Iowa Groups Adopt Codes of Hours, Wages
Iowa groups including buttermakers, truck operators, and florists joined the national industrial recovery program. Des Moines meetings saw the Iowa Association of Commercial Organization Secretaries pledge full cooperation with the recovery code and seek uniform retail closing hours.
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Iowa
Iowa Association of Commercial Organization
Roosevelt
Des Moines
Iowa Motor Freight Carriers Association
Muscatine firms cut hours under NRA code plan
Thirteen Muscatine businesses announced new hours from 9 am to 5 pm weekdays and 9 pm Saturdays, reducing weekly open time from 59 to 52 hours. Employees capped at 40 hours weekly with possible part time hires. up to 20 percent more staff may be needed in some lines. Stores listed include J C Penney S S Kresge and Woolworth. A Monday night merchants meeting will discuss code application.
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Muscatine
NRA
Quandt Dry Goods
J. C. Penney Company
S. S. Kresge Company
Glass Millinery
Montgomery Ward and Company
Glass Smart Shop
F. W
The Nation's Condition by Raymond Moley
The Rayburn-Fletcher securities act marks a key step in federal investor protection. The piece notes the act as a practical operation born from public demand and official pledges amid the 1932 campaign and ongoing investment losses.
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Raymond Moley
Mos
Washington
Roosevelt
New Mission May Be Given Cordell Hull
President Roosevelt considers sending Secretary of State Cordell Hull to South America to cultivate trade ties with the southern republics, possibly for the seventh Pan American conference in Montevideo. Hull’s views clash with Moley on economic policy, and Moley may be moved to a new post.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
South America
Montevideo
Uruguay
London
Raymond Moley
Moley
Hull
United States
Henry Ford to Aid Recovery Campaign in Dearborn
Henry Ford consents to serve as honorary president of the national recovery committee in Dearborn. Ford has not signed the recovery code yet pending study of the document but his personal assurance of support is stated by Gen. Hugh S. Johnson. Casper B. Hughes announces Ford will aid the campaign and lend his name to the movement.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
National Recovery Committee
Dearborn
Ford
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Casper B. Hughes
Dearborn Board of Commerce
Early Start Planned for Upper Mississippi Nine Foot Channel
Washington reports that the upper Mississippi nine foot channel project will begin on a comprehensive scale immediately and be completed in two or three years. Muscatine is included, with Col. Edgerton confirming the Muscatine dam will be among the first built and work may start soon. The public works advisory board will study three Roosevelt approved projects including the upper river development.
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Upper Mississippi River
Wash- Muscatine
G. M. Titus
Upper Mississippi Valley Association
A. C. Wiprud
Minneapolis
Oioe
Washington
Titus
Senator Shipstead
Roosevelt
Upper Mississippi
Upper River Channel
Glen E. Edgerton
Army Engineering Corps
Rock Island
Mississippi
Mr. Titus
Edgerton
Muscatine
Associated Press
Ickes
Public Works Advisory Board
Grand Coulee
Columbia River
Casper- Alcora
Wyoming
Trustees Seek Public Works Aid for City Plant Upgrade
Trustees plan to apply to the Iowa Public Works Board for financing to replace boiler and stoker equipment at the municipal electric plant. Anticipated savings exceed 20000 with a 70 percent loan repayment, 4 percent interest, and a 30 percent gift toward the project. A water department well survey and future financing are also planned, with a progress report to follow.
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Municipal Electric
Board of Trustees
Public Works Board of Iowa
Water Department
Ralph Thompson
Public Works
Public
Sock Right on the Nose to Be Johnson Remedy
Gen. Hugh 8. Johnson defends the national industrial recovery act saying objectors will get a firm answer. He cites Roosevelt’s job creation effort, argues small employers suffer most, notes opposition from a New York editorial, and insists the plan is working to curb unemployment.
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Cleveland
Hugh 8
Johnson
Roosevelt
New York
Nathan Baargy
Bigg Beem
Committee on Wheat Organization Formed in Muscatine County
The North American wheat adjustment plan starts with a five member general county committee announced by County Agent Carl E. Rylander. Members are Fritz Belter, Andrew Grimm, W. W. Legler, Bert L. Metcalfe, and Fred Otto, with support from the Farmers' Union and the Farm Bureau.
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Muscatine County
General County
Fritz Belter
Fulton Township
Farmers’ Union
The
Farm Bureau
Clark Granted Stay at Hearing
Des Moines state insurance commissioner E W Clark will not attend the state executive council hearing on the Modern Brotherhood of America and Independent Order of Foresters merger. Judge Lou Ladd ruled district court has jurisdiction to stay the hearing and set a writ returnable Aug 10 for written charges. Clark posted 300 bond.
