Congress Offered Hull Neutrality Act for Debate
The Democratic majority on the House Foreign Affairs Committee proposed the Bloom bill based on Secretary Hull’s neutrality plan to discourage war and keep the U S from foreign involvement. Opponents urged a filibuster and warned repeal of the arms embargo would tilt advantages to Britain and France.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Secretary of State
Hull
U. S
Hamilton Fish
N. Y
Gerald P. Nye
N. D
Senate Neutrality Bloc
Sen
Pat. McCarran
Nev
Boys of America
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
United States
Sol Bloom
Bloom
Fish
Parole urged for Obed Goiing from State Mental Hospital
Independence state hospital authorities endorsed a parole for Obed Goiing, a Clear Lake and Mason City grocer acquitted in 1937 of murdering his wife Hazel. Parole requires Cerro Gordo county insanity commission approval before the Iowa Board can act. Goiing was committed May 17 1937 and transferred to Independence hospital May 18 1938. officials say he is in good condition and had reported annual gross sales of about 80000 from his two stores.
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Des Moines
Independence State
Burton Goiig
Mason City
Iowa Control Board
Cerro Gordo County
Insanity Commission
Goiig
Anamosa Reformatory
Hazel
Clear Lake
Independence Hospital
Going
Boy Breaks Arm After Fall From Tree
Boyd Dankert aged 12 of 121 Second Street NW arrived at the police station with a broken arm at 9 30 Saturday evening. He was with Jimmy Reed aged 13 of 118 First Avenue W. The boys said Boyd fell from a tree behind his home. Chief Bob Vlach took them to St Luke's Hospital for emergency treatment.
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Boyd Dankert
Second Street
Jimmy Reed
First Avenue W
Boyd
Bob Vlach
Mary Dankert
St. Luke's Hospital
Plot to kill King Carol aims at Bucharest race track
Police in Bucharest questioned seven suspects including an Orthodox priest on charges of plotting wholesale murders with hand grenades aimed at the royal box and government leaders like Premier Calinescu and Foreign Minister Gafenco. Detectives raided former Iron Guard followers. 22 grenades found at one home.
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Bucharest
Carol
Iron Guard
Armand Calinescu
Grigore Ga~fencu
Calinescu
Corneliu Codreanu
Romania
Little Hitler
Nazi Defies Danzig Annexation Foes in Culture Week
Tensions escalate as Nazi leadership under Hitler asserts Danzig claims amid clashes with Poland over property and rights. Goebbels to address Danzig culture week audience and Hitler Youth as diplomats exchange notes on retaliatory actions and tit-for-tat measures.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Danzig
Poland
Goebbels
Free City
Tczew
Pomorze
Danzig Issue Signal in Nazi Editorial
Berlin readers receive a Voelkischer Beobachter editorial headlined Danzig Comes to Life. The piece says the Fuehrer’s desire for Danzig’s return remains firm, with Dr. Goebbels repeating the declaration, signaling that Danzig will obtain justice, come what may, on June 17.
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Berlin
Danzig
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Fuehrer
Reich
Goebbels
Kansas City Employes Nabbed On Alcohol Count
Three men including two city street cleaning department workers were arrested by federal agents for removing and concealing denatured alcohol without tax payment. The group allegedly sold a wood alcohol based mix to WPA workers at 25 cents a pint, a concoction blamed for blindness and possible death.
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Kansas City
INS
City Street Cleaning Department
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
James D. Carmer
Albert Jones
William A. Steele
H. L. Duncan
WPA
Duncan
Iowa Blacksmiths And Welders Name Officers
The Iowa Blacksmiths and Welders association chose Council Bluffs as the 1940 convention site. Henry J. Hanson of Forest City was reelected president with Dan Copenhaver Primghar as vice president, W. L. Allan Ames as secretary, M. V. Lewis Ida Grove as treasurer, and John Turley Zwingle as trustee.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Blacksmiths and Welders Association
Council Bluffs
Henry J. Hanson
Forest City
Dan Copenhaver
Primghar
W. L. Allan
Ames
M. V. Lewis
Ida Grove
John Turley
Zwingle
France Mourns 71 Submarine Crew Members
Paris reports 71 officers and sailors lost on the submarine Phenix in the China Sea near French Indo China. A search by French forces continues as a commission investigates the disaster's cause while Sabotage rumors are dismissed by navy experts.
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Paris
France
Phenix
China Sea
Indo-China
Cam Ranh Bay
United States
Saigon
Navy
Kin Held In Shooting Of Man At Polk City
Des Moines AP report states Arthur Nagle 48 of near Ankeny was shot in the abdomen after an argument in the barber shop of Joe M. Poin dexter Polk City Iowa A .32 caliber slug was removed and Nagle was listed in favorable condition Poin dexter 58 was arrested by Deputy Clarence Johnson whose son is Nagle s son in law Sheriff Vane B Overturff said no charges would be filed yet pending outcome of the injuries.
