Iowa City Resident Questions McChesney Case Handling
A local reader asks why Johnson county authorities did not act on a tip that W. J. McChesney was in Daytona Beach Florida under an assumed name. The sheriff sent suspect details to Daytona Beach police but received no response. A grand jury indicted McChesney amid bank maladministration claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Johnson County
W. J. McChesney
Daytona Beach
Fla
Florida City
McChesney
University
Lindbergh Case Shows New Leads Crumble
New evidence weakens links to Violet Sharpe and Ernest Brinkert in the Lindbergh baby case. Investigators note Miller and Minners identified as Sharpe’s ride companions, Brinkert’s alibi gains scrutiny, and police prepare to question a seventh party Elmer Johnson as Colonel Schwarzee plans a written statement Sunday.
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Alpine
N. J
Morrow
Lindbergh
Violet Sharpe
Ernest Brinkert
Ernest Miller
Catherine Minners
Miss Sharpe
Brinkert
Ernie
Miller
Inspector Walsh
Closter
N. Y
Sharpe
Septimus Banks
Morrow Butler
Walsh
P Orys Threaten 10 Bolt Hoover Bulletin
P Orys issues threat against 10 Bolt Hoover in a terse bulletin. Details are sparse in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Orys
Bolt Hoover
Dry leaders weigh Hoover stance at secret conference
Dry prohibition chiefs met secretly to decide if they will bolt President Hoover over his dry policy. They vowed to press for a bone dry plank at the convention and debated Hoover’s true position amid a cloud of mystery surrounding attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hoover
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Ella A. Boole
Edwin C. Dinwiddie
National Conference of Associations
Ernest H. Cherrington
National Board of Strategy
45 Indicted in Wisconsin Liquor Ring Smashed
Robert D. Ford announced 45 persons indicted at Madison Wis on conspiring to manufacture and ship alcohol into the Twin Cities and Dakotas. The action followed a wide crackdown by the prohibition bureau with about 169 indictments naming roughly 250 defendants and seizures of distillation equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul, Minn
Robert D. Ford
Northwest Prohibition
Madison
Wis
Northwest
Twin Cities
Dakotas
C. H. Carhart
Prohibition Department
Investigative Bureau of
Minneapolis
Prohibition Office
Sloan Swings 10 Repeal of Prohibition
Alfred P. Sloan, GM president, shifts from pro prohibition to urging repeal with strict government control. He cites rising liquor traffic, lawlessness, racketeering, and economic loss, praising Rockefeller and urging the Eighteenth Amendment’s abolition with state oversight of liquor. The move frames temperance as strengthening industry and national prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
New York
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors
Hoover
United States
Ege
McChesney’s Run Ends in Iowa Education Critique
The text criticizes the Iowa public school system and state board of education over McChesney’s escape from accountability. It argues failure to apprehend him and to remove appointees allowed ongoing crookedness and highlights costly delays in reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McChesney
Iowa
State Board of Education
Congress seeks new taxes to balance budget strain
Lawmakers in both houses push for broad tax hikes and new excises to restore budget balance amid calls for relief funds like 300 million dollars to be distributed among states. The push follows extensive debates on fiscal policy and revenue measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Bonus Army Camp Spurs Nervous Washington Leaders
Congress members grow uneasy as the bonus army camp near the capital intensifies pressure. Lawmakers accelerate maneuvering to adjourn quickly and avoid a prolonged confrontation. The piece argues any outcome should earn public gratitude for ending the standoff.
Garner Overshadows Talk as Presidential Prospect
The fighting Texan Garner retreats from White House glare after treating himself as a candidate. As the first of two big party conventions begins in Chicago next week, observers note the focus shifts to governmental and local leadership needs alongside national choices.
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Garner
White House
Chicago
Leadership quality in business and government during crises
The piece argues that positive and constructive leadership is needed beyond government, noting business and finance faltered more than expected when markets wobbled. It cautions that true wisdom shows in crises, not during easy times.
Leadership needed everywhere to avoid ruin by fear
The passage warns that panic and free-for-all battles for survival of the fittest can cause irrevocable damage. It emphasizes that leaders are essential everywhere to prevent exaggerated fears from wreaking havoc that cannot be undone later.
Cedar Rapids girl assault cases raise fears for parents
Over recent months several Sonypace girls in Cedar Rapids were accosted by men with at least two harmed. A nine year old was picked up on Friday, forced into a car, attacked, and released near her school, while some parents avoid notifying police to limit notoriety for their daughters.
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Sonypace
Cedar Rapids
Police Seek Arrest In Friday's Crime
Police reported Friday's crime and have a fairly accurate description of the suspect and his car. Authorities describe a man with gray or white hair, noticeable gold in his teeth, driving a small brown sedan. Detectives urge an arrest to aid the city.
