Japanese Blockade Steps Hit Swatow and Tientsin
British and American interests face intensified pressure as Japan lifts the Swatow embargo for landings but keeps food and materials blocked. At Tientsin and Peiping, a North China government demand seeks surrender of alleged terrorists, currency control, bank suppression, and press crackdowns. The North China railroad seizes American and British oil properties with a six week transfer window, signaling broader asset impact.
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Tientsin
China
Comei
Tokio
United States
Chefoo
Gulf of Chihli
London
Hanlow
Peiping
North China
Japan
Trouble Comes Full Circle in Swatow Satire
The column mocks the Orient’s shifting powers with quirky name drops and sweeping claims. It notes a figure named Hwa once ruling and ties him to Frederick Zewneend Ward, an alleged admiral general with links to Salem, Massachusetts, amid a tangled, satirical panorama of 1860s China history.
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Frederick Zewneend .Ward
China
Salem
Maseachusetis
Iss
Test 'Em Again Pacifist Debate On War And Duty
A reader argues about pacifism versus defending the country, asserting willingness to fight if invaded. He cites ministers taking vows and personal conviction, contrasting war’s horrors with injustices and tyranny observed today. He concludes there must be things worth dying for. Dr Newilon
Silver Bloc Vetoes Government Offer
The Senate struggled to break a filibuster by western silver senators as they sought a higher silver price. Party leaders announced efforts to proceed with a money bill amendment pegging silver at 1.27 dollars per ounce while McCarran pressed for 79 cents and vowed to block other bills until monetary terms are settled.
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Washington
Senate
ULP
Alben W. Barkley
Roosevelt
Barkley
Pat McCarran
Nev
McCarran
Chamberlain Forecasts Britain's Air Power and Resolve
In Cardiff Neville Chamberlain declared Britain has an unmatched air force and a powerful fleet and will not submit to dictation. He criticized German encirclement as a travesty, urged reason in talks, noted rising defense spending, and called for patience to achieve peace through cooperation. He expected a general election in 1940 and praised the royal world visit as strengthening ties with the United States.
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Cardiff
Wales
Neville Chamberlain
Germany
Japan
Britain
Chamberlain
Brian
New World
Posse Wages Gunfight With Fugitive Olson
Hayward Wisconsin Friday morning a resort owner said possemen fired at daybreak at a man they believed to be Ray Olson a fugitive killer. Hall noted the man broke away as bloodhounds searched the woods and deputies opened fire near a bridge where Olson reportedly hid for days.
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Hayward
Wis
Bill Hall
Ray Olson
Hall
Olson
Chicago police search for Ray Olson fugitive killer
Chicago police assigned four men to search for Ray Olson a 30 year old fugitive northwoods killer of two deputies after reports he was seen heading toward Illinois Olson has been sought in timber and swamplands near Hayward Wisconsin since last Saturday when he shot and killed Hayward tavernkeepers
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Chicago
Ray Olson
Illinois
Olson
Hayward
Wis
Former Kaiser Predicts Hitler’s World Domination Dream Doomed
London reports quote Kaiser Wilhelm at Doorn Holland saying providence opposed world empire and all attempts at global domination have failed. He notes Hitler’s rise as Germany’s pride brings satisfaction but insists any bid for world power cannot succeed. The octogenarian ex-emperor, once sovereign over 60 million, now lives as a country gentleman.
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London
INL
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Dt Bagnall
Doorn
Holand
Netherlands
Europe
Providence
Sarajevo
Wilhelm
Hitler
Mr Bagnall
Kaiser
Bagnall
Potsdam
Northern Sea Plane Route Gets Baptism
The Yankee Clipper, Pan-American Airways flying boat, began the first regular airmail service between the United States and England via the northern Atlantic. The 4,369 mile flight included stops at Shediac, Newfoundland, Foynes, and Southampton, timed at 24 1/2 hours. Twenty observers and a large Pan-American crew accompanied Captain Harold E. Gray and included senators, representatives, and government aviation officials.
