Republicans urge broad tax overhaul as emergency plan
Senate leader McNary and House leader Martin push for a comprehensive tax revision during the Memorial Day session, seeking to replace the administration plan to raise 10 percent. Senator Barkley opposes, predicting a quick emergency bill around 700 million dollars, with convention timing looming as Congress stays in session.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Charles L. McNary
House Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committees
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Alben W Barkley
Barkley
Historical Pageant Of Civil War Days Held At West Union
An historical pageant in West Union Fayette county depicted Civil War participation aired on Memorial Day morning. Highlights included the Eldorado flag raising, Fayette’s first enlistment, a county women’s flag presentation, and soldier departures. Sponsored by the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary with Mrs T Ring and others directing.
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West Union
Fayette County
Eldorado
Fayette
American Legion
the Legion Auxiliary
T. Ring
L. J Bodensteiner
C. H. Williamson
King
Leslie Fels
John Earle Cline
Carroll Coke
Harold Tope
Raymond Blockhus
Buddy Jensen
Craig Whitney
Arthur Senior
Dale Johnson
Jack Smith
Marvin T. Nodland
Howard Kass
W. H. Mitchell
Carl Palmer
Harley Sensor
Ray Fels
Ask Compensation For Innocent Man Who Went To Prison
Washington The attorney general's office urged Congress to compensate Roy C. McMillen of Des Moines up to Five thousand dollars for seven months in Leavenworth Prison after being wrongly convicted of check theft in 1935. A handwriting expert tied the endorsement to McMillen but FBI analysis later showed it belonged to another man who admitted involvement.
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Washington
Attorney General
Congress
Roy C. McMillen
Des Moines
Leavenworth
McMillen
Speaker Bankhead
House of Representatives
Attorney General's Office
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ninety Five Civil War Vets Left In Iowa
Des Moines reports that 95 Iowa Civil War veterans remain to take part in Memorial day services as the nation counts 2 463 survivors dying at 96 monthly. The Iowa G A R numbers 87, up from a 1890 peak of 20 000 with an average age of 94 2 years. The oldest veteran is 101 and the youngest 90. The Iowa G A R convention will be held June 9 to 12 with Sons and Daughters of Veterans attending and calling out their fathers names around a camp fire on the final night.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of the
G.A.R
Bernice Weigel
I. E. Beeman
Waukon
Lois Grimm
Edith Merle Evans
Jefferson Township
Marilyn Miller
Franklin
Walter Teff
Waterloo
Alfred Hilm
Ludlow
Rita Lyons
John Carpenter
Helen Ellingson
Hanover
Miranda Olson
Willard Kerndt
Center
Gene McCormick
Fairview
Eugene Herman
Makee
Florence Saakand
Dorothy Schmidt
Union Prairie
Rosemary Krapff
Taylor
Margaret Stabe
Lansing
Cletus Hawes
Lafayette
Rose Hammel
Newell Deters
Union City
Legion Auxiliary
Ann Ludeman
Jean Gleisner
Elberon
American Legion
Clutier
Winton
West School
William Caldwell
Presbyterian Church
S R. Wall
June Schmidt
Leland van Skike
C. E. Knapp
J. H Milroy
Wall Vinton
Vinton Footlight Club
Baldpate
Edwin Becker
ST. Olaf
Verdine Barnum
Ware
Barnum
Pomeroy
Celia Christenson
Garnaville
Church of the Brethren
Meredith Rogers
Hillsboro
Kan
Rogers
Don Cowan
Kinross
Isa Myers
Ralph Suter
John Suter
Lois Kirkpatrick
Anna
Marie Dyson
Marie Flory
Pauline Grove
Mary Holsopple
OLIN
United Brethren Church
W. T Boston
Dee Vrooman
Harry Steward
Henry Houstman
Byron Frazier
Jacqueline Kinler
Carol Swenson
Camp a Beauty Spot at Belle Plaine CCC Camp
Nine months ago the 10 acre CCC camp site was a hay field. Ground was plowed and seeded. Trees shrubs and flowers planted. Roads rock surfaced. A flag pole was erected on the parade ground. A stone and cement fish pool sits near the soil conservation office. Picnic tables and benches were built by camp members. A rose trellis in the form of the company insignia was made by the camp blacksmith.
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Belle Plaine
CCC
Soil Conservation Office
Ensignia
Cedar Falls Population Rises From 1830 to 1940
A census report shows Cedar Falls grew from 7 362 residents in 1830 to 9 327 in 1940, reflecting steady local population gains.
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Cear Falls
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Dean Phillips Urges Circulation Of Gold For Stability
Dean Chester A. Phillips of the University of Iowa commerce college argues in the Journal of Business for dehoarding gold. He says free issue and circulation of gold and certificates would reduce the monetary base and curb inflation, noting current reserves exceed existing bank credit and that the public may not trust the gold standard.
