Democrats Gather at Davenport for Iowa State Convention
Iowa Democrats meet in Davenport to select 26 delegates to the national convention in Chicago. Roosevelt leads as potential nominee, Murray champions Alfalfa Bill, with an uninstructed delegation likely amid strong party interest and discussants eyeing November gains. Conference opens with Frank A. O Connor keynote. Tinley prospects for vice presidency noted.
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Davenport
Iowa
Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Richard F. Mitchell
Horace Hoimes
Frank A. O'Connor
Dubuque
General Tinley
M. A. Tinley
Council Bluffs
Death of Robert Carlin Is Reported in Davenport
Word received confirms the death of Robert Carlin, formerly of Washington, in Davenport after several months of illness. Carlin operated the Milwaukee coal chute here for many years and was well known in the community.
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Robert Carlin
Davenport
Washington
Believe threats work of a crank
Extortion threats targeting Daisy Davidson and other relatives are thought by her father to be the work of a crank. A $2,000 ransom was demanded at a corner grocery, with similar allusions to other high profile figures and a missing marine sergeant being sought by police.
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Washington
Little Daisy Davidson
Richard Porter Davidson
Mark Hanna
Davidson
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Paulina
Willmott Lewis
London Times
Willmott, Jr
Washington, D. C
Mrs D W Harvey and Miss Na O Loughlin In River Side Sunday
Mrs D W Harvey and Miss Na O Loughlin were seen in River Side on Sunday.
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D. W. Harvey
Miss Na O'Loughlin
Riverside
Storm Toll Grows After Alabama Tornado Path
In Alabama and Georgia a new round of tornadoes leaves Lawley hardest hit with five deaths and about 50 injured. Nine Alabama counties suffer damage as the Southeast reels from the latest storm disaster following last week’s fatal outbreak. The storm’s semicircular path prompted widespread destruction across the two states.
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Birmingham
Ala
South
Alabama
Georgia
Lawley
Easter Services Highlight Resurrection Across Washington Churches
Washington churches observed Easter with full music programs, floral displays, and sermons on Jesus' resurrection. Key messages came from Dr. F. W. Eastwood, Rev. D. C. Fulton, Dr. A. T. Robinson, and Rev. J. H. O'Donnell, with congregations across Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, Catholic, Lutheran, and A. M. E. churches. An interchurch union breakfast for about 75 youths capped the day.
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Washington
Wresbyterian
F. W. Eastwood
London
Woodburn
Ore
Walter Eastwood
United Presbyterian Church
D. ¢. Fulton
Christ
A. T. Robinson
New York
Ollie Ayre
Chicago
Witzigman
Union
Young People's Interchurch Council
Methodist Church
J. A. Taylor
Mary Hunter
Kathleen Coffey
Eva Diller
Sherman Watson
A. A Vinz
F. C. Witzigman
Wil
Charles W. Davis
O. EF. Sehmitt
Cloud Willits
San Pedro man awarded then ordered new trial in sugar injury case
William J. Mc Whinnie sued Eloi Amar after being struck in the eye by a lump of sugar at a lunch club meeting in San Pedro. He won a $10,000 judgment, but a court ordered a new trial on grounds the verdict violated the law.
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Los Angeles
William J. McWhinnie
San Pedro
Eloi Amar
San Pedro Eclubman
Tariff Debate Splits Democrats Over Coal Oil Protections
In Washington the House debates a tax bill with tariff protections on coal and oil. Representative OConnor of New York denounces amendments as harmful to true Democrats. Cabinet members are summoned as the Ways and Means Committee refines a new tax substitute seeking to balance a 1.1 billion plan.
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Washington
House
O'Connor
New York
Chicago
INS
Treasury
Commerce
Agriculture
Ways and Means
Millis, Lamont and Hyde
Bank Remodeling Starts at Washington State Bank
Interior transformation of the old Commercial Savings bank into a new Washington State bank is underway. Cedar Rapids architect Benj H Sadler supervises Wilson and Roth workers who reuse fixtures, widen the lobby, move staff to the south, add a new floor and wall decorations, with opening hoped before April 26.
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Commercial Savings Bank
Washington State Bank
Bank Jom
Benj. H. Sadler
Cedar Rapids
Wilson & Roth
Iowa City Pair In Debate Here
Maurice Mayo and Milan Thompson of Washington high school oppose the Iowa City affirmative at the Washington high school auditorium at three o clock tomorrow afternoon. The unemployment insurance question will be debated with speech students economics classes and the public in attendance. Dr. H B Harshbarger University of Iowa will judge the match. This closes the first series of Iowa Nine debates with Washington holding one win and two losses.
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Maurice Mayo
Milan Thompson
Washington High School
Iowa City
H. B. Harshbarger
University of Iowa
Iowa
Washington
Merle Gallagher Works at Iowa City Airport
Merle Gallagher was summoned to Iowa City on a Saturday to join United Air Lines and service planes at the local airport.
