Rich Hamm Kidnapping Grips St Paul Area Authorities
Theodore Hamm Brewing figures face a high profile abduction as William Hamm Jr. is held for ransom. A mysterious phone call to Hamm attorney H J Charles sparked contact rumors while federal and state agents pursue clues. A taxi driver identified suspect Verne Sankey, linked to prior kidnappings, as ransom notes and money orders surface amid the case.
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St. Paul
H. J. Charles
Theodore Hamm Brewing Company
Kid Brewing
Min- Journal Today
William Hamm
D Jr
Theodore Hamm
Federal Department of Justice and
State Crime Bureau
William Dunn
Hamm
Verne Sankey
Sankey
Haskell Bohn
Charles Boettcher, II
Denver
Dunn
Roosevelt Rushes to Summer Home at Marion Harbor
President Roosevelt speeds from Boston to Groton for lunch with Franklin Jr and John Roosevelt then continues to Marion Massachusetts aboard a car caravan. He plans to stay aboard the Amberjack II at Marion Harbor tonight and depart for Woods Hole tomorrow.
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Marion
Mass
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Boston
Groton School
Franklin, Jr
John
South Railroad
Groton
Marion Harbor
Woods
Roosevelt Appeals for Public Backing in National Recovery Drive
Washington reports the government pushes ahead with vast new powers to steer the national recovery plan. President Roosevelt schedules aggressive action upon return from a brief vacation with Hugh Johnson named formal director of the industrial control plan and Col. Donald H. Sawyer leading the public works efforts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Johnson
Hugh Johnson
Donald H. Sawyer
Federal Employment Stabilization Board
Repeal Campaign Shapes Iowa Election Day Fight
Iowa voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide two 99 delegate state convention slates on repeal or prohibition. Assistant AG Walter Maley urges strict adherence to election rules as repeal signboards are damaged. Labor groups back repeal, others rally at meetings while past ballot figures hint at a close result.
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Des Moines
Hawkeye
Nation's Condition Chronicles Congressional Strain and Resolve
Raymond Moley reflects on three months of hard work in Congress noting strong leadership, patient collaboration, and burdens shouldered by members of the majority. He praises lawmakers who served as lawyers economists and specialists guiding the administration through difficult transitions.
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Congress
Big Pageant Will Depict City History
Muscatine plans a centennial pageant at Jefferson school field with a prologue and 10 episodes tracing the city history from early settlement to modern times. The event runs June 26 to 28 with a 2,500 seating capacity and a 100 foot stage. Special lighting and costumes are provided by a professional group led by John W. Judd. Rehearsals proceed under way, funded by schools, churches and fraternal groups at a total cost well over 400.
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Muscatine
Jefferson School Field
Jefferson School
Wiy
John W. Judd
L C Bergaentzle Taken by Death
Leo C Bergaentzle 86 longtime Burlington native died at his daughter Elizabeth Kingerys home in Muscatine at 1155 p m Friday after a weeklong illness He was born in Elsa France March 17 1847 and married Nancy Wickham June 18 1880 She died February 9 1930 The funeral will be held at 2 pm Sunday at the George funeral home with songs and prayers by mourners including Dan Ta Grover Lee Kingery Harold Meck Frances Meck and others
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Leo C. Bergaentzle
Muscatine
Elizabeth Kingery
East Eighth Street
Bergaentzle
Elsa
France
Burlington
Nancy Wickham
Valentine
Grover Lee Kingery
Harold Meck
Lean Kas
Frances Meck
Dan Ta
the George
Denver Girl Takes Lead in Golf Tourney Finals
In the finals a Denver girl built a lead, countered on the 12th and 16th, then regained margin with a birdie two on 17 and a par four on 18. Miss Buchanan carded 85 for the round with 43 on the back nine. Mrs Zech finished 44-43-87.
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Denver
Goan
Miss Buchanan
Mrs. Zech
U. S. Proposes 10 Percent Tariff Cut at World Conference
The United States backs a general ten percent tariff reduction and ongoing tariff truce plus bilateral trade and compensation agreements. The American proposal notes such measures are topics for consideration by the World Economic Conference's economic commission, with emphasis on tariffs and exchange controls.
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London
Ben
Economic Commission of the
World Economic Conference
Commission
Economic Commission
United States
Lack to serve six month as CCC chaplain at Fort Snelling
The Rev. Ernest A. Lack pastor of Ziegler Memorial Lutheran church in New Era will depart next Friday for Fort Snelling Minnesota for a six month Civilian Conservation Corps chaplain tour. He holds rank of captain and leads religious welfare for ten CCC camps as part of a three Iowa chaplains group.
