Four-H Clubs Open State Fair at Des Moines Iowa
Four-H clubs from all counties participate in livestock and crops judging at the 1933 Iowa state fair. Girls 4-H members set up demonstrations in the educational building as preparation continues across exhibits, machinery, tools, and farm products. Attendance is forecast to surpass 1932 by about 20 percent, with grand opening Friday and Children’s Day for under 16s. Judging begins Friday across several departments and stock events, with racing and new roley and floodlight programs debuting.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Aes
J. P. Mullen
Fonda
Fair Board
Milk Code Returned to Council Bluffs
Federal officials returned a proposed milk code formed by Council Bluffs distributors with instructions to revise it for tighter control. A N Heggen of the Nebraska Iowa Non Stock Cooperative Milk association said the code should include a checkoff clause requiring five cents per hundredweight from farmers and non members of the local cooperative.
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Des Moines
I?i
Council Bluffs Distribtors
A. N. Heggen
theebraska-Iowa
Lindberghs Land in Shetland Isles
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh landed at Lerwick in the Shetland islands after flying from Tvaraa in the Faroe Islands aboard Pan American Airways aircraft.
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Lindberghs Land
Shetland Isles
New York
City News Briefs From Muscatine Area
Multiple items report hospital admissions and discharges in Muscatine, Clinton Luther league trip, public notices, travel for a football game in Chicago, visits from New York and Syracuse residents, letters of birth and death, hog receipts, Knights of Pythias meeting plans, and a Young Democratic Clubs convention delegate. Notable names include H C Dircks Joe Daniels Mary Garvin J S Keiser Leland Lesher Helen Lange Ed C Eicher Carl Tiecke Anita Stange and Charles William.
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Bellevue Hospital
H. C. Dircks
Joe Daniels
Columbus Junction
Mary Garvin
Moscow
J. S. Keiser
Oak Street
Grace English Lutheran Church
Clinton
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Leland Lesher
Helen Lange
H. C. Vaughn
Cedar Street
Harry Crist
Letts
Frank Rathburn
Magnolia Street
Moline
Edward Rabbitt, Jr
Muscatine
J. C. Coster
William Volger
Chevrolet
Adam Weber
Robert
Climer Street
Fred Havemann
Grandview Avenue
Chicago
Soldiers’ Field
Eula Downer
Columbia University
New York City
Wilma Muller
Syracuse
N. Y
Frank Neidig
West Third Street
Jerome W. Hughes
Berea
Hughes
I. E. Grady
Kailona
W. H. Droll
Hills
Knotek
Soukup
Riverside
Ed C. Eicher
Wyoming Lodge No. 76
Knights of Pythias
Carl Tiecke
Jackwin
East Tenth Street
Anita Stange
Harold Hoefflin
Logan Street
Charles William
Associated Press
Hillis Phillips
West Liberty
Young People’s Society of the United Brethren Church
Federal Kidnap Action Speeded Across States
federal prosecutors pressed to move Urschel abductors to Oklahoma for speedy trial. indictments against 14 defendants for conspiracy to kidnap oil magnate Urschel paid ransom of 200000 dollars. Bailey Shannon Bates and other suspects jailed or hunted in Dallas Denver Minneapolis as Keenan Hyde Colvin announce swift removal orders. George Kelly remains at large as key suspect.
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Oklahoma City
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma
Texas
Joseph B. Keenan
Herbert K. Hyde
D. H. Colvin
United States Bureau of Investigation
Harvey Bailey
Shannon
Dallas
Denver
Albert Bates
Minneapolis
Keenan
Urschel
George
Hitchhiker Receives $100 from Herbert Hoover
John Wade Gordon of Memphis Tennessee says he hitchhiked along a northern California road when a large car stopped. He recognized former president Herbert Hoover in the back seat and Hoover lent him $100 to help him along until he found work in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
John Wade Gordon
Memphis
Tenn
Gordon
California
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
NRA push aims to restore Muscatine retail trade
An NRA proposal seeks to restore purchasing power by boosting national and local retail sales. Census data show Muscatine retail business at 1932 around 7.52 million, down from 1929's 11.281 million. Estimating 1926 levels, the plan targets a 3.197 million annual gain or about 10 656 daily.
