Settlement Sought in Des Moines Bakery Strike
Governor Clyde L. Herring sought to avert violence and win a settlement in the Des Moines Taft Co bakery strike now in its second week. Union bakers and drivers met mediators while city and county officials pledged protection as talks with B F Kaufmann continued. The compromise includes arbitration and seniority rights but no wage changes or closed shop, the latter remaining a sticking point between the Master Bakers association and unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
C. C. Taft Co
Clyde L. Herring
Master Bakers Association
Dwight L. Lewis
B. F. Kaufmann
Bankers Trust Co
Kaufmann
Taft Company
Suter Receives Permit to Erect Orange Street Cottage
C. F. Suter was granted a second building permit by city engineer I. V. Howenstine to construct a cottage on Orange street between Cottage avenue and Eleventh street. The project is valued at 3000 dollars and details about the owner remain undisclosed. Last week T. Harry Kern obtained a 2500 dollar permit at Holley and Fairview. Robert Finley also secured a permit for a composition roof at 408 Mann street costing 25 dollars.
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C. F. Suter
I. V. Howenstine
Orange Street
Cottage Avenue
Eleventh Street
Suter
Robert Finley
Mann Street
Missionaries Shot at by Jap Gunboat in Hankow
American missionaries at Huping College in Yochow Hunan report July 18 machine gun fire from an unidentified Japanese gunboat cruising near Tungting lake. Rev Edwin Beck of Tiffin Ohio said the attack hit the college building and foreigners’ residence but caused no injuries.
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Hankow
China
Huping College
Yochow
Hunan Province
Tungting Lake
Edwin Beck
Tiffin
Missing Keokuk man arrested in Kansas
Keokuk, Iowa resident P. C. J. Chres tensen former head of the Keokuk Red Cross and a Spanish war veteran who had been missing since June 7 was found today in Coffeyville Kansas. He faces a warrant for embezzlement after an information filed July 1 in the superior court accusing him of stealing 2412 dollars from Ouina Edgar of Mt. Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
P— C. J. Chrestensen
Tests Begin for Driver Licenses in Des Moines
More than 700 Des Moines residents started driving license tests at the state house under a revised law. Examinations include an oral traffic laws quiz and a driving demonstration. The newly formed division will soon travel statewide. About 10,000 applications have been received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State House
Driving License Examiners Division
Sate
St Marys Church Picnic Draws 200 Attendees at Ludman Timber
More than 200 participated in a St. Marys church picnic held at the Ludman timber near Muscatine on Sunday. The afternoon featured two ball games and a ball throwing contest won by Lorraine Witte and Leo Byrne. Prizes went to Genevieve Healy and Mr. Barry, with card games also enjoyed.
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St. Mary’s Church
Ludman Timber
Muscatine
Lorraine Witte
Leo Byrne
Genevieve Healy
Mr. Barry
Marriage Licenses and Local Vehicle Registrations
Pearl Martin and Helen Wright receive a marriage license. New automobile licenses list owners and vehicles in Muscatine and surrounding areas, including W J Kelly Graham sedan and H l Newton Lang Ford Tudor. Notices include citizenship application for Meta Schmarje Marx with March 1936 hearing.
