Amoy Falls to Japanese Marines in South China Drive
Japanese forces landed from Nipponese warships and occupied Amoy, a key South China port, after a heavy bombardment and air attacks. British and foreign residents evacuated as U S and British ships moved in to assist. The seizure signals a broader Japanese push toward Canton via the Lunghai front and Pearl River approaches.
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Hong Kong
Formosa
Amoy
South China
Ku-lang Su
Diana
United States
Taihoku
Formiosa
Canton
15Th Treaty Port
China
Lunghai
Mengcheng
Bocca Tigris
Pearl River
United Lutherans Weigh Plan to Merge Three Synods
More than 150 delegates from 33 churches in the United Lutheran Synod of Iowa gathered at First Lutheran church for the eighty fourth annual convention as Dr E A Bell presented a plan to unite Iowa Nebraska and Kansas synods The executive council backs merger but the convention took no action and controversy is anticipated The Women’s Missionary Society also held its sixty fourth annual convention with Emma Johnson describing educational work in India and Andra Pradesh Continued on Pag...
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United Lutheran Synod of Iowa
E. A. Bell
United Lutheran Church In America
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
First Lutheran Church
Bell
Women’s Missionary Society of the Iowa Synod
Emma Johnson
Stall High School
Guntur
India
Pagana
The Little Things That Break Up A Marriage
A reader argues couples should discuss not only sins but small habits that irritate. Even a loving partner can be thwarted by laziness, temper, and mannerisms. The First Lady’s wisdom echoes that forgiveness of big faults matters, yet daily missteps strain harmony and can end a marriage.
Winter wheat crop second largest on record in 1936
The agriculture department forecasts a winter wheat harvest of 754,153,000 bushels on 50,677,000 acres for May 1, with an average yield of 14.9 bushels per acre. The crop ranks second only to 825,396,000 bushels in 1931, versus 685,102,000 last year and the 1927-36 average of 546,396,000. Rye is projected at 51,755,000 bushels from 4,059,000 acres, and hayfields and pastures are at 84 and 82 percent of average respectively.
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Washington UP
Agriculture Department
Department
Iowa winter wheat crop estimate for May 1 1938
Des Moines report shows 1938 winter wheat at 10,998,000 bushels, 30 percent below 1937 but 77 percent above the 1927-36 average. Rye grain at 1,674,000 bushels, hay on farms 699,000 tons. Hay crop condition 84 percent of normal versus 68 percent last year. Continued on Page 2.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Federal Department of Agriculture
Charlie McCarthy Walks Like A Man With Movable Limbs
Hollywood reports Charlie McCarthy the pinewood prodigy now has pliable legs and moving arms, enabling him to walk and jaw like a real person. Edgar Bergen directs the dummy’s motions, signaling a new stage in ventriloquist performance.
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Charlie
Hollywood
Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen
Bergen
Two British mine blasts kill 72 in Derbyshire village
In Duckmanton Derbyshire seventy two miners died after two gas explosions trapped a shift at the Markham coal mine. Rescue teams battled debris and gas while officials in London debated mine safety.
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Duckmanton
Derbyshire
England
Markham
H. F. S. Crookshank
House of Commons
Commons
Ellis Smith
Brympo
Stoke-on- Trent
Man Willing To Pay Government To Accept His Loan
Washington AP reports the treasury accepted a $10,001 offer for a $10,000 loan bill as part of a weekly $50 million offering. The donor, unnamed, likely aimed to place the funds in non taxable federal securities with the lowest ever average rate of 0.029 percent, per Morgenthau.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Rain Thematic List and Local Drapery Ad
A column notes how rain inspires song titles and romance, citing many famous tunes. It then features a Gazette Want Ad: Hand WLocked linen drapes, six pairs, in excellent condition, located at 519 Vernon Drive.
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Gazette
Vernon Drive
Pi RE el
Sioux City Contractor C F Lytle Dies In Car Crash
C F Lytle 68 a well known Sioux City contractor died when his car veered from highway 30 75 five miles north of Council Bluffs. Passenger L Nygaard suffered facial cuts and a lacerated left wrist. Coroner announced no autopsy unless requested by family. no inquest planned.
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C.F. Lytle
Sioux City
Here
L. W. Nygaard
Lytle
J. P. Cogley
Tom Belford
Nygaard
Louisville
Neb
Ash Grove Lime and Cement Company
Lytle, Noted Sioux City Contractor, Found Dead Near Council Bluffs
Charles F. Lytle, prominent Sioux City figure and former Iowa state senator, was found dead in his car after it left a highway near Council Bluffs late Monday afternoon. Lytle had national reputation as a contractor and was known as a leading citizen of Sioux City.
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Sioux City
Charles F. Lytle
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Lytle
Eight-year-old held after attempted stickup and threats
In Jacksonville Illinois an eight year old boy was held in the county jail for attempting to hold up a man and threatening a policeman. Buster McHatton said the youth stopped him in the downtown area brandishing a pistol and ordered him to surrender. The boy fled after the gun was wrested from him by Officer Homer Nunes. He faces juvenile court investigation while his 16 year old brother is held on burglary charges.
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Jacksonville
Ill
Buster McHatton
McHatton
Homer Nunes
League Move Weakens Ethiopian Claims at League Session
The League of Nations council opened with British praise of a new Anglo Italian friendship pact while moving toward recognizing Italian conquest of Ethiopia. Lord Halifax announced the accord as progress, as delegates admitted a representative of the Abyssinian Negus to sessions, effectively withdrawing Ethiopian government recognition. Dr. Wellington Koo warned Japan may use poison gas in Shantung, urging action under the covenant.
