Paras Worldwide Dope Ring Uncovered
Six nation authorities with United States treasury agents and Scotland Yard operatives exposed a major international drug smuggling ring. The group shipped opium morphine and heroin from Jugoslavia and Turkey to the United States with ten U S undercover agents in Europe aiding the case under Bernard Wait. Ringleaders in France Germany and England are in custody while New York narcotics investigators question suspected contact men.
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Washington
INS
United States Treasury
Scotland Yard
Europe
United States
J. W. Bulkley
Customs Bureau
U. S. Narcotics Bureau
New York
Treasury
Bernard Wait
Department
Paris
Bulkley
England
Germany
France
Italy
Jugoslavia
East
Brosere
Alley
Father Divine Obtains Estate Across River From Roosevelt
In Poughkeepsie New York followers of Father Divine gained title to the 500 acre Spencer estate across the Hudson from Hyde Park. The deed transfers ownership from the Krum Elbow Holding Corp to twenty one Divine followers for a price reportedly between 40000 and 50000 dollars. Gaius C Bolin Jr handled the filing for Father Divine’s group in Ulster County Clerk's office. Mrs James Roosevelt had previously favored Spencer over the Roosevelt property in the Krum Elbow naming dispute.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Father Divine
Hudson River
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Howland Spencer
Spencer
Hyde Park
James Roosevelt
Friday Spencer
Spencer Farm
Krum Ebow Holding Corporation
Divine
Ulster County
Sffice
Gaius C. Bolin, Jr
Poughkeep
Father Ivine
Pope Censures Mussolini Racial Policy in Speech
Pope Pius IX denounces Italy's Aryan racial program as foreign to Catholic universal doctrine. He warns that Catholic action cannot be attacked without striking at the church, delivering a pointed critique before alumni of the College for Propagation of the Catholic Faith.
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Rome
Ins
Pius
Mussolini
Italy
Germany
College For Propagation of the Catholic Faith
Bar Group Backs Labor Institute Plan at ABA Meeting
The American Bar Association board approves creating a labor institute to analyze labor industry disputes. Delegates at the 61st annual convention urge formation with leading labor and industrial lawyers to join, amid calls to condemn civilian bombings in China and Spain.
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Cleveland
LLP
American Bar Association
Board of Governors
Labor Institute
Association
China
Spain
Cedar Rapids Warmup Pushes Mercury Past Ninety
Cedar Rapids reports a heat spike on Friday with temperatures rising from 63 at 7 a.m. to 91 by 2:30 p.m. The day includes a Thursday peak of 84 at 5 p.m. and 83 at 7 p.m. as recorded by the Chambers Inskip company recorder.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Hilton 20 Arrested for Speeding After Car Accident
Salt Lake City police arrested Allen Hilton, 20, for driving 80 mph. He said the car was under control but claimed his passenger had his foot on the accelerator. The charge was changed to reckless driving.
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Salt Lake City
Allen Hilton
Hilton
Rebels break dams to trap Spanish Army at Ebro
Insurgents released a nine foot flood from Pyrenees dams toward the Ebro river and its tributaries near Hendaye. Government forces denied bridges were swept away but admitted rising waters. Flying Officer Heraclio Gautier was killed after photographing the flood despite heavy anti airfire. The tactic echoes a 1936 strike at Alberche dam to hinder Franco's troops near Madrid.
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Hendaye
France
Ebro
St. Jean-de-Luz
Francisco Franco
Pyrenees
Heraclio Gautier
Gautier
Alberche
el Tiemblo
Grados
Franco
Madrid
Texas Bank Robber Escapes In Chicago Gun Battle
In Chicago area Summit police halted a running gun fight through streets after a Dallas bank robbery suspect jumped from a car. Huron Walters, 25, believed to be the fugitive, fled as two men and two women were captured. suspects named as Robert Warren, 38, Theodore W. Lee, 39. The driver failed to halt and a gun battle ensued.
