Fragmented 1930s politics mix for farm and press debates
The text discusses city council licensing, WPA funds, and criticism of New Deal critics. It references Missouri and Texas politics, private telegrams, and attempts to curb press power. It cites Senator Vandenberg urging disclosure of government payments and discusses corn hog and wheat contracts, Farm benefits, and Alf Landon’s agricultural plan as a potential reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kana Falls
Tex
Washington
Texas
Wichita Falls
Fensus
London
Sena
Mida Ie
EY Washington
Ac- Nng
Federal Judge voids Wagner Act citing constitutional issues
Federal Judge John P. Barnes held the Wagner labor relations act unconstitutional under the commerce clause and Tenth Amendment, barring an NLRB election at Bendix Plants amid a union dispute. He also denied an injunction for the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe clerks case, noting prior mediation and a contested vote.
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Chicago
John P. Barnes
Bendix Products Corporation
South Bend
Ind
National Labor Relations Board
Bendix
Bendix Aviation Corporation
International Auto Workers of America
Bendix” Employes’ Association
National Labor Relations Act
Barnes
Association of
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
National Mediation Board
Third trial ends as Lamson jury is discharged
In San Jose California the jury in the third wife murder trial of David A. Lamson was discharged by Superior Judge J J Trabucco after 36 hours of deliberation without reaching a verdict. Foreman Milton Raymond reported futility as the jury stood nine to three for conviction on ten ballots. Lamson was taken back to the county jail.
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San Jose
Calif
David A. Lamson
J. J. Trabucco
Lamson
Milton Raymond
Trabucco
Raymond
No Change on Front as Italian Plane Crashes
Rome AP reports Marshal Pietro Badoglio says the situation on the two fronts remains unchanged. One Italian plane taking off crashed, killing four occupants.
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Rome
Pietro Badoglio
Prophet Laureate or Not Anticipations Foretells a Dreary World
A lawyer recalls H G Wells Anticipations (1901) predicting motor trucks rail noise reducing tires and roads for trucks. He notes Wells foresaw air power tanks air navies and a 1940 world war followed by a wandering sickness and science saving civilization.
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H. G. Wells
Communist Party assails Ku Klux in Florida flogging
In Tampa jury selection opens in the Shoemaker flogging case with circulars signed communist party alleging KKK responsibility and vowing mass pressure. Defendants Brown Bridges Carlisle face kidnapping and murder charges while others are charged with kidnapping and assault in the case linked to three victims.
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Tampa
Fla
Ku Klux Klan
Joseph Shoemaker
Communist Party
Florida
KKK
Robert T. Dewell
Walter Metcalf
Committee For the Defense of Civil Liberties
C. A. Brown
John P. Bridges
C. W. Carlisle
Shoemaker
Brown
Bridges and
Carlisle
E. F. Poulnot
S. D. Rogers
Poulnot
Rogers
Hitler Rejects Locarno Pact in Berlin Rally
Adolf Hitler rebuffed the Locarno program of former World War allies and warned Europe that German weakness cannot be relied upon. He challenged other statesmen to seek approval at the polls as he campaigns for remilitarization and a new European peace framework.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Hitler
Rhineland
Germany
der Fuehrer
Derfuehrer
Farm and Dept Funds Passed By Senate
The Senate approved a 205 million agriculture appropriation bill and sent it to conference with the House. The bill includes 10 million for the forest service to acquire timber lands and 10 million for the erosion service to study flood and erosion control and develop nursery stock for watersheds. The Senate added about 39 million to the House amount.
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Washington
Senate
House
Forest Service
Soil “Erosion Service
Henry Ford Attacks Fertile Land Withdrawal in Interview
Henry Ford called the withdrawal of fertile land from crop production worse than thievery and said financiers push crop curtailment to raise prices. He spoke during plans to open a project near his Georgia plantation to train local youths in manual arts, and criticized taxes and agricultural limits as the work of the so called underneath government.
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Ways
Henry Ford
Ford
Tommy Touhy Sentenced to 23 Years for Mail Robbery
Tommy Touhy, convicted on ten counts for participating in the January 3 1933 government mail robbery in Minneapolis, was sentenced to twenty three years in Leavenworth by Federal Judge Queer H Tribe. The Touhy mob linked to Chicago faces long federal terms.
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Minneapolis
Tommy Touhy
Leavenworth
Queer H. Tribe
Omy
Touhy
Chicago
Three High School Pupils Drowned In Wisconsin Car Crash
Three farm youths Ripley Dobb 17 Imogene Dobb 15 and William Saunders 16 died when their car skidded on a muddy curve near Shell Lake Wisconsin and plunged into a water filled ditch. The bodies were recovered late Tuesday.
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Shell Lake
Wis
Ripley Dobb
Imogene Dobb
William Saunders
Dust storm nears Great Lakes region from dust bowl
A late cold wave drove silt clouds from Monday's dust storm east toward the Great Lakes. Visibility in Grand Rapids dropped to about a mile and a half as Chicago St Louis and central Missouri received a gritty film. Winter weather followed in Oklahoma as southeastern Colorado felt a snowblanket.
