Senator Gillette faces vote on embargo in explosive neutrality bill
The piece frames Senator Guy M. Gillette's pivotal choice in the foreign relations committee over an arms embargo. It discusses potential global consequences whether he supports or opposes the embargo, tying his decision to reactions from Hitler and Mussolini and possible involvement in a broader European war. It also includes commentary on anti trust enforcement, building industry racketeers, and a June 30 bank condition report for Cedar Rapids' largest bank, plus quotes from James W. Brown on democracy.
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Guy M. Gillette
Foreign Relations Committee
Hitler
Mussolini
Washington
America
Thurman W Arnold
United States Department of Justice
Arnold
AFL Warns To Fight WPA Hours Drive In New Action
Nationwide WPA walkouts continued as AFL President William Green called union presidents to Washington on July 12 to mobilize political and economic power against the 130 hour a month relief law. State WPA chiefs were summoned to Chicago for a two day conference while some projects remained closed. Chester Watson of Minnesota’s Workers Alliance endorsed the AFL strike, urging members to quit.
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WPA
American Federation of Labor
World Projects
William Green
AFL
Washington
Chicago
New York
John T. Cahill
Brehon Somervell
Cahill
Chester Watson
Minnesota
Workers Alliance
Crawford county relief workers vote to return to work
In Pittsburg Kansas a mass meeting of about two thousand Crawford county relief workers adopted by a four to one vote a resolution to return to work Monday morning to stay within the five day limit but to strike again as soon as the marchers reach the projects Monday Strike leaders said the resolution will permit workers retention on relief lists and that all will strike again when the march arrive at the projects.
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Pittsburg
Kan
INS
Crawford County
Stolen Car Found Partly Stripped Near Beverly
A car owned by H. C. Schutzman was found partly stripped in woods at Rockford farm near Beverly Saturday evening. Harold Athey reported seeing the damaged car about 6 40 p.m. The vehicle was stolen from the east end of the Third avenue bridge between 12 45 and 4 45 p.m. Friday. Damage totaled two stolen wheels and tires valued at 20 dollars. Detectives Kudina and Haberle and Fingerprintman Powell assisted in recovery.
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Cedar Rounds
H. C. Schutzman
Rockford Farm
Beverly
Harold Athey
Seventeenth Street
Schutzman
Third Avenue Bridge
Kudina
Haberle
Powell
WPA Strike Encore On Bugs Comments
Arthur Bugs Baer writes that the WPA strike by New York government workers demands an encore. He recalls a past pairing of a film with current topics and questions how the workers calculate their shares, noting the pie on the windowsill outside the house as a metaphor.
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WPA
New York
Hoover Action Arouses New Talk Of 1940
Washington AP reports former President Herbert Hoover proposed a neutral wartime league to apply moral pressure against blockades and bombings. The idea spurred speculation about his potential role in the 1940 campaign as he refrains from seeking a third nomination yet remains “available” in party talks.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Christian Endeavor
White House
Lawrence Richey
Roosevelt
Hoover
Indiana
Water carriers to come under ICC plan outlined
Washington AP Chair man Lea California said a House interstate commerce subcommittee drafted a transportation bill bringing water carriers under the Interstate Commerce Commission and authorizing an investigation of regional freight rate differentials. The plan would unify federal regulation of rails water and motor carriers and grant the ICC power to fix rates and regulate intrastate motor carriers on some interstate shipments.
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Washington
Lea
Calif
House
Interstate Commerce
ICC
Interstate Commerce Commissions
Commission
Great Lakes
Woman Injured In Intersection Crash In Cedar Rapids
Mrs. H R Mowrey, 31, of 222 Twenty sixth street drive SE, sustained back injuries at about 5 p.m. Saturday when the car driven by her husband Harold R Mowrey, 35, was hit by a machine driven by Alex Dvorak, 57, of 1450 Fourth street SW at Third avenue and Seventh street SE. Dvorak said he watched a car south on Seventh street and did not see the Mowrey vehicle which had stopped for a traffic jam.
