Germans Help Build Iowa From Davenport to Guttenberg
A historical review shows German immigrants spread across Iowa since 1836, clustering in Scott and Dubuque counties. Davenport became a German town as settlers moved to farms, forming gymnastic clubs andTurnvereine. By 1850 over 7,000 Germans lived in Iowa, rising to 30,000 by 1856, and 127,000 by 1890, shaping culture, religion, and schools across multiple counties.
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Iowa
Dujuque
West Bank
Mississippi
Europe
Pennsylvania
Ohio
St Louis
New
Black Hawk Purchase
America
Scott County
Carl. Freytag
Davenport
Germany
Schleswig
Communia Association
Dubuque County
Lee
Des Moines
Clayton
United States
Burlington
Pottawattamie, Crawford
Plymouth
Jackson
Johnson
Keoku
Scott
Clinton
Dubuque
Pottawattamie
Crawford
Muscatine
Woodbury
Carroll
Butler
Hardin, Grundy
Black Hawk Counties
Washington Town Hall Row Heats Up in 1934 Press Clash
President reacts to U S Chamber of Commerce blocking a privately funded Washington Town Hall forum praised by Roosevelt supporters. The debate centers on free speech and a mock rebuttal skit featuring Rex Tugwell and Henry Wallace as critics of New Deal policies.
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Henry Wallace
Agriculture
Silas Strawn
Chamber
Earl of Lytton
Donald Richberg
S Parkes Cadman
Sir Willmott Lewis
London Times
Benjamin Anderson
Chase National Bank
A A Berle
City Chamberlain
New York
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Norman Thomas
General Pershing
Eleanor Patterson
Justice Owen Roberts
Joe Robinson
Roosevelt
Edwin A Walsh
PWA
United States Chamber of Commerce
Eddie Dowling
Washington
Loney Howe
Rex Tugwell
Brain Truster
Times Square
Crime Conscious Nation Ahead Conference Led by Cummings
Washington opens a crime conference aimed at a long term public campaign to curb crime with broad participation including women’s clubs, press, radio, and film industry. Attys Gen Homer Cummings urges public responsibility and rejects mere government action as the sole solution.
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Washington
Homer Cummings
Cummings
NRA chief faces board rebuke amid code clash
Harriman, a top NRA official, faces a stern board rebuke over automobile code influence. Dealers nationwide accuse carmakers of dominating the code authority, while some groups petition the President. Wheeler asserts seniority for the Interstate Commerce chair, alarming railroad executives.
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NRA
Committee On Economic Security
United States
National Association of Substitute Post Office
Jim Farley
Congress
Post Office Department
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
Senate Democratic
Interstate Commerce Committee
Wheeler
Grace Moore Spotted In Cedar Rapids On Way To Denver
Opera star Grace Moore exposed briefly in Cedar Rapids aboard the Columbine en route to Denver. Reporters faced a startled door when a blonde head appeared as Moore, resting between Chicago publicity and a busy travel schedule, declined interview.
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Grace Moore
Cedar Rapids
Naomi Doebel
Denver
Colo
Columbine
Chicago
Gazette
Mickey Cochrane
Miss Moore
Valentine Perera
Emporia
Los Angeles
Calif
Columbia
Mr. Perera
Salt Lake
Seattle
Beverly Hills
California
New York City
Cannes
France
The
James J. Vodak
Roosevelt Hotel
Mr. Vodak
Sugar policy fight and Cuba focus in Costigan act debate
The sugar industry opposes parts of the Costigan act citing administration headaches and child labor curbs while aiming to frame the attack as a Cuba policy issue. They seek a liberal senator like Borah to criticise the state department and possibly nullify portions of the act. Also noted is Rush Holt’s fragile Senate seat bid and a job-seeking encounter after election night.
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Congress
Cuba
Borah
State Department
Latin America
Rush
Holt
Washington
iCopyright
Mississippi Couple Slain in Outskirts Home
Police from two states hunted a killer after Mr and Mrs A B Turner were shot beaten and mutilated in their Mississippi home near Cleveland. Four year old Aurelius Turner survived and a suspect held on child report was likely to be released.
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Cleveland, Miss
INS
A. B. Turner
Aurelius Turner
E. R. McClean
Turner
Six convicts escape from Clayton County jail in Georgia
Six white convicts escaped from the Clayton County jail in Jonesboro Georgia after cutting through iron bars with saws. Sheriff L T Lawrence said the tools were likely smuggled in by visitors. A three state search was under way for them.
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Jonesboro, Ga
L. T. Lawrence
Clayton County
Gin and whisky seizure ties to local dealer raid
John Dedic, 41, of 421 Memorial Drive SE, was arrested after federal officers and police raided a vacant garage at Ninth Street and Tenth Avenue SW. They recovered 72 pints of White Swan gin 48 pints of Red Star whisky and about three gallons of moonshine. Dedic faced arraignment on illegal liquor possession and posted a $500 bond.
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John Dedic
Memorial Drive
District Court
John T. Moffit
Dedic
Ninth Street
Tenth Avenue
Illinois
Silver Palace
South End
Mother Tries to Save 3 Children From Fire Tragedy
In Butler Pennsylvania a mother failed to save three of her children Betty aged 3 Jack 2 and Betty Lou 6 months from a house fire caused by an open stove in a two room cottage at Daugherty's Mills. Harold 4 played outside as flames trapped the room. The smoke and heat overwhelmed the children as rescuers arrived. The article notes a separate statistic about defective sight among schoolchildren.
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Betty
Jack
Betty Lou
Utilities accused of masked propaganda in federal power fight
The federal trade commission told the senate that private electric and gas utilities conducted a covert campaign to defeat major federal and municipal power projects including Muscle Shoals Boulder Dam and Ontario Hydro. The report cites paid writers and editors and lists cities such as Seattle Cleveland Los Angeles Springfield and Ponca City as targets.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Muscle Shoals
Boulder Dam
Ontario
W. L. Hollister
Nebraska
Bruce Barton
Samuel Insull
Washburn Child
William B. Harrison
Union National Bank
Wichita, Kan
James A. Emery
National Manufacturers’ Association
Alburnett Rabbit Hunt Yields 131 Rabbits and Three Crows
Saturday afternoon in Alburnett and nearby, fifty hunters split into two teams led by William Barnts and Harry Kee. The hunt totaled 131 rabbits and three crows with Lester Miller as top scorer on eight rabbits. Next Saturday the winning side will dine with the losers at a turkey supper.
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Alburnett
William Barnts
Harry Kee
Virville
Pein
Tebicltne
Kee
Lester Miller
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United Mine Workers
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