Sentences passa for theft and weapons in Chicago and Logansport
A Logansport man receives two years in state prison after pleading guilty to stealing a case of corn beef hash to feed his four children. In Chicago a former two time robbery offender gets six months for carrying concealed weapons. A Chicago store manager is jailed a year and fined one dollar for stealing three thousand dollars of store funds.
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Chicago Tribune
Han
Logansport
Ind
Chicago
State Reformatory
Ford longer than a generation since startup profits cited
A reprint notes Ford Motor Co began with 100000 capital and over 33 years exchanged 24500000 cars for about 12.915 billion in products while paying 12.109 billion for materials and wages leaving 782 million in profit. It cites 1272885 vehicles produced last year with an average profit of 20 per car amid political debate on government versus private enterprise. It also covers Roosevelt postmaster reform and Coughlin Vatican discussions.
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Ford Motor Co
W. J. Cameron
Murphy In Lead For Brother's Post In Iowa Nomination
At the Iowa Democratic state convention David Murphy of Dubuque led the battle to succeed his late brother Louis Murphy in the U S Senate. The convention saw a strong stop Murphy movement with Guy Gillette as the frontrunner for the Democratic Senate seat though opposition remained in several districts. In caucuses E W McManus won the First district endorsement for governor and John Mitchell led in the attorney general race.
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Des Moines
INS
David Murphy
Dubuque
United States
Louis Murphy
Guy Gillette
Cherokee
Murphy
Harry C. White
Vinton
Charles W. Storms
Burlington
E. C. Eicher
Washington
E. W. McManus
Keokuk
Hubert Utterback
John Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Des Moines Delegates Oust First District Democratic Chair
C. W. Storms state auditor and First district chair is removed amid a bitter fight at the state convention. Madge O’Neill also departs as vice chair with W. R. Hart and Mrs. Ray Baxter named to the replacements. Rep. Ed Eicher led the opposition. The auditor had chaired the district for sixteen years and charged a conspiracy by unnamed parties.
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Des Moines
C. W. Storms
Madge O’neill
Columbus Junction
W. R. Hart
Iowa City
Ray Baxter
Burlington
Ed Eicher
Storms
O’neill
Farnsworth Indicted On Espionage Charge
Washington INS reports former naval commander John Semer Farnsworth was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of espionage. The indictment accuses him of transmitting and attempting to transmit naval information to the Japanese government.
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Washington
INS
John Semer Farnsworth
Farnsworth
Democrats Favor Re Enactment of Iowa Sales Tax
Des Moines reports the Iowa Democrats adopt a platform calling for re enactment of the sales tax when it expires next spring while Republicans push repeal at once. They back homeowner preferences on homestead exemptions and propose matching federal old age pension funds with the first sales tax receipts to fund property tax refunds. The platform emphasizes liberty and equal rights within government.
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Des Moines
INS
Democratic Resolutions Committee
Resolutions Committee
Democrats
Iowa
Union
Rainfall Light As Hopes Of Downpour Dashed
A brief shower Wednesday night yielded ten one hundredths of an inch of rain easing dust that built up after last Friday’s four hundredths. Temperatures rose toward warmth for Thursday from 73 at 5 am to 98 by 2:45 pm, while Wednesday peaked at 100 with a cool down to 76 by midnight.
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Chambers
AAA Loses Boston Milk Dealers Case
Federal Judge Elisha H. Brewster dismissed the federal government’s demand to force 28 Greater Boston milk dealers to follow the Boston milk marketing agreement. He held the amended Agriculture Adjustment Act lacks power to regulate intrastate commerce, citing the Hoosac Mills ruling.
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Boston
AAA
Secretary of Agriculture
Elisha H. Brewster
Brewster
Greater
Hoosac Mills
U. S. Supreme Court
Boston milk case ruling limited to district impact
Government officials said the federal court decision in Boston on the milk marketing case applies only in that district and does not invalidate nationwide milk price controls. The ruling may set a precedent that could hinder enforcement elsewhere and discourage future agreements until higher courts decide.
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Washington
Federal
Boston
Landon to Accept Republican Nomination Tonight in Topeka
Gov. Alf Landon will accept the Republican nomination for president in Topeka Kansas amid a massive gathering. Upwards of 100000 people from farms towns and cities are expected as Landon speaks about a 8 20 p.m. CST start time with trains cars and visitors streaming in for the jamboree.
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Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
United States
G.O.P
Great Plains
Capitol
Midwest
Landon
Committee
Kansas
Kansan
Alf
Francis Johannes
Kansas City
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Bertrand H. Snell
New York
Gov
John
Bert Snell
Republican Party
Gov. Landon
Boy, 4, Hurt by Glass in Falls Near Home
Marvin Daniel Lee of Moline is in serious condition after a fall in the street near his home. A fruit jar he carried for apples shattered, cutting his stomach with glass fragments.
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Moline, Ill
Marvin Daniel Lee
But whither in the world of fear and arms
A 1936 reflection notes the fear sweeping nations as troops march in Paris London Berlin and Washington. The piece laments rulers as befogged amplifies the sense of dread and questions how to end fear when faith in others fades.
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Paris
Berlin
Moscow
Tokio
Rome
Washington
England
Britain
Spinster Convicted Of Torch Murder Of Her Invalid Mother
Sadie Lawson, 35, was found guilty of second degree murder in the torch murder of her aged invalid mother, Elizabeth Lawson. The verdict, delivered in Winston-Salem, carries a sentence of twenty to thirty years. judge J. H. Clements postponed sentencing as Lawson showed no emotion. Lawson worked in a local cigarette factory.
