County to adopt NRA move Tuesday in Muscatine
Muscatine county prepares to comply with the national industrial recovery program. Officials say working hours and pay schedules will be set under the code, with common labor pay rising from 25 to 30 cents per hour and overall costs varying by department. The board of supervisors will review the plan in a special session Monday.
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National Industrial Recovery Program
Roosevelt
Board of Supervisors
World Leaders Show Optimism Over Next World Economic Talks
Delegates to the World Economic Conference packed up with optimism for future negotiations. President Roosevelt’s final meeting message urged continued effort for world recovery, echoed by MacDonald, Hull, and conference leaders. A small executive committee will set reconvening plans likely for September.
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London
Roosevelt
America
the Times
the Herald
McGee to Seek New Trial in Kidnaping Case
Kansas City ex convict Walter H. McGee was sentenced to death for the Miss Mary McElroy kidnapping. His brother George McGee's trial was delayed as defense moves for a new trial citing juror knowledge of the verdict. Judge will rule on the motion before formal sentencing.
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Walter H. McGee
Mary McElroy
George McGee
Ralph T. Harding
Harding
H. F. McElroy
United States
Barrow Gunmen Fleeing West
Des Moines police report Bonnie Parker wife of a Barrow gang member is in a Denver hospital for bullet wounds. Five suspects were targeted by Polk and Dallas county officers after a Dexter hideout shootout. Marvin Barrow was near death. two other gang members wounded. Bonnie Parker captured and sent to Platte City for action.
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Park Findley
State Bureau of Investigation
Denver
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Bonnie Parker
Barrow
Polk
Dallas County
Dexter
Marvin Barrow
Platte City
Findley
Terrorism in Trade Circles Targets City Gangs
A Cook county grand jury indicts 24 defendants on conspiracy to disrupt trade by bombings sluggings acid throwing and intimidation. New York attorney Aaron Sapiro and University of Chicago lecturer Benjamin Squires are among the named figures. Sapiro posted 1500 bail and called the action embarrassing.
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New York
University of Chicago
Cook County Grand Jury
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Sapiro
Chicago Laundry Owners’ Association
America Adopts Wheat Program (Continued On Page 2)
The United States moves ahead with its wheat program before the world conference in London. Secretary Wallace announces 460 of 456,198,588 bushels needed for domestic use across 42 states. Producers may receive 28 cents per bushel for acreage reductions, with a 30 cent tax on processors turning wheat into flour to raise funds.
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Washington
United States
London
Wallace
Coroner Jury Cannot Identify Martin Wolz Slain
Wapello Iowa coroner jury reports Martin Wolz 63, farmer, was murdered Saturday night. The panel cannot name the slayer but lists witnesses including Mrs Susan Holt Croft housekeeper for Wolz and Dr H C Ditto Dr L E Weber sheriff George Oakes and local residents among the exhibits. The verdict notes a screen seen near the farm home and the dead man as part of the inquest record.
Retailers of City to Meet Monday at 9
City merchants convene at 9 a.m. Monday in the council chamber to discuss signing President Roosevelt's re-employment agreements distributed by postal carriers. The call was issued by J. M. Roth, president of the chamber of commerce, and Homer Chaffee, Retail Merchants' association chairman. Both urged full attendance.
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Muscatine
J. M. Roth
Chamber of Commerce
Homer Chaffee
Retail Merchants’ Association
Roth
Mr. Chaffee
Death Claims Richard Boke
Richard Boke aged, at 406 Mulberry avenue, died at Hershey hospital shortly after midnight after a long illness. The body was taken to Meyers Funeral Home where it will remain pending funeral arrangements.
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Richard Boke
Mulberry Avenue
Hershey Hospital
Meyers Funeral Home
Woman Hurls Egg at David Hutton During Theater Act
A woman identified as Jane Jones 27 threw eggs at David Hutton husband of Aimee Semple McPherson during his singing act at a Hollywood theater. Miss Jones fled as he moved off stage to the wings and was booked at the police station on a disturbing the peace charge. She was not part of Angelus Temple congregation in Los Angeles.
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Hollywood
David Hutton
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton
Wings
Jane Jones
Congregation of Angelus Temple
Los Angeles
Expansion in Nation's Trade Gains Force
The Dun and Bradstreet trade review reports expansion in business and trade with little sign of midsummer recession. Strong buying, adjusted by industrial codes, suggests output may balance with consumer power. Gains led by clothing, shoes, dry goods, luggage, furniture, and rugs. Farm prices fell slightly. June 15 to July 15 earnings reached 76 percent of 1909 14 average, grains cotton fruits vegetables dairy chickens up, meat down.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet Trade Review
Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
World Police to Fight Crime
European, American and Canadian police seek an international clearing house to coordinate extradition white slavery drug smuggling and tracing of con men. The plan centers on Vienna as nucleus for Europe and Washington for the western hemisphere with key concerns over kidnappings seen as an American peculiarity.
