Federal Judge Backs Boston Verdict on AAA Taxes
Federal Judge Kennamer ruled the processing taxes under the agricultural adjustment administration unconstitutional. He enjoined six Alabama firms including Alabama Mills and Alabama Packing Co from paying the taxes, aligning with a Boston circuit court ruling. The suits claimed the levies invade states’ rights and are not revenue producing.
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Birmingham
Ala
Charles B. Kennamer
Agricultural ‘Adjustment Administration
Harwell G. Davis
Internal Revenue
Alabama
Kennamer
Boston
AAA
J. C. Smith
Ken~namer
W. J. Grubb
Florence
Anniston Cotton Manufacturing Co
Adelaide Cotton Mills
Anniston
John B. Hill
New York
Marble Machine Operators Enter Not Guilty Pleas
Nine men charged with keeping a gambling house after raids seized twenty one marble game machines. Each defendant pled not guilty in district court before Judge H C Ring. Bond set at $500. Names include G K Barge Leo McSwiggan George Zvcek John Sprynel L P Lyman C L Beeson Clarence Roberdee Evan Paula and Jerry Rompot. County Attorney Thompson said the machines were used for gambling in a large majority of cases.
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H. C. Ring
Bond
G. K. Barge
Leo McSwiggan
George
Zvacek
John Sprynel
L. P. Lyman
C. L. Beeson
Clarence Roberdee
Evan Paula
Jerry Rompot
G. Kk. Thompson
Farm Tax Drops 45 Percent in Treasury Collections
Washington reports a 45 percent drop in processing tax receipts from farm products in the first 16 days of the month, as many companies refuse to pay and other taxes are tied up by injunctions. Total processing tax collections reached 19,355,755 dollars versus 35,736,907 dollars a year earlier.
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Washington (Lp
The
Treasury
Mrs. Bingham Undergoes Successful London Operation
Mrs. Robert W. Bingham wife of the U S ambassador to the court of St James rested comfortably after a successful operation at a London clinic nursing home Thursday night.
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London
Robert W. Bingham
U. S
Court of St. James
London Clinic
Everyday News and the Value of Reading Choices
A reflective piece on how readers choose what to read in newspapers and how the morning paper reveals personal values. It highlights danger and heroism, war and peace, markets and sport, and ends with a tribute to a rising journalist who sacrificed his life saving a child.
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Europe
League of Nations
Ark of
Jos
Iowa to devote half highway funds to farm roads
Gov. Clyde L. Herring announced the Iowa highway commission set aside 50 percent of federal highway funds for farm to market roads, about 2.2 million for construction and 300 thousand for engineering, with the remaining half for primary roads. The plan targets southern Iowa and mirrors federal grade crossing elimination funds.
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DES Moines
Clyde L.herring
Iowa Highway Commission
Federal Highway Commission
Iowa
C. L. McKinnon
Highway Commission
Herring
Towa
Mason City Worker Dies From Heat After Illness
E J Colleton, 37, worker at the Mason City brick and tile plant, died at a local hospital after suffering heat induced heart attack. He had fallen ill on Wednesday and died Thursday afternoon.
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Mason City (Ap
E.J. Colloton
Mason City
Emperor of Ethiopia Calls Nation to Fight for Freedom
Emperor Haile Selassie denounces Italy as a criminal aggressor and urges Ethiopians to defend independence to the last man, calling on women to sacrifice and promising to shed his own blood if needed. He recalls 40 years of Italian ambition and accuses Rome of fabricating pretexts, extending the war to the last moment.
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Addis Ababa
INS
Italy
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Senate
Mussolini
Calla Italy
Attempt To Agree On Candidate For Sioux City Mayor
Plans were under way to unite political factions on a potential successor to Mayor W. D. Hayes. A meeting led by E. M. Badgerow and attended by Keyes Gaynor discussed candidates as Hayes, suspended, faces removal proceedings for alleged failure to act on graft findings. Special Judge W. W. Scott of Davenport was named to hear the case, tentatively set for August 1, with special prosecutor H. M. Havner assisting.
