Bobby B's Day At The Harness Races Starts At Dawn
West Union participants James T. Cox and Guy House bring trotters Abax and Royal Chan to All Iowa fair // Reporter Harriet Swain details Bobby B the 5 a.m. start for harness race day routine. Cox notes fun of driving. House runs racing business. Mrs Cox cooks in trailer. trainer Art Jenkins marks 50 years in the sport.
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West Union
James T. Cox
Guy House
Abax
Royal Chan
Coxes
James Cox
Bobby B
Bobby
Civil Service Department
Cox
Art Jenkins
Cox Horses
Open Secret Probe of Train Tragedy
A formal secret inquiry opened in Carlin Nevada into the City of San Francisco wreck that killed 24. The hearing involves two public representatives, two Southern Pacific officials, and an Interstate Commerce Commission member. J C Goodfellow directs the session.
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Reno
Nev
Carlin
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
San Francisco
Here
Southern Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
Brice Sues Over Film Insinuation of Her Life
Fannie Brice sues for 750000 in damages claiming the film Rose at Washington Square imitates her life without consent. The case was moved Saturday from state Superior Court to federal court for trial.
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Chicago
INS
Fannie Brice
Washington Square
Superior Court
Federal Court
Beet sugar workers exempt from wages and hours act
Wage Hour Deputy Administrator Paul Sifton confirms Sen. Elbert D. Thomas Utah that workers processing beet sugar are exempted from provisions of the wages and hours act. The clarification affects labor standards for those in the beet sugar industry.
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Washington
ULP
Paul Sifton
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Oilman Exonerated but Remains in Judge's District
Dallas oilman Freeman Burford was exonerated of conspiring to violate the Connally oil act by Judge T. W. Davidson who refused removal to Louisiana. Burford remains in his current district as government officials consider appealing and pursuing future removal if he travels.
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Dallas
Tex
INS
Freeman Burford
T. W. Davidson
Louisiana
Richard Leche
Seymour Weiss
O. John Rogge
U. S
Burford
Rogge
Davidson
Daniel Boone Kin Barred From Marines By Citizenship
Samuel Boone, 21, descendant of Daniel Boone, was told by the U S Marines he cannot enlist because he is not an American citizen. His father is Canadian and Samuel will be eligible only after obtaining final citizenship papers.
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San Francisco
INS
Samuel Boone
Daniel Boone
U. S. Marines
Marine Corps
Boone
Convict Kills Nurse In Escape Attempt at Portland Hospital
A nurse Mrs. Hattie Hooker died after being shot in the mouth during an attempted prison escape at Good Samaritan hospital in Portland Oregon. A doctor and police guard were seriously wounded. The shooter Helen Presley escaped from Washington state prison at Walla Walla 15 days earlier.
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Portland
Ore
Good Samaritan Hospital
Hattie Hooker
William Fetters
Helen Presley
Washington
Walla Walla
Would-Be Actor Inherits 12 Million From Italy Relative
Orlando Ferrara, 25, who came from New York to Hollywood in 1931 to become an actor, learned a Bari relative left him 12 000 000 dollars. He survived on pennies while working as a busboy and sleeping rough. He plans to stay in the United States and not return to Italy.
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Hollywood
Orlando Ferrara
New York
Garrett
Italy
Ferrara
Bari
Benito Mussolini
Motorist Dies After Crash Into Safety Island
A 43 day traffic safety record was broken when a motorist died after his car struck a concrete safety island for street car passengers in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Confederates Gather Aft Trinidad For Reunion
In Trinidad Colorado the vanguard of about 25 000 visitors from 30 states arrives for the forty ninth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans and related groups. The event officially opens Tuesday noon with the US Marine Band arriving under a special act of Congress and with Roosevelt’s approval.
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Trinidad
Colo
Ins
United Confederate Veterans and Associated Organizations of the Confederacy
United States Marine Band
Congress
Roosevelt
Inland Steel Appeals NLRB Bargaining Ruling
Inland Steel challenged a National Labor Relations Board order to bargain with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee CIO and reduce any agreement to writing. The 123 page brief was filed in the U S circuit court of appeals to test whether the act requires signed contracts.
