Indictments Charge 34 Firms 63 Individuals in Milk and Ice Cream Conspiracy
Thirty-four firms and sixty-three individuals in the dairy industry labor and health sectors face federal indictments for alleged anti trust violations in fluid milk sales and ice cream counter freezers. The charges stem from a long Justice Department inquiry into Chicago area milk markets and nationwide ice cream pricing conspiracies.
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Chicago
Department of Justice
Herman N. Bundesen
Board of Health
Daniel M. Gilbert
Paul Krueger
W. J. Guerin
Leslie G. Goudie
Joint Council No. 25
A. F. of L. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs
The
Milk Wagon Drivers' Union
Pure Milk Officials
A City Editor Reflects on Journalism and Its Costs
A city editor recalls learning the craft, cutting flourishes, and telling stories straight. He describes seeing life behind the scenes, noting brutality and cruelty, praise and pitfalls of reporting. He questions journalistic ideals amid riots, trials, and sensationalism.
Mosier Proposes Probe Into La Follette Inquiries
Representative Mosier of Ohio proposes the House committee on un American activities investigate the circumstances surrounding the inception of the La Follette inquiry and the Senate civil liberties inquiry. The move aims to scrutinize early actions and motives amid ongoing investigations.
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la Follette
Washington
Mosier
House Committee
la Ee
Senate
Impanel Jury for Trial of Grabin
In Cedar Rapids the jury for Charles Grabin's murder trial faces possible expansion from twelve as nine of forty-two jurors remain uncalled at noon. Grabin admitted shooting Ed Skalsky on the Agnes Skalsky farm near Ely, claiming self defense as the struggle with an axe was anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Charles Grabin
Ely Farm
C. J. Haas
G. K. Thompson
M. F. Mitralsky
E. A. Baldwin
Iowa City
Grabin
Skalsky
Agnes Skalsky
Republican National Committee to Meet November Twenty Ninth
The Republican National Committee will hold its regular annual meeting here on November 29, announced Monday night by Chairman John Hamilton. The announcement follows recent election victories boosting party morale.
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Washington
INS
Republican National Committee
John Hamilton
CIO Rejects Draft Unity While Pledging Labor Solidarity
Pittsburgh dispatch reports the CIO at its constitutional convention rejects compromising its core goals of unionizing mass production and protecting CIO members. The body backs John L. Lewis and Homer Martin to steer a unity plan while retaining independence from the AFL. President Roosevelt praised unity while urging open doors to peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
A. F. of L
Committee On Officers
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
Martin
Roosevelt
Houston
Texas
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Philip Murray
Murray
John L. Lewis
of L
Temperatures Fluctuate Throughout Monday Into Tuesday
Cedar Rapids records show a clear cold snap with a 25 degree minimum at 7 a.m. rising to 26 at 9 a.m. and 33 by 2:40 p.m. Earlier the day saw erratic moves from 36 at 3 p.m. to 28 at 7 p.m. before a late spike to 37 at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Dodd Denounces Wilson Recall as Nazi Persecution Protest
Ambassador William E. Dodd called the recall of Ambassador Hugh R. Wilson from Berlin a strong protest by the United States against religious and racial persecution in Nazi Germany. He described the move as “unequalled” in modern history and spoke on Tuesday from ROUND HILL, Virginia.
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Round Hill
INS
Hugh R. Wilson
Berlin
United States
William E. Dodd
U. S
Germany
Russia
National Conference of Jews and Christians
White Plains
N. Y
American Jewish Congress
National Dress Manufacturers’ Association
Iowa Athletics Director Signals New Coaching Staff
Iowa City IA E G Dad Schroeder director of University of Iowa athletics implied a new coaching staff would be named after the season. He cited finances poor gate receipts and a $500 000 stadium debt as pressures driving potential changes to win back fans and attract high school athletes.
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Iowa City
Dad
Schroeder
University of Iowa Athletics
Athetics
Wisconsin
Leib
Karl E Leib
Athletics
Iowa Athletic
Court Approves Ford Chrysler Consent Edicts
Federal Judge Thomas W Slick ruled tentatively for consent decrees binding Ford and Chrysler to end alleged monopolistic practices in motor finance. The decision remains conditional on the separate DOJ case against General Motors and its financing affiliate. Holmes Baldridge explained the conditional stance to avoid disadvantaging Ford and Chrysler if GM is not indicted. The decrees followed indictments naming the companies and executives in a South Bend grand jury action.
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Ford
Chrysler
Anti-Trust Department
Justice Department
Motor Companies
Federal Grand Jury
South Bend
Missing Woman Case Shifts To Kitchen Cabinet Burial
A kitchen cabinet burial linked to Civil War widow Mrs. L. A. Trow prompts forgery charges against Sumner Knox wife of the accused and renewed questioning of two persons as Plymouth County authorities pursue the mystery in Lemars Iowa. Mrs. Knox is confined in Sioux City while investigators probe the case and the body of Mrs. Trow remains at large in the garden cabinet.
