Graft Defendants Seek New Judge in Iowa Trials
Sioux City and Des Moines audiences probe graft trials as Judge Earl Peters, from Clarinda, presides over indictments against Attorney General Ed O Connor and aides. Defendants push motions alleging improper grand jury access and expense, seeking to quash indictments. Political removal of Peters is rumored, but Peters remains ready to rule on motions.
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Sioux City
Des Moines
Earl Peters
Clarinda
Peters
Ed O'Connor
Walter Maley
Joe Gagen
W. W. Scott
Davenport
Seless
Ed O
Sfort
Ters
Rae
Maley
Gagen
Havner
Gazette
Scott
Woodbury County
Bagen
Attorn
Nile Lake
Herchief
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
Accident toll data show Cedar Rapids recorded 365 accidents resulting in 12 deaths and numerous injuries for the year 1935. Officials tally the grim figures as traffic safety concerns rise in the city.
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Cedar Rapids
Mystery in Crash Probes Near Cheyenne Leaves 12 Dead
Investigators from state and national authorities and United Air Lines pursued a reason for the twin engine Boeing crash near Cheyenne Wyoming that killed twelve aboard. The case remained an impenetrable mystery Tuesday as inquiries continued.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
United Air Lines
Slayers of Three Canadians Captured After 24 Hour Chase
In a 24 hour pursuit across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta Royal Canadian Mounted Police cornered the gunmen near Banff. Constables J G Shaw and T S Wallace were killed along with bandit Nikoff. Captured bandits Pete Woykim and John Kalmakoff were wounded and charged with murder.
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Regina
Sask
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Banff
Alta
J. G. Shaw
Mounted Police
T. S. Wallace
W. Wainwright
J. Posnikoff
Pete Woykim
John Kalmakoff
Benito
Man
Wallace
Wainwright
Nikoff
Shaw
Saskatchewan
Arran
Alberta
Canadian Rockies
Banff National Park
William Neish
Neish
E. Leacock
Woykim
Kalmakoff
Milk Flows To Chicago After Week's Strike
Chicago and Illinois dairy farmers faced a week of turmoil as milk once again flowed into Chicago amid a 30 day truce vote. Violent incidents along rail lines ended briefly, Wisconsin pickets dumped milk elsewhere, and farmers at Elgin rejected Horner's truce while forming a new bargaining agency to replace the Pure Milk association.
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Chicago
Illinois
Henry Horner
Wisconsin
East Delavan
Elkhorn
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Gilberts
Belvidere
Ill
Elgin
Horner
Pure Milk Association
Ethiopian Forces Feint Into Italian Eritrea With 15000 Men
Ethiopian reconnaissance reported over Aduwa front as 15 000 Ethiopian troops reportedly crossed into Italian Eritrea. The attack followed a bold move by Ras Seyyoum with a flying column. Italian air scouts spotted concentrations and bombed them.
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London
Aduwa
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Eritrea
Asmara
Addis Ababa
Italian Eritrea
Ras Seyyoum
Ethiopia
Seyyoum
Manchester Man Shot In Leg During Home Entry
G H Mullan a Manchester local telephone man was shot in the leg early Tuesday as he entered his home. The revolver bullet grazed his abdomen and lodged in his left leg. he returned to work after treatment. His wife is in police custody at their home. no charges filed. She had filed for divorce recently.
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The
Manchester
G. H. Mullan
Missing Manley witness Mercurio arrested near Hurley Wis
Des Moines AP Polk county sheriff says Mike Mercurio, key Manley case witness, was arrested at a fishing camp in Wisconsin. He faces perjury charges and will be returned to Des Moines. A nationwide search preceded the subpoena failure that toppled the Manley case.
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Wisconsin
Des Moines
Polk County Sheriff's Office
Mike MercurIo
Manley
Hurley
Wis
Sheriff's Office
Mercurio
Bernard E. Manley
Iowa
Polk County Grand Jury
Liquor Commission
Robert Souter
Pearl Spencer
al Adams
Carl Burkman
Jordan
Burkman
W. W. Akers
Liquor Commission Enforcement Division
Elsabella Foy
Clyde L. Herring
Commission
Rewards Of 3000 In Search For Child Slayer
Seattle AP reports a $3000 reward pool in the hunt for a child slayer who assaulted and hanged 7 year old Sally Jean Kelly. County commissioners add $500, State Commander Daniels organizes Legion fundraisers for $2000, while five men are held for questioning and two young men flee after burning a package in a stump fire.
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Seattle
Sally Jean Kelly
Walter L. Daniels
American Legionnaires
Charles L. Smith
Yada
My Old Man Voters Liberal Toes Old World Morality
A columnist contrasts the author’s “Old Man” with politics and morality. Spurgeon jokes that his crusty Tory old man would vote liberal. The piece links pacifist impulses and reactions to modern social changes with a blunt, humorous tone.
