Arctic Search Emergency Site Set Up for Ocean Pole Flight
An Arctic search emergency setup forms as a Russian expedition seeks a polar flight with Szymund Le vanevsky and five companions. The crew plans direct operations from Fort Smith to the Coppermine river in the eastern hunt sector using two planes and an icebreaker Krassin. Russian pilot Zadukoff awaits weather after a Siberia flight. Bob Randall joins MacKenzie Airways with Edmondton guidance. The refueling plane of Jimmy Mattern crashed near Fairbanks. no injuries.
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Point Barrow
Alasna Pi
Barre Tun-Dra
Sgismund Levanevsky
North Pole
United States
Incg
Hobert Wining
Areis
Fort Smith
Northwest Territories
Coppermine River
Krassin
Vas Zadukoff
Siberia
Zadukoff
Bob Randall
Canada
MacKenzie Airways
Randall
Edmonton
Jimmy Mattern
Fairbanks
Butler urges keeping out of war and urges China stand
Butler argues China can stall Japan to gain time and nations should avoid direct involvement. He notes China fights at home while Japan battles abroad and predicts Japan will face rising taxes and wear down over time. He calls for U S policy to stay out of war and aims to keep forces and ships near home shores.
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Japan
Orient
China
Chiang Kai-Shei
Butler
United States
World Merchant Marine
Dusty road crash injures a dozen in Newnan
Twelve people were injured Saturday when a bus and an automobile collided head on on a rural Newnan road. Officials said drivers were blinded by dust. none suffered serious injuries.
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Newnana
INS
Rail Wage Parley Deadlocked in Chicago Talks
Negotiations between railroad executives and the Big Five Operating Brotherhood for a wage increase were reportedly deadlocked Saturday. Union leaders said indications point to an adjournment next week without an agreement on a 20 percent raise. If deadlock continues, the wage question will be referred to a federal mediation board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Big Five‘ Operating Brotherhood
Federal Mediation Board
Magazine Salesman Reports Missing Luggage Incident
Cool Sarkin of Chicago claims thrice luggage pieces vanished from a cat parked on Second Street near Tenth Street Saturday. The cat owner, Larkin, left the scene. two suitcases later found with belongings inside including home and toilet articles valued at $45.
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Cool Sarkin
Chicago
Cee
Polee
Second Street
Tenth Street
Larkin
Crs
Liswre
Wilson
Sorkin
Ius
Rosary and funeral for Jim McCarthy at Immaculate Conception
The Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Sunday at Brady Mortuary for Jim McCarthy of 629 Seventh Avenue SE who died Friday. Funeral services will be Monday at 9 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church with Msgr. John Molloy officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may attend at Brady Mortuary.
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Brads
Jim McCarthy
Seventh Avenue SE
Msgr
John MM Molloy
Inmaculate Conception Church
Tur Jal
Mount Caleat Cemetery
Brady
Burke Seeks Halt to Attacks on Courts in Washington
Senator Burke of Nebraska urged the nation to protect the independence of the courts and to stop future attacks. He blamed the failed effort to aid farmers and workers on those who sought to strike at judicial independence while criticizing the national labor relations board as having run amuck.
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Washington
Burke
Nebraska
Guffey
National Labor Relations Board
City Briefs and Personals Highlights
Cedar Rapids hosts a Bungalow Canning School every Wednesday at 2:00 PM. Dealers promote used cars with large stocks at low prices. Ralph Randak, 28, fined for fighting during arraignment in a police court Saturday. he gave 522 Fourth Avenue SE as his address though not currently living there. All union barber shops close at 1 PM Tuesday, Aug 24, for the annual barbers picnic at Bever Park. barbers and families invited.
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Cedar Rapids
Ralph Randak
Fourth Avenue SE
Bever Park
Watch Stolen From Room Across From 522 Fourth Avenue
Chris Larsen reports a gold pocket watch and a pocket knife stolen from his room on Friday afternoon or evening. Valued at about 10 dollars. Police notified Saturday.