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H. R. Mowrey
Twenty-sixth Street
Harold R. Mowrey
Alex Dvorak
Fourth Street
Third Avenue
Seventh Street
Dvorak
Mowrey
FTC charges Simmons Co with price discrimination
Washington filing accuses Simmons Company of New York metal beds springs and related products of unlawful price discrimination under the Robinson-Patman Act. The action was announced by the Federal Trade Commission on Saturday.
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Washington
INS
Federal Trade Commission
Simmons Company of
New York
Desperate White House Effort On Neutrality Bill Stalls
Washington reports say administration lieutenants scrambled Saturday to sway the Senate foreign affairs committee over the neutrality bill. Senators George and Gillette remained uncommitted as a Johnson led group weighed delaying action until next congress, with Hull and Mull pressing cabinet appeals.
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Washington
Foreign Affairs Committee
George
Gillette
Iowa
Hull
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Mull
Congress
Johnson
Calif
la Follette
Vandenberg
Mich
Nye
N. D
Lindy Won't Make Army Air Report Critics Doubt He Knows Much
Col Charles A Lindbergh canceled a written Army Air Report and will give fragmentary oral updates to Major General Henry H Arnold. Critics call his military aviation knowledge meager and say the war department gains from its own attaches. The controversy centers on quality over quantity and potential effects on the 5500 aircraft program.
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Lindy
Army Air Report
Walter Fistzmaurice
Washington
INS
Charles A. Lindbergh
Army Aviation
War Woodring
Army Air Corps
Lindbergh
Henry H. Arnold
Army
War Department
House Military Committee
Air Corps
Kennedy Poll Says F D R Could Win Third Term
Washington reports Rep Martin J Kennedy of New Jersey releasing a private poll claiming 68 percent of 1100 randomly sent questionnaires show President Roosevelt would be overwhelmingly reelected if he sought a third term. Kennedy contrast to Bruce Barton NY district poll suggesting anti third term victory. Kennedy cites diverse 18th district as cross section of nation.
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Washington
ULP
Martin J. Kennedy
N. J
Roosevelt
Kennedy
New York County
Bruce Barton
N. Y
Barton
Manhattan
Queens
Bronx
New York City
George Washington
United States
Olivia de Havilland Applies for American Citizenship
Hollywood star Olivia de Havilland announced in Hollywood that she has taken out her first papers to become an American citizen. Born in Japan to British parents, she stated her intention to pursue naturalization.
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Hollywood
INS
Olivia de Havilland
Miss de Havilland
Japan
Camp Good Health Drive Appeals to Cedar Rapids Readers
The Gazette urges readers to fund Camp Good Health to reach a $3,000 goal for public health. It highlights local families, notably Mr and Mrs Average Citizen and their children Bob and Mary, stressing the need for healthy schoolmates as September approaches. Donations of $236.51 are needed to complete the total.
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Bob
Mary
Bob and
Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette
Iowa
Lindbergh Visits Selfridge Field Amid Prank Confusion
At Selfridge Field, Michigan, an uneventful Lindbergh arrival sparked a miscommunication as a private radio tower operator heard a caller claiming to be Lieutenant Colonel Lindbergh. The mistaken call prompted an officer to check the identity, then Lindbergh himself arrived to the welcome already dampened by the prank. Lindbergh later visited his mother in Detroit before departing for Mitchel Field, New York.
