Roosevelts Backers Seek End to Labor War Before Election
Friends of President Roosevelt push for a peace between William Green and John L. Lewis to avoid a split in labor voting in key states like New York and Pennsylvania. CIO and AFL leaders plan discreet talks while a formal conference remains unsettled.
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Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Congress
CIO
A. F. of L
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Colo
Lonergan
Conn
Sumners
Texas
Lamneck
Ohio
Green
White House
Th Cio
Decrees Ladies Day In Courtroom In West Palm Beach
Police Judge Ed Lake of West Palm Beach declared Tuesdays as ladies days in his court to spare women the embarrassment of appearing for minor traffic charges. He said he would hold special sessions to spare their feelings, but drunken driving offenders would face punishment with other cases.
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West Palm Beach
Fiza
Ed Lake
Man Hurt By Car While Walking Along Highway
Charles Wheeler aged 68 was injured when struck by a car along highway No. 30 just outside the west city limits. He received first aid at the county jail, then was taken to his home. Wheeler had left a beer parlor and wandered, later reporting the hit occurred as he walked along the road. He suffered a cut across the nose and cuts and abrasions to his left hand.
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Charles Wheeler
Eleventh Avenue
Highway No. 30
West
Wheeler
Hines and
Walsh
James H. Smith
F R Avenue
Second Street NW
Gasoline stove flareup wakes firemen to Evans home
A gasoline stove flareup routed firemen from bed at 10 58 p m Saturday. The blaze occurred at the home of C E Evans 722 Eighth SE. Companies No 4 and No 6 and the aerial ladder rushed to the scene.
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C. E. Evans
Rioting in Pittsburgh North Side Reaches Second Night
police restored order after a second night of clashes between white and Negro youths in Pittsburgh's North Side. A detective and a man were wounded by gunfire. at least 40 people arrested on inciting to riot charges as two districts saw violence stemming from pool-area tensions on West Park.
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Pittsburgh
North Side
West Park
Werner Wagner
James Lee Dixon
Walter Monaghan
Allegheny River
Golden Triangle
Monaghan
Westpark
Colorado WPA Aid Fired For Ordering Party Letter Typed
Paul D. Shriv er Colorado WPA director discharged a supervisor for ordering letters typed by WPA workers for the Pueblo county democratic central committee. Another supervisor was suspended as an investigation continues into the typing of letters on WPA time. The letters used Pueblo county central committee stationery.
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Denver
Paul D. Shriver
Colorado
WPA
Pueblo County Democratic Central Committee
Roosevelt
Shriver
Pueblo County Central Committee
Joseph B. Dillespie
Martha Thorne
Pueblo
Gillespie
Pueblo County
Strike Shuts Down Power Across Mexico in Protest
A two hour blackout hit a large portion of Mexico as workers strike over the killing of labor leader Armando Porras in Cuidad Juarez. The stoppage affected light and power service nationwide and occurred Saturday night.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Armando Porras
Cuidad Jurarez
Heiress Sidley Death Probe Focuses on Signature Checks
Police in Toronto under Attorney General orders exam ne Sidley estate checks signed by Mrs Mary belle Sidley to confirm signatures. Inquest set for July 26 will hear W Perkins Bull and son Thomas Heary Bull, with Sidley son planning to contest the will despite a probate clause.
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Marybelle Horlick Sidley
Racine
Wis
Gordon D. Conant
Sidley
W. Perkins Bull
Jir
Conant
Thomas Heary Bull
England
Maritime Express
Levis
Bull
World Wheat Crop Near Five Year High
Washington based officials reported the world wheat crop for the year may reach 4.18 billion bushels outside Russia and China, with the United States contributing over 20 percent. The gain is about 435 million bushels higher than last year, raising export prospects but not promising large increases.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Russia
China
United States
James Roosevelt To Start Home Monday
James Roosevelt eldest son and secretary to President Roosevelt planned to leave St Marys hospital Mayo Clinic on Monday after gastric ulcer treatment since June 22. He was accompanied by his mother Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt who visited and attended a circus as guests of Dr and Mrs William Mayo.
