Purge list grows as three more Democrats targetted
Washington report says three additional Democrats in Congress join McCarran and Tydings on President Roosevelt’s purge list, including Sen. McCarran of Nevada Sen. Tydings of Maryland and Rep. O’Connor of New York. White House plans to back David Lewis in Maryland and oppose Rep. O’Connor in the Senate race.
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Washington
INS
Congress
George
Georgia
Smith
North Carolina
Roosevelt
Patrick A. McCarran
Nevada
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
John O'Connor
New York
McCarran
Senate
Richard Kirman
Western Statesman
White House
David J Lewis
New Dealer
Sydings
O'Connor
House Rules Committee
Charles Michelson
Franklyn Waltman
Waltman
James
Howes Takes Charge of United States Airmail System
The operation of the U S airmail system, spanning over 30 000 miles of domestic routes and extending to foreign lands, has been quietly transferred to First Assistant Postmaster General William W Howes. The change follows Harllee Branch leaving the office to join the new Civil Aeronautics Authority earlier last week.
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Washington
INS
William W. Howes
Harllee
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Deaths Richard W Williams 83 Retired farmer
Richard W Williams 83 a retired farmer died at his home 1826 Bever avenue SE Cedar Rapids after a brief illness He was born in Cedar Rapids September 19 1854 and married Issa M Bell in 1889 He leaves a daughter Florence a brother Winfield S Williams Los Angeles and several nieces and nephews Funeral services set for 4 p m Monday in Beatty chapel with burial in Ida Grove cemetery No flowers requested
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Richard W. Williams
Bever Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Ida Grove
Issa M. Bell
Florence
Winfield S. Williams
Los Angeles
Beatty Chapel
Ida Grove Cemetery
Funeral services for George T Burlingham
Funeral services for George T Burlingham will be held in the Beatty chapel at 2 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel. In addition to ten children, he is survived by 21 grandchildren.
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George T. Burlingham
Beatty Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
Funeral services for John L. Conley Sunday in Tur ner chapel
Funeral services for John L. Conley will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday in the Tur ner chapel with the Rev. Marion H. Williams in charge. Burial follows at Washington, Iowa, with brief grave services at 2 p.m. Friends may call at the chapel.
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John L. Conley
Funeral services for John Nicol near Sherburn Minn
Funeral services for John Nicol, fatally injured flying his own plane near Sherburn, Minnesota, will be held at Turner chapel at 2 pm Monday. Rev. James H. Blackstone Jr. will officiate and burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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John Nicol
Sherburn
Minn
Turner Chapel
James H. Blackstone, Jr
Oak Hill Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Cath erine Leehman Deen
Funeral services for Mrs Catherine Leehman Deen will be held in the Turner chapel at 4 p.m. today conducted by Reverend August Cramer. Burial follows at Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel. Grandsons serve as honorary pallbearers.
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Catherine Leehman Deen
Turner Chapel
August Cramer
Oak Hill Cemetery
Margaret Jane Wolfe
E. J. Wylite
Linwood Cemetery
C. Kiohs
H. Kicksee
H. Forsythe
E. Mayfield
C. Marsh
W. Shadle
Funeral rites for Joseph Keogh held at Immaculate Conception
The funeral for Joseph Keogh of Delavan hotel, who died Friday, will be at 9 am Tuesday in Immaculate Conception church with Rev. Maurice Mullan officiating. Burial follows at Mount Calvary cemetery. Friends may call Brady mortuary after 2 pm today.
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Joseph
Keogh
Delavan Hotel
Immaculate Conception Church
Maurice Mullan
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Brady Mortuary
Funeral services for Miss Arina Estella Davis
Funeral services for Miss Arina Estella Davis will be held in the Turner chapel at 3 30 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in the Baker chapel.
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Arina Estella Davis
Turner Chapel
Baker Cemetery
Suspect Arrested on Coast in Two Year Old Illinois Killings
Joe Henry Busby, 32, was arrested in Los Angeles on charges of murdering two Tuscola automobile dealers during a 1932 holdup. Victims were shot when resisting arrest, bodies dumped outside the city. Busby admitted knowing the men and being in Tuscola then, and asked his mother to help establish an alibi. He had been living locally for two years.
