Peet denies bribery in Iowa congressional race scandal
The Des Moines Des Moines area investigation centers on L M Peet denying any cash offers to Geo W Koob or others to withdraw from the Second Iowa district race. A Spokane Dubuque witness says a $2000 gift and a $3600 six year job were discussed at meetings including at Montrose hotel Cedar Rapids.
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Kraschel
L. M. Peet
Des Moines
Il. M. Peet
Peet
Dubuque
National Man For Social Justice
Cedar Rapids
Union Party
Congress
Iowa
Mr. Peet
Marshall
Geo. W. Koob
Koob
Democratic Party
Coughlin
Montrose Hotel
Montrose
G. O. P. Money
Social Justice
Portugal Recognizes Spanish Nationalist Regime
The Portuguese foreign office announced it had recognized the Spanish nationalist regime as the legal government of Spain. The official message was sent by courier to the military governor and mayor of Talavera de la Reina near Toledo.
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London
Foreign Office
Portugal
Spain
Talavera de la Reina
Toledo
Loyalist forces brace Madrid as nationalists close in
Loyalist militiamen hold the last defense lines about 10 miles from Madrid's southern suburbs as the city fears a final nationalist assault. Civilians evacuate Pinto across the Culebro. Americans prepare embassy shelter under Wen delin. Nationalist air power and tanks advance toward central Madrid.
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Madrid
Pinto
Culebro
Eric C. Wendelin
Wendelin
Foreign Legion
Roosevelt Plans Final Eastern Campaign Itinerary
President Roosevelt will start a taxing tour tonight from Washington into New Jersey, Staten Island, Brooklyn, and Manhattan with a stop at Brooklyn College for a cornerstone laying. He will visit Governor's Island and the Statue of Liberty site before continuing through Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Delaware, ending back in New York state.
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Washington
Staten Island
Lower Manhattan
Brooklyn College
Roosevelt
Atlantic Seaboard
Hyde Park
N. Y
Bayonne
N. J
Bay Ridge
Brooklyn
Williamsburg Bridge
Governor's Island
Bedloe’s Island
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
White House
New York State
Howard University
PWA
America
Allamakee Co Man Crushed To Death By Sand Load
Earl Renne age 30 of Waukon was killed when the sand loaded truck he drove collapsed one mile south of Harper's Ferry. Trainmen on a nearby train witnessed the accident and reported it. Coroner John Bresnahan said no inquest was needed. Renne leaves a wife and five children. funeral plans not announced.
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Waukon
Earl Renne
Charles Renne
Harper’s Ferry
John L. Bresnahan
Allamakee
Renne
City Briefs and Personals Update
Local items list upcoming meetings and events including chicken suppers at First Baptist church and Moose hall, the Bohemian Dramatic association meeting, and a free lecture "The Book Nobody Knows." Also notes police reports: fence damage, loss of a sapphire, recent surgery recovery, and parking fines for several residents.
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Adlai Loudy
Maine Lodge Hall
First Avenue E
Townsendites and farmer labor party to meet at Woodman Hall
The National Union of Social Justice will host a Wednesday 8 pm meeting at Woodman Hall to hear A A Screechfield of Davenport, the farmer labor candidate for attorney general. The public is invited to attend.
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The
National Union For Social Justice
Moose Hall
National Union of Social Justice
Townsendites
Farmer Labor Party
Woodman Hall
A. A. Screechfield
Davenport
Farmer-Labor
Cedar Rapids Saengerbund to Meet Tonight at Ben Hur Hall
The Cedar Rapids Saengerbund will meet this evening at 7 30 at Ben Hur hall on 213 First street SW. Forty two members gave a concert at Oxford Saturday night and a community concert is planned for November 15 at the Memorial building.
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Cedar Rapids Saengerbund
Ben ‘Hur Hall
First Street
Oxford
Memorial Building
Linn County Republicans Women Meet in Crystal Ballroom
The Linn county Republicans women’s division meets Wednesday at 2 30 p m in the Crystal ballroom Hotel Montrose to hear Mrs Curry Watson national committeewoman of Nebraska speak. Mrs R D Taylor will lead the singing.
