German Japanese Military Pact Aimed at USSR
International News Service reports a Berlin Tokyo alliance against the Soviet Union with potential wider participation. The pact, described as aimed at the USSR, may be formalized when Prince Chichibu visits Europe for the coronation events next year. News offices in Tokyo faced censorship over the disclosures.
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Germany
Japan
Soviet Union
Shanghai
Paul Patterson
Baltirore Sun
Ohio
INS
Berlin
Tokio
Baltimore Sun
U.S.S.R
Patterson
Chichibu
Hirohito
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Edward
London
Italy
Orient
Cynicism and the fate of civilization in Lin Yu Tiang’s view
The piece argues cynicism dulls drive for peace and justice, accusing it of slow poisoning civilization. It quotes Lin Yu Tiang praising cynics to end war but warns such a stance would erase humanity and dreams, labeling cynicism a dangerous force.
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Lin Yu Tiang
China
Confucius
Goethe
Heart Stabbed With Stiletto May Live
CHICAGO. Charles Pearson a 42 year old printer was stabbed in a street quarrel. Doctors J Lester Wilkie and Philip Shapiro operated after finding a wound to the left ventricle. Four hours of surgery left his heart exposed then repaired and closed. A transfusion helped his recovery.
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Chicago
VNS
Charles Pearson
Pearson
J. Lester Wilkie
Philip Shapiro
Confessed Luring and Slaying of 5-Year-Old Antoinette
Chicago police Captain John Stege says Andrew Capoldi confessed in detail to kidnapping and slaying 5-year-old Antoinette Tiritilli. Capoldi, 28, had previously faced molestation charges and was questioned after two days of interrogation. The killer lured the girl with candy into a darkened schoolyard and slit her jugular with a pen knife.
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Chicago
John Stege
Andrew Capoldi
Antoinette Tiritilli
Stege
Capoldi
Antoinette
Margaret Sullavan Weds Leland Hayward on Newport Honeymoon
New York UPI reports Margaret Sullavan star of stage and screen wed Monday to Leland Hayward literary and theatrical agent and Katharine Hepburn's manager. The couple slipped away Sunday to Newport Rhode Island to marry at St Pauls Methodist parsonage administered by Rev. Fred W Knickrehm.
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New York
Margaret Sullavan
Broadway
Leland Hayward
Hayward
Katharine Hepburn
Newport
R. I
Fred W. Knickrehm
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Prisoner Burned To Death In Town Jail
John Coates a 22 year old fisherman jailed for drunkenness died in a fire that gutted the town hall jail in Colonial Beach Virginia Firemen faced locked doors as they fought the blaze and Coates perished in the flames The cause of the fire was unknown at report time
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Colonial Beach
INS
John Coates
Coates
Planes to Span Oceans With 150 Passengers by 5 Years
Glenn L. Martin Co of Middle River Maryland designs ocean spanning airliners capable of New York to London in 24 hours with eight push prop engines and 150 passenger capacity. Plan includes observation cabins in wings and multiple decks with first to third class cabins and meals served by stewards.
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Baltimore
INS
New York
London
Glenn L. Martin Co
Middle River
Martin
Atlantic
United States
Bright And Snappy Weather Continues In Cedar Rapids
The report notes weekend temperature peaks and daily highs in Cedar Rapids. Sunday low 26 at 7 am, high 36 at 3 pm, Monday rang from 22 to 46 with 2:45 pm at 46. Readings from Chambers Inskeep company readings.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Urges Federal Takeover of Social Security Plan
President Fiorello LaGuardia urged the United States conference of mayors to have the federal government run the social security program with states contributing funds. He proposed creating a federal financing agency for municipalities and an intercity civil service to train department heads. He warned of a potential shock and warned the plan would become disjointed if not centralized.
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Washington
United States Conference of Mayors
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
LaGuardia
Federal Trade Commission
Soviets reject German protest over arrest of 23
Soviet authorities dismissed a German protest lodged Sunday over twenty three German nationals arrested in Moscow Leningrad and surrounding provinces. The prisoners are held under suspicion of espionage or anti Soviet activity as Berlin monitors the case amid strained Russo German relations.
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Moscow
INS
Russia
Leningrad
von Tippelskirch
Reich
Berlin
Pair Arrested After Police Chase. Carjacking Suspects Caught
Estel Foster 26 of Cedar Rapids and Albert Griffith 28 from near Tipton were arrested after patrolmen emptied their guns pursuing a Buick sedan stolen in Tipton. Foster and Griffith were held on larceny of a motor vehicle charges. both had prior reform school records.
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Estel Foster
Cedar Rapids
Albert Griffith
Tipton
Simon and
Moore
Fourth Avenue
Eighth and
Tenth Streets
Foster
Fiftenth Street
Fifteenth Avenue
Griffith
Simon
Mount Vernon Avenue
Thirtieth Street
Haberle
Marshall
L. L. Shukers
Ellis Park
C. C. Crawford
Dale Hefflefinger
Olin
Illinois May Keep 3 Cent Sales Tax
Springfield officials and lawmakers signaled the three percent sales tax would stay in place as the retiring or incoming general assembly discusses who handles the extension. The administration and legislative spokesmen said the tax level remains unchanged.
