State Writes Finis in Farmers Revolt
Des Moines reports ends to northwest Iowa farmers revolt with pleas of guilty by Morris Cope and Ed Casper. Leaders like A A Mitchell convicted for assaulting Judge C C Bradley. Sentences range from six months to one year plus suspended terms. over 100 arrested in sweeping roundup.
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Des Moines
Iowa
S ¥As
Mearly
Morris Cope
Ed Casper
Plymouth County
C. C. Bradley
le Mars
A. A. Mitchell
Mitchell
Orange City
Cape
Casper
Cope
Primghar
Denison
Bradley
Realtor Shot by Kidnappers in Philadelphia Suburb
Frank A. McClatchy 56 a wealthy real estate operator was shot through the chest during a struggle after being lured to a sample house in Lower Merion as would be kidnaped for ransom from his brother John H. McClatchy 58 a fellow millionaire real estate man and developer.
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Philadelphia
Frank A. McClatchy
McClatchy
Lower Merion
John H. McClatchy
H Street
Upper Darby
War Launched on Racketeers
Federal drive to stamp out racketeering begins with a focus on kidnapping. Senator Louis Murphy of Iowa arrives in Chicago to confer with police, prosecutors, and investigators led by United States Attorney Dwight Green and Chicago officials. The rackets are said to permeate many businesses as action expands.
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Chicago
Sen
Louis Murphy
Iowa
Senate
Senator Murphy
United States
Dwight Green
William Shoemaker
Melvin Purvis
United States Bureau of Investigation
Post at Nome After Flight Over Pacific
Wiley Post, the Oklahoma round the world flier, passed Nome Alaska at 7 30 a m Nome time signaling station advised the U S army signal corps he waded Nome and may land or push on toward Fairbanks 500 miles east refueling stop planned for Edmonton Alberta after departing Khabarovsk Siberia the flight covers a perilous jump across the Bering sea and marks a continuing bid to surpass the 1931 record with Harold Gatty in Moscow the aviator left to begin toward North America and sped toward Alaska amid storm warnings and weather delays.
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Seattle
Wash
Wiley Post
Oklahoma
Nome
Alaska
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Signal Corps
Post
Fairbanks
Edmonton
Alberta
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Bering Sea
Moscow
North American
Harold Gatty
Rikhlovo
Gatty
New York
Merchants to Meet on NIR A Operations in Iowa
Muscatine retailers join southeastern Iowa merchants in Washington at 8 p m to discuss National Industrial Recovery Act preparations. The Muscatine chamber cooperates to inform clothiers druggists dry goods furniture groceries hardware jewelry and shoe dealers. E C Eicher and other Iowa officials expected to explain the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Washington
Iowa
I. Rothschild
Muscatine Chamber of Commerce
E. C. Eicher
H. M. Nielson
Des Moines
Des Moines Merchants’ Bureau
Henry Frankel
Tennessee Votes on Prohibition Repeal Question
Tennessee voted on repeal of the federal prohibition amendment becoming the nineteenth state to decide. Predictions ranged from a 50 000 vote margin to about 75 000, with postmaster general Farley and state leaders asserting a repeal victory despite dry south opposition.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Sis
Alabama
Arkansas
John F. Baggett
James A. Farley
Horace Frierson, Jr
Democratic State Executive Committee
Tribute Fills Maquoketa as Judge Ely Laid to Rest
A large Muscatine County Bar delegation led by Judge D W Jackson attended the funeral of Judge Clarence L Ely in Maquoketa. Court was adjourned in the district. hundreds gathered at Sacred Heart cemetery for a solemn service led by Rev J A Mullen. Burial followed as business paused in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Clinton
Jackson Counties
Ely
Maquoketa
State Supreme Court
M. F. Donegan
Davenport
George Clausen
J. J. Kintzinger
Dubuque
D. W. Jackson
W. R. Maines
W. W. Scott
A. P. Barker
B. M. Jacobsen
Louis Roddewig
J. A Purcell
W. L. Keck
Henry Mahoney
Edward Kirch
A. P. Nims
H. L. Bowman
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Judge Jackson
C. R. Stafford
Frank Drake
Raymond Tipton
Gus Allbee
Robert Jackson
Lawrence J. Perigo
J. F. Devitt
W. D. Randall
R. G. Tipton
Matthew Westrate
Market declines across grains and stocks after early rally
Declines of 17 cents a bushel spread through May and other wheat deliveries trading near 97 34 cents and 90 cents, with rye down 26 1 2 cents and corn down nearly 15. New York shares fell as wheat slipped below $1 a bushel, with National Distillers, Allied Chemical, U S Steel, and other issues posting sizable losses while late rallies trimmed some losses before close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Allied Chemical
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
American Can
Iowa Enacts Truck Flare Law Now Enforced Next Week
Provisions of Iowa new truck flare law require at least three weather resistant flares with eight hour burning time, visible from 500 feet. When stopped on highways, place flares 75 feet ahead and behind and one to the traffic side. Violations are misdemeanor offenses with penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
William Wittich
Methodist Conference Opener Set for Sept 19 in Des Moines
Methodist Episcopal churches of Muscatine and nearby counties will send pastors and lay delegates to Des Moines for the Iowa Des Moines district conference opening on September 19. Over 800 delegates are expected with Bishop F D Leet of Omaha presiding. Host pastor Rev James Brett Kenna of First Methodist Des Moines leads the program committee and will oversee sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Churches
Muscatine
Des Moines
Iowa- Des Moines
Methodist Church
F. D. Leet
Omaha
Neb
James Brett Kenna
First Methodist Church
Kenna
Weather Outlook With River Stage Notes
Iowa partly cloudy with thunderstorms and cooler air tonight. Illinois shows showers later, then clearing. River stages: St Paul 1.6 unchanged, Dubuque 1.2 down 0.1, Davenport 1.6 down 0.2, Muscatine 2.5 down 0.2.
