Spring relief case and labor views clash in scattered items
The piece recounts Helge Erickson leaving relief at St. Croix Falls after painting work was halted by a license issue and a judge suspending penalties. It then discusses WPA unemployment figures, Jesse Jones urging bank lending liberalization, Maytag CIO case at Newton, Iowa, and Davenport bingo and bank-night attention amid prohibition. The letter from James Emery Brooks ends with a whimsical penny tale.
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Helge Erickson
St. Croix Falls
Wis
Helge
State Industrial Commission
WPA
Witness account ties Barta Shafer deaths to garage shooting
Frank Monahan a Cedar Rapids funeral director told police details of the Sunday shooting that killed Vernon Barta and Bert Shafer. He described Shafer firing, Barta falling forward into him, and Monahan fleeing to Shafer’s house as a volley of shots rang out.
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Vernon Barta
Cedar Rapids
Bert Shafer
Frank Monahan
Monahan
G. K. Thompson
Robert Vlach
Earl Stanley
Shafer
Barta
Fifth Avenue SE
Bert
Ohio Governor Defies Board in Bold Primary Claim
Ohio Governor Martin L. Davey challenged the federal social security board on Saturday saying they could investigate as they wished regarding alleged appeals to old age pensioners to vote or renomination in the Ohio primaries. He insisted the probe would find nothing, asserted July through September funds are in Ohio's treasury, and predicted a three to one primary victory.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Federal
Social Security Board
Ohio
Frank helps blind man, Granny worries over debts
Narrator recalls a boy named Frank who blesses a blind man with daily pennies and stories. Granny Goose supports him with ten dollar bills while fearing growing debts. Friends praise Frank as the finest fellow for saving the blind man from starvation.
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James Emery Brooks
Glen Ridge
N. J
Granny Goose
Frank
Granny
Glenn Frank Attacks New Deal Record
Chicago AP Glenn Frank chairman of the republican program committee denounces the New Deal in a nationwide broadcast arguing its aims undermine democracy and private enterprise. He cites four questions about executive power economic monopoly output and suppression of opposition, referencing a summer school gathering of Aug 16.
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Chicago
Glenn Frank
Republican Program Committee
Frank
Red
National Broadcasting Company
Remove Three CIO Union Officials In UAW Shakeup
Detroit AP United Automobile Workers executive board expelled three of four suspended international vice presidents and suspended the fourth for three months. Richard T. Franksensteen Wyndham Mortimer and Ed Hail received the severest penalty. Walter N. Wells and George F. Addes also faced suspensions and removals amid a clash over alleged conspiracies to disrupt the union and accusations of Communist influence. The dispute pitted Homer Martin against Lovestone aligned leadership.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America
CIO
International
Richard T. Frankensteen
Wyndham Mortimer
Ed Hail
Walter N. Wells
Homer Martin
George F. Addes
Addes
UAW
Martin
Jay Lovestone
Independent Communist Labor League
Luft h Hopes for Glider Altitude Record Set in Germany
Air Captain Drechsel of Lufthansa claimed a new world altitude record for gliders in Germany. He started from 940 meters and climbed to 7,070 meters, or 23,196 feet, on the same day.
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Wasserkuppe
Germany
Drechsel
Lufthansa
Baer Praises Keeler as Ruth’s Forerunner in Baseball
Baseball writer Bugs Baer recalls Willie Keeler and Babe Ruth, noting Keeler’s hit where they ain’t and Ruth’s even rarer power. Both stars wore Brooklyn uniforms and played right field, with Ruth seen as the next leap after Keeler. Publicly dated as 1906, the anecdote reflects early 20th century sentiment on Brooklyn ballplayers.
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Tomy
Bugs Baer
Baer
Willie Keeler
Babe Ruth
Babe
Willie
Brooklyn
Two-Thirds Rule Aims At Third-Term Battle In 1940
Washington AP reports anti Roosev elt democrats push to restore the two thirds rule at the 1940 Democratic convention to block a possible third term. Southern legislators seek northern support to veto renomination and ward off Roosevelt allies with a favorite son strategy, shielding critics while avoiding direct opposition to the President.
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Washington
Roosevelt
South
White House
Chicago Police In Deadly Gang Double Killing
Chicago police remained at a standstill after a gangland style double murder. Bruno Switaj aged 34 and Leo Muszinski aged 37 were fatally shot while seated in a parked car. Investigators found six bullets fired by unseen assailants who fled in another vehicle. No motive could be learned.
