Green breaks with Roosevelt policy on wage hour bill
Labor leader William Green announces AFL withdrawal of support for the administration wage hour bill. He warns senators that opposition may affect labor records but says the federation has not urged a vote against the measure. Green fears that 40 cents an hour could become maximum pay and 40 hour week could become a universal minimum.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
William Green
Universal Service
Congress
Federation
Senate
House
Executive Committee
Green
A. F. of L
Senator Black
Alabama
Education and Labor Committee
National Federation
John L. Lewis
CIO
Ickes Secures 2500 Dollar Budget for New Car
Secretary Ickes will receive a 2500 dollar appropriation for a new automobile, not the 400 dollar model he asked for. Congress approved the amount after noting the old car was damaged in an accident and that cabinet cars are typically traded in about every two years.
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Washington
Ickes
Congress
Elbert K. Burlew
Radio Set Ownership in U S Tops Thirty Million
The Commerce Department reports that thirty million of the world's fifty six million radio receiving sets are owned in the United States.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Love as a daily discipline in a fractured world
In a sermon the Padre urges daily practiced goodwill toward all, noting love is hard when passions rise and old resentments linger. He argues that choosing the good for others shapes the heart, even if fondness for everyone is impossible, and urges a steady will to seek others’ well being.
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Padre
Cogwright
Prospects Good 50 Farm Prices Slump
Des Moines Iowa AP July on the farm prices for small grains fell due to favorable threshing reports. Wheat at 1.13 a bushel, oats 37 cents, barley 59 cents, soybeans 1.15 to 1.35, corn 1.17, hogs 11.00, cattle 10.30, veal calves higher, sheep down, horses and mules lower. Milk cows butter dairy prices steady. milk and dairy output urged. Chicken 14.6 cents/pound, eggs 17.1 cents dozen.
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Des Moines
ToWwa
Leslie M. Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Carl
Lindy Hops to France on Business Trip
Charles Lindbergh and his companion began a flight to France from Lympne England describing the voyage as a business trip. Their first planned stop was the St Ingelvert airdrome near Calais, as reported from England.
Emergency meeting called to block adjournment of Congress
A 17 member nonpartisan committee issued a call for an emergency meeting to block adjournment until the administration wage and hour bill is enacted. Signers include three Republicans and two Progressives with Rep Healey to chair. The plan, reportedly backed by the White House, aims to keep Congress in session for final votes.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
H. Jerry Voorhis
Calif
House
Arthur D. Healey
Mass
Healey
Massachusetts
Aeteares
White House
Old House
Justice of Peace A S Reed Dies After Long Illness
Justice of the Peace Almon S Reed, a Spanish war veteran and notable in Masonic circles, died at his home 438 Fifth Avenue SW at 2 30 p m Thursday after an illness persisting since May. He was 65, born March 1872 on a Cedar Rapids area farm and educated in Cedar Rapids schools. He previously worked as a letter carrier for the Cedar Rapids post office before enlisting April 26 1898 in Company C Forty ninth Iowa Volunteers, serving as regimental postmaster at Des Moines Maconville Fla and Sa Gayganline for Havens.
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Justice of the Peace
Almon S. Reed
Fifth Avenue
Justice Reed
Cedar Rapids
Forty
Iowa Volunteers
Des Moines
Maccoonville
Fla
Sa- Gayganline
Havens
Wisconsin Iowa tall corn bet heads to Des Moines meeting
Madison AP Wisconsin's entry in the Des Moines tall corn contest stands about 13 feet 2 inches. A Keegan farm stalk near Monroe county was uprooted for the display as Governor La Follette plans to challenge Governor Kraschel, highlighting Wisconsin dairy products and wildlife displays.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Iowa
Des Moines
Harry Keegan
Washington Township
Monroe County
Merrill Richardson
Philip la Follette
Keegan
la Follette
Kraschel
Iowa Governor Kraschel Plays It Close To Vest
Des Moines dispatch reports Governor Kraschel declining to reveal his stance on an unspecified policy as questions linger after a Thursday night briefing.
Two CCC youths killed in Minnesota crash at Red Wing camp
Two Nebraska CCC enrollees were killed and two others fatally injured when a truck carrying 18 boys from Kansas and Nebraska overturned at the entrance to the Red Wing CCC camp. Five youths were less seriously injured. the crash occurred as the vehicle turned into the camp gate and swerved to avoid a departing car. Named dead were Robert Nelson and Walter E. Vincent. Leonard Shepard, Edward Dove, and Glenn Campbell were in critical or dying condition.
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Red Wing, Minn
Nebraska
CCC
Kansas
Red Wing
Robert Nelson
Winnebago
Neb
Walter E. Vincent
York
Red Wing Hospital
Leonard Shepard
Lyons
Edward Dove
Glenn Campbell
Parsons
Kan
Paris Express Derails Killing Dozens in Suburbs
More than fifty people died and many were injured when the Paris St Etienne express train jumped rails near Villeneuve St George just after 11 p.m. Investigators began examining the cause as rescue crews worked amid tangled wreckage and overcrowded hospitals.
