Hopkins predicts Iowa PWA program worth at least 11 million
P F Hopkins Iowa public works director forecast a substantial PWA program in Iowa under the new works relief setup. He cited 14 applications sent and said construction could begin within thirty days after approval with grants totaling $560,000 for the first group, a project cost near $1.2 million.
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Washington
P. F. Hopkins
Iowa Public Works
Iowa
Hopkins
PWA
Towa
Works Progress
Iowa Works Progress Administration
Prosecution Argues Mrs Waley Joined Kidnap Plot
In Tacoma Washington AP Owen P Hughes opened the Lindbergh law case against Margaret Thulin Waley asserting the 19 year old housewife was involved in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping from its inception. He outlined the case noting Harmon Waley and William Mahan began planning in Salt Lake City from March until June 9 when Mahan abandoned a car and $15000 of the $200000 ransom.
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Tacoma
Wash
Owen P. Hughes
U. S
Margaret Thulin Waley
George Weyerhaenger
Hughes
Mahan
Borah Touted As 1936 GOP Nominee At Meet
In Cleveland delegates from six states considered resolutions on Borah Idaho as a potential 1936 presidential timber. Inner conflicts between old guards and liberals persisted as they aimed to craft a solid platform. Charles W. Carroll proposed a ten point plan in his keynote address Monday.
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Cleveland
William E. Borah
Idaho
Old Guards
Charles W. Carroll
Philadelphia
Young Republican Movement
Pennsylvania
Fire in Hamar reduces city center to ashes
Two boys playing with matches started a fire in Hamar Norway that destroyed the central business district. Loss estimated at 2 000 000 kroner about 500 000 dollars.
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Hamar
Norway
Matecne
Is There Anyone There in Life's Deep Question
Walter de la Mare frames a meditation on meaning questioning whether life has a guiding purpose or is mere chance. The essay argues for belief in a wise, loving plan and warns that nihilism undercuts art, love, science, and daily life. It urges personal contact with a "vast life" that endures.
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Walter de la Mare
Dr.newton
Plato
Jesus
Beethoven
Shakespeare
Extortion note aimed at Sioux City financier Toy
Federal agents hunted a note demanding 15 000 dollars from James F. Toy, founder of the Toy banking interests. An undercover trap failed as a dummy package was left in an alley. officials deem the threat the work of an amateur. Toy says crank, family urged to report to authorities. Toy banks span western Iowa
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Sioux City
James F. Toy
Toy
Federal Justice Department
Tay
Missouri River
Gordon C. Hollar
Commissioner of Public Safety
James W. van Dyke
Toy National Bank
Hollar
van Dyke
Justice Department
Washington
Justice
Omaha
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Falls from truck injure Anamosa man near home
Curtis Bickel age 51 of Anamosa was treated at St Luke's hospital Monday evening for a sprained right shoulder after falling from a parked truck near his home.
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Curtis Bickel
Anamosa
St. Luke’s Hospital
Brewster Denounces Corcoran Over Death Sentence Pressure
Rep Brewster of Maine testified he was threatened by Thomas Corcoran to vote for the death sentence in the utility holding company bill. Corcoran denied the charge and recounted meetings with Brewster and Ernest Gruening about the dam project and the death sentence.
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Washington
INS
House Rules Committee
Rep
Brewster
Maine
Thomas Corcoran
Corcoran
RFC
Resi
Yaesamna Guardy Dam
Ernest Gruening
Bureau of Territories of the Interior Department
Gruening
Statuary Hall
Passamaquoddy
Luther Educator Heads Science Board
Prof. William L. Strunk of Luther College was elected chairman of Iowa's new basic science board. Prof. Joseph H. Bodine of the University of Iowa was named secretary. The six members held their initial meeting with State Health Commissioner Dr. Walter L. Biering. The board set Oct. 8 for initial basic science examinations with several applications already received.
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Des Moines
William L. Strunk
Luther College
Decorah
Joseph H. Bodine
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Walter L. Bierring
Borah Considers Ban on Similar Imported Benefit Products
Senator Borah of Idaho says he may offer an amendment to the Agricultural Adjustment act to stop importing any products like those US farmers agreed to limit for federal benefit payments.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Shark Exhibit Links Murder to Second Killing in Sydney
A shark captured alive and shown in an aquarium revealed the severed arm of James Smith, missing since April 8, signaling a murder linked to sheep shearer Patrick Brady who faces trial for Smith's slaying. Police tied the crime to a drunken brawl and missing cottage items as the investigation widens.
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Sydney
Australia
Patrick Brady
James Smith
Reginald William Holmes
Smith
Abyssinia Crisis Sparks Evacuations War Imminent
Foreign nationals began evacuating Addis Ababa as war looms over Abyssinia. Tokyo stated Japan must engage if Italy and Abyssinia go to war, while the Hague mediation talks collapsed as Ethiopia pressed territorial issues and Italy refused broader settlement.
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London
Abyssinia
Daily Express
Addis ‘Ababa
Italian Abyssinian forces poised for imminent clash
Italian and Abyssinian troops sit opposite each other on Eritrean and Somaliland borders amid warnings of near hostilities. Italy concentrates soldiers aircraft and tanks while Ethiopian forces prepare to counter. Germany and the United States urge protection measures for nationals and property in Ethiopia.
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Addis Baba
INS
Italy
Germany
United States
Ethiopia
U. S
State Fair Applies for $200 Beer Permit
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa State Fair Board filed an application for a $200 beer permit. A. R. Corey, secretary, said tentative plans include dispensing beer at four locations during the fair.
