Roosevelt Will Fight For Congress Favoring His Policies
President Roosevelt used his twelfth fireside chat to assert a right to intervene in democratic primaries when clear issues divide liberal and conservative candidates. He said he would speak out in such cases but not endorse Democrats over other parties. He praised Congress, urged cooperation of capital and labor, and warned against defeatist campaigns while distinguishing liberalism from extremism.
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Roosevelt
Congress
United States
U S Steel Denies Wage Cut Assurance After Price Drops
U S Steel said no official has promised wage reductions will not follow the price cuts announced Friday. Subsidiaries cut product prices by 7 to 21 percent, reaching the lowest level in over a decade. Roosevelt remarked his fireside chat that the reduction involved no wage cuts. Inland Steel would meet the price cut. Republic Steel planned to do the same. Other independents were silent but expected to follow.
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Republic Steel
Tuning in the Mind as a Radio for Thought
A 1938 column compares the mind to a radio, always on and receiving thoughts from near and far. It urges cultivating hopeful, helpful, gracious thinking to influence others and improve a troubled world. It cites prayer as tuning in to God and notes thoughts shape happiness and life.
US asks Japan to explain stance on extraterritorial rights
The United States demanded an official explanation of Japan s intentions regarding American extraterritorial rights in China. Through the Shanghai consul general and Tokyo embassy, the move followed a Japanese spokesman s claim that Americans in areas under Japanese military control could not expect treaty privileges. A Tokyo embassy statement said non recognition would apply only if foreigners interfered with armed forces or the campaign inside Japanese held China. Another incident at Tsingtao involved a Japanese sentry and the wife of American naval officer Thomas H Massie, who was previously linked to a Honolulu attack case.
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China
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Tsingtao
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Massie
Honolulu
Cedar Rapids Weather Cools Briefly Amid High Humidity
A cloudy morning gives way to light rain in Cedar Rapids, dampening temperature rises. Overnight lows near 68 rise to 79 by midmorning, with a peak around 93 Friday afternoon and evening readings of 83 then 76 as humidity stays high.
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Farley urged to visit Samoa to dedicate tin can
In a 1938 column Arthur Baer argues Jim Farley should sail to the Samoan Islands to dedicate a floating post office three miles off dangerous reefs. The piece chides Democrats for neglecting territories and contends Maine and Vermont receive favored treatment.
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Arthur Emil Hansen confessed to murder after slaying two Los Angeles attorneys in court and revealed a blighted romance with Edna A. Gable Clark Gable's stepmother. She said she dated Hansen briefly in 1932 and chose another man over him before his contentious divorce and ensuing violence.
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Iowa pioneer Nancy Wrye 90 dies in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Nancy Wrye 90 widow of Civil War veteran William head of five generations leaves 96 descendants. Born 1848 in Indiana she came to Iowa at age four and lived in Anamosa Fairview Cedar Rapids. Survived by two daughters two sons and many grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. funeral Sunday at Polansky chapel. Burial Norwich Cemetery Martelle. Viewing Saturday 7 to 9 pm.
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Cedar Rapids
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Norwich
Martelie
Former Indiana publisher Arthur Holt dies at 87
Arthur B. Holt, 87, longtime newspaper publisher in Indiana, died Friday at his Culver, Indiana home. Holt built a noted journalism career in the state and was widely recognized in regional newspaper circles.
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Olympian Involved In Collision Leaves One Dead
A section of the Olympian passenger train collided head on with an eastbound CCC train near Ingomar Montana killing one youth and injuring fourteen. Engineer and firemen on both trains were lightly hurt. Nine Olympian passengers were badly jarred and five hospitalized at Forsyth and Mant. Among the injured was 72 year old Mrs Lawrence Winestock of Des Moines Iowa.
