Spangler Pushes New GOP Group
Harri son Spangler Iowa national committeeman announces a permanent Republican grass roots committee with five members from each of ten states. A Chicago meeting is planned within two weeks and local grass roots rabies staging is expected by September. He notes many Democrats now back the grass roots movement amid discontent with the New Deal and rising debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Springfield
Harrison Spangler
Iowa
Spangler
Iowa Flood Toll Rises as Arrests Ordered in Keokuk
Keokuk authorities arrest Eli Rockefeller and Clyde Anderson during a probe into the drowning of Eppers after a launch with seven men disappeared on the Des Moines and Mississippi rivers. Other occupants gave varying accounts of the incident and a rescue effort. Rail lines resumed service and Ottumwa officials barred 80 flood refugees from returning until water drains and wells are cleaned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
D. J. McNamara
Eli Rockfeller
Clyde Anderson
Eppers
Des Moines
Mississippi
Rockefeller
Anderson
Harry Wagner
Jack Fallon
Glenn Brainard
Robert Lancaster
Memphis
Rock Island
Milwaukee
Valley Junction
Burlington
Lucas
Chariton
Charles City
Fort Atkinson
Clove
Great Western
Cumming
Ottumwa
E. A. Sheare
National Guard
Compromise Offered on Utilities Bill
In a Tuesday vote on the utilities measure lawmakers expressed private fears about next week’s Tennessee Valley Authority amendments and other controversial bills. Downtown, the Federal Trade Commission prepared to aid business in voluntary codes replacing NRAA rules, without wage and hour agreements unless requested. The Federal Reserve Board reported member bank deposits rose by 4 billion dollars in 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal Trade Commission
Supreme Court
NRAA
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Helen Cook Files New Divorce Suit
Helen Cook asks a divorce from Albert Cook in a suit filed in district court today. Papers in the action were withdrawn by counsel for Mrs. Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Cook
Albert Cook
Deeds Recorded and Property Transfers Noted
Deeds show American Savings Bank and Trust by receiver to Connecticut General Life Insurance Company for land in section 24 77 2W. Helen H and J S Bujewski transfer lot seven in block 63 Butterfields addition to Wilton. Glass snakes are lizards not snakes.
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American Savings Bank and Trust Company
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company
Helen H
J. S. Bujewski
A. E. Christensen
Butterfields
Wilton
Muscatine News Ledger Covers Local Incidents and Events
Reports show Mrs. Floyd McKinney improving at Belle Vue hospital. Rock Island Lines trainmaster C. T. McHugh tours Missouri division sites. L. J. Krider faces assault charges before Justice Coster. Orville Wood expelled from town after intoxication arrest in Riverside park. A. Van Camp reviews Cedar Rapids grand lodge convention for Iowa Masons. Carriers, visitors, and hospital admissions listed. building permit issued for attic porch at 1315 Smalley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd McKinney
East Fifth Street
Bellevue Hospital
C. T. McHugh
Rock Island Lines
Trenton
Muscatine
McHugh
Missouri Division
Railroad
L. J. Krider
J. C. Coster
Justice of the Peace
Jessie Krider
Geraldine
Orville Wood
Rockport
Riverside Park
Grand Lodge
Cedar Rapids
A. van Camp
Iowa Lodge No. 2
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
C. A. Carpenter
Los Angeles
Calif
Rockford
Carpenter
American Legion Auxiliary
Lloyd Hampton
New Boston
Hershey Hospital
Graydon Kranz
Elmer Yeater
Schiller Street
Claude Figgins
Jackson Street
Betty Delores Hofman
Lucas Street
Muscatine and
D. D. Roeland
Pittsburgh
Hotel Muscatine
Mr. Roland
Smalley Avenue
Archie Keath
I. V. Howeristine
East Second Street
Park Avenue
John W. Potter
Monroe Street
Chevrolet
Roy Phelps
East Seventh Street
Werner H. Diercks
Wisconsin Street
Plymouth
Muscatine Boys
Elmer Ziegler
N Weed Park
Dorothy Ziegler
Delta Alpha
First Baptist Church
Municipal Light and Water Board
O'Connor Maley and Others Face Charges in Corruption Probe
Testimony details alleged payoffs linked to bootleg operations and slot machine protection schemes. Key figures include O'Connor Findley and Clyde Mayer with multi‑count indictments and bonds set up to $3,000 for most defendants. Seigel remains free on appeal bond after a prior manslaughter conviction. Court activity continues with the closing program at the church tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bollinger
Des Moines
Findley
O'Connor
O’connor
O. A. Wakefield
Joe Seigel
Seigel
At Liberty
Clyde Mayer
Jack Kennedy
Sioux City
Citroen Dies After Illness in Hospital
Paris report states Andre Gustave Citroen aged 57, famed as the Henry Ford of France, died today after a lingering illness. His vast automobile plants, once valued at 2 billion francs, were placed in receivership December 21, 1934, and Citroen had been removed from active management of his companies.