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Iowa
Illinois
St. Paul
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Conference aims to fix livestock industry on sound economics
Chicago producers and meat packers met to form a trade agreement covering from barnyard to butcher shop. Dr A G Black outlined goals to raise farm livestock prices and include processor payments, while Des Moines organizers named a sub-committee with Roswell Garst Earl C Smith Edward A O Neal and C V Gregory to press the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A. G. Black
Secretary of Agriculture
Des Moines
Black
The
Illinois Agricultural Association
Edward A. O'Neal
National Farm Bureau
C. V. Gregory
Prairie Farmer
Hull Fighting Behind Scenes Continued On Page 5
Secretary Cordell Hull is described in American circles as pressing to preserve Roosevelt’s tariff truce at the world economic conference. British and European opposition to gold standard policy is reported, with U S adherence to be kept only with reservations for tariff schedule changes tied to recovery and farm acts. Leaders plan a permanent body to keep the conference alive during the London recess beginning July 27.
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London
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Hull
Bankers Back Farm Refinancing Plan in Iowa
Bankers in seven Iowa counties voiced support for a federal farm mortgage refinancing program supplying 108 million dollars to Iowa. A Des Moines meeting outlined loan procedures from the Omaha federal land bank, with the Iowa Bankers Association pledging to aid full implementation. Governors and officials urged liberal appraisals and instructed appraisers for a two day school in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Statehouse
Federal Land Bank
Omaha
Iowa Bankers’ Association
B. F. Kauffman
Story
Keokuk
Carroll
Fayette
Woodbury
Ringgold
Cedar
State Banking Department
Clyde L. Herring
D. W. Bates
Kauffman
Banking Association
Omaha Federal Land Bank
H. E. Baird
Earl Liggett
Baird
Iowa State College Agricultural Faculty
Germany Vatican Concordat Signed Today
A Germany Vatican concordat was signed in Vatican City by Vice Chancellor Franz Von Papen and Cardinal Pacelli. Present were Baron Von Boers Undersecretary Buttmann Von Kile Ottaviani Pizzardo and Monsignor Kaas who aided negotiations. Baron Van Boers planned an audience with Pope Pius and the text will be published Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Germany
Vatican
Franz von Papen
Cardinal Pacelli
Baron von Boers
Buttmann
Holy See
von Kile
Monsignor
Ottaviani
Pizzardo
Congregation For
Rome
Baron van Boers
Pius
Officers Uncover Lair of Luer Kidnap Gang
Department of justice agents announced the solved mystery of banker August Luer’s kidnapping after a daylight raid near Madison Illinois. Those arrested include Randall E Novell Norman Vaughn Pearl Hook Mike Michaelie and Mrs Mike Michaelie with St Louis police aiding the raid
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St. Louis
Department of Justice
August Luer
Alton, Ill
Madison
Ill
Randall E. Novell
Norman Vaughn
Pearl Hook
Mike Michaelie
Sev
Johnson plans nationwide wage and hour codes to curb rising prices
Industrial Administrator Hugh S. Johnson outlined a voluntary plan for nationwide minimum wages and shorter hours to boost purchasing power as prices rise. He warned of a looming crisis and urged public pressure to gain compliance, with President Roosevelt likely to approve the proposed codes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Roosevelt
John Son
Johnson
Balbo Arrives in Washington for Roosevelt Visit
Gen Italo Balbo head of the Italian air armada arrives in Washington at 10 20 am EST from New York to meet President Roosevelt. At Bolling Field he is greeted by Lt Col B K Yount as a 19 gun salute sounds and the navy band plays the Italian anthem. Officials including Secretaries Swanson and Roper greet Balbo and his diplomatic party.
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Washington
Italo Balbo
Atlantic
Chicago
Roosevelt
New York
Galbo
B. K. Yount
Bollingfield
United States Navy
Balbo
Yount
Swanson
Roper
Rosso
Diplomatic Corps
Woman's Choice Sparks Smelly Ash Tray Tale
The fragment hints at a witty remark about a woman who may humor critics by refraining from smoking while tolerating an abundance of ash trays. The line suggests social humor about domestic life or a witty exchange in a local setting.
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W. F. Post
Maysville
Okla
Flyer
Finis
Tom Hawkins
Associated Press
BY Claude Callan
Jim
Publishers Syndicate
Murphy
Pacific
Novosibirsk
Irkutsk
Bukhlovo
N.I.R. A
Washington, Ia
Walter F. Weiler
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Mil
Will
Aimee
Methodist Church Conference
David Hutton
Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton
France
Packers
Luer
Eral
Percy M. Fitzgerald
Murphysboro
Wang
Robert Quillen
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