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Paris
Villeneuve-St. George
Chinese Plan to Drive Japs From Tientsin
Chinese central army forces entered the Tientsin area aiming to push the Japanese from the city amid fires from incendiaries. The plan sought aid from Nanking as heavy bombardment targeted the Japanese garrison near Nankai University. The Domei agency said an armistice proposal via the Belgian consul general had not been answered by Japan. British Foreign Secretary Eden told Parliament Britain is considering summoning signatories of the Kellogg and mine power pacts to halt China hostilities and has not approved further provincial detachments from Nanking.
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Tientsin
Nanking
Central Army
Nankai University
Domei
Hai Ho
Britain
Stas
London
INS
Great Britain
China
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Eden
Japan
Americans fear a night of terror in Tientsin
United States forces in Tientsin reported anxious charges as they faced potential violence. Local residents described mounting fears of unrest and possible clashes as orders to maintain security remained in force.
Await Word Of New North Pole Flight To U S
Soviet representatives in Fairbanks await word on a projected polar flight from Moscow to the United States. Pilot Sigismund Levaneffsky prepared to fly a four engine plane with three to five passengers, refueling in Fairbanks before an unannounced U S destination likely Chicago or New York.
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Alaska
Moscow
United States
New York
Washington
Sigismund Levaneffsky
Lindbergh
Russia
Vancouver
Wash
San Jacinto
Calif
Michael Beliakoff
S. A. Smirnoff
Levaneffsky
Chicago
Strangler Killer Held As Husband Of Victim
New York AP report says Stanley Martin sobbed as he pleaded innocence to homicide while his wife’s husband Jackson signed the complaint. Martin allegedly garroted Mrs Jackson after she asked him to, contradicting his prior confession.
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Stanley
New York
Martin
Jackson
Delay Case Against Local Man Charged With Stock Fraud
MILWAUKEE Wis AP Joseph Buckley54 of Cedar Rapids Indiana charged with defrauding Edward Frenz of Milwaukee of 294 by selling stock in a non existent firm. Thursday was adjourned in district court here until Aug 12.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Joseph’ Buckley
Cedar Rapids
Edward Frenz
Milwaukee
There Was No Law Against A Baby Born In A Trailer
In Des Moines a trailer birth amused and astonished a 23 year old mother and her husband. Dr Leininger and five osteopathy students moved the trailer on logs to comply with an alleged law. Wanda Mae Tharp arrived without formal restriction, prompting debate on birthplace rules.
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Charles Tharp
E. F. Leininger
Leininger
Tharp
Wanda Mae
City Health Department
Herman Carlson
State Health Department
H. E. Ransom
Carlson
Detroit and New York Match Box Score Amid League Play
In the American League Detroit scored 12 runs on 6 hits while New York managed 3 runs on 6 hits. Poffenberger Lawson Bol ton Pearson Murphy and Dickey pitched for Detroit and New York’s lineup featured strong defense and timely HITs.
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New York
Poffenberger
Lawson
Bolton
Pearson
Murphy
Dickey
Baseball scorecard fragments from National League game
Readable lines show team abbreviations and partial inning scores for multiple NL games. Players such as Turner Mueller Derringer Blanton and Cantwell are listed with lineups and partial results, including Boston Cincinnati Philadelphia Pittsburgh Brooklyn Chicago New York St. Louis entries.
Hauler Absolves Firm With State Contract Over Liquor
J. R. Stewart 44 testified Thursday that Brady Transfer and Storage had no involvement in the alcohol shipment. He said the money was his own, and Brady did not benefit or know about the transaction. Stewart admitted unfamiliarity with Iowa liquor laws and claimed the delivery was a legitimate load. He noted residences in Valley Junction Iowa and Butler Indiana.
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Ind
Oule
W.P. Haley
Stewart
Hartley
Iowa
Valley Junction
Butler
Warships Gather Off Spain Coast Amid Rebel Attacks
A fleet of twelve French and British warships massed near Saint Jean de Luz after insurgent raids against Spanish tankers and the capture of the French steamer Canarias. The incidents included a submarine attack on three Spanish freighters near Gran du Roi and machine gun fire on the Jacques Schiaffino off Minorca, with Britain and France mobilizing ships near the Basque coast.
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Spain
Santander
Gijon
Gran du Roi
Valetta
Zamora
Marseilles
Riri
Canarias
Balearic Island
Palma
Majorca
Jacques Schiaffino
Sete
Bougie
Algeria
Minorca
Balearics
Pyrenees
Royal Oak
Two Gunmen Rob Bank in Thornton Overalls
Two masked bandits wearing overalls robbed the First National Bank of Thornton Iowa at 1:20 pm, taking about $2000 in currency in five to ten minutes. They forced cashier James and books keeper Ramoth to open the drawers and vault but left no customers nearby, escaping in a green Ford and leaving few clues. One man was 40, 5'8", 160–170 pounds with a dark, slender build. the other 30–40, 5'2", 150 pounds with a dark complexion. State agents planned to compare photos to identify them.
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Pauls
Sharge
Ramoth
James
Spore Thornton
Cerro Gordo County
Paul
Gruber
Jerry
Woods
Congress as Teacher's Pet to Peck's Bad Boy
Cartoonist Arthur Baer reflects on Congress, noting it began as a teacher's pet and ended as Peck's bad boy. He quips that history exposes truths only after decades and questions what prosperity costs when figures are removed. Copyright 1997.
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Peck
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