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Winston-Salem, N. C
Ins
Sadie Lawson
Elizabeth Lawson
J. H. Clements
Plot to Kill Hungarian Envoy Reported in Washington
Police guarded the Hungarian legation and chancellery as reports surfaced of a plot to assassinate Hungarian Minister John Pelenyi and his staff with bombs. Authorities said an undercover investigation is ongoing and the case had been kept secret for five days.
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Washington
INS
Legation
John Pelenyi
British Guns Hire Warning as Spain Turmoil Escalates
The Associated Press reports a heavy Spanish rebel force near Madrid pushed back with heavy losses while Gen Francisco Franco vows victory. Hull says an American vessel will evacuate citizens from Barcelona if needed as international fleets rush to rescue nationals.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Hull
Barcelona
Tangier
Cherbourg
France
Vigo
Spain
San Sebastian
Claude G. Bowers
Bow ers Cut Off From Office in San Sebastian War Crisis
American Ambassador Claude G Bow ers reportedly cut off from his office in San Sebastian as the United States dispatched warships and a merchant ship to aid other nationals amid Spain’s wartorn situation.
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Washington
Claude G. Bowers
San Sebastian
Spain
British destroyer engages rebels off Tarifa
HMS Wildswan fired a warning shot at approaching planes off Tarifa Spain after they dropped bombs near the bow. The British destroyer answered with fire and then withdrew to Gibraltar, while officials did not confirm the aircrew’s affiliations despite a prior rebel attribution from Gibraltar’s acting governor.
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Gibraltar
H. M. S. Wildswan
Tarifa
Spain
Wildswan
Gibraltar warns Spanish ships as batteries ready
British authorities broadcast a warning to Spanish warships and airplanes in the ongoing conflict that Gibraltar batteries will fire if the Rock again becomes a combat arena. The official note emphasizes readiness by Gibraltar defenses amid the fight.
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Gibraltar
Roosevelt Orders Civil Service Postmaster Reforms
President Roosevelt issued an executive order removing first, second, and third class postmasters from political patronage. Future appointments go to the highest scorer in a competitive civil service exam, regardless of party. Incumbents may be reappointed only after a noncompetitive exam. Classified postal workers may be promoted to postmasterships after passing a noncompetitive exam.
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Roosevelt
Jim
Farley
Washington
Jesse M. Donaldson
Bandit Ties Local Man To Treas Drive Car Theft
Alvin C. Shafer, salesman for Evans Garment, was held up on Wyoming road at 8 a.m. Thursday by an armed bandit who rode with him for about an hour, stole watch and $15, then forced him to drive before tying him to a tree three and a half miles southwest of Anamosa. The assailant kept the keys, damaged Shafer’s clothes, and escaped with his Oldsmobile sedan license 57 11520. Shafer freed himself after an hour and a half and reported the incident to Anamosa deputies and Linn County authorities in Cedar Rapids. The attack began when the bandit leaped onto the running board and brandished a blue steel revolver.
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Alvin C. Shafer
Second Avenue SE
Evans Garment Company
Wyoming
Oxford Junction
Anamosa
Shafer
R. D. Cooley
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Sheriff’s Office
Mary K Fuller Dies Prominent Cedar Rapids Teacher
Miss Mary K Fuller 63 of 1627 Bever Ave SE a longtime Cedar Rapids schoolteacher and former Ashley D A R regent died at a local hospital at 1 20 p m Thursday after heart disease illness. She belonged to College Club Teachers Association and First Presbyterian church born Schenectady N Y and moved to Cedar Rapids in 1876. Her home held heirlooms including a May 28 1830 tea set from her great great grandfather I C Van Aulin and a gold band china tea set donated to a D A R museum in Washington D C.
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Mary K. Fuller
Bever Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Ashley Chapter
The
Daughters of American Revolution
Miss Fuller
College Club
Teachers Association
First Presbyterian Church
Schenectady
N. Y
New York
I. C. van Aulin
Washington, D
D. A. R. Congress
Clyde Brenton
Vatican to Advise Coughlin Priest Over Politics
Vatican City plans to advise Father Charles Coughlin through Bishop Michael J. Gallagher on his political activities. Gallagher, en route from New York to Rome, will reportedly discuss Coughlin with Pope Pius XII, though no summons or reprimand is anticipated.
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Rome
Vatican
Michael J. Gallagher
Detroit
Charles E. Coughlin
Gallagher
Father Coughlin
Coughlin
Roosevelt
Vatican City
INS
United States
Rex
New York
Pope Pius
American College
Apology Letter From Father Coughlin to Roosevelt
Father Charles E Coughlin will publish an open apology in Social Justice this Friday. The letter, to appear on the paper’s second page, seeks to retract earlier criticisms calling Roosevelt a double crosser and a liar.
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Detroit
Charles E. Coughlin
Roosevelt
Social Justice
Father Coughlin
Checks Stolen In Break-in At Marion Station
Sheriff James Smith's office investigated a Wednesday night break-in at the Farmers Co-op Oil station in Marion. An unlocked safe was entered via a side window and several checks were taken. The manager C. W. West could not specify the total value.
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James Smith
Farmers Co-op
Marion
C. W. West
Gazette mail service during vacation appeal
The notice promotes receiving The Gazette while on vacation. It advises readers to arrange delivery to fishing camps resorts hotels or relatives to keep informed about events back home. Cedar Rapids and Marion carriers offer special order blanks for mail while away and urge ordering before departure.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Marion
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