Hughes Sets New Transport Record In Transcontinental Flight
Howard Hughes lands at Floyd Bennett Field New York at 6 56 am after a Los Angeles to New York run in 10 hours 32 minutes 20 seconds aboard the round the world transport plane. Navigator s computations mark a new cross country record beating Tommy Tomlinson s 11 hour 5 minute time with Hughes averaging about 238 mph and outlining Lovelace oxygen mask benefits. Harry Conners navigator and Charles Perrine radio operator with Glenn Odekirk as co pilot accompanied the flight.
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Floyd Bennett Field
New York
Howard Hughes
Los Angeles
Hughes
Tommy Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Alton
Ili
Pittsburgh
Newark
Richard Lovelace
Mayo Foundation
Harry Conners
Charles Perrine
Glenn Odekirk
Teen pilot with no lessons charms 300 residents
Eugene Netz Jey reported that Truman Netz Jey, 17, took a second hand monoplane and flew for an hour and a half over Laura Ohio, waving to onlookers and scribbling notes before making a successful landing in a pasture, while his family celebrated his safe return.
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Troy
Eugene
Truman
Firemen Rappel 47 Floors in Downtown Elevator Fire
Chicago firemen responding to a downtown alarm climbed 47 stories to reach a blaze confined to an elevator shaft. The incident disrupted service but caused only minor damage and minimal injuries.
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Chicago
INS
Briton Held By Nazis As Spy Leaves Vienna
Vienna dispatch reports Captain Thomas Kendrick, British passport officer for thirteen years, left Vienna for England after espionage charges led to his expulsion. Nazi press planned dramatic accounts claiming a Gestapo confession, while the Foreign Office warned Britain to curb diplomatic camouflage and ensure strict limits on privileges.
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Vienna
INS
Thomas Kendrick
England
Metropole
Kendrick
Gestapo
Foreign Office
Britain
Nevile Henderson
Reich
Holdup Robbery Ends With Man Stripped In Chicago
Nar cisco Lu cc heesi, tavern owner, was robbed by two bandits who forced him to disrobe in a car after kidnapping him outside a store. He lost his shirt pants and about 600 dollars and was dumped near a crowd of shoppers, where he hurriedly dressed.
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Chicago
CINS
Narcisco Luccheesi
Luecheesi
Luccheesi
Bank of America Branch Damaged in Revenge Confession
Sheriff announces the arrest of Louis Cerutti of Milpitas for dynamiting the Mountain View Bank of America branch. Cerutti allegedly said four years ago the bank took his farm and four houses, prompting the act of revenge.
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San Jose
Calif
INS
George W. Lyle
Santa Clara County
Louis Cerutti
Milpitas
Mountain View
Bank of America
Cerutti
Fascist Catholic Action Ends Rift in Italy
The fascist party announced a conference with Achille Starace and Marquess Lamberto Vignoli that conformed to the 1931 accords, allowing Catholic Action to function in religious matters. Pope Pius XII condemned attacks on Catholic Action, linking fascist race doctrine with Nazi Germany and Mussolini defended Italy’s course on race.
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Rome
Fascism
Catholic Action
Jay
Catholic Church
Fascist Party
Achille Starace
Lamberto Vignoli
Italy
Pope Pius
L'Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Nazi Germany
Germany
L’osservatore Romano
Mussolini
Claims Hands Tied Against Dusting Reds
Witnesses before the House committee investigating un American activities testified that officials and actors linked to the WPA federal theater project faced pressure from Washington. William Allen White and Harold G Hoffman named as duped supporters. Charles Walton said Kondolf admitted hands tied by Washington. Francis Verdi spoke of a leftist crusade within the project and alleged misuse of funds by the Workers’ Alliance to spread communism.
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Washington
WPA
Federal Theater Project
Congressional Committee
Charles Walton
New York
George Kendolf
Kondolf
Workers' Alliance
City Projects Council
Walton
Preferred
Workers’ Alliance
Starnes
Ala
Francis M Verdi
Dust Professionals
Verdi
Noon Thunderstorm Drops Mercury In Cedar Rapids
Low clouds darkened Cedar Rapids as a noon thunderstorm dropped the temperature from 83 at 9:30 to 69 by 12:30. The rain was brief but the sky stayed partly cloudy with temperatures later rising to 73 by 1:30.
