Seek To Avert Franco Control Of North Spain
Loyalist Basques plea for fighting planes from Valencia as Franco’s forces close on northern Spain. Gen Uribarri says Santander must receive air support to resist methodic air and land crushing. Only 12 loyalist planes left. Uribarri requests 50 more as Basque and Asturian troops consolidate under his command.
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Hendaye
Valencia
Francisco Franco
Spain
Gamir Uribarri
Bilbao
Santander
Franco
Urribarri
Uribarri
Toledo Academy
Guillermo
Euzkadi
Santanders
Almirante Cervera
Davila
Release planned for Mrs. Freed in Party Girl case
Mrs Ruth Freed the rumored mystery woman in Audrey Vallette case was ordered to appear at an inquest into the La Salle Towers death. A writ of habeas corpus hearing filed by her lawyer continued to Friday as four witnesses failed to identify her as the woman seen fleeing the scene last July 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ruth Freed
Audrey Vallette
la Salle Towers
Mrs. Freed
Vallette
Glass Says Demos Won Election By Subsidizing People
Washington dispatch reports Senator Carter Glass accuses the Democratic Party of winning the election by subsidizing people amid mob violence claims. The dialogue centers on federal aid as a political factor, with party and public reaction noted.
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Glass
Demos
Washington
INS
Democratic Party
Carter Glass
Nirginus
Senate
Thur Des
Jean Claes
Jac
Borin
Thake
Buchanan Supervisors Let Grading Contract
Independence Iowa The Buchanan county board of supervisors on Wednesday let a contract for grading six and one tenths miles of the county trunk line road from Quasqueton to Walker to A J Sargent Construction company of Des Merines for 5782 80 The work includes grading and culverts and must start by July 10 and finish by November 1 The board also decided not to contract for grading from Brandon north to U S highway 20 and will use its own equipment instead while bids for that section were rejected
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Sorctal
Buchanan County Bond of Supervisors
Quasqueton
Walker
A. J. Sargent Construction Company
Des Merines
Brandon
Boy 7 Drowns In Willow Creek Incident
Mason City reports seven year old Tommy Burke son of Mrs Ida Burke drowned Thursday afternoon while attempting to float on an inner tube in Willow Creek.
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Mason City
Tommy
Sally” Burke
Ida Burke
Willow Creek
Cedar Rapids Heat Reaches 100 Degree High
A heat wave intensified with Cedar Rapids recording a 100 degree high at 3 pm on Thursday, the year’s top mark after a 96 degree day on Wednesday. Warm nights began Wednesday as temperatures stayed near 76 degrees after 5 am, signaling a prolonged hot spell.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Appoint County Welfare Board Of Five Members
The board will have five members with no more than three from one party and at least one woman. Payneer and Sigmund are Democrats. others are Republicans. Leevel! is named chairman with the first district supervisor dissenting. The six month term begins July 1 and covers old age assistance and related aid.
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Leevel
Payneer
Sigmund
Robert Vesely
Sai
Board of Supervisors
Welfare Board
Linn County
Grasshopper Causes Boys to be Burned in Dubious Fire Incident
In Council Bluffs AP report Dawn grasshopper ignited by a putty ball and match burned two boys, Walter Rude nine and Clifford Snipes eight. The boys reportedly caught the grasshopper, drenched it with resin, and set it alight, causing Walter to burn severely before escape. Clifford was saved by his mother extinguishing flames.
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Council Bluffs
Walter Rude
Walter
Clifford
Augustine Grant
Chifford Ton
Amelia Earhart Reaches East Indies During World Flight
Amelia Earhart the American aviator on her around the world flight arrived Thursday from Bendoeng on Java Island about 375 miles farther west, as she continued her pioneering journey in the East Indies.
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Sofrabaya
Netherlands East Indies
Amelia Earhart
Bendoeng
Java Island
New County Soldiers Relief Board Named
Linn counts supervisors accepted resignations of two members of the soldiers relief commission Thursday and elected a new board of three to serve after July 1. Charles H Birch reelected for one year. New members are Frank Simon of Manion for three years and Arthur H Walbrand for two years. Resigners were E A Johnson and Mr Fisher. Board chosen by a twenty one vote, first district supervisor voting no.
