Iowa Democrats Face State and National Policy Debates
The Des Moines convention signals a push by Hawkeye Democrats to control state government while focusing on New Deal policies and NRA codes. The piece contrasts Democratic goals with Republican platform criticisms and notes national figures like Ham Lewis and Thomas shaping policy debates. It also mentions German rationing, a Pennsylvania court ruling on a gas pump, Dillinger crowds at Cook County morgue, and liquor enforcement in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Democrats
New Deal
Brain Trust
NRA
Codes
AAA
Des Moines
State House
First sky train to haul mail from New York to Washington
The first aerial mail train is set to fly from New York to Washington next Monday with stops at Philadelphia Baltimore and the White House A biplane and three gliders will form the train coordinated by Jack O Meara 1933 glider champion and Postmaster General Farley has pledged cooperation Stanley Smith B E Franklin and John Riggs are named as participants with goals to land on the White House lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Baltimore
White House
Jack O'Meara
O'Meara
Farley
Stanley Smith
B. E. Franklin
Michigan University
John Riggs
Bollingfield
Tuesday Major League Results Highlights By League
National League saw Philadelphia rout Pittsburgh 9 to 4 while Cincinnati defeated Boston 4 to 3 and St Louis edged New York 4 to 1. American League showcased Detroit 69 over Chicago 1 and Cleveland 10 over Philadelphia 5 in a high scoring slate.
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Washington
Chicago
Crowder
McColl
Thomas
Sewell
Tietje
Shea
Boston
Detroit
Walberg
Pennock
Grove
Welch
R Ferrell
Fischer
Phillips
Hayworth
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Marcum Litgeer
Berry
Berry and Moss
Pearson and Myatt
New York
Hou
St Louis
J Murphy
van Atta and
Dickey
Bincholder
Knott and Hemsley
Nye Predicts Conservative GOP Nominees for 1936
Senator Nye declares the Republican party will nominate a conservative easterner in 1936 and face another crushing defeat. He cites NRA failure as recovery, AAA farmer aid as insufficient, and opposes expanding New Deal programs while naming Mills Reed or Wadsworth as likely nominees. Nye plans campaign stops for La Follette in Wisconsin and Bronson in New Mexico.
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Washington
Gerald P. Nye
N. D
Nye
NRA
AAA
Ogden L. Mills
Treasury
U. S
David Reed
Pennsylvania
James Wadsworth
Roosevelt
Mills
Reed
Wadsworth
Coolidge
Hoover
Hoax Bomb Parcel Targeted Senator McAdoo in Los Angeles
A suspicious mail package sent from San Francisco to Senator William Gibbs McAdoo triggered a police response in Los Angeles. The imitation infernal device used a bone, a strop, razors, and a liquid soap substitute for nitroglycerin. Associates of the senator offered no explanation for the hoax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
William Gibbs McAdoo
San Francisco
G R Sullivan
Austria Hangs Socialist In Dollfuss Blood Purge
In Vienna on Tuesday night Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss ordered the execution of Joseph Gerl a Czech socialist hanged at 8 10 p m for terrorism crimes. A co defendant Rudolph Anzboeck was spared after President Wilhelm Miklas intervened.
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Vienna
CUP
Engelbert Dollfuss
Austria
Joseph Gerl
Danube
Rudolph Anzboeck
Gerl
Wilhelm Miklas
Anzboeck
Dollfuss
Ger
Record Heat Bakes Nation As Chicago Sees New High
Across the United States a deadly heat wave claimed about 688 lives. Chicago hit 103.2 degrees by noon and 104.8 by 2:40 pm, the hottest on record. Cattle and crops suffered. relief was not expected until cooler weather midweek. Emergency grants of nearly 20 million dollars were announced for drought relief.
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Associated Press
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain States
Chicago
Great Central Plains
Stockmec
Minnesota
Ares
Alaska
Great Lakes
New England
Nebraska
Ohio
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
South Dakota
Missouri
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Vima
Okla
Fulton
Kan
Mexico
Jefferson City
McAlester
Lincoln
Neb
Adrian
Mtch
Detroit
Washington
Emergency Relief Administration
Indianna
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Texas
New York
Tennessee
Massachusetts
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Alabama
Arkansas
Homer Botts
Cedar Rapids Endures 105 Degree Heat WaveTuesday
Cedar Rapids faced extreme heat with a 105 degree reading at 2:30 pm on Tuesday, four degrees cooler than Monday’s 111 degree peak. A light breeze and reduced humidity offered limited relief as hospitals reported no new heat prostrations.
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Cedar Rapids
Middle West
Mercury
State Weather Bureau
Something Lovely to Work For in Everyday Life
A 1934 column argues people need dreams beyond practical needs. It contrasts thrift with pursuing “lovely” goals, citing Rosa and Pop and Anthony, a gospels story, and a schoolgirl’s prize money. The piece emphasizes personal values and spending for a dream.
