NLRB Appeals to Circuit Court Over Ford Case
The NLRB filed with the U S circuit court of appeals for leave to withdraw enforcement of its order against Ford Motor Co Detroit. Ford asked the court to determine whether the board consulted outside advisors before issuing its order and named several individuals. The board gave no comment on other similar cases and the filing follows a recent Supreme Court decision.
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Covington
National Labor Relations Board
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Ford Motor Co
Detroit
Philip G Phillips
NLRB
United States Circuit Court
Ford
Supreme Court
Kansas City
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A Wallace
Ford Company
Circuit Court of Appeals
The
Board
Thomas Corcoran
Benjamin C. Cohen
John L.lewis
Homer Martin
Corcoran
Cohen
Jobless Mechanic Repays Government Shelter Cost
Fred Hohner an unemployed Newark New Jersey mechanic sent a 100 postal money order to the U S Treasury for shelter costs supplied by the government during 1935 He repaid one dollar per day for ninety seven days of shelter saying the government did its best for him and he wanted to do his best for the government He delayed repayment until funds fell to 112 dollars prompting the memo to send the money order before bankruptcy.
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Washington
INS
United States
Fred Hohner
Newark
N. J
Hohner
New Jersey
WPA
Motions In Cedar County Case Heard In District Court
Arguments were heard Monday before Judge W W Scott on motions to strike allegations against four Cedar county supervisors under suspension awaiting ouster charges. Only part of the charges for John P Jensen had been reviewed by his attorney E C Halbach. Arguments are expected to fill the week.
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Tipton
W. W. Scott
Cedar
Von Cramm to Go On Trial May Fourteen in Berlin
Baron Gottfried von Cramm, the German tennis star, will go on trial at Moabit Criminal Court on a morals charge May 14, authorities announced Monday.
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Berlin
INS
Baron Gottfried von Cramm
Moabit Criminal Court
The Best Years of Life Vary By Person and Tone
A 1938 reflection argues there is no universal best life stage for all. It cites Browning, Shakespeare, and figures like De Morgan, Keats, Burns, Lincoln, Gladstone to show timing depends on health temperament and ongoing discovery. Inner stability and clarity mark peak years, not merely age.
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Browning
Lincoln
de Morgan
Keats
Burns
Gladstone
Morley
Rail Earnings Fall in First Quarter of 1938
The Association of American Railroads reports first quarter 1938 earnings at 19,276,663, down from 1937 and well below 1930 levels. Rail revenues total 813,334,757 with operating income 147,514,808, and expenses 677,114,056, marking sharp declines from year and prewar figures.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Third Party Means Yet Another Crop Of Officeholders
A 1938 column by Arthur Bugs Baer critiques the La Follette third party as producing repeated cycles of officeholders and political stagnation. He mocks the notion of constructive criticism and suggests those who know how to run the country are those who lost the last election.
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la Follette
Guard Chiefs Ad Parley in Italy Nears
Secret police of three totalitarian nations tightened guards as Hitler and Mussolini visit Rome. Stalin's guards on edge over threats from a short wave station praising purge leaders. Himmler and Dietrich accompany Hitler. 10 000 Mussolini operatives, including women, are on duty in Rome Florence and Naples.
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London
Europe
Germany
Gestapo
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Hitler
Josef Stalin
Russia
Stalin
Liberators’ League
Moscow
League
Mikhail Tuckhachevsky
Nikolai Bukharin
Alexei Rykov
Baltic
Baltic States
Arturo Bocchni
Secret Police
Heinrich Himmler
Himmler
Seep Dietrich
United Press
Mussolini
Florence
Naples
Lindberghs Plan Move to Illiec Island Home in June
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and his family will depart their Kent farmhouse for the secluded Illiec island off the French coast early in June. The new home lies near St. Gildas island where Alexis Carrel conducts scientific work. Illiec, once Patti’s castle, is small and will host the family while they travel through Europe next winter.
