High salaried actors threaten nationwide studio walkout
The Screen Actors Guild announced that 5 600 actors would strike Sunday night unless union recognition and higher pay for extras are granted. Plans include theater picketing and a boycott, with studios Warner Brothers to Hal Roach named as unfair by Los Angeles labor officials.
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Hollywood
Screen Actors Guild
Calif
Film Land
Aubrey Blair
Screen Actors’ Guild
Robert Montgomery
Los Angeles Central Labor Council
William Green
American Federation of Labor
International Association of Theatrical Stage
Warner Brothers
M-G-M
Columbia
R-K-O
Paramount
20Th Century-Fox
Universal
United Artists
Hal Roach
Federated Motion Picture Crafts
Charles Lessing
Lessing
Boston bulldog pups adopted by a tiger cat in Ithaca
In Ithaca New York two bulldog pups whose mother died in labor were adopted by a tiger cat whose kittens died at birth. State college veterinarians say it is the first such case in thirty years and are caring for the unusual family.
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Ithaca
N.Y
State College
Reader critiques novels while defending frank depictions of life
A reader defends frank depictions in new novels arguing life includes the seamy side and writers must reflect reality. They praise Dos Passos for vivid period sketches but critique moral emptiness, and condemn Aldous Huxley for vice and degradation despite claims of significance.
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Ford
Veblen
Isadora Duncan
Valentino
Wright
Hearst
Aldous Huxley
St. Paul
French Ships Reach Bilbao To Rescue War Refugees
Three French merchant ships reached Bilbao to evacuate 2,400 women and children from the refugee crowded city. Three French warcraft waited in the Bay of Biscay to guard the return voyage to France.
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Bilbao
Spain
Bay of Biscay
France
Bomb at Former Illinois Legion Head’s Home Damages Property
Charles C. Kapschall former Illinois commander of the American Legion and his family were awakened by a dynamite blast at their Deerfield suburban home early Saturday. No injuries were reported though the front porch was wrecked and windows shattered. damage estimated at 3000 dollars plus harm to nearby homes.
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Chicago
Charles C. Kapschall
Illinois
The
American Legion
Deerfield
Kapschall
Diploma Mill Fines Stay for Two Defendants in Mail Fraud Case
Federal Judge Charles B. Davis stayed the $1,000 fines for two defendants who pleaded guilty and testified for the government in a diploma mill mail fraud case. The four defendants were convicted Thursday. sentencing for all four is deferred until May 19. Myrtle E. Long of Des Moines and A E Krebs of Chicago were freed from fines pending appeal or further action.
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ST Louis
Charles B. Davis
Diploma Mill
Myrtle E. Long
Des Moines
Iowa Board of Chiropractic Examiners
E. Krebs
Chicago
Long
George M Lindsay, Jr
Kansas City
Italy recalls all news men from Britain
Rome orders home nearly all English newspaper correspondents and bans most British papers in response to a so called campaign of lies about Italy. Only the Daily Mail Evening News and Observer are excluded. Photographs of the coronation are banned.
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Italy
Britain
Rome
London
George VI
Spain
Haile Selassie
Daily Mail
Evening News
Observer
The
Daily Herald
News Chronicle
Stefani
Italy Restricts English Newspapers Sparks British Mockery
In London an AP report notes Italy bans all but three English newspapers and recalls London correspondents, prompting dismissal from a single official who quips that the British Empire can withstand the horrible impact.
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London
Italy
Italians Ordered Out Of England In Rome Dispatch Move
Twelve Italian newspaper correspondents left London for Rome after fascist orders to quit England. Some reporters were on weekend holidays when the order came. German correspondents in London were said to be recalled soon.
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London
Rome
England
South African corn shipment reaches Chicago docks first since 1935
The steamer Eads unloaded 180000 bushels of African corn at Chicago, the first arrival since 1935. Traders say the sale is likely completed and the grain is not expected to be delivered on contracts, with Argentina corn dominating recent arrivals.
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Chicago
Eads
Argentina
United States
Hunt Mystery Woman Papers In Taylor Case
Los Angeles investigators reopened the William Desmond Taylor murder probe seeking a mystery woman and highly important missing documents. District Attorney Baron Fitts said a solution to the 15 year old case nears, withholding names and details. New evidence came from grand jury testimony by Mary Miles Minter, her sister, and mother.
