Capone Named In IATSE Probe Of Hollywood Labor Feud
Hollywood suspense surrounds a state assembly inquiry into labor control in movies. Subpoenaed star Robert Montgomery faced questions on IATSE moves to broaden influence over actors and writers amid a feud with the Screen Actors Guild. The hearing also touched the Capone link and Chicago gunman rumors tied to union leadership.
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Hollywood
Robert Montgomery
Screen Actors’ Guild
State Assembly
Montgomery
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
al Capone
Chicago
Carey McWilliams
IATSE
Montgomery’s Guild
Joan Crawford
Wiele J
Guild
Alliance
Actors’ Guild
Assembly Committee
Steve N. Newman
New York Sets Unusual Post New Year Legal Changes
After January 1 New Yorkers may leave a dead horse in the street without illumination or owner tag. They may fly a kite within city limits, boil bones without a permit, or own a bean shooter. The changes come from Reuben Lazarus and a team of law assistants who trimmed outdated statutes and codified municipal laws.
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New York
Reuben Lazarus
Japan Expected To Recognize Franco Regime
An INS report cites a credible source saying Japan will recognize General Francisco Franco’s Spanish regime. Preparations are under way as Tokyo weighs diplomatic shifts amid an Italo German Japanese anti communist pact.
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TORIO
INS
Japan
International
Francisco Franco
Spain
New York
Orient
Asahi
Lifeboat Rescues Six Sailors. Forty-Four Unaccounted
A lifeboat with six men drifted into Cape Waters at 8 38 as distress signals were sent. The Swiftsure tanker picked them up. Greek speakers said another boat with fourteen men was afloat. Swiftsure searched further. Radiomarine in Savannah relayed unclear ship name.
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New York
Radiomarine Corporation
Inond
Swiftsure
Radiomarine
Savannah
Woman Seeks Divorce After Husband Sniffs Breath
Mrs Madaline H Eilers told Newark chancery court her husband was mean and selfish but tolerable until he accused her of drinking after smelling her breath when she returned from the corner store. She testified she slept on a porch cot for two years before asking for and winning a divorce.
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Newark
N. J
Madaline H. Eilers
Chancery Court
Two Miners Killed by Gas Blast at Indiana Mine
In Princeton Indiana a King’s Station mine blast trapped 34 workers for three hours. Two men Fount Thompson 30 and Roger Williams 35 died. Doyle McCandless 35 was rescued in critical condition. Survivors Virgil Miller and Jesse Bolin hid in a room, then crawled to safety as flames swept the corridors. Rescue crews reached the shaft after a tense ordeal.
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Princeton, Ind
King’s Station Company
Fount Thompson
Francisco
Ind
Roger Williams
Princeton
Doyle McCandless
Virgil Miller
Jesse Bolin
Spanish Loyalists Open Artillery Drive
Spanish government forces opened an artillery drive along the Aragon front while warplanes raided insurgent supply centers. The action aims to block the anticipated insurgent push into Catalonia.
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Hendaye
Aragon
Catalonia
Japanese Break Chinese Lines West of Shanghai
Japanese forces smashed through Chinese defenses fifteen miles northwest of Shanghai in a major Shanghai campaign advance. Tanks entered Kiating at 9 am and infantry secured the capture by 11 am as Chinese withdrawals were reported.
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Shanghai
Kiating
Justice Brandeis Reaches 81 on Saturday
Washington AP reports Supreme Court aging member Louis Dembitz Brandeis turned 81 on Saturday. The article lists the court’s oldest justices with Brandeis followed by Chief Justice Hughes and Justices McReynolds and Sutherland at 75, Butter at 71, Cardozo 67, Stone 65, Roberts 62, and Black 51.
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Supreme Court
Louis Dembitz Brandeis
Tribunal
Hughes
McReynolds and Sutherland
Justice Butter
Cardozo
Stone
Roberts
Black
Bugs and Prudence in Court's Use of Meaning
Arthur Baer humorously analyzes a Supreme Court ruling on prudent investment. The piece satirically suggests prudence equals honesty, critiques legal language, and references a fifty dollar deductible and a subway pickpocket, reflecting 1937 style.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Supreme Court
Midlife Marriage Strength Trusted by Shared Faith
A reader argues that marriage in midlife can endure if built on religion love and companionship. The letter praises gradual deepening partnership, shared faith and sacrifice over years and warns that without these bonds marriages may fray as couples age.
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James
Garden of Eden
Youth Admits $1000 Threat Note To Star
A 20 year old Michigan farm youth named John Timney confessed to mailing a letter demanding $1000 from Marion Davies. He was jailed on an extortion complaint and said he would plead guilty in federal court. Timney, from Detroit, said he was broke and hungry and hoped Davies would pay him.
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Hollywood
Michigan’ Farm
Marion Davies
John Tindney
Timney
Miss Davies
South Main Street
Detroit
Chicago Bar Studies Plan to Make Law Available to Poor
The Chicago Bar association considered a plan to bring affordable legal help to poorer residents. A special committee proposed neighborhood legal bureaus staffed by lawyers under bar supervision to provide services for modest fees.
