Jews Form Federal Union to Represent German Jewry
Berlin report says the Centralverein Zeitung announced a federation uniting German Jewish societies to act as official liaison with the Nazi government. Rabbi Leo Baeck named president as an international effort seeks Jewish emigration. Observers note emigration remains difficult and many Jews face heavy border costs.
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Berlin
Germany
Centralverein Zeitung
Leo Baeck
George Brandt
United States
New Jewish Federation
21 Year Old Woman Bears Sixth Child in Longmont Shack
Mrs Maxine Perdue twenty one, wife of a French Indian farm laborer, and her two day old baby girl were reported doing well in a three room shack near Longmont on Wednesday. Perdue, of Spanish American descent, was married at thirteen. The husband is thirty six.
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Longmont, Colo
INS
Maxine Perdue
Longmont
Perdue
Fights in Burma Kill Six Injure One Hundred
In Rangoon savage street clashes between Burmese Buddhists and Indian Muslims left six dead and about one hundred wounded. Shops were looted and burned as prisoners fled a burning jail amid the violence.
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Rangoon
Burma
A Winner Lower apartment vacancy ad in Gazette
A rental ad notes a two bedroom LOWER apartment at 1432 3rd Ave SE in perfect condition. It highlights comfort with cool summers and warm winters, asking $50. The first respondent rented the unit. others called but were too late. The piece advises advertisers to describe details to attract tenants and gives a phone number for ads.
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3Rd Ave
the Gazette
Kraschel defends Maytag stand amid editorial attack
Governor Kraschel defended his handling of the Maytag strike at Newton amid a Chicago Tribune editorial urging impeachment. The plant, closed under martial law since July 20, had been largely idle since May 9, with over 1,400 workers protesting a 10 percent wage cut. The editorial accused Kraschel of violating his oath and denying citizens’ equal protection, while Kraschel called the piece morally dishonest and unchanged in stance.
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DES Moines
INS
Chicago
Nelson G. Kraschel
Maytag
Newton
Kraschel
Maytag Co
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Paper
Maytag Company
Iowa
At Least His Name Was Called At Least His Name Was Called
J N Milligan of Kankakee regularly attended bank night at a theater for months and never won. He skipped bank night to skate, then learned his name had been called at the theater with a $400 loss. The next night he found his name at the skating rink costing $100 in losses.
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Kankakee
J. N. Milligan
Milligan
Germany Rejects Proposed U S Trade Treaty Offer
Germany offered to negotiate a trade pact with the United States proposing gradual increases in imports and annual American purchases of about 222 million dollars, but Washington rejected it for not meeting most favored nation standards and concerns over delays and exchange funding. Officials cited Germany’s preoccupation with a British pact and doubts about the plan’s fairness and timing.
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Washington
Germany
United States
America
State Department
U. S
Cordell
Hull
Audience picks five in Cedar Rapids baby bathing beauty finals
Iowa theater patrons chose five contestants to advance to the Miss Cedar Rapids of 1938 finals at the Iowa theater. Nine girls modeled, an applause meter determined the finalists, with a second group to be selected Thursday.
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Iowa Theater
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Diane McVey
Twelfth Street
Harper's Auto Refinishing Company
Diane Sue Carthers
Third Avenue
Russell's Ice Cream Company
Janice Ruth Katz
Fifth Avenue
Carole Jean Gilbert
Economy Lumber Company
Nancy Jane Monroe
Sixteenth Street
Liggett’s Drug Stores
Nancy Ann Feiden
B Avenue
Sears, Roebuck
Maureen Power
C Avenue
Nagle-Eaton Lumber Company
Margaret Ann _ Sisco
Sixth Street
Clover Farm Stores
Elizabeth Cahalan
D Avenue NW
Sojka Mentmaret
Sco
Andy Talbot
The
Mr. Talbot
Talbot
Patty Kay
French
Boyson Jewelry Store
Gwenevere Nietert
Thompson Studio
Norma
Englishman Hones Golf After Losing Sight on Somme
Bill Corum profiles Dr. William H J Ovenham, a seven battalion Royal West Kents veteran who lost sight in combat on the Somme and now shoots in the low eighties. Despite blindness, he competes at Cleveland and Toronto events, and runs a London and Hove practice as a highly regarded physician and blind golfer.
