Lytle Urges Nonpartisan Graft Prosecution Chiefs
Sioux City Democrat C F Lytle calls Gov Clyde L Herring to appoint three state prosecutors as special assistants to the attorney general to pursue graft and corruption in any Iowa court. He proposes two Democrats and one Republican be named with full independent authority and asks Supreme Court input. Lytle mailed the letter June 17 and made it public Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
C. F. Lytle
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa Supreme Court
Lytle
Edward L. O’connor
Attorney General
Mrs Zeidler 74 Dies After Illness in Muscatine
Katherine Anna Zeidler 74 a lifelong Muscatine resident died at 3 p m Sunday at 115 West Seventh street after a heavy cold and heart complications. Born October 9 1860 she married Henry W Zeidler October 12 1881 in Muscatine. Surviving: husband a daughter Mrs George Williams son Wesley Zeidler two grandchildren one great grandchild two brothers George and Werner Wittich two sisters Mrs Otto Klaffenbach and Mrs Christ Otto and Mrs Paul Hocke. Funeral at Ralph Wittich home then to Greenwood Cemetery with services by Dr B F Schwartz and Dr W H Schwiering. Burial Greenwood Cemetery.
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Katherine Anna Zeidler
Muscatine
West Seventh Street
Zeidler
First Methodist Episcopal Church
George Williams
Wesley Zeidler
City
George Wittich
Werner Wittich
Otto Klaffenbach
Christ Otto
Paul Hocke
Ralph J. Wittich
West Third Street
Ralph Wittich
B. F. Schwartz
Office interruption during a joke leads to regret
A narrator reflects on a moment when Ma entered the office as he was delivering a new joke to several girls. He laments that her arrival worsened the situation and spoiled the moment.
Crash Takes Pilot's Life in Sioux City Flight Incident
An investigation began into the Sunday night crash that killed Arthur S. Hanford Jr., a Sioux City aviation enthusiast. The training biplane piloted by Hanford spun from a 30 foot altitude after wing fabric ripped, crashing near Rickenbacker airport. Wreckage was guarded as Commerce Department investigator Phil Salesman arrived from Kansas City to examine the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Arthur S. Hanford, Jr
Phil Salesman
Kansas City
United States Department of Commerce
Rickenbacker
Ranford
Commerce Department
Hanford
James L. Rutledge
Soux City
Violence Flares in Irish State
Violent clashes flare across Ireland as republicans in the south and Orangemen in the north threaten trouble. In Bodenstown County Kildare the Irish Free State saw renewed clashes between the Irish Republican Army and the Irish Citizens Army amid calls for independence. Sean McBride of the republican army executive council spoke of a rising tide and mass would fill gaols in both regions.
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Dublin
Textile mill strike widens across New England and beyond
Nationwide labor tension grows as United Textile Workers call out 2,800 workers in Uxbridge Worsted mills in Massachusetts and Rhode Island area. Seamen also strike against Cities Service oil tankers on the Atlantic coast while Nebraska Governor Cochran orders action after trolley workers refuse arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New England
United Textile Workers of America
Uxbridge
Mass
Putnam, Conn
Woonsocket
R. Lt
R. L. Cochran
Nebraska
River Work Bid Dates Set for U S Engineers Projects
Rock Island Illinois dates announced for opening bids on federal relief funded river works totaling about 12.5 million dollars. Major contracts include Lock 13 Clinton 2.3 million July 16 and Henderson river diversion 250 thousand July 19.
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Rock Island
Ill
U. S
Clinton
Henderson River
le Claire
New Boston Til
New Boston
Burlington
Dubuque
Guard Embassy in Mexico After Blast
Reinforced police detachments guarded the United States embassy in Mexico City as investigators probed a bombing that shattered windows. The dynamite and cap explosive was tossed from a speeding car into the embassy garden, leaving a nine inch gap in the garden wall and breaking a window in Ambassador Josephus Daniels private office.
