California graft probe spreads through legislature and courts
The piece contrasts California's swift action against political corruption with Iowa's experience where grand juries uncovered graft but many defendants escaped due to technicalities. It notes federal agents probed income tax evasion linked to a slot machine syndicate that corrupted law enforcement and county attorneys, aided by The Gazette's reporting.
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San Francisco
California
Iowa
Gazette
Woodbury County
Federal Internal Revenue Bureau
Uncle Sam
Revenue Bureau
The
State Executive Council
Bonus Paid to 3.5 Million Veterans Across Nation
The United States distributed the World War veterans bonus totaling about 2.3 billion dollars as special bonds and cash payments. Distribution began at midnight with checks and bonds delivered to veterans nationwide, including prisons and hospitals. The average recipient received roughly 550 dollars with some getting up to 1500. Bonds bear 3 percent interest and mature in 1946, redeemable at 241 post offices.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
John F. Inman
New Egypt
N. J
Ralph Walton
Argonne
Inman
Walton
Treasury
Landon to Open Campaign Eastward From Kansas Start
Gov. Alf Landon and the GOP take a campaign start in Topeka as John D. M. Hamilton returns to map strategy with national leaders. Knox, Fletcher, and committee members join discussions while Landon plans an August eastern invasion and widespread personal appearances. The Landon family attends church after a wave of congratulatory reactions.
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Topeka
Kan
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Alf M. Landon
Hamilton
Kansas
Landon
East
Frank Knox
Chicago
London
Henry P. Fletcher
National Committee
Teddy Roosevelt
James Roosevelt Aims for Congress in Massa Ninth District
Boston American reports James Roosevelt, eldest son of the President, prepared to seek Congress in Massachusetts ninth district then held by Democrat Richard M. Russell. The paper says the move is being quietly discussed among friends and influential party men, with no formal announcement ready.
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Boston
Boston American
James Roosevelt
Congress
Massachusetts
Richard M. Russell
Cambridge
Roosevelt
Pittsburgh Mayor Surrenders Partly
Pittsburgh Mayor William N. McNair dims chaos after weekend turmoil as he surrenders on a malfeasance charge and remains free on a $5,000 bond awaiting grand jury action. He recalls Thomas A. Dunn, public safety director, amid the upheaval.
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Pittsburgh
INS
William N. McNair
Thomas A. Dunn
Public Safety
Everyday Living and Liquor Myths Debunked
A 1936 pamphlet questions common beliefs about alcohol's benefits and harms. It challenges claims that liquor improves health, wealth, or family life and argues against associating drinkers with virtue or success. The piece cites imagined scenarios to dispute temperance myths.
Local delivery of bonus bonds begins for veterans
About 110 more veterans received service bonds at the Cedar Rapids post office bringing the total to 2 048 bonds to be delivered locally. Seventy five registered letters went out by noon and 153 more bonds were routed to rural free delivery recipients.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank B. Baldwin
Pleasant June weather in Cedar Rapids with thundershowers
A Cedar Rapids weather note records Sunday drizzle of 0.12 inches, followed by a bright spell. Temperatures rose from 58 at 5 am to 74 by 10 am, with a Sunday high of 89 at 2 pm and a low of 62 at 3 am. Monday reached 66 at 7 am and 74 at 10 am, then 84 at 2:45 pm as the day cooled to 64 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Hamilton Fires Hot Answer in Landon Campaign Return
Red haired John D. M. Hamilton returned to Topeka greeted by Gov. Alf Landon and chafed at Postmaster General Farley. He announced Chicago as the London Knox national headquarters by July 1 and pledged to combat the New Deal and the grab bag gang. He warned Farley to set the tempo if this becomes a dirty campaign.
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Chicago
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
James A. Farley
Hamilton
London-Knox
Washington
Farley
Cleveland
Gov
Landon
Health Camp Opens With 48 In First Group
Forty eight children moved into Camp Good Health Monday morning after early examinations by nurses at the Public Health Nursing Association offices. Each camper was checked for skin infections throat soreness and cleanliness before receiving admission tickets.
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Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
Nursing Association
Motorist Loses Only Nickel In Night Holdup
Larry Goldberg of 1727 Third Avenue SE told police a lone bandit held him up at midnight while he was entering his garage. A gun was pressed to his back as the robber searched his pockets and demanded his car keys. Goldberg kept the keys, and the thief ordered him to walk two blocks before fleeing.