Yeggs Fail to Grack Shrine Temple Safe
Police report amateur burglars tried to crack the Shrine Temple safe after the policemen's ball. A note left on Walter Workman's desk claimed the attempt was "too tough." Only a coat and hat, likely belonging to the thieves, were missing.
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Yeggs
Grack Shrine Temple
Walter Workman
Yoggs
Workman
Otis G. Chadima
Ed Lowe
Lowe
Hold Young Woman On Forgery Charge
Harriet Washburn, 23, of Iowa City, waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury on a $500 bond after arraignment on two charges in two courts. She is accused of uttering a forged instrument and forgery related to checks used at Cedar Rapids stores in August.
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Cedar Rapids
Harriet Washburn
Iowa City
Miss Washburn
H. R Churchill
W. R. Watsabaugh
Justice Churchill
Graves Denies Five Scottsboro Plea For Freedom
Gov. Bibb Graves refused five appeals for freedom by Negro defendants convicted in the Scottsboro assault case. The decision was issued Tuesday in Montgomery Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Scottsboro
Gannett Predicts Third FDR Term and Win
Gannett, publisher of a Rochester paper, predicted on Tuesday that President Roosevelt would run for a third term and win reelection. He is identified as a prominent Republican. The report comes from Miami Beach, Florida.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Frank E. Gannett
Rochester
N. Y
Roosevelt
Recall of Spokesman as Slap at Nazis
Washington reports indicate Ambassador Hugh R. Wilson may stay in the United States after orders for his return to Berlin were issued for consultation. U S officials say the move signals disapproval of Nazi treatment of Jews without severing diplomatic ties.
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Washington
Berlin
United States
Germany
Hugh R. Wilson
Landon to Peru as roving PWA envoy in 1938
Arthur Baer reports President Roosevelt assigns Alf Landon to Peru as a temporary roving ambassador with a portfolio and expense account. The move aims to showcase improving PWA jobs while signaling a GOP upswing for post office roles.
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Landon
Peru
PWA
Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Alf
Recall of Wilson as tensions rise over Reich press attack
Berlin reports U S Ambassador Hugh R Wilson canceled a planned England visit and will return to the United States after a Washington summons. He sails from Le Havre on the Manhattan with planned London detour previously discussed. The article notes German anti British and anti Jewish campaigns and confiscations of British papers amid synagogue burnings.
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Berlin
United States
Hugh R Wilson
England
Washington
Wilson
le Havre
Manhattan
London
Great Britain
Palestine
Germany
Herbert
Roosevelt Grants TVA Tax Return Inspection Power
President Roosevelt by executive order allows the joint TVA committee to inspect income and excess profits tax returns up to 1937 of private utilities. TVA officials testify this week as committee seeks data on depreciation and fair exchange bases for TVA private holdings. Wolverton challenges moves but hearings proceed under Donahey.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joint
Congressional Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Francis Biddle
Biddle
Rep. Wolverton
N. J. Wolverton
Donahey
Wolverton
Kennedy Said To Be Author Of Bold Plan For Jewish Refugees
London reports a British government review of a Kennedy plan to relocate up to 600000 German Jews. U S Ambassador Joseph P Kennedy and Prime Minister Chamberlain discussed a scheme with Britain, the empire, and other nations to resettle Jews, with plans for aid from the United States Britain and France sought German consent for orderly emigration.
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London
United States
British Empire
Germany
Joseph P Kennedy
Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Kennedy
Reich
South America
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Hendrikus Colijn
Great Britain
George Rublee
International Refugee Committee
Rubbee
Berlin
Paris
Neville Chamberlain
Commons
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Ceremany
Mother of Five Saves Family From House Fire in Columbus
A 23 year old mother of five awoke to a gasoline explosion fire at the McGlone home in Columbus. She wrapped her husband in blankets, broke a window, and carried four children plus their three day old infant to safety before reentering to save others.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ed Welch
William McGlone
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Reveal Daily
Govt
Pure Milk Association
John P. Case
Naperville
Ill
Don M. Geyer
Boston
Associated Milk Dealers, Inc
Leland Spencer
Ithaca
W. A. Wentworth
New York City
Borden Company
New York
Borden - Wieland, Inc
Bowman Dairy Company
Chicago Dairy Companies
International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers
Washington, D. C
Bundesen
Bond
DR. Newton
Pittsburgh
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
Dodd
Towa
Lemars
Gannett
King
Hull
Utah
William E Borah
Idaho
Ickes
Herbert Hoover
Alfred M. Landon
America
Hoover
Lima
Daily Herald
Hugit Wilson
INL
Reuter
Metz
Nennedy
Triple Power
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