Manley Liquor Case Faces Fresh Allegations and Probes
The Polk County Attorney and liquor investigator face calls to explain midnight sightings amid a Manley corruption case. Mercurio failed to appear as witness, a directed verdict for the state official was issued, and investigators are urged to reveal Findley’s fate and missing liquor seals. Also, Sioux City trials loom as officials accuse outside pressure, prompting renewed questions about the entire enforcement effort.
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Manley
Burkman
Anderson
Mercurio
Anderon
Liquor Commission
New Probe of Liquor Seals Begun by Jury in Des Moines
Des Moines AP report says Judge Russell Jordan directed a verdict of acquittal for Bernard Manley Iowa liquor commission chairman on a charge of selling state liquor seals. Burkman launched a new grand jury after Mercurio, the missing key witness, could not be found.
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DES Moines
Russell Jordan
Bernard E. Manley
State ~ Liquor Commission
Jordan
Carl Burkman
Mike Mercurio
Grand
Manley
Mercurio
Commission
Burkman
John Senneff
Enny
Agai
Liberty and self control in Bernard Shaw’s views
Dr Newton summarizes a 1935 radio talk by Bernard Shaw on liberty. He argues freedom is limited by necessity and social rules and that true liberty comes from self-control and self-management. The piece emphasizes that complete individual freedom is impossible and that love and duty bind societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Shaw
Liberty
London
Horace
October Weather Follows Tradition In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids records show October opening with fair skies and brisk temperatures. Morning lows reached 36 degrees while afternoon highs climbed to the mid 50s, with a peak around 70 degrees during the day.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Sherman Convicted of Killing Wife in Lake Singletary
Worcester Mass N E W England jury convicts Newell Paige Sherman a choir singer and Scout master of first degree murder in the drowning of his wife during a canoe outing on Lake Singletary The 220 pound defendant faces the electric chair and vows to appeal as his lawyers seek another trial The verdict followed ten hours of deliberation and the death sentence is mandatory
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Worcester
Mass
Newell Paige Sherman
Sherman
Supreme Court
Lake
Singletary
Esther Magill
Whitinsville
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
A historical note records Cedar Rapids toll figures for 1935 detailing accidents injuries and deaths. It lists counts by category and notes the rising concern over road safety in the era.
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Cedar Rapids
Records Show Drop in Farm Mortgage Debt Since 1930
AP reports Agriculture Department records show farm mortgage debt fell by more than 1.2 billion dollars since 1930. Officials attribute the decline to farmer debt liquidation and foreclosures, with shifts from life insurance companies to Federal Land Banks over the past year.
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Washington
Agriculture‘ ‘Department
Bureau “of Agricultural
Bureau ‘Statisticians
Bureau
United States
Iowa
Idaho Senator Pope Sees No European War Soon
Senator James P. Pope of Idaho, returning to the United States aboard the Holland-America liner Volendam, said the Italian Ethiopian conflict will stay localized. He noted realignment of powers in Europe and widespread talk of a potential Mussolini Hitler alliance, though no definite pact exists. He warned other nations consider uniting to counter such a threat.
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New
York
AAPY
James P. Pope
Idaho
United ‘States
Volendam
Europe
Mussolini
Hitler
Cherry Sisters Return to Fame in Cedar Rapids Night Club Act
Addie and Effie Cherry, last seen 35 years ago in New York, return to public life at their Cedar Rapids home to perform a gay ninety act without the old cabbages and eggs. They plan a comic yet somber routine focused on temperance, wary of New York venues and the shift from stage glory.
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New York
Cherry Sisters
Oscar Hammerstein ‘Theater
Oscar Hammerstein
Oscar
Hammerstein
Addie
Effie
Cedar Rapids
New ‘York
Bank Robbery Report From Gilmore City Bank Heist
Bank employees and customers were forced to lie on the floor as three or more gunmen robbed the Humboldt Trust and Savings Bank in Gilmore City. The robbers fled south with cash while state investigators and Des Moines officials pursued leads and notified federal authorities in Omaha.
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Gilmore
Tom
Peters
Gilmore City
Ryan
Paul, Gruber
State Bureau “of ‘Investigation
Des Moines
State “Bureau of Investigation
Federal Department
Insurance “Deposit ' Corporation
Humboldt Trust and Savings Bank
State Banking Department
Federal ‘Department of Justice
Plan Of Plenty links Rugg to federal control scheme
Tuesday a Cedar Rapids Campus Club meeting revealed Professor Harold Rugg as a sponsor of The Plan of Plenty. Advertising executive Harold Rowe accused Rugg of promoting a Communist style program through his social science course and Continental Committee for an Economy of Abundance. The plan calls for federal ownership of production and a national planning board with emergency measures and a temporary currency.
