Gentlemen Creed Urges Graduates To Build Not Grab
Dr. Stoddard Lane of Des Moines addressed Muscatine High School's 1935 graduates, urging a life of service and achievement in untapped fields. He argued success means putting in more than taking out, cautioned against wealth concentration, and called for national economic security through the gentleman's creed. Approximately 1,000 attendees heard the 70th class graduation at First Methodist Church.
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Stoddard Lane
Des Moines
Muscatine High School
First Methodist Church
Dr. Lane
Plymouth Congregational Church
George Bernard Shaw
Fears Grow for Safe Return of 5-Year-Old John Kaul
John Kaul a five year old boy vanished from a playground near the Sutton Place area in New York after Thursday evening 6 o clock was the last sighting. His distraught parents John and Anna Kaul in modest means fear kidnapping as police and volunteers conduct a fruitless all night search with no trace found.
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New York
John Kaul
Sutton Place
John
Anna Kaul
East River
Nell Embraces Married Life and Self-Pity Beginnings
A fragment notes Nell fearing divorce from Joe but now appears content. She begins pitying herself and denouncing him, signaling a shift to what is described as regular married life.
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Nell
Joe
Publishers Syndicate
Missouri Rivers Flood Toll Widens Across States
The flood crest from the Kaw river moved into Missouri as levees held in Kansas. The disaster left 124 dead, 536 homes destroyed, and 4,293 families affected across Missouri Kansas and Nebraska. Engineers note the big muddy is five miles wide in eastern Missouri. The flooded area spans about 400000 acres in Missouri and 124000 acres in Kansas, with the Republican river also swollen.
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Kansas
Kaw River
Misouri
Missouri
Kaw
Colorado
Nebraska
Red Cross
Kansas City
Rhode Island
Republican
Clinton Boy Drowns in Cistern During Rescue Attempt
Debert Nace, age 7, fell through an open cistern cover in his aunt’s basement while helping his cousin carry coal. Firemen failed to revive him with an inhalator. the boy’s grandfather had died the previous day.
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Clinton
Debert Nace
Hugo Tietjens
Weather Summary for Iowa and Illinois Regions
Iowa will see generally fair conditions with showers in central and west portions Saturday and in extreme northwest tonight. Illinois remains warmer with fair conditions tonight and Saturday, rising further late tonight. Mississippi River stages are listed for Dubuque Davenport Muscatine and Keokuk with small falls in each location.
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Iowa
Illinois
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
Seven Die in Scaffolds and Chairs Across States
Edward L. Lange 26, a killer in Santa Monica holdup, was hanged at San Quentin. Across the nation, five murderers died in state executions including three in Massachusetts and two in Delaware. In Massachusetts near Boston the Millen Faber trio were executed for four killings. in Delaware Mrs May Carey and her son Howard faced the gallows for the seven year old slaying of her brother.
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San Quentin
Calif
Edward L. Lange
Lewis Mallin
Santa Monica
Associated Press
Massachusetts State
Delaware
New England
Millen-Faber
Massachusetts
Boston
Georgetown
Del
May H. Carey
Howard
Columbia
S. C
Thurmond Harris
Williston
Huntsville Tex
Albert Carr
Houston
Morton Millen
Irving
Abraham Faber
Forbes McLeod
Needham Trust Company
Bride
Morton
Norma
Dedham
Iowa
Nelson P. Brown
Faber
Col Knox Urges Balanced Budget At Women’s Clubs Meet
Col Frank Knox publisher of the Chicago Daily News says Republicans can meet unemployment needs and balance the budget from current tax revenue. He attacked Roosevelt policies and outlined an alternative GOP program before the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. Dr Walter G Bergman for the Socialist Party argues Roosevelt acted under same forces as Hoover.
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Detroit
Frank Knox
Chicago Daily News
Col. Knox
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Roosevelt
Walter G. Bergman
Socialist Party
General Federation of Womens Clubs
Hoover
Detain Attorney in Havana Kidnapping
Police and army units massed around Santos Suarez near Antonio San Miguel's home to pursue his kidnappers. Pedro Herrera Sotolongo, the kidnapped magnate's attorney, was detained on undisclosed charges as efforts to contact the abductors continued. The valet who carried the ransom note was freed to deliver it.
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Havana
Santos Suarez
Antonio San Miguel
Pedro Herrera Sotolongo
Ottumwa Chosen for Firemen's Meeting
Henry Schrage of Waterloo was elected president of the Iowa Association of Fire Fighters at the closing session. Ottumwa was chosen as the next convention city to be held the first week in June. Other officers elected were Clarence E. Chappelle of Sioux City first vice president Henry A. Uken of Davenport second vice president William Hottel of Des Moines secretary treasurer and trustees Ed Walker Council Bluffs Vincent Kyuck Dubuque and Hugh Hemphill Marshalltown.
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Davenport
Henry Schrage
Waterloo
Iowa Association of Fire Fighters
Ottumwa
Clarence E. Chappelle
Sioux City
Henry A. Uken
William Hottel
Des Moines
Tustees
Ed Walker
Council Bluffs
Vincent Kyuck
Dubuque
Hugh Hemphill
Marshalltown
Laval Seeks Broad Power as Premier in France
Premier Pierre Laval formed a new coalition cabinet to win decree powers to defend the franc. He aims for swift financial cleanup, deflation, and economies to balance the budget and revive business, facing declines after previous premiers failed to gain dictatorial authority. He plans to ask Parliament for powers to combat devaluation and to counter disorders as Bank of France gold reserves shrink.
