Pendergast Snubbed By Missouri in Primary Clash
In Missouri primaries Judge James M. Douglas won the Democratic nomination for the state supreme court short term over James V. Billings, aided by Gov. Stark and St Louis officials. U S Senator Bennett Champ Clark clinched renomination amid a two to three opponents field with Clark far ahead, while former Gov. Caulfield won the Republican nod. The rift with Pendergast continues as his pick Billings lost in a heated intra party contest.
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St.louis
INS
Kansas City
James M. Douglas
St. Louis
Supreme Court
James V. Billings
Bennett
Missouri
Douglas
Lloyd C. Stark
United States
Bennett Champ Clark
Senate
Clark
Senator Clark
Champ'Clark
Joseph T. Davis
Willis T. Meredith
Robert I. Young
Henry S. Caulfield
U. S
Ray E. White
Clayton
Billings
Pendergast
Bennett C. Clark
Charles M. Howell
Roosevelt Backers, Anti-Administration Democrats Split Honors
In four primaries on Wednesday Roosevelt supporters and anti administration candidates split Democratic honors. Missouri Senator Bennett Clark, foe of the court bill, won renomination by a landslide while Kansas Senator George McGill, a President ally, also secured renomination. Both victories came with strong state party backing.
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Associated Press
Bennett Clark
Missouri
White House
George McGill
Kansas
Kuzzy Not Found After Tips Share Cedar Rapids Runaway
Samuel Kuzzy, 34, alias Robert Hickman, a 75 year prisoner who escaped Oakdale camp Monday night, remained at large near Cedar Rapids on Wednesday. Police chased many tips, but none confirmed, with reports tying him to a hitchhiker sighting near Manchester. Local authorities deem him a highly daring Cedar Rapids bandit linked to the December 1930 murder case.
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Cedar Rapids
Samuel Kuzzy
Robert Hickman
Oakdale
Coggan
Manchester
Kuzzy
Gazette
Thomas Risk
Ransack At Two Plants Yields Small Loot
Thieves hit Cedar Rapids Engineering at 902 Seventeenth Street NE and Hall Manufacturing at Thirty first Street First Avenue E on Tuesday night. They failed to crack two safes at Cedar Rapids Engineering and took cash from a soft drink machine and a filing cabinet, while at Hall Manufacturing they pried open five desks stealing cigarets coins cash candy gum a fountain pen a revolver one dollar from a vending machine and 150 from a steel box plus two electric grinders and two micrometers from a shop. Entrance to Hall Manufacturing was gained by a basement window. Entry to Cedar Rapids Engineering was not learned.
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Cedar Rapids Engineering Company
Seventeenth Street
Hall Manufacturing Company
First Avenue E
Cedar Rapids
F. S. Bohn
Italy To Increase Its Fighting Force
ROME reports that Prime Minister Benito Mussolini, after talks with Minister of Finance Count Paolo Ravol di Revel, Gen. Alberto Pariani, and Gen. Guiseppe Valle, ordered an increase in the strength of Italy's armed forces. The decision follows several conferences and aims to bolster both War and Air Ministry roles.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Paolo Rhaon di Revel
Alberto Pariani
Guiseppe Valle
Italy
Caboose Derailment Kills Two on Des Moines Freight Train
Two men died when a Silvis Des Moines Rock Island freight caboose derailed five miles east of Des Moines and plunged down a 25 foot embankment. Conductor E V McAvoy 52 of Silvis Illinois and rear brakeman P C Furlong 55 of Moline Illinois were pronounced dead. The accident shut down the track and an investigation began into the derailed caboose and one freight car left on the right of way.
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Des Moines
INS
Rock Island
E. V. McAvoy
Silvis
P. C. Furlong
Moline
Ill
Defenses Of Alaska To Be Strengthened
Washington plans call for strengthening land and air defenses in Alaska. An aerial survey will be conducted by Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson, who will travel to Alaska to assess a proposed large air base and a $12,000,000 highway linking the United States and Alaska through Canada.
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Washington
INS
Alaska
Louis Johnson
Johnson
United States
Canada
New York Heat Wave Tops Local Records
Ten days into a heat wave New York saw temperatures reach 91 at noon with forecasts of higher levels. In Central Park Observatory Dr. David Morris logged a scorching 133 under the sun at midday.
