Roosevelt Meets NRA Chief as Plans for Blue Eagle Expansion Unfold
Washington report says the blue eagle symbol looms over about a quarter of the nation’s 40 million workers as President Roosevelt and Hugh S. Johnson convene to synchronize federal recovery efforts. Johnson’s team cites progress while official figures on unemployment recovery are uncertain, with guesses ranging from 200,000 to 1.5 million.
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Washington
NRA
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
National Recovery
Johnson
St. Louis
Mob Lynches Three Negroes in Alabama Amid Rumors
In Tuscaloosa a mob abducted three Black men linked to the death of white girl Vaudine Maddox. Two bodies were found shot near Blocton while a third man remains missing. Sheriff Shamblin and Governor Miller order investigations and a grand jury.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Dan Pippen, Jr
Elmore Clark
Anne Harden
Vaudine Maddox
Birmingham
R. L. Shamblin
Jefferson County
Pippen
Harden
Blocton
B. M. Miller
Henry B. Foster
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
In this sketch Uncle Andy prays in public but no longer offers advice as before. He now asks for help, reflecting a shift in his bedside manner and public persona.
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Andy
Calamus Resident Slain by Ex Marshal Linked to Oklahoma City Urschel Case
U S authorities say Harvey Bailey, sought in the Kansas City depot killings and the Urschel abduction, was captured on a Texas farm seven miles south of Paradise. Fingerprints and marked ransom money tied him to the Urschel case and the Nash escape network. Bailey, once a Kansas convict, was arrested and brought to Dallas as part of the nationwide pursuit.
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Washington
Cummings
Harvey Bailey
Texas
Kansas City
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Bailey
Paradise
Urschel
Dallas
Tex
Kansas
Frank Nash
Union Station
Decatur
Department of Justice
Nash
Loss of $10 at Dance Near Wheatland Brings Killing
Calamus Iowa Nobel Brown 35 was shot and killed about 1 a m today by Harry Kenyon 55 former marshal after a quarrel witnesses say Brown and a party went to Kenyon’s home to recover $10. Kenyon jailed in Clinton. Witnesses and principals had attended a dance near Wheatland Sunday night.
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Calamus
Nobel Brown
Harry Kenyon
Kenyon
Brown
Clinton
Wheatland
Earl Spenken
Hubbard Bound to Grand Jury on Car Larceny Charge
Harold Hubbard of Muscatine waived a preliminary hearing in Justice J. C. Coster's court on larceny of an automobile. Bound over to the grand jury under $500 bonds. Co. C. Redman faces assault and battery charges at 9 a.m. Thursday after information filed by multiple individuals. Other defendants received suspended sentences or fines for intoxication and disturbances. Curtis Owens also charged with a caged disturbance to be arraigned this afternoon.
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Harold Hubbard
Muscatine
J. C. Coster
West Liberty
Grand Jury
Co. C. Redman
Sam Philpott
Albert Reynolds
Ellis Phillips
Harold Essex
Howard Alexander
Harry Ramsdell
Earl McKinney
Coster
Curtis Owens
Code of Cigar Makers Sets 40 Hour Week Plan
The national recovery administration released a modified re employment agreement for cigar workers setting a 40 hour work week with pay of 40 cents an hour. The plan allows up to 45 hours weekly for four months and limits yearly hours to 2,000. It also outlines rates for repairmen engineers and other trades, with regional differences of 40 cents north and 30 cents south per hour.
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Code of Cigar Makers
National Recovery Administration
Wisconsin Faces Third Milk Strike
Fifteen thousand Dodge county farmers voted to withhold milk on a minute's notice if the Wisconsin cooperative milk pool leadership deems it necessary. Walter M. Singler cited cheese prices declining to about 10 cents in the state as a factor. Governor Schmedeman countered that strikes do not help farmers and challenged Singler to prove any benefit from his leadership.
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Horicon
Wis
Wisconsin
Dodge County
Wisconsin Cooperative Milk Pool
Walter M. Singler
Shipcton
Schmedeman
Wild Rose
Singler
Weather Town: Fair to partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday
Weather forecast for extreme eastern Illinois calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with temperatures not as cool tonight.
