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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1935
Page
1
President Roosevelt asked Donald Richberg to withhold notice that NRA employees would lose jobs after June 16. Richberg said Roosevelt declined to allow notices and noted about 5,400 workers affected, 4,200 in Washington, leaving substitute program undecided.
President Roosevelt will convene a special cabinet meeting to map the future of NRA. Key participants include Donald Richberg Frances Perkins Henry Morgenthau Jr Homer Cummings and lawmakers from both parties as outcomes hinge on the Blue Eagle case and codes legality.
Sheriff Herman G. Bredensteiner and Deputy Sheriff Dean James were abducted near Rockport Missouri on Monday afternoon by two men who drove away in the officers’ automobile. A Langdon merchant reported the sheriff’s car headed west and the motive involved ownership of a car linked to a man named Dan Jones.
Rome reports a group described as armed Ethiopians killed 30 native Italian troops and seized cattle at a frontier post on the Eritrean border near Gublei. Italy accuses Britain of arming Haile Selassie and notes a conciliation commission plan while Mussolini expands mobilization in Africa.
A Gazette review of national Democratic fund records reveals 26 Iowa donations totaling 5 905 since January 1 1932. The list names contributors with dates and cities, including Des Moines Sioux City Waterloo and Davenport, plus county central committees. A 1933 Linn county donation to Harold M Cooper is noted as disputed.
Federal officials in St Paul report Volney Davis pled guilty to conspiracy charges tied to the 1934 Bremer abduction worth 200000 dollars and faces possible life imprisonment. Davis, tied to the Barker-Karpis gang, appeared in Judge Joyce's courtroom after capture in Chicago and was described as unmoved during arraignment.
The House approved the Commodity Exchange Act late Monday aimed at curbing illegal speculation in the nation’s commodity markets. The act seeks stronger regulation of trading practices and oversight to stabilize prices and protect producers and consumers.
Helene Barclay, former magazine cover girl and ex-wife of artist McClelland Barclay, disclosed Monday that she has been married for eight months to Gregg Toland, the noted cinematographer.
A critical editorial notes Attorney General O'Connor has ordered two investigators to probe liquor and slot machine complaints, but questions whether the effort comes too late as seizure records and connections suggest wholesale violations with possible office complicity. It cites officials including Walter Maley Clair Hamilton and Governor Herring and hints at broader state graft concerns.
The Polk county grand jury resumes its probe of alleged extortion and obstruction of justice tied to Des Moines beer distributor Tom Conroy. Two Des Moines lawyers were questioned and former County Attorney Missildine was set to testify as subpoenas for other witnesses await their return from Sioux City.
A brown Hudson sedan matching the getaway vehicle in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping was seen by a streetcar conductor in Los Angeles Monday night. He reported four men and a woman with a machine gun in the car bearing Kansas plates.
Inez Kathleen Finn seven, of 1711 E avenue NE, died after a car driven east on E avenue NE by John Mahnke struck her near Seventeenth street at 6 50 p m Sunday. Mahnke, 19, faced a manslaughter charge Monday and pled not guilty at district court. Bond set at 50. The case drew witness Betty Barker and onlookers as Mahnke returned to the scene after the collision.
Washington dispatch reports the Supreme Court adjourning on Monday at 1 58 p m until October 7 as it recesses for the fall term. The action clears the docket with justices set to reconvene in the fall session.
Sioux City district court grand jury probing graft adjourned after six to reconvene at 9 a.m. June 19. Judge Munger delayed a report after discussions by special prosecutor Havner and co counsel Naglestad to marshal evidence and allow jurors time to deliberate before voting. Witnesses including C. F. Lytle and Peter G. Wilson testified as officials linked to graft were referenced.
Des Moines Iowa Attorney General Edward J L OConnor announced that two state agents will operate as a state vice squad across all counties to investigate liquor and slot machine complaints. Both investigators are regular DOJ staff and will assist local police. records show 421 slot machines seized since Jan 1 1933 through March 5 1935, with Sioux City Woodbury county carrying the largest count.
The Gazette reports a protection racketeering system for Sioux City slot machines with machines from the rival syndicate passed up by raiders and non cooperating operators seized. After 1933 seizures, operators returned to old methods until spring graft disclosures spurred a county grand jury probe. Attorney General assigns two state agents to probe liquor and slot machine complaints amid allegations linking his office to payoff.
Special prosecutors in Sioux City urge barring Attorney General Ed O Connor and staff from the Woodbury grand jury investigation into statewide graft. They allege a scheme involving slot machines and gamblers, with money funneled to the attorney general's office. Hamilton, for the AG, resists, saying the move aims to gain publicity and block cross examination.
Polk County Attorney Carl Burkman prepared for the re opening of the trial of Harold M Cooper former state liquor commission chairman opening arguments set for Tuesday Jurors were selected last week Cooper faces an indictment alleging participation in the 1934 state election while chairman of the liquor commission witnesses from Woodbury County were expected to testify after appearing before that grand jury
Sioux City report says Woodbury county grand jury blocked a move to force the supervisors to revokeHavner's appointment as a special assistant aiding its graft probe. Opponents to Havner sought to link county politics with state officials, but jurors protested to retain him.
The Normandie reached Ambrose lightship in New York harbor after a 99 hour 5 minute crossing from Bishop's Rock with an average 29.98 knots. It also set a Southampton to Ambrose record at 29.68 knots over 107 hours 33 minutes, claiming all speed records.
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