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New York
INS
Central Park Observatory
David Morris
U. S. Business Shows Steady July Uptick in Retail
Commerce department reports July retail gains following June upturn as inventories drop to near normal levels. First six months of 1938 still lag 1937 by 8 percent in general merchandise and 50 percent in heavy durable goods, with autos improving in the second half.
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Washington
INS
Commerce Department
Department
Ligures
Federal Reserve System
Ward
Maine murder convict names deputy in doctor slaying
In South Paris Maine 18 year old Paul N Dwyer testifies that Francis Carroll killed Dr James G Littlefield after a confrontation at the bath room. Dwyer says Carroll demanded letters and forced him to help as the doctor struggled for breath.
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Paris
Paul N Dwyer
Francis M. Carroll
Dwyer
Ralph M. Ingalls
James G. Littlefield
Ingall
Francis Carroll
Carroll
Carrol
Barbara
Barbara Carroll
Dr. Littlefield
Mediation Sought in Rail Labor Wage Dispute
CHICAGO UP The railroads and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen said they failed to agree on a 15 percent wage cut and will ask a federal mediator. H A Enochs and A F Whitney announced the move after talks since July 18 and Enochs will contact Dr W M Leiserson of the National Mediation Board.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
H. A. Enochs
Carriers’ Joint Conference Committee
A F. Whitney
Brotherhood
Enochs
W. M. Leiserson
National Mediation Board
Leiserson
Brotherhoods
Whitney
Mediation Board
George M. Harrison
Railway Labor Executives Association
Los Angeles Sends Compass To Corrigan For Warning
Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw sent a compass to New York to guide Douglas Corrigan on his expected return. The device, set so the needle points south, helps ensure Corrigan does not stray east or north as he did en route to Ireland. Corrigan’s uncle, Rev. Fraser Langford, is in New York to relay arrival details.
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Los Angeles
INS
Douglas Corrigan
Ireland
Frank L. Shaw
New York
Corrigan
Fraser Langford
Shaw
Douglas
Mercury Soars to 93 Degrees in Cedar Rapids Heat Wave
A bright sun tightened Cedar Rapids heat as highs reached 93 degrees by 2 30 p m after a 72 degree morning minimum. Tuesday had a 92 degree peak at 3 p m with 85 and 76 degree readings later.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Jap Airmen Down 32 Chinese Planes Near Hankow
Japanese air units claim 32 Chinese planes shot down near Hankow, with 45 more Chinese aircraft routed. They report ground destruction of seven Chinese planes at Hankow and raids along 200 miles of the Yangtze destroying 14 ships.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Yangtze Valley
J. T. C. Crawley
Yangtze River
Nuenkinchen
Tiehun
Hwangshishang
Hwafeng
Lungping
Matow
Yangtze
Yuhu
Kiukiang
Rumor Claims One Million Soviet Troops Marching East
Hong Kong dispatch reports British papers claim the Soviet Union massing up to one million troops moving toward the Siberian Manchurian frontier. Peiping sources provide no exact march destination and the report notes ongoing Soviet forces.
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Siberia
Hong Kong
INS
Peiping
Hope fades in hunt for Hawaii Clipper
Manila AP reports chances of finding the Hawaii Clipper and its 15 aboard are hopeless as thirteen naval ships complete the fifth day of a fruitless search. Aerial and sea patrols exhausted all likely areas east of the Philippines or around the islands. Oil-slick samples were taken for analysis in Manila.
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Manila
Hawaii
UCP Policy Heads Ponder Medical Issue
The Republican program committee weighs socialized medicine among wide issues for a 1940 prospectus to the Republican National Committee. Dr. H. W. Snyder and Dr. John P. Peters join a closed forum as debates focus on cooperative health groups and administration challenges.
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Chicago
Republican Program Committee
Republican National Committee
HW. L. Snyder
Winfield
Kan
American Medical Association
John P. Peters
Yate University
Medical Association
Justice Department
Washington
Peters
Glenn Frank
National Committee
Home for Friendless Renamed The Children's Home of Cedar Rapids
The Home for the Friendless is renamed The Children's Home of Cedar Rapids by the board of directors. The change clarifies friendless means without a family. The home serves Linn County children with no families and remains under state inspection. In August 38 children were enrolled. 44 were cared for in July amid interior redecorating and exterior painting.
