Cooperation on Recovery Act Voted by Iowa Retailers
About 400 southeastern Iowa retailers packed the YMCA gym in Muscatine to voice hearty support for President Roosevelt and the federal recovery program. The meeting, chaired by I. Rothschild, heard from Burlington Internal Revenue official Wilson Reed and Representative W. C. Eicher, who urged broad cooperation and warned that blanket codes will demand readjustments.
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Industrial Recovery Administration
Iowa
M. C
E. €. Bicher
Baceeds
Rothschild
Washington
Muscatine
Burlington
Iowa City
Marengo
Ottumwa
Keosauqua
Ft. Madison
Mt. Pleasant
Fairfield
New London
Columbus Junction
Sigourney
Wayland
Mr. Rothschild
Wilson Reed
Burlington District
Internal Revenue Collector
Bicher
Governors at Tahoe Farm Tree Planting and recovery talk
In Tahoe a midnight greeting for governors included a nineteenth gun salute and a tree planting marking the first recovery camp for governors. N. H. Neilson, Des Moines retail bureau secretary, outlines industrial recovery act codes, local adoption, and the push for more jobs while noting varied store hours across sectors.
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Eicher
Neilson
N. H. Neilson
Retail Merchants’ Bureau of Des Moines
Free Trip Contest for Century of Progress Visits
The Journal announces three free trips to the Century of Progress in Chicago for the most popular new subscriptions advertising job printing or collections. Open July 26 to August 19, nominees aged 15 to 18 may enter using the nomination blank in today’s paper. New subscriptions count for 7000 votes.
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Century of Progress
Chicago
Washington
Beacon City
Journal
Unemployment Attack Pushed by President Appeal
Mass campaign drives support for shortening hours spreading jobs and raising wages. Johnson pushes oil and lumber codes while ships build codes loom. In Des Moines Morganthau meets with state officials to discuss farm relief mortgage refinancing as part of relief efforts.
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United Press
Unem Loyment
Johnson
Hay
Washington, PD. WY
Crain
George N. Peak
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Morganthau
Iowa
Des Moines
Henry Morganthau
Farm Credit Administration
Governor Herring
D. W. Bates
Dennis Hogan
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Hilarious Lepisto Moves to Russia After Foreclosure
IRON RIVER Wisconsin authorities report that Hilarious Lepisto, a Communist advocate, is among several residents who have left for Russia. Lepisto lost his home to mortgage foreclosure and departed recently.
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Russia
Hilarious Lepisto
Lake meeting moved to YMCA community room in Washington county
A Washington county lake meeting tonight moves from city hall to the YMCA community room at eight o clock. The program compares two site options for the proposed lake with Dr W Boone of Ottumwa, head of the state fish and home commission, attending to consult with proponents.
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Washington County
M. CG
W. Boone
Ottumwa
State Fish and Home Commission
Washington Lake
Mrs Rush Morris Dead in Missouri
H. M. Morris, former Washington resident, reports the death of his wife Mrs. Rush Morris in Harris Missouri on July 17 after years of ill health. Funeral services and interment were held in Harris. The Morris family lived in Washington over thirty years and then moved to Missouri. Mr. Morris worked as a yard employee for the Rock Island railway in Washington.
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John Applegate
H. M. Morris
Washington
Harris
Morris
Missouri
East Second Street
Mr. Morris
Rock Island Railway
Gardner Is Given Six Months In Jail
Judge Frank Beehly sentenced Merle FE Gardner of West Chester to six months in the county jail and costs after he pled guilty to larceny. The youth had previous parole, with a suspended sentence. the judge gave jail time but kept parole in force, warning of harsher penalties if trouble returns. Gardner could not explain his motive, with arrest tied to a robbery at Hoover-Porter store in West Chester.
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Frank Beehly
Merle FE Gardner
West Chester
Gardner
Becehly
Anamosa
Reformatory
Bech
Hoover - Porter
Long-serving Salem Clerk Woodbury marks 64 years
Ezra L. Woodbury, Clerk of the Salem Superior Court, is believed to be one of the nation’s oldest court officials in continuous service. He began working as a clerk at Salem courthouse 64 years ago.
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Salem
Mass
U.P
Ezra L. Woodbury
Salem Court House
Italian Armada Leaves New York in Spectacular Flight
General Italo Palbo leads 24 seaplanes from Jamaica Bay New York heading to Shebiac New Brunswick then Shoal Harbor Newfoundland for a trans Atlantic flight to Ireland. The armada has covered over 7 060 miles despite poor visibility.
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New York
Italo Palbo
Italy
Jamaica Bay
Shebiac
New Brunswick
Shoal Harbor
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Ireland
Roosevelt Urges Voluntary Code for Shorter Hours and Higher Wages
President Roosevelt in a radio address urged employers to adopt a voluntary code to shorten working hours and raise wages. He announced a plan to post a roll of honor in post offices for those joining the effort and called for nationwide cooperation to lift the economy and curb unemployment. He spoke of universal hours limits and minimum wages, stressing voluntary action and enforcement limits.
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President Roosevelt
Washington, RD. C
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Farm House Near Wellman Burns Down
WELLMAN July 26 a Charles Schachner farm house one mile east of here burned to the ground yesterday morning. No one lived there recently but a bed the owner used was in the house. The door was found unlocked and later the upper part of the building was seen ablaze from a distance.
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Wellman
Charles Schachner
Here
Funeral services for Mrs Thomas Simpson announced
Mrs Thomas Simpson died yesterday afternoon. Funeral services are set for two o'clock Wednesday at L A Jones funeral home conducted by Dr F W Eastwood of the Presbyterian church.
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Thomas Simpson
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
F. W. Eastwood
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Presbyterian Church
Three Barrow Gang Suspects Sought in Iowa
Des Moines reports the Barrow brothers linked to the Kansas City police massacre are chased across central Iowa. Guns found at Dexter will be tested against KC slugs by Gen Findley and federal agents. Marvin Barrow wounded. his wife captured. others at large in Dallas. pursuit continues toward Council Bluffs and Omaha.
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Des Moines
Barrow
Iowa
Union
Kansas City
Dexter
Park A. Findley
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
U. S
Karlier C. B. Dewey
United States Department of Justice
Marvin Barrow
Perry
Dewey
Dewsey
Marvin
United States
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Towa
Sutherland
Clyde Arrow
Ronnie Parker
Jack Sherman
Dallas
Chase
Council Bluffs
Nebraska
Omaha
Douglas Street
J F Simpson Funeral Arrangements Announced
The body of J F Simpson a city park board member who died Sunday night will remain at Sherman's funeral home until Wednesday noon. Friends may pay respects this evening or tomorrow morning. Services will be held Wednesday at three o'clock at the United Presbyterian Church with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery.
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City Park Board
Sherman
Friends Mar c
United Presbyterian
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