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London
Charles A. Lindbergh
Kent
Illiec
St. Gildas Island
Alexis Carrel
Illice
Adelina Patti
Lindberghs
Europe
Dead, 3 Wounded as G Men Battle Suspected Bandits
A battle at a farmhouse near Danville left a suspected bank bandit dead and three others wounded including a G man, an Indiana state trooper, and a 7 year old boy. Joseph Farlywine, linked to bank robberies, died in the firefight. one companion was captured while a third fled.
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Danville
INS
Here
G- Men
Indiana
Joseph Farlywine
Cnampaign County
Ilinois
Pulitzer Prizes Awarded to Wilder Krock James and Others
Arthur Krock of the New York Times won the $500 Pulitzer for distinguished service as Washington correspondent for 1937, his second consecutive award. Thornton Wilder took the $1,000 play prize for Our Town and Marquis James the $1,000 biography prize for The Life of Andrew Jackson.
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NEW York
Arthur Krock
New York Times
Washington
Thornton Wilder
Our Town
Marquis James
Andrew Jackson
Krock
Roosevelt
Bismarck
North Dakota
Tribune
Ray Sprigie
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Supreme Court
Hugo Black
W. W. Waymack
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Vaughn Shoemaker
Chicago Daily News
John P. Marquand
George Apley
Thomas seeks Lindy law against Hague in Jersey City
Norman Thomas, socialist leader, asks the justice department about prosecuting Mayor Frank Hague under the Lindbergh law for kidnapping, while claiming he was kidnapped and detained on a New York bound ferry. The Workers Defense League joined his appeal to four agencies and he wrote to Roosevelt Hoover and La Follette.
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New York
Norman Thomas
New Jersey
Department of Justice
Frank Hague
Jersey City
John J. Underwood
Thomas
Workers Defense League
Roosevelt
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Robert M la Follette
Senate
National Vicechairman
Hoover
Landon Shows Unity With Norman Thomas
Alf M. Landon the 1936 Republican presidential nominee joined Norman Thomas in a show of cross party solidarity. The pairing was reported from Topeka Kansas as part of a continued interview featured on Page 2 Column 2.
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Topeka
Kan
INS
Alf M. Landon
Norman Thomas
Theologians Begin Revision of Bible
In Chicago a panel of noted theologians launched a five year effort to revise the Bible to reflect modern scholarship. The project, by the International Council of Religious Education, marks the first major revision since 1901's American Standard Version.
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Chicago
International Council of Religious Education
Labor leaders Clash on Unemployment Figures in Roosevelt Plan
John L. Lewis of the CIO and William Green of the AFL differed by over two million in unemployment estimates while endorsing the President's spending lending program. Lewis cited 13 to 14 million jobless. Green put it at 11.2 million. They spoke to a House appropriations subcommittee as LaGuardia urged a permanent recovery committee and flexible relief plans.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
William Green
Organized Labor
Roosevelt
Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Green
American Federation of Labor
House
Public Works Administration
LaGuardia
New York
Congress
Glass
Capitol
Treasury
La Follette presses plan for new national Progressive party
Wisconsin figures Gov Philip La Follette and Sen Robert M La Follette push a third party bid amid disillusionment with major parties. They plan regional headquarters in Madison Chicago New York and seek a nationwide slate by autumn while weighing governors run or senate bid.
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Madison
Wis
INS
Phil F. la Follette
Wisconsin
National Progressive Party
Gov la Follette
Iowa
Washington
Robert M. la Follette
United Press Mornay
Philip la Follette
West Union and Fairfax Men Hurt In Crash Near Springville
Cedar Rapids reports 21 year old West Union driver Newell F. Brink and 74 year old Fairfax motorist F A Cahill collided head on on Highway 151 near Springville. Brink suffered a severe lip cut multiple teeth loss and possible jaw fracture while Cahill had cuts to hands and face. Brink was treated at St Luke's hospital and Cahill at his daughter's home in Anamosa. Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon reported Brink eastbound Cahill westbound both in coupes.