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Chicago
INS
Bruno Switaj
Leo “Cowboy” Muszinski
Roosevelt Leaves Hospital After Ward Club Honor
Franklin Delano Roosevelt III, age 17 days, left Philadelphia hospital with his parents and a life membership in the eighth ward democratic club. He will travel to Owl's Nest in Wilmington, Delaware, to stay with his maternal grandparents and mother Ethel du Pont and father Franklin Jr. The ward voted the infant a life membership, accepted by his father, who praised the honor as premature for a baby.
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Philadelphia
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Eighth Ward
Democratic Club
Owl's Nest
Wilmington
Del
Eugene du Pont
Ethel du Pont
Franklin, Jr
Roosevelt
Winners Spent Huge Sum In Pennsylvania Nominees
Washington dispatch notes Gov George H Earle and Charles Alvin Jones won the Democratic senatorial and gubernatorial nominations in Pennsylvania. They reported 222030 spent through a joint committee with 160348 receipts and 160996 expenditures placing 61034 unpaid obligations. Taft and Day reports show continued campaign spending in Ohio and Wisconsin while North Carolina and Wisconsin figures are listed.
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Washington
INS
George H. Earle
Charles Alvin Jones
Pennsylvania
Senate
John E. Myers
Carlisle
Earle
Jones
Guffey
CIO
John L. Lewis
Sheppard
Texas
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Arthur H. Day
F. Ryan Duffy
Wisconsin
F. W. Hancock, Jr
North Carolina
Wages Rise in Corn Products as Jobs Decline
Washington AP reports 1937 wages in corn product manufacturing rose to 10,411,461 dollars for 7,011 workers, up from 8,435,896 dollars for 7,337 workers in 1935. Product value climbed to 135,819,685 dollars from 103,631,751 dollars. establishments fell from 36 to 26.
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Washington
Bureau of Census
Open Break Feared in Soviet Japan War
Japan rushes urgent peace proposals to Moscow as renewed Soviet air raids on Korea escalate tensions. Moscow closes Tarbes consulates in Khabarovsk and Blagoveshensk amid collapsing negotiations. Tokyo warns of possible aerial retaliation if raids continue.
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Torio
INS
Korea
Moscow
Siberian - Manchukuan
Korecan
Japan
Soviet Union
Tokio
Tarbes
Siberian
Khabarovsk
Blagoveschenk
Foreign Office
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Have You An Outboard The Demand Exceeds Supply
The Gazette Want Ads report a high demand for used outboard motors with buyers ranging from fishermen to vacationers. Advertisers note strong response times and easy sales, citing personal examples such as H P Johnson selling an outboard after advertising. Contact numbers are provided for placing ads.
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Gazette
Don Abernathy
3Rd St. SE
Renew Search For Missing Clipper Ship Tokio
The Japanese navy sent warships to Douglas reef south of Japan after reports the Hawaii Clipper, a Pan American flying boat with fifteen aboard, was found floating at sea 800 miles south of Japan. A possible miscommunication may have diverted the fleet.
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Tokio
Douglas Reef
Japan
Hawaii
State Department Hints Hawaii Clipper May Be Near Parece Vela
The State Department said Saturday the American embassy in Tokyo was informed that Pan American Airways believes the Hawaiian Clipper may lie near Parece Vela Douglas Reef at 20°25′ N 136°05′ E. The area is near probable drift and a search would be appreciated.
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Washington
State Department
Tokio
Pan American Airways
Parece Vela
Douglas Reef
Hawaii Clipper Missing With All Aboard Near Manila
The Hawaii Clipper disappeared July 28 while flying between Alameda and the Orient. Fifteen aboard included six crew and nine passengers. An oil slick found later near the last known position raised fears of a crash at sea and Pan American president Trippe declared the Clipper lost.
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Pan-American Airways
Douglas Reef
Navy
Hawaii
Leo Terletzky
Meigs
Juan T. Trippe
Pan American
Landon predicts Roosevelts crushing defeat in third term bid
Cheyenne Wyoming AP Alf M Landon former governor and Republican candidate for president in 1936 says Roosevelt would face a crushing defeat if he seeks a third term He argues the public would oppose a third term with the same indignation shown against court packing proposed by Roosevelt
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Landon
Rescue Man Rescued After Six Days In Mud Bog
Hugh Jones a 44 year old farmer from Belleville Ont endured six days mired neck deep in a bog. He clung to a log with one arm as rescuers passed nearby unseen. Only his head appeared above the mud and chest pressure kept him from calling for help until he was freed.