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Kansas City
Great Lakes
Grand Rapids
Mich
Chicago
St. Louis
Missouri
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Colorado-Oklahoma
Good Penny opens in The Gazette with Judith Pennet
Judith Pennet faces a moral choice between filial devotion and personal happiness as her father serves a prison sentence she believes he did not commit. Barbara Webb presents a charming romance inviting readers to follow her decision. Opening chapters start in The Gazette tomorrow.
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Judith Pennet
Barbara Webb
Gazette
Iowa City Faces Threat to Airport as Pole Dispute Grows
City officials fear loss of transcontinental air service over farmer Frew Tucker’s 24 foot pole on airport boundary. $70,000 spent on field and hangars with Triple A rating at risk. Negotiations stalled. council silent on land buy across runway.
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Iowa City
Chamber of Commerce Airport Committee
Frew Tucker
Thomas E .Martin
United
Air “Lines Meists
Ahere
Ape Air Lines
Chamber of’ Commerce ‘Airport Committee
Tucker
United Air Lines
Air Company
Wallace selects Jardine to head research division
Washington AP reports Secretary Wallace announced the appointment of Dr. James T. Jardine as director of research for the agricultural department. Jardine, native of Idaho and Utah Agricultural College graduate, will assume duties immediately while remaining in charge of the office of experiment stations.
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Washington
James T. Jardine
Agricultural Department
Wallace
Jardine
Idaho
Utah Agricultural College
25 Million For Upper Mississippi Included In Bill
The senate passed a large military appropriation bill including a 25 million dollar allocation for continuing the upper Mississippi 9 foot canalization program. Funds are earmarked mainly for locks and dams in the middle and lower portions of the upper Mississippi from the Missouri mouth above St. Louis to Minneapolis.
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Washington
Senate
Upper Mississippi
Army Engineers
Missouri
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Townsend Plan organizer resigns amid policy clash
Robert Earl Clements, key organizer behind the Townsend old age pension drive, quits as secretary treasurer after a dispute with Dr. Francis Townsend over policy and political involvement. Clements cites fundamental differences while Mrs. Clements mentions a push for a reorganization and broader leadership.
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Washington
Robert Earl Clements
Francis Townsend
C. Jasper Bell
House
Bell
Clements
Townsend
Court Of Pardons Adjourns Without Clemency Plea
New Jersey court of pardons adjourned after not receiving a clemency petition from Hauptmann’s lawyer C Lloyd Fisher. A new plea, citing alleged new evidence, expected to be filed Saturday as Gov Hoffman weighs another reprieve after talks with Dr John F Condon and Attorney General Wilentz. Hoffman plans discussions with Wilentz before deciding.
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Trenton
M. J
Bruno’ Ichard
Hauptmann
Harold G
New Jersey Court of Pardons
C. Lloyd Fisher
Hoffman
John F. Condon
David T. Wilentz
Condon
Wilentz
Washington
Processing taxes considered in Roosevelt revenue plan
Washington AP reports a House Ways and Means sub committee nearly finished study of the $792 million Roosevelt revenue program and voted to include processing taxes in open hearings to start next Monday. Members voiced cautious opposition to re enactment of AAA taxes and said details would hinge on other revenue sources and broader changes.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
AAA
Samuel B. Hill
Wash
Horton capsule murder trial opens in Bedford
A jury of 11 men and one woman begins deliberations in Bedford Iowa to decide if Floyd Horton 38, farmer, poisoned his wife with a capsule. Key witness is Anna Johnston Hortons confessed lover. Prosecutors seek death if guilty. defense plans about 15 witnesses. Court resumes Wednesday.
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Bedford
Hose
Floyd Horton
Taylor County
Horton
Tom
Ferguson
Lenox
Sam
Hoxworth
Jackson Township
F. S. ‘Hatfield
C. "N. Hubbard
Blockton
Christie Hillers
Block~ton
Hart Sturm
Sharpsburg
A. Walkup
Conway
M. T. Kendrick
New Market
Ruth Bolteinghouse
Alan Thompson
N. ‘F. Johnston
John Overholtzer
Telephone Exchange
Morton
Homer A. Fuller
James R. Locke
Johnston
Iowa
Missouri
Roger Warin
Seek Income Tax Against Holders of Public Bonds
Fort Dodge. District Judge T G Garfield took under advisement a suit by Henry and Elizabeth Hale seeking a ruling on whether interest from state, municipal, county and school bonds is subject to Iowa personal income tax. The Hales own 752000 in bonds and received 36895.75 in interest. The state tax board argues interest is taxable income.
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Fort Dodge
T. G. Garfield
Henry and
Elizabeth Hale
State Tax Board
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Ees
Chamber of Deputies
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Fabout
Italy
Tor Vandenberg
Michigan
Towa
Ana
Denberg
Kansas
Alf Landen
Agricultural Adjustment Am
Vandenberg
Landon
Benton County
Joseph Fort
Newton
DE. Newson
Locarno
League
Upper
Mississippi
Townsend Plan
Court of Pardons
Bruno
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