Danzig customs row sparks new attacks amid crisis
Berlin influenced press attacks Poland over Danzig customs while Berlin seeks pressure for annexation as Hitler and Forster weigh talks. London urges peace terms and possible conferences to resolve the dispute amid fears of broader conflict.
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London
Danzig
Poland
Free City
Warsaw
Czas
Rome
INS
Reich
Germany
Arthur Greiser
Marian Choducki
Hitler
Forster
Associated Press
England
Courtesy on the curb builds safer streets and kinder days
A traffic stop outside a busy street ends with apologies and thanks from two drivers. The officer’s courtesy sparks mutual respect, showing how polite acts can ease tensions and improve daily life. Courtesy is called everyday religion and the golden rule in action.
Deserved To Win In Underwater Endurance Contest
In Mount Vernon Alabama 16 year old George Moore won an underwater endurance contest by clinging to a submerged root but drowned in three feet of water.
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Mount Vernon
Ala
George Moore
G O P Plans Three Program Areas For 1940 Session
Washington AP The House Republicans seek a defined program on housing agriculture and reciprocal trade agreements to offer as alternatives to administration measures for the 1940 Congress. Minority Leader Martin plans special committees to draft legislation on each subject. Rep Rayburn accuses Republicans of proposing a program while opposing the old economic order that favors the few. Government spending likely to be a major issue in the new session.
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Washington
House
Martin
Mass
Rep. Rayburn
Texas
Rayburn
Chrysler IlIll Walter Chrysler Critically Ill at Home
Walter P. Chrysler, famed automaker, is critically ill at his Long Island home with a circulatory ailment. He is named defendant in an $800 000 breach of contract suit in White Plains supreme court. Plaintiff's counsel seeks an examination, but Chrysler's lawyers oppose, citing his illness.
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White Plains
N.Y
Walter P. Chrysler
Long Island
Supreme Court
Chrysler
Frank B. Rogers
Mamaroneck
Uphold Woman Jury Service In Illinois
The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the right of women to serve on juries in Illinois, reinforcing gender equality in the state justice system.
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Uphold Woman Jury Service
Illinois
Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Budget hearing strains as coal cost item stalls approval
A 1940 budget hearing for a local school board drew questions from taxpayers and a stubborn coal cost item of 1.23 per ton delaying final approval. Board chairman Harold Trewin said an upward revision may be needed, while officials sought legal guidance as fund balances and past overdrafts were debated.
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Schoool Board
Railway Tax Department
Harold Trewin
Taxpayers Committee
Horace G. Hedges
Paul N. Clark
Clark
CD. Nedberg
Charles Penningroth
John Wagner
Col
Congress Sees Some Rescue From Wreck Says Baer
Arthur Rogs Alr notes that this Congress spared some work by keeping orderly legislation from becoming a blind auction. He compares adjournment to a mule at a grade crossing and hopes the result brings benefit amid desertlike revolt.
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Baer
Arthur
Congress
Courier Seeks To Cross Jap Lines Learn Fate Of U S Mission Colony
An American courier left the Baptist mission hospital at Chengchow to cross Japanese lines toward Kaifeng and learn the fate of the U S mission colony amid growing anti American pressure. Missionaries plan to flee Kaifeng as propaganda swells.
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U. S
Shangehat
Baptist Mission Hospital
Chengchow
Kaifeng
Henan
Shansi
Ralph C. Scoville
Los Angeles
China Inland Mission
Lwohsien
Scoville
Kiehsiu
Hwohsien
Peipmeg
Pearson to sue over University broadcast statement
Drew Pearson says he has instructed his attorney to sue Acting President Frederick Woodward of the University of Chicago over a statement about Hoover and the 1940 campaign. Pearson alleges Woodward apologized for the remark on a national round table broadcast and notes Hoover directed his protest to Chicago trustees.
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Washington
Drew Pearson
Frederick Woodward
University of Chicago
Pearson
Woodward
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Leland Stanford
U S Plans $2 Million Silver Purchase From China
Washington reports a direct U S government contract to buy 6 million ounces of Chinese silver for about 2 million dollars if China clears ships past Japanese warships off the China coast. This marks a shift from previous purchases through London markets.
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Washington
INS
Japan
U. S
China
Far East
London
Soviet Union Extends 700 Million Ruble China Loan
Chinese officials said Soviet Russia offered a loan to China worth 700 million rubles about 140 million dollars. The announcement was made Tuesday in Chungking.
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China
Chungking
Soviet
Russia
Rain And Clouds Hold Mercury Down In Cedar Rapids
Grey skies hung over Cedar Rapids as overnight rainfall totaled 0.80 inches. A brief drizzle Tuesday morning cooled temperatures from 74 to 67 by midafternoon, with humidity high and the day’s low set at 69 overnight. The prior day reached 84 in the afternoon, then 71 by midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Il Aim
Chambers Inskeep ‘Company Recorder
Names And Records Of Alleged Slayers Of Dreher Revealed
Des Moines AP Chief of Detectives Jack Brophy said authorities nationwide are seeking Francis Welsh of Presidency and a man named Fred Ostenrieder for questioning in the slaying of Harold J Dreher of Mason County. Dreher, a 34 year old salesman, was shot and dumped from a car on Keosauqua Way. His watch was sold in Omaha and his car found abandoned at Council Bluffs. Welsh had prior burglary time in Nebraska, Ostenrieder was later linked by fingerprints held by the FBI records. Ostenrieder may be from the western U S possibly from Eugene Oregon and Salem Oregon where he served burglary sentences.
