Congressional probe sparks clash over unions and communists
A debate over the un American activities investigation widens as Bridges calls for a balanced inquiry and authorities warn of communist influence. In Iowa Newton and Cedar Rapids, locals hear about disorder linked to a communist led CLO union and a prosecutor urges vigilance against invasion plans. A Cedar Rapids judge spars with local neighbors over assault cases while Chicago reports another racketeer killed. Iowa school costs are projected to rise about five million, with calls for better funding and administration.
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CLO
Newton
O. E. Korf
Cedar Rapids
Korf
Debates Over Bridges Deportation Charge Probe Demanded
Rep. J Parnell Thomas pressed the congressional committee to probe claims that Labor Department officials aided Harry Bridges to evade deportation. Chairman Dies agreed to consider the matter in a closed session, with Walter S. Steele testifying on what he described as un-American influence and communist mobilization in the United States.
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Congressional
Department of Labor
Harry Bridges
West Coast
CIO Maritime
Iecader
J Parnell Thomas
N. J
Dies
Texas
Committee Behind Closed
Bridges
Australia
Thomas
Walter S. Steele
The
National Republic
Steele
Communist Central Committee
United States
Communist Party
Rep
ICC Approves Great Western Shakeup Plan
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved Chicago Great Western's reorganization cutting capital from 139 million to 62 million and lowering fixed interest to 850 thousand. Common stock is wiped out. preferred stockholders receive 25 cents on the dollar and new common stock. About 67 percent voting power goes to bondholders. The plan moves to Chicago federal court and then to security holders for final approval.
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Washington
INS
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Ilineis
Missouri
Chicago
ICC
Federal
Los Angeles Driver Killed In Crash West Of Cedar Rapids
William Schubert aged 47 from Los Angeles died when his car skidded on highway 30 eight miles west of Cedar Rapids and overturned into a culvert. Albert Franklin 34 of Beverly Hills was injured. The two were en route to Chicago and were aided by local residents before ambulance workers transported Franklin to Mercy hospital.
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William Schubert
Los Angeles
Calif
Albert Franklin
Beverly Hills
Schubert
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
George Stark
Stark
Yeges Fail To Open Safe At Lumber Co
Burglars tried to pry open the safe at Nagle Eaton Lumber Company 620 Seventeenth Street NE for a third time in the northeast neighborhood. They bored six holes in the door and knocked the dial off taking fifteen pennies and unknown vending machine cash. Entrance was gained through east side windows. a heavy sledge was left behind. Police checked for fingerprints after east side squad car arrival at 5 45 a m led by Chief Earl Stanley.
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Nagle-Eaton Lumber Company
Seventeenth Street
Yeggs
Hall Manufacturing Company
Cedar Rapids Engineering Company
East Side
Nagle- Eaton’s
Earl Stanley
Vote Motor Vehicle Freight Rate Boost
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized freight rate increases for motor vehicles in New England and 11 midwestern states. In New England the rise is about 1.5 percent, and roughly 3.5 percent in Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Michigan Missouri New York Ohio Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The commission declared an emergency in New England and said conditions in the Midwest and central states were similar.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commision
New England
Midwestern
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Michigan
Missouri
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Midwest
Central States
Cavein Entombs Nazi Miners in German Coal Mine
Rescue crews labored to save 25 workers trapped 450 feet underground after a flood caused a cave in at a Chemnitz, Germany coal mine. Fourteen miners were rescued immediately as walls collapsed.
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Chemnitz
Germany
INS
Two Kidnap Suspects Captured After Gunfight in Minnesota
U S agents report Otis Meredith and John Couch captured at Charlie Roots farm nine miles east of Effie Minnesota after a early Tuesday gunfight in which Meredith was wounded. Both men identified as abduction duo who forced a Missouri pair to drive them to Minnesota. Bond set at 100000 each. Meredith wounded and hospitalized in Grand Rapids. Couch jailed.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Otis James Meredith
John Couch
Meredith
Here
United States
W W. T. Goddard
Goddard
U. S
Victor E Anderson
Charlie Roots
Effie
Grind Rapids
Daniel Cox Fahey
Cecilia Gross
St Louis
Missouri
Minnesota
FBI
Couch
Fort Worth
Tex
Fahey
Roots
Grand Rapids
Hallman to Head Franklin Junior High
Cedar Rapids reports M. S. Hallman, already principal of Franklin senior high, will also serve as principal of Franklin junior high for the coming year. The move fills the vacancy created by Miss Ruby Byers resignation after forty five years in public schools. No salary change is planned. The education committee also recommended Agnes Hibbs of Osborne Kansas as librarian.
