Senator Minton Attacks Monopolistic News Service Power
In a prepared speech to the American Press Society, Senator Sherman Minton labeled American newspapers big business backed by money that could push the nation toward fascism. He accused wire services of monopolistic practices and said many stories are edited to fit current policy. He proposed a bill to criminalize publishing known falsehoods, while noting libel penalties exist and urging press self‑restraint. The note adds that Minton’s censorship bill never passed and quotes reflections on historic editors and newspaper chains.
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New York
Sherman Minton
Ind
Indiana Democrat
American Press Society
Wire Services
Minton
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Congress
Mystery death of FHA chief jolts San Francisco
Walter C Vibert, federal housing admin executive, was found dead in a San Francisco hotel room. A 24 year old typist Rose Fields surrendered to police and implicated three men. Police described a blood spatter pattern and no signs of immediate violence. A theory cited a possible heart attack during a drinking party.
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Bulletin
San Francisco
INS
Walter Cyril Vibert
Rose Fields
Vibert
Elf
Walter C. Vibert
Federal Housing Administration
Frank Long
Used fruit jars and canning gear advertised for cash
Hawthorne Drive SW resident Clifford Ford sold 25 dozen fruit jars 150 jelly glasses a cold packer and a crack through a 40c Want Ad in The Gazette drawing at least 50 calls. To place ads tonight dial 2-121 before 8. Ad-taker requested.
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Gazette
Clifford Ford
Hawthorne Drive
The
Ford
Sunday Gazette
Mrs Emery Frames Hidden Subversion By Many Groups
Mrs Imogene Emery of Cedar Rapids Iowa new chairman of the national defense committee of the D A R said many apparently harmless organizations were carrying on un American activities under deceptive cloaks She said she was amazed at the extent of subversive activities in certain organizations publications she investigated She will study further before naming names The subversive activities once thought to be Communist now include any efforts to replace the present government by law with a dictatorship under any name.
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Washington
Imogene Emery
Cedar Rapids
National Defense Committee
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Emery
Doctors Move to Bar Co-Op Health Service
In Washington three physicians Dr Sterling Ruffin Dr Prentiss Willson and Dr Elijah W Titus sought a district court restraining the Group Health Association from practicing medicine. They argued the federal employee cooperative service encroaches on licensed physicians rights and hoped for a Supreme Court ruling on legality of group health.
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Washington
Sterling Ruffin
Prentiss Willson
Elijah W. Titus
District Court
Group Health Association
Supreme Court
Brandenburg Returns to Berlin on Transatlantic Flight
The German airliner Brandenburg lifted from Floyd Bennett Field at 7.023 a.m. for its 13th transatlantic trip of the summer. Captain Alfred Henke said the crew aimed to land in Germany in about 20 hours, flying south of the Great Circle. About 1,000 spectators witnessed the takeoff as the craft circled the field briefly. Weather was clear, with a forecast of rain over the Atlantic. Meteorologist Bruno Hess noted the route would be roughly 1,000 kilometers longer than the Berlin to New York path, and the ship carried 2,370 gallons of gasoline.
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New York
Germany
Brandenburg
Floyd Bennett Field
Berlin
Alfred Henke
Great Circle
Atlantic
Bruno Hess
Chief Justice Charles A. Goss Dies in Chicago
Charles A. Goss age 74, longtime Nebraska supreme court chief justice for eleven years, died in Chicago on Saturday. He served on the American Bar Association judicial committee and was an associate of the American Law Institute.
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Chicago
Charles A. Goss
Nebraska Supreme Court
American Bar Association
American Law Institute
Britain and France plan joint readiness scheme in Germany
Britain and France agree on a joint plan of preparedness for any eventuality in Germany. Watch within Germany will be tight and information shared on reich military maneuvers. British air force leaves restricted to England while alert status lasts.
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London
INS
Germany
Britain
France
Paris
Reich
Berlin
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Royal Air Force
England
Only Two Votes But He's Elected Justice of the Peace
Fayette Missouri AP reports Lewis Thompson won a justice of the peace seat by elimination after receiving only two votes. In Burton County two JP positions were filled. Joe Mason won a seat with 188 votes, Thompson gained the other, while two remaining candidates each had one vote.
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Fayette, Mo
Lewis Thompson
Burton County
Joe Mason
Thompson
Colan Baby Faces Radium Treatment
Chicago reports a plan for radium treatments for Baby Helaine Judith Colan due to a cancerous growth that led to removal of her left eye and threatened the right. Her mother Mrs. Herman Colan and grandmother Mrs. Morris Hershman accompanied her after returning from New York where Dr. Algernon B. Reese, eye specialist, determined no operation was needed presently to save the right eye.
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Chicago
Helaine
Judith Colan
Herman Colan
Morris Hershman
New York
Algernon B. Reese
French Impose Border Rules Against Italy
London AP report details France restricting travel for its citizens to Italy in retaliation for Italy's refusal to issue travel papers. The article also notes Germany's army maneuvers, grain storage requisition, and warnings on industrial secrets. It highlights Czechoslovak concern over a no retreat manifesto and Balkan diplomacy shifts as Romania, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia seek to counter growing German influence in Hungary.
