Keokuk Plant Strike Sparks Governor Seeks Moorhead Report
Governor Herring ordered State Agent Frank Moorhead to Keokuk after reports of violence by Hubinger company strikers. Lee County Attorney McNamara asked for National Guard, claiming 15 workers were trapped without food while about 80 of 340 employees walked off. Union conciliator William Schoenburg attempted arbitration as plant guards remained on duty.
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Des Moines
Herring
Frank Moorhead
Keokuk
Hubinger Company
D. J. McNaveara
Lee County
National Guard
McNamara
Moorhead
Austin Brown
Robert Fisher
Force
William Schoenburg
American Federation of Labor
Etice
Senate backs one year nuisance tax extension
The Senate adopted a one year extension of nuisance taxes and dropped plans to attach Roosevelt tax proposals to the measure. The Ways and Means Committee will begin consideration of the new tax measure next week.
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Associated Press
Senate
Roosevelt
House Ways and Means Committee
House
Senate Munitions Committee
Dickinson
Stephen Raushenbush
Committee
Swanson
Navy
Harry L. Hopkins
Alaska
Vandenberg
Mich
Borotra Accepts Challenge To Duel In Paris
Jean Borotra the French tennis star announced he accepted a Paris sports writer's challenge to a duel. He named Rene La Coste and General Alcin as seconds and said the challenge followed accusations Borotra withdrew from the Davis Cup. Didier Poulain sent the letter by registered mail from Paris.
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Wimbledon
England
Jean Borotra
Paris
Rene la Coste
General Alcin
Didier Poulain
Borotra
France
The Storm of Feeling Must Lead to Action
In this 1935 text the speaker argues Claude Wheeler on the Denver State House steps embodies a universal urge to serve others. Emotions without action sap power and can hollow religion, urging concrete deeds to translate feeling into meaningful service.
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Wila Cather
Claude Wheeler
State House
Denver
DR. Newton
Forced Labor Decreed for German Men in Public Law
Berlin reports the cabinet approved compulsory labor service for young men and deferred regulations for girls. The labor service backs Hitler’s plan to train the coming generation for potential next war and to build discipline across the population. A stricter penal code amendment targets breaches of the homosexuality law, and national air defense provisions include police attached to the army.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Omaha Votes Sale By Drink Under New Local Option Law
The Omaha city clerk opened applications for sale by the drink permits as 19 000 of 22 000 voters approved the liquor measure Tuesday.
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Omaha
INL
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
A 1935 Cedar Rapids auto toll report lists 190 accidents 221 injuries and a number of deaths.
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Cedar Rapids
Jury May Report In Part Today In Woodbury Graft Probe
Sioux City AP reports a partial grand jury report on graft in Woodbury County is expected Thursday. Witnesses include Verne Marshall editor Peter Wilson and Ben Dansby as detectives probe slot machine ties and Beddow escape records. Special prosecutor Havner issued subpoenas for state officials and liquor records. Organized inquiry extends to Des Moines statehouse connections.
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Sioux City
Woodbury County
Ole T. Naglestad
H. M. Havner
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Edward L. O’connor
Glenn L. Schmidt
State Bureau of Investigation
W. H. Millhaem
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Iowa AG Subpoenas Key Agents in Woodbury Probe
Glenn investigation bureau said Wednesday William Zelinsky and William Arthur, two agents, accepted service of Woodbury county grand jury subpoenas. They will be instructed to testify in Sioux City. The agents were assigned by Attorney General Edward L. O'Connor to campaign against slot machine operators.
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Millhaem
Commission
Herring
O’connor
Havner
William Zelinsky
William Arthur
Des Moines
Glenn Schmidt
State Investigation Bureau
Woodbury County
Grand Jury
Sioux City
Schmidt
Edward L. O’connor
Emblen and Woodlum Sentenced in Chicago Conspiracy Case
Arthur Emblen and Gary Woodlum were sentenced to 1 to 14 years after conviction on charges they conspired to murder Eli Daiches, a Chicago advertising executive.
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Chicago
Arthur Emblen
Gary Woodlum
Eli Daiches
Two Endurance Flyers Near Record In Meridian
Meridian Mississippi and their plane Old Miss drive toward a world endurance record set by Hunter brothers. Fred and Al Keys may stay aloft past July 4 after taking fuel and supplies from a support ship. Al Keys recovered from a self performed tooth operation before the flight.
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Meridian, Miss
Fred
al Keys
Miss
John
Kenneth Hunter
Chicago
Meridian
Hunter Brothers
Dale Jackson
Forest O’brien
St. Louis
Jugoslav Parliament Fists Mar Debate on King Policy
In Belgrade on Wednesday fists flew as legislators clashed over Premier Milan Stojadinovich’s cabinet and its pledge to follow the late King Alexander’s policies. Several MPs sustained bloody noses as the argument interrupted the session and a vote could not be reached.
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Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Bogolub Yevitch
Milan Stojadinovich
Alexander
O'Malley Pleads Guilty in Luer Kidnapping Case
Walter Holland alias Walter O'Malley changed his plea from not guilty to guilty in the August Luer kidnapping. The elderly Alton banker received a life sentence in circuit court in Edwardsville Illinois.
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Edwardsville, Ill
INS
Walter Holland
Walter O'Malley
August Luer
Alton
Correcting Sex of Orphan Child Through Surgery
At a San Francisco convention, Dr. Hugh Hampton Young described a case where an orphan child raised as a boy was later deemed a girl, then surgically altered. The subject developed masculine traits by adulthood and now presents as male, wearing male clothing.
