Milk Fund receipts grow as campaign seeks full daily pint plan
Verne Marshall reports Wednesday's Milk Fund receipts at $122, bringing the grand total to $3,240.99 as organizers push toward providing a daily pint for elementary students and a half pint for all needy children. The article lists several donors and notes the campaign’s partial progress toward broader coverage.
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Cherry-Burrell Corp
Camp Good Health
Triton Club
Friend
Washington
Woolworth
Women’s Society
First Baptist Church
C. Q
C. D. Va
Wisconsin investment wizard Huckins found guilty on mail fraud
Elmer Huckins of Huckins, Wisconsin and Iowa, 47, was found guilty by a federal jury on 14 counts of mail fraud involving more than 2 million dollars. Judge Geiger sentenced him to 15 years in Leavenworth and a $10,000 fine. attorneys plan an appeal to the Chicago circuit court.
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Kee
Wis
ULP
Elmer
Huckins
Wao
Roland J. Steinie
Wealthy Huckins Affair Ends in Wisconsin Iowa Conviction
Conviction of Huckins caps nearly six years of investigation and court actions across Wisconsin and Iowa. The case traces disclosures from 1929 that Huckins had become suddenly wealthy as authorities pursued the irregular rise in fortune.
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Huckins
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota Solons Warn Farmers to Seek More Relief
Governor Floyd B Olson signed a $500,000 livestock feed bill as Minnesota lawmakers faced a looming march of 20 000 to 30 000 farmers to the capitol. Relief chief L P Zimmerman urged a $10 000 000 biennial relief appropriation to unlock federal funds while Olson denounced a senate probe as political.
Unclear fragment hints at price rise and recovery theme
Fragmentary text mentions an 11 percent rise in food costs and a debate on public aid and recovery, with idiosyncratic phrasing suggesting a commentary rather than a formal report. No clear events, dates, or named entities emerge.
Lindbergh ransom money passed at Boston airport
American Airlines confirmed reports that some Lindbergh ransom money was passed at Boston Logan Airport. The airline said it turned over to federal authorities a list of passengers in and out of Boston from last Saturday to Monday, since it did not know which trip involved the money.
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New York
Durant Qualifies for Fil' Part of Comic Director
Hollywood AP Will Durant philosopher author qualifies to portray a bumbling comic film director under director David Butler who was interviewing applicants. Will Rogers greeted Durant and Butler in a brief scene suggesting Durant’s casting potential.
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Hollywood
Will Durant
David Butler
Butler
Will Rogers
Rogers
Blame Monoxide Gas For Woman's Death
An autopsy in Pinehurst North Carolina found carbon monoxide poisoning as the sole cause of death for Mrs. H Bradley Davidson Jr whose body was discovered in the garage of her winter home. Formerly Elva Statler of Boston she was adopted daughter of hotel magnate E M Statler.
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Pinehurst
N. C
H. Bradley Davidson, Jr
Canada Plans Government Grain Board for Wheat Trade
Ottawa Ont The House of Commons Thursday discussed creation of a government grain board with power to purchase receive and deliver wheat oats barley flaxseed and other grains The plan would give the board full authority to buy and sell grain in the dominion If approved John S Mackarland selling agent for the Canadian wheat pool would be named chairman
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Ont
House of Commons
House
Dominion
John S. Mackarland
Canadian Wheat Pool
Iowa City Council Refuses Mayor Breene Resignation
The Iowa City council refused to accept Mayor H. D. Breene s resignation at a special meeting, citing potential delays to issuing PWA bonds for the sewage disposal plant. Breene, hospitalized in Battle Creek Michigan, remains in office for about one month as the March 25 election determines his successor.
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Iowa City
H. D. Breene
PWA
Breene
Battle Creek
Mich
Clem A. Boyle
Thomas E Martin
Post says another pilot sabotaged Winnie Mae engine
Wiley Post alleged sabotage by another pilot after finding steel filings and powdered emery in his engine near Los Angeles. He reported the engine overheated after takeoff and forced his plane to land in California with a full gas load and no landing gear while laboratory tests began in Los Angeles.
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Wiley Post
Post
New York
Winnie
Mae
Jake
California
Los Angeles
Possible sabotage raises questions on Wiley Post flight
Wiley Post’s Winnie Mac was forced down after leaving Los Angeles on a stratosphere hop to New York. A lab analysis is under way of a damaging substance found in the engine intake manifold air coolers and oil, with officials noting possible deliberate tampering.
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Los Angeles
Wiley Post
New York
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Palmer Nicholls
Pratt and Whitney
Post
Hoover's Son Sued For 94000 Damages In Auto Crash
Herbert Hoover Jr., son of the former president, was sued for 94000 damages by W. E. Young of Banning California who says he sustained permanent injuries in a collision with Hoover's car on October 31 twenty five miles south of Bakersfield. The complaint alleges negligence by Hoover or a Jane Doe driver.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Herbert Hoover, Jr
W. E. Young
Banning
Hoover
Jane Doe
Investigation of NRA Referred to Senate Finance Committee
The NRA inquiry under the Nye McCarran resolution was sent to the full senate finance committee after administration compromise with supporters of a special committee investigation.
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Washington
NRA
Nye- McCarran
Senate Finance Committee
Quick Action RESULTS in The Gazette Want Ads
A brief ad urging advertisers to call 2-1121 for swift ad service. It emphasizes nightly action and directs to the ad-taker for quick placement and response.
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Behold the last democrat says Uncle Abner
A dialogue between Jack Jones and Uncle Abner from a 1935 column discusses democracy and human nature. They debate whether democracy can curb violence and discord, with Freud cited on irrational behavior and a call to return to a common good under democratic rule.