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Somme
Bill Corum
New York
INS
Royal West Kents
France
Ypres
Albert
Palechapelle
Passchendaele
Thiepval
Ronto
Hove
Sussex
William H. J. Ovenham
London
Oxenham
Fetes Orphans In Memory Of Her Own Child
Chicago report describes Mrs. Herbert W. Drew hosting a July 23 party for 1,500 orphan children at her Evanston lakeside estate. Clowns ponies elephants and a dog act entertained the youngsters as a picnic lunch was provided. The event marked the anniversary of her daughter Marianna's death by campfire on the same beach.
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Chicago
INS
Lake Front
Herbert W. Drew
Evanston
Coco
ABA Opposes Black Eligibility Probe Resolution
The American Bar Association resolutions committee refused to approve a measure asking the U S Supreme Court for information on Justice Hugo L Black's eligibility. A Nazi Germany discrimination resolution was also reported unfavorably for the convention assembly. The committee ruled the matter not within the association’s purview and noted the Supreme Court had already refused to rule on Levitt’s challenge. Proponents may still speak on the floor before a final vote.
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L. B. Day of
Lincoln
Neb
Germany
C. C. Burlingham
New York City
Supreme Court
Albert Levitt
Dean Edward T. Lee
John Marshall Law School
Chicago
Pullman Fares To Be Raised Aug. 1
Chicago AP reports Pullman fares will rise five percent on August 1 for all accommodations except upper berths. The increase was authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission on June 27. Pullman had sought a 10 percent rise in November 1937 to cover payroll tax and material costs.
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Chicago
G. A. Kelly
Pullman Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missing Premier Of Ontario Safe After Plane Forced Down
Premier Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario and two companions were found safe in Carcross Yukon Territory after their plane diverted due to dense fog during an 8000 mile aerial inspection trip. They were last heard from when off Whitehorse en route to Juneau Alaska and a search was halted while officials confirmed their safety.
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Carcross
Y. T
INS
Mitchell Hepburn
Ontario
B. E
Smith
New York
J. P. Bickell
Canada
Canadian
Arctic
Army
Skagway
Hepburn
Dionne Quints In Excellent Health At Nursery Visit
Dionne quintuplets in Callander Ontario are reported healthy in their nursery with more than 15 000 visitors this season. Measurements show Marie 38 34 inches Emilie 39 inches Cecile 39 34 inches Annette 39 14 inches Yvonne 39 34 inches. Weights listed: Marie 36 1 2 pounds Emilie 38 14 pounds Cecile 39 14 pounds Annette 41 pounds Yvonne 40 pounds.
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Callander
Marie
Emilie
Cecile
Annette
Yvonne
Spain May Favor Brutal Bullfighting Reform
ARTHUR Bugs Baer argues Spain could prefer brutal bullfighting as a test of tolerance, recalling past sensational displays. He cites reformers and critics and notes a rising spectacle with 1,200,000 Spaniards involved in brutal humor, while the queen reportedly does not receive ears.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Spain
Curran Named to Farm Post at Convention
Ottumwa veterinarian Thomas L. Curran won the Democratic nomination for town secretary of agriculture at the Iowa state convention in Des Moines on the first ballot. Curran carried Polk County’s 168 votes and Pottawattamie County’s 87, boosting his total to 1,340 votes.
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Des Moines
Thomas L. Curran
Ottumwa
Curran
Polk County
Pottawattamiee
Pottawattamie
Gillette Calls Convention Omission an Oversight
Senator Guy Gillette said omitting the President from his remarks at the Democratic state convention was an oversight. While most speakers at the gathering praised Roosevelt, Gillette noted the omission during his address on Thursday.
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Des Moines
INS
Guy Gillette
Roosevelt
Gillette
Irish sweep at Iowa convention names Curran foe and Ryan
The Iowa convention nominated Curran for agriculture secretary on the first ballot with 38 counties yet unrecorded and elected Ronald L. Ryan of Des Moines for state commerce commissioner. Elmer Carlson of Audubon, 1935 world corn husking champion, was among Curran’s backers but Curran prevailed as the Curran bloc swept a large roll call before Polk and Pottawattamie counties settled Curran’s majority.
