GOP Leaders Clash Over 1938 Platform Chairman
A secret-strike style contest grips Republican leaders as they debate who should head the proposed committee of one hundred to draft a new 1938 GOP platform. Potential chairmen include Senator Capper and Senator Sterner, with other names from Harvard Princeton and Dartmouth among 1,000 possibilities.
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INS
St Louis
GOP National Committee
Chicago
Hoover
Congressional Republicans
GOP
Congress
Committee of 100
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Frederick Sterner
Oregon
James Bryant Conant
Harvard
Harold Willis Dodds
Princeton
Ernest Martin Hopkins
Dartmouth
Sixteen State Bus Walkout Ends Amid Protest Threat
Greyhound lines faced nine federal suits totaling 6.3 million dollars touching routes in Central Pennsylvania Eastern New England Illinois Richmond and Ohio Greyhound affiliates with Cleveland Detroit Cincinnati and Ottawa headquarters. The stoppage followed a union protest threat and a return to work order amid claims of intimidation and coercion.
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T J McGrath
BOR Ot
National Labor Relations Board
Conner
McGrath
Ivan Bowen
Greyhound
Pennsylvania
New England
Illinois
Richmond Greyhound
Cleveland
Grehound
Ohio Greyhound
Detroit
Capitol Greyhound
Cincinnati
Black Powder Mailed To Blum Found In Paris Post Office
An envelope addressed to Leon Blum vice premier contained a glass tube of black powder and was discovered in the Paris post office. The package was sent to municipal laboratories for testing.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Municipal Laboratories du Cau Lon
Chicago Police Round Up Eight Suspects In Crime Sweep
Police say eight suspects were rounded up and questioned for two hours. They claim to have solved two murders and multiple shootings and robberies. Charles Price confessed to killing Nicholas Miller in 1936 and John Anderson admitted slaying Harry Rubens in 1937.
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Chicago
Michael Lahart
Charles Price
Nicholas Miller
John Anderson
Harry Ruben
Rubens
Sam
Lahart
James Taylor
Ras Williams
Alan Braden
Ike Weaver
Joe Cummings
Theodore Powers
President Roosevelt Receives Full Code Reports On Flag Incident
President Roosevelt off Florida with a fishing party received complete code reports from the state department on the Shanghai flag incident where the American and two Italian flags were torn from ships and replaced by a rising sun emblem. The Potomac relayed messages from Washington as Hopkins led the fishermendespite his poor sailing.
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Miami, Fla
INS
Roosevelt
Florida
State Department
Shanghai
Miami-Biltmore
Potomac
Hull
Washington
White House
Dry Tortugas Island
Alcatraz
Samuel Mudd
John Wilkes Booth
Association of Lincoln
Marvin H. McIntyre
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Japanese Apology Ends Insult to U S Flag Incident
After a tug and barge incident involving Hunt interests, a Japanese naval officer apologized for the American flag being mishandled. Receipts were issued by both sides as the matter was declared closed with explanations stressing caution over Chinese owned ships and foreign flags.
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Hunt
Hunt Interests
Far East
United States
Clarence E Gauss
Gauss
Italan
Ace Harris Denies Guilt In Larceny Hearing At Vinton
Ace Harris a 32 year old Oskaloosa truck driver faced a larceny from a building charge in Vinton district court. The trial concerned 165 bushels of shelled corn allegedly stolen from the George H. St. Clair farm on Dec 19 1936. Harris testified claiming his brothers in law were the real culprits luring him to haul corn to Missouri for ten cents a bushel plus expenses.
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Vinton
L. L
Ace” Harris
Oskaloosa
Harris
George H. St. Clair
Missouri
Cargill Head Appeals to SEC Over Board of Trade
John TH MacMillan, president of Cargill Grain Co., testified at Chicago Board of Trade hearing accusing the business conduct committee of political manipulation and urged SEC to oversee exchange functions. He cited former trader Arthur Cutten as having violated rules yet escaping censure.
