France Remains dissatisfied over Anglo-German navy accord
Paris reports Premier Laval telling Capt. Eden that France rejects the agreement allowing a German fleet at 35 percent of Britain’s. Italy warns of possible withdrawal from the League over Ethiopia dispute while tensions rise in Yugoslavia and French-British talks continue in Paris.
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Associated Press
Europe
Germany
Downing Street
Anthony Eden
League of Nations
Great Britain
Italy
Paris
Eden
Rome
Ethiopia
Geneva
Africa
London
League
Yugoslavia
Little Entente
France
Pierre Laval
Moomey Injured in Car Accident Near Buffalo
Jack Moomey of Muscatine suffered facial and body bruises when his Modern Woodmen of America caravan returning from Davenport was struck by another car near Buffalo Thursday night. He was treated in Muscatine. no other local members were injured. Both vehicles left Highway 61 and crashed into a roadside ditch. 20 local Woodmen attended the Davenport camp initiation.
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Jack Moomey
Muscatine
America
Davenport
Buffalo
Moomey
Woodmen
Sweitzer Held by Sheriff in Chicago Indictment
Robert M. Sweitzer surrendered to the sheriff in Chicago after indictment for a $414,129 shortage from the county clerk funds. He had held the county treasurer post for 24 years and was ousted two weeks earlier, evading a capias served Thursday night.
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Chicago
Robert M. Sweitzer
Sweitzer
Poor Pa by Claud Callan
Poem vignette about a son Jim who visits his mother for breakfast and becomes more considerate after marrying. The piece frames a domestic scene with a light humorous tone on family dynamics and appreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud
Callan
Penitentiary Wall Sealed by 3 Felons
Three convicts escaped from the Joliet Illinois prison by climbing a 25 foot wall and fleeing with two confederates in a nearby car toward Chicago. The escapees were Jack Ellis Vernon Guthrie and George White each serving one to ten years for grand larceny. Warden Whipp said guards were minimal at the time and sentries could not open fire.
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Joliet
Ill
Illinois Penitentiary
Chicago
Jack Ellis
Vernon Guthrie
George White
Frank Whipp
Julius Christenson
Joliet-to-Chicago
High Winds Hit in Many States
A string of severe storms spanning Kansas Missouri Nebraska and North Carolina caused damage and injuries. Tornadoes struck Shields North Carolina killing Ann Kraft 24 and severely injuring her parents. A lightning fatality occurred near Joplin Missouri. Western Kansas saw dust storms and multiple towns reported heavy moisture in showers.
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Kansas City
Middle West
Ann Kraft
Frank Kraft
Shields
N. C
Mort Hunter
Joplin
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Salina
Kas
la Crosse
Norton
Phillipsburg
Secretary Roper Defends Commerce Dept Against Mitchell Charges
Washington reports Secretary Roper defended the commerce department before the senate commerce committee against accusations by ousted assistant secretary Ewing Y. Mitchell. Roper said Mitchell exhibited suspicious temperament and blocked business, while he asserted he investigated irregularities and took action where justified, lamenting Mitchell’s insistence on obstructive charges.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Ewing Y. Mitchell
Roper
Mitchell
Senate Commerce Committee
Mrs. Mary Smith of Fairport Dies After Illness
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Smith a Fairport resident of 12 years died at Her shey hospital at 10 10 p m Thursday after a brief illness with pneumonia She was born June 25 1868 in Dixon Ill Daughter of Roxiana Goodspeed and Isaac Barr She married George E Smith on December 6 1890 in Dixon Surviving are her husband and five children Homer L Milan Illinois Joseph E Florence New Jersey Edgar Cambridge Massachusetts Thelma Christianson Conesville Iowa Georgia Geiger Muscatine Iowa one brother Charles Barr Peoria Ill The body is at the Fairbanks Home for Funerals with services at 230 p m Saturday conducted by Dr David Berger First Presbyterian Burial in Fairport cemetery
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Mary Elizabeth Smith
Fairport
Hershey Hospital
Smith
Roxiana Goodspeed
Isaac Barr
Dixon
Ill
George E. Smith Dee
Homer L
Milan
Joseph E
Florence
N. J
Suit to Oust Olson From Office Dropped
District Judge H. D. Dickinson dismissed a petition to oust Gov. Floyd B. Olson from office after four days of testimony. The judge sustained a motion to dismiss the action, signed by Olson's attorney, stemming from a petition filed by 29 Hennepin county voters.
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Minneapolis
H. D. Dickinson
Floyd B. Olson
Dickinson
Hennepin County
Economist Urges Regional Reorganization of AAA
Harvard economist Dr John D Black told the County Life institute in Ames that the agricultural adjustment program should be regionalized and decentralized. He urged regional offices for adjustments and land use, with contracts tailored to farming types while noting conflicts among eastern and western growers and the need to adapt production bases to current realities.
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Ames
John D. Black
Harvard
County Life Institute
Washington, D. C
Blackt
Black
AAA
Political Turmoil Clouds Washington Ahead of Adjourning Congress
The capital grapples with uncertain future as a post NRA tax dispute, Sen Vandenberg opposition, and Democratic rifts challenge the new deal. Robinson notes more action than talk, while critics doubt old measuring rods amid rising legislative tension.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Vandenberg
Michigan
Robinson
Garner
Ruling Awaited by Hauptmann on Plea for Another Trial
Hauptmann awaits a decision as 14 judges weigh his plea for a new Lindbergh kidnapping trial in New Jersey. A final ruling by the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals is expected by September or October, with a possible US Supreme Court appeal to follow if the state’s evidence is deemed overwhelming.
