Wheat Growers Association Organizes Township Meetings
Three township meetings are scheduled with three more division meetings arranged today to discuss the proposed agreement. Wilton township meeting at Rainbow school 8 p.m. Bloomington and Sweetland townships set for Thursday at the courthouse. County Agent Carl E. Rylander arranging meetings today for Goshen Wapsinonoc and Pike townships to be held Friday.
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Rainbow School
Bloomington
Sweetland Township
Courthouse
Carl E. Rylander
Goshen
Wapsinonoc
Pike Township
Kidnapers Hunt Moves to Wisconsin In New Net
Police chase linked Urschel kidnaping suspects to Factor gang near Chicago. A taxi sting used marked money, aircraft surveillance, and armed squads to trap four gunmen as they fled through forested Cook County preserves toward Nannheim road. A Texas license plate car involved in the escape also eluded officers.
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William Hamm, Jr
St. Paul Brewer
George Kelly
Urschel
Oklahoma
la Grange
Cook County
Forest
Factor
Nannheim Road
Bist Street
Ft. Sheridan
Smith
Texas
Ora L. Shannon
Paradise
Shannon
Bailey
John A. Landall
Landall
Eugene Crotty
West Side
West Liberty Fair Entries Set Records
West Liberty fair continues with record entries and a packed schedule. Activities include harness racing events a concert by the West Branch band and a parade led by M A Hemingway fair marshal followed by free acts dancing and livestock displays. Children twelve and under admitted free on Thursday.
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West Liberty
Grove
West Branch
the Grove
M. A. Hemingway
Banks Recover Open Deposits After Banking Holiday
U S banks reopen with open deposits totaling 31 7 37 million while 2 163 803 000 remained tied in closed or restricted banks. Of 909 national banks still closed 317 have Treasury OK and plan reorganization unlocking about 400 million in deposits. Detectives say they have descriptions of two men and coats left in a car linked to the Hamm kidnapping and Touhy gang.
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O. K
the Treasury
United States
Treasury
Hamm
William Shoemaker
Melvin H. Purvis
U. S. Bureau of Nron
Touhy
Machado Exile and Charges Rise After Cuban Overthrow
Reports from the Bahamas say former Cuban president Machado plans to rent near Nassau while abroad. Criminal charges accuse Machado and six aides of misappropriation funds frauds and other crimes, with many fled or in hiding. An amnesty bill had cleared offenses before his overthrow, but new cases cover postchange actions. Sumner Welles faces allied diplomatic pressure over Rigorous policy toward Machado supporters.
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Machado
Nassau
de Cespedes
Machady
Havana
Treasury
Orestes Ferrara
Antonio B. Ainciart
Octavio Zubizarreta
Interior Department
Jose Izquierdo
Central District
Cuba
United States
Sumner Welles
British Move to Stop Gandhi’s Fast Plans
The Bombay government received word on Gandhi’s imprisonment and his threat to fast unless concessions were granted. He had been offered facilities to continue his anti untouchability campaign under conditions, though acceptance remains unclear. Welles is cited as willing to intervene in life danger cases but not where accused people evade responsibility.
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Mr. Gandhi
Welles
Machado
Alberto Herrera
Roosevelt Pressures Four Industries in NRA Code Talks
President Roosevelt backs rapid agreement on codes for steel oil coal and autos as Johnson pushes minimum wages and maximum hours. Labor protests steel leaders walking out and William Green accuses industry of defying recovery machinery while NRA prepares auto code hearings Friday.
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Labor Adboard
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NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Washington
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Roosevelt
Joseph W. Cox
District of Columbia Supreme Court
National Au
William Green
American Federation of Labor
NRA Labor Advisory Board
Perkins
Morning Sun and Ross reunions at Locust Grove park
Families gathered at Locust Grove park for the Swan household reunion with all day activities and distant attendees. The Ross family reunion drew 57 participants including Mrs. Mary Roderick of Mason City and John Ross of Burlington. The 1930 high school class planned a night reunion at the same park. Eleven members and leaders Mrs. Ray Barrack and Mrs. Ivan Bowers joined the F B W H Four H club meeting led by Harriet Rice with Irene Bryant elected treasurer.
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Swan
Locust Grove Park
Ross
Mary Roderick
Mason City
John Ross
Burlington
Ray Barrack
Ivan Bowers
Clark Faces Political Charge as Pay Withheld
The executive council accepts a new charge against Mr. Clark labeled politics and halts his pay while a hearing is set. The motion stems from a Baker led critique tied to Kansas City attorney William R. Baker and firms Henning and Baker. Officials say removal appears political amid ongoing legal disputes involving Royal Union Life Insurance and related groups. Murtagh refused to deliver a warrant after the opinion denying pay.
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Clark
Attorney General
William R. Baker
Kansas City
Kas
Baker
Henning and Baker
H. M. Havner
Royal Union Life Insurance Company
Independent Order of Foresters
Modern Brotherhood of America
State House
Murtagh
Johnson Approves Newspaper Code for Workers
Johnson approves a newspaper code setting minimum wages for office and sales employees. Rates range from 12 dollars weekly in towns under 2,500 to 15 dollars in cities over 500,000. The measure applies to cas workers or artisans excluding apprentices.
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Cas
Student Ira Harden to Speak at Walnut Street Baptist
Ira Harden a student at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary and a member of First Baptist church Muscatine will speak at Walnut Street Baptist Sunday in Rev Pieter Smit's absence He will also speak Wednesday night at mid week services Harden is studying for the Baptist ministry The Northwestern conference meets at Elgin Indiana starting today and runs through Sunday night The Muscatine church and Sunday school met their goals with 201 in Sunday school and church membership over 150 A balanced budget appears in the financial report.
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Ira Harden
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
First Baptist Church of
Morning Sun Mourns William Beck in Rites
Military funeral services will be held at 2 p m Thursday in the Presbyterian church for William Beck 36 son of Mr and Mrs H H Beck He died at the veterans home in Chicago after years as a patient He served in France and was gassed Rites by the American Legion Elmwood cemetery burial Surviving are his widow parents and seven sisters
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William Beck
H. H. Beck
Veterans’ Home
Chicago
Beck
Rainbow Division
France
American Legion
Elmwood Cemetery
Reds pick three from Rock Island for end season delivery
The Cincinnati Reds will receive three players from Rock Island at season end under a working agreement with the Mississippi Valley league club. Al Phillips Boots Hollingsworth and Hank Lowell Jessen are named, with contracts calling for four selections by mid August for 3000 dollars. Tony Robello was called for immediate delivery previously.
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Cincinnati
al Phillips
Boots” Hollingsworth
Hank Lowell Jessen
Tony Robello
Reds
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