Royal Couple Leaves U S Today For Own Country
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth depart Canada aboard the Royal Train after a Canadian American goodwill tour. President Roosevelt meets the royal pair at West Point and later addresses the nation from Hyde Park as the Royal Train advances toward Rouses Point New York.
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Royal Train
Canada
Dene
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Canadian
Theni Roosevelt Estate
Rouse's Point
N. Y
Roosevelt
George VI
Elizabeth
West Point
Military Establishment
U. S. Military Academy
Washington
Dutchess Hill
Military Academy
United States
Mrs. Roosevelt
Hudson River
Hyde Park
Freedom
George Washington
Rioters jailed after anti American demonstration in Mexico City
Fifty rioters were jailed in Mexico City after throwing mud and stones at a U S army bomber that carried the body of Mexican hero flier Francisco Sarabias. The riot followed rumors of American sabotage in the plane crash that killed the Lindbergh of Mexico Wednesday in Washington. Visit note reports Howard Lundberg and wife visiting Clarkson Nebraska with relatives, two month stay.
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Mexico City
Francisco Sarabias
Washington
Lindbergh
Weather Town Showers Tonight and Tuesday Warm In Northeast
Showers expected tonight and Tuesday with warmer temperatures in the northeast portion. Nebraska forecast calls for showers this afternoon and tonight, with heavier activity in the extreme east Tuesday, clearing in the west and central areas by Tuesday, with rising temperatures tonight and Tuesday.
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Nebraska
Tunnel Under French Border Smuggling Ring Reported
Police investigated an international smuggling ring said to have built an electrified, cleverly designed tunnel under the French Belgian border at Vieux Conde near Valenciennes. The gang allegedly moved contraband tobacco and luxury goods with espionage as part of their trade and the leader was described as a pretty young Spanish girl.
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Paris
Vieux Conde
Valenciennes
Belgium
France
Vandals Smash Cars In Des Moines Lot
In Des Moines Iowa police investigated damage estimated at 1100 dollars after a gang of youths entered a used car lot last night. The vandals started autos and crashed them into each other prompting an attendant at a nearby filling station to call police.
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Des Moines
Neil family heads to Ozarks for two week vacation
Mr and Mrs James E Neil of 810 Olive street depart Sunday for a two week trip to the Ozarks accompanied by daughter Lantha Dalé Neil who will attend the University of Illinois for summer school training. They will also visit Mr Neils mother in Davenport.
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Ozarks
James E. Neil
Olive Street
Lantha-Dalé Neil
University of Illinois
Niel
Davenport
Water Hollows Solve Problem on Iowa Farms
Dibbing shallow excavations on Iowa farms has solved the water problem in several dozen farms this year in southern Iowa. The Eblen Construction Company of Cumberland built about 30 hollows near Winterset and Orient to conserve rain water. Cook Construction Company of Adel, Indiana, aided with similar ponds that now supply water for livestock near Corning. Frank Eblen said farmers judge hole size by need.
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Cumberland, Ja
Iowa Farms
Eblen Construction Company
Cumberland
Eblen
Winterset
Orient
Cook Construction Company
Adel
Frank Eblen
Death list grows with Iowa highway toll
Des Moines Iowa June 12 Number 184 added to Iowa's 1939 highway death list. Murray Graham 80 Leon Ia oil station manager died from injuries in a truck car crash last week near Indianola. He is survived by his widow and two children.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Murray Graham
Leon
Indianola
Marches by Picket Lines Shift in Flint and Saginaw
CIO unionists again crossed AFL picket lines in Flint and Saginaw resuming operations at General Motors plants. In Saginaw police injured AFL pickets and eight were arrested as they moved to enforce a new state labor law. Outside the Chevrolet grey iron foundry the line broke and 90 percent of workers returned. Fisher body plant No 1 in Flint closed for an hour as 400 AFL pickets gathered. GM officials ordered work to resume with most employees back.
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Flint
Mich
I. N
CIO
AFL
Saginaw
General Motors
Homer Martin
AFL Auto Workers Union
Chevrolet
Fisher Body
George C. Paterson
Rainbow Girls Leave for Cedar Rapids Grand Assembly
Seven members of the local Rainbow Girls chapter travel to Cedar Rapids for the grand assembly accompanied by Rainbow mother Mrs. Howard Herbert and three chaperones Mrs. Ray Anderson Mrs. C V Welcher and Mrs Grover Beekman. The girls named Marie Cushing Jayne Borchardt Grace Irene Goodwin Ellen Jane Anderson Marilyn Temple Betty Welcher and Ellen Harding expect to return Wednesday.
