Jap Army Drives Into North China After Bridge Bomb
Japanese forces push to dominate North China following a mysterious railway bridge blast near Tientsin. Troop trains disgorge reinforcements into Peiping while Tokyo warns against disturbances and presses for a swift advance toward Chiang Kai-shek's government.
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Do Your Part in Life A Lesson from the Five Thousand
A reader reflects on individual influence and shares a parable from Jesus feeding five thousand. The narrator recalls a pastor’s view that shared gifts turn panic into a picnic and urges everyone to contribute their small gifts to create abundance in faith, community, and society.
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Weather outlook for Chicago June 1 to 6
For the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys the outlook calls for generally fair weather at the start of the week with showers midweek. Temperatures start near normal then rise above normal in the middle and toward the end of the period.
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Mississippi
Missouri
Senate rejects Passamaquoddy tide project in Maine
In a 35 to 30 vote the Senate turned down the Passamaquoddy tide harnessing plan in Maine while allowing continued study of the Florida ship canal. An amendment enables Roosevelt to name a three engineer board to assess feasibility, with potential access to $10 million from relief funds if findings are favorable by July 20. The Florida canal’s ultimate cost remains $150 million.
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Planes To Stop At Iowa City Airport Beginning Monday
Iowa City's airport will reopen Monday morning for regular trans continental service halted after Frew Tucker's pole incident. The first plane stops at 5 a.m., with an east bound plane daily at 12:30 p.m. The city plans to lease 40 acres from a citizens committee to buy the land for 16,000 dollars, with annual rent until full payment made.
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E. G. Beley
Republicans Begin Nationwide March Toward Cleveland Convention
Republican leaders start a country wide drive toward Cleveland to finalize plans for the June 9 presidential convention. The arrangements and national committees meet in rapid sequence with hearings on delega te contests likely to run several days.
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Army flyer killed stunting before Memorial Day throngs
Army mechanics Robert Tanzher 24 of East Boston was killed when their plane plummeted into Boston Bay after a loop and crashed from about 300 feet. Fellow mechanic William Holloway 24 of Charlottesville Va was critically injured and rescued from the water by bystanders.
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Roosevelt Clears G O P Radio Channels For Convention
President Roosevelt personally intervened to guarantee clear broadcasting of the Republican national convention in Cleveland while he prepares a southwest speaking tour. He directed that National and Columbia networks remain with convention proceedings and not switch to his speeches. Stephen T. Early relayed the message to Columbia and National executives.
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Cedar Falls Truck Driver Is Killed In Highway Accident
Cedar Falls dairy truck driver James Krogh, 26, was killed when his car overturned on a curve two miles north of Sumner Iowa at about 10 30 Saturday night. Passengers Eugene Scheanke and Vern Parish of Cedar Falls were bruised. Krogh was fatally crushed beneath the overturned vehicle.
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Washington Congressman Zioncheck Again Faces Jail Terms
Rep. Zioncheck of Washington was jailed for disorderly conduct after neighbors complained he hurled a bride’s suitcase a typewriter and landlady’s dishes from a window during a dispute at his sublet apartment. He posted $25 bail, while his landlady was hospitalized with injuries and threatened assault charges.
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R. E. Blick
L. N. Francis
Woman with 18 marriages dies in Sombor
Sofiya Nichevich, 60, died in Sombor, Yugoslavia, after a life marked by 18 marriages. Three husbands died, 15 divorces followed. Her last husband, a lion tamer, died after four years of marriage, leaving her a widow.
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Six year old Janice among the needing at Camp Good Health
Six year old Janice, living in crowded rooms with her widowed mother, suffers from squint eyes and poor health. Doctors advise rest and immunizations after several camp seasons. Local groups and individuals raise funds totaling 1 316.76 to aid her care and camp attendance.
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Administration experts draft new tax plan in senate fight
Washington experts hammered out a proposed tax plan as two key tests loom. The House seeks a 42 percent levy on undivided profits with a 3 percent rate rise in corporate taxes and a 7 percent tax on undivided profits, while the Senate pushes higher rates and surtaxes. Debate likely Tuesday as Black and La Follette prepare a minority report and plan to seek a compromise in conference to reconcile divergent bills.
