Court Dismisses DiGianni Action
Judge D W Jackson upheld the denial of a common law marriage between Frank DiGianni and Ruby DiGianni and dismissed the divorce action with $10,000 alimony requests denied. The court dissolved a $10,000 attachment on property money and credits. The plaintiff claimed cruel and inhuman treatment and alleged the foreman at Muscatine Novelty Works earned $3,000 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank DiGianni
Ruby DiGianni
D. W. Jackson
DiGianni
Jackson
Muscatine Novelty Works
Nazi State Directs Campaign Against Jews on Page 2
Reports describe a series of trials including a sixth case against church figures accused of smuggling 225000 marks into the Netherlands. The piece notes Vatican maneuverings with Hinkel and Streicher tied to anti Jewish campaigns and Catholic jubilation over a Vatican note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Borromaeus
Netherlands
Steel Helmet Organization
Hans Hinkel
Julius Streicer
Vatican
Hinkel
Reich
Streicher
Munich
Ministry of Propaganda
Cesare Orsenigo
Foreign Office
First Payment Checks Total Over Million in Iowa
The first payments under the 1935 program total over a million dollars. County treasurers will distribute the checks to Iowa farmers, with Dickinson Hamilton Hardin and others possibly receiving, as contracts followed those from Marion Monroe Grundy and Butler counties. A related note recalls the 1930 air record by Lieut Apollo Soucek at 43 166 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Dickinson Hamilton
Hardin County
Marion
Monroe
Washington
Grundy
Butler Counties
United States
Lieut
Apollo Sousek
Reds Battle Over Nazi Flag On Steamer Bremen
Communists blocked the West 47th Street police station demand release of arrested seamen as the Bremen prepared to sail. Water buckets flew from windows, missiles hit streets, and police with nightsticks charged. Three agitators torn down the flag from the bow. one man, Edward Drollette, 34, wounded and taken to Bellevue. Detective Solomon was beaten and pistol lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West 47Th Street
Bremen
Hitler
Jee Thaelman
Edward Drollette
Bellevue Hosital
Matthew Solomon
Billy
Italians Accept Bid to League Parley Amid East Africa Tension
The report notes a deadlock over appointing a fifth arbiter and Italy’s insistence on a procedural step before league action. It describes Eritrea under martial law proposed by General De Bono and a special tribunal in Asmara. It also cites expectations of war and the high cost of the Ethiopian campaign, with figures around 10 billion lire and over 1.9 billion lire spent so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Vi Ee
Eritrea
Asmara
Emilio de Bono
East Africa
Rites Planned for Mrs William Gage
Letts former resident Mrs William Gage sixty seven died at her Kinross Iowa home. Body to be brought to Letts for funeral services at Letts United Brethren church at two this Sunday. Rev Harry Buss to officiate. Burial in Indian Creek cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal News Service
Letts
William Gage
Kinross
Demonstrations by Louisa 4-H Groups at County Camp
Louisa county Four-H girls’ club camp featured demonstrations from multiple clubs. Projects included Table Covers for Breakfast, Luncheon and Dinner, Ironing Efficiency, Silver and Its Care, Laundering, Prelude to Washing, Arranging and Equipping My Clothes Closet, and Making Ironing Easy. 64 girls, five leaders and three former officers attended. county officers were installed and a picnic dinner was held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Louisa County
H. W. Club
Harlan Foster
Betty Robertson
Vera Grouwinkle
Geo. Grouwinkle
Blue Bird
Kathryn Hiller
Pauline Bissinger
Joe Hayes
Dorothy Marie Dotson
Helen Butcher
Earl Moyers
Ida Blanch Bruner
Anna Grace Bruner
Flosie Maddux
Edgarasia
Mabel Korn
Wapello
Louisa County Four-H Officers
Harriet Lieberknecht
Anita Black
Letts
Edith Murray
Vanella
Billy Boy
Corriene Lowe
Alice Pierce
Katherine Lieberknecht
Harriet Lieber
Phyllis Wilson
Martha Plankenhorn
Marjorie Albee
Hisory
Aliene Wiederrecht
J. B Garrett
Four-H_ girls
