Mutiny Talk and War Scare Shape Senate Hearings
Debates in the senate merchant marine committee and the house on war threats highlight tensions over labor discipline aboard ships. Testimonies recount passenger grievances and crew authority challenges while politicians question reliability of witnesses and governance amid wider wartime pressures.
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Senate Committee On Merchant Marine
Otha Wearin
House Committee On Merchant Marine
Senate Committee
D. J. Lenihan
Wearin
Anders Trail of Crime and Bodies Found in Wisconsin Woods
In Spooner Wisconsin Harry Dahli Washburn county coroner says Charles S Ross slain Chicago kidnapping victim died of a fractured skull his body found in a remote dugout 12 miles northwest of Spooner. In St Paul FBI chief J Edgar Hoover cites Peter Anders as the architect of a spree of kidnappings slayings and robberies and reports recovery of $30000 of the Ross ransom and the bodies of Ross and James Atwoods Gray Anders accomplice.
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Spooner
Wis
Harry Dahli
Washburn County
Charles S. Ross
Chicago
Here
ST. Paul
J. Iedgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Peter Anders
Ross
James Atwoods Gray
Anders
Minnesota
Wisconsin Northwoods
Hoover
al Nystrom
H. W. Dahl
Dahl
FBI
Gray
Wisconsin Woods
St. Cloud
Minn
Emily
Federal
Anders Spent $3,000 of Ross Ransom in 6-man Check
A six man check shows Peter Anders used only 3000 of the 50000 dollar Ross ransom money. The revelation came Friday in Saint Paul Minnesota through an INS report.
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ST. Paul, Minn
INS
Peter Anders
Ross
Prisoner Anders details crimes in confession amid double Wisconsin murders
The report claims Anders laid out thousands of words accusing himself of kidnap and murders in the Midwest. Federal agents say he fought a guard near a woodland hideout as bodies were found and autopsy in progress.
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Pacific Northwest
Anders
Anders used bullets to mark hid Ross kidnap money
Peter Anders dictated a novel marker for the Ross kidnapping cash near Walker Minnesota. He stopped his car by woods fired eight bullets into a road sign then moved into the brush and concealed a typewriter case with the money under leaves.
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Walker, Minn
Peter Anders
Ross
Anders
Four Arrested in Slaying and Missing Student Case
Sheriff deputy announces four men Bernard Masulla Pete Sereno Charles Ford and Booker Johnson arrested for the Conn slaying near Freeport Ohio and the disappearance of Ruth Baumgardner Ohio Wesleyan coed. Ford and Johnson identified as Black, Baumgardner alive and safe, traced to Pennsylvania. Ford confesses implicating others. Conn was found with seven bullet wounds. federal agents aiding in the nationwide hunt.
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ST. Clairsville
Ohio
Joe Seik
George Conn
Freeport
Ruth Baumgardner
Weslayan University Coed
Sceik
Bernard Masulla
Pete Sereno
Charles Ford
Booker Johnson
Ford
Johnson
Cleveland
Seik
Baumgardner
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Lynn Black
Ohio Highway Patrol
Columbus
Black
Conn
Oil Antitrust Case Sent To Jury In Wisconsin
Federal Judge Patrick Stone sent the government's antitrust case against 16 major oil companies and 30 officials to the jury at 1 33 p m Friday in Madison Wisconsin.
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Madison, Wis
Patrick 'T', Stone
Nine convicts stage break from Kansas prison. one dies
At Lansing Kansas eight convicts attempted to escape from the state penitentiary. Cecil Thornbrugh 25 died from wounds sustained while leading the breakout. Clifford Ottinger 21 critically wounded and Carnes Addington 21 wounded. Five others surrendered. five more officers and guards secured the hall.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas
Cecil Thornbrugh
Clifford Ottinger
Carnes Addington
Ottinger
Addington
Thornbrugh
Kirk Prather
Prather
Johnson Reelected Farm Bureau President in Iowa
Francis Johnson of Terris Iowa was unanimously reelected Friday for a second two year term as president of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. The incumbent's name was the only candidate before the convention.
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Des Moines
Francis Johnson
Terris
Iowa
Friday
Iowa Farm Bureau Federaton
Auto Makers and Roosevelt Agree on Sale Rules
Leading automobile manufacturers said they were in hearty agreement with President Roosevelt's principles on installment selling of automobiles after a White House conference. Alvan MacAulay noted installment buying aids living standards and employment and that spring sales could improve business. Roosevelt said unions should study British practices and hinted at a special message to curb monopolies while noting he may confer with small business people next week.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Alvan Macauley
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Macauley
Automobile Finance Company
Great Britain
Britain
Congress
Disenfranchisement Debate Sparked by Credit Leader
Royal F. Munger of The Chicago Daily News urged disenfranchising federal job holders if their positions could bias voting at a Cedar Rapids Credit Men dinner. He spoke on wealth growth from electrical development, predicting recovery and February upturn despite inventories and rising prices.
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Royal F. Munger
Chicago Daily News
Cedar Rapids Association of Credit Men
Roosevelt Hotel
Munger
Marriage as a fifty-fifty bargain of loving and living
A reader compares two neighbor couples in marriage. One pair shares, supports, and jokes together, while the other clashes over money and control. The piece concludes that harmony hinges on mutual love, respect, and cooperative living.
