Maytag crisis and martial law in Newton
A critical editorial condemns Governor Kraschel for deploying the national guard to Newton during the Maytag strike, arguing it violates citizens rights and court orders. It recalls Governor Olson’s Minneapolis actions as precedent and urges reopening the Maytag plant. The piece warns Iowa risks turmoil and urges immediate action. It promotes reading Harry Sherman’s two page analysis on government costs on page two.
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Newton
Nelson G Kraschel
Iowa
Maytag Company
Arbitration Board
CIO
National Guard
Maytag
Floyd Olson
Minnesota
Kraschel
Minneapolis
Hennepin County
Olson
Strutwear Company
Kraschel’s
Raschel
Harry Sherman
Eight Film Giants Face Monopoly Suit In U S Court
Attorney General Cummings led a federal suit in New York against eight major film companies and 132 individuals, alleging they control about 65 percent of U S motion pictures from story to theater. The action targets Paramount, Loew’s, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Columbia, Universal, United Artists and others for alleged block booking and exclusive theater ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cummings
Federal District Court
New York
Justice Department
Paramount Pictures, Inc
Loew’s, Inc
Irving Trust Company
Radio-Keith- Orpheum Corporation
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Universal Corporation
United Artists Corporation
Sam Goldwyn
United Artists
Charles R. Rogers
Universal
Harry Cohn
Jack Cohn
Charles B. Mintz
Columbia
Joseph M Schenck
Darryl F. Zanuck
Sidney R. Kent
William Goetz
Truman Talley
Twentieth Century-Fox
Harry M. Warner
Albert Warner
Jack L. Warnes
Warner Brothers
David Sarnoff
Merlin H. Aylesworth
RKO
Nicholas M. Schenck
Arthur M. Loew
Louis B. Mayer
MGM
Barney Balaban
Adolph Zukor
John D. Hertz
Paramount
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Charles Chaplin
Mothers-In-Law Under Court Ban In Wach Case
In Chicago Irene Wach and her husband testified that interference from their mothers caused discord. Judge Philip Finnneg an issued an injunction restraining both mothers-in-law from interfering, leading the couple to reconcile.
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Chicago
INS
Irene Wach
Leo
Irene
Philip Finnegan
Wachs
Sherman claims cost to Americans exceeds world compare
The statement argues that administration costs to the American people exceed those borne by any other nation, urging readers to examine the page for supporting facts presented by Mr. Sherman.
Solon Senator Berg Ends Life Amid Taxicab Probe
New York State Senator Julius Berg shot himself in his law office after his wife urged him to testify about taxicab rackets before District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey. Berg faced 17 counts of embezzlement and fraud related to liquor licenses and World’s Fair concessions. Wife blamed a nervous breakdown and recent hospital stay. Grover Whalen said Berg had no World’s Fair concessions.
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New York
Julius Berg
Thomas E. Dewey
Berg
Senate
Assembly
Edward S. Moran, Jr
Dewey
Trick
Royal’ Hospital
Grover Whalen
Governor Earle Hurt in Plane Mishap
Governor George H. Earle was slightly injured when his private plane he piloted struck a tree during a forced landing near Newton Square Pennsylvania. He reported soreness in his left arm and leg and planned to see a doctor.
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Newton Square
George H. Earle
Dixie Underworld Queen Arrest Shocks New Orleans
Myrtle Barnes alias Marilyn Ambargi, known as the Queen of the Southern Underworld, was arrested in Oakland California ending a five year search. She is under indictment for the torturing slaying of Joseph Famularo, a New Orleans restaurant man, five years ago. Police say three accomplices stabbed Famularo to force disclosure of his money. Barnes, 35, has three prior arrests here. Detectives will be sent to the coast to extradite her for trial.
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New Orleans
INS
Oakland
Calif
Myrtle Barnes
Marilyn Ambargi
Joseph Famularo
Famularo
Barnes
John Grosch
Ten Die in Baltimore Water Tunnel Dynamite Blast
A premature 450 pound dynamite blast during a water tunnel project outside Baltimore killed ten of eighteen workers, all identified as Negro men, with seven dying on site and three more in hospitals. Eleven were rescued, four unharmed. The J F Shea company had built the tunnel linking Lake Montebello to Gunpowder River, a $5.3 million PWA job begun in 1937 with a three year limit and about 500 workers.
