Landon Knox drive to oust Roosevelt outlined in Topeka meeting
New Republican leaders Hamilton and Landon embrace an aggressive campaign against the New Deal. Plans include radio outreach, frontier symbols, and a push to reshuffle the party's platform. Borah questions hours and wages amendment while Vandenberg weighs a possible draft for 1940.
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Cleveland
Republican Party
Alf M. Landon
Frank Knox
Roosevelt
John D. M. Hamilton
Henry P. Fletcher
London
Hamilton
National Committee
Topeka
New Deal
Landon
America
Kansas
Kansas Sunflower
William E. Borah
Borah
Old Guard
Resolutions Committee
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Knox
Georgia Supreme Court Reinstates Insurrection Statute
The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed an old anti insurrection law overturning a Fulton County judge ruling that the statute was vague. Angelo Herndon, a Black communist activist arrested in 1932, faces possible imprisonment or continuation of legal battle to the U S Supreme Court. He remains free on a 7000 dollar bond posted by the ILA.
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Atlanta
Georgia Supreme Court
Angelo Herndon
Hugh M. Dorsey
Fulton
Herndon
Supreme Court of the United States
New York
International Labor Defense
Mattes Elected Grand Knight of Marquette Council
Iowa City D P Mattes has been elected grand knight of the Marquette council of Knights of Columbus. Other officers named include Dr. Fred Bauer deputy grand knight Ed gar Vassar chancellor Ade E Hinchliffe recording secretary Frank Englert warden Arthur Clemmence treasurer R W Lee advocate.
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Iowa City
D. P. Mattes
Marquette Council of Knights of Columbus
Fred Bauer
Edgar Vassar
Ade E. Hinchliffe
Frank Englert
Arthur Clemmence
R. W. Lee
Liberals Question New Republican Platform At Cleveland
In Cleveland the Republican convention reveals splits with western independents unhappy with the platform while Landon and Knox plan Topeka tactic talks. Borah Nye Norris voice reservations, Hoover endorses the ticket and platform awaiting a campaign role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Alf M. Landon
Frank Knox
Topeka
William E. Borah
Landon
Nye
N. D
East
Washington
Norris
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Veterans to Receive Bonds to Preserve WPA Jobs
The Veterans Bureau outlines a $4 billion bond plan to preserve WPA jobs, with 38 million bonds to be distributed to ex-soldiers. Certificates will be handed to recipients starting Monday, with strict delivery rules, cashing procedures by post offices, and 3 percent interest beginning Monday except for early cashing before June 15, 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Post Office Department
U. S. Treasury
Mrs W A Blessing 78 Maquoketa Dies After Illness
Maquoketa Mrs W A Blessing 78 longtime proprietor of a local grocery died Saturday morning after six weeks of paralysis. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 30 at the Congregational church. Born in Germany she ran the business since her husband’s 1902 death with son John and daughter Lena surviving. She was a member of the O E S.
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Maquoketa
WA Blessing
Congregational Church
Blessing
Germany
John
Lena
Waubeek Picnic Honors Two Oldest Residents
Friends gathered at the Rex Hartsell home on Thursday for a picnic dinner honoring Waubeek’s two oldest residents, Mrs. Julia Benest age 86 and Mrs. Harriet Starby age 90. Also present were Mesdames Parker Hartill Swartzbaugh Rex Rise and Miss Wertman plus others.
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Waubeek
Rex Hartsell
Julia Benest
Harriet Starby
Mesdames Pion Parker
William Ner Hartill
Swartzbaugh
Rex Rise
Eae A Wertman
Tipton Children’s Day Services Planned in Local Churches
Tipton plans children's day services across parishes served by Rev. Otis Moore. On Sunday June 14 programs will be held at Methodist Episcopal churches in Bennett and South Bethel with music by Mrs. Oren Kiser and the Gleaner Sunday school class. A baptismal service is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Otis Moore
Methodist Episcopal
Bennett
South Bethel
Frances Nebergall
Velma Nauman
Eleanor Nebergall
Oren Kiser
Gleaner
Worth White
Rochester
Dance and Pie Social at Will Murray Home Near Tipton
The Town send club hosts a dance and pie social at the Will Murray home five miles northwest of Tipton on Tuesday night. Robert Moore of West Branch will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Townsend Club
Will Murray
Robert Moore
West Branch
Paris Strikers Return to Work After Broad Accord
Thousands of Paris workers resumed duties after unions won shorter hours higher pay and recognized unions. Plans include the 40 hour week bill moving to the senate with wage hikes paid vacations and tax exemptions for veterans.
