Floods Sweep Kansas and Missouri Farmlands in Floods
Kansas City report details the Kaw and Missouri rivers breaching levees and flooding thousands of acres of fertile bottom land from Colorado and Nebraska into Kansas and Missouri. Towns like Lawrence faced evacuations while a 15 percent rise in Missouri River capacity was noted after channel improvements. Governor Cochran mobilized rehabilitation plans for flood areas as dozens of dead and missing were tallied and refugee aid continued in Nebraska and Missouri.
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Hate Engineers
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Hepr
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Jone Cook
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Wid Conservation
Wonhaurl
Colney
Cuban Millionaire Antonio San Miguel Captured In Havana Kidnapping
The Havana kidnapers seized Antonio San Miguel, 78, a Cuban millionaire and former senator, along with his valet and bodyguard, after a wagon manned by mango sellers masked the ambush. Police and 500 troops swarmed the city while authorities traced the ransom and the attackers. A second ransom bill was found in Spokane and a Seattle-area man was detained for questioning as the hunt intensified.
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Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
Seattle
Department of Justice
Spokane
Portland
Huntington
Ore
Salt Lake City
Havana
Antonio San Miguel
San Miguel
Pedro Herrera Sotelongo
Simon Arleta
Sotolongo
Kidrapers
Arleta
Raul Garaza
Senor San Miguel
Sth
Sity
Guantanamo
Class Of 112 Gets Diplomas At State Teachers College
The twenty sixth annual commencement at the State Teachers College saw 112 graduates receive diplomas and degrees. Coe College president Dr Harry Morehouse Gage spoke on four essentials of leadership, stressing the value of history and informed thought to guide future generations. He traced his roots to La Crosse and Rose Street, and warned against ignorant readers dictating public life.
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Harry Morehouse Gage
Coe College
College Auditorium
de. Gage
la Crosse
Rose Street
College
Gage
Unis
Toledo Strike Ends Early After 20 Percent Wage Demand
A Toledo Edison power plant strike by electrical workers ended after a 237 to 22 vote to suspend action. Negotiations will begin in New York on the wage increase, with pressures cited from Washington and local groups. Some Toledo factories had limited shutdowns, but city power remained steady.
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Toledo Edison Company
Ohio
New York
Henry L. Doherty Company
Toledo Edison
Oliver Myers
Electrical Workers Union
American Federation of Labor
Myers
Washington
Department of Labor
Toledo Chamber of Commerce
Perkins
Orion
Toledo
Col
Viscount Byng Of Vimy Dies After Operation
Viscount Byng of Vimy, 72, hero of Vimy Ridge and former head of London's Metropolitan Police, died Thursday in Thorpe-Le-Soken Essex after an operation to relieve an intestinal condition.
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Essex
Eng
Vimy Ridge
Viscount Byng of
Vimy
London
Metropolitan Police
Army Officer Indicted On Bribery Charges
Colonel Joseph J. McMullen chief of the patents section of the army judge advocate general's office was indicted by a DC grand jury on taking fees from a firm lobbying against a tax bill. He allegedly received a 1500 dollar retainer on July 6, 1932 and 250 dollars on January 3, 1933 from Cuban-America manganese corporation for opposing a manganese import tax.
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Washington
C—P
River Work Approved By Senate Committee
Washington DC senate commerce panel approves a house bill funding 204 rivers and harbors improvements at 272 million dollars, adding about 35 projects. Included is a nine foot channel from the Missouri River mouth to Minneapolis with an estimated 124 million cost. 75 million already allocated by PWA.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
Missouri
Minneapolis
PWA
Boy Dies After Struck by Car in Milwaukee Suburb
Kenneth Kleinmann an 11 year old boy died after being struck by an automobile while chasing a ball into the street near his home in Milwaukee county. He died at the county emergency hospital Wednesday night. Authorities investigated the accident and the driver cooperated with investigators.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Kenneth Kleinmann
Wisconsin and Minnesota CCC camps to be administered by Soil Conservation Service
The U S Soil Conservation Service announced 15 remaining Civilian Conservation Corps camps for Wisconsin and Minnesota to be opened around July 15. Wisconsin gains eight camps reaching 17 total. Minnesota adds seven for 13 total. Location details include Holmen Ontario Independence and others in Crawford and La Crosse regions. In Wisconsin nine camps currently operate across multiple counties.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
R. H. Davis
Holmen
Ontario
Independence
la Crosse Territory
Davis
la Crosse County
West Salem
Half-way Creek
Gays Mills
Crawford County
Ellsworth
Pierce County
Argyle
Lafayette County
Durand
Pepin County
la Valle
Sauk County
Coon Valley
Vernon County
Platteville
Grant County
Mt. Horeb
Dane County
Richland Center
Richland County
Black River Falls
Jackson County
Dodge
Trempealeau County
Nelson
Buffalo County
Bloomington
Lanesboro
Fillmore County
Red Wing
Goodhue
Waterville
Lesueur County
Chatfield
Olmated
Rollingstone
Winona County
Lake City
Wabasha County
Spring Valley
Gillmore County
Caledonia
Houston County
Zumbrota
Goodhue County
Lewiston
Rochester
Olmsted County
Plainview
Milk Licensing Enforcement Cut
Washington reported the farm administration will curb enforcement of milk licenses in intrastate markets. Chester Davis said there would be no widespread licensing enforcement and that the Supreme Court NRA ruling gutted the program. He noted AAA amendments may allow limited orders and emphasized interstate market focus.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Chester C. Davis
Wallace
Supreme Court
NRA
AAA
Secretary of Agriculture
Davis
Boston
Army Air Base Bill Approved By House
The House passed a bill to authorize construction of half a dozen army air bases to guard Alaska, the Panama Canal and border frontiers against enemy attacks. The measure directs site selection in the Atlantic Northeast and Southeast, Caribbean, Southeastern States, Alaska, Pacific Northwest, and Rocky Mountains.