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Sioux City
W. D. Hayes
Kintzinger
Iowa Supreme Court
E. M. Badgerow
Keyes Gaynor
Hayes
Woodbury County
W. W. Scott
Davenport
H. M. Havner
War President of Bolivia Dies at 66 in Cochabamba
Dr. Daniel Salamanca, 66, former Bolivian president during the Chaco War, died of a heart attack at his Cochabamba plantation, announced in La Paz. He led Bolivia through much of the conflict with Paraguay.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Daniel Salamanca
Chaco
Cochabamba
Graft Exposé Stirs Iowa Political Scene
In a Sunday signed editorial Verne Marshall accuses the Iowa Democratic Party leadership of undisclosed campaign contributions. The piece details state wide graft in selling goods to the state and hints at deeper pockets and future revelations as grand juries scrutinize officials.
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Verne Marshall
Iowa
Democratic State Central Committee
Utility Records Destroyed Over Wheeler Bill Probe
Witnesses testified that Associated Gas and Electric officials ordered disposal of legislative records after the Wheeler bill probe began. A. E. Beach directed subordinates to junk files and Wilmington branch managers were told to discard records. R. P. Herron said he burned telegrams after the investigation news surfaced.
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Washington
Senate
Jebby
Paridh
Senate Lobby Committee
E. W. O'Brien
Erie
Associated
A. E. Beach
Securities Department of Associated
Ithaca
O’brien
Beach
United States
Black
Wheeler-Rayburn
Schwellerbach
O'Brien
Herron
Warren
Congress
Marquette Youth Drowns In Mississippi
Ernest Donahue Jr 18 drowned while swimming with Danny Dahmen Milton Presho and Jack Goltz all of Marquette in the Mississippi River near the Gen Ashburn steamboat. He likely suffered cramps and did not resurface as companions struggled to save him. He was a Marquette High School graduate.
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the Gazette
Marquette
Mississippi River
Ernest Donahue, Jr
Danny Dahmen
Milton Presho
Jack Goltz
Gen
Ashburn
Donahue
Ernest Donahue
Marquette High School
McGregor
Fatal shooting of freight agent leaves questions
A coroner's jury ruled John Gaffney 51 of the Illinois Central freight office died from an unknown shooter. Independence authorities said no clear motive or suspect exists, though railroad investigators will continue the probe. A rusty revolver was found at the office. fingerprints could not be obtained.
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Independence
John Gaffney
Timois Central
Buchanan
R. C. Craemer
A. W. Hammelman
Gaffney
Kermit Hakes
David Greason
Illinois Central
Hakes
Waterloo
Woman Burned Preparing Parffin for Canning
Mrs. Charles Miller a 69 year old Cedar Rapids resident was critically burned when parffin ignited from a stove spill while she heated it for canning. The injuries to her chest head arms and legs are described as severe with little hope for recovery at Mercy hospital.
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Charles Miller
Twentieth Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935 Accidents and Deaths
Report from Cedar Rapids notes 216 accidents and 9 deaths in 1935 auto toll figures. Includes injured count listed as oe Rok. Authorities tabulate yearly road toll and safety outcomes.
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Cedar Rapids
Rok
Des Moines CCC man drowned at Palisades dam
Joseph S Knowlton 21 of Des Moines died in Cedar Rapids Palisades state park while swimming near the dam. He was pulled under by the current in 14 feet of water and recovered minutes later. Knowlton, born July 18 1914 and a CCC member since 1934, had been at Palisades since April 18. His mother Mrs Catherine Knowlton 608 Boulder Ave Des Moines survived him.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph S. Knowlton
Des Moines
Marion
Palisades State Park
Cedar
Knowlton
Palisades
CCC
Owen
James
Smiifi
Condon
Payn
R. E.munden
Ben
Knight
Linn County
Catherine Knowlton
Boulder Avenue
Stuart
Solon
Hottest Day In Cedar Rapids Hits 99 Degrees
A blistering sun set a new high for the current summer as Cedar Rapids reached 99 degrees at 1 15 PM and remained 99 at 2 45 PM after climbing from a 24 hour low of 69 at 5 AM. Earlier 24 hour highs and the day’s prior records are noted.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Identified Kidnapper Named in Nebraska Case
The Omaha World Herald reports Charles Mack Hooper marshal and several relatives identified William Mahan as leader of a three man kidnap squad. The group abducted Mack early Thursday after a pleasure ride with Ada Cora John and Frank Mitchell ages 13 to 19. They left Mack bound to watch as two cars and gasoline were stolen in Hooper.
