Court blocks Woodbury graft judge and tax news mix
The report notes Judge Earl Peters may be barred from graft and conspiracy trials in Woodbury County, with Chief Justice Kintzinger saying a special petition is needed. The piece then shifts to Governor Herring disputing bridge funding, Senator Dickinson criticizing the AAA, Jimmy Walker’s return, and looming tax burdens in New York City as relief projects expand.
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Scott
Peters
Woodbury County
Kintzinger
Supreme Court
Sioux City
Iowa
Lester
We Dickinson
AAA
Dickinson
Cornell College Forum
New York City
Washington
R. H. Munger
Peters Denies Change of Venue in Graft Trial Hearings
Judge Earl Peters of Clarinda denied the state's request to move the Edward L. O'Connor graft case venue. Special Prosecutor Havner submitted hundreds of Woodbury residents affidavits claiming prejudice against a Sioux City trial and criticized the Sioux City Tribune for biased reporting.
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Stoux City
Earl Peters
Clarinda
Kintzinger
Iowa Supreme Court
Edward L. O’connor
Peters
H. M. Havner
Woodbury County
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Hatred Against British Flares Again In Rome
In Rome anti British sentiment erupts after King Victor Emmanuel backs Mussolini in the war on Ethiopia. Students attack shops and hotels suspected of backing Britain as fascist press rails against Britain and Virginio Gayda condemns Ethiopia occupation.
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Rome
Victor Emanuel
Benito Mussolini
Ethiopia
Great Britain
Italy
Britain
Mediterranean
Virginio Gayda
Giornale Duce
Supreme Court to Review Validity of Graft Indictments
DES MOINES AP The Supreme Court granted 30 additional graft case defendants a review of Judge Peters action upholding their indictments The court ordered all proceedings against Tom Conroy C W McNaughton and 28 others postponed until a decision on indictment validity The full bench will hear arguments to overrule Peters refusal to quash the indictments when the session begins Dec 10 The action links Walter Maley Ray Harrison and Joe Gagen with the group in their bid to overturn the indictments. previous reviews were granted for Harrison Maley and Gagen
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Peters
Tom Conroy
C. W. McNaughton
High Tribunal
Walter Maley
Ray Harrison
Joe Gagen
Des Moines Bondsman
High Court
Harrison
Maley
Gagen
H. M. Havner
George Gorder
A. Baron
Ralph Prichard
Sioux City
Justice Kintzinger
E G. Albert
James M. Parsons
Rawlings
Bury
Girl With Inverted Stomach Returns Home After Operation
Alyce Jane McHenry, who traveled from Omaha on February 16 to Fall River Massachusetts for stomach inversion surgery, returned home weighing 82 pounds after starting at 40 pounds. She said Omaha looks good to her as she and her mother settle into a local apartment.
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Omaha
Neb
Alyce Jane McHenry
Fall River
Mass
Alyce Jane
Joliet felon slain in prison yard brawl
William Neill, serving a murder sentence, was stabbed to death in a yard riot at Stateville prison in Joliet. Several inmates were seriously injured and treated at the prison hospital as authorities investigated the cause of the brawl among about thirty convicts. Neill was convicted of killing a tavern keeper during a 1930 holdup.
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Joiiet
Ill
William Neill
Stateville
William R. McCable
Will County
Neill
Joliet
Fred Sievert
Rome reports five Italian deaths in Ethiopian campaign
An official announcement on Friday stated only one Italian officer and four enlisted men were killed in combat in Ethiopia. It adds that during October one officer and twenty seven other Italians died from illness or accident in the East African campaign.
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Rome
Ethiopia
Italy
15 Percent Soft Coal Tax Imposed
The federal government imposed a 15 percent excise tax on bituminous coal producers in an unprecedented move to regulate the industry. The tax took effect Friday but will not be collectible until January 2.
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Washington
Woman Found Slain in Kansas City Apartment
The nude body of 30 year old Florence Harless was found in her Kansas City apartment after a Halloween party. Neighbors reported loud activity and two men and two women present. Deputy Coroner James Gleason ordered a post mortem as police investigated possible attackers.
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Kansas City
INS
Florence Harless
Lester Frisch
James Gleason
Harlene
Frisch
U S Trade Commission Targets Iowa Building Material Dealers
The federal trade commission serves notice to C. C. Shapleigh as secretary of the Iowa Building Material Dealers association charging restraint of trade. About forty members, including King’s Crown Plaster Co and Builders Material Co, face similar notices with reports due in Washington within twenty days.
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Federal Trade Commission
Iowa Building Material Dealers Association
C. C. Shapleigh
Shapleigh
Washington
Iowa
Iowa Association
King’s Crown Plaster Company
Builders Material Company
John W. Pichner
Pennsylvania
Ohio
National
Funeral Courtroom Chief Judge Requests Courtroom Burial
Carthage Missouri obituary notes Judge J D Perkins longtime Jasper County official requested his funeral be in the courtroom where he presided for two decades. Services were held Friday per his written request in the same room.
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Carthage
J. D. Perkins
Jasper County
Life starts at forty a call to spiritual rebirth
A reader’s letter prompts a reflection on how turning forty signals a vital life shift. The writer urges stillness to hear life’s signal, explains aging as a time to discover spirit over sense, and cites personal illness as a mercy that revealed purpose and the need to live as spiritual beings rather in froth.
