Kraschel Ends Maytag Shutdown as Newton Plant Reopens
Governor Kraschel orders a Maytag plant resumption at Newton under militia protection, sparking relief but highlighting lingering dissent among company workers CIO and alleged communist factions. Reports criticize earlier troop use and call for clear investigations into the July shootings and weapon ownership.
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Hays
Kraschel
Maytag
Newton
Des Moines
Iowa
Maytag Company
CIO
Penn
Maytag strike ends as Newton plant reopens
About 1 400 workers return to the Maytag Washing Machines plant in Newton after a three month strike. National guardsmen monitor the reopening as talks with the United Electrical Workers union continue over alleged unfair labor practices and a wage cut. The board will hear union charges while a tentative withdrawal of troops could occur by late August.
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Maytag
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers'union
CIO
William Leniner
Tinley
Sentner
Milk Price Probe Nears One More Month Says Grand Jury
A federal grand jury in Chicago finished its third week of hearings into milk prices and potential nationwide milk trust. Witnesses subpoenaed include farmers and independent milk dealers as the investigation likely extends into another month.
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Chicago
Suspect in Sioux Falls slaying dies in Hot Springs arrest
Earl Young 28, of Lebanon Arkansas, sought in the Sioux Falls girl murder and Kansas woman assault, died after resisting arrest in a Hot Springs hotel. Police Captains Rogers and Watkins shot him as he fired from the door, striking him in the leg and head during the confrontation.
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Hot Springs, Ark
Sioux Falls
S. D
Kansas
Hot Springs
Earl Young
Lebanon
Ark
Ben Rogers
Jerry Watkins
Young
Rogers
Memphis
Watkins
CIO Leaders Talk With Maytag Lawyer Over Contract
CIO officials discussed a new labor agreement with Maytag attorney Edward W. Ford regarding the Newton plant. The CIO local union contract expired May 1 and after a 10 percent pay cut posted May 9, a strike followed.
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DES Moines
John Connolly, Jr
CIO
Maytag
Edward W. Ford
Newton
Amendment to Maytag NLRB complaint action in Des Moines
An amendment to the national labor relations board complaint charging Maytag with unfair labor practices was being prepared to address the discharge of twelve employees for strike activity. CIO attorney C I McNutt said drafting could occur in time for Friday. Jasper County official Luther Carr described events leading to Newton's July 20 suspension and violence against back-to-work representatives, noting back-to-work cards torn up by union members.
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Military Commission
National Labor Board
Jis
Des Moines
Maytag Company
John Connolly, Jr
Hollis Hall
Richard Neibur
Mike Huston
Milo Fane
George Backham
Frank Dickerson
Jake Wisecarver
Myron Pyle
John Evans
William Longren
Jesse James
Kenneth Lane
Labor Board
INS
National Labor Relations Board
Maytag
C. I. McNutt
CIO
Luther Carr
Jasper County
Newton
Carr
Earl Shields
League Of Nations Firecrackers In A Nerdy Salute
A 1938 column by Arthur Bugs Baer lampoons the League of Nations. He quips that every file pull triggers a firecracker while the non intervention committee loses fingernails in others business. Baer muses that US focus remains on domestic matters and pine knot timber.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
League of Nations
Soviets Demand Japanese Withdrawal Before Talks
Moscow demands all Japanese troops depart the Changkufeng border area before any peace talks. Litvinov warned Shigemitsu that even one Japanese soldier on Soviet soil could ruin negotiations. Tokyo signaling willingness to withdraw if talks proceed under 1886 Sino-Russian treaty map.
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Moscow
INS
Changkufeng
Japan
Tokio
Maxim Litvinov
Soviet Union
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Litvinov
Russia
Maytag Probes Sitdown Strike Employees
Maytag Corp sent letters to about 275 employees who took part in a sitdown strike at the Newton washing machine plant. The company says it will withhold action until a full investigation is completed and all facts are known, offering employees a chance to present their side.
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Newton (Ap
Maytag
The
Maytag Company
Three Army Bombers Fly Nonstop to Bogota in Record Flight
Three giant four engined bombers completed a nonstop 1540 mile flight from Miami to Bogota at an average speed of 192 miles per hour. They departed Miami at 3 08 a m and landed in Bogota at 11 27 a m eight hours and 19 minutes total. The mission served as a goodwill gesture for Colombia's inaugural ceremonies for President Dr Eduardo Santos.
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Washington
INS
Army
Miami
Fla
Bogota
Colombia
Florida
Eduardo Santos
Corrigan Crowned Day in Broadway Parade for Dublin Flight
Douglas Corrigan rode an open car through lower Broadway as crowds cheered his solo flight from New York to Dublin. He grinned amid the heat and ticker tape while Mayor La Guardia’s reception committee and family members joined the triumph.
