Iowa News Roundup Highlights Economic Uptick and Political Clash
April to June retail sales rose by 33 million dollars year over year signaling improving consumer demand in Iowa aided by federal AAA farm aid. Separate editorials discuss Britain US policy toward Europe Mussolini Ethiopia Kellogg pact and graft probes in Sioux City involving Governor Herring Attorney General O Connor and executive council.
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Iowa
England
Uncle Sam
Europe
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Washington
Britain
Belgium
Executive Council
Sioux City
Roosevelt backs senate utility compromise but stops short
President Roosevelt likely to back the senate Wheeler Rayburn compromise on utility regulation but will not push the measure this session. House conferees rejected the compromise and talks were halted as leaders seek possible action later. Garner pressed for a breakthrough while Burns signaled possible passage with conferees instructed to accept.
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Roosevelt
Senate
House
United Press
John N. Garner
Joseph W. Burns
John O'Connor
Rules Committee
Pat Boland
Burns
Garner
Jersey Cattle Show Begins On Thursday
Exhibitors planning to take part in the All-Iowa Jersey Cattle show were arriving at Frontier park Wednesday. The show opens Thursday at 10 a.m. with judging Friday. About 175 head of cattle, all purebred parish show prize winners, will be exhibited. The event is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce for the Iowa Jersey Cattle club and meals will be served on the grounds.
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Frontier Park
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa Jersey Cattle Club
Lloyd's Refuses Bets on Italian Ethiopian War
Lloyd's will not accept bets against the Italian Ethiopian conflict. Underwriters said any premium now would be prohibitive, as inquiries were told.
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London
Lloyd's
Governor urged to honor subpoena and testify in Sioux City
Executive council seeks to assist the grand jury by urging the governor to comply with the subpoena and appear in Sioux City to give testimony.
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Sioux City
Retail Sales Jump in Iowa by 33 Million Dollars
Iowa retail sales rose 33 million dollars in the April to June quarter from the year before, driven by farm income gains and higher farm machinery and auto sales. Louis E. Roddewig of the state board cites stronger buying and predicts continued momentum for the rest of 1935.
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DES ‘Movies
Iowa
Louis E. Roddewig
State Board of Assessment and Review
Roddewig
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Automobile Salée
Cedar Rapids artist wins Iowa state fair art sweepstakes
Marvin D. Cone of Cedar Rapids wins the sweepstakes prize at the Iowa state fair in Des Moines for River Bend an oil painting noted for greens and light grays. Five Cedar Rapids artists and four Iowa City contestants win other prizes.
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Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Marvin Cone
Cone
Wood
Marvin D.cone
Fifth Avenue SE
Coe College
Des Moines
Edwin J. Bruns
Fifteenth Street NW
Cedar Rapids Public
Racine Vernier
Jack van Dyke
Wellington Avenue SE
Town City
Alice Davis
Lee “Allen
Ruth "Myers
Four Women and Man Killed in Lanham Car Bus Crash
Washington report says four women and a man died near Lanham Maryland after a car collided with a bus carrying 23 Negro passengers. The driver was John McCarthy. three victims were nuns from Blessed Sacrament convent Chevy Chase. The dead include Sister Winifred Jean Sister Bernard Sister Frances Gabrielle Miss Winifred Slaven and John McCarthy of Washington.
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Washington
Lanham
Here
John McCarethy
Blessed Sacrament Convent
Chevy’ Chase
Winifred Jean
Bernard
Frances Gabriele
Winifred Slaven
John McCarthy
May drop its probe of Woodbury graft grand jury
In Des Moines Gov Herring and four state council members favor pausing the grand jury inquiry into Woodbury county graft. Attorney General O Connor and special prosecutor Havner clash before the panel as a 400 name petition protests the council move.
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Des Moines
Woodbury
Clyde L.herring
Leo J. Wegman
Sioux City
Iowa League of Municipalities
Grand’ Jury
Jenry
Council
Gran Jury
Justce
Havner
Grand Jury
Edward
L.o’connor
O'Connor
Walter Maley
Illinois to Go Republican Says Young Leader Predicts Win
R N Ingelson of Moline NL, president of Illinois Young Republicans, predicted Illinois will go Republican by a substantial majority in 1936. He cited courthouse strength in the state and a shrinking Democratic majority in Cook County. He spoke in Des Moines during a visit to the National Young Republican headquarters and said opposition to the sales tax and defense of the Constitution would carry the ticket.