Driver Flees After Hitting Woman In First Street Collision
Mrs Mary Smith 827 Third Street NW was in her vehicle on First Street returning from a laundry when two cars were double parked. As she passed the first, a driver without warning turned into traffic and struck her left front fender injuring her right foot and leg. The hit and run driver fled and police sought him Friday.
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Mary Smith
Third Street
First Street
First
Second Avenues
Hull condemns Mexico tariff rise as embargo threat
Secretary of State Cordell Hull denounced Mexico for doubling tariffs from 100 to 200 percent and closing borders to U S manufactured goods. He said the move violates assurances by President Cardenas and threatens world prosperity and peace. The measures also raise wages for workers of American and British petroleum interests.
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Washington
INS
Cordell Hull
Hull
United States
Cardenas
Two men tied to bomb plot target Japanese liner Higo Maru
Police allege Ralph Forsythe and George Partridge conspired with a Chinese agent to blow up the Higo Maru at Vancouver and Seattle docks. Forsythe's body later floated in Seattle harbor as investigators drag for a suitcase bomb.
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Seattle
Elliott Bay
Wash
Vancouver
Ralph Forsythe
Forsythe
George H. Partridge
Partridge
B. C
William Partridge
Alfred Gibbs
William Mackie
Japan
University of British Columbia
Osaka
George Partridge
Oan “Oriental Agency
Great Northern Dock
UAW Members March on Ford Plant in Dearborn
About 2000 UAW members gathered in Detroit to march to Dearborn and distribute handbills in front of Henry Ford's main plant. Dearborn police prepared for mass arrests as the CIO staged its largest demonstration directly at the Ford plant.
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Detroit
INS
United Automobile Workers Union
Dearborn
Henry Ford
CIO
Ford
Foundation To Aid Agriculture In Iowa Set Up
AMES AP President Charles E Friley of Iowa State announces the creation of an agricultural foundation to improve Iowa farming through practical methods crops livestock soil and farm life. Nine donated farms totaling 1750 acres support the project and a board led by Friley meets to launch the effort.
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AMES
Charles E. Friley
Iowa State College
Iowa
Friley
Deane W. Trick
Des Moines
George Godfrey
H. H. Kildee
C. R. Musser
Muscatine
J. H. Anderson
Thompson
R. W. Bliss
Trick
Fog Shrouds Cedar Rapids As Temp Stagnates
A foggy mist draped Cedar Rapids turning daylight to twilight while the mercury remained nearly still. Temperatures dipped from 37 at 2 pm Thursday to 34 by 5 pm and barely moved by Friday afternoon as sun briefly peeked at noon before clouds closed in again.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
State enters Los Angeles vice probe in bombing case
Los Angeles and county authorities launch a broad probe into vice and crime tied to the Harry Raymond bombing attempt. Attorney General Webb assigns Deputy McCormick to assist District Attorney Fitts after he jailed 17 officers and arrested two on wire tapping charges. Raymond provides crucial information linking the cases as the investigation widens.
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Los Angeles
INS
Harry Raymond
Raymond
A. S. Webb
Paul D McCormick
Baron Fitts
Fitts
Lloyds Cuts Cargo Insurance Rates in the Mediterranean
Lloyds marine underwriters in London reduced cargo insurance rates for the Mediterranean by 50 percent on Friday after a stretch with comparatively light losses attributed to Spanish civil war attacks.
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London
Lloyds
Mediterranean
Agency Denies Knowledge Of Inquiry In CCC Shortage
Washington AP report says the General Accounting Office was alleged to be investigating a $1 million CCC funds shortage in the Southwest and $250,000 in Kansas. Comptroller General Richard N. Elliott denied knowledge of any investigation. Senator Nye and Chairman Adams questioned which departments were involved and the scope of the supposed shortages.
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Enator
Pittman
Nevada
Ickes
Senate Committee On Public Lands
CCC
Washington
Senate
General Accounting Office
CDC
Nye
NTD
Senate Public Lands Committee
United States
Kansas
Richard N. Elliott
Adams
Chawman Adams
Cole
E. K Burlew
N. D
Wal+ee Reed
Army
Genera
Reed
Accounting Office
Rae
Reno F. Strutely
Interior Department
Two Army Flyers Killed In Crash Near Pope Field
Lieut. Louis Elliott Countway and Lieut. Bart T. McArthur, pilots at Pope Field, near Fayetteville, were killed when their aircraft crashed Friday near the airport in Fayetteville North Carolina.
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Fayetteville, N. C
Louis Elliott Countway
Bart T. McArthur
Army Air
Pope Field
Fayetteville
Open Small Stores In The White House To Help Business
Opinion by ARTNWUR "BUGS" BAER suggests converting parts of the White House into small shops to boost commerce. He proposes a ham burger stand in the north wing of a drug store and argues forcing experts to make retail purchases could end the recession.
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White House
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Harry Bridges
Carson
Pacific Coast
Congressional Conference Committee
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Ross and Gray
Bulletin
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Auto Makers
Cldar Rapids News
Newton
CLDAR
Mexico
UAW
Foundation To Aid Agriculture
NIWS
STATE
Earle Kynette
Council Bluffs, Jr
Artnwur
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Mr. Roosevelt
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