Two Suspects Held in Death Inquiry in Wisconsin
Eau Claire police detained four people described as the Chicago swamp killing couple sought by detectives. The man gave the name L. D. Gamaro and the woman Helen Whitlow, both claiming Washington DC origins. They carried $1400 in postal money orders meant to fund a trip to the Philippines. they planned to go to Vancouver, BC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eau Claire
Wis
Chicago
Berger Thompson
L. D. Gamaro
Helen Whitlow
Washington, D. C
Thompson
Philippine Islands
Vancouver
B. C
Libel suit filed against Cedar Rapids Gazette editor
Notice of suit filed for $50 000 libel against the Cedar Rapids Gazette and editor Verne Marshall served on John L Miller president of the Gazette company and Marshall. Boardman and Cartwright represent Harold Cooper in the matter arising from Marshall’s editorial accusing Cooper's attorneys of stalling in the appeal. Governor Herring may be summoned as a witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Verne Marshall
Boardman and Cartwright
Marshalltown
John L. Miller
The
Gazette Company
Marshall
Harold Cooper
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Cooper
Gazette
Associated Press
Surise
Iowa
Iself
Herring
European Plane Falls and Kills Thirteen Near San Giacomo
A Royal Dutch passenger plane from Frankfurt to Milan crashed near San Giacomo, three miles from town, killing 13 onboard. Two survivors died after rescue. all victims were believed Dutch, with remaining passengers identified as Dutch, English, German, and Swiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Switzerland
Frankfort-on-Main
Milan
San Giacomo
Gerard
Virginia Phillips
Gov Herring Names Nine for Board of Historical Society
Des Moines Iowa Gov Clyde L Herring appointed six new members to the board of curators of the state historical society and reappointed three. New members are Marie B Voit Guttenberg E P Chase Atlantic W W Waymack Des Moines H O Bernbrook Waterloo T Henry Forster Ottumwa and Mrs H E Nary Spirit Lake. Those reappointed are Mrs Ralph Henderson Sioux City Granger Mitchell Fort Dodge and Mrs H C Houghton Jr Red Oak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
State Historical Society
Marie B. Voit
Guttenberg
E. P. Chase
Atlantic
W. W. Waymack
H. O. Bernbrok
Waterloo
T. Henry Forster
Ottumwa
H. E. Narey
Spirit Lake
Ralph Henderson
Sioux City
Granger Mitchell
Fort Dodge
H. C. Houghton, Jr
Red Oak
Muscatine City Briefs and Local Notes
Mrs. Min Stapp of Indianola is visiting sister Mrs Hayden Grey of rural route 4. Henning Nordeen announces birth of a daughter at Hershey hospital. The LeClaire derrick boat arrived to aid cleaning levees. Davenport police join ball game with Rock Island Mo line and East Moline officers Tuesday. Pete Walker found not guilty of assault in justice Perigo court. New car registrations list Ed Nay West Liberty Oldsmobile sedan Ted Luellen Lafayette sedan W A Hank Park Drive Plymouth coupe. A. J. Walker sentenced to 15 days for drawing a bad check. Flora Schuessler of Grinnell visits sisters C L Lutz and Dale Field. Weed park concert set after union church services. Gus Halberg returns from two week Iowa trip. Muscatine High School roof work underway by J H Huntzinger Co. Davenport, cost $6282, building permit filed by L V Howenstine. Richard McCormick arrested for DWI. address mislisted as 1004 Grandview Avenue. he resides in Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Min Stapp
Indiana
Els. L
Hayden Grey
Ann
Henning Nordeen
East
Espatu Street
Announ
Daghter
Hershey Hospital
U.s
Davenport
Rock Island
Mole
East Moline
Scitine Force
Pete Walker
John Ahls
Lawrence J. Perigo
Justice of the Peace
Ed Nay
West Liberty
Oldsmobile
Ted Luellen
Sycamore Street
Lafayette
W. A. Hank
Park Drive
Plymouth Cope
A. J. Walker
J. C. Coster
Walker
John Verink
Flora Schuessler
Grinnell
C. L. Lutz
East Eleventh Street
Dale Field
Mast Ninth Street
Weed Park
Union
Gus Halberg
Cedar Street
Sioux City
Storm Lake
Arnold’s Park
Iowa
Muscatine High School
J. H. Huntzinger Co
L V. Howenstine
Richard McCormick
Grandview
McCormick
Low Bid Spurs Henderson River Diversion at Burlington