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Alaska
Panama Canal
Bations Frontiers
Atlantic Northeast
Atlantic Southeast
Caribbean
Southeastern States
Pacific Northwest
Rocky Mountains
All-Run Driver kills McGregor CCC Youth
Robert Goeke aged 19 of the McGregor CCC camp was killed in a Wednesday night hit and run near his Waukun area home while hitchhiking home from a farm two miles away. The driver fled.
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McGregor, Towa
Robert Goeke
McGregor CCC
Waukun
France Without Cabinet Deepens Political Deadlock
Paris reports indicate France remains without a government as Laval again attempts to form a cabinet after two days of refusals and a failed bid. Pietri and other figures declined, signaling continued impasse amid clashes and vandalism targeting Le Petit Journal and Freemason headquarters. royalist groups dispersed by police.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
France
Francois Pietvi
Joseph Caillaux
Pietri
Albert Lebrun
Fernand Louisson
Chamber
Jules Jeanneney
Senate
Edouard Herriot
Raymond Patenotre
le Petit Journal
French Freemasons
Bank Clearings For Week Ending Thursday
Bank clearings for the week ending Thursday totaled 1 704 965 26 dollars. For the same period last year they were 1 675 131 23 dollars.
Wisconsin FHA Director Ernest Fiedler Dies at 68
Ernest C. Fiedler state director of the Federal Housing Administration in Wisconsin died at his Beloit office after a sudden illness. A former Beloit attorney and Rock County Bar president he was 68. Survived by wife Pearl son Don Milwaukee and brother Joseph Mineral Point. Body to Mineral Point for Saturday services at St Pauls Catholic Church.
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Elk Grove
Fiedler
Platteville Normal School
University of Wisconsin Law School
Mineral Point
Beloit
Knights of
Columbus
Catholic Knights of
Wisconsin
Holy Name Society
Pearl
Don
Milwaukee
Heather
Joseph
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Auto Parts Bodies Urge Fair Standards for Wages and Hours
The Automotive Parts and Equipment Manufacturers Int board unanimously urged auto industry firms to maintain fair wages, hours, and working conditions and to eliminate unfair competition through voluntary methods. The group, representing about 200,000 workers in 32 states, asked employers to comply with the automotive parts code and told employees no wage or hour changes are planned.
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Detroit
Automotive Parts and Equipment Manufacturers
Death of Theodore Krebs Oldest Burlington Veteran at 95
Theodore Charles Krebs aged 95, longtime Burlington veteran, died at his home 1525 Wood Street on Wednesday, a week after his wife’s passing. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2:40 PM at the home with Rev. Joseph Stump officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Grove cemetery. Krebs, born February 27 1840 in Gundelsheim Germany, came to the U S at 23 and worked as a shoemaker before moving to Chicago.
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Krebs
Joseph Stump
Oak Grove
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Gundelsheim
United States
New York
Chicago
Michigan Central
Approval Of Stop Gap Plan Extends NRA To 1936
A bipartisan push backed a resolution to extend the skeleton NRA organization until April 1, 1936 while repealing presidential power to prescribe or enforce codes. President Roosevelt had earlier initiated a study on preserving labor standards via interstate cooperation and may soon push an inheritance tax plan to replace NRA as a distribution method. The measure awaits full House approval, with Ways and Means likely to accept the first NRA extension section as the rest is dropped due to Supreme Court rulings on intrastate business and pricing.
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Precedent Set as Industries Embrace Voluntary Codes
New York textile and garment groups announce their decision to dissolve NRA authority and form a voluntary recovery board while endorsing continued code standards. Congress aims to keep a skeleton NRA until April 1, 1936, with voluntary codes still in effect, and discussions on interstate compacts move to Biloxi and Spring Lake.
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New York
NRA
Coltan
Will Has Doubts About New NRA
Hollywood Calif The US got an even break in the Irish sweep stakes lottery while Europe and the rest of the world split the winnings. Roosevelt seeks fairness by persuasion hours and wages but the plan seems doubtful as it avoids legal action. O GERS remarks.
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U. S
Europe
NRA
Roosevelt
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