Suspects questioned in Dreher case as car found
Des Moines police and Cherokee officers question two men in Cherokee after a blood stained car identified as Harold Dreher not long before his wife said he was shot and pushed from a car in Des Moines. The two men Henry DePew and Dale Gillman faced weapons charges in Cherokee.
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Brophy
Gillman
Dreher
A M Tilton
Cherokee County
Cherokee
Phipps
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Des Moines Detectives Question DePew Couple in Dreher Case
Mrs Henry DePew 29 of Fort Dodge was taken into custody at her home at the request of Des Moines detectives for questioning in the murder of Harold J Dreher of Mason City. Her husband and Dale Gillman arrested in Cherokee Friday are also being questioned. Both DePew and his wife have police records in Fort Dodge.
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Fort Dodge
Henry DePew
Des Moines
Harold J. Dreher
Mason City
Dale Gillman
Cherokee
DePew
Waynesburg’s July 29 Rain Tradition Ends? Weather Record
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania residents note July 29 as a traditional rainy day. Official forecast predicted possible showers, but locals recalled years when rain did not occur. The tale traces back to records kept by William Allison and later Ab Allison with margins in a drug store ledger.
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Waynesburg
William Allison
Allison
Ab Allison
Democracy versus irrationality in a Newton dialogue
In a Newton-influenced exchange, Jake Jones and Uncle Abner debate democracy, human nature, and the irrational pull of violence. Jones critiques rationalism while Abner defends democracy and the path back to shared standards through peaceful living for the common good.
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Jake Jones
Abner
Jones
Uncle Abner
Annele Abner
United Penures Syndicate
Mercury Rises After Cool Cedar Rapids Night
A Cedar Rapids report notes cooler conditions drew light blankets favoring sleepers. Overnight low reached 61 between 5 and 6:30 a.m. Saturday. By 9:30 a.m. the temperature was 76 rising to 81 by noon. Friday peak hit 83 at 6:30 p.m. Evening cooled to 70 at 7 p.m. and 69 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Roosevelt weighs Hatch bill as two day cruise ends
President Roosevelt aboard the Potomac off Virginia capes considers three options on the Hatch bill to curb political activity by federal employees. He may sign, allow without signature, or veto, with a decision expected by August 3 as Congress may act next.
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Washington
INS
Virginia Capes
Roosevelt
White House
Potomac
Congress
Senate
House
Embargo Considered to Halt Japanese Invasion in China
The United States could impose severe economic reprisals against Japan to curb its two year invasion of China. Officials say a full embargo on essential war materials, scrap iron and petroleum as major items, might cripple Japan’s war effort and force withdrawal from the Asiatic mainland.
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Washington
INS
United States
Japan
China
Iowa Senators Oppose Lending Bill Amendment
Iowa Senator Gillette and Senator Herring voted against an amendment to the administration lending bill to eliminate a $350 million railroad equipment program. The amendment passed 45 to 32. Herring voted against restoring WPA prevailing wages. Gillette not listed. The $500 million highway authorization was struck 42 to 38, with Herring not recorded.
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Washington
Guy M. Gillette
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Senator Herring
Senator Gillette
Woman paints sidewalk red in Boston West End
A woman told police she painted the sidewalk red to make it look nice and keep dirt down. Lt. Foley sent two patrolmen to stop the act and they warned her to cease. she finished shortly after.
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Boston
Joy Street
West End
John Foley
Foley
France's 'More Babies' plan aims to boost birth rate
Paris reports a 238.5 million program to curb decline in births, modeled on fascist campaigns, offering cash bonuses for large families and incentives for homemaker mothers. Daladier extends powers to 1942 as general elections are delayed, with subsidies for peasant farms and taxes on bachelors.
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Paris
INS
Edouard Daladier
Daladier
France
City Council Weighs Paid Vacation For Truck Drivers
The Cedar Raundy News reports a Friday city council session over paying truck drivers for a week off with pay and removing off days. The Teamsters propose a 44 hour week and 51 weeks per year with no extra help, while city budget concerns hinge on man hours.
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Teamsters Union
Teamsters
J D White
Don Hines
Hines
Labor Party Holds Night Caucus in Telephone Booth
Washington AP report notes the American Labor Party caucus met Friday night in a cloak room telephone booth No 7 with permission of the speaker. Rep Vito Marcantonio NY the ALP whip and floor leader said the group would continue fighting to achieve its goals in this Congress. He is the sole ALP member in the House.
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Washington
American Labor Party
House
Vito Marcantonio
York
Marcantonio
Drought grips portions of nation despite mixed conditions
A mid summer drought affecting millions of acres in the United States threatens heavy losses for farmers though regional impact varies. Conditions are worst in the south western dust bowl and parts of the Rockies and upper Great Lakes with pastures and crops in the northeast and west hurt by high heat and scarce rainfall.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
New England
Dust Bowl
Rocky Mountains
Upper Great Lakes
J. B Kimeer
Weather Bureau
Midwest
Mississippi
Ohio Valley
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Esas
New Mexico
Arizona
Walford Man Fined for Drunk Driving in Truck
Vena Svoboda, 50, of Walford, pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after police stopped his truck near Sixteenth avenue. He was fined 300 dollars with 25 dollar payments required and 30 day license suspension. Louis Erger, 49, also of Walford, pled guilty to drunkenness and was fined 25 dollars and costs.
