Clark Not Eligible for Post Ruling Des Moines Opinion
An opinion by Iowa Attorney General E A O Connors office holds E W Clark cannot hold the state insurance commissioner post nor receive the increased salary. The ruling states Clark, a 43rd General Assembly member, was disqualified by the salary rise during his term and is not entitled to compensation.
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Des Moines
E. A. O’connor
E. W. Clark
Walter F. Maley
Clark
43Rd
General Assembly
Attorney General
C. B. Murtagh
44Th General Assembly
Attorney General's Office
44Th
Assembly
Insurance Commission
Cotton Mills Maintain High Speed Production in July
Census reports July consumption at 600,143 bales up from 278,568 last year while August 1 stocks fall about 1.5 million from 9,677,754 to 8,176,133. Year to July 31 consumption reached 6,135,595 bales versus 4,866,016 prior year with exports of 8,418,527 down from 8,706,858. July spindle activity rose to 26,069,158 from 19,758,252.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau
Wife jailed in husband's torch death in Rockford
In Rockford Illinois May Hanson 38 is jailed on suspicion in the death of her ex husband Earl Hanson. Authorities say a penny box of matches a porcelain wash basin and gasoline were used to set his car ablaze after he returned his daughter to his former wife. Hanson died after the car burst into flames. May Hanson pleaded with authorities saying she believes a grudge led to the murder.
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Rockford
Ill
Earl Hanson
May
Hanson
Jane
Here
Warships to Cuba and Swiss Watch Smuggling Tale
A quirky monologue recalls war ships heading to Cuba and rising foreign trade while detailing a Swiss man who tried to smuggle watches into Spain by hiding them under a gaggle of geese. The speaker muses about trained whales entering the country.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Cuba
Yokohama
Japan
Switzerland
Spain
Silvis Credit Union Secretary Kidnapped and Robbed
East Moline Illinois reports Silvis Shops Credit Union secretary Le Roy Miller was kidnapped at 9 15 am in the Silvis yards of the Rock Island lines and relieved of 3000 dollars. He was forced into the bandits car and released about a mile east of Geneseo after being driven past the rail line. Miller had cashed several checks for shop workers at a local bank.
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East Moline
Ill
LeRoy Miller
Silvis Shops Credit Union
Rock Island
Geneseo
Miller
Miler
Police Halt Murder Plot After Hoodlums Nabbed in Chicago
Chicago police clashed with a gang of six hoodlums today and seized John Tenuto 28 with two women Miss Piatt 26 and Miss Julia 20. Tenuto confessed the planned killing of Vincent Minneci 28 cousin of Leo Minneci tied to a prior slaying.
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Chicago
Vincent Minneci
Leo Minneci
John Tenuto
Illinois State Penitentiary
Louis Bangora
West Side
Minneci
Bangora
Frieda Piatt
Miss Piatt
Juliaer
Tenuto
Fiing
Possible hog tax after October first under emergency plan
Secretary Wallace stated a nominal processing tax on hogs may be levied on or after October 1 to fund an emergency hog reduction program. The rate could be about a half-cent per pound, enough for roughly 50 million dollars, with details still to be finalized.
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Washington
Wallace
Capone Transfer Reported for Chicago Trial
Capone is reportedly being moved from Atlanta to Joliet or Chicago to face racketeering and restraint of trade charges. A writ directed the federal government to produce Capone for trial in Chicago on August 29, with authorities indicating willingness to comply. Capone serves 11 years for income tax fraud in Atlanta.
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Chicago
al Capone
John J. Prystalski
Capone
Atlanta
Illinois
Old State
Joliet
Frank D. Whipp
City NRA Committee to Be Formed at Wednesday Meeting
The city will form a National Recovery Administration committee at an 8 PM meeting in city hall with invitations sent to over 100 Muscatine organizations via the chamber of commerce. A five to ten member community recovery committee will be chosen and a city delegate to the county committee is expected.
