Not 4 not 4 wa or Two Arrests Spur Kidnap Hunt
A chaotic crowd of prairie state Republicans gathered at the Illinois state fair auditorium to hear Lowden and Spangler denounce the Roosevelt administration. About 7,000 listened as they urged preserving the constitution and liberty against autocracy. The speakers framed the 1936 issue as defense of states’ rights amid alleged threats to constitutional rights.
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Springfield
Middle West
West Pocket
Illinois State Fair
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Harrison E. Spangler
Iowa
Roosevelt
Lowden
Spangler
Prairie States
Washington
Midwestern
Lil
State Fairgrounds Coliseum
Keokuk Doctor Missing After Weekend Vanishing
Dr C J Christensen a 59 year old Keokuk physician and former Keokuk Red Cross chairman has been missing since Friday. He was driving a 1931 Nash sedan license 56 5833 and wore a gray suit blue shirt brown hat and suede raincoat. He stands five feet five inches and weighs 150 pounds. Police assist family in the search.
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Keokuk
C. J. Christensen
Ellen Says She Wasnt Much of a Sinner
A fragment notes Cousin Ellen claims she was never truly a sinner while Ma insists Ellen has a habit of talking about her past. The brief hints at family chatter and a copyright credit appear in the text.
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Ellen
Breaks in Peiping Peace Hopes Reported
The Japanese military attache said in Peiping that the Chinese government accepted all Japanese demands on north China. Japanese troops were dispatched to Yangstan after reports of damaged telegraph lines. One platoon with an armored car moved toward Yargstun, 35 miles northwest, heightening Sino-Japanese tensions.
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Peiping
Ho Ying-Chin
Tientsin
Yangstan
Yargstun
Plane Accidents Claim 12 Lives
Across the nation five airplanes crashed over the weekend killing 12 people and injuring two. Watertown New York saw four deaths when a plane plunged into Lake Ontario. Santa Barbara California and Los Angeles California also reported fatalities.
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Associated Press
New York
California
Watertown
N. Y
Lake Ontario
Archie Laverty
Francis O'Reilly
Ben Baxter
Gerald Conway
Evans Falls
Howard Brodie
Campbell Point
Coast Guard
Wellington Cullies
Stanley Lott
Santa Barbara
Calif
Richard Barcafere
Robert Smith
Zion
Iil
Clyde Poulton
Mildred Chapman
Gardiner
Washington Taxi Drivers Strike Paralyzes Capital During Shrine Conclave
Taxi drivers from the Diamond and Consolidated companies walked off the job as visitors swarmed Washington for a shrine convention. Authorities scrambled to quell minor violence while negotiations with the utilities commission and leaders of the district peoples council sought a peaceable resolution amid car shortages and streetcar use.
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Washington
National Shrine
Diamond Cab Company
Gyp
Consolidated Cab Company
Midwest ready to fight chinch bug invasion with creosote
A Midwest county by county group mobilizes against chinch bugs with creosote barriers as rains delay plagues. Federal funds of 2.5 million dollars exist for creosote distribution, with 700000 gallons daily shippable from Chicago. Illinois Iowa and Missouri face potential heavy infestation.
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Washington
Middlewest
P. N. Annand
Federal Agriculture Department
Bureau of Entomology
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Annand
Chicago
NRA ruling ends Davis Schultheis labor case
The regional labor board will not decide the case of Ed Schultheis, Button Workers union president, versus T R Davis operator of the Davis button cutting plant. The Supreme Court ruling declaring the NRA unconstitutional prompted a drop in the case. Witnesses included Homer Lemmon Charles Kelly and Andrew Throne with attorneys F L Bihlmeier and R S Jackson.