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Chris Larsen
Fourth Avenue SE
Rotary district governor Al Fuller to speak at Cedar Rapids luncheon
Al Fuller of Town Falls district governor of the Rotary club will tell Cedar Rapids Rotary members about his experiences at the Rotary International convention recently held in Nice France. The luncheon will be at the Roosevelt hotel.
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al Fuller
Town Falls
Rotary Club
Cedar Rapids
Nice
France
Local Graduate Takes New Post in Schenectady
Howard L. Clark the son of Mr and Mrs Guy F E Clark of 1604 Avenue NE earned honors in electrical engineering at the University of Iowa last June. He has moved to Schenectady New York where he joined the General Electric Company following graduation from Washington High School in Cedar Rapids.
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Howard L. Clark
Guy FE Clark
1604 Avenue NE
Uniiversity of
Iowa
Schenectady, NY
General Heetrie
Old Washington High School
Cedar
United States Bank Seeks Judgment in Iowa District Court
The United States bank seeks a district court judgment against defendants James J Mere and Bertha Moore. The Cedar Rapids Engineering Company seeks $132.50 in remaining account balance. The Southern Welding Company is named as a non resident of Iowa along with MHO Muse.
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United State Bank
Llerdo
Dm Ae District Court
Daetron Gaperigst
James J Mere
Bertha Moore
United “Stonomhask
J DD Moare
H C Jerson
Cedar Rapids Enginesringg Company
Wtoaanst
Muse
Southern Welding Company
Towa
Three naval trainees on leave from San Diego station
Three trainees at the naval training station in San Diego are on leave visiting Credar Radio and nearby areas. The travelers named are Wendell Whitcomb, Rouvenue NE Dennis V, Ward Coyven, and Ronald T. Hole, Spookvie. They will transfer to the fleet upon returning to San Diego. John I. Wara is noted as a permanent officer with unspecified details.
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Naval Training Station
San Diego
Credar Radio
Wendell Whitcomb
Dennis V
Ward Coyven
Ronald T. Hole
Spookvie
San Dieppe
John I. Wara
Perm
Student Sailor Heads West After Norfolk Graduation
A recent graduate of the machinist mate's school in Norfolk, Virginia, continues a cross country motor trip stopping in Cedar Rapids en route to San Diego where he reports for duty aboard the U S S Regal.
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Cedar Rapids
Norfolk
San Diego
Italian Air Fleet Dominates Mediterranean Race Endangering France
The Istres to Damascus to Paris air race ended with a French setback as Italians swept the field. Italian bombers arrived early, fueling criticism of the French air ministry and deepening tensions in the Mediterranean. Capt Maurice Rossi, lone French entrant, dropped out near Damascus on the return leg.
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Paris
Istres
France
Damascus
Mediterranean
Popular Front
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Maurice Rossi
Diemascus
Court Order Blocks Speech To Ex-Wife and Family
Leonard Newlan, 30, was ordered not to speak to his former wife and their 13-year-old ward Cleone Good Newlan. Superior Judge Bray had annulled the marriage and sentenced Newlan and the mother to a year in jail for perjury, with probation possible if they avoid contact. Cleone remains in juvenile detention as the ward.
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Martinez
Leonard Newlan
Cleone Good Newlan
AF Bray
Farl
Bray
Lewlon
Husharpd
Cleon
Leonard Newton
Trotting Champions To Race In Inter Match
The international match race will feature America's top trotting horse Muscle Tone One and Muscle Tone One Heat, with Milan Italy owner Viovapas Malan and St Charles TH owner Kerme planning the event. The purse stands at $30,000 to the winner plus a $20,000 base and a $10,000 side bet between Baker and Mains, posted ten days before the race.
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New York
Muse
Baripe
Carp
Amore
Indiana
Tadwer
St Charles
Bas Fhamuer
Dover
Detroit Bride Stages Sitdown Strike For Love In Car
Mrs Josephine McCoy 17-year-old bride continues her sitdown vigil in her husband’s car in front of his home for a week. The husband Joseph McCoy has a divorce suit and an injunction forced her removal. A used car dealer lent the auto for the protest and neighbors send food and reading material. She says she will persist until a personal interview with her husband.
