Soviet Polar Flyers Hang Up New Marks
Russia's second trans polar flight ends in a cow pasture near San Jacinto California after 62 hours and 13 minutes aloft. Pilots Mikhail Gromoff Andrei Yumasheff and navigator Sergei Danilin report fuel leakage, speak no English, and are greeted by local owner Peter Ethhelberry and U.S. Army observers from March Field.
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Calif
Ins
Russia
California
Here
Mikhail Gromoff
Andrei Yumasheff
Sergei Danilin
Iowa
Moscow
Paul Codos
Maurice Rossi
New York
Syria
Vancouver
Wash
Peter Ethhelberry
Etchelberry
U. S. Army Signal Corps
March Field
Riverside
U. S. Army Guards
H. V. Strahm
Worry and Faith as Remedies in Everyday Living
A reader outlines chronic worry from morning to night and its toll on efficiency. The piece cites psychologist advice to relax, then argues true cure lies in religious faith, citing William James and Dr Newton's view that shifting the self from center stage brings lasting peace.
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William James
Alphabetical Way Of Doing Things So Confusing
Humor piece by Arthur Baer lampoons WPA reorganizing industry into workers and strikers. He imagines dividing WPA staff to balance sides and marching out to consume concrete roads and plant leftover CCC trees. Published as a satirical quip from 1937.
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WPA
CCC
Search for Earhart Noonan widens as Lexington seeks over Gilbert Islands
Amid waning hope 300 naval airmen extended the air sweep from the Lexington and escorts over 200000 square miles east and west of the date line and south of the equator. Forty-two planes opened the mission with many canceled due to storms. Officials aim to cover Gilbert Islands area as crews search for the missing flyer and navigator.
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Mid-Pacific
Amelia Earhart
Fred Noonan
Pacific
Lexington
Ilasea
Swan
Gilbert Islands
Howland Island
Orin G. Murfin
Fourteenth Naval District
Pearl Harbor
Miss Earhart
Noonan
Lae
New Guinea
Gilbert Archipelago
Gilberts
Gilbert Group
Preacher 13 Charged With Killing Woman in Paris Missouri
Prosecuting Attorney Tom Proctor filed a first degree murder charge against Rev. C. E. Newton in connection with the fatal slaying of Mrs. Kelly. Her body was found on the Mississippi near Louisiana Missouri as investigators developed evidence including blood stains in Newtons car and a note detailing education for her son.
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C. E. Newton
Ilinois
Tom Proctor
Ill
Kelly
Wilkes
Depu
Philip Turpin
Pike County
Louisiana
Newton
Francis
Gene
Quincy
Paris Savings Bank
Frank C. Haley
Mrs. Kelly
Washington Iowa Painter Dies After Scaffold Fall
Lon Moothart aged 65, a painter, died in Washington county hospital after being injured Tuesday when a scaffold rope broke, sending him 40 feet to the sidewalk. His companion Van Deherman, 52, steadied the rope but was left with a broken ankle and rope burns.
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Washington, Ia
Lon Moothart
Washington County Hospital
Moothart
van Deherman
Doberman
Six Wounded in Bastille Day Paris Riots
Six persons were wounded by revolver fire during Bastille Day ceremonies in Paris as rightists and leftists clashed. Many more were slightly injured in hand to hand fighting as police charged the crowd to rescue the wounded from being trampled.
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Marseille
France
Baseball scores and lineups from a midweek MLB card
American League and National League results feature multiple games with partial box scores. Notable lines include Cincinnati and Brooklyn with abbreviated totals, Detro it and New York showing late-innings runs, and Washington vs Cleveland with a rain-delayed finish.
Utility Active In Iowa City Election Case
The contested city election case in district court began with four aldermen challengers alleging bribery and corruption. Attys argued power company influence via the Iowa City Consumers Protective Association, which claimant officials say financed the ticket. the association claimed to have disbanded after 1935.
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Tawa
CVEX
John M. Rankin
Keokuk
Sona
D. C. Nolan
Municipal Ownership League
Iowa City Light and Power Company
Nolan
Power Company
Iowa City Consumers Protective Association
CNP
Protective Association
Herman Smith
Consumers Group
Indict CIO Leaders Over Blocking of Mails in Ohio
A federal grand jury in Cleveland returned indictments against nine men for blocking and retarding the mails amid the Ohio steel strike. Named defendants include Joseph M. Morton and Kenneth Steed CIO chapter presidents at Massillon Ohio, plus Mike Walker Tony Crisch Dominic Scarpine Theodore Pietowski of Youngstown, Will Williams Sam Caputo of Warren and Leo Cox of Massillon. Clyde Rocett of Garrettsville was not indicted.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Joseph M. Morton
Kenneth Steed
CIO
Massillon
Mike Walker
Tony Crisch
Dominic Scarpine
Theodore Pietowski
Youngstown
Will Williams
Sam Caputo
Warren
Leo Cox
Clyde Rocett
Garrettsville
Two Blame Strikers For Start Of Riot At South Chicago
A photographer and a 19 year old high school girl testified before a coroner's jury that strikers started the Memorial day disorders near the Republic steel plant in South Chicago. They said strikers threw clubs and missiles at police lines commanded by Captain James Mooney.
