Coal Dealers Present Code For Retail Sector
Washington reports the coal merchants association presenting a proposed code to the national administration. The pledge forms go to 5 million employers to boost purchasing power and create more jobs by reducing hours. A nationwide drive aims to secure signatures with posters reading We do our part. Johnson works to interpret knotty clauses as civic units prepare an intensive canvass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National
Coal Merchants’ Association
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Coroner Opens Wolz Inquest Into Oakville Murder
Coroner J. H. Colling of Letts Louisa County opens an inquest into the fatal stabbing of Martin Wolz an Oakville farmer. Morning witnesses include Mrs Sadie Holcroft William Smith Pr Ditto Dr Weber and James Diltz as the coroner's jury of B Parsons Arthur Erwin and Rev Jesse Huddle sits in session awaiting further developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal News Service
Wapello
J. H. Colling
Letts
Louisa County
Martin Wolz
Oakville
Sadie Holcroft
William Smith
Pr. Ditto
Dr. Weber
James Diltz
B. Parsons
Arthur Erwin
Jesse Huddle
George W. Caxes
Delbert Murray
Des Moines County
Poem Fragment by Claude Callan Reflects Family Charity
A short verse by Claude Callan notes that a mother earns little credit for returning good to evil. The speaker says Ma acts now for the sake of sister Nan, yet Nan is troubled by the kindness sent her way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nan
Crane Proposes Iowa State Park System Redesign
Des Moines reports Jacob L. Crane Jr outlines a two year survey led plan to reclassify Iowa parks creating sanctuaries preserves and parks with recreation. The plan aims to place parks about 80 miles apart giving citizens roughly 35 miles to the nearest site and restructures existing conservation sites including Ambrose Call and Bixby Flanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Jacob L. Crane, Jr
Crane
Board of Conservation Sites
Ambrose Call
Bixby - Flanders
Wheat Advances on Wild Trading Continues on Page 2
Wheat prices surged in brisk trading on the Pacific coast and in Chicago with May wheat reaching 1.14 a bushel as traders shrugged off a prior collapse. Reports of waning Canadian crops and a large carryover 350 million bushels supported the upswing while corn and oats also rose in the same session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Canada
Two Kidnapped by Oil Station Robber
Cedar Rapids police report an masked bandit in an automobile robbed Howard Seeks, an oil station attendant, of 52 dollars at 2 30 this morning. Seeks and Nora Myers were abducted and forced to drive seven miles west of the city before being ordered from the car on a side road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Howard Seeks
Seeks
Nora Myers
Eicher Appeals for Support of New Code
Mrs Hutton owner of the Los Angeles Temple appeals for backing as she seeks a homecoming sermon and return to her congregation from a hotel suite in Los Angeles. Her attorney Wilfedd Andrews hopes to arrange departure soon after hearing from another airline official. She describes the divorce action filed by David Hutton as a trial she will leave to the Lord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton
Los Angeles Angeles
Europe
Havre
Wilfedd Andrews
Hutton
David Hutton
George W. French Seeks Bankruptcy Law Benefits
Davenport reports a voluntary bankruptcy petition filed in the U S district court by Col George Watson French of French and Hecht metal wheel manufacturers. The petition shows no asset or liability figures, with the schedule due within 10 days. French was once considered a wealthiest local resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
United States District Court
Oday
George Watson French
French and Hecht
Iowa
French
Colonel French
Insurance Commissioner Fighting Investigation
A Des Moines petition by State Insurance Commissioner E. W. Clark asks a district court to stop the executive council inquiry into the merger of the Modern Brotherhood of America and the Independent Order of Foresters. The hearing is set for 2 p m Friday before Judge Lou Lach. The filing argues the process unconstitutional and seeks a writ of certiorari to compel written charges and halt further investigation citing due process issues and political expediency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