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Des Moines
E. W. Clark
State Executive Council
Clark
Modern Brotherhood of America
Mason City
Order of Foresters of Toronto
Can
Lou Ladd
Executive Council
Ladd
Walter Maley
County and City Corps Exempt From Recovery Act
County and city employees in Muscatine and Des Moines areas were reported exempt from the national industrial recovery act. Officials awaited confirmation from the commerce department after a Decatur dispatch. A special county board meeting was canceled as interpretation delayed code specifics for county and city workers.
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Roosevelt
Kenneth Coder
F. L. Roberts
Department of Commerce
Chicago
Clyde L. Herring
Des Moines
Muscatine County
Board of Supervisors
County Board of Supervisors
Board of Trustees
Municipal Water and Light Departments
Missouri Kidnapping Code Debate Among Governors
In Santa Monica a meeting gathers state leaders to discuss new codes and studies on kidnapping. The conference ends on good terms with governors sharing ideas on how to run their states, while a light exchange suggests limited interest in the presented offerings. Sister Aimee is mentioned as departing soon.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Missouri
Aimee
Moffett Leaves Standard Oil in Roosevelt Policy Clash
James A. Moffett resigns as vice president of Standard Oil of New Jersey over policy disputes with Walter Teagle and W S Farish. He is reportedly chosen for petroleum administrator under the national recovery law, with authority in New York amid tensions surrounding recovery measures.
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Washington
James A. Moffett
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Standard Oil
Walter C. Teagle
Hugh S. Johnson
W. S. Farish
New Jersey Standard Oil
Moffett
Teagle
New York
Standard Board of Teagle
Finances Sought for City Port
City officials consider financing options to save the municipal airport facing foreclosure on a $5 000 mortgage. A payment plan of $1 000 toward principal and $250 in interest is urged as airport and water and light board members seek council action Thursday night.
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Airport Commission
Water and Light Board
Light and Water Board
Ernest Moore
Ralph A. Thompson
R. S. McNutt
Huttons Divorce Action Not to Be Resisted by Aimee
Mrs Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton arrives in Chicago to visit the Century of Progress and states she will not fight the divorce suit against David Hutton on grounds of non support. She mentions her right to sue but calls the charge not a Bible reason. She recalls an egg throwing incident at a Hollywood show comparing it to Judas Iscariot and David Huttons vaudeville contract.
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Chicago
Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton
David
Judas Iscariot
David Hutton
Barrow Dies in Hospital from Wounds
Perry Marvin Barrow 31 alleged leader of the bloody Barrow gang dies in a hospital from a head wound infection after gun battles in Platte City Missouri and Dexter Virginia. Police seek other gang members as the posse hunts near Woodward after Dexfield Park siege and capture of Barrow’s wife Blanche. Bonnie Parker Barrow is noted in early reports.
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Perry
Marvin
Buck) Barrow
Barrow
Texas
Platte City
Dexter
Dexfield Park
Blanche
Clyde Barrow
Clyde
Bonnie
Polk County
Woodward
Bonnie Parker Barrow
F D R Returns to New York Home for Weekend Rest
Franklin D Roosevelt arrives by special train in Hyde Park New York and greets his mother amid cheering crowds. He plans a quiet weekend with no official appointments and will monitor national recovery efforts from the home base with cabinet discussions possible.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
Marvin H. McIntyre
Poughkeepsie
White House
Iowa Merchants Move to Ban Prison Made Goods
A Des Moines conference announced a plan to push a state law prohibiting prison made goods this fall. The group, including wholesalers, retailers, trade groups, and legislators, authorized a committee to draft legislation as Hawes Cooper act timing pressures Iowa to act. C S Harper of Ottumwa was named chair and C H Chase of Ames secretary.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hawes-Cooper
Harper
Ottumwa
C. H. Chase
Ames
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
E. H. Fabritz
Administration Serves Notice on Employers
Washington reports the recovery administration warns the voluntary re employment plan is not a share the work scheme. It allows earnings shifts with readjustment upward overall but lets employers set terms unless a “peculiar sense of justice” requires intervention. Johnson may set hearings for coal and automobile codes as coal code nears approval.
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Washington
Recovery Administration
Seven Held for Slaying Officer in Chicago Case
Seven people linked to the courtroom slaying of a police officer involving John Scheck and Carl Grundhoefer were held to the grand jury. Indicted on murder and robbery charges, Scheck and Grundhoefer face murder counts while others are charged as accessories. Judge Molthrop testified as the principal eyewitness.
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Chicago
John Scheck
Scheck
Carl Grundhoefer
John Sevick
John Soder
Mary
Joseph Scheck
John
Rose Scheck
Jeanette Haddon
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Citizens’ Club of West Union
Davenport
Davenport Chamber of Commerce
NRAA
Ben Comenitz
Bloomfield
BY Claude Callan
Publishers Syndicate
Show
John Ringling
Sarasota
Fla
Ringling
Committee On Wheat Organization
Don J. Kirkley
Hutton
Marvin Barrow
F.D.R
F. M. Stephenson
James Cope
Chicago Court Room
Robert Quillen
Publishers Syndicata
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