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Des Moines
Clarence Johnson
Arthur Nagle
Ankeny
Joe M. Poindexter
Polk City
Nagle
Johnson
Poindexter
Vane B. Overturff
Three Famous Authors To Speak At Iowa Campus Monday
Three American authors will appear Monday on the University of Iowa campus for a symposium linked to the writers' workshop in the English department. Phil Stong, author of State Fair and Career, heads the list, with Donald Davidson of Vanderbilt University and former Iowa faculty member Prof. John T. Frederick also slated to appear.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Phil Stong
Iowa
Donald Davidson
Vanderbilt University
John T. Frederick
DeathsJohn Becker 71 Died At Home Norway
John Becker 71 died Friday night at his home in Norway. Funeral services Monday 9 a.m. at St Michael s Church. Born Sept 8 1867 he married Anna Wieneke in 1893. Four of six children survive including Mrs Robert Light Arlo Elmer and Mrs Matt Boddicker all of Wat kings. Also surviving two brothers Joseph Becker Wat kings Lawrence Newhall and sister Mrs Josephine Gessner Norway. There are 21 grandchildren.
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John Becker
Norway
St. Michael's Church
Anna Wieneke
Robert Light
Arlo
Elmer
Matt Boddicker
Watkins
Joseph Becker
Lawrence
Newhall
Josephine Gessner
Funeral services for Mrs Emma Lopata in Western area
Funeral services for Mrs Emma Lopata who died Friday evening will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Barta chapel conducted by Rev Ludvik Burian. Burial will follow in the Bohemian National cemetery with pallbearers Ivan Lorence Emil Lopata Alvin Benish Lorine Schrader Harold Smith and Leo Chalupsky. Friends may call at the chapel on Sunday noon and then at the time of the service.
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John R. Olinger
Farmer
Center Point
Green’s Grove
R. N. Coolidge
Cedar Rapids
Squires Cemetery
Dennison and Beatty
Emma Lopata
Western
Barta Chapel
Ludvik Burian
Bohemian National Cemetery
Ivan Lorence
Emil Lopata
Alvin Benish
Lorine Schrader
Harold Smith
Leo Chalupsky
Paul
First Lady Would Back Conscription From War's Start
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, mother of four grown sons, said she would vote yes on conscription the moment war was declared. She added aggression imperiling security would justify fighting a war, in an article for the Democratic Digest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic Digest
Mother Confesses Killing of Infant in Northern Ohio
Mrs. Fink admitted to murdering her infant son Haldon Fink in a case that drew a crowd to the jail after a funeral service held at the Bakers home. The trial follows Ohio law linking conviction to the electric chair, unless mercy is recommended by the jury.
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Ohio
Bakers
Maple Street
Baker Home
Little Haldon Fink
Frank A. Jordan
Harold Dahl Held as Last American Prisoner in Spain
Harold E Dahl an American aviator captured by nationalist forces during the Spanish civil war remains in a Salamanca military hospital. Officials say he is in good condition with liberty to leave the hospital but cannot depart Salamanca while no release date is given.
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Salamanca
Spain
Harold E Dahl
Generalissimo Franco
Madrid
Burgos
British Judge Plans Personal Test of Davis Lung Device
Sir Alfred Bucknill of the High Court will travel to Portsmouth on June 24 to test the Davis lung escape gear aboard the submarine Triton. He seeks first hand knowledge after four submarine disasters this year while investigating the Thetis loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INL
High Court of Justice
Alfred Bucknill
Davis
Evening Standard
Sir Alfred
Admiralty
Thetis
Portsmouth
Hecht Manslaughter Charge Is Dropped
Rudolf S. Hecht former president of the American Bankers Association and Hibernia National Bank board chairman had a manslaughter charge dismissed after a grand jury found insufficient evidence to indict. The May 3 accident in Bi oxi resulted in the death of Louis Joachim, 4, prompting the case in Gulfport Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport, Miss
Rudolf S. Hecht
New Orleans
American Bankers Association
Hecht
Hibernia National Bank of New Orleans
Louis Joachim
Bioxi
WPA exodus reshapes entertainment workforce
More than 2,500 actors directors playwrights and theater technicians have left the WPA federal theater project for regular jobs in the entertainment world. Col. F. C. Harrington WPA administrator reported Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
WPA
Federal Theater Project
Col
F. C. Harrington
Gas masks for Stanford students mark grim class day
Stanford University's graduating class approved a plan to leave gas masks for successors during class day exercises in Palo Alto California amid a mood of flipant pessimism.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Stanford University
U S Envoy Conducts Secret Foreign Aviation Study
Dr. George W. Lewis, national director of aeronautical research, completed a secret inspection of German, French, and British air forces to guide U S air research for the next fiscal year. He travels back to Washington aboard the Manhattan, with findings viewed as crucial to match European strides and supplement Lindbergh era observations.
