Soviet Submarine Sinkage Report From Murmansk Collision
Voelkischer Beobachter quoted a Moscow dispatch saying a Soviet submarine with 34 men aboard went to the bottom after a collision off Murmansk in the Barents Sea. Salvage is hindered by depth and rough seas. no official Moscow confirmation expected.
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Berlin
INS
Murmansk
Barents Sea
Voelkischer Beobachter
Moscow
United States
Thetis
Liverpool
Phenix
Indo- China
Leningrad
Resignation of Bank Examiner Summerwill Approved in Court
Judge James P. Gaffney accepted the resignation of Ben S. Summerwill as examiner in charge of the Johnson County Savings Bank and the Iowa City Savings Bank effective July 1, 1939. J. R. Drake of Cedar Rapids appointed to succeed. Drake’s bonds set at 20000 and 10000 dollars. The court stated resignation does not relieve Summerwill from reporting all acts and duties. Bonds remain until final reports are submitted and approved.
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Iowa City
Ben S. Summerwill
Johnson County Savings Bank
Iowa City Savings Bank
James P. Gaffney
J. R. Drake
Cedar Rapids
Summerwill
Drake
Ben. S. Summerwill
Rumor of Hitler Nervous Breakdowns In Warsaw Paper
An unconfirmed report in Dziennik Ludowy, cited by Exchange Telegraph from Warsaw, claims Adolf Hitler is suffering two nervous breakdowns and that a Vienna specialist refused to treat him. The newspaper notes no credit in informed circles as Hitler attended the Bayreuth festival in good health.
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London
INS
Warsaw
Dziennik Ludowy
Rivef
Generalsch and
von Keitel
Hitler
River Harbor Bill Shelved For Session
Senator McNary of Oregon said the Senate Commerce Committee voted to sidetrack the $407,000,000 omnibus rivers and harbors bill until the next session. The move delays funding and program plans for river improvements and harbor projects.
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Washington
McNary
Ore
Senate Commerce Committee
Horner Vetoes Lottery Plan Aimed at Slum Clearance
Governor Henry Horner in Springfield vetoed a proposed lottery scheme said to be unconstitutional. The plan sought millions to fund Chicago slum clearance and redevelopment, but was blocked by the veto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Henry Horner
Chicago
What Every Woman Knows by James Barrie review
A review praises the dainty Barrie play for its charm and humor. It notes Maggie Shand guides and tempers John with wit, guiding their six year marriage through trials and a crisis to self insight, highlighting the play’s gentle satire and humane warmth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Barrie
Barrie
Maggie Shand
Maggie
Shand
Stevenson
John
Feature Syndicate
Britain and U S Diverge On Far East Policy
Washington officials say Britain may break from the United States over China after Britain recognizes Japan's position in China. The U S rejects any special status for Japan and calls its invasion illegal. Cordell Hull warns of growing incidents as American property and citizens suffer. Diplomatic protests continue with limited Japanese apologies deemed insufficient.
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Washington
Far East
Britain
Japan
China
Cordell Hull
Hull
Woman Wins Divorce After Neckwear Dispute
In Chicago an attorney testified Mrs. Edward Brown, 22, forced divorce after she insisted on buying her husband’s neckties, prompting him to leave. Judge Walter J. LaBay presided as the couple split.
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Chicago
Edward Brown
Walter J. la Bay
Senate Debates WPA Back On Prevailing Wage Basis Plan
Washington AP reports Senator Murray abandoned a move to have the senate appropriations committee approve reviving WPA on a prevailing wage basis and will attach it as a rider to the lending bill. Bills and leadership clash over the $2.49 billion lending measure as rules committee stalls housing power expansion and adjournment approaches.
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Washington
Murray
Mont
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
House Rules Committee
Panama
Barkley
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
United States Housing Authority
House
Rules Committee
Drunk Charge After Car Hits Parked Auto
Cedar Rapids police charged W. Evers with drunkenness after his car crashed into a parked machine owned by D. O. Andreas at 2606 First Avenue East. His estranged wife Geneva Evers was ordered to report to the highway patrol. authorities say no witness saw him driving.
