Hull aims to remove trade barriers at world conference
Secretary of State Hull introduced a Roosevelt backed proposal calling for the removal of trade barriers at the world economic conference. The move aims to shift focus from immediate dollar stabilization, stirring debate among gold standard nations and speculation on whether talks will proceed or adjourn.
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London
United States
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
France
The
Economic Commission
Railroads Postpone Major Pay Cut to June 1934
Railroads have heeded a government plea to delay a proposed 12 12 percent wage cut for workers to June 30, 1934. Labor will stay on present schedules with a 10 percent cut until then. The move marks a key early win for Joseph B. Eastman as transportation coordinator. union ratification is expected to follow.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Railway Labor Executives’ Association
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
A short verse by Claude Callan titled Poor Pa expresses a father's sorrow as his son Joe stops calling. The poem reflects family strain and emotional distance within a rural setting.
Muscatine Group Seeks Upgrading of Highway 22
A Muscatine county delegation led by Rep. B L Metcalf urged the state highway commission in Des Moines to improve Highway 22 from Muscatine west to Lone Tree. They argued the route serves a large trading area once railroad served and urged paving with blacktop as a cost effective mid step.
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Muscatine County
B. L. Metcalf
Nichols
State Highway Commission
Des Moines
Muscatine West
J. Henry Schaefer
Board of Supervisors
J. Herman Mundt
F. P. G. Halbfass
C. H. Young
Ben Nichols
Near Nichols
E. Griffith
Riverside
R. F. C. Leader
Muscatine Western Railroad
Muscatine
Lone Tree West
Muscatine Delega
Jury Indicts Doak's Nephew
New York indicts Ervin F. Brown nephew of ex Labor Secretary William N. Doak on soliciting and accepting a bribe from a criminal alien. Brown, head of a abolished division, is in Tampa, Fla., where arrest is expected under the indictment.
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New York
Ervin F. Brown
Secretary of Labor
William N. Doak
Division of Investigation
Immigration Department
Federal
Brown
Tampa
Fla
Farm Act Aims to Cut Hog Tonnage and Boost Prices
Farm act administrators press toward applying provisions to hogs and crops. They seek a 15 to 20 percent annual reduction in marketed swine and plan a hog trade agreement to lift prices for 150 to 250 pound hogs. A processing tax on hogs and a corn acreage reduction program are also under discussion.
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Washington
Wallace
United States
Farmers Sentenced After Farm Mortgage Riot
Judge Earl Peters in Primghar Iowa sentenced 20 farmers to one day in jail and a $50 fine for taking part in a riot at an O Brien county mortgage sale on April 27. Several admitted membership in the group that also dragged Judge C C Bradley from his Le Mars area courtroom and choked him with a rope. Charged with contempt of court, they were tried without a jury.
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Primghar
Earl Peters
Iowa
O Brien County
Peters
le Mars
Here
C. C. Bradley
See Wae
Orange City
Roosevelt Sails Amberjack II Toward Campobello Visit
President Roosevelt and his granddaughter Sarah Delano Roosevelt departed Little Harbor New Hampshire aboard the Amberjack II at 10 15 a m en route across the Atlantic toward Portland Maine the voyage midpoint toward Campobello Island New Brunswick with Franklin Jr and John expected to join at Portland Friday for a half week at sea.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Roosevelt
Little Harbor
Portsmouth Harbor
Sarah Delano Roosevelt
Atlantic
Portland
Bidding Rock
Campobello Island
N. B
Franklin, Jr
John
Groton School
Massachusetts
Girls Lead in All Vote Contests at World's Fair
Dorothea Rummells and Mary Hayes ascend to lead contests No 2 and 3 while Dor othy Bowen holds top in No 1 with the end near. Voting boosts bring seven Chicago centennial trips into reach as leaders gain hundreds of thousands of votes daily.
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Dorothea Rummells
Mary Hayes
Dorothy Bowen
Miss Rummells
Leroy Peterson
Sophia Lindle
Peterson
Earnest Holtz
Arlene Collins
Harlo Ricketts
Ricketts
Mildred Carlson
Charlotte Braun
Coretta Moore
Miss Bowen
Robert Weber
Miss Braun
Isabelle Webster
Hayes Waives Hearing in Larceny Case
Lester W. Hayes of West Liberty waived a hearing on larceny by embezzlement charges in a appearance before Justice J C. Costar. He was bound over to the grand jury and jailed pending bond arrangements. The information, filed by L G Pace, alleges Hayes took a sum from Louis Kraklow of West Liberty on June 3 while employed by Kraklow.
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Lester W. Hayes
West Liberty
J. C. Coster
Grand Jury
L. G. Pace
Hayes
Louis Kraklow
Kraklow
Scottsboro Negro Gets New Trial
Judge James E. Horton granted a new trial for Heywood Patterson, one of the Scottsboro defendants, setting aside the death conviction in Morgan County circuit court. He ruled the evidence greatly preponderates in favor of the defendant and that the prosecutrix Victoria Price’s testimony appears unreliably corroborated and contradicted by other evidence.