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DES Moines
Jack Brophy
United States
Francis PL Welsh
Presidence
Fred Otto Ostenrieder
Harold J Dreher
Mason Cty
Dreher
Keosauqua Way
Omaha
Council Blutts
Brophy
Washington
Ostenmeder
Minneapolis
West Coast
Eugene Ore
Salem Ore
James Ford Former National Oats Sales Manager Dies
James M. Ford 46 longtime sales manager for National Oats died Saturday in a Fort Worth Texas hospital after being brought there. Funeral services were held Tuesday in Fort Worth with burial in San Antonio. Ford lived in Cedar Rapids earlier, later moved to Dallas and then Fort Worth. He held posts in Cedar Rapids and East St Louis while with the cereal firm. Ford graduated from Town State college Ames and worked in Des Moines before joining National Oats. He bought a fishing camp at Eagle Mountain Lake after resigning in 1959. He had served as Cedar Rapids Act club president and was an American Legion member.
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Cedar Rapids
James M. Ford
National Oats Company
Fort Worth
Tex
Harveson- Cole
San Antonio
Ford
James, Jr
Crescent Drive
Dallas
Canton
Boone
Town State College
Ames
Des Moines
Chicago
Three Minute Cereal Company
Grinnell
Grinnell Glove and Mitten Company
East St Louis
Eagle Mountain Lake
Cedar Rapids Act Club
American Legion
Harriet Parsons Engaged to King Kennedy Playwright
Dr and Mrs Harry W Martin announce the engagement of their daughter Harriet Parsons a screen writer like her mother to King Kennedy playwright in Hollywood. The announcement came Tuesday in the social column.
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Hollywood
INS
Harry W. Martin
Louella Parsons
Harriet
King Kennedy
July business gains lift economy says Hopkins
Secretary of Commerce Hopkins reported continued business improvement in July with all major lines participating. Industrial orders rose as retailers boosted stocks and consumer income in July allowed more spending. Railroads employed over a million workers for the first time since 1937, and construction peaked for the season.
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Washington
Haris Lo Hopkins
Hopkins
Interstate Commercce Commission
Turbulent showdown nears in theater unions clash
The confrontation over control of major theatrical unions intensifies as executives convene in Atlantic City to shape the factions. Notables from Screen Actors Guild and allied groups travel to present views on leadership and strategy for the upcoming federation council vote.
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Atlantic City
Green
Ralph Vera
Actos
Hollywood
Wes Cogs
Othe Hefiswood
Air
Edward Arnedd
Sein Muir
Chester Menots
Asche Auer
Wes Ire
Merc
Henrys Hall
Ann Sheriein
Tone James Danes
Olin de
Younger Business Men To Entertain Junior Farm Bureau
The Young Men's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce hosts the Junior Farm Bureau as a feature of the Volunteer ball. A picnic and meal will be served with games for an hour before. Reservations have been made from Benton, Clinton, Delaware, Linn, Poweshiek, and surrounding counties.
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Cedee Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
G& P
Benton Cees
Clinton
Delaware
Gsin
Linn Poweshiek
Tame
Tay Anderson
Vernon Stes
Cts
Foo
Hare
Howard Helscher
da Thames
Bo Linsfes
Leonard J
Dewey Deliberate On Presidential Candidacy Timeframe
New York district attorney Thomas I Dewey remains noncommittal about entering the Republican presidential race He will not announce before October and plans public speeches on national topics between October 1939 and June 1940 His current focus stays on his DA duties while political figures visit his office and discuss Lepke Buchalter case details
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King Allien
New York
INS
Thomas I. Dewey
Ohio
Dewey
Owosso
Mich
Anne Dewey
Louis Clepke
Buchalter
God
John
United States
Bile Wick
Frank Murphy
Lepke
Vanedenberg
Storied Ferdinand Has Rival Now
New Orleans report on a 1000 pound Jersey bull named Ferdinand owned by Lashley. The animal nosed a supply of cornmeal, ate a 100 pound sack, became bloated and stuck, then was freed when an improvised electric shock stimulated a leap to escape the bulk.
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New Orleans
William
Lashley
Ferdinand
Boy Drowned As Automobile Goes In Creek Near Clinton
A man and his son were in a car swept into a flooded creek near Clinton. The car overturned and the boy drowned while the father survived. authorities recovered the body Tuesday as traffic chaos and street flooding followed heavy rainfall in the area. The storm disrupted transport, knocked out phones, and caused widespread flooding and damage across nearby towns.
Vision Of Girl Hurt In Fall At Camp
Eleanora Stepanek sixteen daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank W Stepanek suffered a brain concussion and partial vision loss from a fall at a YWCA camp near Central City last Sunday afternoon. She was among cabin groups contending for a camp trophy and fell about 20 inches. Grace Gordon said she was not involved in a camp activity when injured and the girls were waiting for pick up as the camp period ended.
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YWCA
Central City
Eleanora Stepanek
Frank W. Stepanek
Hamilton Street
Grace Gordon
Y.W.C.A
Stepanek
Clair death ruled a fall by coroner's jury
A coroner's jury in Los Angeles ruled that 40 year old film actor and dance director Clair died from a fall after she was arrested on an unspecified charge. The verdict followed hours after her arrest.
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Los Angeles
Clair
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