Iowa Indictment Details Graft Ties to O Connor Office
The Woodbury county grand jury indicted O Connor his first assistant Walter Maley and about twenty others over graft and official corruption. Evidence points to meetings in Des Moines discussing a protection payoff for slot machines and liquor with connections to Joe Gagen and the attorney general s office. Further testimony involves Bert Rollinger and calls to Des Moines officials after vice reports emerged.
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Woodbury County Brand
Iowa
O'Connor
Walter Maley
Havner
Des Moines
Clyde Mayer
Siousx City
Havner Sai
Joe Gagen
Musner
Attorney General Office
Woodbury County
Max Duckworth
Des Moses
Duckworth
Sioux City
Gagen
Hayner
Maleys
Nollinger
Elc
Bert Rollinger
Fort Madison Peni
Rollinger
Park Findley
State Bureau of Investigation
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Diamond
O Connor
Subpoenas Served in Iowa Gambling Conspiracy Case
Nine state employees were subpoenaed to appear Monday as witnesses in the gambling conspiracy trial of Attorney General Edward L. O Connor at Sioux City. Targeted officials include Edith Johnson and Alma Berry, plus Edwin Ewing, B Murtagh, Fred Porter, Glen Schmidt, and three Iowa special agents Don Ryan Joe Burke and Paul J Gruber.
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DES Moines
Edward L. O’connor
Sioux City
Vis
Edith Johnson
Clyde T Hereings
Alma Berry
Connor
Ross Ewing
State Executive Council Secretars
Records detail expense accounts of noted agents and assistants
Records and correspondence of O'Connor and his first assistant Walter Maley show Schmidt instructed to bring expense accounts for three agents plus C W McNaughton Wil lam R Arthur and William Zelinsky. McNaughton faced graft indictment for bribe acceptance and Arthur for perjury. Porter and Murtagh ordered to produce all state agent vouchers including Maurice Breen and Ray Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Connor
Walter Maley
Schmidt
C W. McNaughton
Willam R Arthur
William Zelinsky
McNaughton
Woodbury
Arthur
Porter
Murtagh
Maurice Breen
Ray Harrison
Anglo American Harmony on Navies Amid Conference Postponement
London dispatch reports the naval conference postponed to December 6 to accommodate American delegates. Observers foresee closer Britain United States cooperation than ever, noting Roosevelt's October 5 pledge not to intervene for traders amid a blockade against aggressor nations, reducing the freedom of the seas ideal.
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London
Ins
Great Britain
United States
Roosevelt
League of Nations
England
Britain Clings to Peace Efforts After Election Loss
In Seaham Labour defeats MacDonald amid toil and dole concerns. Lansbury condemns his apostasy while Labour cheers. Sir John Simon leads Liberal faction as Lloyd George eyes opposition leadership. Churchill reelected in Epping by 20,000, Maxton doubles Glasgow majority.
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Seaham
Labor
MacDonald
George Lansbury
John Simon
Lloyd George
Herbert Samuel
Winston Churchill
the Admiralty
Epping
Essex
James Maxton
Glasgow
Plan to base farm benefits on production and crop insurance
A long term agricultural plan was presented to the National Grange in Sacramento. It calls for crop insurance and seven major reforms to AAA programs, including payments based on actual production, limits on overproduction, and favoring family farms over large operators. The plan would curb benefit payments for nonproduced commodities and set up adjustments and surplus handling for foreign markets or storage.
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Sacramento
Calif
AAA
National Grange
C C Cogswell
Kansas State Grange
Kansas Tax Commission
United States
The
Grange Convention Committee On Agriculture
North sailors recount epic 200 mile ice journey
A hardy crew from the fishing steamer Lu-Bere, led by Capt. Purvis, arrived in Gypsumville after a 200 mile trek across wind swept ice and muskeg. They faced 20 below zero, blizzards, wolf packs, and exhausted dog teams before landing at Ripley and later Eagle Island. The vessel later broke through ice and ducked into Pony Island as winter gripped Lake Winnipeg.
