Governor Herring says O Connor removal not lawful
Iowa Governor Clyde L. Herring asserts the Iowa executive council lacks power to remove Attorney General Edward L. O Connor over charges from The Cedar Rapids Gazette. He cites legal limits requiring proof of misusing state funds or similar acts and declines advancing action. The governor also notes difficulty filling the liquor board post and discusses political pressures with Cedar Rapids editor Verne Marshall.
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Excelsior Springs
Iowa
Gov. Herring
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Elms Hotel
Marshall
The
Gazette
O'Connor
Herring
Feuling
Walter Maley
Harold M. Cooper
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Liquor Commission
Gardner Cowles
Des Moines Register
Supreme Court
William D. Evans
Hampton
Railroad Man Finds New Way To Fish
George Stamets of Frenchtown New Jersey used a Pennsylvania railroad motor car on the rails near Milford to catch a large buck shad He saw a fish hawk seize the shad and made the car backfire causing the hawk to drop the fish this strategic move earned him the catch
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Frenchtown
N. J
George Stamets
Pennsylvania Railroad
Milford
Stamets
Bookkeeper Denies Killing Five Family Members in New York
Frederick Gross a 49 year old Manhattan bookkeeper denied involvement after police and toxicologists linked the deaths of his wife and four of their five children to a rare poison. District Attorney Geoghan planned to prosecute for all five deaths. The victims were Katherine 38 Frederick Jr 9 Katherine 7 Leo 3 and Barbara 19 months old.
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New York
INS
Frederick Gross
Manhattan
Gross
William F. X. Geoghan
Katherine Gross
Frederick, Jr
Katherine
Leo
Barbara
Court sets aside $125000 verdict in Cannon case
In Charlotte North Carolina Superior Court Judge W F Harding voided a $125000 heartbalm award to F Brandon Smith former husband of Anne Cannon Reynolds Smith towel heiress citing excessiveness and ordered a new trial. Smith had sued Joseph F Cannon Jr multimillionaire textile maker claiming he alienated his daughter's affections forcing the divorce. Anne said she divorced Smith in Hot Springs last summer by her own choice and never loved him.
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Charlotte
N. C
INS
F. Brandon Smith
Anne Cannon Reynolds Smith
Superior
W. F. Harding
Smith
Joseph F. Cannon, Jr
Cannon
Anne
Zachary Smith Reynolds
Tobacco
Reno
Hot Springs
RFC Head Says Bonus Might Be Good Thing
Washington AP The RFC chairman Jesse Jones suggested that immediate payment of the bonus could be beneficial drawing surprise at the White House. Jones told bankers in Pinehurst North Carolina he could not become excited about fast payment while noting the government’s relief outlays and potential congressional action. He said paying now is a matter of settling the issue and removing it from politics despite cost and interest concerns.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
RFC
White House
Reconstruction Corporation
Jones
Bankers
Pinehurst
N. C
Capital
Congress
Wallace defends AAA at Louisiana rally in Alexandria
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace urged farmers to unite for the agricultural adjustment act at a statewide rally in Alexandria. He warned that division among farmers could cost gains made under New Deal policies and cited rising farm receipts and the cotton program as proof of AAA benefits amid a proclaimed no food shortage.
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Alexandria
Henry A. Wallace
Huey P. Long
Long
AAA
New Deal
Wallace
Des Moines
Roosevelt
Louisiana
New Deal For Agriculture
Georgia
Texas
Police Stop Payroll Bandits Near Memphis
In Memphis Tennessee police stopped a payroll robbery at the Anderson-Tully company within an hour. Three bandits took $3945 before officers shot one robber and arrested another. the remaining loot was recovered.
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Memphis, Tenn
Anderson-Tully Company
Farmers Start For Capital To Plead For AAA
About 500 farmers from the Midwest and Southwest travel to Washington for a mass meeting to press for amendments to the AAA program. The delegation, mostly county and township crop adjustment members, funds its trip privately and plans a Tuesday meeting in the Labor Department auditorium. Farm Administrator Chester Davis warns AAA officials will remain neutral amid the trek.
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Des Moines
Capitol
AAA
Midwest
Southwest
Washington
Wallace
Chester C. Davis
Farm Administration
Crop Adjustment Control Association
Department of Labor
Davis
Woman Severely Injured In Crash South Of Airport
Mrs. L C Ronk of 1403 Fourth Street SW suffered fractures of both collarbones and a crushed chest in a two car crash on Highway 161 about a mile south of the airport at 6 35 p m Friday. She is hospitalized at Mercy. The Ronks were in a car driven by her husband. another southbound car driven by M R Gilbertson struck them from the rear. The Ronk car overturned. Their son Roger age 6 was bruised. Also injured were Mrs H W Kruse riding with Gilbertson. Neither driver was hurt.
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L. C. Ronk
Fourth Street
Highway 161
Mercy Hospital
Second Avenue SE
Ronk’s
Roger
H. W. Kruse
Forest Drive SE
Gilbertson
Roosevelt Leaves For Rural Maryland
President Roosevelt and a delegation of congressional leaders departed Washington by motor for a weekend fishing and conference trip in rural Maryland. The group will head to the Woodmont Rod and Gun Club near Hancock and plans to return by Sunday evening.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capital
Maryland
Woodmont
Hancock
Chavez Named Senator Lifts Hope For Bonus
Gov. Clyde Tingley announced Dennis Chavez as United States senator to succeed the late Bronson Cutting, who died in a TWA crash. Patman bonus supporters said Chavez’s appointment strengthens their bid to override a veto on the inflationary $2.2 billion measure as Chavez plans to vote with them.