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Illinois
Springfield, Ill
General Assembly
Green urges unity as CIO unions balk at AFL convention clash
President William Green denounces John L. Lewis rebels before the AFL convention in Tampa. He pleads for rebels to return and fight differences democratically, vowing no surrender to minority pressure. Roosevelt letter read as sessions begin.
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Tampa
Fla
William Green
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Green
Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
CIO
A. F. of L
Roosevelt
Gramting
Pickford and Rogers Confirm Spring Marriage Plan
Hollywood reports Buddy Rogers and Mary Pickford confirmed they will marry with a reception planned by Rogers mother in Los Angeles. Rogers leaves for England to begin a British International Pictures contract, while Pickford eyes a snowy Christmas possibly in Norway and has a complex prior marriage history with Owen Moore and Douglas Fairbanks.
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Rogers
British International Pictures
England
London
Miss Pickford
Norway
Owen Moore
Douglas Fairbanks
Mayors Seek Federal Action Over Shipping Strike
Mayors Angelo Rossi of San Francisco Joseph K Carson of Portland and Fiorello LaGuardia of New York plan to urge federal intervention to end a maritime strike crippling the Pacific coast and hindering Atlantic and gulf ports. They may be joined by Seattle Oakland and Los Angeles mayors at the Conference of Mayors meeting.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Atlantic and
Gulf Ports
Angelo Rossi
San Francisco
Joseph K. Carson
Portland
Ore
Frances Perkins
Roosevelt
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York City
New York
John F. Dore
Seattle
Frank McCracken
Oakland
Frank Shaw
Los Angeles
Conference of Mayors
Rogers announces Buddy Rogers Mary Pickford engagement
Bert Rogers father of Charles Buddy Rogers says the engagement to Mary Pickford will be announced Friday in Hollywood. He mentions Buddy told him in a morning call and adds Mrs Rogers will fly to Hollywood Tuesday while he cannot accompany them.
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Hollywood
INS
Buddy Rogers
Mary Pickford
Kansas
Bert Rogers
Buddy
Rogers
Mary
Clathe
Kan
Charles
Buddy” Rogers
Johnson County
Burglary Foiled in Norway as Officer Fires Two Shots
Marshal Sam Sampson, on patrol at Norway Grain Co. elevator, spotted a prowler entering via a rear window. The burglar fled into nearby fields as Sampson fired two shots. nothing missing, a sack of canned goods, a beer bottle, and a chisel were found outside. The suspect, about five feet nine inches, wore a cap.
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Norway
Sam Sampson
Norway Grain Company
Mornday
Sampson
C. W. Buchanan
Explosion at Saint Chamas powder plant kills workers
A blast at a government factory powder storehouses in Saint Chamas near Marseille kills an estimated 30 workers and injures about 200 as flames engulf the plant. Firefighters and troops assist as rescuers pull bodies from wreckage and authorities search for missing director and technicians.
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Marseille
Saint Chamas
Istres
Associated Press
Fitzgerald appoints Prentiss Brown to Couzens seat
Governor Frank D. Fitzgerald, a Republican, names Democratic Senator-Elect Prentiss M. Brown to fill the late Senator James Couzens unexpired term. He cites Brown's seniority rights in Senate committee assignments as beneficial to Michigan.
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Lansing
Mich
Frank D. Fitzgerald
Prentiss M. Brown
James Couzens
Fitzgerald
Frank Murphy
Brown
Congress
Senate
Michigan
Bandit Slain by Pal in Quarrel After Robbery
In Chicago a gunman who shot his companion during a hold up loot dispute is suspected in a $25,000 jewel and cash raid on John F. Cuneo and wife. Two men abducted the couple in front of their apartment. Benedetto, 40, Rockford gambler, was found shot Sunday as authorities chase the surviving robber.
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Chicago
John F. Cuneo
Cuneos
John Benedetto
Rockford
Benedetto
Supreme Court hears moratorium act appeal in Frazier lemma case
The Supreme Court heard a propagation of a challenge to the amended Frazier Lemke farm mortgage moratorium act. Robert Page Wright of Bedford County Virginia filed the appeal with Representative William Lemke co author. The case questions due process in debtors mortgage protection amid a session that yielded no opinions and moved into new deal disputes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Robert Page Wright
Bedford County
William Lemke
North Dakota
Union Party
Wright
Circuit Court of Appeals
Vinton
Mountain Trust Bank
Roanoke
Circuit Court
Federal District Court For
Western Virginia
Phoenix Joint Stock Land Bank of
Kansas City
Victor Youth Says He Was Shot By Hitchhiker
Howard Bohstedt of Victor says a hitchhiker he picked up near Belle Plaine shot him on highway 149 a mile northeast of Fairfax. Bohstedt was hospitalized in critical condition with a bullet lodged in his back and his legs paralyzed. Deputies chased a suspect description while an arrest at Mount Vernon avenue and Thirtieth street SE proved unrelated.
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Howard Bohstedt
Victor
Mercy Hospital
James Smith
Belle Plaine
Bohstedt
Highway 149
Lester Mitchell
Fairfax
Smith
Mitchell
Dick Payn
Payn
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon Avenue
Thirtieth Street
John Bohstedt
Roosevelt Invites World to U.S. Fairs 1939
President Roosevelt issued two proclamations inviting all foreign nations to participate in the 1939 New York World's Fair and the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco as directed by Congress.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Roosevelt
San Francisco
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