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Linn County Republicans
Crystal Ballroom
Montrose
Curry Watson
Nebraska
R. D. Taylor
Grain dealers host Bowden at Roosevelt dinner in St Louis
Ray B Bowden executive vice president of the Grain and Feed Dealers National association was guest of honor at a Roosevelt hotel dinner Monday night for forty local grain dealers S W Wilder president of the association left with Bowden after the dinner for Omaha to attend the Nebraska grain dealers association convention
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Ray B. Bowden
St. Louis
Grain and Feed Dealers National Association
Roosevelt Hotel
S. W. Wilder
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Bowden
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska Grain Dealers Association
Control of Western Mediterranean a Prize for Spanish War Allies
Myron L. Koenig of Coe College spoke at the Canopus club luncheon in the Roosevelt hotel noting that foreign allies of the victorious faction in the Spanish civil war might gain control of western Mediterranean islands as strategic bases. James E. Franken discussed Navy Day. A note says faster growing pigs yield better bacon than slower developing ones.
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Mediterranean
Myron L. Koenig
Coe College
Roosevelt Hotel
Mediterranean Ocean
James E. Franken
Denies Roosevelt Has Fed The Hungry In Radio Address
Cedar Rapids attorney Don Barnes urged opposition to Roosevelt on WMT saying billions routed to relief did not benefit workers and that Roosevelt built a bureaucratic machine. He accused Roosevelt of attacking straw men while praising economic royalists and highlighted supposed costs and homes. The speaker claimed Roosevelt earned $90 000 a year from a family trust and owned three homes and a private golf course.
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WMT
Don Barnes
Roosevelt
Mr. Barnes
Cedar Rapids
American Liberty League
Captain Stevens to Speak on Ballooning at Memorial Coliseum
Capt. Albert Stevens, renowned stratosphe balloonist, will deliver an illustrated lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Memorial Coliseum. Tickets sales show strong interest from students and adults, with ticket holders urged to note the 7 p.m. start to finish in time for a public mass meeting on graft and political corruption in Iowa led by Verne Marshall of The Gazette.
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Albert Stevens
Memorial Coliseum
Young Men’s Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Capt. Stevens
Verne Marshall
Gazette
Iowa
Imposter Deputies Arrested Near Eitzen Iowa Line
Clif ford Bellows, farm laborer from Eitzen Minnesota, was arrested by Allamakee county officers and a Waukon sheriff for suspected role in a farmyard impersonation two miles south of Eitzen near the Iowa line. He denied complicity and waived extradition. No money was taken.
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Eitzen
Minn
Clifford Bellows
George Kelly
Waukon
Iowa Line
Iowa
Minnesota
Goodnow
Bellows
Handwriting Experts Testify in Iwers Estate Contest
Ver non Faxon of Chicago testified Tuesday in the dispute over Henry Iwers estate valued at 350000 dollars. Albert T. Scovill of Sterling Illinois followed, with attorneys for contesting heirs present as Judge H C Ring presided.
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Ce- Bar Rapids
Tober
Ho- Montrose
Anyy
Rage Union For Social Justice
M. Halstead
Penningroth
Koob and Peet
Detroit
Father
Cleveland
Kooeb
First Baptist Church
Bohemian Dramatic Association
C. S. P. S. Hall
Milton Kucera
Ellis Boulevard
Mary Agnes Braden
Third Street NW
Doris Sullivan
Eighteenth Avenue
G. K. Thompson
Mount Vernon
G. T. Lehman
Fifth Avenue SE
L. G. Weigle
A Avenue
Franklin Grove
Ira Trostle
C. E. Anderson
Third Avenue SE
Bill Armstrong
D Avenue NW
L. W. du von
J. G. Funk
Bever Avenue SE
Saengerbund
G.O.P
Bowden
Canopus
Koenig
Scovill
Faxon
Henry Iwers
D. H. Snake
Guy Linville
Louis Voss
J. R. McManus
Iwers Brothers
Mary C. Geerts
Miss Geerts
Snake
Iwers
Captain Stevens
Raemer
Merode Underwear
Rayon Cotton
Rayon & Wool
Minneapolis
H. G. Fussell
Okinow
Ind
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