William H Woodin Former Treasury Secretary Dies at 65
William H Woodin former secretary of the treasury and pivotal figure during the 1933 banking crisis has died at age 65. President Roosevelt expressed deep shock and the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church will host funeral services at 4 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Berwick Pennsylvania. Woodin once shifted from industrial work to music and composed Spring Is in My Heart. He remained a close ally of Roosevelt during the banking crisis.
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Roosevelt
William H. Woodin
New York
the Treasury
Treasury Post
Woodin
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Berwick
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
J. P. Morgan and Company
New York City
U. S. Treasury
Mrs. Frank Hecht Taken by Death
Mrs. Frank Hecht 61 of 507 Oak Street died at Hershey hospital at 8 30 am after an illness with a complication of ailments She was born in Muscatine Aug 27 1872 married Frank Hecht Feb 12 1903 and was a member of the United Brethren church Surviving are her husband two children Alfred Hecht and Mrs Gertrude Rieke two sisters Mrs J W Funck and Mrs Elizabeth Linn four brothers Henry Diercks William John and Charles Diercks and two grandchildren The body is at George Wittich Funeral home and will be returned to the residence Saturday Funeral services will be at United Brethren church Sunday at 230 pm Rev F Scott officiating Burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Frank Hecht
Oak Street
Hershey Hospital
Hecht
Muscatine
Henry
Margaret Diercks
United Brethren Church
Alfred Hecht
Gertrude Rieke
J. W. Funck
Elizabeth Linn
Davenport
Henry Diercks
East Moline
William
John
Charles Diercks
Darlene
Richard Rieke
George Wittich
Cedar Street
Minnie and Dora Race Ahead in Family Dispute
Minnie and Dora race together at speed while their mother chooses not to scold Minnie for her behavior, noting Minnie is not as pretty or slender as Dora. The passage centers on appearance and maternal tolerance within a domestic scene.
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Minnie
Dora
Student Kills Sweetheart in Wayne Office Pact
Ronald Young a 20 year old Wayne college student and Nancyann Alford 19 arranged a death by own action pact. She died in his father dentist office while Young attempted suicide after allegedly robbing the James Ahern store with other incidents linked to 12 or 15 robberies in the area.
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Wayne, Neb
Ronald Young
Wayne College
Nancyann Alfred
Nancyann Alford
H. D. Addison
James Ahern
Addison
Ahren
L. B. Young
Miss Alford
C. R. Alford
Macy
Young
Young Thoung
Three Dead After Taking Medicine From Wrong Box
Sapulpa Oklahoma dispatch reports Chester Barrett gave doses from an old box that once held quinine. His seven of eight children, his wife, and himself ingested poison thinking it was quinine, killing three and leaving six others seriously ill. Deputy Lee Snider said Barrett had previously bought poison for rats two years earlier. the container broke and contents were moved to the quinine box.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Chester Barrett
Barrett
Lee Snider
Airways Guard Chicago to Stop Dillinger Flight
Chicago police kept airports under guard to prevent John Dillinger from escaping. A large manhunt covered the city with 50 officers conducting house to house searches as detectives traced Dillinger gang members from north to south side hideouts amid a major Chicago pursuit. In Fostoria Ohio investigators tied Dillinger to a bank raid, noting a money drawer with fingerprints and briefed by federal and local detectives.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Indiana
Dillinger
North Side
South Side
Ohio
Fostoria
Jack Kesler
First National Bank
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Kesler
Howard G. Robinson
London
Death summons W. H. Protzman
Cedar Rapids man W. H. Protzman 71 former West Liberty resident died Thursday afternoon after a year of ill health. He served as a railway mail clerk and later held a Cedar Rapids post for many years. Surviving are his widow three children Forest Protzman Mrs. Scott McMann and Mrs. Glenn Ricks six grandchildren. Funeral services 2 p m Saturday in Cedar Rapids with burial there
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West Liberty
W. H. Protzman
Cedar Rapids
Protzman
Scott McMann
Weet Liberty
Forest Protzman
Glenn Ricks
San Diego
Calif
Cedar Rapids Cemetery
Weather Outlook for Iowa and Nearby Regions
The forecast calls for showers tonight and Saturday in Iowa with generally fair conditions in the extreme west. Cooler air arrives in the northwest and north central regions tonight and Saturday east portions. Illinois remains unsettled tonight and Saturday with several city rainfall figures noted and temperatures lower in places like Dubuque and St. Louis.
