Federal regulators seek expanded power over phone industry
The FCC proposes broader federal oversight and funds for regulating the six billion dollar U S telephone industry. It calls for a cost assessment that would make the industry pay for regulation. The four year investigation found rate savings of over 30 million dollars and urges stronger state and federal cooperation.
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Washington
U. S
Congress
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Paul A. Walker
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Ae Jean Telephone
Eleograph
Western Electric Company
Associated Companies
Commission
A. T. and T
Walker
Bell System
Probe Today Into Cause Of Waterloo Fire
Investigators opened a probe into the $16,000 blaze that gutted the Campbell Dergen music store and the Copley book shop in Waterloo's west district. The muffled explosion preceding the fire is the main focus. Co owner Gene Detgen questioned an accidental origin, noting rapid spread with a small stock of inflammables.
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Waterloo
J. N
Campbell- Dergen
Copley Book
West Waterloo
Gene Detgen
Weather Outlook Promises Thundershowers Tonight and Thursday
The forecast calls for thundershowers in The Weather Town tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions in the east and central areas tonight and cooler temperatures on Thursday. Nebraska expects thundershowers this afternoon and tonight with partly cloudy and cooler conditions in the west and central tonight.
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Nebraska
Fortune smiles on Brookline man’s hill of gold
In 1924 Thomas E. Donovan of Brookline Massachusetts risked his entire $5,000 savings to buy a small hill in North Conway New Hampshire. The hill now holds one of the United States’ largest beryllium deposits, a mineral of the magnesium group that has tripled in value due to wartime needs.
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Thomas E. Donovan
Brookline
Mass
Little Hill
North Conway
N. H
United States
Atlantic School Board Hires Girls Physical Education Teacher
At the regular meeting in the new high school building the Atlantic school board offered a contract to Judith Grow of Watertown South Dakota as girls' physical education instructor. She replaces Margaret Curry who resigned to marry. Grow has a bachelor from Yankton College and four years teaching there. she will pursue a master's in physical education at the University of Iowa this summer.
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Atlantic School Board
Judith Grow
Watertown
S. D
Margaret Curry
Miss Grow
Yankton College
Yankton
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Caryl Midddleton
Grundy Center
Margaret Arnold
St. Charles
W. H. Tate
Early Ball Scores from National and American Leagues
In the National League New York trails Chicago 0 0 through the third inning while Philadelphia leads Cincinnati 2 1 in the second. Homer by Scharein noted. Boston vs Pittsburgh postponed due to cold. In the American League New York 0 Cleveland 1 in the fifth with Feller pitching. Boston 8 Detroit 9 in the eighth as multiple pitchers appear in the scoring.
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New York
Chicago
Lohrman
Danning
Lee
Hartnett
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Higbe
Davis
Derringer
Hershberger
Homer
Scharein
Boston
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Pearson
Dickey
Feller
Hemsley
Detroit
Bagby
Hoving
Dickman
Ostermupfler
Peacock
Rowe
Coffman
Walkup
Thomas
Tebbetts
Booneville Bank Faces Slow Closure as Depositors Hold Funds
Booneville Savings Bank officials expect to close the bank by September 1 but cannot persuade depositors to withdraw their 267000 dollars. The bank remains sound yet lacks borrowers for its surplus while customers keep their money idle. The institution has operated since April 1, 1906.
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Booneville, Ia
Savings Bank
C. C. Cook
Japan Mines Blockade Tightens on Tientsin Concessions
Martial law was proclaimed on the Rai river as Japan imposed a strict blockade on the British and French concessions in Tientsin. Water traffic halted from 6 p m to 6 a m, with close passenger and cargo inspections at seven points, while British and French troops manned the boundaries and a British photographer was detained.
