Duty to Expose Graft Urges Editor Testimony
SIOUX CITY AP Verne Marshall Cedar Rapids Gazette editor told a judge it is a newspaper man's duty to pursue dishonesty in public officials, printing news regardless of cost. The testimony came in Woodbury graft grand jury indictments case as motions challenge evidence gathering and appointments of special prosecutors.
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Sioux City
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids Gazette
District “Court
Marshall
Woodbury County
Earl’ Peters
Italy Italy Mussolini sanctions and potential actions
The report notes pressure over Mussolini and fascist Italy amid talks of sanctions while Britain shifts from league sanctions to plans for empire defense, signaling rising war threat in Europe. The piece mentions Italy Austria and Hungary and reluctance of leaders to join sanctions.
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London
Europe
League
Italy
Belgium Rebuffs Italy In Addis Ababa Clash
Brussels rejects Rome's plea to protect Italian interests in Ethiopia as the League faces possible sanctions. Austria and Hungary refuse to join about fifty nations in economic penalties. Italian hopes hinge on German wheat and farm goods as Mussolini weighs seeking peace.
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Belgium
Italy
Brussels
INS
Addis
Ababa
Geneva
Austria
Hungary
Ethiopia
Germany
Ately
Benito Mussolini
Ese
League
Italy May Talk Peace Terms in Geneva Talks
Rome reports the government spokesman indicates Italy is willing to discuss peace terms. It is the second conciliator statement in two days, stressing that Geneva developments do not alter Italy's plan to secure the East African colonies and that negotiations should yield a just peace for Italy.
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Rome
Ialy
Theoreign
Geneva
Italy
League delegates push sanctions against Italy over Ethiopia row
Delegates from Austria and Hungary press for economic measures under Article XVI to curb Italy and defend Ethiopia. They insist the League of Nations must keep peace, arguing sanctions harm small nations and that conciliation methods remain. The report, approved by three council members with Italy abstaining, highlights postwar tensions and economic controls on petroleum and nickel.
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Germany
Austria
Hungary
League
Italy
Ethipia
Emerich von Juegel
High War Prices May Suspend Crop Control Programs
Washington farm administrator Chester C. Davis said crop control programs could be suspended temporarily if war conditions abroad keep prices above parity. If prices drop, the programs would resume for the contract period. Davis praised the adjustment machinery as easing demand and reducing production while cushioning price shocks after the war. He spoke on radio about wheat contracts and noted their advantages for cooperating farmers amid possible peace breakdown.
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Washington
Chester C. Davis
Davis
Institute of International Relations
Grinnell
Jra
Violence Flares Again in Illinois Milk War
Violent clashes erupt as striking farmers clash with delivery crews near Belvidere and McHenry amid a milk supply shutdown. Governor Horner, urging order, keeps contact with northern counties while PMA arms nonstriking allies to protect shipments. A farm hand is wounded and a guard is taken into custody after a gunfire incident near Belvidere. Local sheriffs drive off rioters at Garden Prairie to defend a milk truck.
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Chicago
Springfield
Henry Horner
Belvidere
National Guard
Pure Milk Association
United Farmers of Illinois
PMA
McHenry
Don Geyer
Herman Juris
Donald Crawford
Garden Prairie
Milk producers' unions back Chicago area strike
Milo Reno national Farm Holiday president and L. H. Everson national Farmers Union head pledge full support for Chicago area milk producers. They say the fight is for cost of production not higher prices, that the workers only seek the right to live as human beings.
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Yankton
S. D
Milo Reno
Farm Holiday Association
H. Everson
Farmers Union
Chicago
Areca
Italians Drive North in Ethiopia Front Advances
Rome dispatches report Italy widened its battlefront north of Aksum and prepared for a further push on Axum’s holy city while Ethiopian defenses and guerrilla activity drew mixed summaries from Reuters and London telegraph venues. Refugees from Addis Ababa described bombing fears and evacuations as the capital faced Italian threats.
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Rome
Italy
Pietro Marivangnim
Aksum
Ethiopia
Asmara
Djibouti
Addis Ababa
London
Exchange Telegraph
Eritrea
Edagahamas
Haile Selassie
Aduwa-Aksum
Reuter
Aduwa
Adigrat
Abyssinia
Ras Seyoum
New York
United States
Awash
Ras Kassa
Setit
Dedjazmatch
Ayelu
Gigliucci
Vinci
Geneva
Legation
Ashmara
Benito Mussolini
Edagahamus
Read, Think, Listen to Enlarge Your World
The piece argues that each person lives in a personal thought world shaped by experiences. It contrasts small and large worlds through anecdotes of a former prizefighter, a bookish clerk, a rover of birds, a scientist, and a historian. It urges readers to expand horizons via reading and learning.
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Pug
Hans Andersen
Stevenson
Plato
Airline President Denies Labor Rift Over Fatal Crash
United Airlines President W A Patterson rebutted Chicago Federation of Labor head John Fitzpatrick’s claim that labor troubles may have caused the Cheyenne crash. Patterson called the charges ridiculous and vicious, noting the airline’s high wages and harmonious relations with mechanics. He also said the union publicity campaign targets Chicago aircraft mechanics across airlines.
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Chicago
W. A. Patterson
United Airlines
John Fitzpatrick
Chicago Federation of Labor
Cheyenne
Wyo
Fitzpatrick
Labor Department
Washington
Patterson
Des Moines Grand Jury to Hear Mercurio Case
Polk County attorney Burkman said additional witnesses will be called before the grand jury investigating the Mercurio disappearance and liquor seal source. The probe may report by Friday and includes Art Dunagan and Gov Herring investigators. Mercurio was arrested in Hurley Wisconsin on a perjury warrant and returned to Des Moines for testimony.
