Senate Vote Seen Seon on Security Act
Washington reports that the Senate and House neared final votes on the administration's security program and the AAA amendments with enactment likely today. The measure covers old age pensions unemployment insurance and aid for crippled children and mothers. The House has passed the bill and leaders aim to finish before nightfall amid debates on pending amendments. The government may abandon 18 subsistence homestead projects. 64 total exist with 18 not yet functioning. A six hour House debate on AAA amendments precedes other must bills. A new TVA bill was filed by Rep. McSwain.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Resettlement Administration
Homestead Corporation
C. B. Baldwin
Rexford G. Tugwell
Wallace
Supreme Court
Byrns
Wawner Labor Disputes
McSwain
South Carolina
TVA
J E Rittenhouse Taken by Death
John E. Rittenhouse 81 a Muscatine resident for 45 years died at home 1019 Park avenue after a week of illness with complications. Born July 24 1853 in Marion Ohio he lived in Winfield and Ta before moving here. Surviving eight children a sister and several grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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John E. Rittenhouse
Muscatine
Park Avenue
Mr. Rittenhouse
Marion
Winfield
Rittenhouse
Albert Lyons
Orville C. Rittenhouse
Milo M. Rittenhouse
Ralph
Emery Chatfield
Verne Rittenhouse
Miamisburg
Herman J
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Dwight A. Rittenhouse
Deer Lodge
Mont
Emma Connor
California
Poor Pa by Claud Callan
A short verse by Claud Callan features a speaker urging his niece to value reading and self improvement beyond mere beauty. The line contrasts physical appearance with the need for a cultivated mind, reflecting a parental or guardian voice about virtue and growth.
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Claud
Callan
Teachers May Win Writ in Court Battle
Court hearings focus on the board of education's re election decision affecting 13 married teachers. Judge D V Jackson heard arguments on a writ of certiorari to review the board action and the legality of directing that married teachers not be re elected for the coming school year.
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Board of Education
D. V. Jackson
D. W Cackson
E. E. Goss
T Hve
Mrs Burtner 76 Dies After Illness at Home
Avalene Edwards Burtner 76 died at 4 05 p m Monday at 615 Orange Street after an illness with complications. Born Feb 17 1859 in Muscatine she was daughter of Jacob and Mary Jane Edwards. Survived by daughter Mrs Ethellingham and brother Newton Edwards with stepchildren Robert Burtner and Laura Griffin. Service at 2 30 p m Thursday by Dr David Ferger at First Presbyterian Church. Burial Greenwood Cemetery.
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Avalene Edwards Burtner
Orange Street
Avalene Edwards
Muscatine
Jacob and
Mary Jane Jewett Edwards
B. A. Turner
George S. Burtner
Ethellingham
Newton Edwards
Robert Burtner
Lansing
Mich
Laura M. Griffin
Cleveland
Belle
Charles C. Edwards
Fairbanks Home
David I. Ferger
First Presbyterian Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Cochran Presses Arbitration as Guards Rule Omaha Streets
Gov. R. L. Cochran declares a firm stance in the transit strike, orders 1,800 national guardsmen to run trams off streets after a failed arbitration proposal. Martial law continues as riots flare and cars stay in the barn amid a city under siege.
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Omaha
Neb
R. L. Cochran
Omaha and
Council Bluffs
Frank Myers
H. J. Paul
Death Penalty Decreed for Richetti in Union Station Slayings
Kansas City report notes Adam Richetti, described as a gangster from Missouri and Oklahoma, was found guilty of murder by a Jackson county jury for the Union station killings that claimed five lives two years prior. The verdict sets the stage for the death penalty after four officers and one prisoner were killed during a failed delivery attempt.
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Kansas City
Adam Richetti
Union Station
Richetti
Missouri
Oklahoma
Jackson County
Frank Nash
Improvements on Road Near Stockton Sought
A Muscatine county board of supervisors committee visiting Ames seeks redesignating the Stockton road as primary or secondary and improving the diagonal link from U.S. Highway 6 to Stockton and the C. R. I. L. P. railroad branch at Tipton. The effort notes Stockton is the only incorporated town in the county not connected to 6.
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Stockton
Muscatine County
G. Halbfass
Highway Commission
C. R. IL. and
P. Railroad
Tipton
Hours and Fees Updated in Muscatine Beer Bill
Muscatine city council in a special session reduced license fees to dispense beer from five dollars to one and extended operating hours for beer parlors. The ordinance, requiring all employees and beer parlor owners to hold a one dollar license, advances to a third reading before becoming effective July 1. Licenses expire annually on July 1 with council discretion to adjust.
Senate denounces merchant marine subsidies and calls for reform
The Senate ocean mail committee blasts past ship subsidy policy as a tax payer drain. It condemns government aid and flawed bidding under the 1928 Jones White act and backs government ownership with private operation or tariff tweaks as alternatives. Five members sign. King dissents on subsidies. White and Austin not signing offer minority statements.
