Iowa politics and relief clashes inflame state tensions
The piece surveys unemployment tests by the Iowa unemployment compensation commission amid Governor Kraschel’s clashes with CIO strikers at Newton Maytag plant. It notes farmers' protests over relief funds, critiques La Follette civil liberties inquiries, drought debates, and a GOP platform attack on graft while calling for aggressive reform.
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Iowa ‘Unemployment Compensation Commission
Kraschel
Des Moines
Laborer Pursues Medical Dream Despite Fate
Daniel Buckley, 39, a Detroit laborer with six children, collapsed while interning at Receiving Hospital after years of night study at Wayne University. He earned his medical degree and entered internship to become a physician, surviving gastric ulcers and a major operation. He hoped to provide for his family, saying the struggle would end now.
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Detroit
Receiving Hospital
Daniel Buckley
Buckley
Wayne University
Wayne University School of Medicine
Cedar Rapids youth dies from diving accident
John Ellsworth Burlingham 19 of Cedar Rapids died in a Charles City hospital from a broken neck suffered July 19 while diving into a creek two miles south of Rudd. He is survived by his parents two brothers and several half siblings. Funeral at St Patrick's church and burial at Mount Calvary.
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Cedar Rapids
John Ellsworth Burlingham
Charles E. Burlingham
Fourth Street
Charles City Hospital
Rudd
Adrian
Cedar, Rapids
D. J. Lenihan
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Wister Author of The Virginian Dies at 78
Owen Wister 78 author of The Virginian died of a cerebral hemorrhage Thursday at his summer home in North Kingstown Rhode Island AP reports.
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Providence
R. I
Owen Wister
North Kingstown
Partisan Justice and Prosecutions Across States
The text contrasts justice approaches with Dewey prosecuting in New York while Iowa authorities allegedly shield officials, arguing ministers of justice operate on party lines and impunity follows the graft.
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Berg
New York
Dewey
Iowa
Corrigan Heads Home Amid Big Welcome Fears
Douglas Corrigan arranged passage on the Manhattan with a two day London visit and a July 30 sailing from Cobh. He declined a five year film deal and a $20,800 vaudeville contract while worrying about a Corrigan mad home reception and avoiding nightclub appearances.
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Dublin
Corrigans
Manhattan
Douglas Corrigan
Baldonnel
United States Maritime Commission
Lehigh
London
Cobh
Aviator
Hollywood
Corrigan
Ireland
America
Fate of Alleged Dog Killer Rests on Hole in Pants
Chicago report: Leo Heinz Niles Center street commissioner faces trial for malicious slaying of a domestic animal after a dog attack. Defense aims to blame a hole in Raymond Schmitz pants on the dog. Irene Castle McLaughlin supports the moths theory as another witness.
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Chicago
INS
Leo Heinz
Niles Center Street
Heinz
Raymond Schmitz
Schmitz
Irene Castle McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Hold Levy on Govt Pay Constitutional
The Justice Department issued a formal opinion stating that reciprocal federal and state taxation of government salaries and securities is constitutional. Written by Assistant Attorney General James W. Morris, the memo argues the tax falls under the Sixteenth Amendment and applies to state bondholders, officers, and employees as proposed by President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Justice Department
The
Treasury
James W. Morris
Department
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
Stocks Falter In Early Uphill Market Turnaround
New York AP reports the stock market failed to rise after a mid day rally faded. Rails and steels posted modest gains while motion picture and electric power shares led declines, leaving the day essentially even with active trading.
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New York
Bank Robbery in Suffield Nets About $10,000
Three men held up the First National Bank in Suffield Conn on Thursday and escaped with roughly ten thousand dollars. Police search for suspects as details remain unclear.
