Diplomatic protest after Yokohama Singer raid
American Ambassador Grew pressed Japan’s Foreign Minister Uchida for an immediate investigation of the Yokohama Singer Sewing Machine branch raid. Police held 138 suspects as 200 workers destroyed movable property and records, with losses expected at several hundred thousand yen.
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Tokyo
Joseph C. Grew
Uchida
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Yokohama
Grew
Richard McCleary
New York
Singer Company
Whic
Japan
McCleary
Burlington backs Clair Farm Plan for price stabilization
Burlington chamber of commerce backs the Francis J. Clair plan aiming to stabilize prices for wheat corn and cotton by regulating marketing under the agricultural marketing act. The plan seeks legislative approval in Iowa and federal ratification, with a minimum price set and controlled sales to meet domestic demand. Support comes from business leaders in several Iowa cities and New York designer Clair explains its uses.
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Burlington
Francis J. Clair
Co. W. Bona
Burlington Chamber of Commerce
United States Congress
Congress
Clair
New York
Iowa
Federal Farm Board
Bond
Sioux City
Des Moines
Waterloo
Cedara
Japan Holds Line on Manchuria Policy
Japan vows no shift in policy toward Manchuria despite Roosevelt’s pledge to honor treaties. China welcomes the stance as validation of Hoover-era Far East policy. Jehol and northern China see no change in military activity as weather delays renewed fighting. A Dairen paper claims Shanhaikwan is under Manchukuo control via a local league. The League of Nations group in Geneva may hold a final Sino Japanese meeting amid waning momentum. A Yokohama labor riot at the Singer plant ends with property damage and over 100 arrests.
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Roosevelt
Japan
Manchuria
Tokyo
China
Hoover
Far East
Jehol
Dairen
Shanhaikwan
Manchukuo
Peace and Order League
Geneva
League of Nations Committee of 19
Washington
Yokohama
Singer
Inci
Welfare Officials Seek Central Waterproof Storeroom
The Muscatine Welfare association appeals for a centrally located waterproof building to store furniture including bedspreads stoves and other home furnishings. A garage or shed that is waterproof would suffice and interested helpers may contact the Welfare association at telephone 1208.
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Muscatine Welfare Association
Welfare Association
Davenport Fire Ravages Four Story Building
A morning blaze in Davenport gutting a four story building housing the Grand billiard parlor and two small sweet shops caused about 50000 in damages. The upper floors were unused while smoke and water damage to an adjacent Garden theater totaled around 5000.
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Davenport
Denmark Premier Stauning to Visit Washington in Spring
Premier Stauning told Extrabladet he will travel to Washington in the spring to discuss Denmark United States trade with the American president.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Stauning
Extrabladet Today
Washington
United States
Huey Carver Glass veto sparks Senate questions
Santa Monica notes discuss Huey as a female scenario writer and how he got into the senate over Car ter Glass' veto. The piece questions whether senators and the public understood his statements and notes the enduring difficulty in comprehension of any senator's words.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Huey
Senate
Carter Glass
Winnie Judd Guarded to Avert Death by Own Action
Winnie Ruth Judd, 29, under life hanging sentence, was closely guarded overnight in Phoenix as she faced continued cross examination in the Halloran case. She hinted at plans to kill herself and was described as in a hysterical outburst after a gruelling afternoon on the witness stand.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
John J. Halloran
Judd
Halloran
Agnes LeRoy
Hedvig Samuelson
Los Angeles
LeRoi
President Urges Sales Tax for Budget Balance
President Hoover urged Congress to adopt a general sales tax at low rates on all manufacturers except food and cheap clothing to raise federal revenue and balance the budget. He also called for refunding Liberty bonds to lower interest and converting short term borrowing to longer term issues.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Gas Pipeline Plan Faces County Objections in Des Moines
Muscatine County filed objections with the Board of Railroad Commissioners ahead of a Tuesday hearing in Des Moines on Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America plans. County seeks road and traffic protection, right to place an inspector, and charges back any county-required work to the company for a six inch line extending about three miles in Seventy-Six township toward Burlington. Objections were withdrawn after talks with the pipeline representative.
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Muscatine
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Des Moines
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America
F. P. G. Halbfass
J. Herman Mundt
Burlington
Bill to Cut High School Courses Up
Des Moines AP The bill would shorten high school courses above eighth grade to two years at public expense, allow tuition or endowed schools to offer more, and aim to reduce wasted time for students not planning college. Other measures include shifting parole duties to the board of control and repealing county high school establishment acts.
