Insull Returns to Fight for His Reputation in U S Court
Samuel Insull Sr arrives in Chicago bound for a dramatic legal showdown after two years in exile. Authorities issued two bench warrants for embezzlement and bankruptcy violations stemming from his utilities empire collapse. Insull, who says his errors were honest, seeks freedom and vindication as he travels on the Metropolitan Limited toward Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Phillip L. Sullivan
Samuel Insull
Princeton
N. J
America
Insull
S. S. Exilona
Coast Guard
Fort Hancock
Princeton Junction
Burton Y. Berry
Istanbul
Europe
Metropolitan Limited
Scheetz Returns From Forced Trip After Burlington Incident
Henry Scheetz of I and I Grocery retuned home early Sunday after two men forced him to drive to Burlington around 11:45 p m He was ordered to locate highway 61 and driven beyond the city where the men fled on foot taking $8 Scheetz reported to police Burlington and Muscatine officers spread a broad alert for the pair awaiting further word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Scheetz
I. and I. Grocery Company
Burlington
Scheetz
Third
Cedar Streets
Muscatine
Pair Undaunted by Death on Rock Island Wreck
John Ferrari a 20 year old Idaho youth and James Green 28 of Massena N Y with 18 others were aboard Rock Island train No 93 wrecked at Fairport Sunday. They plan to travel again possibly to Des Moines and southern California as coroner’s jury investigates the death. Green escaped injury in Davenport just before. They prayed during the near wreck and felt luck with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
John Ferrari
James Green
Massena
N. Y
Buddy
Rock Island
Fairport
Des Moines
California
Davenport
Green
Lady Luck
Air Wrecks Across Nation Claim Eleven Lives
A weekend string of air crashes left eleven dead. In Houston a private plane wreck killed four aboard including pilot Bob Glyn and passengers Gladys Woos Fred Burnett and LeRoy Grandy after a late flight from the airport. Two women Elva Carr and Lottie Wright found the wreck at dawn. At Fulton New York another crash killed a woman and two men when a plane fell 300 feet and burst into flames. The article lists multiple fatal incidents and victims across the country.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Bob Glyn
Gladys Woos
Fred Burnett
LeRoy Grandy
Elva Carr
Lottie Wright
Miss Carr
Strikers Picket Cedar Rapids Plant Over Pay and Week
Peaceful picketing continued at the Sinclair and Company packing plant in Cedar Rapids after Sunday night vote to strike for union recognition Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's Local 1,297 demands 44 to 50 cent hourly raise and a guaranteed work week. The plant employs about 1,100, live stock received, trucks delivering under police escort as crowds and traffic are managed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Sinclair and Company
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's Union
Robert Andresen Called by Death
Robert Andrew Andresen 14 of rural route No. 2 died at Hershey hospital at 5 30 p m Sunday after four weeks illness with peritonitis He was born January 16 1920 near New Era and lived there He was a son of Andrew C and the late Mrs Andresen He belonged to Ziegler Memorial Lutheran church Surviving are his parents one grandfather Andrew Andresen Sr New Era and one grandmother Mrs Anna Sick Muscatine Funeral services will be held at 1 p m Wednesday at the residence and 130 p m at Ziegler Memorial Lutheran church with Rev E A Lack officiating Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery The body was moved from George Wittich Funeral Home to the home Confirmation class members will serve as pallbearers with class girls as flower attendants
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Robert Andrew Andresen
Hershey Hospital
Robert Andrew
New Era
Andrew C. Andresen
Ziegler Memorial Lutheran Church
Andrew Andresen
Anna Sick
Muscatine
E. A. Lack
Greenwood Cemetery
George Wittich
Om Street
Chinese Art Treasures Missing Charges Loom
The Nanking high court plans to file charges against Yih Pei-Chi president of the national museum and former cabinet members for stealing crown jewels and classical fans from Peiping’s forbidden city. Authorities warn the case could expose a major Chinese political scandal as Yih vanishes amid investigations into his fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Peiping