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Chicago
Dallas
Tex
Summit
John van Ort
Summit Police
Huron Walters
Robert Warren
Theodore W. Lee
Coal City
van Ort
Lorraine Wilson
Nat Hearn
Shreveport
Four Powerful Allies for Czechoslovakia in Peace Era
H K Knickerbocker surveys Skoda works at Pilsen and the merchants of peace. He notes Skoda’s transformation from weapon supplier to armaments for peaceful powers after WWI and highlights its role defending Czechoslovakia in 1938. The piece frames arms as neutral tools depending on the user.
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Ealitor
H. K. Knickerbocker
Foreien
International News Service
Europe
H. RK. Knickerbocker
Merchants of
Merchants of Death
Skoda
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Pilsen
Czech
Central
Knife-wielding attacker disrupts San Francisco club scene
In Club Roberts, an unidentified man armed with a 10 inch carving knife hacked at patrons including orchestra leaders Jan Garber and Ted Lewis. He toppled tables, wrecked the room, and was beaten unconscious by staff and patrons before being removed. No one else was seriously hurt as chaos ended and the club offered drinks on the house.
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San Francisco
Roberts
Ted Lewis
Jan Garber
Lewis
Garber
Dolly Fine
Miss Fine
Jake Ehrlich
Ken Large
Joe Bernstein
Larry Brady
Brady
Lone Tree Youth Quizzed After Two Notes Studied
In Iowa City AP report, Harold Gesell Polk County handwriting expert and State Agent Joe Derand joined Johnson County Sheriff Don McComas in questioning Charles Doerres Jr., a 27 year old Lone Tree farmer, about extortion notes to Charles Gaeta demanding 2000 dollars or his 11 year old son Jimmy would be kidnapped. Doerres has been held in the county jail since Thursday after McComas picked him up for investigation. Framing handwriting on the two notes were compared with Doerres samples, and questioning continued Friday morning.
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Iowa City
Harold Gesell
Polk County
Joe Derand
Des Moines
Johnson County
Don McComas
Charles Doerres, Jr
Lone Tree
Charles Gaeta
Gaeta
Jimmy
Doeries
McComas
Doerres
New York Police Inspector Dies by Own Action in Madison
Madison Conn INS report Inspector Louis F Rosenfeld aged 44 formerly in charge of Manhattan white light district shot himself while on vacation. His death marked the ninth suicide in New York police ranks this year and the seventy first since Police Commissioner Valentine assumed office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Conn
INS
Louis F. Rosenfeld
New York
Manhattan
White Light District
Rosenfeld
Valentine
Looks Like G O P Financed Corrigan Flight
Editorial opinion suggests Corrigan's flight was funded by Republicans. It cites the $355 plane cost as a campaign contribution and compares the GOP's perceived wealth to the Indies. The piece asserts the administration caught a large political break that day.
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G.O.P
Corrigan
Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Indies
Chauffeur Ordered Back To Pick Up Employer
State Trooper Theodore Stravedes halted a chauffeur driven limousine near Topfield MA. The driver argued he was not speeding but admitted stopping at a filling station five miles back. The trooper ordered him to return to pick up the employer left behind.
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Topsfield
Mass
Theodore Stravedes
Holt Would Seek Senate Backing Against Roosevelt Third Term
Senator Holt of West Virginia, a critic of the administration, said he would urge the 1939 Senate to express formal opposition to a third term for President Roosevelt. He plans a resolution modeled on the 1928 La Follette measure that warned departing presidents after a second term is a constitutional standard. Holt believes 1928 supporters should back this effort again.
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Washington
Holt
W. Va
Senate
Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
la Follette
Wis
Coolidge
United States
Kraschel Won't Reopen Newton Plant After Strike
Des Moines Iowa date Gov Kraschel refuses to rehear order closing Maytag washing machine plant at Newton. He cites risk of violence and tells back-to-work group attorney A M Miller to direct protests to company or union. He warns reporters in Jasper County color coverage with prejudiced views.
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Des Moines
INS
Newton
A. M. Miller
Jasper County
Barbara Hutton and Count Haugwitz Reventlow Separate
Lawyers report a separation agreement between Barbara Hutton Woolworth heiress and Count Court Haugwitz Reventlow. The count gains parental rights over their son Lance, with divided custody during school age. settlement avoids sale of joint property, no settlement of Hutton fortune, and terms hinge on Danish justice approval.