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Jack Jones
Abner
Jones
Uncle Abner
Armour Co to Purchase Decker Packing Concern
The Chicago Tribune reports Armour and Co. will soon announce a purchase of Jacob E. Decker and Sons of Mason City Ia. Decker, controlled by Adolph Cabel Inc, had net earnings of 275000 and sales near 10 million for the year ending Oct 31 1933. Robert H. Cabell, Armour president, is said to return Friday to confirm or deny.
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Chicago Tribune
Armour and Co
Jacob E. Decker and Sons
Mason City
Robert H. Cabell
Armour’s
Decker Concern
Adolph Cabel, Inc
Decker and Sons Plant in Mason City Face Armour Deal Talks
Local officials of the Jacob E. Decker and Sons packing plant in Mason City Iowa confirmed Armour and Company is negotiating for the plant but denied the deal is completed.
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Mason City
Jacob E. Decker and Sons Packing Plant
Armour and Company
Saar Goes Formally To Germany Today
In Saarbrucken crowds greet the handover as 823,500 residents across 737 square miles reclaim their fatherland. At about 11 am Baron Pompeo Aloisi will transfer authority to Joseph Buerckel, Nazi Germany’s commissioner for the territory.
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Saar
German Reich
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
League of Nations Saar Committee
Joseph Buerckel
Nazi Germany
Labor presses wage issue in national relief bill
Washington (UP) Organized labor pressed the prevailing wage amendment into the $4,880,000,000 jobs bill as President Roosevelt seeks a settlement. AFL President William Green called the issue vital to economic welfare and more crucial than any recovery program challenge. Senate leaders eyed revised language to satisfy the White House while preserving the prevailing wage principle.
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L Labor
Roosevelt
Senate
Joseph T. Robinson
White House
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Pat McCarran
Nev
Edward Costigan
Colo
Robert F. Wagner
N. Y
Robert LaFollette
Wis
Orene McCarty
Berisind
Farm Bureau backs Roosevelt in wage clause dispute
Edward A. O Neal for the American Farm Bureau urged at the White House that the government should pay only wages it can afford. He argued the policy should be that those who will not work on government projects at affordable wages shall not eat.
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Washington
INS
American Farm Bureau Federation
Roosevelt
Organized Labor
Edward A. O'Neal
Federation
White House
U S Signs Trade Pact With Belgium
Washington AP reports the United States and Belgium signed a reciprocal trade pact cutting tariffs on over 100 items. The lard quota rises to 100 percent of the 1929–33 average, enabling about 3.207 million kilos of U S lard. Belgium also lowers duties on oatmeal.
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Washington
United States
Belgium
Congress
Senate
Cuba
Brazil
Seven French Soldiers Killed in Alpine Avalanches
In Lyon France seven French soldiers died after two avalanches struck the Alpine area where troops were attempting to reach comrades cut off by heavy snows. The incident highlights dangerous conditions and military rescue efforts in difficult winter terrain.
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Lyon
France
French Alps
Judge Rules Tout Liquor Act Is Valid
District Court Judge P J Nelson upheld the Cascade liquor control act against demurrers to indictments. Charles Oeschger LeRoy Hayes and C F Gross faced charges for violations under the act. The ruling rejected arguments that the act’s title omits penalties, invoking state police powers and citing Elihu Root. The defendants were initially arrested then reportedly released, with federal officers seizing evidence again. A possible appeal has not been announced.
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Elihu Root
Avho
America
Eee
Louisiana Governor Race Rumors Amid Martial Law Vote
In Baton Rouge Louisiana Senator Huey P Long announced his 1936 gubernatorial candidacy. The Louisiana House rejected an anti administration resolution by 57 to 33 urging Governor C K Allen to lift martial law in East Baton Rouge parish.
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Huey Pif Long
Baton. Rouge, la
INS
Louisiana Houses of “Representatives
C. K. Allen
East Baton Rouge Parish
Senator Bronson Cutting Given Fifteen-Day Answer Window
The Senate privileges and elections committee on Thursday ordered Senator Bronson Cutting of New Mexico to file an answer within fifteen days to a contest filed against him by defeated Democrat Dennis Chavez.
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Washington
INS
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Dennis Chavez
Deathbed for Former Justice Oliver Holmes Nears
AP report from Washington says former Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. is gravely ill with bronchial pneumonia at his home in Washington DC. At 93 he is near death, with oxygen therapy and hospital care arranged as friends including Felix Frankfurter rush to his side.
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Felix Frankfurter
Harvard
Boston
Frankfurter
John G. Palfrey
Holmes
Hughes
Thompson hints at pressure in Cooper liquor case
Thompson testified that he was approached by several persons to influence Cooper’s case and that he could gain favors at the state house if he went easy. He suggested transferring liquor law enforcement to the state justice department and noted three liquor commission agents spent a week in Cedar Rapids with little investigative focus. He also said one agent used an assumed name.
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Cooper
State House
Coms
Bea Aan
Steve Cronkhite
Roy ‘Moon
Clark Lamont
Lamont
C. L. Clark
Ottumwa
Geske
Crohite
Srn
Linn County Spitneys
J. J. LeRoy Farmer
Great Western Lines File Voluntary Reorganization Petition
The Chicago Great Western railroad in Chicago filed a voluntary petition to reorganize under Section 77 of the bankruptcy act. The 1449 mile line serving Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha and Minneapolis reports it cannot pay $710,880 interest due March 1 on its four percent first mortgage bonds.
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Chicago Great Western Railroad
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Minneapolis
Charles E. Woodward
United States District Court
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