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Harold Rugg
Cedar Rapids
Canopus Club
Harold Rowe
Rugg
Rowe
Continental Committee For
Row
Moscow
Lenin
Mr. Rugeg
Continental ‘ Committee
National Planning Board
Government Hesitates On 1935 Corn Crop Loans Policy
Government AAA officials on Tuesday weighed loan figures from 35 to 55 cents per bushel for the 1935 corn crop and budgeted a cautious middle course. Secretary Wallace faces pressure from meat packers housewives and farmers as hearings probe whether to extend corn hog contracts beyond November 1 and how to balance pork prices with hog production controls.
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Washington
AAA
West
Wallace
Agriculture Secretary
Louisiana Election Laws Remain After Party Meeting
In Baton Rouge the Louisiana Democratic state central committee voted to keep Huey Long era election laws intact. Allen was elected committee chairman amid a party rally that memorialized the late senator and continued Long’s political influence under Governor O. K. Allen.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee
Huey P. Long
O. K. Allen
Allen
Democratic National
Britain Prepares Defenses As War Turmoil Spreads
Alexandria reports British soldiers building barbed wire entanglements to protect a wireless station while ships and aircraft conduct joint maneuvers. In Rome the war spirit grows as Italian government presses attack on Britain. Addis Ababa evacuated consuls amid tense clashes, with Italian diplomacy scrambling to prevent a broader European war.
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Alexandria
INS
Rome
Great Britain
Addis
Ababa
Italy
Ethiopia
Luigi
Agenta
Debra
Markos
Nile
Dejen
Ithe
Hailes le
Tondon
UNS
Chicago arson case eyed death penalty for two men
Prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty for Joseph Vitale and Joseph Di Chiari in a tenement arson that killed six Coppola family members and others. Vitale allegedly planned the fire to collect insurance with Di Chiari hired as the torch.
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Chicago
Shall .V. Kearney
Di’Chiari
Kearney
Di.Chiari
Vitale
di Chiari
Norton
Jacopelli
Frank Coppola
Joseph
Grasso
Rose Angelsano
Coppola
Attorney General Edward L. O Connor Expected to Rule on Immediate Trial
The attorney general faces a request for an immediate trial on the gambling conspiracy charge tied to Woodbury county graft. A grand jury during its five months inquiry into rumored official fraud and corruption prepared the case.
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Tattorney
Edward L. O'Connor
Woodbury
Davenport judge moves to appoint outside jurist in graft trials
The Davenport Iowa district court faced a heavy graft case docket with indictments prompting Judge Scott to call for an outside judge. Judge Miles W Newby requested the appointment after noting prior Woodbury county connections and the need to avoid conflicts. State Treasurer Leon J Wegman pleaded innocent to charges from the graft grand jury as Sioux City attorney Fred Free defended him and also had defended Mayor W D Haines in earlier removal proceedings.
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W. W. Scott
Sioux City
Supreme Court
Woodbury County
H M Havner
Id O'Connor
Burkman
Mercurio
Jordan
Ately
Mecymne
Scott
S. ‘Scott
Woodbury
Zinger
Davenport
Kintzinger
Miles W.newby
Newby
Leon J. Wegman
Grand
Fred Free
Sioux
O'Connor
Free
W. D. Haines
Des Moines
Hopkins of Independence wins dairy judging title
Claude A Hopkins of Independence won the national intercollegiate dairy judging championship at the dairy cattle congress in Waterloo Iowa He was on the Iowa State College team Purdue led the team standings with 1964 points Michigan State College placed second and Iowa State College third. Robert W Bratton of Purdue and Roy Wallis of Michigan tied for second high with 671 points. Other ranked individuals include Eugene Young Illinois Sam E Rosenberg Texas A and M Karl Gardner Purdue Joseph H Martin Wisconsin and J C Hutchison Texas A and M Frank R Hanning Purdue Don Spaulding Missouri.
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Waterloo
Claude A.hopkins
Independence
Iowa State College
Purdue
Michigan
State College
Texas A.t and M
University
Illinois
Missouri
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Arizona
Kansas
Minnesota
Robert W. Bratton
Roy Wallis
Hopkins
Eugene Young
Sam E. Rosenberg
Texas A
Karl Gardner
Joseph H. Martin
J. C. Hutchison
Frank R. Hanning
Don Spaulding
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Verne Marshall
Polk’ County
Carl J .Burkman
Rich Anderson
State Liquor Commission
Saw
Bernard
The
Polk County
Park Findley
Findley
Ed O'Connor
Mr. Kman
Aes Bat
Des ‘Moines
Fiindley
Cali
Mulberry Building
Herring
Executive Council
Ellabella Foy
Iowa Liquor ‘Commiezion
Eddie Condon
al’ Adams
Miss Foy
Underworld
I . Idr
Joseph Fort Newton
DR. Newton
Prof
U. S. Socialistic Control
John Henderson
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry
A. ‘Wallace
New Deal
Louisiana
Britain
Werman
Claude
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