Inland strike ends as workers return to plants
Thousands of Inland Steel workers resume duties in East Chicago after a truce with the state labor commissioner and SWOC. No wage increase or eight hour changes, CIO gains bargaining authority for its members, and future disputes to be settled under state policy.
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Leweyescu
Indiana Labor Commissioner
CIO
Indiana
State Federation of Labor
Carl Mullen
AFL
Marion
Stalin
Mussolini
Mitler
Soviet Refusal to Withdraw Forces Deepens Amur Tension
Moscow rejected Japan’s demand to recall Russian troops first and urged simultaneous withdrawal. Foreign Minister Litvinov offered parallel pulls, while Tokyo weighs the proposal amid mobilizations along the Amur River. A Soviet loan was issued to bolster defenses as border hostilities mount.
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Moscow
Amur
Siberia
Manchukuo
Japan
Sovet Foreign Office
Russia
Tokio
Maxim Litvinoff
Litvinoff
Stalin
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Ishigemiteuv
Central Executive Committee
Soviet Union
Far East
Blagovestschenk
Khabarovsk
Meeting on Farm Programs in Relation to Wheat
Washington AP report says over fifty farmers and extension workers from 31 wheat states meet to discuss national farm programs tied to wheat. H R Tolley notes the 1938 winter wheat crop is not yet certain and a quick decision on wheat within the federal farm program is needed. AAA leaders say the conference, continuing Friday, will cover proposed federal crop insurance legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
H R Tolley
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Tolley
AAA Ieaders
Southern Iowa pasture project downsizes staff near Ottumwa
The Resettlement Administration regional office announced a job cut on July 15 reducing personnel on the Ottumwa area pasture project from 110 to 84 workers.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Resettlement Administration
Iowa
Ottumwa
Washington permits it amid quiet political shifts
The remark notes that authority in Washington allows a change, while contrasting with dictatorships that push changes without fanfare. It implies a governance nuance where official permission enables certain actions, avoiding public spectacle.
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Washington
Everyday Living in a Family of Contrasts
A reader laments a religious home whose members pray and attend church yet quarrel violently at home. Another letter describes a dinner where a couple openly humiliated each other, revealing a toxic atmosphere. The writer warns that such dog eat dog living makes life mean and religion a mockery.
Administration to propose court compromise today in Roosevelt bill shift
Washington AP reports administration senators will unveil a complete substitute for the Roosevelt court bill. The plan revises lower and supreme court provisions and limits increases to a temporary rise of up to 20 justices, with new appointments tied to aging incumbents.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Four Die In Crash At Grade Crossing Near Little Silver
Four people died when their car collided with a Pennsylvania railroad train at a grade crossing near Little Silver station. The crash occurred late Thursday, AP reports, authorities said.
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Little Silver
Pennsylvania Railroad
Little Silver Station
Suspect Confesses to Writing Letters About Nancy Carroll
Luther Dow 33, an ex convict, admitted writing love letters to film star Nancy Carroll sent from Chicago to Montana and California. Police say the letters, signed Luther, could aid the Inglewood child murder case involving Melba and Madeline Everett and Marion Stephens.
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Los Angeles
INS
Inglewood
Luther Dow
Nancy Carroll
Luther
Dow
Bert Wallis
Melba Everett
Madeline
Marion Stephens
Yean
Ey Ermin Pessis
Eddie the Sailor questioned in Inglewood triple murders
James W. Summitt a 37 year old WPA worker known as Eddie the Sailor was arrested at his Inglewood home for questioning in the Inglewood triple child murders He claimed eight years in the navy and said he worked last Saturday on a WPA project near Inglewood as he denied knowledge of the killings
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Inglewood
Calif
James W. Summitt
WPA
Eddie
Sailor
Summitt
Navy
La Follette Signs Wisconsin Little TVA Bill
Gov Philip F. La Follette signed a public power bill creating the Wisconsin Development Authority to promote public ownership and operation of utilities. The agency can lease buy construct power sites lines and dams and issue securities with an annual $60 000 state appropriation to improve service and bring cheap abundant electric power to farms.
