Gambling racket clean up eyed by Wapello grand jury
The Ottumwa Courier notes that the Wapello county grand jury ordered a general law enforcement clean up and prosecutions for slot machines. It cites concerns about prior state agent raids and failures to prosecute, and calls for thorough records from Fort Madison prison authorities.
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Ottumwa
Wapello County
Grand
State Bureau of Investigation
Ed O'Connor
Sioux City
Maryland Girl Dead In Woods Near Her Home
Corinna Loring a 26 year old Sunday school teacher who was to be married this week was found slain near Saddleback Ridge in Maryland. A smashed watch and a glove were found with the body along with strangling cord marks and a possible head wound. Police await autopsy results and search for suspects as her fiancé Richard Tear and family seek answers.
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Mount Ranier
Corinna Loring
Lonely Saddleback Ridge
Washington
Orelock
Loring
E. D. Fletcher
Miss Loring
Mount Ranier Methodist Church
Richard Tear
Drake Youth To Be Tried Dec. 9 For Killing Aunt, Uncle
Thomas LeRoy Drake a 19 year old Sunday school teacher awaits trial on December 9 for poisoning his elderly aunt and uncle and dumping their bodies in Los Angeles harbor. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and defense lawyers seek depositions on his mental state. He previously admitted poisoning Mr and Mrs Henry Steinheur and driving their bodies into the harbor.
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Los Angeles
Thomas LeRoy Drake
Drake
Henry G. Steinheur
Hunt Continues For Kingsford Smith In Indian Ocean
In Singapore Straits Settlement AP reports Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and co pilot Tom Pethybridge are missing after a flight from England to Australia. A monsoon threat loomed as C James Melrose sighted the plane near the Bay of Bengal early Friday. Royal Air Force planes searched jungle islands Saturday but found nothing.
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Singapore
Straits Settlement
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Tom Pethybridge
England
Australia
C. James Melrose
Kingsford-Smith
Bay of Bengal
Royal Air Force
Solving Loneliness Through Love and Fellowship
Dr Newton discusses loneliness as a spiritual issue and urges stepping beyond pride and selfishness. He argues that only love and generous giving unlocks loneliness, contrasting solitary or aloof lives with open friendship and shared life.
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Milton
Emily Bronte
Emily Dickinson
Iowa chain store tax upheld by district court
Des Moines authorities report Judge F S Shankland ruled the Iowa chain store tax constitutional in a Saturday decision. The ruling affects Tolerton and Warfield of Sioux City and Benner Tea of Burlington as cases proceed to the Iowa Supreme Court. The unit tax and gross receipts tax scales and penalties are outlined in the ruling.
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DES Moines
Iowa
F. S. Shankland
Shankland
Iowa Supreme Court
Tolerton and Warfield Company
Sioux City
Benner Tea Company
Burlington
Sioux City Company
Council Oak
State Board of Review
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
Auto toll totals for Cedar Rapids in 1935 show 340 accidents resulting in 397 injuries and 2 deaths. Officials recorded incident counts and harm figures across the year.
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Cedar Rapids
Ethiopian Army Moves To Cut Off Italians In Walkait
Ethiopian forces press a western flank on the northern front planning to invade Eritrea via Walkait. Emperor Haile Selassie orders Dessasmatch Ayelu to strike behind Italian lines at Makale as reports note air reconnaissance and heavy mobilization of well armed troops by November. Danakil tribes are sent to reinforce Aussa province and Red Cross funds rise in the U S. Authorities report a large gold find in Menelik’s tomb, warned to protect it from disturbance during national danger.
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Addis Ababa
Reuters
Ethiopia
Ras Seyoum
Ras Kassa
Negus
Danakils
Aussa
Addis Ababa-Djibouti
Leslie Brown
International Red Cross
United States
Red Cross
Haile Selassie
Menelik
Treat Baby To Check Ossification Of Legs
Dolores Breska, 16 months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Aloysius Breska, is undergoing medical treatment at Wisconsin General hospital to determine if ossification of her legs can be prevented. Doctors, who have not disclosed treatment details, expect several weeks of tests after the malady appeared when she began walking two months ago. The child appears healthy despite leg bandages.
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Madison
Wis
Dolores Breska
Aloysius Breska
Wisconsin General Hospital
Breskas
Selassie May Form Alliance With Yemen
Emperor Haile Selassie and the Imam of Yemen reportedly concluded a military alliance on Saturday. The pact was learned unofficially as Said Mohamed, the Imam's envoy, met with the Ethiopian emperor to discuss terms possibly involving Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia.
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Addis Ababa
Reuters
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Haile Selassie
Yemen
Said Mohamed
Herring Plans To Deliver Pig To Olson After Bet
Iowa Governor Clyde Herring will drive a truck to Minneapolis to deliver a pig to Minnesota Governor Floyd B Olson after Iowa beat Minnesota in the homecoming game. Herring plans to drive to St Paul and herd the pig into Olson's office, joking about carpet wear. The pig may be named Floyd or Floydina, with other naming suggestions thrown in.
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Iowa City
Clyde Herring
Minneapolis
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
Olson
Iowa
St. Paul
On Herring
Dall
Herring
Iowa Minnesota athletic officials announce peace pact
Iowa and Minnesota athletic officials announced a peace pact Saturday night ending a severance of football relations. The notice appears in a city AP report with continued details on page 2.
