Indicted Iowa graft probes stir courtroom clashes
A Washington County style feud simmers as Judge Peters rules Hayner’s appointment illegal and The Gazette finances its graft investigations. Prosecutors press for early trials while defense argues indictments should be tossed. the piece defends independent funding and broader public interest amid liquor control controversy in Iowa.
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Iowa
Sioux City
The
Gazette
Earl Peters
Hayner
Woodbury County
Peters
Woodbury
Herring
Towa
WPA Faces Slippage as Job Goal Shrinks to 3.15 Million
WPA officials concede the 4 billion program may miss its revised target of 3.15 million jobs by month end. With six states cut off direct relief and administrative delays in allotments, only 1.13 million people are employed while 2.02 million more jobs are still needed. The dole costs 65 million this month as Hopkins and McCarl wrestle funding for new projects and remaining allotments.
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Washington
Works Progress
Roosevelt
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
McCarl
Jury Seeks Exhibits in Alice Speed Stall Kidnaping Case
In Louisville the Robinson and Robin son trial jury asked for the kidnap note and the special delivery letter from Thomas H. Robinson Jr. to his son after the abduction. The note from Mrs. Stoll urged speed and her wedding ring was included. The case walked to the jury at 3 48 p m CST and the judge ordered a recess until 9 am Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville, Ky
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Frances A. Robinson
Elwood Hamilton
Louisville
Stoll
Robinson, Jr
Alice Speed Stoll
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
A brief item notes the Cedar Rapids auto toll schedule for 1935 with figures 316 and 367. The snippet presents the toll rates and references dates or numbers without broader context.
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Cedar Rapids
Remembering a lost friend who loved faith and fire
A personal reflection recalls a friend who died at 32 at the outset of the war. He was described as brave and hopeful, full of faith, skeptical yet outspoken, balancing politics and philosophy. The writer grieves the loss, noting life would be richer with him. Copyright 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Newton
Depesters
Tragedy in the Keys veterans evacuation failure argued
Arthur Brown testifies that 90 of 242 veterans at rehabilitation camp No 3 died as the hurricane struck the Florida Keys. He says trucks at federal camps were idle and could have evacuated veterans earlier, preventing many deaths. Brown spoke before the American Legion investigating committee in St Louis.
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Key West
Fla
American Legion
Florida Keys
Arthur Brown
New York
Keys
Miami
Brown
Camp 3
Camp 5
Legion
St. Louis
Three Die When Car Hits Bridge Rail Near Sumner
In Lawrenceville Illinois an auto mobile sideswiped a truck and struck a bridge abutment near Sumner. Killed were A. L. Kull 24 of Lawrenceville a bakery owner Cordell J. Gibson about 24 a CCC camp mess sergeant and Miss Ethel Goodhart about 18. A fourth girl was hospitalized.
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Lawrenceville, Ill
Sumner
Here
A. L. Kull
Lawrenceville
Cordell J. Gibson
CCC
Ethel Goodhart
U S and Japan Reach Philippines Export Pact
The United States and Japan concluded a gentlemen's agreement to limit Japanese cotton textile exports to the Philippines to 45 million square meters annually for two years. The move aims to curb anti-Japanese sentiment and protect American textile interests while monitoring data on imports and their impact on domestic industry.
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Washington
Pacific
United States
Japan
Philippines
State Department
Francis
Sayre
State
Teeton Cotton
War Correspondent To Talk From Africa
Edward W Beattie United Press staff correspondent at Addis Ababa will discuss the Italo Ethiopian war situation at 1 p m Central Standard Time Sunday over National Broadcasting Company s WJZ network
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New York
Edward W. Beattie
United Press
Addis Ababa
Begaccasting
WJZ
Weather Outlook for Chicago Oct 14 19
The forecast covers Oct 14 to 19 for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Showers likely early, partly sunny midweek, possible showers again at the end, cooler north on Monday and south on Tuesday, with rising temperatures Thursday and Friday.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Horner Denies Clemency for Peoria Slayer
Springfield reports Gov. Horner denied the petition for executive clemency by attorney Ben Thurman for Gerald Thompson of Peoria. Thompson, convicted of the June 17 murder of Mildred Hallmark in a Peoria cemetery, faces execution in the electric chair Tuesday morning. The announcement follows the board of pardons and paroles review and earlier court denials.
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Springfield
Horner
Gerald
Thompson
Peoria
Mildred ‘Hallmark
Shis
board of pardons and_ paroles
Ben Thurman
The
Sur eIne Cours
Ct. 2
Three Hurt When Auto Collides With Truck On Highway
A Saturday evening collision near the east city limits injured three people. Ed Wennrhoet of Mount Vernon Avenue SE received leg and arm injuries and shock after his auto struck a westbound truck while turning into a driveway. Two Clinton women, Edith Bather aged 26 and Louise Eckhart aged 30, were taken to Mercy Hospital with a fractured arm and a head laceration respectively.
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Wennrhoet
Mount Jernon
Edeward
Renstrom
Clinton
Ofice
Trail Campbell and Karpis to Arkansas
Alvin Karpis and Harry Campbell, two top fugitives, were traced to central Arkansas. Federal agents raided a hideout near Lake Hamilton by Hot Springs but the duo fled before the raid. Fingerprints were reported found while the suspects traveled in two Hudson sedans with Ohio plates.