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Chicago
Inland Steel Company
National Labor Relations Board
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Plans Governor Parley On Farm Price Boost
Governor Harold E. Stassen said he would invite midwestern governors to a conference to discuss methods of raising farm prices. He announced the plan during a speech at the Beltrami county fair in Bemidji Minnesota.
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Parley
Bemidji, Minn
Harold E. Stassen
Beltrami County
Parachute jumper Jones weds Ruth Gale Griffin in Omaha
Willie Jones of Chicago and Ruth Gale Griffin aged 21 of Omaha were married in Omaha by Municipal Judge Dennis E. O'Brien. Jones, who claims a world record for a delayed parachute jump, announced plans to attempt a non stop 4 000 mile flight from New York to Seattle to reset the long distance record held by Howard Hughes.
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Omatia
Neb
Willie
Jones
Chicago
Ruth Gale Griffin
Omaha
Dennis E. O'Brien
Howard Hughes
New York
Seattle
Roads Refuse Drought Rates In Wyoming
The Wyoming public service commission reported three railroads Chicago Burlington and Quincy Chicago and North Western and Union Pacific refused to set emergency drought rates for livestock and feed across 15 counties. The carriers said rate needs were not proven, noting dry areas exist but feed is available nearby.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming Public Service Commission
John Wancock
Commission
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Chicago and North Western
Union Pacific
Archaeologist Charles Peabody Dies in Paris
The death in Paris of Prof Charles Peabody noted archaeologist was announced by his son Alfred H. B. Peabody in Boston on Saturday.
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Boston
Paris
Charles Peabody
Alfred H. B. Peabody
Former Iowan Is Honored For Long Federal Service
John I. Schulte former Iowa native and senior experiment station administrator at the Department of Agriculture receives a radio phonograph from R W Stullinger acting chief of the office of experiment stations in recognition of his forty two years of service. Born October 11 1869 in New Vienna Iowa he graduated from Iowa State College in 1895 and joined the department in 1897 later helping assemble exhibit displays for world fairs and serving on the Paris exposition international jury earning the Chevalier du Merite Agricole. A resident of Arlington Virginia he plans to spend retirement on his lawn.
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Experiment Station Record
United States
Arlington
Iowa Paper Prints Letter From Band Member Dare
The Atlantic News Telegraph prints a note found in a courthouse washroom from a Nazi band member. The letter accuses the United States of taking others lands and calls for front page treatment with an editorial. Officials await results of the paper’s decision.
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Iowa
Atlantic
INL
Cass County
Atlantic News-Telegraph
Jay Coker
News-Telegraph
News- Telegraph
Otus
United States
Germany
Msc
Mexico
Spain
Pseudo quotes warn of Germany and Nazis seeking aid
A fragmented wartime note claims Germany could devastate the United States with new bombs and air force power. It asserts Germany would be peaceful once regaining war losses and mentions a Nazi group of 250 men in Atlantic with a comment about raising funds.
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Geremany
South America
Germany
United States
Atlantic
Gered
Memev
P. S
Trail Of Thieves Marked By Blood
Police reported a break in at an oil station on East Fourteenth Street near University Avenue. Thieves escaped with auto accessories worth over 50 dollars. one suspect was cut by broken glass. Blood and footprints led away through a back window, ending at a confederate hideout.
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Des Moines
East Fourteenth Street
University Avenue
Warning of Depression Without Competent Financial Leadership
Douglas W Clinch of New York, an investment expert, warned in Burlington that the United States is heading toward the worst depression in its history unless competent financial leadership is developed. The remark was made Saturday.
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Burlington, Vt
United States
Douglas W Clinch
New York
Man Identified in James River Death In South Dakota
Roland Mc Curtin of Cavour identified as the man found weighted body pulled from the James River Friday in Myron South Dakota. Officials pursue both foul play and possible self-inflicted death theories as they investigate the case.
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Myron
James River
Roland McCurtin
Cavour
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