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Belleville
Ont
Hugh Jones
Jones
Al Smith Jr Entangled In Marital Mess
In Rome New York Alfred E Smith Jr was ordered by Supreme Court Justice James T Cross to pay one third of his earnings to his estranged wife Bertha Gott Smith of Syracuse and to provide sworn monthly itemized earnings statements. The judge suggested bankruptcy as a remedy and denied alimony relief due to reduced income and debt. Mrs Smith won an uncontested separation in 1937 and has pursued alimony of 200 dollars monthly. Smith has paid nothing since last November.
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Rome
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith, Jr
Supreme Court
James T. Cross
Bertha Gott Smith
Syracuse
Smith
New York State
Justice Cross
al, Jr
Clifford H Sears
Dope Ring Taken In Nationwide Federal Sweep
Federal narcotic agents raided in Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York and arrested four suspects over a believed $1 000 000 nationwide dope ring. William Willie Weber Broadway agent Andrew Vergetalis Jack Harris and Harry Margolis were taken into custody in Philadelphia and a New Jersey resort. Authorities kept the arrests secret while Weber was tracked from a Jersey hotspot. The four men were brought to the federal detention prison for confinement.
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New York
INS
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Throce
William ‘Willie’ Weber
Andrew Vergetalis
Jack Harris
Harry Margolis
Weber
Philadelphia
Garland Williams
Federal Narcotics Division
Jersey
Harris
Margolis
Heber McCord
James J. Mulligan
Camden
Federal
Mystery Ailment In Michigan Diagnosed As Oriental Disease
OWOSSO Mich AP Dr Don W Gudakunst state health commissioner said the disease that caused six child deaths in Owosso has been classified as shiga dysentery an oriental or tropical disease. He called it the most severe of all dysentery forms and said it spreads via germs from intestinal discharges contaminating food or water. The diagnosis was the first ever in Michigan. He urged expansion of sewage sanitation and warned against consuming undercooked food or unboiled water.
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Owosso
Mich
Don W. Gudakunst
Gudakunst
Michigan
Cedar Rapids Sees 91 Degree High Saturday
Warm spell hits Cedar Rapids with a 91 degree high on Saturday as sunlit skies heat the day. The temperature rose from a 70 degree early morning low and cooled to 77 by 9 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Mexico Deputy Chamber Backs Hull Arbitration Rejection
In a one minute debate the Mexican chamber of deputies approved Mexico's note to the United States rejecting Secretary Hull's call for arbitration over the conviction of American owned farm ads.
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Mexico City
INS
Mexican Chamber of Deputies
Mexico
United States
Hull
Barkley Leads Chandler by 32 244 in Kentucky Primary
Incumbent Sen Alben W Barkley holds a 32 244 vote edge over Gov A B Chandler as returns from 3106 of 4313 precincts are tallied at 11 30 p m CST. Barkley 208 804 Chandler 176 560 with Barkley ahead in seven of nine districts and Chandler carrying the eastern sixth district bluegrass region.
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Louisville
Alben W. Barkley
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
Barkley
Chandler
Jefferson
Bluegrass
Barkley Wins Democratic Nomination In Kentucky
Louisville AP report from the Courier-Journal notes Senator Barkley leading in eastern Kentucky districts and winning the Democratic nomination over Governor Chandler. Haswell leads the Republican primary with 6,694 votes from 874 precincts in 36 counties. Chandler blames WPA jobs for his defeat.
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Barkley
Louisville
Courier-Journal
A .B. Chandler
Kentucky
John P. Haswell
Haswell
Chandler
Seven Injured In Car Crash Near Edgewood School
Seven people were injured when two cars collided on E Avenue NW near Edgewood School No. 1 around 9 25 p.m. Saturday. Injured include Abdu Omar Marianne Omar A W Mann James M DeHook Sammy DeHook Eddie DeHook and Florence Jacobs. All but DeHook were released after treatment at St. Luke's Hospital.
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E Avenue NW
Edgewood School No. 1
St. Luke’s Hospital
Abdu Omar
F Avenue NW
Marianne Omar
A. W. Mann
F Aveennue NW
James M. DeHook
First Avenue
Sammy DeHook
Eddie DeHook
Florence Jacobs
Tenth Avenue SE
Abdo Omar
Jacobs
Weekly Forecast for Chicago and Plains Regions
AP weather summary notes a generally fair week with seasonable temperatures in the Upper Mississippi, lower Missouri valleys, and northern central plains. Isolated afternoon thundershowers are possible in the valleys while plains expect mostly above normal temperatures and fair conditions.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
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