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New York
Douglas Corrigan
Broadway
Dublin
Battery
City Hall
Corrigan
James M McGurrin
la Guardia
Stanley Howe
Harry
Baltimore
Anita
Walter
Steve Reich
Roosevelt Field
Howard Hughes
Ireland
California
Lochlands
Tenas
Train collision blamed on crew negligence in Montana crash
The Interstate Commerce Commission safety bureau blamed crew negligence for the June 25 head on collision of the Olympian, a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific line train, and a Civilian Conservation Corps special in Montana. One killed and eighty two injured, with the crash following a separate June 19 derailment near Custer Creek that killed forty seven and injured seventy five.
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Interstate Commerce Commission Bureau of Safety
Olympian
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific
Civilian Conservation Corps
Montana
Custer Creek
The
Safety Bureau
CCC
Ingomar
Mont
Businessmen Optimistic On Future Across Regions
A United Press survey finds general business optimism about the immediate future with an upswing in trade. The downturn of early 1938 leveled off though levels remain below 1937. Highlights include stock gains, July consumer purchasing, rising inventories, and renewed activity in textiles, steel, autos, and construction.
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Chicago
United Press
New England
Hollywood
Pennsylvania
New York
Germans Plan Direct Berlin New York Flight
Berlin officials plan a four motor airliner nonstop from Berlin to New York in about ten days. The 26 passenger aircraft with a crew of four aims to prove the feasibility of 24 hour air mail and passenger service across the Atlantic.
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Berlin
INL
New York
Air Ministry
Six Michigan Children Die From Mysterious Fatal Malady
In Owosso Michigan doctors faced a baffling illness that has killed six children and threatened a seventh. Autopsies show dysentery like signs while researchers seek a cause. Officials urge caution as water sources are tested and medical experts from the Rockefeller Foundation study the outbreak.
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Michigan
Owosso
Mich
Gerald Lara
Gerald
Raymond Lara
E. R. McKnight
Llewellyn Bennett
Louise
Dorothy
Allen
Leland
Helen Aldrich
Don W. Gudakunst
Robert M. Schultz
Rockefeller Foundation
Schultz
Gudakunst
Bennett
Aldrich
Five Springs
Laza
Davenport Chief Reconstructs Nash Deaths
Davenport Police Chief Reed Phillips outlined a reconstruction of the Nash family tragedy arguing Gladys Nash was accidentally shot by her son Burton during basement target practice. The theory posits a first shot in the kitchen, a struggle with the knife, a second shot, and the youth then killed himself in the basement. Coroner W F Shelley performed the autopsy Friday.
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Phillips
W. F. Shelley
Four Little Boys Foil Bank Robber in Crawfordsville
Four boys aged 7 to 9 chased an armed robber from the First National bank alley to a patrol wagon that captured James McKinnon. The youths Eddie Johnson 9 Paul Campbell 7 Don Campbell 8 and Virgil Kidd 7 acted after a cashier alarm sounded and the bandit fled the front door.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
First National Bank
James McKinnon
Eddie Johnson
Paul
Don Campbell
Virgil Kidd
Democratic sweep in Tennessee primary boosts Crump McKellar slate
In Tennessee, the Crump led Democratic faction won a decisive primary victory over Gordon Browning and George Berry. Prentice Cooper won the gubernatorial nomination with backing from Crump and Stewart. Berry lost to Tom Stewart amid criticisms of his TVA stance and Roosevelt policies. Mayor Hudson also won to lead railroad and public utilities commission.
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Nashville
Berry
Tom Stewart
Winchester
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley Authority
Cooper
Stewart
Crump
W.D Hudson
Clarksville
W. H. Turner
Shelby County
Memphis
Mercury Dips After Storm in Cedar Rapids
An electrical storm Friday brought 0.13 inch of rain and dropped the temperature to 75 by 2:30 PM in Cedar Rapids. Wind damage was reported in the east part of town with a signboard blown down near Cedar Park and screens torn from some houses. The day saw temperatures fluctuating from a high around 92 to a low near 70 as recorded by Chambers Inskeep.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
First Avenue
Cedar Park
Chambers Inskeep Company
Supreme Court rules no libel in Gazette Cooper article
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling, finding no libel in a Cedar Rapids Gazette article about H. M. Cooper former chairman of the Iowa liquor control commission. Marshalltown attorneys Boardman and Cartwright sued for 50 000 claiming damage to professional reputation.
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DES Moines
INS
Laws Supreme Court Today
Cedar Rapids Gazette
H. M. Cooper
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Marshalltown
H. E. Boardman
H. G. Cartwright
The
Gazette
High Court
Boardman
Cartwright
Cooper
Marshall Town
Caase
J. LeRoy Farmer
Cedar Rapids
J. W. Anderson
Sager
Mitchell
Kintainger
Hamilton
Herring
Harold M Cooper
Liquor Commission
Iowa Supreme Court
Homes Sell In August
A Gazette want ad by F. E. Oberhaus, 820 M Ave NW, advertised a part mod four room home in Harrison near a school area. The July 20 to August 2 run cost $3.36 and drew at least 35 prospective buyers, selling the house.
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F. E. Oberhaus
M Ave
Gazette
Harrison, Bar
BM Ave
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