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Charles Spurgeon
Spurgeon
Japan
New Phase for Agriculture Promises Economic Shift
Ithaca New York AP L F Livingston president of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers predicts a new organic chemical industry expanding beyond traditional farming. He notes a $11.5 billion chemical investment and says farmer losses keep food expensive. reducing losses could lower prices and boost profits while supplying raw materials for organics.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Chemical and
L. F. Livingston
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
North Atlantic
Society
Livingston
Greek Government Bans Food Exports
The Greek government on Tuesday imposed a ban on the export of foodstuffs from Greece, according to a Reuters dispatch from Athens.
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London
INS
Greece
Reuter
Athens
Evidence on motions to be introduced in graft cases
In Sioux City Iowa further evidence on motions will be introduced Wednesday in graft cases pending in district court. Judge Earl Peters presided as witnesses included Cedar Rapids Gazette editor Verne Marshall and others. The hearings focus on grand jury procedure and witness expense.
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Sioux City
Earl Peters
Clarinda
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
J. E. “Red” Brennan
Ike Sherman
Gus Craginas
James Pontrale
John Diebert
Kirby Kerr
Nile Luke
Lytle
Linn Jury Finds Death Benefit Promoter Guilty
A Linn County district court jury found B. H. Hellen of Des Moines guilty of violating state insurance law. Hellen, 48, operator of a burial benefit association with a chain letter feature, faced fines up to 1,000 dollars or up to one year in jail. The verdict followed about ninety minutes of deliberation before Judge H. C. Ring. He was jailed on 1,000 dollar bond after his bondsman relinquished custody.
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H. C. Ring
B. H. Hellen
Des Moines
Your Friends’ Aid Association
Carl Hendrickson
E. J. Dahms
Hellen
R. F. Dresher
Ethiopia Orders Italian Minister To Leave Country
Ethiopia expelled the Italian minister and his staff from Addis Ababa over alleged misuse of the legation radio. Ethiopia stated it would not declare war but cited espionage and plots against public order as justification. Italy and Ethiopia severed diplomatic relations according to the Ethiopian action.
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Ethiopia
Rome
INL
Italy
Geneva
League of Nations
Addis Ababa
League
Hawariate
Ibm-Te
Addis Ababas
Inquest Opens Into Fatal Chicago Glidden Blast
A coroner s jury inspects the Glidden Paint plant blast that killed six workers and left five missing. Officials note hexane ignition and underground storage. damage estimated at 1 000 000 dollars. Victims include chemist Dana N Merrill 40 and plant superintendent George R Harger 33.
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Chicago
Glidden Paint & Varnish Company
William J. O’brien
Glidden Company
Cleveland
Thomas C. Angerstein
Sarah Hickey
Dana Noyes Merrill
Dana T Merrill
Fort Sheridan
Merrill
George R. Harger
Samuel van Gilden
John A Satowsky
Edwin A. Seaburg
Ralph Payne
Hull urges peaceful settlement while seeking protection for Americans
Secretary Hull reaffirmed faith in pacific settlement of international disputes and asked for special protection for Americans during the Italo Ethiopian war. He disclosed U S representations to Italy to respect American flag neutrality if Addis Ababa is bombed, and urged unity in defending Roosevelt's neutrality policies.
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Washington
Hull
National
Federation’ of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
State Department
United States
Italy
Addis Ababa
Mussolini
Breckinridge Long
Rome
Foreign Office
Carnelius
Engert
Roosevelt
Export Import Bank withholds Italy credit in wartime trade
Washington report notes the Export-Import Bank decided on Tuesday not to grant credits for the sale of goods to Italy, aligning with the neutrality policy announced by President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Italy
Roosevelt faced choice on sanctions for Italy
Washington rumors circulated that the Roosevelt administration might tacitly back League of Nations sanctions against Italy. The league for the first time sought actual sanctions to punish a peace violator and asked whether the president would impose an arms embargo and other boycott actions against Britain and other league members.
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Washington
Ins
League’ of Nations
Italy
League
Roosevelt
Britain
AAA Wins Victory In Collection Of Cotton Tax
In Albany Georgia judge Bascom Deaver ruled that U S district attorneys cannot be enjoined from pursuing farmers who fail to pay the six cents per pound Bankhead cotton tax. The decision followed an amendment to a governor Eugene Talmadge injunction seeking to halt tax collection and block prosecutions challenging the act.
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Albany, Ga
United States District
Bascom
Beaver
Barry Wright
Rome
Eugene Talmadge
W. E. Page
Georgia
Internal Revenue
Talmadge
Deaver
Georgia U. S
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Tom Barron
C. F. Lytle
Barron
W. E. Hall
Louis Epling
Moville
W. B. Chapman
Harvey Robbins
Correctionville
F. B. Burns
Hornick
B. M. Stoddard
Sloan
Thomas McGuire
Danbury
Harrison
Lou Salinger
Carroll
Gagen and McNaughton
William Welch
Logan
Linn
Cedar Rapids News
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