CIO Convention Opens As Lewis Attacks Hitler And Critics
John L. Lewis heads 450 delegates at the CIO constitutional convention and savages Adolf Hitler as the “mad, bloodthirsty wolf of Germany” while demanding US protest against Nazi cruelties. He vows CIO protection of democracy and tests its status as a rival to the AFL amid labor tensions.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Lewis
State Department
United States
CIO
Germany
Western Hemisphere
American Federation of Labor
Labor
A.F.L
Czechoslovakia
Roosevelt
Congressional
la Folletite Senate
Dics
Living well through faith and service to others
A 1938 essay excerpt reflects on daily living as a joy not a job. The author urges living with faith in God, self, and work, embracing gratitude, forgiveness, and thanksgiving while seeking truth about life and fostering kindness.
Sub Zero Weather Invades Midwest
Wintry weather spreads across the midwest with sub zero readings in North Dakota and Minnesota. Devils Lake North Dakota and Bemidji Minnesota record the area’s lowest temps at 2 below zero. The mercury dips to 2 above in South Dakota as cold snaps grip the region.
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Chicago
Midwest
Illinois
North Dakota
Minnesota
C. A. Dormnel
Devils Lake
N. D
Bemidji
Minn
South Dakota
Dev Rowe Dies Returning Home in Coffin
Dev Rowe, 23, who longed to return to Page, Virginia, from Welch, West Virginia, to escape coal mining danger, was killed by an automobile while crossing a street to fetch his luggage, and died on his way home.
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Welch
W. Va
Dev Rowe
Page
Forger agrees to give eye to Denver attorney
William Lewis a blind Denver attorney returned from an eight week quest for a cornea in a living eye to restore his sight. The eye donor is William Cardiff jailed in Laramie Wyoming after volunteering to donate an eye in a transplant experiment. Cardiff said he offered due to a Christian principle that it is better to give than to receive.
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Denver
INS
William Lewis
Laramie
Wyo
William Cardiff
Lewis
Cardiff
Pope Protested Over Italian Race Laws To King And Duce
The Pope protested to King Victor Emmanuel III and Premier Benito Mussolini against Italy's race laws. Osservatore Romano said the Vatican asserts the laws violate the Lateran Treaty, especially Article 34, which protects the church's right to perform marriages.
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Vatican City
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Holy See
Japan vetoes three power plea to reopen Yangtze River
Tokyo told the United States Britain and France it will not reopen the Yangtze to foreign commerce now citing military use beyond Kiangyin, danger of mines, guerilla attacks, and ongoing large scale operations.
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Japan
Tokio
United States
Great Britain
France
Yangtze River
China
Yangtze
Kiangyin
Shanghai
Hankow
Chiang Kai-shek
Canton
Supervisors Complete Official Linn County Canvass
Linn County supervisors finish the official canvass of the senatorial race. L. J. Dickinson Republican leads with 15 237 votes and Guy M. Gillette Democrat 9 734. Other candidates: George F. Buresh 137, Raymond E. Hanke 66, G. W. Bauserman 24. Counting began at noon Monday.
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Cedar Kanidsa News
Linn County
L. J. Dickinson
Guy M. Gillette
George F. Buresh
Raymond E. Hanke
Progressive
G. W. Bauserman
Prohibition
End of the Slot Machine Ordered in Indiana
Indiana state police superintendent Don F. Stiver was ordered by Governor M. Clifford Townsend to end slot machine gambling in the state. The governor conveyed the order in a letter from secretary Dick Heller, stating the action followed a pledge to a ministers committee seeking to halt gambling after the election and was not meant as a political gesture.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Don F. Stiver
M. Clifford Townsend
Stiver
Dick Heller
Townsend
Heller
Dig For More Clues In Yard At Le Mars Kitchen Cabinet Coffin Found
Deputies widen search in Le Mars as Mrs Summer Knox admits arranging an impersonator for her mother Mrs L Arrow. Sheriff to file illegal burial and obtaining money under false pretenses charges against Knox while pursuing Sumner Knox, her son-in-law, in the stir of a kitchen cabinet coffin discovery and related forgery cases.
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le Mars
Sumner Knox
Knox
Frank Scholer
Len Trow
Huron
S D
Woodbury County
Sioux City
Trow
Icy Waters Claim Nine Duck Hunters in Wisconsin Incident
Wind whipped Wisconsin lakes and Mississippi tides caused two duck hunters to die and feared seven more missing. Frank R. King of Madison was found on the Mississippi banks near Prairie du Chien, alive only in memory. Others feared lost include J W Hefty and Richard Beuthin, with multiple local hunters missing in shallow and choppy waters.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Frank R. King
Mississippi
Prairie du Chien
Richard Beuthin
J. W. Hefty
New Glarus
George O. Borowitz
Wausau
Linn County Shows Low Operating Costs in 1935 36
Linn County in Iowa reported the lowest per capita government operating costs in 1935 and 1936 among surveyed counties, at 1.38 and 1.39 dollars per person based on 1930 census figures. The state average was higher at 1.90 and 1.95 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
Iowa Taxpayer
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Linn
Black Hawk
Pottawattamie
Scott
Woodbury
Polk
Dubuque
Board of Supervisors
State
Peruvian Mine Owner Completes 4765 Mile Race to Rochester
Manuel Mujica Carassa, 58, a Peruvian mine owner, arrived in Rochester after a 4765 mile air journey from Lima to combat an intestinal obstruction. He walked ashore unaided and was taken to Kahler Hospital for assessment ahead of possible surgery. The trip, arranged with Mayo Clinic doctors, cost about 200 dollars per hour for the flight segment.
