Transpolar Flight Crew Safe. Podded Officials Expect Landing
Anxiety over the fate of Sigismund Levanevsky and five crew members on the third Soviet transpolar expedition eased when a signal from a Moscow station indicated their craft would land at Weeks field near Fairbanks by 6 p.m. CST. Earlier, winds and radio silence stoked fears, but a 6 15 a.m. Anchorage intercept confirmed they were flying at 3 600 meters into a 60 mile headwind with windows frosted.
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United States Army Signal Corps
Seattle
Sigismund Levanevsky
Weeks Field
Levanevsky
Fairbanks
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Anchorage
Alaska
Galkovuky
Raiio
Katankayeff
Levchenko
Gonikiyoff
Pobieznikoff
Golhman
New York
Edmonton
Alberta
Chicago
North Pole
Murmansk
Nome
Trade official dies at 48 after knee operation
Siebel G. Harris, 48, first vice president of the Chicago Board of Trade, died Friday following knee surgery after injuring his knee during a Wisconsin vacation.
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Chicago
Siebel G. Harris
Chicago Board of Trade
Wisconsin
Everyday Living and the Quest Beyond Time and Sense
A reflective piece argues that modern life, despite progress in science and wealth, leaves people lonelier and more puzzled. It laments enduring ills like ignorance and disease while urging a deeper pursuit of truth and justice aligned with core moral and spiritual values.
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Francis
Wesley
Désmey
Ikhnaton
Sophocles
Saul
Tarsus
Roosevelt okays cotton loan program tied to surplus plan
A White House conference reported President Roosevelt agreed to federal loans for cotton farmers who join a surplus control program to be enacted in 1938. Senator Bilbo said a senate resolution to pass surplus control legislation would be taken up, and the loan could peg price at 12 cents a pound with a possible two cent subsidy if the loan is ten cents. He indicated wheat, corn, and oats would receive similar treatment.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Bilbo
Miss
Congress
Capitol
Senate Agriculture Committee
Negt
White
House
Mississippi
Kraschel to Attend Camp Riley Governors Day
Gov Nelson G Kraschel announced he will fly to Camp Riley Minnesota for a governors day celebration Sunday at the national guard encampment. Minnesota and North and South Dakota governors will join in a review of the 34th national guard division led by Maj. Gen. Stanley H. Ford as commander-in-chief.
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Des Moines
Nelson G Kraschel
National Guard
Camp Riley
Minn
Kraschel
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
34Th National Guard
Stanley H. Ford
Seventh Corps
Rail unions approve 58 million annual wage increase
Fourteen railroad brotherhoods ratified a 58 million dollar yearly pay rise for 800000 non operating employees after a long debate over the amount. The agreement retroactive to August 1 followed mediation board intervention and faced opposition from some unions and railroad management reporting layoffs and personnel cuts.
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Chicago
George M. Harrison
Cincinnati
Harrison
National Mediation Board
Attempts To Steal Target Pistol Shot By Proprietor
Chicago police report a fatal shooting after a robber grabbed a target pistol in a downtown shooting gallery. Owner Thomas Avgerinos fired at the suspect, William Fletcher, wounding him fatally. bystander Sallie Willis was slightly injured. Fletcher sought the weapon for holdups.
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Chicago
William Fletcher
Thomas Avgerinos
Fletcher
Sallie Willis
Avgerinos
Trend supports GOP gains in House and Senate says Hamilton
Philadelphia dispatch reports John D. M. Hamilton national Republican chairman predicts Republican gains in both chambers next year. He says opposition to New Deal measures reflects sentiment back home and warns local leaders against factional strife in the September municipal primary.
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Philadelphia
House
Senate
John D. M. Hamilton
National League and American League Baseball Scores
United Press reports NL results showing Brooklyn Boston Chicago and St Louis wins with varied run totals. American League games feature New York Philadelphia Washington St Louis and Detroit efforts with multiple pitchers and late scoring.
Mrs Hartman Dies After Heart Attack At Park Arena
Mrs Hartman aged 73 died Thursday at 0 15 pm from a heart attack outside the Cedar Park arena after attending an athletic show with her husband and a friend. Warden Frazer and other officials were present. The body was taken to Smykil mortuary Anamosa. She was born May 6 1864 in Ohio and came to Jones county in 1885. She had two husbands G H Frazer and John Cloud and is survived by her son George E Winnetka III three grandsons and one granddaughter. Funeral arrangements await word from George.
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Te Hartman
Mest Men's Reformatory
Cedar Park
Hartman
Hartmans
G. H. Frazer
John Cloud
Reformatory
Methodist Church
Rebekah Lodge
Woman's Relief Corps
George
Man Falls From River Wall Injuring Five near Police Station
Friday evening a man believed to be George W. Myers escaped fatal harm after jumping or falling from a wall along the Cedar River behind the police station. He was hospitalized with possible back injuries after landing on the sidewalk near the river edge. Patrolmen Cunningham and Bukacek investigated. the man had been talking with Ray Deason about a check for a meal ticket at Deason’s cafe. Deason found Myers leaving via a rear door facing the river. At the hospital, six blank checks bearing Carroll State Bank, Carroll, Ja, were found on Myers.
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George W. Myers
Cedar River
Myers
Cunningham
Bukacek
Ray Deason
West Side
Deason
Carroll State Bank
Carroll, Ja
Raft With Children Adrift Near Danforth Cove
A draft with an undetermined number of children aboard is adrift near Danforth Cove Maine. A coast guard lifeboat from Cape Elizabeth station has been dispatched to the scene.
