Secretaries Plea for Peace Amid War Tensions
UK Secretary Cordell Hull asks China and Japan to refrain from war as China vows to resist aggression. Meanwhile US warns against judging the dispute. Governors urge unified highway planning to meet rising traffic and industrial needs. Camp Good Health aids 97 handicapped children. more funds needed. Republican meeting in Ames draws GOP hopefuls. George Wilson urged out of spotlight. Roosevelt proclaims Jefferson's birthday as debates on democracy unfold. Des Moines raids target illegal liquor and slot machines. praise for law enforcement.
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China
Japan
Louisiana
National Highway Planning Board
Charles F. Kettering
General Motors
Lewhe
Kettering
Iowa
EL Moines
Des Moines Register
Des Moines
Roosevelt weighs calling Congress for special session on farm legislation
President Roosevelt after talks with congressional leaders said he has under advisement the question of convening a special session to pass farm bills and other administration measures. He discussed cotton loan levels with Wallace and southern lawmakers urging higher aid while stressing nine cents a pound as the ceiling. Barkley Rayburn and Connally offered varied views as Hull urged China and Japan to settle differences amicably.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Congress
Tom Connally
Tex
John’ Rankin
Miss
Wallace
United States
Brazil
Alben W. Barkley
Sam Rayburn
Barkley
Rayburn
Connally
Cordell Hull
China
Japan
Guffey Predicts Congress to Act on Key Bills Next Session
United States Senator Joseph F. Guffey of Pennsylvania said a special session in November would pass wage hours anti lynching and farm loan measures. He dismissed reports of a third party movement during a stop in New York before heading to Europe.
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New York
United States
Joseph F. Guffey
Congress
Europe
Guffey
Seek 300000 For Alleged Violations By Teamster Unions
The Interstate System Equipment Owners association of Detroit filed in federal court seeking 300000 dollars in damages for Sherman anti trust violations by 14 local Teamsters unions. The suit also seeks an injunction to stop unions from forcing union drivers on trucks passing through Cleveland and five other cities. Judge Samuel H West set the injunction hearing for Thursday and Edward J Murphy was ordered to appear to answer the suit.
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Cleveland
Interstate System Equipment Owners' Association
Detroit
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Owners’ Association
Samuel H West
Edward J. Murphy
Teamsters’ District Council
Postponed games and scores from the National League night slate
Wet grounds forced postponements including Chicago at New York, St. Louis at Brooklyn and Cincinnati at Philadelphia. Philadelphia split a doubleheader with Detroit, Ruffing and Murphy guiding the Phillies in the first game. Second game saw Detroit’s pitching prevail despite early runs.
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Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Detroit
Kelley
Hayes
Bridges
York
Caster
Gillette Believes Roosevelt Not To Seek Another Term
Senator Guy M. Gillette returned to Cherokee from Washington and said he believes President Roosevelt will not seek a third term. He also predicted no reprisals against senators who opposed the Supreme Court bill, noting the country’s strong anti third term sentiment.
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Gillette
Roosevelt
Guy M. Gillette
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Marx Brothers Face Plagiarism Suit Over Film
Henry Barsha and David Weisman file a 150000 suit alleging that A Day at the Races plagiarized their work High Fever. The action targets Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Loew's, Inc., with Groucho Chico and Harpo Marx named in the Hollywood dispute.
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Hollywood
INS
Groucho
Chico
Harpo Marx
Henry Barsha
David Weisman
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Studio
Loew's, Inc
Roosevelt Signs Lower Court Bill in Procedural Reform
President Roosevelt signed the lower court procedural reform bill on Tuesday night and postponed a public statement until Wednesday. The ten day limit for presidential signature expired at midnight Tuesday, and the chief executive planned to issue remarks after attaching his signature.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Japan China War Prep Rehearsal Warned by Baer
Column by Arthur Bugs Baer notes the lack of formal war declarations between Japan and China but describes tensions as a rehearsal for conflict. He mocks sensational warfare chatter while urging restraint and caution for readers amid the ominous climate.
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Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Japan
China
Honeymead Co acquires Cedar Rapids Grain to build solvent plant
Honeymead Products of Cedar Rapids buys Cedar Rapids Grain at 1000 Eleventh St SW and plans a $110000 solvent extraction plant. Total investment reaches about $175000 with $50000 for the Grain acquisition and the rest for building and equipment. The deal finances 30000 shares of $5 common stock and $100000 notes. Building ready by Jan 1, 1838.
