Motor Club pushes bond rule for license restoration
The Motor Club of Town backs amending the motor vehicle law to require insurance or bond before license restoration after revocation for offenses. Current law allows license reissue when judgments go unpaid, enabling some drivers to regain licenses without insurance. The piece warns against poison-cruelty cases and notes Japan Russia tensions, Roosevelt primaries, and political shifts, highlighting enforcement and policy debates of the era.
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New Deal Loses Idaho Vote Test in Senate Race
Roosevelt supporters saw gains in Ohio and Arkansas as three New Deal senators faced renomination battles. James P. Pope conceded defeat in Idaho to Rep. D. Worth Clark, amid a campaign focused on reciprocal trade and New Deal farm policy. Clark’s win undercuts Pope’s administration backing, with Hull and Farley backing Pope and Ohio’s Bulkley leading in Democratic renomination.
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New Deal
Mason City Youth Saves Sister From Death Under Train
Lyman Way, 12, ran onto a railroad bridge to pull his six year-old sister Georgina from danger as the Rocket streamlined train passed below. Engineer George Simpson halted the train after crossing. both children escaped unhurt. officials consider awarding a hero’s medal.
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Two Camp Staff Die In Fire At Newfound Lake Camp
A fire swept the main assembly hall of Camp Mowsglis at Newfound Lake New Hampshire on Wednesday, trapping and fatally burning two staff members. Robert Blake, 17, from Ardmore Pennsylvania, and Richard Hooper, 16, of Manchester Massachusetts, were killed. The blaze caused extensive damage to the private boys' camp.
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Ardmore
Richard Hooper
Manchester
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Sieverding Named Iowa Legion Head
Victor F. Sieverding of Grundy Center was named commander of the Iowa American Legion at the state convention succeeding James Dolliver of Fort Dodge. The gathering followed an officer election and a bitter debate over a resolution calling for changes in administration of the Marshalltown soldiers home and the Davenport soldiers' orphans home, which was defeated 1022 to 706.
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Victor F. Sieverding
Grundy Center
Iowa Department of the American Legion
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Marshalltown
Paul Smith
Dubuque
Nelson G. Kraschel
Legion
Board of Control
F. H. Cooney
Carroll
Legion's Child Welfare Committee
American Heiress Can Nail Something Better Than A Duke
A satirical column notes an American heiress toys with European titles, discards several dukes, and flirts with a royal connection. The piece mocks high society vanity, perishable baggage of vacation trunks, and the dwindling appeal of royalty in 1938 society.
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Soviet Troops Open First Invasion Of Japanese Lands
Moscow announces first invasion of Japanese territory as the Soviet Union opens its second session. A communique says Japan invaded Russia at another point. In Siberia Manchukuoan frontier fighting renews around Changkufeng hill with villages ablaze as artillery consumes the front. Japan proposes a joint commissioner while Russia seeks equal representation and talks with Litvinoff follows Shigemitsu’s efforts for a third meeting.
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Soviet Nip New Clash Over Changkufeng and Grodekovo
Moscow and Tokyo traded protests after fighting at Changkufeng hill and an alleged unprovoked attack on Japanese troops at Grodekovo, ninety miles northwest of Vladivostok. Japan lodged the protest through its first secretary. Moscow rejected it energetically.
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Deputy Offers Alibi When He Goes On Stand
Francis M. Carroll former deputy sheriff testified with an alibi in the murder case of Dr. James G. Littlefield. Carroll said he learned of the slayings from reporters on Oct. 16 and that his defense would prove he attended an American Legion supper the night of the crime and then went to the sheriff's office.
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Francis M. Carroll
James G. Littlefield
Paul N. Dwyer
Carroll
Clyde R Chapman
Barbara
Dwyer
American Legion
Doctor
Boy wounded by detective to undergo operation
Cedar Rapids article reports 16 year old Marvin Null shot by Detective Al Wilson while fleeing a boat house break in at Ellis Park. He is moved from St Luke's to University of Iowa Hospital for arterial venous aneurysm repair once healed.
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Marvin Null
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University Hospital
Iowa City
Ellis Park
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Burke Endorses Garner for 1940 Democratic Nomination
United States Senator Edward H. Burke of Nebraska endorsed Vice President Garner for the 1940 Democratic presidential nomination. Burke, aboard the S. S. Manhattan, said Garner stands on both feet and is safe and conservative.
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United States
Edward H. Burke
Nebraska
Garner
S. S. Manhattan
Burke
John Garner
U S And Britain Agree On Islands
London dispatch reports that the United States and Great Britain have reached a complete agreement for joint political and commercial administration of Canton and Enderbury islands in the Pacific. The islands, long claimed by both powers, are seen as valuable for future transpacific air routes and development.