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Washington
INS
United States
George W. Lewis
Manhattan
Lewis
Germany
Charles A. Lindbergh
Two Boys Missing in Wyoming Mountain Woods Search
In Elk Mountain Wyoming two young brothers Charles Hixon four and Harold six remain lost after wandering from a fishing camp Wednesday. A large search of 250 men continued Saturday aided by two Colorado bloodhounds and a denim cloth clue, while their parents Mr and Mrs Charles Hixon of McFadden hold hope for their return.
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Elk Mountain
Wyo
Charles Hixon
Harold
Colorado State Prison
McFadden, Wyo
Life And Death Mission Turns To New York World’s Fair Jaunt
A Salem couple Mrs. Arthur W. Snow and her husband vanished 11 days earlier with a note about a life and death mission. Police feared foul play or kidnapping and launched a nationwide hunt. The mission proved to be a tour of the New York World’s Fair, as Mrs. Snow sent a card to her foster mother saying they had seen much of New York and the fair.
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Marblehead
Mass
Ins
Arthur W. Snow
Salem
Trousseau
Dominic Rotondi
Magicians Elect Leader at Davenport Convention
John Snyder Jr of Norwood Mass was elected president of the International Brotherhood of Magicians in Davenport. Delegates chose Davenport Iowa for the 1941 meeting and set plans for the 1940 convention to be held there.
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Davenport
Battle Creek, Mich
John Snyder, Jr
Norwood
International Brotherhood of Magicians
Embargo on Japanese Owned Flour Stirs Tientsin Crisis
The British area in Tientsin faces a growing blockade with an embargo on transit of Japanese owned flour as shortages worsen. Soviet protests over the U S S R consulate seizure and warnings to Russia amplify tensions while Britain considers reprisals. Admiral Yarnell visits the region amid a four day old blockade and food shortages persist in concessions.
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Tientsin
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Japan
Britain
Domei
Russia
England
Japan Times
Paris
Great Britain
France
United States
Far East
Harry E. Yarnell
Independence
Asiatic Fleet
Yarnell
United States Embassy Marine Guard
Peiping
Chinwangtao
Augusta
Man Kills Wife and Two Children Then Dies in Hospital
Columbia South Carolina reports say Neil Butler a 34 year old former convict shot his wife seriously wounded her two children Joseph 2 Byron 7 died at a hospital days after the Friday night incident Butler died Saturday night in a hospital following a self inflicted wound He reportedly told officers he did not want anyone to live if he could not raise his children Sheriff T Alex Heise noted Butler had heavy drinking that day Butler had been released from prison June 1 after serving three assault convictions.
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Columbia
S. C
Neil Butler
T. Alex Heise
Butler
Joseph
Byron
Royal Ship Loses Sailor Overboard
A seaman, Samuel Batts aged 23 from Newfoundland, fell 80 feet overboard from the Empress of Britain while fixing lifeboat covers. The liner halted to search but the effort failed. King George and Queen Elizabeth were aboard returning from a North American tour.
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Empress OF Britain
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Samuel _Batts
Ickes Travel Plan Faces Rough Sailing Amid Resignations
Secretary Ickes explored travel program reforms during his 64 day leave as Mrs. Roosevelt showed interest. Loomis accused J R Anderson of incompetence and racketeering style acts while Loomis sought a special adviser role for Mrs Rohde. Loomis resigned and was later dismissed with prejudice for insubordination without a hearing.
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Loomis
Anderson
Elise D. Anderson
Demaray
Demaray and
MacNamee
Ickes
Senate leaders push speed on relief bill after House passage
Senate leaders planned rapid action on the $1.735 billion relief bill passed by the House after a 14 hour session. Majority Leader Barkley and Chairman Adams pledged swift floor consideration with a potential $500 million addition for public works, while avoiding any increases. The WPA appropriation ends June 30 and Harrington urged pre deadline approval to prevent administrative confusion.
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Washington
Senate
House
Adams
Colo
Bakley
Barkley
WPA
Harrington
Orde
PWA
Roosevelt
Waterfront Steel Clash Halts Frisco Bay Shipping
At Frisco Bay ports shipping nearly halted as CIO Ship Clerks faceoff with employers after the union kept a picket line at American Hawaiian ships. The labor department mediator aims to end the waterfront paralysis with a new meeting. Only lumber hull cargo ships and tankers remained unaffected.
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San Francisco
INS
Aftter
Bay
CIO
Treasury trims paper use saves eighteen million
Washington experts estimate that by reducing the paper content of the dollar by one third the U S treasury has saved itself about 18 million dollars over the last decade.
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Washington
INS
U. S. Treasury
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