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Gazette
IOWA +CITY
Chester A. Phillips
University of Iowa Commerce
Colege
Dean Phillips
Journal of Business, Commerce College
United States
Coughlin Claims Leopold Expected Belgium Surrender
In Dubuque a peace rally heard Rev. Charles Coughlin say King Leopold surrendered Belgium after Britain moved troops from Flanders leaving Belgium to face German mechanized forces. Archbishop Beckman supported keeping America out of another costly war and preserving youth from slaughter abroad.
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Poland
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Holland
Norway
Finland
Coughlin
Francis J. L. Beckman
Dubuque
America
Dr L A Royal Heads to Havana for Rotary International
West Liberty Dr L A Royal leaves with Mrs Royal for Chicago then Miami to join Rotarians en route to Havana for the Rotary International convention. His 16 year perfect attendance, multiple district roles, and long civic service are noted as background to this nomination and trip.
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West Liberty
L. A. Royal
Rotary International
Royal
Dr. Royal
Coventry
Conn
State University of Iowa Homeopathic Medical Department
L. W. Struble
Homeopathic Medicine
The
State University
Phi Alpha Gamma
Hahnemann Association of Iowa
American Institute of Homeopathy
Iowa
Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventative Medicine
American Medical Association
T. A Robertson
Six to graduate at Iowa School for the Blind
Miss Anna Lawther of Dubuque, a member of the state board of education, will speak at the Iowa School for the Blind graduating exercises on June 7. Six students will graduate: Bethel Jenkins Monona, Neva Long Brighton, Lucille Gesland Cherokee, Floyd Roger Council Bluffs, Sidney Share Sioux City, Alvin Claassen Holland.
Monticello Couples Wed in Sacred Heart Ceremony
The wedding of Miss Helen E Prull and Joseph F Simmons took place Tuesday morning at Sacred Heart church in Monticello. Officiating was Rev. A. L. Lorenz with a reception at the bride’s parents’ home and a park dance that evening.
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Monticello
Helen E Prull
Eilert Prull
Joseph F. Simmons
Joseph Simmons
Prairieburg
Sacred Heart Church
A. L. Lorenz
Berdena Prull
Ann Simmons
Clarence Prull
Ralph Simmons
Corrine Popple
Donald Knapp
S. E. Locher
James Indekofer
Simmons
Monticello City Park
Monticello High School
Mr. Simmons
Sacred Heart High School
Elberon
Mable Nebendahl
Sylvester Postolka
Tama
Frank V. Getty
Ruth W Nebendahl
Russell Kess
Postolka
Emil Nebendahl
Elberon High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Steven Postolka
S H. Postolka
Delores
Anna Lundak
Richard Overturf
Anamosa
DeWees and Whitney
Marion
Jones County
Scotch Grove
Wyoming
Madison
Oxford
Concrete Materials Company
Cedar Rapids
G. G. Herrick
Des Moines
B. L. Anderson
Myron Baker
Independence
Anderson
Washington
Richland
Fairview
Cass
Jay McCormick
Olin
Rome
Madison Townships
Plane bogged in mud at Des Moines airport incident
Seventeen United Air Lines passengers were delayed when a Mainliner sank in a mud hole during landing at Des Moines airport. The aircraft ran off the runway but no injuries or damage occurred. It was pulled out of the hole three hours later.
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Des Moines
United Air Lines
Candidates Ease Up Over Holiday Plan Last Minute Talks
Des Moines reports four of five Iowa gubernatorial candidates paused campaigns for a holiday breather. Republican Gov. George A. Wilson rested after radio talks, with H R Gross and Irving Knudson planning no speeches until a noon radio address. Breen campaigned daily while Valentine limited speeches, focusing on appearances and a New Deal platform.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Edward Breen
Fort Dodge
Algona
Luverne
John K. Valentine
United States
Dubuque
George A. Wilson
Breen
Valentine
Clyde Herrings
Sioux City
Onawa
Council Bluffs
Wilson
Gross
Iowa City News Briefs Highlights From Campus Week
University of Iowa events include 1200 graduates at senior dinner with talks by E A Gilmore Nile Kinnick Thomas Teas and Nona Seberg plus a concert by the Iowa concert band. Also noted are a trip by the First Unitarian Society of Iowa City to Scattergood, a new Iowa City Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers group, possible summer continuation of civilian pilots training, and two students winning major scholastic prizes.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iown
Memorial Union
E. A. Gilmore
Nile Kinnick
Omaha
Thomas Teas
Dallas
Nona Seberg
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Charles B. Righter
First Unitarian Society of
Scattergood Hostel
West Branch
Evans A Worthley
Scattergood
W. R. Jones
Clarence A. Parizek
O. J. McCollister
University of Iowa
Huber O. Croft
George G. Huffman
Jamaica
Ralph O. Winger
Keokuk
Huffman
Sanxay
Winger
Robert T. Swaine
Harvard
Memorial Day Honors For Billy Mitchell Highlight Milwaukee
Civil air corps pilots staged a mass flyover above Brig. Gen. William Mitchells grave in Milwaukee as part of Memorial Day tribute. Mitchell, a World War I aviation pioneer, was demoted and court-martialed for criticizing leadership over air defense. He died in 1936 and is buried at Forest Home cemetery. In another item, Fr Franz Lohberg was named assistant pastor at St Francis Xavier in Dyersville, succeeding W T Hoeffmann.