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Detroit
INS
Josephine McCoy
Richard D. Mhler
Saginaw
MecCoy
Joseph
Peculiar Death Investigated In Young Actress
Los Angeles coroner probes unusual death of Jane Weir a 21 year old film actress at a hospital after an appendectomy. She faded after collapsing and died in a coma prompting a medical inquiry. Weir came to Hollywood a decade ago with her mother and had been in picture work for about a year.
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Hollywood
INS
Los Angeles
Jane Weir
Miss Weir
Davernyt
Iowa
Urges Hopkins To Lift Ban On WPA Work By Farmers
Rep Harry Coffee of Nebraska asks Work Progress Administration head Harry Hopkins to lift drought related bans that stop farmers in Nebraska from WPA food projects He cites two thirds of Nebraska corn burned in ten days and urges immediate use of restrictions and funding to Nebraska.
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Hopkins
Washington
Harry Coffee
Chindran
Neb
Harry Hopkins
Work Progress Administration
Cimoto
Nebraska
Congress Session Length Lags Behind Records
Washington AP reports Congress stayed in session 228 days this year, not near the record. The first session of the last Congress lasted 239 days, with earlier years including 292 days in 192? and 354 days during the WWI wartime session from 1917 to 1918.
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Washington (Ap
Conpress
Chinese Air Losses and Shanghai Battle Reach Record
Chinese airmen claim 46 Japanese planes shot down since Shanghai fighting began, with 30 bombers among them. Kiukiang and Yangtze region bombings kill civilians, while looters face death in Shanghai. Massive jail break planned with mass transfers to Chinese territory.
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Nanking
Shanghai
Kiukiang
Yangtze
Kiangsi
Kuling
China
Italy
International Settlement
Ward Road
Japanese Attacks Expand Across North China Front
In North China Gen Kiyoshi Katsuki reports three Japanese attacks converging on Peining Tientsin area as Chinese forces resist along the Peiping Suiyuan Peiping Hankow and Tientsin Pukow Nanking railways. Fighting continues near Lianghsiang and Nankow pass hydraulic snows. Kalgan air raids target the city and military installations as Chinese divisions defend Craggy Nankow pass.
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Tientsin
North China
Peining- Tientsin
Peiping-Suiyuan
Peiping- Hankow
Tientsin-Pukow- Nanking
Kiyoshi Katsuki
Lianghsiang
Peiping-Hankow Line
Peiping
Paoting-Fu
Nankow Pass
Chahar Province
Kalgan
50 000 Chinese Forces Rapidly Press Eastern Chin Provinces
A veteran army of 50,000 Chinese Communist troops was reported advancing toward Japanese defenses in eastern Chahar province. Japanese spokesmen warned Tokyo is ready to confront Soviet aid to China including planes tanks and Red Army officers and technicians.
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Peiping
INS
Chahar
China
Tokio
Russia
Spain
Red Army
Shanghai evacuation pact boosts joint British French protection
The Sunday Times reports France will cooperate with Britain to safeguard lives and property in the Shanghai international settlement. A British troop movement aims to reinforce Shanghai if needed, with about 14 000 foreigners already evacuated from the city.
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London
INS
Great Britain
Shanghai
Sunday Times
Kidnaped Youth Hurled From Operating Table Amid City Search
In New York a 16 or 18 year old patient was taken from Trinity hospital by two men after doctors said he needed extensive treatment. One man claimed the brother had been struck by a hit and run driver. A nurse was struck during the escape and another nurse suffered a possible skull fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Trinity Hospital
Richard Davis
Mary Begg
Admiral Horthy In Grave Condition In Budapest
Admiral Nicholas de Horthy regent of Hungary, aged 69, was reported in grave condition in Budapest as heart symptoms appeared amid a serious influenza attack. A WWI fleet commander and later Hungarys regent since 1921 to await possible monarchy restoration.
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Budapest
Nicholas de Horthy
Hungary
Horthy
National Army
Bela Kun
Governor Cochran Safe After Forced Landing Near Garrison
A state airplane carrying Nebraska Governor AL Cochran to a tri state national guard encampment was forced down near Garrison Kansas. The governor and three others escaped injury though the craft was badly damaged when Pilot Charles Doyle landed in a tall cane field.
