Senate Campaign Inquiry Probes Political Funding Practices
Senate campaign expenditures committee chair Sheppard announced plans to require all US Senate candidates to disclose any connections with federal officials and to list campaign contributors and amounts. The panel will seek data on violations of corrupt practices acts and may refer findings to state authorities. Walsh proposed regional reps to speed investigations across states.
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Washington
Sheppard
Texas
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
United States Senate
Texan
United States Supreme Court
Senate
Walsh
Mass
Massachusetts
Col. i
Never Write a Cheerful Letter Left Unsent in War Time
A 1938 piece reflects on nurse minister in London recalling how a simple encouraging letter can lift a tired heart. It urges writing kind notes to comfort the lonely, warning that many letters remain unwritten due to shyness or awkwardness.
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City Temple
London
England
Mark Twain
Cedar Rapids Sees Temperatures Reach 85 Degrees
Cedar Rapids records show a steady rise in temperatures Saturday from a 53 degree low at 5 am to 77 at 10 am and 84 at noon. By 2 pm the mercury climbed to 85 while the top Friday reached 81 at 6 30 pm and fell to 56 by midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Redskins Seek Government Help to Flee Civilization
A group of homesick Oklahoma Indians led by Creek Jack Gouge urged the federal government to relocate about 4,000 full bloods to return to ancestral life. They asked only for land to create a new home where they could hunt fish and work away from the white man's world.
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Washington
Jack Gouge
Hanna
Okla
John Collier
Mystery surrounds Nazi leaders as trio vanishes
Paris dispatch reports the sudden disappearance of three senior Nazi figures from public life. Field Marshal von Blomberg, Franz von Papen, and Colonel-General von Fritsch have vanished amid silence and rumor. Von Blomberg recently married with Hitler present, then resigned as war minister as Hitler took over the war office.
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Paris
INS
Germany
Field Marshal
von Blomberg
Franz von Papen
Hitler
Vienna
Baron von Fritsch
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
Air
Fur Racketeer Gets Three Year Sentence
New York AP reports Jacob Garrah Shapiro, a racketeer with a long criminal record, was convicted by a federal jury of dominating the $75 million fur industry through violence in violation of the Sherman anti trust act. He received a three year prison term and a $15,000 fine from Judge Grover Moskowitz.
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New York
Jacob (Garrah) Shapiro
Grover Moskowitz
Senator Royal Copeland dies after overwork in Congress
Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York, 69, died in Washington after a circulatory collapse complicated by kidney ailment. He spent long hours on the Senate floor and on nine committees to resolve House-Senate differences before adjournment. Funeral in Suffern, N Y, burial in Mahwah N J. President Roosevelt and colleagues sent condolences. Copeland had long championed public health and the pure food and drug bill.
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Washington
Royal S. Copeland
New York
Harry Kaufman
Congress
Copeland
Senate
House
Allard H. Gasque
S. C
Suffern
N. Y
Mahwah
N. J
Roosevelt
Royal S, Jr
Nahant
Mass
Wagner
Senate Commerce Committee
Spenders Strained At Gnats Making Two Bites Of A Camel
Arthur Bugs Baer critiques congressional spending as he views the right of way and side tracks, noting petty cash disbursements totaling twelve thousand million dollars. He questions source of funds while Congress is in recess, lamenting the Capitol’s enduring presence.
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Spenders
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Last of President's Family Married in Episco pal ceremony
John Roosevelt and Anne Lindsay Clark wed in a noon ceremony at Nahant Massachusetts church with President and Mrs. Roosevelt in attendance. The couple exchanged vows before family and a large crowd as dignitaries and prominent New England society figures observed. The service was led by Episcopal bishop Henry Knox Sherrill and Groton headmaster Endicott Peabody.
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Anne Clark
Nahant
Mass
Anne Lindsay Clark
Roosevelt
John
Anne
Clark
Union Church
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
Henry Knox Sherill
Episcopal
Massachusetts
Endicott Peabody
Groton School
Morgenthau
Farley
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Bernard Baruch
New England
Anna Cabot Mills Lodge
Senator Lodge
Victim Of School Prank Reaches Pacific Coast
James Comstock nineteen of Wauwatosa was found in Glendale California after vanishing a week before his high school graduation. A cruel prank sparked a nationwide search when a Chicago note claimed he failed exams and left home in disgrace. He is returning home to await his diploma.
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Wauwatosa
Wis
INS
James Comstock
Glendale
Calif
James
Chicago
Comstock
Overrule Wallace in Livestock Case
A three judge federal court unanimously overruled Secretary Henry A Wallace's bid to stay distribution of $586,000 impounded in the Kansas City livestock rate case, stating the motion had not the faintest shadow of merit.
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Kansas City
INL
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A Wallace
New York Faces Double Senate Choice After Copeland Death
New York, rocked by the death of Conservative Democrat Royal S. Copeland, faces two Senate races this fall. With Wagner’s Senate term ending and Governor Lehman speculated to seek the Senate, the state enters an unusual political transition that tests Roosevelt era sentiment and party strategy.