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Hauptmann
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Court of Errors and Appeals
David T. Wilentz
Weather forecast for Iowa and Illinois regions
Weather outlook shows fair tonight and Saturday with milder conditions in the northwest. Illinois expects local thundershowers this afternoon or tonight, followed by cooler air. Mississippi River stages rise at Dubuque and Davenport but fall at Keokuk while St Louis rises.
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Iowa
Illinois
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Louis
Dale Trial Drawing to Conclusion
Algona Iowa jury neared verdict in the War ren Dale murder trial after the defense motion for a directed verdict was overruled. County Attorney McMahon wrapped up his plea as closing arguments began with the defense accusing the prosecutor of grandstanding.
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Algona
Warren Dale
Anna Jorgensen
M. C. McMahon
L. A. Winkel
Dale
M. W. Vanderburgh
Fort Dodge
Florida
E. J. Vanness
Court Tests of Iowa Small Loan Law In Des Moines
Oliver C. Miller owner of a local loan firm serves notice to the attorney general to test the constitutional validity of the Iowa small loan law. The suit challenges delegated power to the banking department to alter rates and the law’s adoption process. The measure cut rates and allowed future revisions after March 1935. A 1934 suit by Personal Finance of Cedar Rapids was dismissed after asset sale.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Oliver C. Miller
Attorney General’s
Carl Missildine
Miller
Banking Department
Personal Finance Company of
Cedar Rapids
WAC ROGERS SAYS Painless Tax Idea Draws Reactors
Hollywood opinion bubbles over a proposed tax on inheritances described as painless since paid after death. Rogers jokes Huey long’s reaction to the scheme, noting the president’s midnight plea to “lay over Huey.”
Omaha Street Car Strike Ends in Martial Law Enforced
Omaha Neb. demobilizes 1800 National Guard troops after three nights of rioting end as arbitration settles street car strike. Two killed, 150+ injured. 268 strikers return to work at old wages while arbitration reviews wage increase and hours and closed shop issues.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska National Guard
Arbitration Board
Omaha and
Council Bluffs Street Railway Company
Ernest Bowerman
Sam Reynolds
John Ledwith
Lincoln
R. L. Cochran
Suspect Held in Hunt for Mahan
Jackson Wyoming county officials detained a man resembling William Mahan, the Weyerhaeuser kidnapper, after he was found at a hotel near Yellowstone. The man, held in custody for fingerprint checks, was asked to register for himself and a woman who accompanied him, while authorities compared prints to a DoJ circular.
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Jackson
Wyo
W. W. Nielson
William Mahan
Weyerhaeuser
Yellowstone National Park
Nielson
Jim Francis
Robert Burns
Bill Mahan
Department of Justice
Mahan
Denver
National Park
Livingston
Mont
Butte
Lindbergh Develops Mechanical Heart and Lungs
Col Charles A Lindbergh unveils a mechanical heart at the Rockefeller Institute aiding research. The device keeps removed organs alive in a chamber, supplies artificial blood, and revives organs after animal death. Collaborating with Dr Alexis Carrel, the system extends experimental longevity across kidneys spleen and other organs.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Rockefeller Institute
Lindbergh
Carrel
Alexis Carrel
Editor in Ohio Beaten by Mob
Frank Malloy, Lorain Journal managing editor, was attacked as he entered the newspaper plant amid a dispute between editorial staff and management. He blamed unidentified assailants after passing a picket line, with several former editorial employees present. The Lorain Guild said some members were recently discharged. Malloy cited economy as the reason.
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Loraine
Frank Malloy
Lorain Journal
Malloy
Lorain
American Newspaper Guild
Court at Tacoma Awaits Plea by Waley and Wife
Federal government targets a plea from Harmon M Waley and his wife in Tacoma on federal kidnapping charges linked to the George Weyerhaeuser case. A new defense attorney arrived after court questions, while co-defendant William Mahan remained at large. the couple had been arraigned and were ordered to return for pleas.
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Tacoma
Waley
Wash
Harmon M. Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
Stephen J. O’brien
William Mahan
William Dainard
Montana
Thurston County
Olympia
E. Cashman
Vast Construction Bill Passes House For Public Buildings
The House passed a 224 million dollar deficiency appropriation to fund new public buildings across nearly all districts, with 64 million set for new structures mainly outside Washington. Major items include 20 million for hospitals and 20 million for veterans hospitals, plus 9.85 million for army construction and 20 million for naval public works. The bill faced a Republican filibuster and opposition to a separate TVA funding cut.
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Washington
House
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
District of Columbia
Boulder Canyon
Post Office Department
United States
Ottumwa hardware dealer and former legislator dies at 40
Ernest H. Fabritz of Ottumwa a prominent Democrat and former Iowa state representative from Wapello county died in an Ottumwa hospital after an appendicitis operation performed June 14 He was president of Ernest H Fabritz Inc which ran three Ottumwa stores and one in Oskaloosa A veteran of the American Legion Oscar B Nelson post No 3 he had served as its commander Fabritz born May 15 1895 near Eddyville is survived by his health battle before death
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Ottumwa
Ernest H. Fabritz
Wapello County
Fabritz
Democratic Party
Iowa
Ernest H. Fabritz, Inc
Growing Friends and Ailments Across Generations
A reflection on how childhood friends feel closest while younger friends offer kindness but may not grasp older friends' health and troubles. The piece contrasts familiarity with growing distance as life changes.
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North Dakota
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Abyssinia
Addis Ababa
WAC Rogers
Hollywood
Calif
Huey
Yours
Lie Ropere
Eide Neaght Syndye
Col. Lindbergh
Ohio
Act
LaFollette
Wisconsin
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Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
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Robert Quillen
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