Thirteen Auto Deaths On Highways In Last 48 Hours
International News Service reports a spate of Iowa auto fatalities with 13 dead in 48 hours. Victims include Roger Muldoon five Cedar Falls boy struck by a dump truck near Black Hawk county and Wayne McFarland twenty at Moravia. Multiple others across Cedar Rapids La Porte City Burt Amana and Marshalltown sustain critical injuries.
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International News Service
Roger Muldoon
Cedar Falls
Black Hawk County
Wayne McFarland
Albia
Moravia
Floyd Benscoter
Laterie
LePorte City
LaPorte City
Geraldine Wade
Elaine Barger
Cedar Rapids
Rollin Blough
LaPorte
Algona
Helen Meier
Henry Meier
Burt
Amana
John Lindholm
Shelisburg
Joe E. Bodicker
Victor Brodeshink
Norway
Bilis
Marchalltown
Percival
Harold Boyd
Ottesen
Rather Oppedeb
Blough
August Yeamansa
J. W. Walden
Walden
Imogene
Miss Barger
Margaret Wood
Carroll
Imogene Wade
Miss Wood
Benscoter
Yeamans
Meier
Lindholm
Spate Crossing
Amana Col
Baseball scores roundup from early National League games
New York beat Cincinnati 8 to 1 in the fourth inning. Brooklyn defeated Pittsburgh 6 to 2 in the eighth. Philadelphia won 6 to 0 over Chicago. Chicago routed Boston 8 to 0 in the seventh. Cleveland toppled Philadelphia 10 to 5 in the sixth. Detroit slipped past Washington 3 to 2 in the third. St Louis edged New York 2 to 1 in the final.
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New York
Cincinnati
Salvo
Danning
L. Moore
Lombardi
Brooklyn
Fitteburgh
Pressnell
Mungel
Phelps
Tobin
Mueler
Philadelphia
Chicago
Mulcahy
Milles
Root
J. Russell
Hartnett
Boston
Marcum
Tresh
Bagby
Gatehouse
Weaver
Peacock
Cleveland
Hudlin
Humphries
Zuber
Hemsley
Potter
Hayes
Detroit
Washington
Rowe
York
Car- Vasquel
Ferrell
St. Louis
Berris
Glenn
Ruffing
Dickey
Swan Named Iowa GOP Chairman After Milroy Resigns
Des Moines Iowa June 24 Harry B Swan of Atlantic was unanimously elected state central committee chairman succeeding James H Milroy who resigned to devote more time to his law practice Fred Gilbert of State Center was elected to fill the third district vacancy Swan a World War veteran and long time attorney has held political posts since 1928 and was previously chairman in 1936
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harry B. Swan
Atlantic
State Central Committee
James H. Milroy
Vinton
Milroy
Central Committee
Fred Gilbert
State Center
Gilbert
Marshall County
Mr. Swan
T. B. Swan
Atlantic High School
University of Iowa College of Law
Swan
Cass County
Republican Central Committee
Congress
E. P. Chase
Thundershowers Expected Today Across Iowa
Federal weather observers predicted thundershowers this afternoon or tonight ending a spell of nice weather in Iowa. The state was clear with temperatures from normal to 10 degrees above, Sioux City reporting a high of 92 and Forest City a low of 58.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Sioux City
Forest City
Extra Farmer Grows 7-Foot Hybrid Corn Near Exira
Will Kommes, farmer near Exira, reports 10 acres of 7-foot corn and 30 more acres averaging 6 feet. The hybrid 939 corn was planted May 1 according to Kommes.
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Extra Farmer
Will Kommes
Exira
News-Telegraph
President Roosevelt Resting Ahead of Key Senate Battles
President Roosevelt rests at Hyde Park as the Senate threatens filibusters on three major bills. Battles loom over devaluation and stabilization funds, a seven year pump priming program, and a revised neutrality law governing cash and carry. He plans a brief respite before attending a wedding in Rhinebeck for Margaret Delano and Drexel Paul.
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Hyden Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Kis
Hudson River Valley
Congress
Washington
Senate
Deller
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Hyde Park
Rhinebeck
Margaret Delano
Drexel Paul
Philadelphia
Treasury
Senators Playing Hookey Lecture From Barkley Highlights Senate Session
Washington June 24. Democratic Leader Alben Barkley scolded the U S Senate like schoolboys missing class as he urged members to attend a Saturday session. He noted the roll had to be called twice and the sergeant at arms used to summon tardy senators.
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Washington
I. N
U. S
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Barclay
Senate
Barkley
Thunder Showers Expected Today Then Cooler Tonight
Weather Town reports local thunder showers this afternoon or tonight with cooler conditions tonight. Nebraska forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Sunday with isolated thunderstorms in the southeast and warmer temperatures on Sunday.
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Nebraska
Wallace Sees Need for Stable Agriculture and Democracy
Secretary Henry A. Wallace told Iowa audiences that stable agriculture is essential to democracy’s future. He warned that without a secure farming base, democracy cannot endure, and urged reviving farming to sustain soil, farm incomes, and urban diets at stable prices.
