Wheeler backs postalized railroad fares plan
Senator Wheeler endorses Hastings postalized rail fares and asks the ICC for feasibility. He argues mass production logic supports lower, uniform rates to boost travel and employment, with proposed sectional pricing and specific rates for coach, parlor, sleeper, express, and deluxe services. The plan may reach Congress if the ICC approves.
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Washington
ULP
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York State
John A. Hastings
New York
San Francisco
Wheeler
Roosevelt
White House
Splawn
Walter M. W
I C. C
Congress
Hastings
New York Times
Attorney Serving Suit On Sonja Honie Charges Violence
In Chicago an attorney in a $3,000,000 plagiarism suit said he would seek warrants against five huskies after they allegedly hit him and ejected him from a Gold Coast hotel where he went to serve Sonja Henie with court papers. Attorney Alvin R. Katz weighs 135 pounds and sought to serve co defendant status on Henie in a suit by Fred Walton accusing Twentieth Century Fox and four subsidiaries of lifting his scenario Weather Permitting for the film Thin Ice.
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Chicago
Sonja Henie
Alvin R. Katz
Fred Walton
Walton
Twentieth Century Fox Film Company
Miss Henie
Shenandoah Votes to Incorporate After 52 Years Hold Election
Shenandoah Iowa resumes plan to convert from town to second class city after a 52 year lapse. The 1886 council failed to call the required election, now the present council orders one. Officials cite legal confusion affecting federal documents and local administration.
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Shenandoah
Iowa
Nazi racial theories branded as fallacy by U S scientist
Smithsonian anthropologist John R. Swanton told the 103rd AAAS meeting that Aryan superiority is a fallacy and that interbreeding benefits humanity. He argued no single anthropological type drives progress, cited ancient civilizations, and said dictators use fear to maintain totalitarian states.
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U. S
Richmond
John R. Swanton
Smithsonian Institution
Association For the Advancement of Science
Swanton
Kraschel Grants Pardon to 30 Year Prisoner
Des Moines Iowa governor Nel son G Kraschel pardoned Nathan Shirley Noonan thirty year prisoner for assault with intent to commit murder. Noonan was sentenced in 1935 for attacking his wife with a hammer. The pardon followed appeals from Shelby county residents and local officials. Noonan’s wife and children lived on a widow’s pension. He also lengthened John Erickson’s sentence to six months in Winneshiek county jail for illegal possession of liquor.
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Des Moines
Nelson G Kraschel
Nathan Shirley Noonan
Defiance
Iowa
Noonan
Berniece
Shelby County
Kraschel
John Erickson
Decorah, Ia
Winneshirk
Erickson
Decorah Firms Win Road Surfacing Contracts in Iowa
The Iowa state highway commission awarded bids for bituminous surfacing on 1.6 miles of highway 346 from Nashua to the Little Brown Church. Reverud Brothers of Decorah and Iowa Road Building Co. of Des Moines secured contracts totaling $18,370.27.
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Carlson
Clayton County
Reverud Brothers G
Iowa Road Building Company
Clinton County
Clinton
Central Engineering Company
Davenport
Jackson County
Maquoketa
Lynch and Company
Ames
Famed conductor cancels Milan dates over Italian anti Jewish campaign
Erich Kleiber, world renowned conductor, cancels three Beethoven Fidelio performances at La Scala due to Italy's anti Jewish measures. He says Jews barred from Milan's opera house and pledges not to collaborate as an artist or Christian. Kleiber and family, now Argentine citizens, may be in exile.
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Rome
Erich Kleiber
Milan
la Scala
Italy
Kleiber
Kreiber
Ruth Goodrich
California
Opera House
Wilhelm Siebel
Kleibert
Veronica
Switzerland
England
Europe
Buenos Aires
Indictments Hit Irish Hospital Sweepstakes Ring in U S
Federal grand jury charges eight New York and Philadelphia figures in a nationwide sweepstakes operation tied to Irish promoters. The 12 counts allege conspiracy and smuggling through 700 agents and 3,000 salesmen across 12 states with an estimated $25,000,000 yearly output. If convicted, defendants face up to 24 years in prison and $21,000 fines each.
