Two Solons Refused FBI Protection for Jersey City Visit
The Department of Justice rejected requests by Rep. Jerry O Connell and Rep. John T Bernard for FBI protection on a Jersey City speaking trip, saying it had no authority to assign agents. The men planned a mass meeting at Journal Square amid clashes described as violent prelude to a major confrontation between mayoral supporters and anti Hague factions.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Jerry O'Connell
Mont
John T. Bernard
Minn
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jersey City
FBI
Jersey
N. J
UNS
Wague
United States
Public Safety
Daniel Casey
Journal Square
Norman Thomas
Casey
Frank Hague
Democratic National Committee
Hague
O’connell
Bernard
New York
Hudson River
The
CIO
Illinois Farm Leader Urges Cooperation For Crop Program
Earl C. Smith, president of the Illinois Agricultural Association, told McLean County farmers Friday night that inequalities in the federal crop control program can be ironed out quickly. He urged cooperation to make the 1938 Agricultural Adjustment Act program fully effective, a reply to the Corn Belt Liberty League born at Macomb, NL, nearby.
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Bloomington
Ill
Earl C. Smith
Illinois Agricultural Association
McLean County
Smith
Illinois Corn Belt
Corn Belt Liberty League
Macomb
Five Iowans Sign Ace Act Petition
Washington AP reports five of 218 House members who signed a petition to force wage hour bill debate were Iowans. They are Dowell Harrington Jacobsen Eicher and Biermann.
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Washington (Ap
House
Towans
Dowell
Harrington
Jacobsen
Eicher
Biermann
Everyday Living on Anger and Indignation in 1938
A youth writes of rising anger over global events and Nazi oppression. He argues anger should spur action against cruelty, not hatred of people, urging restraint and intention to channel rage into opposition to evil ideas while avoiding defeatism.
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Hitler
Austria
Germany
Copurlehi
Now His Wife Is Also Stepsister
In Zion Illinois Henry C McNabb recounts a family tangle after his 74 year old father E M McNabb of Inglewood California wed his wife s mother creating a situation where Henry says his father becomes his father in law his mother in law becomes his stepmother and his wife becomes his stepsister a casual Saturday explanation of a complex kinship claim
Joe Hanley gets 39 years on two charges
Joe Hanley of Sioux City Ia was sentenced by Federal Judge J A Donohoe to fifty five years in prison on two counts for kidnapping Sheriff Herman Bredensteiner and Deputy Dean James from Nishnabotna Mo and driving them to South Sioux City Neb He pled guilty Friday to kidnapping and received twenty five years for each count On the second count auto stealing he got five years The sentences run concurrently but not before he finishes a recent Cedar Rapids Ind sentence of fifteen years for kidnapping Ernest Newman Sioux City armored car driver in 1935
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Omaha
Neb
Joe Hanley
Sioux City
Desperado
J. A. Donohoe
Hanley Friday
Herman Bredensteiner
Dean James
Nishnabotna
South Sioux City
Hanley
Cedar Rapids
Ernest Newman
Snow Falls Across Western Nebraska as Rain Turns to Snow
Snow began Saturday in western Nebraska after heavy rains. Total precipitation reached 1.60 inches since Friday noon. Temperatures fell to 33 degrees. Lexington and Knight reported about one inch of snow, while a light melting snowfall occurred between Grand Island and North Platte.
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Kearney
Neb
Nebraska
Lexington
Knight
Wye
Grand Island
North Platte
Hopkins Sees Relief Cost of 3 Billion
Washington AP Hopkins WPA chief Harry Hopkins told a House Appropriations panel the relief program may cost 3 billion for the full year, up from 1 billion. He projected a peak of about 3.1 million relief clients next winter and discussed total federal relief needs alongside other agencies.
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Washington
Congress
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
Budget Bureau
House Appropriations
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Motorist In Crash Accused On Charge Of Reckless Driving
Bernard A. Lardon 28 of Minneapolis is charged with reckless driving after his car rear ended a street car at Fourth Avenue and First Street SW at 12 25 am Friday. Passenger Bernice Meyer 20 suffered severe facial and neck lacerations and is hospitalized in fair condition. Also injured were Lardon, Doyle Raftis and Joan Matthiessen. Lardon posted $200 bond and was arraigned, pled not guilty, and was jailed.
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Cedar Raunds News
King Thompson
Bernard A. Lardon
Minneapolis
Fourth Avenue
First Street
Bernice Meyer
Tenth Street SE
Lardon
Doyle Raftis
Joan Matthiesen
St. Luke’s Hospital
H. R. Churchill
Suit Seeks 100600 From Luise Rainer In LA Court
Rita Buccola, a 15 year old, filed a suit in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking 100600 in damages from Luise Rainer the Viennese star. She claims personal injuries from an automobile collision last June 27.
