Priest Injured in Japanese Air Raid on Swatow
An American Catholic priest Father William J. Downs of Meadville Pennsylvania was injured when a bomb from a Japanese plane wrecked his Swatow home during a raid that also threatened twenty eight other Americans. The incident prompted a U S protest and evacuation plans as U S consular and navy officers received full protection powers. Other reports describe Japanese attacks across Chaoan Foochow and Hankow while Yangtze river flooding looms, risking a Chinese defense in central China.
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William J. Downs
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Sacramento
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Canton
Foochow
Yangtze
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Hankow
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Han
Wallace and Farmer Clash Over Cattle They Do Not Own
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace fights a legal battle with Ozarks farmer William F Schallon over three cattle owned by another farmer. Schallon had kept the cattle to settle a $125 feed bill, while Wallace seeks sale of the cattle to apply proceeds to a defaulted federal farm loan.
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Henry A Wallace
Ozarks
William F. Schallon
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Schallen
Linn G O P Flags Iowa Demo Regime
Linn county Republicans launched a coordinated campaign against the Democratic regime in Iowa at the county convention. Delegates to three conventions were named, resolutions denounced state and national policies, and leaders urged a militant fall drive for Republican candidates led by George Wilson for governor.
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Iowa
Dave MccCreery
Alburnett
George Wilson
McCreery
Tse
Ice Still Lingers At Niagara Falls
An AP report notes a persistent ice jam in Niagara Falls gorge still clinging near the falls. A 400 pound chunk remains in a shady spot, a record since the 1920 dune event and the winter that felled a bridge and buried a power plant.
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Death by own action blamed on money woes for Sherlock
CORTLAND N Y AP financial reverses were blamed by a coroner for the death by own action of Chesta Sherlock 42 former editor of St Nicholas and other nationally known magazines who shot himself at his farm home after killing his wife The coroner said Sherlock had told neighbors he had lost 20000 in an Iowa venture He and his wife were found after two gunshots neighbors heard two shots and thought he was hunting woodchucks Sherlock a Keswick Iowa native and Drake University graduate held editorial posts at Iowa Homestead Better Homes and Gardens Ladies Home Journal and other publications He authored books on law and farming and faced bankruptcy in 1935 with his divorce custody of four children.
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Iowa Homestead
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National Recovery Administration
Lucille Sherlock
New York City
Major parties target 2.5 million new voters this summer
Washington AP reports both major parties will focus on voters aged in 1936 to reach 2.5 million new voters. Republicans and Democrats organize youth wings to expand influence, with leaders pledging large efforts, fundraising by youth groups, and broader outreach beyond young adults.
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Washington
Executive Kills Self Before Prison Start
A C Littlejohn, a wealthy former life insurance executive and former secretary of the National Aid Society, shot himself in his Oak Knolls home just before his 10 am surrender to begin an eight year federal prison term for using the mails to defraud. He faced a $12,000 fine after conviction in 1936 related to the society’s operations, and had been denied probation despite testimony supporting no wrongdoing.
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A. C. Littlejohn
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National Aid Society
Oak Knolls
Paul Ruppell
Lewisburg
Get The Gazette On Vacation
Details on how to keep in touch with home by mailing The Gazette to a vacation address directs readers to contact the circulation department or give a carrier an order to forward the newspaper during travel.
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Cedar Rapids
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Life moves on as gates close behind us in daily essays
Daily essays by Dr Newton reflect on change and parting as life advances. The writer urges embracing forward movement, duty, and discipline while acknowledging aging, renewal, and new opportunities. The piece, dated 1938, frames life as a flowing stream where one cannot return to yesterday.
Wife and family of imprisoned deputy vanish in Maine case
In South Paris Maine the wife and five Carroll children vanished amid a murder case surrounding former Deputy Sheriff Francis Carroll. The 18 year old key witness, now serving life, linked Carroll to the killings and a confession by Paul Dwyer stirred fresh questions. Authorities offer no comment on the disappearances.
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Buddy) Dwyer
New Jersey
Maine
James G Littlefield
Madeline
Elizabeth
Francis
Janice
Dwyer
District Attorney's
Clyde R- Chapman
Crop losses from rain in Illinois and Wisconsin
A cloudburst drenched central Illinois while farmers in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin estimated crop losses in the millions from Friday rain and floods. Fulton county reported $100,000 damage from heavy rain and wind near Canton, with nearly ripened wheat and corn fields devastated. northern Illinois saw seventeen bridges out.
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Chicago
Illinois
Wisconsin
Fulton County
Canton
Cedar Rapids Gazette policy questioned as tale spreads
A claim that Cedar Rapids Gazette will publish only one edition daily is treated as a fairy tale from Des Moines. The newspaper’s operating policy is decided in Cedar Rapids by owners, not by competing papers or circulation hijackers.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Gettysburg Veteran Parade Sparks Memory on Battlefield
Gettysburg Pa Saturday hosted 2000 veterans from Union and Confederate lines for a two day reunion. The parade along the diamond and streets featured drum and bugle corps and recent veterans in uniform. Concessionaires eyed crowds as vendors hawked snacks while locals offered rooms to visitors ahead of Sunday and Monday events. Distinguished guests included Major General James K Parsons and Major General Edward C Shannon with Governor George H Earle as grand marshal.
