Farley aviation scandals spark political hubbub
A long account ties Postmaster General Jim Farley to air mail cancellations and alleged collusion between railroad and government officials. The piece notes aviation losses and industry pressure, while naming Elliott Roosevelt and other figures as lobbyists or participants in the era’s political maneuvering. It cites a Des Moines liquor contract probe, billing, and witness testimony about bid manipulation and funding ties.
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Jim Farley
Farley
Elliott Roosevelt
Ees
Acrobs
Chamber of Commerce
Mae
Maas
Gota
Samia
Government liquor probe widens as Wissler hints bid boost
A legislative committee in Des Moines examined new evidence in the Iowa liquor commission inquiry. Witness W Fr Wissler, ally of Gov Clyde L Herring, proposed raising the liquor hauling bid by four cents per case to fund campaign activities. Reppert of Merchants Delivery testified, detailing conversations about allocating funds. The hearing process continues with additional witnesses expected.
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Wissler
Reppert
Commission
Des Moines
C. M. Hart
White Line Transfer Company
Floyd Page
Iowa
State Liquor Commission
Floyd E. Page
W. Fr. Wissler
Clyde L. Herring
Des Moines Governor silent on Wissler campaign fund claim
Gov. Herring declined to comment on testimony that W. E. Wissler, Herring's business partner, asked Reppert to contribute to a campaign fund. Wissler, reportedly in Louisiana, would be summoned to testify if he returns to the state, liquor investigators said.
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Des Moines
Herring
H. C. Reppert
W. E. Wissler
Reppert
Wissler
Louisiana
Witness details solo interview in questioned meeting
The page records a witness saying he could not back up a claim and that he was not asked to come alone. One earlier conversation included another man who was asked to leave the room. The document mentions raising totals to $17,000 and references continuing discussions on Page 3.
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Jim Far‘ley
Uncle Sam
Washington
Page
Reppert
Louise Henneman 90 Dies in Big Run of Natural Causes
Louise Henneman 90 of Big Run died here Tuesday of natural causes. She leaves 13 great great grandchildren 115 great grandchildren 59 grandchildren and six daughters and three sons. Funeral arrangements not listed in this notice.
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Punxsutawney, Pa
INS
Louise Henneman
Big Run
Those numbers. What do they mean in tough times.
A terse note hints at future clarification about significant figures or data values, signaling that an answer will arrive tomorrow. The message foregrounds anticipation and invites readers to await a forthcoming explanation.
Guard Rasputin's Daughter From Plot
Maria Rasputin, daughter of the Russian mystic, is placed under police guard in Peru Indiana after reports of two kidnap threats. She recently returned to the United States to resume lion taming with the Hagenbeck and Wallace circus. Police say threats do not appear to be a publicity hoax.
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Peru
Ind
Maria Rasputin
Miss Rasputin
United States
Hagenbeck and
Wallace
Edward Hobbs
Frank‘Cook
Imanager
Dreams Reveal Hidden Desires And Fears Say Experts
A 1935 column argues dreams reflect inner life not fate. Nightmares flag urgent conflicts, vivid recurring dreams signal disharmony, and proper interpretation uncovers buried wishes and terrors guiding behavior. Vision and dream are distinct but related insights, Kipling noted.
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Newton
Kipling
House defeats move to clinch inflation rider
The House voted 186 to 78 to send the work relief bill to conference with the Senate, retaining the $1 billion silver inflation rider. An earlier test vote failed a move for immediate Senate bill acceptance. Administration backers warned of a presidential veto if the rider remains. Speaker Rankin argued over time allotment, with rules chief O Connor limiting debate to 1.5 hours.
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Washington
House
Senate
Fine Senate
John Rankin
Miss
John O’connor
Rules Committee
Elliott Roosevelt Denies Lobbying For Air Mail Boost
Elliott Roosevelt son of the President and Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce consultant denies lobbying for higher air mail rates. He states he has nothing to do with the legislative program of aviation companies and never spoke with government officials or attempted to sway opinions on votes.
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Elliott Roosevelt
Fort Worth, Tex
INS
Young Roosevelt
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Northwestern Iowa Encounters First Dust Storm of 1934
Sioux City Iowa July 28 1934 dust storm sweeps from Nebraska Minnesota and South Dakota cutting visibility to less than a half mile. Wind near 30 miles an hour lifts soil from recently plowed fields while surface dust dries under recent winds.
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Sioux City
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minesota
Prairie
Laval to Visit Russia on April 20
Paris reports Foreign Minister Pierre Laval will travel to Moscow to bolster Franco Soviet understanding on April 20. The trip follows talks with Britain and Italy at Stresa and the League council session in Geneva, as ministers indicated after Tuesday’s council meeting.
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Paris
INS
Pierre Laval
Moscow
France
Stresa
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Council of Ministers
Lithuania May Commute Death For Four Nazis
In Kovno Lithuania authorities condemned four Nazi separatists to death for high treason amid a trial of 126 defendants. Two were sentenced to life imprisonment and 35 acquitted while others faced 1 to 12 years and property confiscation. The death sentences were expected to be commuted, with cases referable to higher courts and possible appeals to the supreme court.