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Supreme Court
NRA
Regional Labor Board
Ed Schultheis
Button Workers Union
T. R. Davis
Davis
F. L. Bihlmeier
Mrr. Davis
George O. Pratt
Kansas City
Schultheis
Pratt
Labor Board
Homer Lemmon
Charles Kelly
Andrew Throne
R. S. Jackson
Hopkins Addresses Grinnell on Rugged Individualism and Relief
Harry L. Hopkins federal works progress director received an honorary doctor of laws at Grinnell College where he defended capitalism with reform and condemned relief neglect. He outlined the New Deal aim to place nearly four million men back to work by July 1 and keep a full head of steam afterward.
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Hopkins
Chester C. Davis
AAA
Sao-Ke Alfed Sze
United States
Davis
Grinnell College
Roosevelt
Mrs. Catherine Hazleton 72 Dies in Muscatine
Catherine Murphy Hazleton a lifelong Muscatine resident died at Bellevue hospital at 12 30 pm after a year long illness. She was born December 6 1862, survived by two children and three sisters, with funeral arrangements by Meyers Funeral Home to be announced.
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Catherine Hazleton
Muscatine
Bellevue Hospital
Parham Street
Catherine Murphy
Michael
Elizabeth Murphy
Frank Hazleton
St. Mathias Catholic Church
Frank Albert
New Jersey
J. J. Ryan
Ann Kniphals
Davenport
Hugh Selman
Phil Murphy
Lucille Fengler
Hazleton
Meyers Funeral Home
Insull Opens Third Trial in Chicago Court
Samuel Insull arrived today for what prosecutors call a trial to end all Insull trials. The former utility magnate faces the final charge linked to the 1932 collapse of his industrial empire as he seeks another acquittal following prior wins in federal and state courts.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Insull
Tuesday Wil
Louis Piquett
John Dillinger
Congress
William Holly
Homer van Meter
Alfalfa Bill Murray Reignites Oklahoma Constitutional Debate
A capital-town letter by Boreas Re reveals speculation about Alfalfa Bill Murray joining the Supreme Court, noting his constitutional background and a forty year course in constitutional law. The writer claims Murray is deeply knowledgeable and will affect party alignment if required.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Alfalfa
Bill Murray
Constitution
Bill
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Willie
Murray
Leaders Urge Congress to Press Ahead on NRA and Works Plan
Congress faced a week of deadlines as leaders urged rapid action on key measures. Wheeler argued to curb giant corporations through the utility holding company bill while opponents warned of constitutional risks. The White House sought works projects to employ 3.5 million, with funds allocated to white pine blister rust control in several states.
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Washington
Congress
NRA
Senate
Wheeler
Montana
House
District of Columbia
White House
Agricultural Department
Iowa
Minnesota
Abduction Trial Opens for Laska and Mathers
Federal witnesses testified as the trial began for Denver attorney Ben A. Laska and Oklahoma City lawyer James C. Mathers. They are charged with taking part in a portion of the 200000 Urschel kidnap ransom. Jury selection was expected to last at least one day.
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Oklahoma City
Ben A. Laska
Denver
James C. Mathers
Charles F. Urschel
Laska
Mathers
Urschel
George
Kelly
Albert Bates
R. G. (Boss) Shannon
Wise County
Texas
West
William Mahan
Tacoma
Salt Lake City
Department of Justice
Harmon M. Waley
Northwest
Waley
Weverhaeuser Lumber
Mahan
Idaho
Montana
Butte
Mont
Harry H. Johnston
Pierce County
Washington
Starkweather Called in Death In Muscatine at 5:59 p.m.
Adam Sylvester Starkweather of Muscatine died after seven months illness at his nephew John Starkweather’s home 1204 Wisconsin Street. Born May 21 1865 in Washington County he married Fannie Beard in 1887 and Ida Bryer in 1930. Survived by widow, children Leroy Arthur Ralph Eisley and others, two sisters and three brothers. Body at Fairbanks Home for Funerals with services at 7:30 p.m. Burial in Fairview cemetery.