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Cedar Rafids News
Honeymead Products Company
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Grain Company
Eleventh Street
Honeymead Company
Grain Company
Priester-Quail
Peoples Savings Bank
Merchants National Bank
Dempsy Jones
Allis-Chalmers Company
Milwaukee
United States
Pleads Not Guilty After Daughter Abducted
William L. Lampley 23 and his mother and brother were charged with conspiracy to commit a felony in the abduction of Lampley’s three year old daughter Patricia Joyce from his estranged wife who held custody. Lampley, extradited from Chicago, cleared his mother and Roy of complicity and said he would clear up the case in a few days.
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South Bend
Ind
William L. Lampley
Roy
Patricia Joyce
Lampley
Chicago
Swift Board Sued Over Yearbook Funds in Chicago
Attorney Robert Kewley a Swift stockholder filed in superior court Tuesday a suit against the board of directors seeking 3000 dollars alleged spent on yearbooks issued by the democratic national committee The bill seeks to restrain further corporate contributions to political party campaigns.
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Chicago
Robert Kewley
Swift and Company
Democratic National Committee
Name Bureau In War Upon Sexual Crimes
Chicago law enforcement created a special bureau to fight sexual crimes and appointed Lieut. Otto Erlanson, chief of the police homicide squad, to head it. The move reflects intensified efforts by the police department to address offenses against individuals.
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Chicago
Otto Erlanson
Ten Die in Galicia Farm Strike Riot in Poland
Ten people were killed and many wounded in a hand-to-hand clash between peasants and police during a Galicia farm strike in Warsaw.
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Warsaw
Ins
Galicia
Shake Off The Worries That Poison Our Day
A devotional piece compares surviving a shipwreck and a viper bite to the mind's need to shake off fears and petty malice. It urges quick rejection of hate and envy to preserve happiness, health, and virtue, concluding that life is too short for negativity.
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Rome
St. Paul
Melita
Wise
Stolen Cash Reported From Packing House Workers Union Office
L. J. Klersey, business agent for the Packing House Workers union, reported $204 vanished from the union office at 1413 Third Street SE in Cedar Rapids Monday evening between 5:05 and 6:55. He had left the building, returning to find the rear window ajar a desk drawers partly open and a cigar box with the money missing along with papers. Investigating officers found no pry marks on the window and no bent catch.
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Cedar Rapids
L. J. Klersey
Sixth Street
Packing House Workers Union
Third Street
Klersey
Cunningham
Kansky
Two Randolph Field Flyers Die In Crash
Two Randolph field flyers were killed Tuesday when their plane crashed and burned in a field two and a half miles north of Schertz. They were Second Lieutenant Robert C. Wood on active duty as an instructor and Flying Cadet Frank Fisch.
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San Antonio, Tex
Randolph Field
Schertz
Robert C. Wood
Air Reserve
Frank Fisch
Insurgent Brigade Seizes Torrelavega Cutting Escape Route
An insurgent Navarrese brigade captured the strategic city of Torrelavega on Tuesday night without firing a shot. The seizure cuts the last westward escape route from government-held Santander on Spain's northern coast, severing government lines.
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Hendaye
Torrelavega
Government-Del Santander
Earlville men accused in huge Iowa still blast
Clarence Kramer 23 and L. J. Winkler 27 of Earlville were questioned over an August 5 explosion at a farm near Oxford Junction that destroyed a barn. They face charges of manufacturing liquor without tax and Winkler faces improper license plate charges.
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Clarence Kramer
L. J. Winkler
Earlville
Oxford Junction
Winkler
Joe Petrus
United States
Ed McPartland
U. S
Jim Bailey
Burke
Earl Stanley
Frank Buresh
Buresh
Iowa
Kramer
Alcohol Tax Unit
Girls at Lake Hubert Lose Clothing in Camp Fire
Cedar Rapids girls housed in a cabin at Camp Lake Hubert Minn burned Monday evening. The blaze destroyed their clothing camping gear and bedding while campers ate in the dining hall. The group included Janet Shuptrine Margaret Ann Foster Barbara Marshall and Margaret Walker. They were to break camp next Monday.
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Cedar Rapids
Camp Lake Hubert
Lake Hubert
Minn
Janet Shuptrine
C. H. Shuptrine
Meadowbrook Drive
Margaret Ann Foster
W. J. Foster
Hillcrest Drive
Barbara Marshall
Verne Marshall
Knollwood Drive
Margaret Walker
Los Angeles
Calif
Weaver Witwer
Setting Aside of Williamsburg Man's Reinstatement Asked
Iowa State Agriculture Secretary Curran appeals to the state supreme court to set aside a district court order restoring Frank P. Butler a Williams burg dairy and food inspector discharged last February. Butler, employed since 1933, claimed discharge without cause under the soldiers' preference act. Judge Franklin ordered reinstate ment March 18.
