Colflesh Answers Campaign Attack in Iowa Governor Race
Colflesh tells Humboldt audience he is targeted by a scurrilous article backed by Dan Turner supporters. He denies opposing a gasoline blend law and accuses distillery interests of backing the measure to raise fuel costs. Former Gov Kendall endorses Turner in a Grinnell letter citing farmer and public interest alignment.
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Associated Press
Robert W. Colflesh
Humboldt
Dan Turner
N. E. Kendall
Clarence Knutson
Wallace Short
F. C. Lovrien
Calflesh
Iowa
Colflesh
Kendall
Turner
A. J. Blakely
Grinnell
Silver Backers Hope For 70-30 Silver-Gold Pact
Washington senators supporting silver legislation met with President Roosevelt citing confidence in his sympathy for nationalizing silver and a permissive purchase plan. They expect a 70 percent gold and 30 percent silver currency mix and predict an agreement after further negotiations.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Baltimore
Hope and Wearin push for restrictive marketing act
Congress faces a doubtful path for the Hope proposed amendment to the 1921 livestock act. Representative Wearin of Iowa remains hopeful action will pass, noting hog prices are suppressed as packers leverage direct buys to undercut central market prices. Kansas cattle interests back the measure while Texas cattlemen oppose it and Iowa farmers resist.
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Washington
Congress
Hope
R-Kans
Representative Jones
D-Tex
House Agricultural Committee
Texas
Kansas
Iowa
Wearin
More Leases for Rum Shops Taken
Acceptance of leases for retail stores in six Iowa cities was announced by the state liquor control commission. Locations include Sioux City Fort Madison Sheldon and other properties, expanding the state’s rum shop outlets.
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Des Moines
Iowa Cities
State Liquor Control Commission
Sioux City
Sixth Street
Fort Madison
Avenue G
Sheldon
John J. Walters
Deni
Westminster hearses new luxury vehicle joins George Wittich firm
The George Wittich Funeral Home announces a modern Westminster style hearse built on a Studebaker chassis. It features dark blue mohair upholstery, leather driver area, solid walnut casket table, arched walnut flower trays, hydraulic shocks, and rubber insulated, noise resistant steel body. The Hesse three way side loader opens from either side or rear with a rear extension bar for loading. Drapes match the blue interior. At 239 inches, it is the longest in the area.
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Westminster
George Wittich Funeral Home
Cedar Street
Studebaker
Death threats and collapse reported in brief dispatches
Ronald Young faces second degree murder and cutting with intent charges in Wayne Nebraska over a sweetheart’s death. In Winterbach Germany a village schoolhouse collapsed killing a teacher and six children with many injured and several missing. In Seattle the freighter Childar towed in to Puget Sound after trials with only captain and three crew aboard.
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Associated Press
Wayne
Neb
Ronald Young
Nancy Ann Alford
Stuttgart
Germany
Winterbach
Seattle
J. Mathiasen
Columbia River
Puget Sound
Coast Guard
Mild Mannered Man Heads Hunt
Frank Reynolds a 36-year-old Chicago police sergeant leads the formidable forty squad hunting John Dillinger America's No 1 fugitive. He is known for a steady trigger hand accuracy cool head and repeated bravery awards from the department and local papers.
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Chicago
Frank Reynolds
John Dillinger
America
Reynolds
Peace Time Medal Awarded Soldier
Sergeant Thomas C. Watson was awarded the Soldier's Medal for peace time heroism at Fort Crook Nebraska for wresting a pistol from a deranged man and subduing him. Major General Frank R. McCoy presented the decoration as Watson, now living in Nevada Missouri, watched the 17th Infantry pass in review.
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Fort Crook
Neb
Thomas C. Watson
Frank R. McCoy
Watson
Nevada, Mo
McCoy
17Th Infantry
Babe Ruth Hits Fifth Home Run Of Season
Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees hit his fifth home run in the fourth inning against Detroit, driving in two and giving New York an 8 to 1 lead. The shot moved him nine percent ahead of Jimmie Foxx of the Athletics and Zeke Bonura of Chicago for the league lead.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Jimmie Foxx
Athletics
Zeke Bonura
Chicago
Eldon Auker
Yankees
C P Wallerson Property Contested in City Proceedings
In Oskaloosa and Atlantic, the C P Wallerson property case enters local proceedings as authorities pursue settlement and potential actions affecting land and ownership. The matter centers on parcel boundaries and stakeholder rights within the two communities.
Muscatine Elks to hold annual officer election Monday
Local Elks announce Monday night election of officers. Clarence A. Knutson of Clear Lake Republican candidate for governor will speak at Rotary club noon about The Gross Income Tax Bill and later address a public meeting at City Hall.