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Mexico
D. F
United States
Josephus Daniels
Former Federal Sleuth Faces Bribe Plot Allegation
A former investigator for the Securities and Exchange Commission was seized in the home of a wealthy oil trader and held as the principal in a $27,500 bribery plot. William A Raybell, 41, of Pelham New York, awaits arraignment before U S Commissioner J Edward Jones. Local authorities waived prosecution in favor of the federal case as Jones faced a separate subpoena in a security registration matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
William A Raybell
Pelham
N. Y
United States
J. Edward Jones
Raybell
Jones
Scarscale
New Deal
The
Securities Commission
Commission
Four St Paul Officers Lose Posts Over Gambling Ties
Ned Warren, St Paul commissioner of public safety, dismissed four officers and suspended five, including Chief Michael Culligan, citing alleged department links to gambling and underworld activity. The order demanded resignations within 24 hours or discharge, with James Crumley named among those removed for supposed complicity in a race horse j ttery and slot operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Ned Warren
Public Safety
Michael Culligan
Warren
James Crumley
Jury to Weigh Peoria Killing
Gerald Thompson 25, alleged slayer of Mil dred Hallmark 19, faces grand jury in Peoria Illinois. State's Attorney E V Champion expects indictment after evidence and confession are reviewed Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
Gerald Thompson
Mildred Hallmark
E. V. Champion
Sucking the Rich Plans Stir Congress Clash
Beverly Hills column mocks a wealth tax debate as the talk shifts to Congress. Senator Joe Robinson advocates immediate action, urging to thrash it out now rather than postpone. He argues delaying harms business and seeks clear cost messaging for potential casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Joe Robinson
Joe
Eight Held for Questioning in Brooklyn Armored Car Raid
Eight alleged gangsters, arrested in a Pompton Lakes raid, were held for questioning in Passaic County jail regarding the September Brooklyn armored car robbery that yielded 427000. The group, linked to the Charlie the Jew gang, faces possible ties to a Queens tavern quadruple murder.
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Paterson
N. J
Pompton Lakes
Brooklyn
Passaic County
Charlie the Jew
New York
George Keeler
Stevedore
Thomas
Tommy) Protheroe
Grace Moore
Sunnyside
Queens
Two Meet Death in Cedar River
The Cedar River north of Cedar Rapids dragged today for the bodies of William Gensicke, 13, and Richard Reynolds, 23, who drowned Sunday afternoon. Gensicke was swimming when he went down. Reynolds, unable to swim, died when a rescue boat upset while going to aid Gensicke. In Cresco Iowa the body of Albert Englebret, 34, was found floating in the upper Iowa River at Lime Springs, 14 miles northwest, by Clifton Chick. Coroner W L Bradley said Englebret apparently drowned Sunday with no clear cause. Englebret was unmarried and lived on a farm with relatives.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Here
William Gensicke
Richard Reynolds
Gensicke
Reynolds
N— Cresco
Albert Englebret
Iowa River
Lime Springs
Clifford Chick
W. L. Bradley
Englebret
Weather figures and regional forecast data
The report shows regional precipitation and temperature trends with showers in Iowa tonight and warmer conditions in the east and south. Illinois expects increasing cloudiness and late night showers in the north and west central areas with warmer readings in central regions. River stage readings list Dubuque Davenport Muscatine Keokuk and St. Louis with respective rises and falls.