Forbidden City
Nanking
Yih Pei-Chi
National
China
Yih
Warrants Named Ten in Bremer Kidnapping Case
Ten persons were named in suppressed warrants in the Edward Bremer kidnapping. John J. McLaughlin is held as an alleged conspirator, with $53,000 of the ransom disbursed. McLaughlin and his 17-year-old son John Jr. face custody with William E. Vidler and Philip J. Delaney among others identified as alleged kidnappers. The list includes Alvin Karpavics, Arthur R. Barker, Frankie Wright, Roy Gray, Izzy, and others. Separately, federal agents renewed the Dillinger manhunt led by Joseph B. Keenan aiming to bring the outlaw to justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John J
McLaughlin
Edward Bremer
John, Jr
William E. Vidler
Philip J. Delaney
Alvin Karpavics
Krpis
Arthur R
Doc” Barker
Bremers
Frankie Wright
Roy Gray
Slim
Committee backs industrial loans for RFC program
Senate banking committee approved a bill to create a 250 million dollar revolving fund in the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for direct five year loans to industry. President Roosevelt favored direct RFC loans, while Glass backed a 280 million dollar Fed fund for indirect lending. The market control bill faced Senate debate with a potential Wednesday vote and silver issue a possible distraction.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Banking Committee
House Banking Committee
Jones
The
RFC
Roosevelt
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Board
Senator Glass
Virginia
White House
War talk and wartime sentiment in San Francisco letters
In a San Francisco letter, the writer criticizes pressures to engage the United States in war with Japan, arguing no nation has a just cause to force such a fight. The author notes the fleet's redeployment to the east coast amid concerns over Portugal or Spain and asks for restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Calif
U. S
Japan
Portugal
Spain
Uncertain Showers Hinted as Iowa Sees Heat Wave
Weather bureau forecasts unsettled conditions in western Iowa with no drought relief in sight. Miniature tornadoes hit Muscatine weekend as heat peaked with 92 at the central fire station and near 100 in several cities. Hot winds across multiple states upset crops and forced water carries for stock.
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Weather Bureau
Iowa
Muscatine
Highway 61
Weed Park
Central Fire Station
Sioux City
Minnesota
Nebraska
South
Dakota
William Molis
Weather Observer
Fulton Students Walk Out Over Principal Contract
Students at Fulton High School protest the board of education decision not to renew principal Miss Helen Edwards's contract. They walked from classrooms, paraded, and waited for board action after a brief previous strike.
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Fulton
Ill
Board of Education
Helen Edwards
Miss Edwards
Weather Outlook and River Stages Report
Fair tonight and Tuesday with some unsettled skies in the extreme west. Temperatures show little overall change. Illinois skies fair tonight and Tuesday, cooler tonight in central areas, slightly warmer Tuesday in the north. Mississippi River levels: Dubuque 3.6 fall 0.1, Davenport 2.9 fall 0.4, Muscatine 3.7 fall 0.3, Keokuk 1.9 rise 0.2, St. Louis 3.6 fall 0.1.
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Town
Illinois
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Louis
Arizona Official in Mexico After Kidnap Case
Sheriff H J Brown of Santa Cruz County says Oliver White is on a “hot trail” in Mexico over the June Robles kidnapping. White returns from Sonora saying the six year old heiress is alive and may be returned within 24 hours, with authorities seeking safe release and Mexican cooperation noted. A man and two women with a child similar in age were seen crossing the international line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales, Ariz
H. J. Brown
Santa Cruz County
Oliver White
Mexico
June Robles
Tucson
Ariz
Sonora
Nogales
White
Interna
Des Moines Woman Ends Life After Second Attempt
Mrs. Harriet E. Green, 62, killed herself by lying face down in a shallow Des Moines creek. A grandson found her wandering the bank Sunday, after a prior suicide attempt the day before. Relatives linked her despair to the drowning of Clyde Gilson, nephew of a daughter-in-law, on Saturday.