E. W. Clark
Executive Council
Lou Lach
Modern Brotherhood of America
Mason City
Order of Foresters of Toronto
Can
Clyde Herring
Clark
Congressman Heard By Many at Food Dealers Fete
Congressman Edward C. Eicher of Washington Iowa addressed a large crowd at Weed park during the Muscatine Food Merchants association third annual picnic. He urged employers to unite in observance of the blanket code to restore balance between production and consumption and push general prosperity while awaiting specific industry codes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Eicher
Washington
Weed Park
Muscatine Food Merchants’ Association
Eicher
Kidnapper McGee Sentenced to Death in McElroy Case
Walter McGee confessed gang leader in the Miss Mary McElroy kidnapping and ransom case. A criminal court jury assessed the death penalty with formal sentencing by Judge Allen C. Southern to follow. The McGee brothers faced federal indictments amid a historic conviction in a high profile kidnapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Walter McGee
Mary McElroy
H. F. McElroy
Allen C. Southern
McGee
George
Food Plants to Add 1,000 to Payrolls
Muscatine tomato processing season will push payrolls past 1,000 with new wage boosts. Midwestern Food Products announces 5 to 20 percent increases and Heinz plant reports 10 to 30 percent rises. Full employee counts await code details as growers predict a strong crop, with pickling already under way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Midwestern Food Products Corporation
HI. J. Heinz Company
Heinz Company
Keck Endorsed by Muscatine Bar for Judgeship
Walter L. Keck of Maquoketa, Republican, wins unanimous indorsement by the Muscatine Bar for the Seventh Judicial District judgeship to succeed the late Clarence L. Ely. The resolution, sent to Governor Clyde Herring, follows similar endorsements from Jackson and Scott bars. Clinton bar to act next. A three member committee was also named to draft a local constitution and by laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Keck
Maquoketa
Muscatine
Clyde Herring
Jackson County Bar
Scott County Bar
Keck
Clinton Bar
Herring
C. R. Stafford
Stafford
D. W. Jackson
Raymond Tipton
Gus Allbee
S. L. Ely
John Hanley
Weather Overview for Iowa and Illinois Regions
Generally fair conditions across Iowa tonight and Friday with slight warming in the north central and extreme northeast. Illinois sees fair skies in the north and central areas while the extreme south may experience showers this evening and Friday morning. temperatures show minimal change. Reported stage readings include St. Paul 1.5 with a 0.2 fall, Dubuque 2.4 with a 0.3 fall, and Davenport 2.0 with no change.
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Iowa
Illinois
St. Paul
Dubuque
Davenport
Silent Giant of Jap Army Succumbs
Tokyo reports from Changchun Manchuria that Field Marshal Nobuyoshi Muto bold Japanese representative in Manchuria died this morning from a sudden jaundice attack. He was 63 and began his career as a sub-lieutenant in 1893. Gen Takashi Hishikari named to succeed the generalissimo.
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Tokyo
Rengo
Changchrn
Manchuria
Nobuyoshi Muto
Muto
Jehol
North China
Takashi Hishikari
Supreme War Council
Fleeing Gunmen Escape Officers in Midwest Chase
Fremont Nebraska reports a guest registered at a local tourist camp identified as Clyde Barrow after a picture runs in an Omaha newspaper. Barrow had escaped an Iowa posse following his brother Marvin’s critical wounding near Dexter Iowa. The suspect, from South Sioux City Nebraska, drove a 1931 Hupmobile sedan to Lincoln Nebraska after a five hour stay for repairs.
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Fremont
Neb
Clyde Barrow
Omaha
Barrow
Iowa
Marvin
Dexter
Sioux City
Lincoln, Neb
Rogers Hillsman offers on stage amid Roosevelt market curbs
The piece notes Rogers Hills and Wiley Post discussing an offer on the stage while Roosevelt trims stock market hours to three per day. It claims the president said workers have three hours daily to work on stocks, with remaining time under fish and game protections.
