Soviet Secret Police Chief Linked to Gorky Murder Trial
A Moscow court heard Lev Levin confess to killing Maxim Gorky under orders from police chief Yagoda. The trial's opening phase also implicates Yagoda in plans to liquidate Gorky and other high officials, with testimonies from Kazakov and Bulanov detailing a broader murder conspiracy.
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Bulletin— Moscow
Genrikh G Vyagoda
Secret Police
Vsacheslaff Menzhinsky
Moscow
Lev G Levin
Kremlin
Maxim Gorky
Maxim Pershkov
Alexei Maximovitch Pershkov
Levin
Yagoda
Pavel P. Bulanov
Dimitri D. Pletnev
Russia
Ignati N. Kazakov
Peter P Krvuckov
Gorky
Benjamin Maximov-Dikovsky
Valerian V. Kurbishes
State Planning Commission
Josef Stalin
Andrew Vishinsky
Kazakov
Viacheslav Menzhinsky
Menzhinsky
Kaskov
Lenin
Menzhinski
Persakov
Kuibishev
Hitler
Bulanov
Long Yagoda
Adolf
Conspiracy Aims to Elevate Yagoda to Top Soviet Post
The trial heard that Yagoda and aide Bulanov sought to place Yagoda above all in the communist party and that Nikolai Buchanin would take the secretaryship. Prosecutors charged the plot included killing Nikolai Yezhov by slow poison to stop him from opposing the plan.
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Bulanov
Yagoda
Communist Party
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Nikolai Buchanin
Nikolai Yezhov
Yezhov
English Choristers' Concert Canceled
The English Boy Choristers evensong at Grace Episcopal Church in town has been canceled due to illness in the choir. The telegram was sent to Rev. C F Edwards of St John's Episcopal Church, co sponsor, from Minneapolis by Derek A Inman, manager of the chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Episcopal Church
C. FL Edwards
St John’s Episcopal Church
Minneapolis
Derek A. Inman
Levine Presses To Establish Contact With Kidnap Gang
Murray Levine sought a chance to reestablish contact with his son Peter’s kidnapers as the search entered the eleventh day. He appeared distraught after a day of unusual activity, leaving his home with two men in a dark sedan and refusing to discuss details, while carrying $30,000 ready for ransom negotiations.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Murray Levine
Peter
Levine
Fear Plane Buried Under New Snowfall
Fresno officers report a TWA airliner with nine aboard missing since last Tuesday remains unfound as snow blankets the Sierra Nevada. Rescue parties comb rugged terrain, fearing the craft lies buried and may not be located until late spring.
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Fresno
Calif
INS
Sierra Nevada Range
TWA
Black Legion Chief Heads Group Named as National Leader
Mount Clemens Michigan reports Ray Ernst a self styled Michigan head of the Patriotic Legion of America said Virgil Effinger the elusive national commander of the Black Legion headed the national group. Ernst was to testify before a one man grand jury examining charges the Patriotic Legion is the Black Legion under a new name.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Ray Ernst
Michigan
Patriotic Legion of America
Virgil
Bert) Effinger
Black Legion
Middle West
Ernst
Patriotic Legion
Dr John Scholten Dies Secretary of Iowa Dental Assn
Dr. John Scholten 48 longtime secretary of the Iowa Dental Association died at his home in Cedar Rapids Tuesday after a six week illness. He practiced dentistry in the state since 1923 and was a 1914 graduate of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry. He is survived by his widow Edith Anderson, his parents Mr and Mrs Lambertus Scholten and two siblings. Funeral arrangements at Moon Funeral Home.
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John Scholten
Iowa Dental Association
Wigley Avenue
Scholten
Iowa University College of Dentistry
Wilton Junction
Cedar Rapids
Dows
Edith Anderson
Mankato
Minn
Lambertus Scholten
Orange City
Mount Hermon Lodge
Royius Arch Masons
Cedar Rapids Dental Society
American Dental Association
Lowa Dental Association
Moon Funeral Home
Main and four co-defendants plead not guilty
The group pleads not guilty to a Houston grand jury indictment dated Feb 28 accusing them of conspiring to induce money and property via false pretenses and fraudulent promises by using the U S mails to reach Wilburt D Michel.
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W. F. Main
R A Monroe
Houston
JAP Shakeup Popular at Peiping Agriculture College
Peiping reports minimal enrollment after a major reorganization. By Monday night, the college had one prospective student registered, as educators push reforms to attract more applicants.