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Baltimore
Lake Montebello
Gunpowder River
J. F. Shea Company
Los Angeles
Baltimore City
PWA
Wounded Americans Arrive From Spain
Twenty six wounded volunteers of the Abraham Lincoln brigade were due to arrive from Spain on the Champlain. It marks the second large group to return as a campaign to bring home wounded American veterans proceeds.
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New York
Spain
Champlain
John Roosevelts On Bermudan Trip
The John Roosevelts leave Campobello on the second stage of their honeymoon for a trip to Bermuda. The president's mother remains at Campobello awaiting the arrival of her grandson James, then recovering from a stomach ailment, later this week.
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Campobello
N. B
Ins
John Roosevelts
Bermuda
Roosevelt
James
O Connell Increases Lead In Montana Primary Fight
In Montana First district Jerry OConnell gains lead in a five candidate Democratic primary with 15 035 votes to 12 463 for Payne Templeton among 252 of 413 precincts. Templeton concedes as Wheeler attacks and OConnell cites Roosevelt backing. In Second district James F O Connor leads H D Rolph 4 974 to 1 965 with 94 of 800 precincts reporting.
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Nelena
Mont
Jerry O'Connell
Jersey City
N. J
Montana
O'Connell
Frank Haguee
Payne Templeton
Helena
Templeton
O’connell
Roosevelt
Wheeler
Len Burton K. Wheeler
Jerry O’connell
Roy E. Ayers
James F. O'Connor
Livingston
Ied
H. D Rolph
Joplin
Farmers’ Union
Third Call for Guardsmen in Seven Years
The Associated Press reports Iowa troops were called to aid local authorities for the third time in seven years. Des Moines guardsmen, already in drill night attire, prepared for activation with 2,000 in the town guard and about 250 dispatched to Newton. The First Battalion 168th Infantry arrived in full gear aboard new trucks after a radio summons, with three rifle companies, a machine gun company, and a headquarters unit.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Cedar County
le Mars
Denison
Newton
168Th Infantry
Corrigan Flight Described In Flamboyant Weathered Metaphor
In a 1928 style column ARTHUR Bugs Baer mocks Corrigan by likening his improvisational flying machine to a deacon passing a graveyard at night. He says Corrigan used an ironing board with an outboard motor, a nose and pigeon feather as instruments, and characterizes the contraption as a heap or jalopy with little value.
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Corrigan
Deacon
Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Baby Bathing Beauty Contest Entries Will Close Thursday
Cedar Rapids announces a 1938 Baby Bathing Beauty contest for girls age 3 to 6 living within city limits. Send photo and entry blank by 5 p.m. Thursday to the Iowa theater. Finalists compete July 27 and 28, with grand revue on July 29, and winners receive an engraved loving cup and $15.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Theater
Iowa Theater Stage
Hampshire pigs sell fast in Gazette Farmers Market
C W Slattery of Route 4 City reports advertising 28 Hampshire pigs averaging 65 pounds in The Gazette Farmers Market Place for three days at 90 cents and selling all pigs. The advertisement reaches thousands of eastern Town farmers daily seeking bargains in farm stock and related needs. Tell what you have to sell in a Farmers Market Place Want Ad to get results.
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C. W. Slattery
City
Hampshire
the Gazette
Powers Seek Czech Settlement Amid Paris State Visit
Britain forwarded Hitler’s plan for the Czechoslovak issue to France during King George and Queen Elizabeth’s state visit. French and British diplomats held talks to cement their political understanding while Czech circles whispered about the nature of the proposed remedy.
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Paris
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Britain
France
George
Queen Elizabeth
Hitler
Sudeten German Leader Demands Direct Talks on Minority Issue
Karl H. Frank, parliamentary leader of the Sudeten German party, urged the Prague government to begin direct negotiations on the minorities problem. He criticized the proposed minorities statute as meeting less than five percent of the German minority's demands and preemptively rejected its publication.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Karl H. Frank
Frank
Hitler Press Hint of Sudeten Autonomy in Czechoslovakia
British reports say Hitler urged autonomy for Sudeten Germans while Czech neutrality would be guaranteed by major powers. Lord Halifax allegedly relayed Hitler’s wish for better ties with Britain and indirectly with France, with no formal German offer communicated to London. King George and Queen visited Paris, praising Anglo French amity in a ceremonial, memory laden speech at Hotel de Ville. He recalled Edward VII and George V forging entente, saying the bond remains potent.
