Roosevelt appoints Noble to Civil Aeronautics Board
President Roosevelt names Edward J. Noble of Connecticut candy maker as chair of the five member Civil Aeronautics Authority. He also picks Harllee Branch as vice chair and several others for the aviation and safety boards, with Nominal appointments to wage hour and emergency council posts.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Edward J. Noble
Connecticut
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Maritime Labor Board
United States
National Emergency Council
Donald Marr Nelson
Chicago
Sears, Roebuck and Company
NRA
S. Clay Williams
Nelson
Noble
Aeronautics Authority
Harllee Branch
G. Grant Mason
Havana
Pan-American Airways
Robert Hinckley
Utah
Oswald Ryan
Indiana
Clinton M. Hester
Treasury Department
Authority
Air Safety Board
Thomas O. Iardin
Texas
American Air Lines
Sumter Smith
Alabama
WPA
Safety Board
Peculiar Circumstances Mark Slain Beauty School Student Case
Mary Britton 29, a beauty school student, was found shot to death in a Centralia home. Police report peculiar clues include bloodstains, a damaged coffee pot, a torn couch, and a note reading I love you. Investigators planned to question Elvin Satterlee and his estranged wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Mary Britton
Elvin Satterlee
Kaelin
Mary
Woman Publisher Indicted Over Bankrupt Tower Magazines
Catherine McNelis, former publisher, was indicted by a federal grand jury on mail fraud charges tied to Tower Magazines Inc. also named were her brother John P. McNelis, circulation manager, Joseph D. Flynn business manager, and E Frederick Lowe comptroller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Catherine McNelis
Federal Grand Jury
Tower Magazines, Inc
Miss McNelis
John P. McNelis
Joseph D. Flynn
E. Frederick Lowe
Japs Lose 1365 Planes in War Losses
The war office announced in Hankow that Japan has lost 1,365 airplanes since the Chinese Japanese war began a year ago. About 1,100 Japanese aviators were killed in action.
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Hankow
China
War Office
Japan
Pushes Plans For Bridge Over Cedar
A. A. Furst of Maquoketa, vice chairman of the state highway commission, is credited with securing funds for the Cedar Rapids Eighth avenue bridge and a district highway commission office at Sixteenth avenue SW, ensuring government financed construction.
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A. A. Ffurst
Maquoketa
State Highway Commission
Eighth Avenue Bridge
Cedar Rapids
District Highway Commission
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Let Contract Soon For 8th Ave Bridge
Cedar Rapids officials press for a new 8th Avenue bridge and a district highway office. The state highway commission will invest about 47 000 dollars in a mid city office building to be located between Fifteenth and Sixteenth Avenues SW, with cost amortization and travel savings noted by project advocates. The facility honors William Lee and houses district engineers and staff from Waterloo and Cedar Rapids.
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Chamber of Commerce
A. L. Taylor
Highway Committee
Chamber
Hurst
Cedar Rapids
The
Highway Commission
Fred R. White
State Highway Commission
Fifteenth
Sixteenth Avenues
Fifth Street
Watterloo
William Lee
J. A. Paulsen
C. R. Livingston
L. M. Clausen
W. D. Johnston
Charles Fisher
Waterloo
Mr. Hurst
Perkins Questions Roosevelt Third Term Inquiry
Frances Perkins United States secretary of labor could not confirm whether President Roosevelt would seek a third term. She recalled asking Roosevelt who reportedly did not answer, merely turning to look out the window. Perkins spoke quickly in Britain's parliament building.
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London
Frances Perkins
United States
Roosevelt
Miss Perkins
Britain
Radio firms and FCC accused in broadside by Connery
Representative Connery charges RCA and affiliates corrupted lawmakers and defrauded stockholders and accuses the FCC of fostering a radio monopoly. He cites dividends and inflated securities values and calls for a federal investigation while labor unrest and a Maytag labor dispute continue to unfold amid ongoing police and conciliator efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Connery
Mass
Radio Corporation of America
Congressional Record
RCA
Columbia Broadcasting Company
New York Stock Exchange
Securities and Exchange Commission
Federal Communications Commission
Governor criticizes private power in Maytag dispute
Iowa Governor says militia would close the Maytag plant in Newton to secure future peace, not favor any side. He rejects acting as mediator and urges impartial, law‑enforcement backed by deputies from neither faction as Jasper County considers restoring order.