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Athens
Aln
James E. Horton
Heywood Patterson
Scottsboro
Morgan Countrr
Horton
Victoria Price
Heat wave persists with high temps and fatalities rise
Thermometer readings around 78 at 7 am mark a diminished heat wave yet sustained discomfort. State records show 14 deaths in Wisconsin and additional fatalities in Michigan Pennsylvania Ohio Missouri Kansas as temperatures reached into the 108s in Illinois and 100s in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Eva M. Rodgers, 45, dies in Moline as heat accelerates its toll.
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Central Fire Station
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Missouri
Kansas
Mercury
Washington
D. C
Mattoon
Ill
Bloomsburg
Frederick
Detroit
Chicago
Lake Erie
Spanish Fliers Reported Lost
Spanish trans Atlantic fliers Capt. Mariano Barberan and Lieut. Joaquin Collar are missing after a search of the mountains southeast of Mexico City. Reports say Collar was killed and Barberan seriously hurt if the Cuatro Vientos crashed on La Malinche. others doubt the Tlaxcala crash rumors.
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Mexico
D. F
Havana
Here
Rodriguez
Mariano Barberan
Joaquin Collar
Tabasco
Sierra Mountains
Villa Hermosa
Department of Communications
Cuatro Vientos
la Malinche
Lieut
Collar
Julio Alvarez del Vayo
Tlaxcala
Italian Seaplanes Await Supplies for Chicago Flight
Twenty four Italian seaplanes bound for Chicago waited in Orbettero Italy as landing difficulties hindered supply shipments. Supplies to Cartwright bay Labrador faced delays affecting the flight schedule and operations.
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Orbettero
Italy
Chicago
Cartwright Bay
Labrador
Buck on Stand in Kidnap Trial as Cross-Exam Concludes
Cyril Buck resumes testimony in Barnstable superior court in the May 2 kidnapping of Margaret McMath. He and brother Kenneth face charges after a $60,000 ransom was paid and the money recovered. Cyril claims statements were altered and denies other known participants.
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Barnstable
Mass
Cyril Buck
Margaret
Peggy) McMath
Barnstable Superior Court
Wm. C. Crossley
Cyril
Kenneth
Center Grammar School
Woods Hole
Lewdness Charge Faced by Two Men
Two Aurora Illinois men Herbert Campbell and Charles Meyers are jailed and scheduled for a police court hearing Friday at 9 a m on lewd and obscene exposure charges. Mary Holt filed information alleging the incident in the East Second street flat building. The men say they were headed to a bathroom while wearing a blanket and shorts.
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Aurora
Herbert Campbell
Charles Meyers
J. C. Coster
Mary Holt
East Second Street
Alabama Lawmaker Edward Almon Dies in Washington
Rep. Edward B. Almon of Tuscumbia Alabama dies in Washington at 73 from heart disease in a hotel. He chaired the house roads committee and was a leading advocate of Muscle Shoals government operation. He had battled heart disease but attended sessions until the end of the congress, suffering a severe attack Tuesday morning.
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Washington
Edward B. Almon
Tuscumbia
Ala
Almon
House Roads Committee
Muscle Shoals
Ballet of Mississippi content in Muscatine pageant
Recognition of Muscatine location on the Mississippi River is highlighted in the historical pageant now prepared for next Monday as a key spectacular feature of the community centennial celebration. The pageant writer shaped chapters of local history into episodes and planned to open the event with river related scenes.
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Muscatine
Mississippi River
Journal to publish illustrated centennial edition Saturday
The Journal will issue an illustrated centennial edition Saturday for the Muscatine community centennial observance. Those wanting extra copies must order now at The Journal office. only a limited number will be printed. Copies are five cents each.
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Journal
Muscatine
Banker Freed by Jury After Long Session
Charles E. Mitchell, former chairman of National City Bank, was acquitted on all counts in an income tax evasion indictment. The jury found no guilty on charges that he failed to report a 1929 payment of 666,666.67 dollars and staged sham stock sales to avoid taxes in 1929 and 1930.
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New York
Charles E. Mitchell
Mitchell
National City Bank
National City Company
Mitcheell
W. D. Thornton
Greene Cananea Copper Company
Grain prices rise on heat wave despite profit taking
Chicago grain futures moved higher as heat and drought threaten crops. Wheat led gains with December around 84 cents after opening up to 138 cents per bushel, while corn, oats and rye posted modest advances amid broader market strength.
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Chicago
Visitors Begin with Kin Folk Tension in Town
A local saying voices suspicion toward out of town guests during their first week, warning that after that period they become a burden on the community and residents. The quote reflects ongoing tensions between newcomers and locals.
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Erwin Conway
Bryan
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Baylor University
Scottsboro Negro
Beberly Hills
Calif
Library of Congress
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Moline
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Robert Quillen
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