Pope Pius XI resumes duties amid illness setback
Pope Pius XI, after a heart attack and a period in an oxygen tent, planned to resume work today and meet 100 Hungarian pilgrims. Vatican officials indicated his condition remained delicate but stable, with strong will to continue efforts for the oppressed in Germany, Spain, Russia, and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pius XI
Vatican
Cardinal Pacelli
Pius
Germany
Spain
Russia
Italy
Aminta Milani
British Soldiers Fire At Hong Kong Outpost Held By Nipponese
British soldiers and Hongkong police were under fire from Japanese troops Saturday. The Japanese occupied a British outpost dugout for a time before retreating after British representations. Chinese troops were making a last stand about a half mile from Shataukok amid the clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hongkong
Mongkong
Shataukok
Weather Outlook for Upper Mississippi and Plains Nov 28 to Dec 2 1938
Weather forecast for the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys plus northern and central Great Plains. Expect considerable precipitation and generally normal to below temperatures across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Walt Disney Matriarch Dies From Gas Fumes At Home
Flora Disney 71 mother of cartoonist Walt Disney died from deadly gas fumes from a leaky furnace in North Hollywood. Elias Disney 80 was overcome but expected to recover. The couple, parents of Mickey Mouse creator, would have celebrated their 51st anniversary next New Year’s Day. Alma Smith housemaid alerted officers after smelling gas and opening doors and windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Flora
Disney
Walt Disney
Elias
Mickey Mouse
Donald Duck
Snow White
Alma Smith
Portland
Ore
Chicago
Walt
Love Will Find A Way In Minnesota Court Case
Bernard Kluver of Mapleton Iowa faced a Mann Act charge for transporting a girl from Minnesota to Oskaloosa. He told the judge he sought a divorce check from his second wife to marry his Minnesota sweetheart and the case was postponed to December 12 as the girl professes love. A probation officer was asked to explore the marriage option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Bernard Kluver
Mapleton
Iowa
Federal District Court
Kluver
Minnesota
Oskaloosa
Denison
No. 3
Joyce
Mediation in Chicago Stockyards Strike Reopens Talks
After a weekend stalemate, the Union Stock Yard and Transit Co resumes work, while CIO handlers plan pickets at yard entrances. Federal mediators report cooperative talks on a 40 hour week closed shop contract and pay raises for several workers. Police prepare for possible violence as deliveries resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Federation of Labor Handlers
CIO
O. T. Henkle
CIO Union
Ben Brown
Handlers’ Union
Robert J. Mythen
Henkle
A. F. of L
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Commission
Wide probe set for private trade and antitrust hearings
The anti monopoly committee plans the broadest study since 1898. Subpoenas will reach glass and auto industry executives as hearings open with economists outlining the economy. The U S Chamber of Commerce calls for clear procedures and fair opportunity for all sides to present evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Trust Unit
Glass
Washington
INS
Glass Industry
Hatton Sumners
Texas
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Sumners
Joint Congressional Executive
Boise Penrose
House
Federal Trade Commission
Willard C. Thorp
Commerce Department
Isidor Lubin
Bureau of Labor and Statistics
Leon Henderson
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Advice For Native Sons Don’t Be First In Elimination Tours
Arthur Bugs Baer offers guidance for political hopefuls in 1958, urging native sons not to be named first in elimination rounds. He notes the long march of spring candidate bios and the chance for any boy to reach the presidency by being a smart, compromise contender.
Daladier Seizes Rail Lines to Stop France Strike
Premier Edouard Daladier decreed military requisition of France s main rail networks to preempt a one day general strike called by the French labor movement. The move extends army control over rail workers and follows earlier tactics against miners metal workers and local railroad hands in the north where about fifty thousand walked out. The Confederation of Labor planned a 5 000 000 member action Wednesday with skeleton staffs to man essential services. Courts martial were set for those refusing to work as unions ordered a stoppage in all but essential services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Edouard Daladier
France
Daladier
French Confederation of Labor
Dalladier
Jailed For Coal Theft Wife Dead By Stove
Chicago report says Frank Berkovich served a jail term for stealing coal from a railroad car after his inability to pay a $50 fine. His wife Catherine, 55, was found dead at home by a fireless stove. Judge Hermes offered to recommend a mayoral pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank Berkovich
House of Correction
Catherine
Joseph B. Hermes
Berkovich
Kelly
Senator Clark Sees Republican Gains Favor Democrats
Senator Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri says GOP election gains are a normal off year reaction and would aid Democrats. He criticizes Secretary Wallace's two price farm surplus plan as impracticable and potentially inflaming class tensions while noting he lacks details. He opposes moving relief funds directly to states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
Clark
Senate
House
Wallace
Winds Feed Santa Monica Brush Fire Threatening Film Figures
A Pacific wind driven brush fire spread across the Santa Monica mountains toward Encino where star homes of Al Jolson Joel McCrea and author Edgar Rice Burroughs were at risk. Fire Chief Ralph Scott deployed 1700 reserve firefighters as fires in LA and San Bernardino counties were held to about five million dollars in damage potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Pacific
Santa Monica
Encino
al Jolson
Joel McCrea
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan
Phil Harris
Ralph Scott
San Bernardino
Bolivia and Paraguay Resume Relations After War
Bolivia and Paraguay restored diplomatic ties Saturday ending a six year interruption from the Chaco War. The move paves renewed official contact between the two South American nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivia
