Hearst Telegrams Trace Fight for Free Press Rights
Hearst faces a Senate clash over seized private telegrams amid debate on the Bill of Rights. The piece argues the issue centers on free press protections and constitutional liberties, not punishment by lawmakers. It notes Minton’s attack and defends Hearst’s rights under law. It also covers Iowa senate hopefuls Linville Dickinson and Brookhart, plus Des Moines and Cedar Rapids campaign dynamics and calls for voter access to candidate platforms.
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WNER
William Randolph Hearst
United States Senate
Minton
Indiana
Hearst
Senate
Linville enters Republican race for U S senator from Iowa
Guy P. Linville former United States district attorney and Linn county attorney announced his candidacy for the United States senate in the June Republican primary. He joins George Chaney Ed win Manning and L J Dickinson in a crowded field. Linville, a Cedar Rapids lawyer and farmer advocate, vows to make the farm problem a paramount issue.
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Guy Linville
United States
Messrs
Dickinson
Brookhart
Iowa
Brookhartj
Cedar * Rapids
Dan Turner
Guy P. Linville
Linn County
George Chaney
Des Moines
Edwin Manning
Ottumwa
L. J. Dickinson
Algona
Linville
Mills County
Glenwood
Drake University
University of Iowa College of Law
Cedar Rapids
Eneral
Harding
Coolidge
Guy
Fifth Avenue SE
Consistory
Shrine, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Elks and Eastern Star
Republican Central Committee
Four Phoenix Men Killed in Plane Crash in Arizona
AP report states that four Phoenix business men died when a plane wreckage was found on a ranch near Oracle, Arizona. The occupants were Harold A. Marks a 32 year old Phoenix attorney and director of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce Paul Bienes 34 head of a drug company Paul O Neal 30 pilot and manager of Copperclade Airways and John Powles executive secretary of the Phoenix Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Tucson
Ariz
Sheriff's Office
Phoenix
Oracle
Harold A. Marks
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Paul Bienes
Paul O'Neal
Copperclade Airways
John Powles
Phoenix Junior Chamber of Commerce
Army plane crashes near Oracle while search for cabin plane wreckage
An army Boeing pursuit plane crashed Friday about 25 miles north of Oracle, Arizona, during a hunt for the missing cabin plane that carried four Phoenix businessmen. The engine failed forcing a forced landing in rough country. the pilot, Lieutenant Wood of March Field, California, was uninjured.
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Tucson
Ariz
Phoenix
Oracle
Wood
March Field
Calif
Davenport High Wins Forensic Meet Honors
Davenport high school dominates state championships with two firsts Don Krambeck takes original oratory and Bill Rivkin wins extemporaneous speaking. Fort Dodge Burlington win junior college debate with top and tied results. Elkader Northwestern share third in related events.
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Davenport High School
Don’ Krambeck
Davenport
Bill “Rivkin
Fortige
Burlington
Northwestern
Elkader
Pinar i Bailey
Don _Krambeck
Frank
Marlowe
Fort Dodge
Bill Rivkin
Lee Robinson
Cedar Falls
Marion Bailey
Valeria Passley
Mount St. Clair
Robert Schmidt
Helen Schneider
Ernest Ulm
Lorna Murphy
Lyle Julius
Dorothy Moore
Graceland
Peoria Blocked From Western League Membership
Durham, N C AP President W G Bramham of the National Association of Professional Baseball Clubs announced that Peoria cannot become a member of the Western league this season.
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Durham
W. G.bramham
National Association of Professional Baseball Clubs
Peoria
Senate May Insert Processing Taxes In Revenue Plan
Washington AP report notes a possible Senate move to insert processing taxes into revenue legislation if the House fails to act. Senate finance chief Harrison says the panel will not limit itself to the House draft and will add excises on agricultural commodities. House tax experts privately say the Senate could seek Roosevelt tax ideas, shifting the burden from other sources.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Harrison
Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Hoffman seeks legal avenue for Bruno reprieve
Trenton AP Governor Harold G Hauptmann case presses for a second reprieve as he criticizes the Lindbergh trial. He cites unfairness and prejudice while urging the attorney general and courts to consider life over execution. Hauptmann awaits possible mercy as the pardon court may convene Monday.
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Trenton
Harold G. Vribition
Bruno
Richard Hauptaann
Flemington
Hauptmann
Anthony
M. Hauck, Jr
Hunterdon
David T. Wileentz
Conulege
Lloyds Fisher
Ichief
Trenchard
Hauck
Freeman fines wife ten for speeding in Yuma
Yuma justice of the peace Earl A Freeman fined his wife ten dollars Friday for speeding. The judge noted he seeks to teach his family to drive carefully and obey traffic laws. The wife quipped that the ten dollars was hers and there would be another that night.
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Yuma, Ariz
Earl A. Freeman
Yuma
Living Everyday in a Narrow World
An essay on aged residents who remain in familiar places, avoiding travel and new experiences. It contrasts old men and women who never visit places like Paris or Niagara Falls, preferring routine and habit. The piece argues many people find meaning within limiting routines rather than distant travel.
