Graft Probe Details in Sioux City Reignites Funding Debate
Attorney Free defends ongoing graft probe in Sioux City noting past indictments tied to a Woodbury county grand jury investigation. He asserts no political indictments and says costs, $1,700 for six months, were paid by business men and state funds were tabled by the executive council.
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Free
Woodbury
Edward L. O’connor
O’connor
State Supreme Court
Sioux City
State Executive Council
Executive Council
Death in Garage: Dewitt Wilcox Found Dead
Dewitt Wilcox, 5, was found dead in a Cedar Rapids garage with carbon monoxide poisoning cited as the cause. Mrs. Gillham reported no other car in the garage since Sunday. the body showed no broken bones and no foul play was evident. Funeral services are tentatively set for Saturday at Turner chapel.
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Oner
Cedar Rapids
Washington High School
Wilcox
Verona Parsley
Chicago
Fourteen More Donors Support Iowa Dairy Show Fund
The All Iowa Dairy show and Junior Livestock exposition fund gains fourteen new donors reported by the Chamber of Commerce. Donors include W. F. Main Co, Lefebvre Corp, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway, Baker Paper Co, and Hotel Roosevelt among others. Contributions help fund prizes and show expenses for the first statewide dairy show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Iowa Dairy Show
Chamber of Commerce
W. F. Main Company
Lefebvre Corporation
Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway
Baker Paper Company
Leibsohn and Company
George P. Hardy
French-Stamats, Inc
Hach Brothers Company
Harper and McIntyre Company
Cedar Rapids Co-operative Dairy
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Iowa Steel and Iron Works
Speeder Machinery Corporation
Hotel Roosevelt
Goldie
E.S. Baughman
Pulaski
Baughman
Jones and Linn Officials Confer On Road Surfacing
Officials from Linn and Jones counties met at the Cedar Rapids courthouse to discuss surfacing a county line road from highway 161 to Viola road. No action was taken. Attending were N. C. Holst Center Junction chairman H. J. Mayberry Anamosa supervisor and C. A. Spaeth Anamosa county engineer. The plan would fund part by petitioners and split the rest equally between the two counties.
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Linn and
Jones Counties
Cedar Rapids
Linn- Jones County
Viola
Jones County
N. C. Holst
Center Junction
Jones County Board of Supervisors
H. J. Mayberry
Anamosa
C. A. Spaeth
Whipple Elected President of Cedar Rapids Insurance Agents
William P. Whipple was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Association of Insurance Agents at the Elks Club meeting on Thursday. Louis D. Burkhalter Jr was named vice president and F W Damour secretary treasurer.
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William P. Whipple
Cedar Rapids Association of Insurance Agents
Elks Club
Louis D. Burkhalter, Jr
F. W. Damour
Townsend club to meet in superior court room Friday
Towns end club No 2 will meet Friday at 7 30 p m in the superior court room with a speaker. Mrs E Dorothy Cahill is reported seriously ill with influenza at her home 1802 Mallory street. W H Dick general superintendent of the Rock Island railroad was in Cedar Rapids on business Thursday. Robert Wilhelm son of Mr and Mrs R E Wilhelm 1721 Eighth avenue SE has left for Ames to enroll for his freshman year at Iowa State College. A resolution authorizing the placing of a cutback on Eleventh street NE from H to I avenues was passed by the city council Thursday. Federal labor union No 19147 of National Oats company employs will hold its regular meeting at Labor temple at 730 tonight.
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Townsend Club No. 2
Superior Court Room
E. Dorothy Cahill
Mallory Street
W. H. Dick
Des Moines
Rock Island Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Robert Wilhelm
R. E. Wilhelm
Eighth Avenue SE
Ames
Iowa State College
Eleventh Street
Federal Labor Union
National Oats Company
Labor Temple
Roosevelt hotel chief attends national hotel convention
William S. Catlow manager of the Roosevelt hotel and president of the Iowa Hotel association travels to St. Louis Missouri to attend the American Hotel association convention that runs through Saturday.
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William S. Catlow
Roosevelt Hotel
Iowa Hotel Association
St. Louis
American Hotel Association
City Transfers August Sewer Collections to Rental Fund
Collections by the waterworks department totaling 5782.30 for sewage disposal were moved by the city council on Thursday into the sewer rental fund.