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Cincago
John TH MacMillan
Cargill Grain Cocompany
Minneapolis
Chiago Board of Trade
Come Modities Exchange Administration
Plain Exchange
MacMillan
Board of Trade
Cargill Company
Chicago
Cargill
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Kerrl Denies Nazi Party Seeks State Church In Germany
Hagen Germany AP The head of Germany’s church affairs denounces claims that the Nazi party seeks a state church insisting freedom of faith is allowed if it does not threaten the Germanic race He says Christ’s life aligns with national socialism and notes trials against priests and Catholic church workers continue He cites Protestant leaders and Catholic pastors in ongoing investigations
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Kerrl
Nazi Party
Germany
Hagen
Department of Church Affairs
Hans Kerrl
Nazinm
Kerrrl
LaGuardia Joins American Labor Party in NYC
New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, long a Democrat in the nation’s largest city, announces he has joined the American Labor Party breaking his tie with the Republican label. The disclosure came on Wednesday.
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New York
Paroles Granted to Nine Prisoners at Rockwell City Reformatory
DES MOINES UP Nine prisoners at the Rockwell City female reformatory received paroles after state parole board hearings. Among on e nine is Augusta Ross Moline serving a 12 year term since 1934 for manslaughter in the shooting death of Roy Frones of Davenport. Lorraine A Zoller of Dubuque was granted parole from a 25 year sentence after a second degree murder charge in an alleged operational case.
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Des Moines
Lone Womens
Rockwell City
Hue
Utterback
Dubuque
Operae Tau
Miss O Connor Released On Bail In Nancy Glenn Case
Mary I O Connor was released on a five thousand dollar bail for the inquiry into the death of 5 year old Nancy Glenn. The bail was posted by her father Robert Connor a physical education student and the bail amount was set by Judge Stauffer Oliver.
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Phwladelphia
Mary I. O'Connor
Nancy Glenn
Robert Connor
Stauffer Oliver
Cherokee Farmers Back Soil Conservation Plan
The Cherokee Bureau passed a resolution supporting continuation of the soil conservation program and related USDA administered controls. Copies were sent to Ed O’Neal Guy M Gillette Vincent Harrington and Henry A Wallace. Walter J Peterson was reelected president of the bureau.
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Cherokewkuim Bureau
U. S Department of Agriculture
Ed O'Neal
National Farm Bureau
Guy M. Gillette
Vincent Harrington
Secretary of
Henry A. Wallace
Walter J Peterson
Bureau
Zody Case Replay: Mother Retracts Previous Testimony
Cedar Rapids plaintiff Mrs. Clarene Goddard, mother of Fred L. Zody, testifies in retrial of a $55,572.09 case against the Winslows. A purported statement retracts earlier testimony claiming Zody was coached and that the diary used at trial was prepared by counsel. Defense aims to show the plaintiff’s health was not altered by the accident of December 15, 1934.
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Clarene Goddard
Cedar Rapids
Fred L. Zody
Edward F. Winslow
Ann Winslow
Edward F Winslow
Zody
Ring
Fred
Don Barnes
Bruce Boland
W. T Saxson
Leonard Braun
Zella Fisk
Freda Johnson
Agnes May
Farm Bill Battles and Tax Plan Sparks Debate in Congress
Wallace attacks senate farm bill while committee backs estate and gift tax tweaks projected to raise 15 million yearly. House rifts over dairy subsidy debate as Hope and Boileau clash. Glass opposes housing plan. McDonald backs it. Jones signals RFC role and down payment stance in housing talks.
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Hope
Kansas
Borleau
Wisconsin
Boileau
Glass
Virginia
Roosevelt
Senate Banking Committee
Stewart McDonald
FHA
Virginian
House Banking Committee
RFC
Jesse Jones
Jones
Warns Towans Against Securities Racketeers
DES MOINES AP John Brady head of the state securities department Wednesday issued a warning against securities racketeers who cheat Towans with schemes to recover losses in legitimate securities The depreciation in the securities market provoked a flood of get rich quick schemes in the state Brady urged prospective purchasers to demand proof that salesmen hold the official license issued by the securities department to legitimate dealers.
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Des Moines
John Brady
State Securiies Department
Brady
Securities Department
Nebraska Wins Intercollegiate Meat Judging Championship
The University of Nebraska team won the intercollegiate meat judging contest with 2405 of 2700 points led by Carl Swanson of Kearney Neb with 812 of 900. Iowa State and Illinois schools followed as top finishers in beef pork and lamb judging with individual high scorers including Edward Elliott and Tom Aitken. Breeding cattle sales declined slightly versus 1936 but private bidding rose, and top prices were paid for breeding Shorthorn stock at Grain Valley Missouri and West Liberty Iowa.
