Republican leaders rally after New Deal attack in Illinois
Midwest publicans gathering delegates from 10 states condemned Roosevelt farm policy and urged a balanced budget. speakers including John D M Hamilton Topeka and Hanford MacNider demanded constructive criticism and warned against executive overreach at the Lincoln tomb site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Midwest Publicans
John D. ‘'M. Hamilton
Topeka
Kan
MacNider
Roosevelt
Republican Service League
Hanford MacNider
Pantin
Dickinson Says U S Suffers From Too Much Reform
Chicago AP. Senator L J Dickinson IA argues at a baking industry convention that the nation suffers from too much reform and not enough liberation. He says Roosevelt’s complaints stem from constitutional limits on social reforms and economic controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickinson
U.S
Chicago
L. J. Dickinson
Supreme Court
NRA
Roosevelt
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
In Cedar Rapids officials report the 1935 auto toll shows totals for accidents injuries and deaths. The toll figure indicates rising or falling counts compared with prior periods as authorities review traffic safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Resolutions Move to Replace Hoover Era Leadership
In Springfield Illinois a grass roots Republican conference hears a resolution led by H Wallace Caldwell calling for a return to Lincoln era common sense and new leadership free from the old guard. Delegates from ten midwestern states debate state rights and New Deal criticism as they consider reforms. Caldwell predicts the committee will reject the measure and vows to voice strong criticism if rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Hoover
Abraham Lincoln
H. ‘Wallace
Caldwell
Cook County
Board of Commissioners
Illinois
Edward A. Hayes
Decatur
American Legion
Republican Party
Roosevelt
South’ Dakota
J. Bo Waller
Republican Movement
Jury Votes Death For Oklahoma Man In Kidnap Trial
A federal jury recommended a death sentence for Arthur Gooch of Oklahoma in a Lindbergh law kidnapping case. Gooch was accused of kidnapping H. R. Marks and R. N. Baker, Paris, Texas police officer, and transporting them into Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Iowa GOP delegates head Midwest conference in Springfield
P H Frank of Waterloo led about 600 Iowa delegates at the Republican grassroots Midwest conference in Springfield Illinois. The Iowa group elected Martha McClure as vice chair and George Lloyd as secretary with Barry Halden and E P Chase named to key committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
P. H. Frank
Waterloo
Hawkeye
George Lloyd
Des Moines
Barry Halden
Chariton
Iowa Editorial Association
E. P. Chase
Atlantic
Atlantic News-Telegraph
Charles Rhinehart
Dallas Center
James R. Rhodes
Newton
John M. Grimes
Osceola
Harriet L. Ballard
Peace Plan Seen For Chaco War End
Belief grows in Buenos Aires that the Paraguay Bolivia Chaco war may end. A peace formula from neutral American mediators was submitted to the sides. Paraguay accepted the plan on Sunday and Bolivia was expected to concur shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Chaco
Paraguay
Bolivia
Senate Delays Action On New Voluntary NRA Plan
Washington AP reports senate leaders advance a voluntary NRA plan allowing anti trust exemptions for industry wide agreements to enforce section 7 A standards including wages hours and child labor bans. Senator Borah warns of restoring full anti trust and fights to block the measure while Harrison pushes to attach it to a stop gap NRA bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Donald R. Richberg
National Recovery Board
Borah
Ida
NRA
Seneeeye Wien Hina
Trade ‘Commission
Harrison
House
Roosevelt
Roosevelt orders study of parole system abuses
President Roosevelt ordered a special study of abuses of parole after reading newspaper accounts about suspects in the Weyerhaeuser boy kidnapping on the Pacific coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Weyerhaeuser
Pacific
Chinese Bow To Demands Of Japanese Army
Gen Ho Ying-Ching Chinese war minister accepted all Japanese demands and handed a note to the garrison commander seeking peaceful solution. Japanese troops moved to Yangtsun to repair communications after an attack, while Gen Sung Che-Yuan detained four Kwantung servicemen near Kalgan for 20 hours before their release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
China
Ho Ying-Ching
Shang Chen
Tientsin
Yangtsun
Tientsin-Peiping
Uear
Sung Che-Yuan
Kalgan
the Great
Mongolia
Bank Robbery Report From Rockford Iowa Details Theft
Rockford Iowa AP reports bandits robbed the State bank at 11 am taking about 1300 dollars from cages and 300 from a farmer cashier H C Batty and staff were ordered to lie on the floor as two robbers divided cash and one guarded with a gun. They fled in a Plymouth sedan with non resident plates No 57 west toward Mason City. A third man drove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
State
Mason City
H. C. Batty
Russia Protests Jap Ambush at Soviet Border
The Tass reported Moscow lodged a protest with Tokyo over Japanese soldiers allegedly crossing into Manchukuo and ambushing a Soviet sentinel on June 3. Two sentinels on the Soviet side near the Sherimetivo river were fired upon from the rear. one sought help and returned to a scene with blood and hoof-prints across the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tass
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Manchukuo
Sherimetivo River
Weep For Me serial opens June 12 in The Cedar Rapids Gazette
Toni Di Muro a factory girl in a big city inherits millions and faces the demands of wealth. A romance develops as she seeks happiness and contentment revealing the road to true happiness. The opening chapters begin next Wednesday June 12 in Cedar Rapids Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toni di Muro
Toni
Cedar Rapids
Kathleen Sheppard
Coe graduates join class of 122 with two honorary degrees
Dr George F Zook president of the American Council on Education addressed the Coe college class of 122 at Sinclair Memorial chapel. 103 graduates received diplomas Monday with the remainder to finish summer. Honorary LL D went to W R Boyd of Cedar Rapids and D D to Rev Percy H Nickless of Des Moines.