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Paris
Andre Gustave Citroen
Henry Ford
France
Citroen
Endorsement of High School Plan by Muscatine Conservation Group
The Southeastern Iowa Conservation association backed a public works plan for a new Muscatine high school funded 45 percent by federal grants. The proposal, discussed at Hotel Muscatine with board of education members present, seeks community input and moves to the school board for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Public Works Administration
Southeastern Iowa Conservation Association
Hotel Muscatine
Board of Education
E. F. Rakow
Council approves street repairs and notices at Tuesday meeting
The Muscatine city council adopted multiple street and drainage measures including curb repairs on East Fourth Street and Halstead Street basins. They granted moving a trailer from the levee to Roscoe Avenue, approved an 8x12 trailer house move, and authorized graveling and cleaning of several streets. The meeting also covered police ammunition purchase, sewer investigations, water disposer construction, and weed notices with officials’ affirmation. Charles McGill named street commissioner. bond filed.
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East Fourth Street
Albert Barry
Muscatine
Iowa State Employment Service
Edward R. Herbert
United Veterans of America
Roscoe Avenue
Charles McGill
Municipal Light and Water Company
Halstead Street
Fletcher Avenue
Kemble
Orange Street
Lombard
Tenth Streets
Eighth
Ninth Streets
York
East Eighth Street
Street
Orchard Avenue
Hawthorne Avenue
Eighth Street
Iowa Avenue
Detthof Hardware Company
Mulberry Avenue
Board of Supervisors
Fred Rickheim
East Seventh Street
Leader in Relief Protest Meeting Loses Job
William Carlisle, a leader of the Muscatine County Unemployed and Relief association, was discharged from a Fairport relief project at the biological station. Leslie Bennett of the U S Fisheries ordered the firing, citing inefficiency and interruptions, with relief officials noting the action came from federal authorities, not local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Carlisle
Muscatine County
Unemployed and Relief Association
Court House
Board of Supervisors
Fairport Biological Station
Leslie Bennett
U. S. Fisheries
G. Allbee
Bennett
Fairport Station
Carlisle
United States Fisheries
Allbee
Group surveys Muscatine river front levee projects
A survey of proposed Muscatine river front improvements was led by Mayor Herman Lord and officials including C. H. Young and Walter Hendrickson. J. Clayton Fry of the Iowa State Planning Board joined to discuss funding via work relief and federal support. The Southeastern Iowa Conservation association backs regional conservation and rehabilitation efforts as projects are lined up for possible approval. The levee commission held routine business and granted the American Legion use of the levee front for a Carnival the week of July 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Allbee
Mulberry Avenue
High Bridge
McKee Button Factory
Telis Park
Weed Park
John D. Diercks
Park Board
Russell Johnson
Iowa State Planning Board
Muscatine
Muscatine River
Herman Lord
C. H. Young
Walter Hendrickson
J. Clayton Fry
Burlington
Chamber of Commerce
Southeastern Iowa Conservation Association
The
Conservation Association
Muscatine County
American Legion
Suspect Held in Omaha Streetcar Attacks
Police hold a suspect in connection with four attacks on South Omaha streetcars Tuesday night. Motorman Laurence Wagner suffered severe facial cuts when a brick bat shattered a tram window. The violence followed a week of disorders after nonstrikers rejected a sub arbitration board award restoring seniority to 268 striking Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
South Omaha
Laurence Wagner
Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway
Indictment Seeks Iowa Conspiracy Case Involving Slot Machines