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Tientsin
Rai River
Japan
Tokyo
Eric Mayell
International Bridge
Mayall
Fox Movietone
Watc Chindy
Germany
Washington, D. C
North China
United States
Richard Austin Butler
Foreign Affairs
London
Hongkong
Singapore
Penang
Butler
Whitehall
Britain
Nippon
KFNF to Move Offices to Council Bluffs
H M Peterzon general manager of KFNF Shenandoah said Tuesday the radio station will relocate its general offices and studios to Council Bluffs. Most staff will move, but a Shenandoah studio will be kept.
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Shenandoah, Ia
H. M. Peterzon
KFNF
Shenandoah
Council Bluffs
the Bluffs
Peterson
Clamp Down On Czech Affairs Marks Prague Visit
Prague reports Heinrich Himmler arrives on an inspection tour amid Czech unrest. Baron von Neurath and Franz Guertner met Himmler to discuss actions in Bohemia Moravia as Kladno district penalties and strikes are curtailed. A Bohemian police officer killed spurs swift trials. funeral rites draw 20 000 before police shift.
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Prague
Bohemia
Heinrich Kataler
Germany
Bohmein
Moravia
Himmler
Baronatin von Neurath
Czechoslovakian
Immler
Gestapo
Austria
Sudetenland
Kemelland
Baron von Neurath
Franz Guertner
Guertner
von Neurath
Kladno
Ceatin
Ida
Johann Mueller
Automatic Washer acquires Prima Manufacturing
Newton Iowa June 14 The Automatic Washer company of Newton announces it has purchased the Prima Manufacturing Corp of Sydney Ohio The move will shift materials to Newton and bring new washer lines including exclusive Prima wringers and centrifugal extractors The Newton plant will hire locally with few Ohio workers expected to relocate
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Newton
I. WN. S
Automatic
Prima Manufacturing Corp
Sydney
Ohio
W. Neal Gallagher
Prima
Prima Corporation
I. F. Woodrow
Iowa
Vajta Benes to sail for U S soon
Vajta Benes brother of Eduard Benes plans to sail to the United States as soon as possible from Warsaw after traveling to Gydnia. About 5,000 Czech refugees reside in Cracow concentration camp and 152 more Czechs crossed the border in the last day. General Prchala denied forming a Czech legion.
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Warsaw
Poland
Vajta Benes
United States
Benes
Eduard Benes
Pondnaw
Czechoslovakia
Gydnia
Danzig
America
Cracow
Vladislav Prchala
Legion
Waterloo Man Killed In Car Crash Near Waterloo
Floyd Clements 27 of Waterloo died when his car missed a sharp turn on a graveled road two miles north of the city. Passenger Doris Jordan 21 suffered a broken arm and injuries. Clements leaves parents a brother and a sister.
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Waterloo
I. N
Floyd Clements
Misa Doris Jordan
Clements
Hunted youths captured after Buena Vista escape
Robert Blair and James Williams were captured by a posse in northwestern Colorado after escaping Sunday from the Buena Vista state reformatory with four others who kidnapped their warden Walter Johnson. Four of the six were recaptured within 24 hours.
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Denver
I. N
Robert Blair
Englewood
Colo
James Williams
Lawton
Okla
Colorado
State Reformatory
Buena Vista
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Thief Steals Purse From Presbyterian Parsonage
A prowler entered the Presbyterian manse at 610 Oak Street between 11 p.m. and dawn Monday night and took a brown purse with eight to nine dollars and an unendorsed check. Mrs. R. P. Chambers, wife of the pastor, reported the loss after noticing shuffled papers on her desk. The thief entered via an unlocked basement door while the family slept upstairs. The incident appears to reflect a money-seeking motive.
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Presbyterian Manse
Oak Street
R. P. Chambers
Pay v7 Cleaner Water Hoax Plagues Griswold Iowa
A salesman hawking enamel ware cleaner at $1 a bottle sold mostly water to townsfolk in Griswold and Elliott. Some bottles opened showed only water. a local man bought a barrel of roof coating from a stranger and found it too contained water. The salesman was being hunted today after making restitution for earlier sales.
