Zenge Mother Refuses To Say Son Was Insane In Court
Mrs. Alice Zenge testified she believed her son acted oddly after learning his sweetheart Beuse Schaffer married Dr. Walter Bauer. She refused to state whether her son was sane or insane, a blow to the defense, as the courtroom heard testimony from relatives and neighbors.
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Chicago
Alice Zenze
Mandewille
Walter J Bauer
Sami
Joseph Green
Zenzge
Zenge
CermeLus J. Barrington
Beuse Schaffer
Be Bauer
Iowa State Nurses Elect Hartz Cedar Reminds Leader
Alma E. Hartz of Cedar Remids was chosen president-elect of the Iowa State Association of Registered Nurses at the closing session. Kiss Alma Hartz was director of the Public Health Nursing Bureau in Cedar Remids and served as vice-president and president-elect in the past week. Other officers named include Florence Wesslund Mary Lory Saher and Fremees Peterson.
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Specta
Garete
Davenport
Kiss
Alma E. Hartz
Cedar Rameds
Caaen
Iowa State Association of Registered Nurses
Essociators
Auss Hertz
Pubochke Heath Nurning Bureau
Cedar Remids If
Sar2z Oneil
Sioux Crtz
Eutomenealis
Florence Wesslund
Mary Lory Saher
Fremees Peterson
Ras Gugsa Surrenders to Italians Widely Questioned
London based diplomats alleging Ras Gugsa Haile Selassie’s surrender was staged in Rome are echoed by Addis Ababa officials who confirm his desertion to Italy. The communique says he crossed into Eritrea with 100 followers while troops refused to join him, boosting Italian claims of a large pursuit.
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London
Ras Haile Selascie Geugsa
Rome
Daly Herald
Ras Gugsa
Haly
Ethiopia
Il Duce
Addis Ababa
Ras Haile Selassie Gugsa
Tigre
Gugsa
Italy
Judge bars testimony from "woman in red" in Dillinger case
In Chicago Federal Judge Barnet refused to admit testimony from Mrs. Ann Szze tied to John Dillinger deportation hearings. The woman claimed she guided agents to Dillinger's death only to gain deportation relief, but the judge said he cannot override the secretary of labor and that a fair hearing is the issue.
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Chicago
Dillinger
Right Of Gralnek To Sue May Affect State Income Tax Decision
Marshalltown AP Judge Tankersley said Gralnek may be a vital point in ruling on the personal net income tax constitutionality Gralnek seeks to invalidate the law and his lawyers have until next Wednesday to file a brief on his status as a proper plaintiff The board of assessment and review may reply by Oct 26 Gralnek paid no 1934 income tax but filed a March return and an amended return with a $444 check before the December filing deadline the board rejected the amended return
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Marshalltown
B O Tankersley
Ike Gralnek
Gralnek
Board of Assessment and Review
State Tax Board
Graber
Graives
Australia Adopts Ban Against Italy
Canberra reports Prime Minister Joseph A. Lyons announced in parliament that Australia has adopted League of Nations penalties against Italy and is considering methods to apply them.
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Canberra
Australia
Joseph A Lyons
League of Nations
Italy
Burglar Loot Includes Ladder and Home Items
Miss Bertha Powers reports a burglar entered the home at 520 Eighth avenue SE Tuesday night and stole items including a fitter foot ladder an oil heater tar potted plants a mop nine rolls of wallpaper one roll of border three sponges a kitchen bar a box of tools and a wash tub.
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Bertha Powers
Seventh Avenue SE
Eighth Avenue SE
Plot To Blow Up British Singapore Naval Base
A purported plot to blow up part of the $50,000,000 Singapore naval base was disclosed Wednesday at the trial of three Chinese on charges of manufacturing explosives without a license. The men, employed as house bosses by Britons at the base, were linked to an explosion in a nearby house and subsequent arrests.
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Singapore
TTP
Singapore Naval Base
Naval Base
Musteken
Cattle rustler to be returned to Iowa
A 29 year old cattle rustler waives extradition in South Bend Indiana and will be sent to Louisa County Iowa to face grand larceny charges. Twelve head of cattle were found on his rented farm with stock identified as belonging to Charles Buell of Chicago. He admitted helping load the Buell cattle but claimed no full responsibility for the rustling.