Federal Raiders Try To Halt Rum Trade On Iowa Line
Authorities announced 37 persons were arrested in a series of liquor raids across southwestern Minnesota. Federal agents with sheriffs conducted operations in Rushmore, Windom, Worthington, Wilder, Jackson, Hardwick, Trosky, Lismore, Adrian, Lismore, and Round Lake while coordinating with Iowa and South Dakota units to curb interstate liquor activity. The investigations spanned six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington, Minn
Minnesota
Rushmore
Windom
Worthington
Wilder
Jackson
Hardwick
Trosky
Lurn Adrian
Lismore
Rounne
Iowa
South Dakota
Hoover Backs Curtis as Running Mate for Hoover
Chicago report notes President Hoover’s allies strongly support Charles Curtis of Kansas for the vice presidential nomination. Curtis, 72, is favored amid prohibition tensions and a push to avoid alienating key factions. No replacement candidate has emerged as delegates prepare to vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Curtis
Hoover
Youth, 17, Bound To Rails By Bandits Narrowly Escapes
Michael Haleluk, 17, was bound to tracks by three bandits after a J. J. Newberry robbery in New Brunswick. The NY-bound Pennsylvania train stopped a few feet away when Motorman Harry Bartlett noticed him and braked. He was treated for shock and bruises at St. Peter's hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Highland Park
Michael Haleluk
J. J. Newberry
Harry Bartlett
Haleluk
St. Peter's Hospital
Wisconsin Democrats Adopt Moist Platform At Convention
Wisconsin Democrats urged immediate amendment of the Volstead act at their state convention in Green Bay. About 1,400 delegates adopted a platform backing the September primaries and a run for governor to end La Follette influence, with four gubernatorial hopefuls and endorsements for Senate races.
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Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin
la Follette
Albert G. Schmedeman
Madison
U.S
Norway
Walter Kohler
Philip F. la Follette
F. Ryan Duffy
Fond du Lac
John M. Callahan
Milwaukee
William Frawley
Eau Claire
John B. Chapple
John J. Blaine
U S. Senate
Eighth Suspect Nabbed In Illinois Bank Heist
Sheriff E J Welter of Ottawa Illinois captured Frank Pierson alias Jacob Pearson the eighth of ten men sought for the May 16 1948 Streator Union National Bank robbery after a cross country pursuit ending in Boston Pierson was arrested leaving relatives home in Roxbury and had recovered 125 dollars of the 1500 missing from the haul with 10s and 20s in a bureau drawer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
E. J. Welter
Ottawa
Ill
Union National Bank
Welter
Frank Pierson
Jacob Pearson
Roxbury
Evangeline Booth to Offer Invocation at Democratic Convention
Commander Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army will deliver the invocation opening the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on June 27, announced by the Democratic National Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
Democratic National Committee
Runaway Horse Dodges Traffic After Buggy Collision
A sorrel horse escaped a buggy crash at Third street and Fifth avenue in Cedar Rapids. Edward Davis halted the animal at Fifth street after it dashed through traffic. Mr and Mrs Ernest Hurst, 3009 Cottage Grove avenue SE, were in the buggy when a car driven by C HK Ebsen of Clinton sideswiped them, injuring Hurst and cutting the horse which sustained internal injuries.
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Cedar Rapids
Third Avenue
Third Stret
Fifth Street
Edward Davis
Ernest Hurst
Cottage Grove Avenue
Third Street
Fifth Avenue
C. HK. Ebsen
Clinton
Hurst
Parker Kidnappers Sentenced in Peoria Case
Eight kidnapers who abducted Dr. James W. Parker for fifteen days last March 14 were given prison terms by Circuit Judge Ingram. Four received twenty five year sentences, including James Betson and Cecil Menninger, Claude Evans, and Arlo Stoops. Other terms ranged from five to fifteen years for Stoops brother Raymond, Dwight Bartlett, Joseph Pursi fall, and Homer Massey. Three co defendants were acquitted and Menninger's wife was discharged to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Til
James W. Parker
James W. Betson
Cecil Menninger
Claude Evans
Arlo Stoops
Stoops Farm
Menninger
Camp Good Health Fund Aids Boy With Heart Trouble
Fourteen year old Norman, ill with a heart ailment, cannot run or attend school. The Cedar Rapids Gazette urges contributions to the Camp Good Health Fund to keep him at the health camp run by the Public Health Nursing Bureau. A June 18 dance hosted by the Firemen’s Saxophone Band at the C. B. S. P. S. hall supports the fund. tickets are available from local firemen and Mrs. Joe Gaskill, president.