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Waterworks Department
City grants paving and steam main work on First Street SE
The city council on Thursday authorized Iowa Electric Light and Power to open paving on First Street SE from Third to Fourth avenues, extend west on Fourth Avenue to the river, and continue along Fourth Avenue on the island to work on steam mains.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
First Street
Third
Fourth Avenues
Fourth Avenue
Commissioner Dave Williams Accused of City Department Profit
Dave Williams, city commissioner of public improvements, allegedly profited at colleagues’ expense. The board of health fund billed $41.85 for a flusher at the city dump, the waterworks paid $7 for oiling Eleventh Street NW near M Avenue to the city well, and the sewage rental fund was charged $55.08 for weed cutting.
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Dave Williams
Board of Health Fund
Eleventh Street
M Avenue
City Council Told Of Tree Trimming Delays
J. W. Linsley of 1063 Fifth Avenue SE appeared before the city council on Thursday to learn why plans for trimming trees with relief labor had not been pushed forward.
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J. W. Linsley
Fifth Avenue
McKinley School Street opens hopes face budget wall
Discussion on opening a north side street to ease traffic at McKinley school. Park Commissioner Ed Stefan notes ongoing tree trimming and relief projects while the full council cites no funds to buy property for the street.
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McKinley School
Ed Stefan
Five plea to intoxication ends in fines in police court
Five persons pled guilty to intoxication in police court. Four were fined 10 dollars plus costs. Harry Blaylock 21 of 627 Third Avenue SE pled guilty after changing from not guilty. Bert Rice 54 of 1020 Tenth Street SE and John Jorden 28 sales rep of New York City and G E Seeley 40 of 1111 Ellis Boulevard NW also fined minimal amounts. Vic Johnson 32 of 1222 Third Avenue SW was fined 50 dollars and costs for intoxication and begging, his fifth offense, and serves the fine in county jail.
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Harry Blaylock
Third Avenue SE
Bert Rice
Tenth Street
John Jorden
New York City
G. E. Seeley
Ellis Boulevard
Vic Johnson
Third Avenue
Landon Promises Dependable Farm Program Amid GOP Talks
A dispatch from Topeka reports Governor Landon touting a dependable farm program to replace current stop-gap policies. In Washington President Roosevelt plans a major Pittsburgh speech on October 1 and departs Thursday night for Harvard. Seattle notes Col Frank Knox’s claim ordered liberty as a Republican goal. New York covers Vice President Garner's private dinner hosted by the Democratic committee.
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Topeka
Landon
Washington
Roosevelt
Pittsburgh
Harvard
Seattle
Frank Knox
New York
Garner
Democratic Committee
Henry Fonda Weds Frances Seymour Brokaw in New York
Screen star Henry Fonda and his bride Frances Seymour Brokaw were married Wednesday in the chapel of Christ Church New York. The couple traveled to Hollywood Thursday and will continue their honeymoon in Honolulu.
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New York
INS
Henry Fonda
Hollywood
Honolulu
Frances Seymour Brokaw
Christ Church
Young man performs stunt to prove tale to police
In Salt Lake City Jackie Shea 18 spun on his head from a ledge then stood on one hand on a desk in the police safety building to prove his story of being headed home to Elena Montana after Hollywood declined him as a stunt man.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Jackie Shea
Elena
Mont
Hollywood
Dairy Show Extends Program With Five Gaited Classes
The Dairy Show organizers announce a full schedule with five gaited classes for Friday night including mare, gelding, and five gaited stallion events. A parade of livestock will close Thursday’s program and recur Friday and Saturday. The Fourteenth Cavalry drill team under Major Claude Cox adds a new evening feature.
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H. N. Strader
Marion
Charles D. Moore
Satuday
Fourteenth Cavalry
Claude Cox
Light Co Declares Dividend On Preferred Stock
Power company board declares a dividend on preferred stock payable Oct. 20 to stockholders of record Sept. 30. Series A seven percent 87.44 cents a share, Series B six and one half percent 81.5 cents a share, Series C six percent 75 cents a share. The rate matches the July 20 payout.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Company Board of Directors
Reed Sketches Impeachment and Liberty in 1930s Battle
Former senator Jim Reed warns that impeachment power can be abused by any ruler including dictators. He argues an independent House should present charges against Roosevelt and, if proven, a fearless Senate would sustain them. Reed critiques NRA, the Guffey coal bill, and plans to reshuffle the Supreme Court, urging patriotic leadership.
