Louis Smashes Schmeling to Retain Title in Five Minute Fight
About 80 000 spectators paid roughly 900000 dollars to watch Joe Louis defeat Max Schmeling in five minutes. Louis earned around 400000 dollars for the two minutes of action. Adolf Hitler sent Schmeling good wishes before the bout. The column questions the idea of Aryan supremacy and mocks the circuslike world behind the fight.
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Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Alabama
S Louis
Adolf Hitler
Schmeling
Max
God
Japan unleashes mobilization of materials plan
Tokyo government orders a drastic mobilization plan to start July 15 under the Nazi model economic law. It prioritizes arms and export goods, curbs metal and energy use, loosens exports for raw materials, regulates prices, boosts synthetic materials, and promotes mining and home industries amid ongoing wartime in China. The eight planks cover thrift, import curtailment, distribution control, and exportable manufacture incentives.
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TOKIO
Japan
China
Fumimaro Konoye
Seihin Ikeda
Kazushige Ugaki
Seishiro Sagaki
Navy
Mitsumasa Yonai
Rule change sparks debate over Iowa unemployment tests
Governor Kraschel condemns a requirement that job applicants score at least 60 percent, arguing exams are flawed. Nels claims the rule will be repealed after tests. concerns arise about arbitrary pre-test classifications for incompatible job roles. Senator Holt warns the national debt burden will exceed 1916 federal spending, with taxes comprising a large retail cost. The piece contrasts tax burdens with monopoly fears and calls out federal tax bureaucracy.
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Kraschel
Iowa
Nels
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Washington
Political graft investigations and audits in state offices
The Gazette argues investigations into political graft aimed at cleansing Iowa, while noting delays and legal blocks. It questions why state audits by the auditor's appointees are not public and warns of government meddling through officials. It cites Farmer O Neal’s sign challenging government meddling and urges action from the AAA.
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Gazette
State House
Iowa
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Motor Vehicle Department
Highway Patrol
State Health Department
State Fair Board
Governor's Office
Department of Justice
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Japan deploys mobilization law amid parliamentary crisis
Japan invokes eleven of the thirty articles of the national mobilization law on May 3. The move requires registration of all adults and allows examination of business reports and records. The measure sparked a serious diet crisis with opposition to broad war emergency powers, and it eventually passed under Premier Prince Konoye.
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Japan
Diet
Prince Konoye
Hague Counsel Offers No Defense in Free Speech Case
In Newark federal court Mayor Frank Hague's attorneys said they would offer no defense to charges by the CIO and ACLU that he and city officials abridged free speech and assembly in Jersey City. Special counsel John A. Matthews declared the defense rests.
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Newark
N. J
Frank
Hague
CIO
American Civil Liberties Union
Jersey City
John A. Matthews
Disney Receives Second Honorary MA in 24 Hours
Walt Disney, who did not finish high school, received a second honorary Master of Arts degree within a day after Harvard awarded one to him on Wednesday and Yale on Thursday.
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Cambridge
Mass
Walt Disney
Harvard University
Yale
Democratic race for state superintendent goes to Lucy Halli
The unofficial count shows Lucy E Halli Newton winning the Democratic nomination for state superintendent over George A Brown. Brown, longtime secretary of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, faced criticism for his methods and favoritism, leaving the group in turmoil and casting doubt on his suitability for the elective post.
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George A. Brown
Lucy E. Halli
Newton
Brown
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Free Convict After Nixon Admits Crime
Thomas McCall, serving a five year sentence for assaulting Miss Virginia Austin, was ordered released by Chief Justice Harrington. Nixon had confessed to five murders but later repudiated the confession, while McCall’s guilt had been questioned.
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Chicago
Thomas McCall
Cornelius S. Harrington
Criminal Court
McCall
Virginia Austin
New York
Loop
Joliet
Robert Nixon
Austin
Nixon
Harrington
Florence Thompson Castle
Anna Kuchta
Florence Johnson
Edna Worden
Marguerite
Los Angeles
Four Arrested After Cedar Rapids Cutting Scrape
Police arrested four men and one woman after a drinking bout at 114012 H avenue NE ended with Holmes D. Lyman injured. Lyman, 42, was cut on the head and bruised and taken to St Luke's Hospital. Mrs Erma Lyman, 42, and four others face disorderly conduct charges.
