End of Louisiana Triumvirate as Weiss Indicted
Indictment of Seymour Weiss and others for mail fraud undermines the Huey Long era power trio in Louisiana. Maestri remains the dominant figure while Leche and Weiss face multiple charges, with Smith and Hart also implicated and arrested in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huey
Weiss
New Orleans
INS
Seymour Weiss
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Robert S. Maestr
Richard W. Leche
Earl K. Long
Leche
Maestri
Huey Long
Earl Long
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Monte Hart
J. Emory Adams
Louis C. Lesage
Standard Oil Company
Hart
Dr. Smith
Lesage
Adams
Weiss and
Art
U. S
R. H. Carter, Jr
Bond
New York
Washington
Baton Rouge
Dewey Sanchez
Smith
Widow of Cyrus McCormick to wed childhood friend
Mrs. Cyrus H. McCormick of Chicago the widow of the late harvester king will marry her childhood sweetheart Marshall Luddington Brown of Saranac New York a former manager with the Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company. The announcement by her sister Mrs Edward Mackey said plans are not complete but the wedding would occur late this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterboro
N. H
Cyrus H. McCormick
Chicago
McCormick
Marshall Luddington Brown
Saranac
N. Y
Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company
Boston
Wagner Amendment Would Increase Disputes
Vice president Philip Murray of the Congress of Industrial Organizations attacked AFL amendments to the Wagner act. He warned the proposals if adopted would have tripled the number of industrial disputes in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Federation of Labor
Cullinan Diamond Route Revealed in Historic Mail Tale
The Cullinan diamond valued at $750000 was once sent from Africa to London by ordinary registered mail, highlighting a remarkable and controversial transit method in early postal history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
London
Flood Plays Havoc On Country Club Course
Flood disruptions impact the country club course with facilities hampered and access restricted. The report notes legislative interest in film industry controls including mandatory synopses and the practice of blind selling. Senator Gillette supported the majority while Senator Herring was not listed as voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen. Gillette
Sen. Herring
City Briefs and Personals Highlights
Bungalow canning school held each Wednesday at 2:00 PM. Mrs. Walter Ragsdale at 820 Twenty First Street SE confined at home due to flu. Annual Kolach Festival set for July 19 to 22 on 21st Avenue Southwest with free kolaches and coffee. The Musketeers Drum and Bugle corps to perform at Lions Club luncheon Thursday noon at Montrose Hotel. Two Scottie dogs owned by Earl Mueller of 1521 B Avenue NE reported missing after allegedly breaking free from yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Ragsdale
Twenty-first Street
21St Avenue Southwest
Musketeers
Lions Club
Montrose Hotel
Earl Mueller
B Avenue NE
Mueller
Three Local Men Injured in Cedar Rapids Highway Crash
Leo H. Yernes, a diesel engineer, assigned to Fort Des Moines service section, enlisted in May at Cedar Rapids. Bills Patterman, 73, of 606 Eighth Avenue SE, and Frank McComas, 628 Sixth Street SE, were reported in fair to good condition Tuesday at Mercy hospital after an accident on Highway No. 30 east of Cedar Rapids Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo H. Yernes
Fort Des Moines
Army
Cedar Rapids
Bill Patterman
Eighth Avenue SE
Frank McComas
Sixth Street
Mercy Hospital
Vague Staffer Roster at Silver Bay YMCA Conference Center
Among the staff this summer at the Silver Bay association on Lake George New York is Carl Koehn listed as a student. The Silver Bay conference center serves YMCA groups and other religious and educational organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bay Association
Silver Bay
Lake George
N. Y
Carl Koehn
Thirteenth Street NW
Andersons Complete Ten Day Eastern Motor Trip
Oscar A Anderson and Byron K Anderson with Mr and Mrs W R Deatherage of Dubuque finished a ten day eastern motor tour visiting New York and Washington. They attended the Equitable Life Insurance agency convention in New York. Byron K Anderson was selected among four men for the Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau school in Chicago, starting soon and closing July 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar A. Anderson
Ridgeway Drive
Byron K. Anderson
Avenue NE
W. R. Deatherage
Dubuque
New York
Washington
Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa
Fouix
Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau
Chicago
Suitcase with stolen parts tied to Delavan owner
Detectives identified Mark Popovich of the Delavan hotel as owner of a suitcase containing vacuum cleaner parts found in a boxcar near the Quaker Oats plant. Popovich claimed the material was stolen from him. Sunday night watchman Leon Hanson noticed the suitcase, alerting George C. Cameron and police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker Oats Company
Mark Popovich
Delavan
Popovich
Leon Hanson
George C. Cameron
Cameron
Border tensions rise as Soviet Mongol forces clash with Manchukuo
Japanese protection of Manchukuo reports large Soviet Mongol concentration near Nomonhan, with fighting continuing after Mongol units reportedly repulsed. Tokyo seeks direct protest to Moscow over air raids on Manchukuoan rail centers and fears broader escalation along a 5000 mile Siberian front.
