Caballero Resigns as Spain's Valencia Wartime Cabinet Quits
Premier Francisco Largo Caballero's left coalition government in Valencia resigns, with radicals backing him yet leaders of the UGT insisting he stay. Officials say the old cabinet factions will be consulted on a new government as Valencia remains calm amid rumors of a reshuffle arising from the civil war and anarchist tensions.
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Valencia
Francisco Largo Caballero
Spain
Largo Caballero
Caballero
Ugt
Barcelona
Francisco Franco
Five Vermont children killed in bus train crash
Five children died when a school bus collided with a Central Vermont train in Milton Vermont on a Saturday make up day for lost school time. Six children were aboard the bus, with the driver injured. The investigation noted the train was about ninety minutes late.
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Vermont
Milton
J. H. Jacobs
Jacobs
All Night Listener To Sea Flight Ends In Sleep Deprived Morning
A humorous diary by Arthur Bugs Baer from 1937 recounts an all night vigil listening for a transatlantic flight. Coffee, smoke, bad connections, cat disruptions, and eventual coffee fueled wakefulness mark the long dawn watch.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Dream of a nobler dream to guide humanity
In this 1937 preface, Axwell Anderson argues science cannot replace spirit, and warns that fear, greed, and hatred threaten civilization. He believes drama can shape collective dreams into future reality and calls for a rebirth of faith in God and humanity to steer society toward a diviner destiny.
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Axwell Anderson
Winterset
Sea Flyers Ready for Regular Jobs
Dick Merrill and Jack Lambie return to routine air transport after the two way ocean hop to London and back aboard the Daily Express. Merrill notes heavy instrument flying and clouds with no real difficulties while Lambie says the flight was well planned and they will resume their New York Miami routes after a rest.
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New York
INS
Dick Merrill
Jack Lambie
Miami
Fla
Lambie
London
Merrill
Harry
Richman
Ponder Limit of Tenure of Federal Judges
A constitutional amendment would end life tenure for federal district judges replacing it with a ten year term and retirement at 70 after ten years on the bench. The proposal aims to allow reappointment of competent judges and remove ineffective jurists, signaling a reform distinct from Roosevelt’s plan.
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Washington
INS
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Senate
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt presses court plan for full Senate vote
Roosevelt returns from Texas to Washington and orders the original court expansion proposal advanced without compromise. Senate Majority Leader Robinson says the vote will be close but favorable by a slim margin, while House relief funding faces a possible cut to 1 billion dollars for 1937 38.
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Washington
Robinson
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Aligns Economy Plan With Tenancy Aid Push
President Roosevelt holds urgent talks with congressional leaders to quell opposition to his CCC bill and related relief measures. He returns from a fishing trip to confer with Vice President Garner and discusses court reorganization with Senate Leader Robinson. House Speaker Bankhead and Majority Leader Rayburn join the talks. WPA chief Hopkins visits first.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
John N. Garner
Senate
Joe T. Robinson
Robinson
William B. Bankhead
Ala
House
Sam Rayburn
Tex
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Cedar Rapids to Resume U S Airlines Passenger Service Sunday
United Air Lines will resume passenger service at the Cedar Rapids airport this Sunday with east and westbound planes making five minute stops. Eastbound arrives 1 05 p m and departs five minutes later. westbound arrives 9 50 p m and departs five minutes later. Local improvements included resurfaced taxi space and checked field lighting. the field is in first class shape.
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United Air Lines
Cedar Rapids
Dave Williams
Public Improvements
Pedy, Rapids
Movie Producers Reject Closed Shop in Hollywood Strike
The Hollywood strike over the closed shop enters its third week as the Association of Motion Picture Producers rejects a peace proposal that omits the closed shop. Federated Motion Picture Crafts counters with a union shop plan and a vow to return workers immediately while negotiating wages and hours within five days. Pickets march outside studios and theaters as producers say filming continues as usual.
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Hollywood
INS
Motion Picture Studios
Association of Motion Picture Producers
Federated
Motion Picture
Pat Casey
Phil Snowden British Labor Leader Dies at 72
Viscount Philip Snowden a longtime labor figure and former chancellor of the exchequer died at Eden Lodge Surrey from heart disease. Born a Yorkshire weaver’s son, he rose from civil service to Parliament in 1909 and shaped interwar finance, later joining the national coalition government before being created Viscount Snowden and moving to the Lords.