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Los Angeles
INS
William Desmond Taylor
Baron Fitts
Ace
Fitts
Mary Miles Minter
Margaret Fillmore
Charlotte Shelby
Urge Law To Make Aircraft Owners Liable For Damage
Washington AP report notes lawyers citing the Hindenburg disaster urge states to require aircraft owners to be financially responsible for injuries and property damage from accidents. The measure, prepared for legislatures by William A Schnader, would hold owners liable even without negligence.
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Washington (Ap
Hindenburg
Peecaentstts Daroperty
Acci Son
CPRTS
Sekie
Tan Institute
William’ A. Schnader
Pennsylvania
Defense to Prove Wendel Duped 2 Parkers
Newark New Jersey defense lawyers planned to resume cross examination of Paul H. Wendel the former Trenton attorney as they seek to prove he duped Ellis Parker and his son Ellis Jr into a false confession in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case.
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Newark
N. J
INS
Paul H. Wendel
Ellis Parker
Parkers
Trenton
Parker
Burlington County
Ellis, Jr
Wendel
Ship Abandoned After Fog Collision Off Dover
In dense fog off Dover the steamship Willesden was abandoned by its crew after a collision with the Italian steamship Gian Franco. The SS Thistlegion relaunched a wireless message saying the crew of Willesden were being picked up.
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Dover
London
Willesden
Thistleglon
Delay in Court Fight until Autumn Proposed
Administration leaders consider requesting President Roosevelt’s consent to postponing the Supreme Court bill in the senate until autumn. The move could allow rapid passage of appropriation bills and an all-summer congressional recess. Supporters fear losing momentum. opponents warn of reduced backing if Congress adjourns. Senator Ashurst supports delaying action. Senator Wheeler warns postponement risks broad opposition.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Senate
Congress
Ashurst
Henry F. Ashurst
Arizona
senate _ judiciary committee
Burton K., Wheeler
Seas
Cedar Rapids Weather Sees Summer Heat Rise Saturday
The day opened at 45 degrees at 4 am and climbed to 76 by noon with 80 at 1 45 pm. Friday reached a high of 74 at 3 pm then cooled to 66 at 7 pm and 48 at midnight, per Chambers Inskeep company charts.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Blum Cabinet Wins Vote Of Confidence In Paris
Premier Leon Blum’s leftist government won a brief respite as deputies voting together gave Blum a 384 to 197 vote of confidence in Paris. The support came from all left wing parties, stabilizing a fragile coalition amid mounting pressure.
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Paris
INS
Leon Blum
Chamber of Deputies
Blum
Camp Good Health opening set for June 14 in Cedar Rapids
The Gazette announces Camp Good Health will open June 14 to aid physically handicapped children of Cedar Rapids' poor. The Public Health Nursing association, led by Mrs. Lester C Chadima, coordinates the program offering recreation, rest, and specialized diet with nurse supervision and local doctors. Contributions to the Camp Good Health Fund are requested through The Gazette.
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Good Health
Cedar Rapids
The
Public Health Nursing Association
Lester C Chadima
R. D. Hunting
Charles T Hickok
Henry Ristine
J. H Bormann
Sutherland C Dows
J. W Ballard
Ella Johnson
H M. Ivins
J S. Ely
P. W. Shive
B. J. Newburger
Lincoln Highway
Camp Good Health Fund
Gazette
the Gazette
Iowa
Farm income up in first quarter says government report
Department of Agriculture reports rising prices favorable weather and higher farm income. Cash income reached 1.942 billion in Q1 with marketing income 1.735 billion and government payments 207 million, up from last year. Prices for corn cotton and wheat at decade highs, drought relief easing.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
U.S. Weather .Bureau
U. S
South Central States
North Atlantic States
East North Central States
West North Central States
South Atlantic
Western
Wooden Steamer Trinidad Smashed On Spit
The wooden steamer Trinidad bound from Raymond to San Francisco with lumber broke up Saturday on a sand spit off Willapa harbor. The second mate Werner Krapf of San Francisco is missing and believed drowned. Twenty five crew members including Captain I Hellesto were rescued by a coast guard surf boat. The vessel and cargo are believed total loss.
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Raymond
Wash
INS
Trinidad
San Francisco
Willapa Harbor
Werner Krapf
I. Hellesto
Coast Guard
Want Ads Dial 2 1121 Ad-taker at The Gazette
Classified listing invites readers to place want ads by calling 2 1121 or visiting The Gazette office for ad placement.
