Graft Concerns Prompt Iowa Tax Refund Probes
A Des Moines Gazette summary reports county and state attorneys pursuing misconduct in gas tax refunds. Investigations involve the state bureau of investigation, with graft totaling up to 250000 linked to university and reformatories. Calls for independent audits grow as lawmakers face pressure to reform wasteful spending and tax policy.
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Awyer
Sant County
State House
Foines
Unimat
Iowa
Gazette
Senate OKs Bank Aid Allowing Nonmember State Banks New Money
The Rob inson Steagall bill passed the Senate and moves to the White House. It lets nonmember state banks obtain new currency under similar terms as Federal Reserve banks and enables reorganization, with provisions for capital notes and debenturing purchased by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Senator La Follette warned of potential deposit losses. Carter Glass noted Roosevelt's involvement in the exam provision.
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Washington
LLP
Robinson-Steagall
Federal Reserve System
Senate
White House
House
Huey Long
Dem
Federal Reserve
Robert M. la Follette
Rep
Wis
Emergency Banking Act
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Bank of
Alva Adams
Colo
Federal Reserve Bank
Adams
Aids Bank
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Carter Glass
Roosevelt
Minnesota House Passes Measure for Nonintoxicating Beer
The Minnesota House approved a regulatory bill allowing manufacture and sale of non intoxicating beverages with no alcohol content stated by a 99 to 29 vote. The Senate had passed the measure Tuesday and it returns to the Senate for a minor amendment.
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ST Paul
Minnesota
Senate
Lorimer, once Illinois political boss, gravely ill at home
William Lorimer known as the blond boss of Illinois politics twenty five years ago is critically ill at his suburban Chicago home, according to learned reports.
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Chicago
INS
William Lorimer
Iowa Tax Fight Echoes Across Budget Debate
The piece rails at political figures pushing new taxes while decrying lobbyists and pork. It argues for intelligent education funding, transparent tax handling, and ending beer prohibition-era concealment, urging honest budgeting and open votes on drinking lager.
Quiet Listening Brings God Closer Than Sight
A devotional piece urges quiet listening over constant searching. It compares prayer to a two way telephone a still heart hears Gods voice in everyday life and rejects noisy distraction. The message emphasizes being still and listening as wisdom.
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God
Bargain Hunters Force Policeman Through Window at Sale
About 5 000 women stormed the Junior League old clothes sale in Chicago pushing a 220 pound policeman through a plate glass window. The incident ended with mounted police restoring order and only a silver cloth evening gown left after the rush. Officer Matt J. Mandernach weighed 220 pounds.
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Chicago
Wabash Street
Matt J. Mandernach
Defends Jobs Bill as Relief Measure
Secretary of War Dern said the plan would drain congested districts of jobless men as part of Roosevelt's reforestation relief. Miss Frances Perkins testified the purpose is relief, not jobs, defending a $30 monthly wage scale and urging the measure be seen as relief rather than employment.
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Washington
War Dern
Roosevelt
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Frances Perkins
Senate
House
Roosevelt seeks labor help on unemployment relief plan
The Roosevelt administration invites thirty national union leaders to a March 31 conference with Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins aimed at coordinating organized labor with the unemployment relief program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Organized Labor
Frances Perkins
Roosevelt Signs Quake Relief Bill
President Roosevelt signed a bill providing five million dollars for relief of California earthquake sufferers.
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Roosevelt
Washington
LLP
California
Two Billion Farm Bond Limit Hinted By Roosevelt Plan
Speaker Rainey said Roosevelt will urge a farm mortgage refinancing bill with bonds possibly reaching two billion dollars. He noted a draft is with Secretary Woodin for tweaks and that the measure may be added to the farm price fixing bill for speed.
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Washington
Rainey
Treasury
Congress
Roosevelt
Woodin
Senate
White House
Man Surrenders Loaded Pistol at Hoover Estate
William Compagiani caused a disturbance at the Herbert Hoover estate in Palo Alto after being denied entry. He surrendered a loaded pistol to guards saying to hold it until he comes out. Lawrence Richey said the incident stemmed from a dispute over a bill collection and Compagiani intended no harm.
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Palo Alto
Calif
William Compagiani
Herbert
Hoover
Richey
Lindbergh Extortion Letter Arrest in Florida Case
Gilford Colbridge 33, former Staten Island resident, arrested in Miami on charges of sending Col. Charles A. Lindbergh a extortion letter demanding 50000. He faces additional counts for mailing a pint of liquor to Federal Judge Halsted L. Ritter with a note signed Nan. Colbridge bound over to the federal grand jury on $10000 bond.
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Miami, Fla
Gilford Clobridge
Staten Island
N. Y
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hopewell
N. J
Halsted L. Ritter
Nan
Colbridge
Lindbergh
Edgar O Jones
Col. Lindbergh
Col. H N. Schwartzkopf
New Jersey State Police
Clobridge
Federal Grand Jury
State Presents Evidence In Milk War Murder Trial
Nile Cochran of Moville Iowa faces murder charges in the highway gun battle that killed R D Markell on February 3. The State continued presenting witnesses in circuit court at Elk Point South Dakota with most of Thursday set for witness examinations. Frank Markell testified identifying Cochran as the shooter in the fatal incident.
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Elk Point
S. D
Nile Cochran
Moville
R. D. Markell
Frank Markell
Cochran
Fugitive in Montana Jail Dies by Poison
Harry Bushnell, sought from a Michigan prison camp, was arrested in Butte a week earlier and ended his life in the county jail on Thursday by poisoning himself.