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Washington
Senate Ocean Mail Committee
Black
Alabama
McCarran
Nevada
King
Utah
White
Maine
Austin
Vermont
Spontaneous Hollywood Celebration Cited In Letter
In a letter from Hollywood California the writer notes a spontaneous celebration after last night’s events and compares it to Armistice day. The author hopes the main session adjourns in Washington and jokes about political credit for recovery. The writer mentions being asked to give a commencement address but says pupils know more about politics.
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Hollywood
Calif
Washington
Area Drenched by Heavy Rains In Muscatine County
Heavy rainfall drenched farm land and swelled creeks in Muscatine county reaching 1.33 inches in 24 hours. Total for the week surpassed two inches with no material damage reported. Trains ran on time and telephone service was intact as forecasts promise fair, warmer weather by Wednesday.
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Muscatine County
Weather Bureau
Weather Summary for Iowa Illinois and Mississippi River
Weather outlook for Iowa shows west partly cloudy conditions with central showers and cooler air in the southeast tonight. Wednesday brings fair skies and warmer temperatures. Illinois reports cloudiness with showers possible tonight, clearing by Wednesday afternoon and cooler conditions in the southeast and extreme south. Mississippi River stages list Dubuque 2.8 fall 0.2 Davenport 3.3 rise 0.1 Muscatine 4.2 rise 0.1 Keokuk 5.0 rise 2.3 and St. Louis 26.4 fall 11.
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Iowa
Illinois
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
Louis
Fight Breaks Out in Kansas Prison Mine
Fighting broke out at the Kansas penitentiary coal mine as 380 striking convicts attempted to capture the gun cage on the 730 foot level. Five guards and Mine Superintendent Robert Murray held the cage, repelling the attack with gas. The mutineers held hostages and cut surface communication while guards increased on the walls.
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Kansas
Lansing
Kas
Kansas Penitentiary
O. A. Johnson
John Christian
Fred Murray
John Stewart
Robert Murray
Murray
Johnson
A. J. Graham
Lacey Simpson
NRA to Examine Trade Practices
President Roosevelt directs the new NRA to closely study changes in labor standards and fair trade practices after codes abolition. He urges careful work under an impartial committee with a chairman, a representation from management and labor, and members named by the department of commerce and labor.
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Washington
NRA
Roosevelt
James L. O'Neill
Mrangement
Deste of Commerce and
Wind and Water Rampant Across Nine States
Turbulent rivers spurred by melting snow and heavy rain surged across nine midwestern states, forcing thousands from homes and causing extensive crop and property damage. Tornadoes hit South Dakota and three other states, injuring several and causing further losses.
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Associated Press
South Dakota
Chain Store Tax Suit Challenges Iowa Law In Court
Tolerton & Warfield of Sioux City filed suit in district court to block collection of Iowa's chain store tax. The plaintiff argues the law violates uniform operation, equal protection, due process, and publication requirements, and seeks an injunction. The firm operates 107 Council Oak stores across four states, with 51 in Iowa, and cites proposed costs of eighty thousand dollars per year.
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Des Moines
Sioux City
Iowa
Tolerton & Warfield
Council Oak
Vincent F. Harrington
Don W. Burington
Conference Hears Plea For New Eugenics Law
At Iowa City a plea was made for a state eugenics law to sterilize the feeble minded and diseased and to legalize birth control information. Dr. E D Plaas urged compulsory sterilization to protect society, arguing current law is ineffective and that birth control links to child welfare and disease resistance.
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Iowa City
E. D. Plaas
University of Iowa Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. Plaas
Plaas
Heavy Rains Flood Illinois and Iowa Areas
Heavy rainfall over the past day swelled rivers in west central Illinois and southeastern Iowa. The Mississippi rose two feet near Quincy, Bear Creek damaged acreage, and rail traffic on the Carthage line was halted. Des Moines area towns faced floods as the Des Moines river neared 9 feet, with expectations of rises toward 11 feet by Wednesday morning.
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Texas
Colorado
Nueces
Rio Grande
Guadalupe
Austin
Oklahoma
Grand
Verdigris
Arkansas
Nebraska
Republican River
Missouri
Osage
Black
St. Francis
North Fork
Illinois
Mazon
Quincy
Bear Creek
Carthage
Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Ottumwa
The
Quitting in Graft Probe Ends AG Involvement
Woodbury county grand jury will finish its graft inquiry without further participation by the state attorney general's office. Atty. Gen. Edward O’Connor withdrew his assistant Clair Hamilton from matters before the grand jury amid unfounded charges of obstruction. Special Prosecutor Havner had sought to bar Hamilton from the jury room, and Hamilton had agreed to refrain from testimony about the attorney general’s office.
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Des Moines
Woodbury County
Grand Jury
State Attorney General
Atty
Edward O’connor
District Court
Robert H. Munger
O’connor
Clair Hamilton
Munger
Hamilton
Sioux City
H. M. Havner
Woodbury
Havner
I Stand For Right Amid Shifting Allegiances
A speaker reflects on choosing sides in a moral clash, noting that any stance binds one to groups that provoke shame at being part of the scene. The quote frames an inner conflict over loyalty and principles.
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Cochran
Rogers
McNaeght Syndseete
Aunt Het
Robert Quillen
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