Fate of Economic Muscatinees Parley in Balance
The American delegation to the world economic conference received fresh instructions from President Roosevelt. Secretary Hull joined the talks at his hotel as Cox MacDonald Warburg had met earlier. Some leaders floated a drastic plan to confine talks to economic matters to avoid wrecking the conference.
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London
Roosevelt
Hull
James M. Cox
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
James P. Warburg
MacDonald
Two Precincts Oppose Repeal in Muscatine County
Muscatine county voted to ratify the 21st amendment by 4 957 to 2 624. City precincts backed repeal while 14 of 16 rural precincts favored ratification. Cedar and Fruitland townships split against repeal. Early returns showed a clear wet trend from Montpelier and nearby precincts.
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Muscatine County
Cedar and
Fruitland
Cedar Township
Fruitland Township
Fulton
Montpelier Township
Pike
Wilton
Muscatine
Lake
Sweetland
Orono
Bloomington
Eenee Ratifica
Errs
Cedar Ee
Ere
Gosnen
Eeeree
Ewes
Wilton Esee
Earene
Amceragely Aban
Qtrhite
Adair
Adams
Allamakee
Appanoose Ees
Butler
Cerro Gordo
Floyd
Franklin
Greene
Grundy
Guthrie
Hancock
Humboldt
Ida
Jackson
Jasper Jefferson
Polk Stee Meee
Services Held for Ferguson Youth Drowned in Mississippi River
Funeral services for Boyd Ferguson 15 of Muscatine were held at 3 p m at Fairbanks Home for Funerals with Rev Ira B Hawley officiating Burial was at Greenwood Cemetery Pallbearers were former playmates The body was recovered by two fishermen after a search that followed his disappearance Sunday night Ferguson born July 7 1917 in Muscatine was the son of Benjamin and Jeanette Miles Ferguson He was a Boy Scout and a high school freshman his mother preceded him in death
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Fairbanks
Boyd Ferguson
Mississippi River
Ira B. Hawley
United Brethren Church
Greenwood Cemetery
George Barrows
William Anderson
Joseph Gaeta
George Crook
Leo Holliday
Virgil Ridenour
Benjamin
Jeanette Miles Ferguson
West Second Street
Boy Scouts
Delegate Hahn Heads to Iowa Constitutional Convention
Clarence Hahn of Muscatine elected as a delegate at a county convention for ratifying the 21st amendment travels to Des Moines on July 10 for the state constitutional convention. The convention is described as a formality since all 99 delegates were chosen from a ticket supporting adoption of the repeal-friendly amendment.
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Clarence Hahn
Muscatine
Iowa
Des Moines
Bride and Sister Hurt in Collision After Wedding
The Rabedeaux Bowie wedding party was returning from the ceremony when their car collided with one driven by Albert Froehner at Eighth and Oak. The bride Avis Rabedeaux suffered torn ligaments and bruises while her sister Ila Rabedeaux sustained a fractured left collarbone and bodily injuries. Both were taken to 115 Clifford Street for care. the bridegroom and driver Ernest Trunninger were not seriously hurt. Remaining plans for the couple were abandoned and both women showed improvement the next day.
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Avis Rabedeaux
Lloyd Bowie
Ila Rabedeaux
Albert Froehner
Eighth
Oak Streets
Ernest Trunninger
Rabedeaux-Bowie
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Rabedeaux
Weather outlook for Midwest and river stages
Iowa sees partly cloudy, cooler tonight with Friday fair. Illinois reports partly cloudy skies with localized showers in the north and central parts and cooler conditions. extreme south remains unsettled with possible showers. River levels show St Paul 1.8 rising 0.1, Dubuque 5.0 falling 0.2, Davenport 4.6 falling 0.1, Muscatine 5.0 falling 0.2, Keokuk 3.3 falling 0.7, St. Louis 12.3 rising 0.2.
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Iowa
Illinois
St. Paul
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Louis
Nazis Move Against German Nationalists Prompt Shockwave Raids
Berlin reports state Nazi authorities launched a broad crackdown on Dr. Alfred Hugenberg's nationalist party with raids on multiple party headquarters in which one man died. The crackdown dissolved nationalist fighting units across Saxony Oldenburg Württemberg East Prussia and Prussia including Berlin and suppressed the Bismarck Bund for Youths. Arrests were widespread as Nazi commissioners took over reorganizations in several regions.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Alfred Hugenberg
Frankfort-on-the-Oder
New Cquarters
Hugenberg
London
Tis
Hitler
Germany
Reichstag
Bismarck Bund
Saxony
Free State of
Oldenburg
Wurttemberg
East Prussia
Prussia
State Helmet War Veterans Association
Aachen
Cologne
Steel Helmet
Con
Outraged Wife Kills Intruder in Ohio Home Shooting
In Portsmouth Ohio a wife, Mrs. Ethel Pusateri, 45, shot and killed a woman believed to be an intruder after finding her husband with another woman. Her husband, August Pusateri, 46, was seriously wounded, and charges of second degree murder were being prepared.