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Ethiopia
League of Nations Council
Lord Halifax
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Halifax
Wellington Koo
Theeague Council
Japan
Shantung Province
League Council
China
Koo
Shantung
Council
Haile Selassie
Yehudi Menuhin to wed Nola Nicholas in Melbourne
Concert violinist Yehudi Menuhin is engaged to marry Nola Nicholas, 19, daughter of George Nicholas of Melbourne, Australia, announced Tuesday. The pairing links a renowned artist with a young heir, as news spreads from London.
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London
Yehudi Menuhin
Nola Nicholas
George, Nicholas
Melbourne
Australia
More Children Assured of Camp as Donations Come In
Cedar Rapids Gazette reports donations to the Camp Good Health Fund back 20 of 115 handicapped children for a three week health building summer vacation. Camp Good Health, eight miles east of Cedar Rapids, offers rest, supervised play, nourishing meals, and reduced activity to help undernourished children aged 6 to 12. The program depends on voluntary gifts to keep going. contributors urged to send donations to The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Camp Good Health Fund
Public Health Nursing Association
The
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Cedar Rapids
Lincoln Highway
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Cedar.Rapids
Iowa
Eyes Open Hope Fails To Save Colan Baby's Sight
Chicago AP and UP report on little Helaine Colan a 5 1 4 week old infant with retinal glioma left eye removed to save life doctors hope to preserve right eye vision while parents Mrs Estee Dolan and Dr Herman Colan face the painful choice and medical advisers weigh treatment options Rabbi Abramowitz notes the family will not view the baby until progress is reported and the child remains stable through the post operative period
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Chicago
Helaine Colan
Samuel A. Hoffman
Robert H. Good
Abe Edmark
Helaine
Dr. Good
Good
Morris Hershman
Estee Dolan
Herman Colan
Spring In Rapid Comeback In Cedar Rapids
Spring made a determined comeback in Cedar Rapids with sunlight and strengthening temperatures. The mercury rose from a 46 degree low at 6 am to 62 by 9 am, with clouds forming as the day peaked near 70 at noon and cooled to 67 by 2:45 pm.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Approve Probe of Unamerican Groups
Washington inquiry moves forward as the House Rules Committee approves a sweeping probe into un American activities. Nazi agitation and other alleged disloyal actions fall under the scope of the inquiry, signaling a broad investigation by Congress.
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Washington
INS
House Rules Committee
Farm Department Act To Conference Action
Washington dispatch reports the house sent the billion dollar agriculture department appropriation bill for 1939 to conference with the senate. Key figures include House and Senate negotiators and the legislative date in Washington. The measure aims to fund farm programs and related agencies for the coming fiscal year.
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Farm Department
Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Donald Horst Custody Fight Center Dies
Three year old Donald Horst at the center of a bitter custody dispute died at Lutheran Memorial hospital after an appendicitis operation. Foster parents Otto and Martha Horst had brought him to the hospital May 5 for the procedure performed by Dr. John A Rose. The Horsts had gained permanent custody less than a year earlier after raising him since birth. Real parents John and Lydia Regan had kidnapped him after two years of silence and later surrendered him for the advantages the Horsts could provide.
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Chicago
Donald Horst
Lutheran Memorial Hospital
Otto
Martha Horst
John A Rose
Horsts
John
Lydia Regan
Horsis
Roosevelt seeks emergency funds to save FBI from furloughs
President Roosevelt asked Congress for an emergency appropriation of 108000 to end furloughs for about half of the nearly 600 FBI agents. Acting Budget Director Bell cited unexpected costs tied to major kidnapping cases as the reason for the budget shortfall, prompting the supplemental request to maintain momentum in the war on crime.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Congress
Daniel W. Bell
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Carries His Bride Too Ill To Walk To Altar
Rex Emry 40 and Helen Fleagie 20 of Cedar Rapids were wed in Sioux City by Judge Berry J Sisk. The bride, gravely ill with tuberculosis, could not walk so Emry carried her to the court for the ceremony. They plan a southwest health honeymoon in Arizona to extend her life.
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Sioux City
INS
Rex Emry
Helen Fleagie
Cedar Rapids
Berry J Sisk
Emry
Arizona
Sitdown Strike Declared Illegal by Illinois Court
Ottawa Illinois, The Illinois Second Appellate Court ruled the sit down strike illegal and that the Wagner act offers no protection for strikers violating state law. The decision upheld fines and jail terms for two Committee for Industrial Organization organizers and 37 sitdown strikers punished after they refused to evacuate Fansteel Metallurgical Corp plant.
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Ottawa
Olinois
Lake County
Committee For Industrial Organization
Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation
Illinois
Harry Hopkins Will Take Care Of Paper Money In A Gallop
A satirical column by Arthur Bugs Baer humorously critiques economic policy assumptions. It jokes that Hopkins would handle paper money while military assets are secured, mentioning priming the pump, a million dollars for all, and a critique of political schemes amid wartime era references.
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Harry Hopkins
Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Fort Knox
West Point
Harry
Zimmermans
Youngs
Per McOrrrieht
Spending bill promises 4,135,000 jobs across programs
Washington The administration's 3,054,425,000 spending lending bill is projected to create about 4,135,000 jobs, per House Appropriations Committee estimates in a report issued as House debate opened. The panel notes emergency federal employment totals 3,124,919 as of April 16 and explains earmarking funds would slow the program.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
House Approves $2.5 Million for Unemployment Grants
The House quickly passed an emergency resolution to provide $2,500,000 to the Social Security Board for unemployment compensation grants to twenty seven states. The funds address a deficiency before July 1 when the board’s regular appropriation becomes available as President Roosevelt’s recovery program proceeds.
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Senate
Social Security Board
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