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Ronald L. Ryan
Des Moines
Curran Steamroller
Elmer Carlson
Audubon
Curran
Iowa
H. C. Aaberg
Carlson
Book Of Quotations From Roosevelt By Republicans
The Republican National Committee released a 100 page booklet titled Quotations From Franklin Delano Roosevelt accusing the President of intellectual dishonesty and brazen reversals. It cites selections from eight years of public utterances, grouped into pledge to the people, cogent quotations, and the main body.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Waltman
Mr. Roosevelts
Relief Machinery Overhauled To Set Stage For Recovery
Washington report notes a further quarter of a billion dollars added to the lend and spend program through an accord between the Public Works Administration and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Harold Ickes said the PWA will continue grants while RFC handles nearly all loans for public works, as the administration overhauls its recovery machinery to spur a broad business upturn by midwinter.
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Washington
INS
Public Works Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
PWA
Harold TL Ickes
Jesse Jones
RFC
Telses
Temperature Low After Cool Night Cedar Rapids
The weatherman logged a bright day for Cedar Rapids with sun light and moderate temperatures. The low hit 64 at 6 a.m. and the high reached 83 at 2 30 p.m. The prior day saw a high of 89 at 3 30 p.m. and 86 by 7 p.m. then 68 at midnight per Inskeep Company records.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Bomen’ Inskeep Company
Czechoslovakia vows to Fight Regardless of Allied Support
Prague dispatch notes Czechoslovakia will resist a German invasion even without allied guarantees. The piece argues Germany would trigger a world war within two months as France Russia and England would join. Sudeten delegates seek autonomy while Germans in Prague pursue food and strict controls parallels with Austria. Continued on page 3.
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Germany
Reich
Czechoslovakia
H.R. Knickerbocker
International News Service
Europe
Knickerbocker
Prague
INS
France
Russia
England
Berlin
Hodza
Austria
Senate panel probes poll tactics in South Dakota race
Senate investigators pressed agriculture officials to probe Farm Security Administration activities in South Dakota amid claims of franked publicity to sway the general election. The inquiry targets who authorized the material, with former Governor Berry and Chan Gurney contesting the seat. The panel also examined Tennessee tactics amid alleged voter list rigging and coercion of federal and state workers, aiming for a report before the August primary.
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Washington
ULP
David I. Walsh
Mass
Senate
Agriculture Department
Farm Security Administration
South Dakota
Walsh
Henry A. Wallace
Tom Berry
Chan Gurney
Wallace
Morris Sheppard
Tex
James A. Farley
Tennessee
Ralph Burton
George L. Berry
U. S. Senate
Berry
Tom Stewart
J. Ridley Mitchell
John R. Neal
Edward W. Carmack
Goredon Browning
Stewart
E. H. Crump
Memphis
Lone Tree Youth Held For Quizzing In Extortion Plot
Iowa City AP Charles Doerres Jr. a 26 year old Lone Tree farm youth was held by Johnson county sheriff Don McComas for questioning in an extortion plot against Jimmie Gaeta age 11 son of a Lone Tree confectioner. The note demanded 2000 dollars to forestall the kidnapping.
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Iowa City
Charles Doerres, Jr
Lone Tree Farm
Johnson County
Don McComas
Jimmie Gaeta
Lone Tree
McComas
Déerres
State Bureau of Investigation
Charles Gaeta
Handwriting Experts Probe Doerres Ties in Gaeta Extortion Case
Des Moines AP reports W. W. Akers chief of the state bureau of investigation and Harold Gesell Polk county handwriting expert examined handwriting on Jimmie Gaeta extortion notes. They compared samples with Charles Doerres Jr held in Iowa City for questioning in the case.
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Des Moines
W. W. Akers
State Bureau of Investigation
Harold Gesell
Polk County
Jimmie Gaeta
Charles Doerres, Jr
Iowa City
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Consular Service
International Refugee Organization
Hitler
Hugo Black
Barton Holmes
Ryan
Hollenbeck
George
Mills
Corn Husker
Polk and
Senate Committee
Farley
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