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Linn
Soldiers’ Relief Commission
Charles H Birch
Frank Simon
Manion
Arthur H. Walbrand
A Avenue NE
E. A Johnson
Mr. Fisher
Mediation board rules in steel chiefs dispute
The mediation board conditions a strike pause and worker return to work only if the union wins a secret ballot election. If the union loses, no contract is kept. Four companies deny oral deals and may require written terms. The board will not probe the Memorial Day Chicago clash, citing lack of subpoena power and time.
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National Labor Relations Board
Ail
Chicago
Girdler
CIO
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic Steel
General Motors
Labor Holiday Sparks Walkout in Warren Plants
Tension rose in Trumbull county as five manufacturers shut plants to CIO workers who joined a one day labor holiday. CIO leaders halted a general sympathy strike, while execs plan action for losses. Banks of plants dismissed workers and warned of a broader lockout in the Mahoning valley with Republic Steel backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
American Welding and Manufacturing Company
von Huffel Tube Co
Ohw Corrugating Corporation
U. S Gypsum Company
Chicago
Republic Steel
Niles and
Warren
John Owens
John J. Lewis
Mahoning Valley
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic
United States
Martinsburg Steel Strike Ends as Martial Law Lifted
Johnstown Pa. martial law end triggers wild relief as Gov George Earle orders major police detachments from strike zone. Thousands of Bethlehem Cambria workers await plant reopening at 7 am with no Bethlehem statement yet.
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Johnstown
George H Earle
Cambria
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Royal” Steel
Earle
Harrisburg
Bethlehem
Girdler Attacks CIO Over Steel Strike Tactics
Republic Steel chairman James A. Girdler tells a Senate panel the CIO uses violence and lawlessness to win contracts, defends operating under the National Labor Relations Act, and presents weapons seizures to show threats to workers. He accuses CIO of forcing workers into membership and denies falsified labor ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girdler
Ellendér
Murray
CIO
Republic Steel
Ohio
John L. Lewis
Heat Wave Brings Home Need Of Sixteen Children Camp Good Health
Public Health nurses report 115 physically handicapped Cedar Rapids children on the Camp Good Health list for a month long summer stay. Fifty six are already at the camp where nourishment and rest restore health. funds fund operations via Camp Good Health Fund in The Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Good Health
Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health Fund
Gazette
Camp
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids, A
State Checks Polk Treasurer's Office Shortage
DES MOINES AP State examiners reviewed cash records at Polk county treasurer Allen Munn's office on request by the county board. Only 6000 was found in the vault though records showed 21000. A special audit to include cash receipts will take six weeks to two months. Deputy Treasurer E S Gose was placed in charge of incoming funds during the audit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Allen Munn
Polk
Polk County Board of Supervisors
Carl Burkman
Burkman
W. M. Shaw
Polk County
Shaw
E. S. Gose
Peek
Keokuk Man Heads Knights Templar
Hubert Schouten of Keokuk was elected grand commander of Iowa Knights Templar at the annual conclave in Spirit Lake. E. E. Cavanaugh of Fort Dodge became deputy grand commander. A. F. Becker Davenport is grand generalissimo. Charles C. Petty Des Moines is grand captain general. A. O. Harstad Sioux City is grand senior warden. Frank G. Wilford Muscatine is grand junior warden. Clinton Kastner Boone grand recorder. R. E. Roudebush Ames grand treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirit Lake
INS
Hubert Schouten
Keokuk
Iowa
R. E. Roudebush
Ames
Nabbed At Mount Vernon For Illinois Authorities
Deputy Sheriff Dick Payn arrested Sherman T. Cahal, 23, of Farmer City, IL, Thursday at Mount Vernon on forgery charges per Clinton authorities. Cahal is held in the county jail awaiting DeWitt county call. Prisoner waived extradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Payn
Sherman T. Cahal
Farmer City
Mount Vernon
Clinton
Cahal
DeWitt County
Newlyweds Offer Home Furnishings in Want Ads
The notice invites readers to classification 29 in the Want Ads for home furnishings of all kinds offering double value for dollars.
