Dr Charles Mayo Dies at 73 in Chicago Hotel
World renowned surgeon Dr Charles H Mayo of Rochester Minnesota died at a Chicago hotel after lobar pneumonia. He was 73 and died at Mercy hospital with his wife and children at his bedside. Funeral rites planned in Rochester with public body viewing and city proclamation suspending business. He co founded the Mayo Clinic with his brother and transformed a small infirmary into a leading medical center serving rich and poor alike.
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Chicago
Charles Horace Mayo
Rochester
Mercy Hospital
Fred Rankin
Lexington
Louise Trenholm
Esther Hartzell
Detroit
Joseph Mayo
Mayos
Dorothy
Marilyn
William J. Mayo
Calvary Episcopal Church
Guy C. Menefee
Paul A. Grassle
Mayo Clinic
Mayo
Chicago Medical College
New York Polyclinic
New York Post Graduate Medical School
Rochester Clinic
England
Mayo Brothers
Minnesota City
Charles
Charles H. Mayo
Minn
Minnesota
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rains Bring Relief From Torrid Wave
Steady overnight rain cooled Muscatine with a noon city reading of 80 degrees and a night low of 5. Rain totals reached 0.6 inches locally and up to 3.6 inches in Keokuk, easing drought across southeastern Iowa. Heavy showers were forecast for later today with possible thunderstorms and little wind.
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Muscatine
G. Krieger
Iowa
Keokuk
East Central
Washington
Boone
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Bellboy Killed in Car Crash Near Merrill Iowa
Sioux City hotel bell boy Boyd McClain was killed when his car crashed into a bridge railing on highway 75 north of Merrill Iowa. His companion Miss Carol Haisch 18 an elevator operator, was seriously injured and found on the highway. McClain's body was swept into West Fork creek and recovered hours later.
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Sioux City
Boyd McClain
Carol Haisch
McClai
Highway 75
Merrill
Miss Haisch
McClain
West Fork Creek
Roosevelt Returns to Hyde Park Home After Station Greeting
President Roosevelt returned to his country estate on the Hudson at 7 30 a m as a small group of friends and neighbors met him at the station and saw him whisked to his Hyde Park home by limousine.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Hudson River
Cst
Boy Drowns in Water Tub Near Home
David Wade age two, son of Mr and Mrs Warren Wade, drowned after falling into a tub of water near the well at his parents home. The father discovered the body in seven inches of water.
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David Wade
Warren Wade
Mayo Foundation longtime backer pioneers growth and trust
The Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research in Rochester with University of Minnesota ties grew from a 1915 gift of 1.5 million dollars to 2.8 million dollars and also shares income from the Mayo Clinic clinic. In 1919 the Mayo Properties Association was formed to hold all Mayo Clinic property and funds and ensure perpetual operation.
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Mayo Foundation For Medical Education
Rochester
University of Minnesota
Mayo Properties Assn
Mayo Clinic
Navy Divers Prepare to Raise U-Boat
Navy divers ready for a hazardous salvage of the sunken submarine Squalus and its 26 deceased crew. The operation involves 1450 ton hull, 240 feet depth, huge pontoons and compressed air, with two top specialists guiding plans not disclosed. Survivors recuperate as work advances toward drydock evaluation.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
High Command
Washington
A. R. McCann
A. I. McKee
H. R. Greenlee
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Provincetown
Block Island
King and Queen Rest Briefly in Mountain Region
King George and Queen Elizabeth rested today in Banff Alberta in the roof garden away from crowds on their tour of the dominion. They walked along the Bow River as the Rockies surrounded them and locals gathered to greet their Britannic majesties. They will rest until Sunday morning before resuming the tour toward the Pacific coast.
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Banff
Alberta
George
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
Dominion
Rockies
Bow
Calgary
Pacific Coast
City to Suspend All Activities on Memorial Day
Memorial Day will close Muscatine for a general holiday with most businesses shut Tuesday. Groceries and meat markets open until 10 am, drug stores keep regular hours. court house city hall P M Musser library and municipal offices close. Walter Hendrickson secretary of the Muscatine Chamber of Commerce announced.
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Muscatine
Walter Hendrickson
Politicians Seek Clues to 1940 Presidential Race
Washington centers on two 1940 questions Will Roosevelt seek or accept a third term and will Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan enter the Republican race The scene features dark horse entries as writers expect clear answers only after formal announcements Vandenberg promises a statement in a few days
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sen
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Dark Horse
F. R
Congress
Vandenberg
Senate
House
Weather outlook for Iowa Illinois and river stages
Weather reports show thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight in Iowa then generally fair Sunday cooler night and Sunday. Illinois showers tonight and Sunday morning. fair southwest Sunday cooler. Davenport area: generally fair, cooler tonight and Sunday. Next week mainly fair with possible midweek showers. Mississippi River stages listed for La Crosse Dubuque Davenport Muscatine and Keokuk.
