Boat Upsets in River Claim One Life and Damages
A ferryboat operator in Keokuk Iowa rescued three men after a small motorboat capsized in the Mississippi River. George Cooper 66 and three Aledo men were in the boat when it overturned. Cooper drowned. Robert Warnock Ewald Berglund and Ted Stevens escaped. William Lockhardt led the rescue but found only the three survivors. Dynamite was used to try locating Cooper. Multiple drownings reported as Iowa heats up with late May.
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New
Boston
Ill
George Cooper
Aledo
Mississippi River
Robert Warnock
Ewald Berglund
Ted Stevens
Ferry
Warnock
William Lockhardt
Cooper
A. C. Sells
Ethiopia Split by Mussolini Across Five Parts
Inside report details Mussolini carving Ethiopia into five administrative zones. The piece outlines the division plan and foreign reaction, noting strategic aims and regional implications.
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Ethiopia
Mussolini
Chinese Adept Stiffer Policy
General Sung Cheh Yuan, head of Hopeh Chahar military council, ordered a tougher stance against Japan in North China after all night talks with North China mayors. The move follows North China autonomy efforts, inspired by officers of the 29th Route Army who defended the Great Wall passes three years ago. Peiping reports note Japan is rapidly building new barracks at Fengtai near Peiping with 600-soldier capacity.
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Shanghai
Sung Cheh- Yuan
Hopeh- Chahar
Japan
29Th Route Army
Great Wall
China
Peiping
Fengtai
William Butterworth 71 Dies. Deere & Co. Chairman
William Butterworth 71 chairman of the Deere and Co board of directors died of heart disease Sunday while walking at Seaview Country Club near Absecon. His body was shipped to Moline and services will be held Wednesday at the First Congregational church. Burial will be in the Deere lot at Riverside cemetery. Silas H. Strawn accompanied the body. Mrs Butterworth is Katherine Mary Deere.
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Atlantic City
N. J
William Butterworth
Deere and Co
Moline
Butterworth
United States Chamber of Commerce
Seaview Country Club
Absecon
Here
National Industrial Conference Board
New York City
Strawn
Silas H. Strawn
Chicago
Katherine Mary Deere
Deere & Co
Frank Butterworth
New Haven
Conn
First Congregational Church
Deere
Riverside Cemetery
Mercury Records May Weather in Muscatine
May in Muscatine saw 2.25 inches of rain with a peak 0.62 inch on May 17. Temperatures reached 92 degrees on May 31, while lows dipped to 41 on several nights. The average minimum was 52.7 and the high 78.9 with 19 fair, 10 partly cloudy and two cloudy days.
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Muscatine
G. Krieger
United States Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Krieger
Plane crashes on Chicago home lot. 15 aboard escape uninjured
A Transcontinental and Western Air Lines DC3 skids into a vacant Chicago lot after a forced landing from Newark. Pilot W L Smith and Stewardess Grace Davidson lead a quick evacuation as six passengers remain in hospital with bruises and neck injuries. The crew reports a freak gust blew the tail, forcing the crash near Joseph Marlotte’s home.
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Chicago
Transcontinental and Western Air Lines
New York
W. L. Smith
Cranford
N. J
Grace Davidson
Pittsburgh
Newark
Chicago Municipal
George Houle
Columbus
Smith
Joseph Marlotte
Davidson
Marie Ziolkowski
R. W. Marshall
Daniel Mahoney
Maurice B. Ades
Minneapolis
Maurice Hass
Milwaukee
William S. Clark
Roselle
N. Y
H. W. Jorden
Gerald Sparks
William A. Shakman
New York City
W. W. Markel
Pelham Manor
Los Angeles
A. G. van Utt
Friends
Oak Park
Charles Stahl
Montclair
Ruling Elder of Church Succumbs in Syracuse
William Hutton a ruling elder of the Presbyterian Church in the U S A died Sunday night in Syracuse after arriving for the 148th general assembly. he fell ill soon after arriving last Wednesday and had been hospitalized.
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Syracuse
N. Y
William Hutton
Salt Lake City
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Hutton
Weather Outlook for Iowa Illinois Areas Tonight and Tuesday
Iowa sees mostly cloudy skies with showers or thunderstorms across eastern and southern portions tonight and likely into extreme southeast Tuesday morning. Illinois forecasts showers and thunderstorms in north central areas tonight and Tuesday with cooler air in the northwestern region tonight. Mississippi River stages reported for several cities including La Crosse 5.4, Dubuque 8.6, Davenport 7.1, Muscatine 8.3, Keokuk 5.9, and St. Louis 11.9 feet.
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Iowa
Illinois
Mississippi River
la Crosse
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Louis
Supreme Court Invalidates 1933 New York Minimum Wage Law
Five to four ruling declares unconstitutional a 1933 New York statute setting minimum wages for women and children on grounds it violates liberty of contract. Justice Butler leads the majority with dissenters including Hughes Brandeis Stone and Cardozo.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Butler
Hughes
Brandeis, Stone and Cardozo
Roberts
van Devanter Sutherland
McReynolds
Joseph Tipaldo
Brooklyn
Lehman
Herbert Lehman
District of Columbia
Flexner Urges Prepared Minds at Iowa Commencement
Dr Abraham Flexner spoke to more than 5000 in Iowa City urging graduates to seize opportunities despite tough times. He praised freedom of expression, warned against suppression of ideas, and supported majority rule. He received an honorary doctor of letters from President Eugene Gilmore.
