Iowa primary rethink as 1930s GOP split echoes future contests
The Gazette writer analyzes Iowa politics amid the 1932 Democratic landslide and Republican internal strife. It weighs Governor Herring and challenger Colflesh against Turner, arguing for a New Deal alignment within the party and critiquing Turner as a potential tool of interests. It notes Frank L. Williams for state treasurer and hints at Democratic incumbents seeking re-election.
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Iowa
the Gazette
Calflesh
Herring
Turner
Measure Sets UP Wire And Radio Control
The Dill Rayburn communications control bill passed the house to create a seven member commission with full regulatory power over telephone telegraph and radio. A national survey of communications would guide future legislation while the senate bill reenacts most provisions of the radio act and protects press associations from certain carrier rules.
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Washington
Dill- Rayburn Communications Control
House
Senate
Radio and Interstate Commerce Commissions
Post Office Department
Commission
Congress
Ins
Ita
Roosevelt
House Interstate Commerce Committee
River Wild Life Refuge Opened to Grazing
The 85 000 acre upper Mississippi river wild life and fish refuge from Wabasha Minnesota to Rock Island Illinois was opened to regulated grazing as drought relief. Ray C. Steele, refuge superintendent, announced the move after requests from farmers groups and twenty county boards. By Sunday hundreds of herds were expected to enter the areas.
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Winona, Minn
Wabasha
Minn
Rock Island
U. S. Biological Survey
Ray C. Steele
Washington updates on relief and legislation
The Associated Press reports a canceled cotton textile strike after NRA talks. Harry Hopkins announces a drought work program for the Midwest. Congress passes Rayburn bill to regulate communications and favorable action on a $1.178 billion government spending measure. Steagall awaits White House word on housing. La Follette urges treating western drought as a national disaster. Relief needs run to $940 million by March 1. PWA contracts for $1 billion of work.
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Associated Press
NRA
Harry L. Hopkins
Middlewest
House
Rayburn
Sevenman Commission
House Appropriations Committee
Steagall
House Banking Committee
la Follette
Wis
Relief Administration
Public Works Administration
Parable of the Peck of Onions and the Bastinado
A state man and friend discuss human folly in a parable about a miser in a Turkish town forced to choose between eating onions forty strokes or paying a fine. The tale ends with the lesson that paying now may spare greater suffering later, a commentary on justice and prudence.
Gov James Rolph Dies After Long Illness in California
San Jose AP James Rolph Jr 64 died Saturday at a Santa Clara county ranch where he sought recovery from a long illness He was critically ill two weeks with lung Congestion and a failing heart Doctors summoned his family and Theodore Roche to his bedside as his condition worsened His son James Rolph III held his hand at death and Lieut Governor Frank Merriam assumed the governorship at once with Merriam a Republican from Long Beach and former state legislator.
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San Jose
Calif
James Rolph, Jr
Santa Clara County
Theodore J. Roche
Bunny Jim’ Rolph
Huge Steel Strike Threatens Pittsburgh Industry
A massive steel strike momentum grew as June 16 neared, with federal promises and internal dissension failing to avert a disruption that could push the recovering industry back toward the 1931 collapse. The report notes the stage set in Pittsburgh and the broader labor movement.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
Aspirants for Office At First Hurdle Monday
Voters in Linn county prepare for the Monday primaries as 36 candidates for county offices and 11 for state representative vie for party nominations. Polls in Cedar Rapids run 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.. elsewhere 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The eight cornered race for two state representatives draws wide attention with Sheriff Petrus not seeking re election.
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Fred C
Henson
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Paik
Joseph A. Petrus
America as World Moral Guardian Warns of War With Japan
Frank H. Simonds argues the United States must be ready to recognize Japan’s aims in Manchuria and China. He contends war remains possible but unlikely if the U.S. backs Japan’s desire to curb Western arms and loans, and to preserve current Manchurian conditions.
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Guardian
Japan
Simonds
Jashington
United States
Manchuria
Pacific
China
Great Wall
Fragmented text hints at a right to protest or defend
Disjointed OCR snippet mentions a right to oppose an attack and a reference to Manchuria. Names and dates are unclear, leaving a partial legal or political context without concrete actors or events.
Compromise Averts Textile Walkout By Textile Workers
In Washington a threatened strike by 300,000 cotton textile workers was averted after Recovery Administration head Hugh S. Johnson and union leaders reached a compromise. The accord calls for investigations into wages hours and working conditions and covers code violations with reports due within fourteen days. The NRA order reducing machine hours by 25 percent in summer remains in effect for 12 weeks.