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Illinois
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Louis
Muscatine Designated as Employment Center
Muscatine has been designated one of 15 divisional headquarters to direct re employment activities in Iowa. The new district includes Muscatine Louisa and Clinton counties and will operate with the state organization at Davenport. H M Clinite will continue as field supervisor in the district.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Larry Guenther
Maquoketa
Louisa
Clinton
Davenport
CWA
H. M. Clinite
Sanders Resigns as GOP Committee Head
Everett Sanders resigns as chairman of the Republican National Committee triggering a three way struggle for control. Hoovers old guard and new blood forces battle with potential successors named including James E. Watson Frank O. Lowden Silas Strawn Theodore Roosevelt Jr Charles D Hilles and others as the committee prepares a special meeting in Chicago on June 5.
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Indiana
Frank O. Lowden
Ilinois
Everett Sanders
Washington
Republican National Committee
G. O. P. Old Guard
Herbert Hoover
Congressional
Senate
Illinois
Sanders
Chicago
Watson
Silas Strawn
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Charles D. Hilles
New York
Dickinson
Iowa
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
Ralph E. Williams
Oregon
Hanford MacNider
James E. Goodrich
Chamber View on New Deal Resolutions Sets Budget and Codes
The United States Chamber of Commerce issued a year long plan with 23 resolutions touching on the Roosevelt program. Henry S. Harriman was re elected president. The group urged NRA code authorities gain more power to set minimum wages, repeal wheat tax exemptions for farmers exchanging wheat for flour, and report within six months on industry plans. It backed a real federal budget and voluntary railroad consolidations.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Henry S. Harriman
NRA
Private Air Lines Given Mail Awards
Washington announces nine private air lines awarded temporary 90 day contracts to resume air mail service on routes totaling 16 797 miles within 30 days. Five lines are former contractors and four new entrants. Officials issued bids for 10 new routes to open May 25 increasing the network to 28 548 miles with an estimated annual cost of 9 million dollars.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Farley
John Flynn 57 Died After Months of Illness in Muscatine
John Flynn 57 lifelong Muscatine resident died at the county home at 6 15 am after a several months illness. He was born in Muscatine in 1876 never married and is survived by two sisters Mrs John Freyermuth and Mrs Agnes Everett both of Muscatine. The body is at Meyers Funeral home awaiting services at St Mathias church at 9 am Saturday conducted by Rev Father W L Hannon. Burial will be in St Mary's cemetery.
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Muscatine
Mr. Flynn
John Freyermuth
Agnes Everett
Meyers
St Mathias Church
W. L. Hannon
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Silas the Attorny’s Drifting Speech Highlighted
A San Francisco paper notes Silas, an attorney from Chicago, delivering a Washington speech before the U S chamber of commerce. The headline says we are drifting and the writer sought to identify Silas and his destination.
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San Francisco
Calif
Silas
Chicago
Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Saleen
Death Threats Plague Father of Kidnapped Girl
In Tucson a ransom saga surrounds Fernando Robles and his six year old daughter June after a $15,000 demand issued during her April 25 kidnapping. The grandmother says killers threaten both to die and to kill the child if the money is not paid and notes the suspect location is believed to be in Tucson. The ransom note's exact wording remains undisclosed.