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Gypsumville
Wayne
Jouney
Royarvis Theo
Ripley
Here
Thor
Joseph Lundin
Purvis
Lake Winnipeg
Eagle Island
Grand Rapids
Tee
Pony Island
Washington State Bank Joins Federal Reserve System
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago announced that the Washington State Bank of Washington Iowa has been admitted to the federal reserve system and licensed as a member bank. The bank had previously operated as an unrestricted non member bank.
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Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Washington State Bank
Washington
Iowa
Federal Reserve System
Washington Bank
Darling Leaves Bureau to Lead National Wildlife Conference
J N Darling resigns as head of the bureau of biological survey and vows to pursue game conservation. He announces a February national wildlife conference to form a federation uniting 14 million licensed sportsmen, urging unified action to counter resource commercialization. He returns to cartooning while urging continued advocacy.
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Washington
J. N
Ding” Darling
Bureau of Biological Survey
Congress
Darling
Bureau
Labor Federation
Demands Strict Enforcement of Traffic Rules
Thomas P Henry of the American Automobile Association urged strict enforcement to cut the motor vehicle death toll in half. Speaking at the AAA convention with 800 clubs present, he pressed for continuous enforcement, more patrols, and selective action on violators to reduce fatalities within a year.
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Chicago
Thomas P Henry
American Automobile Association
Henry
Roosevelt
AAA
Legislative Committee
Bethway
Seek Cancellation of Chicago Milk Supply Contracts
The farm war over Chicago milk supply flared as opponents of Pure Milk Association urged PMA members to cancel contracts. The 15 day period ending Nov 30 allows farmers to repudiate agreements to supply milk to city dealers through the PMA.
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Chicago
Pure Milk Association
PMA
WPA approves Cedar County works projects in Iowa
Iowa WPA on Friday night approved 22 new works projects totaling 20 908 employed and 15 777 543 dollars in costs. Projects span Buchanan Dubuque Henry Jefferson Muscatine Van Buren Jackson Boone Polk and Des Moines with road resurfacing, city hall, high school work, cemetery improvements, bridges and tutoring for crippled children. The effort aims to lift relief clients back into work as the state exits federal relief.
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Des Moines
Iowa Works Progress Administration
L. Hl
Hill
Buchanan County
Hazleton
Fairbank
Perry
Westburg
Jefferson Township
Dubuque
Cedar
Iowa
Rochester
Centar
Sugar Creek
Farmington
Red Oak
Fremont
Pioneer
Massillon
Linn
Center
Gower
Henry
Mount Pleasant
Jefferson
Fairfield
Muscatine
Greenwood Cemetery
Wilton Junction
van Buren
Township
Jackson
Prairie Springs
Boone
Polk
Indicted Illinois County Clerk Over Shortage
Albion F. Delander former Will county clerk was indicted on three counts for an $18 683 shortage in his accounts The Republican served as county clerk for twelve years ending November 1934 The shortage was found in an audit ordered by his successor
Two Milwaukee Hoodlums Slain in Chicago Gang Style
Two Milwaukee hoodlums, Joseph Scaffido and Angelo Kleronomos, were shot to death in a Chicago northwest side auto row, a suspected bootleg hub. A black sedan halted briefly then sped away, the killings part of four gang related slayings in 36 hours. Police, led by Capt. John Pawlowski, voiced fear of renewed gang warfare and investigated possible links among the deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wis
Joseph Scaffido
Angelo Kleronomos
Scaffido
Kleronomos
Po Nce
John Pawlowski
Shakespeare Police
Pawlowski
Retired Fairfield Minister Dies in Virginia
The Rev. Charles E Ward 74 a retired Methodist minister died Friday at the Fort Belvoir Virginia home of a daughter Mrs H C Smith where he had been visiting His body will be brought here for burial He was a Fairfield business man and later a minister well known in southeastern Iowa His wife two daughters and five sons survive
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Fairfield
Charles E Ward
H C. Smith
Fort Belvoir
Iowa
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Sailors
Washington, Ia
Ding
United Action For Wild Life
WPA
Cedar Co
Illinois
Fairfield Methodist
Virginia
Montrose Terrace Nite Club
Don Roth
Fopcoats
Clark
Second Street
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