Text shows Clyde E Mayer and Jack Kennedy of Sioux City charged with conspiracy to unlawfully use and permit slot machines. Indictment alleges fraudulent intent to operate gambling devices for money and property, with details unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Mayer
Kennedy
Clyde E. Mayer
Jack Kennedy
Sioux City
Grand Jury
Free Licenses for Unemployed Asked by Veteran Group
United Veterans of America Muscatine Post No 1 asks Governor Clyde L. Herring to grant free fishing licenses to unemployed men in Muscatine county and across the state. In a mailed resolution the group argues many cannot afford licenses and thus cannot enjoy the pastime or help support families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
Clyde L. Herring
United Veterans of America
Muscatine
City Purchases New Road Grader
The city council bought a road grader and scarifier from Cedar Rapids firm Martin-Roasa Tractor and Equipment for 1234 dollars funded from the grading fund. A lower bid from J D Adams of Indianapolis was rejected after officials chose the Cedar Rapids machine as superior and extended the contract. An old machine was traded in for 120 dollars credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin-Roasa Tractor and Equipment Company
Cedar Rapids
J. D. Adams Company
Indianapolis
Ind
Army Officer Visits Relatives at Keota
Major General E A Kreger and Mrs Kreger visit Keota after a year with their son in Honolulu. General Kreger, now retired, grew up in Keota and helped organize the local Legion post. His daughter and son-in-law Major J H Hills and family recently relocated to Fort Louis Washington after Hills was promoted to adjutant general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
E. A. Kreger
J. H. Hills
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Charles Kreger
B. F. Korf
General Kreger
Legion Post
Major Hills
Fort Louis, Wash
Conspiracy Alleged Against Officials Over Public Morals
A fragment notes defendants conspired to injure public morals and the administration of public justice, with police implicated in the wrongdoing as part of a broader agreement.
Disaster at Sea Claims 104 Lives Near Osaka
A fog bound collision in the Japanese inland sea sank the Midori Maru with 166 passengers and 85 crew aboard while 91 passengers and 56 crew were rescued. A total of 104 feared dead, all believed Japanese, with 11 bodies recovered. Reports also say 20 drowned as five fishing boats capsized in the White Sea gale near Murmansk.
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Osaka
Japan
Oslo
Norway
Murmansk
White Sea
Mrs. Ellen Bower Dies at 81 in Keithsburg Home
Mrs. Ellen Bower 81 a Keithsburg resident since 1910 died at her home Tuesday morning. Born July 4 1853 in Morgan County Ohio she married James O Bower April 20 1876 in Bedford Iowa. Funeral Friday 1 30 p m at Keithsburg Christian Church with Rev Lowe. burial Greenwood Muscatine. Murphy Funeral Home Aledo in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keithsburg
Ellen Bower
Morgan County
Ohio
William H. Britton
James O. Bower
Bedford
John W
Martin I
Galesburg
Ill
Alvilda Clark
Leonard
Muscatine
Oranow
California
Christian Church
Keithshuro
Bower
Lowe
Greenwood Cemetery
Murphy Funeral Home
Aledo
Bishop Hearing Again Deferred
Hearing in the divorce case of Alice Bishop against Leonard Bishop before Judge D W Jackson was adjourned at noon and will reconvene Friday morning. The case has spanned several days with many witnesses called by both sides.
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D. W. Jackson
Alice Bishop
Leonard Bishop
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Tommy AW Our
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Max Eitel
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Herry the Weasel
Pope Eitel
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Verne Busher
Eddie Shipstad
Oscar Johnson
Nelson Sisters
M‘gowan
Mack Roy Shipstad
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Hotel Sherman
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