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London
Viscount Snowden
Philip Snowden
Labor Party
Eden Lodge
Fresnaham
Surrey
Labor
Snowden
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
MacDonald
House of Lords
Commons
More Children In Need Of Health Camp Examined
Twelve more boys and girls were examined by doctors at the Public Health Nursing association, bringing the total to 125 children in need of Camp Good Health. Five are in very bad condition and should remain at camp all summer. others could benefit from four weeks there. The camp aids physically handicapped, undernourished, and recuperating children, funded by Gazette readers in Cedar Rapids IA.
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Public Health Nursing Association
City Hall
Good Health
The
Gazette
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Wallis Dismissed as Her Royal Highness Not Immediate
An intimate source says the Duchess of Windsor will not be styled Her Royal Highness upon marriage to Edward VIII likely next month. The government and George VI may later grant the title, while Baldwin and Chamberlain push to keep Edward in the background and oppose pensioning the former king.
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Chamberlain
Baldwin
London
Duke of Windsor
George VI
Edward VIII
Stanley Baldwin
Edward
Wallis Warfield
Neville Chamberlain
Duchess of Windsor
Royal Family Denies Duke of Windsor Interference Rumors
London authorities and a royal insider deny reports that the former king meddles in public or family affairs. They say the duke will marry Mrs. Wal lis Warfield as a private matter and that no automatic Royal Highness title will follow. The king, queen, and Queen Mary reportedly disapprove gossip of family quarrels over the marriage.
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London
INS
Duke of Windsor
Buckingham Palace
Wallis Warfield
Mary
King George
Mrs. Warfield
Arson Charge Filed Over Auburn Canning Plant Fire
County Attorney John P. McKnight filed a first degree arson charge against Frank Monk Trummer of Omaha and an unidentified companion for the August 11 Auburn canning factory fire that caused about 10000 dollars in damage. Trummer, an ex convict, had toured the region as a moral reform lecturer and staged a brief hunger strike while held in Iowa during an earlier store robbery investigation. Authorities continue seeking the pair.
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Auburn, Neb
John P. McKnight
Frank “Monk” Trummer
Omaha
Auburn
McKnight
Trummer
Nebraska
Iowa
Lifer, Lunatic and Two Others Escape From Jail In Texas
In Longview Texas four inmates led by a life prisoner and described as insane escaped Gregg county jail after overpowering jail officials. They seized keys with a ruse for a drink and fled in a sheriff’s car while authorities from east Texas oil country conducted a wide search for Lavelle Stephens and the three companions.
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Longview
Tex
Life Terrier
North Texas
Gregg County
A. A. King
East Texas
Norris Plans Seven Regional TVA Style Authorities
Senator George Norris said he will soon introduce a bill to create seven regional authorities modeled on the TVA. The plan aims at flood control power rate uniformity and river navigation with separate authorities and regular federal appropriations. Opposition is anticipated in Congress and from flood control act backers.
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Washington
George Norris
Ind
Neb
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roosevelt
Congress
Tennessee Valley
Norris
TVA
United States Flood Control Conference
Prominent Cedar Rapids businessman Robert S Sinclair dies in Indianapolis
Robert S Sinclair 64 of Indianapolis former Cedar Rapids packing executive died at 9 30 p m Friday in Indianapolis He led T M Sinclair and company in Cedar Rapids for 30 years and later became president of Kingan and company packers He served on Coe College board city plan commission and helped cultural and educational causes He married twice and is survived by his wife three daughters and one son Source notes continuation on page 2 column 3
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Robert S. Sinclair
Indianapolis
Ind
T. M. Sinclair and Company
Kingan and Company, Packers
Sinclair
Mr. Sinclair
T. M. Sinclair
Peerhens
Coe Board
Coe College
E. R. Burkhalter
City Plan Commission
Thomas M
Caroline C. Sinclair
Sixth Avenue
Elizabeth J. Alexsander
Washington, D. C
Ethel H. Bennett
Jackson, Mich
Packing Company of
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and
Temperature Rises Under A Heavy Sky
A Cedar Rapids report shows temperatures climbing through the day with a 6 am reading of 40 rising to 54 by 12 30 pm on Friday. The high reached 59 at 4 pm before easing to 53 at 7 pm and 42 at midnight per Pamecets Inskeep company records.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Pamecets Inskeep Company
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