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NRA
Chamber of Commerce
Hugh S. Johnson
Iowa
Associated Press
State Recovery Board
State House
John J
Weather Town Brief Fair Tonight and Wednesday
Weather town reports generally fair conditions with possible showers in extreme northwest tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures rise slightly, with central and eastern portions warmer. Illinois also fair tonight and Wednesday with a slight warming trend.
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Illinois
Roosevelt Keeps Close Watch on Island Situation
American warships remained on guard in Cuban waters as reports from Cuba said conditions were improving. The destroyer Claxon left Havana for Guan tanamo bay, leaving only the Taylor at the capital, while the cruiser Richmond and destroyer Sturtevant were held in standby as Roosevelt monitored developments.
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Washington
Cuban
Island Republic
Havana
Navy
Claxton
Guantanamo Bay
Taylor
Panama Canal
Pacific
Atlantic
Richmond
Sturtevant
Manzanillo
Roosevelt
Calamus Slayer to Be Released
Harry Kenyon 55 a former marshal will be released on his own recognizance likely today and may return home County Attorney Edward Halsbach said no charges will be brought pending Clinton County grand jury action The coroner s jury found Nobel Brown 34 died from a gun discharge during a drunken fracas involving Kenyon Rodney Sherman Louis Rice Arnold Svenksen and Brown The grand jury will hear further investigation upon its September term
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Calamus
Harry Kenyon
Marshall
Nobel Brown
Edward C. Halsbach
Brown
Kenyon
Rodney Sherman
Louis Rice
Arnold Svenksen
Militias Protect Escaped Negro From Lynch Mob in Alabama
National guardsmen were mobilized in Tuscaloosa to guard Elmore Clark a wounded Black man who escaped a lynching after two co-defendants Dan Pippen Jr and A T Harden were killed. The victims were linked to the slaying of Miss Vaudine Maddox in Tuscaloosa County. Sheriff Shamblin cited masked attackers, while Pippen and Harden faced legal delays with their defense and international labor defense counsel. Clark fled to Vance after the Woodstock killings.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
National
Elmore Clark
Vance
R. L. Shamblin
Clark
Dan Pippen, Jr
A. T. Harden
Miss Vaudine
Dox
Pippen
International Labor Defense
Shamblin
Harden
Woodstock
Army Planes Direct Fight at Chicago
Police, aided by army aircraft, trapped and battled suspected kidnappers on Chicago’s western outskirts. The standoff aimed to rescue suspects tied to the Urschel and Fac tor cases, with a blue sedan sighted beneath Texas plates. Three hundred officers stretched the manhunt, as planes guided the pursuit through wooded areas.
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Chicago
John Factor
Charles Urschel
Oklahoma City
Texas
George Kelly
Urschel
Death Summons Mrs Metzger 89 In Muscatine
Mrs Karoline Dollries Metzger aged 89 died at her home 312 East Fifth Street after an illness with complications from old age. Born in Bavaria on October 23 1843 she moved to Muscatine in 1866 and married Heinrich Metzger in 1868. Surviving are three sons Henry Metzger Edward Metzger Charles Metzger and one daughter Mrs Caroline Ross. Funeral arrangements are with Ralph J Wittich Funeral Home. time and place to be announced.
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Karoline Dollries Metzger
East Fifth Street
Karoline Dollries
Bavaria
Germany
Muscatine
Heinrich Metzger
Metzger
Aunt Het by Robert Quillen
A blunt quip on revenge contrasts human nature with cleanliness as Aunt Het remarks that a fly’s presence is no dirtier than a splat. The line reflects Quillen’s wry humor about human foibles and social habits.
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Insurance Commissays
Poor PA
Claude Callan
Copyrign
Publishers Syndicate
Ferris Anthon
Kansas City
Thomas B. Baz
Bush
T. A. J. Mastin
Yours
Ure Roper
MaMeucht Gyadicsta
Sam
Silvis
U.S
Grand Jury
Muscatine Independent School
Y. W. Gym
Mary Shemaitis
Jefferson Gym
Henry van Hettinga
D. M. Keckler
Dallas
Tex
Harvey Bailey
Bailey
Mrs. Metzger
Robert Quillen
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