Roosevelt warns on dollar power and Wall Street control
President Roosevelt said control over money would revert to Wall Street and international speculators if he loses power to devalue the dollar further. He called the senate vote to strip the devaluation authority a blow to national defense and noted the House approved extension of the power, pending a joint committee agreement.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Wall Street
Senate
House
Bloom neutrality bill revised by House committee
Democratic members on the House foreign affairs committee met in a special caucus to revise the Bloom neutrality bill and retain one administration aim the repeal of laws banning arms shipments to warring nations. The panel trimmed discretionary powers for the president to set combat areas and extended credit limits for wartime trade, while approving a trade at your own risk provision that requires divestment of title to Americans.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Senate Appropriations
Confesses Insurance Killing Of Stepson In Texas
A poultry farmer W Hayden Perkins 33 admitted pushing his 7 year old stepson Phillip D Linder into a livestock water hole after the boy drank water investigators in Lufkin Texas learned. Authorities plan to exhume Phillip s 2 year old brother William who died May 25 after a short illness and was insured for 225 dollars. Perkins is charged with murdering Phillip and married the boys mother on April 7 the day she arrived from Lansing Michigan.
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Lufkin
Tex
Hardy Purvis
Texas Ranger
W. Hayden Perkins
Phillip D. Linderman
Purvis
Phillip
William
Perkins
Lansing
Mich
The Dark View of Life Shapes a Gloomy Friend
A young man writes about a friend with a habit of dwelling on unpleasant experiences and a dark outlook. His constant negativity limits his smiles, social life, and friendships, leaving him lonely despite many invitations. The piece questions temperament versus pose and suggests snapping out of such cynicism.
U S Cuts Its Price For Foreign Silver
The treasury lowered the price it will pay for foreign silver from 43 to 40 cents an ounce on Tuesday. Domestic silver price stays at 64.64 cents per ounce until June 30. A revised Senate bill would end foreign purchases and could raise the domestic price to 77.57 cents. Unofficial sources tie the foreign price drop to world market declines and Senate action.
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Washington
Treasury
Senate
Father Flanagan Receives First Humanitarian Award
In Omaha the Nation's Boys Town founder Father E J Flanagan was given the first annual humanitarian award from the Variety Clubs of America on Tuesday.
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Omaha
E. J. Flanagan
Variety Clubs of America
Congress Cooler Than Wall Street But Warming Up
Congress is cooler than Wall Street but warming somewhat as July 15 approaches. Legislation against big business eases. there is a chance to act in time. Appropriations should be settled by July 15 and congressmen will go home as the treasury grows quiet in summer.
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Congress
Wall Street
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
U. S&s. Treasury
British Order Readiness For An Emergency
The War Office notified 406,000 Territorial Army officers and men to be ready for a possible August emergency as annual fleet maneuvers shift earlier. Barracks posts warn Terriers to settle personal affairs and pack belongings before reporting in August for training. Balloon barrage and searchlight units are deployed in London and key southern England sites. First conscripts of 34,000 are to report July 15, RAF to conduct August maneuvers with 1,000 planes. Trials and big blackouts planned nationwide. Chamberlain notes optimistic aircraft output. current rate about 1,000 planes monthly.
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London
War Office
Territorial Army
Admiralty
American National Guard
Great Britain
Territorials
Germany
Hyde Park
Green Park
Buckingham Palace
England
Royal Air Force
Neville Chamberlain
Cardiff
Weaving Motorist Nabbed By Police For Drunk Driving
Frank Lawrence, 49, of route No 2, was arrested by Scrot. Connell and Patrolman Simon on a drunk driving charge at 5 pm Monday in Cedar Rapids. Officers followed his machine from Fortieth to Forty-third streets SE as it weaved erratically from shoulder to shoulder.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Lawrence
Port Danzig Road Closed By Poland
Poland closed the frontier road between Danzig and the port of Gdynia from 2 a.m. to noon Tuesday. The Danzig Vor posten said Poland was building tank obstructions and other military features on the road.
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Free City OF Danzig
Poland
Danzig
Gdynia
Free City
Vorposten
Britain and Russia Seek Grand Alliance Amid Turmoil
Paris dispatch reports Britain and Soviet Russia negotiating a grand alliance against aggression. Hitler is seen delaying drastic moves until Britain and Russia settle their relations, with attention on whether Russia declines or is abandoned by Britain and France. British instructions to Moscow propose Baltic guarantees and a protocol naming Estonia Latvia Finland for mutual assurances.
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Ro Knigkerbockir
Paris
INS
Great Britain
Soviet
Russia
Europe
Reichsfuhrer
Adolf Hitler
Prussia
Hitler
Reich
London
Moscow
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
Luxemburg Wilike
Japanese Ease Searches At Tientsin Blockade
Nippon officials in Tientsin announce sentries at the British concession entrances need not strip travelers for searches. The move accompanies Japan’s blockade of Foochow and Wenchow ports and a warning to foreign ships to stay away. American and British consuls react, while observers note U S ships may carry weight in settlement talks as negotiations resume.
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Tientsin
Japan
Masaharu Homma
Foochow
Wenchow
Shanghai
Gen. Homman
London
Tokio
Great Britain
John K. Caldwell
Vinton Man Fined for Drunk Driving and Car Ditch Incident
Fritz Selken, 40, of Vinton, pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in district court before Judge C. J. Haas. He was fined 400 dollars plus costs, with four months in county jail if unpaid. Selken was arrested after allegedly forcing Nile Livermore of Palo off the highway near Palo last Wednesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Fritz Selken
Vinton
C. J. Haas
Selken
Nile Livermore
Palo
Weather Update From Cedar Rapids Temperature Rises to 87
Clouds vied with sunshine as humidity kept heat high in Cedar Rapids. Temperatures climbed from 68 at 7 am to 86 by noon and 87 by 2 30 pm. Monday’s high reached 84 at 4 pm with 78 at 7 pm and 69 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Children urged to boost camp fund total
Panhandl ing appeal asks donors to raise funds for a camp helping hungry sickly children aged 6 to 12. Anonymous gift of 2326.62 plus small contributions from local groups bring the total to 2342.62 as organizers urge substantial help beyond coffee or lodging costs.
