Iowa and Washington clash over WPA quota and relief policy
Iowa wrestles with a WPA quota below seven million as L S Hill warns quotas may rise to ten million or more to keep relief rolls employed. John W. Davis criticizes government reliance, while a separate note discusses a league of nations embargo and neutrality, urging restraint. Mike Mercurio, a Des Moines bootlegger, is indicted for perjury and contempt in graft investigations, with calls to pursue all perjury in related cases.
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Bows
Federal
Works Progress Administration
L. S. Hill
WPA
Washington
Iowa
Hill
Mike Mercurio
Des Moines
Bernard Manley
Manley
Polk County
Liquor Control Commission
Cabman Testifies Zenge Confessed in Murder Trial
William Leinnert, taxi driver, testified that Mandeville Zenge confessed emasculating a man before Dr. Walter Bauer’s death. He said Zenge feared a 25 year sentence, claimed hospital fault, and described hiding with the name Johnson after meeting Bauer. The state alleges Zenge went to Ann Arbor to rent next door to Bauer and abducted him to Chicago for the fatal operation.
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Chicago
INS
William Leinnert
Mandeville Zenge
Walter Bauer
Zenge
Leinnert
Cornelius Harrington
Bauer
Missouri
Johnson
Dr. Bauer
Ann Arbor
Mich
Louise Shaffer
Kirksville
Martial law proclaimed on Symi island in Aegean
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Athens reports martial law on Symi near Rhodes after 1,500 Italians arrived. Access to the island is forbidden as one Italian cruiser and two destroyers lie offshore. The same report notes several thousand Italian troops arrived secretly at Rhodes.
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London
Exchange Telegraph
Athens
Symi
Aegean
Rhodes
New York Power Plant Election Enjoined
The appellate division of the supreme court unanimously upheld an injunction that bars New York City from submitting to voters the plan for a municipally owned power plant championed by Mayor LaGuardia. The ruling blocks the fall ballot question and halts the city’s yardstick project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
LaGuardia
Fire destroys U S Consulate at Nogales
Nogales Sonora AP reports a large fire destroyed the United States consulate a warehouse and several small buildings early today with total loss estimated at 40000. Fire origin undetermined and investigations follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Sonora
Mex
United States
Bible Birthday Emphasized As Heritage Of Our Nation
A 1535 milestone marks the first printed English Bible by Myles Coverdale and is hailed as the mother of our literary life. The essay urges gratitude for the Bible’s influence on language, education, literature, and public life, warning that losing its light would imperil our race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myles Coverdale
Newton
England
America
Zion
Bethel
Bethesda
Albania Refuses to Join Sanctions Against Italy
In Geneva the League of Nations assembly heard Albania, citing the Italo Albanian treaty, cannot participate in sanctions against Italy. Albania states it favors sanctions in principle but cannot cooperate due to treaty obligations, aligning with Austria and Hungary in opposition to punitive measures. The assembly adjourned but remains ready to reconvene in an emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
INS
Albania
Italy
trans-Adriatic
League of Nations Assembly
Austria
Hungary
Assembly
M. Fracheri
Zog
Eduard Benes
Doubt On Aduwa Recapture Report Circulates In Ethiopia
In Addis Ababa officials claimed Aduwa was recaptured by Ethiopians in a night attack that killed 3000 Italian soldiers as announced three days earlier at Deora Markos in the north. Observers doubt the report as local propaganda for internal consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addis Ababa
Deora Markos
Aduwa
Ohio Governor Says Most OSU Football Players Paid by State
Gov. Martin L. Davey declared most of the Ohio State football squad are on the state payroll with fourteen of fifty seven players employed by the state. He dismissed shutdown fears as political theater while urging support for the season amid budget cuts and possible legislative action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Ohio State University
Ohio State
L. W St. John
John L. Griffith
Chicago
Davey
Ohio
Quake Kills Fifty in Tajikistan Village Near Afghanistan Border
A major earthquake in the Tajikistan district near the Afghanistan border killed fifty and injured about three hundred. The disaster destroyed communications, a large bridge over the Hangan river, and left several villages wiped out. Doctors and medical supplies were dispatched from nearby cities toward Moscow reports.
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Stalin-Abad
Tabil-Darin
Tadjistan
Afghanistan
Hangan
Moscow
Acros
Rockefeller in Florida Returns for Winter at Tie Casements
John D. Rockefeller Jr., aged 96, arrives at his Ormond Beach Florida estate Tie Casements for another season of simple living this winter and spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ormond Beach, Fla
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Florida
WPA cultural program to place Iowa center for fine arts
The $27,500,000 WPA cultural plan aims to move the Midwest’s art, music, theater, and writing hubs toward the University of Iowa with regional headquarters in seven states for theatrical, musical, and painters groups. Des Moines will host writers. Grant Wood withdraws from artist leadership, prompting changes as plans are revised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Washington
University of Iowa
Middle West
Mississippi ‘River
WPA
Iowa University
Des Moines
E. C. Mabie
C. B. Righter
Grant Wood
Cedar Rapids
Civil Works Administration
R. H. Fitzgerald
Wood
Gonce Winere Wal
Iowa
Nebraska
North
South
Parliament Called to Meet One Week Early
London AP reports the government called parliament to convene on October 22, a week ahead of schedule citing public interest. The move follows Geneva developments signaling initial sanctions against Italy to be enforced Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Parliament
Geneva
Italy
Believe Milk Strike Waning In Chicago
Chicago officials from the Pure Milk association and Associated Milk Dealers claim the Chicago area milk strike is weakening as supplies rise and violence declines. Strike headquarters in Elgin counters that the embargo by United Farmers of Illinois remains in full force, with pickets halting two Bristol Wisconsin milk trucks near Antioch and dumping cargo.
