Britain to send envoy to Moscow to settle Soviet alliance points
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced a special foreign office envoy would travel to Moscow to discuss differences with the Soviet Union. William Strang named to convey an alternative formula including the Baltic states in a proposed England France Russia pact amid Soviet opposition to guarantees for Finland Estonia and Latvia. Russian officials warned the move may not advance talks.
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London
Chamberlain
Britain
Russia
Foreign Office
Moscow
William Leeds
England
Soviets
Whitehall
Russig
William Strang
France
Lala
Munich
Leeds
Finland
Estonia
Latvia
Chamberisin
Berchtesgaden
Two towns honor UI brain crown holders Eugene Ryan Eloise
In Towa City Iowa on June 7 1938 Eugene Ryan 16 earned the unofficial brain crown by topping two subjects and Eloise 14 was named crown princess after finishing with a first, third, fifth and eighth. Other top scorers receiving jeweled keys included Naomi Bechtel Ruth Reuter John Lewis Elizabeth Chariton and Harry Dunlap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa City
I. N
University of Iowa
Iowa
Eugene Ryan
Red Oak
Championa
Town
Eloise
Ryan
Eugene
Naomi Bechtel
Waverly
John Lewis
Guthrie Center
Elizabeth Chariton
Manchester
Harry Dunlap
Marion
Ruth Reuter
Monticello
Weather outlook for towns and Nebraska light thunderstorms
Generally fair in the northwest with local thundershowers in the east and south this afternoon or tonight and in the southeast Thursday. Cooler tonight and in south central and extreme east. warmer on Thursday in the extreme northwest. Nebraska remains mostly fair tonight and Thursday with thunderstorms in the southeast this afternoon or early tonight, cooler east tonight, warmer west and south Thursday.
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Nebraska
Mexico's speed ace killed in Potomac crash near Bolling Field
Francisco Sarabia, Mexico's top aviator, died when his plane crashed into the Potomac River shortly after takeoff from Bolling Field en route to Ciudad Lerdo. Navy divers failed to recover the body. the craft was towed ashore. Sarabia had set a solo nonstop record from Mexico City to New York ten days earlier.
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Washington
Mexico
Franciso Sarabia
Potomac River
Bolling Field
Mexico City
New York
Siudad Lerdo
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Arabia
Navy
Anacostia Air Station
Most Iowa Farmers Now Have Radios
Des Moines reports that over 70 percent of Iowa farms have radios. Leslie M. Carl of the U S Department of Agriculture notes 150,887 farm radios active on Jan 1, a new high and up 10,000 from the prior year. Counties leading in radios include Pottawattamie 2,762 and Kosciusko 2,551.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Pottawattamie
Kossuth
Adair
Black Hawk
Audubon
Caas
Henry
Linn
Story
Boone
City Collects Fees From Beer Permits and More
City Clerk George Alexander reported to the council last night that Atlantic gathered 425 from beer permits and other receipts in April and May. Also noted were 285 from business licenses 86.50 from the mayor's court 215.82 from city busing rent and 13 in refunds.
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Atlantic
George Alexander
Alexander
Board Offers Contracts To 3 Teachers
The Atlantic school board offered contracts to three teachers at last evening’s meeting in the new high school. Daryl A. Middleton was selected as English instructor and will also supervise debate and orchestra activities. The two kindergarten openings went to Father Dryden of Evamersburg and Margaret Arnold of St. Charles. both bring prior teaching experience and new degrees to the district.
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Atlantic
Daryl A. Middleton
Grandy Center
Iowa State Teachers College
Soldier
Orange Consolidated School
Waterloo
University of Iowa
Middleton
Father Dryden
Evamersburg
Margaret Arnold
St. Charles
Miss Dryden
Drake University
Rossie Consolidated School
Mise Arnold
Simpson College
LeClaire
Hazel McDermott
Mother of Joyce Lumber Co. manager dies
Funeral arrangements are under way in Vail Iowa for Mrs Ellen Clark mother of Dick Clark Joyce Lumber Co manager This Woodbury county pioneer died Tuesday at the home of her son Reverend D L Clark at the Vail Catholic church She came from Ireland as a child Survivors include daughter Elizabeth Clark of Vail and four sons John Marshall Minn Pat Joe and Ernest Sloan Dick and his wife have gone to Vail for the funeral
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Vail
Ellen Clark
Woodbury County
Dick Clark
Joyce Lumber
Joe
Ernest
Sloan
Soil Conservation Tour Planned for County
Pass county farmers and business men will tour three farms tomorrow as part of the statewide Soil Conservation Week observance. The tour begins at 9 a.m. at the Henry McCrory farm six miles north of Atlantic, with the J. W. Lawton farm in Caes township and the Harvey Heath farm in Edna township also on the schedule. Dale E. Bush, county farm bureau agent, will oversee the demonstrations.