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Boston
Danforth Cove
Coast Guard
Cape Elizabeth Station
Roosevelt trades farm loans for crop control in Senate
President Roosevelt and the Senate traded farm loans for a promise of crop control amid debates on sugar, wages, and housing bills. The House approved a low-cost housing bill while endorsing revenue-law loophole fixes and a plan to create a public welfare department. Cotton subsidies tied to future crop control pledges dominated Washington action.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
White House
Congress
House Rules Committee
House Banking Committee
Ways and Means
House
Sanity Test Ordered for Man Indicted in Palmer Extortion
Wilbur Rothar a 42 year old Bronx janitor was indicted for attempting to extort 2000 from publisher George Palmer Putnam. Amelia Earhart missing world flyer was ordered to Belle Vue hospital for ten days for sanity observation citing the prisoner’s excitable state before pleading to the indictment.
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New York
Wilbur Rothar
Bronx
George Palmer Putnam
Putnam
Amelia
Earhart
Bellevue Hospital
John J. Freschi
Edward Tighe
Rothar
Furniture Truck Drivers Strike In Des Moines Ends
Des Moines AP reports the furniture truck drivers and warehousemen strike ended after union and merchant representatives approved a contract. Pickets will be withdrawn from stores accepting the pact, which sets top wages of 57 and 45 cents per hour for drivers and helpers, and caps hours at 48 weekly within city limits and 54 hours on state deliveries.
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Des Moines
Merchants Union
GE Worker Gets One Percent Pay Raise
In Schenectady New York an employee of General Electric received a one percent pay increase on Friday the 13th marking a tardy payday for workers amid wage talks with the company.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
Eight Injured In Collisions Near Ivanhoe
A head on crash on highway 261 two miles southwest of Mount Vernon near Ivanhoe bridge injured eight people. Drivers Wayne Eby Cedar Rapids and Gerald Bradd Lisbon faced the collision as dust lay heavy. Injured include Eby 20 Vail 17 Marlowe 18 Williams 21 House 18 Henry Vail 19 Wilson 38 and Bradd. All were treated at local hospitals with varying injuries. emergency first aid was staged at Joe Pitlik farm before transfers to Mercy Iowa City and Mount Vernon for care.
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Wayne Eby
Cedar Rapids
Gerald Bradd
Liseon
Mount Vernon
Ivanhoe Bridge
Eby-Bradd
First Street
Mercy Hospital
Stephen Orval Vail
Ninth Street NW
University Hospital
Iowa City
Lawrence Marlowe
Tama
Kathryn Williams
Lisbon
Ruth House
Waubeek
Henry Vail
Z . Clement
Wilson
Ben W. Eby
M. G. Swords
A. H. Hallgren
Dick Payn
Larry Condon
Joe‘ Pitlik
Stephen Vail
Marlowe
Payn
Hallgren
Eby
Miss House
Miss Williams
Bradd
Mrs. Vernal Hall
Miss
Benadom Siblings Win Jones County 4-H Health Honors
The Benadom family near Olin announces that Alice 15 and John 19 Benadom are Jones County 4-H health champions. Alice scored 99.2 and John 98.5 to win and will represent Jones County at the Des Moines state health contests during the state fair.
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Olin
Albert Benadom
Anamosa
Jones County
Benadom
Alice Benadom
John Benadom
Des Moines
Alice
John
Flying dreadnought shown in public flight over Long Island Sound
The Navy unveiled its latest aerial weapon nicknamed the flying dreadnought. It is described as the largest patrol bomber in the world and was publicly demonstrated Friday with flights over the Long Island Sound near Bridgeport.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Long Island Sound
Roosevelt Ends Push on Court Reform Vote
President Roosevelt said he would not press for a constitutional amendment or push further to change the Supreme Court after the failed reorganizaton effort. He indicated the six months battle accomplished much with Senator Hugo Black joining the court and would end the fight for now.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
United States Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Alabama
Rescue Near Cedar River Tops Night Water Incident
Miss Edwards slipped from the Cedar river bridge near Second Avenue on the west side around 11 pm Thursday. Leslie Farmer and Al Stewart, walking nearby, retrieved her from about 1.5 feet of water after she disappeared and a gurgling sound was heard. They performed artificial respiration and revived her before Mercy hospital staff arrived. she remained in fairly good condition Friday morning.
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Ify Mt Eos
Edwards
Lwas
Miss Edwards
Farmer
Bukacek
Dyson
Mercy Hospital
Parts of Shanghai in Flames as Battle Rages
Parts of Shanghai were burning and Chinese and Japanese forces fought over more than 100 square miles as the Chinese war effort endured through the seventh week. U S interests and four thousand Americans faced shifting danger amid battles on four fronts from Nankow pass to Peiping and Hankow railways.
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Shanghais
Shanghai
China
Nankow Pass
Tientsin-Nanking
Tientsin
Supreme Court nominee avoids KKK rumor questions
The article reports U S Senator Hugo Black facing questions over alleged Klan ties as his Supreme Court nomination proceeds. Senators debate his eligibility while some call for concurrence and others voice caution.
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Supreme Bench
Willis “van Devanter
Senate
Judiciary
Judiciary Committee
Ashurst
Ariz
Mon- Gay
Austin
Neely
van’ Devanter
Saceiey
Black
The
Congress
Senator Black
Judiciary’ Committee
KKK
Entire Custody Fight Over Adopted Son in South Dakota
Wealthy Sioux Falls packer John Morrell Foster filed in circuit court for full custody of his adopted son Whitney. Mrs Ira Gilbertson Foster, Beverly Hills, Calif., must appear August 30 to show cause why the March 3, 1933 divorce decree should not be modified to grant Foster exclusive custody. The original decree split custody by seasons, with Mrs Foster caring for Whitney for three months.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
John Morrell -Foster
Whitney
Ira Gilbertson Foster
Beverly Hills
Calif
Foster
Lucius J. Wall
Mra
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