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South Bend
Ind
Russell Alberts
Louisa County
Alberts
Roxy H Wolfe
Charles Buell
Chicago
Wapello
al- Serts
Carmel
Wolfe
Wal counties F-men mobilize to guard cattle rustlers
In Joliet an organization of 2060 farmers named Wal counties F-men mobilized Wednesday to counter cattle rustling. More than 100 farmers and 26 police were summoned within half an hour after Nicholas Weiter and his son Frank fired on rustlers, prompting a further call to the Vv Zantee as they searched the pasture for the injured or missing suspects.
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Joliet Hi
Wal
Nicholas Weiter d
Wreser
Frank
Tre
Welsh Miners Wage Battle Underground at Trelewis Pit
Fierce clashes erupted at the Taffferthyr collieryTrelewis pit as union and non union miners fought above and below ground. Forty injured brought to surface as police battled crowds women aided strikers smashing post office and homes in Trelewis village. Order restored later after reinforcements arrived.
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Newport
Monmouthshire
Wales
Taffferthyr
Trelewis
Afobs
Tre
Ames Buttermaker Wins State Contest
Fred A. Carolus of Rockwell led junior division with 9.5. Rick Nankigeboren of Boyden topped the year-long educational contest with 94.02 percent average. Eastern Iowa competitors posted scores near 93 to 94 across multiple entries as 450+ registered for the convention and banquet attendance exceeded 400.
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Fred A. Carolus
Rockwell
Rick Neaktgeporen
Borden
B. H. Moller
West Bend
Donald Overbeck
Luane
Larson
Decorah
BH. C. Keefé
Amber
A. P. Anderson
Bumbeld
Rick Nankigeboren
Boyden
Phil Lusson
Alpha
F. H. Harms
Oelwein
Nice
Fabricius
Fr. Fabricius
Iowa
W. Behrens
Arlington
M. E. Boots, Jr
Anamosa
F. P. Gernand
Volga City
F.H. Harms
A. Harms
A. C. Henneburg
B. H. Johnson
Gaxtral City
G. C. Mittlestadt
Maynard
F. Nefzger
West Union
F. W. Nelson
Wadena
E. J. Primus
Earlville
E. C. Ritter
Postville
W. Sires
Preston
W. Waskow
Westgate
R. C. Wilson
Edgewood
F . Gernand
al Johnson
Hopkinton
G. C. Mittelstadt
J. W. Rizer
Randalia
M Mortensen
Ames
Counties Not Liable For Expenses Of Old Age Boards
Judge Joseph J. Clears ruled that under Iowa old age pension act a county is not liable for expenditures of a county old age assistance board. Administrative costs require authorization by the state commission. The Floyd county case involved Weston E. Jones of Charles City against Floyd county officials.
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Mason City
Joseph J. Clears
State
Old Age Assistance Commission
Clark
County Board of Supervisors
Old Age Assistance Board
Weston E. Jones
Charles City
Floyd County Board of Supervisors
Floyd County District Court
City Briefs and Personals Report Local Happenings
A collage of short items notes visitors from Des Moines and Estherville, a hospital treatment for a Cedar Rapids man, and upcoming meetings of local clubs. It also highlights a CCC workers train through Cedar Rapids, naval leave for three Cedar Rapids men, and a Townsend club gathering with speaker Jesse L. Richardson.
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CCC
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Fort Knox
Idaho
Glen Stelling
H. J Stelling
Newhall
Naval Training Station
San Diego
California
Norman Seaton
J H Seaton
Tenth Street
Richard Strauss
Anna Strauss
Sixteenth Avenue
Bill de Priest
Twenty-ninth Street
Fifty Die When Ferry Capsizes Near Luxor
A government ferry overturned at Nag Hamadi on the Nile west bank near Luxor, drowning fifty people. Rescue teams search the river as authorities investigate the accident and its causes.
