Indictments Hit Iowa Officials Over Graft Case
Sioux City AP reports Woodbury county grand jury returns fourteen indictments tied to graft and public corruption in Plymouth county. State Agent C W McNaughton and Sheriff Ralph Rippey named for bribery and conspiracy. Sioux City Mayor W D Hayes urged removal. Also named are Kirby Kerr Luke Diebert and others. evidence includes a letter seeking a special liquor distributor appointment. The panel continues its probe into slot machine payoffs and related officials.
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Tru-Art Cus
Woodbury County
B. M. Stoddard
Sloan
Harvie Robbins
Correctionville
H.M. Havner
Des Moines
Thomas McGuire
Danbury
Louis Epling
Moville
Sioux City
C. W. McNaughton
Ralph Rippey
Plymouth County
Cedar Rapids Gazette
McNaughton
Rippey
LeMars
Kirby
Kerr
Nic Luke
John
Diebert
Sioux
Louis Seff
Bill Seff
Sam Stevens
Grand‘jury
E. Mayer
Mayer
Plymouth ‘County
Chisselers
Iowa
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Henry C. Kuhlmann
Kuhlmann
Max Duckworth
Attorney’ General
State’ Bureau of Investigation
Clyde
Herring
Alma Berry
O'Connor
Glen Schmidt
State Bureau of Investigation
Arthur
William Zelinsky
Pere
Bank Holdup At Monona Nets 1500 In Cash
Three bandits robbed the Monona Union State Bank at 11 50 am taking 1500 cash after forcing three employees to lie on the floor They fled south on highway 51 in a Ford carrying cashier H T Orr as hostage Two women Ruth Bernhart and Clara Hazlitt and Orr were in the bank The alarm was rung by Miss Bernhart but the robbers escaped before officers arrived Sheriff L J Palas of Clayton county investigated the scene and described the suspects and getaway vehicle
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monona
Monona Union State Bank
H. T. Orr
Ruth Bernhart
Clara Hazlitt
Orr
L. J. Palas
Clayton County
Failure To Laugh at Cantor No Proof Of Mental Weakness
In Atlantic City Judge Robert L. Warke Jr ruled that laughing or not at Eddie Cantor provides no proof of mental incapacity in a will contest. The case involves Mrs. Josephine Boyer Adams of Denver challenging her aunt Miss Josephine Kershaw's will leaving 25 000 dollars. A witness said the testatrix grew angry when Cantor jokes drew laughs. The defense argued it was a natural reaction to Cantor's humor. Judge Warke reserved decision.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Eddie Cantor
Robert L. Warke, Jr
Josephine Boyer Adams
Denver
Josephine Kershaw
Cantor
Warke
Geraldine Farrar Inherits Estate in Conn. Will
Sydney D. Farrar left his entire estate of 80827 dollars and 54 cents to his daughter opera star Geraldine Farrar under a will admitted to the Ridgefield Connecticut local court.
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Ridgefield, Conn
Sydney D. Farrar
Geraldine Farrar
These Want Ads. Brought Results in Big Sun Day Gazette
Classified notices show items for sale such as a large child’s crib in excellent condition and a 3 bedroom furnished house for rent. Also listed are lost and found pets, automobile cash offers, and contact details with phone numbers for placing ads.
Spinach Cure Claims Snake Bite Heroine In New York
Miss Beebe de la Fontaine survived a rattlesnake bite and attributed her recovery to spinach baths as crowds gathered at Dr. Lloyd Shanklin’s emporium. The press agent warned no medical treatment was needed and the public watched via a staged finale amid mixed skepticism.
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New York
Beebe de la Fontaine
Miss de la Fontaine
Lloyd Shanklin
48Th Street
Miss de la Fontaine Ate A Hearty Breakfast. Miss de la Fontaine
Cedar Rapids Man Links Shanklin to Florida Lectures
A Cedar Rapids man reported seeing Rev. Lloyd Shanklin three times in Miami last winter. He identified him as the man exposed by The Gazette seven years ago and said Shanklin lectured and sold pamphlets in Florida. An Associated Press dispatch noted Dr. Lloyd Shanklin in New York claimed a snake to bite Miss de la Fontaine came from his Florida farm.