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Port Washington
WN. Y
Pan-American Airways
United States
England
Atlantic
Shediac
Bolwood
Newfoundland
Foynes
Ireland
Southampton
Azores
Harold E. Gray
Gray
Clayton County
Nab Czech Raids Target Secret Printing Office
In Slovakia fifteen people, mostly Czechs, were arrested in a police raid on a secret printing establishment. Authorities claimed they found anti government literature and alleged Benes supporters were active abroad. The report also alleged General Prohala planned a march into Slovakia from Poland to unite Slovakia with Poland.
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Prague
Slovakia
Eduard Benes
Lev Prohala
Poland
Roosevelt at Hyde Park five day rest begins
President Roosevelt arrived at his Hyde Park home in New York for a five day rest on Saturday.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Germans Fortify Swiss Frontier Mountain Region
French dispatches report large scale German troop movements along the French frontier for summer maneuvers and fortification of the Jura and Vosges mountain zone near France Germany and Switzerland. Concentrations observed between Trier and Saarbrucken opposite the French fortified border from Bitche to Wissembourg with maneuvers planned in Baden opposite Colmar Mulhouse and Erstein. Germans refortified the Isen-Mrotz region opposite Belfort and aim to make the area one of Europe's strongest.
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Paris
France
Germany
Switzerland
Trier
Saarbruck
Bitthe
Wissembourg
Baden
Colmar
Mulhouse
Erstein
214 Staten Island Children Hit By Poisoning Outbreak
An outbreak of plomaine poisoning affected 214 Staten Island children after free school lunches. 28 people who prepared or handled the food were questioned. Hospitals treated over 100 children, ages 6 to 11, with several mothers ill from sandwiches. The meals are WPA prepared and served at 125,000 city schools daily. Three investigations proceed as lab analysis awaits results. District Attorney Innes seeks to determine if a broader conspiracy exists.
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New York
Staten Island
Board of Health
WPA
Island
Health Department
Board of Education
Frank H. Innes
Innes
Aerie
New Heat Wave Gains Strength in Cedar Rapids
A heat wave grows stronger in Cedar Rapids with sunshine. Temperatures rise from 61 at dawn to 93 by midafternoon, holding near 89 at 5:30 p.m. and dropping to 68 by midnight, as recorded by Chambers Inskeep company.
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Delartants News
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Camp Good Health Fund Helps Martha And David
A Cedar Rapids health camp aids Martha and her brother David, both physically challenged, through rest, supervised activity, and periodic doctor checks. The Gazette urges donations to the Camp Good Health Fund to keep operations available all summer for needy children in Cedar Rapids.
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Martha
David
Sible
Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health Fund
Gazette
the Gazette
Iowa
Nazis Condemn US British Cotton Rubber Trade
Berlin reports Nazis mock the United States British deal trading cotton for rubber as a vile barter. The Zweelfuhr Blatt called the pact an abominable trade practice and accused democratic loyalty to Roosevelt of approving it amid war agitation.
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Berlin
Zweelfuhr Blatt
United States
Roosevelt
America
Endurance Flyers Cruise Over Springfield in Monotone Flight
SPRINGVILLE INS Their small ship performing perfectly Wilbur Parrish and Hunter Moody Decatur aviators settled down to monotonous flying Saturday as their 55 horsepower monoplane droned lazily over Springfield on the third day of their endurance flight.
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Springville
Til
INS
Wilbur’ Parrish
Hunter Moody
Decatur
Springfield
W F Main Trial Sets Length Record In Houston
In Houston a mail fraud trial involving Watford Main of Cedar Rapids and 12 others over confectionery vending machines set a record for duration, stretching three weeks with more expected. Defendants testified amid defense witnesses asserting operator profits, while government witnesses claimed delusion. Defendants denied conspiracy or misrepresentations as sales staff defended the enterprise.
