Tientsin Blockade and Air Bombings Highlight China Crisis
The British and French concessions at Tientsin faced a hardened electrified blockade with food shortages looming for 1500 residents as Japanese forces assert control. US notes pressed Tokyo over recent bombings and a demand for prompt satisfaction while Britain and Japan discuss terms for settlement and future arbitration.
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Bulletin
Tokio
United States
China
Eugene HH Dooman
Seijiro Yoshizawa
Foreign Office
Japan
Kulangsu
Tientsin
Britain
North China
Robert Leslie Craigie
Hachiro Arita
Shanghai
Cordell Hull
Sin
MacLeish Approved to Head Library of Congress
Washington Inl The senate library committee on Tuesday favorably reported Archibald MacLeish of Connecticut as librarian of Congress rejecting charges he held communistic views.
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Washington
INL
Senate Library
Archibald MacLeish
Connecticut
Congress
Allergies and ideas in a modern life rant
A speaker lists many allergies from cucumbers and eggs to mass mindedness and party politics, arguing against sectarianism and state dependency. He mocks humdrum orators, latecomers, and confident columnists while praising independence and critical thought.
Amnesty Decreed for Czech Offenders in Protectorate
Chancellor Hitler issued a broad amnesty in the Bohemian Moravian protectorate covering all political crimes except treason against the Reich murders and dynamiting. Penalties for activities on behalf of Konrad Henlein's Sudeten party will be wiped from records after a sequence of Czech unrest including the killing of a German policeman. Heinrich Himmler was sent to Prague reportedly to quell Czech unrest and take charge of police actions.
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Berlin
INS
Hitler
Bohemian - Moravian
Reich
Konrad Henlein
Sudeten Party
Fuhrer
Czechoslovakia
Heinrich Himmler
Prague
Defense Witnesses Testify To Profits On Mains Machines
Defense attorneys call vending machine operators to the stand in the mail fraud trial of W F Main and 13 others before Federal Judge James V Allred. Shepherd testified he grossed about 3000 dollars in a year on 305 machines, estimating half as profit. Buice reported 3036.28 dollars gross in 22 months from 35 machines, 33 of which were Main devices. Fowler said his machines averaged two dollars per month profit since 1936.
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Houston, Tex
W. F. Main
James V. Allred
C. W. Shepherd
Rochester
Shepherd
W .H. Buice
Fort Smith, Ark
Simon Fowler
Cambridge
Ind
Senate rushes business tax revision to passage
The House approved a $1.644 billion business tax revision bill with one dissent and sent it toward Senate passage by weekend. It repeals the undistributed profits tax, extends nuisance taxes and the 3 cent postage, and imposes an 18 percent corporate rate above $25,000 income with two year loss carryovers.
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Washington
House
Senate
Tinkham
Mags
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Treasury
King
Utah
Thompson deluxe boat and Johnson motor sold after inquiries
Twenty prospective buyers called about a boat and outboard motor advertised in The Gazette Want Ads. Paul Smith of Kozy Inn reported that he sold both boat and motor, while nineteen others remain live prospects still seeking similar offers in the Gazette Want Ad section. Dial 2-1121 Ad-taker to place your ad.
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Thompson
Johnson Motor
Inqquire
Kozy Inn
Paul Smith
First Avenue East
Squalus Induction Gear Called Fatally Defective in War
Naval court heard Lieutenant Naquin say air induction pipes could flood the submarine if any one of four pipes is ruptured. He urged automatic snap action valves for future ships. Naquin declined to assign direct fault to the main air valve but called for corrective measures on rescue gear.
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Portsmouth
Naval Court of
Oliver FP. Naquin
Ai O
Naquin
Scualus
Harold Preble
Big Maneuvers Begin as Nazi Forces Mass Along Poland Front
BERLIN UP Germany launches large scale troop maneuvers across the country and bolsters eastern fortifications near the Polish frontier. Goebbels signals new offensive while officials weigh Poland talks and Danzig demands amid fears of renewed conflict.
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Berlin
Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Danzig
Poland
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Obersalzberg
Far East
Goebbels
Press Travelers In Clipper See Paris See Paris
Passengers of the Atlantic Clipper on a press flight saw Paris on Tuesday and convinced officials of foreign air ministries and European airplane company heads that a transatlantic air ferry has become a fact.
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Paris
Atlantic Clipper
British troops rout armed Arab band on Mount Temptation
In Jerusalem, British forces aided by aircraft destroyed an armed Arab group on Mount Temptation above Jericho. Eight were killed and one captured, according to a Tuesday dispatch.
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Jerusalem
Mount Temptation
Jericho
Injuries To Cops On Traffic Duty May Bring Change
Color Rapids News reports traffic duty injuries may spur reform after Patrolman Dan Kruidenmer was struck at Second avenue and Third street. The officer pleaded guilty to disregarding a traffic signal, paid a fine, and bruised his leg. Chiefs discuss replacing curbside whistles with street patrols as streetcars fade, as crosswalk painting and active pedestrian control are planned.