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Pass County
Henry McCrory
Atlantic
J. W. Lawton
Caes Township
Harvey Heath
Edna Township
Dale E. Bush
Police Save Life of Boy Wounded by Scissors
Des Moines police officers saved 14 year old Albert Davidson after a pair of scissors fell from a kitchen cabinet and pierced his left foot. The boy was bleeding heavily until officers applied a tourniquet and rushed him to a hospital. Doctors said he would have bled to death without the immediate aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Jane
Albert Davidson
Death of British Inspector in Shanghai Mill Clash
R M Tinkler British subject aged 45, a former Shanghai municipal police inspector, was fatally wounded in a fight at the China Printing and Finishing mill in Pootung during a strike. Britain plans a stern protest to Tokyo while Japan cites gunplay by the Briton as the cause.
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Shanghai
Great Britain
R. M. Tinkler
Foreign Office
Britain
Tokyo
Japan
Herbert Phillips
Wes
Atlantic Municipal Band Concert Opens Lighted Ball Park
Director W. L. Weaver announced the season opener program to be performed by the Atlantic Municipal Band at Sunnyside Park at 7 30 p m tomorrow night. The bill includes marches by Holmes and Yoder pieces such as Sunset Limited Forward Pass American Patriots and March of the Trojans among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Municipal Band
Sunnyside Park
W. L. Weaver
Holmes
Holmes Walts
Yoder
Yoder Caprice
Red Oak Man Faces Manslaughter Charge In Iowa Crash
Raymond Briggs of Red Oak was bound over to the grand jury on manslaughter charges after the death of John Morgan 38 in Malvern from a highway accident Sunday. Morgan was killed when a truck Briggs rode in hit a bump and hurled him to the pavement. bond set at 3000.
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Glenwood
Raymond Briggs
Red Oak
John Morgan
Malvern
Briggs
R. J. McPherron
Morgan
Abolition Proposal for Alcatraz Prison Probed by Murphy
Attorney General Frank Murphy proposed abolishing the federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay and creating a larger penal institution in an isolated area. He criticized Alcatraz as a harmful system and suggested moving more than 300 inmates elsewhere with a farm labor component. He noted the need for a prison of its type but in a better location and questioned the justice of the current setting for San Francisco.
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Alcatraz Island
San Franciescy
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Alcatraz Penitentiary
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco
Alcatraz
New Ladder Rig Planned For Big Blazes In Atlantic
Fire Chief Wright Hedges urged Atlantic council to approve a new 50 foot ladder truck to fight three story fires. The council ordered a fire and water committee to draft specs, with cost under 2000 dollars from the fire equipment fund. The move aims to enhance safety and outfit the department for taller buildings. The meeting also covered street surfacing plans, WPA funding possibility, and a carload asphalt purchase for a trial project plus curb cuts and band funding.
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Wright Hedges
Fire and Water Committee
Hedges
Atlantic Fire Department
Howard Williams
Williams
Joseph Burnea
Carter Waters Corporation
Kansas City
East Third Street
Henry Reese
Fifth and Linn Streets
Chicago trio visits Lewis relatives
From Chicago Mr. and Mrs. George Moser and daughter Barbara visit Mrs. Moser's parents Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Smith and aunt Miss Georgia Byrne at Lewis.
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Chicago
George Moser
Barbara
Mrs. Moser
Mrs
A. A. Smith
Georgia Byrne
Lewis
Miller seeks 2500 for school safety patrol plaques
Des Moines June 7 Secretary of State Earl G Miller proposes to ask the state executive council to allocate 2500 from the 31000 highway safety appropriation to purchase bronze plaques for Iowa county winning safety patrols. Plaques honor patrols with top merits at their schools and fund control rests with the council.