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Martha’s Nineyard
Boston
Paris
Newzon
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
London
Westminster ‘Abbey
Camden
Howe
House Passes Bill to Bare Lobbyists Activities
The House, without a recorded vote, approved a bill to expose salaries, activities, and clients of lobbyists in Washington as part of a broader effort to curb lobbying power since the New Deal. The action mirrors a Senate proposal by Senator Hugo Black, while amendments on public official influence failed.
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Washington (Lp
House
Senate
Hugo Black
Ala
Howard Smith
Francis Culkins
N. Y
Daniel A. Reed
Capitol
Reed
Senate Passes Bill To Adjust Farm Loss
Washington AP report: Senate approves legislation authorizing the farm credit administration to adjust and settle losses from 1929 1930 by cooperative marketing associations that had agreed with the old farm board to withhold grain from the market. Bill now moves to the House.
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Washington
Senate
Old Farm Board
Widow Testifies About Empty Capsule in Pocketbook Case
Floyd Horton’s mistress Anna Johnston testified in Bedford Iowa that she planted an empty capsule in Horton’s dead wife’s pocketbook at his request to make it appear the wife poisoned herself. She recounted delivering the capsule after Horton urged her to proceed, while Horton’s defense seeks corroboration for her culpability.
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Bedford
Iowa
Floyd Horton
Anna’ Johnston
Horton
Sarl
Johnston
Fuller
Oklahoma governor to declare martial law over oil lands
Gov. E. W. Marland readies an executive order to create a military zone on 11 state land tracts to enforce leasing and drilling rights amid a clash with Oklahoma City over a drilling zone. Williamson to draft the order. Governor cites use of National Guardsmen if needed.
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Oklahoma City
E. W. Marland
Capitol
Oklahoma City Council
Mac Q. Williamson
Marland
William H
Alfalfa Bill) Murray
Williamson
Black Committee Receives Extra 12500 Dollars
The Senate voted without dissent on Friday to provide the Black lobby committee with an additional 12500 dollars to continue its work. The measure passed smoothly, granting funds to support ongoing activities.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Black Lobby Committee
Retain CCC Camps in Iowa Until Projects End
Governor Clyde L. Herring said all CCC camps will be kept at least until current work projects are finished. A telegram from J J McEntee stated work projects will be completed before any camps close. Iowa, with thirty eight camps including Fort Des Moines, benefited from a $50 million Roosevelt allocation enabling retention of eleven camps.
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Des .Moines
Clyde Li. Herring
Emergency Conservation Administration
Washington
J.‘Mcentee
CCC
Iowa
Fort Des Moines
Herring
Roosevelt
Dairy Show Details Discussed By Iowa Committee In Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids chamber meeting laid out schedules and prizes for the All Iowa Dairy Show and Livestock Exhibition to be held the week of Sept. 13. Attendees included prominent dairy leaders from Iowa State College Ames and other associations, plus Cedar Rapids Chamber officials.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Floyd Johnston
State” College
Ames
P. S. Shearer
Iowa ‘ State. College
Fred S. Idise
American Jersey Cattle Club
Iowa’ -Guernsey
Des’ Moines
Paul Mitchell
Town
Milking Shorthorn Society
Reinbeck
Roy
H. Cook
Independence
A. L. Killian
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
A. L. Taylor
Arthur Barlow
Agricultural, Bureau
Charles Penningroth
One Cultural
Iowa soil conservation plan outlines bases and payments
The article explains the 1936 soil conservation program guided by Claude Wickard. township committees will set self-depleting bases from 1930 census data and 15 percent shifting limits. Payments average about 13 dollars per depleted acre, tied to farm productivity, with details on oats status and enforcement by local committees.
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Ray Anderson
Kalter
Ames
Iowa
Claude Wickard
Iit Imeoren
Wickard
Lewn
United States
Lews
Severy
Income from Townsend plan draws scrutiny in inquiry
Washington dispatch reports Nickels and dimes from Townsend pension adherents nearly reaching a million dollars in two years. Robert E Clements, 41, former California real estate promoter and co founder of Old Age Revolving Pensions Ltd, testified before a congressional investigating committee. He detailed incomes from 1934 to 1935 totaling about 1961.54, noting some bad checks and claiming salaries from CARP Ltd and Prosperity Publishing. Townsend originator Dr Francis E Townsend is noted.
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Washington
INS
Townsend Pension
Robert E.clements
California
Old Age_Revolving Pensions, Ltd
James R. Sullivan
Clements
Long Beach
Calif
Carp ‘Ltd
Prosperity + Publishing company, Ltd
Townsend National
Sullivan
Francis
E. ‘Townsend
Townsend
Gilchrist recommends Denison man for naval academy
Representative Fred C. Gilchrist of Laurens Iowa says he has recommended Robert Otto of Denison Iowa for a principal appointment to the naval academy.
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Academy
Washington
Fred C. Gilchrist
Laurens
Robert Otto
Denison
Naval Academy
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