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Selfridge Field
Mich
INS
Charles A Lindbergh
Colonel Lindbergh
Lindbergh
L. Stone
Stone
Texas
Detroit
Mitchel Field
N. Y
Navy blimp K-1 not in distress near Vineyard Haven
Lakehurst naval station said it was in direct contact with blimp K-1 and the craft had not called for help. Reports that the blimp requested aid near Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, arose from mistaken readings of its flashing light and its low flight, which frightened onlookers into thinking it was descending.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Lakehurst Naval Station
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Cedar Rapids Sees Temperatures Fall After Afternoon High
After a noontime peak of 92 degrees, Cedar Rapids saw a steady drop through the evening. By 9 pm the reading stood at 75, then 90 after 6 pm, and finally 69 degrees at 11 pm as a cool breeze moved in.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Weather Outlook for Upper Mississippi Valley Week
AP weekly forecast for Chicago area notes week starting July 10 will bring generally fair skies and moderate temperatures early, warmer conditions midweek with a shower period, then cooler and generally fair toward the end. Includes regional timing and temperature hints for the upper Mississippi valley.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Two Child Actors Found After Overnight Absence
HOLLYWOOD AP Twelve year-old Schuyler Standish and his sister Penny ten, child screen actors, were found walking along a Santa Monica highway after leaving home believing they burdened their mother. They were spotted by two older girls and brought home. Their mother Mrs C W Standish, a widow, reported no one answered when she called. Schuyler marked his twelfth birthday on March 3 with a note declaring he would no longer be treated as a child.
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Hollywood
Schuyler Standish
Penny
Santa Monica
Schuster
C W Standish
Poony
Bing Crosby
Schuyler
Zinsmaster Bakery Fire Destroys Des Moines Plant
A spectacular blaze gutted Zinsmaster Breads Inc bakery in Des Moines Saturday. Fire crews fought the flames after 8:00 p.m., drawing a third alarm and thousands of onlookers as police lines were breached. Three employees were inside. none injured. Company president John Todd declined to estimate losses. The plant is among Des Moines’ six large bakeries.
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Des Moines
Zinsmaster Breads, Inc
Rasrond Douglas
Checker
Bat
Douglas
John Todd
Imsmaster
Europe Not Calm Even Amid Heat
Weekend report from Europe notes rising heat across the continent with policy moves in Denmark France and talks involving Britain and the Soviet Union. Danish mobilization for neutrality defense and youth labor service are ordered as Daladier plans incentives to boost birth rates while Daladier considers decree powers to back family growth and colonial outlets.
Czechs Ordered To Transfer Holdings To National Bank
Prague dispatch reports Baron Constantin von Neurath ordered Bohemia Moravia residents to surrender all foreign exchange bonds and gold to the national bank. The measure mirrors Reich foreign exchange law and amounts to confiscation under Nazi control. The directive signals the protectorate’s identity fading as Nazi domination extends.
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Prague
INS
Bohemia-Moravia Protectorate
Baron Constantin von Neurath
National Bank
Reichsbank
Desperate bank robbers chase across Nebraska Colorado
Federal and state officers pursue a gunman and his companion after a Fort Morgan Colorado bank holdup. A chase through Sidney Nebraska ends when they clash with police. One bandit killed, another wounded, and a stolen car used to flee toward Kimball and beyond. An ensuing gun battle injures officers. loot valued at five to ten thousand dollars.
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Sidney
Neb
Federal
Nebrask
Colorado
Platt River
Sidney Goat
Fort Morgan
Colo
Sidney A Moore
Harvey Vivine
Matin Street
Viaine
Pai
Nebraska
Morgan
Moore
Vizina
Forrest Tremain
Local Bandit Pair Believed Seen By Marshalltown Cop
Marshalltown police traced a daylight holdup at 529 Eighth Street SE where Amir Farah and his daughter Doloris were threatened and more than $125 stolen. An Illinois car with two occupants was spotted, the officer reporting two suspects described as tall and shorter bandits, tan complexions, wearing brown and blue clothing. Police suspect transients, with possible Cedar Rapids clues under review.
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Amir Farah
Doloris
Eighth Street
Marshalltown
Illinois
Cedar, Rapids
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Cyur
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Russia
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Bugs" Baer
Topica
Cedar Rapids News
Air Corps High Command
Goering
Munich
Britain
France
F.D.R
Ase
J. A. Ramey ‘and Family
Harmony Lodge
Louie
Michigan
Punk
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Burden
Zinsmaster Bakery
Chamberlain
Copenhagen
Daladier
Moscow
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