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Ariz
Robles
Fernando Robles
June
Fernando
Nutt Blamed for Bank's Failure
Washington investigators told a senate committee that Union Trust of Cleveland failed due to unsound practices over years. Joseph R. Nutt and O. P. Van Sweringen were named as influences behind policy, with loans to insiders and heavy real estate bets cited. The report, by Pecora, also cites window dressing and advance notice of bank calls.
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Senate
Union Trust Company of
Cleveland
Joseph R. Nutt
van Sweringens
Nutt
Republican National Committee
O. P. van Sweringen
O. P
M. J
Cyrus S. Eaton
Pecora
Frank J. Meehan
Walter H Seymour
Steamer Periled by Western Gale at Columbia River
A wireless message to the coast guard from the Norwegian freighter Childar aground in a heavy gale at the Columbia River mouth says the crew of 30 has thrown overboard all life boats and four are lost. It is unclear if anyone remains in lifeboats.
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Seattle
Coast Guard
Childar
Columbia River
Tallent Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder
Eddie Tallent, 24, confessed murderer of Oakville farmer Martin Wolz, was sentenced to life imprisonment at Ft. Madison. Judge James Smythe followed the jury’s verdict and recommended life terms, with Tallent to be transported by Sheriff George Oakes and Delbert Murray of Burlington. He faces return to Wapello in September as a key witness against Paul Hake.
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Wapello
Eddie Tallent
Martin Wolz
Oakville
State Penitentiary
Ft. Madison
Tallent
George Oakes
Delbert Murray
Burlington
James Smythe
Paul Hake
Louisa County
Bloodhounds Lead Missouri Officials to Gang Hideout
Ozark bloodhounds traced two gang members for 24 hours to a hideout near Caboot Missouri where a gunman was killed after firing on officers and possemen. The companion, Walter Allen 18 Quincy Illinois, was wounded in an arm and captured. Harry Williams about 30 Evanston Illinois was identified as the dead gunman.
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Caboot
Ozark
State Highway Patrol
Harry Williams
Evanston
Ill
Walter Allen
Quincy
Two Believed Dead in Carolina Forest Fire
In western North Carolina heavy forest fires have swept about 200000 acres from Wilkes to Alleghany counties. Mrs Alice Calloway and an unidentified firefighter were reported dead as Mitchell river towns like Roaring Gap faced evacuation. Smoke blankets cities up to 40 miles away as winds fuel the flames.
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Coughton
N. C
North Carolina
Alice Calloway
Mitchell River
Roaring Gap
Wilkes
Alleghany
National Farmers Holiday Opposes AAA as Fraud
Des Moines delegates from 20 states denounced the AAA crop reduction program as a failure and a fraud. Governor Olson and Governor Langer urged Roosevelt to act, while 2,000,000 farmers would be driven from the land under current policy, Coughlin spoke against Tugwell and the “money lords.”
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Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
National Farmers’ Holiday Association
AAA
Roosevelt
William Langer
North Dakota
Wallace
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Association
New Deal
Agriculture Wallace
Rexford Tugwell
Money Lords
Coughlin
Charles E. Coughlin
Royal Oak
Mich
Tugwell
Christ
Father Coughlin
Escaped Illinois Convict Captured Near Alto Pass
Warden Joseph Ragen of Southern Illinois penitentiary disclosed James O Connell, 33, burglar and kidnap gang member, was captured near Alto Pass by prison guards. O Connell, exhausted and unarmed, said Randol Norvell was nearby. O Connell returned to the prison. searchers had pursued him since last Friday in a wooded area south of Murphysboro with 50 to 300 men.
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Chester
Joseph Ragen
Southern Illinois Penitentiary
James O'Connell
Randol Eugene Norvell
Alto Pass
Ill
Ragen
O'Connell
O’connell
Norvell
Murphysboro
Laundry's Judgment Wears Out Ella's Clothes
A writer laments laundries cannot exercise judgment they naturally scrub away bright garments like Ella's, wearing out items through rigid routines. The remark highlights the clash between mechanical cleaning and personal care.
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Ella
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Missouri
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