Iowa Attorney General seeks new grand jury for Woodbury county
A lengthy plea to judges F H Rice and A O Wakefield requests a resubmission of indictments and a fresh grand jury probe in Woodbury county. It argues $60,000 plus in tax funds were wasted on failed prosecutions and seeks to uncover illicit liquor and narcotics rings and gambling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free
F. H. Rice
A. O. Wakefield
Edward L. O'Connor
Iowa
Fred H. Free
Edward L. O’connor
Woodbury
Woodbury County
Attorney General's Office
Borah Challenges Landon at Republican Convention After Gold Standard Debate
The 1936 Republican National Convention opened as Gov. Alf Landon and Sen. William E. Borah dominated backstage tensions. Borah pressed Landon to declare support for a return to the gold standard while East Coast backers urged sound money and resisted dissenter John Maynard Keynes linked ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Alf Landon
Kansas
William E. Borah
Idaho
Borah
London
Wall Street
Keynote Fight Looms At Republican Convention
Delegates in Cleveland attend the opening session as Fletcher steers the convention. Landon leads first ballot votes with 468. Borah and Vandenberg push for platform planks on currency and monopoly while the old guard backs tariff and farmer relief.
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Fletcher
Cleveland
Borah
Wall Street
Landon
New York
London
Bolt
Old Guard
Eastern States
United Press
Amos Pinchot
Pennsylvania
London Camp
Louis Taber
National Grange
Taber
New Deal
Lincoln
Knox
Vandenberg
Steiner
Frederick Steiner
Oregon
Sen
William Jennings Bryan
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
George H. Moses
Moses
Knox Campaign
Grand Jury Eyes Bill and State Action Cited
A fragment notes that a grand jury may find a bill and attach minutes to evidence. It quotes the attorney general and a special assistant stating there are matters in which the state of Iowa is interested and requires action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of
State of
Iowa
H. M. Havner
Rowley Man Neal Simpson Struck By car in 6:30 PM Crash
Neal Simpson of Rowley about 75 was critically injured when struck by a Minneapolis visitor Betty McKeever who failed to see the car as Simpson crossed the street. McKeever lost control and her vehicle crashed into a filling station, wrecking a post and damaging the building.
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Rowley
Neal Simpson
Betty McKeever
Minneapolis
Simpson
Independence Hospital
Miss McKeever
Landon Group Farm Plank Fight and Possible Picks
The debate over the Landon group farm plank continues with sentiment toward the resolutions committee chairman shaped by Thomas refusing to serve. Suggestions that Walter Edge of New Jersey be chosen faced opposition from London backers, with Herman Langworthy of Kansas City also mentioned as a possible choice.
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Resolutions Committee
Thomas
Walter Edge
New Jersey
Herman Langworthy
Kansas City
Legion Will Meet Tonight In Armory
The Hanford post of the American Legion will meet in the Memorial Building armory instead of Sokol Park where the first summer picnic was planned. Heavy rain Tuesday necessitated the change. A picnic supper will be served at 6.
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Hanford
Nurse Ruth Walker Talks Tuberculosis Follow-Up
Ruth Walker, field and clinic nurse for the Iowa Tuberculosis association, visits the city to conduct follow-up on last year’s county survey. Funds from the seal sale will support tracking of individuals contacted in the survey.
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T. B
Ruth Walker
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Doctor Rogers Leaves After Visit in City
Dr. F. L. Rogers of Long Beach California formerly of Perry left Monday after visiting his niece Mrs. O. P. Myers and Mr. Myers at 1734 Fifth avenue SE He is state chairman of a five physician committee on hearing impaired children and will travel home to review work in other states on the project.
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Rogers
F. L. Rogers
Long Beach
Calif
Perry
O. P. Myers
Fifth Avenue SE
Myers
Fined For Reckless Driving In City Police Court
Fines were issued Tuesday in police court for reckless driving to Fred Miller at 434 Eighth Avenue SW and Howard Secor at 1617 Second Avenue SE. R. E. Samuelson of 224 Twenty-second Street NE and R. Hovey of the Y M C A. were fined ten dollars plus costs for speeding. Mike Peters of 213 First Street SE paid one dollar plus costs for parking in an alley.
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Fred Miller
Eighth Avenue
Howard Secor
Second Avenue
R. E. Samuelson
Twenty-second Street
R. Hovey
Mike Peters
First Street
Nursing officials confer in Cedar Rapids meeting
Miss Gabriel Nadeau state maternal and child hygiene nurse in Washington county visited Cedar Rapids Friday to confer with Miss Alma Hartz newly appointed director of nurses in Iowa maternal and child hygiene division. Miss Nadeau Miss Marguerite Pfeffer of the Iowa Tuberculosis association and Miss Edith Holmstrom of the Iowa Dental Hygiene bureau were dinner guests of Miss Hartz.
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Miss Hartz
Gabriel Nadeau
Washington County
Cedar Rapids
Alma Hartz
Iowa Maternal and Child Hygiene Division
Miss Nadeau
Marguerite Pfeffer
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Edith Holmstrom
Iowa Dental Hygiene Bureau
Hartz
Dr and Mrs Suthers Visit Cedar Rapids
Dr and Mrs W A Suthers formerly of Cedar Rapids now in Santa Monica Calif visit Cedar Rapids area after a motor trip from Santa Monica began May 28 They lived in Monticello before coming here and were in Van Horne on the way They plan to return to California late this month or early July Dr Suthers was active in local Boy Scout work.
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Suthers
W. A. Suthers
Cedar Rapids
Santa Monica
Calif
Monticello
van Horne
California
Two Injured In Minor Auto Collisions
Police records list two minor accidents on Monday. Edward Prochaska 27 of 2323 D avenue NE struck the rear of P L Patterson 1055 Sixteenth street NE after Patterson stopped quickly, causing minor facial and knee injuries. Prochaska was treated by a friend then Mercy hospital for first aid. Helen Klingler 24 of 1112 Seventh street SE bruised knees when M J Klingler’s car collided with Homer Maxwell’s at Second avenue and Eighth street SE. both drivers unharmed.
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Second Street
Seventh and
Eighth Avenues SE
Edward Prochaska
D Avenue NE
P. L. Patterson
Sixteenth Street NE
Paterson
Prochaska
Mercy Hospital
Helen Klingler
Seventh Street SE
Second Avenue
Eighth Street SE
M. J. Klingler
Homer Maxwell
Montrose Hotel
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Supreme Court of Iowa
Joe Alex Morris
Oteiver
America
Albert Joseph McCarney
Covenant First Presbyterian Church
Washington, D. C
Harold H. Burton
George de Benneville Keim
National Committee
McCartney
Calvin Coolidge
Hoover
John Hamilton
Henry Allen
East
Secretary of the Treasury
Ogden L. Mills
Landon Group Farm
Legion
Armory
Jerome Mullin
Tenth Street
Mullin
Tod Lundeen
Hall Manufacturing Cops
St. Luke’s Hospital
Paul Strain
Omaha
Ed Misak
Eighteenth Street
Strain
Maine Lodge of the Odd Fellows
Mount Vernon
Odd Fellows Lodge
Maine Lodge
First Avenue
H. G. Fussell
Opt
Okinow
Pete
Shantung
Craemer
Terry
Craemer’s
Silver Fox
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