Iowa pension system faces federal overhaul dispute
Federal demands for county investigators and a subsistence budget clash with Iowa's rating method for old age assistance. Barney Allen leads against Washington plans, while Cedar Rapids urges using WPA funds for needed city projects amid broader political strife.
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Washington
Barney Allen
Iowa Welfare Board
Barney
Allen
Mr. Allen
Federal Board
Towans
Iowa
Nazis Pledge Aid To Japan If War Breaks Out
Reports from Berlin claim German circles say Germany would give moral support and other aid to Japan if a Russo Japanese war occurs. German and Italian papers have shown sympathy with Japan amid tensions on the Siberian Korean border. The chatter links Changkufeng fighting to wider European tensions.
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Yuki
Korea
Russia
Changkufeng Hill
London
INS
Berlin
Reuters
Germany
Japan
Reich
Changkufeng
Soviet shift near Possiet Bay expands Far East front
Tokyo reports Soviet forces constructing defenses on the Possiet bay southwest shore and concentrating cavalry artillery and tanks there. Two battalions attacked Suilufen near Shachufeng, marking first fighting there. Soviet losses at Changkufeng cited. civilian casualties feared. Commander Bluecher said to have arrived at Novokievsk.
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TOKIO
Japanese War Office
Possiet Bay
Suilufen
Shachufeng
Suiliufen
War Office
Changkufeng
Vassily Konstantinovich Bluecher
Far East
Germany Italy pledge aid to Japan under anti comintern pact
Berlin observers say the tri power pact makes Germany and Italy moral partners of Japan in a future war against Russia. Germany likely diverts arms sales to China to Japan while staying militarily aloof from Far Eastern entanglements.
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Berlin
INS
Germany
Italy
Japan
Russia
Reich
China
Far East
Negotiations Continue After Maytag Strike Action
The Maytag factory resumed work without forcing strikers back. Company and CIO spokesmen remain in talks, with no new CIO contract guaranteed. The governor used the militia to enforce laws after agitators were urged to break them, and a military court found guilty individuals.
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Newton
Maytag
CIO
Lewis
Kraschel
Charles Bird Capture Ends Gang Roundup
Baltimore police capture Charles Bird and his wife Barbara Seibert Bird ending a westward flight after a series of bank robberies from Cleveland to Baltimore. Bird admits seven robberies. accomplices Widmer and Frank Bird are in Alcatraz.
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Baltimore
Charles Bird
Cleveland
Barbara Seibert Bird
Charles, Jr
Stephen G Nelson
Bird
Boston
Atlantic City
Newark
Cooney
Philip Parks
North Avenue
Babe
Philadelphia
Alcatraz Federal Prison
James Widmer
Frank Bird
Charles
Sylvia
Widmer
Alcatraz
Chandler Defies Inquiry Over Campaign Poisoning Probe
Kentucky Governor A B Happy Chandler and Finance Commissioner J Dan Talbott refused to attend a special grand jury investigation into charges they drank poisoned water during the campaign. The inquiry, postponed to August 26, follows illness after Chandler spoke in Louisville and Barkley led in unofficial primary returns with a 70,785 margin.
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Louisville
A. B “Happy” Chandler
U. S
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Chandler
J. Dan Talbott
Talbott
Commonwealth
Merit O'Neal
Barkley
Toby Wing and Dick Merrill to Wed in Hollywood
Hollywood report says actress Toby Wing and aviator Dick Merrill plan marriage after Merrill flew Wing to Hollywood from the East post show. Wing’s parents Captain and Mrs. Paul Wing met Merrill for the first time.
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Toby Wing
Dick Merrill
Hollywood
INS
Merrill
Miss Wing
East
Toby
Paul Wing
Harvester Victim Dies In Dixon Tractor Crash
Heil E. Ford died in Dixon Illinois after a harvester severed his right foot on Saturday and he drove his tractor two miles before succumbing Monday.
Primary tests of New Deal support in three states
In Ohio Arkansas Idaho voters chose party nominees in a day shaped by Roosevelt loyalty. Pope and Clark faced off in Idaho as Bulkley and Caraway defended administration policies in Ohio and Arkansas alike. The Ohio governor race pitted Davey against Sawyer amid pension dispute. Roosevelt planned to return before results.
