Food Shortage Not Feared by Wallace
Secretary Wallace and aides caution over crop damage from drought and wind but dismiss fears of a famine. They await the May 10 crop report to gauge damage and acreage reductions under production control contracts. Rexford Tugwell notes foreign market losses could leave a surplus even with full hunger.
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Washington
Wallace
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Midwest
Tugwell
Rexford G. Tugwell
Sectory of Agriculture
United States
H. R. Tolley
Miss Highbarger Earns Phi Beta Kappa Honor
Miss Elizabeth Highbarger daughter of Mr and Mrs J C Highbarger 207 West Eleventh Street was elected today to Phi Beta Kappa the honorary scholastic fraternity She was among 24 University of Iowa senior students to receive the honor The recipient from Columbus Junction Robert Moore was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Highbarger
J. C. Highbarger
West Eleventh Street
Phi Beta Kappa
Miss Highbarger
University of Iowa
Robert Moore
Columbus Junction
Four Tornadoes Kill Four in Oklahoma Over 24 Hours
Four tornadoes swept across Oklahoma within 24 hours killing four people and injuring a dozen near Alsuma. The first funnel hit Wynnewood on Thursday, followed by twisters near Alsuma Howden and Bartlesville as well as another near the Kansas line. A Union Consolidated School was spared when a twisted wind lifted and passed overhead, missing the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Wynnewood
Alsuma
Here
Howden
Kansas Line
Bartlesville
Union Consolidated School
Early Accord on Stock Bill Seen
Washington reports a swift senate house compromise on stock market control. The House passed the Rayburn exchange regulation measure 280 to 84, while Senate banking chair Fletcher proposes amendments to the securities act to ease officer and director liabilities and limit damages under certain conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Fletcher
Florida
Senate Banking
Conrad Endorsed by Burlington Bar
The Des Moines County Bar Association unanimously endorses Max A. Conrad, local attorney and prominent Democrat, as candidate for United States district attorney for the southern district of Iowa to fill the vacancy caused by the flesh.
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Burlington
Des Moines County Bar Association
Max A. Conrad
United States
Iowa
Primaries Set as 38 County Candidates File Nominations
Thirty eight candidates filed nomination petitions with county auditor Kenneth Coder. Primary election is June 4. Voting machines may be used. setup of 30 machines across the county to begin within a week. Candidates span the offices of Auditor Recorder Sheriff Coroner Supervisors 1935 1936 term Clerk of the district court County attorney Treasurer and more with both Republican and Democrat nominees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Coder
Bruno Mohnssen
Raymond C. Bloom
Recorder
Ellis A. Branson
Irwin Mosher
Ida C. Grimm
Chester W. Lilly
Karl A. Koimerer
Kenneth C. Lemkau
Herbert I. Grigg
Fred B. Nesper
Jesse N. Blake
A. H. Freers
W. E Martin
Fred W Schroeder
Joseph J. Bieber
W. S. Norton
J. Henry Schafer
W. J. Barclay
L. B. Halstead
W- J. Shoultz
F. C. Stortz
Ralph H. Griffin Granville Frater
L. J. Horn
Fritz Belter
J. Herman Mundt
Charles Kleindolph, Sr
J. G. Wilford
H. £. Schnack
Joseph Bilkey
E Cc. Erwin
William C- Wittich
Harry G. Shaw
Harold E. Wilson
C. H. Fishburn
W. D. Randall
A. J. Nicholson
Two Entered in National Events in Muscatine
Miss Wilma Altenbernd and Miss Ruth Springborn, Muscatine High School students, will travel to national contests after top marks in forensics and music. The Lions Kiwanis and Rotary clubs and the board of education sponsor their trips. Altenbernd earned a top 15 national ranking in high school debate and will attend the national speech contest in Topeka May 7 to 10. Springborn qualified for the National Orchestra contest after earning a “superior” rating in the Iowa State Festival piano solo competition in Iowa City, with event dates May 24 to 26 at Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Altenbernd
Ruth Springborn
Muscatine
Muscatine Lions
Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Board of Education
Altenbernd
United States
National High School Forensic Society
Topeka
Kas
Springborn
Iowa City
National Orchestra Association
Ottawa
Purcell Endorsed by Clinton Bar for Seventh District Judgeship
John E. Purcell Clinton attorney won endorsement over Judge A. P. Barker 26 to 23 in a secret ballot at a Clinton bar meeting. Endorsement later became unanimous. District bar delegates instructed to back Purcell at the Davenport convention in July. Barker has served as district judge for 30 years.
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John E. Purcell
Clinton
A. P. Barker
Seventh Judicial District
Muscatine County
Purcell
Clinton County
Barker
District Bar Association
Davenport
E. T. Burke
Edward Daley
R. C. Langon
R. H. Petersen
A. L. Schuyter
Shadow over Robles kidnapping dispelled by clothing test
Tucson reports the blood stained clothes tied to June Robles case were not from the abducted six year old. The Riverside finds were blue with pink figures, similar size to June's pink gingham dress. Police confirmed the garments do not belong to June as her family endures tenth day of wait for ransom talks.