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Cedar Rapids
W. Evers
A Avenue NE
Geneva Evers
First Avenue E
Highway Patrol Office
D. O. Andreas
Evers
Bugs Skeptical Of Proxy Butler War Forecast
By ARTHUR Bugs Baer. Nicholas Murray Butler's international thoughts are gloomy and he predicts another war, a stance Baer notes repeats each summer for many years. The piece mocks Butler and the idea that peace conferences yield only brass rings.
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Bugs
Proxy Butler
Nicholas Murray Butler
Nick
Man Keeps Vigil in Car While Boss Fails to Return
In Raleigh, cotton planter J P Phillips left his car with his servant Eugene Marsh and ordered him to stay. Marsh sat for days as Phillips missed a meeting then vanished. Police reunited the pair after Marsh endured hunger and a weekend in the car.
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Boss
Raleigh
N. C
J. P. Phillips
Anson County
Eugene Marsh
Marsh
Phillips
Eugene
Boy Missing 9 Days On Peak In Maine Found Alive
Donn Fendler a 12-year-old Rye New York Boy Scout who vanished July 17 on Mount Katahdin was found alive by two fishermen about 30 miles from the last sighting. He survived by eating wild berries and was discovered in the Katahdin woods somewhat naked but apparently healthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donn Fendler
Rye
N. Y
Mount Katahdin
Katahdin
Cedar Rapids Grocers End Tuesday Afternoon Closings
Uniform one afternoon a week closing of Cedar Rapids grocery stores was discontinued pending a new agreement. Some stores favored a half-holiday for employees while others stayed open hoping all city grocers would align. A retail grocers meeting at Sokol hall discussed the move and the stale bread issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Sokol Hall
Williams to Lead Chicago and North Western as Chief Executive
R L Williams, formerly executive VP of Chicago and Eastern Illinois, named chief executive officer of the Chicago and North Western. He will succeed Fred Sargent, who resigned as president, with the presidency to remain vacant. Williams, 51, of Salem Illinois, began railroading as an apprentice telegrapher.
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Chicago
Chicago and North Western Railroad
R. L. Williams
Chicago and Eastern Illinois
The
North Western
Charles Thompson
Williams
Fred Sargent
Road
Salem
Ill
Baltimore and Ohio South Western
Widow ran one woman marriage bureau defrauding four husbands
In St Joseph Michigan a 40 year old widow Jo sephine Pelikan faced embezzlement charges after using a one woman marriage bureau to marry and defraud four husbands. She allegedly took 3700 from Joseph Brcka of New Buffalo and fled. Police noted aliases and a Midwest wide scam.
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ST. Joseph, Mich
Josephine Pelikan
Robert Murray
Allegan
Mich
Joseph Domon
Burnips Corners
Domon
Joseph Brcka
New Buffalo
Pelikan
John W. Rody
Pawpaw
Breka
Michigan City
Ind
Mike Fortelka
Raymond Granzow
Berrien County
Midwest
Japanese Air Raid Strikes Kiangpei District in Chungking
Twenty seven Japanese airplanes dropped sixty bombs on Chungking Monday night. The attacks started fires in the Kiangpei district and along shacks near the Yangtse river, signaling intensified aerial bombardment of the provisional Chinese capital.
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Chungking
China
Kiangpei
Yangtse
Europe’s Bio Powers Show Off Strength
Europe’s major powers boasted military readiness amid renewed tensions. Russia claimed a submarine lead, Britain and France staged large air maneuvers over France, and Germany demonstrated submarine diving, as Italy moved a fleet squadron westward. Britain’s stance toward Japan and China raised fears of further conflicts while Britain’s currency aid to China faced scrutiny.
