Nab Iowan In Fake Diploma Probe
Sioux City report notes Myrtle Long held on mail fraud charges connected to a fake diploma mill. A removal order to take her to St. Louis was granted. she is jailed in Woodbury County and to be transported tonight. The case involves a conspiracy to defraud with fake diplomas and licenses across several states.
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Sioux City
INS
Myrtle Long
St. Louis
George Scott
Long
Woodbury County
United States
State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Egbert Bergemeyer
Dubuque
Arkansas
Iowa
Board Of Control To Probe Politics At Soldiers Home
DES MOINES IA Charges that Iowa Soldiers home officials in Marshalltown used their positions for political activity prompt a Wednesday probe by two board of control members and Assistant Attorney General Walter Maley Gov Clyde Herrings announced. A senate resolution for a legislative investigation passed then died in the house. Senator Chris Reese Marshalltown said a disabled veteran was attacked for political activity and said officials pressured voters. E H Felton Indianola and Harry C White Vinton named to assist.
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E. H. Felton
Indianola
Harry C. White
Vinton
Board of Control
Public Relief Costs Mount During Year
Federal relief rolls rose from 11,086,598 in January 1934 to 20,500,000 in January 1935, with state allocations jumping from 29,065,737 to 151,000,000. Across 1933 and 1934 total relief costs climbed to 2.27 billion with local and state governments bearing most of the burden.
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Washington
INS
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Emergency Relief Administration
FERA
Mrs Gould Wins 25000 Damages in Conspiracy Case
New York AP Mrs Wilma E Gould secured a 25000 verdict for conspiracy damages after the jury foreman disclosed the defendant used a so called Prince Michael Romanoff to trap her for a divorce case involving Edward B Gould. Defendants Norman Gould Elwood Kemp Gerard Luisi and Luisi Investigation Company Inc vow appeal. Mrs Gould beamed with relief and lit a cigarette after the verdict.
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New York
Prince Michael Romanoff
Wilma E. Gould
Norman J. Gould
Seneca Falls
Congress
Elwood W. Kemp, Jr
Gerard Luisi
Luisi Investigation Company, Inc
Bruce Reynolds
Gerguson
Want Ads Deadline and Daily Theater Ticket Giveaway
8 P.M. tonight is the closing time for Want Ads in the Big Sun Day Gazette. Dial 2-1121 to place your ad if you cannot call in person at The Gazette office. Free theater tickets are awarded daily this month to many readers whose names appear in the Want Ads. Look for your name.
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BIG Sunday Gazette
Gazette
Italy accused of fomenting Greek revolt in brief
A dispatch notes Italy denied backing the revolt against the Tsaldaris government in Greece as loyal forces prepared for a major offensive amid heavy rain and snow. Rebels seized a Turkish steamer in the Aegean as Eleutherios Venizelos regained control of Crete and rumors of Athens shelling by rebel warships circulated briefly before denial.
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International
Italy
Tsaldaris
Greece
Jugoslav
Seres
Aegean Sea
Eleutherios Venizelos
Egypt
Crete
Reuter
London
Alexandria
Athens
Athens bombs target Venizelos rebels in Macedonia clash
Government planes bombed rebel forces in Macedonia on Saturday as part of a decisive offensive to dismantle Eleutherios Venizelos led movement. Additional bombing runs hit Venizelos' home and rebel headquarters in Crete.
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Athens
Macedonia
Eleutherios Venizelos
Crete
Venizelos
Italy Denies Involvement in Greek Revolt
Rome on Saturday officially denied claims that Italy manipulated the Greek uprising to aid Balkan aims. The government attributed the reports to the Yugoslav press. General Nikolas Plastiras, a Greek uprising leader, stayed in Milan after attempts to return to Greece proved futile.
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Rome
INS
Italy
Balkans
Jugoslavian
Nikolas Plastiras
Milan
Greece
Balkan Crisis Fears Rise Over Greek Revolt Ties to Mussolini
London sources quote the Daily Herald alleging Mussolini seeks Balkan power behind Greece’s revolt, with Turkey ready to defend the status quo. The report warns of possible foreign intervention in Greece as tensions mount amid Venizelos’ leadership and Italian diplomacy.
