Parley on Island Report Recounts Roosevelt Meeting
The record notes President Roosevelt meeting with lawmakers including Rep Burrwood Daly and Rep Martin Dies as part of a three day event. Guests wore khaki and white outfits while sharing a buffer lunch of cold meats and crab cakes amid political dialogue and informal clubs.
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Burrwood Daly
Roosevelt
Congress
Martn Dies
Tex
Mr. Roosevelt
House
Demagogues Club
Gusmere
Senate leaders plot showdown over Roosevelt court plan
A group of six senators including Byrd Adams Van Nuys Clark and Batley traveled from Washington to Naval Academy on Wilson Island to meet the President as they prepare to press for late next week a formal Senate debate on Roosevelt’s court proposal. Meanwhile Rep Maury Maverick said a House group backing the program would press for serious talks.
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Ananapolis
Chesapeake
Eaders
Revu
Cacmy
Joseph T Roursae
Senate
Washington
Naval Academy
Democratic Jefferson Club
Wilson Island
Alva B. Adams
Cole
Bennet Champ Clark
Frederick van Nuys
Harry Flood Byrd
Josiah W. Batley
N.C
Maury Maverick
Tex
House
Rooseveldt
Turkey
Marion Man Receives Suspended Fine After Crash
F R White of route 4 Marion pled guilty in police court Friday to reckless driving and operating without a license. He was fined $100 and costs, suspended on payment of costs and six months driving ban. The charges followed a Thursday night collision injuring four in Jens Grothe’s car from Charles City.
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R White
Route 4
Marion
White
Jens Grothe
Charles City
Grothe
Printing contracts awarded by Iowa state board
The Iowa state printing board awarded 1938 39 contracts to Laurance Press Cedar Rapids for the Town State college catalogue Des Moines Book Bindery for the state bankfinding contract and Tebune Publishing Ames for miscellaneous College printing Ames The meeting tabled until July introducing two new members to the board replacing resignations and terms of others
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DES Moines
State Printing Board
Town State College
Laurance Press
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines Book Bindery Company
State College At
Ames
Tebune Publishing Company
Jor Bahbne
Eldera
Tecenths
Tae 7 Carle
Mason City
Grant Caswell
WJ Cassy
Koexvsie
Capites
Cool Rains Bring Relief to Iowans
The report notes showers in northwest Iowa and a drop from extreme heat as the central plains endure a heat wave. Temperatures across the region reached or exceeded 100 degrees in Texas Oklahoma Kansas Missouri and Nebraska with several cities recording 98 to 105 degrees. Wheat harvest speeds up as heat accelerates ripening while corn and gardens suffer from drought conditions. A cooler air mass from the Canadian Rockies spreads southward offering relief to many northern states and promising moderation by Sunday night.
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Kansas City
UPI
Central Plains
Canadian Rockies
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas Missouri
Ula
Towa
Nebraska
Atade
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Missouri
Mercury
Mo Anthony
Kan Waynoka
Okla
Dallas Tex
Oklahoma City
St Louie
Chicago
Omaha
Des Moines
Kansas
Harrington seeks Roosevelt action to lift popcorn tariff
Representative Harrington asks President Roosevelt to raise the tariff on popcorn to shield U S producers from foreign competition. He cites Argentina and other imports, noting the crop is concentrated in Sac and Ida counties and facing ruin under current duties.
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Harrington
F. D.R
Washington
Roosevelt
Argentinis
Vincent T Harrington
Iawa
Sac and
Ida Counties
Middle West
Horiington
Senator Gillette calls drought relief to curb popcorn imports
Senator Gillette of Town argues that returning to normal conditions after drought will cut popcorn imports which he said had risen markedly.
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Gillette
MacFadden to Attempt 1400 Mile Nonstop Flight
Bernarr MacFadden a 69 year old physical culture publisher plans a 1400 mile nonstop flight starting from Teeterbare airport at 6 am Saturday. He aims to reach Miami by 2 pm then refuel for a follow up leg joining a parade of 600 military naval commercial and private planes.
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New York
Us1
Bernarr MacFadden
Teeterbare
MacFadden
Teeter 'A
Miami
Labor Unrest Spurs Troop Deployments To Steel Mills
The crisis in the steel dispute escalated as 500 new troops were sent Friday with 200 to Warren Ohio and 300 to Youngstown to protect non-striking workers returning to reopened mills. Bombs exploded in Warren injuring guards and threatening a patrol car near Republic Steel. a CIO worker was arrested in Canton in connection with the Republic blast. Meanwhile six thousand Cambria miners marched on Johnstown in sympathy as mills remained closed and picket lines strengthened.
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Warren
Youngstown
National
Republic Steel
Canton
John Ll. Lewes
Iran
National Guard
Principe
Cambria County
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Cambria
CLO
Britain and France push to extend Spain nonintervention patrol
Eden and Chamberlain pressed for a broader naval cordon to intercept arms to both sides in the Spanish Civil War. They warned that dumping arms by Russia to the government side and Italian and German support for the insurgents complicates neutrality. Debate in parliament highlighted fears of belligerent rights and renewed calls to take the Spanish issue to the League of Nations.
