End to Session On Wednesday Sighted
Senate Leader Barkley said Congress would adjourn by Wednesday night without new railroad legislation. A wage hour bill, approved by 14 lawmakers, was set for House debate Tuesday as adjournment loomed. The plan creates a 25 cent minimum wage rising to 40 cents in seven years with various regional and industry exemptions. The relief and public works bill remained under conference as both chambers prepared to adjourn.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
D-N. Y
Roosevelt
Congress
Reconstruction Corp
House
Thomas
Utah
Senate Ispey Committee
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Walsh
Dmass
Gillette and Roosevelt's White House Meeting in 1934
President Roosevelt hosted Senator Gillette of Iowa for a luncheon amid the humid day as Gillette defeated Wearin in the Iowa primary. They discussed party harmony and the contrast between progressivism and conservatism while speculation grew over administration support for anti-Roosevelt Democrats seeking Senate nominations.
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Washington
Roosevel
Sen. Gillette
Iowa
White House
Iowa Pri
Gillette
Wearin
Conesville Man Injured in Hunting Mishap
George Westaway Jr., about 25, of near Conesville, is being treated at Hershey hospital for a .22 caliber rifle wound to the left chest from a hunting accident in Muscatine county. The injury occurred Sunday afternoon on the H.H. Owens farm near Cane while 10-year-old Lawrence Westabrook of Des Moines discharged a rifle. Westaway is resting comfortably and not in critical condition.
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George Westaway, Jr
Conesville
Hershey Hospital
Muscatine County
Westaway
George Westaway
Lawrence Westabrook
Des Moines
H.H. Owen
Cane
Amos Owen
Muscatine Hospital
Avas
Navy Building Plans Pushed By Lawmakers
Washington reports a record breaking peacetime program expanding national defenses as Congress funds the army for over 1 billion and adds a billion to the navy. Plans include 46 warships 26 auxiliaries 950 airplanes and seven auxiliary vessels plus new anti aircraft gear and aviation bases in Alaska Hawaii and Midway Island.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Sec
Woodring
House
Vinson
D-Ga
House Naval Committee
Congress
Navy
Senate
Army Air Corps
Army
Alaska
Hawaii
Midway Isand
Pacific
Vingon
Lad, 7, Struck by Auto Breaks Leg in Waterloo
Daryl Stokes, 7, son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Stokes of Waterloo, suffered a broken right leg in two places when struck by an automobile while crossing 2 street Sunday night. He is hospitalized at St Francis.
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Mary
Daryl Stokes
Lewis Stokes
Waterloo
Daryl
St. Francis Hospital
Weather shows thunder showers and rising river stages
Occasional thunder showers expected tonight and Tuesday with warmer temperatures. Winds bring increasing cloudiness and scattered showers in northwest areas tonight. Davenport Rock Island Moline and vicinity may see local showers with Mississippi River readings Davenport 11.1 Muscatine 13.1 Keokuk 11.8 and small rises.
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Davenport
Rock Island
Moline
Mississippi River
la Crosse
Dubuque
Muscatine
Keokuk
Balanced Minds Cited by Friley as World's Need
Ames Iowa commencement address by President Charles E Friley before 500 Iowa State College graduates condemns waste of unutilized human experience and calls for balance between production and consumption. He warns against drastic policies and urges a steadier mind to sustain the nation’s progress and institutions.
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Ames
Charles E. Friley
Towa State College
Finley
Socialized Medicine Debated by AMA Delegates
In San Francisco AMA readers weighed socialized medicine as a solution for free treatment to indigent and low income patients. The 430 member committee urged federal funds, while Abell led discussion of the issue and Upham noted the profession’s shift to social and economic questions.
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San Francisco
American Medicine Today
The
American Medical Assn
J. H. J. Upham
Columbus
Abell
Invin Abell
Louisville
Oid
Medical Association
Brief Services Held Here for Mrs. L. Mueller
Brief services for Mrs. Lillian Myrtle Mueller 29 who died after a brief illness were conducted at the Mueller home in Grundy Center. The Rev. Vance Webster of First Baptist officiated. Burial will be in Grundy Center. Surviving are William Mueller husband parents and four brothers Ernst Diehl Ames Chester Diehl Little Rock IA and Walter Diehl Los Angeles.