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Ernest A. Lack
Ziegler Memorial Lutheran Church
New Era
Ft. Snelling
Minn
Civilian Conservation Corps
Lack
338Th Regiment of Field Artillery
Augustana Theological Seminary
Rock Island
Iowa
Reserve Corps
J. E. Chester
Marshalltown
Leonard E. Gartner
Rowan
Weather Iowa Forecast Showers Fading Tonight
Generally fair conditions prevail in Iowa tonight with a warmer Sunday in the south central region. Readings show modest changes in the Dubuque area 5.7 with a 0.1 fall, Davenport 5.0 with 0.1 fall, Keokuk 3.9 with 0.1 fall, and St. Louis 11.6 with 0.6 fall.
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Iowa
South Central
Jury Holds Wapello Bankers Fate in Second Trial Prep
The fate of Joiner Davison and R. D. McCullough, accused of taking a Dean Patrick deposit from the Commercial Bank of Wapello, rested with a jury. The case, before Judge A. P. Barker since May 31, could lead to a second trial as the state names witnesses for an embezzlement indictment.
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Journal
Jon
Joiner Davison
R. D. McCullough
Dean Patrick
Commercial Bank of
Louisa County Grand Jury
Trade Pacts to Lift Hog Prices Seen
Administrators of the farm adjustment act said representatives of the packing industry are preparing trade agreements to obtain higher prices for hogs and will submit them soon for approval by Secretary Wallace. The plan targets medium weight hogs and aims to reduce heavy swine to curb lard surplus amid falling exports.
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Washington
Wallace
Guy C. Shepard
Shepard
A. G. Black
Ames
Italians Delay Start of Flight to Chicago
General Italo Balbo the Italian air minister again postponed the start of his aerial expedition to Chicago due to unfavorable weather over the Alps. He said the 24 planes would not begin today.
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Orbetello
Italy
Italo Balbo
Chicago
Alps
Balbo
Nicholson Warns of Delinquency on Taxes
County treasurer A. J. Nicholson warns that the first tax payment becomes delinquent on July 1 and a three fourths of one percent penalty attaches if not paid by June 30 under the new postponement bill.
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A. J. Nicholson
Mary Hayes Takes Lead in Journal High School Contest
Mary Hayes jumped to first in contest No 3 of the Journal high school opportunity contests with 632000 votes, moving from third. Mildred Carlson slipped to second, Harlo Ricketts third, and Lytle Lambert fourth as tabulations continue.
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Mary Hayes
Chamber of Commerce
Mildred Carlson
Harlo Ricketts
Lytle Lambert
Dorothea Rummelils
Leroy Lindle
Sophia Lindle
Earnest Holtz
Arlene Collins
Dorothy Bowen
Isabelle Webster
Robert Weber
Dorothy Greenwald
Divorce Granted to Mrs Jennie S Day from Lyle C Day
Judge D W Jackson filed a decree granting Mrs Jennie S Day a divorce from Lyle C Day president of the former Hershey State bank. Grounds cited cruel and inhuman treatment. Neither party may remarry within one year. Day was in default after waiving notice.
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Jennie S. Day
Lyle C. Day
Hershey State Bank
D. W. Jackson
Pretty Boy Floyd Kidnaps Sheriff Bolivar Desperado Returns Him
Bolivar Missouri reports Sheriff Killingsworth was abducted by outlaw Pretty Boy Floyd and an associate. The sheriff called fixer E W Bitzer to confirm the rescue at Clinton Missouri where Floyd and the companion relinquished the lawman unharmed. The outlaws allegedly abandoned their car and took the other car’s owner before fleeing toward the Warsaw hills.
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Bolivar
Jack Killingsworth
Polk County
Floyd
Oklahoma
E. W. Bitzer
Bolivar Garageman
Killingsworth
Clinton
Bitzer
Deepwater
Warsaw Hills
Boliver
Warsaw
Four Officers and Prisoner Killed in Kansas City Station Attack
Gunmen killed four patrolmen and their prisoner Frank Nash, an Oklahoma train robber, at Kansas City Union Station. A federal officer was seriously wounded as the gangsters fled in a car. Officials debate whether Nash was the target or the main aim was to free him. Federal investigators Vetterli and Smith survived the exchange of fire.
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Kansas City
Frank Nash
Oklahoma
Union Station
Nash
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
R. E. Vetterli
United States Bureau of Investigation
Kansas
Missouri
Frank Smith
Department of Justice
Jimmy Mattern Still Missing
Alaska airmen say Jimmy Mattern's 2500 mile globe girdling flight from Khabarovsk across the north Pacific remains unconfirmed. They warn ice on wings and uncertain communications if he landed along the Asiatic coast or Bering Sea shores. His wife in Walla Walla expresses cautious confidence and hope.
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Alaska
Jimmy Mattern
Khabarovsk
Siberia
North Pacific
Asiatic
Aleutians
Bering Sea
Tokyo
Walla Walla
Wash
Jimmy
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Publishers Syndicate
Raymond Moley
L. C. Bergaentzle
U. S
London Economic Conference
Conservation Corps
Diana Hendrys
Oscar W. Nelson
Maud Nelson
Walter
Nelson
S Wil Ps
Jie Roger
Nicholson
L. C. Day
Pretty Boy
D. Caffrey
Union
Robert Quillen
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