France United States reach mutual lower tariff trade pact
The Franco American trade treaty lowers duties and raises quotas on key exports including cars wines lace fruit and other goods. France commits to purchase American leaf tobacco and films and the pact grants most favored nation treatment with indefinite effect unless terminated on six months notice after a year from May 6 1936.
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Washington
France
America
State Department
United States
Secretary of State
U. S
Hull
Tucker Drops Obstruction Pole At Iowa City Airport
Iowa City officials and Tucker reached a settlement after he agreed to remove a listening measuring pole near the airport. The pole, erected in March to gauge plane heights, was challenged as a safety hazard and Tuсker pledged removal if planes were kept from his trees.
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DES Moines
Frew Tucker
State Aeronautics Commission
Commission
Iowa City
Hainer Hinshaw
Chicago
United Air Lines
Tucker
Johnson County
Charles Gatschet
Gatschet
E. P. Korab
Korab
Hinshaw
Dave Crum
Iowa City Chamber of Commerce
Samuel D. Whiting
W. B. Swaney
Fort Dodge
William Bevans
Ames
Crum
Landslide forecast for Roosevelt by Farley in North Dakota
Postmaster General James A. Farley told the North Dakota Democratic convention that President Roosevelt would win the largest party endorsement in a November election since party birth. He congratulated North Dakota attendees and expressed strong support for the administration.
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Farley
Roosevelt
N. D
James A. Farley
North Dakota
Alice in Blunderland on government payrolls and taxes
The National Civil Service league reports over four billion dollars goes to about three million government employees annually. The piece argues New Deal expansion swells federal payrolls, raises prices and rents, and notes election-year pressures on the President to cut payrollers. Alice Longworth provides the framing commentary in 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, DC
National Civil Service League
Pope Proposes Federal Crop Insurance Plan
Senator James P. Pope drafts a broad plan to insure farmers crops against floods tornadoes hail fires and freezing weather. A non profit Crop Insurance Corporation would sell policies for growing crops to relieve disaster struck growers, with a board including the Secretary of Agriculture and an experienced agriculturist.
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Washington
ULP
James P. Pope
Ida
Pope
Senate
Henry A. Wallace
Senate Agriculture Committee
AAA
Iowa Lions Club Convention Opens in Fort Dodge
The nineteenth annual Iowa Lions clubs convention will open in Fort Dodge May 21 for a two day session. Notable visitors include Lions International president R J Osenbaugh of Denver and district leaders Dr W V Thornburg Guthrie Center Ernest Gundling Cedar Rapids M A Aasgaard Lake Mills and L C Dean Mount Vernon.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa Lions Clubs
R. J. Osenbaugh
Denver
Lions International
W. V. Thornburg
Guthrie Center
Ernest Gundling
Cedar Rapids
M. A. Aasgaard
Lake Mills
L. C. Dean
Mount Vernon
Internal GOP battle signals shift toward instructed delegates
Washington notes a pitched struggle within the Republican camp as old guard hotel-room power faces a rising push for instructed delegations. Massachusetts primary shock suggests the cared-for “uninstructed delegation” may lose ground to the new school, with Cleveland stakes looming and dark-horse fears rising. Meanwhile New Deal planners push grass on the plains to halt dust storms, but practical hurdles on growing buffalo grass and scarce crested wheat grass slow progress and farms reap windfall from sod sales.
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Washington
Massachusetts
Kansas
Alf Landon
London
Cleveland
Landon
Western Plains
Agriculture
Deserts
Russia
Great Plains
Montana
Dakotas
Wyoming
Nebraska
Radio Schedule Highlights from Evening Broadcasts
A dense list of radio programs across NBC CBS and affiliated stations. Notable acts include Fifi DOrsay Lily Pons Wayne King and Bing Crosby with orchestras. The lineup features talk segments concerts drama and variety shows through late evening with multiple stations carrying the same programs.
