Storm toll and relief efforts sweep Rio Grande Valley
A deadly hurricane left at least 32 dead and 1,500 injured in the lower Rio Grande Valley. Brownsville suffered heavy damage with many homes destroyed. Harlingen and San Benito also devastated as relief trains arrive with doctors and supplies. Florida also reports extensive damage from a large storm.
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Edinburg
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Harlingen
Brownsville
Garden Area
Southwest
Texas
Tropics
San Benito
Florida
Japan
Korea
Szechwan
Clark Keeps Iowa Insurance Commissioner Post, Court Rules
District Judge Allan A. Herrick ruled E. W. Clark is legally state insurance commissioner of Iowa and entitled to pay for duties. The decision rejects the attorney general’s claim that Clark was ineligible due to a 1931 salary increase while a legislator. Clark sought $168.66 for the first half of August after the comptroller had withheld the salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
E. W. Clark
Iowa
Allan A. Herrick
Clark
E L. O'Connor
Herrick
Wisconsin
Senate
Dan Turner
O’connor
Walter Maley
Murtagh
O'Connor
Vermont Votes for Repeal 21st Amendment Gains Ground in Vermont
Vermont joined 25 states in approving repeal of the 18th amendment with 41 220 for and 20 631 against from 248 towns and cities. A 14 member delegate ticket will meet in Montpelier to ratify the 21st amendment, with repealist majorities strongest in larger western towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Vermont
Green Mountain
Crews Start Road 38 Work Between Muscatine and Wilton
Preliminary work begins on highway No 38 from Muscatine to No 6 near Wilton for pavement. W R Merritt says plan to lay slab by Sept 14 with culvert and grading crews starting soon. Central Engineering Davenport in charge with Mehlberg and Gettert supervising sub contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Wilton
W. R. Merritt
State Highway Commission
Merritt
Central Engineering Company of
Davenport
No. 6
F. P. G. Halbfass
Mehlberg and Gettert
Central Engineering Company
U S Naval Chief Heads to Havana Amid Cuba Crisis
President Roosevelt directs Secretary Swanson to sail from Annapolis on the cruiser Indianapolis to Havana to oversee Cuban situation. Admiral Standley orders concentration of Atlantic warships around Cuba while precautions mount to safeguard American lives.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Claude Swanson
Havana
Indianapolis
Swanson
Annapolis
White House
H. Standley
Atlantic
Cuba
Guantanamo
Santiago
Mississippi
Norfolk
Key West
Fla
Standley
Quantico
New Mexico
Wyoming
Philadelphia
Newport
R. IL
Hull
Ambassador Welles
Rehmel Named on Complaints Body
J A Rehmel of 614 Wallace Street is drafted by the Iowa state recovery board as the third member of Muscatine county NRA complaints committee. Mayor Herman B Lord says the appointment was received and two other members were drafted earlier. The five member panel will hear and investigate NRA code enforcement complaints and report findings to the state board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Rehmel
Wallace Street
Iowa State Recovery Board
Muscatine
State Board
New Attendance Record For Melon Day
Conesville capped its 17th Melon Day with an estimated crowd above 5,000 the largest yet. Watermelon carloads vanished and a second wagon was sent. Congressman Edward C. Eicher spoke on recovery policy as local events and music filled the day. Standard Oilers beat Fruitland 3 1 in kittenball finals as other local games shaped the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal News Service
Conesville
Edward C. Eicher
Washington
Iowa
B. L. Metcalf
Nichols
West Liberty Band
Maryella Dance Studio
Muscatine
Standard Oilers
Columbus Junction
Fruitlang
Progres
Fredonia
Fruitland
Atlas
Cotter
NRA Victory Parade Draws City Attention in Muscatine
City readied for a 3:30 parade with 40 organizations planning floats and a motorcycle police lead. Four marshals preside at corners, while the Wilton band and seven musical groups join city officials, fire department, and participants in a faith based mobilization linked to the national recovery act.
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Fourth
Mulberry Avenue
Ray Dunker
Ray Grimm
Frank Drake
Sherwood Samuels
Bach
Wilton Band
Muscatine Fire Department
Wilton
West Lib
Weather Summary for Iowa Illinois and Mississippi River
Partly cloudy cooler to night in northern Iowa and Illinois with unsettled but cooler Thursday. River stages show St Paul at 1.5 with a 0.2 fall, Devonport Muscatine 0.4, Keokuk 1.7 rising 0.2, St Louis 0.5 with 0.5 fall. generally fair in Illinois and cooler in northern regions.