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Iowa
Illinois
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Louis
Big Stick Naval Policy Urged by Senate Committee
The Senate munitions committee urged a four point program to curb collusion in navy contracts. It calls to police shipbuilders and prevent patent leakage to foreign powers, cap profits at 5 or 10 percent, require lobbyists to register and disclose income, and push stricter government oversight of warship construction. The panel says telepathy among shipyard officials yields high profits up to 36 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Munitions Committee
Nye
R-N. D
Kleindolph Death Ruled Suicide Inquest
A coroner’s inquest ruled the death of Charles E. Kleindolph Jr. a death by his own action. The 28 year old was found hanged in the kitchen by a water pipe. Mrs. Kleindolph testified to discovering the body and calling police. Police Chief Longstreth and Deputy Grady testified about the discovery and scene. Surviving are the widow Doris Maples, two children Neal and Beverly Jean, his parents, and a brother Ralph. The body remains at Hoffman Funeral Home for service Tuesday at 2 p m by Rev Vernon L Shantz with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Kleindolph, Jr
W. S. Norton
Hoffman Funeral Home
George Heuer
William Zeug
James S. Figg
Kleindolph
W. E. Longstreth
Menzo Grady
Longstreth
Grady
Beverly Jean Kleindolph
Ralph
Farm Route No. 5
Vernon L. Shantz
First Baptist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Mussolini discusses naval pact with Eden at Venice
Rome reports Premier Mussolini and Captain Anthony Eden held a two hour talk at Venezia palace about the Anglo German naval pact and a Western European aviation agreement. Italian circles say no breakthrough is expected and Mussolini warned against unilateral moves without France and Italy input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rome
Mussolini
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Venezia Palace
Tr Duce
Eden
Germany
Il Duce
Britain
Italy
France
Mrs Waley Faces Court on July 5 in Kidnapping Case
The trial of Mrs Margaret Waley on charges of kidnaping and conspiracy in the $200 000 abduction of 9 year old George Weyerhaeuser was set for July 5 in federal court. Judge E E Cushman ordered jury impaneling and preliminaries through July 9 with Stephen J O'Brien appointed to represent her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Margaret Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
E. E. Cushman
Waley
McNeil Island Federal
Thurston County
Stephen J. O
Japan China Reach New Accord to Settle Changpei Incident
Japan and China announced a new accord in north China to end the Changpei incident. General Doihara and General Chin Teh Chuan completed the agreement after which the case was closed, Chin resigning as governor of Chahar. Details of the settlement were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
China
Japan
Changpei
Kenji Doihara
Lawrence
Manchuria
Chin Teh Chuan
Chahar Province
Chin
Sung Cheh Yuan
Kwantung
Japanese Continental) Army
Chahar
Two Girls Saved After Hour-Long Ordeal on Spirit Lake
In Spirit Lake Iowa two girls Jean Dunkelberg and Dora Bell Merkeley clung to an overturned canoe for seven hours before rescue. One companion Eddie Wenner drowned while another Jack Firth reached shore. Dawn sighted the bobbing canoe as Harold Lepley and Henry Ellwood saved the girls. Both girls and boys worked at Templar Park hospital.
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Spirit Lake
Eddie Wenner
Jack Firth
Davenport
Harold Lepley
Henry Ellwood
Jean Dunkelberg
Waterloo
Dora Bell Merkeley
Sac City
Lepley
Ellwood
Templar Park Hospital
Templar Park
Summer Park Playground
Iowa
Knights Templar
Leaders to Hear FRs Tax Views
Democratic leaders planned a 5 p m meeting with President Roosevelt to decide if the wealth tax proposals should pass this session. Senator Robinson Speaker Burns Harrison and Doughton will attend as they push higher levies on large incomes. The group aims to avoid policy uncertainty and quicken adjournment, possibly by mid August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Robinson
Burns
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
House Military Committee
White House
Arthur Morgan
Jane's Help Shapes Choices by Aligning Sides
A reader notes Jane clarifies decisions by showing which side she favors and guiding the choice by alignment. Her practical approach helps the author decide which option to reject.
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Poor PA
Claud
Callan
Ip Publishera Syn
Probe
Omaha
New Boston Lock
Atlantic
Eric Johnson
Carl Helms
Bermuda
Toronto
Underworld Link
Yours
Upper
Munitions Committee
C. E. Kleindolph
Capt
Lake
Aunt Het
Robert Quillen
Jane
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