Roosevelt Ties West Tour to Farm Policy Debates
President Roosevelt plans a westward tour around Oct. 1 to discuss crop control with farmers and inspect public works like Grand Coulee and Bonneville dams. Senate subcommittees prepare October hearings across Spokane Boise City Great Falls St Paul Sioux City Topeka Dodge City and southern routes including Winston-Salem Atlanta Houston Dallas and New Orleans. The plan hinges on Sino-Japanese tensions and a farm bill framework by McGill and Pope.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
West
Congress
Grand Coulee
Bonneville
Northwest
Seattle
Wash
John Boettiger
Boettiger
Senate Agriculture Committee
McGill
Kan
Pope
Idaho
Frazier
N. D
Spokane
Boise City
Great Falls
Mont
St. Paul
Smith
S. C
Bankhead
Ala
Thomas
Okla
Eliender
Moore
N. J
Winston-Salem
N. C
Columbia
S.C
Atlanta
Wallace
Experts Predict Corn Price Drop As Crop Comes
Washington AP reports government grain experts foresee sharp decreases in cash corn prices when the large 1937 crop reaches market this fall. The biggest declines likely in the western belt where supplies have been tight and prices high.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Enemies
Bureau
Elk Point man fatally struck by gravel truck on highway
John C. of Elk Point South Dakota was severely injured when a gravel truck in a paving crew struck him on a highway near a field. He died Friday from the injuries.
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John C
Elk Point
S D
The Holy Hypocrisy and Honest Lives in Church Pews
A 1937 reflection on hypocrisy in everyday life and in church, contrasting pretence with truth. It notes both destructive public masks and a quiet, noble form where restraint and sacrifice hide behind appearances.
Parnell Man Named Mennonite Officer
Salem Oregon AP The Mennonite general conference at Turner elected Abner J Yoder Parnell Iowa as national moderator for the biennial term at its closing session.
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Salem
Ore
Turner
Abner J. Yoder
Parnell
Iowa
Mellon to Be Laid to Rest Saturday
Andrew W Mellon’s body arrived in Pittsburgh from Southampton on a special funeral car. A private burial is planned with services at Liberty Presbyterian Church led by Rev Dr John Hutchinson. The Pittsburgh service will be public and national figures are expected to attend.
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New York
INS
Andrew W. Mellon
Southampton
N. Y
Pennsylvania — Railroad
Pittsburgher
Pittsburgh
Paul
Ailsa
David K
E. Bruce
Mellon
Liberty Presbyterian Church
John Hutchinson
Washington
UAW approves war chest for Ford campaign
The United Auto Workers voted unanimously to raise a 400000 dollar war chest to organize Ford's 140000 workers and win a union contract by year’s start. The move followed John Lewis urging an end to factionalism and Homer Martin dropping dictatorial demands. The convention backed the Ford drive with a one dollar per member assessment.
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Wis
United Automobile Workers of America
Henry Ford
Ford
John Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Homer Martin
UAW
Organization Committee
I .Nee Lewis
Ford Motor Company
General Motors
Chrysler
Missouri
California
Walter Reuther
Detroit
River Rouge
Dearborn
Mich
Lewis
Baby Beef Champion Sells For Record Sum At West Union
The Fayette county 4 H show’s grand champion baby beef sold for a record $22.50 per hundredweight, a 1 020 pound Hereford fed by Clair Claxton and bought by J W Orr of near Fayette. The reserve Hereford brought $20 05 cwt to a Austin packer. Angus calves also sold well and several cattle went to packers in Austin Mason City Waterloo and Calmar. Auctioneer K W Thiele of Oelwein led the sale.
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Fayette County
Clair Claxton
J. W. Orr
Fayette
Lucille Whit Jey
Austin
Minn
Mr. Orr
Cliff Boehmler
Austin Packer
Lloyd Pilcher
Weselman
Calmar
Baker
Mason City
Packer
Waterloo
K. W. Thiele
Oelwein
Baseball Scores From a Timely Doubleheader Split
Pittsburgh rip through New York 17 to 4 in the opener while taking the nightcap 25 to 7. St Louis defeats Philadelphia 8 to 4 and 6 to 3 in a double bill. Cincinnati loses 6 to 0 to Brooklyn with rain ending the first game. Chicago sweeps Boston 8 to 5 and 11 to 1 as Detroit edges Philadelphia 5 to 3. New York beats St Louis 9 to 4, while a New York tilt with Washington ends 4 to 1.
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New York
Brandt
Brown
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Melton
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Brooklyn
Chicago
Boston
Four Hurt in Head On Crash East of Marion
A Friday evening head on collision on highway 161 about 1.25 miles east of Marion injured four people. Mrs. Jerry Mahoney suffered serious injuries from windshield impact. Miss Marguerite Sullivan, 27, suffered facial and body cuts. In the second car driven by R G Pollock, his wife and son were uninjured while Mr and Mrs T H DeWees sustained a fractured nose and a possible collarbone fracture.
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Highway 161
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Mercy Hospital
Mahoney
Marguerite Sullivan
Ryan
R. G. Pollock
Twenty-fourth Street
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Herbert
T. H. DeWees
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Whittier
St. Luke’s Hospital
Williams
Sheriff Smith
Japanese Agents Operating as Fishing Boat Officers in Alaska
Navy officers disclosed discovery of Japanese intelligence agents acting as officers on fishing boats in Alaskan waters. Precautionary steps have been taken to counter espionage in and around the region rich with oil iron gold and other natural resources sought by Nippon.
