Indefinite Farm Strike Postponed by Reno Over Farm Bill
Milo Reno of the National Farmers Holiday Association orders the farm strike postponed awaiting farm bill results and cites President Roosevelt’s moratorium on farm mortgages. Minnesota Gov Olson, ill in bed, asks for patience, while Chicago teachers receive overdue salaries but face broader economic strain. Roosevelt’s political maneuvers and looming European tensions color a broad, reaction-filled day in U S politics.
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Milo Reno
National Farmers' Holiday Association
Roosevelt
Reno
Gov
Olson
Minnesota
World Banks U S Economic Truce Tariff Peace Extends
President Roosevelt wins unanimous backing for the economic armistice at the London world economic conference. Sixty six governments invited to attend the June gathering, with a truce lasting until the conference end and end date July 31 with one month notice. French and Italian concerns cited regarding currency depreciation effects.
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London
Roosevelt
the Parley
John Simon
Norman H. Davis
Great Britain
United States
France
Italy
Germany
Japan
Norway
Belgium
Washington
Farm Credit Office At Sioux City Is Under Consideration
Washington AP Henry Morgenthau says no decision yet on the Regional Agricultural Credit office in Sioux City Iowa. Senator Murphy Representative Gillette and local leaders urge retention and consolidation at Sioux City rather than elsewhere. Morgenthau will consider the request when the matter arises.
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Farm Credit
Sioux City
Washington
Henry Morgenthau
Farm Credit Administration
Agricultural Credit Corporation
Lews Murphy
Guy M. Gillette
W. D. Hayes
Chris P. Hoefer
Eugene Kelly
Morgenthau
Woud
May Showers Batter Cedar Rapids In Wet Friday
Umbrellas and spring mushrooms appeared as thundershowers continued in Cedar Rapids. One-fifth inch of rain fell in the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. Friday. Temperatures climbed from 58 to near 60 with sultry, cloudy conditions and TL at 2 30 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Olson Undergoes Emergency Appendectomy
Minnesota Governor Floyd B. Olson underwent an emergency operation for appendicitis Friday. Dr. A. W. Hoagland performed the appendectomy and reported the governor was doing fairly well.
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Minneapolis
Floyd B. Olson
A. W. Hoagland
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
In Cedar Rapids this year traffic tolls show counts of accidents injuries and fatalities. The data highlights rising or shifting danger levels as authorities note the road toll figures to inform safety measures.
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Cedar Rapids
The Future as a Storehouse Not a Wizard
Essay argues the future offers nothing without present effort and warns against treating tomorrow as a magical source of wealth. It cautions against procrastination, urges living today, and notes how many plans end as dust forgotten beside the grave of George Meredith.
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Cervantes
Land of Never
House of Never
George Meredith
Iowa Guard Companies Plan Drills Amid Farm Strike Talk
DES MOINES AP Adjutant General Charles H Grahl said several Iowa national guard units would drill Saturday as part of routine duties. He denied orders for farm strike preparedness and noted four drills per month are mandatory with Major G V Caughlin scheduling times. Troops under Caughlin had missed drills due to duties at Le Mars and Denison.
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DES Moines
Charles H. Grahl
Iowa National Guard
Grahl
G. V. Caughlin
Caughlin
le Mars
Denison
Eleanor Boardman seeks passport for travel abroad
Hollywood actress Eleanor Boardman, recently divorced from King Vidor, applied for a passport to visit England France Germany and Italy. She plans to sail soon for New York.
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INS
Eleanor Boardman
King Vidor
Friday
England
France
Germany
Italy
Miss Boardman
New York
County RFC Funds Exhausted Halts Work Relief
Linn county emergency relief reports the county RFC fund is drained after last week's payroll orders. About 350 workers on county and city projects are idled. Officials say enough remains to cover already performed work but no new orders will be issued. Balance was previously estimated between 10 000 and 15 000 dollars though exact figures were not disclosed.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Estella Harisen
Des Moines
Reoccupation Threat Looms Over Germany Warned At Geneva
Berlin dispatch reports Hitler threatens immediate rearmament if the Geneva disarmament conference fails, prompting French and British leaders to back Versailles terms and possible Allied reoccupation of the Rhine west bank. Conference remains deadlocked over German demands for arms equality.
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Hitler
Germany
Friday's Major League Results National League recap
National League games produced wide margins with Pittsburgh New York St Louis and Boston posting decisive wins. Cincinnati and Chicago each defeated Brooklyn and Philadelphia while Cleveland fell to Philadelphia and Washington vs Chicago was rained out with Detroit postponed. New York at St Louis rescheduled.
Roosevelt signs 500 million relief bill for unemployment
President Roosevelt signed a 500 million unemployment relief bill, marking the first federal direct relief funding. Half goes to states as outright aid, the rest via a match for state relief spending. He emphasized states and localities retain responsibility for citizens in destitution and urged voluntary community support.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Selection of Iowa farm czar not decided
Ames and Des Moines reports show Governor Herring, Secretary Ray Murray and Chief Justice Kindig seeking a legal basis to appoint Ray Murray as chief administrator of the new Iowa farm act. Bliss remains hopeful but not guaranteed as the search moves through legal review and nonpartisan planning.
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Iowa
AMES
Herring
Ray Murray
James Kindig
Henry Wallace
Washington
Director Bliss
Ames Extension Service
Wallace
Bliss
Murray
Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Kindlg
LLP
George N. Peek
Moline, Il
White House
Peek
Germany rejected arms equality seen as threat to disarmament talks
Berlin reports France seeks arms parity as a tactic to derail the disarmament conference. Viscount Hailsham warned Germany could face Versailles penalties if it pursues arms equality. Boersen Zeitung accused France and allies of violating Versailles while voicing German resolve to resist coercion.