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Butte. Mont
Harry Bushnell
Michigan
Raymond Stevens Shot In Highland Park Home
Chicago report says Raymond W Stevens 59 a member of the hotel family was found dead from a gunshot at his Highland Park estate after a disagreement with family over embezzlement charges tied to the Stevens hotel and Illinois Life Insurance Co. His wife and four children survive.
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Chicago
Raymond W Stevens
Highland Park
Stevens
James W. Stevens
Ernest J. Stevens
Illinois Life Insurance Company
Life Insurance Company
James W
Lake Shore Drive
Raymond Stevens
Britain demands release of four British detainees in Moscow
Britain acting through Ambassador Esmond Ovey demands unconditional release without trial for four Britons held on sabotage charges in Moscow. Bail amounts were disclosed for three, with William H. Thornton facing 25 000 rubles and two staff at 15 000 rubles each, while William L. MacDonald’s name was not mentioned in Soviet reports. Suspended Moscow trade talks noted.
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London
Esmond ~Ovey
Moscow
William H. Thornton
Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd
John Cushny
Gregory
William L. MacDonald
Roosevelt Offers Mullen A Place On Federal Bench
President Roosevelt invited Arthur E. Mullen of Nebraska to the United States circuit judge seat in the Eighth district. Mullen, Chicago convention floor manager and Nebraska national committeeman, was told the vacancy exists and acceptance is believed certain.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Arthur E. Mullen
Nebraska
Eighth District
Mullen
Chicago
Arthur
Senate
For Sale Two Stoves Promptly Sold In Cedar Rapids
A Gazette Want Ads notice reports quick results for a five-burner oil stove with oven and a gas pressure stove with oven from Maytag Co 314 2nd Ave SE Cedar Rapids. Twelve buyers called, and both stoves sold. Dial 2-1121 for ads with special 3 and 7 day rates.
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Cedar Rapids
Maytago
2Nd Ave
Gazette
Cedar Senlts Maytag Co
Hitler Secures Four Year Dictatorship By Reichstag
The Reichstag passed an empowering act granting Adolf Hitler four years of dictatorial power by a 441 to 94 vote with no abstentions. Otto Wels led socialist opposition while Goering blasted critics. Hitler declared the movement of the era begun as crowds cheered from the opera balcony.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Hitler
Otto Wels
Republic
Hermann Goering
Opera House
Strees
Iowa Bill Details for State Constitutional Convention
Des Moines AP outlines the bill: governor must proclaim within sixty days of federal amendment notice. convention in Des Moines within three months. special election to pick delegates within thirty days. Each county nominates two at large delegates, one for ratification and one against. Mass county conventions, state certification, ballot with three columns, machines banned, delegates vote as units, majority decides ratification or non-concurrence, delegates receive no pay.
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Des Moines
Iowa Assembly Divided on 3.2 Beer Question
A 1933 International News Service poll shows legislative support split over 3.2 beer in Iowa. Senators 24 for 19 against 6 uncertain. House 40 for 38 against 29 uncertain. Outcomes hinge on party unity and a final showdown in coming days.
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Iowa Assembly
Senate
House
Iowa Senate OKs Constitutional Convention on Prohibition Repeal
The Iowa Senate approved a measure authorizing a state constitutional convention on prohibition repeal by 36 to 12. The vote margin surprised supporters as earlier ballots were closer. If the House approves and the governor signs, a convention will be held in Des Moines by next August to address the Eighteenth Amendment.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
House
Callin Aif Ate
Fed loans to brokers rise to 398 million in week
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York increased loans to brokers and dealers by 10 million in the week ended March 21, raising total loans to 398 million. This compares with 386 million a week earlier and 524 million on March 23, 1932, far below the 1929 peak of 6.804 billion and above the 1932 low of 331 million.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Federal Reserve Board
Governor opposes Beardsley tax revision bills
DES MOINES AP Governor Herring told Rotarians he cannot approve the Beardsley triple tax revision bills now in the senate and urged postponing action until a special August session after a state survey reports on revenue sources and inequalities. He advocated a complete reorganizing tax plan and warned against hastily drawn measures. President George Baker of Davenport criticized a drastic house cut in education funding.
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Des Moines
Herring
Senate
Baker
George Baker
Davenport
State Board of Education
House
Man at Goat Island Bridge Drowns After Niagara Leap
John Furlong aged 82 who had lived near Niagara Falls leaped from Goat Island bridge and was swept over the cataract. For fifty years he had worked as a Cave of the Winds guide, studying and explaining the falls to visitors.
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Niagara
Niagara Falls
N. Y
John Furlong
Goat Island Bridge
Senate delegates plan debated on repeal measure
The measure for a constitutional convention would set ninety nine delegates chosen by the state to consider repeal. Amendments to base delegates on county lines or require voting machines failed. Democrats largely backed the bill with 23 votes, Republicans 13, one Democrat voting no, and one absent.
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Senate
Homer Hush
Essex
Doze
Carolyn Pendray
Anderson
Aschenbrenener
Booth
Byers
Calhoun
Chrystal
Cooney
Coykendall
Elthon
U S and Japan Face Islands Crisis in League Talks
In Geneva the United States and possibly Germany fear a new dispute as Japan seeks to retain 1600 former German Pacific islands. Tokyo and Berlin dispatches say annexation moves are underway and the navy ministry protests surrender of holdings. Washington warns the league of its concern if Japan resists relinquishing the islands.
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United States
Geremany
League of Nations
Japan
Pacific
Tokio
Berlin
Jenca
Ger
League
Manchuria
Ministry of the Navy
Washington
SAH
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