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Color Rapids News
LC Adams
Springville
Dan Kruidenmer
Second Avenue
Third Street
Adams
Kruidenby
Joop
Kruidenie
Public Safety
Otners
Miike
Dyson
Louvar
Wugghes
Bob Vlach
Vlach
Viach
Foes Back Six Year Term In Roosevelt Third Term Fight
Senators Burke and Van Nuys oppose a Roosevelt third term and back a six year limit. The Senate Judiciary Committee set July 3 for a constitutional amendment vote. McNutt indicated he would back Roosevelt if renominated, while Ickes called the two term tradition political humbug.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Senate Judicatys Committee
Burke
Neb
van Nuys
Your Gift Will Help These Brothers To Attend Camp
The Gazette urges donations to the Camp Good Health Fund in Cedar Rapids Iowa to fund a summer health camp for low income children aged 6 to 12. Seven year old John and eight year old Bill, from a family of eight, need better nutrition and dental care and will benefit from milk, spinach, outdoor play, and rest. Donations support meals and necessities for the camp open all summer. send gifts to The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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John
Bill
Public Health Nursing Association
The
Cedar Rapids
Ats
Camp Good Health Fund
Gazette
the Gazette
Iowa
Measures To Insure Peace At Home By Balk
Arthur Balk riffs on Congress action before adjournment to seek domestic tranquility by locating Finland’s debt funding. He urges a general welfare aim with an age limit for boy marble champions and a unified effort to boost works so farmers convert dollar wheat to ten cent hogs. He mocks tax changes and promises forgiveness if bait is returned.
Wis. felon eyed as Mattson kidnapper by Sheriff
A large posse searched near Moose Lake east of Hayward for Ray Olson, the suspected killer of two men, while Sheriff Seecuetter and District Attorney Davis cautioned against assuming Olson is the Mattson kidnapper. Olson, a 30 year old convict known as August Buelo, resembled descriptions but no positive link or proof existed.
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Hayward
Wis
Moose Lake
Ray Olson
George Seecuetter
Olson
Charles Mattson
Tacoma
Jay Davis
August Buelo
Roosevelt hints at extra session over neutrality law
President Roosevelt signaled Congress he may call a special session unless new neutrality legislation passes before adjournment. Democratic leaders said he opposes July adjournment if it delays revising the neutrality law. House planned to take up Rep Sol Bloom's administration bill next week with possible July 15 adjournment, while Senate isolationists threatened a filibuster and others argued for extended debate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congressional
Congress
Myr
Senate
Sunshine Lifts Cedar Rapids Temperature To 87
Bright sun boosts Cedar Rapids highs to 87 at 2 30 pm after a cool spell. The day rose from a 57 degree early low, with Monday peaking at 79 before midnight. Chambers Inskeep recorder notes show the rapid temperature climb and mild cooling thereafter.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Pendergast Cleanup Pleases Roosevelt After Kansas City Smash
Missouri Governor Lloyd C. Stark said after a White House call that President Roosevelt was very much pleased with the cleanup in Kansas City and the smashing of the T. J. Pendergast political machine.
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Washington
Lloyd C. Stark
Missouri
White House
Roosevelt
Kansas City
T. J. Pendergast
Colorado La bor Federation calls for third term
The Colorado State Federation of Labor adopted a resolution asking President Roosevelt to seek a third term. The action was announced in Pueblo Colorado, reflecting labor support for an additional presidential bid.
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Pueblo
Colo
Colorado State Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Jurist Manton Sentenced to Two Years for Bribery
Martin Ty Manton, former judge of the second US Court of Appeals, was sentenced by Judge Chesnut in New York to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine for selling court decisions. Prosecutors said he took bribes totaling 700,000 from litigants.
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New York
Martin Ty Manton
Wo Cassim Chesnut
US Court of Appeals
Manton
Appeals Court
Judiciatrs Onis
United States Supreme Court
Cheenut
Ds Court
Chesnut
Bench
Bar
James No Noona
Thani God
George M Spector
Tallulah Demands Uncle Filibuster For Theater
Washington scene as Tallulah Bankhead and fellow artists urge Senator John Bankhead to filibuster the $1.716 billion relief bill unless the federal theater funding is restored. The actress pleads with her uncle in the Senate office building amid a group of writers and performers.
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Washington
INS
Tallulah Bankhead
Broadway
Congress
John” Bankhead
Alabama
Federal
Tallulah
Senate
Pepper
Fla
John
Federal Theater
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Ickes
Republican Party
Continuca
Camp Good Wealth Fund
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Cedar Rapids Woman Club
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Bugs" Balk
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