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Rainbow Girls
Rainbow Mother
Howard Herbert
Ray Anderson
C. V. Welcher
Grover Beekman
Cedar Rapids
Marie Cushing
Jayne Borchardt
Grace Irene Goodwin
Ellen Jane Anderson
Marilyn Temple
Betty Welcher
Ellen Harding
U. S. Abolishes Envoy to Albania
Washington June 12 The United States abolished its legation in Albania in reprisal for Italy's control of Albanian foreign affairs Secretary of State Cordell Hull said envoy Hugh G Grant and his staff will return to the United States immediately This is the first official step since Italian troops invaded Albania and drove King Zog and his Queen into exile in Greece
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Washington
Albania
Italy
Balkan
Cordell Hull
Hugh G. Grant
United States
Zog
Greece
Leonard Thomas takes over Sunnyside pool guard post
Leonard Thomas of Iowa State College becomes the new life guard at Sunnyside Park swimming pool, replacing Lyle Nightingale of the Omaha YMC A. He captained the Cyclone freshman team and will seek varsity status at Ames in the fall. A Virginia Minn. resident, he transferred from Minnesota to Iowa State last autumn and will arrange for the city swimming championships later this summer. Avocans Mr and Mrs G C Wyland visited the city yesterday.
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Leonard Thomas
Iowa State College
Sunnyside Park
Thomas
Lyle Nightingale
Executions in Spain Persist After Civil War End
Report from war front in Perpignan notes ongoing executions across Spain with daily totals peaking around 150 and private killings in Catalonia. Officials say those shot face charges tied to Republican crimes while others are purged as potential threats. A Burgos extremist asserts Spain will seize Gibraltar and French Morocco if conflict resumes.
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Perpignan
Spain
Burgos
Madrid
Barcelona
Catalonia
Badalona
Atrhenadthitts
Gibraltar
French Morocco
Former Governor to Penitentiary
Lincoln Nebraska June 12 Walter Jurgensen three time elected Nebraska's lieutenant governor was to become a charge of the state today when he enters the penitentiary at Lincoln to start serving two to five years for embezzlement of slightly more than 500 dollars Jurgensen's last hope of continuing his freedom was bowled over a week ago when the United States supreme court refused to review the case. Al Spencer Lafe Kenyon and Ivan Sherman of this city were visitors yesterday in Spencer Ia
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Lincoln, Neb
Walter Jurgensen
Nebraska
Lincoln
Jurgensen
United States Supreme Court
Four of Six Youths Recaptured After Colorado Kidnap
Four of the six youths who escaped from the Colorado State Reformatory after kidnapping and threatening Warden Walter H Johnson were recaptured 25 miles northeast of Buena Vista. The four, Needham Ferguson Eugene Nebeker James Cowan and Clarence A Burkett were placed in solitary confinement after exhaustion from an all night search.
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Buena Vista
Colo
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Colorado State Reformatory
Walter H. Johnson
Benna Vista
Reformatory
Needham Ferguson
Warden Johnson
Eugene Nebeker
Utah
Hall’s Butte Mountain
Thomas McQuade
Johnson
McQuade
Samuel Oes Kees Dies Longtime Cass Resident
Samuel Osgood Kees 78 residing on a farm near Atlantic died at 10:35 p m Sunday in Jones hospital from a heart ailment after two years of poor health. Born February 17 1861 in Indiana he moved to Cass county in 1889 and lived in the area since. He married Amanda Howard July 3 1895 and leaves a widow and five children George Mable Charles James D Marion V and a brother John in New Haven Conn Also surviving are grandchildren. The funeral is set for 2:30 p m Wednesday at the First Congregational church with Rev C William Bast. Burial will be in Atlantic Cemetery. The body lies in state at Roland Peacock and Baxter Funeral Home.
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Samuel Osgood Kees
Atlantic
Jones Hospital
Mr. Rees
Indiana
Cass County
Amanda Howard
George
Mable
Charles
James D
Harlan, Ind
Marion V
Plymouth Falls
Ore
John
New Haven
Royal Visit Sparks Mixed Atlantic Reactions in four day US stay
Citizens and business leaders in Atlantic and Audubon share views on King George and Queen Elizabeths four day visit to the United States. Opinions range from a goodwill tour to concerns over England seeking aid and potential motives in Europe.
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George
Elizabeth
Canada
Audubon
Tom C. Whitmore
England
Europe
W. H. Tate
Great Britain
United States
Roosevelt presides at West Point graduation 1939
President Roosevelt personally graduates the 1939 West Point cadets at the U S Military Academy. He delivers a speech on peace through strength, modernization, and the pivotal role of individual leadership in modern warfare. Also reports Mr and Mrs A K Coomes returning from a trip to Wewoka Oklahoma.
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West Point
N. Y
Roosevelt
Military Establishment
U. S. Military Academy
Oklahoma
A. K. Coomes
East Sixth Street
Wewoka
Okla
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Howard Lundberg
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Avocans
G. C. Wyland
Avoca
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Lafe Kenyon
Ivan Sherman
Spencer, Ia
Samuel O. Kees
CASS
America
Lester Balding
Arthur Lee
Ture
G. G. Jeck
Swift Plant
Charles Malone
Roosevelts
Ed Evatis
C. William Bast
Harold Taylor
Arnold Spencer
Clyde Dimick
Trip
Lou Bagley
Eddie van Gorder
First State Bank
Clark Arnold
John Reinemund
Iron
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