Chamberlain Stiffens Front Against Foes
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons Britain is ready for emergencies as August sees a crisis season. Admiralty to build 180 vessels in 1939 naval program while Nazi proclamations claim readiness for war and a peaceful posture. Tokyo protests U S and British actions as Japanese pressure in China escalates with attacks on Americans and recalls of ambassadors debated.
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Joe Alex Morris
Iuprovelen News Heitor
Great Britain
Europe
Far East
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
London
Admiralty
Britain
Chamberlain
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Reich
Pneace
Hermann Goering
Hitler
France
Rhineland
Italy
Po Valley
Shanghai
China
East Asia
Tokio
Kokumin
Kensuke Horimnouchi
Washington
United States
Japan
Foreign Office
U. S. State Department
Tientsin
Words Misused in Society Demand Fairer Treatment
A critique on how common words lose their true meaning through misuse and overwork. The piece urges a movement to protect language, arguing that words like habit heredity discipline and love are misrepresented and abused, calling for honest, precise usage and a new standard in word ethics.
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Humpty - Dumpty
Neweon
Humpty
Feattie Syndicate
Lic
Ha Ha Choo Causes Morning Crash In Cedar Rapids
Dr. Leo Sedlacek reported to police that a sudden sneeze of his drove him into R. C. Karlan’s car at the Fifth avenue intersection on Nineteenth street SE. Both vehicles were damaged but no injuries occurred.
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Leo B. Sedlacek
Nineteenth Street SE
Schlacek
Nouth
Nineteenth Street
R. C. Karlan
Twenty-sixth Street
Fifth Avenue
Strikes Continue in Four States Amid UAW Turmoil
Associated Press reports ongoing strike actions across four states amid outbreaks of violence and emergency police measures. In Cleveland, UAW’s Fisher Body plant faced a “strike zone” near the plant while picketing occurred at workers’ homes. A dynamite threat targeted Rudolph Reese’s home in Saginaw, Michigan, later defused. In Green Mountain Dam, Colorado, deputized workers and locals backed by armed groups resumed shifts as tensions persisted at the $4,000,000 project.
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Cleveland
United Auto Workers Union
Fisher Body
Saginaw
Mich
Rudolph Reese
General Motors Corporation
Reese
Green Mountain Dam
Colo
John H. Lee
Summit County
Roosevelt silent on 1940 plans on Coolidge anniversary
Washington dispatch recalls Calvin Coolidge declaring he would not run twelve years earlier as President Roosevelt offered no hint about his 1940 intentions.
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Roosevelt
Roosevelt urges action on 800 million housing bill
Washington the White House urged house leaders to bring up the administration's 800 million dollar housing program for a vote despite a New Deal defeat on the lending bill and polls predicting failure. The House junked the housing measure as Sabath announced it had been tossed overboard amid coalition opposition and adjournment pressure.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
House
Sabath
White House
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Rayburn
US. Housing Authority
Winchell Column Begins Today in The Gazette
The Cedar Rapids Gazette announces the start of Walter Winchell’s column on page eight. It promises up to date anecdotes, witty lines, and sharp insights into the great and near great, with the columnist on the inside track of happenings.
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The
Gazette Today
Walter Winchell
Winchell
Gambling Ship Rex Halted After Navy In Standoff
In Los Angeles a 250 officer force led by Earl Warren stopped the Rex gambling ship four miles off Santa Monica. The ship surrendered after a tense standoff amid a nautical battle with nets, hoses, and marooned gamblers aboard. Cornero, defense, and officers faced a long struggle to enforce a court order. Continuous radio exchanges and boarding attempts marked the dramatic enforcement of prohibitions on offshore gambling.
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Los Angeles
Rex
Earl Waren
Pacific
Santa Monica
Vony Cornero
Warren
Cornero
George Kirkham
Jimat
U S Displays Air Strength In Celebration
The United States Army Air Corps set six world records Wednesday, three of them held by fascist powers, by flying heavily loaded bombers to new speed and altitude marks. Boeing four-engined bombers broke the German altitude record, with a 11 023 pound load reaching 33 400 feet, surpassing 30 551 feet set by Germany in 1938.
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Dayton
INS
United States Army Air Corps
Air Corps
Italy
Germany
Europe
Orient
Congress Approves Oil Portrait of Herbert Hoover
In Washington a Democratic Congress appropriated 2500 dollars to procure an oil portrait of former President Herbert Hoover for the White House. Leader Alben W. Barkley pushed the measure through the Senate without objection.
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Washington
ULP
Herbert Hoover
White House
Alben W. Barkley
Senate
Funeral set in Joplin for G F Newburger poet of Ozarks
Funeral services for G F Newburger will be held Thursday at 3 pm in Joplin Missouri. He lived there for years before moving to Cedar Rapids and died Monday in Coral Gables Florida. Family members plan to attend the services and B J Newburger will join his mother for the trip.
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G. F. Newburger
The
Ozarks
B. J. Newburger
Newman
Joplin
Moody brothers set air endurance mark in Springfield flight
Hunter and Humphrey Moody roared into a new world endurance record for light planes at Springfield Municipal Airport. The brothers logged 218 hours and 43 minutes to tie the previous record, then stretched to 238 hours 18 minutes before signaling they would stay up until their 55 horsepower Miss Springfield craft failed or they faltered. Thousands cheered as factory whistles sounded a salute. This followed a previous attempt that ended after 159 hours 43 minutes due to valve trouble.
