Iowa judge’s offer sparks libel suit talk and casino ruin
A prominent Iowa lawyer offers free legal work and praise for a state's anti corruption drive. The column recalls the Log Cabin casino as a symbol of gambling and liquor protection, questioning county attorney actions and highlighting ongoing political tensions.
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Wazetreee
Iowa
Ility
Marshallyn
Omaha World-Herald
Iowa Territory
East Locust Street
Joux City
Carter Lake
Countall Bluffs
O’conor
Joe ‘Gagen
Omaha
Middle West
Italy Abandons Gold Standard Backing Below Limit
Italy effectively reduced the gold backing of its currency as a decree releases the Bank of Italy from maintaining gold stocks not less than 40 percent of note circulation. Government war preparations in East Africa are noted with military appropriations totaling 1.075 billion lire and a fiscal deficit of 2.428 billion for the year, including war costs.
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Rome
Italy
Official
Bank of Italy
Ethiopia
East Africa
Plan neutrality for U S war or peace this week
United Press reports Mussolini to decide on war or peace this week as allied governments react to Ethiopian crisis. Emperor Haile Selassie remains defiant while morale in Italy rises. London cabinet to meet on Ethiopian arms shipments. Washington state department convenes experts to safeguard neutrality ahead of congressional action with Ambassador Norman Davis participating.
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U. S
United Press
Rome
Mussolini
Addis
Ababa
Halle
Selassie
London
Ethiopia
Washington
INS
State Department
Norman H. Davis
America
Congress
Diplomats Move as War Fears Rise in Ethio-Italy Standoff
Foreign diplomats in Addis Ababa were reported Monday to be preparing to move their legations amid doubts from Italian officials that final efforts by England and France could prevent an Italo-Ethiopian war. La Stampa of Turin said the diplomats planned to go to Djibouti in French Somaliland, with continuation on page 2.
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Rome
Addis Ababa
England
France
la Stampa
Turin
Djibouti
Mercury On Rise After Storm In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids temperatures climbed after a cool night, reaching 90 by 2 45 p m with high humidity. A Sunday evening thunderstorm brought high winds and cut lines, top temperature 96 at 3 30 p m, fell to 71 by 7 p m and 69 at midnight, then rose to 70 by 7 a m Monday.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Naval ratio plan dropped by Britain
London AP report states Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell first lord of the admiralty told Parliament England abandons the 1922 Washington naval ratio principle. He defended the Anglo German naval pact and said Britain now adopts a policy due to rival nations feeling their pride harmed by permanent inferiority.
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London
Bolton Eyres-Monsell
Admiralty
House of Commons
England
Washington
Bolton
Great Britain
Letter From a Grieving Reader Calls for Faith and Rest
A 1935 column by Dr. Newton recounts a letter from a woman distressed by illness, death, and deep faith questions. She writes of fear, loss, and a sense life lacks joy while she clings to duty, family, and social contacts, seeking a nonhuman source of strength and renewal.
Cops May Direct Traffic From Sky
New York AP report notes Deputy Police Commissioner Harold Fowler envisions traffic officers directing flows from air, using lighter-than-air craft. He surveyed Sunday traffic from a gondola and a blimp and favors blimps over airplanes for slow, wide-area control.
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New York
Gotham
Harold Fowler
Terre Haute Strikes Prompt Martial Law In Indiana
In Vigo county Terre Haute faced a general strike in sympathy with 600 enamel plant workers halting food deliveries and closing stores. Martial law was declared by Gov. McNutt with 600 state troopers, while the city moved to walking or private transport as most industries unionized.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Vigo County
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana Railroad Company
Graft inquiry petitions seek grand jury action in Sioux City
Governor Herring referred 73 Woodbury county residents petitions to Attorney General O Connor demanding a regular grand jury probe of Sioux City graft. O Connor began reviewing the demands while more petitions circulate. Petitioners accuse a special prosecutor of overstepping authority and say current investigations harm city governance and business.
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Des Moines
Herring
Edward L. O’connor
Woodbury County
Sioux City
O’connor
O'Connor
Capitol
H. M. Havner
Woodbury
Grand Jury
W. D. Hayes
Will Rogers May Fly With Post To Russia
Will Rogers may accompany Wiley Post on a flight to Moscow via Alaska and Siberia. Post offered to take Rogers along with Mrs Post. Fay Gillis planned to join but changed plans, leaving Rogers as a potential passenger. Rogers remained non-committal about the proposal.
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Holly Wood
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Moscow
Alaska
Siberia
Post
Rogers
Cedar River Tragedy Claims 13YearOld Delmar Robertson
Delmar Robertson, 13, son of Mr and Mrs Luther Robertson of 829 Third Street NW, drowns in the Cedar River near the North Western bridge after swimming with brothers Kenneth and Jack. Rescue effort by firemen and ambulance crew lasts forty minutes, no water in lungs, coroner Dr B L Knight investigates.