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Kovno
Lithuania
Memel
Emil Boll
Walter Preiss
Heinrich Wannagat
Emil Lepa
Germany
Supreme Court
George
Jessutis
Harthdriver Jerarale
Hayex
Berlin
Lithuania's Bombshell Shifts War Table Talk At London
London dispatch reports Lithuania raised a bombshell at the Hitler Simon talks by spotlighting four Mamel Nazi defendants condemned to death at Kovno. The fate of these four obscure men becomes a central point as wartime leaders seek to avert a larger catastrophe. The discussion signals a shift from broad millions to a concrete court case with potential global impact.
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H. R. Knickerbocker
Driterriatidas
London
INS
Lithuania
Hitler
Simon
Europe
Local Cedar Rapids man held in Missouri on car theft case
Godfrey Toman of Cedar Rapids and a companion, likely from the area, are detained in Willow Springs Missouri by Deputy Sheriff Waite Baldridge for abducting OD A Marsh and stealing his Ford V eight on a Cedar Rapids street. Marsh was driven to Prairie Creek and tied to a tree after being robbed of $2 and his watch.
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Cedar Rapids
Godfrey Toman
Waite Baldridge
Howell County
Missouri
Willow Springs
A Marsh
Avenue NE
Marsh
Prairie Creek
Earl Stanley
Baldridge
Jim Ferguson
Frank O'Day
Ford
Illinois
Automobile Detective Association
Chicago
Rude Auto Company
Stanley
Ferguson
O’day
Liby
Linn county approves $410000 road program for 1935 37
The Linn county board of supervisors and township representatives approve a three year county road construction program drafted by County Engineer W H Behrens. The plan covers approximately 198 miles of roads with about 165 miles graded and 110 miles surfaced. Total expenditures around 410000 funded by gasoline taxes. Seventy six projects are included and will be sent to the state highway commission for final approval.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Board of Supervisors
W. H. Behrens
Board ‘of Supervisors
Oads
State Highway Commission
Hauptmann’s Wife Sees Lie Detector Proving Innocence
Mrs. Bruno Richard Hauptmann told Chicago reporters she believes a lie detector test could prove her husband’s innocence in the Lindbergh baby case. She arrived in Chicago to aid an appeal fundraiser and urged authorities to apply the device, praising its potential after a demonstration with Dr. Leonard Keeler.
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Chicago
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Midwest
Leonard Keeler
Keeler
Works Bill Clause To Ban Process Tax May Be Eliminated
Washington leaders doubt the George amendment to the work relief bill will stay in place. The change would let the President use funds from the large bill to pay benefits to farmers under the agricultural adjustment act, removing processing taxes on farm products.
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Washington
Llp
Walter F. George
Senate
Italian Pact Gets French Senate O.K.
Paris reports the French Senate unanimously ratified the Rome accord after an impassioned address by Foreign Minister Pierre Laval urging Germany to show willingness to join European peace efforts.
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O.K
Paris
INS
Pierre Lava
Germany
Europe
Rome
Italy
France
Norman Re elected Governor of Bank of England
London dispatch reports Montagu Norman was re elected as governor of the Bank of England for the twelfth consecutive year. The decision maintains leadership continuity at the central bank amid ongoing financial governance.
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London
INS
Montagu Norman Tuesday
Bank of England
Lipman tied to Wisconsin liquor tax case and police record
Carl Louis Lipman once partnered with J. LeRoy Farmer in Cedar Rapids in the former International Spirits Distributing company of LaCrosse Wis. which paid the state over 2000 dollars for liquor tax irregularities Lipman is listed as No 14247 in Milwaukee police department with a lengthy record from concealed weapons fraud issued bank checks fugitive from embezzlement charges to 68 traffic arrests.
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Carl Louis Lipman
J. LeRoy Farmer
Cedar. Rapids
International Spirits Distributing Company
LaCrosse
Wis
Switz and wife to be freed after trial ends
Paris dispatch notes Robert Gordon Switz and his wife Marjorie, held as spies in a major espionage case, are likely to be freed when the trial ends. If other defendants appear, they may be kept in France pending final disposition of the case.
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Paris
Robert Gordon Switz
Mar-jorie
France
Iowa City backs municipal light plant in tight race
In Iowa City the municipal ownership ticket won a decisive mayoral victory and led alderman results as the power plant campaign split the council. Thomas E. Martin led Clem Boyle 3030 to 2304 with nearly all wards reported, while supporters Van der Zee and Boiler led the at large slate.
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Iowa City
Communist Party
Thomas E. Martin
Clem A. Boyle
Boyle
Iowa City Power and Light Company
Jacob van der Zee
W. F. Boiler
Stewart
Hitler Holds For Equality Among Nations
Paris reports Tuesday night feared Germany might split Britain and France and destroy allied solidarity against re armament. Berlin talks seen as not solving issues, while Hitler’s moves aim to pressure England and Russia with concessions for home gain. France ratifies Rome accords backing Italy against Germany and seeks greater Italo German cooperation as tension with Britain and Russia grows.
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Paris
Germany
Great Britain
France
Teich
Bersin
Adolf Hitler
England
Dér ‘Fuehrer
Berlin
John Simon
Russia
Senate
Rome
Italy
Europe
Hitler Talks and Memel Tensions Persist in Berlin Exchange
Two day talks between Adolf Hitler and Britain’s peace mission ended with no agreement. Lithuania sentenced four Nazis to death on treason and murder, shaping claims over Memel and reasserting German demands. Eden left for Moscow as Simon prepared for London.
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Germany
League ‘of Nations
Memel
Saar
Thereich
Geneva
Britain
John Simon
Anthony Eden
John
Eden
der Fuehrer
Moscow
London
Ivaf: Malsky
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
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