Decency and honesty in Iowa government urged by Gazette
The Gazette argues for a sustained fight for decency and sincerity in state government. It defends H. M. Havner the special prosecutor facing political opposition, notes editorials from Davenport, critiques graft coverage, and emphasizes need for honest journalism and just prosecutions in Iowa.
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David Lawrence
United States
Washington
Iowa
Davenport
Gazette
Havner
Shouse
nuhline_ Sthale pn eresa
the Gazette
Department of Justice
H. M. Havner
Iowa corn crop up nearly 20 million bushels in Oct 1 estimate
Iowa's 1935 corn production as of Oct 1 is estimated at 373,642,000 bushels, about 20,000,000 more than the Sept 1 figure. The Sept 1 estimate was 354,232,000 and Aug 1 matched that. Comparisons include 1934 crop of 195,895,000 bushels. total Iowa acreage listed, hay and potato yields detailed, with apples and peaches forecast.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa
Federal Department of Agriculture
Leslie M. Carl
Federal Agricultural
Carl
Greek Assembly Votes to Restore Monarchy in Greece
The Greek National Assembly voted to abolish the republic and restore the monarchy after a military dictatorship ousted the government. King George, in London, may return soon for a national plebiscite on November 3. Gen George Kondylis was named regent amid martial law and royalist pushback.
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Athens
National Assembly
George
London
Panagiotis Tsaldaris
George Kondylis
Tsaldaris
Kondylis
Dem
Violence Flares at Harvard Milk Strike in Illinois
In Harvard Illinois violence erupted as PMA pickets and farmers massed near Bowman dairy plant amid a threatened milk strike. One PMA member was beaten and another hit by a rock as tensions rose durante a proposed 30 day armistice. Local and state officers deployed to stabilize the scene.
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Chicago
Harvard
Pure Milk Association
Bowman
PMA
Bill Schelberger
Fred Wilhelms
Joliet
Wilhelms
Borhood
Ee Ang Dept
Cate
U. S. Ism
Peacock Testifies In His Own Defense In Beer Trial
Emmett Peacock of Stone City testifies he sold no beer on Sunday at the Rainbow Inn near Anamosa, claiming investigators were not present after midnight and only lime drinks were served. State rebuttals include Mrs. Glenn Powers and others who say beer was consumed, with testimony detailing raid timing and witnesses from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
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Anamosa
Emmett Peacock
Stone City
Rainbow Inn
Peacock
Glenn Powers
Peacock Beer
Everett Cowden
Bernice Peacock
Cowden-Powers
Peggy Pierson
Cedar Rapids
Lint
Vernon Townsend
J. K. Durkin
James
Glen Newhard
Fairview
Robert Dunlap
Anamosa High School
Roy Walker
Loren LaVarge
George Osterkamp
Michigan Eggs To Be Sold By Pound
Detroit AP reports Michigan housewives will face a new price system after November 1 with eggs sold by the pound instead of by the dozen. The change follows a period of baseball enthusiasm and shifts consumer buying practices in the state.
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Michigan
Detroit
Government 10 Buy Potatoes to Lift Price
An authoritative source says the AAA drafts a plan to raise potato prices by buying up to 120 percent of a grower’s crop through a federal surplus relief program. A marketing agreement for western states would withhold sales to lift prices 15 to 25 cents per bushel for the remainder of the year.
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Washington
AAA
Colorado
Nebraska
Michigan
Wisconsin
AAAS
Re~ief Corporation
West
Maine
Northeastern States
Relax Realize Resolve to Find Inner Peace
This reader asks why people are restless and overworked. It argues the answer lies in ourselves and outlines three steps Relax Realize Resolve to master body and mind and live from within. It stresses discipline, letting go, and recognizing life’s broader beauty beyond constant busyness.
Italians Press On In Ethiopia With Heavy Casualties Reported
Rome dispatches say Mussolini's forces push forward in northern Ethiopia with 2,500 Ethiopian deaths in eight days. Italian losses include two officers killed and 100 wounded. 600 Ethiopians captured. Front expands, aiming toward Aksum as sanctions debate at the League of Nations continues.
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Rome
Mussolini
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Asmara
Aksum
Italian sick and dis abled pass through Suez en route north
Paris dispatch from Humanite cites 14 000 Italians moved north via the Suez Canal with unconfirmed French canal staff figures at 10 000. Explorer Count Byron De Provok reports seeing 40 Italians die daily of tropical diseases in Eritrea and 2 000 invalids carried into the highlands to escape heat.
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Paris
Humanite
Suez Canal
Byron de Provok
Marseilles
Entrea
Chicago to adopt eastern time year round
Chicago may switch to eastern standard time permanently if an ordinance set for public heading October 15 is approved by aldermen. Previously the city observed eastern time only during summer months.
