Aims muddled as CIO opens its convention
Detroit CIO leaders clash over defense aims and support for United Mine Workers. The 600 delegates approved a plan backing UMW union shop for captive mines and Murray pressed for industry council to speed war production while defending labor rights and Roosevelt.
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Detroit
CIO
Moose Temple
John L. Lewis
United Workers Union
Philip Murray
Roosevelt
Nazi Germany
Washington
Murray
UMW
National Defense Program
Industry Council
Great Britain
Russia
China
Sons In Navy Won't Write Ends Life
Mrs. Ruth Langley Russell, 45, of Los Angeles, killed herself after her two sons in the navy failed to respond to letters. She leapt from a downtown tunnel entrance and left a note to her son Frank aboard the U S S Minneapolis pleading for help and an answer to her letters.
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Navy
Los Angeles
INL
Ruth Langley Russell
Franks
U.S.S. Miineapolis
Gene
Cedar Rapids Civil War veteran James Beck dies at 94
James Beck 94, one of Cedar Rapids last two Civil War veterans, died Sunday after a brief illness. Born May 5 1848 in Lancaster Wisconsin he moved to Cedar Rapids 59 years ago. He survived by two sons five daughters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services at Moon chapel with time to be announced and friends invited to call.
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Cedar Raps
James Beck
Mr. Beck
Lancaster
Wis
Cedar Rapids
George S. Bushnell
Thirty-third Street
Roy J. Beck
Twenty-second Avenue
Guy E. Beck
Mechanicsville
Jessie Mae Fairman
Sioux City
Grace Stiles
Chico
Calif
Virginia Beck
Pearl Viola Porter
Delhi
Maude Geisen
South Dakota
Moon Chapel
Strain Rises Over Army Ban on America First in Denver
Denver in a new flare of the crackdown on the America First committee after Col. Early E. W. Duncan of the Lowry field air corps technical school ordered Denver headquarters out of bounds for 10 000 soldiers. The War Department backed Duncan’s action and broadened the ok beyond his scope, a charge by Arthur A. Brooks Jr., Colorado America First chairman, that the department exceeded his order.
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Denver
INS
America First Committee
Early E. W. Duncan
Army Air Crops Technical School
Lowry Field
War Department
Washington
Duncan
Arthur A. Brooks Jr
Colorado Chapter of
America First
Denver Carters
Drama On Drinking Drivers And Death To Be Given Sunday
A stage drama on the dangers of drinking driving is set for Sunday at 4 p.m. and 7 30 p.m. at St Pauls and Trinity Methodist churches. Cast includes Cobbler of Codermapide and George Young as the father with Haype as attorney. Jury members and officials listed. Sponsored by Cedar Rapids area Methodist churches with free admission and an offering collected.
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St. Paul's Methodist Church
Fred Kluss
Sam Hawkins
Blaylock
Dempsy
Colcateen
Sarah Ainsworth
Trinity Methodist Church
Nelson
Harley Steele
Wendell Brownell
J. W. Cocayne
J. W. Ensign
Fred C. Mason
Joseph Sponar
George Villers
Richard Ainsworth
Emil Surry
Duluth
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Superior
Sioux City
Waterloo
Tragedy at Packinghouse Ends With Wife’s Death
Chicago story reports Frank Nowobielski 35 fatally shot his wife Anna 28 after two years of jealousy over alleged dating. He bought a .22 rifle amid distrust and, after arguing, killed her and left the scene before dawn, leaving two children asleep.
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Chicago
Frank Nowobielski
Anna
Nowobie c
Nowobielski
Broken English Announcement Says Wife Slain
A man spoke in broken English claiming he killed his wife and then wept. The report notes the emotional scene and questions surrounding the confession.
Coe Debaters Win Cedar Valley Forensic Tournament
The Coe College debate team won first place in the Cedar Valley invitational for freshmen and sophomores held in Cedar Falls. Ten universities competed. Coe won nine of ten debates with the negative team taking five wins. Individual honors went to Ray first in ranking and second in extemporaneous speaking. Lieberstein third in oratory. Prof J Dale Welsch coached and Hugh C G Chase supervised original oratory.
