States discuss midcontinent output shutdown urgency
Officials from Kansas Louisiana Arkansas Texas Colorado Michigan New Mexico Illinois met in Oklahoma City to weigh a region wide shutdown of crude production to push refiners to raise prices. The move follows Sinclair Prairie’s 20 cent cut and would curb about 75 percent of U S output if enacted. Field workers criticized refiners while authorities sought to test refinery storage and demand.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Colorado
Michigan
New Mexico
Illinois
Sinclair Prairie Company
State Railroad Commission
Be Kind to People A World Lesson from Maxwell
The piece urges universal kindness as a simple, powerful remedy for global cruelty. It cites refugees turned back, religious tensions, and everyday group life, arguing that extra kindness could heal many ills and make the world lovelier to live in. Distributed by United Feature Syndicate.
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W B. Maxwell
DR. Ntwyon
United Feature Syndicate
Ince
Admits Writing Levine Letters
Fairfield authorities arrested a local factory worker linked to the Peter Levine kidnapping case. Under questioning he admitted writing two extortion letters to Murray Levine, father of the kidnapped boy, and he had previously been taken into custody on a burglary charge.
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Fairfield, Conn
INL
Peter Levine
Arthur “Doc” Bennett
Bennett
Murray Levine
Jad
Linn Entries Win In 4-H Baby Beef Show At Fair
Linn County dominated the 4-H baby beef show at Hawkeye Downs with Martha Kemp and her Angus Lindy winning grand championship among 94 entries at the All Iowa Livestock Exposition. Myron Oxley took reserve grand, while Grover Lorenzen and Delbert Graff led Hereford classes. A special junior feeding contest crowned Eldon Holst of Davenport as grand champion, with Dale Wendt of Delhi reserve and Lloyd Fey of Delmar third. The event featured 310 range calves in a first-in-the-nation five-head junior feeding contest judged by Shearer Finnegan and Burrell.
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Ray Anderson
Martha
Lindy
Hawkeye Downs
Martha Kemp
Marion
Linn County
Myron Oxley
Martha’s Lindy
Myron
P. S
Phin” Shearer
Ames Animal Husbandry Department
Jones Co
Hereford
Jones County
Grover Lorenzen
Olin
Delbert Graff
Cedar County
Ronald Armstrong
Mechanicsville
United States
Iowa
Prof. Shearer
W. J. Finnegan
Omaha
John Burrell
Waterloo
Eldon Holst
Davenport
Scott County
Delaware County
Dale Wendt
Delhi
Lloyd Fey
Delmar
Clinton County
Children Have Their Day at All Iowa Fair in Cedar Rapids
Attendance records at the All Iowa Fair rose as 5,000 children joined 4,000 adults for race shows and Ernie Young’s night spectacle. Winners in contests included Ekc Mentzer, Freckle, Cornflake, and others, with bicycles and food contests marking the day. Track events saw C. F Rumiley and Clarice shine, lowering the 2:19 trot mark and posting three straight heat wins.
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Cedar Rapids
Ernie Young
Whitey Newell
Ekc Mentzer
Wildwood Drive
Mentzer
Newell
C. F Rumiley
Princeton
Rumley
Clarice
Patsy Binville
Rumiley
Braden Azoff
Little Minor
Czech Leaders to Speak at All-Town Fair Wednesday
Col Vladimir S Hurban headlining the Czech day program at Hawkeye Downs 2 p.m. He will be joined by Dr Alice Masaryk as music by Karla Masaryk chorus precedes talks. Other fair features include harness horse races saddle horse show and Follies Internationale revue as part of the Czech day events. The 56 year old leader maintains that the seizure of Czechoslovakia was unconstitutional.
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Cedar Rapids
Vladimir S. Hurban
United States
Washington
Alice Masaryk
America
Czechoslovakia
Hawkeye Downs
Karla Masaryk
Hurban
Clyde Savery's Funeral To Be Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Clyde W. Savery, 37, of Scarsdale New York and former Cedar Rapids attorney, who died of pneumonia Sunday night at Spirit Lake while vacationing with his family, will be held at Atlantic his birthplace Wednesday afternoon.