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Hollywood
Luise Rainer
Los Angeles Superior Court
Rita Buccola
Vital Japanese Base Faced by Capture Threat
Three thousand Chinese guerrilla troops in Nantungchow threatened to annihilate the Japanese garrison guarding a key supply base on the Yangtze north bank. Reinforcements raced from Shanghai to save the decimated garrison and retain the base town, whose loss would sever lines for a 10,000 man Japanese force in North Kiangsu. Chinese claimed victories in Shansi with recaptured cities and the Tungyangkwan pass, aiding coordination along rail lines.
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Lunghai Railway
Fawning
Shantung
Shansi
Tungyangkwan
Rising Sun Pass
Taihan Mountains
Henan
Peiping-Hankow
Sue Montague Damages From Inn Robbery Suit Filed
A 45000 dollar civil suit is filed against John Montague claimed by Kim Hana tavern owner and Matt Cobb. The case arises from a robbery at Hana s roadside inn seven years ago in Essex County. An Essex County court jury acquitted Montague last fall of the robbery charge.
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Elizabethtown
John Montague
Hollywood
Kenneth Holcomb
Plattsburgh
Kim Hana
New York
Hana
Matt Cobb
Montague
Essex County
Air Show Canceled in Rome as Duce Hosts Dinner
Rain washed out the large air and artillery display planned for Saturday in Rome for Hitler. Mussolini and Hitler were to speak at the banquet at Palazzo Venezia, with speeches potentially outlining the future Rome Berlin axis and recent private talks on the Austrian annexation and Czech demands.
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Rome
Hitler
Aplazzo Venezia
Mussolini
Rome-Berlin
Probation For Teen in Manslaughter Case
Chicago reported Charles J Schmidt Jr a 16 year old was placed on two years probation on jurors recommendation after conviction for manslaughter in the death of his father's business partner.
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Chicago
Charles J Schmidt, Jr
Hoover Speech Question: 1928 or 1940 Campaign
Arthur Bugs Baer remarks on Herbert Hoover speaking in Oklahoma City. He questions whether Hoover speaks about his 1928 record or his plans for 1940. Baer notes Hoover’s calm, yet droll critique of politics and show business in a light, satirical column.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Hoover
Oklahoma City
Salary boosts to executives shown for 1937
An SEC report analysis reveals high compensation in 1937 for executives across industries. Bethlehem Steel’s Eugene Grace earned 394,586 dollars with 244,586 in bonuses, while Charles Schwab and three directors also drew large sums. RCA and film studio leaders likewise posted strong pay, with notable figures at General Electric and automakers facing pay cuts amid a year of variable prosperity.
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INS
SEC
The
Commission
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Steel
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem
Quincy Bent
C. Austin Buck
Paul Mackall
Steel Company
Radio Corp. of America
David Sarnoff
RCA
James G. Harbord
Hugh S Johnson
NRA
Sonja Henie
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp
Warner Baxter
Daryll Zanuck
Universal Pictures
Charles R. Rogers
George DeSylva
James Whale
General Electric Corp
Owen D Young
Gerard Swope
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric
Young
Swope
William S. Knudsen
General Motors
Charlies F. Kettering
Donaldson Brown
W. P. Chrysler
Chrysler Corporation
K. T. Keller
B. E. Hutchinson
Joan Crawford Bound to Metro for Five-Year Contract
Hollywood gossip reports actress Joan Crawford is under a five year contract with Metro Goldwyn Mayer with no options. She may take at least two years off if she chooses to appear on the stage.
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Hollywood
INS
Joan Crawford
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Anglo French ties push to avert war over Czechoslovakia
Paris and London coordinate notes to Germany and Czechoslovakia warning against violence over the Sudeten German issue. Czech economic talks with Berlin loom as Italy appeasement aims to ease recognition of Rome's Ethiopian empire by the League. Britain backs Italy before the League while China and Russia urged restraint.
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Paris
London
Europe
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Chamberlain
Daladier
Italy
Ethiopia
League of Nations Council
China
Russia
Britain
Haile Selassie
Rain and Clouds Dim Cedar Rapids Temperatures
Early Saturday Cedar Rapids faced drizzle and scattered rain totaling about a quarter inch. The day saw a cool start with 45 degrees at 7 am, rising to 46 at 10 am, 52 at noon, then 49 at 1:40 pm as showers continued. Friday’s high reached 67 with 7 pm at 59 and midnight 51.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
41 Killed as Truck Plunge Near Zingana
Rescue teams searched the steep cliff above Zingana after a motor truck plummeted 900 feet, killing 41 people believed to be Turks. The accident occurred near Istanbul and prompted authorities to investigate the cause.
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Istanbul
INS
Zingana
Quick Action Want Ads Sell Items Fast
Dial 2-1121 and ask for an Ad-taker to place a Want Ad. Call before 8 tonight for Sunday placement. Mrs. Betty Kane reports an electric stove sold via Gazette Want Ad, receiving 10 calls. Estate stove, used 3 months, cost 129, sacrifice 85, 2121 K St SW.