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Gazette Office
Loyalist planes drive Italian warship from Spanish waters
In Barcelona reports say Loyalist aircraft forced an Italian warship patrolling the Mediterranean coast from Cape Oropesa to the French border to retreat after it followed the Spanish merchant ship Torres y Baged inside the three mile limit near Tarragona. It is unclear if there was an attack.
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Barcelona
Spain
Tarragona
Mediterranean
Cape Oropesa
International Nonintervention Committee
Torres Y Baged
Stolen Slot Machines At Country Club In Iowa City
Three local youths were captured in Cedar Rapids and charged with breaking and entering in Johnson County. Dennis O'Brien 21 Francis Pooler 19 and Gail Pooler 21 face arraignment pending. Four slot machines valued around 250 were stolen from the Town and Country Club by use of a skeleton key. The suspects were found with 159.93 and pennies totaling 3 in Cedar Rapids. The machines belonged to a slot operator not the club.
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Carette
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
William Milke
Dennis ‘O'Brien
Francis Pooler
Gail Pooler
Don McComas
Johnson County
Iowa’ River
Sheriff's
Don” Young
Young
Coronation Parade Seat Prices Slump in London
Ticket merchants face a drop as coronation route seats tumble from 250 to 50 dollars amid last minute cancellations. Buyers can watch George VI and Queen Elizabeth pass, with options including champagne lunches and radio access, though breakfast in bed is not included.
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London
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Pacific Fleet Plane Crashes Leave Two Dead
Two naval airmen were killed when their plane crashed and sank during U. S. fleet war games in the Pacific. Lieut. Commander John Francis Gillon, 40, pilot, and Glen M. Beal, radio man, first class, perished Friday night off Hawaii as the plane dived and sank near the Saratoga carrier. Destroyers responded but found no survivors.
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Pennsylvania
Pacific Ocean
John Francis Gillon
Glen M. Beal
Hawaii
Gillon
Saratoga
Former naval board probes Hindenburg crash remains
Captain Gordon W. Haines and three naval investigators examined the charred wreckage at Lakehurst and opened a crash inquiry. They will call witnesses including Heinrich Bauer as hearings run alongside a commerce department inquiry.
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Lakehurst
N. J
INS
Gordon W. Haines
Naval Board of Investigation
Department’ of Commerce
Secretary of the Navy
Heinrich’ Bauer
Hindenburg
Hindenburg backfire sighting reported near Lakehurst
Kenneth W. Heinrich of Keyport, a former naval officer, told Lieutenant Commander Charles Rosendahl he saw the Hindenburg over New Jersey before the disaster. Heinrich, a marine architect, said the airship listed to port, trimmed aft, with the rudder hard over and the aft motor intermittently backfiring at 2 10 p.m. CST near Old Tennent church.
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Asbury
Park
N. J
Asbury Park
Kenneth W. Heinrich
Keyport
Charles ‘E. Rosendahl
Lakehurst Naval Air‘station
New Jersey
Rosernn
Heinrich
Tennent
Lakehurst
Rosendahl
Old
Tennent Church
Debris of Hindenburg Disaster Adds Victims and Inquiry
The thirty fourth and thirty fifth victims die as a federal inquiry probes the Hindenburg disaster. William Speck and Erick Knoecher die in hospitals while Captain Ernst Lehmann had already perished. Investigators from the Bureau of Air Commerce join naval and army experts, with a German commission led by Dr Eckener sailing to the U S. A sabotage angle will be considered if plausible evidence arises.
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Lakehurst
Germany
Ernst Lehmann
Hugo Eckener
Bureau of Air Commerce
Naval
Army
Congressional
New Jersey
German Government Commission Headed By Dr. Ecx~ener
Zeppelin Works
United States
Europa
Hindenburg
Monroe Johnson
Eckener
Graf Zeppelin Moors At Its Home Base
The Graf Zeppelin moored at Friedrichshafen after its second round trip to South America this season. Local residents and Zeppelin workers welcomed the airship as Knut Eckener led the crowd, while his father Hugo Eckener prepared to travel to the United States to study the Hindenburg disaster.
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Graf Zeppelin Moors
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Zeppelin Company
South America
Knut Eckener
Hugo Eckener
United States
Lakehurst
N. J
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