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Great Britain
Canton
Enderbury Islands
Pacific Ocean
Corrigan Welcomed by Moguls After Transatlantic Flight
Douglas Corrigan arrived in Washington aboard a transport plane to a jubilant crowd of about 6,000 and prominent officials including Cordell Hull Daniel Rope Denis Mulligan and Robert Brennan. The event contrasted with three weeks earlier when officials frowned on his famous 3 000 mile flight in a modest aircraft.
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Douglas Corrigan
People's Choice
Corrigan
Cordell Hull
Commerce
Daniel Roper
Denis Mulligan
Roosevelt Hints Camp for Georgia Senate Seat
President Roosevelt, at Warm Springs Georgia, indicated he hopes Lawrence Camp Atlanta will be nominated to succeed Walter F George in the U S Senate. Camp, Rivers and Camp’s host, Governor Rivers, discussed the Georgia political scene during a luncheon at the Warm Springs Foundation dining hall. Roosevelt avoided intruding in South Carolina politics while likely boosting Eugene Talmadge in nearby dynamics.
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Carolina
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Cotton Ed” Smith
Olin D. Johnston
Foundation
Georgia Hall
Governor Rivers
Candidate Camp
Houston
Eugene Talmadge
George
Talmadge
Senate
William McRae
Pensacola
Temperature Falls After Reaching 90
Cedar Rapids observed a heat wave easing as afternoon temperatures peaked at 95 degrees with humidity well above average. Readings moved from 77 at 7 a.m. to 90 at 1 15 p.m. and then to 89 by 2 30 p.m. Tuesday's rainfall for seven months reached 26 67 inches, more than double 1937 July's 4 89 inches.
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Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Barkley Wins Kentucky Democratic Nomination By Record Plurality
In Louisville, Alben W. Barkley secured a 70,785 vote plurality over Governor A B Chandler, the largest ever recorded in a Kentucky primary. Total ballots reached 517,643, according to unofficial results, marking a primary record.
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Happy” Chandler
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President In Better Shape Than In 1933
WARM SPRINGS Ga INS Franklin D Roosevelt returns from a Pacific ocean and Caribbean fishing cruise in better physical shape than when he entered the White House in 1933. White House physician Captain Ross T McIntire notes the shark battle off Cocos island as evidence of strength and endurance. Roosevelt shed eight pounds on the 24 day trip and is back to about 184 pounds. McIntire defends presidential vacations as essential for the occupier of the White House.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Caribbean
White House
Ross T. McIntire
U. S.N. White House
McIntire
Bond set for Bird and wife in series of robberies
Charles Bird, a Midwestern gang leader, held on 175000 bond on seven robbery charges. His wife Barbara, eight months pregnant, held on 25000 bond on one robbery count. Hearings followed a spree that yielded 1161. Authorities in Cambridge Massachusetts pursued warrants for Holdups in Boston and Cambridge. Barbara claimed she was sick and pregnant, while Charles begged to see her before possible life sentence.
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Charles Bird
Barbara
Elmer H Miller
Boston
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Frank
James Widmer
Alcatraz
Barbara Bird
Loyalists Drive Wedge Between Two Rebel Centers
Spanish government troops shifted the Catalonia offensive by crossing the Segre river between Balaguer and Lerida and establishing a new line on the west bank. This marks the third major blow in two weeks against Franco forces on the eastern front, seizing strategic positions near the frontier at Hendaye.
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Lerida
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Cedar Rapids Among 43 Cities With July Business Gain
Cedar Rapids was one of 43 cities in a 147 area survey by Brooke, Smith and French Inc showing July business up at least three percent from June. The report notes overall improvement nationwide with 73 areas nearer normal, 65 down, and nine unchanged, with Pacific coast and western winter wheat states posting the strongest gains.
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Brooke, Smith and French, Inc
Detroit
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Pacific Coast
Referendum Indicated On Forced Quotas For Corn
A United States Department of Agriculture forecast based on Aug 1 crop reports predicts a 2.566 billion bushel corn harvest, exceeding the normal supply by over 10 percent and signaling an inevitable referendum on compulsory marketing quotas in the commercial corn area. Secretary Henry Wallace must decide by Aug 15, with a referendum possible by Sept 3. quotas require a two thirds vote, and a marketing percentage will be announced prior to voting.
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Gazette Farm
Crop Reporting Board
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Henry Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Iowa
Minois
Wallace
WPA Worker Declares Bankruptcy in Chicago
W P A worker W Merle Fisher filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition listing liabilities of 628 892 and assets of 78 214 He is son in law of banker John Bain whose failed bank chain drew attention The plea lists secured claims of 170 114 and unsecured claims of 425 464 Among liabilities are 33 314 in judgments on notes Fisher signed for friends The assets include one dollar in cash stocks bonds and real estate
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John Bain
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William Ross Repeats Rubaiyat Theft Spree
In Los Angeles police report, William Ross is arrested for the third time for stealing copies of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam from downtown stores. Ross has previously served two one year sentences for similar thefts.
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