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Rochester, Minn
Manuel Mujica Carassa
Northwest Airlines
Lima
Peru
Mujica
Eugene McCornack
Callao
Senor Mujica
Broadcast on Jews in Germany Tonight With Sir Leaders
In New York AP reports Herbert Hoover Alfred M Landon Sen William King and Bishop Edwin H Hughes join a 7 p m CST broadcast on the WABC CBS network. The topic is The plight of Jews in Germany.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Alfred M. Landon
William King
Utah
Edwin H. Hughes
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wabc-Cbs
Germany
Can White House Be Going In Now For Amateur Dramatics
A satirical 1938 column by Arthur Bugs Baer jokes about the White House engaging in stage antics after the election. Roosevelt Farley Hoover and Landon are depicted with humorous reactions while Al Smith remains silent amid a playful image of Santa Claus in a bomb-proof cellar.
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White House
al Smith
Santa Claus
Landon Pick Move for United Front in Lima Delegation
Roosevelt named Alfred M Landon to the American delegation for the eighth Inter-American conference in Lima Peru to show a united front on foreign policy. The lineup includes Hull subordinates and labor leaders like Kathryn Lewis and Dan W Tracy with other senior officials and scholars.
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Roosevelt
Alfred M Landon
Lima
Peru
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South America
Hemisphere
London
Hull
Organized Labor
Lewis
Daughter
Kathryn Lewis
John L. Lewis
CIO
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American Federation of Labor
Dan W. Tracy
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Adolf A Berle, Jr
Laurence A. Steinhardt
R Henry Norweb
Dominican Republic
Emilio del Toro Cuevas
Supreme Court of
Puerto Rico
Green H. Hackworth
State Department
John J. O'Hara
Notre Dame University
Charles G. Fenwick
Bryn Mawr College
Elise F Muser
United States
Buenos Aires
Cedar Rapids business report shows encouraging October trend
The October consolidated business report from Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce notes gains in building permits, telephones, electric and gas usage, and new car sales. Employment dipped slightly as 20 firms averaged 4,979 workers. bank clearings rose to 5.34 million and debits to 24.96 million. Real estate transfers held steady at 215.
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Cedar Rapids
Consolidated Business
Industrial Bureau
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Former Broker Arrested After 14 Years Declared Dead
Davis R MacDonald, once a Pittsburgh broker and wartime aviator, reappeared in Los Angeles after 14 years presumed dead. He admitted planning death by own action but fled, later marrying again, having two sons, and working in New Orleans and California. He faces forgery charges after a dishonored check revealed his identity.
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Los Angeles
Davis R MacDonald
Pittsburgh
John Edgar Davis
California
Federal Bureau of Investigation
MacDonald
John Hanson
FBI
New Orleans
Palmdale
Clara M Brown
Irwin Gets Life In Pen Hospital
Robert Irwin pled guilty to second degree murder in a case involving Ronnie Gedeon and her mother Mary. He will spend life in the Dannemora state prison hospital ward.
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Bulletin
New York
INS
Robert Irwin
Ronnie Gedeon
Mary
Frank Byrnes
Dannemora State Prison
Requiem Planned for Wire Magnate Clarence Mackay
In New York a somber requiem Mass will be held Tuesday at St Patrick s Cathedral for Clarence H Mackay 64 chairman of the Postal Telegraph and Cable company who died Saturday night at his home A lengthy obituary notes his leadership in communications and public life.
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New York
INS
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Clarence H. Mackay
The
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company
High Tribunal Denies Mooney Plea For Release
The U S Supreme Court again refused to review Thomas J Mooney s 22 year fight for release from San Quentin The denial follows an Oct 10 decision rejecting a habeas corpus petition The court noted Justices Black and Reed did not take part Governor elect Culbert Olson has signaled potential pardon and re examination of Mooney s case The court also announced consideration of two new tax issues involving New York rulings on income taxes for referees and estate taxes on revocable trusts
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Washington
Supreme Court
Thomas J. Mooney
San Quentin
Calif
Mooney
Culbert Olson
California
Olson
New York
New York State
Paris murder sparks cross nation protests and embassies
The United States prepares a demarche over damage to American Jewish property in Germany amid anti Semitic demonstrations. Britain protests to Germany over links between ministers and the Paris killing. Chamberlain cites sympathy for victims as he rejects colonial transfers and notes the Anglo Italian treaty.
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Bulletin— Berlin
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United States
Germany
Foreign Office
London
Great Britain
House of Commons
Paris
Neville Chamberlain
Daily Express
Ernst von Rath
Chamberlain
Africa
Commons
Berlin Education Minister Expels Jewish Students from All Institutions
Berlin minister Bernhard Rust ordered immediate removal of Jewish students from all universities technical schools and higher learning institutions as part of broader Jewish-German separation policy. Rectors nationwide received telegrams directing expulsions and barring further enrollments.
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Berlin
Bernhard Rust
Typical November Weather Prevails in Cedar Rapids
November weather in Cedar Rapids featured clear skies and sharp temperatures. The day opened at 23 degrees and rose to 36 by mid afternoon with a 37 degree evening reading and a 39 degree midnight on the Chambers Inskeep company dial.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Hines Retrial Set For Jan 9
NEW YORK AP James J. Hines Tammany district leader facing conspiracy charges over political protection for a policy racket has a retrial date scheduled for January 9. The case centers on alleged involvement in steering protection for illegal gambling.
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NEW York
James J. Hines
Tammany
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