Mystery follows missing Portia Tulverson amid European swindle
New York police pursue a murder theory in the Agnes Tulverson disappearance tying a European swindler to a strangled romance. Investigators seek a large black trunk and traces from Detroit to Vienna, London, and India as they track Poderjay’s movements and the Olympic voyage.
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New York
Agnes Tulverson
Europe
Detroit
Vienna
London
India
Belgrade
Miss Turverson
Ivan Ivanovitch Poderjay
Olympic
Poderjay
Atlantic
Agnes Tufverson
Grand Rapids
Mich
Scotland
Captain Poderjay
Podarzaj
Miss Tulverson
Four Local Girls Enter Made in Cedar Rapids Beauty Contest
Four Cedar Rapids area teens joined the Made in Cedar Rapids Exposition beauty queen contest. Contestants include Julia Sampson, Marie Schamberger, Irene Lybarger, and Inez Snyder. The winner, chosen by five judges, will be crowned at a June 28 street dance and begin a paid Great Lakes cruise from Chicago to Buffalo on July 6.
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Cedar Rapids
Julia Sampson
Fourth Avenue
Katharine Hepburn
Marie Schamberger
First Avenue
Irene Lybarger
Saxon Street
Inez Snyder
Johnson Avenue NW
the Gazette
Great Lakes
Chicago
Buffalo
Sisters Probe Mysterious Case of Missing Miss Turverson
A Detroit family received a cable from England claiming Miss Turverson would travel to India, signed Alice. Poderjay was found in Vienna with Suzanne Ferrand, denying knowledge of Turverson’s location. Police hold him pending more inquiry. Investigators note large bank withdrawals from Turverson’s accounts and a claim she gave Poderjay funds for investments.
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Austria
Church of the Transfiguration
England
Europe
India
Poderjay
Miss Tufvergon
Miss Turverson
Olympic
Detroit
Alice
Vienna
Suzanne Ferrand
Miss Tulverson
London
Miss Tufverson
Arrested for driving car owned by another
Fred Westerfield, 40, of 309 Fifth Avenue SE, was arrested by police at 530 p.m. Saturday on a warrant charging him with operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. The car, owned by Monroe Rick of 607 Sixth Avenue SE, was found at Westerfield's home and taken to police headquarters after Rick reported it stolen.
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Fred Westerfield
Fifth Avenue SE
Henry A. Stearns
Westerfield
Monroe Rick
Sixth Avenue SE
Rick
France Plans to Collect Interest on Loans from Germany
Paris based French cabinet decided to collect interest on Dawes and Young loan bonds from Germany to protect French commercial interests. Method not determined but could involve a clearing house or a direct surtax on German goods. Prompt action expected by ministers.
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Paris
France
Germany
Rush Oil By Special Train To Stop Chinch Bugs
Des Moines reports Governor Herring arranged a special train to deliver barrier oil to Winterset. Madison county farmers face chinch bug damage threatening about 1000 acres of corn unless the oil arrives before Monday per James Turner, Madison county Democratic committee chair.
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Winterset
Des Moines
Herring
Madison County
James Turner
Democratic Committee
Turner
Congress Rushes Bills to Adjourn After Labor Clash
Congress pushed key bills to adjourn as labor policy sparks a housing and economic package. The House approved the labor resolution to empower mediation boards under the National Industrial Recovery Act, while other measures moved to conference or adoption. Senate actions included railway pension reform and broader federal controls on public lands and industry.
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Burns
House
Rainey
White House
War Department
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Corporation of Diversity
Treasury
Farm Laws Stall Amid Wallaces Clash With Congress
Secretary Wallace lobbied to strengthen enforcement provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act while opposing compulsory crop reduction. Congress passed a 50 percent cotton tax threshold and approved multiple measures on sugar tobacco cattle and milk marketing investigations, with approval moving slowly in the Senate.