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Houston
Tex
Watford Main
Cedar Rapids
Mains
Mais
Highhbaht
Omne
Charles E. Bobenmyer
Frank E. Machen
Main
Charles Holmes
Phillip C Ahster
Achey Admits Killing Lisbon Couple Says Hoover Struck Him
Cedar Rapids News reports Harry Achey, accused killer of Mr and Mrs Clyde Hoover of Lisbon, muttered at St Luke's hospital that Hoover struck him first after a dispute over his wife in California. Achey, wounded in the head and right lung, is described as in fair condition.
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Achey
Lisbon
Hoover
Cedar Rapards
Harry Achey
Clyde Hoover
St. Luke's Hospital
Frank Chromosta
Carl Hendrickson
Larry Condon
Mechanicsville
Hoovers
California
Bump On His Head Causes Boy's Death
In Buffalo, a 10-year-old boy, Anthony Rampino, died after a fall from a schoolyard swing. He walked home for supper five hours earlier, reported a bump on the head, then collapsed four hours after rising from bed.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Anthony Rampino
Victims named in four-vehicle crash on Highway 218
Four persons died and two were critically injured Friday night when three cars collided on Highway 218, one mile north of La Porte City. Elaine Barger and Geraldine Wade, both Cedar Rapids residents, died in the crash. Rolland Blough of Latorte City and Lloyd Benscota of Latorte were among the injured. others hurt include Imogene Wade and Margaret Wood of Carroll with serious injuries.
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Cedar Tagirs
la Porte City
Elaine Barger
Fifth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Geraldine Wade
Carroll
WK. OS. Wade
Avenue NE
Rolland Glough
Latorte City
Imogene Wade
Geraldine
Margaret Wood
Waterloo
Pital
Miss Barger
Cedar Falls Dump Truck Run-Over Claims Boy Life
Des Moines AP reports Iowa fatality toll climbs to 16 after a six year old boy Roger Muldoon was run over by a dump truck in Cedar Falls. Black Hawk County tallies fifth auto fatality in 12 hours.
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Des Moines
Lowa
Saturdias
Roger Muldoon
Cedar Falls
Black Hawk County
Four Girls Die After Highway Collision
Witnesses say a car swerved and struck the four girls traveling with Elaine to Waterloo for a birthday celebration. The driver Geraldine remains at large before later arrest in LaPorte City. Blood tests showed drinking by three occupants of the other car. Yeamans resisted testing and required restraints at a local hospital.
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Girls’ Path
Wolf Mitchell
Black Hawk County
Benscol
Blough and Yeamans
Waldron
Geraldine
My. Wade
Cedar Rapids
International News Service
Benseola
Yeamans
LaPorte City
Waterloo
Elaine
Gazettes Want Ads Sell Cherries in One Ad
Mrs. Paul Guhl of 634 34th St NE reports selling 82 quarts of cherries to buyers who answered her Want Ad in The Gazette. The ad, published Wednesday June 21, cost 40 cents and generated 90 calls. To sell goods like cherries and spring produce place a Want Ad under Good Things to Eat in The Gazette. call 2-1128 before 8 tonight to run the Sunday Want Ad.
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Paul Guhl
34Th St
Gazette
the Gazette
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Orient
Hwa
Tien Wang
Confucius
Sun-kiang
Newilon
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Bismarck
Dulletin
Dennis Chavez
N. M
Ernest Lundeen
Minn
Carl E. Mapes
Mich
Clarence Cannon
Stephen Early
White House
Ro Walton Moore
State Department
Delos C. Emmons
General Headquarters Air Force
Russell Waeschel
United States Coast Guard
Edward P Warner
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Clinton M Hester
W. S. McDuffie
Safety Board of Civil Aeronautics Authority
Richard Boutelle
Authority
J. T Trippe
Col
Edgar S. Farrell
Airport Service of America
J. Carroll Cone
Richard A. Law
Trippe
John Steels
Pan-American
Fred Laidlaw
Pan-American Airmail Department
Nab
Cam
T. E. E. Club
Saron Lutheran Woman's Missionary Society
Zora Kensington Club
W. F
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Lloyd Benscota
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