Seven Billions Spent in U S Fiscal Year 1935
Treasury closed the books on the 1935 fiscal year with record outlays totaling about 7.3 billion dollars. Expenditures surpassed the prior year by a small margin as relief and recovery costs totaled roughly 3.6 billion, funded by revenues near 3.8 billion and leading to a deficit of about 3.5 billion. The gross debt reached a new peak around 28.7 billion.
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Washington (Lp
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Treasury
Hoover
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
O Connor Named In Probe Testimony
Testimony reveals William R. Arthur accused of perjury in an Iowa grand jury probe into Joe Siegel liquor violations. Witnesses include Glenn Scott and several named officers and officials connected to the Siegel case.
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O’connor
Glenn Scott
Joe Gagen
Robert Mueller
Sam A. Hoffman
John Kline
Jeanne Hallberg
N. Johannsen
Merle Redmond
Mueller
Brennan
Hoffman
Kline
Johannsen
Anre
Hallberg
Bekins van and Storage Company
Arthur
County of
Woodbury
Iowa
William R. Arthur
Joe Siegel
Siegel
Martin
Detroit murder links inquest to wealth and decoys
A Detroit attorney is found shot in a park after a night of hotel dining and a party. Police link the death to an alleged motive of wealth, with two women used as decoys and a suspect claiming to be someone else. A broader probe touches Mrs Elizabeth Carmichael Witherspoon and the Yawkey estate, while Abyssinia tensions and Italian actions draw parallel attention.
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Schweitzer
New York
Andrew Smygen
Dickinson
America
Detroit
Elizabeth Carmichael Witherspoon
William H. Yawkey
Mrs J O Ristine of Maquoketa Dies
Mrs J O Ristine of Maquoketa dies after illness and a recent operation at a Town City hospital. Survived by her husband a local physician, son Dr Leonard Ristine of Cherokee a former Iowa athletic trainer, and two daughters Mrs Myrl Myers of Ames and Mrs Frances Bickal of Fort Dodge.
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Maquoketa
J. O Ristine
Leonard Ristine
Cherokee
University of Iowa
Myrl Myers
Ames
Frances Bickal
Fort Dodge
Honey Bee Research Undertaken In Iowa
Atlantic Iowa story reports Frank C. Peilett and Prof. O W Park of Iowa State College have begun experiments to determine which honey bee strains show the most disease resistance. The effort marks a new step in hive disease research as scientists test different bee strains here.
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Atlantic
Frank C. Peilett
O. W. Park
Iowa State College
Abyssinia Protests Belgium Arms Ban Over Italy War
Addis Ababa government vows strong protest to Belgium after it bans arms exports to Ethiopia. Belgium has halted a shipment already paid for while Abyssinia faces similar blocks from Czechoslovakia Denmark and France amid growing tensions with Italy.
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D. A. Sandford
Addis Ababa
Abyssinia
Belgium
Ethiopia
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
France
Horner Signs Illinois Pension Act
Governor Henry Horner signed an old age pension act in Springfield. It grants a $14 daily pension to residents aged 65 or older who have lived in Illinois ten of the past fifteen years and own less than $5,000 in property. The state covers half the funds with federal matching aid anticipated.
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Springfield
Llp
Henry Horner
General Assembly
Delinquent Tax List Offered For Sale In Linn County
Linn county will again offer its delinquent tax list at a sale Monday at 10 a.m. in the County Treasurer Milo Sediacek's office. The last sale occurred March 8 and the May session was postponed.
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Linn County
Milo Sediacek
DeMolay Officers To Be Installed At Open Meeting
Cedar Rapids DeMolay chapter No 10 will install new officers in a public ceremony Tuesday at 7 30 p m at Masonic hall. Installing staff includes Witousch Waddington Bain Grier Johnson, and others. Preceptors listed.
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Cedar Rapids
Masonic Hall
Fred Witousch
Basil Waddington
Wayne Bain
Paul Grier
Ernest Johnson
John Dvorak
John Stephen
Millard Buchanan
Dale Cripps
Charles Youtzy
Jack Heskett
Harold Little
Robert Kolarik
Bernard Rudin
Robert Hach
Robert Adams
Richard Michallick
Carl MacMoran
Rodney Berger
Sentinel
Wayne Baker
Edwit Youtzy
Robert Esser
Donald Ressa
John Bailey
Richard Wingert
Donald Burgus
Dean
Godden Committee Heads Named
Godden announces committee heads: Millard Buchanan, Jack Heskett, William Williams, Charles Youtzy, Jack Hruska, and Marvin Vanous.