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INS
Germany
France
Viscount Hailsham
Boersen Zeitung
Roosevelt seeks to sway Germany and Japan over arms limits
Washington pushes to dissolve German objections to the British arms reduction plan and expects Roosevelt to use diplomatic talks with Japanese officials. French opposition is eased by Roosevelt's pledge to back peace through a consultative pact if arms limits are reached.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Hog prices surge in Iowa markets as boom hits 1932 levels
Hog prices in Iowa and southern Minnesota jumped 25 to 35 cents on Friday, crossing 4.30 per hundredweight for the first time since August 1932. Local buyers report more hogs killed than a year ago, with prices up sixty cents from a week ago amid a rising market for corn and barley. Wheat and rye show smaller gains.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Joan Crawford Divorces Douglas Fairbanks Jr in Los Angeles
Joan Crawford, the film star, was granted a divorce from Douglas Fairbanks Jr in Los Angeles after testi fying that he was unreasonably jealous. The divorce was finalized Friday.
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Los Angeles
Joan Crawford
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Young Fairbanks
Sidney Homewood Conviction Upheld by Court
New York police report that Sidney Homewood riding master had his conviction for seducing Charlotte Ariel Gibson age 23 of Tappan affirmed unanimously by the appellate division of Brooklyn supreme court Friday.
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New York
Sidney Homewood
Charlotte Ariel Gibson
Tappan
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Mayor Breene Makes Splash At Iowa City Society Event
Mayor Harry D. Breene of Iowa City toppled into an ornamental pool on the Iowa Memorial Union sun porch during a dinner for Sir Francis and Lady Wylie of Oxford. He had helped a guest to her chair and left the party before dinner was served.
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Iowa City
Harry D. Breene
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Lady Wylie
Oxford
England
Jeane
Iowa Memorial Union Sun Porch
Mother and three daughters die in Elwood fire
In Elwood Indiana a mother Iva Sashe aged 42 and her three daughters Marjorie eight Beulah nineteen and Mamuie seventeen were burned to death when flames swept their home Friday trapping them on the second floor. The UP report notes the tragedy occurred late in the day and investigators were to survey the scene.
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Iva Sashe
Marjorie
Beulah
Mamuie
French Italian Trade Pact Slows U S Exports to France
Paris reports a new France Italy trade convention that raises import turnover taxes for U S importers to 4 to 6 percent while France and Italy levy 2 percent on turnover. The accord mirrors a Belgium France pact and affects fresh fruit tobacco rice canned vegetables lumber and machinery.
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France
Italy
United States
Belgium
Peru and Colombia to Negotiate Peace Talks Start
Lima Peru and Bogota Colombia agreed to direct negotiations to solve the Leticia border dispute in the upper Amazon region and pursue peace.
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Colombia
Lima
Leticia
Amazon Region
Roosevelt Urges Mortgage Leniency Amid Farm Relief
President Roosevelt called for mortgage creditors to refrain from foreclosures until the new farm relief act takes effect. He signed a currency and agricultural aid measure, urging patience and promising prompt, fair administration, with refinancing provisions needing time to implement.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace and Morgenthau take key roles in farm revival plan
Secretary Wallace and Henry Morgenthau Jr. assume top duties in a broad effort to restore farming profitability. Wallace will lead conferences with processors, producers, and handlers to set prices and align production with demand. Morgenthau prepares to release the first loans from a $200 million fund and launch a $2 billion mortgage refinancing program within weeks.
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Washington
Wallace
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Farm Credit Administration
Morgenthau
Payroll Tax May Finance Jobs Plan
Washington reports a wartime public works bond issue of 3.3 billion dollars and a new industrial control bill to Roosevelt. Three tax schemes would fund an annual 220 million dollar amortization, including a payroll tax on income with no exemptions, a sales tax, or a tax on tea and coffee.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Press
Wisconsin Milk Strike Declared Despite Reno Statement
Madison, Wis. AP Walter M. Singler of the Wisconsin Co operative milk pool said the milk strike is on in Wisconsin after Mila Reno of the National Farmers Holiday association announced the national strike was suspended. Singler stated he spoke with St Paul and that the strike is on.
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Wis
Walter M. Singler
Wisconsin Co-operative Milk Pool
Mila Reno
National Farmers Holiday Association
St. Paul
Singler
Reno
Wisconsin Farm Strike Suspension Emphasized by Holiday Leaders
National Farmers Holiday association leaders postpone the 12:01 am Saturday farm strike to starve markets, citing President Roosevelt’s mortgage foreclosure relief and urging governors and courts to respect the suspension. Reno, Olson, and other Midwest officials weigh further steps in Des Moines after talks in St. Paul and Wisconsin.
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Milo Reno
National Farmers Holiday” Association
Holiday Association
Wisconsin
Reno
Roosevelt
Washington
Association
Floyd B. Olson
Des Moines
John Bose
Atwater
Minn
Minnesota
Alvin Handrich
Manawa
Wis
Arnold Gilberts
Ridgeland
Fritz Scholtheiss
Prairie Farm
Walter Groth
Clinton, Minn
Tom Curtis, Jr
Stillwater
Washington County
Minnesota Association
J. R. Pfiffner
National Farmers Holiday Association
United States
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