Stewart Named to Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Gov Clyde L Herring appoints Andrew Stewart Democrat Calhoun to fill vacancy on the Iowa liquor control commission effective immediately The appointment runs to the end of Harold M Coopers term in 1939 Stewart long allied with repeal and temperance measures and chaired the house agriculture committee while serving on liquor control and crime related panels.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Andrew Stewart
Calhoun
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Stewart
Harold M. Cooper
Cooper
Herring
Calhoun County
Iowa
General Assembly
Senate Advances NRA Measures Amid Tax Talk
The Senate pressed to vote on the Wheeler-Rayburn bill to curb or abolish utility holding companies while weighing an administration plan to restore anti trust vigor and allow voluntary labor standards pacts. Shriners parade in a grand conclave distracted Congress as debate continued.
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Washington
Senate
Dieterich
D-Tl
Wheeler-Rayburn
NRA
Congress
White House
House
Ways and Means
Shriners
Plea Hearings in Teachers Controversy Resume in District Court
The case involves 11 married teachers suing the city school board over dismissals. Attorney H. G. Thompson represents the plaintiffs while C. R. Stafford defends the board. The dispute centers on whether the court has jurisdiction over board hiring decisions and whether the dismissals were due to fraud or marital status. Arguments at 2:30 p.m. continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City School Board
H. G. Thompson
C. R. Stafford
Stafford
Thompson
Labor Leader Attacks Court as Despotism
J. C. Lewis of the Iowa State Federation of Labor denounces the supreme court as a body of judicial despots. He argues the court lacks authority to strike down congressional acts and warns against undermining wage scales with low relief pay. He cites the Washington labor conference stance against company unions and defends union rights and collective bargaining.
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Davenport
Supreme Court
America
J. C. Lewis
Iowa
England
Lewis
Washington
Declaration Lists Principles of GOP Prairie States Talk
A midwestern Republican grass roots conference adopting a declaration of principles urged views for the 1936 campaign. It endorsed old age pensions, preservation of constitutional government and state rights, free enterprise against fascism, collective bargaining limits, child labor bans, wage parity with the American standard, and a balanced budget through thrift and economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ten Prairie States
Justice For Veterans
Ed. A. Hayes
Decatur
Elopement Ends in Girl's Death in Iowa Freight Crash
Florence Ford an 18 year old from Atlantic Iowa died after trying to board a Rock Island freight train in Iowa Falls. She sent a note to her mother saying she ran away to marry Laverne Christensen 21 Audubon Iowa. Two youths on the train identified themselves as Christensen and Albert Reilly 18 Audubon Iowa offering few details. The Ford family said the girl had disappeared with the two boys. She had just graduated from high school this spring.
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Iowa Falls
Florence Ford
Atlantic
Lillian Ford
Ellsworth Hospital
Laverne Christensen
Rock Island
Florence
Floyd Klippel
Albert Reilly
Audubon
Ford
Christensen
Des Moines Patrol Applicants Ordered to Training Camp
Mrs. Alex Miller secretary of state announced 88 applicants for state highway patrol temporary approval. They are called to Camp Dodge for a 30 day training period starting next Saturday with about 50 to be selected later. the list may reach around 100. Instructors report tomorrow under Patrol Chief John R. Hattery. Applicants to be mustered Saturday and Sunday. tryout to begin Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Alex Miller
Camp Dodge
Hollywood Letter Warns Supreme Court Appeal
A Hollywood reader argues the Supreme Court should not hear a kidnapping case, claiming federal reach insults state rights and ridicules the government as Santa Claus. The writer mockingly suggests pardoned criminals slip free and notes two men have evaded jail across the Northwest.
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Hollywood
Calif
Supreme Court
Santa Claus
Fall Fatal for C Rosborough in Sweetland Township
Charles Rosborough 82 of Sweetland township died at 4 20 p m Monday at Hershey hospital from injuries from a fall on his home steps Friday. He was born February 17 1853 in Muscatine and lived in Dallas county before returning to Sweetland nine years ago to live with brothers Grant and Robie Rosborough. Survived by brothers Grant and Robie and one niece. two brothers and a sister preceded him in death. Body at George Wittich Funeral Home for private funeral services Wednesday at 1 30 p m conducted by Rev B F Pickering of Pleasant Prairie Presbyterian church. Burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Charles Rosborough
Sweetland Township
Hershey Hospital
Mr. Rosborough
Muscatine
James
Ann Wallace Rosborough
Dallas County
Grant
Robie Rosborough
Robie
George Wittich
Cedar Street
B. F. Pickering
Pleasant Prairie Presbyterian Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Weather Summary For Iowa Illinois And Mississippi River
Iowa tonight and Wednesday generally fair with warming trends. Illinois shows showers in extreme south tonight and Wednesday morning, cooler in central area, warmer northeast Wednesday. Mississippi River stages listed for Dubuque Davenport Muscatine Keokuk and St. Louis with small falls.
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Iowa
Illinois
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Louis
Republicans declare 18 grievances at grass roots convention
Springfield Illinois report outlines 18 points in a declaration of grievances. The list denounces government cost, federal payroll growth, debt, budget balance failures, states rights, secret spending, and centralized power amid concerns over currency, monopolies, and political pressure.
