Iowa Liquor Commission Chief Harold Cooper Under Fire
The Iowa newspaper accuses Chairman Harold Cooper of the liquor commission of blunders and possible corruption over state seals gifts and a Pocahontas county campaign scheme. It details alleged coercion of a nominee for a liquor-commission job to withdraw, and notes attorney T E Diamond as involved as removal proceedings begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Pocahontas County
Liquor Commission
Dohe
Tama County Distributing Company
Iowa House of Representatives
J. H. Collins
E. J. Feuling
State Democratic Committee
Executive Council Delays Cooper Ouster Pending Supreme Court Ruling
Iowa Executive Council votes unanimously to postpone action in the Harold M. Cooper ouster case until the Iowa Supreme Court rules on his liquor act conviction appeal. Governor Clyde L. Herring leads the delay as the investigative committee prepares its report to the General Assembly.
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DES Moines
State Executive Council
Harold M. Cooper
Supreme Court
Cooper
Legislative Committee
The
Liquor Commission
General Assembly
Herring
Clyde L. Herring
Walter F. Maley
Miller
Leo “ Wegman
Charles W. Storms
Agriculture
Ray Murray
High State Court
Iowa
Executive Council
Executive Department
Maley
Linn County
Carrie Chapman Catt Seriously Ill in New Rochelle
New York AP reports Carrie Chapman Catt a pioneer of the suffrage movement is seriously ill at her New Rochelle home. The 76 year old is described as tired and threatened with appendicitis.
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NEW York (Ap
Carrie Chapman Catt
New Rochelle
N. Y
Iowa Senate Passes Basic Sciences Bill
The Iowa Senate approved a basic sciences licensure bill by 40 to 7, setting six required sciences anatomy physiology chemistry pathology bacteriology and hygiene for medicine surgery osteopathy chiropractic and other healing methods. A six-member state examining board would oversee applicants with exemptions for pre- Sept. 1 1935 students and current licensees.
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Senate
House
Claude M Stanley
Corning
Chris Reese
Marshalltown
Carolyn Pendray
American Medical Society
Morris Moore
Walnut
Public Health Committee
Calhoun
Elthon
Mason
Miller
Pendray
Reese
Shangle
Rescue Youth Buried as Wall Collapses in Charles City
An 18 year old federal transient worker Richard Blair was found trapped beneath five feet of debris when the front wall of the old Hildreth hotel collapsed during a fire cleanup in Charles City. He was taken to a hospital conscious after about three hours trapped. Fellow 18 year old Robert Baldwin was rescued earlier with a scalp wound and minor bruises. The building had been condemned and was to be razed.
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Charles City
Federal
Richard Blair
Hildreth
Blair
Robert Baldwin
Baldwin
Senate advances work relief bill amid two amendments
The Senate debated a $4.88 billion work relief measure with two amendments that drew administration concern. A school funding amendment passed 55 to 25 to keep about 42,000 schools open, while highway and public works spending would now run under federal department supervision. Leaders aimed for a Thursday vote as debate stretched into Saturday timing.
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Washington
White House
Carter Glass
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
LaFoliette
Wis
Ickes
Cutting
N. M
Cooper Refuses Comment on Gazette Report Over Election Influence
Des Moines liquor commission chair Harold M. Cooper says he needs more time to review The Cedar Rapids Gazette story before commenting on a charge he used his public office to influence a state representative election. The Gazette alleges he urged J. H. Collins of Fonda to withdraw after winning the nomination. Floyd Page, the commission’s attorney, says he has the same evidence and will present the steno graphic Collins-Cooper call during the probe.
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Harold Cooper
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Cooper
Des Moines
Harold M. Cooper
Liquor Commission
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
J. H. Collins
Fonda
Pocahontas County
Floyd Page
Denison
Collins- Cooper
Muscatine Hereford Named S.W. Champ
Miss Coronet 85th owned by Hillandale farms Muscatine Iowa was named champion female Hereford at the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock show in Fort Worth Texas on Wednesday.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Young Women Speak on Sex and Religion in 1935 Letter
A young woman argues for open discussion of sex and religion, saying understanding reduces fear and hypocrisy. She stresses that talking frankly clears the air and guides a realistic, hopeful path for the generation despite parental shock and church coldness. Copyright 1935.
Fourth Street Grade Separation Costs Take On New Life
Cedar Rapids plan commission moves to fund a survey on Fourth street grade separation. Federal funds potential range cited from 1 million to 4 million dollars for track elevation. Study halted in 1931 resumes amid Iowa PWA program hopes and Chamber of Commerce backing.
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Cedar Rapids
City Plan Commission
T. R. Warriner
Plan Commission
Fourth Street
Chamber of Commerce
Public Works Administration
Iowa
Chamber of Commerce and
Washington, D. C
State Planning Board
PWA
Congress
France Demands League Intervention Over German Rearmament
France rejects German rearmament and dispatches a Geneva note urging League of Nations action to preserve European peace. The move raises the risk of a league confrontation with Germany and potential sanctions under article 16, while France seeks a formal response to enforce obligations.
