Honors Awarded to DeMolay Team in Muscatine
The G. A. Riemcke chapter initiatory degree team of Muscatine won the state ritualistic championship at the De Molay convention in Davenport. The Muscatine group also secured a district plaque and has multiple prior state and district honors. Members listed include Courtwright Hawley, Neal Sstes, Bowman Sweet, Raymond Zeidler, Dick Wilson, Ed Hill, and others with Dr. F W Englund as advisor.
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G. A. Riemcke
Order of de Molay
Muscatine
State de Molay
Masonic Temple
Davenport
Courtwright Hawley
jNeal Sstes
Bowman Sweet
Raymond Zeidler
Dick Wilson
Ed. Hill
Howard Worst
Ed. Ahif
Harold Gray
Warren King
Walter Hendrickson
Bob Korneman
Bruce Ratcliff
George Eversmeyer
Billy Keating
George Oolioch
Richard Tiecke
Louis Eisner
Elwood Clark
John Ficken
Clark Brown
Richard Daut
F. W. Englund
Albert F. Block
Frank J. Buckingham
Grand Council
Kansas City
Perry
Settlement Class Program At Church Sunday
The Settlement Evangelical church Sunday school will present a children's day program Sunday at 10 AM featuring a choir, congregational songs, scripture, prayers by Rev. Phillip Hahn, recitations, quartet numbers, girls and junior class selections, and remarks by Rev. Hahn. Attending families include the Browns and Nietzel funeral attendees from Muscatine. Rev. Hahn visits Carroll this week. Lang family from Lavern visits Newton Lang.
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Settlement
Settlement Evangelical Church
Phillip Hahn
Hahn
Mary Brown
Anna
Harry Brown
Edward
Louise
Ruth
Charles Brown
Mildred
Marvin
John E. Brown
John C. Nietzel
Muscatine
Irene Deedrick
Carroll
David Lang
Wayne and
Vernon
Lavern
Newton Lang
Choate Plans Resignation Over Liquor Control Clash
Joseph H. Choate, chairman of the defunct federal alcohol control administration, announced plans to resign soon after criticizing a bill to create a new control agency. He told the House Ways and Means Committee that placing the agency under the Treasury would be a fatal defect hurting efficiency and prestige.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choate
Joseph H. Choate
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Leftover Bacon Cream Cheese Spread
An appetizer uses cream cheese mashed with chopped cooked bacon and horseradish and a touch of mayonnaise or Worcestershire sauce. It offers a delicious way to use up leftovers and makes a tasty spread for crackers.
Cummings Probes Mitchell Charges Amid Air Safety Talks
The article notes Mitchell alleging pressure from airline firms loosened safety inspection standards, potentially causing an airplane accident. He faced pointed questions from Senator Johnson about lacking detailed knowledge of the circumstances, with context tied to past connections to Senator Cutting.
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Mitchell
Johnson
California
Senator Cutting
River Bank Mystery Opens as Police Probe
Police recovered a purse with gloves and a broken pen mending a note to a mother from a girl named Julie claiming college scandal drove her to leave. The letter urges sending a photo to a non existent Penny Parker at Phi Gamma, Iowa City. The items await relatives.
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Bob Hunter
Julie
Penny Parker
Phi Gamma House
Iowa City
Tornado Strikes Frankfort Kansas Causing Damage
A small northeastern Kansas tornado touched Frankfort early today, cutting a path two miles by two miles, damaging homes and businesses, uprooting trees, and tearing down lines. No fatalities reported. Publisher H. H. Hartman estimated at least 10,100 dollars in property damage.
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Frankfort
Kas
Kansas
H. H. Hartman
Frankfort Index
Hartman
Riot Leaders in Solitary Cells at Kansas Prison Mine
Officials report a 21 hour mutiny by 348 inmates at a Kansas prison coal mine. Dr James M Scott cites official justice agency records as a reason for the uprising. 43 ringleaders are confined in solitary with bread and water after an underground clash led by Warden Jacey Simpson.
