Ambitious Corn Supply Talks Fuel Referendum Debate
The article details AAA projections of the corn supply to 2,886,000,000 bushels and the absence of a referendum on marketing penalties. It notes the political clash over Farm Board quotas, quoting Wallace and Mills and flagging scare figures about payrolls and civil service in an election year. It also covers CCC troopers traveling home, loyalty to the program, and critiques of CIO tactics in Washington.
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Federal Civil Service Commission
WPA
PWA
CCC
AAA
Social Security
Executive Department
Executive Branch
Girdler Urges Probe of CIO Charges in Little Steel Fight
Republic Steel chairman Tom M. Girdler called for a Senate civil liberties committee probe of John L. Lewis CIO role in the little steel strike of 1937. He urged Wagner act overhaul to give employers fair play and criticized the National Labor Relations Board as tyrannical. The hearing opened with Girdler awaiting examination and a crowd in attendance.
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CIO
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Tom Girdler
la Follette
Washington
Civil Liberties Committee
Girdler
Republic Steel
National Labor Relations Board
INS
Tom M. Girdler
Republic Steel Corporation
John L. Lewis
Senate Committee
Wis
Republic
Fiery Steel
Dan 8 B. Gillis
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Thomas S. Patton
Labor Board
Cooler Weather Grips Cedar Rapids With Mild Day
Cedar Rapids saw a cool spell as temperatures dipped to 64 at 7 a.m. and rose to 81 by 2:30 p.m. under a bright sky. A previous high of 92 was reached at 11:30 a.m., with refreshing breezes continuing into the evening as readings fell to 81 and then 72 by midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Son of President faced admissions aid claims and tax defense
The individual admits using White House access to gain favors and solicitations otherwise unlikely for a non‑presidential offspring. He notes he was expelled many times. He releases his income tax returns to challenge the Saterpost article's figures and question the accuracy of its facts regarding his White House connections.
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Saterpost
White House
Roosevelt appeals in Georgia primary clash
President Roosevelt urged voters to defeat Senator Walter F. George in the September 14 Georgia primary and back Lawrence Camp, a New Deal supporter, for U S Senate. He spoke at the University of Georgia about southern economic and educational issues and raised purchasing power as a federal aim.
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Barnesville
Roosevelt
Walter F. George
George
Lawrence Camp
Ardent New Dealer
Athens
University of Georgia
South
Georgia
Warm Springs
Lawrence S. Camp
Camp
Waller F. George
WPA worker offers eye to Colan baby
John J. Crowley a WPA worker and World War II veteran offered to give one of his two good eyes to four month old Helaine Judith Colan who was flown from Chicago for emergency treatment of a cancerous growth in her right eye. X ray treatments have preserved sight in the remaining eye and new treatments are being given by Dr Algernon B Reese. Mrs Colan refused saying only the finest medical care would help.
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New York
John J. Crowley
WPA
Helaine Judith Colan
Chicago
Algernon B. Reese
Herman Colan
Nations Said They Wouldn't Intervene And They Didn't
Arthur Bugs Baer notes that thirty seven nations at a non intervention conference pledged to do nothing and indeed stayed silent. He mocks the event as a model of restrained diplomacy where science yields to politics and the gathering failed to act.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Russian Japanese Armistice Hopes Rise From Frontline Talks
Moscow reports an armistice at noon frontier time ending a month of undeclared war on the Siberia Manchukuo Korea border. Foreign Commissar Litvinov and Ambassador Shigemitsu announced a mixed frontier demarcation commission with two Russians and two Manchukuoans.
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Moscow
Russia
Japan
Tokio
Vladivostok
Siberia
Korei
Seoul
Korea
Maxim Litvinoff
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Manchuria
China
Manchukuo
Litvinoff
Shigemitsu
Mussolini Urges War Readiness Before 25000 Troops
In Carso Italy Premier Mussolini told 25000 troops in full maneuvers it would be criminal for Italy not to prepare for war. He warned against illusions as cannon boomed worldwide and praised soldiers as embodying a new empire of conquering Italian youth.
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Carsoli
Italy
Mussolini
Ilduce
Pershing Sails For France To Inspect Monuments Work
General John J. Pershing sailed from New York aboard the Manhattan for France. He will oversee an inspection of the Battle Monuments Commission's completed work while in Paris, a task in his role as chairman.
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Washington
INS
War Department
John J. Pershing
New York
Manhattan
France
Dwyer Accuses Deputy Carroll of Extortion in Trial
Paul Dwyer added extortion to charges against Francis Carroll in the murder trial. He claims Carroll tried to extort $50,000 from an ex-employer and wrote two notes demanding money while facing threats. The extortion notes were typed by Dwyer at Thomaston prison and show amounts later lowered.
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Soutit
Paris, Me
Paul Dwyer
Carroll
Dwyer
Franz A. Burkett
Gman
Charles P. Pelletier
Thomaston State
George R. Morton
South Paris Manufacturing Company
Georgia War Warning From Atlanta Mayor
Atlanta Mayor William B. Hartsfield warned President Roosevelt against making an error in the Georgia political war tied to Senator Walter F. George and U S Attorney Lawrence Camp. He delivered the message after a brief office car visit to the administration.
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Atlanta
INS
William B. Hartsfield
Roosevelt
Walter Ff. George
U.S
Lawrence Camp
Secret Service
Hartsfield
Mack
McIntyre
Georgia
George
600 Civilians Die In Japanese Raid Over Hankow
More than 600 civilians were killed in a major Sino-Japanese air raid. Sixty Japanese planes attacked Wuchang and Hanyang, industrial sister cities of Hankow, dropping numerous bombs.