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Washington
INS
Alaskan
Navy
British ships bombed by Spanish near Gijon
Three British merchant ships were damaged by Spanish nationalist aircraft off Gijon on the Biscay coast. The Marion Moller, a 3827 ton freighter from Shanghai, was hit inside territorial waters but not badly damaged as ships head to a French port. British destroyers were too late to assist.
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Gijon
Biscay
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Admiralty
Marion Moller
Shanghai
Madrid
Marion ‘Moller
Gijon Harbor
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Fearless
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H. M. S. Resolution
Government troops press assault near Saragossa
Government forces fired heavy guns on the insurgent stronghold of Saragossa as the Aragon offensive continued. Officials said loyalist troops advanced and captured the town of Villa Mayor de Gallego, five miles west of Saragossa, amid strong insurgent fortifications.
Roper launches drive to push 4 million private payroll hires
Secretary of Commerce Roper leads a campaign to recruit industrial leaders for a plan to place four million idle workers on private payrolls within 18 months. He argues this would lift national income to 85 billion dollars in 1939 as payroll spending recycles through the economy.
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Washington
INS
Commerce Roper
Roper
Treasury
St Paul Woman Critical After Highway 30 Collision
Mrs. A C Anderson of St Paul Minnesota was in critical condition Friday night after her car collided with another vehicle on highway 30 five miles east of Denison.
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A. C. Anderson
St. Paul, Minn
Highway 30
Here
Eagle Grove swine show yields grand champion Royal Flush
A crisscross bred barrow by a Poland China sire out of a Duroc Poland dam named Royal Flush topped the market pig class at the Iowa state fair. Kenneth Spangler of Eagle Grove exhibited the grand champion, with many other local youths winning breed and reserve awards across several breeds. The event featured 4-H swine entries and additional livestock judging contests with top teams and individuals recognized.
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Royal Flush
Kenneth Spangler
Eagle Grove
Melvin Smith
Prairie City
Chester
Tamworth
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Poland
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Louis Dreher
Audubon
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le Grand
Marshall
Park E. Bingley
Carlisle
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Bobby Butts
Melbourne
Wealthy Scion Seeks Accounting Of Sam Cash
Los Angeles police report state Thomas W. Warner Jr., son of a wealthy auto parts maker, filed for an accounting of $2,000 paid to private detective Pearl Antibus to probe whether his would be wife truly loved him. Antibus sues Warner and DA officials for $510,000, alleging a raid on her home ensued during the investigation.
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Los Angeles
INS
Thomas W. Warner, Jr
Pearl Antibus
Jean MacDonald
Warner, Jr
Mrs. MacDonald
U S warning to Japan and China over Americans
The United States issued a stern warning to Japan and China to spare American lives and property and pledged reparations. It dispatched 1,200 Marines aboard the Chaumont, escorted by Marblehead, from San Diego to Shanghai to defend American interests amid the far eastern crisis.
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INS
United States
Japan
China
Shanghai
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Hull
San Diego
Chaumont
Marblehead
Magic Carpet Collapse Kills Man on Eddie Cantor Set
A heavy magic carpet prop on a Twentieth Century Fox film set for Eddie Cantor collapsed killing Philo Goodfriend and injuring three others. The 1,500 pound prop fell seven feet when its main wire failed. Cantor was not on set. A new carpet will be built for Ali Baba Goes To Town.
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Eddie Cantor
Twentieth Century- Fox
Philo Goodfriend
Harry Harsha
J. D. Boman
Nick de Genner
Harsha
Cantor
Ali Baba
Torso Slayer Suspect Behind Three Year Hunt Arrested
Cleveland police captured a discharged lab assistant linked to boasts of dissecting bodies. Detective Blackwell said his autopsy duties and a theft of surgical tools and formaldehyde tied him to the torso murder spree beginning September 1934. Further searches sought his other lodgings.
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Cleveland, O
Michael Blackwell
Blackwell
West Side
Jobs Ad Alert Lists 20 Opportunities
Today’s Want Ad section advertises 20 job opportunities for men women and girls under classifications 15 and 17. The listings offer varied positions across multiple industries and emphasize immediate openings.
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Want
Britain Demands Formal Protest Over Ambassador Shooting
The British note protests the shooting of Ambassador Hugessen to China near Shanghai by a Japanese airman. It calls for an apology and compensation, cites violations of diplomatic immunity, and questions Japan's right to demand movement notices from foreign diplomats. The note, drafted with King George's input, was en route to Tokyo as Eden pressed Yoshida for a full investigation and restraint.
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London
INS
Great Britain
Tokie
Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen
China
Shanghai
Tokio
Koki Hirota
Anthony Eden
Shigeru Yoshida
Foreign Office
Exs
Japan
Hugessen
Nanking-Shanghai Road
Eden
Nanking
George
Peru
Nanking-Shanghai
Yoshida
Bes
Letter Says Lucas Baby Stolen Owing To "Mother Love
Chicago AP reports a letter signed by a supposed penitent mother claimed the theft of three month old Diane Lucas from her carriage at a Northside grocery was driven by excessive mother love. Diane was missing for about a day before being found unharmed on an apartment steps after an anonymous tip. Mrs Dorothy Lucas described the child as dressed in new clothes.
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Society of Saints
Chicago
Diane Lucas
Hersman Lucas
Diane
Lucas
North Side
Dorothy Lucas
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