Postmasters Move Toward Civil Service Reform
President Roosevelt signed an executive order ending patronage in postmaster appointments. The order requires civil service examination for vacancies and limits to those with at least one year as bona fide patrons, with age-waiver rules for veterans. The move shifts control from Congress to the Civil Service Commission and the White House.
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Civil Service Act
Civil Service Commission
Postmaster patronage curbed by Roosevelt order
Rep. Ramspeck says the president's executive order removing first three class postmasters from patronage marks a strong civil service advance. He notes it exceeds his last Congress proposal and boosts Democratic standing on civil service in the campaign.
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Atlanta
Roosevelt
Robert Ramspeck
House Committee On Civil Service
Ramspeck
Democratic Party
Mary K Fuller longtime Des Moines teacher dies
Des Moines mourns Mary K Fuller long time educator with a career spanning Cedar Rapids Jackson Polk Grant Roosevelt and Washington high schools. She trained in Coe College the University of Chicago and Iowa State Teachers College earning a BA in 1925. Survivors include cousins Malcolm and Frederick Murray. Funeral plans pending.
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Cedar Rapids
Monroe School
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Polk School
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Washington
Grant
Roosevelt High School
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Iowa State Teachers College
Probe Into $100,000 Fur Plant Explosion
Chicago fire attorney Thomas J. Sheehan ordered an investigation into a $100,000 explosion and fire at the National for dressing and dyeing company fur plant. Mrs. Sylvia Vizonsky is dead and several others injured as the three story building was demolished and windows shattered a block away.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Sheehan
Sylvia Vizonsky
National For Dressing and Dyeing Company
Murphy in Lead for Brother's Post
The article describes a tense meeting where Murphy led for his brother's post as delegates voted 134 to 79 for Hert and 128 to 45 for Mrs. Baxter. Storms pressured for a roll call by delegates, then counties, and results showed Lee county favoring Hart 34.
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Democratic district caucus results in Iowa state committees
Democratic district caucuses named resolutions committees and presidential electors. Each district lists state committee members, resolutions chair, and presidential elector across districts from Des Moines to Sioux City with names and towns. The results assign individuals to positions in parties ahead of the state convention.
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Des Moines
Resolutions Committee
W. R. Hart
Iowa City
Ray Baxter
Burlington
W. Ross Livingston
J. W. Gray
Mount Pleasant
Walter Ballutt
Davenport
Lawrence C. Smith
Dyersville
E. C. Halbach
Clinton
M. J. Maloy
J. J. Locher
Monticello
Paul Huston
Cedar Rapids
Sherman de Wolf
Reinbeck
Estella Burroughs
Albion
Mike Hyland
Tama
J. Q. Lauer
Waverly
Doris Carroll
Clear Lake
Erwin Larsen
Charles City
C. F. Murphy
Eskader
Hubert Carr
Manchester
Fifth District
J. P. Dalton
Grand River
Benona Young
Bloomfield
Lloyd Ellis
Chariton
John W. Coombs
Seymour
Lester Drennan
Gladys Bunker
Knoxville
John Regan
Adel
George Richter
G. G. Jeck
Atlantic
J. H. Hahn
Woodbine
Russell Swift
Harlan
T. L. Delaney
Council Bluffs
Eighth
C. B. Murtagh
Algona
Mary S. Kelleher
Fort Dodge
George Kenney
Mallard
T. L. Jones
Boone
E. H. Birmingham
Sioux City
Florence Lynch
LeMars
Glenn Curtis
Jack Gartland
Rock Valley
Two Navy Flyers Die in Crumpled Plane Landing
Santa Maria California INS reports two naval flyers were killed when their plane’s wings crumpled 500 feet from the ground during a banking landing. The dead are Lieut W Oliver machinist third class Paul Gresky.
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Santa Maria
Calif
INS
Lieut. W. Oliver
Paul Gresky
Wedding Present Bomb Kills Farmer and Mutilates Bride
CAPE CHARLES Va INS inspectors pursue a Richmond-sent parcel bomb that exploded at the Currys home killing Thomas Curry 48 and horribly mutilating Elsie Thomas 35 after a 41 day marriage. Sheriff Turner says no clear leads yet.
