Brookhart Steps Aside From Progressive Senate Bid
In Des Moines the fourth party ticket forms with a progressive faction meeting to pick state candidates and place the progressive label on the November ballot. Gov. La Follette’s backers sent Sinykin to urge adoption of the national name. Wirds and Short lead the faction. Brookhart withdraws from senatorial consideration citing financial reasons.
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la Follette
Phil la Follette
Wisconsin
National Progressive Party
Gordon Sinykin
Iowa
Sinykin
Iowa Farmer-Labor Party
National Progressive Movement
Farmer-Labor
Wallace M Short
John F. Wirds
Iowa Falls
Wirds
Singkin
Smith W. Brookhart
Washington
Brookhart
Germans in Iowa inquire about passage to fatherland
In Des Moines an agent for a German government subsidized steamship line said many Germans living in Iowa are seeking arrangements to return to Germany. They expect to be called to service soon and would pay their own passage. No official military orders have been received, and many naturalized Germans reside in Iowa. If they refuse return, they may be barred from reentry.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Germany
Iowa City News Briefs Cover Local Education and Trials
Emery Rhodes elected president of Johnson County Rural Teachers Association with Julia Miller as secretary treasurer and Leo Fordice as vice president. Two men plead not guilty before Judge James P. Gaffney to county attorney informations. Lewandowski unable to post 2500 bond remains jailed, Bush held on 1000 bond. Robert Malone to be brought from Anamosa reformatory for arraignment on larceny of a motor vehicle. Rural school library planned at Town City public library costing 500 with 1000 books for rural teachers to lend to pupils.
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Coralville
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Washington Township
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Newport Township
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John Lewandowski
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Czech National Defense Fund
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William A Boone 84 Dies in Iowa City
William A Boone 84 longtime Johnson county resident died at his Iowa City home after months of illness He operated a Frytown general store later became a livestock buyer known as Bill Boone cattle buyer He led Boone Coal Co in Iowa City before retirement He helped found Kalona Odd Fellows lodge and belonged to Cor inth Judge No 24 K of P and Boone families group Survived by wife five daughters brother and sister Funeral set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Cathout chapel with burial in Oakland cemetery
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Waterloo
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Jasper County
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Havre
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Collision injures three near Greeley
A Friday head on crash two miles southeast of Greeley left three men injured. Martin Fangman 21 of New Vienna driving west with Joe Parker 54 also of New Vienna sustained cuts and bruises while Howard Kruger 22 of New Vienna driving the eastbound truck suffered a concussion.
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Martin Fangman
New Vienna
Joe Parker
Howard Kruger
Parker
Fangman
Kruger
Eastern Iowa notices and obituaries timely from Gazette
Diverse brief items report Elgin American Legion officers W P Kohls commander and others. death c erebral hemorrhage of Fred W Conmey age 65. multiple funeral notices for Jerome A Glass Carl C Deyo Nath aniel K Ross Josiah Ward and others. civic, school and social announcements across towns including Edgewood What Cheer Mount Vernon Victor Sigourney Traer and Oxford with community events and dedications.
Jury Frees Doctor In Death Of Girl
Des Moines osteopath Dr. George E. Moore, 68, was freed by a 12-woman jury on two counts second degree murder and attempted abortion in the death of Velda Maas, 17, who died June 12 from peritonitis. Prosecutors argued abortion induced the illness. Moore said treatment was needed to preserve the girl's life. Judge Franklin cautioned the jury that believing the claim could support a not guilty verdict.
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INS
George E. Moore
Moore
Charles Bowers
O S. Franklin
Springville Man Injured In Fall From Hay Load
Growe F S Growe, 62, of Springville, sustained a fractured vertebra after falling from a hay load. He received treatment at St Luke's hospital Friday and was released that afternoon.
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F S Growe
Springville
St Luke's Hospital
Growe
Vinton Bond Election Delayed Over Ballot Wording
The special election to issue $38,500 for a municipal and community center was called off due to ballot wording errors. Bond experts ruled the election invalid, delaying it by at least four weeks as new procedures are set. A $31,500 PWA grant is included in the proposed building cost.
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PWA
Methodists Pick Clinton For 1939 Conference
The Upper Town conference of Methodists chose Clinton as the 1939 meeting site with no other bids. Ministers and laymen approved a 24600 institutional budget including Hillcrest Babyfold Dubuque 1100 Clear Lake Epworth League Institute 2000 St Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids 6600 Cornel College scholarships 8000 district fund 3400 Wesley Foundation 3500 or 600 higher than last year.