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Hankow
INS
Wuchang
Hanyang
Blond Actress Marie Wilson Plans Marriage to Nick Grinde
Hollywood gossip reports actress Marie Wilson, known for playing naive roles, is arranging her upcoming marriage to film director Nick Grinde, signaling a rise toward a higher star status.
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Hollywood
Marie Wilson
Nick Grinde
Corn crop outlook delays corn law vote in Midwest
Secretary Wallace postponed a referendum on marketing quotas for corn, awaiting November production data. The August forecast puts crop yield at 2.566 billion bushels with a 320 million carryover, short of the excess supply trigger. If November confirms, federal loans on corn would be mandatory at 57 cents per bushel, with quotas risking penalties for overages.
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Washington
Wallace
Crop Reporting Board
Midwest
Deer counting traps misfire in Pisgah forest incident
Game Warden J. Y. Eller set traps to count deer in Pisgah national forest but the devices captured an irate hunter a lady's handbag and two embarrassed young women seeking apples rather than deer, prompting an unexpected scene in Raleigh area.
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Raleigh, NC
J. Y. Eller
Pisgah National Forest
Flying Padre Rescues Stricken Priest in Arctic Wilds
Missionary Father Paul Schulte recounts piloting a rescue flight from Churchill to Arctic Bay to save Father Julien Cochard near death from fever. He details legs to Chesterfield Inlet Igloolik Iglookik and Igloolik stops, weather delays, and meeting Hudson Bay staff and wireless operator Marvin Ahlbaum.
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Flying Padre
Wilds
Arctic
Father Paul Schulte
Arctic Bay
Northwest Territory
Father Julien Cochard
Chesterfield Inlet
Hudson Bay Company
Father Schulte
Churchill
Manitoba
Dr. Melling
Brother Beaudoin
Igoolik
Igloolik
Iglookik
Father Cochard
Alan Scott
Marvin Ahlbaum
Corrigan Plans To Take Co Pilot Role With American Airlines
Douglas Corrigan told officials he would return to New York to reassemble his Atlantic spanning airplane and then accept a co pilot position with American Airlines. He plans a four to six week U S tour in the Curtiss Robin monoplane and may donate the craft to a museum after the barnstorming trip.
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Washington
Douglas Corrigan
New York
Oswald Ryan
Civil Aeronautics Commission
Corrigan
American Airlines
Denis Mulligan
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Bureau of Air Commerce
Mulligan
United States
Ireland
Fame
California
James Roosevelt to Speak on Private Affairs Tonight
New York based NBC announces James Roosevelt will give first public remarks on his private business and insurance earnings in a Blue Network interview at 9 15 p m Thursday. Walter Davenport of Collier s magazine will conduct the questions on allegations about his insurance earnings.
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New York
JINS
National Broadcasting Company
James Roosevelt
Blue
Walter Davenport
Collier's Magazine
Mr. Roosevelt
Man Refuses Loan After Morning Wedding in Bethany
In Bethany Missouri AP reports a Methodist minister Rev John Ward was awakened at 3 am by a couple. They left after the morning ceremony without paying him. The groom then asked to borrow money for a 500 mile trip to Illinois and Ward said No.
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Bethany
John Ward
Illinois
Governors Use of Guardsmen Studied
Washington officials launched a study by high army officials on how state governors use federally equipped national guard during labor disputes. The inquiry questions potential conflicts between federal and state powers, noting Tennessee and Iowa cases that nearly led to clashes with federal authority and court orders. Senator Shephard Patterson urged review by the Senate military affairs committee.
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Washington
INS
National Guard
National Labor Relations Board
Army
Tennessee
Gordon Browning
Memphis
Browning
Iowa
Kraschel
Maytag Washing Machine Company
Sheppard
Texas
Senate
Berlin German Plane Brandenburg Makes Historic East to West Flight
New York reports the Condor four motor Brandenburg landed at Floyd Bennett after a 3 800 mile east to west crossing from Berlin. Alfred Hemke led a crew of Rudolph von Moreau Paul Dies bert and Walter Kober as the first long range point to point transatlantic test. The unannounced takeoff began hours before news spread.
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New York
Brandenburg
Staaken
Berlin
Floyd Bennett Airport
Europe
Newfoundland
Alfred Hemke
Rudolph von Moreau
Paul Diesbert
Walter Kober
West Slighia
Canada
Atlantic
Boston
Insull Will Leaves 1000 Cash and 14 Million Debts
Samuel Insull's will filed in Chicago lists 1000 dollars in cash and debts totaling 14 million. His son Samuel Insull Jr. named executor to pay debts, with residue going to widow Gladys Wallis, the former actress, who supported him through exile and trial.
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Insull
Chicago
Samuel Insull
Midwest
England
Paris
Gladys Wallis
Corn Deliveries Sink to Five Year Lows on CBOT
Chicago wheat and corn futures dropped sharply on the Chicago board of trade with all corn deliveries and September wheat hitting five year lows. Bad foreign grain markets and higher than expected U S crop estimates released late Wednesday spurred selling and wiped out prior gains.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
U. S
Hoover says defeat of Pope guarantees non rubber stamp congress
Former President Herbert Hoover in Reno Nevada condemned the Idaho senatorial race outcome as a sign that the Democratic party will not yield a rubber stamp congress after this fall's elections. He cited Sen James P Pope's loss as evidence of political change.
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Reno
Nev
Herbert Hoover
James P. Pope
Idaho
Congress
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