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One
WHO Wow
NBC
WJZ
CBS
WABC
KMOX
WGST
Woc
Weaf Wow
WLW
WWJ
Institute of Immigrant Welfare
WJZ Chain
Boake Carter
Dr. Huebner
Columbia Network
Clyde Lucas Orch
WCCO
Beer Duchin Orch
WEAF
Phil N Levant
Dick.Mansfield Orch
Sterling Young Orch
Wabc Gane Weentine Orch
WBBM
Wcco Woc
Ob Eertaines Orch
Weaf Chain
Weaf Ain
Joe Rines
Xavier Cugat
KMO
Romanellian
Fy Sane Symphony Orch
Rudy Wiliee
Weaf Who
Kyw Ware Warnow
Stoopnagleons
Budd
BC Kmox
Bing Crosby
Jimmy Dorsey
Roy Shield
George Olsen
Orch
Lee Crane Orch
Buddy Fisher
Thirty One S U S Seniors Named To Phi Beta Kappa
Iowa City AP Thirty-one University of Iowa senior liberal arts students were elected to Phi Beta Kappa. The group includes Arthur Barnes Eagle Grove Katherine Fisher Yankton S C Florence Hobstetter Tipton Gertrude Aitken Newton Edwin C Albright Iowa City Elizabeth Broders Davenport Erwin L Buck Grand Junction Rae M Casterline Tipton Louis Harold Cook Des Moines Ann Crow Burlington Ellamarie Dalen Calmar John Donahey Panora Donald Foerster Iowa City Olivette Holmes Red Oak Stuart Tinker Brooklyn J Edward Luney Clarion Esther K Martin Cedar Falls Willard C Mattheis Holstein Carl D Metz Burlington Thomas Miller Iowa City Catherine Newbold Keosauqua Ruth Newbold Keosauqua Clark D Paris Manchester Marjorie Pratt Washington Phillip L Ray Clinton Robert E Reich Montclair May Regan Iowa City Robert R Rieke Blairstown Naomi Sacks Sioux City Frederick Schmutz Little Rock Ark Jay N Stonebraker Webster City.
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Iowa City
University of
Burlington
Ellamarie Dalen
Calmar
John ,Donahey
Panora
Donald Foerster
Olivette Holmes
Red Oak
Stuart Tinker
Brooklyn
J. Edward Luney
Clarion
Esther K. Martin
Cedar Falls
Willard C. Mattheis
Holstein
Carl D. Metz
Thomas Miller
Catherine Newbold
Keosauqua
Ruth Newbold
Clark D. Paris
Manchester
Marjorie Pratt
Washington
Phillip L. Ray
Clinton
Robert E. Reich
Montclair
May Regan
Robert R. Rieke
Blairstown
Naomi Sacks
Sioux City
Frederick Schmutz
Little Rock
Ark
Jay N. Stonebraker
Webster City
Miner Claims Rail Thefts Include Track Parts
A. M Shook reports to the sheriff that a thief stole his railroad assets including switches ties plates and 1000 feet of track in San Diego California. The incident highlights a bold heist targeting railway infrastructure.
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San Diego
Calif
A. M Shook
Marshalltown Student Wins Freshman Speaking Prize at Iowa
IOWA CITY AP Merle Miller of Marshalltown won the $20 freshman public speaking prize at the University of Iowa on Tuesday. Ames' Jack Chase finished second and Albert Williams of Liverpool, England, placed third.
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Iowa City
Merle Miller
Marshalltown
University of Iowa
Jack Chase
Ames
Albert Williams
Liverpool
Eng
Cross Dies at 95 Former Civil War Reservist
Lester B. Cross died at 95 in Williamsburg Massachusetts. A Civil War era figure, he was rejected for service by army surgeons due to frail health.
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Williamsburg
Mass
Lester B. Cross
Grace Elson to Lucile Elson Property Transfer
Grace Elson transfers property to Lucile Elson for one dollar and valuable consideration dated April 18 1936, with parcel described as section 24 township 84 range 8.
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Grace Elson
Lucile Elson
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Freddie Skinner
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Jack Berch
the Goldbergs
Just Plain Bill
Gene Arnold
Boys
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Mary Martin
Joan and Escorts
Terri_ La Franconi
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Dot
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Reese
Dimmy Farrell
NBC Music Guild
American Red Cross
WACO
Atte Young
Weap Wow Aearmy Band
Wwe Federated Oolones
Ross Graff Tees
Old Kentucky
The
South Sea Islanders
Lewis Gannett
Wccco
Margaret McCrae
WOCO
James Tte Paritene
Captain Tim's
Pel Ams Gillord
Amos 'N Andy
Weaf KY
Easy Aces
WJZ_ chain
Wabc Citizens Family Welfare Program
Frank Crumit Orch
Lum and Abner
Kate Smith
Carter
Phi Beta Kappa
Iowa Univ
Earl May
Seed & Nursery Store
First Avenue NE
Concord
Agawam
Beta
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Niagara
KMA
WHO
Earl E. May
First Avenue E
Raspberries
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