Old treaty demand marks cautious Russian diplomacy
The piece notes Litvinoff insisting on the 1896 Russo-Chinese treaty as the sole basis for Moscow Tokyo border talks, highlighting how a great power clings to an ancient accord and the unusual news value of such a stance. It also covers U S political sentiment, WPA wage boosts in the south, unemployment policy, and Roosevelt era critiques of demagoguery and partisan actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oreign
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Moscow
Tokio
Stalin
Litvinoff
CIO Rejects Maytag Proposal Reinstatement of Discharged Men Demanded
The CIO mass meeting spurned Maytag wage terms for a new contract and demanded reinstatement of twelve discharged workers from the plant reopening under martial law. Union leaders, continuing work under protest, rejected a letter offer to dismiss indictments if the union dropped unfair labor practices charges.
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Newton
Maytag Washing Machine Company
CIO
Maytag
William Sentner
National Labor Relations Board
Frank Bechly
Frank Hallagan
Military District
Hallagan
Maytag Cio
Roos
Judge Bechly
Ietter
Nelson G. Kraschel
National Guardsmen
A Campaign Eruption Warns of Looming November
Jim warns the public of a feared November notice and political promises. He cites dire economic facts, debt rising by billions, and rising unemployment since March 4, 1933, arguing national self confidence falters as the world questions American unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Jowans
Money Cache Put To Good Use By Boys
Chicago AP report details how 11 year old George Kosir unearthed a pickle jar with 940 dollars and funded a spree for neighborhood youths. The court case against George Kotrba 19 revealed daily spending on taxis boats amusement and gear as parents investigated.
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Chicago
South Throop Street
George Kosir
George
Croesus
Boys’ Court
George Kotrba
Big George
John Koshr
Little George
Quick Thinking Of Boy Saves Sister From Mother
In Los Angeles Joie Triff aged five and his sister Mary three were saved when Joie seized his mother’s wrists and forced the bathroom door open after she locked them in with a paring knife. Neighbors overpowered the mother who awaits proceedings for reentry to a state hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mns
Joie Triff
Mary Triff
Joie
Elizabeth Triff
Jose
Pope and Duce Dicker to Prevent Clash
Negotiations between the Holy See and the fascist government seek a peaceful solution to differences over Catholic Action, the Italian youth organization, to avoid a rupture similar to the Lateran treaty. Italy denies wide party orders for dual memberships, but leaders urge officials in both groups to sever ties by October 28, 1938.
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Rome
INS
Holy See
Catholic Action
Italy
Fascist Party
Charles Bird Sentenced to 45 Years in Robbery Case
Charles Bird, 26, pled guilty to seven robbery counts and received 45 years in state prison. Judge Samuel K. Dennis handed down the sentence in Baltimore. Barbara Bird, 24, wife of the gunman, was convicted as an accessory in the liquor truck robbery on August 3.
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Baltimore
Samuel KK. Dennis
Charles Bird
Barbara Bird
Cleveland
Hull Indicates Nazi Trade Pact Is Out
Secretary of State Cordell Hull said Washington will not pursue any reciprocal trade agreement with Germany unless the Nazi government reverses its current trade policies. The statement emphasizes a hard line as tensions rise with Berlin.
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Hull
Washington
Cordell Hull
Germany
Reins of Key Rules Unit at Stake in Row
Washington AP reports control of the House Rules Committee hinges on Roosevelt’s bid to unseat Rep. John J. O Connor. If renominated and reelected, the panel’s fate could swing to anti administration forces as O Connor, the chair, leads a nine to four Democrat to Republican bloc. Driver’s renomination loss reshapes balance. several Democrats are Roosevelt supporters while others opposed wage hour and other measures.
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Towan
Washington
New York
Knoxville
Tenn
Dies
Dewey
Iowa
Berry
TVA
Morgan
Roosevelt
Strategic
House Rules Committee
John J. O'Connor
O'Connor
House
Sabath
Illinois
Greenwood
Indiana
Harlan
Ohio
Lewis
Colorado
Cox
Georgia
Smith
Virginia
Clark
North Carolina
Texas
Driver
Arkansas
E. C. Gathings
Nationwide fake lottery ring uncovered with millions seized
Federal officials said they uncovered a nationwide fake lottery ring and seized six tons of fake tickets valued at 50 million dollars. The investigation spans the country and involves widespread misuse of the mails, with evidence to be presented to a federal grand jury in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
INL
United States
Probe Possibility Plane Of Missing Russians Sighted
A search party heads to Toliktuk to drag the Coleville river mouth where a native said a plane crashed about a year ago. Sgt. Stanley Morgan notes it could be Sigismund Levanevsky and five Russians who vanished Aug 13, 1937 on a transpolar Moscow to United States flight. The river mouth lies at 150th meridian. Levanevsky’s course followed 148th.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Toliktuk
Coleville
Sergt. Stanley Morgan
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Sigismund Levanevsky
Moscow
United States
Levanevsky
Farmers In West Might Prefer The Drought To Beetles
A humorous column by Arthur Bugs Baer imagines Western farmers hoping drought returns if Japanese beetles invade. The piece jokes beetles resist poisoning and crushing, promising grim Western consequences if the insect crosses the Missouri River.