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James K. Parson
Third Corps
Edward C. Shannon
George H. Earle
Deficit Figures Show 1.46 Billion Shortfall for Year
The government overspent its income by 1.459 billion dollars in the fiscal year ended Thursday night. The deficit, though the smallest in eight years, will rise with a new spending program to about 3 billion dollars. Public debt rose due to gold sterilization, while receipts topped year-ago totals as income taxes and excise taxes increased.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
County Farm Labor Convention Backs Progressive Name
In Linn county Iowa a largely small meeting of farm-labor supporters voted unanimously to change the party name from farmer-labor to progressive and to adopt the progressive party principles of Wisconsin. The sparsely attended session continued to July 15 to allow further discussion as Gov. La Follette’s call for affiliation and the new party’s formation loomed. The convention also protested reciprocal trade agreements with low wage countries.
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Cedar Rapids News
Farmer-Labor
Progressive Party of
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Linn County
Farm
Phil la Follette
Progressive
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United States
Landon to Answer Fireside Chat Next Wednesday
Alf M Landon, former Kansas governor and Roosevelt opponent, will respond to the president’s fireside chat on CBS. The Republican National Committee announced the nationwide broadcast will run from 6 to 6 30 P M CST next Wednesday under party auspices.
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Two Big Days For Your Want Ads To Bring Results
Sunday and Monday July 4th offer readers time to respond to Want Ads. Sell camping gear, boats, furniture, fans, raspberries, and more. W. P. Rogers reports raspberries sold after 3 calls. call before 8 tonight to start an ad in the Sunday Gazette.
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Sunday Gazette
Eicher Will Not Seek Reelection to Present Job
Des Moines reports Rep Edward C Eicher of Washington Iowa withdraws from the general election race to devote full effort to the congressional monopoly investigation committee of which he is a member His term ends in January 1 and the inquiry should finish by then Republican nominee is Thomas E Martin Iowa City Democratic candidate Hart Town City said he may run and would seek the nomination A previous backing for Otha Wearin in the Democratic senatorial race is noted
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Edward C. Eicher
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Congressional Monoypoly Investigating Committee
Thomas E. Martin
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State Railroad Commission
William Hart
Town City
State Democratic Central Committee
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Otha D. Wearin
Guy M. Gullette
Hart Endorsed by Democrat Convention in Iowa City
Iowa City Johnson County Democrats meet on Saturday and endorse William Hart for the First district Democratic nomination for Congress to succeed Rep. E. C. Eicher. The endorsement sets Hart as the party choice on the ticket in the upcoming race.
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Gettysburg Sermon by Dr Newton on Air at 8 30 A M
Gettysburg commemorations include Dr Joseph Fort Newton preaching a memorial sermon from Gettysburg Pa on a nationwide radio hookup starting 8 30 am with station WMT and NBC blue network music by the Marine Band Henry W A Hanson of Gettysburg College speaks after Newton on the NBC program. President Roosevelt plans a Sunday evening address from Gettysburg at 4 30 Iowa time.
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Roosevelt Backing Cited By Linn County Democrats Keynoter Defends Admin
Keynoter John M Redmond former Cedar Rapids mayor told Linn County Democrats at the courthouse on Saturday forenoon he supports Roosevelt arguing the president spoke for the nation against Wall Street. He dismissed GOP lines on the TVA scandal and the Wearin Gillette fallout noting Hopkins and Wearin are old friends and Williams would back Wearin if in Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt
Linn County
TVA
Morgan
Hopkins
Wearin
Iowa
Aubrey Williams
WPA
NLRB Hears Charges Against Maytag Union Interference
A NLRB complaint alleges Maytag Company of Newton interfered with workers rights under the labor relations act. It claims the firm urged employees not to join the CIO union, locked out 438 workers on May 9, and refused to reemploy them for union membership, and declined to bargain after an election showed union suitability. A public hearing is set for July 18 at Jasper County courthouse, Iowa.
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Maytag Company
Newton
Robert JJ. Wiener
National Labor — Relations Board
Jasper County
Iowa
Court House
Wiener
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America
Maytag plant sitdown strike persists after brief return to plant
Newton Iowa Maytag workers sitdown strike remains unresolved as plant officials regain possession for first time in ten days. Gov Kraschel hosted a daylong meeting with owners, union leaders, and back to work advocates who agreed to a Tuesday Des Moines conference to restart negotiations and avoid plant action.
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Des Moines
Ralph Beals
M = Muller
George Umbrell
Edward F. Gord
Wilbert. Allison
John Connollh
Kraschel
Clouds Hold Down Temperature In Cedar Rapids Heat
Sultry weather persisted in Cedar Rapids with clouds slowing temperature changes. Early morning rain touched off by humidity left the day cooler, with readings from 72 to 86 by afternoon. Friday’s 92 high followed by 79 at midnight is noted in Chamber Inskeep records.
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U S Not A Bad Place If You Can Fit Space
A satirical piece by Arthur Bugs Baer extols American liberty and democracy with a wry tone. It notes a paradoxical world where independence and voting coexist with surveillance and flawed education, framing the U S as a place to navigate rather than flawless.
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