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Fred Parkinson
A . Perry
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Des Moines
Mass Flight of 48 Navy Bombers Leaves San Diego
In a record naval operation, 48 twin motor patrol bombers depart San Diego for Seattle with over 300 officers and men aboard. The aircraft will patrol the Alaska coast and Puget Sound area until August 15 before returning to base.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Puget Sound
Birth of Sextuplets Hidden From Public Eye Revealed
New York news reveals that six babies were born to Mrs Jennie Bushnell in Chicago on September 8 1866. The attending physician filed a birth certificate but kept the event secret, shielding the Bushnell family from a sensational public reaction. Survivors Alinca Parker Alberto Bushnell and Alice Hughes recount the tale as Robert Ripley plans a broadcast.
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Silver Lake
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Albion
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Flagstaff
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Believe Young Publisher Heir Killed by Fall
In Albuquerque, searchers found 20 year old Richard Whitmer dead after a climb on Sandia peaks. Governor Tingley led a three day effort as he speculated the 21 year old John Medill McCormick was also killed when Whitmer’s fall dislodged him from the cliff. Authorities believe the two climbers were tied together by a rope during the ascent of North Sandia and The Needle.
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Bluff Sandia
John Medill McCormick
Chicago
Richard Whitmer
Clyde Tingley
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Juan Tabo
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McCormick
John Matthews
Fairfax Farmer Ends Life with Flashlight Beacon
George M. McCormick, 28, of the McCormick farm near Fairfax, shot through the heart with a twelve gauge shotgun. A flashlight found in a rivulet led searchers to the body, death ruled self-inflicted by coroner Dr. B. Knight after despondency was noted. Burial set for Fairfax cemetery after services at Turner chapel.
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Nazis Exempt U S Senates From Decree
The State Department said Germany will exempt American Jews outside Germany from registering with the German government. Former German Jews who left for political reasons since 1933 may face registration rules if they became American citizens. Germany issued the decree on April 26 and the U S protested May 9.
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State Department
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Babs’ current row climaxes long family dispute
London Countess Barbara von Haugwitz-Reventlow and her Danish husband Kurt von Haugwitz-Reventlow face a climax to a yearlong controversy over their relationship. The latest dispute centers on the future education of their two year old son Lance. Rumors say she may move Lance away from London to avoid possible confrontation with the Count.
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Barbara von Haugwitz
Lance
England
Smoker Dosed Burned In Sleep Fire
Bert Scott a 35 year old motion picture character actor was seriously burned when he fell asleep smoking a cigarette and his bed ignited Saturday in Hollywood.
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Bert Scott
Burns
8 O'Clock Tonight Want Ads Closing Time
The notice states tonight at 8 o clock is the closing time for Sunday Want Ads. Call 2-1121 to charge an ad if you have a telephone in your name and no past due balance. Save 25 percent per day by ordering your Want Ad for three days.
Loyalist incursions on Italian towns threaten wider war
Paris reports Italy warned France that fascist air forces would strike Spanish government cities off the map if Barcelona bombs Italian targets. Italy hinted at eve-for-eve reprisals against insurgent towns, while Paris cautioned Barcelona to face consequences of any action. The conflict centers on a major battle from Teruel to the Mediterranean as government and insurgent forces clash.
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Pool Plan Submitted to PWA for Ells Park Project
Plans and specifications for a $50,000 municipal swimming pool in Ells park were approved by the city council and sent to PWA headquarters in Omaha Friday night with a sponsorship application. Commissioner of Finance Louis Burgos led staff in assembling the extensive petition and documents in compliance with PWA rules.
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PWA
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Ells Park
Louis Burgos
Officials' Names in Spy Case Angers Germany
Secretary Hull said Ambassador Hugh Wilson discussed the indictment of several alleged German spies with German foreign office authorities. German officials were annoyed that high German intelligence and air service officers’ names were publicly linked to the case, a new development in counter-espionage.
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Hull
Hugh Wilson
Foreign Office
Hyde Installed as First President of Irish State
Dr. Douglas Hyde, noted statesman and folk culture expert, was formally installed as the first president of the new state of Eire in a colorful ceremony held in Dublin. The event marked a defining moment in Ireland's transition to full national governance.
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