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Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Czech
Lord Halifax
Germany
Britain
France
London
Fritz Wiedermann
Halifax
Arc de Triomphe
George
Seine
Red City Hall
Edward VII
Great Britain
George V
King George VI and Lebrun Seal Anglo French Alliance
In Paris the English king and French president marked a reinforced defense pact at a state banquet. George VI, in field marshal uniform, said relations had never been closer and destinies were drawn together by shared ideals.
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Paris
England
France
Albert Lebrun
George VI
Britain
Cool Breeze Keeps Temperature Down in Cedar Rapids
The sun dodged scattered clouds in Cedar Rapids Wednesday afternoon as a cool breeze kept readings low. Temperatures reached 83 at 2 30 p m while Tuesday’s peak hit 91 at 2 30 p m, then fell to 85 at 7 p m and 71 at midnight on the Chambers Inskip thermometer.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Maytag strike erupts in Newton as National Guard moves in
Twenty injured amid street fighting near the Maytag factory in Newton while Gov Kraschel orders plant closure until labor dispute ends. National guard troops restore order after twenty minutes of clashes. civil offices placed under military authority and a military district declared.
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National Labor Relations Board
Maytag Company
Maytag
Matthew A. Tin<ley
National
Newton
Willard Gaines
Military Court To Act Against Those Who Launched Riot
Newton INL Major Frank B Hallagan, judge advocate for troops at Newton, heads a military commission to prosecute rioters from today. He pledged a thorough inquiry into Maytag plant disorders and said the panel may initiate cases without grand jury or civil arrest, though he had no direct information yet. Continued on page 2 column 7.
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CIO Union
James Butcher
Earl Shields
Charles Prine
Baxter
Joe Lammers
Cecil Alger
L. H. Bowen
A. L. Gold
Thomas Hummel
Dutton Gold
Wayne
Layton Kimler
Glen Burgess
William Kinart
Vance Paget
Harve Gonzales
Roy Beatty
Earl Wharff
le Roy Davis
Tinley
Newton
INL
Maytag
Frank B. Hallagan
Hallagan
Wao
Pick-A-Back Plane Starts Ocean Hop From Foynes
The Mercury, Britain’s pick-a-back aircraft, launched from the Main at 1 p.m. CST above the Shannon to begin an Atlantic crossing toward Botwood Newfoundland. The Mercury carried half a ton of freight and was expected to fly to Montreal and New York after Botwood, with cheers rising from the crowd as the smaller plane detached at about 1,000 feet.
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Foynes
Ireland
Britain
Atlantic
Mercury
Botwood
Newfoundland
Shannon
Disinheritance Bid Targets Ringling Heir in Probate
A purported codicil to the will of John Ringling was offered for probate in Sarasota county court on Wednesday. The document would disinherit John Ringling North, executor and head of the Ringling circus interests.
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Sarasota, Fla
John Ringling
John Ringling North
Ringling
Move To Use Death Sentence At Utilities Holding Firm
Washington (UP) Chairman William O Douglas of the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the first SEC move to invoke the death sentence provision of the Public Utility Holding Company Act. He ordered a hearing August 8 for Utilities Power and Light Corp and its trustee Charles True Adams to determine why the company should not be required to comply with section 11B. The provision can force integration of holdings geographically and economically.
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Washington
William O. Douglas
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Public Utility Holding Company Act
Douglas
Utilities Power and Light Corp
Charles True Adams
Commission
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Verne ‘Marshall
St. Louis
Justice Division
Solon
Earle
Dixie
Night Gang
Willie Lee
Charles Durham
Luther Randolph
Melvin Duke
Henry Sanford
James Hough
Charles Harvey
William Botts
James Key
Robert James
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids News
Elizabeth
Seal Alliance
Bulletin
Nelson G. Kraschel
Maytag Washing Machine Company
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