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Pearl Martin
Helen Wright
W. J. Kelly
Muscatine
Sycamore Street
Norman Armentrout
Buffalo
C. L. Cockshoot
Wilton
Archie King
Ladies' Aid Society
Musserville Methodist Episcopal Church
Hoopes Hall
Muscatine All-Stars
Wheatland Girls
Oregon Street
Marian
Jaennette Smalley
Calamus Girl Scouts
DeWitt
Meta Schmarje Marx
United States
William Hain
Moline
the Park
Walter Raethz
Barry
Natalie
Philadelphia
W. G. Barry
Mulberry Avenue
Nathan Light
Dorothy
Chicago
Harry Mark
East Fifth Street
Earl Timm
A. Timm
East Eleventh Street
Lillie Friederichsen
Mildred Stirlen
Iowa City
University of Iowa
R. A. Warner
Leis
South Dakota
Paige Clute
Kathryn
Hastings
Neb
Fred Schmidt
Oak Street
Clute
Schmidt
George R. Schmidt
Arthur F. Schmidt
Famiily
L. R. McKee
Mexico City
McKee
Mexican Official's Sister Still Missing
Senorita Matilde Torres Sanchez remains missing as Governor Enique Tores Sanchez of Durango says she was kidnapped to pressure him to alter the state's anti church laws. The case ties to ongoing political tension and enforcement of church restrictions in Durango.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Matilde Torres Sanchez
Enique Tores Sanchez
Durango
Italian Papers Attack Japan Over Ethiopia Statements
Rome reports indicate a general order led to widespread Italian press criticism of Japan. Editors framed the dispute around alleged differing statements to Italy’s foreign office by Ambassador Sugimura and a Japanese spokesman, with cables sent to Tokyo provoking expectations of a diplomatic protest.
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Rome
Japan
England
Germany
Sugimura
Ethiopia
Tokyo
Drury Rustlers Hold July Meeting At Ziegenhorn Home
The Drury Rustlers met at the Arthur Ziegenhorn residence with Merlin Larson named softball manager and lineups announced. Presentations covered Potatoes Weed Control, Preparing Lambs for Show, Spraying Potatoes, and Storing Potatoes. The next gathering is set for August 13 at W J Nyenhuis home and Merlin Larson will host September 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury Rustlers
Arthur Ziegenhorn
Merlin Larson
Bernice Ziegenhorn
Phyllis Rector
Claude Gifford
Kathryn Nyenhuis
W. J. Nyenhuis
Miss Downey Weds Harold Goodrum in Aledo ceremony
Miss Lorraine Downey daughter of Mrs Minnie Downey 200 Ash street and Harold Goodrum of Rock Island married today in Aledo Illinois conducted by Rev Medford pastor of the Presbyterian church Attendants were Miss Pauline Spitznogle Muscatine and James Placatka Davenport Goodrum a graduate of Alabama State College will reside in Borc Island where he is employed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Downey
Minnie Downey
Ash Street
Harold Goodrum
Rock Island
Aledo, Ill
Medford
Presbyterian Church
Pauline Spitznogle
Muscatine
James Placatka
Davenport
Goodrum
Alabama State College
Borc
Outdoor Services Curtailed by Rain
Rain forced an abrupt end to Muscatine outdoor worship Sunday night as Protestant pastors spoke at Weed park and Jefferson lawn. The union young people service scheduled for 7:45 at Weed park was canceled. several pastors returned from vacations or left on trips.
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Muscatine
W. B. Milne
First Congregational Church
Weed Park
Jefferson Lawn
F. C. Scott
United Brethren Church
Union Young People
Sale of 3 More Iowa Farms Reported
Three additional Iowa farms were auctioned at $90 to $140 per acre. Walter Conway of Rochester bought a 60 acre tract near Tipton for $100 an acre. A Hardin county farm of 150 acres sold at $145 an acre, and 11 acres of the John Mathis estate in Hardin county brought $90 per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Iowa
Walter Conway
Rochester
Tipton
Hardin County
John Mathis
Clayton County Farmer Dies In Apparent Suicide
In Elkader Iowa Alvin Johnston 24 a Clayton County farmer killed himself Sunday. Before taking his own life he shot his two pet dogs with the same gun. Coroner Leslie Odeeldek ruled the death a plain case of self inflicted action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkader
Clayton County
Alvin Johnston
Leslie Oe¢elke
Heat Wave Draws Record Crowd to Weed Park Pool
A heat wave sent hundreds to the Weed park public pool with pool attendants estimating 900 or more bathers. Ellsworth Lindley, the pool custodian, noted it as the largest attendance of the summer as staff cleared the pool three times to manage the crowd.