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Iowa
Iowa Taxpayers’ Association
Cedar Rapid News
M. S. Hallman
Franklin
Ruby Byers
Hallman
Agnes Hibbs
Osborne
Kan
Hibbs
Kansas State Teachers College
Presidential praise boosts Lewis in Maryland Senate race
President Roosevelt praised Rep. David J. Lewis for social security leadership during a radio speech, a move seen as a boost to Lewis’s bid against Sen. Millard Tydings. Lewis countered by accusing Tydings of voting present on the act and opposing 22 vital measures. Tydings spoke at a Democratic rally in Hagerstown, Md, predicting changes to the act by the 1989 Congress.
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David J. Lewis
Millard Tydings
Roosevelt
Lewis
Maryland
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Harrison
Mississippi
Doughton
North Carolina
Senate
House of Representatives
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Vital
Hagerstown
Congress
City Sees Heavy Rainfall Across Monday To Tuesday
Cedar Rapids endured steady rains starting Monday noon totaling over an inch. Temperatures fluctuated from 83 earlier to 69 by afternoon plus 74 by noon Tuesday while humidity stayed high.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Postpone Soapbox Derby To Wednesday
Linn county soapbox derby, set for Tuesday afternoon, is delayed to Wednesday due to heavy rains that softened shoulders on highway 30 west of the viaduct. The event follows the same plan with cars brought to the garage at First avenue and Sixth street east at 10 a.m. and a 12:15 report for a parade through the loop district to the race course. The first heat begins at 2 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Nevin Nichols
Nichols
First Avenue
Sixth Street E
Loop District
Courthouse painting case raised over bidding rules
Linn county supervisors authorized large scale courthouse painting without competitive bids. Total painting costs reached 2372.58 with labor 1254.36 and material 301.53 plus 1555.89 for extra union work. County attorney cautioned that splitting work could violate bid laws.
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Cedar Rapids
Topsy
Linn County
G. K. Thompson
Dodge Dynmite Test Ends in Death at Georgian Bay
Daniel G. Dodge, 21, heir to a Michigan motor fortune, died after a dynamite blast at a honeymoon camp 20 miles west of Little Current. He reportedly sought to test dynamite. he fell or was forced from a speed boat to a hospital, dying from a fractured skull and arm injuries to his 19-year-old bride, who suffered serious injuries.
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Daniel G. Dodge
Michigan
Georgian Bay
Dodge
Cinderella
Here
Dodge tragedy unites couple after camp explosion
Laurine Dodge widow of Daniel G Dodge is to receive at least one third of his estate under state law. In a dramatic tale, Dodge was killed and Laurine injured when dynamite left at a remote Manitoulin Island camp exploded. A companion, Lloyd Bryant, was badly hurt and Frank Valiquette suffered severe burns while aiding the victims. The couple had married Aug. 2 in Rochester, Michigan.
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Detroit
INS
Laurine Dodge
Daniel G Dodge
Eyston’s Thunderbolt Test Run Ends With Fumes
At Bonneville Utah Captain George E T Eyston tested his world record Thunderbolt car at 270 miles an hour. He nearly suffocated as fumes from the motors and brakes filled the enclosed cockpit before a respirator supplied fresh air. Eyston said cockpit arrangement must be changed and noted brakes would not have shed fumes if rubbed down.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
George E. T. Eyston
Thunderbolt
Eyston
Navy planes kill eight in four accidents near San Diego
In three incidents Monday in the San Diego area, seven men died as a patrol bomber plunged into the bay a bomber crash at Camp Kearny and a torpedo plane went down inland. Names listed include Lieut Clarence E Kasparek radioman H P Boeckmann and F Freeman among the patrol bomber dead.