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Los Angeles
INS
Tuscola
Ill
Joe Henry Busby
Clark Edwards
Douglas County
Busby
Skunk Halts Capitol Work Then Is Shot
A skunk blocked excavation under the South Dakota State Capitol causing delays before a game department permit allowed killing the animal. The skunk was shot by the capitol custodian, leaving contractors wary of continuing in the pit and the incident prompting questions of victory.
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Game Department
Capitol
Cyclist Struck Twice in City Crash
Seven hours after a bicycle collision with a car driven by Frank Novak of 188 Fourteenth Avenue Southwest, Clarence Bradley was taken to St Luke's Hospital in an ambulance. Bradley had a split toe but showed no other injuries before becoming unconscious Saturday night. Doctors planned hospital tests for possible internal injuries after the late afternoon accident at Eighth Avenue and First Street Southwest.
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Frank Novak
Fourteenth Avenue
Clarence Bradley
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bradley
Novak
Eighth Avenue
First Street
Insurgents claim large U.S. arms haul in Spanish Civil War
Spanish insurgents at Hendaye state they captured extensive American war materiel since the civil war began. The communique lists 17 tanks and 33 U.S. field guns, 630 machine guns, 3430 rifles, 11700 shells, plus Russian, French, British, and Mexican cartridge and gun totals among captured materiel.
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Hendaye
France
Spanish Frontier
Mexico
Frankensteen accuses Martin of Coughlin bargain in Ford dispute
Richard T. Frankensteen, former UAW vice president, accused President Homer Martin of steering the union toward the AFL and negotiating with Father Charles Coughlin to form an independent Ford Motor Company union.
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Toledo
Richard T. Frankensteen
UAW
Homer Martin
American Federation of Labor
Charles Coughlin
Ford Motor Company
Japanese Moonlight Raids Hit Central China Bases
Japanese warplanes bombed several Central China targets in midnight raids. Nanchang air base and facilities including warehouses, tracks, barracks, and hangars were hit, with attacks also aimed at Kian Yushan Ningpo and Lishut while efforts to break the Hankow stalemate continued in the Yangtze valley.
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Shanghai
Central China
Nanchang
Kian
Yushan
Ningpo
Lishut
Yangtze River
Hankow
Filipinos Plan To Guard Patrimony Says Quezon
Manila AP reports President Quezon stated Filipinos are laying plans to safeguard patrimony. In Knoxville INS notes Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, former TVA head, avoided settlement talks on marble land claims and preferred direct appeal to President Roosevelt during a congressional hearing.
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Manila
Manuel Quezon
F. D. R. Knoxville, Tenn
INS
Arthur E. Morgan
TVA
George L. Berry
Roosevelt
Congressional Investigating Committee
Fragmentary Sports Grid Note From City Ledger
Readable pieces show teams and cities such as New York Detroit Milwaukee and New Orleans with scores and percentages. The text resembles a standings or schedule snippet with player or team codes and partial venue hints.
Editors and Publishers Clash Over Press Independence
In a contentious exchange, Senator Minton attacks editors and publishers accusing them of editorial control by banks and advertisers. The Cedar Rapids Gazette disputes the charge, defending its independence and challenging Minton to prove otherwise. The debate centers on journalistic autonomy and public trust amid calls for reform.
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Barnesville
Supreme Bench
Pulitzer
Minton
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Disappointed Lover Kills Him Of His Affections At Last
New York dispatch reports John Curran, after five years with a loaded revolver and a foreseen plan, shot and killed Catherine Boyle 27 who refused to leave her husband and children. He carried a note to his mother promising self destruction and asking forgiveness, dated last Monday and found in his pocket.
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New York
John Curran
Catherine Boyle
Catherine
Mexican Plane Wreck Found. Eleven Die in Storm Crash
Wreckage of a Mexican Aviation Electra trimotor was found on a mountainside near Papaluapa in tropical jungle. All eleven aboard perished, including Eugene Carlson of Los Angeles and oil prospector Luis Grahame.