U. S. Opens War Against Racketeers
A county grand jury returned a 23 count indictment charging Al Capone Dr Benjamin M Squires Aaron Sapiro and 21 others with conspiracy to boycott restraint of trade and to commit bombings and property damage in Chicago The case marks the state's first frontal attack on racketeering and organized crime in the city with 24 defendants named and charges including bombing dynamiting acid throwing and destruction of machinery and windows.
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Chicago
al Capone
Benjamin M. Squires
Aaron Sapiro
Squires
Pennsylvania
Shapiro
United States
Laundry Owners Association
Capone
Atlanta
Aax
Murray Humphries
Postal Telegraph Workers Get 6 Percent Raise
The Postal Telegraph and Cable corporation granted a 6 percent wage and salary increase to 11,000 employees, effective July 1, not applying to executives. After a May to August 1930 wage cut of 20 to 30 percent, the firm will keep a five day week in small offices while larger centers operate a longer week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Postal Telegraph and Cable Corporation
Four Juveniles Sent to State Training School
Four repeaters, aged 13 to 16, faced Judge D W Jackson in juvenile court for petty larceny. Kenneth Henderson and Cecil Henderson both committed to Eldora training school until age 21, Henry Kochneff also committed, Billy Locklin paroled after a prior case. They were arrested for attempting to steal parts from William Glatstein junk yard. Locklin given another chance.
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D. W. Jackson
Kenneth Henderson
Cecil
Henry Kochneff
Eldora
Billy Locklin
Kochneff
St. Clair Bottling Works
Locklin
Clarence L. Ely
Wilbur Longstreth
William Glatstein
Glatstein
World Economic Conference Adjourns for Recess
London reports Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald declares the six week session adjourned to resume later as world leaders seek renewed agreement to tackle unemployment bankruptcies and uneven budgets. Cordell Hull urges continued work and a reduction in economic armaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Roosevelt
Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Cordell Hull
Public Works Boards Named by Roosevelt for State Programs
President Roosevelt named 48 boards to craft public works plans in all states. Iowa picks E. P. Adler Harold M. Cooper and W. F. Riley to review local projects for quick federal approval. Interior Secretary Ickes says boards will weed out meritless applications while aligning with emergency program policies. Other states list Chicago figures Carter H. Harrison James L. Houghteling James H. Andrews Minnesota John F. D. Meighan Fred Schilpin William N. Ellsberg Missouri William Hirth Harry Scullin Henry S. Caulfield Nebraska John Latenser Jr John G. Maher Dan V. Stevens.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Iowa
E. P. Adler
Davenport Times
Harold M. Cooper
Marshalltown
W. F. Riley
Des Moines
Ickes
Federal Emergency of Public Works
Illinois
Carter H. Harrison
Chicago
James L. Houghteling
James H. Andrews
Kewanee
Minnesota
John F. D. Meighan
Albert Lea
Fred Schilpin
St. Cloud
William N. Ellsberg
Minneapolis
Missouri
William Hirth
Columbia
Harry Scullin
St. Louis
Henry S. Caulfield
Nebraska
John Latenser, Jr
Omaha
John G. Maher
Lincoln
Dan V. Stevens
Fremont
Aunt Het Smokes and Family Quips
A humorous item frames Pa as having quit smoking briefly but usually being easy to live with, with the quip delivered in a folksy voice attributed to Aunt Het. The light domestic tone suggests a small community column note.
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James Cope
Wolz
BY Claude Callan
Iowa State Park
Pacific Coast
Orient
Flying Sweethearts
England
Amy Johnson Mollison
James A. Mollison
Floyd Bennett Field
Atlantic
Bridgeport
Conn
George W. French
Insurance Commissioner Fighting Investigation
Keck Indorsed
Muscatine Bar
Field Marshal
Has Rogers
U. S
Postal
Hull
Public Works Boards
Adler
Cooper
Riley
Robert Quillen
Publishers Syndicate
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