Johnson's relief policy clash with agitators sparks reform push
The piece discusses General Hugh Johnson clashing with New York WPA relief workers and intelligence efforts against communists. It notes political shifts after Johnson and his successor vow to keep workers on relief, regardless of politics, with implications for broader anti corruption trials and court actions in Iowa. It references E. E. Pinney and graft cases, with focus on Maley's bid to appeal and potential Supreme Court actions and judges including Earl Peters.
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New York City
Hugh Johnson
WPA
Johnson
Russia
Washington
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Maley
Earl Peters
Clarinda
Maley Appeals to 1A Supreme Court Des Moines
Walter Maley Iowa first assistant attorney general appeals to the Iowa Supreme Court from a Woodbury county grand jury indictment tied to a statewide gambling probe. The court set October 21 for a hearing on his writ of certiorari to review alleged jurisdictional excesses and improper Grand Jury guidance by special prosecutor Horace Havner.
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Walter Maley
Ed O'Connor
H. M. Havner
Gazette
O’connor
Maley
State Supreme Court
Max Duckworth
Sioux City
Supreme Court
Duckworth
United States Supreme Court
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Earl Peters
Woodbury County
J. W. Anderson
Ray Harrison
Clyde Herring
Joe Gagen
Horace M. Havner
Havner
Ann Holm
Grand Jury
Just Another Bridge Game Held Perfect Hands
In Athens Alabama Mrs R B Patton dealt a bridge hand and announced thirteen spades. Mrs M M Rosenall and others showed thirteen cards in a different suit. Four witnesses testified the cards were properly shuffled and cut.
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Athens
Ala
R. B. Patton
M. M. Rosenall
N. K. Bitting
Jane Russell
Two Killed When Amphibian Plane Dives Into Water
In New York two men died when an amphibian plane from Port Washington seaplane port crashed into Manhasset Bay on approach. Pilot Harry Freedman, 35, of New York, and James MacDonald, 48, barge operator of Port Washington, were killed instantly as witnesses saw the craft wobble then dive.
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NEW York
Manhasset’ Bay
Long Island Sound
Port Washington
Harry Freedman
James MacDonald
Freedman
Hit the next ball right and win the game
A Wimbledon reflection on poise and self-control as the key to victory. Helen Wills Moody emphasizes staying calm, focusing on the next stroke, and managing emotions to turn close matches into triumphs.
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Helen Wills Moody
DR. Newton
Jury May Get Zenge Murder Case Today
Chicago records show evidence completed in the Mandeville W. Zenge trial for the emasculation murder of Dr. Walter J. Bauer. Prosecution rested rebuttal at 4:25 pm with Zenge declared sane by witnesses, while the defense argued manic depressive insanity. Jurors eyed verdict Friday after final arguments and judge instructions.
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Chicago
Mandeville W. Zenge
Missouri Farm
Walter J. Bauer
Zenge
Dr. Bauer
Bauer
Harold S. Hulbert
Cornelius J. Harrington
Roosevelt Leaves Caribbean For Homeward Voyage
President Roosevelt steamed toward the Atlantic and home on Thursday with plans for further explorations and inspections that would bring him to the White House by the middle of next week.
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Roosevelt
Caribbean
Atlantic
White House
Fireman John F. Robinson Dies After Auto Crash
John F. Robinson aged 45 a city fireman was killed early Thursday when struck by an automobile driven by H. A. Hatch while crossing a highway in Galesburg Illinois.
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Galesburg
John F. Robinson
H. A. Hatch
Austria reshapes government amid bristling militias
Vienna reports a sudden government overhaul led by Prince Ernest von Starhemberg. Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg remains, while Starhemberg forms a single voluntary militia from heimwehr and other forces, aiming to curb radical elements and restore a Christian state.
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Vienna
Austria
Kurt Schuschnigg
Miklas
Schuschnigg
Ernst von Starhemberg
Heimwehr
Fatherland Front
Emil Fey
Engelbert Dollfuss
Josef Reither
Starberg
Starhemberg
Freiheitsbund
Ernest Rudiger von Starhemberg
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Home Guard
Fey
Lower Austria
Edward Baar von Baarenfels
Baarenfels
Southern Railroad
Steel Magnate's Son Shot Dead in Apparent Accident
Price Mc Kinney Jr., 24, heir to a steel fortune, was found dead in the Wickliffe family home. Coroner Dr. James Powell said the death appeared self-inflicted by a high powered rifle, with the shot ruled accidental.
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Cleveland
Price McKinney, Jr
Steel
Wickliffe
James Powell
Lake County
Former Shipping Board Head Dies in Buffalo
T V OConnor 65 former chairman of the United States Shipping Board died at his Buffalo home Thursday afternoon after suffering a stroke Tuesday.
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Shipping Board
Buffalo
N. Y
T. V O'Connor
United States Shipping Board
Emmet Peacock Fined And Sentenced In Beer Sale Case
Emmet Peacock of Stone City was fined 600 dollars and four months in jail by Judge John T. Moffit after a jury conviction for selling beer on Sunday. If the fine is unpaid six more months in jail follow. Appeal bond set at 2000 dollars. Mittimus withheld until Nov 1 to allow business affairs to be set. The Rainbow Inn was described as a deliberate setup with broad beer offerings.