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Washington
Ohio
Arkansas
Idaho
Sen. James, P. Pope
Rep
D. Worth Clark
White House
Robert J. Bulkley
Hattie Caraway
Pope
Martin L. Davey
Charles Sawyer
Social Security Board
Davey
Nebraska
Roosevelt
United States
Writers Guild Certified as Exclusive Bargaining Agent
The National Labor Relations Board certified the Screen Writers' Guild Inc as exclusive bargaining agent for about 325 writers employed by thirteen Hollywood motion picture studios.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Screen Writers’ Guild, Inc
Hollywood Motion Picture
Cedar Rapids seeks poisoner of dogs that killed four children pets
Police label the culprit as the meanest of criminals after four neighborhood pets died from strychnine in Cedar Rapids. Children Sandra Miller, Jimmy Ryan, Junior Koch, and Russell Boyer reported their dogs killed behind Seventh Avenue SE and Fifteenth Street SE. Detectives check drugstores and review recent poison purchases as authorities pursue the case.
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Cedar Rapids
Earl Stanley
Seventh Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Sandra Lee Miller
Sam Miller
Seventh Avenue SE
Spitzchow
Jimmy Ryan
John Ryan
Junior Koch
Leonard V. Koch
Russell Boyer
T. B. Boyer
Maid saves baby as fire kills Adees in New York mansion
In Tuxedo Park New York Mr and Mrs William T Adee prominent eastern society members died in a mansion fire early Tuesday. A 21 month old son George T Adee was rescued by nursemaid Lillian Henson 19 and volunteer fireman Anthony Ross who with a broken arm carried out the infant. Adee a 37 year old tennis player was among the victims.
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Tuxedo Park
N.Y
William T. Adee
George T Adee
Anthony Ross
Adee
Gannett Mentioned as Possible 1940 Presidential Candidate
London papers on Tuesday cited American publisher Frank E. Gannett as a likely Republican contender for the U.S. presidency in 1940. He is noted as a prominent newspaper publisher in the United States.
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London
Frank E. Gannett
United States
Labor league blasts Kraschel over Maytag strike use
The non partisan Labor League led by John L. Lewis says Governor Kraschel forfeited labor backing by using the national guard to end the Newton Maytag strike. Executive VP E L Oliver calls bayonet settlements a warning to the nation and cites clashes over state and federal authority as evidence of guard misuse.
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Kraschel
Maytag
Newton
John L. Lewis
Labor
Nonpartisan League
William Sentner
Iowa
Washington
Nelson G Kraschel
National Guard
E. L. Oliver
League
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Canton
Cleveland
Massilon
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Robert M. la Follette
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Krasechel
Iowa Governor Kraschel Faces Labor Backing Test Again
Des Moines reports Governor Kraschel Democrat faces reelection fight with Republican George A Wilson and Wallace Short opposing. Non Partisan Labor League claims Kraschel forfeited labor support by using troops to reopen the Maytag plant in Newton, while Roosevelt carried Iowa by large margins in 1936. Precinct totals and vote history noted.
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Des Moines
Nelson G Kraschel
Iowa
Washington
Nonpartisan League
Kraschel
Maytag
Newton
George A Wilson
Wallace M. Short
Sioux City
Wilson
Roosevelt
Alfred M. Landon
Short
Bylet
Third Term Talk Is A Candle In A Pumpkin
Washington gossip notes that Third Term talk is dismissed by Republicans as symbolic. The piece jokes about off year scare tactics and hints at internal committee rivalry. It hints at a humorous political feud with Roosevelt era figures and Democratic optimism.
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Newcastle
Cripple Stages Liedown Strike For Medical Care In Pittsburgh
Joseph Unterreiner a 28 year old cripple staged a lie down protest in Turtle Creek borough council chambers seeking promised medical care for injuries from a June 1928 manhole accident. His mother says the family is poor and he has been bed ridden ten years. He was wheeled into the municipal building and fed by relatives while council debated. A prior $17,000 judgment was overturned by an appellate court on grounds he was trespassing at the time of injury.
