Iowa liquor officers urged moved to AG bureau
A Iowa attorney general urged Senate action to transfer six ineffectual liquor control agents to the AG's investigations unit and to allocate 30000 for their pay and expenses. He argues liquor enforcement belongs in the AG's office, while the governor of Michigan criticizes court power amid labor sitdowns.
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Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Iso
John H. ‘Mitchell
Senate
Commission
Bureau of Investigation
Mitchell
Senator Mason
Brooklyn
Riots in Clichy Paris Suburb Leave Dozens Dead or Injured
Officials report six dead and more than 150 wounded after violent clashes Tuesday night between communists and rightists in Clichy, a northern Paris industrial suburb. Ten near death, 78 hospitalized with bullet and missile injuries. Andre Blumel among the wounded.
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Beatijon
Clichy
France
Andre Blumel
Blum
Beaujon
Blumel
Marx Dormoy
Apellonsl Pes
Apellonsl Pes, Utreme
Ananeements
Theater Iin
Dizzy Dean Seeks Retirement From Organized Baseball
Dizzy Dean, ace pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, said he has asked the club to release him and has written to management for a release. He also revealed he has asked Judge Landis for guidance on retirement steps after his bid for a $50,000 contract was rejected by owner Sam Breadon in the prior week.
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Sarasota
Fla
Dizzy Dean
Cardinal
Sam Breadon
St. Louis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Violin Becomes Breakup Tool in Chicago Sitdown
Chicago report says Louis N. Kapp, head of Comet Model Airplane and Supply, broke a 40 worker sitdown by playing The Bee on his violin. He claimed the strike was for higher wages while he sought more business. after hours of discord, workers returned to work that Wednesday.
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Chicago
Bee
Louis N. Kapp
Comet Model Airplane and Supply Company
Kapp
Foresters must reveal merger records ordered by court
DES MOINES. The Independent Order of Foresters was ordered by the state supreme court to produce merger records with the Modern Brotherhood of America. The order confirms a Scott county district court ruling.
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Des Moines
Independent Order of Foresters
State Supreme Court
Modern
Brotherhood of America
High Court
Scott County
Architect J Riley Gordon Dies at 73 in Pelham
New York AP reports J Riley Gordon, 73, noted architect of public buildings nationwide, died Tuesday at his Pelham home after a brief illness.
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New York
J. Riley Gordon
Pelham
N. Y
Living Everyday Insight From a Louse Moss Poem
The piece chronicles Lice Moss turning hardship into a hopeful poem after losing all in a bank collapse while a washerwoman sings at work. It contrasts resilience with ingratitude and recalls a tale of finding a pearl in a field urging readers to see life’s remaining gifts and avoid vanity.
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Lice Moss
Alabama
Sam
Jesus
California Senate rejects Mooney pardon resolution
The California state senate defeated a resolution to pardon Tom Mooney, the San Francisco Preparedness Day bomber. The vote was 34 to 5 after the house had approved it last week by 45 to 28.
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Sacramento
Calif
California State Senate
Tom Mooney
San Francisco
Tower House
Mussolini orders Italy to double air force by 1940
Rome reports Premier Mussolini has ordered a rapid expansion of Italy's air force to more than six thousand planes by end of 1940. The move follows Britain’s armament drive and aims to secure fascism's Mediterranean and African empire. Moslem rally call anticipated.
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Fremier Mussolini
Italy
Mediterranean
Duce
Britain
Mussolini
Tripoli
Iowan Dies After Auto Crash Fatal To Baseball Player
George Kirby 38 of Exline Iowa died after an automobile crash that killed Elmer Hutchison a Des Moines area baseball figure Hutchison a former Centerville resident was well known in Des Moines for baseball Two other car occupants escaped injuries in the roll from the road
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Rockford, Ill
George Kirby
Exline
Elmer Hutchison
Centerville
Hutchison
Des Moines
Death of Sir Austen Chamberlain at 73 in London
Sir Austen Chamberlain died at his London home from a heart attack age 73. The famed imperialist and twice defeated candidate for the Conservative premiership rose from Egerton Terrace to prominence through a career marked by loyalty and public service.
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London
Austen Chamberlain
England
Egerton Terrace
Sir Austen
Neville, Chamberlain
Austen” Chamberlain
Britain
Rail unions announce pension setup deal with rail firms
Rail spokesmen report an agreement on a pension setup benefiting more than 1,500,000 employees. The joint statement was released by J J Pel ley, president of the Association of American Railroads, and George M Harrison, chairman of the Railway Labor Executives Association.
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RAIL
J.j.pelley
the Association of American Railroads
George M. Harrison
Railway Labor Executive's Association
Beef Ewe Prices At Omaha Highest For Seven Years
In Omaha on Tuesday prime beef from Stanton county Nebraska and fat ewes from Chugwater Wyoming set seven year highs. Nineteen Angus and Hereford cattle averaging 1329 pounds plus seventeen more at 1438 pounds sold at 15.25 dollars each. Twenty two more Angus and White Face cattle averaging 1145 pounds brought 15.10 dollars each. The top price was 7.75 dollars for 202 head.
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Omaha
Stanton County
Nebraska
Chugwater
Wyo
Man Near Vining Shoots Self in Field
Special to The Gazette. Frank Herink about 40 a carpenter living near Vining shot himself in the head with a shotgun in a field Monday at about 9 30 am. He was found by his wife and an ambulance to Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids where Tuesday his condition was listed as critical. He was in ill health and this was advanced as a cause. The attending physician said he had a fair chance to survive.