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Lillian Myrtle Mueller
Mueller
East Sixth Street
Vance Webster
First Baptist Church
Webster
Grundy Center
Fairbanks
Get
George
Lilie Diehl
William ©. Mueller
Ernest E, Dieh
Ames
Chester A. Diehl
Little Rock
Waller A
Dish
Los An
How They Talk and What They Say in Public Discourse
A collection of quoted lines from various figures and opinions. Senator Clyde Herring mediates a debate over presidential papers while Rep Wearin and Rep Eicher raise objections. Mark Byers in Foreign Affairs comments on correcting errors of wars. Sid Feder mocks Dizzy Dean as an over the hill figure. Joe L Long notes the right to expand expenditures via teachers' annuities. Ken Murray comments on King George VI birthday celebrations to mark international complexity.
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Sen
Clyde Herring
Mr. Gillette
Rep. Wearin
Rep. Eicher
Joe L. Long
Iowa Taxpayers’ Assn
Principal Reaches 25 Years as Waterloo High Principal
Fred J. Miller marks a quarter century as principal of Easy High School in Waterloo on report card day Wednesday. He began in 1913 from Okselooga Ta and has since held roles as rural school teacher and district superintendent, with leadership positions in state teacher associations.
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Waterloo
Fred J. Miller
Easy
Miller
Okselooga
Springdale
Rockford
Bristow
Northeast Town Teachers’ Assr
Towa'State Teachers, Assn
Iowa. High School Athletic Assn
Offensives in Spain and China Escalate War News
The Associated Press reports Japanese forces push into Hankow area and capture Ank ing while insurgents move toward Castellon De La Plana. British leaders confront Spanish air raids as Czechoslovakia votes Nazi-favored local elections. Bombing aims at government shipping as Chinese resistance and floods slow progress toward Chengchow.
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Associated Press
Hankow
Ank= ing
Anhwei
Yangtze River
Castellon de la Plana
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Chamberlains Froblems
Chamberlain
Times of London
Valencia
Yellow Ti
Hinkew
Chengchow
Arking
Week End Passes Without Motor Death in State
A wide range of violent deaths across Iowa last week included five auto fatalities raising the year total to 165, two drownings, and five self-inflicted or other causes. Notable cases included Ama Heying 30 shot in Dubuque and Marjorie Harris 15 burned when a stove exploded.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dubuque
Ama Heying
Seekes Huer
Norbert Heying
Marjorie Harris
Everly
Walter Parsons
Cedar Rapids
WPA
A. E. Goodsell, Dumont, Sr
Strawberry Point
Guttenberg
TowWa
Frank
Domanico
A. E.anderson
Carl Kruse
Kingsley
Anna McCarthy
Oskaloosa
George Huttmann
Quadruplets Born to Teamster's Wife in Liverpool
Mrs Esther Taylor 29 wife of a teamster gave birth to quadruplets three boys and a girl all healthy. The Taylors already have four other children in Liverpool England.
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Liverpool
England
Bor
Esther Taylor
Taylors
Czechs Set for Dicker With Nazis
Prague faces historic talks as President Eduard Beneš returns from his estate seeking to open negotiations with the Sudeten German party over autonomy for 3,590,000 German citizens. Government plans nationality legislation due to Sudeten MPs Tuesday amid concerns from other minority groups.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Usti
Benes
Representa
Thnent
Konrad Heinlein
Varade
Moerisch-Schoenberg
Czech
Milan Hodza
France
Britain
Hodza
Henlek
Sudeten
Pierre Flanidin
Vienne
Deladier
Germany
Europe
Democratic Alliance Party
Wreckage of Craft Found in Mountains
A Fresno gold prospector located the wreckage of a storm crashed TWA airliner near Buena Vista peak in the Yosemite region. Eight bodies lay nearby and a co-pilot, navigator, and stewardess were among the victims. A $1,000 reward had been posted for discovery.
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Yosemite
Calif
TWA
Buena Vista Peak
Yosemite Valley Ranger
Sierra Nevada
Fresno
H. ©. Collier
Forest Townsley
Collier
H. M. Salisbury
Kansas City
Wawona
California
John Graves
Sierra
Albuquerque
N. M
Burbank
Café
San Francisco
J. Tracy Dirlam
Mansfield
Stanford University
Mary Lou Dirlam
Victor Krause
Lincoln
Neb
L. B. Waits
Mys. L
Walts
Warvey M. Salisbury
C. W. Wallace
Tecsom
Ariz
Martha M. Wilson
Philadelphia
Yosemite Tanger
Bass Lake
Iaunt
Yosemite Walleiday
Callier
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Mr. Hall
Mark Byers
Columt
Dizzy Dean
Sid Feder
George VI
Ken Murray
Sen. Herring
Spain
China
Dicker
President Benes
Mary ‘Lou
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