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Pittsburgh
Turtle Creek
Joseph Unterreiner
Margaret Unterreiner
Unterreiner
Weis
Common Pleas Court
Council
John Schwartz
Boroaghs
Joseph
John Roosevelt to Start at Bottom in Boston Store Post
John Roosevelt youngest son of the President will join Filene department store Boston after wedding trip to Bermuda returning next Monday. He will report for work late August starting at the bottom with a modest salary likely around eighteen dollars a week.
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John Roosevelt
Boston
Filene
Anne Lindsay Clark
John
Anne
Bermuda
Pennsylvania Governor Faces Grand Jury and Legislative Probe
Chief Justice Kephart issued a rule halting grand jury and legislative investigations of Governor George H. Earle and thirteen associates. Dauphin County court was given ten days to justify delaying deliberations set to start Thursday. Washington reports describe Earle's questionnaire reply to the Senate funds committee as unsatisfactory, per Senator Sheppard.
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Harrisburg
John W. Kephart
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
George H. Earle
Dauphin County
Washington
Ins
Pennsylvania
Senate
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Sheppard
Texas
Supreme Court to Rule on Legislature Inquiry Stay
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will decide the constitutionality of a legislature led inquiry program after Attorney General Bard sought a stay and the court indicated a possible September ruling. The case centers on impounded grand jury evidence and a challenge to judicial power. Rep. Herbert Cohen signaled a recess until the high court issues its decision.
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Supreme Court
Guy K. Bard
Paul N. Schaeffer
Dauphin County
Bard
Schaeffer
Carl Shelley
Kephart
Herbert Cohen
Legislative Investigating Committee
Temperature Tops Ninety Five Degrees in Cedar Rapids
A heat wave gripped Cedar Rapids as the thermometer rose from a 70 degree low at 7 a.m. to 95 degrees by 2 40 p.m. The day featured a high of 95 and a record of 87 earlier, with 82 at 7 p.m. and 73 at midnight per Chambers Inskeep company records.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Fried Mierse Seeks Immediate Divorce From Ed Wynn
Broadway beauty Fried Mierse announced she would pursue an immediate divorce from comedian Ed Wynn in New York, confirming the separation on Tuesday.
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New York
INS
Fried Mierse
Ed Wynn
Des Moines Hold Up Suspects Sought After Hostage Freeing
Des Moines police and Missouri authorities hunted Tuesday for two bandits linked to a southside filling station robbery. Operator Goin said the men held him hostage and fled toward open country, with links to a prior Mineola gun battle and a $34 000 bank heist in Wood River Illinois.
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Des Moines
Missouri
Iowa
H. Hi! Goin
Huron Ted Walters
Floyd Garland Hamilton
Federal Investigation Bureau
Wood River
Des Moiines
Mineola
Carrollton
Missouri Highway Patrol
Frank Hagen
Minicola
Goin
Hamilton
Walters
New Clipper Hunt Ends In Failure
TOKIO IP The Osaka Syosen K K Steamship company said its steamer Canberra Maru will search for the Hawaii Clipper still missing after a Guam to Honolulu flight. Fifteen people aboard remain unaccounted for as new search plans are announced.
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TOKIO
Osaka
Recount Finds 27 Extra Democratic Votes in Raleigh Armory
In Beckley West Virginia a board recount of Raleigh county precincts from last week's primary found 27 more democratic votes than registered Democrats in the armory precinct. Recount follows protests by candidates for the house of delegates county commissioner county clerk board of education and constable over the canvass.
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Beckley
W. Va
Raleigh
Armory
House of Delegates
Board of Education
Canevass
Wanted Bicycles Surpass Supply in Gazette Want Ads
The Gazette reports high demand for bicycles with Emil Julis at 872 14th St. NE listing a balloon tired small bicycle and 28 responses from buyers. One sale completed while 27 more buyers await offers. readers are urged to place a Gazette Want Ad at Dial 2-1121 to reach potential buyers.
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Gazette Want
Emil Julis
14Th St. NE
Gazette
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