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Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
September 1 Rush Boosts Want Ad Market Activity
The Gazette reports heightened Want Ad activity as buyers sellers and renters respond to the start of September. Ads placed now will yield strong results with Sunday listings encouraged. Call 2-1121 or bring ads to The Gazette office by 8 PM, ad-takers note. A 25 percent daily saving applies for three day orders.
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Gazette
Music Head's Wife Shot In Jealous Rage On Hollywood Boulevard
Mrs. Karl Krueger wife of the Kansas City Philharmonic conductor was shot three times by Charles E McDonald who admitted jealousy of her affair with his wife. Krueger a Chicago educated musician later watched over his wife at Good Samaritan hospital as she recovered from the Friday afternoon attack.
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Hollywood
Karl Krueger
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
McCormick Harvester
Charles E McDonald
Good Samaritan Hospital
Krueger
Harold F. McCormick
The
International Harvester Co
Samuel R. Jewett
Chicago
Chicago Stock Exchange
Vienna
Seattle Symphony
New York Music Guild
Two Year Old Lost On Morning Walk Reunited With Mother
Kay Mainwaring, two, wandered from home on a Saturday morning wearing pajamas with her Scottie dog. Police and neighbors aided the search before Kay was found by her mother and returned home by squad car. She cheerfully told officers she liked policemen as she left.
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Cedar Ranlds
Kay Mainwaring
F. H. Keyser
Ixay
Washington Avenue SE
Kay
Cedar Rapids boards move to seek PWA grant for sports complex
Cedar Rapids public schools plan a stadium six tennis courts and three running tracks with a 27 200 project cost aimed at 45 percent PWA funding. The board authorized Howard R Green to prepare the grant and to supervise the project while listing facilities at McKinley Wilson Roosevelt and Franklin schools.
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Cedar Rapids Public Schools
PWA
Harold Trewin
Howard R Green
Green
Arthur Deamer
McKinley High
Wilson
Roosevelt
Franklin
Merchants Delivery Owner Locked In By Pickets
R J Minor owner of Merchants Package and Delivery at 215 Sixth Avenue SW said he was locked in his shop by pickets around 10 am Saturday. Reporters found no padlock on the door and union drivers walked out after 48 hours of failed contract talks. Patrolmen were sent to the office and observed no evidence of confinement.
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Cedar Rapids
R J. Minor
Merchants Package and Delivery Service
Sixth Avenue SW
Minor
Walsh and
Hines
Arthur McCord
Plan Commission Returns 3rd Avenue Widening to Council
The plan commission delays action on Third Avenue widening and sends the issue back to the city council. The major streets committee recommends preserving the current curb line of 72 feet with 14 foot sidewalks from the river to Fourth street, and about 81 percent of curbs on Sixth to Eighth streets have been rebuilt. The panel says no immediate work is planned, and the council is left to decide. Attorney Don Barnes questioned the resolution as written.
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City Plan Commission
Third Avenue
City Council
Fourth Street
Sixth Street
Eighth Streets
E. P. Boynton
Belle A. Douglass
Emma Hervert
Henry S. Ely
Ervin L. Stepanek
George B. Sherman
Josephine McLain
Don Barnes
Harland Bartholomew
Commission
Barnes
Possible star witness for Dewey in Penn case
District Attorney Thomas Dewey looked toward California prisoner Max Siverman as a potential star witness against James J Hines of Tammany Hall. Siverman, serving 1 to 14 years for a bad check, may testify on Schultz protection payments and ties to Hines, a claim supported by one prior witness and linked to the Newark murder of Schultz. Dewey sought to bring Siverman to testify after a conference with Schultz three hours before Schultz’s death, amid broader racketeering allegations involving Hines club and policy bankers.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
California
Dutch Schultz
James J Hines
Tammany Hall
Max Siverman
San Quentin
Schultz
Newark
Dewey
Silverman
Hines
Tammany
George Weinberg
Jimmy Hines
Baron Fitts
Los Angeles
Albany
Tanmany
Alexander Pompez
Joe “Spasm” Ison
Harlem
Pompez
Ison
Hines Club
Bankruptcy Petition Filed Against Vanderbilt Twins Dress Shop
In New York inspectors filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition Saturday in federal court against the dress shop run by the Vanderbilt society twins Gloria and Thelma Vanderbilt. Creditors claim under $1,000 led by Herman Wolen on behalf of Philip Kohn, Louis Wolarsky, and Berg, Greenberg and Hammer Inc. The shop operates as Siaia Vanderbilt-Sonia Gowns ne.
