Fear Fairmont Youth Kidnapped Near Camp Ripley
In Fairmont Minnesota authorities investigated the disappearance of 22 year old George R. Cavers who failed to return home Wednesday night after driving with Miss Lucille Prairie to a farm three miles from Fairmont. Cavers, an accountant with Cities Service, had recently returned from Camp Ripley with the National Guard and had planned to depart for Ripley again for rifle matches. Detectives noted several March threatening notes accusing him of being a marksman and urging him to stay in the army. Police are treating the case as a possible kidnapping as witnesses placed him heading toward Fairmont in his car shortly before 11:30 p m. Wednesday.
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Fairmont
Minn
George R. Cavers
Cavers
Martha Cavers
Oil Company
Cities Service
Camp Ripley
Little Falls
National Guard
Lucille Prairie
Hull Calls Nations to Push On With Conference Task
Secretary of State Hull urged continued effort at the international conference despite opposition. He warned against delaying tactics and said the duty of the conference is known to all citizens. He condemned what he called malignant opposition and urged broad domestic programs to meet the emergency.
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Hull
Roosevelt calls world conference a success in speech
President Roosevelt addressed delegates at the London economic conference with Secretary Hull reading the message to Ram say MacDonald. He urged a broader perspective and said he does not regard the session as a failure, despite sharp earlier criticisms.
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Oi. Ae
Cox
Bis
Bingham
MacDonald
Great Britain
Hull
Walter Runciman
British Board of Trade
Runciman
Economic Commission
League of Nations
London
Geneva
Hendryk Colijn
Holland
Collin
Couzens
New York
James Couzens
Michigan
Roosevelt
Ramsay MacDonald
World Economic Conference
Cordell Hull
Codes and campaigns shape postwar industry accords
The coal merchants plan a three to four week effort to mobilize pledge bound employers survey the unemployed assess suitable work and place workers. Simultaneously Johnson and officials refine industry codes with public sessions planned to reach lasting accords. a ship builders code was issued Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Eicher Speaks at Merchants Picnic in Park Rally
Congressman Eicher outlined wage fair dealing and the fight against unfair competition as aims for 85 to 90 percent of business men. The hillside park hosted 5,000 to 6,000 attendees with 1,500 cars in attendance as a lively program of dances solos and bands entertained the crowd.
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Eicher
Muscatine Boys’ Band
Seven New Parks Suggested In State Plan
The plan recommends seven new state parks including an 800 to 1000 acre site along the Boyer river in southwest Crawford and northwest Harrison counties, a Mackin tosh site, Pilot Knob as a preserve, a 1500 acre park along the upper Iowa in Allamakee, a 900 acre tract near Des Moines Des Moines river cliffs in Marion county, 1600 acres along Big Sioux in Plymouth, 300 to 500 acres near Okoboji Spirit Lake, and a 2000 acre park in Missouri River hills south of Council Bluffs. It also lists potential preserves and sanctuaries across many counties and river basins.
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Clear Lake
Eagle Lake
Farmington
Fort Atkinson
Fort Defiance
Gitchie Manitou
King
Springbrook
Lewis and Clark
Lost Island
Maquoketa
Oak Grove
Oakland Mills
Pilot Knob
Rice, Lake
Rush Lake
Storm Lake
Twin Lake
Wapsipinicon
Waubonsie
Backbone
Bellevue
Dolliver
Eldora
Keosauqua
Ledges
Palisades
Pommel
Barkley
Woodman Hollow
Woodthrush Sanctuary
Centerville
Clark
Elbert
Flint Hills
Lepsey
Pillsbury Point
Silver Lake
Lepley
Wall Lake
Okoboji-Spirit Lake
Missouri Rver Hills
Council Bluffs
Fremont County
John Brown
Cedar County
Fountain Spring Mill
Delaware County
Des Moines
Louisa
Clayton
Allamakee
Webster
Linn
Ocheyedan Mound
Osceola County
Seward Cave
Fayette County
Cedar Shell
Rock Preserve
Black Hawk
Coon River
Sac
English River
Keokuk
Floyd Preserve
Floyd
Happy Hollow
Mills
Pottawattamie
Ralston Spring
Mill
Jackson
Washta
Little Sioux
Cherokee
Power Pond
Delhi
Mitchell
Nashua
Brenton ' Slough
Polk
Monona
Park Hosts Summer Program Of Games And Sports
An afternoon program featured many games and contests including three kittenball games. Officials announced a similar event will be held again next summer at the park.