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Manchukuo
Moscow
Manchukuan
Ulan Bator
Outer Mongolia
Siberia
Ural Mountains
Vladivostok
Nomonhan Hill
Nomonhan
There Are Two Ways to Get at Constipation
An advertisement for Kellogg's All-Bran promotes daily intake to prevent constipation caused by low bulk in modern diets. The cereal is described as a toasted nutritious core product made in Battle Creek and sold by every grocer with milk or baked into muffins and ample water consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Senate approves block booking ban in film industry
The Senate voted 46 to 28 to outlaw compulsory block booking and blind selling by film producers and distributors. The bill, backed by 33 Democrats and allies, would let exhibitors pick films from each studio rather than accepting all or none, and now heads to the House which previously failed to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Publications in U S fall by 16 in six months of 1939
J P H Johnson of N W Ayer and Son reports a six month decline in total U S publications by 16. Only weekly papers show a gain with 89 new titles and 64 suspensions. daily papers fall by 24 with 8 new and 32 suspended. Total dailies reach 2032 versus 2065 in 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States
J. P. H. Johnson
N. W. Ayer and Son
Johnson
Japanese Hold American Churchman Suspect in China
Japanese army authorities detain L. W. Holland of the American Methodist Episcopal Church in Nanchang on suspicion of grave acts. Consulars report no word since June 13 with Holland under strict questioning and reportedly well treated. Authorities withhold details to avoid provoking U. S. action over the Pittman bill. A Japanese officer and sentry punished for slapping three civilians at Wuhu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hankow
China
L. W. Holland
American Methodist Episcopal Church
Nanchang
Holland
Japan
Wuhu
Miss Michigan Aviation Tours New York at World’s Fair
A 23 year old Michigan redhead known as Miss Michigan Aviation visited New York for aviation promotion during the governors conference. Governor Loren D. Dickinson’s letter introduced Willy Sheridan to Grover A. Whalen and noted courtesies expected for the aviation tour. Sheridan later joined hosts at the Cotton Club bar and watched as a bartender served a brownish drink.
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New York
Michigan
Albany
Miss Michigan Aviation
Willy Sheridan
Sheridan
Loren D. Dickinson
Grover A. Whalen
Fair
Willa Sheridan
Boy Hit by Train Survives After Being Run Over
Ten year old Bobby Robb of McKees Rocks was knocked unconscious when the lead engine of a double header freight train passed over him on the Pennsylvania line. He sustained painful but not serious cuts and bruises and was recovering in a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Bobby Robb
McKees Rocks
Bobby
Niemoeller Undergoes Medical Exam at Sachsenhausen
Berlin dispatch says Nazi authorities reported Rev. Martin Niemoeller, noted Evangelical pastor and World War II submarine hero, underwent a medical examination at Sachsenhausen concentration camp on July 14, after being described as suffering from an illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Martin Niemoeller
Sachsenhausen
Niemoeller
Clergy Arrest Follows Anti Nazification Campaign
The subject, described as nervous yet entirely healthy, was detained on July 1, 1937, after a prolonged campaign opposing nazification within the church. The arrest marks a turning point in the church’s resistance movement.
Calendar for Next School Year Adopted
Cedar Rapids school children learn the 1939-40 calendar after the school board approved the schedule. The year opens September 4 with Labor Day and September 5 as first day of classes. Breaks include Thanksgiving November 30 to December 3 and Christmas December 20 to January 1. Semesters end January 19 and begin January 22, with Lincoln’s birthday February 12 and Washington’s birthday February 22. Spring vacation runs March 16 to 24, and a Memorial Day break on May 30 precedes June 7 closing.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Teachers Association
Lincoln
Washington
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Authority OF
Cyrus M’cormick
Iordcers
Thompson
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Indian Creek
E. J. Carey
Bungalow Canning School
Far East
Penney’s C. Penney Company
Dickinson
Coryell
Second Avenue
First Street
Center Point Road
Third Street
M. J. B. Coffee
KERR
Kraft
Sanka Or
Kaffee Hag
del Monte
Babbitt Cleanser
Wetin St. Pk
Prunes
Hormel
California
Mason
Nancy
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