Soviet Pilots Take Off for Ocean Flight
The Soviet trans polar plane UR S S 25 carrying pilots Sigmund Laveneffsky George Baidukoff and navigator Victor Lychencko departed Moscow at 2 25 p m heading toward the Barents sea for a non stop 6 000 mile flight to San Francisco Weather along the route was favorable except near Moscow with plans to reach the pole if skies permit Arrival in San Francisco expected Monday as officials and US diplomats watched in rain during a high profile sendoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Moscow
San Francisco
Barents Sea
Sigmund Laveneffsky
Sigmund Levaneffsky
United States
William C. Bullitt
Phillip S. Faymonville
Levaneffsky
George Baidukoff
Victor Lychencko
North Pole
Pole
Northern Sea Route Department
Ruling Awaited in Removal Suit
Sioux City Iowa suspended mayor W D Hayes awaits District Judge F H Rice ruling on an ex parte hearing to strike the Woodbury county graft grand jury removal recommendation from court records. Attorneys argued Rice's jurisdiction while Hayes' removal hearing is set to open Monday before Judge W W Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
W. D. Hayes
F. H. Rice
Woodbury County
Rice
Hayes
Fred H. Free
Chris Jepson
M. E. Rawling
H. M. Havner
Ole
Nora Visits The Poor In Town
A 1935 syndicated quote notes Nora’s trip into the worst part of town to visit the poor. Ma questions charity, saying Nora’s motive is curiosity rather than aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora
Publishers Syndicate
Nazis Ban Swiss Newspaper as Part of Domestic Clean-up
Berlin reports that Goebbels and interior minister joined in banning the Swiss Thurzauer Zeitung indefinitely. The piece cites a broader crackdown including a proposed seven point penal code to punish efforts against the Nazi party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Thurzauer Zeitung
Germany
Roland Freisler
Ministry of Justice
Munich
Hitler
House Pushes Ahead on New Tax Measure
The House moved toward a final vote on a 270 million tax bill and disagreed with President Roosevelt over allowing corporations to make tax free gifts to charities. Representative McCormack offered an amendment to permit up to five percent of net taxable income for charitable contributions, a change opposed by the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Roosevelt
McCormack
Massachusetts
Ways and Means Committee
Democrats
White House
Representative Treadway
Charles West
Davenport Firm Law on Lock Bid Continued On Page 2
The Central Engineering company of Davenport appears as the low bidder for Lock No. 14 on the Mississippi at LeClaire with a bid of 1,186,080.65. Seven contractors submitted bids. government estimate was 1,361,433.62. Colonel Wheeler noted dam No. 18 at Burlington bids opening date set for Aug. 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Central Engineering Company
Davenport
Mississippi River
le Claire
R. A. Wheeler
Wheeler
Mississippi
Burlington
Santa Monica Writer Comments On Cowboy World Championship
The writer from Santa Monica Calif notes the start of the world championship cowboy contest and reflects on ranch life, rodeo culture, and the sport's merit. He compares rodeo to baseball and prize fighting and remarks on the crowd and the rodeo's focus on winners. He signs off with a playful prompt to Crosby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
Oklahoma
Crosby
Police Continue Hunt for Lammey in LeClair Murder Case
Des Moines police press search across Iowa and the Midwest for Donald Lammey 20 after a witness identified LeClair’s automobile as the vehicle used to threaten him with a shotgun after LeClair’s body was found. Fingerprints on the car were attributed to Lammey who once escaped Des Moines jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Donald Lammey
John LeClair
Iowa
Midwest
Will Ray
Anamosa
LeClair
Iowa Falls
Lammey
Ray
Anamosa Reformatory
Sympathy Strike Move Tabled by Omaha Union
Omaha street car workers push to revive a 48 hour general sympathy strike. The central labor union tabled the motion with few dissenting votes, as talks spread to other locals. No violence reported in Omaha or Council Bluffs. Trams operate on regular daylight schedules in Council Bluffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
Omaha
Omaha Central Labor Union
James C. Perkins
Trams Workers
Central Lator
Tram Workers Union
Council Bluffs
Couple Held in Slaying of Witchcraft Suspect
In Cleveland Mrs Isa dore Cooper is killed by two gunshots at her delicatessen. Police say Samuel and Matilda Waldman admitted firing the shots to end what they called a witchcraft spell. Waldman held for mental examination after confessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Samuel
Matilda Waldman
Isadore Cooper
Waldman
Rites Arranged for G A R Head
Funeral services for H B Kelly 94 longtime Grand Army of the Republic commander in Iowa will be held 2 30 p m Sunday at First Methodist church Grundy Center. A Wisconsin native who settled in Reinbeck and organized Post No 71 in Grundy Center he served in Civil War units including Company K third Wisconsin infantry and earned the title assistant surgeon after Cedar Mountain battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
H. B. Kelly
Iowa Department of the
Grand Army of the Republic
First Methodist Church
Grundy Center
Kelly
Grand Army
Dane County
Wis
Grundy County
Reinbeck
Third
Wisconsin Infantry
Virginia
Maryland
Banks
Thomas
War Department
Washington
Culpepper
Cedar Mountain
Iowa Department
Weather Forecast and River Levels Across Regions
Generally fair tonight and Sunday with thunder showers in eastern areas. Cooler in western regions. Illinois expects local thunder showers in the south and some portions tonight and Sunday. Mississippi River stages: Dubuque 5.2, Davenport 3.9, Muscatine 4.6, Keokuk 4.0. Week outlook calls for showers midweek, with generally fair conditions early and late in the period, temperatures rising then cooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Illinois
