Senate judiciary committee probes clemency records and parole rules
Des Moines lawmakers study pardons and paroles granted by former Governor Kraschel amid concerns about weaknesses in rules. Joe Siegel and Joseph Acerra cases are highlighted. The chair acknowledges abuse of laws by officials and pledges action on reported liquor law violations in Sioux City and other areas. The column defends pursuit of decent government.
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Senate
Des Moines
Kraschel
Joe Siegel
Joseph Acerra
A. J Shaw
Judiciary Committee
Siegel
Acerra
Edar Rapids
Sioux City
Plane Disaster Remains Mystery Over Atlantic Rescue Heroics
Ten survivors of the Cavalier airliner’s crash recount an 11 hour fight for life in the Atlantic. They praise Capt. Frank H. Spurr’s navigation as Esso Baytown’s crew plucked them from the sea. Widows show strain but most survivors decline medical help.
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New York
Atlantic
Esso Baytown
Olaf Andersen
Taylor
Frank H. Spurr
George Ingham
Hamilton
Bermuda
Gazette eyes enforcement of liquor and gambling laws in Cedar Rapids
The paper notes Attorney General Everett has directed county attorneys to enforce liquor and gambling device laws. It acknowledges local violations and devices in operation while condemning defiance as less prevalent in Cedar Rapids than in other Iowa cities and invites scrutiny of any graft or corruption.
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Everett
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Sioux City
Des Moines
The
Gazette
Postponed Des Moines forum taps dispute over pensions
Dr W Baldur explains the Des Moines forum postponed Chicago economist Dr Paul H Douglas to avoid aiding any political group. Douglas supports Iowa’s old age assistance plan in his new book Social Security in the United States, provoking divide among the state welfare board members.
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W. Baldur
Des Moines
Paul H. Douglas
Chicago University
Douglas
Baldur
Des Moines Forum
Dr. Douglas
Iowa
United States
Iowa Social Welfare Board
House Committee On
B. C. Hopkins
Welfare Board
University of Chicago
Byron G. Allen
E. W. Balduf
Balduf
Cavalier Officer Loses Clothes but Keeps Pipe in Rescue
New York telegraph illustrates a Cavalier crisis as Mrs. Neil Richardson buys a pipe for her husband after the wreck of the Esso Baytown. The officer, forced to shed trousers for buoyancy, later retrieved his own pipe from his back pocket as he clung to a drifting pants and returned to the surface.
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New York
INS
Neil Richardson
Richardson
Esso Baytown
Spelling, Handwriting and the Myths of Mastery
DE NEWTON reflects on spelling errors and the ease of misreading handwriting from Greeley to Winter. He laments typewritten misspellings exposing personality and notes phonetic spelling and bad handwriting as protective or humorous, ending with a caution on misspelling sacred names.
Gas Co Audit Shows Growing Net Return
An audit of Cedar Rapids Gas Co from 1933 to 1937 shows rising net returns after the switch to natural gas, with 1937 at 6.82 percent. The audit, to be reviewed by the city council, notes opinion differences over fair rate of return but confirms continued gains since the 1934 rate reduction.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Don Hines
Council
Supreme Court
I. B. McGladrey
Howard R. Green
Regimentation Danger Told Business Men
Clem D. Johnston of Roanoke VA addressed about 450 at the Chamber of Commerce dinner in the Shrine temple. He warned that happiness weighs more than efficiency and urged preserving individual initiative against blind devotion to the state.
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Chamber of Commerce
Shrine Temple
Clem D. Johnston
Roanoke
Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Clare Marshall
Ervin F. Stepanek
Alvin G Keyes
Mr. Johnston
Supreme Court
First Lady Questions Safety in War Response
First Lady Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt told a national conference that being safe may be prudent but not always right. She urged individuals to study world conditions, know distances and modern weapons, and recognize the risk of others fighting battles for us.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Conference On the Cause and Cure of War
Caterpillar Reports 1938 Profit Drop From 1937
Caterpillar Tractor Co reports a net profit of 3,235,709 for 1938, down from 10,168,689 in 1937. The Peoria, Illinois firm released the year end figures on Monday through AP.
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Peoria
Iowa Old Age Assistance Praised By Dr Douglas In Book
Dr Paul H Douglas University of Chicago economist lauds Iowa old age assistance as a remarkable record. He notes Iowa’s administrative costs near 5 percent in 1936 37, with 3.91 percent last fiscal year. He discusses shifts from pensions to age relief and the enhanced role of case workers and discretionary aid.
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Douglas
Iowa
SEC outlines funds safeguard plan for brokerage accounts
The SEC reported progress toward protecting customer funds and securities after the Whitney case. It proposed a central trust institution for banking and clearing duties and an insurance fund for broker losses, with milestones tied to 1938 fiscal year supervision gains. It also noted progress on utility holding company integration under the act.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Congress
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
SEC
William O. Douglas
Exchange
Possibll
Public Utility Holding Company
Long Island City Fire Claims Fireman in Three Alarm Blaze
A fireman died Tuesday battling a three alarm fire that destroyed sixteen small stores in the Thom son Hills business district of Long Island City. Police put the damage at about $200000.