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Muscatine Elks
Clarence A. Knutson
Clear Lake
Rotary Club
Knutson
City Hall
L. C. Morrison
Richard
Omaha
Ed Tobias
Herman Hartwig
Rock Island
Albert Hartwig
Mulberry Avenue
St. Mathias
Robert Fairbanks
Fairbanks Home For Funerals
Des Moinse
Donald Daut
Wilton
John Graebner
Hershey Hospital
Levi Eichelberger
Nettie Eaton
East Sixth Street
Women’s Relief Corps
Lotus Club
John Blough
Hershey Avenue
Edna Busch
Ralph Weiss
Ronald Schreurs
Marian Vanatta
Franklin School Health Club
Cedar Street
Fulham Avenue
Logan Street
Lulu Flynn
Columbus Junction
John T. Hanft
L A. Crull
Salem
Ore
L. A. Crull
Park Avenue
Carl F. Borchardt
Smalley Avenue
W. Edward Doerfer
L. T. Heitz
East Third Street
T. A- Hill
Cassie Haynes
Bay Island
I Ilinois
Pearsons Return From State Convention
Dr and Mrs R P Pearson and Dr Stella Pearson returned from Des Moines where they attended the Iowa society of osteopathic physicians and surgeons. Dr F A Gordon of Marshalltown was named president at the final session Friday. Dr Laura Miller of Adel was chosen vice president and Dr Paul O French of Cedar Rapids secretary treasurer. About 250 attended the two day convention with Des Moines chosen as next years headquarters.
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R. PR. Pearson
Stella Pearson
Des Moines
Iowa Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
F. A. Gordon
Marshalltown
Laura Miller
Adel
Paul O. French
Cedar Rapids
Lawson Granted Divorce and Custody Split
Divorce granted to Guy F. Lawson from Edith Christian Lawson in district court Friday. Custody of daughter Deloris Darline awarded to Lawson with visitation rights for Mrs. Lawson. Decree bars either parent from influencing the child against the other during custody.
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Deloris Darline
Guy F. Lawson
Edith Christian Lawson
Corn-Hog Expense Report Is Denied
The state corn hog committee today denied reports that its executive expenses in the corn program are paid from signer benefit payments. The committee stated the expense records are separate from beneficiary funds and called the claims unfounded.
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Des Moines
Hartwig Estate Willed to Widow in Probate Filing
Albert H. Hartwig’s estate is willed to his widow Edith B. Hartwig with her named executrix without bond. The will dated December 21, 1929, was admitted to probate this afternoon after a hearing notice was waived.
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Albert H. Hartwig
Edith B. Hartwig
Rioting Quelled as Havana Guards, Troops Move In
In Havana soldiers acted to end rioting after communists and striking students united against President Mendieta. A 47 hour island wide strike followed the student’s protest over a student’s death. Military guards surrounded schools and a 2000 strong vigil marched to a cemetery with the coffin, chanting the Internationale.
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Havana
Carlos Mendieta
House approves broad anti crime bills in swift session
The House passed a set of anti crime bills including a federal crime for harming federal officers and strengthened kidnapping provisions. The measures, shielded from a holiday break, return to the Senate for minor amendments and cover kidnapping across state lines and conspiracy, with changes to the Lindbergh law and penalties up to imprisonment and fines.
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Washington
Senate
United States
House
Justice Department
Division of Investigation
Post Office
Secret Service
Coast Guard
John Dillinger
Des Moines Man Held for Murder
Lawrence Joyce of Des Moines Iowa, released from Stillwater prison for an assault sentence, was arrested on a first degree murder charge tied to a two year old killing of Edna Maud Shaw in Wapello county. He faces extradition hearings May 17 after an Iowa request.
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Stillwater
Minn
Lawrence Joyce
Des Moines
Joyce
Iowa
Wapello County
St. Paul
Ramsey County
Floyd B. Olson
Govern Herring
E. J. Greir
Wapello
C. E. Harding
Minnesota
Chester Conklin of Films Marries Marherita Rouse
Film comedian Chester Conklin marries Marherita Rouse in St. Alban's Liberal Catholic church. Rouse, bedridden for 23 years with arthritis, began improving after meeting Conklin two years ago and now sits up and uses her hands. Physician predicts she may walk within a year. Rouse, born in Grand Rapids Michigan, is 41. Conklin, born in Oskaloosa Iowa, is 46.
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Hollywood
Marherita Rouse
Chester Conklin
St. Alban’s
Miss Rouse
Conklin
Grand Rapids
Mich
Oskaloosa
Simplicity Marks Woodin Services
Funeral services for William H. Woodin, late secretary of the treasury, will be held at 4 p m today at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York with President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt attending. The Rev Dr Anthony will speak. there will be no honorary pallbearers. The body will be taken Sunday to Berwick Pennsylvania for burial in the family mausoleum. The President will be accompanied by Vice President Garner and other leaders and cabinet members. Woodin died Thursday night in a New York hospital from a throat infection.
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New York
William H. Woodin
Secretary of the Treasury
Roosevelt
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Robert W. Anthony
Woodin
Berwick
Garner
Rainey
Robinson
Representative Burns
Secretarie
Morgenthau
Dern
Roper
Perkins
Cummings
Bicycle Thefts Continue Here in Muscatine
Muscatine faces a bicycle theft wave with Nne bikes stolen and only two recovered. Chief W. E. Longstreth reports two more wheels taken Friday from the Y M C A parking area, belonging to Albert Skolnik and Roy Bayers. Several youths have been questioned with no arrests yet.
