Ban on Gold Suits Asked by Roosevelt to Congress
President Roosevelt asked Congress to bar suits for payment of government securities in gold or in the equivalent value of devalued currency. The move follows the Supreme Court gold cases and would shield monetary policy from court challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
Court of Claims
Panama
United States
Panama Canal
Secretary of Treasury
Jeck Favored to Succeed Feuling as Iowa Dem Chair
Atlantic politician George Jeck is reported the leading candidate to succeed E. J. Feuling as chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee. The committee will meet to accept Feuling's resignation and name a successor to operate until at least the 1936 convention.
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Des Moines
IDPA
George Jeck
Atlantic
E. J. Feuling
Democratic State Central Committee
Central Committee
Jeck
Feuling
H. M. Havner
Woodbury County
E. L. O'Connor
Liquor Commission
Grand Jury
Woodbury
Polk
Woodbury Grand Jury
Poor Pa by Claud Callan
An aphoristic joke about Dolly, a niece pressed for success at work. Dolly buys tighter clothes and perfume to keep her job after her spelling trouble becomes a concern for her boss. The piece humorously credits personal appearance over skills in workplace judgments.
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Dolly
Publishers Syndicate
Officials Seek Settlement of Keokuk Strike
A preliminary conference is set this afternoon between company and union officials and Keokuk business leaders to amicably settle the Keokuk Hubinger Co. strike ongoing since Tuesday. Attending were Adjutant General Grahl Frank Moorhead and union officials with George E. Humes, president of the Keokuk trades and labor assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Hubinger Co
Adjt
Charles Grahl
Frank Moorhead
George E. Humes
Keokuk Trades and Labor Assembly
Hubinger
Grahl
Changes Favored in Presbyteries Continued On Page 2
Centerville Louisiana report notes approval of appointing a committee by the Synod council to study boundaries of Iowa presbyteries. Synod session also backs sequential presbytery meetings for better board representation and reelects Rev. W C Harless as council chair for three years. Ames named next year’s synod meeting place with home for the aged Ackley to be opened once presbyteries provide 500 dollars for endowment and 1500 dollars for a contingency fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Synod Council
Iowa
Iowa Synod
W.C. Harless
Ft. Dodge
Harrison Ray Anderson
Chicago
Ames
Ackley
Longer Time Granted for Driver's Licenses in Iowa
Des Moines says the deadline for 1935 36 driver’s license applications has moved from July 1 to July 10 due to a shortage of blanks. State official Lew Wallace reported about 500000 applications received so far and an expected total over a million as mail continues to arrive.
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Des Moines
Lew Wallace
State Motor Vehicle Department
Wallace
One Man Liquor Shop Profitable in May
Bernard Manley, chair of the Iowa liquor control commission, cites Garner’s first month net of 513.17 on 2367.50 in sales yielding 21.67 percent profit. Overheads totaled 251.20, with 104.19 charged to Garner from central overhead. Commission plans expansion and reclassifications to reduce store sizes, noting Garner’s higher profit than many two and three man shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
IDPA
Bernard Manley
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Garner
Manley
Etra
Manly
Dows
Commission
Roosevelt's Son to Take TVA Field Survey Job
John Roosevelt, son of the president, will perform field survey work for the Tennessee Valley Authority. He is to be assigned to the Norris dam area and likely reside at the home of TVA Chairman A E Morgan in Norris model town during the assignment.
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Knoxville
Tenn
John Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Norris Dam
A E. Morgan
Norris
Long Delay on Roosevelts Tax Wealth Policy
Democratic leaders delay final action on President Roosevelts tax wealth plan with extended hearings planned, aiming for action possibly in August. The proposal includes inheritance taxes and higher taxes on large incomes, separate from the $500 million nuisance tax measure. The Bland Copeland bill aiding merchant marine subsidies passed the House, moving to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means Committee
Bland-Copeland
Senate
Inter-State Commerce Committee
Securities Commission Cretionary
Drastic New Rules Take Effect Under Reich Dictatorship
Berlin announces a set of decrees by Adolf Hitler's cabinet including compulsory labor camp service for 200000 men and 100000 women annually and mandatory air protection drills for all residents. The measures, speedily adopted, signal a sharpening of Nazi control ahead of the anniversary of the June 30 purge and broaden state power over culture, law, and church affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Bernhard Rust
Isbor
Germany
Missouri Valley Man Shoots Wife Then Kills Self
William Messer aged 65 shot his wife at a rooming house in Missouri Valley and then killed himself. Neighbors found him slumped across a parlor couch after the wife escaped following the scalp wound from the first of three shots.
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Missouri Valley
William Messer
Messer
Trude
Weather Summary With Regional Showers Forecast
Iowa generally fair in the east with showers in the west and Friday rain. Illinois expects fair to tonight and Friday with possible showers in the northwest later Friday afteroon, cooler near Lake Michigan. Mississippi River readings show Dubuque at 7.6, Davenport 5.7, Muscatine 6.6, Keokuk .1, St. Louis 26.3 with varying changes.