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Portsmouth
Ethel Pusateri
Federal Court Jury Gets Mitchell Case
The case of Charles E. Mitchell, once a powerful banking figure, is charged with defrauding the government of more than $850,000 in income taxes and has been sent to a federal court jury for trial today in New York.
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New York
Charles E. Mitchell
Slight relief from heat wave arrives with clouds and rain
Clouded skies and a wind shift from south to east brought light rain shortly after 7 am, easing the second heat wave of June. The 7 am official temperature stood at 80 degrees, two above Tuesday, with morning warming slower and early afternoon under 90 on unofficial readings, after a 97 degree Tuesday peak.
Col House Visits Roosevelt in Gloucester Harbor
President Roosevelt resumed voyage northward after a stop in Gloucester Massachusetts aboard Amberjack II. Col Edward M House and Lewis M Douglas joined the crew to discuss foreign policy and veterans' compensation as the ship paused overnight and prepared to sail toward Little Harbor New Hampshire.
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Gloucester
Mass
Roosevelt
Little Harbor
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Edward M. House
Wilson
Nantucket
Lewis M. Douglas
Death Summons A. B. Anderson
A. B. Anderson, 78, longtime West Liberty resident, died at 7:45 p m Tuesday at his Fourth street home after a weeklong illness. Born December 6, 1854 in Stockholm he came to America at age seven with his parents. Surviving are ten children and twenty grandchildren including George Albert Ed Andrew Anderson Mabel Connelly Nellie Carver and W B Paul Anderson. Funeral plans await word from distant children. He was a member of the Swedish Lutheran church.
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Journal News Service
West Liberty
A. B. Anderson
Fourth Street
S. C. Snider Funeral Home
Mr. Anderson
Stockholm
Sweden
America
Cain County
T I
Rock Island
Anderson
Mary Bachman
South Prairie
George
Albert
Andrew Anderson
Mabel Connelly
Drumheller
Canada
Mettie Anderson
Nellie Carver
Craig, Colo
W. B
Paul
Swedish Lutheran Church
Peterson Takes Top in Contest No 2 at World’s Fair Run
Leroy Peterson delivered a stunning gain to lead contest No 2 with 1 155 000 votes moving from fifth to first Dorothea Rummells drops to second trailing by over 400 000. Sophia Lindl Arlene Collins Earnest Holtz Poole Leona Plumb also noted among leaders as July 1 deadline nears and Chicago Centry of Progress trips lure contestants.
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Leroy Peterson
Chamber of Commerce
Peterson
Dorothea Rummells
Sophia Lindl
Arlene Collins
Earnest Holtz
Poole
Leona Plumb
Chicago
Heart Attack Fatal to Ex-Drake Dean
The Rev. Alfred M. Haggard 83 former dean of Drake University's Bible department Des Moines Iowa died of a heart attack Tuesday at the family summer home Pine Cliff about 35 miles northwest of here His widow Florence and a son Barlon survive He was among the country s oldest clergy in years of service and a graduate of Oskaloosa College Iowa
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Denver
Alfred M. Haggard
Drake University
Des Moines
Oskaloosa College
Iowa
Florence Haggard
Pine Cliff
Here
Barlon
Debt canceling at London conference tops agenda
Beverly Hills dispatch notes the London economic conference ends with three aims to cancel debts to America. After debt relief, participants planned to tackle tariffs and currency stability, then return home to blame America if their economies falter and reconvene later.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
London
America
Iowa, Connecticut and New Hampshire vote wet
The Associated Press notes Iowa joins Connecticut and New Hampshire as states to repeal the eighteenth amendment. Iowa's 127000+ vote supports ratification of the 21st amendment, sending 99 delegates to Des Moines for the July 10 convention.
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Iowa
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Associated Press
Hawkeye
Alabama
Arkansas
Fire Destroys Farm Buildings North of Muscatine
Fire at the Charles Fryberger farm six miles north of Muscatine on road 38 damages a large barn hoghouse corncrib and two garages. Loss includes a pony truck corn planter harness and three and a half tons of hay plus 1 000 bushels of corn. origin unknown. Firemen from stations 1 and 2 battled blazes Tuesday with booster tank and chemical to limit spread.
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Charles Fryberger
Muscatine
Elmer McKillip
Freyberger
Spruce Street
Aunt Het Quip on Amy and a Charismatic Preacher
AUNT HET observes Amy's sincerity but notes she favors religion more when the preacher is good looking. The remark blends humor with social observation about devotion and appearance in religious settings.
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Amy
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