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Reed
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Senate
NRA
Guffey
Supreme Court
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Tugwell
Frankfurter
Donald Richberg
Mercury Drops to 47 in Cedar Rapids Frost Warning
The Cedar Rapids area recorded a low of 47 degrees near 7 am as a cold snap neared. Clear skies followed with temperatures rising to 63 at 10 am and 67 at 1 15 pm, peaking around 68 later in the day before cooling again.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Recoe
Roosevelt to Start New Tour Tonight
President Roosevelt begins a rapid campaign swing tonight with stops in Elkins West Virginia Pittsburgh Jersey City and New York City before a Hyde Park return The trip centers on Syracuse and Pittsburgh with emphasis on a strong partisan address at the New York state convention.
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West Virginia
Elkins
Pittsburgh
Jersey City
N. J
Roosevelt
New York
Hyde Park
Syracuse
London
Lemke attacks federal figures on farm income
Des Moines reports union party presidential candidate William Lemke accusing the United States Department of Agriculture of publishing false farm income figures. He told Farmers Union delegates that Iowa leads a supposed upsurge while warning about forced livestock sales amid drought and subsistence promises.
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Des Moines
INS
United States Department of Agriculture
William Lemke
Union Party
Farmers Union Convention
Lemke
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Lemke urges letting international trade handle itself
William Lemke, union party presidential candidate, told the Iowa Farmers Union convention that foreign trade has harmed the U S in the past. He argued for producing goods domestically and questioned trading away domestic markets to foreign manufacturers on credit.
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Des Moines
William Lemke
Union Party
United States
Iowa Farmers Union
North Dakota
Kraschel Urges Homestead Exemption Plan For State
Lieut. Gov. Nels G. Kraschel, Democratic gubernatorial hopeful, argues for a sound practical homestead exemption in a Mount Pleasant speech. He proposes using 11 million of three point tax revenue for exemptions and 5 million for old age pensions, with valuation based distribution to avoid unfair millage.
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Mount Pleasant
Nels G. Kraschel
Kraschel
Landon relies on practical farmers over theorists
The piece portrays Alf Landon seeking practical farmer input to shape policy. It notes advisers like Lacy Haynes and Jesse Harper, praises Landon’s hands on approach, critiques campaign delays, and stresses his pledge to deliver on farming promises with a proven Kansas record.
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Landon
Jesse Harper
Notre Dame
Portland
Indiana
Missouri
Nebraska
Minnesota
Kansas
Iowa
Lacy Haynes
The
Kansas City Star
John Hamilton
John
Hamilton
Topeka
August business report best of year in Cedar Rapids
In August Cedar Rapids posted 3 970 inbound car loadings and 16 316 connected telephones. Bank debits reached 26 123 304 the highest monthly total this year while clearings were 4 850 875 second only to June. Post office receipts were 41 410 21 real estate transfers numbered 251 and 271 new car sales. Fourteen building permits issued for 71 473 construction value. Electricity used 16 958 400 kilowatt hours and gas consumption was 24 901 300 cubic feet.
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Clearing House
Cc Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Two Die In Truck Crash Near Lake Forest
Stanley Savinshek, 20, and Fred Seider, 23, both Sheboygan residents, were killed when their transport truck crashed into a stalled truck on Waukegan road just north of Lake Forest. Both bodies were burned in the crash.
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Chicago
Stanley Savinshek
Fred Seider
Sheboygan, Wis
Waukegan Road
Lake Forest
Richman Merrill Quarrel Confirme Over Atlantic Gas Dump
Harry Richman confirms he dumped gasoline to lighten the monoplane during a gale off Newfoundland after a dispute with Dic Merrill a veteran pilot. Merrill disputes the portrayal noting engine trouble and a near sea plunge. Capt Eddie Rickenbacker arrives to assist as the crash ship Lady Peace is hauled free from bog to repair.
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Musgrave Harbor
N. 1
Harry Richman
Dic Merrill
Alantic
Ne York
New York
Richman
Merrill
Liverpool
Newfoundland
Merr
Newfounland
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Airlines
Atlantic
New Yo
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Dairy Show Fund
Jones and Linn
Whipple
Association of Insurance Agents
Jersey
Gazette
Brampton Jolly
Campbell
Jesup
Birdseye View OF Politics
Associated Press
Mrs. Brokaw
Police
Jim Reed
Libby
Happy Vale
Duster Bros
Third Ave
Capitol
Haynes
Jim Farley
Greene Square
Omaha
Scien
Th. G. Fussell
Uc Ies
August Business Report
Richman, Merrill Quarrel
the Gazette
Cone’s
Second Street
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