South Portion
North Portion
South Central
South
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Father Moves to Free Zenge in Dr. Bauer Slaying Case
J Andy Zenge, Missouri dairyman, seeks habeas corpus to free his son Mandeville Zenge held in the slaying of Dr. Walter J. Bauer. The elder Zenge named police and prosecutors as defendants in a petition returnable Monday morning in criminal court. Oren J. Guiett identified T. F. Jones as the man who disappeared from an Ann Arbor hotel the same day Bauer was abducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandeville Zenge
Walter J Bauer
Chicago
Harry Hoffman
Zenge
Charles S. Dougherty
Daniel Gilbert
T. F. Jones
Ann Arbor
Walter Bauer
Flint, Mich
Oren J. Guiett
Jones
J. Andy Zenge
Missouri
Mandeville
Walter J. Bauer
Criminal Court
Carpenter
John C. Lewes
Joseph Green
Dougherty
Compromise Ends Bakers Walkout in Des Moines
Des Moines bakers and salesmen voted 250 to approve a compromise contract ending a 23 day strike that shut six large plants. The Master Bakers association reported 400 additional workers will return to work. Mediator B F Kauffman and attorneys George Comfort and John Connolly Jr credited the settlement, which preserves union rights and includes wage gains and arbitration with no walkouts during disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Master Bakers’ Association
George Comfort
John Connolly, Jr
B. F. Kauffman
Clyde L. Herring
Connolly
Conpa
League Action Resumes Arbitration Over Italo Ethiopian Dispute
Geneva Italy and Ethiopia move toward arbitration yet Italy abstains on a second resolution. The plan calls for the league of nations to reconvene September 4 to review the Italo Ethiopian conflict and resume arbitration machinery set by France Britain and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
League of Nations Council
Il Duce
Italy
Ethiopia
France
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
Britain
League of Nations Affairs
League Council
Eden
Truck Hits Bridge. Driver Hurt. Man Dies in Iowa Crash
Omar Moore, 27, of Pipestone Minnesota, died in a hospital after his skull was fractured when the Rohwever trucks freight rig struck a bridge abutment on highway 218 seven miles south of Waterloo at about 4 a.m. Carl Young, driver of the truck, was uninjured as the heavy trailer van broke loose and collapsed onto the cab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Omar Moore
Pipestone
Minn
Rohwever
Carl Young
Backbone of Torrid Heat Wave Broken
A cool weekend forecast by the weather bureau followed a scorching stretch with expectations that skies would be clear though isolated showers might occur late today or tonight. Temperatures in the region were dropping with similar trends noted across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Orders Issued to Iowa Patrolmen On Sunday Violations
Des Moines Iowa John R Hattery chief of the Iowa highway patrol issued general and special orders to patrolmen on duty early Sunday morning The orders signed by Lew Wallace superintendent of the state motor vehicle department list nine violations for summons including speeding careless or reckless driving through obstructed views overloading and failure to register Also warnings to issue cards for defective lights with instructions to repair promptly and drive carefully until fixed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John R. Hattery
Iowa Highway Patrol
Lew Wallace
State Motor Vehicle Department
Hattery
Cattle Rustlers Take 900-Pound Hereford From Lowden Farm
A Cedar county raid Friday night netted Hugo Meyers of near Lowden Iowa a 900 pound Hereford bull valued at 800 dollars and seven other head. The haul included two 650 pound steers and four Hereford cows. Sheriff W W Christian said investigators believe the same band who tried to steal from Verle Miller farm during a storm July 22 conducted this theft. No arrests have been made.
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Iowa
Cedar County
Hugo Meyers
Lowden
Meyers
W. W. Christian
Verle Miller
Moscow
Atalissa
Lynchers Take C L Johnson From Yreka Jail
A mob of masked men rapdily seized C L Johnson from the Yreka California county jail and hanged him to a pine tree after accusing him of killing Chief F R Daw of Dunsmuir. The deputy on duty was kidnapped and a bystander held prisoner until the lynching. Johnson, a Reno Nevada born confessed robber, had been moved from his cell about 12 hours after Daw's funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yreka
Calif
C. L. Johnson
F. R. Daw
Dursmuir
Johnson
Reno
Nev
Kla- Math Falls
Ore
Joe Clark
Dunsmuir
Here
Mrs. Hendriks 76 Dies After Illness in Muscatine
Mrs. Lena W. Schreurs Hendriks died suddenly at 5 a m at 407 West Fourth street Muscatine after seven weeks of poor health. She was born May 12 1859 and married Jan 17 1883 in Muscatine. Survived by husband four children five grandchildren and one son deceased. Funeral at 1 30 p m Monday at home and 2 p m at Ralph J Wittich Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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William Hendriks
Muscatine
West Fourth Street
Ethelavis Hendriks
Doris Jane Hendriks
Garnett
Kas
William Hendriks, Jr
Margaret Anne Hendriks
Wilton
Fred W. Hendriks
Ralph J. Wittich
West Third Street
Vernon L. Shantz
First Baptist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
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Dell
Poor PA
Claude Callan
The
Pommersche Zeitung
Paul J. Goebbels
Davenport Firm Law
LeClaire
G. A.R
Bakers
Mrs. Hendriks
Het Robert Quillen
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