Death Summons Fredonia Woman
Mrs. Mabel Hannan 41 of Fredonia died at Hershey hospital Muscatine at 3 a m after a two week stay. Born Oct 8 1892 in Fredonia she leaves daughter Shirley mother Mrs Will Skipton brothers Carl Skipton Joe Skipton two sisters Mrs Dean Carlisle and Mrs Scott Van Dyke. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Fredonia church with burial in Columbus City cemetery.
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Columbus Junction
Mabel Hannan
Frdonia
Hershey Hospital
Muscatine
Fredonia
Shirley
Will Skipton
Carl Skipton
Dean Carlisle
Scott van Dyke
Joe Skipton
Council Bluffs
Roosevelt urges silver use and tax as US money base expands
Roosevelt urges Congress to boost silver in monetary reserves to one fourth of value, with three fourths in gold. He calls for authority to buy silver at 50 cents per ounce, regulate monetary silver, and impose at least a 50 percent tax on profits from silver dealings, seeking international co operation for a world standard.
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Roosevelt
Congress of the United States
Congress
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Half Inch Rain Helps Crops Across County
Light rain across southeastern Iowa trimmed a long drought and revived crops in Muscatine County. Rain totals varied with Iowa City at .45 inches and Davenport .44 while Lamont logged .26 and other areas saw only traces. No accidents were reported despite reduced visibility from the brief showers.
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Muscatine County
Iowa City
Davenport
Burlington
Lamont
Roosevelt the Master of Public Mind and Power
The piece portrays Franklin D. Roosevelt as dominating the United States akin to Mussolini and Lenin, with critic Howe calling the brain trust mediocre. It lists a top 25 advisers including Eleanor Roosevelt, Henry Wallace, Frances Perkins, Cordell Hull, Harold Ickes and others, noting extensive influence and the potential to out-Wilson Roosevelt if war time urged.
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Howe
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Henry Wallace
Harold Ickes
Frances Perkins
United States
George Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Roosvelt
Mussolini
Lenin
Stalin
Hitler
Wilson
Fauch
Eleanor Roosevelt
Louis McHenry Howe
Henry A. Wallace
Agriculture
Frances L. Perkins
Labor
Stat
Harold F. Ickes
Interior
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard Brain Truster
Jesse H. Jones
Texas
RFC
Robert Wagner
New York
Leo Wolman
Labor Advisory Board
Harry L. Hopkins
Lewis W. Douglas
Bernard M. Baruch
Frank W. Taussi
Donald Richberg
NRA
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Henry Morgenthau
Treasury
Hugh S. Johnson
Farm Credit Administration
Robert Fechner
CCC
Daniel C. Roper
Commerce
George Dern
Claude A. Swanson
Navy
J. Davis Stern
Phidelphia
Rexford Tugwell
Columbia University
Youths Held for McKee Car Theft
Two Davenport youths Richard Tapia and Wayne R Zaton aged 16 and 14 were arrested in Blue Island Illinois after allegedly borrowing and driving a Cadillac owned by Mrs Albert S McKee of Muscatine from a Davenport garage. The car was recovered near Blue Island and the boys, held in Chicago by U S marshals, face grand jury action on Dyer Act violations. The story includes unrelated linguistic notes about the Aztec word xochtil and a Toltec tale.
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Albert S. McKee
Muscatine
Davenport
McKee
Blue Island
Ill
Richard Tapia
Wayne R. Zaton
Theoys
Easton
Chicago
United States
Darrow Board Maps Final Shot at NRA
The board details internal critics tied to Charlies Edward Russell and others as it reviews code provisions. Johnson notes almost no actual cases affected small businesses and calls the report a conjectural shift toward socialism and Soviet Russia.
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Darrow
NRA
Charlies
Edward Russell
Lowell Mason
Illinois
Wiliam O. Thompson
Johnson
Little Fellows
Review Board
Karl Marx
Soviet
Russia
Many Hurt in New Minneapolis Riots
Rioting flared as the regional labor advisory board aimed to settle the Minneapolis truck drivers strike. Courts reported 37 injured including a man rushed by ambulance for emergency surgery as talks stalled over whether to require written contracts between the union and employers committee.
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Regional Labor Advisory Board
Minneapolis
Employers’ Committee
Rgional Labor Board
National Labor Board
Downey School Closes Year With Picnic and Ball Game
The Downey school ended the year with a picnic and ball game as six years of C. C. Bender’s principalship concluded. Edwra Gray of Springdale will replace him, taking the Hogan farm lease, Alberta Hemmingway will be the next year’s primary teacher, and nearby families shared Sunday visits with the Spencers and Whitsells. The Baptist church Sunday school classes and teachers are listed along with Pastor Evan Reiff.
Picnic Excursion Draws A Iowa City Group Near Lone Tree
Sunday picnic crowds gathered in the Burr timber near Lone Tree with Mr and Mrs Ralph Bayne and two children along with Emma Applegate Anna Morback Florence and Harold Morrison and others. The group traveled in a truck recently bought by I S Morrison. Birdie Brisbine of Iowa City visited Downey friends last week. Thursday visitors included Mrs Edwin Orr Mrs Mark Frankish and Mrs Brisbine at the Wilson Ervin home near West Branch. Funeral services for Frank Crane were held for L Chapman’s uncle with the Chapman family in attendance.
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Burr Timber
Lone Tree
Ralph Bayne
Emma Applegate
Anna Morback
Flornce
Harold
Jasper Oyler
I. S. Morrison
Ed Lewis
Fred Lewis
Dave Roberts
Neal Morrison
Jack Kahler
Oxford
Lauren Carey
Iowa City
Birdie Brisbine
Downey Friends
Edwin Orr
Mark Frankish
Brisbine
Wilson Ervin
West Branch
L. L. Chapman
Deep River
William Vedepeo J
Leonard Chapman
Iowa Briefs Highlight Convention Plans and Honors
Des Moines reports the Republican state convention set for July 18 at the Coliseum. Homer Stephens of Burlington earns the Luther A. Brewer journalism key for promise at the University of Iowa. Ames notes tentative lard standards agreed by interior and Chicago packers, revising college research guidance. Cedar Rapids sees Linn County endorsing Frank L. Williams for state treasurer nomination.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Homer Stephens
State Central
Burlington
Iowa City
Donald Pryor
Brewer
University of Iowa
Luther A. Brewer
Cecar Rapids
O- Ames
Interior and Chicago Packers
Iowa State College
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Central Committee
Frank L. Williams
Linn County
Old Age Tax Collections Reported in County
County treasurer Arthur J. Nicholson announces that 2312 dollars have been paid on the old age tax. The levy applies to residents 21 and older with delinquency starting July 1. Delinquent three years could bar future relief under the old age assistance law.
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Arthur J. Nicholson
Nicholson
A. L. Urick
Lutheran Graduates Honored at Zion School Events
Jeanette Bierman hosted the Zion Lutheran class at her home near Fruitland on Highway 61. Read more about the games treasure hunt and the pink and white cake featuring the class motto as the group enjoyed a luncheon and later a parish hall picnic supper.
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Jeanette Bierman
Zion Lutheran School
Highway No. 61
Fruitland
Whch
Benefit checks arrive in Vinton for county hog scheme
Eighteen hundred government corn hog benefit payments arrived in Vinton to distribute among Benton county early payment contract signers. The checks total $252,000 for 1,109 contracts.
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Vinton
Benton County
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Iowa Briefs
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