Edward F. Roco of Rock Island Illinois was the apparent low bidder for the Henderson river diversion project below lock and dam No 18 at Burlington. His bid of 96259 50 was about half the government estimate. The project covers a 10 000 foot diversion channel to reroute the river to the Mississippi about a half mile downstream from the lock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island, Ill
Edward F. Roco
Chauffeur Killed in Motor Accident Near Oakland Neb
Lathal White a 30 year old Black chauffeur for a Kansas City couple died when his car collided with a truck near Oakland Nebraska. Mack Williams of Sioux City drove the truck and Williams along with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Taylor escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Lathal White
Kansas City, Mo
Oakland
Neb
Mack Williams
Williams
Kansas City
Charles Taylor
Agents Watch Munitions Trade With Italy and Ethiopia
Chairman Nye said twenty agents in the senate munitions inquiry monitor possible armaments sales to Italy and Ethiopia. Under Stephen Raushenbush, the team also checks for American banking ties with those nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nye
North Dakota
Senate
Italy
Ethiopia
Stephen Raushenbush
Bandits Loot Des Moines Clothing Store in Iowa
The Fessler Clothing store in Lohrville Iowa was robbed Friday night of suits and topcoats totaling £0. The bandits have looted more than a dozen Iowa clothing stores during the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Bureau of Investigation
Fessler Clothing
Lohrville
Iowa
Weed pests spread by cheap farm seeds, says plant pathologist
Maquokea Iowa July Duke Layton an Iowa State college plant pathologist says men are the greatest distributors of weeds at a weed control meeting. He explains weed pests spread through cheap farm seeds noting pepper grass cannot be separated from clover by a machine and cheaper clover seed may spread from farm to farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquokea
Duke Layton
Iowa State College
Uayton
Exampe
Hollywood Tales and Etiquette in a 1935 Letter
O O McIntyre critiques celebrity excess and social hypocrisy in New York parties, recalls Rob Wagner's Hollywood Gazette report on a star's gathering, and laments false etiquette while praising Webster's Dictionary and Voltaire quotes. He shares anecdotes from Manhattan life and a hotel dining memory, noting cultural tensions of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. O. McIntyre
New York
Hollywood
Rob Wagner
Hollywood Gazette
Jack Korbank
Eddington
Paris
Gelett Burgess
McNaught Syndicate
Iowa Woman Wins Second Vice Presidency of BPW
Mrs. Rose E. Cunningham of Des Moines, an educator, defeats Dr. Minnie Moffett of Dallas to win the second vice presidency of the national federation of business and professional women's clubs in Seattle Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Rose E. Cunningham
Des Moines
Minnie Moffett
Dallas
Tex
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Trolley Crash Claimed One Life in Chicago Rail Failure
Coroner Frank J. Walsh advanced a defective rail joint as the probable cause of a Friday trolley accident in Chicago. The disaster left one dead and 88 injured as investigators probed the faulty joint and rail conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank J. Walsh
Hill Keller Meet Discuss Job Plans
Des Moines Iowa works progress director Hill conferred with Prof George Keller and others on coordinating the Works Progress Administration with relief agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
L. S. Hill
Iowa Works Progress
George Keller
Works Progress Division
32 CCC Recruits at Work Cleaning Creek
Thirty two CCC recruits from the Oakville camp began clearing copperas creek floodway and repairing the levee along the Mississippi river opposite Muscatine. Additional local projects are planned for future work by the youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
Copperas Creek
Mississippi River
Muscatine
Oakville
Chicago Man Shot Near Loop Tavern. Suspect Escapes
William Cunningham, 35, a gambling house employee, was shot and fatally wounded early today in front of a Loop tavern. Police described the killer as a dapper man with curly hair, aged 35 to 40, who fled the scene as panicked pedestrians and hotel residents looked on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Cunning
