Canton farmer in Sproat killing trial delayed to January
In Tipton district court Judge John T. Moffit granted Wain S. Kile a further continuance in the R. G. Sproat vigilante killing case. The trial opening is now set for January 7 after defense cited inability to secure witnesses including Jack and Roy Mercer. It is hoped Mercer brothers may be captured before the new date.
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Senate weighs 60 Million Dreuth bill and naval program
The Senate advances a 60 million dreuth bill amid debate on unemployment and peace-time emergencies. It also passes a 30 million battleship modernization bill and examines a 134.6 million naval program under the London treaty, with updates on interior department funding and Missouri valley water projects.
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Minstrel Show at Wilton Postponed Over Road Conditions
The minstrel entertainment planned for a Wilton township Farm Bureau meeting at Rainbow school was postponed due to poor road conditions. A new date will be announced once conditions improve.
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Hog Futures Call Report Premature
Washington officials call Berlin reports of the United States negotiating to buy the Bluecher palace premature. State department spokesmen said no final agreement exists and no purchase is imminent.
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VFW to Meet at Memorial Hall in Muscatine
Veterans of Foreign Wars unit plans its regular business session at Memorial hall in the courthouse on Tuesday night.
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Supreme Court to rehear Rock Island rail case in Iowa
The Iowa Supreme Court will rehear the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad case against Frances Rosenbaum county treasurer and other officials in the coming days. The issue centers on the 1927 three mill emergency tax levy declared unconstitutional by prior rulings.
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A. B. Howland
Des Moines
Railroad
Ask Senator Laval to Form Cabinet
Paris AP Senator Pierre Laval received a mandate from President Doumergue to form a new French government. Laval delaying a definite answer after Barthou quit, due to radical socialists balking at a cabinet with a strong rightist, Louis Marin. Laval will consult leaders including Tardieu Briand and Poincare before replying.
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Poincare
Louis Marin
M. Laval
M. Doumergue
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Chamber
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Briand
Negotiations Continue Over Embassy Building Purchase
The embassy and consulate project faces ongoing talks about the site cost. Reported 2 500 000 dollars binding to the deal is said not to be the figure under dispute in the negotiations.
Hammill Asked to Name Jobless Study Commission
Governor Hammill received a letter from officers of the Iowa Federation of Labor urging him to appoint a commission to study unemployment in the state. He believes Iowa’s labor conditions are strong, may not form a definite committee, and is examining the issue in his biennial message to the legislature.
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Des Moines
Iowa Federation of Labor
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Middle West
Chicago
Illinois Unemployment Commission
Congress Debates Bills and Hearings Across Committees
Senate debates mothers aid bill as Jones leads. Finance committee questions tariff commissioners. House debates interior department supply bill. Education committee hears Governor Roosevelt of Porto Rico. Appropriations committee considers justice department supply bill.
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Thompson Lands Marketing Act Debate Opens Farm Bureau Meet
Sam H. Thompson, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, opposed revising the agricultural marketing act. He argued the act already has authority to accomplish core goals and urged no amendments at the start of the three day convention. Farm leaders from across the country discussed rural credits tax policy acreage reduction and transportation solutions.
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Sam H. Thompson
American Farm Bureau Federation
Thompson
Scores Injured in German Riots Across Cities
Berlin reports a riot packed weekend with clashes between communists and fascists leaving multiple injuries. In Bernau police faced attacks as ten officers and fascists were hospitalized. Dortmund saw a dying fascist in a communist-fascist clash. Hamelin near Hanover reported ten serious injuries at a republican reich banner gathering. Bonn and other cities recorded several wounded in various clashes.
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Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promote Cleansing Of System
A vintage ad promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a natural bowel cleanser and liver energizer. It claims to reduce poisons from the bowels, improve complexion and vitality, and offer a gentle laxative effect without griping. Prices listed include 15¢ 30c and 60c.
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Homes Fall After Formosa Quake Killing Four
The Rengo News Agency reports a severe Formosan quake in Taiwan's southwest that killed four people and toppled 253 houses. The tremor began at 3 50 p m and lasted thirteen minutes.
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Rengo
Taiwan
Sale for Blind Opens Tuesday in Muscatine
An exhibition and sale of products made by Iowa's blind community opens Tuesday in the old Penney building Muscatine for three days. The event is under Madison Lions club auspices with proceeds benefiting blind residents. baskets and rugs are crafted by adults trained in Vinton and sold statewide.
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Dry Leaders Meet in Secret Session
Delegates to the national temperance council gathered behind closed doors to plan the most aggressive prohibition campaign in a decade. President Hoover's law enforcement commission also met in secret for the first time in 12 days, with possible completion of its dry law report looming after a short adjournment. An open anti prohibition push contends at the national constitutional convention seeks a single substitute for the eighteenth amendment and Volstead act.
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Bremer Fined One Dollar for Larceny of Flour
Leonard Bremer was fined $1 and costs in Justice J C Coster's court this morning on a charge of larceny of flour worth about $1. He was arrested by Sheriff Fred B Nesper at Fairport after officers traced flour leaked from a worn sack to Brewer's riverfront home.
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Fred B. Nesper
Fairport
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Brewer
Real Internal Pile Remedy Promises Quick Relief
Thousands learn that relief comes from an internal medicine, not salves or cutting. Dr. J. S. Leonhardt’s HEMROID allegedly cured 960 of 1,000 patients, with Havercamp's Pharmacy offering a money back guarantee if piles persist.
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Belgium Queen Orders Inquiry Into Fog Sickness
Queen Elizabeth visits Meuse valley danger area and questions patients about a mysterious illness blamed for 67 deaths. A special commission is formed to investigate causes after residents return from evacuation amid an impenetrable fog.
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Meuse
Elizabeth
Bankers Life Loses Supreme Court Appeal
Washington AP report says Joseph Wall and Bankers Life Co of Des Moines failed to stop a shift from mutual assessment to legal reserve insurance after the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal for not presenting a substantial federal question.
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Joseph Wall
Bankers Life Company of
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Supreme Court
Possible slow poison or alcohol cited in Mrs Shepard death
A federal court heard testimony from a Maj army medical officer in Maj Charles A Shepard murder trial suggesting Mrs Zruana Shepard may have died from a slow acting poison or alcohol. Defense counsel probed prescriptions containing calories linked to the alleged poison.
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Kas
Charles A. Shepard
Zruana Sheparda
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