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Tucson
Ariz
June Robles
Riverside
Calif
June
Woman Admits Conspiracy to Aid Dillinger
Mrs Beth Green pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to harbor John Dillinger. Judge Joyce deferred sentence until trial of three co defendants. others pleaded not guilty and await trial. The case groups Evelyn Frechette Clayton May Augusta Salt and Mrs Green as co defendants with separate bails.
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O— St. Paul
Department of Justice
Beth Green
Dillinger
John Dillinger
George F. Sullivan
United States
M. M. Joyce
Evelyn Frechette
Clayton May
Minneapolis
Augusta Salt
May
Gree
Edward Green
Green
Dr. May
Salt
Miss Frechette
Chicago Hunt
Chicago
Bandits Escape in Ohio Bank Robbery Spree
Two men robbed the Farmers bank at Goodhope near Washington Courthouse Ohio at noon and fled in a green or blue Chevrolet sedan. It marked the seventh Ohio bank robbery in 13 days as Sheriff W H Schenhower and deputies chased the suspects. Earlier, the South Vienna bank robbery led to the bank president’s death. no money was taken in that incident.
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Washington Courthouse
Farmers Bank
Goodhope
Here
Ohio
South Vienna
W. H. Schenhower
Fayette County
Farmers Deposit Bank of
Springfield
H. M. Saylor
George W. Benham
Johnson and Labor Board Resolve Board Nomination Dispute
Agreement ends a clash over union representation in industrial relations boards. The Johnson administration grants the labor board power to nominate worker representatives for codes while excluding company union nominees. If Johnson rejects nominees, the board will provide alternatives. the board will not nominate company union reps in any case.
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Washington
Dove of Peace
Hugh S. Johnson
Labor Advisory Board
Labor Board
American Federation of Labor
A. F
Johnson
Two Escape From Washington Jail
The Washington Iowa sheriff’s office investigates a Friday night jailbreak at the county jail. Inmates Merle Dawson and Donald Kerr disappeared without clues. no exits or breaks were observed. Kerr and Dawson had each served more than half their terms. Kerr was a trusty.
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Washington
Iowa
Sheriff's Office
Merle Dawson
Donald Kerr
Kerr
Dawson
Precipitation Falls Well Below Normal in Six Months
Moisture deficiency dominates Muscatine area with total six month rainfall just over five inches. Officials warn lean crop prospects as winter and spring rains were scant and heavy snows did not occur. Des Moines reports drought across the Midwest with forecasts of little relief and scattered showers failing to improve crop conditions.
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William Molis
Muscatine
Muscatine County
Midwest
Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nois
Missouri
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Kansas
Family Poisoning Case Aims at Mercy and Murder
Chester Barrett 32 unnamed unemployed painter confesses to poisoning his wife and seven of eight children to stop their starving. Three children Betty Jo six Mary Kathryn five Wanda Marie two died. others recovering. Confession read after hours of questioning at Creek County Attorney Sebe Christian's office.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Chester Barrett
Barrett
Sebe Christian
Creek County
Betty Jo
Mary Kathryn
Wanda Marie
Federal Reserve Chief to Resign This Year
Eugene Black, governor of the Federal Reserve Board, plans to resign soon after Congress adjourns. Close associates say he longs for a normal life and may return to Georgia where he once led the Atlanta Reserve Bank. A tentative retirement date hinges on Congress adjournment and presidential persuasion.
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Washington
Eugene Black
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Roosevelt
White House
Georgia
Atlanta
Weather summary for Iowa Illinois and Chicago forecast
Generally fair in Iowa and Illinois tonight and Sunday with cooler conditions in northeast Iowa and northeast Illinois. Some thunder showers possible in south Illinois this afternoon or tonight, warmer in extreme west Iowa. May 7 to 12 outlook calls for above normal temperatures with some local showers north portions. Mississippi River stages Keokuk 2.4 Dubuque 3.9 Davenport 3.6 Muscatine 4.1 with declines noted.
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Iowa
Illinois
Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Mississippi River
Keokuk
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Belgian King Albert Assassination Claim Denied by Court
A Belgian court issued a communique denying Col. Graham Seton Hutchison’s claim that King Albert was killed by a blow to the head. Hutchison told the Nottingham Writers Club the king died from an Alpine fall, calling the tale a spoof and planned perjury.
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Brussels
Belgium
Col
Graham Seton Hutchison
Hutchison
Nottingham
Albert
England
Nottingham Writers’ Club
Nottingham Journal
Colonel Hutchison
Graham Seton
King Albert
Defendants Free in Racket Trial in Chicago
The jury found all 17 defendants not guilty after about 12 hours of deliberation ending the longest criminal trial in Chicago history. Notables included Aaron Sapiro and Dr. Benjamin H. Squires, linked to trade associations and labor mediation.
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Chicago
Aaron Sapiro
New York
Benjamine H. Squires
University of Chicago
Sapiro
Squires
Cleaners’ and Dyers
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Jingle Bells
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Burlington Bar
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Gys
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Chamber
Mis Ruth Springborn
J. Purcell
Clinton Bar
Robles
U. S
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Wis
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Wisconsin-Illinois Line
Federal Department of Justice
Bankith
Minden
Red River Valley
H. L. Walster
North Dakota Agricultural College
Fargo
Federal Reserve
London
Robert Quillen
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