Cooper Defense Rest Moves To Take Witness Stand In Own Defense
Des Moines summary reports Harold M. Cooper rests after prosecution and defense finish evidence. Judge Jordan considers a directed verdict motion as tests of trial legality arise. Key witness J. H. Collins testifies about a $100 monthly offer to withdraw from Pocahontas county race.
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Des Moines
Harold M. Cooper
Pocahontas County
Liquor Commission
Collins
Reserve
Burkman
Cooper
Boardman
Jordan
Investigating Committee
Legislative Committee
Mabel Kenning
Commission
Tells
J. H. Collins
Fonda
Marion Bruce
Rolfe
George Daycheck
Vatican City Note on Marconi Private Audience
In Vatican City AM Pye reports Marconi the inventor of the wireless telegraph received by Pius in a private audience on Tuesday. The event highlighted Marconi’s contributions and his family presence during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pius
Guglielmo Marconi
Rose Mary and the Island That Likes to Be Visited
A dainty Sir James Barrie tragedy tells of Rose Mary who vanishes to an island and returns unchanged years later. Her friends have aged and moved on while she remains the same. The play explores how life flows on and the impossibility of recapturing old relationships. Copyright 1935.
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James Barrie
Rose Mary
RFC proposes larger loan to Milwaukee Road for reorganization
The Reconstruction Finance Corp. offered to keep a $11.5 million loan and provide $24 million more to the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad to fund its reorganization. The plan calls for $12 million at 4 percent for ten years secured by bonds and $12 million at 4 percent on equipment trust certificates, with terms to be filed with the ICC by July 1, 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
ICC
RFC
Reilly Loses Suit To Impound Appeal Fund
In Brooklyn AP report Ed ward J. Reilly failed in supreme court to impound the appeal fund for Bruno Hauptmann and Bruno Rich, convicted in the Lindbergh baby case. The suit sought to reach about 22 398 dollars in counsel fees.
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Reilly
Impound
Hauptmann
Brooklyn
N. Y
Edward J. Reilly
Supreme Court
Bruno Richand Hauptmann
Charles Aindbergh
Saarmann
Lowden to Keynote Midwest Republican Parley
Former Illinois governor Frank O Lowden named keynote speaker for Midwest Republicans grass roots convention in Springfield Illinois June 10 and 11. The event marks early 1936 campaign preparations with Spangler as temporary chairman and Hoover rumored to back Lowden participation. Lowden noted for farm policy knowledge and likely to join the resolutions committee focusing on farm issues.
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Springfield
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Lowden
Herbert Hoover
Lowden Farm
Oregon
Harrison W. Swangler
Cedar Rapids
Spangler
Hoover
Roosevelt
Weather Fickle Cedar Rapids June Day
Cedar Rapids saw a fickle June day with drifting clouds and sun, a light dust film, and noon rain. Temperatures ranged from 58 in the morning to 69 by early afternoon, dipping to 56 at midnight after Monday’s high of 76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Sister of Bandit Hamilton On Trial
Mrs. Anne Steve sister of John Hamilton of the Dillinger gang faces federal trial for harboring the outlaw shortly before Dillinger was killed in the line of duty. The proceedings occurred in Sault Ste Marie Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Anne Steve
John Hamilton
Dillinger
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
Accident counts and casualty figures are listed for Cedar Rapids auto tolls in 1935 with 16 accidents 178 injured and unspecified deaths.
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Cedar Rapids
Griffin and Brewer Lose Plea to Avoid Execution
The federal appeals court denied a habeas corpus writ for Patrick Griffin and Elmer Brewer, upholding their 1932 conviction for deputy sheriff Dilworth’s slaying. The ruling means both men face execution at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday at Fort Madison, with attorney James Fay en route to be with them.
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James W. Fay
Fay
Griffin
Iowa
W. F. Dilworth
Waterloo
Iowa State Prison
Fort Madison
Grattan Guilty Of Manslaughter Eight Year Sentence
Judge H. E. Taylor found Marvin T. Grattan guilty of manslaughter and sentenced him to eight years in Fort Madison penitentiary. The 87 year old Civil War veteran remanded for retrial after killing Claude Mead in July 1933, he pled guilty on May 15 after a venue change denial.
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Decorah
H. E
Taylor
Marvin T. Grattan
Fort Madison ‘Penitentiary
Grattan
Claude Mead
Marshalltown
Three Die As Girl Falls From Canoe
In Mexico City three people died Monday after a girl fell from a canoe into San Miguelito lake. Francisco Martinez died attempting to rescue her, and his uncle died of a heart attack on hearing the news. The girl’s sweetheart killed herself in grief. The girl who fell was saved by another person.
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Mexico City
San Miguelito Lake
Francisco Martinez
Agua Caliente
Francisco
Davis Betrayed by Chicago Girl in Abduction Case
St Paul AP reports gangster Volney Davis pled guilty to conspiracy to kidnap Edward G Bremer a St Paul banker. A Chicago woman who courted Davis provided the pivotal tip guiding federal agents to his arrest. The case boosts the government score to nine in the 200000 abduction saga with several dead acquitted or at large. Sentence set for Friday in federal court.