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Chicago
America
James S. Bolan
New York
International Criminal Police Commission
Vienna
European Organization
Department of Justice
Washington
Western Hemisphere
Europe
Roderick Ross
Edinburgh
Scotland
Weather Iowa and Illinois Outlook With River Levels
Weather Iowa fair to slightly warmer in the south central portion tonight. Saturday unsettled. Illinois fair tonight and Saturday with warmer in south and extreme east. River readings show St Paul 1.4 rising 0.1. Dunhuque 2.2 falling 0.2. Davenport 2.1 rising 0.1. Muscatine 2.8 rising 0.1. Keokuk 1.0 rising 0.6. St Louis 4.5 falling 0.3.
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Illinois
River S
Conspiracy Charged in Insurance Merger
A petition in district court alleges a 328 1998 dollar conspiracy tied to the merger of the Modern Brotherhood of America, once based in Mason City, and the Independent Order of Foresters of Toronto. Named defendants include E. W. Clark and leaders of both organizations. Clark denies any connection.
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Modern Brotherhood of America
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Order of Foresters
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Grain Prices in Wild Movements
Chicago wheat fell to the limit amid new trading rules as forecasts for better weather in the US and Canada pushed prices lower. The market opened down, then recovered about two cents by mid session, while the Winnipeg market opened lower and a pound sterling decline preceded heavy shelling nearby. Directors of the board of trade abolished minimum prices and narrowed daily ranges to five cents for wheat, rye and barley, four cents for corn, and three cents for oats.
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Chicago
Winnipeg
Board of Trade
Mailed Fist Still Looms in Headlines
A historical meditation contrasts today’s headlines with World War I front pages. The piece notes front pages in New York newspapers still echoing global conflict themes and references Capone and wartime mobilization as enduring news motifs.
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Austria-Hungary
Serbia
Russia
Chicago
al Capone
Columbus Junction Youth Injured in Threshing Accident
Kenneth Long of Columbus Junction suffered a spine injury when a load of cats turned over on him while assisting threshing at the Ray Whisler farm near Columbus Junction. He was transported by ambulance to Muscatine and admitted to Bellevue hospital where his condition was not regarded as serious.
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Kenneth Long
Columbus Junction
Bellevue Hospital
Ray Whisler
Muscatine
Iowa Illinois Woodmen Picnic Set for Aug 6 at Weed Park
Modern Woodmen of America members from Eastern Iowa and western Illinois plan a large picnic at Weed Park on Sunday Aug 6 with 4000 to 5000 attendees possible. Francis R. Korns and L O Cross of Des Moines will speak. Muscatine Muskies vs Rock Island I I league baseball, boxing exhibitions, vaudeville, band concerts, and various contests and prizes are on the day’s entertainment lineup with Davenport lodge helping.
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Woodmen of
America
Iowa
Western Linois
Weed Park
Francis R. Korns
Des Moines
L. O. Cross
Muscatine
Muscatine Muskies
Rock Island I. & I. League
Jack Moomy
Harry Wall
Frank Brown
Emory Martin
Davenport Lodge
All Employers in State Will Be Reached
Postmen in Iowa began distribution of pledges of cooperation and emblems for the national recovery act drive. Employers statewide will be given the chance to sign and return cards to participate in wage maintenance and shorter hours. Boone reports code adoption with grocers and butchers setting shorter hours.
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Iowa
Boone
Chamber of Commerce
Local Muscatine car riers distribute Roosevelt re employment pact
Thirteen Muscatine city carriers joined peers in Iowa communities to drop copies of President Roosevelt's re employment agreement to employers on routes. Agreements are delivered to postoffice boxes with a mail envelope and compliance certificate.
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Muscatine City
Iowa
Roosevelt
Automobile Merchants Form Permanent Cooperation Group
Automotive dealers unite to adopt a standard code with cooperation from beauty operators, shoe and clothing merchants, dry goods firms, and a local restaurant. The alliance aims to promote public welfare and business harmony across sectors.
Workers in Georgia Cheer New Textile Code Benefits
Thousands of cotton mill workers in the deep south receive pay under the new textile code of the industrial recovery act and report gains from 60 hours to 40 hours weekly, rising from 9 to 12 dollars. W C Anderson of Bible Manufacturing praises the act as already working and fully supported by southern operators and national business.
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Deep South
Georgia
W. C. Anderson
Bible Manufacturing Company
Anderson
Roosevelt
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