A Gazette Editorial Rips Corruption and Popularity
A Iowa Gazette editorial defends fearless reporting on state government, rebuking abuses by Assistant Attorney General Walter Maley and Attorney General Edward L. OConnor. It argues newspapers spend their own money to expose corruption, not rely on officials, and urges public accountability.
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Fremont
Iowa
The
Gazette
Courts of Justice
Walter Maley
Maley
Administration of Justice
Supreme Court
State House
Mr. Maley
Edward L. O'Connor
Omaha Street Cars Barred and Taverns Closed in Omaha Riot Order
Acting Governor Jurgensen ordered Mayor Town to remove one Omaha street car and lock it in a barn by 6 pm Saturday. The order also requires all beer and liquor establishments in Omaha to close by 6 pm until further notice, as National Guardsmen were sent to quell riots.
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Lincoln, Neb
Walter H. Jurgensen
National
Omaha
Roy N
Towl
Omaha martial law as national guard deploys to quell trolley strike
Acting Governor Walter H. S. Jurgensen orders 1,700 troops into Omaha after two nights of violent clashes in the South Omaha packing district. Adjutant General H. J. Paul assumes command as machine gun units move in. Officials say troops prevent further bloodshed while protecting life and property.
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Omaha
National Guard
Walter HS Jurgensen
H. J. Paul
French Cabinet Plans Drastic Cuts to Control Costs
Premier Pierre Laval warned the nation that the cabinet would take drastic action to cut governmental expenses and maintain the franc on the gold standard. The announcement came from Clermont-Ferrand as France faced fiscal pressures.
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Clermont - Ferrand
France
Pierre Laval
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935 Debut
A Cedar Rapids toll report shows 18 accidents. No injury or death figures are clearly stated in the fragment. Local officials oversee traffic concerns and safety measures for the year 1935.
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Cedar Rapids
Tell Me Padre What Happens After Death
An earnest reader asks Padre Newton about life after death and personal beliefs. The article argues faith can persist beyond doubt, citing love and the divine in humans as stronger than death, and asserts immortality through God and love as central.
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Padre
Clipper Hops From Hawaii To Midway
Pan American Airways four motor Clipper completed the first nonstop flight from Honolulu to Midway Islands landing 5 40 p m PST after 9 hours 13 minutes The craft left Pearl Harbor at 8 27 a m PST with Captain Edwin C Musick and five crew members aboard two radio technicians joined to assess radio beacon stations as part of a broader Pacific exploration program including Alameda to Honolulu to Midway legs.
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Land Island
Midway Islands
Pan-American Airways
Honolulu
California
China
mid-Pacific
Alameda
Calif
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Edwin C. Musick
Pan-America
Phillip Bersh
W. P. Winter
Pacific
Roosevelt signs import limit bill for Philippine cordage
President Roosevelt signed the Tydings Kocialkowski bill placing a duty free import limit on Philippine cordage at 6 million pounds per year. The measure restricts imports to that amount annually under the act.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tydings-Kocialkowski
Philippine Islands
Post ends sub stratosphere flight in Winnie Mae
Wiley Post crash landed his Winnie Mae monoplane near Wichita after a broken piston halted his fourth attempt to fly a sub stratosphere route from Burbank to Floyd Bennett Field New York 2447 miles away. He will retry in another craft.
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POST
Iowa
Wichita
Kan
Wiley Post
Burbank
Calif
Floyd Bennett Field
New York
Davenport
Rimy-Fa É
Maine Man Found Chopped To Death
Herbert L Morrill a 63 year old bicycle dealer was found hacked to death in his West Falmouth Maine home. His widow Mary E Morrill 53 was arrested and charged with murder after the body was discovered wrapped in a blanket and buried in earth.
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West Falmouth
Herbert L. .Morrill
Mary E. Morrill
Morrill
Roosevelt Cuts Relief Donations To 45 Percent For PWA Projects
The article reports President Roosevelt limiting work relief contributions on state and municipal PWA projects to 45 percent, with the remaining 55 percent to be funded by private financing or PWA revolving funds. It notes the decision aligns with the current Works Progress Administration operations, as Hopkins’ aides push for larger material funding and more efficient projects.
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Washington
Roosevelt
PWA
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
Ickes
Hopkins
Civil Works Administration
McKeever Convicted to Die on Gallows
District court jury found George McKeever guilty of murdering Ken Booth, a state highway patrolman, and decreed he would die on the gallows. Verdict returned at 9 22 p.m. after deliberations lasting one hour and 22 minutes. McKeever, brought from North Dakota penitentiary, appeared unconcerned, chewing tobacco.
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Fulton
George “McKeever
Ken Booth
McKeever
North Dakota
Marion Man Slightly Injured in Collision
Harold Maxon of Marion sustained a gash on his elbow after a collision at 8 15 p m Saturday near Fortieth Street E in First Avenue. He was taken to Marion for treatment. Maxon collided with a car driven by Dale Richardson of Marion, police said.
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Harold Maxon
Marion
Fortieth Street
First Avenue
Maxon
Dale Richardson
Quilted fundraiser by King's Daughters aids local camps
Louise Leibert circle of the King's Daughters raised 85 dollars by autographed purple silk blocks for Camp Good Health and Community House. Each member collected signatures at ten cents, with blocks ranging from 30 to 55 names. The quilt, displayed at Kilian’s window, features a Maltese Cross and the motto In His Name, and may become a local historical artifact.