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Cairo
Egypt
Nag Hamadi
Nile
Luxor
Butter substitutes dominate Iowa dairy convention agenda
At a Waterloo joint convention of the Iowa Creamery Operators association and the Iowa Association of Local Creameries delegates warned butter consumption fell by 103 million pounds in eight months while oleomargarine rose by 98 million. Charles W Holman urged a national 5 cent per pound excise on oleomargarine and state compensatory taxes to offset production costs amid AAA pressures and a forecast 10 percent cow rise.
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Waterloo
Iowa Creamery Operators Association
Towa Association
Charles W Holman
Washington
Wisconsin
Truce Offer Made By Milk Strikers
Peace terms in the Chicago milk shed were offered by striking farmers in Elgin Illinois for a 30 day truce. The move followed violence and a milk supply shortfall, as strikers proposed selling all milk at 175 dollars per hundred pounds F O B local loading stations.
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Elgin
Ill
Chicago
Britain Signals Willingness to Forgo French Naval Aid
Britain may accept no future French naval support in the Mediterranean while pressing for a definite answer to use of French bases in case of an Italio British clash. Laval faces British concerns over Mussolini’s war aims and a potential league enforced boycott.
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Vittorio Cerutti
George Clerk
Laval
Cerutti
George
France
Mediterranean
Britain
League of Nations
Italy
League
Afussolini
Great Britain
Ethiopia
Germany
Belgium
Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Austria
Left ham sandwiches raise odd farm debate in Washington
In Washington the question of whether ham from a hog’s left hind leg is better than the right sparks a mock debate. Claude Wickard, with aide D A Fitzgerald, receives the query about teaching hogs to shimmy with both sides, referencing an ad claiming left ham is superior and noting quirks of a hog scratching its sides.
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Washington
AAA
Farm Administration
Claude Wickard
D. A. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Baltimore
Murder Charge Filed Against Pascal Boyer in Three Slayings
Salt Lake City AP reports Pascal L. Boyer 31 faces first degree murder charges for the killings of Blanche Nelson a restaurant worker who refused him and farm couple Mr and Mrs John L East. Coroner's jury returned three complaints alleging slayings.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Pascal L. Boyer
Blanche Nelson
John L. East
Il Duce Aims to Lead Italian Army in Ethiopia
Premier Mussolini plans to go to Ethiopia and direct the invasion personally once Italy feels secure from European opposition. He seeks guarantees from Britain and France on sanctions and a possible naval blockade before leaving and may be delayed by the League of Nations actions.
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Geneva
Laval
Mussolini
Italy
Tigre
Ethiopia
Harar
Ogaden
Britain
Zeila
British Somaliland
League Council
League
France
London
Hi Duce
Julius Caesar
Great Britain
League of Nations
League Nations
England
Suez Canal
Ti Duce
Latent Congressional Power May Figure In AAA Decision
Washington AP report notes a Supreme Court exam of a long unde fined congressional power in the upcoming Hoosac Mills case over farm processing taxes. Lawyers foresee a ruling that could affect general welfare taxation and potential limits on agricultural and relief programs, though the court may also dismiss on other grounds.
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AAA
Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Hoosac Mills
Congress
NRA
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Iowa News in Brief Aids Cedar County Pensions and Local Notices
Cedar County residents now receive 112 old age pensions with an average of about 13 dollars per person totaling roughly 17 500 dollars annually. Other notes include a Sigourney Red Cross luncheon on home and farm safety, an Alice Sunday school homecoming, a Center Junction safety drive in the school zone, and a Bellevue area marriage announcement.
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Pauline R. Peters
Cedar County
Sigourney
Keokuk County
Red Cross
Roll Call
W. H. Hamilton
Western District
Lamp of
St. Louis
Wilbur Cooke
ALICE
Alice Sunday School
Center Junction
Runkle
Anamosa
County Safety Commission
Belle Plaine
Maxine G. Norby
Niles M. Holsher
Women and mechanics equal in ability, study shows
The Minnesota Mechanical Ability Tests found women are as mechanical as men. They may start with less experience, but given equal training they match men in learning capacity for mechanics.
