Mitchell Tells Grievance to Senate Committee
Ewing Y. Mitchell former assistant secretary of commerce told the Senate commerce committee he has no evidence of direct bribes in ship subsidy grants but urged a grand jury probe to determine if criminal acts occurred in the private operator contracts. He said a $5,380,000 reduction in government contract value was achieved when International Mercantile Marine took over the United States Lines in 1931.
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Ewing Y.senechal
Seccretary of Commerce
Senate Commerce Committee
Washington
International Mercantile Marine Interests
Leviathan
United States Lines
Ewing Y. Mitchell
McNary
Oregon
Mitchell
Roper
Teapot Dome
Iowa corn crop shows progress amid rains and weeds
Government meteorologist Charles D. Reed reports in the weekly crop summary that corn growth accelerated across heavy producing regions while weeds like morning glories challenge farmers. heavy rains in southeast Iowa may halt corn planting except for fodder, with soybeans and emergency crops likely substituted in wet areas.
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Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Iowa
Court Orders School Data Be Submitted
Judge D. W. Jackson ordered the Muscatine independent school district to file certified copies of all acts affecting married teachers with the court clerk by June 25. The writ of certiorari was issued after arguments in district court Tuesday. Minutes and board records, including the contested re election motion, must be supplied. Notices were served on board members and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Muscatine Independent School District
D. W. Jackson
Diphtheria Toll in State Lower
Dr J H Kinnaman from the state health department reports Iowa deaths from diphtheria have fallen from 42 to 40 annually in the past decade He spoke at the Iowa Child Welfare conference noting 112 towns have unprotected children and that Council Bluffs Sioux City and Des Moines account for 37 5 percent of state cases The Child Welfare conference drew over 700 parents and educators plus 200 American Child Health association members and will continue Saturday
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Iowa City
J. H. Kinnaman
State Department of Health
Iowa
Kinnerman
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Des Moines
Dr. Kinnaman
American Child Health Association
Senate Near Ballot Upon Security Act
Senate moves toward a vote on the administration social security bill with a first major amendment by Senator Clark to exempt companies with approved pension plans from the six percent payroll tax. House action looms on Wagner labor disputes bill as AAA changes pass, while Admiral Stirling is admonished and naval officials are told not to discuss controversial international questions. The president considers a new message to Congress.
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Washington
Senate
Clark
Missouri
Roosevelt
House
Rosevelt
House Interstate Commerce
Wallace
Senate Finance Committee
Yates Stirling, Jr
Swanson
Congress
Forger Receives 10-Year Prison Term in Iowa
Waterloo reports Jack Murphy of Dubuque 35 pleaded guilty to forgery and was sentenced to 10 years at Fort Madison. Confedate Martin Remy, 29, Cleveland, got six months in Black Hawk county jail. They were caught after cashing a bad check at two stores. Murphy had prior federal and local sentences. his wife cried during the hearing.
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Waterloo
Jack Murphy
Dubuque
Fort Madison
A. B. Lovejoy
Martin Remy
Cleveland
Black Hawk County
Murphy
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Dyer
Schenectady
Dean Seashore Honored at Yale Commencement
Yale conferred an honorary Doctor of Science on Carl Emil Seashore dean of Iowa’s graduate college and longtime psychology head noted as a productive scholar and stimulating teacher. He earned his PhD at Yale forty years earlier and has written extensively on psychology and musical aptitude testing.
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New Haven
Onn
Yale University
Carl Emil Seashore
University of Iowa Graduate College
Seashore
Carter Glass
University Department of
Yale
University of Iowa
Iowa Studies
Floods Claim 175 Lives In Central U S State Toll Rises
Across 11 states the spring flood disaster leaves Nebraska worst with 106 deaths and 67 bodies recovered. Arkansas levee breach threatens 15000 acres of bottomland as waters advance toward communities. Property damage runs into millions with crop losses hard to estimate.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Ned's Lake
Arkansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Illinois
South Carolina
New England
Minnesota
Bank at Nichols to Pay Dividend
Nichols Savings Bank in Nichols will pay another 10 percent dividend to depositors on Monday June 24. This brings total payments to 75 percent and marks the seventh dividend to Nichols bank depositors. Examiner in charge F M Morrison announced today. The exact amount in checks to be paid Monday was not announced.
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Nichols Savings Bank
Nichols
F. M. Morrison
Nichols Bank
Weather outlook Iowa Illinois and river stages
Iowa will be fair warmer late tonight and Thursday. Illinois mostly fair with light showers in extreme northeast tonight and rising temperatures. Mississippi River stages show Dubuque 3.0 rising 0.2, Davenport 3.5 up 0.2, Muscatine 4.7 up 0.5, Keokuk 6.8 up 1.8, St. Louis 26.2 down 0.6.
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Iowa
Illinois
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Louis
Heavy Rains Bring Total to 3 Inches
Heavy rains pushed Muscatine county total rainfall to about 3 inches over three days with 0.98 inches in the last 24 hours. Forecasters expected end to downpours as temperatures fell from near 90 to the upper 40s and local streams rose with swollen creeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
Mississippi
Horner relief plans advance in Illinois House
The IERC extension bills move toward final passage by the Illinois House on Thursday, ending legislative action on the Horner administration relief program. If Democratic votes hold, Governor Horner will sign twin bills extending life by 19 months and allocating 45 million dollars to the Illinois emergency relief commission, with Senate opposition fading as bills rush to third reading.