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Cedar Rapids
Louise Leibert
King’s Daughters
Camp Good Health Fund
Public Health Nursing Association
Community House
Camp Conservation
Third Avenue
Killians
Central City Woman Dies as Car Overturns
Mrs. George F. Sweet, 45, of Central City, died after a car swerved off Highway 13 and overturned five miles south of Central City. Driving was Douglas Sweet. he and his wife were returning to Cedar Rapids for furniture shopping when the vehicle plunged down an embankment. Deputy coroner Dean Stauffer deemed the death unavoidable. Surviving are five sons and five daughters.
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George F. ‘Sweet
Central City
Douglas. Sweet
Cedar Rapids
Douglas Sweet
Rupert Heasty
Tosarrive
Bruse
George Sweet
Calis
Dean Stauffacher
Linn
Stauffacher
15 Year Old Bride Kills Former Employer in Philadelphia
Angelina Mangrate a 15 year old bride told police she killed her former employer Dorothy D Augustino 27 claiming she forced her into marriage and threatened her with death. She pursued her on a busy street and fired a .32 revolver after the woman tripped. She said she deserved to die and called it not murder.
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Philadelphia
Angelina Mangrate
Dorothy D'Augustino
D’augustino
Peace Near In Toledo Edison Strike Settlement
Toledo Edison strike settlement via arbitration appeared imminent as Edward F. McGrady asked E D Bieretz to fly from Washington to sanction any agreement. McGrady indicated negotiations had reached near sanction stage with company and union representatives.
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Toledo, O
Toledo-Edison Company
Edward F. McGrady
E. D.,. Bieretz
Electrical Workers’ Union
Washington
McGrady
Weather forecast for Chicago and surrounding valleys
The forecast covers June 17 to 22 in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Expect showers in the southern portion Monday with further showers around Wednesday or Thursday. Temperatures vary by region, with above normal in the south and near to below normal in the north throughout the week.
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Chicago
Jook
Mississippi
Missouri
Night rail crash near Welwyn claims dozens of lives
A rear collision between an express passenger train and a fast freight near Welwyn Hertfordshire left thirty dead and at least seventy injured. The crash at Garden City station occurred as the passenger train carried week end travelers to Newcastle. Rescue work faced poor lighting and disrupted tracks.
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London
Welwyn
Hertfordshire
Garden City
Newcastle
Funeral services set for Brig. Gen. Findley in Des Moines
In Des Moines Iowa AP funeral services for Brig Gen Park A Findley former head of the state department of criminal investigation will be held Monday at 2 pm The military guard of honors includes the 113th cavalry and 168th infantry with a caisson carrying Findley’s body and an empty saddle horse Rex The service will feature mounted pallbearers and honorary pallbearers Col Ray Venter and Col W K Herndon will command the two regiments in the 57th cavalry brigade that Findley led
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Des Moines
Park A. Findley
State Department of Criminal Investigation
Edward“ L. O'Connor
Louisville
Weil
Catal
Oakaloona
Findley
Rex
Ray Venter
W- K. Herndon
Topeka
Kan
57Th’ Cavalry Brigade
Fire Turns Wedding Party Into Tragedy in Manhattan
A gay wedding party at the Mansions public hall in downtown Manhattan ended in tragedy when a fire caused burns and suffocation deaths. About 30 guests were hospitalized after escaping via windows. police and emergency teams rushed to two alarms as crowds gathered and neighbors evacuated.
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New York
Manhattan
Paul Sticker
Brooklyn
Waleys To Be Tried On Federal Charge
J Edgar Hoover announced that Harmon Waley Margaret Waley and William Mahan will be prosecuted under the federal Lindbergh kidnap act for the Weyerhaeuser kidnapping. The case involves a 9 year old boy who was returned unharmed and may carry a life term under the federal statute. A federal grand jury will hear evidence in Tacoma starting June 19.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Weyerhaeuser
Washington State
Harmon “M. Waley
Margaret
Olympia
Wash
William Mahan
George Weyerhaeuser
Hoover
Tacoma
McGregor Man Charged in Waterloo Death Case
Dre Anna Longshore 60 was arrested in Waterloo on a murder charge connected to the death of 4 year old Lilla Belle Davies from McGregor. The girl died of internal hemorrhage and septic peritonitis. Arthur Needering 26, a hired man on the Davies farm, shot himself nearby after the tragedy.
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Waterloo
Dre
Anna
J. Longshore
Lilla Belle Davies
McGregor Airl
Presbyterian Hospital
McGregor
Aarthur Noedeing
Hosisina
Stane
Bien Spence
Lilia Belle
Aine
Davies
Lester
Harry
Aye
Pilking
Albeck
Deeter
Longshore
Black Hawk
Mupreme
Marquette
Playwright Robert Sherwood Reported Married to Connelly Wife
Vienna dispatch via Telcomp News Agency claims Robert Sherwood wed Madeline Hallock, wife of Hi Connelly, in Budapest or moor. Budapest reports could not be confirmed in New York. Friends of Marc Connelly say Madeline Hallock recently divorced him in Riga.
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Vienna
Telcomp
Buda
Robert
Sherwood
Moor
Madelina: Hallock
Hi Conelly
Conelly
Madeline Hallock
Budapest
New
Indianapolis
Reno
Ena —H. Connelly
Keesport
Hurlock
Federalsburg
John S. McGovern
Los Angeles
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Maine
M’keever
Louise Seibert
R. O
Aeene
Bonnie's
Mr. Craanteee
Opal
Harold
Cedar Rapide News
Toledo
Waleys
M'Gregor
Connelly
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