Tracy Death Sentence Upheld by High Court
The Iowa Supreme Court denied Reginald S. Tracy's appeal and upheld the death sentence for the murder of his wife in Delaware County. Tracy and Adolph Berg allegedly hired to kill Flossie Fear on Oct 3, 1934. Fear is serving a life term in Rockwell City reform school. Also affirmed was Martin Carroll v Cedar Falls and Readlyn ruling, allowing an intercity power contract and upholding two Iowa utility laws.
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Magne Cater
Reginald S. Tracy
Sheinhaeter
High Court
Tracy
A. B. Lovejoy
Delaware County
Flossie Fear
Farley
Rockwell City Reformatory
Adolph Berg
Martin Carroll
Cedar Falls
Readlyn
Carroll
Bank reform and NRA feud ease noted in New Deal look
The piece reports on ongoing New Deal actions including a banking bill title two under debate in a Senate committee led by Senator Glass, hints at Holt’s admission to the Senate age issue, a thaw between the Federal Trade Commission and NRA over the stop-gap NRA, Tugwell reorganizing the rural resettlement administration into four divisions, and a likely female appointee to the Social Security board with a $10 000 annual salary.
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Holt
Senate
Glass
Virginia
Federal Trade Commission
NRA
Rexford G. Tugwell
Prominet Democratic
Roosevelt Social Security
House
Social Insurance Board
Omaha Cars Walkout End Allows Rehiring and Arbitration
The walkout ends as the union waives the closed shop question and Omaha Cars drops objections to reemployment of certain strikers. Seniority will be arbitrated by Ledwith, Bowerman and a third representative chosen by non-strikers, with no company voice in the process. the company will accept the board’s decisions.
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Ledwith
Bowerman
French Dissatisfied With Naval Situation
France voices strong displeasure over the Anglo German naval accord and seeks a higher naval ratio from Britain. Laval and Pietri meet Eden to press a four point program covering air pacts eastern European security Danubian accord and the Ethiopian issue. France insists on progress toward broader multilateral security before discussing new air or naval accords.
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Great Britain
Germany
Eden
Laval
France
England
Francois Pietri
Versailles
Marine
Chamber of Deputies
Annayal
Britain
League of Nations
Certificates Given to CCC Applicants
Muscatine county applicants for enlistment in government CCT camps were receiving their certificates of selection at the relief office in the courthouse today. They will present the certificates when enrolled at the recruiting office in Davenport on Monday morning.
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Muscatine County
Court House
Davenport
Lawmaker Proposes Alaska Colony Investigation
Lansing Rep Haskell L Nichols introduced a resolution in the Michigan legislature urging an inquiry into the conditions of Michigan residents sent to Alaska by the federal government. The measure seeks to examine care, treatment, and overall welfare of the colonists.
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Lansing
Mich
Haskell L. Nichols
Michigan
Alaska
Capital Clarity Clouded by New Deal Backlash in 1936
Political scene at the capital grows uncertain after Roosevelt era gains, with opposition voices from Father Coughlin and Senator Long rising and the American Liberty League mounting attacks on New Deal policies. The NRA case shakes confidence as coalition talk and court rulings shape the year ahead.
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Senator Long
D-La
Charles E. Coughlin
League
American Liberty League
Supreme Court
Congress
Hoover
William B. Pattangall
Maine
Roosevelt
Banana's Jamaican Plant Seeded 1836 in Jamaica
A single plant in Jamaica in 1836 gave rise to all the common variety bananas found in this country. The text notes the bananas originate from one ancestral plant planted in Jamaica in 1836.
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Jamaica
Stocks Edge Higher As Market Rallies
New York June 21 stock market breaks from distrust and moves into higher price territory led by gains in Air Reduction American Can and Union Carbide with further advances in U S Steel General Motors and Standard Oil. Investors weigh potential tax plans while autos show promise for 1935 production and sales.
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New York
Commission House
American Can
Allied Chemical
Columbian Carbon
Union Carbide
Auburn
Chrysler
Johns Manville
Eastman Kodak
U. S&s. Smelting
Philip Morris
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
Consolidated Gas
Public Service of New Jersey
General Motors
Case
Westinghouse
International Harvester
Sears-Roebuck
Standard Oil of New Jersey
Borden, Briggs
Inland Steel
Bethlehem
Northern Pacific
N. Y. Central
Financial
Mitchell Charges and Roosevelt Linked Dismissal Debate
Mitchell testified before a three day inquiry accusing Shipping Board ties to a government gift of 1,725,000 to United States Lines. Roper denied Roosevelt involvement in the retirement, citing safety fears and ship company agreement as reasons for action.
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Mitchell
Roosevelt
F. R
Roper
United States
Leviathan
Shipping Board
United States Lines
Waymack Sees Policy Conflicts At Grinnell Conference
Des Moines newspaperman W. W. Waymack told the international relations conference at Grinnell college that U S foreign policy repeats George Washingtons farewell warning while praising the Orient. He argued America forgets Washingtons cautions when discussing the league of nations or world court.
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Grinnell
Grinnell College
W. W. Waymack
Des Moines
George Washington
League of Nations
World Court
Roosevelt Approves Forestry Service Work Relief Funds for Iowa
Iowa will receive 82314 dollars from the 13827500 allotted to the forestry service under the work relief program. The grant accompanies 25000000 dollars approved for soil erosion control by President Roosevelt.
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Iowa
Washington
Forestry Service
Roosevelt
War Department funds for projects listed with no erosion figures
The item notes allocations totaling 1,215,772 dollars for War Department projects. Soil erosion projects were not enumerated, leaving details on those items unspecified.
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War Department
Mystery at Muscatine Seeks Clues in Purse and Letter
Police investigate after a woman's purse hat and gloves are found on a riverfront sewer near the American Legion home. A letter to "Dear Mother" speaks of a college scandal and asks to send a photo to "Penny Parker" at the Phi Gamma House, but no such person is found in Iowa City or at Phi Gamma houses. Items held for relatives as investigations continue.
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Muscatine
American Legion
Alice Fay
Henry Pre
Penny Parker
Phi Gamma House
Bob Hunter
Iowa City
Phi Gamma
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