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Calif
Navy
Bay
Camp Kearny Mesa
Clarence Emory Kasparek
H. P Boeckmann
F. Freeman
T McKenzie
Mike Moscicki
Willie Mac Moscicki
Pensacola
Flo
Don Fay Smith
Smith
Des Moines
Ralph Carter
Duaneita E. Carter
Navy torpedo planes collide over Hampton Roads
A mid air collision of two navy torpedo planes over Hampton Roads killed Radioman Second Class Muench 42 of Augusta Missouri. Two other crew members escaped serious injury and landed safely by parachute. The crash left one airman dead and crews investigating the cause.
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Norfolk
Marines Drive Japanese From Shanghai International Sector
United States marines armed with machine guns and bayonets forced Japanese troops from the American sector of the international settlement in Shanghai on Tuesday. A ferry ferrying Japanese soldiers was turned back after trying to enter the area near Yu-ching and Bubbling Well roads. British Seaforth Highlanders plus guards drove Japanese forces back across Soochow creek bridges. The Japanese press accused U.S. and British actions and claimed the detentions of officers were kidnappings.
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Suangieat
International Settlement
Yuuching
British Seaforth Highlanders
Honken
Soochow Creek
United States
Britain
Czechs Mobilize For War Games
Prague unit reports 350000 to 400000 Czech soldiers mobilized for summer war games with secrecy amid high alert. The exercise aims to test readiness across the military.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
North Shore Rail Workers Strike Halts Electric Service
About 1,300 operating employees of the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee railroad walked out early Tuesday protesting a 15 percent wage cut. The strike shut electric trains and streetcars between Chicago and Milwaukee, affecting suburbs like Wilmette and Winnetka, though parallel rail service was sped up to manage the overflow.
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Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
North Shore
Milwaukee
Waukegan
Wilmette
Glencoe
Winnetka
Kenilworth
Lake Forest
Lake Bluff
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Three Men Nabbed in Kidnapping Near Waterloo
Police and highway patrolmen captured three men here after they fled a kidnapping scene near Marshalltown. The suspects James Davis 19 Carlyle Illinois William Jones 18 Tulsa Oklahoma and James Wilson Chico California were cornered in a field by Waterloo officers. Wilson fired twice before surrendering and was chased by state agents before arrest. They are detained in Marshall County jail. Aldrich from Mason City had been abducted and the trio fled with his 1937 board car toward the jungles at the city limits.
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Waterloo
Fred Aldrich
Mason City
Marshalltown
James Davis
Carlyle
William Jones
Tulsa
Okla
James Wilson
Chico
Calif
Wilson
James McDonald
Independence
Lynn Evans
Cedar Falls
C E. Wicklund
Marshall County
Aldrich
Floyd Hamilton
Waterloo bank robbery suspect not among trio seized
Des Moines federal agent said Waterloo police reported Floyd Hamilton, linked to multiple robberies, was not in the group detained near Waterloo on Tuesday afternoon.
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Des Moines
LL. M. Chipman
Federal Investigation Bureau
Waterloo
Floyd Hamilton
Poll Shows Iowa Lawyers Divided On Integrated Bar
Iowa attorneys split on an integrated bar with 1295 opposing and 1255 in favor in a nonbinding poll by the Iowa Supreme Court. Clerk BW Garrett oversaw 3574 ballots while Jessie Marshall and W J Russell assisted, reflecting a sentiment study on requiring bar membership to practice.
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DES Moines
Iowa
State Supreme Court
Integrated Bar
BW. Garrett
Supreme Court
Garrett
Jessie Marshall
Sioux City
W. J. Russell
Toledo
State Bar Association
Spanish Loyalist Ministry Resigns in Dispute
In Barcelona the government ministry led by Premier Juan Negrin resigned after a bitter clash over how insurgent hostages were treated. The resignation signals a political shakeup amid the Spanish Civil War tensions in 1936.
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Barcelona
INS
Juan Negrin
If Foot Was On The Other Shoe A Bunion Would Be Delightful
Cartoonist Bugs Baer comments on talk of a third term and cyclical politics. He jokes that power shifts affect perceptions of danger and comfort, noting the old political figures' awkwardness in current roles and the difficulty of predicting outcomes.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
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