Chamber Urges Freight Rate Increase In Rail Plea
Washington report notes strong backing by the United States Chamber of Commerce for a 15 percent freight rate increase before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The piece covers proposed rises in passenger fares and related freight tariffs, naming carriers including Union Pacific Santa Fe Northern Pacific and more, and cites the Pullman Co seeking higher sleeping and parlor car charges.
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Washington
INS
United States Chamber of Commerce
Wren
Navions
Pullman Company
ICC
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Sioux Line
Chicago
Milwaukee
St Paul
North Western
Rock Island Mussoon
Kansas
Texas
Missouri Pacific
Southern Pacific
St. Louis
San Francisco
Signal Systems at Grade Crossings Under Review
State officials discuss building and testing of signal systems at railroad grade crossings to improve safety. The article questions feasibility and timelines while noting potential costs and engineering hurdles.
Ten Babies Die In Eerie Epidemic At Saint Elizabeths
Chicago reports a deadly outbreak affecting newborns at Saint Elizabeths Hospital with ten infant deaths in recent days. Dr Bundensen says investigators work with the Health Board to identify the cause, while the nursery closes to obstetric cases and twenty babies are under care.
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Chicago
NIN Bundesen
Board of Health
St Elizabeth's
Borah Attacks Farm Policy Amid Scarcity Debate
Senator Borah denounces proposed production control as government overreach saying farmers know best what to grow and how to run their farms. He argues excess central control would hinder production while a lengthy senate speech about the farm bill draws Republican attention.
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Elender
United States
Borah
Senate
Congress
Pope di
Idaho
Patsy
Detain Man Wanted Here In Wisconsin
A terse police note indicates a man sought on charges is being detained in Wisconsin. The brief mentions an arrest action and nearby authorities coordinating the request for custody. No further details are readable due to text corruption.
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Wisconsin
New Deal Probed Hoover Tax Returns Reported
New York AP reports Professor William Starr Veers of Princeton said the Roosevelt administration allegedly investigated Herbert Hoover's income tax returns for three weeks amid a political clash over economic policy and tax scrutiny.
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New Deal
NEW York
William Starr Veers
Princeton University
Idas
Roosevelt
Herbert Hever
von Deel Rovest
Farm Bureau and Wallace differ on ever normal granary size
Des Moines AP Francis Totinson of the Iowa Farm Bureau states the bureau disagrees with Secretary Henry Wallace over the size of the ever normal granary in current senate legislation. He says sponsors’ figures would set a granary nearly as large as the nation’s, with costs potentially passed to consumers. The Farm Bureau supports a marketing quota plan on a compulsory basis aimed at parity prices with lower cost.
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DES Moines
Francis Totinson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
Senate
Johnson
Roosevelt
Nation Wall
Wallace
Govt Halts Efforts To Depict Lewis Counterplot
Springfield reporters note US defense teams halted attempts to prove a conspiratorial plot by John Lewis and the United Mine Workers of America against 36 men. Judge Charles G Angell presided as Chief Defense Counsel Arthur Vo Fitzgerald argued for limited testimony. The case remains unsettled as further proceedings paused.
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Springfield
Ill
John Lo Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Ulin
Charles G Hngele
Arthur Vo Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Unclear OCR fragment on fruit fete and charges
Fragmentary text shows garbled phrases about fruit fete and charges with scattered words like Nearnoo and Oro. No coherent event, persons, or organizations are identifiable for a proper summary.
Marines Fight Off Japanese In Shanghai Defense Zone
U S Marines backed by British forces grapple with Japanese moves in Shanghai near the Foreign YMCA and Park area as the defense line tightens. Incidents include a British lawyer Maılan Maitland attacked over a Japanese flag and foreign civilians beaten, with orders to withdraw only after a formal inquiry.
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Shanghai
Price
United States
Park Road
Yuyaching Road
Tientsin Road
Shans
Kuiktang Asad
Yuaching Road
Commt
E. T Maittland
Maitland
Nanking
Szechuen
U. S
American 75 recounts fisticuff defiance in Shanghai parade
A 75 year old New Yorker Vaughan Read describes fighting back against Japanese officers during Shanghai's victory parade. He says he punched one officer in the lip and uppercut another as eight men attacked, keeping his glasses from breaking. Reporter Cal Hirsch also fought back, dismissing pistols. The story notes lingering anti American sentiment in the city.
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Shanghai
INS
Japan
Vaughan Read
International
International New Service
Tibet Road
Read
Elbo
Cal Hirsch
North China Daily News
Federation drafts new labor measure
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor said the federation would submit a new wages and hours bill to Congress likely on Saturday. The plan calls for flat maximum hours and minimum wages with administration by the justice department, and a proposed minimum wage of 30 to 45 cents per hour.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
House Rules Committee
Justice Department
All Time High Prices Bid At Livestock Show
Chicago dispatch notes record prices at a livestock show with a 26 cent per pound bid and a grand champion wether sold for 105 dollars. University of Illinois owned animal placed, Wapel lo Boy second, while Donald Mosher led the junior livestock feeding record contest with ten dollars. Winners include Blasi, Bastin, Krapf, Holt, Fuller, Houseman, Kelley, Klinker, and Claxton.
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Wether
University of Ilinois
Chicago
Donald Mosher
DeKalb
Kenneth Blasi
Wapello
Alvin Bastin
Hinckley
Irvin Krapf
Peotone
Russell Holt
Rippey
June Fuller
Marshalltown
Leo Houseman
Crown Point
Ind
Darwin Kelley
Bryant
Edward Klinker
Lafayette
Clair Claxton
Randalia
Payroll robbery at Lockport post office nets 24800
Five armed men robbed the Lockport post office payroll outside the building and abducted Police Chief Fred Lindner. A postal clerk John West was shot in the leg, and the gang fled in a truck abandoning it near Romeo. The payroll was insured and sent to First National Bank of Lockport.
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Lockport, Ill
Lockport
First National Bank of
Texas Company
Chicago
G. B Bogart
Romeo
Here
Fred Lindner
Heights
Lindner
Chicago Heights
Sylvester Wierschein
John Wests
Ray Boness
West
Two air racers die in midair collision
Miss Cochran’s ship landed safely after the midair collision that killed two air racers. The Bendix winner of 1936, Miss Cochran had placed third in this year’s New York to Miami effort, while Major Seversky’s latest model failed to beat the record by 44 minutes. About five hundred airplanes participated as the meet opened under clear skies.
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Miss Cochran
Wedell
Alexander D. Seversky
Air ace aims to beat Havana-New York air record
Havana reports Major Alexander de Seversky arrived at 3 22 pm on Friday to improve the New York Havana air record by nearly two hours. He departed New York at 10 17 am, claiming an unofficial five hour four minute flight. The note recalls Lieutenant Commander Frank Hawks setting the 1931 record at seven hours three minutes.
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Havana
Alexander de Seversky
New York
Frank Hawks
Indiana Mayor Ouster Reversed by Circuit Judge
Marion Indiana circuit judge O D Clawson reversed the Marion City council impeachment of Mayor Clare W H Bangs. Bangs may serve the remainder of his term ending December 31 1938 but faces warnings not to defy court orders or repeat past jail time offenses.
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Indiana
Marion, Ind
Huntington
Clare W. H. Bangs
O. D. Clawson
Marion
Bangs
Clawson
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