HGH Tribunal Intervenes in Contempt Case Hearings
The Iowa Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from the Maytag strike contempt convictions of three union officials, stayed sentences, and set bonds at 2000 each. The case involves William Sentner James Carey and Hollis Hall, with the court directing records be produced by July 25.
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Des Moines
State Supreme Court
Maytag
Newton
High Court
Tower Court
Nelson G. Kraschel
Supreme Court
District Court of
William Sentner
St. Louis
James Carey
New York
Hollis Hall
Homer Fuller
Sentner
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
May
Fuller
McNutt
Hall
Carey
Seize 127 Pints In Raid For Liquor
Sheriff James H. Smith and Deputy Harlan Snyder raided 1303 Oakland Ave NE at 9 30 p m Friday uncovering 127 pints of whisky with Illinois state stamps in a basement cellar and fruit closet. Resident A M Sammett 58 was jailed then released to report to the county attorney. illegal possession of liquor to be charged.
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James H. Smith
Harlan Snyder
Oakland Avenue NE
M. Sammett
G. K. Thompson
H. R. Churchill
New Farm Law Faces Test On Wheat's Slash
Washington AP The administration aims to limit 1939 wheat plantings to the smallest acreage in 30 years under the new farm law. Secretary Wallace set a national allotment of 55 million acres, about 25 million less than current plantings, forecasting 967 million bushels this year and a possible 400 million bushel surplus. Compliance offers about 125 million dollars in payments to farmers to curb surpluses and support prices.
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Washington
Wallace
Fugitives From South Dakota Training School Handed to G men
Sheriff Ed Bartels of Sweet Grass county said he would turn the case of thirteen boys and girls into the federal bureau of investigation. The group, captured in the Crazy mountains after a gunfight, included 17 year old Virgil Britton who was wounded and listed as recovering. They fled Plankinton institution last Sunday after stealing a car to reach Montana.
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Big Timber
Mont
Ed Bartels
Sweet Grass County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
South Dakota
Crazy Mountains
Virgil Britton
Montana
Plankinton, S. D
Babs Seeks Formal Separation From Danish Husband
Countess Barbara Haugwitz-Reventlow in London for discussions with her Danish attorney about an early move to formal separation from her nobleman husband. Her lawyer is due in London on Monday.
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London
Barbara Haugwitz-Reventlow
Unemployment in U S Drops in June Says Perkins
In Southampton Frances Perkins reports June unemployment fell while she sails to New York aboard the Washington. She notes November estimates of 10 million unemployed and 40 million employed and says Britain shows remarkable improvement in industrial conditions as recovery begins.
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Southampton
England
United States
Frances Perkins
New York
Washington
Roosevelt
Britain
Miss Perkins
Want Ads Bring Quick Rent for Furnished Apartment
A Gazette Want Ad primer urges readers to place small ads to rent rooms or sell items. An example shows Mrs. R. H. Bollinger receiving 45 calls and renting the apartment by the second day. The ad notes a sublet offer for seven weeks with a dial number 7088.
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Sunday Gazette
R. H. Bollinger
2Nd Ave. SE
The
Advertiser
Gazette Want
Iowa Republicans Nominate Women For State Offices On First Ballot
Idaho Republicans nominate two candidates on the first ballot including Miss Jessie Parker of Lake Mills for state superintendent and Barr Keshlear of Shenandoah for state commerce commissioner. The convention backed a pro labor stance opposing sit down strikes and praised A F L leader Green.
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Des Moines
B. B Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Jessie Parker
Lake Mills
Barr Keshlear
Shenandoah
Lucy E. Hall
Newton
Green
American Federation of Labor
Post
Charles F. Martin
Maquoketa
Keshlear
Iowa
H R. Stewart
Oskaloosa
John Olson
Calamus
N. C. Gray
Blencoe
David B. Long
J. W. Hastings
Miss Parker
P. C. Lapham
Charles City
Republican Commerce Commission
B. M. Richardson
Ickes Warns on PWA Lobbying and Blacklisting
PWA Administrator Ickes warned that cities using paid lobbyists to win PWA allotments risk being blacklisted. An inquiry into Glenn E. Miller’s activities led to eight California projects being deferred, with Miller labeled persona non grata and efforts to determine all projects involved. Allotments paid for Miller’s influence would be suspended pending investigation.