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Europe
Navy
N. G. Kuznetsov
Russia
Germany
Japan
France
Louis Bleriot
Baltic
Berlin
Rhodes
Mediterranean
Italy
Neville Chamberlain
R. S. Hudson
Adolf Hitler
Britain
China
South China
Canton
Shameen
Hong Kong
U S Exports Surpass Imports But Margin Falls From 1938
U S exports in the first six months totaled 1 415 427 000 dollars while imports were 1 094 563 000 dollars. The export surplus for the period was about 50 percent smaller than the same period in 1938 when the margin stood at 629 833 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
United States
Commerce Department
Boy's Heart Too Weak Yet Playmates Doubt It
In Brooklyn on a hot afternoon Billy OConor 10 jumped into the East River from a rotting pier. He was swept by a strong current and drowned after his friend Bill Fox 12 rescued Clyde Donnelly 10. Doctors said Billy had a weak heart and the boys believed he was too brave.
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New York
Billy O’connor
Billy
Clyde Donnelly
Bill Fox
Johnson Avenue
Brooklyn
P. S
East River
P. S. 36
Fox
Donnelly
Iowa Native Ends Tenure As Asiatic Fleet Commander
Admiral Harry E. Yarnell of Independence Indiana ends his command of the United States Asiatic Fleet in Shanghai. He hands over to Admiral Thomas C. Hart aboard the Augusta and sails home August 2 for retirement due in October at age 64. Yarnell cited a difficult, hazardous Orient assignment marked by Panay and Augusta incidents and reaffirmed the fleet duty to protect American citizens wherever needed. Capt. P. L. Carroll becomes chief of staff, replacing Capt. R. F. McConnell.
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Shanghai
Harry E. Yarnell
Independence
United States Asiatic Fleet
China
Thomas C. Hart
Yarnell
President Coolidge
Augusta
United States Navy
Orient
United States
Panay
Swatow
P. L. Carroll
R. F. McConnell
San Diego
Lost 6 year old hunted in treacherous Paul Bunyan forest
In La Porte Minnesota a 6 year old boy Russell Jensen disappeared Monday after fishing with his father and uncle. A 200 man posse and CCC enrollees scoured Paul Bunyan state forest as bloodhounds were flown in to aid the search amid swamps and swarms of mosquitoes.
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Laporte
Minn
Russell Jensen
Albert Lea
Paul Bunyan State Forest
CCC
Curtis
Roy Olson
Minneapolis
Lake Kabekona
le Crosse
Wis
Harlan H. Ware
Pine River
Case County
Donald Fogel
Lost Roanoke Rider Skeleton Found in Wyoming Blizzard Mystery
The skeleton of Prairie Rose Henderson, a rodeo star who vanished in a Wyoming blizzard seven years ago, was found in the Green Mountain area on Monday. Coincidentally her husband Charles Coleman was battling a forest fire nearby.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Prairie Rose’ Henderson
Green Mountain
Charles Coleman
Akron clergyman Freed by Arab Kidnappers Near Jerusalem
The Rev. Gerould Goldner of Akron Ohio was released by rebel Arab bandits after a ransom was paid through an emissary. He had been held since last Wednesday in the hills south of Jerusalem, and was reunited with his father Rev. Jacob Goldner of Cleveland.
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Jerusalem
Gerould Goldner
Akron
Goldner
Jacob Goldner
Cleveland, O
Bethlehem
Ohio
Young Goldner
Preparations Under Way for All-Iowa Fair at Hawkeye Downs
Hawkeye Downs bustles as 85 workers prepare site for the All-Iowa fair set to open Aug. 13. An additional 20 men work on the exposition hall, whose cement floor may be used if finished. Manager C. D. Moore pushes promotion with bumper signs, billboards, and leaflets highlighting harness races, shows, and livestock expos.
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Hawkeye Downs
C. D. Moore
Tuese
Moore
Cedar Rapids
Humidity Remains High as Cedar Rapids Sees Warm Day
The sun banished morning clouds over Cedar Rapids on Tuesday pushing temperatures to 88 by 2 30 p m with a low of 68 at 8 00 a m and 72 at 9 30. Humidity stayed high after Monday peaked at 93 at 4 p m dropping to 70 by midnight per Chambers company records.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers Company
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