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Marquise
Mlle
Maryse Hillsz
France
Justice
James M. Scott
Kansas Board of Administration
Kansas
Jacey Simpson
Woman Sets New Altitude Record
Rome reported that Marquise Carina Negrone, a famed Italian woman flier, broke the women's world altitude record reaching 59,370 feet unofficially on June 17. She already held the seaplane altitude record at 18,221,729 feet set May 5, 1934.
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Rome
Monte Celio
Marquise
Carina Negrone
Maryse Hillsz
France
Statement questioned on Morro Castle death toll claims
Under sharp questioning by Chairman Cpeland, Mitchell admitted he had no facts to back his claims about the Morro Castle disaster and suggested lives might have been saved. No corroborating evidence was presented to support the assertions.
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Cpeland
Mitchell
Morro Castle
Russell Brothers Circus Opens in Muscatine to Big Crowd
A large Muscatine audience braves cloudy skies for the Russell Brothers three ring show at South Muscatine grounds. Two afternoon and evening performances draw hundreds and are expected to attract thousands, with motorized units arriving from Iowa City and acts including Bob Fisher's Fearless Fliers.
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Muscatine
South Muscatine Circus
Russel Brothers
Russell Brothers
Burlington
Ottumwa
Iowa City
Bob Fisher
Russell Brothers Circus Brings Daring Acts To Muscatine
The Russell Brothers circus features include Captain Dalbearne an Australian with a wagon wheel balancing act Upside Down White on a flying trapeze and a swinging ladder performance Frank Miller with trained horses Golden Nugget and Gray Eagle in a reinless riderless act An assured show praised by local business committee and echoed by Iowa cities with strong audience approval.
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Dalbearne
Frank Miller
Russell Brothers Circus
Muscatine
Clinton
Iowa
Resignation and Firing Controversy Delays School Board
Four directors called a Wednesday special meeting to handle Dr Norton s plan to resign from the school board and to insert a clause keeping him in until a court action involving married teachers is resolved. The document was taken to his home for another signature but he did not attend.
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Norton
E. E. Goss
Iowa
Start Check in Chinch Bug War
M R Deonier state field man surveys chinch bug damage in Muscatine county fields. He reports some current damage from old bugs, notes disease signs but no epidemic, and expects to return later this week. Farmers hope continued rains and warm weather prevent hatching as corn damage unfolds.
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Muscatine County
M. R. Deonier
Carl Rylander
Mr. Deomer
Iowa Banks Cut RFC Debts By Over 34 Million
Iowa banks reduced Reconstruction Finance Corporation indebtedness from a 1934 peak of 48.75 million to about 14.03 million by April 1935. March figures show a further drop of 303,537 from February, with preferred stock also down by more than 1 million. Read by the Iowa Bankers Association.
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George Mills
Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Iowa Bankers Association
RFC
French to Bolster Navy Lay Officials at Downing Street
At a private conference at 10 Downing Street before departure for Paris, French officials and leaders were briefed, with discussions on strengthening naval ties. Earlier, Prime Minister met Reichsführer Himmler’s envoy Joachim von Ribbentrop to talk over drafts of air pact proposals and their unification into a single agreement. Captain Eden and William Strang will stay in Paris for at least two days to discuss the broader European approach.
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Downing Street
Paris
France
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Committee balks on FRs tax proposal and extensions
The Senate Finance Committee debated the presidents tax plan proposing higher personal and corporate taxes and the elimination of holding companies. Members signaled floor opposition and a one year extension of nuisance taxes and tariffs while evaluating future actions. La Follette planned amendments for the floor but warned Senate action would require careful consideration.
