Deaths of Dr. Howard Beye and Dr. J A Edwards shake nation
Two Iowa medical leaders died in a highway crash near Marshalltown after a curve misjudgment. Dr. Howard L. Beye, chief surgeon at the University of Iowa Hospital, and Dr. J A Edwards, Oakdale sanatorium superintendent, were prominent figures mourned nationwide. The collision occurred September 29 as their car, head on with an oncoming vehicle, swerved in a curve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard L. Beye
University of Iowa Hospital
J. A. Edwards
Oakdale
Beye
Edwards
Marshalltown
Sioux City
Towa
Landon accuses WPA of news source censorship at Topeka
In Topeka Kansas Gov Alf Landon accuses the WPA of censoring the source of news and praises open public records. He criticizes Harry Hopkins and Roosevelt for red herrings while urging publicity of WPA payrolls and cost data as public business. He cites Kansas as sixteenth in aid costs and notes no reply from Washington.
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Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
New Deal
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Landon
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Syracuse
N. Y
John G. Stutz
Kansas
Washington
John D. M
Defendants in Shine slaying receive extra pleading time
Three defendants Jim Hines Minnie Hines and Albert Cornwell in the Dan Shine farm slaying near Littleport were granted more time to plead by Judge W L Ejichendorf. Pleading is set for 10 a m Friday. Hart brothers Waukon attorneys expect to enter appearances Friday. Judge Taylor has set 10 a m Monday Oct 19 for Cornwell's trial start.
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Eleader
Dan Shine
Farmer
Littleport
Jim
Minnie Hines
Albert Cornwell
W. L. Ejichendorf
Hart Brothers
Waukon
H. E. Taylor
Cornwell
Waterloo Youth Electrocuted While Tryng to Move Wire
Waterloo police report 20 year old Donald Smith died Tuesday night when he tried to disentangle a broken street lamp wire. He apparently touched the wire to a high tension cable and was killed instantly while pedestrians watched nearby.
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Waterloo
Donald Smith
The Dead Line Through Life and Nations
A 1936 reflective essay warns of a deadly dividing line between yesterday and tomorrow. It argues growth, curiosity, and tenderness combat stagnation, urging continuous learning and love to stay alive.
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Egypt
Ane
Joseph Jefferson
Rip van Winkle
Barrett Wendell
Pinchot Attacks Roosevelt Civil Service in Wichita Speech
Former Pennsylvania governor Gifford Pinchot praised Alf Landon’s federal civil service plan and lambasted President Roosevelt. He argued for a non political merit system, claiming the Roosevelt administration worsened efficiency and duplications and reduced the merit workforce from 80 to 60 percent. He warned poor administration wastes public funds and harms service quality.
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Wichita
Kan
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Alf
M. Landon
Roosevelt
Farleys
James A. Farley
Landon
Franklin Roosevelt
Washington
Britain seeks new naval conference to shift funds to air power
London reports Britain has begun secret talks with the United States France Italy Germany and Japan about convening a world naval conference. The aim is to cut naval construction budgets and reallocate funds to aerial armaments while preserving existing treaties and ratios.
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London
Britain
United States
France
Italy
Germany
Japan
Universal Service
Extradition Granted for Two Torture Suspects
Governor Horner approved the extradition of Chicago residents George Biggs and Joseph Acerra from Cambridge Illinois to Jefferson Iowa for the torture murder of Elizabeth Cairns. Sheriff Foss Davis requested the move, and he departed for Cambridge to accompany the suspects back to Jefferson.
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Springfield
Horner
George Biggs
Joseph A. Acerra
Chicago
Cambridge
Ill
Jefferson
Iowa
Elizabeth Cairns
Clyde L. Herring
Foss Davis
Davis
Biggs
Acerra
Frazier Lemke Act Deemed Unconstitutional by Court
The U S circuit court of appeals in Richmond Virginia ruled the amended Frazier Lemke act unconstitutional six western Virginia cases. It held the reduced mortgage moratorium from five to three years still abridged mortgagee rights and violated geographical uniformity requirements.
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Richmond
INS
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
District of
Virginia
Swedish Pilot Bjorkvall Reports No Word After Takeoff
New York dispatch says Kurt Bjorkvall, a Swedish pilot, departed Floyd Bennett Field in a Bellanca monoplane bound for Stockholm. He did not take Baroness Eva von Blixen-Finecke, raising concerns as radio contact was not established hours after departure.
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New York
Kurt Bjorkvall
Stockholm
Eva von Blixen-Finecke
Floyd Bennett Airport
Bjorkvall
Sweden
Charles A. Lindbergh
Sigck Hola
Rdningen
United States
Claims Elliott Roosevelt Sold Planes to Russia
The Senate munitions committee released an affidavit from Anthony M. F. Fokker claiming in 1934 he arranged a $500,000 commission for Elliott Roosevelt, son of the President, tied to the sale of military airplanes to Russia. Committee investigators quote Fokker as saying the deal followed his failure to secure an exclusive Russian sales agency for Douglas aircraft due to Elliott Roosevelt and partners.