Brother seeks to save Huey Long machine
Baton Rouge reports Gov Earl Kemp Long moved to preserve the Huey Long political machine amid federal attention on financial irregularities. Long, sworn in after Richard Leche resignation, outlined plans with mentor Mayor Maestri to govern from the mansion built by Huey Long, while LSU President James Monroe Smith fled and faces embezzlement and market speculation charges.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Kemp Long
Huey Long
Kingfish
Long
Richard W Leche
Leeche
Robert S. Miestit
New Orleans
Maestri
Earl
Smith
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Charles FE. Denner
Denner and Beane
Smiths
LSU
J. Monroe Denner
State University
Denner
Farm Bureau Dinner Bridges City and Rural Ties
Eight hundred attend the Linn county Farm Bureau and Cedar Rapids Chamber dinner at Hawkeye Downs illustrating growing rural urban fellowship. W B Hamilton of Des Moines urged farmers and business men to unite to solve tenancy and farm parity issues amid praise for American democracy and cooperative effort. Continued on Page 2, Column 6.
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Farm Bureau
Cedar Kanids
Hawkeye Downs
Linncounts Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Lisbon
Springville
Center Point
Marion
Mount Vernon
Walker
Coggan
W. B. Hamilton
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Francis Johnson
O. W. Becler
Mr. Johnson
Iowa
Hamilton
Towa
Linn County
United States
Fine renewed used cars in Cedar Rapids ads
A dealer in Cedar Rapids promotes renewed used cars in the Want Ad section. The pitch urges readers to trade in old buses for late model cars and visit local automobile dealers with an emphasis on choice and customer ease.
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Cedar Rapids
98 Russian Planes Shot Down by Jap Aviators
TOKIO INS reports a Japanese war office communiqué stating 98 Soviet and Outer Mongolian aircraft were shot down in a dawn raid over Manchukuo. More Soviet planes were destroyed at their base, with claims of 30 additional losses. The clash is described as a decisive, deterring blow, called by Yomiuri the greatest air battle of all time.
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TOKIO
INS
Manchukuo
Japanese War Office
Lake Bui
Manchukuan
Tarunk
Madatau
Qreton
Tamnsk
Mongohlan Ai
Yomiuri
Windsors to live in England in October report
The Evening Standard reported that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor would move to England in October. The duke has decided to give up his fight over the duchess and will relocate to England as part of the arrangement.
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Windsors
England
Tondon
The
Evening Standard
Windsor
Standard
Duke and Duchess of Windsor eyed for England return
Paris dispatch reports the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson may visit England in October despite no royal title recognition. The Evening Standard claims no residence permission issues exist, while a court official says there is no support for a Windsor return. The paper also suggests a possible U S visit next year.
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Wallis Warfield Simpson
England
United States
Evening Standard
United Press
Duchess of Windsor
Northwoods Killer Eludes Posse Men Near Lake Namakogan
Sheriff George Schuctter leads a posse with bloodhounds chasing fugitive Ray Olson after a car theft and food foray near Moose Lake. A $1000 Sawyer county reward funds the search as Olson reportedly fled a cordon, entering an inn and fleeing through windows while a stolen lodge car is found abandoned.
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Hayward
Wis
George Schuctter
Lake Namakogan
Ray Olson
Moose Lake
Sawyer County Board
Namakogan
Here
Olson
Prison guards rescue hostage in Indiana prison escape bid
Four Indiana convicts seized Mrs Ruth Joiner, a welfare board member, in the prison physician's office and held her for about two hours. Guards and state police opened fire, wounding two convicts and a warden's secretary. Joiner and the others were hospitalized. The escaped trio of inmates, Richard Sweet, Alphonse Skusewich, and Leo Hunt, faced multiple life and robbery sentences. Dowd maintained talks during the standoff before officers closed in.
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Michigan City
Ind
Indiana
Ruth Jomer
Crawfordsville
Montkomen
Prion
Richard Sweet
Parke County
Alphonse Skusewich
St Joseph
LeoRos Hunt
Earl Niverson
Unien
Plan Administration
Dowd
Physicians
Pronathehes
Staite Welfare
Thurman Gottschalk
Indianapals
Mrs Joiner
Main's Men On Prospects Says Instructions Not Mailed
E L Weidner of Cedar Rapids sales manager for a Willard F Main vending machine company testified that he never mailed instructions on how to bilk prospects. He said the practice stopped after H A Wisel sent letters urging salesmen to pull money from life insurance prospects. Pasteur denied misrepresentation and any conspiracy. The defense neared end of direct testimony as the government had rested days earlier.
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Houston, Tex
E. L. Weidner
Cedar Rapids
Willard F. Main
Weidner
Sid
H. A Wisel
Fslesmen
Bors
H. Pasteur
Studio City
Calif
Pasteur
Mrs. Fink's Lawyer Files Innocent Plea in Death
Fremont Ohio AP reports attorney Ben H. Dewey entered a plea of innocence for Velma Baker Fink 22 of Clyde in a first degree murder case over the death of her 10 week old son Haldon Fink She had confessed Sheriff Myers said she threw the baby into a creek and remained in jail quarters awaiting further action
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
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London Evening Standard
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