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Mexico City
INS
Papaluapa
Mexican Aviation Company
Eugene Carlson
Los Angeles
Luis Grahame
Two Booked In Death Of FHA Executive
San Francisco police booked Archie Andrews and Thomas White on manslaughter charges in the death of Walter Vibert, a 45 year old Federal Housing Administration executive. The case centers on a gay drinking party and a late night hotel room brawl in which Vibert was killed. Rose Fields, a Vibert office typist, implicated the two men after surrendering to police.
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San Francisco
INS
Walter Cyril Vibert
Federal Housing Administration
Archie Andrews
Thomas White
Vibert
Rose Fields
Andrews
White
Carroll In Prison: Daughter Receives Night Club Offers
Ex-deputy sheriff Francis M. Carroll began life imprisonment at Thomaston prison after his gag murder conviction of Dr. James G. Littlefield. His 17-year-old daughter Barbara testified against him and is named in reports as receiving nightclub offers from New York and Boston.
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Paris
Thomaston State Prison
Francis M. Carroll
James G. Littlefield
Carroll
Paul
Buddy” Dwyer
Barbara
Dwyer
New York
Boston
Loyalists Launch Counter Offensive On Valencia Front
Loyalist forces say they launched a counter offensive to disrupt the nationalist drive toward Valencia. They exploited thin nationalist lines along the Teruel Sagunto route and pressed the Toro mountains above Valencia while Franco concentrates troops to the south. Across Spain the rebel advance toward Madrid and the Almaden mercury mines continued, aided by Mussolini’s support for Italy.
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Hendaye
Valencia
Teruel-Sagunto
Ebro
Segre
Francisco Franco
Toro Mountain
Spain
Madrid
Franco
Estremadura
Gonzalo Queipo de Llano
Radio Broadcasting Fame
Almaden
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Dunne Brothers and Union sue Daily Worker for 390000
In Minneapolis, Vincent, Grant and Miles Dunne plus Farre Dobbs and the General Drivers' union sue the Daily Worker for 390000 in Hennepin county district court. The suit targets articles calling the Dunnes Trotzkyites and tying them to racketeers over the Corcoran murder.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Dunne Brothers
544
Daily Worker
New York
Hennepin County
Vincent
Grant
Miles Dunne
Farre Dobbs
Patrick J. Corcoran
Minneapolis
Corcoran
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Pope urges Brescia workers to be faithful Catholics
Pope Pius addressed textile workers from Brescia province saying true Italians must be good Christians and that those who think differently make the gravest mistake. He spoke at Castel Gandolfo on a Saturday gathering.
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Castel Gandolfo
Pope Pius
Brescia
Twins and births in two city homes announced
A son named Richard Allen was born at home on August 8 to Mr. and Mrs. Archie Caraway of 10154 Second street SW. A daughter named Bonnie Lou was born on August 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jensen of 326 H avenne NW.
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Archie Caraway
Second Street
Richard Allen
Harry Jensen
H Avenne NW
Bonnie Lou
Local Notices and Events in City B
Special fried chicken dinners advertise 50 cents at Lighthouse Mount Vernon Road. Boys of the Y M C A visit Paramount Theater Thursday at 1 p m. Hutchinson's offers drugs prescriptions toiletries and ice cream delivery. Maytag discussion at Rotary luncheon noon Roosevelt hotel. Bungalow Canning School weekly. Local 170 AM M C B offers 8 p m meeting Labor Temple with Mr Canfield Chicago. Cedar Rapids lodge picnic Ellis Park duck pond Sunday 2 p m invites families bring sandwiches and dish. ice cream coffee pop and cake supplied.
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Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America
A. F. of L
Labor Temple
Canfield
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Ellis Park
Legionnaires hold final stag picnic at Sokol park
Beginning at 3 p.m. Tuesday members of Hanford Post No. 5 of the American Legion will hold the last of a series of stag picnics. Admission to the affair will be by 1938 membership card only. Picnic hours run 3 to 12 p.m. with supper served at 6 p.m.
