Hartley liquor delivery probe spurs Iowa officials
Chairman Bernard Manley of the Iowa Liquor Control Commission vows relentless inquiry into a suspected delivery of 200 cases of alcohol and 10 of whisky to the Hartley store. State and federal authorities are urged to expose rumors of illegal liquor with proper state seals and to prevent a repeat of the Mercurio seals fiasco.
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Bernard Manley
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Hartley
Liquor Commission
Mercurio
Gasoline Blast Injures 100 in Atlantic City Fire
A massive gasoline explosion at the Pure Oil plant in Atlantic City NJ injures more than 100 people including firefighters and spectators. Flames reach a coal yard and adjoining oil plant as 40 000 gallons ignite, triggering a city wide alarm and heavy damage estimates.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Pure Oil Company
Two Naval Flyers Jump From Dived Plane Near Puget Sound
Two Navy pilots leaped to safety when their land plane attached to the U S S Idaho dived 2500 feet into Puget Sound near Vashon Island during target practice with two seaplanes. Pilot Heddon and Machinist Mate Stewart aboard the craft survived.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Vashon Island
Heddon
Stewart
U.S.S
Idaho
Caterpillar Company Guests Visit La Plant Choate Plant
About 140 to 150 Caterpillar Tractor group executives dealers and distributors will visit the La Plant Choate Peoria factory and see La Plant Choate and Caterpillar equipment tested on site. They will attend golf at Cedar Rapids Country Club and a Saturday banquet at the Roosevelt hotel with special plans for accompanying wives. Harold Graves domestic sales representative for La Plant Choate leads arrangements.
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Caterpillar Tractor Organization
Peoria
United States
la Plant-Choate Company
la Plant- Choate
Caterpillar Tractor Company
Caterpillar
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Harold Graves
No Such Thing as Stepsons of Fate
A 1937 column argues that bad luck excuses block progress, citing stories like Markheim and Shakespeare to claim that defeat is overcome by will. It asserts all people shape their lives, rejects fate as a master, and stresses personal responsibility and effort.
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Markheim
Stevenson
Shakespeare
Brutus
Liquor Board Drops Arrow Distillery Supply in Iowa
Iowa state liquor commission member Andrew Stewart said the board ordered discontinuance of liquor purchases from Arrow Distillery of Peoria Illinois after a trucker attempted to deliver outside liquor to the Hartley state store. Investigation paused until the driver returns from the east.
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Des Moines
Andrew Stewart
State Liquor Commission
Arrow Distillery Company
Peoria
Stewart
Hartley
Arrow Company
Town Liquor Control Commission
Iowa liquor officials weigh alleged Hartley deal rumor
Des Moines officials scrutinize an alleged liquor deal at Hartley Jr. as a bulletin draft targets managers and truck drivers. A trucker named Mr. Stuart allegedly offered 200 gallons of alcohol and 10 cases of whisky for delivery after dark to Hartley’s store, prompting questions about illegal transport into Iowa.
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INS
Liquor Commission
Hartley, Jr
Iowa
State Liquor Commission
Stuart
Hartley
G. H. Dunkleman
Hull warns Japan and China against war in far east
Secretary of State Cordell Hull issued a diplomatically worded policy restatement stressing that war in the far east would affect American and global interests. He did not name any country, but the statement aimed at readers in Japan and China amid ongoing tensions and prior calls from diplomats.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Japan
China
Far East
Hull
Coppers Remember Warrant Suspect Arrested Here
Salem Oregon Friday afternoon patrolmen Funcke and Kruide arrested R Barnes after recalling a car license matched a warrant issued by Marengo sheriff. Barnes faced defrauding a hotel keeper charge. An Omaha man and woman riding as paying passengers were released and continued to Chicago by train.
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Kruidenier
R. Barnes
Salem
Ore
Marengo
Barnes
Omaha
Chicago
Mack Says Roosevelt Will Not Run Again
Judge John E. Mack of Poughkeepsie New York said Roosevelt would not seek a third term. Mack a lifelong friend told reporters the next Democratic presidential nominee will not be Franklin D Roosevelt.
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Washington
John E. Mack
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mack
Senator Norris Will Complete His Senate Term
U S Senator George W Norris, 76, said in Waupaca Wisconsin that he plans to serve out his term despite rumors of retirement after a three week illness. He and Mrs Norris expect to stay at their McCrossen Lake retreat during the Washington summer.
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Waupaca
Wis
U. S
George W. Norris
Naval Hospital
Washington, D. C
Norris
McCrossen Lake
Washington
Bodies Found Of Two Drowning Victims In Cedar River
Within an hour after the body of Mrs Jessie Thorne was found a third victim Mrs Ada Marie Andrew was recovered. Frank A Trout located her body in the Cedar River near Covington. Vernon L Reeves, brother of Mrs Andrew, was found 200 feet downstream. Funeral services for Reeves will be held at 2 p m Sunday at Turner chapel.
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Cedar River
Covington
Ada Marie Andrew
Frank A. Trout
Sixteenth Street
Vernon L. Reeves
Reeves
Andrew
Zhorne
Cousiné Qemell
Ans Ri
Tetrall
Depe
Tiel
Reeved
Will
Turner Chapel
Mae West Husband Suit Ends In Wallace Victory
Frank Wallace, Mae West's 1911 husband, won a superior court ruling declaring him her husband. Judge Robert W. Kenney ordered West to pay costs and struck defenses admitting the marriage, while permitting other parts of her answer to remain.
