Americans mystified by French crisis and labor tension
A caustic survey links Blum’s collapse and radical reform pressures in France to wary property owners who fear confiscation taxes. It notes John Lewis and the CIO as influential forces backed by the administration, while Roosevelt’s era rhetoric frames fear as the real danger. A Chicago report quotes Pierre Denis on war era policy and centralized power, and mourns Wichita Beacon writer R. E. Wilson.
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Popular Front
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Nan
Blum
Washington
John Lewis
E Cio
CIO
Nator Lewis
Linois
Agress
Senate
Jance
J Lewis
Roosevelt
Chicago
Pierre Denis
Monsieur Denis
Mediation Board Urges Steel Firms to Meet CIO Leaders
Federal mediation board pressed Bethlehem Steel Inland Steel Youngstown Sheet and Tube Republic Steel to sit down with CIO union leaders to break a seven state strike that idled 80 000 workers. The four companies rejected a concrete settlement proposal, while Philip Murray said the union would accept President Roosevelt as final arbiter.
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Federal Mediation Board
Bethlehem Steel
Inland Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Corp
Republic Steel
Committee For Industrial Organization
Roosevelt
Philip Murray
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Mr. Roosevelt
CIO
Charles P. Taft
Edward F. McGrady
Lloyd K. Garrison
British Group Cables Chicago Mayor Over Police Brutality
The British civil liberties council cabled Mayor Edward J. Kelly urging a full public inquiry into reported Chicago police ruthlessness and brutality in treating strikers. The message was signed by Ronald Kidd and notes officers including Henry W. Nevinson H. G. Wells George Lansbury Lord Ponsonby and Nannen Swaffer.
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London
British Civil Liberties Council
Edward J. Kelly
Chicago
Ronald Kidd
Henry W. Nevinson
H. G. Wells
George Lansbury
Lord Ponsonby
Nannen Swaffer
Colin Clive Near Death At Cedars Of Lebanon Hospital
British actor Colin Clive was believed near death at Cedars of Lebanon hospital after medical specialists reported deteriorating condition on Thursday. doctors cited critical injuries and declined further comment.
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Hollywood
Colin Clive
Cedars of Lebanon
Legacy of Josh Wilson as a loyal editor and mentor
The Gazette reflects on Josh Wilson, a dedicated and warm editor who mentored many reporters who advanced to significant roles. His influence extended beyond journalism to colleagues who benefited from his guidance and connections.
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Old Gazette
Josh Wilson
Read My Letters A Vent In Everyday Living
Readers send letters on all sorts of subjects, often angry yet sincere. Anonymous notes confound authorship, with illegible signatures frustrating both sender and postman. A plea for legible names and a law requiring women to indicate Miss or Mrs. highlights the era's letter-writing culture and etiquette.
Crime tourist convicted of first degree murder in Arkansas
Lester Brockelhurst, 23, a former Rockford Sunday school teacher, was found guilty of first degree murder for the slaying of Victor Gates in Little Rock. The jury deliberated 22 minutes. The judge postponed sentence, saying Brockelhurst faces electrocution under Arkansas law.
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Lonore
Ark
Lester Brockelhurst
Rockford, Ill
Victor Gates
Little Rock Platter
Brockelhurst
W. J. Waggoner
The
United Press
Arkansas
Appoint County Welfare Board Of Five Members
Four men and one woman were named to Linn county social welfare board at a board of supervisors meeting Thursday afternoon. Named were Fred J. Poyneer Otto F. Hanzlik Jay Sigmund Mildred Titus and Elmer M. Seevell. The appointments were approved on a motion by Seevell and seconded by Fred Stirm.
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Linn County’ Social Welfare Board
Board of Supervisors
Fred J. Poyneer
Otto F. Hanzlik
County Old Age Assistance Commission
Jay Sigmund
Mildred Titus
Marion Service Club
Elmer M. Seevell
Seevell
Fred Stirm
Twins Born By Caesarian Delivery in Los Angeles
Los Angeles AP report twins were delivered by Caesarian operation to Mrs. Max Lasky. Attending physician Dr. Elmer Anderson notes such births occur about once in a million.
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Los Angeles
Max Lasky
Elmer Anderson
Farmers Urge Legislation At Mass Meeting Ames Iowa
A 3000 strong Iowa Farm Bureau mass meeting at Ames urged Congress to pass farm legislation embodying commodity loans ever normal granary and production control. Speakers included Governor Kraschel and attorney Donald R Kirkpatrick. Resolutions drafted by Nelson Kline Redfern Beegly and Hazen pressed loans granary soil conservation and surplus controls to protect prices and parity amid drought and rising costs.
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Ames
National Congress of Farm
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Nelson G. Kraschel
Donald R. Kirkpatrick
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federaton
Town
Congress
Four Hurt In Cedar Rapids Collision Involving Driver
Four people were bruised and lacerated, one severely, when a car driven by F R White aged 30 from Marion struck a car driven by Jens Grothe 45 of Charles City at Second avenue and Fifteenth street SE. Grothe’s family were in the car. Martin 11 required eleven stitches. White lacked a drivers license and brakes were 50 percent. reckless driving charges were filed. Grothe is Floyd County attorney and Iowa County Attorneys secretary. All injured were treated at Mercy hospital. Martin remained hospitalized.
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F. R. White
Route 4
Marion
Jens Grothe
Charles City
Second Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Grothe
Martin
Donald
Leland
Mercy Hospital
White
Floyd County
Iowa County Attorneys’ Association
Railway Vet Dies in Osage City? No, Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa AP reports George Coover, a railway engineer for 30 years, died after a two week illness. Born in unknown place, he attained steady service with the railroad, earning local notice before his death Thursday.
