Dubuque Centennial Week Features Pageant and Events
Dubuque marks its centennial with the opening presentation of Julian Dubuque, miner of the mines of Spain, at the municipal athletic field. A 500 strong cast, centennial queen Georgia Lyon, and various daily events highlight the celebration including dinners, exhibitions, and the river carnival with rock drilling and fireworks. Friday dedicates the federal building and post office with speaker Ambrose O Connell.
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Dubuque
Julian Dubuque
Spain
H. G
Rogers Producing Company
Georgia Lyon
Agnes Samuelson
Joseph Flynn
Ambrose O'Connell
James Farley
NRA Chiefs Seek to Settle Strikes Across Industries
NRA leaders push to settle strikes including the Pottsville shirt mill dispute and hosiery issues. The Labor Board conciliation unit will act on several cases while Hugh S. Johnson expands the fair competition code to more industries. Johnson eyes open shop coal debate with John L. Lewis and warns railroads to avoid labor costs. Private utilities fall under wage and work time oversight, retailers face wage hour terms, and New Hampshire public utilities questioned by Col. Wilson as orders roll out.
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Pottsville
Labor Board
Dr. Wolman
Johnson
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Joseph B. Eastman
Federal Transportation Co
Eastman
Recovery Administration
Hugh S. Johnson
Baltimore
NRA
L. G. Wilson
New Hampshire
Treatment Advice for Skin Rash with Caticura Ointment
The text advises applying Caticura Ointment to affected areas and washing off after a short time. It claims relief from rashes and quick improvement, but the guidance lacks medical specifics or professional endorsement. Use caution and consult a clinician for persistent skin issues.
Insect Battle and Cuban Crisis Move Across Years
The article reports on ongoing insect control efforts led by Dr. Drake including a new cheaper method and field strip plowing to lure grasshoppers, plus a chinch bug survey by Dr. H. M. Harris and A. D. Worthington with a parasitic wasp as a potential control. It also covers rising Cuban tensions with strikes, political maneuvering, U. S. mediation efforts, and possible Marine deployment if needed.
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Drake
Iowa
Des Moines
H. M. Harris
Iowa State College
A. D. Worthington
Davis County
Illinois
Harris
Milk Strike Quieted by State Response and Picketline Guard
Overnight reports describe milk strike tensions across the state as Governor Lehman orders sheriffs and district attorneys to protect non-strikers and state police guard milk shipments. Dumping occurred at some plants while strikers demand a blanket price of four and a half cents per quart. The strike marks its tenth day with no resolution from the dairy board or farmers.
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Lehman
Dairy Board
Machado's Party Considers His Fate Sequel to Island Crisis
Military forces control the island under President Machado after a five day period. The general strike paralyzed industry and trade, which the president calls a vehicle for enemies of the public peace to attempt a revolutionary state. Tensions rise amid conflicting attitudes across groups.
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Ferrara
United States
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
New York
House of A
Bertha Shirving
Cuba
Luciano Lopes Ferrer
Legation
Grant Watson
Welles
Machado
Wilfredo Fernandez
Senor Machado
Oscar B. Cintas
American State Department
N. Y
Island Republic
Senor
Oscar Cintas
Lewis Asks Five Dollars Per Day for Miners
Washington dispatch reports John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, urging the NRA to guarantee miners a five dollar daily wage for a 30 hour week. He argued for a six hour day five day week and for miners to have the right to unionize freely. He warned the eight hour day would worsen unemployment and reduce overall coal production.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
National Recovery Administrations
NRA
Lewis
Merchants Plan Meeting Monday and NRA Signups
Post office records show four more NRA insignia applications today bringing total to 342. A printed list of firms pledging NRA was posted in the lobby by Postmaster W. S. McKee awaiting Chicago office receipt. dealers weigh blanket code agreements as a national recovery plan faces industrywide code talks in Chicago.
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NRA
W. S. McKee
Chicago
Department of Commerce
L. R. McKee
McKee Feed and Grain Company
Western Grain Dealers’ Association
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine post gathers 50 at Legion meeting and events
Commander Warren Davis leads Muscatine post attendees include Albert Fischer Ray Shoemaker and 28 drum and bugle corps members totaling over 50. Tom McCabe from Victor will visit the post tonight at the Legion clubhouse. The corps will perform at Burlington Friday and a stag picnic is set for Sunday Aug 27 with location to be announced.
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Davis
Burlington
Frank Drake Named New District Legion Chief
Frank Drake was confirmed as the new district Legion chief. He has served terms as district adjutant and on district finance and membership committees. The first district covers Muscatine Cedar Johnson Iowa Louisa Washington Des Moines Lee Henry Jefferson and Van Buren counties. Resolutions from the convention supported the national recovery act and urged restoration of service connected compensation and hospital coverage.
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Legion
Muscatine
Cedar
Johnson
Iowa
Louisa
Washington
Des Moines
Lee
Henry
Jefferson
van Buren
Grain dealers meet to draft unified code
About 25 000 elevators and key figures from the Pacific Northwest grain dealers association and the Associated Southwest Elevators meet to draft a common code. D O Milligan of Des Moines and Harry L. Robinson of Salina Kansas attend, with the Western Grain and Feed Dealers Association and grain and feed manufacturers' association also represented.
Daniel Sullivan Dies in Syracuse
Daniel Sullivan former Morning Sun resident died at his home in Syracuse New York after a paralytic stroke. He is survived by his widow Joan Herrick Jarvis. Burial will be in Aspen Grove cemetery at Burlington.
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Journal News Service
Morning Sun
Daniel Sullivan
Syracuse
N. Y
Joan Herrick Jarvis
Aspen Grove
Burlington
Wholesale Killing of Hogs Sought
Administrators arrange for disposing of meat from the hogs through sale to relief agencies under definite agreements to avoid reducing normal agency purchases. A large sum is required, with 40 to 60 million dollars estimated to carry out the emergency program.
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Goodrich
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Wyninger Tire Shop
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