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Paris
Bois de Vincenes
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Leon Blum
Senate
Annual Picnic of Cedar Rapids Dental Society
Eighty members and their wives attended the Cedar Rapids Dental Society annual picnic at Kenmore. Activities included golf bridge horseshoes and dancing with out of town guests present. Prizes went to H E Duxbury low golf score Rankinen most birdies G R Wilkinson most pars C N Booth putting and Carl Nelson C L Fenner blind bogey winners Mrs Frank Benesh low golf score and women’s bridge prizes noted. An informal dinner followed by dance in the clubhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa Fall Term Opens September 21
Registrar H. C. Dorcas announced that Iowa City classes begin September 21 for the fall term with registration starting September 17. Freshmen arrive a day early for orientation as about 6,500 students are expected to enroll.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
H. C. Dorcas
Aputeutemnary
Murdered tea room hostess found near St. Charles Illinois
Miss Nella Penunzi 23 manager of the Red Parrot tea room on Club Arcada property was shot and beaten. Her body lay in a ditch two miles north of St. Charles after leaving the tea room Friday night. Authorities questioned Rinaldo Di Pietro of Geneva and Chicago after a revolver borrow request came to a Chicago dealer amid threats and a possible motive.
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ST. Charles, Ill
Nella Penunzi
Red Parrot Tea Room
Arcada
Dunham
St. Charles
Wayne
A. J. Kantmeyer
Dunham Castle
Kantmeyer
Rinaldo di Pietro
Geneva
Ill
di Pietro
Chicago
New York City
Rizziero Paul
Paul
Antonetta Penunzi
Ida
Argia
Spangler predicts GOP sweep in Midwest after convention
Harrison E. Spangler, Iowa national committeeman, forecasts a complete Republican victory across the Midwest this fall, crediting the harmonized convention and its cross-section platform. He noted Iowa delegates returning home praising the gathering and its open debate free of bossism.
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Cleveland
Harrison E. Spangler
Iowa
Middle West
Spangler
Republican National Organization
Chicago
Prairie States
Girls Home Project Conference Attendees Named
Dorothea Cosgriff and Evelyn Wehde chosen to attend the third annual girls home project conference in Ames on June 19 20 and 21. Ruth Schroeder and Elaine Kuhn elected as alternates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Dorothea Cosgriff
Evelyn Wehde
Ames
Ruth Schroeder
Elaine Kuhn
Jesse Jones narrowly escapes in plane crash
In Dallas a flaming power dive at a mile up spared Jesse Jones of the RFC, Governor W. P. Hobby, Mrs. Hobby, and Joe Toomey. Jones credits pilots Ed Hefley and Eugene Schacher for a "beautiful landing" and helps the injured before an examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas, Tex
Jesse Jones
RFC
Jones
Ed Hefley
Eugene Schacher
W. P. Hobby
Roosevelt
Houston
Dallas
Hefley
Mr. Jones
Hobby
Miss Hartz heads to American Nurses Association convention
Alma Hartz superintendent of Public Health Nursing heads to Los Angeles as delegate of the Iowa Association of Registered Nurses at the American Nurses Association biennial convention. She is named a teller for the national public health nursing group and travels with companions including Miss Margaret Matheson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hartz
American Nurses Association
Alma Hartz
Public Health Nursing Association
Los Angeles
Calif
Iowa Association of Registered Nurses
National Organization of Public Health Nursing
West Coast
Luella Ranking
St. Luke’s Hospital
Omaha
Denver
W. E. Haller
Hartz
Myrtle McAhren
State Board of Nurse Examiners
Clara Norris
Superior
Wis
Bob and
Marion
Earlville Dray Contract Suit Seeks Restraint
W W Keith files suit in district court naming Manchester Maynard Ham of Earlville as defendant. Keith says Ham agreed not to enter Earlville dray business for five years after Keith bought the business last December. Ham allegedly violated the agreement, causing Keith $500 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Maynard Ham
Earlville
W. W. Keith
Earlville Drayman
Ham
Keith
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