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San Francisco
American Iiological Association
Hugh Hampton Young
Baltimore
Young
Governor Re-enters Omaha Tram Fight To Break Deadlock
Governor R L Cochran re entered Omaha tram strike talks to break a deadlock over restoring seniority rights to striking workers. Non striking employees refused to arbitrate on seniority, with Hird Stryker of the loyal employes present only as an observer.
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Omaha
R. L. Cochran
Council Bluffs
Hird Stryker
Senate Passes Nuisance Tax Extension Bill
The Senate adopted the nuisance tax extension after the White House disavowed plans to push wealth taxes this week. Democratic leaders moved to a separate wealth tax bill with hearings planned next week and a July 22 target to bring the measure to the House. Roosevelt said he wanted wealth taxes enacted before adjournment but not tied to nuisance levies.
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Senate
Washington
House
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Sila A
Doughton
Roosevelt
White House
Robinson
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Local couple wed in jail ceremony at Osceola
Harold Bruce 19 of Cedar Rapids and Lucy Dawson 18 wed Wednesday before Justice Jake Seibert after choosing to marry rather than testify against each other in a vehicle stripping case. They were accompanied by Bruce's mother and brother and sister in law, who traveled from Cedar Rapids for the event. Officers returned them to jail after the ceremony. Dawson's Cedar Rapids directory status was noted as missing.
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Oskaloosa
Harold Bruce
Ninth Avenue SW
Lucy Dawson
Cedar Rapids
Jake Seibert
Harold
Jennie Bruce
Garald Bruce
Glenn Cunningham Brother Killed in Idaho Truck Crash
Raymond Cunningham, 28, brother of famed Kansas athlete Glenn Cunningham, was killed when their truck plunged over an embankment near Sand Point Idaho Tuesday night. Two others were slightly injured in the wreck.
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Sand Point
Idaho
Raymond Cunningham
Glenn Cunningham
Kansas
Here
Roosevelt creates National Youth Administration aid program
President Roosevelt issued an executive order establishing the National Youth Administration with a $50 million allocation from the work relief fund to assist 500000 needy youths. Aubrey Williams will be executive director and Josephine Roche chairs a special committee to run the program, which includes job training, high school and college aid, and work relief projects. A national youth census is planned and industry partnerships will place youths in employment and training across private and public sectors.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Youth Administration
Hyde Park
N. Y
New Jersey
Williams
Aubrey Williams
Federal Emergency Relief
New Deal
Josephine Roche
Bonus measure eyed to fund soldier pay plan
Washington AP reports the Patman backed steering committee aims to secure immediate cash for soldiers’ adjusted certificates by possibly attaching the bonus to the presidential wealth tax plan. They will pursue any opportunity to ensure full cash payment, prioritizing speed over payment method.
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Washington
Patman
Senate
House
Tex
One Arrest Made in Grand Hotel Whisky Raid
Police and federal agents conducted a Wednesday raid on the Grand hotel at First avenue and Third street E. They arrested hotel manager Charles Shomler for illegal possession of liquor after finding a pint to a gallon of alcohol in his room and seizing whisky in cases and bottles. Shomler posted a $500 bond and faces charges at police headquarters. The raid covered upper-floor guest rooms and the manager’s quarters.
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Cedar Rapids
Grand Hotel
First Avenue
Third Street
R. H. Taylor
Ed Miller
J. H. Bailey
William, Kudina
Charles Shomler
Shomler
W. J.grunewald
Iowan Pleads Guilty To Killing Merchant
Lyle Davis 23 Mason City Indiana pled guilty to the December 1933 murder of Mankato merchant John Williams. He agreed to testify in a joint trial with his step father Walter Jackson 42. Bertel Hall 36 Mason City testified detailing the planned robbery and killing.
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Mankato, Minn
Lyle Davis
Mason City
Mankato
John Williams
Davis
Walter Jackson
Bertel Hall
Jackson
Hail
Williams
Eden Leaves London as Mussolini Stands Firm in Ethiopia
AP reports Capt Anthony Eden departed London amid cooler welcome. Sources say Mussolini remains determined on a complete solution to the Italo Ethiopians issue with talks having little effect. Eden’s farewell was low key and he met Fulvio Salvich at the station. Diplomatic circles think the league of nations may offer Italy a way to stay in if war comes.
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Rome
Anthony Eden
London
Mussolini
Duce
Capt. Eden
League of Nations
Italy
Ethiopia
FCA To Finance Harvesting Of Crops
The Farm Credit Administration will again finance harvesting for farmers who received seed loans to cover 1935 crops. Norman Monaghan, FCA emergency loan chief, said the policy mirrors last year to help farmers lacking cash for harvest.
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Washington
Farm Credit Administration
Norman Monaghan
FCA
Des Moines Flood Threat Prompts Evacuations and Warnings
Des Moines area faces rising rivers and widespread flooding as the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers breach banks. Towns from Tracy to Boone brace for peak levels with forecasts of cresting by Saturday and near twelve to twenty feet in several locales. Rural farms flood and damage tallies rise while Kansas and Missouri rains worsen grain markets.
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Des Moines
Tracy
Ottumwa
Boone
Carlisle
Eldon
Weather Bureau
Ottum
Bureau
Iowal
Missouri
Kansas
Midwest
Chicago
Bobby Cornell Johnson
Rosanna Holland
Louisiana
Edward Herrald
Soler
Fort Dodge
Charles D. Reed
Towa
Oklahoma
S. D. Flora
Boyne
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Neb
Counci Bluffs
Rule
Addison Miller Camp
Nemaha River
Missouri River
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O'Connor
Joe M. Wood
Wood
Mavner
Bureau of Investigation
Emblen
Jugoslav Scions
O'Malley
Luer
Iowa City
Iowa River
Des Moines Dines
South Rive
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