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Minnesota
Iowans Win Honors at National Dairy Show
In St Louis an Illinois team of farm boys J Harrison Buckingham of Lowpoint and Gilbert Baker of Washburn won the class A production contest with 92 points for a dairy feeding and milking program. Nebraska 91.5 second. other winners include Michigan 88 and Minnesota 87.5. Two Missouri girls won the 4 H dairy product demonstration, Doris Stillwell and Vivian Vaughn of Dawn. Poultry demo team Wilbert Moffet and Mortis Johnson of Ottumwa claimed honors. grand champions were Mary Lillian Guernsey and Nero's Cinnamon Maiden Brown Swiss from Walhalla farms Rexford New York and Morris Township NJ.
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ST. Louis
J. Harrison Buckingham
Lowpoint
Gilbert Baker
Washburn
Nebraska
Michigan
Minnesota
Town
Kansas
Arizona
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Missouri
Doris Stillwell
Vivian Vaughn
Dawn
Iowa
Wilbert Moffet
Mortis Johnson
Ottumwa
Mary Lillian
Vallevue Farm
Morristown
N. J
Nero
Walhalla
Walhalla Farms of
Rexford, N. Y
Breach Of Contract Suit Against Decker Company Enjoined
NEW YORK AP The General American Tank Car Corp of Chicago was enjoined in federal court from pursuing a $540000 breach of contract suit against Jacob Decker and Son Mason City Iowa a subsidiary of Adolph Gobel Inc Brooklyn meat processors The case concerns a contract to supply tank and refrigeration cars to Decker and Son The sale of Gobel to Armour and Company approved in Brooklyn federal court by Judge M W Byers involved a $4972000 price and the judge ruled the damage suit unrelated to the reorganization proceedin g and for Armour to address if a breach occurs
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New York
General American Tank Car Corporation of
Chicago
Jacob Decker and Son
Mason City
Adolph Gobel, Inc
Brooklyn
Cook County
Tank Car Corporation
Decker and Son
Armour
Yale Economist Warns of Tax Rebellion Figures
Oklahoma City AP report cites Yale University economist Fred R. Fairchild predicting a tax rebellion as legislatures ease burdens on property owners. He warned emergency sales and income taxes may become permanent and provoke protests by taxpayers if relief is excessive.
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Oklahoma City
Fred R. Fairchild
Yale University
National ‘Tx Association
Fairechild
Maley Appeals Judge Peters Ruling On Slot Syndicate Case
The Wednesday move means most defendants charged with conspiracy to permit gambling will face trial unless rare legal steps are taken. Grand jury probes centered on a syndicate allegedly running slot machines in Iowa venues with possible state official knowledge and a payoff for political protection. Mayer and many co defendants seek dismissal. several indictments remain, including Wegman perjury and other listed conspirators.
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Sioux City
Bambling
Iowa
Mayer
Clyde Mayer
C W McNaughton
Ray Harrison
Executive Council
Obstruction of Justice
E. T Red Brennan
Frank Comerfield
Tony Curcio
Ralph Rippey
Plymouth County
Glen Scott
Joe Siegel
Ike Sherman
C. E. Stevens
Thomas Taggart
William Taxler
Gus Craginas
Jack Worden
Leo J. Wegman
William Arthur
Jack Kennedy
Mike Brennan
J. E. Brennan
Russell Brooks
Tom Conroy
Des Moines
William Seff
Sam Stevens
Louis Seff
Indian Summer Weather Continues Cedar Falls Brief
Temperatures held high with warm fall conditions in Cedar Falls on Wednesday. Reading showed 54 at dawn, rising to around 71 later, with midnight near 40.
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Cedar
Mercury
Sain
Charters
Readgs
Viagh You in Hot Water Boosts Flavor
A garbled note suggests Viagh You was in hot water to improve its flavor and Mane Wt passion to chop, indicating a rushed kitchen mishap or recipe revision.
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Tareley
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Estherville
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Iowa City
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First Avenue
C. A. Lewis
Addie Unangst
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Iowa News
W. M. Foley
South English
Wyoming
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J. M. French
Lyle Marshall
Marshall
Henry Eichhorn
Seats County
John Harvey Furbay
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Decker Company
Yale
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Geo. J. Nonan
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Maley
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Acy
John Diebert
Phil Dunn
Joe Gagen
John P Kampmeyer
Kirby Kerr
Abe Kroloff
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Izzy Kroloff
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