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Fort Riley
Kan
AL. Cochran
Nebraska
Tristate National Guard
Garrison
Charles Doyle
Nebraska Aeronautics Commission
2 Hurt In Air Crash In Merced
Paul Aker a 23 year old Glendale student aviator and HW Kane 25 the pilot were injured when their small airplane crashed into a Merced pasture Saturday. Aker suffered serious injuries while Kane received minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merced
Calif
INS
Paul Aker
Glendale
HW. B. Kane
Soviet Prosecutor Reveals Mass Peasant Executions Mistake
Andrei Vishinsky says many peasants were executed five years ago under the 1932 decree on stealing state property. He cites misapplication by Trotzkyist elements and accuses former officials of perverting policy to undermine the law and the party.
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Moscow
Andrei Vishinsky
Soviet Union
Department of Justice
Vishinsky
Pachukanitch
Institute of Soviet Law
Congress Adjourns Amid Party Discord On Capitol Hill
The Senate adjourned after a heated scene as Guffey denounced party leadership and challenged the administration to a political fight next year. O'Mahoney called for Guffey removal from the campaign post, while Barkley confirmed the resignation. Burke Holt urged a real battle, and the chamber returned to work amid tense mood as Roosevelt era farm and labor bills remained uncertain.
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Guffey
Wheeler
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyo
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Edward R. Burke
Neb
Rush D. Holt
W. Va
Burke
Capitol Hill
Congress
Roosevelt
Congress Votes 20 Million For Tenancy Problem Attack
The Senate approved a $20,000,000 deficiency bill to fund an experimental program to ease tenancy. It includes two $10,000,000 items: loans to tenants to buy farms and government purchase of unfit farm land in the dust bowl for retirement from production.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
White House
Dust Bowl
Alberta to Declare Six Month Debt Moratorium
Premier Aberhart announced a blanket six month debt moratorium across Alberta. Private debts will be included and banks finance and insurance firms are targeted as part of the social credit administration policy to fight the money monopoly.
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Edmonton
Alta
INS
Alberta
Aberhart
Social Credit Administration
Woman Delivers Baby On Train Then Hides Infant in Suitcase
A 22 year old woman, Gertrude Pelki, gave birth on a train en route to Flint and placed the infant in a suitcase in her Ann Arbor hotel room. The baby, reportedly born dead, was found in the suitcase and Pelki is held on suspicion of murder as autopsy proceeds.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Ins
Michigan
Gertrude Pelki
Flint
Cheboygan
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
Peiki
Crash Near Coggon Leads to Three Charges
Sheriff reports a coupe swerved on a curve near Coggon, struck a guard rail and hit Boss and the Boones. Mr and Mrs Boone hospitalized. A bystander Mrs Hanson of Urbana was also struck. Sylvester Ramsey claimed he avoided collision but his car hit the rail. Ramsey faces charges of failure to report an accident reckless driving and faulty brakes with bonds set at 2500 dollars.
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Boss
Boones
Boone
James H. Smith
Peter Hanson
Near
Urbana
Smith
Ang. 1
Troy Mills
Sylvester Ramsey
Ramsey
Lester Ramsey
Senators Demand Sweeping Inquiry Into ICC
Washington Senate approves Commander T A M Craven as FCC member after calls by Senators Wheeler White and Burke for a wide inquiry into the commission. McNinch joins Craven to fill vacancies from the deaths and resignations amid monopoly charges in radio.
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Washington
INS
T. A
M. Craven
U.S.N
Federal Communications Commission
Senate
Commission
Wheeler
Montana
White
Maine
Burke
Nebraska
Frank R. MecNinch
Federal Power Commission
Craven
Anning S. Pratt
Irvin Stewart
Virginians Consume More State Store Liquor Than Iowans
Virginia residents spent 6.31 dollars per person on state store liquor while Iowa recorded 3.11 dollars per capita in 1936, per a Distilled Spirits Institute report. Both states had similar populations around 2.47 million for 1930, with Iowa slightly larger.
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Des Moines
Virginia
Iowa
Hawkeye Farmer
Distilled Spirits Institute
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