Governor Hammill election probe sparks move to investigate campaign spending
A legislative resolution filed by the elections committee chair calls for investigating campaign expenditures of state office candidates in the June primary. It cites Gov John Hammill as the only contested candidate last year and seeks details on alleged excessive spending. The measure advances amid broader concerns over financing and oversight.
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John Hammill
Committee On Elections
Hammill
Hoover to reshuffle foreign service under Stimpson
President Hoover will rely on Secretary Stimson for foreign service personnel changes in Washington and abroad under the Rogers law. High posts from ministers and ambassadors may be displaced, with non-career appointees favored. insiders expect several foreign service plum assignments for political friends.
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Frederic William Wilt
Washington, D. C
Hoover
Stimson
United States Foreign Service
State Department
Senure
Stades
Foreign Service
State” Department
Unien
Lof
John
Washington
Harding-Coolidge
Department of Commerce
Hughes
Kellogg
America
Amebassador
Hugh Gibson
Heaver
Assistance Secretary of
Interior
War
Navy
White House
Reepublican
National Chamber of Agricultural Cooperatives Planned
Plans for a National Chamber of Agricultural Cooperatives were informally approved by seven agricultural groups. Delegates from co-operatives representing about 1,000,000 farm families prepared launch details to formalize at Baton Rouge next July during an American Institute of Co-operation meeting chaired by Charles W. Holman.
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Washington
D.C
Marely
Chamber of
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
National Chamber of Agricultural Co-operatives
Baton Rouge
American Institute of Co-operation
Charles W. Holman
Short Interviews With Home Folks Dam Photo Rush
Harold Walden, proprietor of the Seehawk Camera shop, says the dam area drew unprecedented amateur photographer interest. With four extra helpers, staff worked late every night last week to produce more pictures than any other scene.
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Harold Walden
Seehawk Gamera
Qood
Seven Huston group swindles tied to stock scheme
Cleveland Ohio March 27 1944 Federal authorities will try to return Oran F Schee former president of the Des Moines Stock Land bank to Boston where he is indicted for alleged misuse of funds He is one of seven known as the Huston group accused of manipulating stock and swindles totaling 1 750 and 66o dollars
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Cleveland
Oran F. Schee
Des Moines Stock Land Bank
Boston
Huston Group
First Easter Egg Hunt in Waterloo at Byrnes Park
Waterloo hosts its first Easter egg hunt Saturday at 2 30 pm in Byrnes Park for children 12 and under. A bounty of colorful eggs will be hidden with two special prize eggs to be found. Sponsored by the Waterloo Evening Carter and Strand Theatre under Victor A Read. Strand shows at 10 am Saturday with admission of one hard boiled egg.
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Chicago Coliseum
Tinois Boxing Commission
Waterloo
Byrnes Park
Nook N Nm
White House
Washington, D. C
Waterloo Ta
Waterloo Evening Carter
Strand Theatre
Victor A. Read
City Playground
Beer Baro n Held Under Bonds for Court Contempt
Scarface Al Capone is arrested in Chicago on contempt of court charges for allegedly dodging a federal grand jury summons. He posts $5,000 bond and returns to his guarded Lexington hotel suite amid photographers.
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Scarface
al Capone
Ghicago
Miami
Ghcago
Mabel Willebrandte
Capone
Chicago
U.P
United States
Federal Building
Chicago Heights
Lexington Hotel
Altho
Bleshai
Mable
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Florida
Chicafo
Grand Jury
Gapone
Urea
Two Bombs Rock Chicago Residents
Two bombs exploded in Chicago causing about 20000 dollars in damage and injuring several people. The first blast wrecked a grocery on the near north side, rattling the Gold Coast and shaking the loop, with injured residents and a burned woman. A second blast targeted the Dorie social and athletic club on the west side, smashing the doorway and shattering nearby windows.
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Chicago
Near North Side
Gold Coast
Dominic Desalvo
Dorie Social and Athletic Club
Wis
Beaten by One Vote May Ask Recount
A single vote decided the mayoral race in Atlantic as Ray Trainer trailed W Carey Martin in the initial tally but a recheck flipped the result to Trainer by 970 to 269. Trainers supporters planned a recount amid charges of irregularities.
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Atlantic
Ray Trainer
Trainer
W. Carey Martin
Martn
Paper Delivery Deadline Notification
Courier service states delivery at homes before 5 30. If the paper is not received by that time due to carrier error, call 5100 for a replacement copy. Phone calls should reach this office before 6 30 p m.
Calles Rolls Forward Amid Mexican Rebel Resistance
General Calles forces push northward toward Escalon with reports of a rebel base on the west coast and heavy clashes at Mazatlan. Government sources say troops march from Durango toward Culiacan to sever rebel forces in southern Sinoloa as air power grows contested. An American aviator released after being held as a prisoner signs a pledge to avoid Mexican meddling.