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Gazette
Betty Kane
St. SW
Rebels Break Through Line At 12 Points
In Spain near Hendaye Galician and Italian troops broke through government defenses at a dozen points along the Teruel to the Mediterranean front. General Miguel Aranda launched a general offensive with orders to fight in rain or shine, with advances reported up to six miles in some sectors and gains on the Aliaga to Morella front. Cate Catalonia districts saw Forcing the Seca river and capture of Cindorres as insurgents move to crush the so called lost division guarding Puigcerda.
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Hendaye
France
Teruel
Mediterranean
Miguel Aranda
Valencia
Aliaga-Morella
Aranda
Teruel-Alcala de Chilvert
Seca
Cindorres
Catalonia
Puigcerda
Convict Five Finance Officials Of Using Mails To Defraud
A federal court jury convicted five Devon Loan and Finance officers of using the mails to defraud, accusing them of a scheme that netted about 1.46 million dollars from roughly 6,000 clients in the Midwest. A sixth defendant, Charles Vavra, was acquitted after ten hours deliberation. The defendants include C Joseph Tamuel, Frank D Shobe, Earl M Johnson, George Reeves, and Frank E Shipley.
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Chicago
Middle West
Charles Vavra
Missouri
Devon Loan and Finance Company
Mrs Roosevelt To Dedicate First Plane Post Office
Mrs Frank lin D Roosevelt will dedicate a transport plane as the first air plane post office in the history of air mail service in a ceremony inaugurating Airmail week. May 14 to 21, C R Smith, president of American airlines, announced Friday. The postmaster at Washington, D. C, Smith said, has designated an American Airlines sleeper plane as "Flagship Station No 1" It will be stationed in the center of the nation's capital. A regulation airplane crew as well as the first airway mail clerks will be on duty.
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Chicago
Franklin D Roosevelt
C R Smith
American Airlines
Washington, D. C
Smith
Goga, Romanian anti Jewish premier, dies at 57
Octavian Goga, a nationalist anti Semitic premier who led Romania for six weeks starting December 28 1937, died Saturday at 57 after a heart ailment and stroke following his resignation. His brief government imposed strictures on Jews and laid the groundwork for fascist policies. King Carol then appointed Miron Cristea to form a new cabinet.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Octavian Goga
Goga
Carol
Miron Cristea
Family's Return Prevents Burglary
The Edwin E. Hruska family returned to 1940 Bever Avenue SE Thursday evening and stopped a burglary. A prowler entered by cutting a screen door and using a skeleton key, but fled as the family came into the garage, leaving a flashlight on a table. No theft was reported.
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Cedar Ranlds
Edwin E. Hruska
Bever Avenue
Car Shipments Drop In April Reports AP
New York AP reports factory shipments of automobiles and trucks in April were estimated by the Automobile Manufacturers Association at 237 400 units, compared with 238 753 in March and 553 321 in April 1937.
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New York
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Hope To Save Both Life And Sight Of Baby Colan
In Chicago AP: Five week old Baby Nelanie Colan faces glioma in both eyes. Doctors plan radiation treatments to arrest tumor growth without blinding her, about eight minutes each, starting Monday. Parents debated operation versus nature, with grandfather Dr Norris Hershman torn between medical and paternal views.
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Chicago
Nelanie Colan
Herbert E Schmitz
Mercy Hospital Institute For Radiation Therapy
Norris Hershman
Schmitz
Hermin Colan
Hershmann
High School Student Explores Socialist Literature
Elwood Nebraska AP reports Thelma Eloe, a local high school student, asked national socialist party HQ for pamphlets to write a theme on socialism. She received a price list, replied dismissively, and in return mail received plenty of literature free of charge.
Legion Group Seeks Prosecution of Bridges Deportation
The American Legion’s national executive committee urges the Labor Department to prosecute deportation charges against West Coast labor leader Harry Bridges. The group also opposes asylum policies for political fugitives, seeks tighter immigration laws, and asks President Roosevelt to fund FBI operations at peak efficiency for the rest of the fiscal year.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
National Executive Committee
U. S. Department of Labor
Harry Bridges
United States
Roosevelt
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Arrest for Sale of Liquor at State Store
Thomas Nase, 29, of 126 Third Avenue SW, was arrested at 7 15 p m Friday by Earl Stanley and Detective Al Wilson for illegal sale of intoxicating liquor after a citizen bought a pint of whisky from Nase at the Cedar Raunds state liquor store. Seals on the bottle indicated state store liquor. No other liquor was taken.
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Cedar Raunds News
Thomas Nase
Third Avenue SW
Earl Stanley
al Wilson
Naso
Iowa State Liquor Store
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Sue Montague
DUCE
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