Can Scandinavians Stay Neutral Now
AP dispatch from Helingfors Sweden Norway and Denmark face pressure to remain neutral as a European war looms. Germany may threaten Baltic passage and blockade while Russia could seek Finnish gains. Each nation weighs defenses and trade, with Finland and Sweden potentially uniting for defense if conflict expands.
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Finland
Europe
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Russia
Speek
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
Aaland Islands
Baltic Sea
Scandinavian
Norway
Seized Property In Mexico Valued At 8 Million
Mexico City Finance Minister Eduardo Suarez announced the government owed American and British petroleum company owners 47,523,075.66 pesos about 8.48 million dollars. The expropriated concessions were estimated by owners to be worth between 500 million and 1 billion dollars.
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Mexico City
INS
Eduardo Suarez
Mexico
Alburnett Tuesday club holds annual Cedar Rapids theatre party
Twelve members attended the Alburnett Tuesday club annual theatre party in Cedar Rapids Friday. Those present included Mesdames C. Tritle, William Barnts, F. Price, T. Hense, W. Quass, B. Boddicker, C. Wilson, R. B. Jones, H. Wenger, E. Estill, Moore and McCalley, Barbara Boddicker, Doris Wilson and Vera Marie Moore.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
C. Tritle
William Barnts
F. Price
T. Hense
W. Quass
B. Boddicker
C. Wilson
R. B. Jones
H. Wenger
E. ‘Estill
Moore and McCalley
Barbara Boddicker
Doris Wilson
Vera Marie Moore
Columbus Junction social notes from local clubs
Columbus Junction residents hosted multiple social gatherings through the week including the 1M and M club with Mrs Blair, Kyle Rada’s eighth birthday party hosted by Mrs James Reynolds, a dinner for Mr and Mrs Lewis with Simmons family from Huntington West Virginia, Priscilla club nights at the homes of Mrs W Rondsen and Mrs C E Hanstead, and Evelyn Shellabarger leading the Con iain township 4 H Girls club meeting. The Indian Creek club met on Thursday with Mrs Mac John.
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Blair
James Reynolds
Kyle
Coniain Township
O'Phe
Creek Club
ePhursday
Mac John
Exports From U S To Nations Fall In 1939 Slump
The Commerce Department reported Germany bought far less American goods in the first five months of 1939, while US imports from several nations rose. Exports to Germany dropped from 43.28 million to 29.33 million, and similar declines occurred with Argentina the United Kingdom Soviet Russia Canada and Japan. France shows a modest gain in exports. Canada Argentina France and the UK increased imports to the United States.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Germany
Reich
United States
Argentina
United Kingdom
Soviet Russia
Canada
Japan
France
The
East Asia linked to Neanderthal home, experts say
In Moscow scientist Ales Hrdlicka confirms Neanderthal skeleton found in a high cliff cave in central Asia. The discovery suggests Neanderthal culture spread from Europe toward the Far East about 150,000 years ago, possibly linking to early Peking and Java man findings.
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Moscow
America
Ales Hrdlicka
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Irkutsk
Central Asia
Europe
Okladnikov
East
Middle Asia
Far
Eas
Hrdlicka
Peking
Salaries Of WPA Employes Revealed
The WPA investigation committee released four volumes listing thousands of supervisory and administrative workers earning $1,200 or more annually. The 1939 relief act will widen access, making salaries of $1,000 plus public record and available to all.
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Washington
INS
House
WPA
Congress
Overcome By Heat On Arctic Street
Worcester police doctor revived Harry Andrews a 43 year old truckman's helper after he collapsed from the heat Saturday on Arctic Street in Worcester Massachusetts AP report notes the hot conditions and medical response.
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Worcester
Mass
Harry Andrews
Truckman
Arctic Street
Suspects Clash Over Roosevelt Hull Policy Debates
Charlottesville based remarks by William R. Castle, Hoover undersecretary of state, endorse Hulls arms embargo lift and question Roosevelt neutrality stance. Castle argues Bloom bill would grant the President dictatorial powers in peacetime and warns passage could drag the nation into war, while criticizing combat zone definitions and anti- shipping provisions.
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Charlottesville
INS
Hull
Roosevelt
William R. Castle
Hoover
Castle
United States
Japan
Institute of Public Affairs
Congress
England
France
Germany
90 Per Cent WPA Stoppage In N. Y. Monday Threatened
New York WPA projects may face a 90 percent shutdown by Monday morning as WPA workers ignore arrest threats and AFL leaders claim nationwide city stoppages. Borough chairmen report last minute data showing high participation and resolve to resist relief denial threats.
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N. Y
New York
INS
WPA
American Federation of Labor
Dodd Hospitalized in Mount Sinai for Undisclosed Illness
Former United States ambassador to Germany William E. Dodd was admitted to Mount Sinai Hospital on Saturday with an undisclosed ailment.
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New York
Wiliam E. Dodd
United States
Germany
Mount Sinai Hospital
Bogota Professor Claims Madonna of Bogota Is a True Raphael
Professor Santiago Martinez Delgado said Ruth Van Sickel Ford of the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts was convinced the Madonna of Bogota is a genuine Raphael after documents X rays and experiments substantiated the claim. The painting found in a Bogota home reportedly remained with one family for four centuries and will be restored and shown at the Chicago academy.
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Washington
Chicago Academy of Fine Arts
Bogota
Raphael
Santiago Martinez Delgado
Agriculture and Fine Arts
University of Bogota
Colombia
Ruth van Sickel Ford
Academy
Martinez Delgado
Chicago Academy
United seeks permission to acquire Western Air Express
United Airlines filed with the Civil Aeronautics Authority on Saturday to obtain approval to acquire Western Air Express and merge it into United’s nationwide system. The move would expand United’s route network and consolidate operations under one carrier umbrella.
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Washington
United Airlines Corporation
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Western Air Express Corporation
United
WPA survey warns hours cuts or output rise needed
Washington report by a corps of WPA experts analyzes 59 industries employing 4.5 million workers in 1929. It warns that despite a 50 percent output gain since 1919 the number of wage earners stayed nearly flat, urging shorter hours or higher production to lift manufacturing employment beyond 1929 levels.
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Washington
Human Bomb Durrett Declared Sane in Birmingham Case
Albert Durrett a former Nashville real estate man who tried to extort a quarter of a million dollars from the Birmingham Trust and Savings Bank by threatening to dynamite the building and occupants was declared sane. He will be arraigned before Federal Judge Murphree on Thursday.
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Birmingham
Ala
INS
Albert Durrett
Nashville, Tenn
Birmingham Trust and Savings Bank
Durrett
Murphree
Army maneuvers muster 23 000 near Manassas Virginia
More than 23 000 regular army and national guard troops will concentrate near Manassas Virginia from August 5 for two weeks of maneuvers. The mobilization includes units from Maine to Virginia and recruits from Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and the District of Columbia.
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Baltimore
INS
Manassas
Maine
Virginia
James K. Parsons
Third Corps
Maryland
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Parsons
28Th Division
Pennsylvania National Guard
National Guard
Maxwell Murray
213Th Coast Artillery Regiment
260Th Coast Artillery
Frederick
Bolling Field
Bull Run
Yankee Clipper Sets Atlantic Flight From Botwood
The Yankee Clipper departed Botwood for a 1,995 mile ocean crossing to Foynes Ireland under Capt A E La Porte. The flight aims to reach Foynes early Sunday and complete the 3,418 mile inaugural North Atlantic passenger trip to Southampton in the morning.
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Port Washington
N. Y
INS
Botwood
Atlantic
Foynes
Eire
A. E. la Porte
North Atlantic
Southampton
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