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Upper Town
Wesley Foundation
Urbana to Entertain Public with Jay Gould Shows
Urbana invites Benton county neighbors to Appreciation Days on Monday and Tuesday featuring Jay Gould circus and revue. The circus performs each afternoon with band calliope elephants aerial acts and more while the revue runs each night. Free events hosted by Urbana businessmen include sideshows rides and a nightclub for dancers with 150 Gould troupe members and fifty transport units.
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Minnesota Man Wins First Butter Prize At Cattle Congress
Casper Myrom of Cambridge Minnesota won first prize in Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress butter judging. Out of 181 entries his tub scored 96, with Alfred J. Worget of Bluffton second on 95.75 and Guy L. Smith of Richland Center third on 95.5.
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Casper Myrom
Cambridge
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Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Alfred J. Worget
Bluffton
Guy L. Smith
Richland Center
America's Manhood Match For Any Nation
In Houston Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson told the National Association of Life Underwriters that barbaric aggression abroad makes a strong army essential for self defense. He said manpower will decide the next war and praised medical professionals and insurers for improving American health since World War I. He argued no machine can replace the human fighting man in battle.
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Mns
Europe
Asia
United States
Louis Johnson
National Association of Life Underwriters
Johnson
America
U S Foreign Air Traffic Rises Again
Washington report shows a 13.5 percent rise in 1938 U S air traffic with foreign countries. 6 639 planes landed at American airports or distant posts from abroad and 45 847 passengers entered the United States from abroad, with Florida handling more than half.
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Florida
Siou x Falls Brokers Barred From Commodity Markets
The Agriculture Department denied trading privileges on all commodity markets to Stephen A Burke and Hugh S Gamble of Sioux Falls SD trading as Burke and Company. They were convicted in federal court in South Dakota of multiple Commodity Exchange Act violations and failed to appear for a hearing on August 17 to contest the order.
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Agriculture Department
Stephen A Burke
Hugh S Gamble
Sioux Falls
Burke and Gamble
Burke and Company
South Dakota
Two Cyclists Collide With Cars Near Franklin High
Two Franklin high school students collided with cars near their school on Friday afternoon. A cyclist emerged from bushes into Mrs Thomas Costello’s car at 500 Thirteenth Street Marion and rode away uninjured. Another youth crashed into Henry Sieger’s car on First Avenue at Nineteenth Street SE, declared no injuries, and rode off. The drivers could not obtain the riders' names.
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Thomas Costello
Thirteenth Street
Marion
Henry Sieger
Morley
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Nineteenth Street
Barr Aboard the Primrose Amid a Maryland Harbor Mystery
Gregory Barr, a young writer, travels with Captain Dan Levering aboard the schooner Primrose. Barr seeks a publisher in New York while forming a wary friendship with the wary skipper and a crew that includes Terp. A brewing storm looms as the voyage advances toward an uncertain confrontation at sea.
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Gregory Barr
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Terp
Border tensions flare as Czechoslovak mobilizes
Budapest reports a closed frontier with Czechoslovakia sealing the border and halted communications. American citizens are urged to evacuate if possible as Hungarian and Czech forces mobilize and barbed wire and barricades form a frontier wall.
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United States
Legation
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Foreign Office
Contempt Case Threat to Press Freedom Warned
Pasadena report cites John B Long of California Newspaper Publishers Association telling state bar association that Times contempt verdict and American Newspaper Guild activities threaten press freedom. Long condemns closed shop as forcing writers to join a single group, urging defense of free press rights.
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John B Long
California Newspaper Publishers Association
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Newspipe
Fort Peck Dam Declared Perfectly Safe After Accident
Army engineers on Friday stated the Fort Peck dam in Montana is perfectly safe following an accident that killed eight men and swept a third of a mile of upstream ground. Major Kittrell said the collapse stemmed from settlement in the foundation and the project is valued at 100 million dollars.
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Army Engineers
Fort Peck
Montana
Maing Clark Wittrell
Kittrell
Western Pacific Railroad to Issue Trust Certificates
The ICG approved the Western Pacific railroad to issue 10 million dollars of trustees certificates. Proceeds will be used to retire a like amount of outstanding certificates maturing December 1 next.
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Washington
Western Pacific Railroad
Stepin Fetchit Ordered to Pay Additional Income Tax
Stepin Fetchit real name Lincoln Perry was ordered in federal court to pay $3615 more in income taxes for 1935. The ruling notes the amount short in his tax filing and was handed down Saturday.
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Stepin
Lincoln Perry
Pierce Sues for Divorce from Lorna Pierce in Delhi
Raymond Pierce of Delhi files for divorce in district court alleging desertion by his wife Lorna Pierce since July 1936. The couple wed in Manchester in 1928 and a son was mentioned in the case record.
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Raymond Pierce
Delhi
Lorna Pierce
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