Campaign fund scandal blamed on Feuling liquor links
The Cedar Rapids Gazette urges action to expose liquor industry contributions tied to the so called campaign fund of Eugene J. Feuling Iowa Democratic chairman. It argues the attorney general cannot help and Polk County Attorney Carl Burkman should lead a thorough investigation of Des Moines liquor concerns funding the state campaign and calls Iowa a laughing stock over the affair.
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Eugene J. Feuling
Feuling
Des Moines Register
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Capital City
Edward L. O’connor
Des Moines
Polk County
Carl ’ Burkman
GRAFT FEARING LIQUOR SCANDALS PROMPT POLK JURY CALL
The piece urges action by the Polk county grand jury on liquor scandal graft and political corruption. It critiques the Democratic state central committee and cites Sioux City and Woodbury county probes as models. It notes bank accounts of officials subpoenaed for grand jury review and hints at broader disclosures to come.
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E. J. Feuling
Sioux City
Woodbury County
Polk County Grand Jury
Democratic State Central Committee
Senate backs Roosevelt tax plan to end uncertainty
Democratic leaders push for immediate enactment of the President’s tax-the-rich proposal to avoid leaving the matter and the Congress in limbo until next winter. Senator Robinson says action this session is needed, while Senator Long urges a clear, definite program now.
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Washington
Congress
Robinson
Roosevelt
Long
New England
Harrison
Finance Committee
House
Senate
Bankhead
Huey
Diary style quotes mix wisdom with daily reflection
A reader describes a personal diary calendar that pairs daily quotations with self written thoughts. Each entry notes a striking line from literature or history, including Emerson Wilson Holmes and Whittier, offering a year of reflective prompts.
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Emerson
Fenimore Cooper
Prairie
Woodrow
Wilson
America
Maude Royden
Oliver Wendell Holmes
James Hinton
Whittier
New York Republicans Launch 1936 Campaign Against Roosevelt
The New York State Young Republican clubs met in Alexandria Bay and adopted a liberal platform to defeat President Roosevelt in 1936. Melvin C. Eaton led the attack on Roosevelt and Lehman administrations and Farleyism, predicting GOP victories in 1936.
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Alexandria Bay
WN. Y
Association of
New York State
Young Republican Clubs
Springfield
Roosevelt
Eaton
James A. Farley
Herbert H.lehman
Lehman
De Valera Drafts Anglo Irish Peace Treaty
Dublin report says President Eamon de Valera is drafting a peace treaty with Britain outlining pledges from both sides. Ireland would not declare a republic without a plebiscite and would defend Britain. Britain may approve plebiscites and abolish the governor general role, merging duties with the Free State president.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Eamon de Valera
Britain
Free State
The
Stanley Baldwin Long
Baruch Daughter Weds in New York Home Ceremony
Renee Baruch youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernard M Baruch married Saturday at the Baruch home in New York to Robert Stang broker The wedding united two prominent families in a private ceremony.
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New York
Renee Baruch
Bernard M. Baruch
Robert Sanstag
Baruch
Weather outlook for Chicago June 24 to 29
AP report shows showers possible early in the week with fair conditions later. Temperatures near or above normal overall, but dipping a bit midweek across the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Boys With Life Sentences Get New Deal
Bascum Ray Jr 14 and Maurice Sheridan 17 from Huntington W Va will not spend life in prison for kidnapping Dubois County sheriff. Prosecutor A J Stimson Jr and Judge John L Sumner joined Atty Gen Philip Lutz Jr to drop the life terms and offer a possible auto banditry plea with a maximum of twenty five years. Prosecutor notes the stolen car and sheriff kidnapping in front of the jail, with a pistol threat and manacles. Gov McNutt to decide Monday.
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Lutz
Ernest Mahcolm
Indianapolis
Dillinger
Boonville
Paper Replies To Criticism By N. Y. Priest Of Coughlin
The Michigan Catholic, Detroit Diocese weekly, rebukes Eccl esiastical Review for sensational tactics in response to Rev Fr Edward V Dargin's charge that Rev Charles E Coughlin violates church law. The piece labels Dargin a previously little known cleric from Croton Falls New York and defends Coughlin.
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N. Y
Coughlin
Detroit
INS
Edward V. Dargin
Ecclesiastical Review
Charles E. Coughlin
Michigan Catholic
Michael J. Gallagher
Royal Oak
Father Dargin
Croton Falls
James Cardinal Gibbons
Germany Reaches Naval Power Agreement After Talks
London report on Anglo German naval talks states a general agreement for Germany to become a strong naval power. Details unsettled include ship numbers by 1942 construction pace and ship sizes. A 25 000 ton battleship limit with 12 inch guns and 7 000 ton cruisers with six inch guns are cited as tentative limits. A final communique expected Sunday.
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London
Germany
Admiralty
Britain France Navy Split Seen Nearing Smoothing Over
The Britain France dispute over German naval strength roils Europe but is expected to ease after Capt Anthony Eden meets Premier Laval then Mussolini. Eden plans to present a plan for an air pact, eastern European security treaty, Danube power accord, and land armament regulation.
