Political graft and police enforcement under scrutiny
A state editor laments political interference in policing and courts, warning that local influence endangers juries and judges. The piece cites Ogden Hayes case at Sioux City, Manley indictment reactions, and calls for removing graft to protect public justice. It warns Governor Herring’s era risks eroding law enforcement integrity.
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Hust
Ace
Supreme Courts
Galeari
Tolson
Herring
O'Connand
Four Die as Geary Kills Family Over $30,000 Estate
In Stroudsburg Pennsylvania Charles R Geary killed his brother John S Geary and two uncles in Newark New Jersey then took his own life over fears he was being cut out of a $30,000 aunt's estate. State trooper Corporal Charles Santee said Geary had planned to confront relatives and had formed supporters in Tobyhanna before traveling to Newark to "get what was coming to him."
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Stroudsburg
INS
Newark
N. J
Charles R. Geary
Charles Santee
Pennsylvania
Geary
Orlando le van
John S. Geary
Santee
Tobyhanna
New Jersey
Four men dead after Newark burial dispute turns deadly
Four men were found dead in a Clinton Hill apartment after an argument over where a woman should be buried escalated. Police say Charles Geary shot his brother John and uncles Orlando and Benjamin Le Van with a shotgun, then likely killed himself after calling for help.
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Newark
N. J
INS
Clinton Hill Secion
John S. Geary
John Geary
Charles Russell Geary
Orlando le van
Benjamin le van
Charles Geary
Kathryn
Easton
le van Brothers
Tobyhanna
Pan
Calmer Analysis Urged Ahead of Grand Jury Action
The passage urges a calm, analytical look at the situation and urges patience until court action. It calls on everyone from the governor to safeguard the process against evils described by Clyde A Tolson.
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Clyde A. Tolson
A Prayer for Peace and a Gentler Spirit
A minister cites a Greek prayer about ending suspicion and rekindling forgiveness to heal Western ills. He references Maeterlinck and Steinmetz, urging patience for a spiritual epoch where higher life grows from the lower and peace may emerge. Copyright 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canife
Maeterlinck
Charles, Steinmetz
Electricity
Candidacies Split Huey Long Machine in Louisiana
Lieutenant Governor James A. Noe announced for governor and Wade O. Martin for the United States Senate, splitting the Huey Long political machine. Governor O. K. Allen doubted the moves, then met with Noe and Martin as they drove from New Orleans to Baton Rouge amid the January primary shock.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
James A. Noe
Wade O. Martin
United States Senate
O. K. Allen
Noe
Martin
Baton Rouge
Ben Bernie wins divorce in secret Chicago hearing
Ben Bernie the famed orchestra leader testified in a secret hearing before Judge Rudolph Desart that he and Rose H. Anzelevitz were married November 23, 1915 in New York City. He said she deserted him in September 1931 and their son Jason, age 16, is in her custody.
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Chicago
Ben Bernie
Rose H. Anzelevitz
Bernie
Rudolph Desart
New York City
Jason
Judge Allows State Income Tax Collection in 1935 Case
Des Moines Iowa. Judge B Q Tankersley grants a supplemental order allowing the collection of the last half of 1935 personal net income taxes. The move impounds all receipts since Sept 14 in a special trust fund and could yield about 500000 from 14000 taxpayers. The Iowa Board of Assessment and Review will proceed with next steps, possibly seeking modification or waiting for the October term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John Valentine
State Board of Assessment and Review
B. QO. Tankersley
Marshall County
Tankersley
Valentine
Edward L. O’connor
Ike Gralek
Marshalltown
C. F. Green
Clark
C. E. Walters
Gralek
Ray P. Scott
Works Program aims to end dole by November first
Washington AP Harry L Hopkins head of the Works Progress Administration said the program should reach 3,500,000 jobs and end direct relief by November 1. He noted 931,703 jobs have been created including CCC workers and 2,458,297 remain to be employed in six weeks. An executive order lets state admins set minimum hours, potentially aligning security wages with prevailing rates while remaining unchanged.
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Washington (Ap
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
Hopkins
CCC
Des Moines youth sentenced for murder of mechanic
Donald Lammey, 21, was given a life term by Judge Russell Jordan for the June 30 slaying of John LeClair, a 20 year old Des Moines garage mechanic. Lammey confessed to killing LeClair during an attempted car theft, with LeClair found shot in a weed patch. The case was solved after Lammey was captured in Liberty, Missouri, and returned to Des Moines where he pleaded guilty.
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Des Moines
Russell Jordan
Donald Lammey
Fort Madison
John LeClair
Lammey
Jordan
Manley Trial Date Set For September 30
Bernard Manley chairman of the Iowa liquor control commission will be tried for violating the liquor control act. The trial is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Monday September 30 in Des Moines. Manley is charged with selling 20000 Iowa liquor seals for 1000 dollars to Mike Mercurio a Des Moines bootlegger. He pleads not guilty.
