Graft Trials Highlight Iowa Officials and State Agents
A Sioux City graft scandal centers on William Bollinger and state agent C W McNaughton with bribe and protection claims. Attorney General Ed O Connor faces scrutiny over the department of justice as trials unfold and witness testimony tightens around Collins and Mayer.
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McNaughton
Ed O'Connor
Clyde Mayer
Rollinger
Bert Rollinger
Mayer
Sioux City
Department of Justice
China Clipper Maiden Flight Opens Transpacific Mail
The China Clipper took off from Alameda California at 3 46 p m PST to inaugurate trans pacific airmail service bound for Honolulu Guam and Manila The 25 ton flying boat carried 110 000 pieces of mail amid a ceremony with a Star Spangled Banner performance and thousands of spectators The seven man crew led by Captain Edwin C Musick faced a brief delay before the historic departure and would fly over San Francisco Bay toward Honolulu carrying ample provisions and fuel for the 8000 mile flight.
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Alameda
Calif
Honolulu
Guam
Manila
Pan-American Airways
Pacific
Transpacific Service
Golden Gate
Edwin.c. Musick
Sullivan
George ‘King
Reber
Thomas
San Francisco Bay
Land
San Francisco-Oakland Bay
California
Readers Seek Silence Amid Global City Noise
A reader laments relentless noise in daily life and radios blaring from neighbors. They urge action to restore quiet, noting London's "honkless days" as a rare relief and calling for an art of quiet to protect nerves and inner dignity.
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D& N&wwto
Marco ‘Polo
New York
Paris
Rome
London
Old City
Clipper's Sister Ship Speeds From Miami To Mexico
The Philippine Clipper sped from Miami to Acapulco arriving at 5 25 p m EST completing Friday leg of the flight toward California The craft will continue to San Diego and San Francisco on Saturday as the China Clipper begins regular Pacific service.
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Miami
Fla
Pacific
Acapulco
Mexico
Acapulco Harbor
California
San Diego
San Francisco
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
A 1935 Cedar Rapids auto toll note appears with figures 348 409 12. The readable fragments suggest a brief local notice or financial entry in a Cedar Rapids publication.
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Cedar Rapids
Legion Leader Opposes Washington March for Bonus
Des Moines Iowa based U P reports Ray Murphy national commander says the American Legion will push for bonus legislation but not march on Washington. He cites 1931 1932 violent episodes and notes veterans drifting into D C without support. He also defends staffing decisions by the finance committee.
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Des Moines
American Legion
Washington
Ray Murphy
Murphy
U. S
William G. McAdoo
Legion
National Press Club
Veterans’ Organization
Edward Lewis
Lewis
National Finance Committee
Bandits Take $4,700 From Chelmsford Shoe Office
Four men held up the Chelmsford Shoe company office in Lowell Massachusetts and escaped with 4700 dollars police reported.
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Lowell, Mass
Chelmsford Shoe Company
Investors in Drake Estate Await Returns in Drake Case
Chicago AP report on 41 accused mail fraud agents as investors in the Sir Francis Drake estate scheme testify they await returns. Carrie Anderson of Sioux City and Amos Hartsock of Laurens name many defendants while Hartzell’s secrecy and cables are discussed. Thomas Drexel Drake named as the long lost heir. Hartzell serves time in Leavenworth. trial adjourned to Monday.
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Chicago
Sir’ Francis Drake Estate Association
Carrie E. Anderson
Sioux City
Sir Francis
Hartsock
Drake
Hartzell
England
Thomas Drexel Drake
Oscar
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Sullivan
Two Ships Crash In Chesapeake Bay
The City of Norfolk collided with the motor ship Calmar in Chesapeake Bay early Friday. Damage was not serious to either vessel.
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Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay Line
City of
Norfolk
Calmar
Olson Sees Return of Federal Dole May Follow Dole Politics
Governor Floyd B Olson and Minnesota relief officials forecast a possible nationwide return to federal dole for direct relief as WPA policy shifts. Olson, a Roosevelt ally, said Washington hinted continued WPA or dole depends on state pressure, with Minnesota planning 1936 relief based on $18 to $20 million direct aid and potential WPA continuation up to $93 to $95 million.
