Tomorrow's election tests city council service in Sioux City
The Gazette weighs the commission plan and warns against partisan manipulation. It notes repeated police and public safety leadership changes, flags alleged corruption, and urges candidates Kruidenier Benesh and others to address raised rumors while defending decency in local government.
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Sioux City
Gazette
Woodbury
Dan Kruidemier
Public Safety Department
W. C. Benesh
Kruidenier
The
Messrs
Benesh
Guy Marshall
Public Safety Race Tops Cedar Rapids Campaign
A crowded Cedar Rapids council race nears election day with ten candidates answering questions on why they seek public office and proposed changes if elected. The South Side precincts 14 through 16 show the hottest contest for public safety commissioner between Wes Benesh and Dan Kruidenier, amid broader mayoral and streets races. Candidates faced five standard questions about their candidacy, qualifications, and departmental plans, with results to influence Monday ballots.
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Public Safety Commissioner
the Gazette
Public Safety
South Side
Wes Benesh
Dan Kruidenier
Kruidenier- Benesh
Cedar Rapids
Kruidenier
Benesh
Frank K. Hahn
Dave Williams
Fred Currell
John Starman
Hahn
Williams
W. J. Neill
Louis Zika
Local primary narrows field to ten for council seats
The recent local primary trims a large candidate field to ten survivors, five of whom seek seats on the present council. While some speculate on leniency toward beer and dance hall licenses and small merchants, the campaign appears to be influenced by broader efforts at shaping perception.
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Sioux City
Two Men Burned In Fire At Ottumwa
In Ottumwa two men Jess Ash and Theodore Gladwell suffered critical burns when a fire destroyed a three room apartment. They were carried from the building unconscious and taken to a hospital. Ash may not live as doctors report severe burns to his left eye and ear. Three other occupants, two women, escaped unharmed. Origin of the blaze is not known.
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Ottumwa
Jess Ash
Theodore Gladwell
What is love that gives life and shapes beauty throughout
A reflective meditation on love as the force behind meaning and beauty. It extols love as enduring, universal, and transformative, claiming God is Love and that life and love are inseparable. The piece ends with a scriptural affirmation that love outlives and transcends all else.
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DR. Newton
Teens reveal more murders in Chicago crime ring
Four youths named by authorities as killers of Dr. Silber Peacock admitted two additional holdup slayings. Durland Nash and Robert Goethe identified Emil Beck as a robber who killed Peter Pagor, then Miss Ellen Anderson in separate robberies. police pursue further unsolved cases including Kenneth Morrison.
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Chicago
Silber Peacock
John Horan
Horan
Durland Nash
Robert Goethe
Emil Beck
Peter Pagor
Nash
Beck
Ellen Anderson
Kenneth Morrison
Park Department
Fined For Flying Over Fortification
American Henry J. White of Mobile Oil was fined 50 francs for flying over a fortified zone while traveling from Vienna. His confiscated plane was later restored to him.
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Strasbourg
France
Henry J. White
Mobile Oil Company
Vienna
Hitler closes campaign with demand for "free and equal" power
In Cologne Chancellor Hitler wrapped up a whirlwind election tour declaring Germany will never sign treaties except as a free and equal power. He rejected symbolic gestures as Britain urged symbolic withdrawal of Rhineland forces and no immediate fortification prior to Sunday's Reichstag plebiscite.
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William Shirer
Cologne
Germany
Hitler
Rhineland
Britain
William Shirer Profile Highlights Journalist Career
William Shirer, once Universal Service correspondent in Germany, sent cables marking Hitler’s Cologne triumph and his closing campaign speech. A Coe College graduate, Shirer previously wrote for the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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William Shirer
Universal Service
Germany
Hitler
Cologne
Coe College
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Hitler vows peace as Germans back him in landslide vote
Austrian-born Hitler, now chancellor, addressed cheering crowds as Germany votes overwhelmingly in his favor. He claimed a wartime perspective and pledged peace, saying he knows war differently from his opponents after serving as a corporal in World War I.
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Hitler
Asteroid Anteros Nearly Misses Earth February 7
Philadelphia report cites Dr. Harlow Shapley of Harvard as saying the newly found asteroid named Anteros passed about 1.5 million miles from Earth. He warned a collision would have caused disaster along the eastern seaboard and noted most known planets remain far away.
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Philadelphia
Harlow Shapley
Harvard University Observatory
Philadelphia Forum
Alleghenies
Boston
Shapley
Earth
Anteros
Roosevelt to Use Potomac as Floating White House
President Roosevelt will receive three pouches of official mail at sea, sent by two navy seaplanes from the coast guard base. The planes, piloted by Lieuts P D Quinn and J M Duke, depart Nassau to rendezvous with the Potomac near Crooked Island in the British Bahamas as the yacht cruises northward along the Bahamas outer flank. Destroyers Dale and Monaghan accompany the Potomac.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Potomac
White House
Navy
Coast Guard
P. D. Quinn
J. M. Duke
Nassau
Crooked Island
British Bahamas
Bahamas
Mariguana Island
Dale and
Monaghan
Townsend Aide Reveals Large Sums From Treasury
In Cleveland, Rev. A J Wright disclosed that Dr Townsend and Robert E Clements took far more from the treasury than expected. Wright cited Clements resignation as national secretary and his congressional testimony about Townsendites dues. He blamed Washington arrangements and stressed the setback but urged workers to persevere.