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Wallace
Iowa City
Henry A. Wallace
United States
University of Iowa
England
France
Germany
Russia
Poisoned Lunches Sickened Staten Island Children
City chemists began an exhaustive probe into free WPA lunches after 300 to 350 Staten Island school children and several adults fell ill from ptomaine poisoning. Also Townsend meeting delegates Pollock Wilds Slater and Petit return from Indianapolis after attending the Townsend clubs national convention with over 12,000 in attendance.
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New York
Staten Island
Townsend
H. R. Pollock
Atlantic
George Wilds
W. T. Slater
William Petit
Anita
Indianapolis
Ind
Townsend Clubs
Russia Wins Point in Baltic Security Gamble Amid Entente Talks
London June 24. Russia asserts leverage in Europe as Britain and France weigh a triple entente. France offers automatic guarantees to the Baltic states but Finland Latvia and Estonia resist. Maisky repeats Moscow demand for clear naming while Russia pledges joint responsibility for several Western neighbors.
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London
Europe
Russia
Britain
France
Baltic States
Great Britain
Germany
Neville Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Finland
Latvia
Esthenia
Lord Halifax
Ivan Maisky
Moscow
Maisky
Netherlands
Belgium
Switzerland
Poland
Rumania
Free Public Dance Draws 250 At Legion Building
About 250 people attended a free public dance last night at the Legion Memorial building sponsored by the local leisure time project. Duke Winger organized a band for the event. Visitors from Avoca Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Wyland were in town.
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Legion Memorial Building
Duke Winger
Avocans
G. C. Wyland
Avoca
Death plunge from Eiffel Tower probed in Paris
Police investigated the death of Col. Bedrich Benes a new Czechoslovak military attache who leaped from the Eiffel Tower amid a party of 400 officials. Investigators called the death murder or self-inflicted, not an accident, and noted the high railing made accident unlikely. Benes was a noted wartime ally fighter and patriot. The report also includes brief arrivals from Hawaii and California residents visiting in the city.
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Paris
Eiffel Tower
Bedrich Benes
Germany
Col. Benes
Edouard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Chicago
Duke of Windsor
Benes
Col
Xalina
Ex Kaiser says Hitler cannot win in world power quest
London reports quote former Kaiser Wilhelm, exiled at Doorn, saying any bid for world domination by Adolf Hitler is foredoomed to failure. The octogenarian monarch cites Providence and history’s repeated refusals of global supremacy, while noting pride in Germany’s revival under Hitler.
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London
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Netherlands
Europe
Wilhelm
Bismark
Sarajevo
Ta & Nation i
Hitler
Bagnall
Eleven Worshippers Killed by Drunken Bandits in Church
In Mexticacan Jalisco eleven worshippers died and fifteen were seriously wounded as bandits opened fire after a Catholic service. Troops cornered the attackers and executed six after capture under the law of flight. The slain included two children one woman and three policemen among the casualties. The chief of police Cirillo Mendez was among the wounded.
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Mexico City
Mexticacan
Jalisco
Cirillo Mendez
Teocaltiche
Woman Robbed Of 300 Dollars In Des Moines
A Des Moines woman Mrs. Joe Feintech was robbed of 300 dollars by a short squatty bandit believed to be a Negro who accosted her in her car outside a store after closing. The thief ignored 1000 dollars in WPA checks inside the register. Feintech described the suspect as grunting like a bear while fleeing.
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Des Moines
Joe Feintech
Feintech
Canada
Cooperation in money demand in North China control
Peiping’s North China government demands British and French cooperation to enforce currency policy and suppress opponents. It cites terrorism, bank inspections, and press suppression as conditions for lifting the Tientsin blockade while warning of further steps if not met. Japanese actions threaten U.S. oil properties along the Peiping Kalgan rail corridor.
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Tientsin
Peiping
Chine
North China
Japan
Tokyo
Jegan
Federal Reserve Bank
Britain
China
United States
North China Railroad
Standard Oil Company
British Asiatic Petroleum Company
Kalgan
Chahar Provinee
Shihchiachwang
Northern Iowa businessmen seek senate redistricting delay
In Spencer Iowa on June 24 lawyers for northern businessmen moved to delay a Clay county case challenging Secretary of State Miller's plans for another election until Senate districts are revised. William P Woodcock claims no redraw since 1911, arguing legal redistributions occur every ten years after censuses, affecting legality of legislatures since 1921.
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Spencer
Iowa
Clay County
Asst, Atty
Horace Pike
Alden Avery
Earl G. Miller
Senate
William P. Woodcock
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Tell
Bodicker
Brodschink
Ellis
Marshalltown
Boyd
Miss Oppedahl
Goores
Heads
Harry B, Swan
Senators
Hookey
Edith June
Mildred Davis
Columbieville
Mich
June
George Davis
Legion
Duchess of Windsor
Hawaii
Carl Carlsmith
Hawaiian Islands
Carlsmith
Nellie Wood
Ben A. Wood
International Rotary Convention
Ohio
California
Harry Heald
Pomona
Cal
C. W. E. Dallinger
City
North Govt
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