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Cedar Raplly News Vena
Svoboda
Walford
C J. Haas
Stearns and
Walsh
Sixteenth Avenue
B Street
Louis Erger
Erger
Rain Prayers Spark Baptist Clergyman’s Critique in Danbury
In Danbury Connecticut a "pray for rain" service drew fire from Rev Jack Matheson Baker a 27 year old Yale divinity graduate. He argued prayer cannot control nature and science underpins weather, while Rev H M Hancock of the sponsoring Methodist church defended prayer as part of daily need including water.
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Danbury
Conn
Jack Matheson Baker
Yale Divinity School
H. M. Hancock
Shell of Roosevelt pump priming bill Moves through Senate
House and Senate leaders trimmed the rural electrification and railroad financing provisions in Roosevelt's $4 billion pump priming plan. The House cut the rural electrification allocation from 500 million to 350 million and reduced railroad funding from 000 to 250 million as bipartisan momentum pushes the bill toward passage amid a weakened, shell of the original plan.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Roosevelt
Federal loan authorizations detailed for rural and public works
Washington AP reports remaining lending authorizations by the administration include 2.19 billion for lending ill, 500 million for Rural electrification, 600 million for Farm tenancy and rural rehabilitation, 550 million for non federal public works, 100 million for Export Import Bank, and 90 million for Reclamation projects.
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Washington
Barkley Leads Battle Over Dismantling Bill Amid Senate Delays
Debate over a lending program bill tops the Senate agenda as administration supporters resist further cuts. The measure totals 2.49 billion dollars with 1.64 billion for lending. Key actions include scrapping a 500 million highway tunnel bridge program and defeating a 350 million railroad equipment loan. A rider relaxes a 1940 relief vacation clause while other rider attacks fail.
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Administration
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Holt
Racketeering Chief Lepke Buchalter Targeted in Nationwide Search
Federal and local authorities mount a countrywide hunt for Louis Lepke Buchalter the onetime garment and trucking racketeer alleged to lead an army of assassins. The case links Dewey Hoover and Valentine in a coordinated effort after the Penn killing stirred public outrage.
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New York
Federal
Laval
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Buchalter
Irving Penn
Philip Orlovsky
Penn
Thomas EB. Dewey
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lewis J. Valentine
British Balloons Ring London in Defense Maneuvers
Britain fortifies London with a balloon barrage while 55 000 territorial troops prepare for summer maneuvers amid empire defense talk. British and French ships mass near Malta in a shadow war echoing European tensions ahead of renewed conflicts.
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London
Malta
Mediterranean
All
Serbia
Tower Bridge
Thames
Britains Army Oo
Territorial
Guaid
Iains
Viscount Cort
Imperial General Staff
Royal Au Foree
Cranwell
George VI Frydens
Overseas Trade Department
Poland
Suspension of WPA Dismissals for Eighteen Months Ordered
Washington dispatch reports Work Projects Administration head Harrington ordered state WPA administrators to suspend dismissals of on roll workers for eighteen months. The move follows Senate approval of an amendment to a lending bill replacing the compulsory dismissal clause with a priority assignment provision for workers certified three months or longer and awaiting assignment.
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Washington
FC Harrington
WPA
Tea
WEA
Harrington
Senate
Roosevelt
Tearful farewells as Irish deported from London
Steamships to Ireland crowded with Irish republican army members and sympathizers as Scotland Yard enforces emergency powers. Tearful scenes at London stations and Irish ports as IRA exodus begins. Guards watch for bombers. ships carry 4000 passengers including suspects.
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London
Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Scotland Yard
Irish Sea
Eustion
Britain
Liverpool
Southern Ireland
Northern Ireland
British Japanese clash over barricades in Shanghai settlement
Japanese and British troops erected barbed wire barricades north of Kuangsee road in the Shanghai international settlement. Hundreds of Chinese fled the area as tensions rose after Japanese crews began fortifying beyond British lines. British protests against Japanese barricades followed arrestees and a claimed expansion of territory amid a broader Far East crisis.
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United States
China
State Department
Far East
Japan
Ballyhoome
Germaly
Great Britain
Brimhoo
Tientsin
Depositors To Receive 10 Percent Dividend In Iowa Bank
Judge C Haas in district court approved the application of D W Bates receiver of the former Iowa State Savings bank of Cedar Rapids to pay a 10 percent dividend to depositors. This is the first dividend since the original 4 percent paid when the bank closed in November 1934. The examiner’s report shows depositors’ claims totaled 672 ,92493 and after preferred claims only 70,690.55 remained. date and place of payment not yet specified.
When It's Dry No Spells Help Baer Says Farmers End Month
Bugs Baer notes a drought month with corn in the field and trout needing water. He jokes that charms or rainmakers won t alter dry weather and mentions neighbors who offered a rainmaker prize but stopped when no rainmaker is proven.
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Baer
Dy Arthur
Bugs” Baer
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