Texas heir Howard Hughes aims world circumnavigation in record time
A young Texan, Howard Hughes, inherited wealth and plans a world circumnavigation in under 16 hours, surpassing Lindbergh’s era. His crew will fly nonstop from New York to Paris, leveraging aviation advances since Lindbergh’s flight. Hughes blends cinema fame with daring endurance to pursue this ambitious thriller.
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New York
Paris
Lindbergh
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Hollywood
Iowa Republicans and the farm program debate in 1940 season
The piece argues campaign focus on the farm program is futile for Iowa politicians. It cites Dave McCreery urging Republicans not to use AAA reforms as a campaign issue, and notes broader national reaction to Justice Cardozo and protests around Maytag, CIO, and arbitration.
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Iowa
Dave McCreery
Linn County
McCreery
AAA
Washington
Truth about Newton labor dispute and external influence
The text suggests the company would accept higher wages hours and conditions but resists binding deals with a minority of workers acting from outside the state. These workers allegedly wield a reign of terror in the plant and city. If arbitration fails the public has a stake in the controversy and lawlessness.
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Newton
Gail Burck Aids Breakup of Hollywood Con Game
Gail Burck Pasadena attorney, husband of Cedar Rapids native Barbara Douglas, helps expose a brazen Hollywood confidence scheme. Two men, George Smart and Layne Britton, forged Louis B Mayer’s name on notes totaling about 100000 dollars to fund secret bonuses for stars including Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy and Charles Laughton. Smart confessed after being confronted, and the case implicates Metro Goldwyn Mayer staffers while detailing Smart’s rise from sound technician to chief forger.
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Gail Burck
Pasadena
Barbara Douglas
Cedar Rapids
George B. Douglas
Hollywood
United Press
Burek
Louis B Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Burck
Mayer
Jeanette MacDonald
Nelson Eddy
Charles Laughton
George Donald Smart
Layne Britton
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart
Aubrey Austin
Santa Monica State Bank
Fitts
Miss McDonald
Austin
Charles D. Case
Eddy
Laughton
Mr. Burck
E. B. Morgan
R. W. Grigg
Mayer Home
Public Interest May Determine Settlement Outcome
Public interest may decide settlement. A lawless challenge to courts in Newton risks wider state damage. If Governor Kraschel rejects the result, all Town faces worry. Arbitrators’ success matters, but unofficial arbitration to shield courts and officials is deplorable.
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Newton
Kraschel
Kidnap Victim Slain in Recatch of Escaped Convicts
In Georgia, traveling salesman W A Brannon of Brunswick was shot and killed during a gun battle as six convicts fleeing Tattnall state prison were recaptured near Risboro. Earlier the gang abducted guard T W McCullough and forced him to lead them toward Ludowici. among them was feared escape artist Forrest Turner.
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Reidsville
INS
Tattnall
W A. Brannon
Brunswick
Ludowici
Mark Sims
Riceboro
T. W McCullough
Ludowici Forrest Turner
Mrs. L. C. Myers Ends Life Amid Ill Health Struggles
Mrs. L. C. Myers about 48 of 1025 Tenth Street SE fatally shot herself in the bedroom of her home around 6 50 a m Monday. Aileen F. Mann, her household employer, found the body after hearing a noise. County coroner Dr B L Knight ruled death by suicide, noting despondency over ill health. The body was taken to Janeba and Brosh mortuary.
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Cedar Davids
L. C Myers
Tenth Street SE
Aileen F. Mann
Cedar Rapids Heat Wave Measured By Peak 94
The Cedar Rapids area endured a mid-July heat wave with temperatures rising from 68 at 6 am to 94 by 2 45 pm. Sunday topped at 92 around 4 pm, while rainfall totaled .12 inches early Sunday. Readings from the Chambers Inskeep recorder noted evening lows of 71 at midnight and 87 at 7 pm.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company Recorder
85-Foot Plunge Nets $2 Bet, Ends With Arrest
William F. Dudley, 34, leaped 85 feet from a bridge into the Potomac to win a $2 bet. Police charged him with swimming from a bridge, and he refused hospital care saying he did not feel well.
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Washington (Ap
William F. Dudley
Potomac River
Dudley
Maytag Parley to Open Hearings in Newton
An arbitration board named by Gov Kraschel completed its organization and ordered open hearings at Newton after inspecting the Maytag plant. The three‑member panel includes B F Kauffman for the public, Frank Wilson for the CIO union, and E H Pollard for the company.
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DES Moines
INS
Nelson G. Kraschel
Maytag Washing Machine Company
Newton
B. F. Kauffman
Frank Wilson
Albia
Iowa
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
E. H. Pollard
Fort Madison
Maytag strike leader Wilbert Allison arrested
Newton Iowa Wilbert Allison president of the striking Maytag local union was arrested Monday afternoon on a grand jury warrant. The incident prompted further coverage on page two with continuing details in column five.
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Newton, Ia
Wilbert Allison
Maytag
Iowa corn and wheat crops forecast cut from last year
Iowa's 1938 corn crop is estimated at 427.6 million bushels, down 15 percent from 1937, with a 10.18 million acre corn area nine percent below a year ago and 9.32741 hundred thousand acres above the 1938 AAA allotment. Winter wheat is put at 10.998 million bushels and spring wheat at 330 thousand. oats at 220.894 million.