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Norman
Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Bureau
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Joe Gaskill
Program For First Day Of G O P Convention
The opening day program for the Republican convention in Chicago lists a 10 a.m. call to order by Senator Simeon D. Fess, a prayer by Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman, reading of the call by George De B. Keim, temporary roll call, and proceeding to permanent organization rules and order of business including resolutions and miscellaneous business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
James E. Freene
George de B. Keim
New Jersey
Three Men Injured When Car Hits Detour Sign
A car driven by Joe Baker crashed into a detour sign at First Avenue and Thirteenth Street E and overturned. Three identified passengers Albert Samuelson and Chester Samuelson of Fairfield and Baker suffered injuries. a fourth occupant escaped harm. Albert Samuelson remained in hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
Joe Baker
Twentyfirst Street
First Avenue
Thireth Street
Baker
Albert Samuelson
Fairfield
Chester Samuelson
Albert
Thirtie Street
Moron Sought By Police For Attack On Child
Police hunted a man in a brown four door sedan after he abducted and assaulted a 9 year old girl near Mound Farm on a Friday forenoon. A 5 year old boy accompanied them. no arrest has been made. The suspect has gold front teeth and remained at large through Friday and Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
Mound Farm
Brother and Sister of Pilot Die in Air Crash
Peter Demeester 23 of Grand Rapids flies at an air fair when his plane goes into a slip and crashes 100 feet down. He survives with a fractured skull. Lavina Demeester 33 and John Demeester Jr. 27, his passengers, are killed instantly near the airport.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Peter Demeester
Lavina Demeester
John Demeester, Jr
Killed Kin Over Pie Demand, Oklahoma Court Rules
Ira J. Alder, who said he killed his brother in law and his brother in law’s wife because they wouldn’t cook enough pie, must die in the electric chair. He was convicted of murdering Nora McDonald and charged with killing Tom McDonald and attempting to murder his wife. The defense argued insanity, but the appellate court affirmed the death sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Ira J. Alder
Criminal Court of Appeals
Alder
Nora McDonald
Tom McDonald
Hoover says budget shortfall to balance needs more cuts
At a surprise White House briefing President Hoover told four congressional leaders that even all current proposals would not balance the budget. They estimated an additional 150 to 200 million dollars in federal economies would be required, with discussions centering on the economy bill and pending appropriations.
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Washington
White House
Hoover
Congress
Executive Mansion
Lincoln
House
Senate
Roop
Smoot
Senate Appropriations Committee
Jones
Utah
Hale
Maine
Wood
Indiana
Broussard
Bratton
McDuffie
Douglas
Weather Outlook for Chicago and Regions This Week
AP reports a week of scattered showers mainly in the first half across Chicago upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with temperatures near or slightly above normal.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Man Rescued After Daring Atlantic Flight Crash
Stanislaus F. Hausner was picked up by the British tanker Circle Shell after spending a week on a derelict Bellanca monoplane about 500 miles west of Oporto. The flyer started from New York June 3 bound for Poland, was exhausted but uninjured, and expected to reach New Orleans by June 27.
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London
Stanislaus F. Hausner
Atlantic
New York
Warsaw
S. S. Circle Shell
Hausner
Poland
Oporto
Portugal
Newfoundland
Wilson
Circle Shell
United Press
Bellanca
Greenwich Time
New Orleans
Terhune Avenue
Jersey City
N. J
S. S. Leviathan
Priest Rejoices As Missing Flyer Hausner Is Rescued
In Newark New Jersey Rev Paul Knappek pastor of St Casi mirs Polish Catholic church celebrates news that Stanislaus Hausner who vanished on a flight to Warsaw was picked up at sea. Hausner had left Floyd Bennett field Brooklyn on June 3 and began with a May 29 start but weather forced a return after six hours.
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Newark
N. J
Paul Knappek
St. Casimir’s
Stanislaus Hausner
Warsaw
Stanislaus
Knappek
Hausner
Bellanca
Floyd Bennet
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Circle Shell heads to America on maiden voyage
The Dutch Shell crewed British tanker Circle Shell, which rescued missing airman Stanislaus F. Hausner, sails on its maiden voyage toward the United States carrying 100,000 barrels of oil. Possible stops include the Azores, Key West, New Orleans, or Houston.
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New Orleans
Circle Shell
Stanislaus F. Hausner
America
Dutch Shell Corporation
Azore Islands
Key West
Fla
Houston
Tex
Mrs. Ella Wheeler Dies in Los Angeles Widow of Cedar Rapids Attorney
Mrs Ella Wheeler widow of Charles E Wheeler longtime Cedar Rapids attorney died Friday night in Los Angeles After Mr Wheelers death in 1927 she lived in Tipton Mechanicsville and Cedar Rapids She leaves two sons Jeff Wheeler in Los Angeles and Lucien Wheeler an attorney The Wheelers had earlier lived in several Iowa towns before settling in Cedar Rapids
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Cedar Rapids
Ella Wheeler
Charles E. Wheeler
Los Angeles
Wheeler
Jeff Wheeler
Y District Attorney’s Office
Dawley, Hubbard and Wheeler
Cedar Reco
North Western
California
Lossweden
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Verne Marshall
Story
Brinkett
Dwight W. Morrow
Bulletin
Mystery Veils Meeting
Madison Asbum Syndicate
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Iowa Line
Illinois
Parker
Health Camp
Camp Good Health Fund
Irene Douglas
Beso
Cedar Rapids News
G.O.P
Ocean
Ise
Indies
Lands End
Rogers
Pacific
Honolulu
Father Knappek
C. E. Wheeler
This City
West
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