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Santa FE
N. M
INS
Clyde Tingley
Dennis Chavez
United States
Bronson Cutting
TWA
Missouri
Washington
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Patman
Chavez
Patman cash bonus bill faces veto clash
Washington reports Patman backers plot to win over Water Glass of Virginia and former wartime treasury chief to defend funding the bonus with new currency. They count on support from Senator McAdoo and Glass, hoping to counter Roosevelt's fiscal policy and secure credit steadiness.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Patman
Pevurcey Seus
W *Ater Glass
Virginia
Patmanites
William Gibbs McAdoo
California
Treasury
McAdoo
Glass
Light Rains Bring Decline In Cedar Rapids Merrcoury
Light showers in Cedar Rapids brought .04 inch moisture on Saturday as temperatures eased. The mercury fell from 71 at 9:30 am to 62 by 1 pm, after a 24 hour low of 53 at 2 am and a 7 am reading of 63. Friday peaked at 78 around 3 pm with 65 at 7 pm and 54 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Three Children Of Widowed Mother Need Camp Outing
Anxiety over finances forces a frail widow to keep three malnourished children in a cramped Cedar Rapids home. Johnny Susie and Willie, ages 6 8 and 10, live on $10 a week plus $2 50 per child under the widow's pension act. The doctor recommends Camp Good Health for nourishment and play. Readers are urged to contribute to the Camp Good Health Fund via The Gazette to aid maintenance at the camp.
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Cedar Rapids
Public Health Nursing Association
Johnny
Susie
Willie
Susier
Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette
Iowa
Camp Good Health
Sioux City Officer Luke Discharged Amid Graft Allegations
Patrolman Nile Luke head of the raiding squad was discharged on grounds of public corruption after evidence cited beyond reasonable doubt. Authorities launched a crackdown with warrants for six or seven suspects linked to slot machines and bootlegging, as special prosecutors pursue conspiracy to obstruct justice.
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Sioux City
Nile Luke
Joe Young
Luke
Young
Anid
Verne Marshall
Joseph E. Young
Administration of Justice
Carlos W. Goltz
Associated Press
William Texler
Hayes
Special Prosecutor Moves to Remove Woodbury County Atty
Special prosecutors Ole Naglestad and Carlos Goltz file a petition to remove Woodbury County Attorney Max Duckworth after he refuses to resign. The case follows graft allegations tied to a state liquor probe and a prior grand jury recommendation for removal.
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Sioux City
F. H.rice
Ole Naglestad
Carlos W. Goltz
Woodbury County
Max Duckworth
Three Slain in Texas Prison Disorders After Executions
In Eastham Texas prison incidents followed the Friday executions of desperado Raymond Hamilton and Joe Palmer. Virgil Welch a guard was killed during a break at the Eastham prison farm where convict leader Jack Peddy was shot dead by possemen. A second riot at the main penitentiary left Ernest Young fatally stabbed and three other convicts wounded.
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Eastham Prison Farm
Tex
INS
Raymond Hamilton
Joe Palmer
Jack Peddy
Virgil’ Welch
Arsenal
Peddy
Ernest Young
Hamilton
Palmer
Huntsville
Balkan Nations Open Talks on Rearming Attitude
In Bucharest four nations Romania Yugoslavia Greece and Turkey opened a joint discussion on the Balkan stance toward rearming Bulgaria Hungary and Austria. Sources indicate a limited consent might be possible if strict control is maintained.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Jugoslavia
Greece
Turkey
Balkan
Bulgaria
Hungary
Austria
Want Ads Closing Time In Big Sun Day Gazette
Closing time is 8 P.M. tonight for Want Ads in the Big Sun Day Gazette. Readers have all day Sunday to view wants and offers and respond, with good results expected. Call 2-1121 to place an ad and check credit eligibility if listed in the telephone directory.
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BIG Sunday Gazette
Duckworth Resigns Then Reconsiders as Woodbury County Attorney
Special to The Gazette Sioux City reports Max E. Duckworth planned to resign Friday afternoon but changed his mind after discussions with his father in law Judge John Tinley. The motive cited involves pushback from grand jury graft probes and liquor commission investigations. Verne Marshall tied Duckworth to records in Des Moines though earlier Sioux City inquiries yielded a clean bill of health.
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Sioux City
Woodbury
Max E. Duckworth
Council Bluffs
John Tinley
County Board of Supervisors
Duckworth
Iowa
Liquor Commission
Verne Marshall
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Des ‘Moines
Three Breakins Investigated Across City Establishments
Police investigated three break ins reported Saturday at a Skelly oil station on Johnson Avenue and Eighteenth NW, Coffee Cup cafe at 1727 Avenue NW, and Drapela's grocery at 1917 Mount Vernon Avenue SE. Windows were forced. nothing missing at the oil station. loot at the cafe included pies and potato chips. at the grocery pennies candy shoe polish and waxed paper taken.
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Cedar .Rafids News
Skelly
Johnson Avenue
Eighteenth” Street NW
Avenue NW
Drapela’s
Mount Vernon Avenue
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W. D. Hayes
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