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Eden
Russia
Spain
Germany
Italy
Leipzig
Mediterranean
France
Britain
House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Lloyd George
Bilbao
Europe
United States
Great Britain
Amonth
Clement R Attlee
Labor
Archibald Sinclair
League of Nations
Alfred Duff Cooper
Admiralty
Clement R. Attlee
Attice
Great Brij
Church in the Woods Sunrise Service Benefits Health Camp
The sixteenth annual Church in the Woods service at Bever Park Sunday at 6 am will benefit Camp Good Health Fund. A musical program features Fayette Moore and other musicians, with breakfast for 25 cents. Funds support the health camp for financially disadvantaged children run by the Public Health Nursing association.
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Peoples Church
W. E. Andre
Park
Friends of the Peoples Church
W. A. Alison
L. A. Kessler
D. Garrison
Camp Good Health Fund
Church-in-the-Woods
Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
Gazette
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Church
Tees Gades
Rasbach
Esther Ramueleon
Esther Morgan Krabbenhoff
Ray Stannard Baker
Largsa
Berth ’ Ore
Beethoven
Chamberlain Appeals for Firm League Policy in London
In a public speech Chamberlain urged Britain to back Germany only against aggression and called for strong language and a firm League of Nations policy. Ambassadors from France Belgium Spain Russia and Portugal attended the crowded diplomatic gallery after his talks with King George VII.
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Tain
Germany
Britain
League of Nations
Chamberlain
George VII
Fiancee of crime tourist not guilty
Bernice Felton 18 of Rockford Illinois stood trial in Lonoke Arkansas for the murder of Victor A Gates near Little Rock on May 6. The jury returned not guilty.
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Lonoke
Ark
Bernice Felton
Rockford
Ill
Victor Gates
Little Rock Planter
Bernice
Victor A. Gates
Little Rock
Here
Brockelhurst
Gates
Jack Griffin
Fort Worth
Texas
Albin Theander
Abraham Felton
Leslie
Mary Louise
Gertie Gagner
San Francisco
Irving Mead
Spectators Storm Court In Pudgy John Hunt Trial
In Los Angeles a crowd of about 200 spectators surged into federal court amid sensational testimony in the trial of Pudgy John Wuest Hunt, a Father Divine disciple accused of betraying 17 year old Delight Jewett of Denver. Bailiffs restored order and the hearing resumed after the disruption.
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Los Angeles
INS
John Wuest Hunt
Father Divine
Delight Jewett
Denver
Hunt
Divine
New York
Rescue of Drowning Boys Amid River Currents
Frank Suchomel, a gas company employee, and fireman Roy Serovy with Paul Kovacek rescued multiple boys from the river near the Ninth avenue bridge. One boy was unconscious and suffocated but revived, and Suchomel returned to work after the incident. Several other swimmers reached shore with help from firemen.
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Frank Suchomel
Third Street
Suchomel
Ninth Avenue Bridge
Twelfth Avenue
Roy Serovy
Sixteenth Avenue Bridge
Paul Kovacek
Jayne
Municipal Island
Rock Island Bridge
Cedar Rapids Sweltering Heat Breaks as Temperatures Drop
After hitting 100 degrees, Cedar Rapids saw a cooling trend Friday with 97 at noon dropping to 88 by 2:35 pm and 81 by 7 pm. Highs reached the century mark Thursday, while a northwest high pressure system predicted cooler weather by Friday night and Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
Zinc sulfate spray may guard against infantile paralysis
Three doctors from Ann Arbor reported in the AMA Journal that a one percent zinc sulfate spray in the nasal roof can protect humans from infantile paralysis. They argued the virus enters mainly via the olfactory nerves, suggesting nasal application as a preventive measure.
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Chicago
American Medical Association Journal
Max M. Peet
Dean H. Echols
Harry Richter
Ann Arbor
Mich
Virus spray field trial urged during epidemic threat
Report notes scientists argue that proof of the spray treatment value to humans requires an extensive field trial conducted amid a threatened epidemic.
Roosevelt Eyes Tax Extensions As Revenue Surges
President Roosevelt urged Congress to extend a 40 tax provisions set to expire June 30 including those on firearms automobiles and sporting goods to support a balanced budget. Treasury reports show yearly receipts near 5.192 billion with first 23 days of the month totaling 766 million and June income tax at 508 million.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Treasury
Congressional Tax Investigation Committee
House
Appropriations Committee
Breen Named Counsel For Welfare Board
State Senator Ed Breen of Fort Dodge was named counsel for the new social welfare board formed to take over supervision of the old age assistance department and the blind aid and child welfare divisions starting July 1. The board met to organize and will set up headquarters in Des Moines in the Oransky building. It will select superintendents for old age assistance and for the combined blind aid and child welfare division, with Byron G. Allen expected to head the old age assistance division.
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DES Moines
Ed Breen
Fort Dodge
Social Welfare Board
Oransky
Byron G. Allen
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