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London
INS
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Balkans
Turkey
Balkan
Greece
The
Daily Herald
Venizelos
Seleutherios Venizelos
Mussolini
Cedar River Rises to New High Then Recedes in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar River briefly rose to 10.4 feet Friday night, a season high, before receding to 9.1 feet by 10 a.m. Saturday. Earlier crest reached 10.1 feet Thursday night, with ice jams persisting west of the stream. Water released from ice-locked bayous north of the city contributed to the rebound, though a free channel has formed from Ellis Park south.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Ellis Park
Martial Law Declared In Cuba Amid Strikes
In Havana, the government suspended constitutional laws and mobilized army reserves for a finish fight with revolutionary strikers. The death penalty was restored, immunity granted to officials who kill attackers, and public assembly banned. Military governors took control, an emergency cabinet merger formed, and police, firemen, and others on the army payroll joined the reserves. Bombings and fire bombs target buses, streetcars, and the city as railway and port workers join the strike.
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Havana
Carlos Mendieta
Council of State
Croydon Artist Arrested in Gold Heist Case
Old Croydon England an artist Cecil Swanland 47 was arrested Saturday charged with stealing 107 600 pounds worth of gold from the heavily guarded Croydon airdrome strong room last Tuesday night. He was remanded to jail for a court hearing Tuesday. Three alleged accomplices were at large.
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Croydon
Eng
INS
Airdrome
Cecil Swanland
Swanland
Hitler invites Simon to Berlin for peace talks soon
In London Sir John Simon, British foreign secretary, was invited by Adolf Hitler to visit Berlin in about two weeks to discuss European peace proposals. Konstantin von Neurath, Germany's foreign minister, told Sir Eric Phipps of the invitation and said Hitler would be better by the visit.
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London
Group Charges NRA Aided Big Industrialists
The House labor committee on Saturday condemned the NRA for tolerating large industrialists who openly defied codes. The recovery agency faced its first formal criticism from a Democratic controlled committee. The report says workers are dissatisfied with administration and code enforcement and accuses industry leaders of flouting monopoly laws for profit.
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Washington
INS
NRA
House Labor Committee
Connery
Massachusetts
Recovery Agency
House
Senate NRA inquiry shifts to critics under subcommittee
A largely anti NRA subcommittee takes control of the senate recovery administration probe. The panel will run hearings and decide witnesses while the full committee remains the backdrop. Chairman Harrison leads with George and King among the critics seeking to curb NRA features and refer others to the FTC. Donald Richberg to return for more questioning on NRA operations.
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Washington
NRA
Senate
Recovery Administration
Harrison
George
King
Utah
Federal Trade Commission
Donald Richberg
National Emergency Council
Cedar Rapids pioneer Carrie Wood dies at 91
Carrie Slechter Wood 91 a Cedar Rapids resident for 85 years died at her home 720 Fifth Avenue SW after a two week illness. Born in Canton Ohio she and family traveled in a covered wagon to Cedar Rapids in 1850 to settle on the west side near the river. Her father secured land and built the family’s fourth Kingston area home two blocks from the F avenue bridge. She recalled ferrying mail across the river and floods that shaped early life in the community.
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Cedar Rapids
Carrie S. Wood
West Side
Fifth Avenue
Carrie Slechter Wood
George Slechter
Canton
Ohio
Cedar River
Iowa
Kingston
F Avenue
Carrie Slechter
East Side
Teamster
River Side
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll 1935 Accident Report
A historic Cedar Rapids toll report from 1935 records counts of accidents, injuries, and deaths. The fragment lists figures with numbers unclear, noting a total of six or more incidents and a single death may be indicated, reflecting early road safety data from the era.
Party Battle Develops Over Farley Probe
Washington scene tightens as Senator Huey P. Long pushes for an investigation into Postmaster General James A. Farley while Administration leaders seek to shield Farley. Republicans demand a public inquiry and debate over the windfall of work relief funds looms, with cloture a potential flashpoint.
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Farley
Washington
INS
Senate
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
James A. Farley
Senate Post Office Committee
Long
Carter Glass
Virginia
Huey
Young Dern Typist Wed In Quiet Ceremony
Washington dispatch reports Miss Helen M McCollum, a government stenographer and daughter of an unemployed brick mason, wed William B Dern, the secretary of war’s second son, in a private ceremony. The couple plans to live in Denver, Colorado after the wedding.