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Des Moines
Carl Burkman
Polk County
Mike Mercurio
Manley
Francis
Kuble
Mercurio
Grand
Clyde L. Herring
Prosecution Rests In Robinson Trial
The government rested Wednesday afternoon in the trial of Thomas H. Robinson Jr and his daughter in law Frances A Robinson charged with conspiracy in the $50,000 kidnapping of Mrs Alice Speed Stoll a year ago. A motion for directed verdict of acquittal was made by the defense.
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Louisville, Ky
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Frances A. Robinson
Alice Speed Stoll
Purvis to Testify in Louisville Kidnapping Trial
Melvin Purvis former Justice Department agent said he would travel to Louisville to testify in the trial of Thomas H. Robinson Jr. and his daughter in law charged with conspiring in the kidnapping of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll last year. He told defense attorneys subpoena was unnecessary as he wanted to aid justice. Defense counsel planned to question him about the Stoll transport after a $50 000 ransom payment.
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Purvis
Chicago
Melvin Purvis
Department of Justice
Louisville
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Alice Speed Stoll
Ethiopia Imposes Military Censorship Decree
Addis Ababa reports that authorities imposed strict military censorship on Wednesday under a decree published Saturday. The order allows censorship to be applied at the government's discretion.
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Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Labor group rejects red as delegate at convention
The American Federation of Labor declines to seat E. M. Curry, president of the Foundry Employes International Union, a former Communist candidate for Congress. The credentials committee report was adopted without dissent, opposed by the International Molders Union which expelled him for unbecoming conduct amid charges he ran for Congress on the Communist ticket in 1982.
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Atlantic “City
American Federation of Labor
Congress
E.M. Curry
Foundry Employes International Union
Curry
International Moulders Union
Michigan
Cincinnati
Underground Election Eering Rumors at AFL Convention
Report on intensified undercover efforts to sway delegates at the AFL convention as miners seek influence. Key figures include John L. Lewis and James B. Carey, with Carey leading a group allied to the United Mine Workers to gauge sentiment and report progress hourly.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
John’ L. Lewis
United Mine
James B. Carey
National Radio and Allied Trades
Michigan farmer admits murdering two stepchildren
Ferrin Rowland, a 45-year-old Michigan farmer, confessed to killing his two stepdaughters on September 17 by binding their necks with wire to a plowshare and throwing them into Bloat Lake near Flint. He detailed the boat ride and the drownings to St Louis police, saying the children annoyed his wife.
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ST. Louis
Ferrin Rowland
Harrison Mich
Bloat Lake
Flint
John J. Carroll
Theodore Bowler
Clare County
Mich
Missouri
Harrison
Rowland
Katherine Woodin
Virginia
Hall
Elizabeth
H. Langguth
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll For 1935
A 1935 Cedar Rapids auto toll item appears in the column with basic traffic notes. The brief entry notes toll implementation and local administration but provides no further specifics on rates dates or exemptions.
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Cedar Rapids
Sioux City farmers oppose statewide gambling syndicate probe
Seventy five farmers met at Bronson Iowa to register against a statewide gambling syndicate probe. They stated opposition during a Wednesday records meeting and urged action on the alleged operation.
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Sioux
Bronson
Investiga Ab
Recover Another Body From Chicago Plant Explosion
Recovery of Jerry'Stonis age 23 adds to seven deaths from the Glidden company's six story plant blast in Chicago. Five workers remain missing and more than forty injured as the factory, which extracted soy bean oil for paints and varnishes, was demolished by an explosion of undetermined cause last Monday.
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Chicago
Jerry’Stonis
Glidden Company
Hutchins Denies Rising Red Influence in Iowa
Dr. Robert Maynard Hutchins, president of the University of Chicago, told delegates in Des Moines that he has never met a true red professor and doubts students are becoming more radical. He attributed alleged increases to fear-driven college rules and urged calm inquiry to restore order, saying faculties reflect a fair cross section and do not teach subversively.
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Des Moines
Robert Maynard Hutchins
University of Chicago
National Association of Mutual, Insurance Companies
Dr. Hutchins
Supreme Court Upholds Hauptmann Death Verdict
The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the Flemington jury verdict against Bruno Hauptmann for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and murder. Thirteen justices ruled the trial proper and the verdict justified. Hauptmann faces execution with potential appeals to the U S Supreme Court and a New Jersey pardons board.
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Trenton
NTAP
Bruno Richard
Hauptmann
Charles
Lindbergh, Jr
Court of Errors
Supreme Court
Thomas W. Trenchard
Flemington
Bronx
C. Lloyd’ Fisher
Ee Aioe
Arene
Sten
Bruno
Four Iowans Hurt In Highway Crash
Tama AP reports four northern Iowa residents were injured in a late Tuesday highway 30 collision two miles west of Tama. The injured were Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Weir of Blairsburg and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hollingshead of Webster City. Weir tried to pass a truck and his car toppled an embankment, knocking down two guard posts.
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Tama (Ap
Iowa
Here
W. T. Weir
Blairsburg
Ben Hollingshead
Webster City
Weir
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Egbert Roses Crans
Fisher
Board of Pardons
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Rosecrans
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Erick A. Pope
Court of Pardons
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