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Washington
Ins
PWA
Ickes
Glenn E. Miller
California
Miller
New Deal
Russia Declares War Emergency in Siberia Front
Bulletin from Moscow reports Soviet Russia naming General Vasily Bluecher commander in chief of the Far Eastern front. Fresh troops flowed from interior lines into eastern Siberia as a state of war emergency was declared.
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Russia
Siberia
Moscow
Vasily Bluecher
Far Eastern Special Corps
Far Eastern Front
Japan protests Soviet invasion near Hunchun
TOKIO reports Japan filed a strong protest in Moscow over Soviet troops entering Manchukuo near Hunchun. Japan says the occupation of Mount Chang-kufen on the Manchukuo frontier is illegal and demands immediate withdrawal amid warnings of complications.
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TOKIO
INS
Japan
Moscow
Manchukuan
Hunchun
Hsingking
Manchukuo
Mount Changkufen
Posettin Bay
Bashin
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt Visits Rochester to See James
Eleanor Roosevelt arrives in Rochester to visit her son James Roosevelt who has been a Mayo Clinic patient since June 22 for a stomach ailment. She is met by Dr. and Mrs. Mayo and Dr. and Mrs. Paul O Leary and will stay with Dr. Mayo over the weekend before likely returning to Hyde Park with her son.
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Rochester
Minn
Eleanor Roosevelt
Northwest Airlines
James
W. J. Mayo James Roosevelt
Mayo Clinic
Paul O'Leary
Roosevelt
Skater and actor Jack Dunn dies of tularemia in Hollywood
English skating star and film actor Jack Dunn, 23, died after a rare tularemia infection in Hollywood. A last minute serum from two recovered patients was used in an attempt to save him. Dunn, taken to hospital July 4 for an eye infection, was diagnosed with tularemia on Friday. His mother Marguerita Pugh of London was en route when he died. The blood donors were Walter Rampe and John P. Hamilton. The case notes indicate uncertainty whether he handled rabbits.
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Hollywood
INS
Jack Dunn
Dunn
Marguerita Pugh
London
Walter Rampe
John P. Hamilton
A G. Bower
Edwin Ruth
New Heat Wave Brings 93 Reading
Cedar Rapids faced a heat wave Saturday as the thermometer rose from 67 at 7 a.m. to 93 by 1 45 p.m. Friday peaked at 87 at 5 p.m. with 86 at 7 p.m. and 69 at midnight on the Chambers Ins keep company thermometer.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Sun
Mercury
Chambers
Forecast Eases Strain On Northwest Forest Fire Crews
More than 2,000 firefighters battled about 200 fires across the Pacific Northwest as forecasts of cooler, more humid conditions provided relief. The blazes followed a heat wave and recent thunderstorms aiding suppression.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Labor league blacklists about forty solons in wage bill clash
The CIO led by John L. Lewis branding some 40 congress members as unalterably opposed to labor aims placed them in a D category on a labor stand chart. The list includes several veteran House chairmen and Senators Thomas, Barkley, McAdoo, Bulkley, plus others in the AFL split, signaling electoral pressure and party realignments.
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Washington
CIO
John L. Lewis
Congress
House Rules Committee
Lewis
Capitol
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
Rap A. F. L
A. F. of L
Adams
Colo
Lonergan
Conn
Sumners
Tex
Lamneeck
Ohio
League
E. L. Oliver
Cox
Georgia
Driver
Arkansas
Smith
Virginia
Clark
North Carolina
Dies
Texas
Colorado
Martin
Massachusetts
Manes
Michigan
Taylor
Tennessee
McLean
New Jersey
House Committee
Oliver
Thomas
Oklahoma
Barkley
Kentucky
A. B. Chandler
McAdoo
California
Bulkley
Edward C. Eicher
William S. Jacobsen
Otha D. Wealiy
Owa
Hughes Flight. Around the World In One Pair of Sex
In a humorous aviation tale by Arthur Bugs Naer the narrator jokes about a world flight using a single pair of sex and an extra spare. The piece credits Wiley Pest as still the top round tripper and notes the cooperative spirit to propel feats in aviation.