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Harrison
Gore
Oklahoma
Ways and Yeans
House
la Follette
Senate
Hollywood Vital Statistics Note Marriages Engaged and Births
Film land records in Hollywood California list marriages engagements births and a divorce. Married Lily Damita and Erroll Flynn. engaged Lillian Bond and Sidney Smith. a daughter Sylvia born to Gloria Stuart and Arthur Sheekman. divorced Helen Morgan and Maurice Maschke Jr.
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Hollywood
Calif
Filmland
Lily Damita
Erroll Flynn
Lillian Bond
Sidney Smith
New York
Gloria Stuart
Arthur Sheekman
Sylvia
Helen Morgan
Maurice
Buddy) Maschke, Jr
Cleveland
Oklahoma Co-ed Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail
Tahlequah Okla Thirty days in jail is the penalty imposed upon Miss Lois Thompson an attractive co ed for shooting Daniel Shaw a Chinese classmate but the conviction failed to solve the extortion note angle the defendant blamed for her act.
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Tahlequah
Okla
Lois Thompson
Daniel Shaw
Veterans Select Clinton for Next State Convention
Emmetsburg Clinton was chosen for the 1936 state convention and H J Fowler of Fort Dodge was elected commander at the United Spanish War Veterans meeting. Auxiliary officers include Mrs Elizabeth Artus of Waterloo and Mrs Anna McKeon of Marshalltown, with a slate of senior and junior vice commanders and other posts.
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Emmetsburg
Clinton
H. J. Fowler
Fort Dodge
United Spanish War Veterans
State Department
Elizbeth Artus
Waterloo
Nic Legrand
Davenport
L. P. Stillman
Dolliver
H. J. Hampshire
Castalia
F. M. Roseberry
Keokuk
Anna McKeon
Marshallown
Elsie McMichael
Des Moines
Irene Drowns
Sioux City
Louise Schnoor
Esther Wheeler
Boone
Four Injured When Auto Leaves Paving near Waterloo
A. A. Dacey of Austin Minnesota and his family including wife 38 and daughters Jean 10 Evelyn 8 suffered injuries when their car left highway 218 west of Waterloo and turned over four times. They were taken to St Francis hospital. Evelyn broke a finger. others were cut and bruised. They were en route to Chicago for vacation.
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Waterloo
A. A. Dacey
Austin
Minn
George A. Hormel and Co
Jean
Evelyn
Dacey
Highway 218
St. Francis Hospial
Chicago
Ruling Clarifies Iowa Beer Law
Des Moines assisted by Leroy A Rader, assistant attorney general, ruled that only hotels with more than 25 sleeping rooms qualify for beer permits at the $100 fee under the new law. He defined a hotel as a multiple dwelling with lodgings for hire and more than 25 sleeping rooms.
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Des Moines
Leroy A Rader
Death of J L Roman 74 at West Liberty
J L Roman 74 died at 7 15 am at his home one mile northeast of West Liberty after years of ill health. Born September 16 1860 in Artlett Ohio he moved to Iowa and married Mary Ann Verry February 27 1895. He and his wife lived in several towns before settling on a farm near here for 35 years. He was a trustee and member of the First Presbyterian Church. Survived only by his wife. Funeral set for 2 pm Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev C E Burdine officiating. Oak Ridge Cemetery burial. Oathout and Beveridge Funeral home in charge.
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West Liberty
J. L. Roman
Here
Mr. Roman
Artlett
Iowa
Mary Ann Verry
Ft. Dodge
Oakridge Cemetery
Oathout and
Beveridge Funeral Home
Senate approves Wilton postmaster appointment
The United States Senate confirmed Olive A. Burrows as post master of Wilton. The nomination, presented by President Roosevelt weeks ago, was acted on today in Washington D.C. The confirmation comes after the Senate moved on the Wilton postmaster nomination this week.
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Olive A. Burrows
Wilton
United States Senate
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Roosevelt
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Jean Muir
Egypt
Warner Cland
Paterson
U.S. Senate
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Rex Bell
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Red Riding Hood
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Millionaire Cowboy
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