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New York
United States
U. S
John L. Delaney
Express
Gerald Kelly
John W. Kelly
John R. Kelly
Connie Neenan
Clifford Burgett
Delaney
William Mead
Joseph McGarrity
Philadelphia
Ireland
Connecticut
Georgia
New Jersey
California
Florida
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Arizona
Kansas
Massachusetts
Roy Richards
Edward Levern
Ely
Civilian Conservation Corps Names Enrollees by State
The CCC announced the first quarter 1939 enrollment numbers for 50 314 replacements with Iowa allocated 773 enrollments from Jan 1 to Jan 20. Other state totals followed in the release detailing regional staffing plans.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Iowa
Waterfowl Population Rises for Third Straight Year
The Bureau of Biological Survey reports more game refuges and stricter shooting limits have boosted waterfowl numbers for the third consecutive year in Washington.
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Washington
Bureau of Biological Survey
Two Monona Supervisors File Slander Suits for 84000
Frank Andrews of Moorhead and Joe Uhl of Mapleton sue 14 residents of Monona County for 840000 total alleging libelous statements after December 17, 1938. Each plaintiff seeks 15000 actual and 15000 exemplary damages from every defendant, with Onawa residents among those named.
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ONAWA
Monona County
Fred Dunbar
George L. Brown
Otto Reis
Charles W. Ross
Richard
Otto Giermann
W. W. Lupton
Bud Leisinger
S. E. Johnson
Sigurd Hansen
E. C. Junger
Soldier
Howard McCall
Custana
Raymond Hasbrouck
Mapleton
Thomas McElwain
Sloan
Ben
Madden Sees 1938 Labor Strikes Drop Sharply
Columbus report cites J Warren Madden head of the national labor relations board saying strikes in 1938 were half as many as 1937 and affected only one third as many workers. He notes 1938 as first full year under the constitutionality approved labor act.
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Columbus, O
J. Warren Madden
National Labor Relations Board
American Political Science Association
Madden
Veteran actor Ernest Brinkman dies in Los Angeles
Ernest Brinkman, a 66 year old veteran actor known for stage roles and teen acting parts, died in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The AP report notes his long career and influence in theater and film.
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Los Angeles
Ernest Brinkman
Radio Programs Evening Schedule Highlights
Radio listings detail a dense, era specific Saturday schedule with NBC CBS affiliations. Notable acts include Artie Shaw Frank Black Jamboree Burns and Allen and 1930s stars. stations WBBM KMOX WCCO WHO WMAQ and others.
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Artie Shaw
NBC
Blue Network
Lum
Abner
CBS
WBBM
KMOX
WCCO
Jack Haley
Frank Black
WHO
WMAQ
Lewis E. Lawes
Blue Net
Grand Central Station
WBBM_KNOX
Uncle Ezra
Ray Noble
Blue
Amos
Andy
Santa Maria
Tommy Dorsey
Dick" “Gasparre
Selehton Noble
Ainll
Les Brown
Red
Eddie Rogers
Abe Lyman
Chain
del Courtney
Henry Busse
George Hamilton
Red Foley and Company
Variety
Ben
London
Ricardo
Orchestra
Eeee Brown
Tommy Rigss
Betty Lou
Ai Donahue
Johnny Presents
Waring
Kmox Co
Artur Rodzinski
Joseph Rines
Htorace Welds
Red Ork
George Crook
Cheerio
Tennyson's
the Sells
Trinity Church
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J. A. Hastings
Sonja Honie
Decorah
Joseph B. Ravotto
Mens Store
Raglan
Killian
Polo
Liz
Killian Company
Monona
Ask
Iowa State College
George Godfrey
the Music Shop
Betty Wells
Iowa F. T. A
Gene
Glenn
Joseph Imbrogulio
Farmers Union
Oberammersau
Germany
Berlin
Metropolitan Opera Company
Eddie Duchin
Kaltenmeyer
Andy Devine
Glenda Farrell
Goodwill Mission
Lisle
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