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Hughes
Arthur
Bugs" Naer
Roosevelt backs McAdoo for Senate amid train tour
President Roosevelt publicly endorses Senator William Gibbs McAdoo during a Los Angeles stop on his cross country train journey. Roosevelt had earlier written to McAdoo and noted his preference for McAdoo's reelection as a New Deal Democrat. He also announced Elmer Andrews as wage hour act administrator after a Yosemite trip.
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Los Angeles
Roosevelt
William Gibbs McAdoo
McAdoo
Senate
High Sierra Nevadas
San Diego
Houston
Galapagos Islands
Panama Canal
United States
Pensacola
Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Elmer Andrews
New York State
Yosemite National Park
Andrews
New Czech Troop Displays On Nazi Border Reported
Berlin based DNB says new Czechoslovak mobilization movements were seen along a 65 mile front from Troppau to Trautenau with artillery and machine guns in view. Roads were blocked by military barricades. London says there is nothing unusual to report from Jan Masaryk after Czech delegation denial.
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Berlin
DNB
Waldenburg
Silesia
Troppau
Trautenau
London
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovak Police Leaves Cancelled Amid Tensions
The Daily Express reports from Prague that all Czechoslovak state police leaves have been canceled due to rising tension between Czechs and Sudeten Germans.
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London
Ins
Daily Express
Prague
Nine Hurt In Auto Collision At Mount Vernon Ave
A Friday afternoon crash at Mount Vernon avenue and Thirtieth street SE injured nine people. C W Wagoner route 4 received a deep scalp wound and concussion and was taken to Mercy hospital. John Haescler of Mount Vernon and three companions plus Wagoner’s family were treated at St Luke's hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
C. W. Wagoner
Route 4
John Haescler
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Avenue
Thirtieth Street
Wagoner
Mercy Hospital
Haeseler
Don Lahman
William Rogers
Ian Rodman
St. Luke's Hospital
Hughes Flees To Refuge On Long Island
Howard Hughes sought seclusion after New York's overwhelming acclaim for his round the world flight. He slipped from a hotel with four companions and drove to a Long Island estate near Oyster Bay. Officials announced a medal for his achievement and Hull planned to visit Hughes and crew in Washington next week.
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New York
INS
Howard Hughes
Long Island
Oyster Bay
Central Park
Hughes
Broadway
City Hall
Army
Navy
Washington
Army and Navy Union
Richard Merrill
England
Hull
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Troyanovsky
Katharine Hepburn
Inquest Ordered into Heiress Maybelle Sidley Death
Ontario Attorney General Conant orders an inquest for July 26 into the death of malted milk heiress Maybelle Horlick Sidley who died at her attorney W. Perkins Bull's home on July 6. Bull received a coroner's summons at his home. his son Thomas Henry Bull continued to England after a stopover in Quebec.
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Toronto
INS
Conant
Ontario
Maybelle Horlick Sidley
W. Perkins Bull
Bull
Montreal
Thomas Henry Bull
England
Gagnon
Quebec
Bedford
Insull Dies in Paris Subway Heart Attack
Samuel Insull, once a utilities czar who built a vast empire, collapsed in a Paris subway and died minutes later. The 78-year-old financier had arrived in Paris to visit his wife and was found with 74 francs in his pockets after the incident near the Metro. Mrs Insull fainted upon hearing the news and burial plans pointed to London.
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Paris
Samuel Insull
United States
Ins
Edwin A. Platt
Tam
Insull
Chicago
France
St. Lawrence River
Quebec
Hick en loop her Hickenlooper tale stirs Des Moines crowd
Des Moines in quotes recounts B B Hickenlooper telling a self deprecating anecdote about his name as a boy when a friend tried to introduce him to his mother. The exchange ends with the mother remarking the name sounds just like Hick en looper.
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Des Moines
INS
B. B. Hickenlooper
Hickenlooper
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