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DES Moines
Bernard Manley
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Russell Jordan
John Seneff
Mason City
Manley
Polk County
Carl Burkman
Mike Mercurio
Iowa
Roper Defends New Deal Efforts Amid Recovery Claims
Secretary Roper extolled economic gains attributed to New Deal policies at a Washington event. He argued recovery is evidence of Roosevelt administration action, stating business requires federal support to move beyond the low mood and reach a sustained upswing.
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Washington (Ap
Roper
Roosevelt
Commerce Secretary
Cedar Rapids Wins New Eddy Paper Plant
Cedar Rapids will gain a fabricating plant from the Eddy Paper corporation and its subsidiaries. The $250,000 expansion will occupy part of the Holland Fur nace plant space and employ 75 to 125 local residents. Eddy Paper, based in Chicago, consolidates several box and fiber container outfits with operations in Michigan Illinois Wisconsin and Hawaii.
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Eddy Paper Corporation
Cedar Rapids
Honolulu
T. H
Chicago
North
Michigan Boulevard
Holland Furnace
F Avenue
Corporation
Kieckhofer Container Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Rockford’ Fiber Container Company
Rockford, Ill
Quick Service Box Company
Three Rivers
Mich
White Pigeon
Rockford
Detroit
J. W. Kieckhefer
Kieckhefer Container Company
Delair
N. J
United States
Buffalo
Boston
New York City
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Oakland
Seattle
Washington
N. C. Flint
Chicago Mill and Lumber Company
The
Container Corporation
Ray Wantz
Rockford Fiber Container Company
Iowa Supreme Court Sets Appeal Date for Harold M. Cooper
The Iowa Supreme Court announced plans to hear Harold M. Cooper the former state liquor commission chairman in a November 19 appeal of his Linn County district court conviction and $1,000 fine for violating the state liquor act.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Harold M. Cooper
State Liquor Commission
Linn County
Prison Murderer Held Without Bail in South Dakota
Sioux Falls AP Glenn Murray aged 30 charged with first degree murder in the stabbing death of Florence Turner 30 in the South Dakota penitentiary. He waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to circuit court without bail.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Glenn Murray
Florence Turner
South Dakota
Cena
Mussolini Rejects Five-Power Peace Plan and War Threats
Mussolini rebuffed the League of Nations and rejected the five-power peace plan. He refused to accept foreign advisers for Ethiopia and territorial grants in East Africa, calling the proposal derisory. He told Ward-Price he remains determined to wage war with Ethiopia despite Britain’s naval threats.
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London
INS
League of Nations
Mussolini
Italy
Reuters
Baron Pompeo _ Alois
Rome
Peace Commission
Geneva
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Benito Mussolini
Britain
Ethiopia
East Africa
Ward
Price
London Daily Mail
Dismissal Ordered in Slot Machine Conspiracy Case
Judge Miles W Newby ordered the discharge of charges against two men identified as Mit Leff and his brother Louis Seff. The dismissal followed a county attorney recommendation and a grand jury foreman’s input, citing lack of competent evidence to justify the indictments.
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Mit Leff
Louis Seff
Miles W
Newby
Maurice E.“Rawlins
W. E. Hall
Womaned Gasoline Fire Burns Wife of Man Cash
Mrs. Kenneth Cash struck a match to locate the stop to a gasoline can in the garage of their home. She is recovering from severe burns on the face and hands.
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Kearney
Kenneth Cash
World War Fever Sways Markets Across Globe
Markets reel on war scare as Italy rejects league conciliation. Stocks fall sharply in New York while wheat prices surge and Tokio stocks reach 1878 highs. Currencies swing with the dollar flight widening gaps in francs sterling marks and lire amid broader gold movements.
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New York
INS
Italy
League of Nations
Tokio
England
Bank of France
London
Massive British Italian War Planes Concentrated in Mediterranean
International observers report Britain and Italy massing air fleets and warships around Sicily and Malta as tensions rise. Hundreds of Italian aircraft and 70 warships are deployed with a strong British naval presence in the Mediterranean amid diplomatic strains over Ethiopia.
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Mussolini
Mediterranean
Sicily
Italy
Malta
Strait of Messina
Edi
Nl Duce
League of Nations
Il Duce
Ethiopia
British planes massed amid Ethiopian crisis moves
London reports Britain concentrates air forces to support naval maneuvers as tension rises over the Italo-Ethiopian conflict. Supplement lines indicate continued coverage on page 2 column 2.
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London
INS
Great Britain
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Clyde A. Y
Bureau of One United States De“Of Justice
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Mississippi
Eitian
Ayor
Hayes
Sioux
Fwe
Anhoever
H. M. Cooper
Polk Unty
Eci
Gazette
Fiat
Three
Self
Socrates
DE Newton
SEC. Roper
Eddy Paper Corp
Cedar Rapids News
N. C. Flint General Manager
Cooper
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Maine
West Indies
Benito «Mussolini
Haile” Selassie
Ursula Parrott
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