Ford Pickets Arrested at Kansas City Plant Strike
Forty nine pickets were arrested in the first three hours of a Ford Motor strike called by the Ford Local of the United Auto Workers at Kansas City Missouri. They faced charges of peace disturbance and were released on bonds to appear Monday. The plant normally employs about 2500 workers and continued operations while union leaders claimed production was crippled. Police enforced a no picketing order as they arrested pickets as they appeared. Union officials sought an injunction to curb police action. No disorder occurred.
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Kansas City
Ford Motor Company
Ford Jocal
United Auto Workers
Thew
Otto P Migepins
Rescuers Battle Drifts To Bring Food To Snowbound
Rescuers in the Buffalo area battled heavy snowdrifts to reach stranded families two miles north of Buffalo. A Buffalo Times expedition found 13 people in a garage on Niagara Falls boulevard since Wednesday. The group had subsisted on popcorn and ham until aid arrived after a half mile wade through drifts.
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Buffalo NY
Buffalo
Buffalo Times
Niagara Falls Boulevard
Labor Leader Green Opposes Wage Bill Despite Revisions
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor said the AFL remains firmly opposed to the wage hour bill even after proposed changes by House leaders. He argued the modifications are cosmetic and grant vast control to a single labor department official over unions and bargaining processes.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
House
House Labor Committee
Labor Department
Fat Barrow Exhibit Added To State Fair Livestock Show
Des Moines AP report notes Iowa State Fair officials added a fat barrow exhibit to the 1938 Livestock Show of the exposition. Details appear mixed but indicate the new event accompanies other livestock competitions at the fair.
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Towa
Ilanes And Frank Named By FLD. R. For SEC Berths
Ilanes and Frank receive SEC berth nominations by FLD. R. for season endings at banks and schools, while city ads push merchants to boost sales. Crowds, promotions, and newspaper promotion copy discuss selling strategies and ad services.
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Ilanes
Frank
FLD. R
SEC
U S Plans Major Troop Withdrawals From China
The United States will pull back most of its armed forces in China starting next month. The Chaummant will return the Six American regiments and part of the Fourth to the United States, reducing forces to a ceremonial level. Peiping garrison to close and Fifteenth Infantry to depart Tientsin follow. An Italian grenadier wounded a Salvation Army refugee, fueling Marine anger.
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United States
China
Far East
Ethiopia
Chaummant
Peiping
Tientsin
Salvation Army
Vandenberg Highlights Letters On Crop Referenda
Senate tabled farmer charges as Senator Vandenberg of Michigan said he received many letters criticizing crop control referenda. He read one to the senate but withheld the writer's identity for fear of reprisals. The letter cited a Webster City farmer alleging a government employee urged voting for a crop program to extend a job. The senator previously identified writers who claimed irregularities in crop payment methods.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Mich
Senate
Webster City
Congress
Barkley
Use Only Cash Income For Farm Fiscal Barometer
Government to measure farmers finances using a single standard cash income from products sold off farms. Previously three standards included cash income gross income and farm value of products produced. The shift aims for a clearer picture of farm finances this year.
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Washington
Hospital strike ends after discharge and patient relief
Disruptions at the hospital eased as a strike concluded following a discharge agreement. Officials stated norms would return to normal operations and patients could resume routine care without further delay.
Marriage Licenses Recorded Amid Local Notices
Fragmentary text shows names and places tied to marriage licenses issued, indicating local registration of matrimonial records. The readable fragments mention individuals outside full context, with unclear dates or jurisdictions.
House Passes Crop Control Measure
The House approved a crop control bill with no new revenue features and set a $625 million funding ceiling using the $500 million farm aid plus up to $125 million of customs receipts. It restored wheat quota penalties and rejected a cost of production guarantee for farmers. Civil service for administrators was defeated, and a crop insurance rider loomed in the Senate.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Jones
Harry B Coffee
House
Aaron L. Ford
Sam C Massingale
Okla
Robert Luce
Mass
Gerald Page
Senate
Court hears real estate testimony in highway condemnation case
A Cedar Rapids district court jury, before Judge H C Ring, heard valuation testimony from real estate men John B Emery and G E Johnson regarding the Stoners property condemned for Highway No. 161 widening south of Cedar Rapids. The Stoners appeal a July 1 1936 condemnation award. The Stoners and neighbor Louis Kinzey testified as the case explored a 17 foot strip cut along each side of the Stoner farm.
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H C Ring
State Highway Commission
Stoners
Louis Kinzey
Stoner
Popcorn in Court: Beardsley Suit and Mixed Bag of Cases
Courtroom scene features unpopped popcorn as exhibit in Edwin Beardsley action to rescind August 19 contract to buy a wholesale popcorn business for 500 dollars. Defendants include Melvin D Clark and William Chirk. Also reports dismissals, a personal injury claim against Cape Valley Creamery, and a divorce action, with custody requests and a car damage case arising from a high way collision in Cedar Rapids.