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Los Angeles
Frank Wallace
New -York
Mae West
Superior Court
Robert W. Kenny
Wallace
Miss West
Copeland and Whalen Enter Mayoral Race in New York
Senator Royal S. Copeland and Grover A. Whalen announced plans to run in the democratic mayoral race. Copeland would represent Tammany, while Whalen seeks party backing from the other counties. Manhattan leaders struggle to unite as Levy plans an independent bid. Whalen accepts the call. Copeland urges a united ticket and primaries if needed.
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New York
Royal S. Copeland
Grover A. Whalen
Copeland
Manhattan
Fiorello LaGuardia
Whalen
James J. Walker
Samuel J. Levy
James J. Dooling
Tammany Hall
Dooling
LaGuardia
Japanese May Start Drive in China Saturday
Three thousand Chinese troops have surrounded the Japanese concession at Hankow. The Japanese embassy in Peiping doubled precautions to protect nationals amid fears of an imminent explosion in North China.
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China
Hong Kong, China
INS
Hankow
Peiping
North
Japan prepares major North China offensive this weekend
Reports from Tokyo indicate about 50 000 Japanese troops will move into North China with one division from Japan and another from Manchukuo. Censorship tightens as 300 to 500 Japanese planes are deployed and patrol boats monitor the Korea to Siberia coast amid fear of a Soviet confrontation.
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Shanghai
INS
Japan
China
Tokio
Mera
North China
Korea
Siberia
Sino Japanese dispute escalates to partial mobilization in Japan
Tokyo reports partial troop mobilization as Japan and the Chinese border crisis tighten. Empire seeks mobilization on a war footing for a crucial weekend, with officials warning the next two to three days could decide between war and peace. Thirty divisions of Chinese troops are mentioned in ominous war office dispatches.
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TOKIO
INS
China
Japan
Far East
War Office
Final Search For Earhart Plane Underway On Lexington
Navy flyers resumed a final search for Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan aboard the USS Lexington in the mid Pacific. Sixty three planes scour the Gilberts area near the date line while coast guard Itasca and minesweeper Swan patrol offshore. If not found by Saturday the long pursuit may end.
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U'S. S. Lexington
Mid-Pacific
Navy
Amelia Earhart
Fred Noonan
Auckland
N. Z
Lexington
Aviation
Lyers
Pacific
Equator
Coast Guard
Itasca
Swan
Gilbert Islands
Gilbert Archipelago
Czech cabinet resigns after reform
Prague reports Premier Milan Hodza and his cabinet resign Friday night. The group had been reformed in November 1935 and now steps down, marking a political shift in Czechoslovakia.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Milan Hodza
National League Baseball Scores Slugfest Across Pairings
Boston and Chicago split a doubleheader in a compact set of games with heavy offense and pitching notes. The ledger lists line scores, contributing pitchers, and key batters across multiple matchups including St Louis Philadelphia Cincinnati Brooklyn New York Detroit and Boston vs Chicago with varied results and run totals.
Perry Man Freed After Insanity Finding In 1931 Denison Burned Body Case
John M. Smith of Perry, once a gubernatorial candidate, was released by District Judge J. S. Cooper at Adel Iowa. He faces no trial on charges of attempting to defraud an insurance company and bigamy. A burned body was found near Denison in 1931 in a truck owned by his Perry insecticide firm. Smith had been confined after an insanity finding but was deemed sane by the Iowa state sanity commission. Pauline Shaw’s whereabouts are unknown, diminishing fraud evidence.
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Perry
Johin M
Smith
Adel
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Iowa State Sanity Commission
Pauline Shaw
Kansas
Iowa
Denison
Governor names Kirtley executive assistant after talks
Gov. Nelson G. Krasch el says he appointed adviser G. W. Kirtley as executive assistant only after conferring with Atty. Gen. John H. Mitchell. The issue centers on salary limits for the governor's secretary and whether Kirtley's title change is legal.
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Des Moines
INS
the Lakes
Nelson G. Krasch
G. W. Kirtley
John H. Mitchell
Gustave Alesch
House Appropriations
Alesch
Kirtley
Robert Burlingame
Roosevelt agrees to let Senate elect a new leader
President Roosevelt, grieving for Senator Robinson, convened White House talks with Byrnes Farley Harrison and Hatch to discuss plans for the supreme court fight and New Deal legislation. The sessions touched on leadership, the court bill, and a future Senate leadership choice with a stated hands off stance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Supreme Court
Joe T. Robinson
Sen
James Francis Byrnes
South Carolina
Robinson
Byrnes
N. M. Harrison
Farley
Cinrt
Democratic * National “Committee
Hatch
Harrison
An Hatch
Alben
Wiliam Barkley
Mr. Roosevelt
Gillette Declares Free Agent Role in Court Fight
Senator Guy Gillette Iowa says he is now a free agent in the Senate showdown over court reform and can vote as he pleases. He had been paired with Senator Norris Nebraska against the court bill but transferred the pairing to Senator Bankhead Alabama, stating he wanted to be on record on the court change issue.
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Gazette
Washington
Senate
Guy Gillette
Iowa
George Norris
Nebraska
Gillette
Senator Bankhead
Alabama
Chinese Envoy And Hull Discuss U S Action In Far East
Dr. C. T. Wang Chinese ambassador said he spoke with Secretary Hull about China's plea for the United States and other nine power treaty signatories to take action in the Sino Japanese crisis.
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Hull
U. S
Far East
Washington
C. T. Wang
China
United States
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