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Washington
INS
Helen M.mccollum
William B. Dern
George H. Dern
Denver
Colo
Cedar Rapids Milk License Pursuit Appears Unlikely
Washington reports farm administration milk officials doubt a Cedar Rapids license will be established. AAA opposition and legal questions halted intrastate licensing, despite prior talks and a price increase by Cedar Rapids Cooperative Dairy and independent producers. No further Cedar Rapids licensing efforts seem likely at this time.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Cedar Rapids
AAA
Cedar - Rapids
Cedar Rapids Co-operative Dairy Company
W. M. Reed
Cooperative Dairy Company
Relative hunted in slaying of 7 year old in Michigan
Search for a relative of the Streicher family in Indiana widened as police sought a maniac slayer who killed 7 year old Richard Streicher Jr. in Ypsilanti. A necktie from Fort Wayne was found near the shed with blood and a two edged instrument was suspected. The boy’s body showed 17 knife wounds and head trauma, discovered near his home. Police checked Elkport Indiana for a possible lead and toes.
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Ypsilanti, Mich
Ins
Streicher
Indiana
Richard Streicher, Jr
Fort Wayne
Ind
Detroit
Huron
Buck Hold
Richard
Richard Streicher
Streicher Tool and Die Company
Elkport
Held For Drunken Driving After Car Hit Two
Carl Johnson of Mount Vernon was jailed at 9:30 p.m. Friday on a drunken driving charge after his car collided with two other autos on Second Avenue SE near Seventh Street. Don Altang of 335 Nineteenth Street SE and Billy Sawyer of Central City said Johnson drove on the left side. Johnson was arraigned before Justice Almond Reed, waived to the grand jury, and posted a $500 bond.
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Cedar Rafids
Carl Johnson
Route 2
Mount Vernon
Second Avenue SE
Seventh Street
Don Altang
Nineteenth Street SE
Billy Sawyer
Central City
Johnson
Justice of the Peace Almond
Reed
Grand
Motorist Hurt In Crash With Truck
John Wait of 7130 avenue NE suffered a slight skull fracture and a shoulder injury after a collision Friday at 6 30 p m on Thirteenth street NE when a Waterloo truck turning left onto Lake avenue collided with his southbound car Police could not learn the truck driver s name
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Cedar Rapids
John Wait
Avenue
Wait
Thirteenth Street
Waterloo
Lake Avenue
Justice Holmes wills majority of estate to United States
Washington UP Former Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes leaves more than half of his $568000 estate to the United States for use by the government, in addition to gifts to the Library of Congress. The will specifies the rest to relatives, servants, and a $5,000 executor fund. Bequests total about $224000. residue to the government over $300000.
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Washington
Oliver Wendell Holmes
United States
Library of ‘Congress
Holmes
United States of America
Library
Congress
Maabichusetts
Wenrtell
Dorothy
Harvard University
Law School
Edward Ju. Holmes
Boston
Copley
Federal Agents Nab Ginn With Alcohol
Federal agents nabbed M A Ginn, 31, at a First Avenue building between First and Second streets at 3 p.m. Friday. Two gallon cans of alleged alcohol were seized, and Ginn, of 527 Seventeenth Street NE, was lodged in the county jail. Officials expect a charge under the federal liquor taxing act of 1934. A companion who stayed in the car escaped after a chase.
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Cedar Brafids News
R. H.'Taylor
Ed Miller
First Avenue
First
Second
Ginn
Seventeenth Street
County
Mercury Slumps After Rise To 39 In Cedar Rapids
Temperatures drifted lower under gray skies as Cedar Rapids saw the mercury dip from 39 at noon to 38 by 1 pm. The day began with a 26 degree low Friday night, then climbed to a peak of 37 at 2:45 pm before easing to 28 at 7 pm and 29 at 7 am Saturday before reaching 32 at 9 am.
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Cedar Rapids
Goering to Marry Actress Emmy Sonnemann in April
Berlin report says Hermann Goering premier of Prussia and minister for air will wed German actress Emmy Sonnemann on April 11. Announcement surprised observers as a pending marriage was revealed.
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Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Prussia
Adolf Hitler
Emmy Sonnemann
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