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George F. Zook
American Council On’ Education
Coe College
Sinclair Memorial
Coe
Cedar Rapids
Percy “H.‘ Nickless
Des Moines
Boyd
Atate Board of Education
Charles Hickok
Nickless
McCormick Theological Seminary
Chicago
Central Presbyterian Church of
Des . . Moines
Shriners Arrive in Capital Amid Taxicab Walkout
Thousands of Shriners arrived in Washington DC for a parade style gathering as trains unloaded at Union Station. Delegates marched along Pennsylvania Avenue in vibrant regalia as a short taxicab strike and GM free-car donations colored the event.
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Washington
Union Station
Pennsylvania Avenue
New Orleans
General Motors
Shriners
Five Confess to Forty Two Farm Robberies in Polk County
DES MOINES AP Sheriff C F Keeling says five men confessed to 42 farm robberies in Polk county. Robberies stole more than 250 chickens and 150 bushels of grain from 18 farmers in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
C. F. Keeling
Polk County
Utilities Bill and NRA Pull in Senate Agenda
Congress eyes a week of deadlines as NRA and the utility holding company bill dominate Senate action. Senator Wheeler promotes a plan to trim the power of large holding firms while critics call the measures unconstitutional. The House handles District matters as the White House tackles the $4 billion works program and the Agriculture Department seeks funds to control white pine blister rust.
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Washington
Congress
NRA
Senate
Wheeler
Mont
District of Columbia
White’ House
Agriculture Department
Officer Demoted By Kuhlmann II Named Sergeant
Leo Perleth formerly captain and later demoted to patrolman in the Sioux City police department by H. C. Kuhlmann has been appointed traffic sergeant by Gordon C. Hollar who succeeded Kuhlmann as commissioner. Perleth replaces Bert Frink who was demoted to detective. He had appealed the demotion and a district court ruling ordered his elevation to sergeant and placed atop the captaincy promotion list. He also swore in an affidavit that a man identifying as Red Brennan threatened him by phone amid a slot machine dispute involving the Sioux City syndicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Leo Perleth
H. C. Kuhlmann
Public Safety
Gordon C. Hollar
Kuhlmann
Perleth
Bert Frink
District Court
Miles W. Newby
Max Duckworth
Red Brennan
Senate approves one year extension for railroad coordinator Eastman
The Senate quickly passed and sent to the House a bill extending the office of railroad coordinator Joseph B. Eastman for one year. President Roosevelt had requested the extension last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Joseph B. Eastman
Roosevelt
Tice Men Seize 15 Slot Machines in Raids at Moville
Sioux City AP says deputies under Sheriff W. R. raided Moville Saturday night and seized about 15 slot machines and other gambling devices most pinball type. Sheriff Tice vows continued efforts to keep the county clean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moville
Sioux City
W. R
Tice
Changing Roles for Women in Modern Life
A 1938 essay argues women enjoy broader freedoms and better health, contrasting Victorian restraints with today’s life. It highlights fashion and work shifts, including factory jobs, reduced anemia, and women earning a living, plus Nightingale’s influence and shifts in marriage, family size, and spinster status.
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S the New
Ray Strachey
Cassandra
Florence Nightingale
Nightingale
Pike
Wheat crop forecast shows rise in 1935 production
The Agriculture Department estimated total 1935 wheat at about 670 million bushels, with winter wheat at 441 million and spring wheat 230 million. Rye production was pegged at 44 million bushels, while conditions compared to normal ranged from 74.2 percent for winter wheat to 85.2 for all spring wheat.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
New York
Minnesota
Town
Missouri
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa Winter 1935 Estimate By Federal Statistician Carr
Leslie M. Carr a federal statistician estimated Iowa's winter condition for 1935 in Des Moines on Monday. The report notes data collection and the projection to seasonal trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Leslie M. Carr
Federal
Iowa
Weyerhaeuser Kidnapping Suspects Named by Federal Authorities
Federal authorities announced charges in Tacoma and San Francisco tied to the $200000 abduction of George Weyerhaeuser. Harmon Waley and Margaret Waley, with William Mahan, were named in federal complaints for mail fraud and related acts. A Spokane hideout housing the boy was found, with Hoover confirming the discovery and plans to move Waleys toward Tacoma for trial.
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Salt. Lake
George Weyerhaeuser
Weyerhaeusers
Harmon M. Waley
Margaret
William’ Mahan
Montana
Waleys
Mahan
John
Doe
Tacoma
Federal
Bet Yi
Toocena
Charleennis
Washington
San’ Francisco
Butte
Mont
Ney
Waley
J.'Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kidmap
Spokane
Washington State
George
Hoover
William Mahan
Six inmates escape from Raleigh prison farm
Six long term prisoners at the Caledonia prison farm knocked a guard in the head Monday and escaped. Police launched a wide search, with authorities warning the public and mobilizing officers to recapture the fugitives.
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Raleigh, N. C
Caledonia Prison Farm
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