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Des Moines
State Fair Board
A. R. Corey
Corey
Typhoid Fear Adds To Flood Perils In N Y
President Roosevelt urged the American Red Cross to aid flood devastated central New York as deaths rose to 44 and property losses climbed to 15 009 000. Governors and local officials mobilized relief, CCC workers and guards patrolled for looters while health officials warned of possible typhoid outbreaks and authorities seized perishables.
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United Press
Roosevelt
American Red Cross
New York
Binghamton
Susquehanna
Chenango
Herbert H. Lehman
Thomas Parran, Jr
Hornell
Elmira
CCC
Walton
Ithaca
Woodstock
Delhi
Dryden
Canajoharie
Geneva
Bath
Trumansburg
Leon F. Wheatley
van Atta
Belie
Religion Divides Baer Bride in Brief Union
New York report says religion has divided heavyweight Max Baer and his new wife Mary Ellen Sullivan less than two weeks after their wedding. Baer announced the union in front of his former fiancée Mary Kirk Brown, calling her Mrs Baer, stoking public intrigue.
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New York
Max Baer
Mary Ellen Sullivan
Washington
New York Daily News
Baer
Mary Kirk Brown
Park Avenue
Stanford researchers probe anti fat drug link to blindness
San Francisco AP report says research workers at Stanford University Medical School examined whether dinithrophenol, a new anti fat drug, caused temporary blindness in twelve women from the San Francisco Bay area who fell ill recently.
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San Francisco
Stanford University Medical School
San Francisco Bay District
Seizure of Records Ties to Sioux City Graft Probe
Police deputies seized notebooks letters and financial records at the home of Detective Thomas Dempsey as the Woodbury county graft investigation grand jury met. The raid also targeted the Eagle's club collecting letter files receipts bank statements a dice game and punch board. The March impression of additional material remains unsettled as witnesses testified including State Agent William Arthur and Sheriff George Paulsen.
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Sioux City
Sceizure
Thomas Dempsey
Woodbury County
Grand Jury
Eagle's Club
Dempsey
P. G. Wilson
J. W. Moore
Sioux
Pai Faleesciby
Mary Nolan Sues Film Executive For $500000
Mary Nolan former Follies star and actress Imogene Wilson filed a $500,000 damage suit in New York Supreme Court against Edward J. Mannix, MGM vice president. She alleges years of domestic abuse in Los Angeles and later threats and further beatings after returning to New York, injuring her and harming her career.
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New York
Mary Nolan
Supreme Court
Edward J. Mannix
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Miss Nolan
Frank Tinney
Mannix
Los Angeles
Follies
Imogene
Bubbles
Wilson
Iowan Electrocuted Working On Power Line
Mike Vance 32 of Dubuque Iowa died after being electrocuted Tuesday while working on a power line nine miles south of Crookston Minnesota AP report states the accident occurred at the scene and details are sparse to determine exact cause and sequence of events
Ed O Connor Urged to Quit Office Pending Graft Trial
W D Keane Iowa Farmers Holiday Association president calls for Attorney General Edward L O Connor resignation after public criticism and an indictment on corruption in office. Keane argues law enforcement serves best with his exit until trial and cites use of the national guard during farm disturbances.
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Des Moines
INS
W. D. Keane
Iowa
Farmers Holiday Association
Edward L. O'Connor
Keane
O'Connor
National Guard
Holiday Association
O’connor
Walter Maley
Chhief
Towa
Basa Adda
Town
Dr. B L Knight Named Linn County Coroner
Dr B L Knight of Cedar Rapids was appointed Linn County coroner to fill the unexpired term of Dr C E Irwin who resigned to become chief surgeon at the Town State Soldier's home. Knight won the post over Dr B G Broghammer by secret ballot two to one. Irwin began duties at Marshalltown Monday and resigned formally. Knight, educated at Coe College and the University of Iowa, has been in practice since 1919 and holds multiple medical society memberships. He has Republican ties and previously led the Coe alumni association.
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B. L. Knight
Cedar Rapids
Cc. E. Irwin
Linn County
Marshalltown
Linn County, Board of Supervisors
Irwin
Knight
B. G. Broghammer
Linn County Medical Society
Iowa Medical Society
American Medical Association
Coe Alumni Association
American Medical Editors and Authors Association
Cerro Gordo supervisors expose county slot machine sale
A signed statement from Supervisor Harry Sondergaard reveals Cerro Gordo county Sheriff J. M. Robertson and Deputy Max Studer sold several destroyed slot machines for 150 to an alleged Carroll gambling syndicate. The three deputies split the proceeds, with their actions tied to a court order destroying the machines in 1934.
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Mason City
T. A. Beardmore
J. M. Robertson
Cerro Gordo County
Carroll
Harry E. Sondergaard
Memeer
Board of Supervisors
Robertson
Max Studer
Studer
J. B. Deach
John W. Wallace
Sondergaard
H. M. Havner
Woodbury County
Frederick
C. R. Patton
Sss
Iowan Cleared In Crash Fatal To Iowan Cleared In Crash
Four people died in a June 6 collision between cars driven by Richard Rollins of Des Moines Iowa and William Bean of Kankakee Illinois. A coroner jury ruled the deaths accidental. Bean his wife Emma their son in law John Avos and Avos wife Ruth were fatally injured. Rollins and his wife Mary recovered. Witnesses said Rollins car was struck when Beans machine ran a stop sign.
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Chicago
Richard R.rollins
Des Moines
William Bean
Kankakee
Inl
Bean
Emma
John Avos
Avos
Ruth
Rollins
Mary
Rollin
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William Zelinsky
George’ Paulsen
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