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Cedar Rapids
H Avenue
Holmes D. Lyman
First Avenues
Lyman
Erma Lyman
Robert C. Shaffer
Fred Sowden
Leo de Nio
Eleventh Street
St. Luke's Hospital
PWA Announces New 279 Project Series Nationwide
Washington INS reports the Public Works Administration unveiled a third series of 279 projects totaling about 61.75 million dollars under the 1938 recovery drive. In the program’s first day and a half, 869 projects were announced nationwide with varying construction costs. PWA Administrator Ickes urged permanent continuation of the emergency works agency in a skeletonized form to counter future recessions.
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Washington
INS
PWA
Ickes
Emergency Works Bureau
PWA funds and loans allocated for small town projects
The report shows total cost estimates at 210 million plus in PWA loans of 12.5 million and grants of 94.9 million. Thursday's group included 1.58 million in loans and 28.0 million in grants. Most allocations funded small towns with no federal projects despite a 200 million earmark.
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PWA
Roper
Ickes
Ellis Council Approves Plans for Municipal Pool
Ellis city council approves plans for a $46,365.48 pool with PWA sponsorship sought from Omaha. Howard R. Green and F. E. Young submit designs for a 124 by 165 ft main area and 40 by 75 ft deep end, with children's pool, diving towers, arched wings, and spectator terrace.
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PWA
Omaha
Howard R. Green
F. E Young
Ellis Park
Green
Young Men's Bureau of
The
Chamber of Commerce
Body Of Missing Yachtsman Found In Lake Michigan
CHICAGO IS The body of J Scott Sheffer 28 commercial artist and yachtsman who vanished from his sloop in Lake Michigan was recovered a mile offshore Thursday by coast guardsmen. There were no marks of violence and authorities believe he fell overboard and drowned. He had sold the boat but agreed to paint it before turning it over to the new owner.
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Chicago
J. Scott Sheffer
Lake Michigan
Sheffer
Dubuquela
Friends
Ida Miranda Drops From American Film After Set Collapse
Italian film star Ida Miranda and Mussolini ally withdrew from her first U.S. film after collapsing on set. Officials say the collapse stemmed from injuries incurred in a recent automobile accident and related complications.
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Hollywood
Ida Miranda
Mussolini
Optimism Through History Says The Human Story Repeats
A 1948 column argues that cycles of prosperity and collapse recur in history. It contrasts past suffering with present creative forces, urging belief in human resilience, fraternity, and the inner dynamic driving renewal, citing Emerson and faith in a higher order.
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Cicero
Greece
Emerson
God of
Conyricht
Youthful trio nabbed after yacht outing from Santa Cruz
Three Santa Cruz youths aged 16 to 17 are jailed in Manzanillo Mexico after slipping out to sea in the 53 foot yacht Tira owned by Lew Foote. They reportedly planned to reach Cocos Island in search of pirate treasure. Authorities weigh pirate versus prankster status.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Ins
Manzanillo
Mexico
Lew Foote
Lyle Tara
Jack Henniger
William Grace
Cocos Island
Barbara Hutton seeks American citizenship to pursue child custody
Countess Barbara Hutton, former Barbara Hutton heiress, battles Danish husband over their two year old Lance. She seeks restoration of U S citizenship renounced months ago to counter custody attempts. A warant for the husband's arrest is cited as leverage. Doctor Lord Horder visited Winfield House fueling health speculation.
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London
INS
Lance
Kurt von Haugwitz- Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
Woolworth Five
England
Lord Horder
Haugwitz
Winfield House
Recents Park
Barbara
Labor Service for All Nazis Decreed
Berlin AP reports Field Marshal Hermann Goering issued a decree ordering all German men and women from July 1 to be liable for temporary labor service for the state as part of the four year program for economic independence.