Martha Blankenhorr
Ethel Murrey
Clara Deppey
E. C. Turkington
Walter Mortis
R. F
Frig
Hanley to Head New York Veterans
State Senator Joe R. Hanley of Perry New York was elected department commander of the United Spanish War Veterans of New York at the 32nd encampment in Syracuse. The upstate faction favored Hanley over the incumbent John W. Green of New York City as the convention opened to more than 1 000 veterans auxiliary members and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe R. Hanley
Perry
N. Y
Muscatine
United Spanish War Veterans
New York
National Tribune
Washington, D. C
John W. Green
New York City
Hanley
Congressmen Take Saturday Holiday Measures on Coal Contract
Congress passes Saturday holiday measures while coal policy lingers. Democrats voice doubt on a proposed tax shift aiming to raise about 245 to 253 million dollars annually by taxing incomes between 100000 and 150000, with debate over widening the bracket. Appalachian producers and United Mine Workers extend the old wage and hour contract through Sept 15, averting a strike threat and keeping soft coal peace for seven weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Producers
United Mine Workers
Thompson Protests Use of Confession at Trial
Thompson defends against admitting his confession in a serious assault case after his semi unclothed victim was found dead at Springdale cemetery on June 17. Investigators said the suspect described a “special technique” of wrestling holds and used photographs to threaten silence in a diary seized after capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. V. Champion
Springdale Cemetery
Ben Thurman
Thompson
John Hallmark
Faster Eastern Mails Assured
Harleen Branch approved a schedule change for the Eastern mails after investigations by Muscatine officials and Mr. Barry. A count of mail leaving the Muscatine post office on select days supported the proposal for updated route times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harleen Branch
Barry
Muscatine
Chicago
Everett E Reed Grandview Dies in Grandview
Everett E Reed a lifelong Grandview resident died at his home after a long illness. Born November 20 1879 in Grandview he married Ella Allen and they lived in the community. Surviving are his wife six children thirteen grandchildren and a church member for years. Funeral services will be at 2 30 pm Monday at Grandview Community church with Rev O G Lewis. Burial in Grandview cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal News Service
Grandview
Evertt E. Reed
William Reed
Margaret Guthrie
Ella Allen
Guthrie Center
Gilbert Reed
Opal Thompson
Graetenger
Gerald
Gyles
Glen
Olive
Reed
Grandview Community Church
O. G. Lewis
Grandview Cemetery
Desire for Peace Outlined by Selassie in League Talks
Emperor Haile Selassie urged the League of Nations to arbitration to resolve the Italy Ethiopia treaty dispute. He said arbitration is impossible if Italy blocks frontier terms and names two Italian arbitrators while Ethiopian judges are neutral. He argued Italy seeks conquest and troops are deployed, urging the League to uphold pacts and reach a peaceful, impartial decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
Italy
Ethiopia
Byrd Antarctic Expedition Flights Reach 142 Runs
During Commander Byrd's second Antarctic expedition the planes carried along completed 142 flights and covered a total distance of 12 900 miles in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commander Byrd
Father testifies on daughter's disappearance and death
The father described his worry when she did not return on June 16 and recounted the hours after she was found raped and slain in a shallow ditch. He was to continue testimony today as state witnesses gathered. Hallmark’s appearance on the stand surprised observers. State’s Attorney Champion had planned to call the father after other witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby
Hallmark
Edwin V. Champion
Curly Top Promises Shirley Temple Musical Spectacle