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Des Moines
Harriet E. Green
Clyde Gilson
Settlements End Major Labor Strikes Back to Jobs
A broad labor settlement returns over 10,000 workers to posts across four disputes. In St Louis and Kansas City auto plants, and a Peabody leather workers strike, agreements by Richard Byrd promise reemployment and non discrimination. Vandergrift miners also resume work after victory in their coal strike.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Kansas City
Peabody
Mass
Vandergrif
Chevrolet
Fisher Body
Leeds
Richard L. Byrd
National Automobile Board
Byrd
Hicks Coal Company
Vandergrift
Rites Held for Louis S. Hughes
Former Muscatine resident Louis S. Hughes died at his Yankton South Dakota home Saturday night. Funeral services were in Yankton Sunday, with burial in Pittsburgh Kansas. He was born November 20 1897 in Muscatine and attended Muscatine High School. Survived by sister Mrs Alfred Wagner and brothers Robert W. Hughes and E T Hughes plus aunt Mrs E W Smith.
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Muscatine
Yankton
S. D
Louis S. Hughes
Pittsburgh
Kas
Mr. Hughes
Muscatine High School
Probers Accuse Army Air Chief in Airplane Deal
A House aviation subcommittee reported that Major General Foulois violated the law in a $7.5 million Army air planes purchase. Harry Woodring was commended for opposing direct purchase. No final recommendations were issued yet.
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Probers
Army Air Chief
Washington
House
Benjamin D. Foulois
Army Air Corps
Foulois
Harry H. Woodring
War Department
Rogers
New Hampshire
Mittee
Jill
Alabama
Montet
Louisiana
Harter
Ohio
James
Michigan
Ross
Connecticut
Plumley
Vermont
Kvale
Minnesota
PWA
Army
Foulzis
Northrup Corporation
Boeing Airplane Company
Glenn L. Martin Company
Man Pinned Beneath Car in Wreck Near Fairport
A Rock Island freight wreck near Fairport Sunday left 1 dead and 5 injured as 15 cars plunged from the tracks. Crews from Silvis and Tremont worked to clear the scene while investigators searched twisted debris for a second victim and a possible woman.
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Silvis
Ill
Trenton
Rock Island
Fairport
Five Rocky Mountain Limited Cars Derail Near Morris
Five cars of the Rocky Mountain Limited on the Rock Island lines derailed six miles east of Morris. The center cars, two baggage cars a coach a tourist car and a sleeper remained upright with no injuries. Cause of the accident was not determined.
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Morris, Ill
Rocky Mountain Limited
Rock Island
Severed member described as long and narrow
Authorities described the severed limb as long and narrow, suggesting it could belong to a woman or a small boy. The fragmentary report notes uncertainty about the donor's identity and the circumstances surrounding discovery.
Death Summons Otto Link at 76 in Muscatine
Otto Link 76 a Muscatine resident for 65 years died at Bellevue hospital at 1 30 am He was born in St Louis Oct 8 1857 He came to Muscatine as a boy and lived here since He never married Surviving are brother E C Link and sister Minnie Schmitt both of Muscatine Body at George Wittich Funeral home 210 Cedar street for services 3 30 pm Tuesday conducted by Rev Vernon L Shontz First Baptist church Burial Greenwood cemetery
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Otto Link
Muscatine
Bellevue Hospital
Mr. Link
St. Louis
E. C. Link
Minnie Schmitt
George Wittich
Cedar Street
Vernon L. Shontz
First Baptist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Auto Registrations Rise Six Percent in Iowa
Des Moines reports an about six per cent gain in motor vehicle registrations from the same four months last year. Supt. Lew Wallace of the state motor vehicle department notes total auto registrations for the 1934 license year through four months reach 521,192 versus 494,469 in 1933. Truck registrations for the period are 61,019, up from 56,560.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Supt
Lew Wallace
State Motor Vehicle Department
Aunt Het by Robert Quillen
A witty quip about party behavior from Robert Quillen, noting confusion over a Madeira napkin mistaken for a handkerchief and reflecting his humorous social commentary of the era.
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Sand Point
Ida
Maseena
Death
Robert Andresen
Bremer
Flying Squad
Dillinger
Senate Banking Group
Wie
Wshver
Milwaukee
Robles
Arizona
Brown
United States
Man
Car
Morris
Robert Quillen
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