Share the wealth debate drums up political hokum in Congress
The report discounts Roosevelt's plan as the five billion relief fund and related tax bill race through Congress. Huey Long’s mob talk and demagogic pleas are cited as pulling strings, while reform is blamed for delaying recovery. Graft and lax enforcement in western Iowa counties are criticized as officials resist(slot machines) protection schemes and gaming syndicates. An American midshipman's Berlin jail incident underscores limits of intervention.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Kingfish
Huey Long
Roosevelt
America
Man shot at Illinois Central depot shocks Independence
John Gaffney 51, longtime Illinois Central cashier, was shot in his office on a Wednesday pay day. The 38 caliber revolver and money drawer were not disturbed. a gun and two shots imply attempted murder. Gaffney is in critical condition at Peoples hospital with no clear motive.
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John Gaffney
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Peoples Hospital
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Earl Cameron
Louis Wenger
Loor
Burleigh Clark
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Mrs Waley Sentenced 20 Years in Weyerhaeuser Case
Margaret Thulin Waley, 19, convicted in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping, received a 20 year federal sentence at Milan Michigan. Judge Cushman denied arrest of judgment and a new trial despite government objections to late motions. Waley remained mute as sentencing proceeded.
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Margaret Thulin Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
U. S
E. E. Cushman
Milan
Mich
Cushman
Waley
Mahan sought in Midwest as Nebraska sees lead
Police deny reports that William Mahan, fugitive in the George Weyerhaeuser case, has been captured in Utah. Deseret News claimed a five day old sighting in a railroad yard. Sheriff Benton warned Nebraska and Kansas authorities to arrest a man identified by seven Nebraskans.
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Little George Weyerhaeuser
Deseret News
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Washington
Mahan
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Weyerhaeuser
Midwest
Fred Benton
Grand Island
Neb
Nebraska
Kansas
Everyday Living Reflections On Character And Life
A 1935 copyright reflection collection urges virtue in speech, patience, and love. It cites the Golden Rule, silence, and the value of quiet friendship while noting life’s lost chances and the need for justice and cheerful effort. The piece closes with gratitude for life and the stars.
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Plato
Dr. Johnson
Seymour Mayor Called On To Resign Over Slot Dealings
SEYMOUR I A AP Mayor L B Fager acknowledged accepting money from slot machine operators while denying full knowledge of illegality. He said one deal involved funds returned after discovery, and that he would not take more. The city council urged resignation of Fager and city marshal Claude Cooley amid ongoing Wayne County attorney investigation into a slot machine ring.
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Seymour
Claude Cooley
Roy Griffin
Griffin
Wayne County Attorney’s Office
Cooley
Fager
Decorah Fourth In Elks’ Ritual
At the 71st national convention in Columbus Ohio the Newton Massachusetts lodge team won ritualistic honors scoring 98.57 points in the degree team contest. Monmouth Illinois placed second with 98.18 Newark Connecticut third with 97.79 and Decorah Iowa fourth with 97.50.
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Decorah
Amnesia Victim Finds Self in Cedar Rapids Cousin Quizzes Truth
Albert Houser of Portland Oregon, an amnesia sufferer, travels to Cedar Rapids with his wife and daughter seeking clues to his past. He meets Orrie Colton, learns he shares a Cedar Rapids memory and discovers the man may be his cousin Howard Horn, wife and child await answers as memory closes a long blank.
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Shirley Ann
California
Chicago
Oak Hill Cemetery
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Orrie Colton
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Prof Elbert W Rockwood Dies at Iowa City University
Prof Elbert W Rockwood 75 longtime chemistry head at the University of Iowa died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Iowa City He led the chemistry department from 1904 to 1920 and remained a professor afterward Born in Franklin Mass he held degrees from Amherst Leipzig Chicago Town Yale and authored several chemistry books He is survived by his widow and son Allen of Franklin Mass.
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American Society’ of Biological Chemists
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Franklin, Mass
Jury Selected For Goodrich Murder Trial
A Detroit jury of five men and seven women was chosen to hear the first degree murder trial of Merton Ward Goodrich. The Ohio born musician is the confessed slayer of 11 year old Lillian Gallaher in September.
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INS
Merton Ward Goodrich
Ohio
Lillian Gallaher
Cedar River Sewage Plants Ordered by State Council
Iowa state executive council ordered five Cedar River cities and four plants to stop dumping untreated sewage into the stream and set progress-report dates. Cities Waterloo Cedar Falls Cedar Heights La Porte City and Vinton along with plants Marshall Canning Waterloo Iowa Canning La Porte City and Vinton Rath Packing Waterloo must file quarterly progress reports and prepare disposal plant plans by fixed dates. Dr Walter Bierring will hold hearings on additional Iowa River cities and Tama plant later. Cedar Rapids has already completed a sewage disposal plant to curb pollution.