Shirley Temple and Rochelle Hudson star in Curly Top opening at Uptown four days from Sunday. The Fox release features five new songs, rope skipping dance, and a strong supporting cast led by John Boles and Jane Darwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Temple
Rochelle Hudson
Uptown
Curly Top
Ray Henderson
Jack Donahue
Fox
Curly Tops
Shirley
Southampton
John Boles
Miss Hudson
Irving Cummings
Jane Darwell
Rafaela Ottiano
Esther Dale
Etienne Girardot
Parmount
Pathe News
Kay Francis
George Brent
Patricia Ellis
Donald Woods
Barton MacLane
Robert Barrat
Bank
George O’brien
Irene Harvey
Fred Kohler
Dean Benton
Frank Rice
Victor Patel
O'Brien Rated as Champion Athlete in Action Thriller
George O'Brien, lauded as the best all around athlete in motion pictures, stars in Hard Rock Harrigan a Sol Lesser Fox release coming to the Uptown theater Friday and Saturday. He is a champion boxer swimmer and wrestler with handball expertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George O'Brien
Hard Rock Harrigan
Fox
O’brien
Holt to Star on A Muse A Screen in The Unwelcome Stranger
Jack Holt leads the Columbia comedy drama The Unwelcome Stranger at the A Muse U for Sunday and Monday. Holt plays a superstitious horse lover and wealthy stock farm owner who regards orphans as his jinx, opposite Mona Barrie as his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Jack Holt
A-Muse-U
Mona Barrie
Holt
Palace Schedules Newspaper Play Front Page Woman at Palace
Bette Davis and George Brent star in a sharp newspaper drama at the Palace theater Sunday through Tuesday. A romance between rival reporters drives a plot of scoops and deception starting in a penitentiary press room and building to a final lethal clash. Jackie Sears appears as the crippled orphan shaping the story’s edges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bette Davis
George Brent
Palace Theater
a_ state penitentiary
Kay Francis Stars in Stranded at Uptown Theater
Kay Francis headlines the Warner Bros. feature Stranded at the Uptown theater on Thursday. George Brent leads the male role as the film centers on a government immigration backdrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Bros
Kay Francis
Warner Brothers
United States
Department of Immigration
George Brent
Lady Tubbs heads Palace program in Universal comedy
Alice Brady stars in Lady Tubbs at the Palace Theatre as a railway camp cook who inherits a half million dollars and returns to New York in disguise. The plot centers on Wynne, her niece, and Phil, whose wealthy parents once spurned the couple but welcome the duo after the cook’s fortune alters status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Brady
Universal
Lady Tubbs
Palace Theater
Miss Brady
Kansas
Wynne
Phil
New York
Calm Yourself Captures Hilarity at Palace Sitters
Metro-Goldwyn-Myer production features Robert Young and Madge Evans in a fast paced farce. The film follows Young as the head of a confidential service bureau whose limitless assignments lead to a string of amusing and exciting episodes shown at the Palace theater Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Young
Madge Evans
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer — Studios
Palace Theater
Young
Mercury Stays High Across State Amid Heat Wave
The article notes continuing heat with readings near 100 degrees in several towns. Inwood and Sioux City reported 100, Alta 102 unofficial, Ida Grove 105 the hottest so far this summer. Thunderstorms were possible only in the far northeast with little rain elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Inwood
Sioux City
Alta
Buena Vista County
Ida Grove
Bureau
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Louisa
Marjorie Allbee
S. A
Everett E. Reed
Selassie
Palace
Front Page
Jackie Sears
Law of the Wila — Musicomedy — News
Bae
Baer
James J
Braddock
Curt Devlin
D Bette
Roscoe
Genevieve Tobin
Vener -Furst
Lmte
Fox News
Crystal Theatres
Kermit Maynard
MGM News
Roscoe Karns
Winifred Shea
Gordon Westcott
Douglass Montmery
Anita Louise
June Clayworth
Hedda Hopper
Leon Errol
Ralph Morgan
Nat Pendleton
Betty Furness
Claude Gillingwater
Law of the West
Wey
Eae Ha
Rly “Tor
John Bole
Jane Darnet X Pictups
Pathe
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