D F Wells Early Iowa educator remembered in centennial notes
D Franklin Wells organized Muscatine’s first graded school in 1856 and led the normal department at Iowa University. A pioneer in Iowa education, he helped found the State Teachers' Association, served as superintendent of public instruction, and died in Iowa City on September 12, 1868.
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D. Franklin Wells
Iowa
F. C. Ensign
College of Education
Iowa University
Wells
Mr. Wells
New York State
Parvin
Muscatine
Ensign
State Teachers’ Association
Rochester
N. Y
Iowa City
Governor Kraschel Advocates National Regulation Over Banks
Lieutenant Governor Kraschel urged directing credit and production from Washington rather than Wall Street, criticizing gold worship and foreign loans. He praised the New Deal approach to reveal facts to the public and argued industrial control with licensing would curb profiteering.
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Krascher
Washington
Wall Street
LaSalle Street
Kraschel
America
All Leaders Hold Places in Contests
Contests continue with leaders maintaining positions as preliminary results unfold. Teams and participants vie for top spots across multiple events, highlighting ongoing competition and shifting standings.
Judge Faville Named Master in Land Case
Fort Dodge reports that F. F. Faville, former Iowa supreme court justice, is appointed special master in the foreclosure suit between Equitable Life Assurance Society and Collins Farm Co. by Federal Judge George C. Scott. He will also handle related suits involving about 30,000 acres and $3.5 million in judgments.
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Fort Dodge
F. F. Faville
Iowa Supreme Court
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
United States
Collins Farm Company
Cedar Rapids
George C. Scott
Faville
Scott
Collins Company
Insurance Company
Southern District of Federal Court
Farnell Parole Hopes Dim
The Iowa State Board of Parole declined to grant early parole to Jean Farnell 40 after his 1924 life to 40 year sentence commutation. Farnell’s mother 78 Kate Farnell traveled from Ft Madison to Des Moines to lobby for his release.
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State Board of Parole
Clyde L. Herring
Jean Farnell
Associated Press
Farnell
Kate Farnell
Muscatine
Ft. Madison
Des Moines
Industrial Control Law Analyzed and Enforcement Details
The article explains the national industrial control law setting minimum wages and maximum hours, with public hearings and three advisory boards before presidential approval. It notes codes gaining legal force, enforcement options, and potential expansion to curb unfair competition. It also reports Dr. E M Gage critically injured in a two state traffic crash near Galena Illinois.
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National Recovery
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Roosevelt
Muscatine Regatta Promises Fast Fast Boats on Mississippi
The Muscatine Power Boat club prepares for a Sunday regatta at Jefferson field with three boat classes B C and F. The shortened Mississippi course keeps boats in spectator view while contestants from distant venues join the field. Aquaplane riding and vaudeville acts accompany the racing program.
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Jefferson Field
Muscatine
Mississippi
Buck Passed to U. S. in Fight Over Gold
British leaders discussed a compromise plan offered by Prime Minister MacDonald with American aides Raymond Moley and James P. Warburg present but their roles kept secret. London officials could not commit to any arrangement, while Washington was asked to weigh joining international action to halt currency speculation. Moley sparked a conference entrance with MacDonald and others as plans centered on reconciling gold standard nations with those that abandoned it.
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Ramsay MacDonald
Raymond Moley
James P. Warburg
Moley
MacDonald
Warburg
Britain
America
London
Roosevelt
Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Neville Chamberlain
Exchequer
Frederick Leith- Ross
Treasury
Charles Rist
Bank of France
Sugar Beet Industry Seeks Trade Quota Amid Parley
At an Agricultural Adjustment Administration sugar parley, representatives of all phases of the beet industry urged a trade agreement aiming to protect the American market. Leaders warned that limits on imports from the Philippines Puerto Rico and Cuba and absent benefits would help U.S. farmers while noting curtailment could raise costs and hurt consumers. A steering committee will draft an agreement with tentative quotas for Continental beet sugar Cuba the Philippines Puerto Rico Hawaii the Virgin Islands Florida and Louisiana cane producers.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Chester Gray
American Farm Bureau Federation
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Cuba
W. D. Lippitt
United States Beet Sugar Association
Lippitt
Beet Sugar Association
Charles M. Kearney
Beet Sugar Growers
Adjustment Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Hawaii
Virgin Islands
Florida
Louisiana
Governor Sets Allocations Under New Law Across Departments
The report lists departmental allotments under the new law, detailing figures for Attorney General, Board of Audit, Bacteriological Laboratory, Board of Assessment and Review, Board of Control, Board of Education, Board of Parole, Bureau of Labor, Department of Public Instruction, District Courts, Fire Marshal, Historical Department, Historical Society, Blind Commission, Library Commission, Mine Examiners, Mine Inspectors, National Guard, Pharmacy Board, Printing Board, Railroad Commission, Supreme Court, State Treasurer, Vocational Education, and Vocational Rehabilitation with specific dollar amounts for each agency.
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Board of Audit
Bacteriological Laboratory
Board of Assessment and Review
Board of Control
Board of Education
Board of Parole
Bureau of Labor
Department of Public Instruction
Historical Department
Historical Society
Library Commission
National Guard
Pharmacy Board
Printing Board
Railroad Commission
Supreme Court
Textile Code Sparks Debate Over Hours and Wages
John L. Barry of the New Hampshire Federation of Labor presses for a wage standard while W L Allen questions the 40 hour week as potentially too high. The discussion notes Massachusetts 1932 minimum of 12.50 and warns against wage and hour changes causing hardship for workers.
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John L. Barry
New Hampshire Federation of Labor
W. L. Allen
Massachusetts
Barry
B. E. Gordon
Boston
Massachusetts Knitting Mills
Allen
Basic Law of Supply
Identify River Victim Flynn Named as River Victim
The body found in the Mississippi near Rapids City is identified as Michael Thomas Flynn 41 a painter and Clinton lifelong resident. He lived alone in a houseboat and was last seen by family last Saturday. Identification reached relatives after a newspaper description Wednesday.
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East Moline
Mississippi River
Rapids City
Michael Thomas Flynn
Clinton
Flynn
Labor wages dispute hints at minimum wage push
The speaker argued demand cannot be eliminated by law and questioned if arbitrary hours could absorb labor needs. Organized labor pushes for at least a fourteen dollar minimum wage.
Year End Stock Sales by Old Custom-Kahn Reported
The article notes that at year end 1930 and other years he sold stock to family members. He testified that securities sold in December 1930 were reacquired from his daughter three months later, with the exchange dated the next day. The Kuhn, Loeb senior partner said he could not recall how often stock was sold at year end or if he repurchased each time.
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Gators
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
Wendel Estate Settled in New York
Surrogate James A. Foley signed an order settling Ella V. Von E. Wendels estate in New York. He approved an agreement between the executors and nine individuals later recognized as fifth degree relatives not named in the will.
Children have keener sense of touch than adults
A concise report notes that children display heightened tactile sensitivity compared with adults, implying developmental differences in sensory processing and perceptual acuity.
Wears Lovely Dresses Now Since Losing 49 Pounds of Fat
An overweight woman touts Kruschen Salts as a safe quick path to weight loss and renewed vitality. A Woodhaven resident claims dropping from a 44 dress to size 20 after using Kruschen for four weeks, with praise for energy and skin. The ad urges purchasing from local drugstores with a money back claim.
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Kruschen
Grimm Drug Co
Henderson Drug Co
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Tee Eee
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Virginia Huff
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Seco
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Scott Griffin
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Arthur Nyenhuis
Lee Cash
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Earnest Holtz
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