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Des Moines
I. N
Earl G. Miller
State Executive Council
Iowa
Miller
48Th General Assembly
Iowa State Safety Council
le Goy
George A. Wilson
Safety Commission
Karl Fischer
Audubon Boy 10 Dies After Second Operation
Clark Madsen 10 year old son of Mr and Mrs Magnus Madsen of five miles west of Audubon died Tuesday after a second operation at St Anthony hospital Carroll had performed an appendectomy five weeks earlier He was born November 4 1928 in Douglas township Audubon county He survived by his parents two sisters Joy 9 Doris 5 and grandmother Funeral services set for Thursday at Ebenzer church at 2 p m Rev Silas Larsen officiating burial Ebenzer cemetery
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Audubon
Clark Madsen
Magnus Madsen
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Carroll
Douglas Township
Audubon County
Joy
Doris
Ebenzer Church
Silas Larsen
Ebenzer Cemetery
17-Year-Old Begins 30 Day Jail for Accidental Shooting
Delmar Gibson age 17 from Lees Summit Missouri started a 30 day jail term after an accidental shooting in a box car near Blockton injuring Frank Davidson 67 Davidson who was shot in the hip remained in serious condition Davidson had urged leniency for the youth on the concealed weapons charge in Mt Ayr Iowa.
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Mt. Ayr
Delmar Gibson
Frank Davidson
Blockton
Gibson
Lees Summit
Davidson
Polk coroner on trial denies drinking on April 14
Des Moines June 7. Polk County coroner Dr. A. Mahaw testified he took an overdose of heart medicine and did not drink alcohol the evening of April 14. Police had said he showed signs of intoxication while driving home from an Elks club party when arrested.
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Des Moines
Elks Club
Dope Ring Head Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison
Angelo Donnici reputed head of a twelve million dollar narcotics ring was sentenced to eight years in Leavenworth Kansas. He received a seven thousand dollar fine. Two associates Angelo Nigro and William Meehan received ten and five year terms respectively.
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Kansas City, Mo
Angelo Donnici
Leavenworth
Kans
Donnici
Angelo Nigro
William Meehan
Widow of patrolman given driver license job in Des Moines
State Safety Commissioner Carl Fischer placed Mrs. Oren Pape widow of a highway patrolman killed by a bandit in the drivers license division to handle license renewals. Mrs. Pape sought work yesterday and was told to report for duty today after Fischer recognized her identity.
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Des Moines
Carl Fischer
Oren Pape
Pape
Safety Department
Fischer
Early Ball Scores Across American League Games
In a busy early MLB slate Washington defeated Cleveland 10 to 4 with key players Haynes Early Mil nar Zuber Sullivan and Hemsley contributing. Philadelphia beat Detroit 2 to 0 in the third inning as Nelson Hayes Rowe and York starred. New York and Chicago were tied 2 to 2 in the third. Cincinnati topped Philadelphia 5 to 0 in the fifth. Chicago took down New York 3 to 1 in the sixth. Pittsburgh shutout Boston 2 to 0 in the eighth as Swift Berres Mac fayden and Lopez delivered. Boston at St Louis was postponed due to rain.
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Washington
Cleveland
Haynes
Early
Milnar
Zuber
Sullivan
Hemsley
Philadelphia
Detroit
Nelson
Hayes
Rowe
York
New York
Chicago
Gomez
Dickey
Lee
Rensa
Boston
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Moore
Harrell
Lombardi
Butcher
Hollingsworth
W. Davis
Passeau
Hartnett
Melton
Danning
Pittsburgh
Swift
Berres
Macfayden
Lopez
Royal visit security blitz in United States
Washington undertakes the most elaborate protective system for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth as they arrive in the United States. Some 60 000 guards from army navy marine police and secret service will cover the capital route and Mount Vernon. Appleton bayonets flank the parade with armored cars and soldiers stationed along the entire route.
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Washington
United States
George VI
Queen Elisabeth
Duchess of Kent
Queen Elizabeth
London
Secret Service
G-men
Irish Republican Army
Scotland Yard
Sean Russell
Detroit
New York City
G- Men
State Department
Niagara Falls
Massachusetts Avenue
British Embassy
Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon
Union Station
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Roosevelt
King George
Preparation Work to Begin on CCC Camp
About 60 farmers attended the Audubon county tour and visited farm projects and the Denison CCC camp. County Agent E M McGinnis announced 49 men would arrive in Audubon on June 17 to start ground work for a CCC camp site south of Audubon. Water mains will be laid and the advance crew will live in tents until work ends.
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Audubon
Audubon County
Denison CCC
E. M. McGinnis
CCC
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Wanda Cochran
Louisville
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Missa Cochran
Hitler
Joyce Lumber CO
Chelea
Tinkler
Hongkew
Shanghai International Settlement
Williama “March of the
Yoder March
Dictator
Earl Miller
Safety Patrol
The
Safety Council
Newton
Neola
Audubon Boy
Leo Schmidt
Cologne
Germany
Little Leo
S. S. Europe
Marjorie McGuire
Polk
National League
Irish Army
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