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Cedar Rapids
Newell F. Brink
West Union
C. C. Brink
F. A. Cahill
Fairfax
Highway 151
Springville
W. W. Reams
Eighteenth Street
Brink
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cahill
Anamosa
Larry Condon
Ely Driver Fined $100 After Signal Crash in Ely
George Mackey 25 of Ely was fined 100 dollars after his car struck a stop and go signal at First avenue and Third street SE at 2 30 a m Sunday. Passenger Lester Holets 22 of Ely suffered a head bump. Police noted Mackey’s car damaged the signal post but not the post. Holets left the scene with Mackey after work at a local beer distributor. Officers encountered the crash as they checked lights. Holets was not arrested.
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Cedar Rapids
George Mackey
Ely
First Avenue
Third Street
Mackey
Lester Holets
Holets
Coney Island
Second Street
Prasil
Burton
Second Avenue
Bandit Trio Net $20000 In Chicago Jewelry Heist
Bror Dahlberg, Celotex president, his wife, and two couples reported losses Sunday night to a bandit trio totaling more than $20000 in jewelry and cash. Also victimized were Mr and Mrs Leonard Ettelson of Chicago and Mr and Mrs Andrew Dahl of Stream Barrington. Both Dahl and Ettelson are prominent attorneys.
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Chicago
Ins
Bror Dahlberg
Celotex Company
Leonard Ettelson
Andrew Dahl
Stream
Barrington
James E Blake Dies In Florida Of Heart Attack
James E Blake 67 of Miami Beach Florida died Sunday night after a long heart illness. Born in Cedar Rapids he built business, fraternal and social ties here before retiring from Iowa Electric in 1932. His body will return to Cedar Rapids for burial. He was previously with National Biscuit Co as a divisional sales manager. He had a son James Dows Blake.
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James E. Blake
Miami Beach
Fla
Cedar Rapids
Florida
Blake
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
James Dows Blake
Alexandria
Mrs Blake
Mr. Blake
Mr Blake
U C. Blake
Ellen Bever Blake
Phillips Academy
Exeter
Fred Shaver
Henrietta Dows
Col
S. L. Dows
James
National Biscuit Company
Chicago
Milwaukee
Blakes
U S Senate Cuts Battleship Tonnage To 105000
The senate adopted an amendment to the naval expansion bill limiting battleship displacement to 35,000 tons per ship and cutting total authorized tonnage from 135,000 to 105,000. The measure ties broad dreadnought limits to presidential consultation with other powers.
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Washington
Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Weather records show 82 degree peak amid clouds in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids recording shows a sultry 82 degrees at 1 15 p m despite cloud cover, then it fell to 81 at 2 30 p m as the day progressed from a 62 degree low at 6 a m. Sunday was bright and windy with a high of 81 at 3 p m and cooler later in the evening.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Justice Roberts Turns 63 As Supreme Court Plays On
Washington AP reports Justice Owen J. Roberts reaches 63 today while continuing his duties at the Supreme Court. The birthday does not alter the court's normal schedule and calendar for the week.
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Washington
Owen J. Roberts
The
Supreme Court
Major League Scores In Gazette Pre-Date Edition
Box scores and summaries of each day's major league baseball games appear in the Gazette’s early pre-date edition sold after 9 p.m. at downtown stands and hotels.
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the Gazette
Roosevelt backs petition to force wage hour vote in House
President Roosevelt urges 218 signatures to discharge the rules committee and bring the Norton wage hour bill to the floor amid deep southern opposition. He backs the petition method after the rules committee blocked a rule by an 8 to 6 vote and calls for the house to vote on the legislation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Charleston
Mary T Norton
New Jersey
House Labor Committee
Congress
Michael J Stack
American Federation of Labor
Norton
Wnortons
Labor Committee
Rules Committee
President Roosevelt Fishes Near Dominican Coast
President Roosevelt, aboard the cruiser Philadelphia, fishes north of the Dominican Republic as the ship conducts fuel tests and hydrographic soundings off the Bahamas. Secretary Marvin H. McIntyre reports the trip from the Charleston navy yard, noting the voyage over 900 miles at over 20 knots and the tests influencing next year’s naval supply.
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Dominican Republic
Roosevelt
Silverbank
Philadelphia
Charleston Navy Yard
Marvin H. McIntyre
Bahamas
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