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Weed Park
Ellsworth Lindley
Religious Strife Grips Ireland Amid Riots and Attacks
Violence flares across Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State as anti Catholic riots trigger anti Protestant reprisals. A ninth person died from sniper fire in Belfast while mobs burn Protestant and Masonic halls in Limerick Clones and other towns. Police and troops guard streets as prayers rise for peace.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Free State
All Ireland
Limerick
Clones
Battle of the Boyne
Eddiet
Scarlett
Norwegian Pilots Rest at Labrador
Norwegian American fliers Thor Solberg and Paul Ozcanyan rested in Cartwright Labrador en route from New York to Norway. They arrived Sunday at 5 57 p m EST and planned to resume their journey in easy stages.
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Cartwright
Labrador
Thor Solberg
Paul Ozcanyan
New York
Norway
Loans on Corn Mostly Repaid
The AAA announced farmers who took 1934 corn loans have repaid all but 192 304 dollars as of July 17. Some 15 689 loans covered about 11 million dollars and 20 067 818 bushels at 55 cents per bushel in ten states led by Iowa. Officials forecast full liquidation within days and noted 100 percent repayment of the 1933 loans. The fall loan rate remains to be set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AAA
Commodity Credit Corporation
Iowa
Drop Sighted in Imports of Feed
Ames Iowa economists report feed crops exceed normal, cutting foreign imports of feeds and fodders. Imports from July 1934 to May 1935 totaled three times 10-year averages, yet remained a small share of the 50 million ton livestock feed shortage caused by last year's drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Daily Press
Iowa
J. Earle Cook
Weather and Crop Bureau
Iown Department of Agriculture
Solidine
Ames
United States
Placements on Dam No 16 Noted in Past Week
Fifteen placements on dam 16 in the Mississippi near Muscatine were made through the Muscatine employment service in the last week. New applications 20, six re registrations, 22 renewals. 139 cancellations reduce active unemployed to 983, including 101 women and 71 veterans.
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Dam
Mississippi River
Muscatine
Injunction Sought to Bar City From Paying Engineering Costs
An injunction request was filed in district court by James J. Hanlon Dr. D. F. Fitzpatrick and G. A. Schmidt to stop the city from using the consolidated city treasury to cover engineering and legal costs for the municipal light plant. They allege an illegal contract with Burns and McDonnell Engineering Co Chicago Carleton D Beh Co Des Moines and Walter L Schwab Iowa City. The suit argues costs should be paid only from future earnings or revenue bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town City
Consolidated Fund of the
City Treasury
James J. Hanlon
D. F. Fitzpatrick
G. A. Schmidt
Burns and McDonnell Engineering Company
Chicago
Carleton D. Beh
Des Moines
Walter L. Schwab
Iowa City
Estate of Eliza J. Slgore Pays Iowa Inheritance Tax
Des Moines reports the estate of Eliza J. Slgore of Washington Iowa settled state inheritance taxes today with a payment of 1006 dollars to the state treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Eliza J. Slgore
Washington
Singer Denies Drowning Wife in Lake Singletary Case
Worcester Mass. Sutton choir singer and Scoutmaster Newall P Sherman 26 pleads not guilty to drowning his wife Allie 23 mother of two by overturning a canoe on Lake Singletary Saturday night. He waives examination and is held without bail for the grand jury in Fitchburg August 19. Sherman, son of Constable Lewis Sherman of Sutton, had earlier confessed to drowning to impress a Whitinsville girl.
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Worcester
Mass
Newall P. Sherman
Sutton
Allie
Lake Singletary
Sherman
Fitchburg
Lewis Sherman
Edward J. McCarthy
Whitinsville
Iowa City Nurse In Critical Condition After Suicide Attempt
Margaret Van Dorn 29 of Waverly, a nursing graduate and former University hospital employee, checked into a local hotel and shot herself in the chest with a .22 pistol. Doctors expected recovery.