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National Guard
Newton
Maytag
CIO Union
Des Moines
Iowa
Jasper County
Maytag Cio
CIO
Frank Bechly
Bechly
Four CIO Members Plead Not Guilty in Maytag Strike
Four CIO members including William Sentner William Longren Hollis Hall and Richard Neibur pleaded not guilty before Judge Homer A Fuller on charges linked to alleged violence during the Maytag strike. The judge kept bonds and planned trial dates later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Carey
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
CIO
Maytag
Hollis Hall
Special County Grand Jury
William Longren
Richard Neibur
Hall
Maytag Company
Bechly
Iowa Farm Income Climbs in May 1938 vs 1937
Washington AP reports Iowa farm income in May 1938 totaling 44.089 million dollars, up from 38.234 million a year earlier. Livestock receipts reached 35.936 million, crops 4.628 million, and government payments 3.525 million. January–May receipts totaled 223.509 million with 181.775 million from livestock and 27.356 million from crops.
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Washington
Iowa
Agriculture Department
Who Pays For F D R Trip Reveals Financial Backers
Rep Halleck urged President Roosevelt to disclose who funds his cross country tour. He questioned whether the federal treasury or the Democratic National Committee pays the costs and pressed for details on any profits from syndicating Roosevelt articles and plans to restore economic recovery and jobs for 13,000,000 unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Halleck
Ind
Roosevelt
Federal Treasury
Democratic National Committee
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt appoints trio to maritime labor board
President Roosevelt names three to the newly formed Maritime Labor Board. Robert W. Bruere of New York becomes chairman, with Louis Bloch of California and Claude E. Seehorn of Denver named as members.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Maritime Labor Board
Robert W. Bruere
New York
Labor Department
News Board
Louis Bloch
California
Maritime Commission
Claude E. Seehorn
Denver
Colo
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
U S Firms Sold War Supplies to China and Japan
Washington AP reports U S firms sold more than 20 million dollars in war supplies to China and Japan in the first year of conflict. China bought 12,559,741 dollars and Japan 7,664,413 dollars, according to State Department figures released Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
China
State Department
F D R Links Migration Era to Modern Federal Cooperation
President Roosevelt draws parallels between early Northwest Territory settlement and current mobilization for social security. He cites Lincoln and Marietta founders to argue government as a people’s tool, not a distant power, guiding mutual self help through bank deposits protections and mortgage and foreclosure relief.
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Abraham Lincoln
Northwest Territory
Lincoln
Marietta
Roosevelt
FHA
HOLC
Old
Northwest
New Deal Spending Seen As One Quarter Of Federal Outlays
Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. estimated that New Deal expenditures over the last five years amount to about one-quarter of federal government spending since the nation was founded. He noted that the five fiscal years from 1861 to 1865 would have financed another key war roughly every 163 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Mass
Widow Of Judge Milo P Smith Dies At 92 In Cedar Rapids
Mrs Milo P Smith widow of a Linn County judge died Friday at 9 20 am at her Cedar Rapids home following a weeklong illness She lived in Cedar Rapids 55 years and died two days after her ninety second birthday Born July 6 1846 in Indiana she married Milo P Smith November 22 1866 The couple later moved to Cedar Rapids where they built a home in 1884 Surviving are a daughter Mrs W F Stahl of Cedar Rapids three grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral services will be held at Turner chapel with time to be announced
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Milo P. Smith
Linn County
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Smith
Charlottesville
Ind
Joshua Hall
Rebecca Campbell Hall
Walker
Scotland
Ann Rutherford
Sir Walter Scott
John Campbell
Duke of Argyle
Indiana
Rock Island
Ill
Tipton
Hall
Richard Hall
Smith
Knightstown
Iowa
Cornell College
Michigan University
Marengo
Presbyterian Church
Cop Exonerated In Killing Of Wife And Her Male Companion
CHICAGO AP A coroner s jury exonerated John F Lowe a 53 year old policeman of the fatal shooting of his wife Phyllis 40 and her companion Harry C Johnson 41 The jury ruled Johnson s death justifiable homicide and said Mrs Lewe was killed accidentally Lowe testified he shot Johnson in self defense when he saw Johnson reach for a pistol The shooting occurred at a busy loop corner as Mrs Lewe got into Johnson s car
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Chicago
John F. Lowe
Phyllis
Harry C. Johnson
Johnson
Lewe
Hodza Plans Urgent Czech Minority Statute Vote
Premier Milan Hodza told Czech coalition leaders he will push the minority statute through parliament before August 20 regardless of the Sudeten German minority party's stance. The disclosure was reported Friday from Prague Czechoslovakia.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Milan Hodza
Low bidders named on 17 Iowa road projects
The Iowa State Highway Commission listed low bidders for 17 road projects totaling about 15 miles of paving and multiple grading and bridge tasks. Bids include Haegg Construction Cedar Rapids $18116 and McGuire Brothers Algona $39354 for paving, plus numerous bridge and culvert awards across Cass Polk Lyon Sioux etc.