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Rochester
Minn
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
St. Mary’s Hospital
Mayo Clinic
Eleanor Roosevelt
William Mayo
Treasury Looks at Heavier Taxes for the Little Fellow
Treasury plans an intensive summer study on the feasibility of higher income taxes for the little fellow. Morgenthau notes excise repeal could ease the burden, while no policy decisions will be made until he and the President return from vacation and review the proposal. Senator La Follette advocates broadening the base and raising rates on small incomes, with past defeats shaping current outlook.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Morgenthau
la Follette
Wis
Congress
Senate
Little Fellows
Seizure Under New Act Guards Eyewear Safety
The U S government seized a consignment of eyebrow and eyelash dye from a Los Angeles company in Milwaukee citing poisonous substances that may injure eyes. Officials say the product has caused severe eye injuries and several cases of total blindness among women.
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INS
Department of Agriculture
U. S
Milwaukee
Los Angeles
Calif
President Roosevelts Fishing Voyage Highlights Civic Motto
The president left on a fishing voyage after a cross country trip that drew thousands. He praised the Port Huron bridge motto The noblest motive is the public good and urged citizens to carry it in heart. A Canada goodwill visit is planned around Aug 18 with Lord Tweedsmuir as a key host.
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Civic Center
San Diego
Los Angeles
Canada
Washington
Hyde Park
Lord Tweedsmuir
Port Huron
Mich., International Bridge
Chinese Score Victories In Guerrilla War
Chinese forces claim success in hit and run guerrilla actions in south Shantung north Kiangsu and near Shanghai while floods worsen in Henan delaying Japanese advances. Japanese reports note the Kaifeng Lanfeng highway washout and ongoing Yangtze defenses at Kiukiang as rains expand flooded areas near Lunghai and Peiping Hankow rail lines.
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Kiangsu
Yangtze River
Kaifeng
Lanfeng
Yellow River
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Lunghai
Peiping-Hankow
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Hankow
Japan to colonize Manchukuo with one million farmer soldiers
The Institute of Pacific Relations reports Japan plans to settle Manchukuo with one million young farmer soldiers aged 16 to 20, trained as both farmers and fighters. A first group of 5,000 has already been sent, with a 30 000 quota and potential wives to be chosen from photos of Japanese girls.
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Japan
Manchukuo
Institute of Pacific Relations
Manchurian
Tokio
Institute
All-American Stand Against Raids Asked
Washington reports Mexican Ambassador Francisco Castillo Najera will urge the 21 American republics of the western hemisphere to unite against aerial bombing of civilian populations as a war tactic. The move aims to outlaw such warfare and was disclosed Saturday.
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Washington
INS
Francisco Castillo Najera
Death notices for Mrs. Katherine Kelsh and George O. Stoneking
Mrs. Katherine Kelsh, 612 Seventh Street SE, died at 1 30 p m Saturday at home aged about 79. She was born September 15 1858 in Worthington Iowa and moved to Cedar Rapids in 1906. Survived by seven children, ten grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral Tuesday at 9 a m Immaculate Conception with burial Mount Calvary. rosary at home 7 p m Monday. George O Stoneking, former Cedar Rapids resident, died Friday in Dubuque. Born October 23 1870 at Bertram, he moved to Dubuque in 1906. Survived by wife Maye, son Donald, two brothers Elmer and Clinton, sister Mrs Ethel Darling. Funeral in Dubuque Monday.
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Seventh Street
Kelsh
Worthington
Cedar Rapids
Anna Farrington
Rose Fox
Agnes Chyle
Frank
Chicago
George
Waterloo
Alice
John
Mary Lane
Immaculate Conception Church
Maurice Mullen
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Brady Mortuary
Knights of Columbus
P.m
Dubuque
George O. Stoneking
Stoneking
Bertram
Maye
Donald
Elmer
Clinton
Ethel Darling
funeral services for Mrs Mildred Muir set for Sunday
Private funeral services for Mrs Mildred Muir who died at her sister Mrs Karl Blaise home will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. in Turner chapel with the Rev Nelson Dreier officiating.
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Mildred Muir
Karl Blaise
Turner Chapel
Nelson Dreier
Wealth claims wrecked marriage in Barbara case
Barbara swore out a criminal warrant against Hi and later dropped it. The husband speaks without bitterness, hoping their son Lance grows up with a working-man’s discipline, wearing the same clothes and carrying the same loads as laborers on their estates.
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Barbara
Lance
Mystery Soviet Berlin Call Sparks Probe
London AP reports Soviet foreign office and Gestapo investigated a late Saturday telephone hoax claiming wartime crisis in eastern Siberia. The bogus Moscow Moscow Bureau dispatch named Gen Bleacher and new Far East troops. A United Press check found no Moscow calls to Berlin.