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Iowa City
Margaret van Dorn
Waverly
University Hospital
Miss van Dorn
1200 Arrested as Moslems Riot in Bombay Area
Unrest spread from Lahore to Punjab as about 5000 Moslems protested against worship interference. Police and state troops charged the crowd and 1200 were arrested. The clash intensified with Royal ruler Rawab Sir Ahmad Ali Khan unable to quell the rioters. Lahore reports ten dead after British troops fired to disperse rioters.
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Bombay
India
Lahore
Punjab
Rawab
Ahmad Ali Kahn
Indianapolis Adjutant General Orders 600 Guards to Terre Haute
Indiana National Guardsmen are dispatched to Terre Haute after county and city officials requested troops to maintain order during a general strike called by labor unions. The move follows tensions amid widespread strike actions and public safety concerns.
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Indianapolis
Limer Straub
Indiana National
England Drops 1922 Naval Plan Amid Pact Defense
London reports Sir Bolton Eyres Mansell told the House of Commons that Britain will abandon the 1922 Washington naval ratios. He said the change follows the Anglo-German pact defense and stems from nations resenting perceived naval inferiority. The 5-5-3 framework previously rated Britain, the United States, and Japan, with France and Italy at 1.5.
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London
Bolton Eyres- Mansell
Admiralty
House of Commons
England
Washington
Bolton
Great Britain
United States
Japan
France
Italy
Happy Hapgood Dies in Clear Lake at About 55
W J Hapgood of McPherson Kansas died suddenly in a pool hall from a heart ailment. Known as Happy he spent 18 summers playing with Clear Lake and Mason City bands and was regarded as an expert on fishing spots in the area. He was about 55 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Lake
W. J. Hapgood
McPherson, Kas
Mason City
Weather Delays North Pole Flight from Moscow
Adverse weather delays the Moscow takeoff of a three aviator team led by Sigmund Levaneffsky on a 6250 mile non stop flight over the North Pole to San Francisco. Aboard are co pilot Baibukoff and navigator Levchenko. Delays come as officials refuse to release details from Moscow. Levaneffsky rose to fame in 1933 rescuing James Mattern. The attempt would challenge the 1933 New York to Rayak record set by Codos and Rossi.
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Seattle
A. A. Vartanian
Amtorg Trading Corporation
Moscow
North Pole
San Francisco
Vartanian
Sigmund Levaneffsky
Codos and Rossi
New York
Rayak
Syria
South Dakota Ends Relief to Jobless
The South Dakota relief administration orders suspension of all state and federal relief due to harvest labor demand. About 19,000 family heads are taken off relief rolls as officials direct county relief directors to halt work relief projects and close offices tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
S. D
South Dakota Relief Administration
M. A. Kennedy
Philip L. Ketchum
South Dakota
Ex-Proprietor of Club Under Arrest
Keokuk Iowa news reports former Fort Madison Damascus club proprietor Anna Ellis colored is jailed on a nuisance charge after a raid at Foster outside town. Five cases of beer and whisky and alcohol were seized. Ellis pleads not guilty claiming the liquor was for a birthday party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Anna Ellis
Damascus Club
Fort Madison
Foster
Marshalltown Man Fatally Injured by Backing Truck
Howard Kent, 40, laborer for Anderson and Empie, was fatally injured when a truck backed over him during repair work at the new Town river bridge on highway No. 14 north of Marshalltown. He is survived by his widow and two stepchildren.
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Marshalltown
Howard Kent
Anderson and Empie
New Town River
Highway No. 14
Here
Kent
Divorce Granted to Mabel Koepping
Judge D W Jackson grants divorce to Mabel Koepping from Harold Koepping in district court. She regains maiden name Mabel Lock and may remarry immediately. Harold must wait at least one year before any remarriage.
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Mabel Koepping
Harold Koepping
Mabel Lock
D. W. Jackson
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