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Des Moines
Agriculture Department
Towa
Department
Leslie M Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Jowa
Carl
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt Warns Southern Democrats On Seniority
President Roosevelt signals a sharp weapon may be aimed at southern senators opposing renomination. He contrasts experience with inexperience in the Senate, arguing seniority yields stronger committee influence while noting Barkley, George, Smith, and Tydings as veterans under scrutiny. He hints of New Deal opponents in primaries without naming specific targets.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
House
George
Georgia
Smith
South Carolina
Tydings
Maryland
New Deal
Youth Shot By Sheriff Dies After Escape Attempt
Adolph Hupka, 19, of Jersey City New Jersey, died July 5 in Jersey City hospital authorities said. Hupka had been shot by Sheriff James Smith while fleeing custody at the rear of the courthouse last November. He was being moved toward the jail when he broke away and ran toward the Fourth avenue foot bridge. a shot fired by the sheriff pierced his spine after the bullet glanced off the bridge. He had been confined in Mercy hospital for weeks before being sent home.
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Celar Rapids
Adolph Hupka
Jersey City
N. J
James Smith
Court House
Hupka
Tama
Beverly
Smith
Fourth Avenue Foot Bridge
Mercy Hospital
Hold Up At Rich's Store Nets 30000 In Cash
Two neatly dressed young men robbed two messengers for Rich's department store in Atlanta on Monday afternoon, escaping with an estimated $30,000 in cash and checks. The bold daytime heist targeted the department store's delivery and security staff. Investigators pursue leads as authorities describe the antigovernment style thefts.
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Atlanta, Ga
INS
Rich's, Inc
Atlanta
Corrigan recalls unheralded transcontinental solo hop
Roosevelt Field New York Douglas P Corrigan recounts his Long Beach California to Roosevelt Field non stop flight in an eight year old Curtiss Robin. He flew 2700 miles in under 28 hours with no radio and minimal instruments and landed with five gallons of fuel. He says the flight was a vacation trip and costs totaled 110 dollars.
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Roosevelt Field
N.Y
Douglas P. Corrigan
Howard Hughes
Paris
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Corrigan
Long Beach
Calif
Hughes
Lindbergh
Ocean
Rockies
New Mexico
el Paso
Memphis
Northrop Airplane Company
Los Angeles
Ryan Airplane Factory
San Diego
Allred Named District Judge by Roosevelt in Texas
President Roosevelt unexpectedly named Gov James V Allred of Texas as U S district judge for the southern district before about 10 000 Texans in Wichita Falls. The visit featured a radio address and a warning against luring industry with cheap labor while Texas politics heated with 13 gubernatorial hopefuls.
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Allred
Roosevelt
Wichita Falls
Tex
James V Allred
Texas
U S
Alfred
United States
Eliott
CIO Cab Drivers Strike Breaks. New Orleans Cabs Normal
Police guards for non strikers withdrawn after Yellow Cab announces CIO organized drivers strike ended and cabs operate normally in New Orleans.
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CIO
New Orleans
INS
Yellow Cab Company
Hughes at the Helm Transatlantic Flight Plan
Profile of Howard Hughes as a private, fearless aviator. The article notes his 1936 speed record across the United States, his cautious public persona, simple living, and unconventional habits. It highlights his independence from publicity and his confidence in his aircraft projects.
Log Of Hughes Hop Across Atlantic
The log records Howard Hughes on a transatlantic hop from Floyd Bennett Field. Entries show times from 5:20 pm to midnight with positions near Rockland Maine Nova Scotia Bay of Fundy Cape Breton and over water. Notes include speeds 180 to 192 mph compass celestial navigation rain contact with radio stations and a water hop plan.
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Floyd Bennett Field
Boston
New York
Rockland
Nova Scotia
Bay of Fundy
Margaretsville
Cape
National Broadcasting Company
Hughes
Hughes Cuts Time Made by Lindy in Half
Hughes after crossing the Atlantic in record time landed in Paris ahead of schedule but delayed by a tail crack in his twin monoplane. He hoped to reach Moscow next, aiming to beat Wiley Post’s seven day, 19 hour solo round the world record. Ambassador Bullitt greeted Hughes and his crew as crowds cheered Vive les Americains.
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Paris
Uoward Hughes
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
American Flyer
Moscow
United States
William C. Bullitt
Hughes
Bullitt
London
Grateful Suburbs To Be Consolidated On This Political Trip
Political commentary notes a planned consolidation of Grateful Suburbs during a trip. The piece cites criticism of cross country speeches and campaigns while noting SEC restrictions on shares pose no obstacle to stock action.
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SEC
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Cedar Rapids News
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Westwood Village
State
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Elliotts
Leon O'Daniels
William McCraw
E. O. Thompson
Huey Long
O'Daniels
Devon Francis
AP Aviation Scilor
Howard Robard Hughes
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Dick Palmer
Envoy Owens
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Jack Hamilton
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