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Washington
Senate Munitions Committee
Anthony M. F. Fokker
Elliott Roosevelt
Russia
Nye
N. D
Stephen Raushenbush
Joel Earnest
Fokker
Douglas
Cotten
Herring Questions Sincerity Of GOP Farm Promises
Governor Clyde L. Herring in Winterset denounces Republican farm promises as empty. He recalls earlier relief plans that lowered prices and harmed farmers, criticizing Senator Dickinson for seeking a return to the Hoover era farm board.
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Winterset
Clyde L. Herring
National Farm Board
Hoover
Roosevelt Urges Emergency Powers for Dollar Devaluation
President Roosevelt signaled possible request to extend emergency powers to devalue the dollar as he discussed international monetary concerns. He noted a current 59.06 percent gold content with authority remaining to reduce to 50 percent. Treasury experts favor retaining power for bargaining in currency talks and potential war-depreciation scenarios. Roosevelt planned a campaign swing toward Denver Cheyenne and Omaha with a major address in the latter city.
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Tapter
Cesar Rapids
New Deal Administration
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Denver
Cheyenne
Wyo
Omaha
Iowa
Nebraska
Senate
George W. Norris
Reed Calls New Deal Tyranny in Newark Speech
James A. Reed, former Missouri senator and Democratic leader, denounces the New Deal social program as complete tyranny and enslaving all people. He questions Roosevelt's economic critique and warns that social justice echoes internationalists and communists seeking to seize labor and property.
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Newark
N. J
James A. Reed
U. S
Missouri
National
Jeffersonian Democrats
Reed
Roosevelt
Funeral services set for Dr J A Edwards sanatorium head
Iowa City AP Funeral services for Dr J A Edwards superintendent of the Oakdale tuberculosis sanatorium will be held at Oakdale Wednesday at 3 pm. Burial will be at Glenwood Ia Thursday or Friday. Dr Edwards died Monday night from injuries in an automobile wreck near Marshalltown on Sept 29.
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Iowa City
J. A. Edwards
Oakdale
C. W. Edwards
Glenwood
Edwards
Marshalltown
Webb Named Acting Superintendent at Oakdale Sanatorium
Dr. Daniel R. Webb, resident physician at the Oakdale tuberculosis sanatorium, was appointed acting superintendent Tuesday succeeding Dr. J. A. Senates. Webb has seven years on Pine Oakdale staff and is a Wash U graduate.
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Iowa City
Daniel R. Webb
Oakdale
J. A. Senates
Webb
Pine Oakdale
Washa-university At
St Louis
Rural Electrification Loans Approved for Iowa Projects
Administrator Morris L. Cooke announced loans for rural lines in Iowa and Illinois. Calhoun County Electric Co-Operative in Rockwell City, Iowa received 278000 dollars to extend 287 miles of lines serving 217 customers across Calhoun Webster Carroll Sac and Pocahontas counties.
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Washington (Ap
Morris L. Cooke
Rural” Electrification Administration
Iowa
Illinois
Calhoun County Electric Co-Operative Association
Rockwell City
Calhoun
Webster
Carroll, Sac
Pocahontas
Hungary faces political crisis after premier dies
Budapest reports the death of Premier Julius Goemboes in Munich on Tuesday triggers cabinet resignation and a power struggle. Dr Koloman Daranyi, agriculture minister, is to be asked by Regent Admiral Horthy to form a new cabinet, but faces opposition from nationalist socialist elements. Undersecretary Antal, seen as Nazi-leaning, opens his fight openly amid the Goemboes-Horthy influence.
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Budapest
INS
Julius Goemboes
Munich
Koloman Daranyi
Goemboes
National Unity Party
Nicholas Horthy
Daranyi
Justice Antal
Horthy-Goemboes
Hungarian premier Julius Goemboes dies at 50 near Munich
Julius Goemboes prime minister of Hungary and sole commoner in the old Austro Hungarian army to reach high rank dies at a Munich sanatorium aged 50 after kidney and gall bladder illness. His death likely accelerates Austrian restoration tensions as power struggles resume between Daranyi and Antal. The body will go to Budapest for a state funeral anticipated Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Munich
Germany
INS
Julius Goemboes
Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Budapest
Goemboes
Austria
Archduke Otto
Daranyi
Antal
Lowden Sees Government as Main Issue in Campaign
Former Illinois governor Frank Lowden told a Waterloo audience that the government’s handling of relief and its large spending are dragging the recovery. He urged Alf Landon’s election, promoted soil conservation and farm protection measures, and warned of high tariffs aiding industry over agriculture. He called for a national soil program with federal aid to states and state administration of funds.
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Ttopeka
Landon
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
London
Relief Administration
Waterloo
Frank ©. Lowden
Ilinois
Alf M. Landon
Lowden
Kansas
Lowdon
Washington
Allotments for PWA Projects in Iowa Named
Des Moines AP says nine Iowa PWA projects received funding including a botanical laboratory at the University of Iowa and a Johnson county secondary road program. The lab grant totals 27,900 with a 62,000 overall project cost. the county road allotment is 41,400 toward a 92,000 project.
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DES Moines
P. F. Hopkins
PWA
Washington, D. C
Iowa
University of Iowa
Johnson County
Hopkins
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