Four Prostrations From Heat Wave Hit Muscatine Area
Sizzling heat drove temperatures above 90 degrees in Muscatine with a new summer record for heat and humidity. Four heat prostrations occurred here over the weekend, including three West Liberty players at Weed Park and Jim Hulse of Pond Street, treated at home. Other minor illnesses were reported citywide and statewide, with two deaths in Carroll county linked to the heat as temperatures peaked around 105 degrees. Continued coverage on page 2.
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Muscatine
West Liberty
Weed Park
Jim Hulse
Pond Street
Hulse
Iowa
Carroll Territory
Mercury
Six Workers Barred from Relief Wage in Monroe County
About 150 union members in Monroe County, Iowa, blocked six laborers from starting a reforestation project under the Works Progress Administration at $32 for 130 hours a month. Bert Seeley, leading the protest, said organized labor will not permit wage cuts below 40 cents per hour.
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Albia
Monroe County
Works Progress Administration
Bert Seeley
Organized Labor
18 Year Old Boy Faces Questions in Dual Slaying
Eighteen year old Lawrence Mack was held for further questioning in connection with the July 14 slayings of Edward and John Burmeister brothers near Tuscola Illinois. Sheriff Clark Edwards said two other Pana youths were being sought. The Burmeister brothers were found shot to death in a field four miles west of Tuscola after being lured from their garage by a call asking for help with a stranded motorist.
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Pana
Ill
Lawrence Mack
Edward
John Burmeister
Tuscola
Clark Edwards
Burmeister
League of Nations adjourns on eve of Italo Ethiopian talks
The League of NationsCed committee on punishing treaty repudiation adjourned in stalemate as council meets to consider arbitration for the Italo Ethiopian crisis. Ethiopia requests discussing article 15 and boundaries while Italy pushes for frontier incidents only. British peace efforts and Ethiopia Red Cross move noted.
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Geneva
Associated Press
League of Nations
Nations
Council
Haile Selassie
Ethiopie
Italy
Ethiopia
League
Messares
Red Cross
Laska Sentenced to Ten Years in Urschell Kidnap Case
Denver attorney Ben B. Laska is sentenced to ten years in federal prison by Judge Edgar Vaught for conspiracy in the $200,000 Charles F. Urschell kidnapping. The defense plans an immediate appeal to the U S circuit court of appeals at Denver after the denial of a new trial motion.
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Oklahoma City
Ben B. Laska
Denver
Charles F. Urschell
Edgar 8. Vaught
Vaught
Laska
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Committee Reveals Proposed Tax Rate
The House Ways and Means Committee released a tentative tax plan raising rates on incomes above thresholds and tapping incomes as low as $50,000. It would tax portions over $5,000,000 at 75 percent, with adjustments from prior limits and new taxes on inheritances and gifts as part of President Roosevelt's wealth distribution concept.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
North Carolina
Roosevelt
She's Innocent Says Mrs Smith
Mrs Eve ly Smith, accused in the swamp slaying of Ervin Lang near Hammond Indiana, denied in a police lineup today that she participated in Lang's murder. Blanche Dunkel of Chicago, Lang’s mother in law, said Smith reported the killing. Smith arrived July 9 and was to be returned to Chicago by plane today.
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New York
Evely Smith
Ervin Lang
Chicago
Lang
Blanche Dunkel
Hammond
Ind
Man Attacks Pasadena Woman and Sets Home Afire
Pasadena police report Mrs. Josephine Hirschler, 58, told investigators a man bound and gagged her, beat her nearly senseless, then set her home on fire after she returned from a visit to her son in San Jose. She fled through a rear window as flames spread.
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Pasadena
Calif
Josephine Hirschler
Ben
Senate fails to adjourn as Republicans push Aug 10 plan
Washington reports the U S Senate blocked a Republican resolution proposing adjournment on August 10. Sen McNary's motion to take up Hastings proposal was tabled at Democratic Leader Robinson's request, with Democrats also blocking another GOP bid deemed political.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
McNary
Hastings
Delaware
Robinson
Appeal from AAA ruling headed to Supreme Court
Memphis attorney Hugh Mageveney announced plans to appeal a federal judge’s ruling upholding the agriculture adjustment act processing taxes. Judge John D. Martin ruled the tax valid under the general welfare clause and delegation to the secretary of agriculture. The appeal seeks recovery of 6863 dollars claimed by a Memphis packer.
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Memphis. Tern
U. S. District Court
Supreme Court
Hugh Mageveney
Memphis
John D. Martin
Western District of Tennessee
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Weather outlook and river stages across Iowa Illinois
The forecast shows Iowa partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with unsettled periods. Warmer in the northeast tonight, cooler in central and west areas tomorrow, while Illinois also expects partly cloudy skies and a warmer northeast Tuesday. River stages: Dubuque 4.8 feet, down 0.2. Davenport 4.2, down 0.4. Muscatine 5.6, down 0.5. Keokuk 5.5, down 0.6 feet.
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Iowa
Illinois
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
Three Held in Kansas Admit Robbing Bank
Three men arrested near Sabetha Kansas face Kansas Michigan and Iowa inquiries after alleged confessions to a Michigan murder Iowa bank robbery and other Midwest crimes. They were identified as Howard Vernon John Meade and Larry Kruse and held for possible extradition while Iowa agents seek charges. Detected in a Cedar Rapids case a stolen license plate linked to Kansas City salesman W C Grogman is under investigation.