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Cleveland
Townsend
Ohio
A. J. Wright
Robert E. Clements
Treasury
Congressional
National
Townsend Organization
Townsend Defends Pensions Before Washington Committee
Dr. F E Townsend traveling by plane to Washington for a hearing on the old age revolving pension plan. He told reporters he never took a dollar from the DARP he did not reinvest twofold and expressed no apologies. Accompanied by Gilmore Young of San Francisco, listed as a DARP director but denying he is Townsend's legal representative.
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Fort Worth
Tex
F. E. Townsend
Washington
DARP
Crash Kills Eight as Central of Georgia Train Hits Bus
At Byron Georgia a Central of Georgia rail train struck a bus in the business district. Eight killed and five injured. Dr James B Kay reported seven bodies removed from wreckage and one more died at Macon Hospital. Among the dead were a white woman a white man two Negro men three Negro women and a Negro child. An injured bus passenger suggested the white woman may be Mrs Vera Sumter of Americus.
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Byron, Ga
Central of Georgia Railroad
James B. Kay
Macon
Here
Vera Sumter
Americus
Adopted Daughter Reaches Walkers
The Jimmy Walkers announce the arrival of their adopted daughter Mary Patricia Walker from Evanston Illinois. The five week old girl, blue eyed and healthy, will be raised in the Walkers’ terrace penthouse with her nurse having returned to Chicago.
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New York
Jimmy Walkers
James J
Betty Compton
Evanston
Ill
Mary Patricia Walker
Jimmy
Chicago
Mary Patricia
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll 1936 Figures
Local record shows the Cedar Rapids toll figures for 1936 with figures labeled 131 and 72. The note lists tolls collected and related parish or municipal identifiers. No additional context or names are provided in the fragment.
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Cedar Rapids
France Fights Gold Outflow As Franc Falls
France and Britain moved to curb a large gold outflow risking franc devaluation. The Bank of France raised discount and bond rates while London and New York funds supported the franc. Traders priced dollars around 15.19 francs amid market uncertainty ahead of French elections.
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France
Frang
Paris
Great Britain
Bank of France
London
New York
General Council
United States
Hitler
Rhineland
United States Congress
Darrow Urges New Hauptmann Trial in Lindbergh Case
Clarence Darrow urged a new trial for Bruno Hauptmann calling the first conviction a farce. He criticized Judge and jury conduct, questioned key testimony by Jassie Condon, and noted alleged publicity harms and a too-short ladder. He praised Gov. Hoffman for a reprieve and argued for legal grounds to delay execution.
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Chicago
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Clarence Darrow
Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh
Darrow
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Jassie’ Condon
Confession Used by Hoffmans Pardons Board
Reports say a man’s signed but unsigned confession influenced Governor Hoffman to convene the New Jersey pardons court for Bruno Hauptmann’s clemency appeal. Prosecution officials plan to challenge the new testimony while troopers intensify inquiry into the child kidnapping case.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Court of Pardons
Bruné
Richard Hauptmann
Pardons Court
Ellis H. Parker
Burlington County
Hauptmann
Hoffman
David T. Wisentz
Parker
Wilentz
Weather Outlook for Chicago March 30 to April 3
The forecast for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys calls for generally fair and cold conditions to start the week, with snow or rain and a bit warmer midweek, then fair weather to end the week.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Jury Selection Advances Slowly in Flogging Case
In Tampa five jurors were tentatively chosen to try three ex policemen accused of kidnapping and flogging three labor organizers. Judge Dowell sped the process by asking jurors if they held definite opinions, dismissing most who did. Only five jurors remained tentatively set as 61 veniremen were questioned.
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Tampa
Fla
Robert Dowell
British Fleet Receives Toasting Orders from King
London AP reports fleet orders issued Saturday detailing proper toasting protocol for the king. Health to be honored seated in naval messes on all occasions except during the national anthem when the toast is to be drunk standing.
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London
Fleet Ord
Darrow argues Hauptmann deserves new trial
Chicago report outlines Clarence Darrow's grounds for a new trial for Bruno Richard Hauptmann. He cites the Lindbergh kidnapping ladder short of the window, an untouched mug on the sill, undisturbed room furnishings, no fingerprints, and questions about the contact man Jafsie. He notes jurors slept during parts of the trial after deciding guilt early.
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America
Darrow
Chicago
Clarence Darrow
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Jassie
Lindberghs
Hauptmann
Condon
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