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Iowa City
Abraham Flexner
Princeton University Institute For Advanced Study
University of Iowa
Flexner
America
Eugene A. Gilmore
William R. Boyd
State Board of Education
Ottumwa Public Schools Leader Hannum Dies at 55
Ottumwa Iowa, Roy Findley Hannum 55 longtime superintendent of Ottumwa public schools died suddenly of a heart attack at his home after a month of illness. A national and state education figure, he chaired the NEA national committee that backed Agnes Samuelson for state superintendent. Born in Iowa, he studied at the State University of Iowa, taught in Ireton Lamont and Fort Dodge and Muskogee before arriving in Ottumwa in 1923.
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Ottumwa
Roy Findley Hannum
Hannum
National Education Association
Department of Superintendence
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Southeast District Teachers’ Association
Iowa Superintendents’ Club
Agnes Samuelson
Des Moines
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Iowa
State University of Iowa
Ireton, Lamont
Fort Dodge
Muskogee
Okla
Tests Begin in Cranium Derby
Iowa City hosts the University of Iowa cranium derby with 1 062 qualifiers competing for 17 state scholarship championships. About 270 schools represented as exams in English government and Latin proceed today. 17 tests total across grades.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Journal to Give Election Results
The Journal will broadcast primary results to readers as soon as tabulations are completed. Data gathered by its election workers and AP leased wires will be sent via public address system starting at 8 o clock or when available. An early Tuesday morning election extra will be delivered to city subscribers and Muscatine rural routes.
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The
Journal
Associated Press
Muscatine
Queen Mary Fails to Beat Normandie Record Across Atlantic
After completing her maiden Atlantic voyage, the British liner Queen Mary docked in New York with a heavy mail load delaying her arrival. Officials welcomed the ship as pilots boarded, while an unofficial speed showed 29.133 knots versus the Normandie's 29.64 knots on its crossing.
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New York
Atlantic
New York Harbor
Ambrose
Ambrose Channel
Fiorello la Guardia
Nicholas Murray Butler
Samuel Seabury
Gerald Campbell
Normandie
Cherbourg
Bishop’s Rock
English Channel
Cunard
U. S. Army
Manhattan
Mines Close in Alabama Region
Three major Birmingham area mines shut down today as a strike and gun fights erupted. About 2,000 International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers members walked out over pay basis changes. A truck carrying workers was fired on. Joe Holt, a Black union member, was wounded. Deputies Burgess and Santermeyer were wounded escorting workers into a mine.
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Birmingham
Ala
International Union of Mill
Big Muscoda
Joe Holt
The
International
Billy Wilson
Deloach
Brotherhood
Ed Burgess
Santermeyer
Ogarby Wenona
Early Voter in Des Moines Cast First Ballot
In Des Moines Governor Clyde L. Herring, Democratic senatorial hopeful, cast the first vote in Greenwood school precinct at 6 55 am after waiting for polls to open. He was the third in his own precinct and later signed election predictions at the statehouse.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Greenwood School
Statehouse
Muscatine Primary Votes Show Light Turnout Amid Weather
Voters in Muscatine county press toward a light primary election with about 1300 city ballots by 2 30 pm near forecasts from 1932 and 1934 counts. Absentees total 267 ballots cast. deadline for absent ballots was Friday night.
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Muscatine County
First Ward
Second Ward
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Kenneth Coder
Major Problems Ahead of Solons
Washington reports Congress facing major issues as June opens. President Roosevelt may act to speed adjournment. taxes on corporate income and a senate finance committee bill loom. Senate aims to pass a 2.37 billion deficiency and relief bill amid looming votes and possible night sessions.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Florida Ship Canal
Passamaquoddy
Maine
Treasury
Morgenthau
Robinson
Rain Keeps Many Away From Polls
Voters faced scattered rain in Iowa’s primary, delaying some at Des Moines precincts. The six way Republican Senate race centered on Sen. Lester Dickinson with Brookhart and others. Democratic and Farmer-Labor choices filled out key offices amid a quiet preconvention mood.
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United States Senate
Iowa
Lester J. Dickinson
John J. Wray 92 Dies at Home in Drury Township
John J. Wray a World War II veteran aged 92 longtime Drury township resident died Sunday at his home Born May 24 1884 in Drury township he worked as a farmer with a stint in jewelry He was a member of the American Legion Masonic lodge and Wrayville Methodist church He married Rhoda Mannradt in 1923 Surviving are his wife four sisters and one brother Funeral services set for 2:30 p m Wednesday at Foster Baptist Church with the Hoffman Funeral Home in charge.
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John Jacob Wray
Drury Township
Ill
Mr. Wray
Bradley College
Rhoda Mannradt
Nellie Camelil
Burt, Mich
Will Munson
Aledo
Caroll Jones
Andalusia
Ernest Gaquett
Illinois City
Julius Wray
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