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London
Soviet Union
Moscow
Gestapo
Berlin
United Press Bureau
Siberia
Vasily Bleacher
Far Eastern
United Press
Soviet Protest on Frontier Occupation Declared Russian Territory
The Soviet government declared that the area occupied by Soviet troops on the Russo Manchukuoan frontier is Russian territory. It said the border is not well defined and a joint commission may settle the dispute with Japan.
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Moscow
INS
Insurgents claim Teruel area gains
Insurgent forces claim sever al key towns including Mora de Rubielos after breaking government lines in the Teruel sector and piercing a 22 mile front southeast of Teruel. Franco’s headquarters counters with claims of breakthrough aided by artillery and aviation toward Sagunto.
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Hendaye
INS
Sagunto
Teruel
Mora de Rubielos
Francisco Franco
Salamanca
Levant
Valencia
Teruel-Sagunto
Franco
Campaign Inquiry Is Club Wielding Gesture
The senate committee said its campaign expenditures inquiry into Kentucky Pennsylvania and Tennessee is partly a club wielding gesture to deter illegal campaign practices. Members stress they will investigate serious charges in Kentucky while Pennsylvania and Tennessee complaints are seen as trivial and mainly for psychological effect.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Tenessee
Fugitives Recaptured Linked to Friday Drugstore Robberies
Detectives announced two of five escapees from the Kansas state reformatory were arrested in Kansas City. They were identified as the holdup pair who robbed two drugstores Friday night. The recaptured convicts were Robert and Ralph Durbin, 23, twins.
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Kansas City
INS
Kansas State Reformatory
Robert
Ralph Durbin
Two More Gifts For Health Camp In Cedar Rapids
The Camp Good Health Fund received additional donations totaling 2 860 85 dollars in the last week. Ida Mansfield contributed 3 00 through the Circle of King's Daughters of Cedar county and a friend gave 2 00 for camp maintenance. The fund supports Camp Good Health run by the Public Health Nursing Association for physically handicapped children of the needy in Cedar Rapids.
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Ida Mansfield
King's Daughters
Cedar County
The
Public Health Nursing Association
Cedar Rapids
Car Runs Away On First Avenue With Occupant Held
A car parked on the north side of First avenue east rolled into the street Saturday at 5 15 p m and lodged in a narrow space on the opposite side in the 400 block. The vehicle belonged to J G Smyth of Mount Vernon and the occupant R B Sheldon 51 of 1011 Sixteenth street SE was arrested for intoxication after claiming he entered the car thinking it was his own. The start of the run and how the space was found remain a mystery.
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First Avenue East
J. G. Smyth
Mount Vernon
R. B. Sheldon
Sixteenth Street SE
Sheldon
Third Man Identified in Gambler Killing
Police say Herbert Dudley Ryan an ex convict released in 1934 is the third man linked to the October 25 gangland slaying of gambler George Les Bruneman in a Los Angeles beer parlor. Witnesses tentatively identified Ryan as the man who with Pete Penizzi showered eleven bullets, killing Bruneman and an bystander as the killers fled.
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Los Angeles
INS
Herbert Dudley Ryan
San Quentin
Folsom
George
Les” Bruneman
Bruneman
Ryan
Pete Penizzi
Convicted in Death of Rich Easterner
Ernesto Lira was found guilty of second degree murder in the death of Marcus Jay Lawrence, a wealthy former Washington, D C resident. Sentencing set for July 30 with potential 10 years to life. prosecutor sought the death penalty.
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Prescott, Ariz
INS
Ernesto Lira
Marcus Jay Lawrence
Washington, D. C
Arizona
Charles Ewing
Roosevelt third term bids loom as 1940 campaign row
The report notes calls and petitions to force a third term for President Roosevelt. Critics claim his trip signals a power grab and a planned 1940 campaign to establish a Roosevelt dynasty, while others urge him to renounce any renomination under all circumstances.
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Short
Roosevelt
Treasury
Roosevelt accused of pious humbug on tour
Franklin Waltman accuses President Roosevelt of distorting a Covington Kentucky visit by recalling a chilly day while New Deal sources show warm weather. He cites 1932 reports and photos of shirt sleeves and temperatures from 62 to 71 degrees during Roosevelt’s Kentucky trip.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Franklin Waltma
Waltman
Covington
New Deal
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