Mayer Faces Grand Jurors in Sioux City Graft Probe
Clyde E. Mayer the Sioux City man questioned by Woodbury county graft grand jury amid indictments of 24 people including Attorney General Edward L. O’Connor and others on gambling conspiracy charges. Mayer and attorney Goltz conferred with special prosecutors as wife and brother were subpoenaed. Mayer faces a separate indictment tied to slot machine operations.
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Sioux City
Woodbury County
Clyde E. Mayer
Edward L. O.connor
Walter Maley
Mayer
Carlos W. Goltz
H. M. Havner
Ole Naglestad
John
Grand
O'Connor
Jack Kennedy
Goltz
Bids Taken for Homes at Locks
Nine bids were submitted for lock tender homes at locks 10 Guttenberg 11 Dubuque 16 Muscatine 20 Canton Mo and 21 Quincy NL. Warner Construction Chicago led Guttenberg with 31437.90 while Dubuque had one bid 38962.77. Muscatine went to John Goettsch Davenport at 44974.21. Canton saw two bids 41000 Kaemper Quincy and 43330.35 Freda W Guenther Burlington. Quincy had Kaemper as sole bidder at 40888.
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Rock Island
U. S
Guttenberg
Dubuque
Muscatine
Canton
Quincy
War Department
Warner Construction Company
Chicago
Warner Company
John Goettsch
Davenport
Kaemper Company
Freda W. Guenther
Fran Julis
Burlington
Kaerper Company
Lock 21
Italy Expands Armed Forces Amid Ethiopian Crisis
Rome reports 120000 troops ready for decisive action against Ethiopia as Mussolini reorganizes divisions for East Africa. Officials say 1909 1910 classes rush to colors while 1912 specialists are ordered to report July 20. London seeks last minute compromise as England fixes its stance in the dispute.
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Rome
Italy
Empire of Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
London
Great Britain
England
East Africa
Ethiopian plea for peaceful solution in Italo-Ethiopian dispute
Addis Ababa reports Washington sent withdrawal talks to US diplomat W. Perry George, while Ethiopia presses for immediate convocation of the League of Nations Council. The foreign ministry cites Italian refusal at Scheveningen and asks European nations to stop arms deliveries for Ethiopia's defense.
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Addis Ababa
Washington
Ethiopia
W. Perry George
United States
Foreign Ministry
Italy
Council of the
League of Nations
Scheveningen
Netherlands
Flames Menace Wisconsin Town
An oil explosion in Campbellsport Fond du Lac county Wisconsin threatened the business district for two hours before control. One man Jack Whealon received serious burns while Clem Nett survived uninjured as 200 000 gallons of gasoline near the Standard Oil bulk station faced danger. A northbound train aided by engine removed undamaged cars from the blaze.
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Campbellsport
Wis
Fond du Lec
Chicago and Northwestern
Jack Whealon
Clem Nett
Nett
Standard Oil Company
Denials of guilt in Frances slaying persist
Three companions Irene Prince 15 Glen Kinder 26 George Hale 25 and Loretta Johnson 18 all of Lawrence county denied guilt after prosecutors said they would file charges and seek $5 000 bonds. The group underwent lie detector tests at Indiana University and claimed the girl shot herself after a lovers lane meeting.
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Bedford
Ind
Frances
Irene Prince
Lane
David F. Long
Glen Kinder
George Hale
Loretta Johnson
Lawrence County
Indiana University
Speeding Train Derails After Blocked Tracks Near South Bend
Police and railroad authorities opened an inquiry into a derailment of a South Shore electric train traveling to South Bend. No casualties occurred as a 80 pound acetylene tank was placed across the rails, sending the train over 500 feet before stopping. Passengers were moved to a reserve train and continued to South Bend.
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Chicago
South Shore
South Bend
Railroad Man's Body Recovered Near Sandusky
Keokuk Iowa. Charles Wright 48 retired C B and Q freight conductor was found floating in the Mississippi near Sandusky five miles north of Keokuk this morning. His shirt trousers and shoes lay on a log near the body and a watch and empty revolver were in his pockets. No bullet wounds noted and he had been in poor health for two years. Burlington Iowa. George Brown 65 Des Moines county farmer died shortly before noon today from injuries after a team of horses bolted throwing him from a hay rack his head struck rocks two sisters survive.
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Keokuk
Bay of
Charles Wright
Mississippi
Sandusky
Here
Burlington
George Brown
Des Moines
Brown
Flood Sector Relief Efforts Under Way in New York
State and federal relief teams push flood recovery in New York after 40 deaths and 25 million dollars in damages. Governor Lehman directs operations as 3,000 homeless, four missing, debris removal continues and boil-water orders remain in effect. The nationwide floods add casualties and property losses across Pennsylvania and Maryland.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
Upper
New York State
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Surrender Seen at New Orleans
Two city officials in New Orleans sign a statement saying they will not oppose Senator Huey P. Long, citing the city’s need for peace as the drama over Long’s influence eases. The Finance Commissioner A Miles Pratt and Property Commissioner Joseph P Skelly formerly allied with Mayor T Seemes Walmsley, now vow no further opposition.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
T. Seemes Walmsley
A. Miles Pratt
Joseph P. Skelly
Weather outlook with storms in Iowa and fair Illinois
Iowa reports scattered thunderstorms tonight and Thursday with continued warmth. Illinois mainly fair with possible showers in the northwest Thursday and warmer along Lake Michigan. Mississippi River levels show Dubuque 8.4 rising slightly, Davenport 7.0 easing, Muscatine 8.4 easing, Keokuk 8.8 easing, Hannibal 12.5 easing, and St. Louis 24.4 easing.