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Chicago Bar Studies
Chicago
INS
Chicago Bar Association
Bar Association
Labor 10 Fight Cut in Hourly Building Wages
Officials of the American Federation of Labor oppose any Roosevelt move to cut hourly wages of building workers to aid privately financed home construction. The U S Chamber of Commerce convenes federal officials and private builders for a realistic discussion on reviving residential building. The federation warns the plan is impractical and faces stiff resistance from its building trades department.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
U. S. Champer of Commerce
The
Chamber
Nathan,Straus
New’ U. S. Housing Authority
Federal Home Loan
Bank Board
Stewart McDonald
Federal
Ioeadm
Heevit Willian
eHowever
Federation
J. W. Williams
Committee For Industrial Organization
Federal Housing Administration
Michigan Girl Dies After Shooting Incident
In Clemens Michigan Miss Lillian Willig a 22 year old bookkeeper at a local garage died in hospital after being struck by a man described as a Black painter during an incident that wounded seven others. The assailant William Hathaway left a note claiming infatuation and the girl reportedly rejected his advances.
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Mt, Clemens, Mich
Lillian Willig
William Hathaway
Hathaway
United States Resists Sole Mediation in Sino-Japanese War
The United States refuses any move to be the sole mediator in the Sino-Japanese conflict. Officials stress that peace requires the concerted effort of all Western powers under the Nine-Power Pact, with Japan urged to participate in Brussels discussions. Davis warns that international relations must be governed by law, not force, to secure a lasting Asian peace.
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Washington
INS
United States
Japan
International
Orient
Far East
China
Monee
Brussels
Tokio
United Front of Democratic
Ried
Davis
Wright Guarded After Death Threat In Jail Cell
Glendale police chief ordered a 24 hour guard over 38 year old Paul A Wright a confessed slayer who killed Evelyn Wright and airport manager John Kimmel after he said he found them embracing Wright was deprived of belt necktie and footwear in jail and faces arraignment and preliminary hearing on intensified charges.
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Glendale
Calif
Vernon Browner
Paul A. Wright
Brown
Wright
Evelyn Wright
John Kimmel
Long Series Of Bright Days Ends In Cedar Rapids
Drab skies over Cedar Rapids lowered temperatures ending a streak of bright days. The 24 hour high held at 40 at 7 am and rose to 42 by 1 pm. Friday's top reached 58 at 3 pm, then 54 at 7 pm and 50 at midnight per Chambers Inskeep records.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
New Deal Leaders Seek to Reassure U S Business
Washington insiders urge calm ahead of Congress session. Federal Reserve board member Chester Davis warns against new monetary tinkering. RFC head Jesse Jones backs higher rail rates and earnings tax revision. SEC chief Douglas calls for utility act compliance and offers leniency to compliant firms. Davis urges cooperation among government, banks, labor and industry to weather current business troubles.
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INS
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Southwestern Bankers
el Paso
Chester Davis
Federal Reserve Board
Jesse Jones
RFC
Jones
SEC
William O. Douglas
Utility Holding
Davis
Jones resigns as USC football coach amid private business focus
The Los Angeles Examiner reports that Howard H. Jones has tendered his resignation as USC head football coach effective at season's end. A friend, unnamed, cites his shift of attention to private ventures, including a paper mill in Ohio.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Los Angeles Examiner
Howard H., Jones
University of Southern California
Jones
Rufus B. von KleinSmid
University’ of Southern California
Iowa University
Plans Formed to Census Unemployed Population
Administrator John D. Biggers outlined final steps as 150000 postmen prepare to deliver unemployment report cards to every dwelling in the United States Hawaii and Alaska on Tuesday. The 14 point form seeks total unemployed and partly employed age distribution geographic location and job qualifications. Rockefeller Jr endorsed the effort and Roosevelt scheduled a nationwide radio address.
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Washington
John D. Biggers
United States
Hawaii
Alaska
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Roosevelt
Iowa
Agriculture officials oppose farm bill changes to compulsory control
Washington officials say House agriculture committee edits remove compulsory control of wheat cotton and rice and may derail passage at the special session. Secretary Henry Wallace would stand firm for mandatory controls as a last resort to prevent surpluses, with potential 12 to 13 million bale year losses and impacts on farm income.
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Agriculture Department
House Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Department
Ers
House Ways and Means Committee
Wallace
Roosevelt
Lawlatlee
Wey
A&a Los
Tax changes loom as agriculture panel shifts program
Washington insiders report a potential sharp rise in individual income taxes to fund a new farm program as the House Agriculture Committee sends the financing plan to the Ways and Means Committee. Opposition to processing taxes is strong, while leaders push for immediate changes to undistributed profits and capital gains taxes to blunt a business downturn. Committee chairmen O Connors and Vinson clash over pace, urging caution amid broader tax reform debates.
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INS
House Agriculture Committee
House ‘Ways and Means
Agriculture Committee
Ways and Means
O'Connor
House Rules Committee
Roosevelt
O'Conner
Street Car Tokens Redeemable At Two Local Banks
Cedar Rapids and Marion City railway token holders may redeem at Merchants National or Peoples Savings Bank. Street cars cease tonight and buses take over Sunday. Banks will pay eight cents for one token, seventeen cents for two, and a quarter for three tokens. Tokens sold at three for a quarter. single fare currently ten cents.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar. Rapids and Marion City Railway
Merchants National
Peoples Savings, Bank
Street Car Company
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