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Town
Por
Illinois
Excerpt hints at political intrigue and personal notes
In a fragmentary letter from Beverly Hills, a narrator references Balbo and Mussolini, speculates on why beard growth occurred, and mentions a curious remark about a Cuban ex-president hiding in bushes. The text also alludes to zones and selling items to gangsters, ending with a casual sign-off.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Balbo
Mussolini
Italy
Cuba
McColm Rites Prompt Muscatine Closings Tuesday
Business and professional offices in Muscatine will close Tuesday afternoon from 3 to 4 o'clock to honor the late E. L. McColm head of McColm and Company. The Muscatine Bank and Trust Company where he served as vice president and a director will close at noon. Services are set for 3 p.m. at the First Methodist Episcopal Church. The McColm and Company store will stay closed until Wednesday morning after closing Saturday night following his death.
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Muscatine
E. L. McColm
McColm and Company
Muscatine Ank and Trust Company
McColm
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Mr. McColm
Machado’s Family Arrives in Florida After Cuba Turmoil
The wife and three daughters of former Cuban President Machado arrived in Key West aboard the yacht General Juan Bruno Zayas. Government officials offered safe conduct for refuge as exiled Cuban secretary of state Or estes Ferrara and family spoke from Richmond, predicting worsening Cuba conditions. There were no demonstrations.
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Washington
Orestes Ferrara
Havana
Associated Press
Richmond
Cuba
Key West, Fla
President Machado
Juan Bruno Zayas
Limit Sought on City Liabilities
Mayor Herman B. Lord and Recorder F. D. McKinney travel from Muscatine to Decorah to press Iowa League of Municipalities behind House File No. 163 limiting city liability for street and sidewalk accidents. A recent fall over a water stop box led to a district court verdict and an appeal, while a $10,000 damage claim has been filed with the city.
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Iowa League of Municipalities
Decorah
Herman B. Lord
F. D. McKinney
Lord
Recorder McKinney
Muscatine
Iowa
U.S. Sails Destroyers to Cuba to Shield Citizens
President Roosevelt announced three destroyers were dispatched to Havana and Manzanillo to protect American lives in Cuba. He stressed no intervention in Cuba’s internal affairs while ensuring citizen safety as Cuba’s government shifts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Island
Republic
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Havana
Manzanillo
Cuba
Cuban
Richmond
Columbus Junction Man Slugged Left by Companions
A man identified as R. J. Feagin of Columbus Junction was found in the road near the serum plant at 10 48 p m Saturday with a scalp wound after being knocked out by three companions who left him in the road.
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Columbus Junction
R. J. Feagin
Feagin
Herring Criticizes Land Bank Over Refinancing Delays
Governor Herring ridicules the Omaha Federal Land Bank for slow handling of the 108 million dollar Iowa mortgage refinancing program. He said he advised Henry Morgenthau Jr to fix the delays and expects a federal representative to study the matter. D W Bates will travel to Omaha to learn why approvals are delayed.
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Des Moines
Herring
Iowa
Omaha Federal Land Bank
Hegg
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Farm Credit Administration
D. W. Bates
Omaha
D. W. Hogan
Washington
Washingon
Looting and Arson Disturb Cuban Capital Amid Reel of Events
A group of about 50 invaded the Cuban consulate in Havana assaulting acting consul general Mario Del Pino and removing a bust of Machado. Del Pino avoided pressing charges. US naval forces moved to Cuba protecting citizens as looting continued and Machado fled to the Bahamas.
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New York
Battery Rey
Mario del Pino
President Machado
Cuba
Senor del Pino
Merger Talks Advance Between Two Muscatine Churches
The First Methodist and Cedar Street Methodist in Muscatine move toward consolidation. A six member First church committee led by W E Downer will meet Cedar Street reps at 8 p m Tuesday at the First church. Final approval awaits conference bodies after local ratification.
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First Methodist Episcopal Church
Cedar Street Methodist Episcopal Church
First Methodist Church
Cedar Street
W. E. Downer
J. H. Kendig
J. M. Kemble
E. J. Althalter
L. C. Howe
A. E. Bowser
Benjamin Schwartz
Muscatine
Iowa Des Moines
Des Moines
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Dee
Machado
Havana de Cuba
U. S
Alabama
BY Claude Callan
Wcopyriga
Publishers Syndicate
U. S. Nabs
Hubbard
Sumner Welles
Carlos de Cesnedes
Gerado Machado
Will
Hur Royer
McManeht Syndicate
Lam
Florida
Key West
League
United States
Gerardo Machado
General Machado
Bahamas
Liberal
Taylor
Claxton
Sturtevant
Methodist
Robert Quillen
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