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Iowa
Illinois
North
Mississippi River
St. Paul
Devonport Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Louia
Ford in talks with Roosevelt on NRA and coal code
President Roosevelt plans to confer with Hugh S Johnson about Henry Ford and the auto industry under the NRA working agreement. Johnson, via telephone, said no news on Ford. Officials stress firm labor policy supporting collective bargaining and ongoing recovery efforts with reemployment progressing.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh S Johnson
Henry Ford
NRA
Johnson
Ford
White House
Recovery Council
Kelsey Deals Sternly With Repeaters
Lawrence L. Martin was sentenced to four months in the county jail, two months on each of two counts of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated by Judge Frank Kelsey. The judge denied a delay and imposed the maximum sentence on four misdemeanor defendants. Ben Davis was fined 300 and sentenced to three months. the court rejected applying time served to the new sentence. Edward Eaden was arrested at 514 East Sixth Street.
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Lawrence L. Martin
Frank Kelsey
Kelsey
Maquoketa
Ben Davis
Edward Eaden
East Sixth Street
Train wreck in Binghamton kills fourteen and injures twenty five
A milk train collided with a Erie passenger flyer near the city limits after a switch engine halted the train. Fourteen dead and 25 injured. Authorities plan an inquest with no blame set until investigation. Ambulances from multiple towns attended the scene.
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Binghampton
N. Y
Chicago
New York
Erie Railroad
Johnson City
Endicott
Death Summons Mrs. Schmeichel
Louise Schmeichel 61 died at home 1160 New Hampshire street at 3 25 p m after months of illness. Born April 28 1872 in Esling Wittenberg Germany she came to America at 16 and lived 38 years in Muscatine. Survived by three children and four grandsons with a sister and brother in Germany. Funeral at Fairbanks Home for Funerals with ministers Pieter Smit and John W Blough. burial Greenwood cemetery.
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Louise Schmeichel
New Hampshire Street
Louise Seigel
Esling
Wittenberg
Germany
Herman and
Marie Seigel
America
Muscatine
Henry Schmeichel
Fairbanks Home
Pieter Smit
Walnut Street Baptist Church
John W. Blough
Mulford Congregational Church
Greenwood Cemetery
One Killed During Matteawan Insane Escape Attempt
At Matteawan N Y an attempted escape by four inmates ended in the death of Ray Fisher twenty six of Buffalo. Trooper Robert Galvin shot Fisher after a revolver was leveled. Two other fugitives were subdued by tear gas while Reinhardt Volz remained unharmed. The riot splintered the ward but by daylight order was restored.
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Harvey Bailey
Oklahoma City
Ardmore
Okla
Dallas
Tex
Bailey
Red” Wright
U. S. Department of Justice
Charles F. Urschel
Southwest
Machine
Kansas City
Matteawan
N. Y
State Hospital
Ray Fisher
Buffalo
Robert Galvin
Fisher
Galvin
Desperado
James Ellis
Broooklyn
Skelly Marshall
New York City
Reinhardt
Raymond F. C. Kieb
Governor urges action to raise farm prices parity with industry
Des Moines Iowa Governor Clyde Herring telegraphed President Roosevelt urging immediate steps to set farm product prices at parity with other price scales. He proposed either pegging prices or a fixed government bid on major farm goods to support farm purchasing power amid a low crop tonnage and lagging prices compared with mercantile and labor sectors.
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Des Moines
Clyde Herring
Roosevelt
NRA
3000 Miners Walk Off In Iowa Strike Spreads
The Iowa coal strike spreads to seven more mines, bringing idle miners to 3,000. Mines affected include Hopkins, Sharples, William Pollard, Colfax No.9, Des Moines Coal, Independent Coal, and Spring Hill in Jasper Polk and Warren counties. Workers seek $5 daily pay for a 6 hour day, five day week. current pay is $4.70 for 8 hours across six days. UMWA officials say the strike does not have their approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Jasper County
Colfax
Polk
Warren County
Hopkins
Sharples
William Pollard
Colfax Coal Company
Jasper
Des Moines Coal Company
Independent Coal Company
Spring Hill
Warren
Polk County
Monroe
Boone
Marion
Lucas
United Mine Workers of America
Aunt Het by Robert Quillen
A Quillen item notes how relatives react to a widow’s use of life insurance money saying they seldom speak but anger often follows a bereavement and settlement. The brief column captures small town sentiment and the fragility of family ties in sorrow.
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Herring
THE
Associated Press
Poor PA
Claude Callan
Daisy
Publishers Syndicate
North End
U. S. Naval Chief
Secretary Swanson
Rehmel
NRA Post
United States
Beverly Hills
Calif
Mrs. Schmeichel
Robert Quillen
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