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Cedar Rapids
Lloyd Shanklin
Miami
Fla
The
Gazette
Shanklin
Florida
New York
Miss de la Fontaine
Associated Press
Three Dead and Forty Wounded in Belfast Clashes
In Belfast on Saturday three people died and more than forty were wounded as dissident Irish factions clashed amid Boyne Day celebrations. Police battled rioters with machine guns and rifles while armored cars stood ready. Dozens of shop fronts were boarded up as authorities patrolled streets.
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Belfast
INS
York Street
James
France
Prince of Orange
William Iit
Cedar Rapid's Warm Day Peaks At 86
The Cedar Rapids weather report shows a cool night followed by a warm day. Temperatures reached 82 at 10 am and an 86 degree high at 1 15 pm on Friday alongside a 24 hour low of 60 at 5 am.
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Cedar Rapids
Mystery Crash Kills Wife of Austrian Chancellor
Vienna reports a mysterious wreck injured Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg and killed his wife during a trip to a Linz villa. His son and four others suffered injuries as doubts about sabotage or defects spread, while Prince Starhemberg assumed charge of the government during a prescribed rest period.
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Vienna
Austria
Kurt Schuschnigg
Schuschnigg
Ernest Ruediger Starhemberg
Hapsburg
Archduke Otto
Prince Starhemberg
Linz
Yo Simon Apfelgruen
Huge Gains Over 34 Meats Cr For 1936 Show
Estimated 1935 wheat production in 39 countries of the northern hemisphere totals 3,209,359,000 bushels, up from 2,846,841,000 in 1934. Practically all increase expected in Canada and the United States. Weather favored Europe overall, except France, and bread grain prospects have improved.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Canada
United States
Europe
France
Waley Kidnap Trial Heads to Quick Verdict
In Tacoma the jury of ten men and two women heard federal judge Cushman’s charge as they consider whether Margaret Waley 19 aided in the $200,000 Weyerhaeuser kidnap case or acted under duress. The four day trial featured admissions by Waley and testimony on accomplices Harmon Metz Waley and William Mahan.
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Tacoma
Wash
INS
Margaret
E. Waley
George. Weyerhaeuser
Margaret Waley
Utah
George Weynerhaeuser
E. E. Cushman
William Mahan
Waley
Mahan
Train Runs Over Man but He Survives in Indianapolis
Thomas E. Reed 75 stepped from an eastbound line and dropped between rails as a second westbound train approached. The locomotive halted moments later. Reed emerged unscratched with only a torn coat. His hat was recovered on the locomotive pilot.
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Indianapolis
Thomas E. Reed
Reed
Titulescu Warns On Hapsburg Restoration In Austria
Romanian Foreign Minister Nicholas Titulescu after talks with Prince Paul of Jugoslavia said restoring the Hapsburg dynasty in Austria would trigger automatic mobilization of the Little Entente armies. He and King Carol voiced no new decisions, stressing the issue is an internal Austrian matter and noting no change in Little Entente policies toward Germany’s Balkan aims.
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Paul
M. Titulescu
Carol
Hapsburg
Austria
Pecora Declines Bench Return to Lead AT&T Probe
New York AP report says Supreme Court Justice Ferdinand Pecora will not quit the bench to serve as chief counsel in the federal investigation of the American Telephone and Telegraph company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
Ferdinand Pecora
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Italian Bank Fails In Shipping Crisis
Rome Italian bank Instituto d Italiano di Credito Maritimo one of six leading Italian banks failed Saturday as the shipping crisis hit. Capital and reserves were 16 500 000 dollars. The institution had been in serious difficulties recently due to the shipping crisis.
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Rome
INS
Instituto d'Italiano di Credito Maritimo
Soviet US trade pact pledges 30 million purchases
Moscow signs a one year trade agreement with the United States pledging Soviet purchases totaling 30 million dollars in the coming year. The pact ends eighteen years of strained relations and extends benefits from other bilateral accords.
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America
Russia
Moscow
Soviet Russia
United States
William C. Bullitt
Maxim Litvinoff
Washington
State’department
Belgium
Haiti
Sweden
Plans for $600,000 Iowa City High School Building
The Iowa City school board announced plans to construct a $600,000 high school with a 1,000 student capacity. It seeks a 45 percent grant from the PWA and calls a bond election for $350,000. The project includes an auditorium, little theater, swimming pool, and library. no special tax levy is expected.
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Iowa City
City Board of Education
PWA
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