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West
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Missouri
Bing Crosby
Cleveland grows closer to hunt for Mad Butcher lair
Police narrowed search to a downtown area near the central market believed to house the so called Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run. A fish box and biscuit box used to hold body parts tied to victim 11 were traced to market stalls. Fingerprint raids on the lakefront shanties netted 11 of 60 transients with prior records. Decapitations of victims 11 and 12 found near the waterfront jungle huts as Ness ordered waterfront shanties cleared and burned to remove bait for the killer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Kingsbury Run
Lake Erie
Elliott Ness
G-man
Mechanicsville Farmer Shot and Wife Hurt in Family Fight
Mechanicville farmer Howard Wood, severely wounded with a chest bullet, and his wife, head injuries, were hospitalized after a domestic dispute at their home. Neighbors say Wood said his son LaVerne, 16, fired two shots in defense of his mother. Wood signed a statement exonerating the boy.
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The
Gazette
Mechanicsville
Howard Wood
Mercy Hospital
Town City
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Wood
Opie Park
LaVerne
Park
Ray Potter
Tipton
LaVerne Wood
Crawford
Wood Farm
Bonnie
Cedar Rapids Delivery Strike Ends After Short Walkout
Merchants Delivery drivers return to work after a two and a half hour delay as the local Teamsters union negotiates a modified closed shop contract. R J Minor reports four of seven drivers are union members and a new meeting is planned for tonight.
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Cedar Rapids
Merchants
R. J. Minor
Merchants Delivery
Earl Stark
Arthur McCord
International Teamsters Union
A. F. of L
Minor
Stark
Roosevelt urges Canada on St Lawrence waterway cooperation
President Roosevelt urged Canada to cooperate on the St Lawrence waterway linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. At Collins Landing he criticized private power interests while underscoring US-Canada unity amid global tensions. Premier Mackenzie King stood beside him as the bridge opened.
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Dominion
St. Lawrence
International
Thousand Islands
United States
Canada
Roosevelt
Atlantic
St. Lawrence River
British Empire
St. Lawrence Waterway
Great Lakes
International Bridge
Collins Landing
N. Y
Ivy Lea
Ontario
Mackenzie King
Raps Utilities
St. Lawrence Project
American Congress
Ontario Hydro
Bright Cedar Rapids Weather After Cool Night
Cedar Rapids enjoyed bright skies after a cool night as temperatures rose from 60 at 7 a.m. to 78 at 10 and 83 at 2 45 p.m. The previous day reached 84 by 6 p.m. with a 63 reading at midnight on the Chambers Inskeep thermometer.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Davis And Dead Magistrate Named In Trial
New York testimony linked Magistrate Francis J. Erwin and J Richard Dixie Davis to the Schultz era policy racket as James J. Hines stands trial for fixing the syndicate structure. Witnesses said Erwin dismissed 1932 policy arrests and Davis’ law office hosted discussions.
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New York
Francis J. Erwin
J. Richard “Dixie” Davis
Dutch” Schultz
Tammany
James J. Hines
Schultz
Camilli Monsantos
Policy
Erwin
Wilfrid Brander
Dixie’ Davis
Davis
Broadway
Dewey
Wines
Schultz Gang
Ferdinand Pecnra
Lloyd P. Stryker
Stryker
Monsantos
Brunder
British West Indies
Dutch Schultz
Nineteen Arrested in Cedar Rapids Police Roundup
Cedar Rapids police jailed nineteen men on a technical investigation charge after raids along the Milwaukee line and near box cars. Chief Bob Vinch ordered a late night sweep to clear hobo camps linked to recent burglaries. suspects include Jim White and Joe Fender among others.
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Bob Vinch
Vinch
Milwaukee
Cedar Rapids
Jim White
Joe Fender
Paul Knoplock
Minneapolis
Frank Walker
Davenport
William Shay
Watertown
Wis
Alex Sonda
Perry
William Hargrave
James Esler
Pittsburgh
Dan Riordan
Chicago
John Garland
Boston
Jimmie James
George Pettit
Waterloo
Walter Trimble
Muscatine
Jay Farrwell
Highway Board To Take Bids On 8th Ave Bridge
Bids for a new Eighth Avenue bridge over the Cedar River will be opened August 30 by the state highway commission. The bridge will be a concrete monolithic span with five foot sidewalks, lamps for illumination, and an abutment design to avoid water flow disruption.
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Cedar Rapids
Eighth Avenue
Cedar River
State Highway Commission
A. A. Hurst
Maquoketa
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Americans Held in Spain Receives Testimony From Sobel
Abraham Sobel testified before the Dies committee that 1,600 to 1,700 American youths served with loyalist forces in Spain and were effectively prisoners. He described communist influence and his escape after trekking 200 miles, noting he was twice wounded.
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Washington
Abraham Sobel
Boston
House
United States
Dies
Sobel
Mason
Spain
Communist Party
Tex
Paris
Justice Department
Dies’ Committee
Amerika-Deutscher Volkesbund
Probe $50 Fund Of Senate Aspirant
A federal investigation is opened into the $50 campaign fund used in the 1938 Republican primary by William J. Baker of Chicago, a WPA worker, who denies any improper use and says he will go to Washington to explain every detail.
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President Roosevelt
Queens University
Kingston
Ont
Roosevelt
Chicago
INS
William J. Baker
U.S
Baker
WPA
Washington
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