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Springfield
King Moody Brothers
Hunter
Humphrey
Decatur
Hatley
Thomas H Long
Clyde Schleiper
Long Beach
Colt
Miss Springfield
Hunter Moody
Ile
Wilbur Parrish
Nippon Embargo Asked In Senate
Senator Schwellenbuch of Washington urged the secretary of state to seek a voluntary embargo on shipment of war materials to Nippon. He argued the United States has become Japan's most important ally and pressed for action in the Senate.
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Washington
INS
United States
Schwellenbuch
Wash
Secretary of State
Bridges Says Communism Joke At Deportation Hearing
West Coast CIO Director Harry Bridges testified at his deportation hearing that his communist gestures were made in a joking way. He admitted giving the communist salute at a union convention but said it was part of a two group split and claimed enemies portrayed the reds. He denied belonging to the Communist Party and said he received two publications without subscribing.
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Angel Island
Calif
INS
West Coast Cio
Harry Bridges
VU. S
Thomas B Shoemaker
Bridges
Reds
Daily Worker
Western Worker
Transients Held For Auto Theft After Car Prowling
Two men, Albert Brueck of Davenport and Elson Blatt of Kansas City, were arrested Tuesday evening on Second Street SW for prowling a car and suspected in the Dreher Des Moines murder case. They were intoxicated and unable to recall the events, and the vehicle belonged to George Secor of Twenty-first Street SE.
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Second Street
First
Second Avenues
Earl Stanley
Albert Brueck
Davenport
Elson Blatt
Kansas City
Stanley
George Secor
Twenty-first Street
Second Streets
Grady Named to Succeed Sayre in Tariff Post
President Roosevelt nominated Henry F. Grady a Californian long active in trade policy to be assistant secretary of state and vice chairman of the tariff commission. He will succeed Francis P Sayre who becomes high commissioner to the Philippines.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Henry F. Grady
Tariff Commission
Francis P Sayre
Philippines
Grady
Woman Defends Home From Unwanted Visitor With Knife
Detective Tom Condon reports a case at Mrs. Frank O'Neil's home on Mount Vernon Avenue SE where a short, stocky, well dressed man followed her through rooms and into the basement after asking to use a telephone. Around 11 am she drew a carving knife and ordered him out. the stranger departed by the rear door, fearing the weapon as he vanished up an alley.
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Tom Condon
Frank O'Neil
Mount Vernon Avenue
Driver Held After Girl Is Injured On Highway
Robert Tenney, 34, of 513 Four teenth Street SE, was fined 300 dollars in district court for driving while intoxicated after an accident on Highway 218 near the airport that injured Harriet Steggal, 24, of 721 Fifth Avenue SE. The judge allowed installment payments, 25 dollars each month. Steggal reported to police she was at the Airport Inn with three others, recuperating at Mercy hospital.
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Robert Tenney
Fourteenth Street SE
Harriet Steggal
Fifth Avenue SE
C. J. Haas
Miss Steggal
Questions and Answers on Hatch Bill Explainer
Washington insiders report President Roosevelt used a Q and A format to explain provisions of the Hatch anti-politics bill. He answered common queries about government workers’ political activities and benefits, noting the law does not strip workers of positions for attending meetings or for expressing views. He warned future questions will multiply in actual enforcement.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Marine Corps
Reject Proposal To Probe Oil Seizures
The Senate foreign relations committee rejected two resolutions to form a special Senate committee to investigate appropriation of American oil lands by Mexico. Sponsored by Senators Neely and Bridges, the move followed newspaper reports linking Senator Grutter and government officials to Mexico's seizure actions.
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Washington
Ins
Senate
Mexico
Neels
Bridges
Grutter
Probes to Follow When Gavel Falls in Congress
Washington AP reports a half dozen congressional investigations likely to begin after adjournment. Three inquiries have House or Senate authorization: a national labor relations study, a tax structure review, and the Dies committee un American activities probe. The federal monopoly committee also proceeds. Byrnes convened the Senate Audit and Control panel to hear Schwellenbach and consider other probe proposals. House approved 50 000 for the labor board study. 100 000 had been approved for the Dies committee, which will resume hearings in about two weeks.
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Washington
House
Senate
National Labor Relations
Ways and Means
Executive Departments
Byrnes
Senate Audit and Control Committee
Schwellenbach
Wash
Labor Board
House Labor Committee
Dies
Mercury Hits 88 After Slow Start
In Cedar Rapids a cool hazy day kept temperatures low early, with light rainfall recorded. August had touched a high of 94 on Tuesday, but by 2:40 pm Wednesday the mercury rose to 88. Readings showed 84 at 1:10 pm, .09 inch of rain earlier, and high humidity, with a low of 72 overnight.
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Chambers
Civil rights safeguarded as Hatch bill debated in Congress
President Roosevelt signs the Hatch bill barring pernicious political activity by federal workers and urges extending safeguards to state and local employees. Rep Sabath predicts splits in the New Deal coalition may push Roosevelt toward a third term, with attorney general directed to uphold civil liberties while restricting political campaigning. The message emphasizes enforcement in spirit, not just letter, as lawmakers listen in a tense atmosphere.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Rep. Sabath
Rules Committee
House
Congress
New Deal
Act
Hoosevelt
United States
Senate Pvt. Country Back On Golf Course Asserts
Artula Bugs Baer contends the New Deal drained turf leaving confusion but now the senate moves to a practical path. He argues party lines no longer imprison or hinder progress and notes business revival after seven years, with prosperity appearing closer.
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Senate
Bugs" Baer
Artula
Bugs
Baer
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