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Madison
Wis
TVA
Philip F. la Follette
Wisconsin Development Authority
Wisconsin Farms
Governor OKs Extradition for Lincoln Man to Fort Dodge
Lincoln resident Regan M Reynolds faced charges of obtaining money under false pretenses in Fort Dodge Iowa after Governor Cochran approved extradition following requests from Iowa authorities.
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Lincoln, Neb
R. L. Cochran
Iowa
Regan M Reynolds
Lincoln
Fort Dodge
F D R Declares Canadian American Friendship Based On Democracy
Hyde Park NY President Roosevelt in a radio address salutes Canada on the seventy year confederation anniversary. He says democracy furnishes the basis of amity, warns against undemocratic regime, and compliments Lord Tweedsmuir as Canada’s governor general. He emphasizes shared values and long friendship.
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Hyde Park
Canada
Roosevelt
Lord Tweedsmuir
Montreal
North
Florida Supreme Court Reverses Tampa Flogging Convictions
The Florida supreme court with a four to one vote reversed the convictions of five police officers in the Tampa flogging case and ordered a new trial for four year kidnapping sentences. The ruling, written by Justice Glenn Perrell, cites too much irrelevant material admitted as evidence.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida Supreme Court
Tampa
Hillsborough
Joseph Shoemaker
Glenn Perrell
W. H. Ellis
Rivers Buford
Fred H. Davis
Iowa City Man Dies From Fight Wound Verdict
A coroner's jury ruled that Joseph R. Boyd 65 of Iowa City died from knife wounds from a fight involving Boyd and John and James Flynn. John Flynn and James Flynn of Evansville Ind faced injuries. James testified the trio bought knives after Boyd allegedly made improper advances, leading to the confrontation.
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Kirksville
Joseph R. Boyd
Iowa City, Jr
Boyd
John Flynn
James Flynn
John
Evansville
Ind
Flynn
James
Journalist Merrill G. Goddard Dies at 70 in Maine
Merrill G. Goddard editor of the American Weekly and famed early 20th century New York newspaperman, died suddenly Thursday at his Naskeag Point summer estate in Maine at age 70.
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Naskeag, Me
INS
Merrill G. Goddard
The
American Weekly
New York
Naskeag Point
Cma
Nationwide Tax Rebellion Fears Rise Over Millionaire Trusts
Treasury officials on Thursday disclosed names of millionaires who use multiple trusts to dodge income and estate taxes as Congress hikes levies. The list includes Mrs Grenville Clark, Robert A Stranahan, Louis Blaustein and family, Martin F Tiernan, Charles F Wallace, and George W Olmstead with spouses. Bruton urged tighter legislation to curb these trusts and protect federal revenue.
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Washington
Treasury
Magill
Congressional Investigating Committee
Congress
Paul Bruton
Treasury Counsel
Uncle Sam
Bruton
Grenville Clark
New York
Elihu Root
Root, Clark, Buckner and Ballantine
Robert A. Stranahan
Frank D
Toledo
Champion
Spark Plug Company
Louis Blaustein
Jacob
Baltimore
American Oil Company
Lord Baltimore
Martin F. Tiernan
Charles F. Wallace
Newark
George Olmstead
George W. Olmstead
Ludlow
Smillionaire
Covadonga to Wed Havana Dentist’s Daughter and Renounce Title
The Count of Covadonga, son of former King Alfonso XIII, will wed Marta Roca fort, daughter of a Havana dentist, on Saturday night and immediately become Prince Alfonso de Bourbon, with his wife titled Princess Alfonso de Bourbon. The civil ceremony, due at 10 p.m., follows his May divorce.