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Washington
Wallace
Congress
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Farm Credit Administration
Audi
William S. Myers
Representative Kerr
N. C
Koppleman
Federal Trade Commission
Ronald Colman Sued for Divorce in London Suit
Thelma Ray known as Thelma Raye sues actor Ronald Colman in London for divorce. Colman, living in England, will not defend the case as Thelma Ray filed the 1919 London marriage claim while Colman is abroad on the Riviera.
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London
INL
Ronald Colman
America
England
Thelma Ray
Thelma Raye
Colman
Riviera
Sales Tax Revenue Outlook For Iowa City July End
DES MOINES AP The sales tax is projected to yield between 4000,000 and 5,000,000 before July ends. Louis Roddenly of the state board of assessment and review said returns will come in between July 1 and 20 on the two percent tax that began April 1. Filing forms will be distributed statewide this week.
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DES Moines
Louis Roddenly
State Board of Assessment and Review
Steel Unions Still Set for Huge Strike
Amalgamated Association leaders and steel workers plan to press for a mandatory conciliation board under Roosevelt. Tighe and officers head to Washington to seek direct talks with the President, while Pittsburgh area company unions condemn pending labor legislation as dangerous to industrial peace and jobs.
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Carnegie
Connellsville
Michael F Tighe
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Washington
Roosevelt
Tighe
Amalgamated’'s International Board
Pittsburgh
Congress
Kansas City Man Heads Valley Tennis Assn
Joseph W. Ivy of Kansas City was reelected president of the Missouri Valley Tennis Association at the annual meeting in St. Louis. Wray D. Brown of St. Louis named first vice president, Harris M. Coggeshall of Des Moines second vice president. Karl Hodge of St. Louis reelected secretary. William F. Luther of Tulsa chosen treasurer. Luther succeeds Brown. A Belgian cement producer now controls more than a quarter of Belgium’s output.
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ST. Louis
INL
Joseph W. Ivy
Kansas City
Missouri Valley Tennis Association
Wray D. Brown
Davison Obear
Harris M. Coggeshall
Des Moines
Albert Robertson
Karl Hodge
William F. Luther
Tulsa
Okla
Luther
Brown
Ickes Attacks Brain Trust Fueled by Fear Says Ickes
Secretary Ickes told Northwestern graduates that critics of the brain trust are driven by fear and a protest against social progress. He mocked calls to prove politicians foolish and called democracy resilient against attacks by opponents of reform. He praised education and noted graduates including Maxine Borlok and William McClintock.
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Chicago
Brain Trust
Harold L. Ickes
Northwestern University
Ickes
America
Lincoln
Ewane
Maxine Rorlok
Primghar, Ja
William McClintock
Sioux City
Body Of Girl 3 Found After Boy 10 Story
In Cleveland the body of 3 year old Peggy Young was recovered from the Cuyahoga River after Floyd Banker Jr. 10, told police a tale of pushing the child into the water. The case raises questions about a possible second boy and one girl, Betty O'Brien 5, linked to earlier sightings. No charges yet as juvenile authorities order psychological exams.
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Cleveland
Peggy Young
Cuyahoga River
Floyd Banker, Jr
Jose Skravens
Coast Guard
Floyd Banker
Peggy
Betty O'Brien
City Briefs and Personal News Highlights
Bungelow Canning School ad notes. Arthur T Meyer of 115 6th Ave NW has a cello professorship at Murray Kentucky State College. Dr Nalbert, chiropractor, advertised at Paramount Building. Joe Wilson, Choctaw Indian from Kansas, to speak at Rotary lunch at Hotel Roosevelt. D W Bates as receiver of Springville Savings Bank won 385.10 in a promissory suit against W H Myers. George J Nassif, 26, awarded a divorce from Mariam Nassif for cruel treatment. married Oct 7 1931. Montgomery Elevator Co awarded freight elevator contract for Penick Ford plant. Joseph Smith says J B Ryan invites public to view delphiniums blooming. about 150 plants.