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New York
INS
Vanderbilt Society
Gloria
Thelma
Herman Wolen
Philip Kohn
Louis Wolarsky
Greenberg and Hammer, Inc
Siaia Vanderbilt - Sonia Gowns
Hollywood police raid ranch for talent film scheme
About 125 children and parents gathered in Hollywood were panicked when police raided the National Talent Pictures Inc front headquarters. Three people were arrested on warrants naming company president J O Overdorff and secretary Edward Rose. Detectives alleged the firm did about 100000 dollars of business in the past year without producing a film, while a radio officer was bitten by an hysterical woman.
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Hollywood
Colonial Front
National Talent Pictures Inc
J O Overdorff
National Talent Pictures, Inc
Edward Rose
Myrtle Overdorff
J C Moore
Harry L. Gross
Wichita Falls
Texas
M B Swan
Inactivity Has No Effect on Local Girls Hollywood Contracts
Miss Margaret M Maddigan of the Maddigan School of Music says inactivity charged to National Talent Pictures does not affect Cedar Rapids teen Mercedes Williams or Maquoketa teen Janet LeRoy in their Hollywood contracts. Both have been working in pictures since summer. Janet stays in Hollywood with her grandmother Mrs H Foster while Mercedes is with her mother Mrs Williams.
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National Talent Pictures, Inc
Mercedes Willams
Cedar Rapids
Janet LeRoy
Maquoketa
Hollywood
Margaret M Maddigan
Maddigan School of Music
Janet
H. Foster
Ma+quoketa
Mercedes
L. Williams
Thirty-second Street
Maddigan
O Connell Denies Communist Salute Allegations
Rep Jerry O Connell of Montana defended himself before the Dies committee saying he never used a communist salute in Spain. He called the charges by Mosier and Dies, aimed at his Ohio primary defeat, ridiculous and harmful.
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Los Angeles
Jerry O'Connell
Montana
Dies
House Committee On UN
Railroad absolved in Olympian wreck near Miles City
The Interstate Commerce Commission cleared the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad of responsibility for the June 19 Olympian wreck that killed 47 and injured 75 near Miles City Montana. The bridge failed due to undermining from floodwaters at Custer Creek with water depth rising to about 20 feet at 12 35 a m. The bridge met American Railway Engineering standards and was deemed safe under ordinary standards.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul and Pacific Railroad
Olympian
Custer Creek
Saugus
Mont
Miles City
Commission
Bureau of Safety
Bureau
American Railway Engineering Association
Two Die Five Hurt In Gulf Oil Tank Blast
In Dublin Indiana two men were killed and five injured when a Gulf Oil crude oil tank exploded in a storage lot. The 80,000 barrel tank disaster occurred Saturday drawing responders to the scene.
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Dublin
Ind
Gulf Oil Company
Green Reports Him in Accord on Necessity
President William Green of the AF of L says he and President Roosevelt agree on the need to modify the national labor relations law. They discussed board administration and potential changes to curb or clarify the NLRB powers after reviewing specific cases. Green cited Cambridge Pa disputes and urged more judicial temperament on board members.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Green
Labor Relations Board
A F of L
Cambridge
NLRB
CIO
A. F. of L
AF of L
Donald W. Smith
Labor
Smith
Coughlin Endorses OConnor in Public Clash Recalled
New York AP reports Rev. Charles E Coughlin the Detroit radio priest says he strongly approves the principle for which Congressman John J O Connor of New York stands He warns democracy could falter if one man dominates Congress and suggests the president and party leader not be the same man The piece recalls Coughlin’s 1936 feud with O Connor over farm mortgage refinancing and a threat to eject the priest from Washington DC
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New York
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
John J. O'Connor
Father Coughlin
Congress
O’connor
Two World Fairs In '39 But We're Used To Double Features
In a playful riff Arthur Baer notes 1939 may stage two world fairs New York and San Francisco while Americans joke about double features. He teases Mickey Mouse newsreels climate in Los Angeles and Sally Rand in Chicago, hinting at a satirical era mood and recession.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
New York
San Francisco
America
Los Angeles
Chicago
Sally Rand
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Vanderbilt Twins
O'Connell
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Clarity Group
Coughlin
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