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AMES
Town
State Highway Commission
Delaware County
Manchester
Haegg Construction Company
Cedar Rapids
Lyon
Lester
McGuire Brothers
Algona
Booth and Olson
Sioux City
Polk
Polk County
Oas Herrick
Des Moines
Sioux
Ira van Buskirk
Hawarden
Western Contracting Corporation
Cass-Pottawattami
Griswold
J. A. Carlson Construction Company
Omaha
Scott
Eldridge
Yagi Lundeen
Montezuma
Fremont Mills
Imogene
L. J. Peters Construction Company
Bristow
Waugh and Tuckman
Clarksville
Cass-Pottawattamie
Griswold West
Schroyer Construction Company
Baxter
Chickasaw
Nashua
Brennan Brothers
Lansing
Delaware
Snyder and Johnson
Humboldt
Jackson
Preston
Clinton Engineering Company
Hughes and Easton
Council Bluffs
Jensen and Krage
Madison
Winterset
Christie Brothers
B. J. Sweatt
Perry Jayne
Christensen Brothers
Woman Kills Mother in Mercy Death Attempted Suicide
In El Cerrito California a daughter Amelia Reinecker 49 shot and killed her invalid mother Marie Penewitz after learning medical science could not ease the illness. She then shot herself behind the ear and remained in critical condition in a hospital.
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EL Cerrito
Calif
INS
Amelia Reinecker
Marie Penewitz
Outline Case In Milk Trust Probe
Chicago prosecutors presented to a grand jury to outline their yearlong inquiry into milk price practices and possible nationwide conspiracies in restraint of trade. Assistant A G Thurman Arnold noted indications of conspiracies and agreements rather than accidental price spreads.
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Chicago
Leo F. Tierney
U. S
Michae L. Igoe
Washington
Thurman Arnold
Accuse 24 Strikers Who Held Hostage
In New York 24 CIO strikers are charged with attempted kidnapping malice mischief and unlawful entry after allegedly barricading themselves inside the Sagamor Metal Goods Corp plant in Long Island City. Police freed three employees after prying open a steel door, per company attorney Harold Carter.
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New York
CIO
Low Island City
Sagamor Metal Goods Corp
Harold Carter
Year Starts Out As Healthiest Since 1930s
Washington report from the US Public Health Service says the first quarter of 1938 was the healthiest start since 1930. Preliminary data from 37 states plus DC, Alaska and Hawaii show a mortality rate of 11.2 per 1000, about 1 percent below the prior period and the lowest for the period since records began in 1930.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Alaska
Hawaii
Bolivia and Paraguay Agree To Follow 1935 Armistice Committee
Bolivia and Paraguay said they will abide by a decision of the joint committee of arbiters under the 1935 Gran Chaco armistice. The pledge reduces fears of a renewed century old war and was announced Friday in La Paz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Paz
Bolivia
Paraguay
Widowed Beckers Convicted of Eleven Poison Murders
In Liege Belgium Maria Petijean Beckers known as Widow Beckers was convicted of eleven poison murders. The crowd outside the courthouse shouted Kill her but the death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment as capital punishment is banned in Belgium. The prosecution also charged five poison attempts that failed. The trial lasted a month.
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Liege
Belgium
Courthoud
Maria Petijean Beckers
Counsel dies after heart attack at New Jersey Standard Oil
Hareem Walker, assistant to the general counsel of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, died in a New York hospital Thursday night following a heart attack.
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New York
Hareem Walker
Gener
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
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Frank E. Wenig
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