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ST. Paul
Volney Davis
Barker-Karpis
Davis
Edward G. Bremer
Chicago
Yorkville
Ill
Kansas City
Greta Garbo Evades New York Reception by Train Ride
Greta Garbo left a New York bound train in Newark to avoid a reception at Pennsylvania Station. Garbo, with studio employee Carter Gibson, boarded a waiting car to reach the Kungsholm liner and sail for Sweden at noon.
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Newark
Greta Garbo
New York
Pennsylvania
Carter Gibson
Studio
Gibson
Kungsholm
Sweden
Ransom Bill Clue in Weyerhaeuser Kidnap Case
The note follows the $200,000 Weyerhaeuser ransom payment as investigators cite a possible Northwest gang. Justice officials promise protection for bystanders who receive the bills and stress replacing any lost notes. Patrols continue along Issaquah routes as searches for the boy’s captors intensify near Seattle.
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Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
Oregon
Justice Department
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Blaine
Syd Stewart
Missing Pittsburgh Man Hunted in New York
Police in New York and Newark checked hotels and clubs Tuesday seeking Samuel Finkelstein of Pittsburgh who vanished after leaving a TWA plane in Newark. His wife in Pittsburgh had called police to request the search.
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New York
Samuel Finkelstein
Pittsburgh
TWA
Newark
Finkelstein
Wallace Receives Columbia Doctor of Laws Degree
Secretary Wallace is among ten recipients of honorary degrees from Columbia University on Tuesday. He was awarded a doctor of laws degree in the ceremony in New York.
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NEW York
Wallace
Columbia University
French Cabinet Falls After Narrow Defeat in Deputies Vote
In Paris the Bouisson government failed by 264 to 262 as deputies rejected its demand for decree powers to defend the franc. Bouisson and Laval resigned, President Lebrun consider new premier picks amid chaotic political crisis and police dispersed nationalist street demonstrations.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Fernand Bousson
Pierre Laval
Bouisson
Lebrun
France
Fernand Bouisson
Albert Lebrun
Chamber
Elysee Palace
Jules Jeanneney
Museum declines $200,000 Emma Gary treasures
In Philadelphia the Fairmount park commission refused the late Mrs. Emma T. Gary jewel and art collection due to high guarding costs. The Metropolitan Museum in New York also declined to accept the items for the same reason.
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Philadelphia
Fairmount Park Commission
Emma T. Gary
Steel Man
Metropolitan Museum
New York
Clipper Poised For Hop Across Pacific
The Pan American Clipper, veteran of one California to Hawaii flight, prepared in Alameda for a transpacific cruise to Hawaii and Midway Island. Officials withheld any takeoff time.
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Alameda
Calif
California
Hawaii
Midway Island
Airways
Roosevelt NRA Announcement details extension and code policy
The text outlines President Roosevelt's NRA plan to extend the NRA to April 1, 1936 via a Senate joint resolution. The aim is to keep a lean NRA staff to consolidate code administration data, enforce fair trade, and evaluate industry impacts. A skeleton NRA is to help ensure government contracts only with compliant firms.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Supreme Court
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
National Recovery Administration
Doughton
Ways and Meats Committee
O'Connor
Rules Committee
Hoover Charges Effort To Alter Form Of Govt
CHICAGO AP Hoover accused the Roosevelt administration of trying to change the US form of government in a discussion with former Illinois governor Frank Lowden. Hoover refused to say if he implied fascism and planned no political steps for the next year. He planned to travel to New York after a brief stay and hoped to gauge GOP sentiment ahead of Springfield rallies.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
America
Lowden
Washington
Hoover
Hale
New York
Springfield
Ill
Elimination of Codes 15 Urged by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt announced plans to extend NRA to April 1 1936 while stripping code making. The plan keeps NRA as a data unit, dismisses some staff, and avoids enforcing wages hours or fair trade in general. Officials expect voluntary compliance and government contract code enforcement only.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
NRA
Supreme Court
Clark
Senate
House
United States
New Deal
Blue Eagle
International labor talks bar 40 hour week plan
At Geneva the 40-hour week movement stalled as 48 nations debated an international convention for five key industries. In a split vote the United States and Italy backed a 40-hour week, pledging to draft their own convention despite broad opposition from employers.
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Geneva
Aetna
United States
Sam A. Lewisohn
New York
Gino Olivetti
Vienna arrests over 200 Nazis in government drive
AP and Reuters dispatch from Vienna report more than 200 Nazis were arrested in a 24 hour government action against Nazi activities in Austria. The Tuesday night roundup targeted suspected Nazi supporters and operatives across the country.
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Vienna
London
A. Reuters
Dispatch
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Bandit Hamilton
Brewer
Assaquah
Issaquah
William Cole
N.Y
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Boussson
Pacific
Government
Joseph’ W. Burns
Italy
U. S
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