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Hanford Post No. 5
American Legion
Sokol Park
Furlough Guests Visit Martin Polehna Family
Martin Polehna hosts three service members on a thirty day U S furlough from the U S S Trever in San Diego Calif radioman third class George Place from New York City guimate third class Kenneth Taylor from Bluefield West Virginia and Samir Kulhavy an electrician third class nephew from 72 Eighteenth Avenue SW. They arrived by motor and Place and Taylor plan to return home after their visit.
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Martin Polehna
Eighteenth Avenue SW
George Place
New York City
Kenneth Taylor
Blue Field
W. Va
Samir Kulhavy
U. S
S. Trever
San Diego
Calif
Place
Taylor
Liedown striker Unterreiner hospital week long checkup
Joseph Unterreiner a 28 year old with a spine injury and a former manhole accident remains bedridden. He was moved from Turtle Creek to Presbyterian Hospital for seven days of observation after protesting boroughs medical aid denial. He previously won a 17000 verdict later set aside by an appellate court. The Falk clinic arranged hospital care via Rev. Francis Schlater.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph Unterreciner
Turtle Creek
Unterreiner
Falk
Francis Schlater
Six Believed Killed in RAF Flying Boat Crash
Six men are believed dead after a Royal Air Force flying boat crashed into the sea two miles south of Cork lightship near Felixstowe. The accident follows a week with four other RAF fatalities and ongoing loss of two other planes. The craft was on an experimental trip.
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Felixstowe
Eng
Royal Air Force
Cork
RAF
Air Ministry
Save Boy, 3, From Chicken Coop Prison
Martinsburg West Virginia AP A three year old boy nicknamed Skippy who was found malnourished and confined in a chicken coop is in a city hospital. He is deaf and nonverbal and his weight is that of a five month old. After hospitalization he will be sent to a state school for the deaf and blind.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Skippy
Harper's Ferry
Charlestown
Department of Assistance
Nurse charged with murder in death of week-old baby
A 22-year-old nurse at a veterans hospital faced a murder charge after her week-old son, born out of wedlock, was found dead in bullrushes by Tonawanda Creek. Federal agents kept her identity secret while U S Attorney Grobe said the child was born alive and alive when discarded. The infant’s father was not involved, and Genesee County Corner Dr Peter J Dinatale identified the body after an anonymous tip.
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Batavia
N. Y
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital
Tonawanda Creek
United States
George L. Grobe
Peter J. Dinatale
Genesee County Corner
Ballroom Built for Debut of Lesley Hyde Ripley
Newport RI AP Miss Lesley Hyde Hope Ripley heiress to a soda pop fortune was introduced at a ballroom crafted for her debut. About 800 to 900 guests attended at the floodlit residence of her parents Mr and Mrs Henry B M Ripley of New York to kickoff the summer social season.
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Newport
R. I
Lesley Hyde Hope Ripley
Henry B. M. Ripley
New York
Mother Of Mayor Hahn Dies In Omaha Saturday
The mother of Mayor Frank Hahn dies in Omaha Saturday. Survived by seven grandsons Louis E Hahn Dick Hahn Don Hahn Robert Hahn Paul Wilbur James Westfall all of Omaha, great grandson Jimmy Hamblin Cedar Rapids and great granddaughter Marianne Donohoe Davenport. Funeral Tuesday 11 a.m. at Turner chapel with Rev Foster Beck. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Body being brought to Cedar Rapids Sunday. Friends may call after 6 p.m.
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Omaha
Louis E. Hahn
Minneapolis
Dick Hahn
Akron
Ohio
Don Hahn
Milwaukee
Robert Hahn
Kansas City
Paul
Wilbur
James Westfall
Marianne Donohoe
Davenport
Jimmy Hamblin
Cedar Rapids
Hahn
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Turner Chapel
Foster Beck
Kenwood Park Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Trainman Killed as Wabash Derailment Injures Two
A Wabash passenger train en route from Detroit to St Louis derailed in Huntington Indiana. One trainman was killed and another critically injured when five coaches and the engine left the rails. Police and railroad officials investigated the cause as responders treated the injured and secured the scene.
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Huntington
Ind
Detroit
St. Louis
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John Conley
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Cosch
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Mt. Mercy Junior College
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Mount Vernon Road
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Liedown
Striker
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W. T. Sands
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