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Milwaukee
Wis
William
Billy) Mitchell
Wisconsin Civil Air Corps
United States
Mitchell
France
Texas
U. S. Navy
Ohio
Navy
War Departments
Forest Home Cemetery
Roosevelt
Congress
U. S
Dyersville
Francis Joseph Beckman
Dubuque
Franz Lohberg
St. Francis Xavier
W. T. Hovermann
St. Joseph's
Epworth
Bridesmaid Killed in Honeymoon Car Crash Near Des Moines
Des Moines AP reports a honeymoon trip ended in tragedy 20 miles northeast of the city. Ruth Kruggel 20 of Rockwell Iowa a student nurse at Iowa Lutheran Hospital was killed. Bridegroom Ambrose Calahan 24 and bride Marguerite Calahan 21 were injured along with O A Klinge and Mrs Klinge in the crash while en route to Des Moines and Minneapolis for a Memorial Day visit.
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Des Moines
Ruth Kruggel
Rockwell
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Ambrose Calahan
Calahan
Marguerite Firgard
Waukon Primary Teacher Resigns After 47 Years
Miss Ethel Smith, a long serving Allamakee County educator, resigns after 47 years in the Waukon primary. Born in Center township, she taught in rural schools and later at New Albin and Oelwein before joining Waukon Public Schools in 1893.
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Waukon
Ethel Smith
Allamakee County
Miss Smith
Jackson Smith
Center Township
New Albin
Oelwein
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Dr. L. A. Royal
Havana
Iowa News
Legion
Kurchura
Bessie Haloupek
Albert J. Haloupek
Chelsea
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Charles C. Gates
St. Michael's Catholic Church
E. S. Flynn
Gates
Wadena
Clermont
E. C. Tatro
Roy Godden
A J. Kutschat
Harry Hansen
W. E. Anderson
J. H. Cline
L. A. Grimes
Herbert D. Klammer
Cline
Klammer
W. P. Lauer
Dover Township
JJ. F
St. Lucas
Kuennen
Lycurgus
Ray Kibby
Mary Teeling
Thomas O'Toole
Constance
James Kibby
Edward Teeling
French Creek Township
LA Porte City
Dan Brennan
Maxine
Marvin Jurgens
Rudolph Jurgens
Brennan
Jurgens
Washington, D.C
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Joseph Thompson
Carl F. Brust
C. A. Brust
Loretta Klinger
F. O. Klinger
Miss Klinger
Western Old People’s Home
Brust
Oelwein High School
Bell Telephone Company
McBride
Sedalia
Nebraska State Teachers College
Swans Furniture Company
Oelwein Oelwein
Frank Wilcox
W. F. Pfeiffer
Oelwein High
Victor Lunn
J. P. Clyde
D. R. Roberts
Rey M. Richards
Waucoma
Kenneth Robertson
Wapsipinicon
John E. Rush
Hannah Lee
Chester S. McMartin
Phoenix
Ariz
Hilbert Anderson, Oelwein
Robert L. Licht
Betty Meier
Raymond Hintz
Harold Bunge
Lowden
Trinity Lutheran School
Scheeper's Grove
Here
Grove
John Bertram
Trinity Church
Trinity School
Esther Wolters
Carol Meyer
Vivian Gottschalk
Arlin Wenndt
Edgar Hintz
Junior Ruprecht
Dorothy Meyer
Clifford Wenndt
Robert Wenndt
Darlene Hintz
Doris Kroemer
Albert Kruckenberg
Alberta Martens
Lorna Kruckenberg
Donald Lange
Laverne Gottschalk
A. B Grimes
Ruth Reuter
Janet Howie
Shirley Hobert
Gail Huibregtse
Edith Turpin
Herbert Herren
Richard Holuh
Julia Miller
John C. Miller
Morse
Maurice B Dean
Lawrence Dean
St. Mary's Church
J. Diamond
Catherine Krall
Ruth
Rosylyn Fuhrmeister
Edward Dean
George Miller
Robert Miller
J. B. Smith
Josephine
James
Emma Cheshek
Gladbrook
Anna Weaver
Joseph Benesh
Brooklyn
Frank Benesh
Conesville
Union Daily Vacation Bible School
Second Street
C. J. Vorel and
Frank Sysel
Props
Billy Mitchell
A Food Stores
Launony Soar
Griddle
Drewry
Cass Rats
Puebery’s Contes Thrift
Pillsbury
R Avenue Grocery
A Ave
Dial
Baba Grocery
E Ave
Eee
Corey Grocery
Sth
Ave
Ellis Blvd
Homsey Groc. & Met
1St Ave. E. Dial
Mike Risks Foods
McKinley Groc. & Mkt
5Th Ave
Shadid's Groc
MKT
Ellis Bly
3Rd St. SE
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