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New York
Thomson Hills
Long Island City
Gold Today Or through Taste The Bridgework
Arthur Bugs Back comments on returning gold to the standard and recalls its appearance despite changes. He references mining interests and public memory, arguing for renewed attention to gold value.
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Arthur
Bugs
Fort Knox Digging and Standards Debated
A fragment notes Fort Knox housing “beautiful sash weights” and bans worm digging by fishermen. It questions whether standards will be restored, citing limited minority influence and the saying Gold is where you find it the second time.
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Fort Knox
Senators Probe Kraschel Clemency Policy in Lame Duck
A senate committee in Des Moines studied former Governor Kraschel’s clemency practice focusing on Joe Siegel of Sioux City who gained an eight year sentence suspension and on Joseph Acerra of Chicago whose 20 year term for robbery and assault was reduced. The panel considered these cases as part of pending parole legislation and discussed abolishing the parole board in favor of a board under the board of control.
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Des Moines
Senate
Nelson G. Kraschel
Joe Siegel
Sioux City
Kraschel
Senate Judiciary Committee
Joseph Acerra
Chicago
Jefferson
A. J. Shaw
Pocahontas
Senate Judiciary Committee No
Shaw
Board of Control
Missing Bookkeeper Reported Absent After Despondent Note Found
Linn county officials disclosed a three page despondent note signed by Horace E. Loomis 32 year old Cedar Rapids bookkeeper found in the dashboard of a rented car Loomis abandoned after driving from Cedar Rapids to Des Moines Loomis is sought by Sheriff Jim Smith for allegedly forging signatures on almost 1000 of Johnson Gas Appliance company checks Loomis vanished January 10 the date on the note Investigators say the note shows despondency but contents are being withheld pending further inquiry
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Horace E. Loomis
Loomis
Des Moines
Jim Smith
Johnson Gas Appliance Company
Denial Issued Over German February Troop Maneuvers
Berlin sources report the German propaganda ministry after consulting the war ministry issued a strong official denial of reports that troop maneuvers are scheduled for February.
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Berlin
INS
German Propaganda Ministry
War Ministry
Insurgent Divisions Reach Barcelona Gates
Seven insurgent divisions fought toward Barcelona with leaflets promising safety for noncriminals. Rebel planes raided the city as evacuation of foreigners continued. Loyalists moved civilians from fighting zones amid casualties and a possible fall of the last defense line at Llobregat.
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Perpignan
Barcelona
United States
Mediterranean
Llobregat
Gerona
Figueras
Juan Negrin
Negrin
Benny Trial Adjourned to February 14
New York police court proceedings for radio comedian Jack Benny on jewelry smuggling charges were postponed until February 14 to allow prosecutors more time to gather all available evidence.
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New York
Jack Benny
President Roosevelt calls for FCC reorganization
President Roosevelt said he was thoroughly dissatisfied with the legal framework and administrative machinery of the Federal Communications Commission. He urged new legislation to reorganize the agency and sent letters to Senate Interstate Commerce Chairman Burton K. Wheeler and House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Chairman Clarence F. Lea outlining the need for clear congressional policies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Communications Commission
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Clarence F. Lea
Calif
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Wheeler
Marooned Fishermen Rescued From Ice Floe on Lake Huron
Two of three fishermen marooned for hours on a thinning ice floe in upper Lake Huron were taken home to Detour, Michigan. Phillip Goetz stayed on Drummond Island while four rescuers and the rescued men hauled a boat through rough ice against strong head winds.
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Detroit
Mich
Lake Huron
Drummond Island
Russell Goetz
Willard Dyer
Phillip Goetz
Court Upholds Writ Strachey Obtained
In New York the U S circuit court upheld a habeas corpus writ for John St L Strachey English radical author and former British MP ruling the American consul in London had no authority to cancel his visa after he embarked for the United States.
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New York
INS
John St. L Strachey
U. S
United States
Strachey
London
Rep Thomas seeks impeachment probe of Frances Perkins
Rep Thomas introduces a house resolution directing the judiciary committee to investigate Frances Perkins Secretary of Labor and others James Hough Stelling and Gerard Reilly for high crimes and misdemeanors over deportation delays in the Harry Bridges case. Bridges urged for deportation amid Dies committee scrutiny. Perkins says she welcomes the impeachment move and seeks a timely judiciary committee hearing.
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Washington
Harry Bridges
West Coast Cio
Thomas
United States
Joseph Strecker
Supreme Court
Strecker
Judicial Committee
American Coalition
Miss Perkins
Judiciary Committee
Sheriff and Highway Patrol Adopt Drunk Driving Test Policy
Sheriff Jim Smith and local highway patrol officers announced a Uniform policy of witnessed tests for all drunken driving arrestees brought to the county jail. The Rhomberg test plus observations of pupils speech gait and mental state will be recorded to preserve evidence and aid future prosecutions.
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Cedar Rapids
Jim Smith
Smith
Clarence Day
Highway Patrol
John Henderson
Henderson
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