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London
Europe
France
Italy
Hitler
Foreign Office
Haly
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Little Entente
Roumania
Jugoslavia
Hungary
Arkansas Tabulation Reveals Defeat For Staunch F. D. R. Aid
In the Arkansas primary, Rep. William J. Driver a longtime Roosevelt ally lost by 307 votes to Attorney Gathings. Final counts: Driver 24,626. Gathings 24,933. Driver did little campaigning, treating elections as routine.
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West Memphis
Ark
INS
Arkansas
William J. Driver
Roosevelt
Democratic County Committee
Driver
Gathings
Yank Marines Arrest 3 Jap Army Officers in Shanghai
Three armed Japanese officers disguised as civilians were seized by U S Marines in the International Settlement Saturday for fomenting acts of terrorism. They incited Chinese residents against white oppressors and threatened civilians, leading to a brief standoff with machine gun fire and a dramatic rescue by Marines. Nine Japanese bombers raided Hankow on the Yangtze, causing limited damage.
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Anl
International Settlement
Milton C Marvin
San Diego
Calif
Chicago
Marvin
Shanghai
Hickenlooper Warns Youth Against Blind Pursuit of Wealth
Cedar Rapids report covers B. B. Hickenlooper addressing Linn county Young Republican League at the Montrose hotel. He warns youth against following improvised economic theories, cites six years of unemployment and rising public debt, compares leaders to tyrants, and urges prudent governance and responsibility. Membership at the league reaches 500 as fall campaign events begin.
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B. B. Hickenlooper
Montrose Hotel
Linn County
Young Republican League
Hickenlooper
George Cockburn
League
Dean Stauffacher
Young Republican League of Iowa
Carl Hendrickson
Elmer Johnson
Bob Vesely
Frank Bates
Bates
Hendrickson
Carroll guilty of murder in Littlefield case and life sentence
Former Deputy Sheriff Francis M Carroll was found guilty of the strangulation murder of Dr James Littlefield and sentenced to life in state prison. Paul N Dwyer, 19, already given a life term, testified Carroll killed the doctor to cover incest revelations. Exhibits were impounded, keeping the Littlefield case open.
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Paris
Francis M Carroll
Paul N. Dwyer
Carroll
INS
William HH. Fisher
Francis M. Carroll
Littlefield
James G Littlefield
Maineaw
Dwyer
Defeated Candidate Ends Life By Gas In Nebraska
STROMSBURG Neb AP C A Green 64 of Lincoln an unsuccessful Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in this week's primary was found dead in his car parked in a cemetery Friday A rubber hose had been connected from the exhaust pipe The death was ruled a self inflicted act with no inquest Green had previously failed in 1934 and 1936 primary races for the same office County Attorney J T Stanton ruled death by own action.
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Stromsburg
Neb
C. A. Green
Lincoln
Japs and Russians Agree to 250 Foot Troop Withdrawal
Japanese and Russian field commanders reach a compromise on the Siberia Manchukuo Korea front to withdraw troops 250 feet from Changkufeng hill creating a no man’s land while talks resume to mark the border. An incident on Saghalin island is also reported with wounded police and a parliamentary leader.
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TORIO
Siberia - Manchukuo - Korea
Changkufeng Hill
No Man’s Land
Foreign Office
Saghalin Island
Siberian
Japan
Ryukichi Toshirogi
White House
Gregory Shutern
Russia
Isamu Cho
Bandits Hand Cuff Man to Safe Loot Worth $25,000
In Boston two masked robbers hid in a fourth floor Providence Jewelers office and handcuffed Fred Seidler to an open safe. After forcing the safe, they looted cash and jewelry believed to exceed $25,000 and escaped as Seidler was restrained.
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Boston
INS
Providence Jewelers
Fred Seidler
Seidler
Cedar Rapids Swelters At 91 Degree Saturday Afternoon
Cedar Rapids again braved a hot spell as temperatures climbed to 91 degrees by 1:45 p.m. on Saturday after a morning low near 65. The previous day saw a high of 87 degrees around 5 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Inquiry May Affect Hundreds of Banks
New York Attorney General John J. Bennett Jr orders a broad inquiry into reports of gross misrepresentation by financial agencies acting for banks. The probe covers foreign and domestic banks outside New York state and follows depositor complaints of losing funds thought to be in savings accounts.
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Albany
N. Y
INS
New York
John J. Bennett, Jr
New York State Banking Department
Bennett
New York State
House's Alien Hunters Hear Sentner Name
Washington dispatch reports William Sentner, union adviser at Newton Maytag plant, named as a communist in CIO ranks before the House committee. Frey listed 280 CIO leaders. Frey warned Communism risks dictatorship and tied internal UAW strife to communist activity.
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Washington
INS
William Sentner
Newton
House Committee
CIO
John P Frey
American Federation of Labor Metal Trades Department
John L. Lewis
Sentner
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Union
Maytag
Frey
James Matles
New York
Charles Rivers
Brooklyn
Neil Brant
Newark
Coleman Taylor
Cleveland
Mattes
Des Moines
Tennessee Valley Dams Report Fails to Stop Red Ink
Arthur Baer notes three years ago the Tennessee Valley dams showed only red ink and now warns it has worsened. He asserts lawyers delayed progress and advocates blame shifts as the project lingers despite topic changes.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Tennessee Valley
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