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Iowa
Illinois
Davenport
Rock Island
Moline
Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Mississippi River
la Crosse
Dubuque
Sir Ronald Lindsay Gives Light Hearted Dinner Party Preview
British Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay assured reporters the June 9 King George and Queen Elizabeth dinner at the embassy will be official yet pleasant. He described the two garden parties, the guest lists, and noted gifts from private individuals would not be accepted.
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Washington
Ronald Lindsay
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Ambassador
Lindsay
Sir Ronald
Norem Appointed City Health Officer To Complete Term
Dr Walter Norem was appointed to finish the unexpired term of the late Dr R M Arey as city health physician at a special city board of health meeting in city hall Friday night He will serve until early next year No other business was taken up at the meeting
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Walter Norem
R. M. Arey
City Board of Health
Paderewski Improves Before European Sail
Ignace Jan Paderewski’s condition was much improved today according to his physician though the pianist still planned to sail Tuesday for Europe. He suffered a heart attack on Thursday prior to a scheduled concert in Madison Square Garden.
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New York
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Europe
Paderewski
Madison Square
Morgenthau Pushes Tax Revision Aimed at Recovery
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau told the House Ways and Means Committee that tax changes should remove inequities without cutting federal revenue and urged reconsideration of the undistributed profits tax, capital stock tax, and loss carryovers while stressing a balanced budget as the objective amid international crisis and rising armament costs.
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Washington
Sec. Morgenthau
Secretary of the Treasury
House
Ways and Means
GOP
Treasury
Rep
Treadway
Morgenthau
Congress
Notable quotes on law, weather, and media figures in print
A compilation of remarks from Sen Norris on a philosopher lawyer judge Jerome Frank and from James McMullin on SEC chair prospects. Iowa meteorologist Charles D Reed explains how showers affect drought and heat. Jimmie Fidler criticizes studio czars and Del Rio.
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New York
Jerome Frank
Securities and Exchange Commission
James McMullin
Charles D. Reed
Iowa
Studio
Delores del Rio
Jimmie Fidler
Keosauqua Man Dies of Rocky Mountain Fever
Rex Rambo, 53, of Keosauqua, died at Jefferson county hospital at 4:30 a.m. from Rocky Mountain spotted fever after his truck struck a horse on the highway between Keosauqua and Ottumwa. He was a dairyman and trucker, survived by his wife and seven children, and is reported as the first 1939 fatality from the disease in the Fairfield Keosauqua area.
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Fairfield
Rex Rambo
Keosauqua
Jefferson County
Rocky Mountain
Ottumwa
Rambo
Iowa
Hotels offer dummy in dress to ease superstitious crowds
Chicago hotel managers provide a store dummy in full dress at dinner parties when only 13 guests show up. Lewis B. Ermeling of the Greater Chicago Hotel Assn. notes this is a new special service aimed at alleviating superstition among patrons.
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Chicago
Lewis B. Ermeling
Greater Chicago
Public Works Bill Attracts Ickes Support Amid Talks
Discussions keep taxes in focus as Congress weighs adding 500 million dollars to the 1.5 billion work relief bill. Secretary Ickes is said to push the appropriation possibly tied to a future public works agency leadership role.
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Congress
Sec
Ickes
Public Works Agency
O'Malley pleads guilty in Pendergast tax case
Kansas City AP brief reports Robert Emmet O'Malley admits tax evasion tied to a $9.5 million insurance rate settlement. He received $62,500 and was sentenced by Judge Merrill E. Otis to one year and one day in prison and a $5,000 fine.
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Kansas City
Robert Emmet O’malley
Tom Pendergast
Merrill E. Otis
O’malley
Leader
Pendergast
Scon
Leavenworth Penitentiary
O'Malley
Stark
Insurance Post
Guy B. Park
Lloyd C. Stark
Kansas City Water Department
Test of Iowa Compensation Law Over Coal Stoppage
Iowa unemployment compensation commission approved 2800 miner claims tied to a May 4 stoppage. An appeal is expected as unions and operators dispute whether a labor dispute existed, risking large weekly benefits for affected miners.
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Des Moines
Iowa Unemployment Compensation Commission
Iowa
Commission
Claude M. Stanley
United Mine Workers
Henry Sampson
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Mountain
NEA Service, Inc
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Ont
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D. Harold Oliver
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Germany
Japan
Russia
Sen. Norris
Nebraska
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