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Omaha
Omaha World Herald
Charles Mack
Hooper
Neb
Marshal
William Mahan
Weyerhaeuser
Mack
Mahan
Ada
Cora
John
Frank Mitchell
Prosecution Rests at Goodrich Trial in Detroit
The state rested its case in the first degree murder trial of Merton Ward Goodrich after the killer's confession to the murder of 11 year old Lillian Gallaher was read into the record.
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Detroit
INS
Merton Ward Goodrich
Lillian Gallaher
Texans Detain Two Couples In Missouri Sheriff Kidnaping Case
Corpus Christi and Goliad agents held two couples in connection with the Missouri sheriff and deputy kidnaping. The men, identified as Robert Coatsen and Joseph Collier, face Dyer Act and kidnapping charges. A companion Joe Hanley linked to other crimes is sought, while weapons and dynamite were found in a vehicle linked to the case.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Departtment of Justice
Goliad
Missouri
Sioux City
Robert Coatsen
Joseph Collier
Dan Jones
Cary
Rieka Findley Ordered to Appear on Contempt Citation
Rieka Findley was ordered to appear before District Judge Lou Ladd on August 20 to answer the third contempt citation over refusing to surrender safety deposit keys to Grace Findley, sister-in-law. The box was drilled open after she did not respond to the second citation and found empty.
Lin Denies He Has Any Wives in China
Columbus dispatches report Lin, nephew and adopted son of China’s president, denies rumors of two undivorced wives and four children in China. He wed Viola Brown, 24, five days earlier at a university lodging house. Brown’s father says he believes Lin’s denial. Lin says he has a right to live his life.
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Columbus, O
INS
Shanghai
China
Viola Brown
K. James Lin
International News Service
Lin
University
Viola Brown Lin
Louis Brown
China’s Lin Sen Denies Marriage News
From Nanking Lin Sen telegraphed he disapproves of the reported marriage of his nephew and adopted son James Lin to Viola Brown of Columbus Ohio. In Cincinnati, immigration chief W A Carmichael said the department would examine James Lin’s status if Columbus officials request.
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Nanking
China
Lin Sen
United Press
James Lin
Viola Brown
Columbus
Ohio
Cincinnati
W. A. Carmichael
Columbus, O
Lawmakers push gold clause repeal to curb lawsuits
The House approved a bill to bar suits demanding 1.69 dollars per 1.00 dollar of obligations, despite opposition from former Treasury Secretaries Carter Glass and William G. McAdoo. The measure moves to the Senate as critics call the policy a repudiation and warn of undermining faith in government contracts.
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Washington
Allyspersons
Senate
the Treasury
Carter Glass
William G. McAdoo
Calif
Roosevelt
Chaitinda Hehiry
B.steagall
House
Supreme Court
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
John B. Hols Lister
Ohio
Farm Credit Administration
Joan Corporation
United States
Panama
Senate approves RFC flood loan bill for New York relief
The Senate passed without debate a bill releasing 3.2 million dollars in RFC loans to flood struck districts, chiefly aiding upper New York state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
RFC
Washington
INL
New York State
Dan Dunn on Comics and Popeye Move Pages
Effective today Dan Dunn the thrilling Secret Operative 48 will be found on the comics page and Thimble Theater featuring Popeye will appear on the classified ad page The Gazette notes the two popular features move to new locations and encourages daily follow.
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Dan Denn
Thimble Theater
Popeye
Gasette
Gazette
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Cedar Rapids News
DR. Newson
Emperor OF
Mississippi
Greg
Railroad
Ss. Knowlton
Nebraska
Goodrich
With
Rieka Findley
Sevinte’ Comunittee
Baw
Dan Dunn
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