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Sunset Knoll Farm
Ames
Necone
Hampshire
Ram
University of Nebraska
Husker College
Carl Swanson
Kearney
Neb
Iowa State College
University of Illinois
Illinois State Normal University
Edward Elliott
Springfield
Tom Aitken
Tecumseh
Donald Rinner
Mount Pleasant
Nebraska
South Dakota
Ontario
L. Pullin and Sons of
Waterloo
Snn-A-Bar Farms
Grain Valley
Beath Farms
Oshawa
Oklahoma Youths Dominate 38th International Livestock Show
Arnold Moore of Union City Oklahoma claimed grand champion barrow with the heavyweight Poland China “The Champ” as the 38th International Livestock exposition neared its close. Homer Graber of Mineral Point Wisconsin won the junior grand champion steer title and Melvin Wagoner of Hammond Illinois earned the corn prince honor.
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Chicago
America
Oklahoma
Great Lakes
Arnold Moore
Union City
Okla
Poland
China
Barrow
Harry
Wisconsin
Homer Graber
Mineral Point
Mlinois
Melvin Wagoner
Hammond
Suit Aims to Oust Bode as Missouri Conservation Head
Jefferson City AP A friendly quo warranto suit to remove Irwin T. Bode as director of the Missouri Conservation Commission was filed in the state supreme court. The petition alleges Bode never resided in Missouri before taking office on November 15, violating the one year residency requirement for officials.
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Jefferson City
Irwin T. Bode
State Conservation Commission
State Supreme Court
Roy McKittrick
James T. Blair
Bode
Missouri
Towa
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Iowa Fish and Game Department
Neighbor Rescues Baby From Burning Des Moines Home
Des Moines AP James Fisher a neighbor rescued 26 month old Shirley Brooks from a burning home. Fisher's wife spotted flames at the William Brooks residence and saw three children outside. She sent him in where he found the baby alone and carried her to safety before the house burned down. The parents were unavailable during the blaze.
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Des Moines
James Fisher
Shirley Brooks
Fisher
William Brooks
Brooks
William B. Brooks
Circuit Court To Hear Appeal In Dispute Over Lansing Bridge Bonds
Waukons stockholders in the Iowa Wisconsin Bridge company press forward to appeal a federal ruling on bonds for the Blackhawk bridge at Lansing. The case, tied to a receivership and toll deposits, portends a March circuit court of appeals hearing and a likely affirmation of Judge Scott's decision.
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Circuit Court
Lansing Bridge
Waukon
Iowa-Wisconsin Bridge Company
Blackhawk
Lansing
Irene M. Bell
Mason City
Prostective Committee
Oscar Thorsen
Des Moines
Dubuque
Bell
Bechtel Trust Company, Et
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Patrick T Stone
Federal Court
Western District of
Wisconsin
Stone
Scott
Circuit Court of Appeals
George C. Scott
Sioux City
Bridge Company
Inflation Plea By Thomas Aims to Stabilize Dollar
Sen. Elmer Thomas urges moving his dollar stabilization bill from Agriculture to Banking and Currency as he warns of a $50 billion recession. He argues the dollar’s rise from 1.13 to 119 since last March worsens prices, unemployment, and business conditions.
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Washington
Ulp
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Senate
Thomas
Federal Reserve Board
Committee On Agriculture
Committee On Banking and Currency
Louis Gardeman 76 Newhall Farmer Dies After Illness
Louis Gardeman, 76, a prominent retired farmer and Newhall resident, died at his home Wednesday after a five week illness. He served on the town council, formerly on the school board and as a director of an Atkins bank. Surviving are ten children including Fred in South Dakota and Mrs. John Schlotterbeck of Brandon, with others in Atkins, Newhall, Van Horne, and Hollywood. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Gacette
Newhall
Louis Gardeman
Copeland proposes ban on interstate drug compound shipment
Senator Copeland of New York proposed a federal ban on interstate shipment of drug compounds unless the agriculture secretary finds them not unsafe. He cited elixir of sulfanilamide linked to about 70 deaths and urged action to prevent distribution of similar compounds.
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Washington
Copeland
N. Yu
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Two Milkmen Dead in Guadalajara Strike Clash
In Guadalajara, Mexico, two milkmen were killed Wednesday as pickets clashed with milkmen who ignored a solidarity strike in support of electrical workers.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
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