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London
Barbara Hutton
Count Court Haugwitz- Reventlow
Lance
Woolworth
Reno
Nev
Bow Street
Lanceforthwith
Tragic drowning follows rescue at Columbian lake
Bruno Antczak, 23, Cicero, drowned at Columbian lake after saving Miss Verdilla Sayres of Chicago during a swim. Sayres said she tired, Antczak got her to a raft then slipped back and died while assisting her.
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Waupaca
Wis
Bruno Antczak
Cicero
Columbian Lake
Verdilla Sayres
Chicago
Antczak
Missing Plane Has Unique Variety of Emergency Supplies
The Hawaii Clipper, overdue between Guam and the Philippines, carried complete emergency equipment including rubber life boats, inflatable balloons for distress signals, emergency kites for aerials, canned foods, water and evaporated milk, shotguns with fishing gear, and gear for landing on uncharted coral atolls.
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New York
Guam
Philippines
Hawaii
Glenn L. Martin on Hawaiian Clipper seaworthiness
Baltimore inventor Glenn L. Martin, maker of the Hawaiian Clipper missing in the Pacific, said the vessel may be down but will ride the water indefinitely unless there was a crash. He recalled its 1934 launch claim that it could ride out anything but a hurricane and would stay afloat until found.
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Baltimore (Ap
Glenn L. Martin
Pacific
Martin
Oppose Shopping For Federal Cash In Public Works Aid
Three top administration officials led by Harold Ickes joined Jesse Jones and Harry Hopkins in opposing cities shopping for the best federal deals. The dispute arose after Boston Mayor Maurice Tobin declined a 1.125 million PWA grant for a new city hall, preferring WPA work on the old hall to save taxpayers money.
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Washington
Administration
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Harold Ickes
Public Works Administration
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Ickes
Maurice J. Tobin
Boston
Little Miss Cedar Rapids Of 1938 Chosen At Iowa Theater Revue
Five more baby bathing beauty finalists were chosen Thursday to compete for the Little Miss Cedar Rapids of 1938 title. They join five Wednesday picks for the grand bathing baby revue at the Iowa theater tonight at 9. Audience votes using an applause meter. A runoff resolved identical scores for Gwenevere Nietert and Neema Orr.
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Little Miss
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Theater Revue Tonight
Iowa Theater
Patty Kay French
Thirty-fifth Street
Boyson’s Jewelry Company
Gwenevere Nictert
Fourteenth Street
Thompson Studio
Norma Jean Gregory
Wilson Avenue
May Drug Company
Jane Scanlan
Fifth Avenue
J. C.penney Company
Sandra Studer
Vernon Drive
Liebke
Diane McVey
Diane Sue Carthers
Janice Ruth Katz
Carole Jean Gilbert
Nancy Jane Monroe
Tent for Sale Ad Sells Fast in The Gazette
Quick action readers report a Cedar Rapids Gazette Want Ad for a nearly new 7x9 tent with sewn-in floor and fish sidewalls. A man called about a half hour after publication and bought it, proving the ad’s rapid results for selling camping gear.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
The
Advertiser
Airplane Clipper Missing Over Pacific With 15 Aboard
A Pan American Hawaii Clipper vanished between Guam and Manila with fifteen aboard. An immense search by air and sea was launched, involving the Meigs, three destroyers, and navy units under Admiral Yarnell and Admiral Meyers. No trace found. weather calm along the route. crew and notable passengers named. investigation continues.
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Manila
P.1
Pan American Airways
Guam
Meigs
Harry Yarnell
United States Asiatic Fleet
Yarnell
J. Meyers
Sixtenth Naval District
War Department
Stewart
Edsall
Paul Jones
Cavite
Hawaii
Leo Terletsky
Weather Bureau
Guam-to- Manila
Pan American Head Hopeful For Plane
Pan American Airways Pacific division manager Colonel Clarence M. Young refused to give up hope that the missing Hawaii Clipper would be found with all aboard safe. He said there is reason to believe the plane could have landed in a safe bay along the Philippine coast and await daylight.
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Alameda
Calif
Clarence M. Young
Pan American Airways’ Pacific
Hawaii
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