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State Executive Council
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls
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Vinton
Marshall Canning Company
Iowa Canning Company
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Walter L. Bierring
Bierring
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Ladora
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Marengo
Belle Plaine
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Roosevelt says Ana policies will continue
Washington AP reports the Senate narrowly backed one phase of AAA price fixing authority while signaling it will tackle the remaining parts at the earliest opportunity. A 44 to 41 vote reversed Tuesday’s approval, with officials calling deletion potentially wrecking the AAA framework. President Roosevelt pledged enactment of AAA amendments despite a circuit court ruling, and Morganthau defended a bill blocking damage suits from another New Deal policy.
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Judge Scott Named to Hear Hayes Guster Case
Des Moines AP Chief Justice John W. Kintzinger appointed District Judge W. W. Scott of Davenport to hear removal proceedings against W. D. Hayes mayor of Sioux City. The Woodbury grand jury indicted over twenty people in a graft probe including Attorney General Edward L. O Connor and first assistant Walter Maley. Hayes suspended. hearing set for Aug 1 with special prosecutors Havier and Ole Naglestad.
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John W. Kintzinger
W. W. Scott
Davenport
W. D. Hayes
Sioux City
Woodbury County
H. M. Hayner
Grand Jury
Edward L. O’connor
Walter Maley
Iowa
Hayes
District Court
Havier
Ole Naglestad
Woodbury
Boy 3 Renounces Stogies for Beer in Paterson
In West Paterson New Jersey three year old Charles Mickey Norman III announced he has given up smoking stogies and a pipe last year and now says he is drinking beer. The tale sparked interest as an unusual early reform story from a domestic tabloid.
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N. J
Charles
Mickey’’ Norman
Dr. George Russell, Irish Poet, Dies at 68
Dr George W Russell known as AE renowned Irish poet economist and statesman died early Thursday after several weeks of critical illness. He was 68.
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Bournemouth
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George W. Russell
Keaton Wife Sues Buster in Beverly Hills Custody Fight
Hollywood. Buster Keaton, the deadpan film comedian, is named in divorce and alienation of affections suits by Mae Elizabeth Keaton, who claims he consorted with Mrs. Leah Clampitt Sewell. Mrs. Keaton seeks damages and accuses Keaton of returning to Hollywood from Santa Barbara with Sewell. The allegations detail infidelity, repeated separations, and a Malibu beach party incident involving Emerson and Sewell.
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Buster Keaton
Barton Sewells
Beverly Hills
Mae Elizabeth Keaton
Leah Clampitt Sewell
Call
Natalie Keaton
Talmady
Twat Sone
Joe
Mamed'bhel
Walter’ ‘Emerson
Malibu
Sewell
Emerson
Sioux City Milk License Amended
The AAA approved an amended Sioux City milk license to take effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. The change clarifies license form and language and shifts the class milk price from 46 cents per pound butterfat to a 19 cent per pound formula based on the Chicago market average and a 90 score butter standard.
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Washington
AAA
Sioux City
Chicago
Urges 2-Cent Rail Passenger Fares Proposed
Irving L Koch, examiner for the interstate commerce commission, urged a two cent per mile basic fare for coach travel and three cents for pullmans, saying the 3.6 cents rate is unreasonable. He endorsed low fare experiments in southern and western districts as lawful and proposed eliminating pullman surcharges. Oral arguments are set for Oct 4 with a decision expected about six weeks later.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Irving ‘L. ‘Koch
Commission
Koch
Ice Box Sold After Ad Draws Twelve Respondents
Used ice box listed in The Sun Day Gazette on July 14 drew twelve responses. C. E. White of 2201 Ridgeway Drive notes the sale to one buyer after advertising.
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Sunday Gazette
C. E. White
Ridgeway Drive
Senate inquiry reveals AG&E officials burned records
The Black lobby ing committee heard that two Associated Gas and Electric executives destroyed their own records linked to the Wheeler Rayburn bill fight and one offered aid to recover Western Union files. Witnesses said R P Herron and E W O'Brien were ordered to explain their actions.
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Associated Gas and Electric Company
Wheeler-Rayburn
Western Union
Warren
R. P. Herron
E. W. O'Brien
Erie
Herron
D. J. Driscoll
Western Union Messenger
House Rules Committee
O'Brien
Shew
Erle
Rep. Driscoll
Driscoll
J. A. Fisher
Fisher
O’brien
Buffalo, N. Y
Associated Gas and Electtic Company
Hugo Black
Ala
Reynolds Sanity Charge in Divorce Suit Filed in Winston Salem
William Neal Reynolds II, a member of the Reynolds tobacco family, was charged with insanity in a divorce suit filed late Wednesday by Ruth Hatcher Reynolds of Winston Salem North Carolina. The action was reported from Reno New.
Council Bluffs seeks $750000 loan for housing project
Mayor Hugh Finerty announced Council Bluffs will request a $750,000 loan and grant from the government for a 400 acre housing development. The plan aims to spur construction and expand housing options in the city.
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Hugh Finerty
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