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Adam Sylvester Starkweather
Muscatine
John Starkweather
Wisconsin Street
Mr. Starkweather
Washington County
Freedom
Mary Wiseman Starkweather
Fannie Beard
Ida Bryer
Leroy
Marengo
Arthur
Ralph
Ida_ Eisley
Elizabeth Eisley
Nona Eisley
Anna Eisley
Edward Eisley
Edward Eppars
Kathrine Orr
Henry
Des Moines
John
Amboy
Minn
Thomas
Foresten
Fairbanks
Fairview Cemetery
Weather Forecast Iowa Illinois And River Stage Notes
Iowa mostly fair with thunderstorms in extreme southeast this afternoon or tonight and cooler tonight. Illinois showers likely in south tonight and Tuesday, with warmer conditions in the south and cooler in the north. Mississippi River stages show Dubuque 4.2 feet, Davenport 4.2, Muscatine 5.2 with falls ranging from 0.1 to 0.9 feet.
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Iowa
Illinois
South
North
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Two Bandits Rob Bank at Rockford Iowa
Two men robbed the Rockford State Bank at 11 this morning taking about 1300 dollars. They forced cashier H C Batty and others to lie on the floor while one gathered cash and the other stood guard with a gun. They fled west toward Mason City in a Plymouth sedan with non resident plates No 57. Rockford lies west of Charles City in Floyd County, Iowa.
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Rockford
Rockford State Bank
Mason City
H. C. Batty
Mr. Batty
Death Summons John H. Campbell
John H. Campbell, 75, died at 1 45 a m today at his daughter’s home in East Fulham avenue. Born March 13 1860 in Galena Illinois he lived here over 30 years. Survived by daughters Mrs Wells and Mrs Frank Downer a brother in South Dakota and Clyde Wells grandson. Funeral at 2 30 p m Wednesday at Ralph J Wittich Funeral Home with Dr David I Berger officiating. Interment Greenwood cemetery.
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John H. Campbell
B. C. Wells
East Fulham Avenue
Campbell
Galena
Ella Carr
Omaha
Neb
Wells
Frank Downer
Rock Island
South Dakota
Clyde Wells
Muscatine
Clair Campbell
Ralph J. Wittich
West Third Street
David I. Berger
First Presbyterian Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Resignation filed of Muscatine school head Dr Norton
Dr. W. S. Norton filed written resignation as president of the Muscatine board of education and as a school director. He said lack of time prompted the step and offered no complaints about the board or members. The board will act at tonight's 7 30 meeting.
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W.S. Norton
Muscatine Board of Education
Norton
School Board
Rites Held for Edward B. Rauch
Funeral services for Edward B. Rauch a former Muscatine resident who died Friday in Arp Texas after an apoplexy were held at 2 p m at Hoffman Funeral home with Rev W H Schwiering of the First Methodist Episcopal church officiating Interment was in Greenwood cemetery The body arrived from Texas this morning Survivors include adopted daughter Montana Rauch four sisters Mrs Mamie Fuller Laporte Ind Mrs Cora Zeug Mrs Helen Layton and Mrs Elsa Bain Muscatine two brothers Carl and Walter Rauch both of Muscatine and his mother Mrs Catherine Rauch 416 West Seventh street
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Edward B. Rauch
Muscatine
Arp
Tex
Hoffman Funeral Home
W. H. Schwiering
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Texas
Betty
Ruth
Robert Rauch
Fred Boldt
Charles Schaefer
William Hilton
William Hank
Carl Schreiber
Antone Fuller
Rauch
Moline, Ill
Wontana Rauch
Mamie Fuller
Laporte
Ind
Cora Zeug
Helen Layton
Elsa Bain
Carl
Walter Rauch
Catherine Rauch
West Seventh Street
Quotations on School Board Decisions Hits Frustration
A local reader laments the school board showing delay in promoting a teacher and hints at possible job loss for Miss Jones. The remark underscores tensions over promotions and leadership in the district.
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Miss Jones
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San Ase
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Jackie Kaul
East River
John Kaul
Jackie
Rockford, Ia
Floyd County
Charles City
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Wash
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Arp, Tex
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Robert Quillen
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