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Cedar Rapids
Clyde W. Savery
Scarsdale
N. Y
Spirit Lake
Atlantic
Roosevelt Shifts Thanksgiving Date Stirs Mixed Reactions
President Roosevelt announced moving Thanksgiving up one week from November 30 to November 23 to aid business, prompting both praise and protest. Governors, turkey growers, and football coaches weighed in as the change could disrupt the traditional Turkey Day football industry and the nation’s long observance timeline. He noted Lincolns date and Pilgrim origins while acknowledging mercantile concerns and the Christmas shopping window.
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Roosevelt
Campobello Island
N. S
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George Washington
Bandits Stage $70,000 Bank Holdup Near Long Beach
Five armed bandits hijacked a bank messenger and police escort outside a Long Beach post office, escaping with $70,000 headed to the Federal Reserve in Manhattan. Patrolman James Liguri was disarmed, the car fled into Baldwin Harbor and then Freeport as authorities pursued.
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James Liguri
City and
Federal Reserve Book
Manhattan
National City Bank
Baldwin Harbor
Freeport
Supervisors Maintain Lease With Linn Abstract Co
Linn County supervisors decided not to break the current lease with Linn County Abstract Co. as advised by County Attorney G K Thompson. The lease runs to May 5, 1940 and the county receives 130 dollars monthly in rent. Officials noted WPA and relief efforts use additional space that could overflow the abstract office.
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Linn County
G K. Thompson
Linn County Abstract Company
Supreme Court
Thompson
Dies says hearings to expose foreign propaganda seeks war
Chairman Martin Dies of the House committee on un American activities announced that public hearings begin Friday. He warned the hearings will reveal foreign propaganda aiming to involve the United States in war.
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Washington
ULP
Martin Dies
Tex
House Committee
United States
Des Moines Governor Clashes Over Thanksgiving Date
DES MOINES Gov George A Wilson denounces President Roosevelt's plan to move Thanksgiving forward a week. He asserts states hold prerogative to designate observance and hints at separate dates for Iowa Democrats and Republicans if proof supports the split. Wilson may appoint Ora Williams to study the history of Thanksgiving dates.
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George A Wilson Oollaws
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Ora Williams
Town Historical Department
Lowa
Thanksgiving Proclamation Effect Varies by State
A state department official noted on Tuesday that the President's Thanksgiving proclamation applies only in the District of Columbia and elsewhere the effect may differ across states. The story continues on page 4 column 4.
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State Department
Eviction Sparks Violent Quaker Family Stand In New Jersey
Three members of a once wealthy Quaker family in Mantua New Jersey were forcibly evicted after a month long lie down protest against tax-foreclosure. About 300 residents blocked police and volunteers as Agnes Evans 83 and her paralytic grandson Custis 28 were carried from the home on stretchers. Mary Scott 56 left the house voluntarily with heart trouble after the mob dispersed. Charles Layton, who held the sheriff’s sale writ, was stoned and fled after ramming his car amid the crowd.
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Custis
Stize
Leonard Eckman
Eit
Mary Scott
Voluntauris
Scott
Charles Layton
Williams Hunting Co Strike Settled
A six week strike by about 50 Williams and Hunting Company millwork workers ended through negotiations on Monday. The agreement preserves a 44 hour week until October 25 and a 42 hour week thereafter, recognizes the union as bargaining agent, prevents wage cuts, and preserves seniority where possible. The plant will stay open, with an incentive plan and peaceful dispute resolution. The deal, signed by company president E A Runkle and secretary F H Killen and worker reps Roy Smith John P Warner and Fred L Cizek, follows a lengthy bargaining process and a failed July NLRB hearing.
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Cedar Rapids News
Williams and Hunting Company
United Brethren of Carpenters and Joiners of America
A. F .of L
National Labor Relations Board
E. A Runkle
F. H. Killen
Roy Smith
John P. Warner
Fred L. Cizek
Desert wadt es for rail wrecker in Nevada
Nevada authorities scoured the desert on Tuesday seeking a man or men suspected of deliberately wrecking the City of San Francisco and killing 23 people late Saturday night. Transients were questioned statewide. none yet implicated. Three additional victims identified include Susan Pepper Vaux Rosemont Paches and Henis Speck, bringing the toll to 23.