Illinois lawmakers applaud Sally Rand at adjournment
Firecrackers exploded in the Illinois House as Sally Rand was escorted to the speaker's rostrum by Sen. James Barbour. The scene triggered a near riot and private detectives were summoned to maintain order during the adjournment of the session. Rand thanked the assembly for its “wonderful work” before departing amid continued fireworks.
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Springfield
Illinois
Sally Rand
Sally
James Barbour
Sen. Barbour
Rand
Assembly
John P. Devine
Matanuska Colonist Meets Bear Then Loses His Way
Palmer Alaska AP Harry Campbell a Michigan native now a Matanuska colonist recounted a close encounter with a black bear while walking to camp. He climbed a birch tree as the bear approached. After the bear wandered off he descended and later lost his bearings hours before stumbling back into camp exhausted hoping the bear was still near.
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Palmer
Alaska
Harry Campbell
Michigan
Matanuska
Campbell
Fierce House Debate Over Utility Measure Divides Parties
The House clashed over Roosevelt's demand for strict utility control as Western liberals and farm blocs push for dissolution of useless holding companies by 1942. Rep. Harry Southoff urged Senate bill adoption while Rep. George Huddleston faced boos amid accusations of betraying party and public. The clash highlighted a broader fight over how to curb power trusts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Harry Southoff
Wis
George Huddleston
Ala
House Interstate Commerce
Senate
Southoff
Huddieston
Congress
Rooseves
Huddleston
The
Power Trust
Wisconsin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoovers
Ogden Mills
Harrimans
Knute Hill
Wash
Carbide Workers End Strike With Singing
In Cleveland 1200 National Carbon workers, after six weeks on strike, ended the action with shouts and songs. They massed at the gates and paraded near the plant before preparing to return to work. A peace agreement mediated by Federal Conciliator A. J. Faulkner secured the settlement.
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Cleveland
National Carbon Company
A. J. Faulkner
Twenty five liners sail from New York with 14000 passengers
Twenty five liners departed New York on Saturday carrying about 14 000 passengers the largest single day total in five years. The Europa carried 2 007 passengers a record in three years and the Ue de France sailed with 1 417 aboard its first full capacity in five years.
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New York
Europa
Ue de France
Linn Relief Payroll Totals for Week Amid Dam Project Work
Linn county work relief payroll for the week ended Thursday totals $7,084.75 with 1,234 assigned and 15,978 hours logged. The Palisades dam project employed the largest crew of 204 men.
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Linn County
Palisades Dam
Lawmakers read bill for amendments on death sentence provision
The bill was read for amendments only, targeting the death sentence clause, to be resumed Monday. House readers aim for final action by Tuesday night, enabling a short Fourth of July recess ending Friday.
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Jai
House
Miss Appleby Sues Film Executive For 250000
Chicago report says actress Miss Appleby seeks 250000 in a breach of promise suit against film executive Sidney M Spiegel. The filing came just before court hours ended. the plaintiff alleges Spiegel promised marriage after a whirlwind Hollywood courtship in April and a two month wedding plan aboard the liner De France.
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Chicago
INS
Appleby
Sidney M
Spiegel
Spieg
Fay Lamphi
Hollywood
France
Too Good Swimmer Refuses to Drown in River
Omaha police report 43 year old Harry Slutzky a tobacco salesman leaped from a Douglas Street bridge into the Missouri River on Saturday to commit suicide. The strong current and cold water foiled his attempt as he fought the river for about two miles before being pulled out. He is described as the father of several children.
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Omaha
INS
Harry Slutzky
Missouri River
Douglas Street
Iren
Jor Dren
Aoa
CCC Men Find Lamont Farmer Safe In Barn
Maquoketa Iowa reports Nick Schmidt a 60 year old farmer from Lamont found safe in a barn on the Henry Haiar farm about 1.5 miles from his home. Searchers had scoured three square miles of timber since Wednesday with 150 men and Deputy Sheriff Cahill assisting before the discovery. Schmidt said he left to take a vacation and was only hungry but fine.
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The
Gazette
Maquoketa
Nick Schmi
Lmont
Henry Haiar
Maquoketa C
Deuty
Ronald Cahill
Schmidt
Lutherans Approve $500000 Budget and Centennial Plans
The triennial convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Missouri Synod closed with a $500,000 budget for three years. Delegates voted to erect a historical museum at St Louis for Luther manuscripts and relics and designated 1939 as a year of celebration for the synod's centennial.
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Cleveland
INL
Evangelical Lutheran Missouri Syn
Delegat
Louis
Luther
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