Humble Clergyman Opposes Church Over Wedding in France
A Yorkshire rector Rev. R. Anderson Jardine ignores archbishop approval to bless the Duke of Wingsor and Mrs Wallis Warfield’s civil marriage in France. He defies church authority and risks discipline in a dramatic démarche reflecting royal romance.
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Yorkshire
R. Anderson Jardine
Church of England
France
Duke of Wingsor
Wallis Warfield
England
Jardine
British Empire
Canterbury
Edward
Vicar defies church over Windsor Wallis wedding in Monts
Rev Robert Anderson Jardine announced he would wed Duke of Windsor and Mrs Wallis Warfield in a church ceremony at the Chateau de Cande in Monts despite a telegram from the Bishop of Fulham denying Episcopal license. Church leaders warned the rite would not be recognized as a church marriage.
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London
Church of England
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Robert Anderson Jardine
Yorkshire
Chateau de Cande
Monts
France
Warfield
Archbishop of Canterbury
Lambeth Palace
Fulham
Basil Staunton Batty
Jardine
Music Room
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Volunteers for Task by Kenneth T Downs
A fragment notes a 1937 Monts France dispatch by Kenneth T. Downs about volunteers for a task, credited to an English clergyman who acted without supervisor consultation. The piece continues on page 4 column 5.
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Kenneth T. Downs
Monts
France
INS
London Couples Race to Wed at Duke and Wallis Hour
Romantic London couples rushed the registry office on Wednesday aiming to marry at the same hour as the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Warfield. A West End registrar said he tried to fit three couples at the same hour and noted many more later, a rare rush for an ordinary day.
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London
Duke of Windsor
Wallis
Warfield
West End
Chicago Mayor's aides back cigaret tax bill
Legislative spokesmen for Mayor Edward J. Kelly of Chicago said Wednesday they would proceed with the bill to permit municipalities to tax cigarette sales.
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Springfield
Ill
Edward J. Kelly
Chicago
Saving Face and the Cost of Vanity in Personal and Global Life
Dr Newton argues that clinging to face and vanity causes costly conflict and broken relationships. He cites families and nations delaying peace or entering war to protect pride, urging humility as the core virtue and path to sanity.
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Emerson
New York Labor Council Suspends 46 Unions for CIO Affiliation
The Central Trades and Labor Council of New York City and local AFL unit suspended 46 unions totaling about 300 000 members for affiliation with the John L Lewis CIO Committee for Industrial Organization. The move follows an AFL Cincinnati conference decision to wage war on the CIO.
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New York
Central Trades and Labor Council of
New York City
American Federation of Labor Organization
John L. Lewis Committee For Industrial Organization
A. F. of L
Cincinnati
CIO
Dutch word sparks Iowa court injunction over dairy branding
Krebs Dairy Foods of Cedar Rapids obtained a temporary injunction from Judge H. C. Ring to bar Dutch Mill Ice Cream Limited from using the word Dutch on dairy products in Iowa. Ed Cheney Floyd Flanders and Leonard Urban face prohibition on Dutch Mill branding and ads to prevent public confusion with Krebs Dutch Girl label and trademark.
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Cedar Rapids
Krebs Dairy Foods, Inc
H. C. Ring
Iowa
Ed Cheney
Floyd Flanders
Leonard Urban
Krebs Company
Scott County
Dutch Mill Company
Krebs
Government Shelves Steel Parley Effort
The U S government temporarily shelved plans for a mediation conference to end the steel strike. Labor Secretary Frances Perkins followed labor conciliator James F Dewey in abandoning face to face talks in Ohio and Illinois after a private meeting. The SWOC and three steel firms show no willingness to compromise. The administration pressures SWOC toward NLRB elections in Republic Steel Inland Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube mills. John L Lewis calls Girdler a gunman as Senate Civil Liberties Committee probes steel plant relations.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
James F. Dewey
Ace Labor Department
Ohio
Ilinois
Miss Perkins
Dewey
United Press
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Pittsburgh
H. J. Heinz Company
Cleveland
SWOC
Committee For Industrial Organization
National Labor Relations Board
Republic Steel Corporation
Inland Steel Company
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
John L. Lewis
CIO
Tom Girdler
Republic Board
Girdler
Lewis
Senate Civil] Liberties Committee
Judge Won't Cut Capone Sentence
Chicago federal judge James H. Wilkerson refused to entertain a motion to reduce Al Capone's sentence by one year for income tax evasion. Capone, former gang chief, remained sentenced after the ruling.
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Chicago
James H. Wilkerson
al Capone
National League baseball scores and results summary
National League scores show Pittsburgh Boston Chicago New York St Louis Brooklyn Cincinnati and Philadelphia all posting varied inning totals. American League results feature New York Cleveland Washington Detroit and Boston Chicago games affected by rain with postponed matchups listed.
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THE
United Press
National League
Pittsburgh
Boston
Blanten and
Todd
Metchinson
Lepes
House Passes Relief Bill by 323 to 44 Vote
The $1.3 billion work relief bill cleared the House in a stormy session to aid 1.7 million jobless in 1938. Final passage came after nearly twelve hours as President Roosevelt’s program moved to the Senate where Byrnes pushes to cut $500 million and debates over federal control versus state administration continue.