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Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Stock surge marks fourth straight gain after October drop
In New York the market rebounded for a fourth straight day with stocks rising sharply. Top issues gained $1 to $5 a share, marking the heaviest trading since last October’s downturn.
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New York
Hospital Built With Golden Gloves Funds At Camp Good Health
The Golden Gloves financed a hospital at Camp Good Health, a white frame building at the southwest corner of the grounds. It houses two wards for boys and girls with accessible bathrooms, a nurse’s room, and an infirmary. Nurse Ms. Mary Herrmann oversees care, sending ill children to bed if needed. tub installations are funded as possible.
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Golden Gloves
Camp Good Health
Mary Herrmann
Public Health Nursing Association
Death of Queen Mother's Passing Delays Royal France Visit
King George and Queen Elizabeth postpone state visit to France until July 19 after the death of the queen mother the Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. The countess aged 76 died in London after heart trouble, with the king and queen at her bedside in Glamis Castle Scotland.
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London
George
Elizabeth
France
Gravelul
Lord Strathmore
Linn County Receives Record PWA Grants for Road Projects
Federal PWA awards total 95,670 for Linn County driving a 212,600 project slate. Surfacing funds 24,120 cover 4.898 miles on 16 projects and 41,400 gratuity funds 65.43 miles across 28 projects. A 30,150 bridge allotment supports five bridges. Funds reimburse 45 percent upon completion, with county paying upfront.
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PWA
Linn Counts
Washington, DC
Linn County
Sesees
Slip of girl believed kidnapped found in Hollywood hills
The pink slip belonged to 17-year-old Helen May Milligan, missing since last Monday. Police and volunteers searched the Hollywood hills after two women found the garment 60 yards from a house and identified it to Milligan’s mother as the missing high school student seeks an abductor connection.
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Hollywood
Helen May Milligan
Hollywood Hills
Thomas E Milligan
Hollyvwood Hills
Marguerite Pierson
Margaret Hillers
Windsor's Birthday Quiet for Duke in Riviera
ANTIBES France AP The Duke of Windsor marked his forty fourth birthday quietly at his Riviera home with Queen wallace noting no special plans for the future. In England little notice was taken and a newspaper society column gave seven words to the former king, sharing recognition with Prince Jaime of Spain who also turned 30.
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Antibes
France
Duke of Windsor
Riviera
England
Jaime
Alfonso
Spain
City Swelters As 94 Recorded Again
Cedar Rapids endured a blistering heat wave with the temperature reaching 94 at 2:30 pm, tying the year's record peak set the day before. The heat eased to 93 later, with high humidity persisting throughout Thursday amid the city’s hot spell.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Federal judge subpoena targets Chicago area milk monopoly probe
Judge James H. Wilkerson issues a subpoena to the International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers in Washington to produce records from 1929 to 1937. The Chicago inquiry, led by Leo F. Tierney, seeks to determine if nationwide milk interests conspired to monopolize the dairy industry, with 41 affiliates named and grand jury action anticipated.
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Chicago
James H. Wilkerson
International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers
Washington
D. C
Department of Justice
Association
Leo F. Tierney
Homer S. Cummings
Justice Departments
Ing Quits
Trernev
Middle West
Madison Wis
South Bend
G-men
Shearer and Gable to Star in Gone With the Wind
Norma Shearer and Clark Gable named to play Scarlet O'Hara and Rhett Butler in the film adaptation of the best selling novel Gone With the Wind. The announcement was made on Thursday.
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Hollywood
Norma Shearer
Clark Gable
Scarlet O'Hara
Rhett Butler
Republicans Fight Slush Pork and Plum Tree Theme
The article by Arthur Bugs Baer reports Republicans battling a political mix of slush funds pork and plum tree symbolism in Minnesota. It notes the New Deal influences and quotes an old line GOP insider about charity at home versus elections at the corner cigar store.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Minnesota
Charity
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