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Home For the Friendless
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
Soviet Submarines Firing Reported by Estonian Guards
Estonian frontier guards fired on ten Soviet submarines described as fast and small while they maneuvered near Betona and Betonan in the area. The incident was reported by the London Daily Telegraph on Wednesday.
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London
INS
Frontier Guards
Betonan
Pete Finendon
Sis
Youth Suspected Of House Boat Thefts Shot By Police
Maryin Null age 16 of 50944 J avenue NW was shot in the upper right leg by Detective Albert Wilson at 2:20 p.m. Wednesday near the city market on First Street W as he tried to escape. Police say Null, paroled from Eldora's boys' training school eight months ago, had stolen items from boat houses valued over 60 dollars. Police recovered tools fish poles lanterns seat cushions and other items believed taken from Paul Smith's boat house and identified loot from several other boat houses.
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Cedar Rapids
Maryin Null
J Avenue NW
Albert Wilson
Wilson
Jim Bailey
City Market
First Street
Null
Earl Stanley
St Luke's Hospital
Stanley
Bailey
North Western Bridge
Eldora
Paul Smith
First Avenue E
Smith
C F Mikulas
Nineteenth Street
Walter Forbes
Wes Kovac
Ellis Boulevard
Andy Wandel
Jailbreaker linked to Dakota killing gospel
Sioux Falls police tied the death of 17 year old Betty Sehnaidt to an escaped convict Earl Young who fled a Pennsylvania jail on May 18. The car near her body had binding cord and a laundry mark tied to Andrew Riska in Minneapolis. Federal probes place Young in Yankton SD recently amid charges in multiple states.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Betty Sehnaidt
Clair Roddewig
Pennsylvania
Roddewig
Earl Young
Lebanon
St. Charles, Sr
Minneapolis
Andrew Riska
Young
Riska
Omaha
Hutchinson
Kaw
Louisville
Yankton
Dewey names more officials in Schultz lottery case
New York District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey stated the Schultz lottery investigation could involve other public officials beyond the two judges and a former district attorney named earlier. He listed Magistrate Hulon Capshaw, Magistrate Francis Erwin, and former district attorney William Copeland Dodge as having been influenced or coerced to protect Schultz mob members, with more names possible before Hines trial on August 15.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dutch Schultz
James J Hines
Tammany Hall
Schultz
Hulon Capshaw
Francis Erwin
William Copeland Dodge
Dewey
Hines
Maytag Strike Talks Continue With Counter Proposal
Ford said the Maytag company has turned over a counter-proposal to CIO union officials after a meeting at 2 p.m. on Wednesday. He described the offer as fair and containing substantial concessions and noted plans for another session at 3 or 4 p.m. to discuss the terms.
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DES Moines
E. HE. Ford
Maytay Company
CIO
Maytag
Ford
Maytag strike talks offer 10 percent cut share of profits
Des Moines United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America union proposes a 10 percent wage cut from July 1 1938 to July 1 1939 in exchange for profit sharing. The offer calls for an open conference with Maytag president FE H Maytag at 2 p m to discuss settlement. Government arbiter panels weigh options as Newton plant remains idle since May 9.
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Maytag
Newton
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Elo
Nelson G Kraschel
Pollard
Pan
BE. W. Pollard
Fort Madison
B. Frank Kauffman
Des Moines
Frank Wilson
Albia
United Mine Workers
National Labor Board
Kraschel
Crop Upsets Indoor Farming Scarecrows Take Vacation
A humorous 1938 column notes wheat and corn oversupply causing farmers to grant scarecrows two weeks paid vacation. It mocks planned harvest economics and blames the missing factor of Mother Nature while lampooning Thanksgiving and Pilgrim imagery.
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Stark
Cedar Rapids News
U. 5
Frank Lorence
Western Flier Bicycle
19Th St. SE
Rhode Island
Dial
2Nd Ave
Maine
Paul
Ingalls
Hope
Clipper
U.C.P
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
Louis K. Comstock
Merchants Association of New York
Home For
Dakota
UNION
Arthur “Bugs Baer
Mother Nature
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