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Chicago
Hauptmann lawyers plan final appeal to save man
In Trenton New Jersey Richard Hauptmann faces death row as his lawyers map the final appeal to the U S Supreme Court to commute his sentence. The plan follows the Court of Errors and Appeals affirming his conviction and eight months on death row. The manuscript Hauptmann wrote in German is intended to support the appeal and was discussed with his wife Anna on their tenth wedding anniversary.
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Favner
Department of Justice
Satidie
Havner
Hayes
Earl Peters
Clarinda
Sid
Trenton
N. J
Richard Rapinione
Anna
Supreme Court
Robert Rose
Rosecrans
Hauptmann
Court of Errors and Appeals
Mark
Mimbering
Hau
Alaska Sees Severe Storm Across State
Washington reports the worst storm in 50 years sweeping Alaska with gale winds and high tides. Bethel in the Kuskokwim region near Bristol Bay mails a signal indicating widespread damage including five native homes washed away and a landing field submerged under 12 feet of water with three planes afloat.
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Washington
Sns
Alaska
War Department
Army Signal Corps
Bethel
Kuskokwim River
Bristol Bay
Earhart to Open Cedar Rapids Town Hall Lecture
Amelia Earhart arrives in Cedar Rapids to open the Town Hall lecture series at Memorial auditorium. She discusses luggage for a four month cross country trip and travels mostly by car at night driving a seven passenger sixteen cylinder auto. She wears pink pajamas and slippers during a noon break and hints at no definite aviation plans.
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Amelia Earhart
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Auditorium
Miss Earhart
George Palmer Putnam
Hennan
Atlantic
United States
Mercurio Pleads Innocent to Grand Jury Perjury
Mike Mercurio, in Des Moines, pleads innocent to perjury for saying to the Polk County grand jury he bought 20,000 Iowa liquor seals from Bernard E. Manley. Manley, the liquor commission chair, was indicted after being located in Wisconsin. Mercurio warned he faced ten years if found lying.
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Des Moines
Mike Mercurio
Polk County Grand Jury
Iowa
Bernard E. Manley
Iowa Liquor Commission
Manley
Wisconsin
Russell Jordan
Grand Jury
Hunley
Uf Urkman
Mercurio
Jordan
Een
Rich Anderson
Petitions Circulate For Venue Change In Graft Trials
Woodbury county petitions calling for a venue change in graft case trials circulated Thursday. Special prosecutor H M Havner led the drive while farmers in Monona county opposed shifting the trials there. Judge Earl Peters heard motions to quash indictments as defense witnesses testified about possible grand jury irregularities.
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Sioux City
Woodbury County
Grand Jury
H. M. Havner
Monona County
Bronson
Monona
Woodbury
Earl Peters
Peters
Robert C.turner
Havner
Italian High Command Readies New Push in Africa
War dispatches report Field Marshal Pietro Badoglio leaving Naples with senior officers aboard the Bian Camino to East Africa. Observers say his move signals a renewed Italian offensive upon reaching Asmara Eritrea. The Daily Mail notes a fresh northern advance into Central Ethiopia and an impending resumption of action around Aduwa with new supply routes.
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Naples
Pietro Badoglo
Afria
Biancamino
Asmara
Eritrea
London
Ethiopia
Daily Mail
Aduwa
Mail
Takkaze
Italy to use radio to explain Ethiopian war case
Geneva reports Britain sanctions against Mussolini government begin with radio front. Aloisi prepared to speak in a dialogue with Edgar Mowrer for an American audience but UK postal service barred any Italian broadcast, forcing abandonment of the plan.
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Geneva
Great Britain
Italy
Mussolini
United States
Mary
Aloisi
League
50 Nations
Edgar‘Mowrer
United’ States
League of Nations sanctions Italy over Ethiopian war
The League of Nations voted to impose economic and financial sanctions on Italy for its war in Ethiopia. Most members supported the move, with Austria and Hungary among the few in opposition. Italy warned that a naval blockade could trigger war as Addis Ababa reported the capture of Aksum.
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London
League of Nations
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Ethiopia
League Assembly
Austria
Hungary
Addis‘Ababa
Aksum
Four Year Rye Crop Control Plan Emerges
Washington AP reports an imminent announcement by the Farm Administration of a four year production control program for rye, signaling federal steps to regulate the grain crop.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Denver man recounts theft of brass candelabra
Abe Kurtz reports his house was entered and a brass candelabra stolen along with $19. He notes the candelabra predate Columbus' discovery of America and questions whether the thief was an antiques lover or junk dealer.
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Denver
Colo
Abe Kurtz
Kurtz
Columbus
America
Davenport Boy Killed After Running Into Road
Seven year old Jimmie Schmidt was struck by a car driven by Mrs. E Thordsen of Rock Island Illinois in Davenport. Police said the accident was unavoidable and he died from his injuries.
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Davenport
Jimmie Schmidt
E. Thordsen
Rock Island
IIL
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