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Sabetha
Kas
Maj
Wint Smith
Howard Vernon
Fairbury
Neb
John Meade
Larry Kruse
Sioux City
Iowa
Paul Gruber
Sergeant Bluff
Gruber
Kansas
Michigan
Major Smith
Devere Wygent
Saginaw
Mich
John Jeske
W. E. Gregman
Kansas City
Kerkimer
Cedar Rapids
Sac City
W. C. Grogman
Life term sought for party girls in Dickinson slaying
Prosecutor Dun can C McCrea said he would seek life imprisonment for three women described as party girls Loretta Jackson Florence Jackson and Jean Miller in the case charging William Lee Ferris with the murder of Howard Carter Dickinson New York attorney and nephew of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes.
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Detroit
Duncan C. McCrea
William Lee Ferris
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
Charles Evans Hughes
McCrea
Dickinson
Rouge Park
Loretta
Florence Jackson
Jean Miller
Ferris
William Schweitzer
Durango and Durango People Described in Travel Note
Allen Rogers recounts Durango Colorado and nearby sights such as San Trinidad coal resources Mesa Verde ruins and the Grand Canyon since Wiley’s flight from Brice Canyon Zion and Hoover Dam highlighting American appetite for travel by road train and air amid stark contrasts with reading.
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Durango
San Trinidad
Colo
North Pole
Wiley
Brice Canyon
Zion Canyon
Grand Canyon
Hoover Dam
New Lake
Muscatine H D A Leader Offered State Post
Miss Dorothy Simmons, home demonstration agent for Muscatine county Farm Bureau for nearly two years, has been offered a state Four H club leaders position in Ames. She returned from a two week vacation and awaits official word before announcing plans. The Farm Bureau board disclosed the offer at a Saturday meeting. The post opens in fall. Simmons will stay through summer if she accepts.
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Dorothy Simmons
Muscatine
Miss Simmons
Two Die One Hurt in Chicago Station Robbery
Chicago detectives report a holdup at the Chicago and Northwestern station lobby ending in a fatal pistol battle. Elevator operator Dan Haskell, 46, was killed protecting a drug store from four attackers. Band member Sam Manno, 22, died today after being wounded. Sgt. Franklin Smith and Detective James Frawley were injured. The trio escaped with $120.
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Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern
Dan Haskell
Sam Manno
Bridewell Hospital
James Frawley
Haskell
Manno
Franklin Smith
Frawley
Meanano
Three Counties Receive AAA Corn-Hog Checks in 1935
Des Moines reports Iowa counties receiving 349 161 dollars in first 1935 corn hog payments. Dallas county gets 139000 to about 1500 farmers, Poweshiek 170000, Monroe 40161. Distribution starts in Dallas at Adel and continues this week in Montezuma Brooklyn and Grinnell with other counties to follow.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dallas County
Poweshiek County
Monroe County
AAA
Robert I. Meyers
Adel
Montezuma
Brooklyn
Grinnell
Five Burned In Devastating Hornick Iowa Fire
A gasoline explosion in the Larson home in Hornick Iowa sparked a blaze that destroyed the residence and damaged the nearby B L Havedahl Drug Store and J Q Williams Hardware. Five family members were burned including Mrs Victor Larson 36 in critical condition and her infant son Donald age 1. Others burned were Axel Larson 30 Mike Kinnaman 42 and postmaster J L Harrison. Sioux City fire department rushed aid to the scene.
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Hornick
Victor Larson
Donald Larson
Larson
Mike Kinnaman
Mhornick
J. L. Harrison
B. L. Havedahl Drug Store
J. Q. Williams Hardware Store
Sioux City
Man Hunted After Fatal Stabbing in Davenport
Davenport police search for Vincent Martinez 24 of Rock Island in connection with the fatal stabbing of Magdalena Negrete 32 of Cook's Point Sunday night. Neighbors say a argument over Negrete’s attention to Martinez mother preceded the attack.
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Davenport
Tri-City
Vincent Martinez
Rock Island
Magdalena Negrete
Cook's Point
Martinez
Negrete
German War Chief and Hitler Seek Moderation
News of a social visit by Gen. Werner von Blomberg to Adolf Hitler eased tension among Jews Catholics and Steel Helmet veterans. A decree signed by Von Blomberg and Wilhelm Frick allows non Aryans to enter active military service signaling moderation efforts amid rumors Himmler may replace Frick as interior minister.
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Berlin
Werner von Blomberg
von Blomberg
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Foreign Office
Wilhelm Frick
Interior
Heinrich Himmler
Secret Police
Frick
Flood Ravages Lancaster as Hundreds Homeless
Severe flooding along the Hocking river valley leaves about 300 homeless at Lancaster and surrounding areas. One man is dead and several injured as five houses are swept away and motorist positions marooned on Route 31. Damages exceed a million dollars as residents evacuate low districts and brace for renewed crest.
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Logan
Hocking River
Lancaster
Here
Hocking
Rock Bridge
Joe Farbearn
Claude Carpenter
Lancaster Grocer
Ohio
William Johnson
State rests in Thompson trial in Peoria
The state finished its evidence against Gerald Thompson 26 accused of killing Mildred Hallmark 19 in Peoria Illinois and the defense opened. Attorney Ren Thurman said Thompson will plead insanity noting a family pattern of abnormal sexual passions. He said Mrs Florence Whiteside mother may testify though hospital confinement could risk her life.
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Peoria
Ill
Gerald Thompson
Mildred Hallmark
Thompson
Ren Thurman
Joseph Daily
Florence Whiteside
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Allen Rogers
H. D. A. Head
Rock Island County
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Aunt Hee
Robert Quillen
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