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DES Moines
Thomas L. Curran
Iowa Supreme Court
District Court
Frank P. Butler
Williamsburg
Butler
Agriculture Department
Curran
O. S. Franklin
Autopsy Fails To Determine Cause Of Actress Jane Weir
Hollywood reporters say an autopsy could not determine the cause of Jane Weir's death. Two homicide squad detectives were assigned to prepare a report on the sudden demise of the young film actress.
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Hollywood
INS
Jane Weir
Peace plea from Hull meets veiled Japanese opposition
Cordell Hull urged peace between China and Japan, drawing polite but clear opposition from Japanese officials. Shanghai fighting persists as authorities warn against foreign criticism, while Tokyo plans further drastic steps and orders a five day diet session starting September 3.
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Diet
Legless Swimmer Presses On Toward New York City
Charles Zimmy a 43 year old legless swimmer drifted down the Hudson River on a cigar during a Tuesday night voyage. He had fallen into the river near Albany Monday at 6 pm and was making only slow progress, refusing pleas to abandon the journey and vowing to reach the George Washington Bridge in New York City.
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Coxsackie
N. VY
Charles Zimmy
Hudson River
New York City
Hudson
Albany
George Washington Bridge
Farm woman and five children found in boxcar after 1700 mile hitchhike
Opal Murphy 28 from South Dakota and her five children, ages 4 to 9 and 20 months, were found in a railroad boxcar in Denver after a 1700 mile trek to locate relatives. They had left Tyndall seeking a better home, husband in Coffeyville, and traveled via Havana, Ark Sweetwater, Tex. to reach South Dakota, then were taken to police for meals and to arrange return home.
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Denver
Opal Murphy
South Dakota
Tyndall
Murphy
Havana
Ark
Coffeyville
Kan
Sweetwater
Tex
Roosevelt rejects demand of unemployed demonstrators
Washington, UP reports President Roosevelt rejected the demand of about 2,500 jobless demonstrators for jobs. He said no further WPA cuts will be needed and noted the 1937 relief act allocates funds for the full fiscal year. David Lasser led the group, but he did not meet with the President.
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Washington
Roosevelt
David Lasser
Slim
White House
Marvin T. McIntyre
McIntyre
WPA
Van Devanter Seeks Lower Court Berth
Marion Indiana report says Willis Van Devanter, former U S supreme court justice, wants to continue as a jurist in some lower federal courts after retirement.
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Marion, Ind
Willis van Devanter
U. S. Supreme Court
Forces Strike at Chinese on Seven Fronts
Japanese forces launched a general attack across seven fronts along a line 1000 miles long. Cities hit included Ningpo Nanking Anking Tatung Fu and Kalgan with bombing by planes and ground assaults near Shanghai. Kalgan was reported captured as the war spread across central China with Chinese forces claiming some gains and American air support aiding fliers in their attacks.
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Shanghai
Japan
Tong
Ningpo
Chekiang
Nanking
Anking
Anhwei
Tatung-Fu
Shansi
Suiyuan
Kalgan
Chahar
Third Battle Fleet
China
Peiping Suiyuan
Peiping
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang Kai*Shek
Ate Taches
Shanghai Battle Report Promised Big Offensive Begins
Japanese planes and naval units attacked Shanghai with planes launched from carriers near Saddles Lands and Woosung shore. The assault aimed to overwhelm Chinese resistance as bombs fell and landing parties pressed the front. Morris Harris reports from Shanghai.
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Morris J. Harris
Shanghai
Saddle Islands
Yangtze
Woosung
Japanese pilot dies in Shanghai action hailed as glorious
The Navy Department says a Japanese pilot whose plane was shot over Shanghai deliberately crashed into an enemy position and achieved a glorious death. The report cites Chinese bullets causing the fire in the aircraft.
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Tokio
Navy Department
Shanghai
Japanese Reinforcements Press Shanghai Front Amid Refugee Evacuation
As battle rages along the Whangpoo and Yangtze, Japanese forces led by Iwane Matsui push north to attack the Chinese left flank. United States officials order convoy of evacuees aboard the liner President Pierce, with warships providing protection as shells and planes engage nearby.
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President Pierce
Manila
Whangpoo
Yangtze
Woosung
Iwane Matsui
Formosa
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