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Des Moines
T. G. Jengen
Audubon County
House
A. H. Bornstetter
Kossuth
W. H. Gemmill
Board of Education
House Appropriations Committee
Rep
A. R. Peet
Guthrie County
Guthrie
Panora
Senate Fails to End Filibuster in Glass Bank Bill Probe
Washington reports failed bid to curb a filibuster on the Glass bank bill as Senate leaders negotiated a voluntary debate limit but failed to win approval. The Senate agriculture committee spent two hours outlining the House farm relief bill by Rep. Jones of Texas before adjourning without action. The House Judiciary Committee passed an amendment to bankruptcy legislation exempting insolvent street railways and subways owned by municipalities from reorganizations.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Jones
Texas
House
Judiciary Committee
Rain Destroys Thin Ice Film Across Muscatine Streets
Early today a shower dissolved a thin ice film that slowed Muscatine traffic and left streets slick. No major accidents were reported as officials noted minor bus interruptions and trains on schedule. Temperatures rose, rain continued, and a shift from north to east winds accompanied a 0.15 inch rainfall by 7 am.
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Muscatine
Telepone Company
Fellowship Leader Speaks on Religious Wrecks Theme
Dr. E. R. Fulkerson addressed a capacity audience at the First Methodist Episcopal church on the theme Religious Wrecks. He cited John 5 30 to stress seeking the Father s will over personal aims and noted a growing belief in prayer despite unanswered prayers to come tonight.
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E. R. Fulkerson
First Methodist Episcopal
Protestant Fellowship Forward Movement
Weather gives rain and warmth for region tonight
Weather town reports rain and warmer conditions with Thursday partly cloudy in the northeast and east central areas. Illinois sees occasional rain tonight and Thursday morning, warmer in central and north portions, with river stages showing small rises in Keokuk and St. Louis and minor falls elsewhere.
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Illinois
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Louis
Fifteen Directors Elected to Muscatine Chamber of Commerce
At a lively annual meeting in Hotel Muscatine about 140 attended as 15 directors for the coming year were elected. C W Bond of Burlington urged organized cooperative action and reports on the past year were given by L R McKee F M Myers and L R Henderson. McKee announced he will not seek re election as president and called for study of financing methods and a possible move of the secretarys office to the business district.
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Muscatine
E. J. Asthalter
G. F. Barnard
Lady Boston
M. B. Brower
J. A. Chamberlin
R. L. Fairbanks
L. T. Heitz
L. R. Henderson
J. H. Kendig
G. W. Meerdink
L. R. McKee
H. W. Ogilvie
C. R. Rabedeaux
J. M. Roth
George W. Zoller
Filipinos Likely to Accept US Independence Terms
Washington AP Indications from Manila suggest 13 million Filipinos will accept the ten year independence plan. insular leaders favor the bill after Congress overrode Hoover’s veto 66 to 26. Some factions seek immediate freedom. Manuel Quezon will visit Washington to review the bill and decide on their stance. The House approved the measure 274 to an unspecified margin.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
Congress
Philippine Independence Mission
Senate
Hoover
Manila
Manuel Quezon
House
Health Post Tangle Heads to Council Over Inspectors
Muscatine board of health at a brief meeting decided to defer hiring decisions for the food, garbage, and milk inspectors until the city council straightens two ordinances. Dr. W. A. Houk’s term expired. four applicants remain including Dr. Houk, Dr. Tillie, Dr. Gingery, and Dr. Henderson.
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Board of Health
W. A. Houk
C. H. Fishburn
Herman Lord
Houk
Robert Tillie
J. B. Gingery
H. E. Henderson
Muscatine
Omaha
Neb
Three Men Slain in Hollywood Booze War
In Hollywood California three men were murdered in a bootlegger feud linked to eastern gangsters seeking control of film industry liquor. One victim identified as Harry Meager, a noted bootlegger, died after his car crashed while he tried to flee with an unfired pistol in hand. A second body was found near Long Beach and a third man, matching a former bootlegger's description, was shot in the head. Police allege a passenger may have fired first.
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Hollywood
Calif
Harry Meager
Hollywood Meager
Meager
Long Beach
Fern Meager
Jvoeping
White House Conference Scheduled With Hoover and Roosevelt
President Hoover and President elect Roosevelt will confer at the White House Friday to discuss foreign affairs and international developments. Officials expect talks to cover war debt armament Sino Japanese conflict and allied economic issues as a path toward a joint policy between the hoover and roosevelt administrations.
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Washington
Hoover
Roosevelt
Whit House
Executive Mansion
White House
Stimson
Democrats Plan Special Session On Budget Balancing
Democratic leaders abandon hopes for budget balancing this session and signal a forthcoming special session of the new Congress. Twelve Ways and Means members drop all tax proposals before March 4 as Speaker Garner declines to specify the timing of the call.
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Washington
Congressional Democrats
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Garner
Capitol Hill
Betrothal Worries Hover Over Betty’s Choice
Ma cautions Betty on marriage to Jim an old beau of Ma’s who is rich. The scene hints at money, risk, and cautious hope for Betty’s future as she considers her path.
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Jim
Betty
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