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Oskaloosa
George Coover
Josh Wilson dies in Wichita former Gazette city editor
R E Josh Wilson 55 former Gazette city editor and eight year editorial writer for The Wichita Beacon died at 1 am Thursday in a Wichita hospital after a streptococcus infection followed by bronchial pneumonia. Born July 21 1881 in Cedar Rapids Iowa he had a long journalism career beginning as a cartoonist in Des Moines and joining The Gazette staff in Cedar Rapids in 1908.
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Wichita Beacon
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Wilson
Josh
Josh Wilson
R.E
Josh” Wilson
The
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Wichita
Kan
Beacon
College Township
Cedar Rapids
John M
Ellen Wilson
Thomas Wilson
Union, Rural School
Washington High School
Coe College
Seventeenth Street
Horace G. Hedges
Wilsons
Coe
Cummings Art School
Des Moines
Des Moines News
John L. Miller
Gazette Company
Miller
Heat Wave Break Aims After 107 Degree Readings In Iowa
Iowa endures five day heat spell as Shenandoah hits 107 degrees and Des Moines nears 100 while a cooling mass from the northwest moves in. Montezuma reports 101, Cedar Rapids 100, with other readings in the high 90s. Wednesday set a state peak at Sioux City 106 as Maytag workers at Newton resume activity.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Adair
Iowa City
Moline
Omaha
Neb
Mercury
Sioux City
Newton
Maytag
Archbold Seaplane Cross-Country Flight From San Diego
Richard Archbold 30, Standard Oil heir, launched from San Diego at 4 50 p m on the first transcontinental seaplane attempt. The craft carries five crew and 1750 gallons of gasoline and aims for Dallas Atlanta then New York with four possible landing points between here and the destination Salton Sea Lake Mead Mississippi or Ohio rivers.
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Calif
Richard Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Navy
Archbold
John D. Archbold
Dallas
Tex
Atlanta Ga
New York
Salton Sea
California
Lake Meade
Boulder Dam
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Republic Head and Guffey in Verbal Battle
Senate hearing on factory conflicts features Tom Girdler denying a charge he was asked to resign from Jones Laughlin for breach of confidence. Senator Guffey accuses him of sharing confidential info, Girdler calls the claim a lie and blasts Guffey.
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Guffey
Girdler
Senate. Post Office
Stee
McKellar
Tenn
SWOC
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Bridges
N. H
Murray
Forecast Argentine Corn Crop of 360 Million Bushels
Buenos Aires AP report shows the agriculture ministry’s second estimate for 1936-37 corn. It forecasts a 9,144,860 metric ton harvest, about 360,013,542 bushels, from 6,494,000 hectares planted and 4,882,460 hectares harvested.
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Buenos Aires
Ministry of Agriculture
RIPE CHERRIES FOR CANNING Sold 74 Quarts Ad
Want Ad notes ripe cherries for canning sold 74 quarts with contact number 2 9730 at 1718 Center Point Road Another ad reports 60 quarts of gooseberries sold with contact 3 2269 and Cerveny’s OANW Dial 3 2269 Want Ads also offer spring fries vegetables and other good foods to eat Dial 2 1121 to phone an ad.
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Center Point Road
Dial
Baseball Scores by United Press American League Results
American League games with St Louis vs New York and others show varied tallies. Key pitchers include Hogsett and Auker, with Beaton and Desautels noted for late innings. Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York outcomes are listed along with full score lines and lineups.
Kraschel Eases Salary Rules to Bypass Order
Des Moines AP Gov Nels Kraschel announces changes to his office staff to stay within budget by reshuffling salaries. G W Kirtley becomes executive assistant at 4 500, Robert Burlingame secretary at 2 100, and Kraschel s travel allowance redirected to general appropriation.
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Des Moines
Nels G. Kraschel
G. W. Kirtley
Robert “Burlingame
Clyde L. Herring
Kirtley
Burlingame
Roosevelt heads to Chesapeake Bay for three day love feast
President Roosevelt leaves the White House at 8 p.m. for the Jefferson Island club in Chesapeake Bay where for three days the Democratic Party will hold a private gathering. Congress will suspend business and journalists will not attend as 406 lawmakers and Maverick allies join talks with the president.
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Jefferson Island
Chesapeake Bay
Roosevelt
Madame Perkins
Lewis
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White House
Jefferson Island Club
Annapolis
Maury Maverick
Tevas
House
Senate
Joe T.robinson
James F. Byrnes
S. C
William B. Bankhead
Sam Rayburn
Tex
Roosevelt Aids Britain and France to Avert German Action
London dispatch reports President Roosevelt instructed Ambassador Dodd to aid Britain and France in urging restraint in Spain and opposing incautious acts by Berlin and Rome. Britain and France mobilize fleets off Spain as German Italian naval groups mass, with Mussolini and Hitler facing Allied diplomatic pressure.
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Britain
London
Europe
Spanish
Teles Graph
Roosevelt
William E. ‘Dodd
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Italy
Berlin
Telegraph
Spain
Rome
British Foreign Office
Foreign Office
Regen
Hitler
Mussolini
Spanish East
Lisbon
Lagos
Portugal
Straits of Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Valencia
Yellow Bullion at Fort Knox for Capitol Dome Use
A satirical 1937 column by Arthur Bugs Baze questions treasury surplus handling. It mocks the budget as a pouch and warns the public not to worry while yellow bullion under Fort Knox is proposed for gold leaf on a Capitol dome.
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Capitol Dome
Arthur
Bugs
Treasury
Capitol Deme
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