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Iowa
Illinois
Northwest
Lake Michigan
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
Hannibal
St. Louis
Senate Firm in Stand on Utilities Act
The administration won a decisive victory as the house passed an amendment 98 to 67 removing a clause that barred TVA from selling power or chemicals below cost after July 1, 1937. The debate shifts to conference with the senate insisting on Roosevelt’s provision to outlaw unnecessary holding companies in seven years.
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Senate
Washington
TVA
House
Roosevelt
House Rules Committee
Congress
Dieterich
Illinois
Thomas Corcoran
RFC
Brewster
Maine
Corcoran
Passamaquoddy, Me
Railroad collision report leaves causes undetermined
Des Moines Iowa rail officials report on the Morning Sun crash between a Rock Island passenger train and an M and St L freight on June 13, leaving the reason for the fatal collision unresolved. One dead and 13 injured as investigators cite conflicting signals and crossing control issues.
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Des Moines
H. A. Franklin
Iowa Railroad Commission
Morning Sun
Rock Island
Franklin
Herman
Budget mentioned again as a budget balancing idea
Will Rogers recalls the budget in Santa Monica California as a long-dormant topic revived in papers. He jokes about balancing it and notes the budget’s return is mainly a name from the past.
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Santa Monica
Calif
King Tut
Budget
Smuggling Ring Smashes Watch Parts Network
New York reports the arrest of Max Erblich a Polish rabbi in the Aquitania commissary as authorities say they dismantled a ring smuggling hundreds of thousands of dollars in watch parts into the United States. They found 700 parts on him and 100 more in his room totaling about 5000 dollars.
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New York
Max Erblich
Aquitania
Treasury Department
United States
Erblich
Jewish Diet Department
Treasury
Webb Given 10 Year Sentence
George Webb of Muscatine pleaded guilty to larceny of a motor vehicle and theft of domestic fowls. Judge D W Jackson sentenced him to concurrent terms up to 10 years for the motor vehicle count and up to five years for the theft, to be served in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison. Webb aided by Cliff Collins in May raid on Roy Tooman farm. Collins jailed, Webb later arrested in Davenport.
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George Webb
Muscatine
Fort Madison
D. W. Jackson
Webb
Cliff Collins
Roy Tooman
Tooman
Bob Freyermuth
Colling
Collins
Davenport
John Heasley
West Liberty
Muscatire
French President Honored by Pope at Vatican
Pope Pius conferred the supreme order of Christ on France's President Lebrun in a ceremony at the Vatican. The act followed January discussions about a possible concordat with the Vatican during Pierre Laval's visit to Italy as foreign minister.
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Vatican City
Pius
Lebrun
France
Pierre Laval
Italy
Vatican
Austrian Diet Reverses Penalties on Hapsburgs
The Austrian federal diet unanimously revoked penalties on the Hapsburgs and returned confiscated properties to Archduke Otto. Pending President Miklas's signature, the measure becomes law. A monarchist adviser from Belgium described plans for a quasi cabinet of monarchist minds.
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Hapsburgs
Wade Werner
Associated Press
Vienna
Federal Diet
Miklas
Archduke Otto
Rope
Steeneckerzeel Castle
Belgium
Hopkins Appoints Ex Muscatine Man Iowa Works Progress Administrator
Washington reports L. S. Hill of Des Moines named Iowa Works Progress Administrator by Harry Hopkins. Hill will serve temporarily and unpaid pending program start, at urging of Hopkins. Hill, a longtime Iowa Democrat, formerly Des Moines postmaster and Muscatine native, leads in printing and lithography. Hopkins foresees rapid PWA start in Iowa, with projects likely beginning within 30 days after approval and a program possibly matching or exceeding the former PWA in scale.
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Washington
L. S. Hill
Des Moines
Iowa Works Progress
Harry L. Hopkins
Iowa
Hopkins
Hill
James Farley
Union County
Muscatine
American Lithographing and Printing Company
F. Hopkins
PWA
Roosevelt
Auto Crash Kills Fort Madison Man on Route 16
Roy Rowe 39 of Fort Madison is dead after a head on collision with Gordon Fromm 24 of Burlington on primary road No 16 four miles west of Burlington. Fromm and Leo Eid 34 Fort Madison were injured. Eid rode with Rowe. Rowe leaves a widow and parents.
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Burlington
Roy Rowe
Fort Madison
Gordon Fromm
Here
Fromm
Leo Eid
Eid
Rowe
Lightning Strikes Boone Bank Causing Roof Damage
A bolt hit the Boone National Bank building in Boone Iowa early today causing about 300 dollars in damage. The strike tore terra cotta from the roof corner and sent chunks into the street, with two automobiles damaged in the incident.
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Boone
Boone National Bank
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