William Cunningham
Child dies from fall in Bedford home
Catherine Lou Harbour, four, died in a St. Joseph hospital today from injuries suffered Friday after she fell from a second story window in her Bedford home. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Wayne Harbour and granddaughter of Judge R L Motley of Bowling Green Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Catherine Lou Harbour
St. Joseph
Wayne Harbour
R. L. Motley
Bowling Green
Tiny parasite kills man-eating sharks in NSW shores
Readable reports indicate a minute parasite under an inch long is decimating great white populations off New South Wales coast, posing ecological concerns and impacting local shark encounters along beaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
Australia
Tiny Walnut-Shell Bible Heads Bodleian Collection
A minuscule Bible housed at the Bodleian Library in Oxford fits comfortably inside a walnut shell, highlighting a remarkable example of microbibliography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodleian Library
Oxford University
England
Death Ends Career of Wedell Aviator
Walter Wedell, a Gulfport aviator, dies in a crash off Chandeleur islands 30 miles south of Gulfport. He was accompanied by 22 year old Howard L. Sanders of Anderson, South Carolina, who also perished. Wedell followed his famed brother Jimmy into aviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Miss
Walter Wedell
Jimmy
Howard L. Sanders
Anderson, S. C
Chandeleur Islands
Here
Ist Training School for Youths Started
Clyde California opening of the nations first training school for homeless youths ages 16 to 21 as part of Roosevelt’s youth rehabilitation program. About 255 cadets from federal transient shelters joined bay area citizens and state and federal officials for the dedicatory program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde
Calif
President Roosevelt
California
Bay District
Murphy Fears Treasury Raids on Processing Tax Case
Senator Louis J. Murphy of Iowa opposed allowing suits to recover processing taxes paid to the government. He warned such suits would raid the treasury and undermine the agricultural adjustment act, arguing no taxpayer bears the tax and benefits go to processors and special interests. He predicted income tax refunds would shrink as a result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Louis J. Murphy
Iowa
Senate
Treasury
Murphy
Federal Treasury
Iowa Internal Revenue
City Secures Pool to Serve as Reservoir
Fairfield officials win rights to use the municipal Boy Scout swimming pool as a reservoir with two weeks notice. The city will pay the Scout association $22 yearly for 10 years plus other privileges, as residents continue to use the pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Fairfield Boy Scout Swimming Pool
Jefferson County
The
Scout Association
Slight Drop Seen in Relief Payroll in Muscatine County
Work relief payrolls in Muscatine County show a small decline as 357 workers earned 2382.45 dollars for the past week while 375 men and women received 2499.22 dollars for the earlier week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
Bunnies to Face Paramount Club Sunday at League Field
The Bunnies A. C. baseball team from Muscatine meets the Paramount club nine of Davenport on Sunday afternoon at League field in South Muscatine. First pitch is at 2 30 p m with Tommy s often on the mound and Sheldon catching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunnies A. C
Muscatine
Paramount Club
Davenport
League Field
South Muscatine
Tommy
Bunnies
Sheldom
Muscatine Couple Wed in Davenport
Eva Sodders and Jesse Lutz both of Muscatine were married at 12 30 this afternoon at the Rock Island Methodist parsonage by Rev A L Towell. The couple will reside in Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Sodders
Jesse Lutz
Muscatine
Methodist Church
Rock Island
A. L. Towell
A. Celvell
Extra Worker to Aid in Enforcing Parking Orders
Chief of police W. E. Longstreth announces another hire to assist regular officers in enforcing downtown parking rules. The one hour limit and no double parking will be strictly enforced tonight as Saturday shoppers increase congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Street