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Jesus
McGregor Duck Hunters Escape Drowning On Mississippi
McGregor duck hunters John Sloan and Paul Entwisle narrowly escaped drowning when their boat filled with water and sank after a wave broke over it near a commercial fisherman's launch. Unable to swim in hunting clothes they held a floating gasoline can to stay afloat until rescued by the fish launch. their boat and gear sank in twenty five feet of water.
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the Gazette
McGregor
John Sloan
Paul Entwisle
Mississippi River
Here
Italy rejects latest Franco British peace overture
Italian diplomat Baron Pompeo Aloisi says Rome will continue the Ethiopean war after interviews with Pierre Laval and Samuel Hoare. Laval may push a revived four power directorate plan and seek Franco German understandings, revisiting the 1933 unratified pact.
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Geneva
Italy
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Pierre Laval
Samuel Hoare
Ethiopia
United Press
Laval
Britain
France
Germany
Baron Aloisi
Quebec quake rips rail line and rattles northeast
Tremor blamed on crustal shift rattled northern Quebec Thursday night, tearing up the Canadian National line near Parent and disrupting traffic to Ontario. One death is attributed to heart complications worsened by fright in Water Town New York. Epicenter about 180 miles northwest of Ottawa.
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Quebec
la Tuque
Que
Canadian National Railways
Parent
Cochrane
Chester A. Reed
American Museum of Natural History
Catherine A. Cook
Watertown
N. Y
Dominion Observatory
Ottawa
12 000 Head Of Cattle Entered In International Show
Chicago AP The 36th annual International Livestock exposition opens Nov 30 with more than 12 000 select cattle horses swine and sheep entered for cash prizes and a combined hay and grain show valued at over 3 000 000 The Show Manager cites drought recovery and strong farm prosperity as signs of record attendance and exhibitors expected in 1935
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Chicago
B. H. Heide
Heide
Roosevelt Expects Landon To Oppose Him In 1936 Race
President Roosevelt hinted he would face Alf Landon of Kansas if he runs for re election in 1936. The remark surfaced during a western campaign planning discussion aboard a Roosevelt train between North Platte and Cheyenne. Colorado figures present included U S Senators Costigan and Adams Governor Johnson and Attorney General Prosser.
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Conyricht
Denver
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Colorado
United Press
Landon
Kansan
North Platte
Neb
Cheyenne
Wyo
United States
Edward P. Costigan
Alva B. Adams
Edwin C. Johnson
Paul P. Prosser
John Carroll
Costigan
Wyoming
Libby Holman Receives Large Share of Reynolds Estate
North Carolina supreme court upholds a lower court ruling awarding Libby Holman Reynolds and her two year old son more than seven million dollars from Zachary Smith Reynolds estate. The decision also grants Anne Cannon Reynolds II up to nine million dollars.
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Raleigh, N. C
Libby Holman Reynolds
Zachary Smith Reynolds
North Carolina‘ Supreme Court
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Young Reynolds
Anne Cannon Reynolds
J. F. Cannon
Reynolds
Corn Husking Contest Spurs Quip by Onlookers
Two women in a Michigan plated car stopped a highway patrolman near the corn husking contest field. They asked about the crowd and quipped they didn’t know so many people were needed to harvest the corn before driving away.
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Davenport
Michigan
Potatoes Tax Exemption Announced by Wallace in 1936 Plan
Secretary Wallace announced a tax exempt allotment of 226 600 000 bushels for 1936 to enforce the potato control law. Iowa receives 1 399 000 bushels with a roughly 45 cent per bushel tax on post December 1 harvests sold beyond the allotment. The AAA cites a 350 000 000 to 355 000 000 bushel 1936 crop and aims to preserve buying power comparable to 1919‑1929. state quotas total 222 068 000 bushels with a 4 532 000 bushel reserve for adjustments.
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Washington
Wallace Friday
Iowa
AAA
Wallace
J. B. Hutson
AAA Division
Audubon Man Crowned New State Champ
Elmer Carlson of Audubon won Iowa’s corn husking state title with a net of 2598.3 pounds in 80 minutes at the Grover Hahn farm near Davenport, claiming a cash prize and a trophy and setting a state record though not surpassing his world mark. Runner up Elle Hendricks of Grundy Center earned $50. Other top finishers and field conditions noted as crowds exceeded 20,000 spectators.
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Elmer-Carlson
Audubon
Iowa
Corm
Attica
Ind
Carlson
Grover ‘ Hahn
Davenport
Wal
Jace
Stead
Des’ Moines
Elle Hendricks
Grundy Center
Grundy County
Hendricks
Indiana
Hahn Farm
Hot Dog Feast Dares The Husking Crowd In Davenport
At the state corn husking contest in Davenport a 20 000 strong crowd consumed 1500 pounds of hot dogs 15000 buns 4400 slices of bread 2000 pounds of cheese 2500 doughnuts 6000 cookies 840 cans of pork and beans 25 bushels of apples and vast amounts of candy popcorn and coffee. Police arrested a suspect after four spectators were robbed.
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Davenport
Scott County
4-H
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Fordham Uniyn
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