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Cedar Rapids
Delmar Robertson
Luther Robertson
Third Street NW
Cedar River
North Western Bridge
Kenneth
Jack
D. F. Munsell
Fifth” Street
B. L. Knight
Two Injured When Local Car Plunges From Illinois Road
Cedar Rapids News reports George Dillon and Frank Kerrigan, both county agents, were bruised when the car driven by Ray Anderson of The Cedar Rapids Gazette left Highway 92 east of Walnut Illinois, rolled down a 12 foot embankment in rain. They were treated at a Sterling Illinois hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
George Dillon
Fifth Avenue SE
Linn County
Frank Kerrigan
Dubuque
Ray Anderson
Dillon
Kerrigan
Sterling, Ill
American Woman Novelist Anne Sedgwick Dies in London
Anne Douglas Sedgwick, prominent American born novelist known for The Little French Girl The Old Countess Dark Hester and Philippa died in London on Friday at age 62 She was Mrs Basil de Selincourt in private life and the death was revealed Monday in the capital
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London
Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Basil de Selincourt
Hester
Philippa
Ten Strike For Gazette Readers
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports on the steamer Orphir salvage of the Lusitania wrecked May 7 1915 off Ireland by a German submarine. The wreck holds treasure estimates from four to fifteen million dollars and many lives were lost. Dispatches will come from the salvage ship with photographs, promising big news and an upcoming start date.
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Orphir
Ireland
Cedar Rapids
United States
Morrell Rath Challenge AAA Hog Tax Suits Here
Two federal suits filed in Sioux City challenge the agricultural adjustment administration hog processing tax as unconstitutional. Morrell and Rath Packing seek injunctions to halt tax collection, arguing it violates state rights and four amendments. Morrell operates slaughtering plants in Ottumwa Topeka Sioux Falls and predicts large annual sales while the tax period totals 13.3 million dollars.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
John Morrell and Company
Ottumwa
Topeka
Kan
Sioux Falls
So. Dak
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
Charles D. Huston
Internal’ Revenue
District of
Iowa
Sioux City
George Co. Scott
Congress
United States
United ‘States
Morrell Company
Father Says Lin Has Right to Wed
Venerable President Lin Sen of China says he grants his nephew and foster son James Lin the right to marry Viola Brown of Columbus Ohio, noting Lin is of age and may decide for himself. Kuo-Min News denies rumors that Lin already has two wives in China.
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Kilung
Kiangsi
China
Lin Sen
James Lin
Viola Brown
Columbus
America
Kuo-Min
Young Lin
No Work No Pay Is Federal Edict Warns Relief Rolls
Washington AP report quotes Lawrence Westbrook saying no specific orders were issued, but officials are instructed to purge relief rolls rapidly. The remark follows South Dakota cutting 19,000 families from relief to push harvest work.
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Washington
Lawrence Westbrook
South Dakota
Westbrook
Nazis Forecast Tough Church Campaign Across Reich
Berlin dispatch reports Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's church drive to accelerate. Hans Kerrl announces a three week rest to prepare for intensified duties as Catholic priests face jail and anti Jewish actions grow. Wilhelm Frick orders German states to ban youth church political groups from insignia and marching.
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Berlin
National Socialism
Hans Kerrl
Hitler
Reich
Kerrl
Wilhelm Frick
Interior
Reichsfuhrer
Voelkischer Beobachter
Catholic Priests Convicted Under Nazi Forex Laws in Berlin
Two Catholic priests, Rev. Father Martin Utsch and Rev. Father Rudolf Wilmsen, were fined and jailed for violating Nazi foreign exchange laws. Utsch got four years and 75,000 marks. Wilmsen three years and 20,000 marks. The report details church state tensions as Catholics organize boycotts and protests across districts, with confiscations and admonitions from regional governors amid tightened anti Jewish measures and propagandist sermons.
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Berlin
Hitler
INS
Martin Utsch
Rudolf Wilmsen
Renewed Anti Jewish Riots Hit Berlin as Nazi Drive Expands
Renewed anti Jewish activity in Berlin coincided Monday with the Nazi drive against Catholic critics of the Hitler regime.
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Berlin
Hitler
Bee Causes Crash in Effingham Slip
A bee crawled into Ollie Coulter's shoe causing him to lose control of his car and crash into another vehicle in Effingham II. Three people were injured in the collision.
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Ollie Coulter
Senate backs crop payment to farmers
The Senate moved to validate benefit payment contracts for about 900 million dollars due farmers and cut back the AAA amendment. It debated reciprocal tariff laws, voted to curb farm imports, authorize limited use of Works Progress funds for marginal lands, and added exemptions for newsprint while challenging the administration’s inflation drive and tax legislation. The session recessed with political maneuvering over conference aims and August timing.
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Washington
Senate
McCarran
Nev
Robinson
Vandenberg
Mich
Agriculture Department
Byrd
Secretary of
Agriculture
House
Smith
S. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
AAA
la Follette
Wis
Farmer-Labor
Iowa
Wheeler
Mont
Lonergan
Conn
Secretary of Agriculture
Economic Boycott of Germany Demanded by Rep Celler
Washington House members urged an economic boycott of Germany as retaliation for religious persecution. Representative Emanuel Celler of New York called Reichsfuhrer Hitler's intolerance an insult to both Catholic and Jewish faiths.
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Washington
INS
Germany
Rep
Celler
New York
Reichsuehrer
Hitler
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