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Springfield
Ill
IERC
House of Representatives
Horner
Illinois Emergency Relief Commission
Senate
House
Hollywood Pact Ends South American War Standstill
WL Rogers notes two years of Bolivia and Paraguay conflict end with peace terms denying land gains. He hails Judge Landis for intelligent ruling avoiding exploitation of the boy for publicity. Rogers recalls Landis levying a 21 million Standard Oil fine in youth.
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Hollywood
Calif
Bolivia
Paraguay
Landis
Standard Oil Company
Deadline Set for Ending of Omaha Strike
Governor Cochran and a three man arbitration board meet with officials and arbitrators to resolve the two month Omaha street railway strike involving 269 workers. The seniority dispute and closed shop ask issues dominate talks as a midnight Thursday deadline looms.
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Omaha
R. L. Cochran
Arbitration Board
Omaha and Council
O— Omaha
Neb
Omaha and
Council Bluffs
Ledwith
Cochran
John G. Dilchert Dies at 64 on Bloomington Farm
John George Dilchert 64 lifelong resident of the community died at his farm home in Bloomington township at 9 15 am after an illness since Saturday. He was born January 22 1871 in Muscatine and married Louisa Werner February 12 1895. Surviving are his widow a daughter Esther Satterthwaite a granddaughter Wilma Satterthwaite two brothers Fred Dilbert and W J Schwalm two sisters Ella Bomke and Minnie Demorest three stepbrothers Henry Schwalm John Schwalm and Will Schwalm a stepsister Lena Meerdink and numerous relatives. Private services will be held at 1 30 pm and public at 2 30 pm at the Ralph J Wittich Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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John George Dilchert
Bloomington Township
Mr. Dilchert
Muscatine
Henry
Catherine Dilchert
Louisa Werner
Dilchert
German Congregational Church
Ralph J. Wittich
West Third Street
Greenwood Cemetery
Ralph Wittich
Slayings Probe In Peoria Deepens
Police questioned about half a dozen young men but offered no valuable clues in the case of Mildred Hallmark 19 cafeteria hostess whose battered nude body was found in a cemetery ditch Monday morning.
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Peoria
Ill
Pretty Mildred Hallmark
Two Killed in Carolina Mill Rioting
In S C Monarch Mills factory riot 2 men died as 800 striking workers faced clashes at noon during shift change. W B Franklin magistrate constable and A L Stutz mill employee were killed. Sheriff James G Faucett said Stutz was killed by Franklin and George Royster fired on Franklin.
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Carolina
Union
S. C
Monarch
Monarch Mills Company
W. B. Franklin
A. L. Stutz
James G. Faucett
Stutz
Franklin
George Royster
Death of Rock Island broom merchant Jacob Mark
Jacob Mark a 51 year old Rock Island resident and former Muscatine broom merchant died at 9 50 pm Tuesday after a week long illness. Born October 15 1883 in Russia he moved to Muscatine as a child and later settled in Rock Island in 1920. He married Anna Gendler in 1920 and leaves wife two sons Samuel and David both of Rock Island two brothers and three sisters. Services were held at 3 pm at the residence led by Rabbi Solomon Levitan. burial followed in Rock Island Hebrew Cemetery.
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Jacob Mark
Eleventh Avenue
Rock Island
Muscatine
Russia
Mark
Anna Gendler
B’nai Jacob Synagogue
Samuel
David
Harry
Levi Zigman
Sterling, Ill
Lena Leventhal
Chicago
Goldie Black
Antwerp
Conn
Solomon Levitan
Informer Sues Wire Firm for Huge Amount
William F. Zwirner of Merchantville sues Western Union Telegraph Co in New Jersey Supreme Court for 3.6 million dollars alleging violation of gambling laws by sending chain telegrams. Zwirner states 200 telegrams were sent at Camden on June 7 and about 200 more daily June 8 to June 15.
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Trenton
N. J
Western Union Telegraph Company
Supreme Court
William F. Zwirner
Merchantville
Zwirner
Telegraph Company
Camden
Western Union
Mutiny Ends as 300 Men Leave Mine
In Lansing Kansas a 21 hour mutiny at the state prison coal mine ends with Warden Lacey Simpson leading officers to quell the riot. About 300 convicts evacuate to their cell block while six guards remain below to assess damage. Prison officials say no concessions were made and punishments may follow for leaders.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Kas
Lacey Simpson
Kansas State Prison
Simpson
T. W. Woodward
Prison Board of Administration
Chinese Yield and Tension Reach Amicable Stage in North China
Japanese officials indicate China has capitulated on key north China demands after dismissing Sung Cheh Yuan as governor of Chahar and ordering the 132nd division to withdraw. Maj Kenji Doihara, dubbed Lawrence of Manchuria, says major terms are set with a final accord to be signed at Kalgan near Changpei site where arrests occurred.
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Tientsin
China
North China
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Chahar Province
Japan
Lawrence of
Manchuria
Kenji Doihara
Kalgan
Changpei
Cousin Jim Runs Country Except His Hot Dog Stand
A humorous remark depicts Cousin Jim as skilled in managing the country but unable to handle his own hot dog stand. The line contrasts broad political wit with a small business shortcoming. No other facts or names are provided.
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Jim
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