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Arthur ‘T. Meyer
D. W. Bates
Springville Savings Bank
F. O. Ellison
W. H. Myers
Montgomery Elevator Company
Penick and
Miss Doupnik Undergoes Appendicitis Operation at Mercy
Mary Doupnik of 161 Hayes Street SW underwent emergency appendectomy at Mercy Hospital late Friday. Her condition was reported fairly good Saturday afternoon. Arthur H. Boileau, a Cherry Burrell engineer, was granted a patent on seven improvements to a component of the Cherry Burrell continuous ice cream freezer and has assigned all commercial rights to the company.
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Mary Doupnik
Hayes Street
Gazette Circulation Department
Mercy Hospital
Arthur H. Boileau
Cherry-Burrell Corporation
Cherry-Burrell
Boileau
National figures visit town amid campaign expense reports
George Thacker, Continental Can general traffic manager, and Leon Beach, district sales manager from Chicago, along with L. H. Mann of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway, stayed as guests of J. LeRoy Farmer. Jay Davis, Cedar Rapids Republican candidate for sheriff, spent 97 dollars in his June primaries campaign per his expense return to County Auditor Vesely. John J. Yuva, Democratic renomination hopeful, lists expenses of 17 382.
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George 8. Thacker
Leon Beach
Continental Can Company
Chicago
L. H. Mann
Chicago and Eastern Ilinois Railway Company
J. LeRoy Farmer
Jay Davis
Cedar Rapids
Robert M. Vesely
John J. Yuva
Seizure of Vending Machines At Loop Cigar Store
C. L. Beeson operator of a cigar store in the American Trust building was ordered to appear in police court Monday to answer a charge of possessing gambling devices. Detectives Marshall and Bailey visited Saturday afternoon and confiscated two penny merchandise vending machines.
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C. L. Beeson
American Trust
Marshall and Bailey
State Departments of Iowa Hire More Employes Cut Pay
Des Moines AP report shows 153 employees added in the last year while payroll was cut by 24 000 in general and trust departments and the board of control. New departments created added 22 000 to payroll and 189 more workers, offsetting some savings.
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State Departments
Iowa
DES Moines
C. B. Murtagh
General and Trust
Board of Control
Gissel to Run as Independent for Iowa Assembly
Waterloo AP W. H. Gissel an Independence party member who lost the Republican primary on June 4 by a narrow margin in Buchanan County announced Saturday he will run as an independent candidate for state representative in November.
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Waterloo
W. H. Gissel
Independence
Iowa
Buchanan County
Daughters Born to two Couples at Mercy Hospital
Born to Mr and Mrs Lumir Melsh 1311 B avenue NE a daughter June 13 at Mercy hospital Born to Mr and Mrs Clarence Schminke of Atkins a daughter Carolyn Marie June 15 at Mercy hospital
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Lumir Melsh
B Avenue NE
Mercy Hospital
Clarence Schminke
Atkins
Carolyn Marie
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Fordham Morgue
Agnes Tufvertson
Corporation
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Ivan Poderjay
Iowa Theater
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Montieur
Tru
Montitur
Leasweil
Montteur
Frankels
Second Street
Mae
Kryptok
Ik. G. Bussell
Opt
Okinow
WAG Ind Ave
Vvdare Rapids
Sec. Wallace
Ted the Hatter
Third Street
Jim Block
Amalgamated Association
National Industrial Act
Supreme Court of the United States
Mr. Roosevelt
Man Heads Valley Tennis Ass’n
Belgium
Criticim
Hiltbrunner Music Co
First Street
Bungelow Canning School
Nalbert
Paramount Building
Joe Wilson
Kansas
Waubeek
Rotary Club
Hotel Roosevelt
George J. Nassif
Tm District Court
H. C. Ring
Mariam Nassif
J. B. Ryan
Burch Avenue NW
Miss Doupnik
Seize
Loop Cigar Store
Craven
2Nd St
Grand Ave
Dea Moines
1St St
Mason Ciy
Nebraska &T
Gissel
Allans
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