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Washington
Hugh 8
Horace A. Riviere
John Peel
Abram Binns
Elizabeth Nord
McMahon
Recovery Administration
NRA
Johnson
New England
Virginia
Tennessee
Carolinas
Mississippi
Georgia
Skinny Jim Tells Of School Struggles And Camp Hope
Jim known as Skinny endures taunts about his thin build while trying to join school sports. A teacher notices his tears and a desire to improve despite hunger and fatigue at home. Community fund drives and local supporters back CAMP GOOD HEALTH FUND with donations totaling 624 dollars to aid his camp attendance.
Heat persists as Iowa braves 100 degree day
Iowa endures a fifth straight day of extreme heat with temperatures near 105 in many cities. Waterloo hit 106 while Ottumwa rose to 105 before dropping to 99. Charles City fell from 100 to 97. Iowa City Cedar Rapids Burlington Marshalltown Clinton Fort Dodge Muscatine also reported readings around 101 to 104.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Mercury
Charles City
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Marshalltown
Clinton
Fort Dodge
Muscae
Weather Outlook for Chicago Week of June 3
AP reports a week long outlook across the Mississippi Valley with possible showers at week start and end. Temperatures are expected to run near or above normal in the upper and lower Mississippi regions, while the northern and central Great Plains face unsettled conditions with probable showers and near normal temperatures.
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Mississippi
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
Lauer Named Dean At Univ. Of Washington
Dr. Edward H. Lauer, former director of athletics at the University of Iowa, is named dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Washington. He will take the post around August first, pending resignation at Iowa. The Michigan graduate led Iowa athletics through a troubled period including Big Ten conference expulsions. He cited enthusiasm for the new role and regret at leaving Iowa City after twenty years.
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Seattle
Board of Regents
University of Washington
Edward Henry Lauer
University of Iown
College of Liberal Arts
Heis
University of Michigan
Lee Paul Sieg
Iowa City
E. H. Lauer
University of Iowa
Lauer
Iowa
Towa City
Dr. Lauer
Paul E. Belting
Big Ten Athletic Conference
Cattle Shipments Cut as Guard Moves to Enforce Embargo
Gov. Vieira ordered national guardsmen to halt interstate livestock movements amid an embargo citing violation. Northern Minnesota forage is scarce while neighboring states send herds to Minnesota, now restricted to cattle headed for South St. Paul market and packing plants.
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Paul
Viera
Gta
Maveraay
Skeep
Shane Borders
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
National
South St. Paul
Governor Declares Embargo on Cattle Shipments to North Dakota
Governor William Langer issued an embargo on cattle shipments into North Dakota for grazing due to worsening drought. The action aims to limit livestock movement as drought conditions intensify across the state.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
William Langer
Outboard Regatta Planned For June 24 In Cedar Rapids
The Cham ber of Commerce Young Men's Bureau prepares for a second Cedar River outboard motorboat regatta on Sunday June 24. Last year more than 15000 spectators attended Ellis Park as organizers aim to match or exceed that turnout with improved seating parking and crowd handling measures.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar River
Ellis Park
A. L. Voggenthaler
Woggenthaler
Stricken Farm Families Get Help in Emergency Plan
The federal relief administration revealed an emergency work program to aid drought hit farm families. Harry Hopkins announced after Roosevelt approval the plan aims to conserve water and food, hire affected heads of families, and develop water supplies through works projects in certified counties.
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Washington
Federal Relief Administration
Harry Te Hopkins
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Department of Agriculture
Wi ~Ariing Se
Agencies outline relief work and cattle purchase plan
Emergency relief divisions will expand projects funded by FERA to provide cash wage jobs. States will certify counties for grants totaling hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. Cattle purchases aim to feed the unemployed as drought relief continues with bids from packing plants and meat distribution through FERA programs.
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Aaid
Cat Anai
Porlina
Atate
Certansb
Suidance
FERA
Bureau of ‘Agriculture Economs Ee Mits
Hopkins
Idaho
Kansas
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
New Mexico
North , Dakota
South” Dakota
Utah
Wisconsin
Roosevelt May Visit World's Fair This Summer
Chicago dispatch reports President Roosevelt may visit the Century of Progress exposition this summer. Secretary Cordell Hull, arriving for an inspection of federal buildings, says the President would like to attend if possible and may consider a Pacific trip. Hull notes his return to the fair recalls his 41 years as a boy visiting the Columbian exposition.
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Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Hull
Tennessee
Blue Grass
United States Commission
South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame University
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