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Iowa
Towa
Minnesota Athletic
Two Minor Collisions Mark Heavy Traffic Day
Rainy misty weather produced one of the heaviest traffic days in recent years with only two minor collisions reported. A mother and her son suffered minor facial bruises in a rear end crash on First Street SW. A rear end collision near the south city limits involved M J Aubineau and Chet Dunlap. One head on collision on Highway 161 south yielded no injuries. Police praised highway patrols and traffic control as crowds filled the business district into the night.
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Laura Mann
St. Louis
Ronald
Donald F. Crossier
Minneapolis
First Street
Seventh Avenue
Crossier
Iowa City
M. J. Aubineau
Fourth Avenue
Highway 161
Chet Dunlap
Thirty-fourth Street
Aubineau
R. C
B Avenue NE
Gordon Hughes
In The Compiegne Forest Armistice Negotiations
A Sunday Gazette feature recounts the 1918 armistice talks ending World War I. Humphrey Cobb details bitter exchanges and notes exchanged, and the escorted journey of German delegates to a secret destination to meet Allied representatives.
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Sunday Gazette
Compiegne Forest
Humphrey Cobb
Hauptmann Nervous in Death House as Executions Loom
Bruno Hauptmann shows nerves before an upcoming execution in New Jersey. The death row inmate, who murdered the Lindbergh baby, grows anxious as Romaine Johnson faces the chair midweek. Chaplains and visitors Samuel Gottlieb Werner and Van Pelt offer solace while lawyers seek Supreme Court review. Johnson nears defeat. Hauptmann clings to fiction and checkers.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Romaine Johnson
Johnson
Van:Pelt
New Jersey
van. Pelt
Tmann
Bruno
Gottlieb Werner
United States Supreme Court
Plan Intensive Cleanup Drive for Community Chest Campaign
Campaign workers report $68 127 05 pledged for the Community Chest with a Monday Tuesday canvass planned to raise toward a final goal of 80 260 49. Downtown firms were asked to recontact employees as 1 000 prospect cards are reassigned and more gifts sought. Headquarters at Hotel Roosevelt Room 221 opens through Wednesday. pledges to date total 7 200 from the employee division.
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Community Chest Finance
Recanvass
Community Chest
Jin Room
Hotel Roosevelt
Billy Sunday Rites Marked By Revival
In Moody Memorial Church Chicago four thousand mourners attended Rev William A Billy Sunday s funeral marked by a revival service. Homer Rodeheaver led singing as the crowd joined in The Glory of That Beautiful Shore and ministers urged converts to salvation. Pallbearers included Judge K M Landis and Henry Parsons Crowell with condolences from President Roosevelt and Mayor LaGuardia.
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Chicago
William A. “Billy
Patintay
Moody Memorial Church
John Timothy Stone
Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Tabernacle
Homer Rodeheaver
Billy
K. M. Landis
James Heaton
John HH. Wiles
Thomas Smith
William A. Peterson
Henry Parsons Crowell
Helen
Roosevelt
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
Iowa City Man Dies at Football Game
Jay H. Schuchardt, 56, of Iowa City, collapsed from a heart attack at Iowa Stadium during a Hawkeyes victory over Minnesota. He died en route to the hospital as the game neared halftime with Iowa leading 6 to 0. A longtime Iowa City resident, he was seated in the permanent stands and his death was not linked to bleacher collapse.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Minnesota
Jay H. Schuchardt
Iowa Stadium
Hawkeyes
Schuchardt
Towa City
Temperatures Hold Steady in Cedar Rapids Rain
Temperatures stayed nearly unchanged in Cedar Rapids as misty rain fell. The reading held at 52 from noon to 7 p.m. then rose to 53 by 10:30 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Sylvanus Flying Boat Burns in Brindisi Harbor
The fourteen-ton twenty passenger Sylvanus, largest Imperial Airways flying boat, was destroyed by fire in Brindisi harbor on Saturday while refueling for a regular flight to Alexandria, according to reports reaching Croydon airport.
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Croydon
Eng
Imperial Airways
Brindisi
Italy
Alexandria
Sailor Death Used as Pretext for New Invasion
Nearly 2 000 Japanese marines moved into a demilitarized zone of Shanghai after the assassination of Hideo Nakayama, a 23 year old naval marine. The embassy called for immediate arrest of the suspected Chinese assailant and warned of drastic action.
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APY
Shanghai
Hideo Nakayama
Hongkew
Wang Ching-Wei
China
Nanking
Demand for Regime Change Quietly Reported in China
A dispatch from Peking notes Japan in China via Gen Kenji Doihara, head of military intelligence, making a Saturday demand for a new regime. Details were sparse and unconfirmed as officials cautioned on potential shifts in policy.
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Pieping
China
Japan
Kenji, Doihara
Omaha Robbery Complaint Files Against Ray Tait
A complaint charging Ray Tait, 26, of Glenwood Iowa, with robbing Mrs Anna Smeal, hotel proprietor, of 675 dollars, was filed Saturday by Detective Inspector A C Andersen in Omaha.
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Omaha
Ray Tait
Glenwood
Anna, Smeal
Weather outlook for Chicago week of November 11
The period from November 11 to 16 brings below normal temperatures across the upper Mississippi valley and central plains. Northern portions face likely one or two precipitation periods with overall cool conditions.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
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