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Anamosa
Emmet Peacock
Stone City
John T. Moffit
Peacock
Mittimus
L. D. Thoma
Fairfield
Moffitt
Rainbow Inn
Jobs Drive Lags As Dole Deadline Nears
Washington AP dispatch notes Roosevelt’s end of dole deadline two weeks away amid uncertainty at work relief HQ. Officials discuss reaching a revised 3,150,000 jobs target soon, with incomplete WPA and Public Works reports. Hopkins faces a shortfall, and CC assistance remains central as funds released trail.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
J. R. McCarl
Civilian Conservation Corps
French Ambassador Talks With Hull on European Crisis
Secretary Hull and Andre de Laboulaye met behind closed doors to discuss the European situation and the Italo Ethiopian war. No change in U S neutrality policy was indicated and no proposals for league sanctions or an international boycott against Italy were presented or discussed.
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Washington
Europe
State Department
Hull
Andre de Laboulaye
United States
Paris
France
Great Britain
League of Nations
Italy
Laboulaye
Roosevelt Son Pays Five Dollar Speeding Fine
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., son of the President, paid a five dollar speeding fine after pleading guilty to driving sixty five miles an hour. Judge Jakn W. Perkins at a Hampton New Hampshire special session accepted the plea and noted the defendant’s absence on Sept 28 was due to a misunderstanding.
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Hampton, N. H
INS
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Young Roosevelt
Jakn W. Perkins
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
A Cedar Rapids toll report lists traffic toll figures for 1935 including 324 accidents 379 injuries and 42 deaths across the period.
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Cedar Rapids
President Roosevelt urges peace policy at New York forum
President Franklin D. Roosevelt asks public support for a peace oriented national policy in a New York Herald Tribune forum address. He emphasizes staying free of entanglements that lead to war and calls on citizens especially women to seek truth and apply it in governance and daily life.
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New York
Roosevelt
America
U. S. Houston
New York Herald. Tribune
Ask 55 Million To Complete Work On Mississippi River
The Upper Mississippi Waterway association urges immediate approval of 55 million dollars to finish the nine-foot channel. Army engineer Major Dwight F. Johns says 19 of 26 locks are done, six more under construction, and one not started. dams total 26 with six finished, ten under way, ten not yet begun. To date 91 million has funded projects either complete or under way, with association officers and directors reelected for the coming year.
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Minneapolis
United States
Mississippi River
Upper Mississippi Waterway Association
Northwest
Dwight F. Johns
Association
Charles C. Weber
F. W. Sisson
LaCrosse
Wis
Charles McLean
John A. Kerper
Dubuque
R. A. Jacobsen
Rock Island
British Somaliland Probes Italian Attack Reports
British Somaliland investigates claims that Italian forces in Ogaden killed British subjects and decimated herds with poison gas. Officials say losses may be accidental and seek a formal report as Italo-British tensions rise while border disputes and assurances from the Italian consul are awaited.
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Djibouti
Somaliland
British Somaliland
Ethiopia
Ogaden
Camel
Frontier “Guard
E.C. Lowe
Zeilah
Camel Corps
Warsengeli
Rodolpho
Graziani
Britain
Ford Halts Exports to African War Zone
Ford Motor Company director William J. Cameron said on Thursday that the plant has stopped all exports to the African war area since hostilities began between Italy and Ethiopia. No statement was issued by Henry Ford.
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Detroit
William J. Cameron
The
Ford Motor Company
Italy
Ethiopia
Henry Ford
Belgian ammunition sent to Ethiopia via Berbera
More than seven million Belgian manufactured rifle cartridges were unloaded in Berbera British Somaliland this week and are in transit to Ethiopian southern army headquarters at Jijiga. Shipping men report a steady flow through Berbera after the anti Ethiopian arms embargo was lifted by the League of Nations.
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Berbera
British Somaliland
League of Nations
Jijiga
Buramo
Hargeisa
Belgium
England
Aden
Ogaden
Clipper Nears Wake Island in Ocean Hop
Pan American Clipper flies smoothly at 10 700 feet about 540 miles from Wake Island four hours after takeoff for Midway Islands. Pilot R O D Sullivan reported the four motor flying boat leaped from the ground at 12 44 pm CST Thursday. The 1240 mile flight is expected to take eight to nine hours.
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Wake Islands
Pan American Airways
Wake Island
Midway Islands
R. O. D. Sullivan
League seeks broad pledge on sanctions against Italy
The League of Nations plans a Saturday move to induce the United States and other nonmembers to back anti Italian penalties over Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia. Vasconcellos da Portus al to head sanctions will announce measures to Washington Tokyo Berlin and Rio de Janeiro. Britain has sounded out major powers to secure cooperative support.
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United States
league _of nations
League
Italy
Ethiopia
Iceland
Britain
Japan
Germany
Brazil
Britain Rushes Troops to Libyan Border as Tension Grows
London dispatch reports Britain moving forces toward the Libyan border amid feared clash with Italy over Libya. Officials refuse exact figures, but sources indicate 20,000 British regulars in the region as tensions flare between Mediterranean powers.
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London
INS
Egypt
Libya
Great Britain
Britain
Italy
Mediterranean
Milk Strikers Seek Pact With Dairies in Chicago
Chicago milk strike leaders reported progress Thursday toward a new agreement with about twenty independent dairies. The move appeared to signal a quiet nearing end to the strike as negotiations continued.
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Dairies
Chicago
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