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Peiping
Agricultural College
Accident on Dead Man's Curve prompts safety concerns
A crash at Dead Man's Curve on Highway 30 near Cedar Rapids injures several, none critically, with calls for better warning signs and possible hospital facilities as cars from Belle Plaine pass the site. Reports mention a local brother killed on the curve and a neighboring farm serving as an ad hoc emergency hospital.
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Dead Man’s Curve
Cedar Rapids
Belle Plaine
Dead Mans
British Labor Leader to Speak at Coe College Chapel
Alfred Edwards of London a 1935 British parliament member will discuss Organizing for World Peace at 8 pm Wednesday in Coe College chapel Cedar Rapids hosts the Rotary club second lecture in the Institute of International Understanding series free to the public Edwards is Middlesbrough Rotary member and former managing director of Harrison Brothers Ltd.
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Alfred Edwards
London
England
Labor Party
Coe College Chapel
Cedar Rapids
Rotary Club
Edwards
Middlesbrough
Harrison Brothers, Ltd
Injunctions In Hall Co Strike Dissolved
Temporary injunctions arising from the Hall Manufacturing Company strike were dissolved Monday afternoon by distinction with ongoing legal actions. The ruling ends measures aimed at halting labor actions and restores normal operations at the plant.
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Hall Co
Hall Manufacturing Company
Dis
Hoover Denounces Nazism in Talks With Hitler
The record cites Hoover condemning Nazism to Hitler while noting the Nazi regime’s peaceful aims and Germany’s claim to equality. It also mentions Hoover clashing with Hitler on political grounds amid his attempts as president to pacify Europe’s economic disputes over reparations and war debts.
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Germany
Hoover
Fuehrer
Europe
New York Exchange Suspends Firm Amid Inquiry Moves
The New York curb exchange bars a former chief as it prepares an independent inquiry. Action follows moves by the stock exchange governors. Whitney and other firm members Edwin D. Morgan Jr Henry D. Mygatt F Kingsley Rodewald Daniel C. Condon and John J McManus named. John A Hayes estate has special interest.
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New York Curb Exchange
Stock Exchange
Whitney
Edwin D. Morgan Jr
Henry D. Mygatt
F. Kingsley Rodewald
Daniel C. Condon
John J. McManus
John A. Hayes
Derrick suspended from New York curb exchange
New York curb exchange suspended Clement J. Derrick from regular membership as announced from the exchange rostrum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Curb Exchange
Clement J. Derrick
TVA Court Suit Aims For Broad Electric Industry Study
Lilienthal outlined proposed TVA proceedings to examine private electric firms by reviewing operating records for revenues and earnings, fixed capital costs of generation transmission and distribution, a general field survey, accrued depreciation, and the financial history of the Tennessee Electric Power Company.
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San
Morgan
Lilienthal
TVA
Tennessee Electric Power Company
Willkie proposes interim halt on PWA allotments to avoid duplication
Wendell L. Willkie urges a temporary halt on PWA distributions to municipalities to prevent duplication with existing utility holdings. Separately the comptroller general questions TVA expenditures totaling about 4.75 million over three years, with potential disbursements near 5 million under review.
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New York
PWA
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corp
Comptroller General
TVA
Emperor Swayer Dies In Edinburgh Nursing Home
Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston, who persuaded Manchukuo's Emperor Kang Teh to cut off his pigtail, died Sunday in an Edinburgh nursing home, it was announced Tuesday.
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London
Reginald Fleming Johnston
Manchukuo
Kang Teh
Edinburgh
Chaillaux To Talk On Un American Activities Tonight
Homer L. Chaillaux of Indianapolis, national Americanism director for the American Legion since 1934, will speak on Un American Activities at 8 tonight in the Memorial Coliseum. Hanford post No. 5 sponsors the event with free admission and welcomes both men and women.
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Homer L. Chaillaux
Indianapolis
National Americanism
American Legion
Memorial Coliseum
Hanford Post No. 5
Legion Opposes German American Band Spread
A Legion faction voiced opposition to the growing spread of German American bands within the community. The stance targeted cultural influence and aimed to curb activities seen as propagating German heritage through music and parades.
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Legion
Pittman Opposes Burlew Nomination
Senator Key Pittman charges Ebert K Burlew, first administrative assistant to the Interior Secretary, caused inefficiency extravagance and dishonesty in the interior department. He opposes Burlews confirmation to be first assistant secretary while Senator Alva Adams supports confirmation.
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Washington
INS
Ebert K. Burlew
Secretary of the Interior
Ickies
Interior Department
Key Pittman
Nev
Senate
Pittman
Burlew
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