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Nevada
Brown
San Francisco
Elko
Tenis Pepper Vaux Rosemont Paches
Susan
Henis Speck
Suspect Held in Southern Railway Train Wreck Threats
Washington dispatch reports Henry Parks of Cleveland Tennessee was arrested on charges of threatening to wreck Southern Railway trains unless he received 27000 from EE Norris president of the railway. Federal agents questioned Jum, a suspect with defaced cars, and released him after questioning. Investigators described evidence at the scene including a spike puller and a crowbar. Coroner’s jury ruled an unknown person or persons caused the wreck as federal and state probes began to unfold.
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Farls
Nevada
Spike Puller
DC McDonald
Southern Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nevada Public Service Commission
Charles Sexton
Bugs Fears Joker In Mussolini Peace Plan
In a humorous take Arthur “Bugs” Bata quips that Mussolini might plan a peace protocol. He jokes that a minute of rest between rounds would feel like extended leisure, comparing it to six weeks in the country a month at the seashore and a mountain trip.
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Bugs” Bata
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Illinois Woman May Die Injured Senator in Collision
Four persons injured in a head on collision on highway 11 near Center Point. Richard and Mrs Turner of Auroraill were the most seriously hurt, with Mrs Turner unconscious and likely not to survive. Senator Paul Stowellot Mesnard and Mrs Stewart were injured and transported to Center Point. Police reported both drivers confused and the Turner car severely damaged.
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Richard Turner
Auroraill
Minnesota
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Tuer
Cedi Rapids
Nots
Aes Stewart
Pfsen
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Stewart
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Vo Turner
Fourth Avenue
Richard Trainer
Driver In Crash With Parked Car Fined $25
A drunk driver involved in a crash with a parked car on Tenth street SE and Path Avenue near Union Station late Monday night was fined $25. Officers reported intoxication but no charges for other alleged behavior.
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Cedar Rapids
Tenth Street
Seooat Path Avenue
Union Station
Shepeardean
Watson Avenue
Thomes Bo Powell
Thomes Bo Powell Ar Melinga
Dietrich-Musica Pleads Guilty In Federal Case
New York AP reports George Dietrich-Musica brother of McKesson Robbins ex-president pled guilty in a federal court to a mail fraud and conspiracy indictment. He faces potential imprisonment and fines totaling $36,000.
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George Dietrich-Musica
McKesson and Robbins
Pled
Next Squalus Lift Set For Wednesday
Navy salvagers finished preparations for the second lift of the sunken submarine Squalus and announced it would begin at 3 am CST Wednesday in Portsmouth New Hampshire.
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Portsmouth
Rumor League May Abandon Danzig Reins
Diplomats report that the League of Nations may withdraw protection from the Free City of Danzig, replacing it with a joint German Polish authority. Burckhardt's talks with German and Polish officials hint at a Polish German compromise while Britain cautions toward peaceful, Polish acceptable solutions. Continued on Page 4. Col. 2.
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League of Patiagasi
Free City of Danzig
Poland
Carl Jo Burekhardt
Danaig
Free City
Ndolt
Burekhardt
League
Burckhardt
Naar
Hitler
Warsaw
London
Foreign Office
Municipal League Opens With Attack On Tax Board
The Iowa League of Municipali ties opened its forty second annual convention at the Hotel Roosevelt with a sharp critique of the state tax commission. President Orville B. Rogers accused the commission of dictatorial tactics and undervaluing property for tax purposes. He noted farm properties at about 60 percent of value, city property around 50 percent, and public utilities under 25 percent, urging actual value assessments. Rogers described legal steps to compel compliance and criticized the attorney general for defending the commission. He urged equalization of statewide assessments and highlighted two Irwin bills on road taxes for cities. Continued on Page 4.
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Iowa League of Municipalities
Hotel Roosevelt
Orville B. Rogers
Newell
Commission
Europe
Rogers
League
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Marshalltown
Commis
Sion
Des Moines
Iowa
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