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Muscatine
Census Bureau
Bureau of Later Statistics
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
NRA
Farmers' Credit Relief on Way as Murphy Seeks Action
Senator Louis Murphy of Dubuque said distressed Iowa farmers have failed to gain federal loan aid from Omaha. He urged Roosevelt to act quickly and suggested consolidating federal land banks and the land commissioner as a preliminary step for emergency relief, promising expected policy changes for Iowans.
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Murphy
Dubuque
Iowa
Omaha
Roosevelt
Louis Murphy
Federal Land Banks
Baby Born at Fayette County West Union Fair
For the first time in 80 years at the Fayette county fair a baby was born at the West Union fair grounds a girl named Fayette after the fair by her parents Mr and Mrs Ted Vining of Houston Tex
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West Union
Fayette County Fair
West Union Fairgrounds
Fayette
Ted Vining
Houston
Tex
Carey Is Signed by Brooklyn Club for 1934 Season
The Brooklyn Dodgers announced they re-engaged Mex Carey as manager for 1934, ending rumors that Gabby Street would replace him.
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Carey
Brooklyn
New York
Brooklyn Dodgers
National Baseball League Today
Mex Carey
Gabby Street
Barber Shop Hours Not to Be Limited Says NRA Official
The NRA official Wilton Legram states local barber shop hour agreements violate the program's spirit. He notes misunderstandings in Iowa barbers and reports complaints from cities. He argues the goal is to raise employment by reducing individual work hours without cutting overall employment.
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NRA
Blue Eagle Division
Shaw
Iowa
Wilton Legram
Further Declines in Farm Products Shown for Week
The Labor Department reports a slight drop in the wholesale price index for the week ending August 19. The weighted index of 784 commodities fell to 69.3 from 69.4, driven by lower farm products and foods and discounts in hides and leather goods. Farm prices slid from 58.5 to 57.5 and foods from 64.9 to 64.4.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ainsworth Property in Loot Discovered by Burlington Police
Burlington police recovered stolen property identified as belonging to firms in Salem and Ainsworth Illinois Biggsville Gladstone and Raritan Illinois. Chief of Police Frank Dorner announced the findings on Tuesday night news release.
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Ainsworth
Burlington
Salem
Biggsville
Gladstone
Raritan
Ill
Frank Dorner
Cubs Blank Phillies as Bush Shuts Down Philly
In Philadelphia the Chicago Cubs defeated the Phillies 5 to 0 in the first game of a doubleheader. Guy Bush pitched a complete shutout allowing eight hits, while Kiki Cuyler supplied a ninth inning homer. The Phillies managed only three hits.
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Philadelphia
Kiki Cuyler
Guy Bush
Chicago Cubs
Phillies
Cats
Holley
Chicagoans
Burlington Bank Declares 10 Percent Dividend
Burlington Bank to pay a ten percent dividend totaling $425,600 next month to receivers for the American Savings Bank and Trust Company. It is the first dividend since liquidation began. Depositors numbering about 7,500 will receive checks. Also noted are 3,096 county divisions in the United States and 22 independent cities.
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Burlington —(P
American Savings Bank and Trust Company
United States
Wheat Parley Seeks Solution As Talks Continue
London reports Paul Devinant travels to Paris to discuss the wheat price tariff dispute. The session adjourned without agreement on an international plan to curb a wheat glut and boost consumption. Exporters demand tariffs be cut after four months at 11.47 francs per quintal, while importers seek 12.5 to 13 francs.
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London
Paul Devinant
Paris
Devinant
France
United States
Canada
Australia
Argentina
U. S
Bishop asks flock to drop his title in Bristol
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Salisbury Woodward, bishop of Bristol, urged his followers to stop calling him My Lord. He said modern bishops should be approachable and not separable from the clergy.
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Bishop
Flock
Bristol
Eng
Salisbury Woodward
Myra
Peace Settles on Hollywood Studios
Peace settles on Hollywood as the movie technicians strike ends at major studios. More than 3,000 workers are expected to report to work after the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees acknowledges the national labor board decree dissolving the walkout that began July 8.
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Hollywood
International Alliance of
National Labor Board
Court suits filed over notes and claims against insurers
District Court notes show Helen Wallace executrix and Verna Wallace administratrix suing E. J. Messier and Essie Messier for 3702.60 on 1926 1927 promissory notes. Equitable Life seeks 11448.80 and a crop mortgage against Raub and others on a note dated March 1, 1930. Arthur Liebbe sues Mutual Benefit Health and Accident association for 180 asserting policy claim from August 28, 1931.
