Developments in Ethiopian Dispute Noted
British foreign policy moves toward Ethiopia amid frontier tensions are outlined by colonial secretary Malcolm MacDonald who reports partial redistribution of Kenya forces while no reinforcements are planned. Reports claim Ethiopia seeks two pending arms shipments and Italy pledges 300 planes for East Africa.
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Harold P. Braman
Associated Press
London
Malcolm MacDonald
House of Commons Today
Great Britain
Kenya
Ethiopia
Macdonald
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Rome
National Aviation Service
Italy
Air Service
East Africa
Giuseppe Valle
Air
Naples
Benito Mussolini
Il Duce
Red Cross
Mrs. Waley Given 20 Year Federal Sentence
Mrs. Margaret Thulin Waley, 19, convicted in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping case, was sentenced by U. S. District Judge E. E. Cushman to 20 years at the Milan federal detention farm in Michigan. The judge denied arrest of judgment and a new trial after ruling motions filed beyond the three day limit. Waley showed no emotion at sentencing and declined to speak.
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Tacoma
Wash
Margaret Thulin Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
U. S
E. E. Cushman Toiay
Milan
Mich
Cushman
John F. Dore
Giant Airplane Ready for Tests in Seattle
A 15 ton giant aerial battle cruiser described as the largest land plane built in the United States awaits tests in Seattle before Army Corps evaluation. It features a 105 foot midwing span, 70 foot overall length, four 724 horsepower engines and variable pitch constant speed propellers, with projected speeds of 200 to 250 mph. Boeing officials withheld full specs but expect to meet or exceed air corps requirements from a recent call for bids.
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Seattle.p
United States
Army Corps
Boeing Airplane Company
Explosion at Wilson and Company Packing Plant Injures Twenty
Twenty people were injured in a blast at the Wilson and Company packing plant in Oklahoma City. Fourteen received minor injuries at the scene, three women were hospitalized, and three are seriously hurt. The explosion happened in the cafeteria kitchen, likely caused by an underground water main leak.
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Oklahoma City
Wilson and Commpany
Two Cent Fare Favored for Rail Travel
Interstate Commerce Commission examiner Irving L. Koch recommended a maximum fare of two cents per passenger mile in coaches and three cents in Pullmans, replacing the current 3.6 cent rate. The Pullman surcharge would be eliminated. extra charges for extraordinary Pullman service were not deemed unlawful. Further hearings begin Oct. 3 as rail revenues and travel demand shift toward highway pricing.
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Irving L. Koch
Formosa Quake Claims 49 Lives
A Formosa earthquake centered in southern Shinchiku province killed 49 people and injured 144, damaging 224 buildings. Telegraph lines and railways were disrupted, with relief teams delivering food and medicines as traffic is expected to resume soon. Seismologists link it to aftershocks from the April disaster.
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Taihoku
Formosa
Shinchiku
Japan
Taichu
Taiwan
Iowa Farmers Work Day and Night in Crop Rush
Metrologist Charlies D Reed reports Iowa farmers plowing and harvesting around the clock due to a belated corn crop and dry spell. Tractors run with headlights, some fields abandoned for weeds, hay and small grain yields strong, second alfalfa growth two feet tall, pastures at their best.
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Des Moines
Charlies D. Reed
Iowa
Reed Sid
Reed
Dubuque Barber Slain. Gunman Shoots Self After
Glenn Dolan, 28, a barber, was killed in his Dubuque shop when John Jeez shot him over a gambling debt. Jeez then shot himself, condition critical. earlier chase by Earl Marshall and bystanders followed the suspect who fled, fired at others, and later died in a park.
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Dubuque
Glenn Dolan
John Jeez
Dolan
Jeez
Earl Marshall
Marshall
Heat and lawyers spark at Everly Hills talk
Everly Hills resident recounts a Monday night speech to a lawyers meeting. He notes mixed reception to a squib about driving out shysters, mentions three ex-cabinet members present Hurley Wilbur and Will Hays and praises Maryland’s new governor Nive.
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Everly Hills
Calif
Hurley
Hoover
Wilbur
Navy
Coolidge
Will Hays
Harding
Maryland
Gov
Nive
Ritchey
FR Stands Firm on Plans for New Tax
President Roosevelt told reporters he will not retreat on economic programs as the AAA tax provisions face court and congressional scrutiny. He urged passage of the tax bill before adjournment and cited Soviet and Brazilian trade pacts as boosting U.S. employment. Morganthau defended a bill to block damage suits tied to dollar devaluation before a Senate committee.
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Washington
AAA
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Congress
Russia
Brazil
Morgenthau
Senate
Treasury
More Counties in State Cut Relief
Floyd county board of supervisors discontinues all federal relief after August 1 to shift responsibility to the county. Relief cases have fallen from 491 in January to 70 by July 1. Wright county joins others in ending emergency relief on work projects amid farmer complaints about field workers and clients favoring county aid.
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Floyd County
Wright County
Charles City
Floyd County Board of Supervisors
Chickasaw County
Nashua
New Hampton
Clarion
Iowa
Weather summary for Iowa Illinois forecast
Iowa favors generally fair skies with possible northern tonight or Thursday thunder showers and cooler northwest. Illinois shows generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday with slightly warmer central and northeast areas tonight.