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John T Moffit
Edwin A Beardsley
Melvin D Clark
William Chirk
T M Mason
Cape Valley Creamery
Ine Mason
Wapsie Valley Creamery
Third Avenu
Hanrin Sens
Notice of Appointment of Executor No 107
Notice announces Norman D. Smith appointed as executor of Harriet B. Fowler estate in Linn County Iowa on November 2 1893. Creditors and debtors must file or pay debts authenticated at the Linn County Clerk Court. Jas E Patterson acts as attorney for the estate.
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Lis
Harriet B. Fowerate
Linn County
Iowa
Jaws
Coit Norman D Smith
Jas E Patterson
McCarty Acquitted Of Slaying Wife
A Centerville jury found Paul McCarty not guilty of murdering his 17 year old wife, Andrea McCarty, in September. The defense argued she fell from the truck and was run over accidentally after leaving Unionville, Missouri. The state had contended he struck her with a blunt instrument and then ran over her body with dual truck wheels. The trial began November 29 with six witnesses for the state and seven for the defense. The couple attended a wedding party in Unionville the night of the death.
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Centerville
Paul McCarty
Mystic
McCarty
Unionville
Dan McCarty
Texas Leads Farm Benefit Payments This Year
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics says Texas topped states in government benefit payments to farmers for the first ten months, with 35.6 million dollars, up from 23.7 million a year ago. Total payments to all farmers reached 355 million, up from 232 million. Other states listed include Wisconsin 10.6 million and 2.5 million, Minnesota 17.1 million and 7.9 million, Iowa 24.4 million and 21.2 million, Missouri 12.9 million and 10.2 million, Nebraska 17.2 million and 14.9 million.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Texas
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Maissour
Nebraska
Methodists Chart Program Honoring Wesley Conversion
United States Canadian and English Methodist leaders announce a five month program to mark the 200th anniversary of John Wesley's conversion. A united Methodist council will bring 4,000 leaders to Chicago on February 3 4 5, ahead of the general conference vote in May on church unification already ratified by other divisions.
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Chicago
United States
John Wesley
United Methodist Council
General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Landon Withdraws From 1940 Nomination Not Being Offered
Former President hopeful Alf Landon says he will not seek the 1940 Republican nomination and intends to stay active in politics. He urges trust between public officials and business leaders to solve the crisis, and notes Roosevelt believes Landon was better off not winning the presidency.
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Mr. Hoover
Gov. Landon
Washington
Alf M. Landon
White House
Roosevelt
Landon
Kansas
Rose Croix Rites For Dr. Cogswell This Sunday
Dr H Cogswell longtime Cedar Rapids physician and leading Mason will receive Rose Croix rites Sunday at 3 p m in the Consistory temple auditorium. He died in Pasadena November 24 and his body was cremated with private burial planned at Oak Hill cemetery.
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Rose Croix
H. Cogswell
Cedar Rapids
Kadosh of
Iowa
Consistory
Cogswell
York
Pasadena
Calif
Children Escape Fire as School Is Destroyed in Albert Lea
A fire at the Cashman district school in Albert Lea Minnesota during a Friday lesson forced pupils and a teacher to flee without wraps as flames spread rapidly. The building was destroyed but all students and the teacher escaped unharmed.
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Albert Lea, Minn
Cashman
Senators Demand Publication Of State Dept WWI Documents
In Washington on a Friday session senators Bennett Clark and Homer T Bone urged full public release of every state department document related to the United States entry into World War I. Bone warned that many American lives could be sacrificed in a future war if the public is not fully informed of international intrigues now known to the state department.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Senate
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Homer T. Bone
Bone
Roosevelt cites road consolidation reducing competition
President Roosevelt warns that natural monopolies emerge on parallel rail routes. He says gradual elimination of competition could lead to more consolidations and abandoned trackage. Senator Burke proposes halting railroad finance inquiry as a goodwill gesture to business. Truman notes ongoing hearings and potential impeachment references related to Judge Wilkerson.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Burke
Senate
Truman
Wheeler
Mont
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
St. Paul
House Judiciary Committee
James H Wilkerson
Chicago
Director Urges Farmers To Quit Thumbing Rides
CHICAGO AP R J Hamilton regional organizing director of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation urged farmers at the third annual convention of the Associated Women of the American Farm Bureau federation to solve their own problems. He warned against always seeking help from "the other fellow" and urged farmers to unite, meet, and devise plans rather than rely on Congress, bankers, packers, or lawyers.
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Chicago
R. J. Hamilton
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
America
Associated Women of the
American Farm Bureau Federation
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Font Waco Auto Heater
Maine Futuing Company
Columbus
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District Court
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CJ Hoes
C Wo Falen
Mary Jd Falcon
Methodists
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St. Louis
Busi
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U.S
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Maydwell's Cafe
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