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Cape Charles
INS
Thomas Curry
Elsie Thomas
John Salmons
Galax
Currys
Richmond
Thomas
G. T. Turner
Democrats Endorse Roosevelt Era and Three Point Tax Plan
The Iowa Democratic platform pledges continued cooperation with the Roosevelt administration, praise for state progress, and support for a three point tax law. It calls for pension payments, property tax relief, and farm owner protections while backing rural electrification and social security expansion.
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Roosevelt
Iowa
National Democratic
Democratic Party
Vatican to Curb Coughlin Activities
The piece notes Coughlin offering a public apology to President Roosevelt and urging defeat of Roosevelt, while denying claims about Bishop Gallagher being summoned to Rome. It cites a July 16 Cleveland address and frames Coughlin’s stance as a call for policy change and continued loyalty as a citizen and priest.
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Coughlin
Roosevelt
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Michael J. Gallagher
Rome
Gallagher
Coughlin to Obey Vatican Edict on Broadcasts
Detroit report says Rev. Charles E. Coughlin pledged to follow any Vatican decision on silencing his political broadcasts and curbing activities. He spoke after Mass at his Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak noting he would obey ecclesiastical orders from Pope Pius or his bishop.
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INS
Charles E. Coughlin
Michigan
Vatican
Little Flower
Royal Oak
Father Coughlin
Pius
Michael J. Gallagher
Rome
Vatican Respect Outlook Confirms Priestly Vocation
A leader previously saying I have no comment issued a brief note stating he would respect Vatican wishes. The remark reiterated his core claim that first and last he remains a priest.
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Vatican
Novak forecasts Olympic prospects for Lions club
West Point coach Leo Novak, former Washington high star mentor, spoke at the Roosevelt hotel Lions club. He based his Olympic outlook on trials at Randall's Island, praising Owens in sprints, predicting strong showings from Negro jumpers and California vaulters, but doubtful about Cunningham and Lash in distance races. He expects Japan and Germany to challenge the U S. in 1948 Olympic events.
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United States Military Academy
West Point
Washington High School
Lions Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Novak
Randall’s Island
N. Y
United States
Torrance
Japan
Germany
David Lamson Plans To Marry Writer
Hollywood report that David Lamson the former Stanford official who faced four trials over his first wife’s death appeared at the county license bureau with Ruth Rankin a film magazine writer to obtain a marriage license. Lamson said they met about nine weeks ago at a screen colony social event and decided to wed recently.
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Hollywood
David Lamson
Stanford University
Ruth Rankin
Lamson
Miss Rankin
Cooler Weather in Store for Iowans
Iowa sees clearing skies and general fair weather after a night of showers in northern and eastern areas. Temperatures will be cooler, with highs near Wednesday's and temperatures not rising above 100 in most places. Widespread rain totals varied, with Osage at 1.71 inches and other towns reporting minimal amounts. hail fell in Tipton, Waverly, and West Union. Forecaster Lloyd notes drought conditions persist with limited relief, while related rail freight rate talks continue in Chicago.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Osage
Winneshiek County
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Dubuque
Davenport
Charles City
Eldora
Hampton
Marshalltown
New Hampton
Oelwein
Waukon
Waverly
Tipton
West Union
Inwood
J. R. Lloyd
Western Lines Committee
Chicago
Nebraska
Ainsworth
A. E. Anderson
Spotty map warns of droughts amid heat in corn belt
The weather map shows scattered drought conditions across parts of the corn belt on Thursday, challenging farmers already weighing their grain yields as heat persists across key growing regions.
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Chicago
British Guns Fire Warning to Fighters at Gibraltar
The fortress warns it will fire on warships and aircraft violating Gibraltar. The military secretary met the Spanish loyalist admiral of the Libertad and showed shrapnel from attacks. Britain also warned Gen Francisco Franco that bombing planes would be fired upon if they breach the fort’s territorial airspace. The fleet slipped from Gibraltar at dawn after a night of exchange with rebel aircraft.
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Gibraltar
Libertad
Francisco Franco
Tourism in France Drops to Half a Million Visitors
The tourist industry in France now numbers about five hundred thousand visitors, a decline from the prewar figure of around three thousand foreign visitors. The shift marks a dramatic postwar change in international travel trends and economic impact.
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France
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