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Little Rock
Ark
Alvin Karpis
Harry Campbell
Lake Hamilton
Hot Springs
R. L. Shivers
Bureau of Investigation
Karpis
Campbell
Ohio
Clipper Seaplane Nears Guam Island
Pan American Airways Clipper plane nears Guam on a 6500 mile Alameda California to Guam flight. The four motor seaplane lifted from Wake Island at 6 29 a m local time and aims to cover Wake Island Guam leg in 12 hours. Total Alameda to Guam time about 47 hours.
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Wake Island
Pan- American Airways
Pan-American Airways
Pacific
Guam
Alameda
Calif
Orient
Atoll
Airways
Alameda i
Quadruplets Born at London Royal Free Hospital
In London at the Royal Free hospital on Saturday night, a mother delivered quadruplets, all boys, and all are surviving. The mother is Mrs. Victoria pravorsa, wife of a metal pol sher.
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London
Royal Free Hospital
Victoria Pra Vorsa
Invaders Move Up Valley From South Ethiopia
Italian and native troops advance along the Webbe Shibeli and Fafan rivers in southeastern Ethiopia as Ethiopian forces mass against a major offensive. Ras Nasibu’s tribes rally near Jijiga and Harar to block the Italian drive toward Diredawa and the Addis Ababa Djibouti railroad. The Ogaden front is described as aflame with guerilla warfare and air attacks causing refugee waves and village destruction.
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HARAR
UFP
Webbe Shibeli
Ethiopia
Ogaden
Jijiga
Ras Nasibu
Webbe
Shibell
Rodolfo Graziani
Diredawa
Addis’ ‘Ababa-Djibouti
Addis Ababa
Italy
Graziani
Italian Army Pounds North Ethiopia Ahead of Major Push
By Courier to Asmara Italian forces and African allies reinforce the northern front in Ethiopia for a decisive offensive. Combat is quiet now as preparations, with a likely two week window, target the capture of Aksum and expansion from Sudan to the Danakil coast.
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Aduwa
Asmara
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Aksum
Sudan
Danakil
Bad Lands
Pistol and bricks spark New Orleans dock strike violence
In New Orleans a pistol and brickbat clash left a man shot in the face as 3,000 gulf ports longshoremen began a strike by the International Longshoremen's Association. Quieter ports across Louisiana and Texas waited while steamship operators planned to hire non union workers. Former Texas Ranger Frank Hamer was assigned to organize a special police detail to guard Houston and similar measures were taken elsewhere.
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Galveston
Texas
New Orleans
Gulf Ports
Louisiana
International Longshoremen’s Association
Frank Hamer
Houston
League Moves Toward Worldwide Boycott of Italian Goods
Geneva reports show the League of Nations pushing for a universal ban on Italian exports to choke foreign trade. Britain led calls for immediate action with Eden pressing for sanctions, while France split on timing and scope. The 18 member committee debated trade blocks and cutting loans as a separate line of pressure.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Italy
Great Britain
Africa
Anthony Eden
Committee of 18
Britain
France
Robert Coulondre
Eden
Coulondre
British Women And Children Sent From Malta Base
Evacuation orders for the first of 800 wives and children of British armed services workers were issued in Malta. Shipments are scheduled for Oct 25 and Nov 1, with further contingents planned aboard the troopship Somersetshire. Plans had been held secret and delays had occurred twice previously.
Italian Envoy Defies Ethiopian Ultimatum in Addis Ababa
Italy's envoy Luigi Vinci Gigliucci refused to leave Haile Selassie's realm and was moved from the legation to the home of Ras Desta Damtou. Haile Selassie demanded departure by 7 am Sunday, and the envoy vowed to stay, citing private citizen status as the motive for the move. U S Charge Engert met the emperor. other diplomats visited the palace amid armed escorts.
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Addis Ababa
Italy
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Legation
Ras Desta Damtou
Luigi Vinci-Gigliucci
Damiou
Vinci Gigliucci
U. S
Cornelius van H. Engert
Hailey Selassie
Vinci
Italy Prepares for Naval War and Ethiopian Front Actions
Reports from Geneva and Rome indicate sanctions on Italy and Mussolini’s focus on Mediterranean naval defenses. An Ethiopian force is shown advancing on the Italian Somaliland front after aerial bombardments while Addis Ababa refuses Haile Selassie’s order to leave. The league committee urges withholding loans and bank credits to Italy as tensions escalate.
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PRESE
Geneva—League Committee
Italy
Aduwa
Iitaly
Tigre
Rome
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Addis Ababa
Iitalian
Ister
Haile Selassie
Mussolini fortifies Italian navy amid tensions with Britain
Rome reports Premier Mussolini orders stronger naval defenses in the Mediterranean and expands anti aircraft units in Sicily and Sardinia to deter Britain. He meets Baron Aloisi at Geneva where Italy vows readiness for economic emergencies, self reliance, and possible sanctions amid Allied pressure.
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Rome
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Sicily
Sardinia
Islan
Iservice
Meni
Pome
Aloisi
League of Nations
Geneva
Italy
Britain
League
Baste
Il Duce
Virginio Gayda
Giornale d'Italia
Rockefeller slips past reporters forgets bed sheets and umbrella
John D. Rockefeller Sr. fled to his winter home at Ormond Beach after a media scramble, leaving behind bed sheets and an umbrella. Mrs Frances A Evans, his niece, sent a telegram to the estate caretaker requesting the articles be sent post haste. Rockefeller had drawn blinds in his private railway car and avoided contact.
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Lakewood
N.J
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Ormond Beach
Frances A. Evans
Rockefeller
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HEAR
Nippon
Islands
Cedar Rapids News
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Djibouti
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