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National Treasury
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Treasury
Washington
House
Senate
Sam Rayburn
James F. Byrnes
S. C
Byrnes
Legality Question Hovers Over Ford Probe Jury
In Detroit a one man grand jury probe into last week's River Rouge plant incident drew a bid by city and Ford lawyers to challenge the court's jurisdiction. Subpoenas sought Edsel Ford and Harry Bennett as witnesses at a closed hearing. Judge Ralph Liddy paused the matter for jurisdiction review and ordered further legal study before ruling.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
Edsel Ford
Dearborn
James E. Greene
Louis Colombo, Jr
Common Pleas
Ralph Liddy
Ford
Duncan C. McCrea
United Automobile Workers Union
Harry Bennett
Ford Service Department
Liddy
International Harvester to Build Engine Plant in Indianapolis
Chicago report says International Harvester will erect a 4 million dollar engine plant in Indianapolis, adding to a 1 million dollar building under construction. The facility will employ about 3,000 workers.
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Int. Harvester
Chicago
International Harvester Company
Indianapolis
Congress to Vote Big Tax Evasion Probe Funds
Washington reports Congress prepared to approve up to a million dollars to back President Roosevelt's probe into millionaire tax evasion. Officials estimate evasion rings total more than 500 million dollars, with debate over scope and authority delaying swift action. The plan faces House opposition over powers granted to treasury clerks and secrecy of findings, while administration seeks continued excise taxes to stave off a looming deficit.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Treasury
House Rules Committee
Rayburn
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
North Carolina
Roswell Magill
Colorado Woman Dies Here After Taking Poison
Ruby Connely a 47 year old resident of Montrose Colorado died in a local hospital from mercurial poisoning. Deputy coroner Dr R E Munden ruled the death a suicide with a post mortem planned. A Wool buyer G R Barney said Connely had threatened to kill herself and believed she was being followed by gangsters.
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Montrose
Colo
R. E. Munden
Sumner Street
Boston
Mass
Barney
Miss Connely
Cedar Rapids
Cheyenne
Wyo
Dr. Munden
Vessel in Distress Reported in Pacific
Globe wireless said its Manila station intercepted an SOS from the S. S. Olivia a German vessel in mid Pacific. The ship on fire asked for immediate help but no position was given and the signal faded. The Olivia is registered at Hamburg Germany.
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Globe Wireless
Manila
mid-Pacific
Hamburg
Germany
Frontier park gains $75,000 boost for Cedar Rapids fairgrounds
Frontier park in Cedar Rapids is donated to the city with a $75,000 federal funded improvement plan to create premier fair and amusement grounds on the 118 acre site. The project includes three cattle barns and revised facilities. The initiative, supported by the Chamber of Commerce, city council, county supervisors, and WPA, aims for a long range park program.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Salt Lake City
Omaha
Frontier Park
Cedar Rapids
Middle West
Board of Supervisors
WPA
State
Washington, D.C
Chamber of Commerce
Paul’ Huston
George Keller
Iowa
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H. R. Green Engineering Company
State College
County Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids Man Dies By Own Action In Shed
Cedar Rapids man Frank Kuntz about 60 commits death by hanging with a clothesline rope in a shed behind the Ray Tanner residence at 1011 Sixth Street SE. Coroner Dr. Knight ruled death by own action with no inquest. Kuntz had been sleeping in the shed while staying in Cedar Rapids and had worked odd jobs locally. He lived in Cedar Rapids most of his life, born in Bohemia, with no known relatives in the country. Body taken to Janeba and Brosh funeral home.
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Frank Kuntz
Ray Tanner
Sixth
Kuntz
Grane Shorty
Tanner
Cedar, Rapids
Bohemia
Sixth Street
Janeba and Brosh
Earhart Completes Second Caribbean Leg Heads to Dutch Guiana
Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan completed a 650 mile hop from San Juan Puerto Rico to Carapito Venezuela in four hours and 33 minutes. They stopped for overnight with Standard Oil hosts and planned a dawn departure for Paramaribo Dutch Guiana before Natal Brazil en route to Africa.
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Venezuela
Amelia Earhart
Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
Caribbean
Amelia Earhart Putnam
San Juan
Porto Rico
Miss Earhart
Fred J. Noonan
Standard Oil Company
Natal
Brazil
South Atlantic
Africa
Boy 8 Explodes Dynamite Cap. Minor Injuries Reported
Jimmy Jensen eight year old son of Howard Jensen of McGregor escaped serious harm after picking up a dynamite cap on the way to the pasture. He struck it with a hanger causing the cap to explode. His legs and arms were peppered but injuries were only skin deep.
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the Gazette
McGregor
Jimmy Jensen
Howard Jensen
McGregor Farmer
Cherokees mourn Merritt Gilbert death from accidental shotgun discharge
Merritt Gilbert age 27 died in a hospital in Cherokee after a shotgun discharged accidentally while he cleaned it. Investigating officers reported the incident as an accidental discharge with Gilbert transporting his weapon for cleaning when the misfire occurred.
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Merritt Gilbert
Baldwin Uninvited to Wedding In Slapstick Column
The column jokes that Baldwin will not receive an invitation to a couple's wedding after spoiling the last one. The couple reportedly live in a friend's palace and plan a yacht honeymoon, with Eddie and his circles referenced in playful fashion.
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Baldwin
Eddie
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