W. E. Longstreth
Radio on Cultivator Delights Iowa Farmer
Sigourney, Iowa. Keokuk county farmer A. D. Hart 55 rigged a car radio to a corn cultivator to hear baseball broadcasts while plowing. He noted better ground contact and reception, though his horses halt when Chicago announcer Bob Elson cheers. Now during haying, Hart moves the setup near the hay mow door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Pyp
A. D. Hart
Keokuk County
Hart
Bob Elson
Chicago
Elson
France Tightens Bid to Avert Riots in Paris Protests
Paris police reinforcements pressed by the government clash with thousands of veterans and workers who crowded De L Opera shouting Hang Laval and singing the Internationale. Despite a ban, demonstrations continue while Brest workers break through police lines and planned strikes loom in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Laval
Place de L’opera
Brest
Redmen Drill Team Plans Davenport Meeting in August
Members of the Eastern Iowa Red Men drill team from Muscatine Davenport Clinton and Burlington will attend a Davenport meeting in the first week of August where a number of candidates will be initiated. A district lodge meeting in Clinton Friday night was attended by officers W H Deutschman and Charles Opel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Iowa
Red Men Lodge
Davenport
Durinng
Muscatine
Clinton
Burlington
W. H. Deutschman
Charles Opel
Writ Sought by Utility Company in Iowa Case
Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey heard Iowa Southern Utilities Co to block Lamoni from building a municipal light plant. Attorneys for both sides filed briefs after the June court order halted momentum on revenue bonds for a PWA loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Charles A. Dewey
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Lamoni
PWA
Changes Favored in Constitution by Stereotypers
Des Moines delegates at the convention of international stereotypers and electrotypers adopt a resolution urging a federal constitutional amendment to advance social justice. They also refer a proposal for an old age pension fund financed by members at one dollar weekly for two years, estimating a one million dollar fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Convention of International Stereotypers
Supreme Court of the United States
Keokuk Club Owner Weighs Moving Western League Outfit
Larry Harlan owner of the Keokuk Western league baseball club was reported to be considering moving his team to Omaha. Omaha recently lost its club over financial troubles and the team moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa for sponsorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Larry Harlan
Keokuk
Council Bluffs
British Troops Clash With Moslems in Lahore Riot
In Lahore, British troops fired four rounds into a 2000-strong mob around the Shahidgana mosque being demolished by Sikhs. The curfew was ignored as Moslems rioted all night, attempting to reach the site and clashing with police. Police arrested 300 of the demonstrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lahore
India
Shahidgana
Edith Estabrooks Halves Final Match in Iowa Women’s Golf
Edith Estabrooks from Dubuque trailed by five after six holes but rallied to finish all square at the halfway point of her 36 hole final in the Iowa women’s golf tournament against Jennet Jones of Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Edith Estabrooks
Dubuque
Iowa
Jennet Jones
Des Moines
Lost Endgate for Large Truck on Highway 61
Classified ad notes a lost endgate for a large truck near an overhead bridge on highway 61. Contact number 1424 for details.
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Eau Claire, Wis
Royal Dutch Airlines
Burns
Gov. Herring
Board of Historical Society
City News
Freeport
Peoria
Ill
Gerald Thompson
Mildred Hallmark
Hallmark
Illinois
O.O. McIntyre
Johnnie
Path of Glory
Merriam-Webster
Voltaire
Manhattan
West Street
Tropics
Champs Elysees
Kodak Film Developed
Janesville Film Service
Janesville
of Wedell
Ist
Orinoco River
South America
Big Ben
London
Monroe St
France
Redmen
Charles Dewey
Edith
Moscow Canal
Moscow Development Project
Cedar River
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