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Havana
Cuba
Count
Covadonga
Alfonso XIII
Spain
Marta Rocafort
Alfonso de Bourbon
Jose Sanchez Arcilla
Edelmira Sampedro
Loyal Democrats Peeved by Leader's Choice of Romeo
A 1937 account notes Democratic distress over Romeo being chosen without civil service input. References Roosevelt Barrymore and Richard the Third as running mate roles. Mentions on Jefferson Island the dispute over a rowboat concession amid Republican influence.
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Romeo
Barrymore
Richard
Franklin Delano
Civil Service
al Smith
J.S
Jefferson Island
Baseball scores and outcomes from today’s games
Scores show New York 12 Detroit 8 and Chicago 15 Boston 2. Other results include Philadelphia 7 over Washington 3 and St. Louis 6 over Cleveland 3 as rain delays affected several matchups.
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St. Louis
Cleveland
Murtagh Seeks Opinion on Kraschel Pay Raise for Aide
Des Moines AP state Comptroller C B Murtagh said he asked the attorney general for an opinion on the legality of Gov Nelson Kraschel appointing G W Kirtley as executive assistant at 4500 a year. Rep Gustave Alesch had protested the higher salary since a $3000 limit applied to the governor's secretary.
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Des Moines
C. B. Murtagh
Nelson G. Kraschel
G. W. Kirtley
Kirtley
Alesch
Murtagh
Earhart Trail Blazing Flight Heads for South Seas
AP reports Amelia Earhart's planned ocean crossing along a perilous equatorial route toward Howland Island with George Putnam coordinating bulletins from San Francisco. Radio operators worldwide monitor the attempt as Earhart pursues the long, uncharted leg of her around the world voyage.
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San Francisco
United States
British New Guinea
Amelia Earhart
South Seas
George Palmer Putnam
Coast Guard
Miss Earhart
America
Australia
Howland Island
South Pacific
Girl Injured Here When Bird House Falls On Her Head
Jessie Nemecek five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Milo V Nemecek of 3020 Bever avenue SE Cedar Rapids suffered a severe basal skull fracture when a martin house on a post toppled onto her head while she and her parents sat on the back lawn. She was unconscious on arrival at St Luke's hospital and later showed faint signs of consciousness. The accident occurred around 6 35 p m Thursday when the girl tugged a clothesline attached to the pole causing the structure to fall. She also sustained deep lacerations behind her teeth.
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Jessie Nemecek
Milo V. Nemecek
Bever Avenue
St. Lukes Hospital
Perkins backs CIO in steel strike push for talks
Secretary of Labor Perkins urged forceful legal talks between operators and union leaders to settle the steel war. She openly supported John G. Lewis and CIO aims, citing a mediation board report and calling for face-to-face conferences to end the industrial dispute.
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Washington
Perkins
Miss Perkins
John G. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Steel Strike Mediation Board
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Miss. Perkins
Davey
Ohio
Steel firms brace for reopen as Indiana Harbor strike ends
Inland Steel workers in Indiana Harbor end five weeks of strike after a truce settlement. Youngstown Sheet and Tube plans reopening its South Chicago plants. Company says it will not settle with SWOC directly or indirectly, or via Gov. Townsend, leaving fate of peaceful reopening in doubt.
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Chicago
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Inland Steel Company
Indiana Harbor
Youngstown
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
SWOC
M. Clifford Townsend
Indiana
Iuc
Three Killed and Hurt in Crawford County Crash
A dirt road south of West Side Iowa saw three members of the Kracht family killed and three others injured in Crawford county. Louis Kracht 56 Rose Kracht 56 Minnie Weise 85 Lois Kracht 15 Dorothy Kracht 17 all died or were injured. Roy Hinze 37 Manning driver of the other car had minor injuries.
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Denison
Crawford County
West Side
Louis Kracht
Rose Kracht
Minnie Weise
Kracht
Lois
Dorothy
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Carroll
Roy Hinze
Manning
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R. Ferrell
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Smith and Mancuso
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