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Paris
Britain
France
Germany
Anthony Eden
League of Nations
Pierre Lava
Benito Mussolini
Ceteria
Eden
Rome
Laval
John Kegler Held On Liquor Charge In Alcohol Plant
John Kegler 58 of 862 Fifth Avenue SE was arraigned on maintaining a liquor nuisance after federal officers found a steam pipe alcohol plant and about a gallon of alcohol in his Cedar Rapids drug store. He posted bond. Miles Plotz 29 of 212 Twenty sixth Street SE faced a similar charge after officers found a steam pipe plant and about four gallons of alcohol at his First Avenue East drug store and he was released on bond.
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Cedar Rapids
John Kegler
Fifth Avenue SE
W. J. Grunewald
Kegler
Miles Plotz
Twenty-sixth Street
Plotz
First Avenue E
Campaign to Deport Six Million Aliens Sought in Nationwide Drive
A national push backed by 155 organizations seeks passage of the Dies deportation bill to expel about 3.5 million illegal entrants and, with provisions to naturalize or repatriate others, restructure employment rules. The plan envisions a nonsectarian Americans association organizing state by state and gaining congressional action to curb foreign-born workers.
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Washington
United States
Dies
Texas
England
France
Germany
Italy
House
Roosevelt
Labor Department
Heat Deaths Reported in Boston After City Heat Wave
Two deaths in Boston are attributed to a weekend heat wave that sent the temperature to 80 degrees at 1 30 p m The heat spell gripped the city Saturday leading officials to issue warnings and health advisories.
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Boston
INS
Gala Day At Camp Good Health Brims With Ice Cream
Cedar Rapids News reports Camp Good Health marks a red letter day with ice cream for dinner and special plans. Children attend Sunday school, visitors arrive from 6 to 8 pm, and a new flag donated by Ashley chapter of the D. A. R. is raised. Activities include singing, games, cabin cleaning, and a creek hike despite prior rain. Park Commissioner Ed Stefan adds flowers to brighten the grounds. Continued on Page 3.
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Camp Good Health
Cedar ‘Rapids
Camp God Health
Ashley Chapter
Court cites Miss Harding for contempt in custody dispute
Los Angeles UP report says film actress Ann Harding was cited for contempt by Superior Judge Edward T. Bishop for defying a court order to deposit in a custody suit filed by ex-husband Harry Bannister. The Nevada custody award and California actions clash over Jane, seven.
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Los .Angeles
Ann Harding
Harry Bannister
Jane
Bannister
Edward T. Bishop
Miss Harding
Nevada
New York
California
Reno
House Panel Trims Utility Control Bill
The House Interstate Commerce Committee reported a public utilities bill by 15 to 7, removing a death sentence tax on natural gas pipelines and omitting a provision to tax 15 percent of holding company dividends. It also rejected an approach to ease holding company dissolutions by exempting their securities from the securities tax.
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Washington
House Interstate Commerce
Senate
Roosevelt
Sweetheart seeks alibi for killer of Mildred Hallmark
Peoria reports Lola Hughes, girlfriend of Gerald Thompson, tries to prove his innocence after his confession to abducting and killing 19 year old Mildred Hallmark. Thompson, a 25 year old machinist, left town under guard amid threats of lynching as authorities prepare to recall the May grand jury for a first degree murder indictment.
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Peoria
Gerald Thompson
Jekyll Hyde
Mildred Halmark
Lola Hughes
Thompson
Miss Hallmark
Miss Hughes
Hughes
Elmer V. Champion
May
Subpoenas Seek Bank Records Of Four Democrats
Sioux City AP report says H. M. Havner the special graft prosecutor subpoenas bank records of four Democratic leaders to be reviewed by the Woodbury county grand jury. Subpoenas issued to Des Moines banks target Gov. Clyde L. Herring Lieut. Gov. Nelson G. Kraschel State Democratic Chairman E. J. Feuling and Fran Comfort. courtroom witness dates TBD.
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Sioux City
H. Ma Havner
Hayner
Des Moines
H. M. Hayner
Woodbury County
Havner
Clyde L. Herring
Nelson G. Kraschel
E. J. _Feuling
Fran Comfort
Iowa-Des Moines National Bank and_ Trust company
Polk County
Carl Burkman
Polk County Grand Jury
Hausner
Herbert L. Horton
Town- Des’ Moines
Herring Yune
Woodbury ‘County
Comfort
Havener
Siouxity
Pol County
Grand Jury
Strato Balloon Explorer II Delayed Again
Rapid City South Dakota AP officials announced no inflation on Sunday for the Explorer II stratosphere balloon due to unstable weather conditions. If conditions improve, inflation may occur Sunday afternoon and flight would not begin before Tuesday, as the bag must be inflated the night before liftoff.
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Rapid City
S. D
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State Reformatory
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Sherman Wininger
Sumner
Wininger
Stimson
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Rep. Dies
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Camp Good Health Fund
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Ben Hur Lodge
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Horton
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