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Des Moines
R. N. Ingelson
Moline
Illnois Young Republicans
Illinois
Cook County
Ingerson
Young Republican
Names Twins for Rogers and Post in Plains
In Plains Georgia twins Will Rogers Smith and Wiley Post Smith were born to Oliver Smith and his wife two days before the Alaska tragedy. The newborns arrive Wednesday, father a traveling grocery salesman, honoring the famed humorist and aviator.
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Plains, Ga
Oliver Smith
Will Rogers Smith
Wiley Post Smith
Verdict first in gossip court warns on rumor harm
A reflective column urges careful judgment beyond rumor in public discourse. It cites a cartoon misread by Lloyd George supporters, notes Mary Salotngove seneee i, and recalls Lincoln's mother facing unproven allegations, urging kindness to avoid hasty conclusions.
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London
Lloyd George
England
Chamberlain
Runciman
Mary
Lincoln
Wallace outlines broader government control of farm products
Secretary Henry Wallace told the American Soy Bean association in Evansville that the federal government will extend controls through AAA amendments to back surplus crops with Commodity Credit Corporation loans and repurchases. He described the ever normal granary as the future policy and urged farmer cooperation in acreage reduction and soil conservation programs.
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Ing
America
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
American Soy Bean Association
AAA
Roosevelt
Commodity Credit Corporation
Washington
President Roosevelt Calls for Latitude On Constitution
In a radio address to Boy Scouts of America, President Roosevelt urged a unifying civic attitude and unselfish cooperation as key to the Constitution's success. He lamented the cancellation of the national jamboree due to infantile paralysis and urged Scouts to uphold civic duties and public service.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Boy Scouts of America
Herbert Hoover
Amon
White House
Conferees Fail to Reach Deal on Utilities Measure
Washington presiding conferees on the public utility holding company bill met Wednesday but remained deadlocked over the so called death sentence clause. A follow up session was set for 3 p m with plans to decide whether to end talks and return the bill to the house and senate for instructions.
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Senate
Wheeler-Rayburn
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington
Public Utility Holding Company
Housewives March On Stockyards For Lower Meat Prices
A delegation of Detroit and Chicago housewives marched on the stockyards demanding a 20 percent price cut from major meat packers. They threatened a city-wide meat strike if the concessions were not granted.
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Chicago
Detroit
Quaker Oats Leader Stresses Uncertainty Drag on Progress
John Stuart of Chicago president of Quaker Oats says uncertainty from government spending and policy slows progress but notes national improvement. He cites reduced replacement and repair spending during the demation and renewed demand as signs of upturn. He describes calls for Washington policy clarity as crucial to accelerating gains.
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Washington
John Stuart
Chicago
Quaker Oats Company
Stuart
AAA
Donald B. Douglas
George A. MacDonald
Douglas Reece
NRA Bill Sidetracked by House Judiciary Committee
The Walsh NRA bill was postponed by the House Judiciary Committee on a 13 to 0 vote. Critics from various industries called it an attempt to recreate the blue eagle and to hinder postwar recovery. The measure would require government bidders on contracts to keep wage and hour rules like the old NRA codes.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
Memorial shutdown marks Rogers tribute across industry
The motion picture industry will shut down Thursday afternoon to honor humorist Will Rogers after his death in a crash with Wiley Post. Gov. Merriam urged Californians to observe a moment of silence during Rogers funeral. About 20 000 people gather at the Hollywood Bowl as studios close from 2 p m Thursday to 2 p m Friday with no cameras running.
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Will Rogers
Glendale
Frank F. Merriam
Rogers
Wiley Post
Hollywood Bowl
Community Presbyterian Church
Beverly Hills
San Diego
Will Hays
Association of Motion Picture Industries
Roosevelt 10 Intervene On Embargo Plan
Washington policy fight spills into a White House conference as Roosevelt weighs neutrality measures. Officials report divisions in the House over a sweeping antiwar declaration with debates on permissive versus mandatory embargo policy and loan restrictions.
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Roosevelt
Washington
White House
Hall
R. Walton
Moore
State Department
Man McReynolds
Tenn
House Foreign Affairs
Sioux City Mayor Elected League of Iowa Municipalities President
Sioux City AP reports Mayor Herman Lord of Muscatine was unanimously elected president of the League of Iowa Municipalities at a session. Cornelius Van de Steeg, mayor of Orange City, gave the president’s address criticizing state and federal encroachment on city rights and blaming citizen laxity for crime. W D Hayes, suspended Sioux City mayor, welcomed delegates amid talk of predatory wealth and a campaign against municipal government.
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Orange City
van de Steeg
O'Connor
Maley
Joe ‘Ga
H ‘Defenina
Sioux City
Herman
Muscatine
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League
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Cornelius van de Steeg
W. D. Hayes
Iowa
Hayes
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