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Chicago
Republic Steel
Carl Linde
Jean Garey
James Mooney
Republic
Japan rejects China demands to withdraw troops
Tokyo bluntly refuses Chinese demands that Japan pull back its forces from the Peiping area and warns against outside interference in North China. The cabinet plans daily sessions as tensions rise with Kao Tsung-Wu and Wang Chung Hui directing talks from Nanking.
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Tokio
Japan
Peiping
China
K. Horinouchi
Shigeru Kawagoe
Tsingtao
Tientsin
Domei
Wang
Pao-Seon
Wang Chung- Hui
World Court
Kao Tsung-Wu
Nanking
Comei
Sacred Heart Hospital
Chiang Kai-shek
Senate Opposition Set New Procedure On Court Bill
Senate leaders opposed to the administration plan plan a return to the judiciary committee and likely a vote to end debate. They command a 51 vote majority and warned of extended summer debate if needed, while congressional activity pauses for Majority Leader Robinsons funeral in Little Rock.
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Senate
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Robinson
Little Rock
Umany
Administra- Srr Sacre Intatne 7
oBineca
Aukerman Hurt In Auto Hits Oil Truck Near West Branch
A. H. Aukerman of 416 Fifteenth Street SE suffered internal injuries and probable rib fractures after his car rear–ended a state highway oiling truck near West Branch at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. He was taken to Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids in fair condition. Aukerman, an employee of Equitable Life, cited glare and oil equipment as factors. he claimed the truck stopped without signaling.
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Fifteenth Street
West Branch
State
Highway Department
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Aukerman
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
Roosevelt eulogizes Robinson as a soldier who fell in battle
President Roosevelt labeled Senator Joseph Robinson a soldier who fell with face to the battle in a formal mourning statement. He praised Robinson as a pillar of strength, loyal to liberal ideals and the needs of the underprivileged, noting a career of integrity and public duty. Wheeler voices regret as Senate opposition to Robinson on the court continues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph Robinson
Joseph Taylor Robinson
Joe Robinson
Wheeler
Sen
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Cedar Rapids Man Injured Falling From Scaffold
In Cedar Rapids at the Iowa Electric Light and Power power house on B avenue near Sixth street a man fell eight feet from a scaffold while working in the basement. Rooney, a boilermaker's helper for Beck Construction, was hospitalized at St Luke's after a deep scalp laceration and possible leg fracture. He had been working since Monday.
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B Avenue
Sixth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Rooney
Beck Construction Company
Monaye
Roosevelt to Name Liberal for Supreme Court Seat
The death of Democratic Leader Robinson opens the way for a liberal nominee. Felix Frankfurter and others are mentioned as possible appointees. Roosevelt has not announced a choice. the court will resume in October after a summer recess. Senator Harrison calls Robinson’s death tragic at the prospect of a Supreme Court honor.
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Robinson
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Willis van Devanter
Senate
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard Law School
Cummings
Stanley Reed
Robert H. Jackson
James M. Landis
Securities Commission
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Donald R. Richberg
NRA
Justin Miller
Board of Tax Appeals
Ferdinand Pecora
Samuel Rosenman
New York
Pecora
Senate Banking Committee
Rosenman
Harrison
Miss
Supreme Bench
Senator Joe T. Robinson Dies in Washington
Democratic Senate leader Senator Joe T. Robinson of Arkansas died early Wednesday in his apartment in Washington after a week of illness. President Roosevelt ordered a state funeral in the Senate chamber Friday with the president as chief mourner. Burial will be in Little Rock, Arkansas, with coroner and Capitol physicians citing heart disease as the cause.
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Washington
APY
Joe T. Robinson
Roosevelt
Arkansan
Senate
Senate Chamber Friday At Noon With Mr. Roosevelt
Little Rock
Ark
Roosevelt Considering Arkansas Trip for Senator Robinson Funeral
President Roosevelt has tentatively arranged to attend Senator Joseph T. Robinson’s funeral in Arkansas. No White House announcement yet but preparations for a special train to carry him south are underway if feasible.
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Arkansas
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Joseph T.robinson
White House
Senator Robinson Dies in Capitol Shocking Capital
The 64 year old Democratic Leader died after collapsing in his room and lapsing into death as colleagues mourned in the Capitol. Plans to ship his body to Arkansas were laid as the administration faced turmoil over his absence and pending Supreme Court nomination.
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Senator Robinson
Arkansas
Robinson
Pat Harrison
Miss. and
Walsh
Mass
Supreme Bench
Senate
French How To Do It Flight Ends In California Admission
Soviet pilot Michael Gromoff says three flyers flew from Moscow to San Diego to show the French how to do it. They landed near San Jacinto after a non stop distance record, reporting their position only to complete the objective.
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March Field
Riverside
Calif
San Jacinto
Moscow
Michael Gromoff
Paris
San Diego
North America
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