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Iowa
North
Northwest
Illinois
Jackson weighs pleas of teachers in reinstatement case
Judge D V Jackson considered the writ of certiorari filed by 11 married teachers seeking reinstatement in Muscatine schools. Attorneys argued the board holds broad discretionary power to contract with qualified persons, and that married women applicants had no vested contract rights. Three main points framed the teachers bid for reinstatement.
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D. V. Jackson
Board of Education
Muscatine
C. R. Staford
Harold Wilson
Stafford
Cities Warned on Sewage Disposal
The state executive council ordered five Cedar River cities and four plants to cease dumping untreated sewage. Cities named are Waterloo Cedar Falls Cedar Heights LaPorte City and Vinton with plants Marshall Canning Waterloo Iowa Canning LaPorte City Vinton and Rath Packing Waterloo. Reports deadlines span 1935 to 1938 with hearings by Health Commissioner Walter L. Bierring set for Thursday.
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Des Moines
Cedar River
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Cedar Heights
LaPorte City
Vinton
Marshall Canning Company
Iowa Canning Company
Rath Packing Company
Walter L. Bierring
Bierring
Iowa River
Marshalltown
Eldora
Tama
Marengo
Belle Plane
Central Fibre Products Company
Allen Loses Court Battle for City Post
Judge D V Jackson ruled the amended soldiers' preference law does not apply to filling elective public offices. Forrest A Allen's writ to compel recalling Charles McGill as street commissioner was denied. The ruling notes New York and Minnesota precedents and confirms the street commissioner is an elective post.
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D V. Jackson
Forrest A. Allen
Muscatine
Charles McGill
Iowa
New York
Minnesota
Jackson
Allen
Reaj
McGill
Packing Company Wins AAA Suit
Judge William H. Kirkpatrick ruled the processing tax provision of the Agricultural Adjustment Act unconstitutional. The Vogt firm, F. G. Vogt and Sons, Inc., Philadelphia meat packers, sought an injunction against the hog processing tax, citing $378,127 unpaid taxes. Ten other meat packing firms joined similar suits.
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Philadelphia — (P
William H. Kirkpatrick
U. S. District Court
Secretary of Agriculture
F. G. Vogt and Sons, Inc
Philadelphia Meat Packers
Vogt
Sioux City Mayor Hayes faces removal hearing
Chief Justice James Kintzinger named District Judge W W Scott of Davenport as special judge to hear removal proceedings against Sioux City Mayor W D Hayes. Grand jury indicted over twenty people in a gambling graft probe. Hayes suspended pending a hearing tentatively set for August 1. Special prosecutors Havner and Naglestad were authorized by Woodbury supervisors.
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Des Moines
James Kintzinger
W. W. Scott
Davenport
W. D. Hayes
Sioux City
Woodbury County
H. M. Havner
Edward L. Sennor
Walter Maley
Iowa
Hayes
Grand Jury
District Court
Havner
Ole Naglestad
Woodbury
McCarran Warns of Work-Relief Pay Scale Fallout
Nevada Senator McCarran argues the 19 to 93 dollar monthly federal work relief wage will harm the program and provoke labor trouble after talks from the west coast to Chicago and Philadelphia. He cites unions and out of work workers affected and predicts nationwide discontent.
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Washington
McCarran
Nevada
West Coast
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Pacific Coast
Adverse Supreme Court Ruling on AAA Cited
Former Pennsylvania congressman James M. Beck told the American Bar Association that a Supreme Court ruling against the processing tax seems likely as he argues the law transfers wealth between classes and may require redress. An NRA linkage favors interstate commerce based reform limited to federal jurisdiction with state regulation of intra state business. Hamilton Vreeland Jr. urged uniform divorce laws to end chaotic standards across states.
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Los Angeles
James M. Beck
Pennsylvania
American Bar Association
Supreme Court
Secretary of Agriculture
Solicitor General
NRA
Association
Commerce Committee
Hamilton Vreeland, Jr
Catholic University
Washington, D. C
Union Forces Send 25 Back to St. Louis
Des Moines labor union members detained 25 men who arrived by train from St. Louis and later escorted them back to the city line. Union leaders claim the men were strike breakers in the bakery dispute, while organizers deny import plans. Bakeries remain closed as pickets man the plants.
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St. Louis
Des Moines. In
Des Moines
Labor Temple
George Comfort
Master Bakers Association
A. A. Abner
George Baldwin
John Connolly, Jr
Ahner
New Trades Law Upheld in Court Des Moines Case
Des Moines. District Judge Frank S. Shankland upheld Iowa's fair trades practice law and a Des Moines ordinance setting minimum barber prices. He rejected claims the state law mirrors the national NRA act, affirming state power to curb price cutting where standards exist. Milton Strickler argued it was class legislation affecting rural barbers.
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Des Moines
Frank S. Shankland
Jack Duncan
Shankland
Harry Garrett
C. I. McNutt
City Legal Department
Milton Strickler
Duncan
Larbers
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Britain
Claud
Callan
Publishers Syndicate
Margaret Waley
U.S
Army Air Corps
Interstate Commerce Commission
McNaught
Ine
Chamber
Executive Council
City Post
Packing Company
Iowa Daily Press
D. Spence Lewis
Aunt Het
Robert Quillen
Smith
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