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Paris
France
Germany
Geneva
League of Nations
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Reich
League
Il P.m
United States to maintain hands off in European crisis
The United States will refrain from protests to Berlin over German rearmament pending guidance from a forthcoming conference between Sir John Simon and Adolf Hitler. President Roosevelt and Cordell Hull led White House talks, joined by Norman H. Davis, as France and Britain clash over policy.
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Washington
INS
United States
State Department
Berlin
John Simon
Adolf Hitler
John
Hitler
White House
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Norman H. Davis
America
France
Great Britain
Germany
Europe
Paris to Seek League Action Over Hitler Draft Decree
France moves to condemn Germany builds a protest note to Berlin and seeks a tripartite consultation with the League of Nations while strengthening ties with Soviet Russia amid the German rearmament decree.
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Paris
INS
Germany
Hitler
France
League of Nations
Berlin
Russia
Great
Myrtle Long Pleads Not Guilty in Diploma Mill Case
Mrs Myrtle E Long a former Iowa board of chiropractic examiner secretary pleaded not guilty at her arraignment and an attorney was appointed to defend her. Arthur E Krebs a former St Louis chiropractor and one of eight defendants offered to plead guilty but his plea was not accepted in front of Federal Judge Charles B Davis.
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ST. Louis
Arthur E. Krebs
Charles B. Davis
Myrtle E. Long
Iowa Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Dust Blankets: Dust Storm Hits Eastern Iowa After Rain
A severe dust storm swept from the Rocky Mountains into eastern Iowa Wednesday night, reducing visibility and darkening streets. Temperatures climbed from 56 to 64 then fell to 61 as dust filled offices and homes. Officials noted delayed flights and residents faced smoky air and closed-window discomfort.
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Cedar Rafids News
Rocky Mountain
Iowa
Island Plaza
Cedar River
State Weather Bureau
C. C. Wylie
University of Iowa
Atlantic Ocean
South America
Africa
Farley Sets Probe Into Huey Long Franking Privileges
Washington report notes Senator Huey P. Long and Postmaster General James A. Farley both seek investigations. Long accuses Farley of improper uses while Farley’s department probes Long for possible franking privilege violations. Potential fines could reach several thousand dollars.
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Farley
Huey
Long
Dr. Franking
Washington
Huey P. Long
James A. Farley
Post Office Department
Sen, Long
University of Town bans student strike against war
University president Dr. Eugene A. Gilmore says classes will be held as usual on April 12 from 11 to 12, and penalties for nonattendance apply. Handbills call for a student strike at 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. distributed by the National League Against War and Fascism, with a mass meeting planned but speakers unnamed.
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Towa City
University of Town
National League Against War
Eugene A. Gilmore
Gilmore
United States
National League Against War and Fascism
Dust Storm Ravages Plains With Widespread Damage
A massive dust storm swept from western Oklahoma to Missouri, closing schools and paralyzing traffic. Iowa towns Shenandoah and Des Moines reported near zero visibility, while Kansas and Nebraska faced heavy crop damage and calls for federal aid. Two-month-old Shirley Ann Frazier died in Kansas from pneumonia linked to dust. Government actions aimed to ease wheat planting limits amid drought cues.
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Iowa
Shenandoah
Council Bluffs
Des
Moines
Oskaloosa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Palco
Kan
Shirley
Ann
Frazier
Bernita
Beo
Kansas
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Missouri
Chicago
Alf, M
Landon
Roosevelt
AAA
Wallace
H. G. Duncan
Nebraska
Town High Court Transcript In Illegal Liquor Case
Des Moines AP says the Iowa Supreme Court received a clerk's transcript in the appeal of J LeRoy Farmer and Delbert E Greb of Cedar Rapids. Both were convicted of illegal possession of liquor after a Dec 12 raid on the Farmer canning plant. A large liquor haul and 200 state liquor seals were seized. Harold M Cooper of the Iowa liquor commission admitted sending them. Farmer appealed a $1,000 fine and Greb a $300 fine. both are free on appeal bonds.
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Linn
Executive Council
Cooper
Farmer
Linn County
Commission
Herring
Des Moines
Towa
Supreme Court
J. LeRoy Farmer
Cedar Rapids
Harold M. Cooper
Iowa Liquor Commission
Greb
Dust Storm Tale From Oklahoma City Causes Laughs
A lighthearted Oklahoma City AP item describes a western Oklahoma man struck by a rain drop and revived with two buckets of sand, illustrating local humor amid dust storm chatter.
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Oklahoma City
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Verne Marshall
Jurther
Walter Hutchinson
Linn County Democratic
Hutchinson
Collins
Democratic
T. E. Diamond
Sheldon
Diamond
State Senate
Muscatine
Hereford
S.W. Champ
DR. Newton
Deek Pwa
Italy
Britain
U.S
Myrtle Long
Towia
Kansas City
Great Plains
No-Man’s Land
Town High Court
Greb Appeal
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