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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1936
Page
2
A first person account aboard a small De Haviland Leopold Moth details a flight from Burgos toward Lisbon during the Spanish conflict. The piece notes warplane traffic from Madrid to the front, anti aircraft batteries near Valladolid and Salamanca, and a Burgos jail holding about 2,700 civilian political prisoners observed from the air.
Sioux City officials spar over Fred Free's right to serve as assistant attorney general and to present evidence before a grand jury. County attorney Rawlings questions Free's qualifications given Free's prior role as defense attorney for Attorney General E L O Connor, who faced gambling conspiracy charges. Free seeks permission to present grand jury evidence, including material from O Connors indictment, while executive council withholds new funding for O Connors office.
Fred Free, special investigator for Attorney General Edward L. O’Connor, told Grace Methodist Church that Sioux City is a paradise for gamblers, bootleggers, prostitutes, burglars and dope peddlers. He accused local officials and police of inaction and said raids are tipped off in advance, undermining law enforcement in Woodbury County.
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Special assistant attorney general Free reports to church audience that Governor endorsed a drive to clean up Sioux City but failed to fund it. He accuses Lt. Gov. and most of the executive council of opposing investigations to protect gambling interests. He says he gathered additional evidence and may present grand jury material if authorized.
Des Moines Governor Clyde L. Herring said the executive council has not approved funds for a Sioux City liquor and gambling investigation because no local authorities have asked for aid. He noted county or city officials could appeal for funds, and said he discussed the matter with Fred H. Free and Attorney General Edward L. O'Connor earlier.
A statewide WPA strike looms in North Dakota as Burleigh county workers already strike. Leaders plan a mass meeting in Bisbee? to coordinate action if wage and hour demands are not granted. Moodie says the state WPA cannot increase wages or hours.
In Hollister California a blaze destroyed the main building of the San Benito county hospital. Ranchers and firemen evacuated twenty eight patients from the hospital as flames spread. An overheated stove pipe in the kitchen caused the fire, according to caretaker Jack Miller and head nurse Anna Bow who led the rescue.
The All Iowa Dairy Show and Junior Livestock Exposition list twenty Jersey cows and a broad roster of sponsors. Don Barnes John Blaut and Sons Boyson Jewelry Cedar Rapids Bottling Works Everett Chandler Chandler Company Cherry Burrell Colonial Baking Concrete Products Fisher Drug Hall Ekfelt Hamilton Seed La Plant Choate Manufacturing Ohlman and Sons J C Penney Sears Roebuck Newmans Woolworth Cedar Rapids Tribune and many others contributed to the fund announced Monday.
Garden City New York Johnny Goodman and Hector Thomson led a group of top contenders as the National Amateur golf championship began. Thomson defeated John W Roberts 7 and 6 after a strong first nine. Fischer beat Edward Meister 6 and 5. Goodman beat Hunter Hicks 4 and 3. Other survivors included Jesse Sweetser Ray Billows Tom Whitney and Rodney Bissing amid a field of international competitors.
Magnus Johnson a 64 year old Kimball Minnesota dirt farmer and former U S senator and representative died of pneumonia after a three week illness. He leaves a widow six sons and daughters. Johnson lay in state at Dewey E Johnson funeral chapel and funeral services were planned for Wednesday at the farm home and a public service at the Litchfield community auditorium.
City campaign for the Community Chest enlists non ministerial speakers this week. Joe McCormick says many talks are booked and speakers can be obtained via S R Hawkins. Bureau records show eight agencies supported by the Chest with informational talks only. Public employee group chairmen met at the Montrose hotel to discuss plans with Frank Baldwin Philip W Shive Rob Vesely Frank Stepanek Mayor Hahn and Dr Robert Little among attendees.
Expert observers forecast a record turnout of about 300000 ballots in Maine as White Vs Brann shapes the senatorial contest. Wallace H White Jr the Republican incumbent faces Gov Louis J Brann the Democratic hopeful, with Barrows Dubord and Dubar running for governor on varied platforms.
In Los Angeles 37 year old Georgia Haugaard shot her cabinet maker husband H E Haugaard while their 10 year old son slept nearby. The boy testified the couple quarreled the night before and the mother then turned on a gas jet before fleeing after the fatal shot. The husband died an hour later at hospital.
In a London court McMahon described a broad conspiracy to kill King Edward during a troop review at Horse Guards. He claimed a foreign embassy plotted the regicide with nine accomplices and a plan to trigger a wider coup abroad. McMahon sought a life sentence, saying prison remains his only chance to save his life.
Twelve more federal agents arrived in Detroit as the Department of Justice intensified the search for 20 month old Baby Harry Browe reported stolen from his buggy in Clark Park last Saturday. The total number of agents in the case reached nearly a score.
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