Relief From Heat Expected In Iowa Report
Emergency treatment for heat exhaustion provided to several Iowa victims. One man hospitalized and responded to care. Des Moines listed multiple heat victims on Wednesday and Thursday. In Mason City a railroad section crew employee collapsed from heat Thursday but was reported in good condition by hospital officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Mason City
Heat wave packs the Midwest tolling lives and camps
Kansas City reports a fourth straight day of 100 degree heat with ambulances at the General Hospital for heat prostration. Oklahoma records four deaths and five drownings, with additional drownings and heat deaths across Nebraska Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and Texas. A Canadian cool front may bring some relief into Nebraska and north western Kansas while lingering heat grips the plains and upper Midwest. Walter Golledge, 19, drowned at the Platte River near St Joseph during a swim as the heat wave continues.
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Kansas City
Southwest
Plains States
Oklahoma
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Texas
Iowa
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Illinois
Canada
Rocky Mountain
Weather Bureau
Plains
Grand Island
North Platte
South Dakota
General Hospital
Walter Golledge
Platte River
Haineis
Chicago
Cystex Guarantee Ad Promises Quick Kidney Relief
An advertisement touts Cystex as a guaranteed prescription to cleanse kidneys and relieve nightly urination, nervousness, aches, and acidity. It claims fast results within 48 hours and a full week or money back, priced at 3 cents per dose with a guarantee on return of the empty package.
Maddened Brakeman Kills Wife and Three Children
Arthur Crewe a 42 year old Pennsylvania railroad brakeman shot his wife Catherine 40 and four year old Boris two year old Virginia and 10 year old Florine then killed himself at their Meadow Brook home three miles north of Trafford Pennsylvania Neighbors alerted authorities and state police and the county coroner investigated
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Trafford
Arthur Crewe
Pennsylvania Railroad
Catherine
Florine
Boris
Virginia
Crewe
Meadowbrook
Here
Nuisance tax bill approved by Senate
The Wisconsin Senate approved the nuisance tax extension bill after a contentious session. Sen Robert M La Follette Jr saw and lost a surprise amendment to raise surtaxes on incomes over 6000 dollars. Administration forces then defeated a plan to broaden the tax base by lowering exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
la Folette
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Wisconsin
la Follette
European crisis prompts U S aid and fleet shows
Report outlines U S plans to assist Europe while a large French Mediterranean fleet halves its distance to Italy across Algeria. French tonnage includes Duquesne Tourville and Hamelin. British Shropshire positions at Valencia as secret orders direct actions to safeguard shipping.
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France
Algeria
Sardinia
Toulon
Bone
Duquesne
Tourville
Italian
Lion
Maille-Breze
Hamelin
Bizerte
Pantellaria
Shropshire
Valencia
Admiralty
Passage of farm measure demanded by Tolley
H R Tolley of Washington declared that farmers wishes will be a strong factor in determining farm legislation now before Congress. He spoke at Iowa State College urging action to prevent ruinous price drops and promote soil conservation price and income protection cooperative development storage reserves crop insurance and aid to tenants. He warned failure could lead to decay of agriculture with rural poverty and declining farm vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolley
Ames
H. R. Tolley
Washington, D. C
Congress
Agricultural Adjustment Administrator
American Institute of Cooperation
Iowa State College
Co-ops Favor Delay On Farm Bill Plan
The National Cooperative council meeting on the eve of Ames farmers mass meeting decided no farm bill would pass in Congress this year. A five member committee was appointed to draft a new bill for presentation to the next term. Robin Hood of Washington said lawmakers must prepare counts for meaningful legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers
Ames
National Cooperative Council
Federations of Farmers Producers Cooperative
Groupe
Council
Robin Hood
Washington
Name Group For Farm Bill Action Ordered By Farm Bloc
The House farm bloc directs Rep. Ed Eicher to appoint a committee to seek action on a general agricultural bill this session if it takes all summer. The group will urge the agriculture committee to favorably report pending legislation and keep Congress in session until a farm bill is passed. The farmer is called the forgotten man amid calls for action on prices and farm needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ed Eicher
Iowa
Agriculture Committee
Jefferson Island
Congress
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Shirley
Mary
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Mediation Board
Steel Chiefs
America
Youngstown
Akron
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Billy Holmes
Denny Holmes
P.M. M
Aintend
Elkader
Jane and David
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
Knights Templar
Liggett Drug Stores
Chester
England
Bulletin
U. S
Spanish
Eicher
Farm Bill
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