World Parley Reviews Progress and Hopes for Future Sessions
Delegates from 66 nations reported mixed progress at the World Economic Conference. Key outcomes include an eight power plan to withdraw silver from markets, boosting price, and Russia’s neighboring non aggression pacts. France resisted early talks on tariff barriers until currency stabilization, while the U.S. refused to engage on that issue. An executive committee may reconvene in September to decide reopening. Wheat talks and broader topics like currency standards, central banking, and timber trade were also discussed.
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Associated Press
Russia
United States
France
League of Nations
Roosevelt
White House
County Will Join in NRA Movement
County government plans to join the NRA push with changes raising office costs. Many clerical staff will move to a 40 hour week, cutting week length from six to five days without salary reductions, though some deputies and officials keep current terms. Several named offices and personnel are listed as affected.
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County Recorder
Josephine Blakely
William Witich
Flossie Christensen
Miriam Hoffman
Alberta James
Margaret Kretschmar
E. D. Bradley
Ruth Snider
Farm Bureau Office
Social Service Department
M. Opal Fore
Martha Rippey
Adeline Huff
P. G. Halbfass
Highway Department
Coun
Chicago grand jury indicts Capone and others in price fixing probe
State's Attorney Courtney announced a Chicago grand jury indicted Capone and Murray Humphreys along with Nelson and others on charges linked to conspiracy to fix prices. Capone may be brought to Chicago under armed guard to face state charges after serving time in Atlanta. The inquiry began last May and involved 588 witnesses with no special funds.
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Chicago
United States
Nelson
Oscar Nelson
Dye House Drivers’ Union
Europe
Joseph A. Ricker
Ricker
Thomas J. Courtney
Scarface
al Capone
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Murray Humphreys
Capone
Courtney
Atlanta
Two Davenport Men Die By Their Own Hands
Davenport Morris M. Goldstone 46 proprietor of a tailor shop ended his life with gas in the rear of his shop Thursday evening. Coroner J. D. Cantwell said he was informed Goldstone despondent over financial difficulties. Frederick A. Giawe 69 former watchman ended his life by swallowing poison at his Bettendorf home Thursday night. He was despondent over unemployment, the coroner reported.
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Davenport
Morris M. Goldstone
J. D. Cantwell
Goldstone
Frederick A. Giawe
Bettendorf
Fleeing West gang member captured in Oklahoma City
Herbert Blythe alias Jack Sherman, tied to the Barrow brothers escape after the Dexter Ia. gunfight, was arrested in Oklahoma City after a Narrows capture at Snomac near Seminole. Authorities plan to hold him as a suspected ally with no record of other links. Roosevelt era relief efforts reported with widespread National Recovery Administration activity and new 35 hour work week plans for auto industry. A separate accident near Palo Ia. left Robert Singer age 16 and Verne Rezab 22 dead when their Cedar Rapids truck was struck by a Rock Island train.
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Clarence Powell
Emery Martin
Will Cochran
Muscatine County
Polk City
Broken Bow
Neb
Oklahoma City
Herbert Blythe
Hubert Bleigh
Iowa
Barrow Brothers
Dexter
Snomac
Seminole
R. H. Colvin
United States Bureau of Investigations
Blythe
Jack Sherman
Man
Clyde Barrow
Marvin Ivan Barrow
Cedar Rapids
Robert Singer
Verne Rezab
Rock Island
Palo
Employers Reach Agreement on Shorter Hours Across Iowa
Des Moines and other Iowa cities adopt 8 a m to 6 p m hours or add workers to maintain operations. Grocers, clerks, utility staff, and dental labs report staffing adds or schedule changes while the recovery code draws support from merchants and local boards. A grievance committee is named to oversee the implementation as business groups seek uniform hours.
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Washington
Eagle
Recovery Administration
Donald Richberg
Perkins
Pittsburgh
Des Moines
Des Moines Electric Light Company
Des Moines Gas Company
C. A. Leland
W. T. Jensen
Iowa
Farmers Automobile Interinsurance Exchange
W. S. Kessinger
Iowa Dental Laboratory Association
Hugh Johnson
Waverly
Oelwein
Insurance Merger Conspiracy Charged in Frink Suit
Spencer G. Frink Robert H. France and William G. Markemson of Tipton file in Scott county alleging a disguised contract and secret bonus plan linked to the 1931 merger of Modern Brotherhood and Foresters. They claim $300000 was secretly distributed to officers and directors, with extra counts against Alden Sparrow Parnell Curtis Knight Bedour Floyd Hanley Bell and others. They seek accounting and damages plus a Cedar county case for a special reserve fund of $890387.80 and related payments. Clark defends, calling petitions a continuation of prior fights as the insurance commissioner.
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Brotherhood-Independent
Order of Foresters
Commissioner of Insurance
Spencer G. Frink
Robert H. France
William G. Markemson
Tipton
Modern Brotherhood
E. W. Clark
Leslie H. Alden
Alden
Sam Sparrow
C. R. Parks of
Chicago
C. R. Parks Service Company
Parks Company
Clark
Hass
Sparrow
Parnell
Curtis
Knight
Bedour
Floyd
Hanley
Bell
Sherin
Foresters
Cedar County
Mason City
Mailed Fist Stull Looms in Headlines
A critique of postwar headlines links war to crime and economic strain. The writer argues against claims that World War I alone explains hardship and political actions, asserting the press continues to shape public perception beyond the front page.
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Lehman
Spain
Soviet Russia
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