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Floyd
Olson
Minnesota
Jav
Roosevelt
Washington
WPA
Dole
Zimmerman
Congress
Relief Administration
Iowa meat and grain processors seek tax relief in federal court
Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey refused to dismiss eight Iowa processing firms tax suits against the processing tax under the AAA and granted temporary injunctions stopping the Internal Revenue Service from collecting the tax. Injunctions covered Kohrs Packing Dubuque Dubuque Packing Des Moines Roberts and Oake Marshalltown Clinton Hubinger Keokuk with Inland Milling Beaver Valley Milling added earlier. Government motions to dismiss were overruled.
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DES Moines
Charles A. Dewey
Iowa Meat and Grain Processing
AAA
Internal Revenue Bureau
Kohrs Packing Company
Davenport
Dubuque
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
U S firms ignore war trade embargo figures rise in October
Washington dispatch notes American manufacturers defied President Roosevelt's October 5 neutrality warning by boosting exports to Italy and Ethiopia. October shipments of oil, copper, steel, and aircraft to Italy surged, with total war material exports over eightfold vs 1934. Trade with Italy in ten months 1935 exceeded prior year. The Commerce Department reported ongoing enforcement challenges amid the Shipping Board's efforts to curb belligerent trade.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Italy
Ethiopia
Department ‘Foreign Trade
United’ States
Shipping Board
Department
Italian Africa
Mauna Loa Eruption Sends Lava Toward Hilo and Kona
Spectacular lava flows from Mauna Loa threaten Hilo on the east coast and the Kona coast as two rivers spread across the lowlands. Fountains within the crater shoot lava, rocks, and ash into the sky while fissures feed continuing eruptions.
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Hilo
Island of Hawaii
INS
Mauna Loa
Kona
Knox signals would accept GOP nomination
Col Frank Knox of Chicago said the presidency is an honor no man could refuse in reply to questions about his own ambitions. Speaking at a Nebraska rally he noted he has been endorsed by the Illinois Republican organization and received tender of full support from his home state.
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Mayer
Bureau of Investigation
McNaughton
Connor
Kearney
Neb
Frank Knox
Chicago
The
Daily News
Knox
Nebraska
Ilinois
Republican Organization
Overcoat Giveaway Atones For Jobless In Kansas City
Kansas City AP reports pawn broker Louis Cumonow held an annual overcoat party giving 750 coats to men and boys who were jobless. He wished for 250 extra coats to reach all in need as crowds packed his storefront to claim warmth and hope.
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Kansas City
Louis Cumonow
Ewish
Cumonow
Louis. Cumonow
Cuma
Nannas
Unable to Identify Bandit From Mugshot in Duluth Case
Duluth officials said three bandits held Earl Blood prisoner near Hancock County on November 2 and murdered James Zrostiik. Police failed to identify a photo of Earl Blood as one of the suspects.
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Garner
Eppo
Gremmer
James Zrostiik
Earl “Blood
Duluth
Hancock County
Utilities to Face Civil Penalties in 1935 Act Enforcement
Washington reports that the federal government plans to impose drastic civil penalties on large power companies failing to register under the Public Utility Act of 1935. The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a firm but conciliatory statement outlining enforcement steps, while stressing it does not seek undue suits. Attorneys for some firms challenge the registration requirement.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Masaryk to Resign as Czech President
President Thomas G. Masaryk 85, head of the postwar Czechoslovakian republic, decided Friday to resign immediately due to age. The cabinet is in session handling formalities and, after its action, the assembly will be called to select his successor.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Thomas G. Masaryk
Masaryk
O'Connor linked to Brennan's beer parlor in gambling case
Witnesses testified in a Woodbury county grand jury case that attorney O'Connor visited Brennan's beer parlor where slot machines ran in front and back rooms. Harkaway described seeing O'Connor with Park Findley and others, and paying protection money in past. Court adjourned to Monday as testimony continued.
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Siesersl Baward L. O'Connor
O'Connor
Ershinen
Swith
Wwere
Jake. Harkaway
Maley
Coun
Brennan
Harkaway
Atate
Omaha
Inter Park
Findley
State Bureau‘ of Investigation
Woodbury
Park
Earl.Peters
Deffense
Fred Free
Free
Tom Taggart
Glen Scott
Abe Kroloff
Woodbury County
Jim’ Pontrale
Walter Maley
Joe ‘ Gagen
O'Consier
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Iowa Bureau of Investigation
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Iowa
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Bollinger
le Mars
Max Duckworth
Duckworth
Orient
Joseph Fort Newton
Clipper
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Amos Hartsock
Laurens
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William Spence
Henry
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Tripp
Thomas Throckmorton
Emmet Cook
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