McGregor Area Seeks Park Drive With River Bluff Plan
Game projects push securing a national park area along the Mississippi river bluffs near Mc Gregor. They include lake development and improvements, plus a proposed highway park system to support the initiative.
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Mississippi River Bluffs
McGregor
Bugs Hit Muscatine County Farms Report
Agent Carl E Rylander notes bugs appeared in township farms and scattered county areas with no change over the past week. Burning efforts will start once bugs leave corn fields and seek wintering ground. State reports show heavy losses of wheat oats and barley in 15 to 18 counties and estimates of 20 to 250 million bushels of corn destroyed by the first generation.
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Muscatine
Carl E. Rylander
Urges Iowa Man for Federal Position
Dubuque Des Moines former realtor Gies Botsford was named by Senator Louis Murphy as Iowa manager of the Home Owners Loan Corporation. Murphy denied discord in the Iowa delegation and said the recommendation for F S McConnell of Bloomfield had been withdrawn.
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Dubuque
Gies Botsford
Des Moines
United States
Louis Murphy
Iowa
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Murphy
F. S. McConnell
Bloomfield
Butter Industry Approves Code for Recovery Effort
Sixty representatives from six midwest states formed the Native Association of Local Creameries and approved a code under the national industry recovery act. The plan includes a fund to remove surplus butter when prices drop and a committee with consumer representatives to determine when prices are too low. The group aims to expand nationally and speed industry recovery. A London traffic check noted vehicles rising from 37 000 in 1912 to 63 000 in 1931 at Hyde Park Corner.
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St. Paul
Midwest
Native Association of
W. A. Gordon
Dairy Record
United States
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Iowa
Gordon
American Association Creamery Butter Manufacturers
National Co. Operative Milk Producers Federation
National Association of Local Creameries
National Recovery Administration
London
Hyde Park Corner
No Discord in Delegation Over Recommendation
A source notes the delegation remains united with the recommendation, showing no discord among members. Key figures are unnamed but the consensus is described as cohesive and orderly. The report emphasizes unity despite potential scrutiny or partisan concerns.
Barrow and Parker Seek Freedom as Manhunt Rages
Bonnie Parker Clyde Barrow and Hubert Bleigh eluded Iowa officers after a sensational escape in a gun battle. Police pressed five posses through Dallas Polk and Boone counties while Marwounded in Missouri, Blanche Barrow Pleaded not guilty on an assault with intent to kill charge.
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Barrow
Iowa
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Hubert Bleigh
Perry
Mar
Platte City
Dexter
Henry B. Barrow
Dallas
Tex
Blanche
Holt Coffey
Des Moines
Park Findley
State Bureau of Investigation
Polk
Boone
Enid
Okla
Army
National Guard
Food Plants to Add 1000 Jobs In Local Area
The city will see about 25 to 30 new workers at the J. Schwedel plant on Highway 61 as canning begins soon. A second plant at Columbus Junction opens Tuesdays and Fridays. The Midwestern firm opens pickle receiving stations. Muscatine Canning increases capacity with new machinery on rural route No. 6.
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Columbus Junction
J. Schwedel
Italian Armada Rest After Long Atlantic Hop
Italian sea plane force led by Gen Italo Baloo rests at Shoal Harbor N F after a 500 mile crossing from Shediac New Brunswick. The 24 planes nearly all landed before noon Wednesday while one ship diverted to Victoria PEI for a pump repair. The flotilla prepares an 1800 mile homeward flight to Ireland via a northern route. Vice Admiral Plunkett-Ewerl Drax met the group at St Johns.
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Umberto Revis
Victoria Harbor
Prince Edward Island
R. A. R. Plunkett Ewerl? Drax
North American
West Indian
St. Johns
Wiese Rites Are Conducted at Home
Funeral services for Peter Wiese held at his home on the Burlington road at 2 pm conducted by Rev. William Klein. Burial followed in the home cemetery.
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Peter Wiese
Burlington Road
William Klein
Heinz Plant to Hire 700 to 800 for Tomato Season
The Heinz plant plans to start tomato operations by August 8 with 540 workers added to the existing staff. By peak season, 700 to 800 workers will be employed, including about 500 new hires, with 100 to 125 women and 100 men needed to operate at capacity. Aug 15 target for full capacity.
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Heinz
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James M. Cox
Ohio
Franklin D. Roosevelt
To. Banner Foods
Trades and Labor Hall
Iowa Avenue
Front Street
American Federation OF Labor
Peterman
ANT Food
State Fair
Heinie
RINSO
Sal Sea
Americas
Coast of
Ireland
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