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Larry Goldberg
Third Avenue SE
Goldberg
Marriage Performed Under Eight Feet Of Puget Sound Water
The wedding of Capt John C Benson and Elizabeth Partee was recorded as the first all under water ceremony. Reverend H D Powers conducted the vows in Puget Sound eight feet deep as 20 000 spectators watched a rain interrupted event. The bride wore a diving suit and 30 pound helmet with weighted shoes and attendants aided her in the march to a float.
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Seattle
Wash
John C. Benson
San Francisco
Elizabeth Partee
Chicago
Puget Sound
H. D. Powers
Mr. Powers
Seven killed in Timpson lumber truck collision
A lumber truck carrying seven Black passengers and a furniture truck collided near Timpson Tex injuring 12 others. The seven fatalities include five men and two women.
Tax Bill Fight Might Go To Roosevelt For Aid
House and senate conferees on the new corporation tax bill failed to break a deadlock but hoped concessions could allow passage by Saturday. Absent an agreement, an appeal to President Roosevelt for aid might be needed to settle the dispute before congressional adjournment and the Democratic convention. The House conferees likely will drop insistence on the full 42% top rate while retaining a graduated scheme on earned corporate profits.
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Washington
LLP
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Senate panel approves Guffey-Vinson bill on coal price fix
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee voted 9 to 5 to approve an amended Guffey-Vinson bill to stabilize the soft coal industry by price fixing. It would re enact price fixing provisions of the original Guffey coal control act, which the Supreme Court invalidated, omitting labor protections.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Supreme Court
Senate Passes Civil Service Retirement Act For All G Men
The Senate approved the Vandenberg bill granting civil service retirement benefits to all G men after opposition from administration leaders. The measure moves to the House for consideration as debate continues.
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Senate
Washington
INS
Vandenberg
Governor urges repeal of Ohio sales tax on food
Gov. Martin L. Davey urged Ohio lawmakers to end the three per cent retail sales tax on food for home consumption. He asked the tax be ended September 1. The repeal would not affect the tax on food purchased in restaurants or the levy on other retail sales.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
House Group Favors AAA Benefit Cuts
The group approved a Senate backed bill to lower large AAA benefit payments and voted to amend it so it would not apply retroactively to the 1936 crop.
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Washington
House Agricultural Committee
Edison associate inventor slain in New Jersey front yard
D McFarlan Moore 67 an Edison associate and noted inventor was shot dead in the early morning rain on his East Orange lawn. A neighbor heard a heated argument before two shots rang out. His daughter Beatrice 25 said a mysterious man visited last night seeking her father. Moore held 100 patents and helped develop the gaseous conduction lamp.
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East Orange
N. J
D. McFarlan Moore
Mary W. Taber
Moore
Beatrice
Thomas A. Edison
Elliott McFarlan Moore
Naval Reserve Air Corps
Catalina Island Airways
Catalina Island
Lieut. Moore
William A. Mofiat
William A
Insurance scam suspects in self injury case in Long Beach
Five Long Beach residents were arrested on charges linked to a staged accident scheme that cost insurers up to 1 million dollars yearly. Harold and Alta Jenkins and Elton Miner faced grand theft and mayhem counts, with William Bone and Martin Biggs held on grand theft suspicions.
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Los Angeles
Baron Fitts
Long Beach
Harold Jenkins
Alta
Elton Miner
William Bone
Martin Biggs
Exhumation Ordered in Insurance Murder Ring Case
Springfield district attorney Mo riarity seeks exhumation of Frank Halgas Ludlow millworker amid a suspected wholesale insurance murder ring. Halgas died April 4 near his home after an inquest found murder with arsenic poisoning, and the body is being exhumed for further evidence.
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Springfield
Mass
Thomas F. Moriarity
Frank Halgas
Ludlow
Halgas
George B. Haas
William Boos
Harvard Medical School
Cedar Rapids Cites 130 Cigaret Permits Limit
Cedar Rapids city council imposed a 130 permit limit on new tobacco permits after July 1. Current permits total 142 with at least twelve not to be renewed. Motive cited concerns over minors buying cigarets and better policing. Mayor Frank K. Hahn led the measure. Action may be amended and permit holders must file with the city clerk by Thursday.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank K. Hahn
Shrinkage in Minn wheat crop estimated by official
ST PAUL AP A winter wheat crop of 2 652 000 bushels, slightly below last year, was estimated Monday by Paul H Kirk federal agricultural statistician in his area.
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ST. Paul
Paul H. Kirk
Federal Agricultural Statistician
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