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Robert M. la Follette
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Townsend and Smith form joint frontier against Washington
Philadelphia AP Dr Frank E Townsend leader of the old age pension movement and Rev Gerald L K Smith head of Huey Long share the wealth clubs say they have joined forces to present a common front against the dictatorship in Washington. They announced after a conference and planned a mass assembly in Allentown Pa where both are set to speak.
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Old Age Pension Movement
Gerald L. K. Smith
Huey P. Long
Washington
Townsend
Smith
Allentown
Baggage Car Drowns Two on Texan Santa Fe Train
A mail messenger Raymond McNulty and a express messenger Grieff perished when the second baggage car of the Texan Santa Fe passenger train, en route from Chicago to Galveston, plunged 30 feet into the Cimarron River two miles north of Guthrie Oklahoma. The car sank with the two men trapped inside as two passenger coaches and two other cars were derailed.
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Convent Fire Ravages York Nebraska Early Sunday
A fierce blaze swept the St Ursuline convent in York Nebraska early Sunday morning, declared completely out of control. Firefighters worked to prevent spread to adjacent buildings as residents watched. No injuries are yet confirmed.
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Memorial Day and Primary Coverage in Sunday Gazette
The Sunday Gazette issue highlights Memorial Day features with a national and local news mix. It notes a special front section including editors notes, extensive sports pages, films, radio, comics, and social pages across multiple sections and pages.
Personal Papers of Barrymore Impounded in Court Fight
In Los Angeles John Barrymore’s personal papers letters and canceled checks were impounded after the opening skirmish in his suit to recover them from former secretary Henry Hotchener Hotchener admitted possession but refused to surrender saying they are needed for his defense in an accounting suit Barrymore watched the proceedings as an interested spectator smoking during adjournments Hotchener seeks thirty thousand dollars for salary commissions and special services.
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Two Youths Die as Biplane Crashes Near Chicago
AP reports Anthony A Otradovec 25 and Barney Bertino 19 were killed when a small biplane crashed in a Chicago suburb Saturday night. Witnesses saw a tailspin dropping about feet before the craft hit the ground. Investigators from Willow Springs Cook County division probed the Maywood crash site.
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Barney Bertino
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I Cago
Willow Springs
Cook A Hemasteraes Eee
Maywood
Memorial Day Traffic Toll Rises With Hundreds Injured
United Press tally shows holiday traffic deaths near fifty with hundreds injured across twenty two states. A truck auto crash near Richmond Virginia killed five. Chicago hayrack crash killed one and injured thirteen after a drunken driver. Illinois Indiana California New York Minnesota Washington Wisconsin Pennsylvania all report fatalities and injuries.
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Washi
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Local Man's Car Figures In Crash Injuring 6 Persons
Six people were injured in a three car crash three miles south of Nashua Saturday morning. Victims include Mrs Genevieve Arns, a nurse with neck fracture and scalp lacerations, Mrs L F Prudhon with a fractured leg and chest injuries, Mrs Vern Marquand with a broken cheekbone, Mrs W A Smith and her daughter Beth with undetermined injuries, and Mr Marquand with fractured ribs. Vehicles were driven by W A Smith of Charles City, Lewis Prudhon of Nashua, and Joe Okinow of Cedar Rapids.
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Genevieve Arns
L. F. Prudhon
Vern Marquand
Waterloo
W. A. Smith
Beth
Marquand
Lewis Prudhon
Joe Okinow
Cedar Rapids
Man Killed Boarding Freight Train at Belle Plaine
Special to The Gazette. Mike Tripus, 40, a Chicago section worker, died after he lost both legs attempting to board a North Western freight train in Belle Plaine yards. The train halted after the accident. first aid was given in the yards before he was taken to a hospital. Frank Drahof, section foreman of Belle Plaine, identified Tripus as the worker.
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