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Suffield
Conn
First National Bank
TVA Emplo yee Questioning Ban Lifted in Knoxville
Congressional investigators lifted a ban that barred Arthur E. Morgan from questioning TVA employees except through officials and committee counsel. Morgan alleges TVA officials told employees not to talk without permission, and Senator Schwartz seeks further questions on TVA power yardstick adoption.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Arthur E. Morgan
TVA
Jenkins
Ohio
Dr. Morgan
Schwartz
Wye
Boy 10 Narrowly Escapes After Linwood Trolley Incident
Jackie Bruce ten, son of Mr and Mrs Guy Bruce of 615 Eighteenth Avenue SW, was struck by a Linwood street car on Fourth Avenue tracks near the river. The car halted when Motorman D I Hedrick braked hard. the boy suffered scrapes and bumps but is not seriously injured and was taken to Mercy hospital for observation. Traffic Sergeant Gordon Hughes provided an escort as the ambulance moved him to the hospital. Patrolman Simon Sion investigated the accident.
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Cedar Rapids
Jackie Bruce
Guy Bruce
Eighteenth Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Municipal Island
Jackie
D. I. Hedrick
Simon Sion
Acciden
Government plans prairie shelterbelt tree planting in six states
The government will plant trees next spring along 6000 miles of 115 foot wide strips in six states. Acting forest service chief George Phillips says the program continues if nursery stock survives, with 84 million trees already set in four states and 13 000 farms involved. Survival in semi arid zones runs 65 to 70 percent. causes of loss include grasshoppers and rodents.
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Iowa State College
the Gazette
George Phillips
Federal Crest Service
Division
State Crests
Phillips
AP S
Washington
The
Forest Service
Division of State Forests
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Plains
Two Utah Girls Arrested After Police Broadcast
Two 17 year old Utah girls Myrtle Brown and Elrene Steed hitchhiked east from Ogden starting July 5 and were detained in Marion county after a radio broadcast description matched them. An observant citizen alerted authorities and they were taken into custody in Indianapolis. The girls said they slept in cars and wanted to go anywhere, not return home.
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Indianapolis
INS
Utah
Marion County
Myrtle Brown
Elrene Steed
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Pene
Lewis Raps Claim CIO Won't Act In UAW Strife
Washington discussion centers on CIO intervention in United Automobile Workers factional fight. John L. Lewis calls a local presidents statement unauthorized while he weighs possible CIO action after Homer Martin ouster move against four vice presidents and a secretary treasurer.
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Lewis
CIO
UAW
Washington
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
United Automobile Workers
Homer Martin
Temperature Low As Showers Fall In Cedar Rapids
Noonday showers moved through Cedar Rapids as sun broke through clouds. Daytime temps fell from 80 at 11:30 a.m. to 70 at 1:30 p.m. then rose to 73 at 2:30 p.m. The low reached 57 at 6 a.m. Rain fell .09 inch with highs around 84 and 79 later in the day. Weather data from Lee Inskeep Co. records.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Alee Inskeep
Jasper County Vows to Support Maytag Strike Relief
Maj. Gen. Tinley, under military rule in Newton, says Jasper County can fund relief for idle Maytag strike workers. Gov. Kraschel orders relief aid funded by the county, noting county balances of 40 000 in the poor fund and 80 000 in emergency coffers with ample debt margin.
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Newton
INS
Mathew A. Tinley
Jasper County
Nelson G. Kraschel
Norman Genung
Tinley
Kraschel
Maytag
Maytag strike hearing opens as quiet holds town
A National Labor Relations Board hearing into unfair labor practices at Maytag Washing Machine Co opens amid a tense strike zone in Newton Iowa. The area remains under military oversight as workers and guards keep clear streets while negotiators and lawyers lay out the case and a trial examiner presides.