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Coe College
Cedar Falls
Coe
Betty Subotnik
Cedar Rapids
Beverly Lieberstein
Davenport
Charles McManraman
Hawarden
Robert Ray
Ray
Lieberstein
J. Dale Welsch
Hugh C. G. Chase
Seven Die In Truck Gas Tank Blast At Ranger
An explosion after a gasoline tank ruptured on two trucks in Ranger Texas Saturday set flaming oil over a crowd. Seven people died from burns and two on the spot, with seventeen injured and three in serious condition as lumber sparked the fire. Police reported one truck stalled on a hill and another collided, triggering the fatal blast.
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Ranger, Tex
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Telephones in U S Decline World Lead to 19.5 Million
The United States holds about 19.5 million telephones, nearly half of the world total, reflecting a large domestic communications network and broad market reach for telephone services.
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U. S
Two Die in Bomber Crash Near Park City Utah
Two army airmen died when a bomber crashed during a blizzard near Park City Utah. Major R E Pirtle, 8th recon squadron commander, was identified among the casualties. another body, likely Sergt J D Anderson, was burned in the wreckage. Five others escaped or were reported safe including Lieut W E Baysie pilot and officers Simmons Smith and C A Smith with staff sergeant Bynum and private Torgersen.
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Park City
Utah
R. E. Pirtle
Rece
Pirtle
Council Grove
Kan
Greene Ageeceu
Salt Lake
J. D. Anderson
W. E. Baysie
M. Simmons
E. V. Bynum
B. L. Torgersen
Light wreck in Maine confuses air base search
In Bangor Maine an unidentified bomber with four aboard disappeared en route to a northeast air base. Hunters patrolling the area reported no word or sign of survivors as the night wore on.
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Bangor
Side Ness
Plane crash sighted near Capen base impacts crew fate uncertain
Witnesses saw a plane in the Capen area and heard a crash around 7 30 pm. Captain N L Hartenburg said no indications of crew escape except a faint hope some may have bailed out. The crew included Lieut P W 28, Haus Thompet, Underwood N D, and Reiter.
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Capen
N. L. Hartenburg
Lieut. P. W
Haus- Thompet
Underwood
N. D. Oens
Better Call Him Aarold Or Else
New York AP report describes a husky six foot longshoreman in Magistrate Geapdiioen court after a fistfight incident. He insists on being called Aarold though officers asked for his real name.
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Him Aarold
New York
Tarzan
Geapdiioen
Bride's Plea Wins as Groom Hurries Home
In San Francisco AP Mary Mialovich’s plea wins her case. The pretty bride told Judge Herbert C. Kaufman that her fiancé was hurrying home with an anniversary present.
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San Francisco
Mary Mialovich
Herbert C. Kaufman
Circus dynamite wagon stunt proves fatal for performer
In Galveston Texas AP reports Capt Bob Ward promoted the dynamite wagon act where a car filled with dynamite explodes with the driver inside Ted Wade a 26 year old Tulsa Oklahoma stunt man drove the wagon to a stadium corner Sunday night and died in an ambulance after the blast as the show continued.
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Galveston
Texas
Bob Ward
Captain Ward
Ted Wade
Tulsa, Okla
Wade
Weygand Brief Visit To Vichy Spurred Speculation
General Maxime Weygand arrived in unoccupied France on a flying visit. He was driven to the Sevigne Pavilion in Vichy after a last minute trip, part of ongoing French political maneuvering.
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Vichy
France
Maxime Weygand
North Africa
Henri Philippe Seeehouse
Sevigne
Weygand
War ministers meet amid rapid Vichy diplomacy shifts
The excerpt notes Fae Huntziger and Weygand in the scene as North Africa’s pro consul arrives after Otto Abetz altered his Paris schedule and stayed in Vichy for talks with Petain, leaving shortly before Weygand's arrival.
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Fae Huntziger
Weygand
Otto Abetz
Paris
Vichy
Petain
Green cotton used to make floor wax shocks industry
A freak variety of cotton that grows green rather than white is being used to produce floor wax, sparking curiosity in agricultural and manufacturing circles.
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