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Pierre Laval
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Fernand Bouisson
Chamber of Deputies
Laval
Flandin
Bouisson
Bank of France
Japanese Province Rocked by Quake
The Exchange Telegraph reports a severe quake at Shokushow in Taichu province Japan. Five deaths were listed by 5 p.m. The market building and the grammar school were wrecked and 450 dwellings demolished or damaged.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Shokushow
Taichu Province
Japan
Tokyo
Baldwin Replaces MacDonald to Head England Cabinet
Stanley Baldwin becomes Britain’s prime minister after Ramsay MacDonald’s resignation. Baldwin met King George VI at Buckingham Palace and then formed a new cabinet with rapid arrangements leaving the country briefly without a premier for about four minutes.
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Ramsay MacDonald
England
George
Stanley Baldwin
London
Great Britain
King George
MaDonald
Baldwin
Buckingham Palace
MacDonald
No. 10
Downing Street
MacDon
Girl Dies Under Elephant Feet at Crookston Circus
An Ottumwa owned elephant named Virginia rampaged through a Crookston Minnesota circus injuring many and killing 18 year old Margaret Ann Francis. Trainer William Woodcock 31 may face second degree manslaughter charges as authorities review the incident.
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Crookston
Minn
Ottumwa
Virginia
Nellie Orton Hoogewoning
William Woodcock
Polk County
Francis Stadvold
Woodcock
Margaret Ann Francis
William Francis
Atterbury Brothers’ Circus
County Engineer Proposes Cedar River Bridge Plan
County engineer F. P. G. Halbfass urges a new concrete floored bridge crossing Cedar east of Cedarville school to replace Tice and Salisbury structures and to tie into an improved east west highway. He calls for strengthening Moscow and Tice trusses with aluminum floors, using old iron trusses to cut costs, and seeks federal aid covering 45 percent of the cost. The plan envisions removing three current bridges and keeping only one temporary crossing, with public sentiment determining feasibility.
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Cedar River
Cedarville School
F. P. G. Halbfass
Journal Today
Tice
Salisbury
Melpine
Paul's Crossing
Spangier’s Chapel
Cedar Valley School
Moscow
Cedar
Ment
de- Gay
Conesville
Kidnap Gang Spreads Out Across Cities
Portland police arrest Pat K. Kelley amid national effort to locate the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapers. The hunt expands to San Francisco and Montana as Harold J. Nathan arrives from Washington to lead the FBI inquiry into the $200,000 ransom.
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Portland
Ore
Pat K. Kelley
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Wash
San Francisco
Montana
Department of Justice
Hunt
Harold J. Nathan
John Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Better Trends in Trade Seen
Dun and Bradstreet reports improved trade and business conditions in the past week with retail sales rising to high levels in several centers. Wholesale activity relied on reorders while firms paused future commitments pending a clearer price trend and NRA termination adjustments.
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New York
Dun
Bradstreet
NRA
Two Distinct Statements Hit Social Order in Hollywood and Detroit
Beverly Hills reports quote a president threatening militia if bills pass, amid a Detroit Federation of Women's Clubs convention where Thomas G. Winter claims cinema reform came from solid middle classes, not the intelligentsia. The piece notes social order received sharp criticism from two sources.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Wagner
Guffy Snyder
Great Federation of Women’s Clubs
Detroit
Thomas G. Winter
Federation
Hollywood
Intelligensia
America
Approval Indicated in Initial Vote on NRA Extension
The House voted 280 to 100 to take up and debate immediately a resolution extending the NRA stop gap. President Roosevelt stressed codes must comply with antitrust laws. Democratic leader O Connors rallied party members with sweeping remarks as Republicans mostly opposed.
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Washington
NRA
House
Roosevelt
O’connor
New York
Congress
Widen Scope of Republican Rally
Springfield leaders announce expansion of the grass roots Republican convention to include South Dakota with 40 delegates, giving 30 votes at the 1936 gathering in Lincoln. John D. Hamilton will be permanent chairman as resolutions attack the New Deal and offer farm belt guidelines for future policy.
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Springfield
Ill
South Dakota
Harrison E. Spangler
Conference Committee
Abraham _ Lincoln
Spangler
Fair Grounds Coliseum
John D. Hamilton
Kansas
Wild Hearted Daughter Chooses Help Over Clothes
A rural tale describes a young girl humorously called wild yet kind she sacrifices new clothes to support her aging parents showing filial duty over vanity in a close community setting.
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Dr. Stoddard Lane
Lad
Claud
Callan
Robert M. Sweitzer
Chicago
Cook County
Joseph L. Gill
Sweitzer
County Board of Commissioners
Firemen’s Meeting
Girl
T. C. Hunter
Huntington
Salt Lake City
The
Dun and
Yours
North Dakota
Til
Oregon
Frank O. Lowden
Robert Quillen
Kyat
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