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Newton
National Labor Relations Board
Maytag
Military Commission
Jasper County Bar Association
National
Maytag Cio
William Sentner
St. Louis
CIO
Sentner
Madison Hill
Thurlow Smoot
NLRB
Minneapolis
E. W. Ford
Charles H. Grahl
Too Much Politics In Health Healthful Or Not
A 1936 column by Arthur Bugs Baer argues that federal health plans should not be politicized. He mocks partisan doctors and pharmacists while saying health care decisions belong to patients, insurers remain neutral, and relief should not depend on party lines.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
France displays new war machines before George VI at Versailles
In a perfunctory parade at Versailles France showcased infantry cavalry and artillery with 50 000 troops hundreds of tanks and about 50 planes for King George VI and President Lebrun. The event followed a high level meeting with Halifax Daladier and Bonnet signaling Britain France will act together to preserve peace and resist Germany.
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Paris
France
George VI
Britain
Versailles
George
Albert Lebrun
Europe
Viscount Halifax
Edouard Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Foreign Office
Gov Earle Loses Flying License After Crash
Gov. George H. Earle had his flying license suspended for two weeks after a fogbound crash on a college campus. Col. Camille Vinet, head of the state aviation bureau, grounded the governor and warned him to use better judgment next time. Earle said he was scared as he disobeyed guidance during the storm and disappeared for two hours.
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Harrisburg
George H. Earle
Col
Camille Vinet
State Aeronautics Bureau
Earle
Philadelphia
Vinet
Bolivian Paraguayan governments approve Chaco peace pact
Representatives of Bolivia and Paraguay approved the Chaco peace agreement in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. The move virtually completes the second phase of talks to prevent a resumption of the Chaco war.
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Buenos Aires
Chaco
President Roosevelt Enjoys Fishing Aboard U S S Houston Off Clippert on Island
President Franklin D Roosevelt fished Thursday while aboard the U S S Houston anchored near Clippert on Island 670 miles off the west coast of Mexico. After a 500 mile run from Socorro Island at 21 knots, he and five fishermen caught more than 130 fish averaging 10 to 20 pounds in three hours. The president landed a 30 pound blue jack and battled a shark before the line parted.
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U.S.S. Houston
Clipperton Island
INS
Mexico
France
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Socorro Island
Roosevelt
Pinballs Recast for Civic Upgrades at Police HQ
Indianapolis police chief Michael Morrissey faced budget limits while remodeling headquarters. He sourced confiscated pinball machines, directing their careful destruction. Wood from the pinball stands formed new stairs and glass tops became prosecutor office windows.
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Indianapolis
Michael Morrissey
Mercury completes trans Atlantic flight to New York
The 10 ton British Mercury seaplane from Ireland landed at Port Washington New York after a 2,715 mile nonstop hop from Foynes. Piloted by Capt. Donald Bennett the four engine craft used the Maia mother ship to take off and refuel at Montreal before continuing to New York in 25 hours 8 minutes.
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Port Washington
N. Y
Mercury
Ireland
Air Speciaiel
Atlantic
Montreal
St. Lawrence River
Boucherville
Foynes
Imperial Airways
New York
Donald Bennett
Bennett
Botwood
Newfoundland
Alfred J. Coster
Robert H. Mayo
British Air Ministry
Shannon
Azores
Lisbon
Maia
George
Elizabeth
Paris
Consider Reduced Personal Income Levy Exemptions
Treasury Secretary Roswell Magill said the administration is studying the feasibility of lowering personal income tax exemptions as part of broader tax revision proposals for the next Congress. He did not commit to support and noted the topic is under consideration. Exemption history shows repeated Senate attempts to cut singles from 1000 to 800 and heads of families from 2500 to 2000.
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Washington
Roswell Magill
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
la Follette
Wis
Oldest U S Priest John Russell Dies at 92 in New Haven
The Rev. John Russell aged 92 died Wednesday night in New Haven Connecticut. Believed to be the oldest priest in the United States he served for many decades and was respected in the local church circle.
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New Haven
Conn
John Russell
United States
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American Civil Librties Union
Thomas Dewey
Owa
Department of Justice
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Wister
U.S
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Biddle
Representative Mead
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Supreme Court of Appeal
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H. A Morgan
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