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Springfield
Congress
Secretary of Treasury
Insull and Two Aides Go to Trial in Bankruptcy Case
Samuel Insull Sr., 75, once a leading utility magnate, is placed on trial for violating the federal bankruptcy act. His son Samuel Insull Jr. and Harold L. Stuart stand as co-defendants before Judge John C. Knox. Assistant A G Harness expects a brief trial.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull Sr
Insull
Turkey
Samuel Insull, Jr
Harold L. Stuart
Halsey Stuart and Company
John C. Knox
New York
Forest A. Harness
Insuil
Typhoid Outbreak Follows High Water
An outbreak of typhoid fever prompted state health officials to inspect flooded St. Charles county where 30,000 acres remain underwater. Seven cases prompt immunization serum delivery and warnings against use of unboiled water.
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St. Louis
St. Charles County
Missouri
State Board of Health
Suitor shoots Chicago hostess in North Side hotel
Police seek Anthony Madona after Celia Venable a 29 year old night club entertainer and model is shot six times in her hotel room. Dr Arthur Harvey and a second man are also connected as the killer fled and clerk Harry Keeney summoned authorities.
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Chicago
North Side
Jack Williams
Celia Venable
Butte
Marxt
Anthony Madona
Robert Smart
Madona
Arthur Harvey
Tony
Smart
Celia Mae Venable
Union County
Harry Keeney
Mrs. Ida M. Winegard 67 Dies After Yearlong Illness
Ida M. Winegard aged 67 died at 5 45 p m Monday at the Clyde Nicklas residence after a yearlong illness. Born March 22 1868 in Marshall County Iowa she moved with parents to Reno County Kansas as a child and married Daniel Winegard in 1886. Surviving are four daughters Dora Mayhew Kathryn Reed Lois Mueller Wilma Nicklas one son Daniel Winegard 16 grandchildren her mother Dora Vanocker five sisters and three brothers. Funeral at 10 30 a m Thursday at Illinois City Methodist Episcopal church with burial in Illinois City cemetery. Burial at Illinois City cemetery. Funeral arrangements at Ralph J Wittich Funeral Home.
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Ida M. Winegard
Clyde Nicklas
West Eighth Street
Ida Vanocker
Marshall County
Reno County
Kas
Daniel Winegard
Winegard
First Presbyterian Church
Dora Mayhew
Seaton
Inl
Kathryn Reed
Illinois City
Ill
Lois Mueller
Edgington
Wilma Nicklas
Muscatine
Dora Vanocker
Nickerson
Ralph J. Wittich
West Third Street
Nicklas
Illinois City Methodist Episcopal Church
David I. Berger
Caleb Larson
Illinois City Church
Illinois City Cemetery
Wide Hunt for Mahan Under Way
Federal agents and local officers across the west joined in a massive search for George Weyerhaeuser’s kidnap suspects. At Butte Mont Needles Calif and southeastern Washington investigators combed towns sheltering two in custody and scouring desert regions for a green motor car and three gunmen.
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Salt Lake City
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Wasa. Ve
Butte
Mont
Washington
William Mahan
Needles
Calif
Mahan
Dayton
Pasco
California
Nevada
Arizona
Walters Boy Dies of Meningitis at Hershey Hospital
Kenneth Leroy Walters 13 son of Herbert Walters of 1104 East Front street died at 10 45 am at Hershey hospital after a two week illness from spinal meningitis He was born July 5 1921 son of Herbert and Vera Eirman Walters His mother preceded him in death Surviving are father two brothers Harold and Dick Walters and two sisters Mrs Irene Wright and Miss Lenora Walters The body lies at Fairbanks Home for Funerals pending arrangements
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Kenneth Leroy Walters
Herbert Walters
East Front Street
Hershey Hospital
Herbert
Vera Eirman Walters
Kenneth Leroy
Trinity Episcopal Church
Harold
Dick Walters
Irene Wright
Lenora Walters
Fairbanks Home For Funerals
Sentry Death Triggers Soviet Japan Diplomatic Clash
Moscow and Tokyo exchanged notes after a Soviet sentry was killed on the Manchukuo frontier near Mishan on June 3. Moscow claimed two Red Army cavalrymen were fired on. Japan said invaders crossed into Manchukuo. The incident widens tensions as Hopei province shifts into a perceived Japanese sphere of influence.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Russia
Japan
Moscow
Mishan
Harbin
Manchukuan
Hopei
China
North China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Far
Hopei Province
Manchoukuo
Confession by Waley Reveals Additional Ransom Recovery
The U S justice department reported recovering $90 700 of the $200 000 ransom for George Weyerhaeuser. J Edgar Hoover said the money was found buried near Salt Lake City raising total recovered to $116 000 with Waley’s confession linking a two person and possibly a female involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George Weyerhaeuser
Justice Department
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Salt Lake City
Harmon K. Walye
Hoover
Waley
William Mahan
Butte
Montana
Mahan
Tacoma
Wash
Evdently Mahan
Hoover Sai
Immigration
Roosevelt Agrees to Study Parole Abuses
President Roosevelt praises the FBI study of parole records in the Weyerhaeuser kidnapping case. He telegraphed Attorney General Cummings to support humane parole while seeking to curb abuses by habitual criminals. Roosevelt’s Monday telegram remains his only direct contact with Washington on the issue.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Weyerhaeuser
Bureau of Investigation
Cummings
Washington
Aunt Het By Robert Quillen
The text presents Aunt Het lecturing on tax burdens and public schooling funded by others, criticizing Cousin Bill for letting a child be educated at someone else’s expense. It reflects a rural humor voice and social critique typical of Quillen’s column style.
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Bill
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