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Rosa
Pop
Anthony
Spain
Jesus
Corn Prices Hit Four Year High Amid Drought In Iowa
Drought and heat push local corn to a four year high with 56 cents a bushel for No 2 yellow and 55 cents for No 3. Dealers report excellent quality grain and rising prices driven by expected harvest shortages. Southern markets top Chicago bids near 68 cents as heat spreads north.
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Cedar Rapids News
Iowa
Chicago
Congressmen Seek to Regain Control of Policy Making
Senator Thomas J seeks to return constitutional power to Congress by authorizing special committees to sit during off sessions. He would empower the majority leaders in both houses to create panels to study and recommend government policy during emergencies. Funding would come from general appropriations.
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Thomas
Oklahoma
Congress
Washington
Executive
Thomas JD Okla
nWext
Bootleggers at Iowa City Revealed in State Report
Des Moines AP says the Iowa liquor control commission urged a state owned store in Iowa City before the fall university term to end law violations. Investigators report many violators are University of Iowa students and bootlegging is a major local business with hip pocket dealers and beer spike schemes.
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Towa
Liquor Commission
Drs Moimes
Roland
Alice Erickson
Miss Erickson
Jacob Erickson
Union Story Trust and Savings Bank
Ames
Park A Findley
Des Moines
Don Ryan
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Harold M Cooper
State Liquor Control Commission
Herring
Association of Deans of
University
Jealousy Fueled Dillinger Death in Calumet City Saloon
Chicago report outlines Dillinger pursuit shifts from manhunt to identifying gang members. The woman in red, his mistress, lured him through weeks of flight from Indiana to Rhinelander Wisconsin and back to Chicago. A jealous misstep and two women with him preceded his fatal shooting by federal agents.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Dillinger
Calumet City
Illinois
Weil
Indiana
Rhinelander
Wis
Dil- Mager
North Woods
Barrington
Arlington
Fostoria
Whiting
Ind
Jn Red
Sheppard Slated For Rail Labor Adjustment Board
Cedar Rapids leaders announce L E Sheppard will join the national Rail Labor Adjustment Board when formed under the Railroad Labor Act. The action follows J A Phillips from Cedar Rapids heading to Chicago for meetings on the national board.
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Sheppard
Rail Labor Adjustment Board
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Neb
Conductors Annual Meeting Association of America
J. A Phillips
Order of
Railway Conductors
Chicago
National Adjustment Board
L .E. Sheppard
al Orc
Rai
National Board
Phillips
Dillinger’s Body Buried Near Crown Hill Controversy
Thousands gathered in Mooresville to view John Dillinger as his body was taken to E F Harvey Funeral Home before burial at his sister’s home. Officials faced protests over reports he would be buried at Crown Hill Cemetery alongside notable figures and crime victims.
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USA
Jorden
Hollander Divine
Germany
Denmark
Mooresville
Ind
John Dilinger
E. F. Harvey
Main Street
Audrey Hancock
Maywood
Indianapolis
Hancock
Dillinger
Crown Hill
James Whitcomb Riley
United States
Bejamin Harrison
Charles W Fairbanks
Thomas Marshall
Albert J. Beveridge
Rheta Gardner Wynekoo
Chicago
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Olson Prepares To Order Martial Law In Minneapolis
Gov Floyd B Olson and National Guard officers prepared a declaration of martial law for Minneapolis, needing only the governor's signature to deploy troops as rioting and unrest intensified after a wrecked confrontation left a person dead and many injured.
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Olson
Minneapolis
Cattle Die by Thousands in Chicago Stall Crisis
The farm administration ordered a temporary suspension of cattle purchases in drought areas due to the Chicago stockyards strike and market congestion. In Chicago Union stockyards 700 handlers walked out, 80,000 cattle starved or endangered by heat as temps rose to 105, with feeding disputes and non union labor sparking the stoppage. Government stockmen shot dying cattle and a mass negative impact halted new stock receipts as farmers were turned away.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Chicago
Government Market Bureau
Stockyards Company
Dillinger's girl identified as Polly Hamilton waitress
In Chicago police say Polly Hamilton, a waitress at Malden Plaza hotel, is the woman whose photo was found in John Dillinger's watch after his death. Government agents say she was with Dillinger when the Biograph Theater trap was sprung.
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Chicago
INS
John Dillinger
Polly Hamilton
Malden Plaza
Mary Longnecker
Dayton
O (Ap
Charles Constable
Mary Jenkins Longnecker
Joan Dillinger
Dillinger
Mrs. Constable
British flyers plan 6300 mile Baghdad flight delayed
Leonard Reid and J Ro Ayline reported from Wasaga Beach Ontario that their attempt to set a long distance flying record was postponed from Tuesday to Wednesday due to weather while preparing for a 6300 mile flight to Baghdad Iraq.
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Wasaga Beach
Leonard Reid
J Ro Ayline
Bagdad
Iraq
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