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Muscatine
Nne
W. E. Longstreth
Albert Skolnik
East Fifth Street
Roy Bayers
Oregon Street
Longstreth
Ruling on Token Debts From Allied Nations Issued
Attorney General Cummings ruled that Great Britain Czechoslovakia Italy Latvia and Lithuania are not in default for token payments and thus not barred by the Johnson act from U S credit markets. The Soviet was in default for not recognizing prior obligations. Political subdivisions in default require their own missed payments to count.
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Washington
Cummings
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
United States
State Department
Hull
Mrs Sam Phillips Honored at Forty-Seventh Birthday Party
Mrs Sam Phillips celebrated her forty-seventh birthday at a party hosted at 1423 Park Avenue. Thirty one guests attended the event and played five hundred, bringing gifts and lunch was served. Attendees included Cornelia Phillips John Mary Betty Wanda Phillips and many relatives and friends.
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Sam Phillips
Park Avenue
Cornelia Phillips
John
Mary
Betty
Wanda Phillips
Charles Smith
Frank Johnson
C.G. Atkins
Raymond
Clifford
Lemuel Massey
Lemmie
Janet
Elwood Phillips
Russel Hohenadel
Andy Mittman
Harlan Phillips
Norman Neipert
Doris
K. M. Jeschke
Mollie
Mittman
Sam_ Phillips
Up in Albert Lea and Returned to Prison
A fragment notes an individual being moved to Albert Lea and then returned to a prison. The readable text implies a custody or transfer sequence within a penal system. No other context or names are available in the fragment.
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Albert Lea
District Court Names Receiver In Foreclosure Actions
District Court notes Co P. Gunzenhauser named receiver in two actions where Muscatine Building and Loan Association is plaintiff and Alex M Kollman is defendant. Bond set at $500 in both cases. Real estate involved includes lot seven, block two in Canon's addition and part of lot 46 in the Climer Newell addition. The first United States census was taken in 1790.
Freshmen Host Informal Amusements at Muscatine JC
Freshman students at Muscatine junior college held a Friday night party in Jefferson gym for sophomores. Dancing cards ping pong roller skating and a short program were featured. A large crowd attended and refreshments followed. Henry Kemper president of the freshman class led the event.
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Muscatine Junior College
Jefferson Gym
Henry Kemper
Russia Boosts Mongolian War Preparations
Outer Mongolia reports rapid Soviet military buildup on a wartime footing across the region. Mongolian officials say Russia ordered expansion of all forces to deter possible Japanese invasion from the east and south, with 300 aircraft and tribal conscription now in effect.
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Peiping
China
Outer Mongolia
Russia
Mongolia
Pai Ynuu
Hie
Miss Fullgrabe Ranked as Good in State Music Festival
Elizabeth Fullgrabe a Muscatine high school rep ranked good in the French horn solo at the Iowa City state festival. James Brans of Dubuque high ranked superior in the same division with several others led by Arlo Knowles Des Moines Maynard Odden Mason City Ferdinald Masberg East Waterloo. The piece mentions a two foot fan shell that can snap halves to trap fish.
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Elizabeth Fullgrabe
Muscatine High School
Iowa City
James Brans
Dubuque High
Miss Fullgrabe
Arlo Knowles
Des Moines
Maynard Odden
Mason City
Ferdinald Masberg
East Waterloo
Deputies Called in Mine Dispute at Two Iron Mines
Deputies were dispatched to the Ishkooda and Wenona iron mines as 8,000 miners walked out. Sheriff J F Hawkins moved to clear road blocks and allow supply trucks to reach commissaries. He conferred with Brigadier General John C Penns about potential troop aid.
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Birmingham
Ala
J. F. Hawkins
Ishkooda
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
Wenona
Hawkins
John C. Penns
A F L Bulletin Reports NRA Policy Shifts
The American Federation of Labor says in its monthly survey that industry and the NRA failed to raise employment this spring and even slipped since October. It notes a policy change toward aiding vested interests over balancing employment and urges action to put workers back to work.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
NRA
Blue Eagle
High Bond Looms for Samuel Insull
Washington District Attorney Dwight Green says he will seek a bond far above 10000 dollars for Samuel Insull as he is returned to Chicago. Insull faces indictment on fraudulent bankruptcy tied to his public utilities empire and will be transported from New York to Chicago by state officials.
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Washington
Dwight Green
Chicago
Samuel Insull
Insull
New York
State Department
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Atlantic
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Hartwig
United Front
Simplicity Marks Woodin Services
Mrs. Roosevelt
New York City
U. S
Alabama
A. F. L. Bulletin
The
Geo.m
Home
H. P. Motor
Geo. M. Wittich
Wittich Funeral
Cedar St
Muscatine, Iowa
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