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New York
Royal S. Copeland
Roosevelt
Copeland
Washington
Senate
Robert F. Wagner
Coneland
Herbert H. Lehman
Wagner
Carrillo says he may run for California governor
Hollywood star Leo Carrillo indicated on Saturday that if public reaction is favorable he will abandon acting and enter the California gubernatorial race. He did not set a timetable or provide further details.
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Hollywood
Calif
INS
Leo Carrillo
California
Church in Woods Service Sunday to Aid Camp Fund
The Peoples church will hold its Sun rise Church in the Woods service at 6 a.m. Sunday near the Grande avenue entrance of Bever park. Proceeds go to Camp Good Health Fund. Music, readings, breakfast, and a lineup of local volunteers support the event amid its eleventh-hour preparations.
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Church In Woods Service
Peoples Church
Syracuse
N. Y
W. E. Andre
Public Health Nursing Association
Elizabeth S. Johnston
Association
Camp Good Health
Cedar Rapids
Church In the Woods
Camp Good Health Fund
Fayette Moore
Stanley Vesely, Jr
Russo-German Pact Specter Looms Over Europe Again
Prague report claims German ambassador Schulenberg seeks talks with Stalin on a peaceful non aggression pact that would cancel the Franco Soviet pact. The plan, if real, aims to keep Russia from aiding France and to pressure Britain. Stalin’s acceptance, however, is considered unlikely, while Poland’s mobilization and shifting alliances add to the tense backdrop.
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Moscow
Josef Stalin
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Czechoslovakia
Schulenberg
Weimar Republic
Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Russia
France
England
Reich
Britain
Hitler
Maxim Litvinoff
Gregori Dimitroff
Communist International
Poland
Warsaw
Red
Paris
Des Moines Man Indicted in Attempted Assault on Local Girl
Polk county grand jury indicts Gerald Joseph Rowles of Des Moines 20 on assault with intent to commit a statutory offense. Detectives say Rowles surrendered after learning he was sought in connection with an attempted assault on Ella Marsh 20 of Cedar Rapids on the statehouse grounds June 8.
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Des Moines
Polk County
Gerald Joseph Rowles
Rowles
Ella Marsh
Cedar Rapids
Lon the
Statehouse Grounds
Freed Bandit Given Job By Former Captor
Leavenworth Kansas AP Gardners freed after 17 years exposes unlikely bond with Louis Sonney the policeman who captured him at Centralia Washington June 16 1921 The ex convict will work for Sonney three years at 50 dollars weekly as the former captor helps him pursue legitimate money making ventures Gardner praises Sonney saying he is the best man to a convict Sonney aided by Gardner plans to move west where Gardner hopes to rebuild his life with support from the former arresting officer
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Roy Gardner
Federal Penitentiary
Roy
Louis Sonney
Gardner
Centralia
Wash
Los Angeles
Sonney
McNeil Island
New Deal Aims Keep Hanes Off House Primaries
Washington report says the Democratic National Committee will stay hands off in primary campaigns as control of the House hangs in the balance. National Chairman James A Farley assured the Congressional Campaign Committee that NOMINATIONS will be fought without a party line in House races. Rayburn praised members, including anti New Deal figures, signaling a united front while Farley predicted a working majority will remain.
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INS
House of Representatives
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaigns Committee
James A Farley
Congress
House
Farley
Sam Rayburn
Congressional Campaign Committee
Stretchiness New Omens Of Death From Skin Elasticity
Tulane University physicians report at the American Medical Association meeting that skin stretch and tissue pressure changes forecast illness outcomes. The outer defense of the body becomes tighter as disease progresses, while health shows higher abdominal skin elasticity. The exact reason for elasticity differences remains unknown.
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W Nlakeslee
Associated Press
San Francisco
Tulane University School of Medicine
American Medical Association
William A. Soderman
George Burch
Tulane
Dayton man elected president of U S Junior Chamber in Oakland
Philip Ebeling of Dayton Ohio was elected president of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce in Oakland California on Friday.
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Oakland
Calif
Philip Ebeling
Dayton
Ohio
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Hull backs democracies draw in policy clash
Berlin condemns US stance after Secretary Hull declared moral support for Great Britain and France. German press demands a clear American policy and asks if naval maneuvers signal intervention. Nazi commentary questions if the move equals 1917 style involvement.
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Berlin
INS
Corden Hull
America
Great Britain
France
Germany
German Foreign Office
Hull
Berlin Moves to End Anti Jewish Violence After Nazi Drive
Berlin authorities imposed protection measures as waves of anti-Semitic violence followed Nazi attempts to push Jews from business life. The government ordered the Gestapo to stop rough-housing of Jews, especially in the north end where residents faced panic from disturbances aimed at them. The raids were officially described as a drive toward capturing anti social and criminal elements. The first official report since the manifestations began nearly three weeks ago.
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Berlin
Nazi Germany
Gestapo
One Game Stopped At Carnival
Cedar Ranld News reports County Attorney G. K Thompson said Saturday he would notify Royal American shows at Cedar park to cease any gambling games at concessions. Thompson instructed Sheriff Jim Smith and Earl Stanley to inform management. One game was ended. concerns focus on wheels of chance where money is laid on a number. Sheriff Smith noted no money payoff was seen.
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Cedar Ranld
G. K Thompson
Cedar Park
Thompson
Jim Smith
Earl Stanley
Smith
Sheriff Smith
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