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Calles
Maadly
Escalon
Mazatlan
Culiacan
Durango
Sinotn
Chihuahua
Naco
Washington, D.C
G. KE
Buzz
Morrison
Nogales
State Department
Long Wins Move In Ouster Battle In Louisiana
Baton Rouge Louisiana Marehaz UP Governor Long facing impeachment by the legislature over charges including plotting the assassination of a political opponent in the state House won the first impeachment skirmish. Regular speaker J D Fournet, briefly ousted, sat again as anti Long foes sought to replace him with Mason Spencer during the trial. Fournet remains a key longtime ally in the legislature.
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Baton Rouge
Marehaz
Ney P. Long
Representatives
House
J. D. Fournet
Long
Fournet
Mason Spencer
anti-Long
BoraMipe
Col Harvey Gilchrist Named Chief of Chemical Warfare
Col Harvey Lt Gilchrist to be chief of the chemical warfare service with major general rank, succeeding Amos Fries. Born Waterloo 1870, he has led the medical division since 1921 and previously headed the American typhus expedition in Poland. Fuqua named chief of infantry, succeeding Robert H Allen.
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Washington, D. C
Harvey Lt
Gilchrist
Chemical Warfare Service
Stephen C. Fuqua
Infantry
War Department
Amos A. Fries
Fuqua
Robert H. Allen
Waterloo
Wan
Poland
Jensen Seeks World Endurance Flight Record
Martin Jensen the Dole flier launched the Bel-Jand monoplane Green Flash at Roosevelt Field at 6 01 35 am aiming to set a new solo endurance record surpassing 35 hours 25 minutes. An earlier attempt at 5 45 am ended due to engine trouble after takeoff with 440 gallons of gasoline aboard.
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Roosevelt Field
Yes
Martin Jensen
Dole Flier
Dene Sen
Royal Thomas
Jensen
Tenebrae Services Mark Holy Week Solemnity in Rome
Rome March 27 Holy week reached its most solemn stage as Tenebrae services were held in key churches including St Peters St John Lateran and St Mary Major drawing faithful pilgrims from Italy and abroad for the jubilee year of Pope Pius XI. His holiness greeted 120 Benedictine professors and seminarians and recalled the order’s Monte Cassino founding 14 centuries ago.
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Rome
St. Peters
St. John Lateran
St. Mary Major
Church of the Eternal City
Pius XI
Italy
Benedictine College
Monte Cassino
Optimism returns as call money drops and bank aids rise
Des Moines reports flood relief for fish in pools while New York bankers pledge to support the market. Stock exchanges rally on reduced call money and lower bank acceptances, with leaders like Standard Oil of New Jersey and International Telephone & Telegraph driving gains.
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New York Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve Board
W.H. Albert
Poole
Albert
Des Moines
Towa
State Fish and Game Commission
W. EB
New York
Stock Exchange
Henri Deterding
Royal Butch Shell
Europe
South America
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Rennie
Pan American
Standard of
California
Oilske
Sinclair and
Phillips
Houston
HSER
Yesteray
Suares
Tata
Federal Reserve
A. M. Byers
International Telephone & Telegraph
Onse
Sears Roebuck
Union, Pacific
Commercial Selvents
Johns Manville
Kroger, Lambert
General Electric
Ineernational Combustion
Acker
Hull
Washington, D. C
Courier
Chefoo Captured by Changs Army in Shantung
Gheetoo in Shantung China reports Marshal Chang Tsung Chang entered Chefoo with little resistance seizing control. The British sloop Cornflower and US cruiser Tren ton moved near the foreign quarters to assist. Nationalists under Gen Lin Chen Nien retreated east of the city after two days of battle, with thousands defecting to Chang.
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Gheetoo
Shantung
China
Chang Tsung-Chang
Cornflower
Trenton
Chang
Shan Tung
Lin Chen-Nien
Ninghaichow
Army to blast ice gorge near Bismarck to relieve flood
Lowlands and Mandan were under water as the Missouri River rose to flood stage. Army officers aided residents to move 10,000 pounds of dynamite to blast an ice jam 13 miles south of the city. air survey by Captain Regan overseen from two Army planes. McManus bond set at 50,000 in Rothstein murder case.
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Bismarck
N. D
Mandan
Missouri River
United States Army
John GC. Regan
Mad scramble for margins as stock crash hits Waterloo
Heavy selling stocks dragged prices down five to ten points as margin calls intensified in Waterloo. At James E Bennett company and Lamson Bros. & Co. brokers, customers scrambled to raise funds while galleries watched the boards. Some margins wiped out. reports of large margin calls and forced cash injections circulated, with traders hoping for a quick return to normalcy but fearing diminished profits.
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Waterloo
James E. Bennett Company
Lamson Bros. & Co
Federal Reserve Bank
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