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Helen Wallace
Verna Wallace
William N. Wallace
E. J. Messier
Essie Messier
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Clarence A. Raub
Ethel Raub
Gertrude B. Hetzler
Arthur Liebbe
Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association of Omaha
Liebbe
Petition seeks removal of Illinois Life Insurance receiver
A federal petition filed by 24 policy holders seeks ouster of General Abel Davis as receiver of Illinois Life Insurance Co alleging unfitness. They cite no death claims paid, asset depletion, and monthly receiver expenses of 70 000 dollars. The filing also challenges the Central Life Assurance policy reinsurance as worthless under Illinois and Iowa law.
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Chicago
Abel Davis
Illinois Life Insurance Company
Central Life Assurance Society of
Des Moines
Illinois
Iowa
Dates of Special Elections Fixed Des Moines
Gov. Clyde Herring set three special elections to fill house vacancies. Clay county votes Sept. 26 to replace Frank E. Wenig who resigned to become state labor commissioner. Osceola and Jackson counties vote Oct. 3 to fill seats held by O J Ditto and F J Swift who resigned for state posts.
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Des Moines
Clyde Herring
Clay County
Osceola
Jackson
Frank E. Wenig
Spencer
Osceola County
O. J. Ditto
Sibley
State Highway Commission
Jackson County
F. J. Swift
Maquoketa
Atate
Dickinson Addresses Kiwanis on NRA Recovery Need
Senator L J Dickinson told Kiwanis members that until deflation of financial institutions is safely completed and banks can aid local interests the NRA program risks failure. He urged broad support for restoring prosperity and stressed financial help as essential to reemploy labor and expand production.
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Davenport
L. J. Dickinson
Algona
Kiwanis Club
NRA
Haynes Considered for Warden Post at Fort Madison
Des Moines Glenn C. Haynes is reported by the state board of control as a candidate for warden of the state penitentiary at Fort Madison. W. H. Frazer of Anamosa is eyed for appointment as warden of the men's reformatory at Anamosa.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
Glenn C. Haynes
Ft. Madison
W. H. Frazer
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids Plans Liquidation of Two Banks
Cedar Rapids banks American Trust and Savings and Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust will liquidate and form a new bank to replace them. Depositors will sign to release 50 percent of deposits with the rest trusteed. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation will lend against combined assets to cover the release.
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Cedar Rapids
American Trust and Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust Company
Senate
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
American Trust
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Iowan Gets 5 Years for Wounding Wife
Iowa City man William Wild was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison by District Judge James Gaffney after pleading guilty to assault with intent to commit manslaughter. He admitted wounding his wife with a shotgun during a family quarrel.
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Iowa City
William Wildman
Fort Madison
James Gaffney
Richberg to Speak at Ottumwa Labor Day Program
Richberg of Washington D C general counsel for the National Recovery Administration will be a main speaker at Ottumwa Labor Day events. He helped draft the recovery act and the blanket agreement and will share the program with Iowa Attorney General T Henry Foster. An invitation also goes to Gen Hugh S Johnson NRA administrator for a Des Moines area statewide meeting.
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Ottumwa
Donald R. Richberg
Washington, D. C
National Recovery Administration
Richberg
Iowa
Gene . T. Henry Foster
Recovery Board For
Life Gun Sought to Rescue Tourists Beside Esopus Creek
Emergency call sent from Mt Tremper New York to Poughkeepsie forty miles away for a life gun to shoot a line to three women and two children stranded at a tourist camp as Esopus creek rises. A previous boat attempt overturned leaving one survivor.
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Mt. Tremper
N. Y
Poughkeepsie
Esopus Creek
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James McElroy
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State University of
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Carl
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Colo
Carl Dipple
Dorothy Hintermeister
Laura Howard
Nebraska Street
Adele Blackwell
Bermuda
J. Scott Blackwell
Bernice
Cherry Street
Will Jones
University Hospital
C. F. Lee
East Fourth Street
George H. Carr
W. H. McBride
West Sixty Street
Baby
West Union Fair
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Phils
Cubs
Burlington Bank
Rinso
Hollywood Studios
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Cedar Rapids Bank
Freyermuth Dept
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J. P. Smith
W. L. Douglas
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