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Merle Gallagher
Iowa City
United Air Lines
Ill Says Democrats Defeat Sales Tax Amid Debate
Beverly Hills notes that political party control may not guarantee outcomes as Democrats defeated the sales tax. The speaker predicts a shift in public opinion by next November and questions why taxes apply to gasoline and cigarettes but not other items. The point is made that small taxes on common goods could cover national debt.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
House
Senate
Suicide by dynamite inside Merced home shocks family
John Gamino, 30, died after lighting a dynamite stick in his mouth and placing it in a chair at his Merced California residence. Two cousins in the same room escaped injury as the blast wrecked one side of the house.
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Merced
Cal
John Gamino
Ex Governor of Iowa dies after pneumonia siege
Washington March 94 Former Iowa governor and secretary of the treasury Leslie Vourtimer Shaw, age 83, died at his home after a month long battle with pneumonia. He served as governor of Iowa for two terms and later held the Roosevelt administration post. Born in Morristown, Shaw entered politics in 1890 and backed McKinley in 1896 opposing free silver. Funeral plans were not announced.
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Washington
INS
Leslie Vourtimer Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Roosevelt
Iowa
Morristown
Shaw
New York
McKinley
Comparative Figures on County Government Costs 1920 and 1929
Des Moines March 28 INS Comparative figures on county governmental costs were sent to county tax reduction committees by the state committee on reduction of governmental expense with a suggestion to study whether the 30 percent increase in operating expenses between 1920 and 1929 has been justified. The 1926 figures showed county operating expense at 13 091 000 rising to 17 074 000 in 1929 despite smaller population and assessed value gains. The committee urged examining supervisor office costs, poor relief outside the county home, increases in killed livestock payments, and the soldiers relief commission versus state auditor relief expenses.
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Des Moines
Stata
Soldiers’ Relief Commission
Knight Called to Chicago for Reconstruction Finance Work
H. B. Knight left for Chicago at the request of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation head to assist with the developing Iowa business. He received temporary leave from the Washington National Bank board to work in a R F C office at the Federal Reserve Building. Local friends are urged to visit in Chicago to help keep him from feeling lonely.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Iowa
H. B. Knight
Chicago
Middle-West
Mr. Knight
The
Finance Corporation
Iown
Knight
Washington National Bank
H. B
Federal Reserve Bank
Washington
Minister on Air Journey to Hopewell News on Lindbergh case
In Norfolk and Trenton reports two intermediaries in the Lindbergh kidnapping saga move to renew talks. Dean H. Dobson Peacock leaves by navy plane for Hopewell to confer with Charles A. Lindbergh while Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage stays as third emissary. A telephone leak prompted the shift to direct talks. Authorities in New Jersey focus on locating Harry Fleischer and Abie Wagner as key suspects amidst ongoing police efforts.
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Baby Lindbergh
Norfolk Va
Col Lindbergh
Chld
H. Dobson Peacock
Guy Burrage
John Ho Curtis
Norfolk
INS
Lindbergh
Dean H. Dobson Peacock
Christ Episcopal Church
Hopewell
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Dean Peacock
Naval Air Base
John Hughes Curtis
Guy H. Burrage
Curtis
Admiral Burrage
Dr. Peacock
Babe
Stull
Fleischer
Trenton
H. Norman Schwarzkept
Harry Fleischer
Purple Gang
Detroit
Abie Wagner
New York
Lower East Side
Schwarzkopf
New Jersey
Wagner
Mrs Smyley 91 Buried at Crawfordsville
Funeral for Mrs. John Smyley 91 held at the Presbyterian church Crawfordsville. She died Saturday and is mother of Murray Smylie of Washington. Burial in Crawfordsville cemetery. Pallbearers named. Obituary sketch notes birth January 22 1841 in Coitsville Ohio and long residency in Washington County.
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Crawfordsville
Presbyterian Church
John Smyle
Murray Smylie
Washington
Margaret Gannit
Crawfordsville Cemetery
J. C. Cunningham
Co. M Strain
T. E. Maxwell
George Yeager
J. R. Lease
S. C. Pletcher
Margaret CC. Davidson
Coitsville
Ohio
William
Ann Davidson
Washington County
William Davidson
Congregational Church
Margaret
Margaret Davidson
John Smylie
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Near West Chester
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J. H. O'Donnell
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Ed Goeske
Walter Oetjen
C. S. Spears
Muscatine
Ington State Bank
Baby’s Return
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Upper
Mich
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N. Y
Abe Wagner
Lower
Leslie Moshaw
Tary
State Auditors
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Board of Review
Township Trustees
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Soldier Relief Court
Pinrioms
Insane Court House
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Peeble Minded
Oakdale
Woodward
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