The treasury will issue bonds totaling about 1.836 billion dollars to redeem adjusted service certificates.
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Roosevelt
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Treasury
Rep. Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means
Cadet Air Crash Injures Texas Pilot at Takeoff
Cadet Robert S. Atkinson age 25 of Kelly Field was critically injured in San Antonio when the aircraft wing hit a water tower during takeoff and crashed nearby.
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Robert S. Atkinson
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What Dogs OKLAHOMA CITY Feature
L A Dorset aged 42, a building engineer, walks 15 miles daily to and from work to save carfare. He says he has five coins but they do not bother him.
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O Connor Defense Claims New Evidence Heard
Woodbury county attorney Maurice Rawlings agreed only to dismiss the conspiracy charge against Attorney General Edward L O Connor not to acquit. Former special prosecutor H M Havner says a directed verdict was improper and new evidence strengthens the state case. He condemns the move as a travesty on justice and urges public judgment on guilt or innocence.
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Iowa
Rice
O'Connor
Woodbury County
Des Moines
Maurice Rawlings
Woodbury
Edward L. O'Connor
H. M. Havner
Sioux City
Mr. Rawlings
Havner
Max Duckworth
Peters
O’connor
Maley
Gagen
U S Court Upholds Farm Debt Moratorium Law
Cincinnati Judge Robert R. Nevin upheld the amended Frazier Lemke farm moratorium measure as constitutional in a U S district court decision rendered Wednesday.
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Cincinnati
Robert R. Nevin
United States District Court
Huey Long Forces Hold Louisiana Rule
In unofficial returns from 383 precincts, Long machine candidate Richard W. Leche led Cleveland Dear for governor by 85 507 votes. Leche 428177 Dear 42670 from New Orleans and other parishes amid calls of fraud and a possible supreme court shift, with record turnout and limited violence statewide.
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Richard W. Leche
Long Machine
Cleveland Dear
Leche
Dear
Supreme Court
W. C. Jones
High Tribunal
Prosecution Delayed in O'Connor Gambling Case
In Sioux City the district court directed acquittal for Attorney General Edward O Connor on gambling conspiracy charges after a prior hung jury. State officials Wegman Maley and Joe Siegel were also freed on perjury indictments. The judge cited trial costs and lack of new evidence, ruling a retrial unnecessary.
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Supreme Court
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O’connor
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O'Connor
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Iowa
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