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Gazette
Vining
Frank Herink
Josephine Cizek
Cizek
Herink
Chelsea
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Heriik
What I Want To Be Vocational Letter Contest Themes
Eastern Iowa school youths are invited to write a 250 word letter on What I Want To Be for The Junior Gazette contest. Postmark deadline is midnight Thursday March 18. Bring entries to The Junior Gazette on the second floor of The Gazette building. Prizes include 5, 3, 2 and ten honorable mentions. Winners announced March 27 with special awards including tours, dinner at Harmony cafeteria, and movie outing at the Iowa theater.
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THE
Junior Gazette
Iowa
Gazette
Harmony Cafeteria
Nazi press attacks and U S Jewish safety concerns rise in dawn of anti Nazi drive
Berlin driven Nazi press salvo targets New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia calling him parlor Bolshevik and denouncing Nazism at a mass meeting. Goebbels ignites Der Angriff editorial suppressed amid U.S. protests. In New York, Major Julius Hochfelder seeks arrest warrants for Fritz Kuhn over alien military group links.
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Lokalanzeiger
Fiorello
H. LaGuardia
New York
LaGuardia
Roosevelt
Hitler
Fiorello LaGuardia
Joseph
Goebbels
der Oa
America
United States
der Angriff
Foreign ‘Office
Julius Hochfelder
German- American League ‘For Culture
Adolph Stern
Yorkville
Fritz Kuhn
Detroit
Stern
Kuhn
Hochfelder
State Dept Adviser Named to World Tribunal
Washington AP reports the State Department announced President Roosevelt appointed Green Hackworth as the fourth American member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. He will succeed Elihu Root, joining John Bassett Moore Newton D. Baker and Manley C. Hudson on the court.
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State Department
Roosevelt
Green H.hackworth
Department
Permanent Court of Arbitration
the Hague
Elihu Root
John Bassett Moore
Newton D. Baker
Manley C. Hudson
Film Actress To Wed Melvin Purvis
Hollywood reports Janice Jarratt a dusky blessed blonde film actress will retire from the screen to marry Melvin Purvis former No 2 G Man She announced the wedding will occur late in April in San Antonio Texas her home town
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Hollywood
Janice Jarratt
Melvin Purvis
Gman
San Antonio
Tex
Sitdowners Urged to Vacate Detroit Plants by Wednesday
Detroit observers await a crucial injunction deadline at Chrysler and Dodge plants. Strikers face a 9 am Wednesday vacate order with a $10 million penalty for violations. Police and National Guard stand ready as events hinge on the workers’ response and potential plant entry blocks. Homer Martin claims the decision rests with the workers, not the union.
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Chrysler Corporation
Amien
National Guard
Chrysler
Dodge
Allan Campbell
Thomas
C. Wilcox
Homer Martin
Auto
Two men killed in steam drum blast on county road
Tas Dever Wheeler 40 and Elmer Anderson were fatally injured when a fifty gallon drum heated over a gas burner exploded as they tried to thaw a frozen culvert by piping steam into the drum. Coroner J L Taylor said the steam pressure ripped the drum apart. both men were beheaded by the blast. Wheeler is survived by his wife. Anderson by his wife and five children. Funeral services set for Wheeler Thursday in Brooklyn and Anderson Wednesday with burial in Malcolm. Rev M F Stewart to preside.
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Brooklyn
Tas
Dever Wheeler
Elmer
J. L. Taylor
Montezuma
D. L. Mulpan
Taylor
Wheeler
Anderson
Malcom
Stewart
Brooklyn Presbyterian Church
Chamber Presses for Revision of Profits Tax
The U S Chamber of Commerce urged trade associations to report how the undistributed profits tax affected expansion plans reserves and corporate difficulties. It warned Congress may act to fix major defects unseen or unintended while noting no immediate removal of the surtax. The tax, first applied to 1936 corporate incomes, is expected to boost March tax receipts.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Treasury
Former Arizona Governor B. B. Moeur Dies
Tempe Arizona AP report says Dr B B Moeur country physician rose from obscurity to serve two terms as Arizona's governor during the depression and died at his home Tuesday
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Tempe
Ariz
B. B. Moeur
Arizona
Detroit Hotel Sitdown Ended After Gov Victory
In Detroit the end of a sitdown strike at four leading hotels was announced by Gov Frank Murphy after a five hour meeting with Mayor Frank Couzens and hotel representatives. Patrons returned to service as workers resumed duties at Statler, Brook-Cadillac, Fort Shelby and Detroit-Leland.
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Detroit
Statler
Brook-Cadillac
Fort Shelby
Detroit-Leland
Frank Murphy
Frank Couzens
Representatives Hotel
Lily
Opera
A. Atar
Sonja-Henie
Tyrone Power
Cadillac
Order Trial Of New Group Of Defendants In Vote Fraud Case
In Kansas City AP report, the federal government ordered an immediate trial for a new batch of defendants linked to vote fraud conspiracy at the Kansas November election. Six of 75 indicted await sentencing after convictions, while seven already convicted received up to three years. Six others pled no defense as juries failed to reach verdicts for three defendants.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Jury Told To Acquit Police Murder Charge
In Somerset Pennsylvania Justice George W. Maxey instructed the jury to acquit Anthony W. Sainte, the patrolman charged with the murder of Frank C. Monaghan sr., a Uniontown innkeeper, after trial proceedings Tuesday night.
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Somerset, Pa
George W. Maxey
Anthony W. Sainte
Frank C. Monaghan
Uniontown Inne
Fear Tong War Threat Looms Over Fresno Chinatown
Police in Fresno watch Chinatown life for signs of a tong war after warnings of hatchet men and possible gunfire. Authorities remain alert as tensions rise in the community and potential clashes loom in the tense situation.
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Fresno
Calif
Chinatown
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