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Iowa
Illinois
Northwest
West Central
Lake Michigan
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Davenport
Musatine
Keokuk
St. Louis
Congress approves two year extension of nuisance tax bill
Congressional action completed today extends nuisance taxes for two years from next Sunday. The measure yields about 500 million dollars in annual revenue. The House approves a conference report and sends it to President Roosevelt for signature. Conferees accepted the two year extension instead of the Senate’s one year. Both chambers quickly gave unanimous approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
White House
Roosevelt
Senaor
Senate
Horner Says He Will Run Again
Governor Horner announced at a Democratic House banquet that he intends to seek re election next year. The statement came after the Illinois assembly adjournment and was publicly made in the presence of Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Horner
General Assembly
Edward J. Kelly
Chicago
Missing Marshal Object of Search
Des Moines authorities asked the state bureau of investigation to aid in the search for Henry Seenhoeck 38 Monroe Iowa city marshal missing since Tuesday He was last seen in Newton Iowa
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Des Moines
Jasper County
State Bureau of Investigation
Henry Seenhoeck
Monroe
Seenhoeck
Newton
Woe Rogers Notes Abyssinia Trip For Joe Louis
Beverly Hills reports a comic battle metaphor as Mussolini’s Italy halts its spring drive in Europe. General Joe Louis, head of Ethiopian forces, meets Il Duce Carnera and a plan forms to send Louis to Abyssinia to confront Mussolini’s army funded by American philanthropists.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
N. Y
Italy
Abyssinia
Miussolini
Joe Louis
Il Duce Carnera
Lion” Louis
Mussolini
New Friends of Abyssinian Liberty
Mr. Braddock
Mr. Baer
Bugs
Mr. Schmeling
Louis
Africa
Des Moines River Flood Threatens Ottumwa and Tracy Areas
Flood waters from the Des Moines river rose rapidly in Ottumwa reaching 13 feet while lowland areas like Central addition prepared to evacuate. In Tracy the river hit a record 19.3 feet, with a crest expected near 19.6 feet as thousands of acres of farm land remained at risk. A farm hand, Edward Herrald, 20, drowned in Soldier Creek north of Fort Dodge amid the rising waters.
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Central Addition
Weather Bureau
County Rock
Henry Dean
Addition
Tracy
Boone
Ottumwa
Edward Herrald
Soldier Creek
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Reprieve Sought for Mrs Eva Coe in Sing Sing Case
Ossining N Y Eva Coe appeals to Governor Lehman with new evidence in a bid to avert execution for the murder of Harry Wright at her Cooperstown roadhouse. Also noted, Leonard Scarnici released from Sing Sing on habeas corpus for a federal hearing in New York City before Judge Bono.
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Ossining
N. Y
Eva Coo
Herbert H. Lehman
Sing Sing
Coe
Harry Wright
Cooperstown
Leonard Scarnici
Piquett Given Heavy Fine and Prison Term
Chicago reports Attorney Louis Piquett receiving the maximum penalty of two years in prison and a $10,000 fine after being convicted of harboring the late Homer Van Meter and aiding John Dillinger. Federal Judge Philip L Sullivan overruled defense requests for a new trial.
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Chicago
Louis P. Piquett
Homer van Meter
Dillinger
Piquett
Philip L. Sullivan
William Uhaic Thompson
van Meter
John Dillinger
Iowan Advances New Farm Plan
Iowa farmer J. H. Rigdon of Waterloo proposes a new farm program to stabilize hog and butter prices. He seeks AAA support and aims to fund stabilization by taxing lard substitutes and butter substitutes while pushing cooperative packing and a $9 per hundredweight price for hogs. He notes large volumes of lard and substitutes, mainly from cottonseed oil.
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Washington
Iowa
AAA
Farm Administration
J. H. Rigdon
Waterloo
Senate Agriculture Committee
Rigdon
Widened Woodbury Probers Face Extended Graft Inquiry
The Woodbury county grand jury deepened its probe into graft links across the state. Sheriff Hubert Kapsch and County Attorney H. C. Carmichael testified as the jury prepared a partial report. Mrs. Alma K. Berry and court officials awaited further records as Judge Munger remained in conference with prosecutors.
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Sioux City
Woodbury County
Grand Jury
Hubert Kapsch
Pocahontas County
H. C. Carmichael
Alma K. Berry
Atty
E. L. O’connor
Robert Munger
Ole Nagelstad
H. M. Havner
Pryor Named Relief Administrator for Iowa
Gov Clyde L Herring appointed J C Pryor of Burlington as relief administrator for Iowa to replace E H Mulock. Pryor will run Iowa relief without salary and will be based in Des Moines, with Ralph Kittinger remaining as assistant administrator. Completion of the Iowa setup awaits a progress works administrator.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
J. C. Pryor
Burlington
Iowa
E. H. Mulock
Pryor
Ralph Kittinger
Mulock
Progress Works
State Relief Committee
Council Bluffs
Muock
Iowa Rains Help Chinch Bugs While Army Worms Grow
Des Moines entomologist Dr. C. J. Drake says recent rains nearly wipe out chinch bug infestation with few fields of heavy migration expected. Army worms worsen in Hamilton County with 10 to 15 per square foot in rye. corn bill bugs damage reported in Monona and Fremont counties. Western Iowa farmers report grasshopper control progress and a surplus of poison bran in several counties.
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Des Moines
C. J. Drake
Drake
Hamilton County
Monona
Fremount
Iowa
Sioux County
Shelby
Sac
Woodbury
Plymouth
Aunt Het by Robert Quillen
Doc Snow will not collect old accounts now that he has quit practice. Folks do not sew but they will not use a coat they no longer have.
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Aunt Het
Robert Quillen
Doc Snow
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Lee County
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Kansas
NEA Service
Reich
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Rogers
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