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Griswold
Elliott
Feared Slain Captain Henry J. Flood Case Narrows
Recovery of human bones in Westbrook Maine sparks theory Captain Henry J Flood and an unidentified woman were murdered and dismembered after his April disappearance from Fort Williams. His blood stained automobile had been found weeks earlier.
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Henry J. Flood
West Point
Fort Williams
Westbrook
Riot between CIO and AFL outside Flint meeting hall
Nine arrested and nine hospitalized after a battle between CIO and AFL pickets outside General Motors Fisher body plant in Flint. Police used nightsticks as more than 100 fought, injuring several and breaking windows at the CIO hall.
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Flint
Mich
I. N
CIO
Stomobile
Whitistatsront
General Motors Corporation
Fisher Body
Lloyd Harland
Martin Kowalski
Detroit
David Clark
Art Marine
Davison
Edward Kurt
Fisher Plant
AFL
Fisher
Alex Tomsik
Billy Bob Miller speaks on Hawkeye Boys State experience
Billy Bob Miller, junior at the local high school, told the Atlantic Rotary Club about his week at Camp Dodge Des Moines with Hawkeye Boys State. He described 600 boys running their own government electing a governor and officials and served as chief clerk of the camp house of representatives. He urged other groups to join the Legion in sending more youths next year.
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Billy Bob Miller
P. C. Milller
Atlantic Rotary Club
Hawkeye Boys State
Billy
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
American Legion Bost
House of Representatives
Miller
The
Legion
Infant Boy Found Dead After Kidnap Near Clyde
Ten week old Haldon Fink was found drowned in a creek four miles from Clyde Ohio twelve hours after being abducted from his grandfather’s home. Coroner D W Philo ruled homicide by drowning. Officials believe the infant was likely thrown from a passing car. The baby wore a shirt and diaper. one boot and a blue blanket are missing.
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Clyde, O
I. N
Haldon Fink
Clyde
D. W. Philo
Theodore Paul
Roy Krugh
H. L. Myers
Sandusky County
Benduaky County
Velma
Oren Baker
Ervin Fink
Myers
Two Contenders Vying for Iowa State Labor Federation Presidency
In Dubuque on June 14, Couch the incumbent and Leo Quinn of Des Moines contested the presidency at the state federation convention. Quinn was nominated by truck union official Carl Kruel who criticized the current administration. Former president J G Lewis, now with the coal commission, arrived at the convention and declined to reveal plans.
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Dubuque
J. N
Couch
Leo Quinn
Des Moines
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Quinn
Carl Kruel
Kruel
J. G
Shady) Lewis
Lewis
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Four Nations Offer Haven for St Louis Refugees
France Britain and Belgium agreed to take up to 250 refugees each on a temporary basis, the Netherlands to accept 194, as four countries promise asylum for the 907 Jewish refugees aboard the German liner St Louis, after its Cuba interdiction.
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Paris
St. Louis
Europe
Cuba
American Joint Distribution Committee
France
Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
New WPA Reform Bill Advances With Three-Member Board
Washington June 14. The House approved a relief appropriation bill totaling 1.7166 billion for the coming fiscal year and sweeping WPA reforms. Key changes include a three member board, security wage, 18 month project rotation, end of 100 percent federally funded projects, and state allocations by job needs. The measure aims to employ about 2.7 million people next year, plus up to 1.1 million through defense programs.
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Washington
J. N
House
WPA
F. C. Harrington
National Youth Administration
Harrington
How Would You Like To Receive A Pigeongram
Audubon June 146 reports a new greeting message form a pigeongram. Mrs Ray Fritz of Gray received a note from her Los Angeles parents sent via pigeon from Los Angeles to Omaha then Gray. The WWI pigeons used at Verdun and in the Lost Battalion are cited. birds reach speeds up to 60 mph.
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Audubon
I.e
Ray Fritz
Gray
John Shaw
Los Angeles
Cal
Omaha
Battle of
Verdun
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Cora B. Simpson
Decorah
State Board of Education
Amen
O’brien County Club
Leve
Presbyterian
Cass County
Statistics Department of the Weather and Crop Bureau
Rotary Club
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