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Chicago
Don M. Geyer
Pure Milk Association
Paul Potter
Associated Milk Dealers, Inc
Elgin
Illinois
Wisconsin
United Farmers of Illinois
Bristol
Wis
Antioch
Find Boy Missing Since Wednesday Proctor Baker Found
Three year old Proctor Baker was located unharmed Friday after being missing since Wednesday afternoon in the San Jacinto mountains. The Kenworthy CCC camp reported the find by telephone amid concerns of mountain lion danger in the area.
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Riverside
Calif
Proctor Baker
San Jacinto Mountains
Kenworthy
CCC
Defense cites fight reasons for dismissal in graft cases
Sioux City AP reports defense counsel completed motions to set aside indictments in graft cases. Judge Earl Peters will hear answering arguments Monday from special prosecutor H. M. Havner. Defenses allege grand jury irregularities and multiple county attorneys prior to the process.
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Sioux City
Earl Peters
Clarinda
H. M. Havner
L. B. Forsling
Nile Lake
Havner
M. E. Rawlings
BEC Tebe
O. T. Naglestad
Carlos Goltz
Grand Jury
Goltz
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Marshall
Ralph Prichard
Ole T. Nagelstad
Vanderbilt Denied Appeal Over Custody Petition
Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt lost her bid to appeal custody of her 11 year old daughter Gloria. The appellate division rejected her petition by a four to one decision in New York.
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New York
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Gloria
Court of Appeals
Italy Eyes Free Trade Despite Sanctions Threats
Rome reports Premier Mussolini plans to reshape Europe and Africa if sanctions disrupt Italian policies. Italy will buy where welcomed, while challenging nations that block trade, and could leave the League of Nations if military sanctions rise. Front reports note Eritrean fighting with Ethiopian tribes aiding Italy and low Italian casualties in initial days.
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Rome
Mussolini
Europe
League of Nations
Africa
Italy
League
Britain
Ethiopians Capture Walwal and War Dair
Diredawa reported to Addis Ababa that Ethiopian forces have captured Walwal and War Dair. The Walwal clash left about 150 dead and helped trigger the Italo Ethiopian dispute now escalating hostilities.
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London
INL
Diredawa
Addis Ababa
Walwal
War Dair
Reuter
Wife Helps Plot to Drown Two Daughters
Harrison Michigan AP The Clare county prosecutor said Elizabeth Rowland confessed she aided her husband Ferrin in a plot to drown their two daughters. Rowland, charged with the slayings, later killed herself in Pontiac jail. She said they planned to drown the children over a month ago.
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Harrison
Mich
Theodore G. Bowler
Clare County
Elizabeth Rowland
Ferrin
Rowland
Pontiac
Bowler
Herman Voss
Mrs. Rowland
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
Toll rates for Cedar Rapids auto travel in 1935 cited with figures 316 and 367. Officials outline charges and adjustments impacting motorists citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Firms Decline to Accept Mussolini IOU Credit
Reports to the commerce department indicate broad reluctance to take Mussolini IOUs for American goods. Banks largely refuse to extend credits, echoing August export import bank policy. Italy faces cash purchases, tighter exchange, and import restrictions as Roosevelt and Hull push curbs on exports to Italy.
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Washington
Mussolini
Commerce Department
Italy
America
Mionths
Abe
United States
Joe Louis Tries to Buy Hat but Police Protection Needed
Detroit report says Joe Louis accompanied by Julian Black went to Chicago Friday to buy a hat when a large crowd gathered and broke a storeroom window. Louis was uninjured and escorted home by police after rumors of injury or death circulated.
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Joe Louis
Detroit
John Roxborough
Julian Black
Chicago
Roxborough
Louis
Black
Joe
Mexican woman to serve as vice-consul in Los Angeles
24-year-old Senorita Aurea Procel, former secretary at the Mexican consulate in New Orleans, becomes Mexico's first woman vice-consul. She will be stationed in Los Angeles.
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Washington
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Missouri
Garner
New Orleans
Mexico
Senorita Aurea Procel
Senorita Procel
Los Angeles
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S.U.D. Center of Fine Arts
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Woodbury
Prichard
Max Duckworth
Nagelstad
Clair Hamilton
Attorney General’s Office
Rawlins
Ann Holm
Jarvis Campbell
Robert Turner
Carl Riley
Carroll
Earle W. West
Pritchard
Eritrea
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Hull
Paris
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