Paraguay
LA Paz
Chaco
Extortion Plot Aimed at Shirley Temple Thwarted
FBI announces thwarted plan to extort ten thousand dollars from child star Shirley Temple. Arrest of 22 year old Hin ton C. Hardison in Galice Oregon followed admission of mailing a threatening extortion note on November 17. He will be arraigned on attempted extortion and moved to Portland for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Shirley Temple
Hinton C. Hardison
Galice
J. D Swenson
Hardison
Albany
Swenson
FBI
Dies Says Unit's Only Fund Source Sum House Voted
Chairman Dies of Texas stated the Dies committee has not received any funds beyond the $25,000 appropriation approved by the House. He urged socialist leader Norman Thomas to inquire about the La Follette committee's finances and questioned support from the CIO or Garland fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dies
Washington
Tex
House
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
la Follette Civil Liberties Committee
Dies Committee
Texan
la Follette Committee
CIO
Garland Fund
Senator White urges purge of WPA misuse in campaign
Washington AP Senator White of Maine on the senate campaign expenditures committee urged authorities Saturday to discharge every relief official or worker found to have used WPA funds for political purposes in the last campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Socialists Propose Return of Liberty Statue to France
The Socialist Party of the United States urged returning the Statue of Liberty to France in protest of Premier Daladier's trade union policies. Roy Burt announced appeals to socialists nationwide to defend French democracy and oppose the Daladier government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Socialist Party of the
Former local woman killed in West Coast accident
Agnes Wilhelm Houser 45 of Portland formerly Cedar Rapids died in Seaside Oregon after a log struck the car she rode in Friday night. Her husband Albert Houser, a Mussoula Montana project superintendent, was en route when he learned of her death. Funeral services will be held in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Wilhelm Houser
Albert Houser
Portland
Oregon
Cedar Rapids
Seaside
Associated Press
Eugene Holm
Houser
Mussoula
Mont
George Wilhelm
Linden Drive
Wilhelm
Episcopal Church
Edwin B. Wilhelm
Washington High School
Coe College
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Chicago
American Expeditionary Forces
Battery E
Ore
Federal Debt Reaches Record High Before New Borrowing
The federal debt rose to a new peak of 38.584 billion dollars on November 23, the last date with full figures. Secretary Morgenthau will meet federal reserve officials to plan December borrowing as the debt could exceed 40 billion by year end, about 1.419 billion higher than July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
The
Morgenthau
Federal Reserve
Cardozo Memorial Reveals sorrow Over Jewish mistreatment
Judge Irving Lehman told a memorial service that Justice Cardozo’s later years were saddened by the mistreatment of Jewish people. The remarks were made in the supreme court chamber in Washington during the service for Cardozo’s memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Irving Lehman
New York Court of Appeals
Cardozo
Supreme Court
Myron Taylor Sees No Anti Jewish Tide
Myron C. Taylor, vice chairman representing the United States on the intergovernmental committee on political refugees, said he found no rising anti Semitism in the United States or civilized lands. He spoke aboard the Normandie before sailing for England, noting global sympathy for the oppressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ins
Myron C. Taylor
United States
Intergovernmental Committee On Political Refugees
Civilized World
Mr. Taylor
Normandie
England
Roosevelt to Host Envoys as Reich Italy Ties Scaled
President Roosevelt to see ambassadors Hugh R. Wilson and William Phillips at the Little White House in Warm Springs to review relations with Germany and Italy and treatment of Jews. The officials arrive after brief talks with Martin Eccles on the economy and relief issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
America
Germany
Italy
Roosevelt
Hugh R. Wilson
William Phillips
White House
Wilson
Berlin
Phillips
Rome
Pine Mountain
Martiner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Aubrey Williams
Works Progress
National Youth Administration
Will W. Alexander
Eccles
James H Cromwell
Sol Rosenblatt
New York
NRA
John J. McGrath
San Mateo
Calif
McGrath
John Z. Anderson
Dafoe Denies Quintuplets Exhibition at 1939 World’s Fair
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe physician to the Di donne quintuplets rejected reports they would be exhibited at New York’s 1939 World’s Fair. Speaking from Callander Ontario he warned against presenting the babies as circus freaks and said he would likely oppose such a plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Allan Roy Dafoe
New York Journal
American
Callander
Ontario
Dafoe
Hatred in WPA guidebooks cited by Dies committee
Three WPA federal writers told a Dies committee hearing that Communist propaganda crept into state guidebooks used by the Works Progress Administration. They described overt and subtle insertions in guides such as New Jersey, alleging anti business slant and support for radical CIO elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
WPA
Federal Writers’ Project
Dies House
American Activities Committee
Martin Dies
Texas
Dies
Writers’ Project
Viking Press
New Jersey
CIO
US notes harshly press Germany over Austrian debts
Washington reports say the State Department published notes calling Germany’s disavowal of Austrian debts “most seriously” wrong and signaling reprisals. Ambassador Wilson’s recall to Berlin becomes semi permanent as the U.S. demands $50 million in Austrian debts and rejects Germany’s legal excuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
State Department
Germany
Hugh Wilson
Berlin
Wei
Wilson
United States
Austria
Britain
France
Netherlands
Switzerland
Ernst Woermann
Reich
Sharp Cold Prevails With Snow Flurries
The weatherman notes wintry conditions in Cedar Rapids with snow flurries and frigid temperatures. Daytime high reached 13, later fell to 11 by evening. the 24 hour minimum hit 6 above zero, tying this season’s low on the Chambers Inskeep recorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pope
Car
Arthur
Bugs" Baer
National Railway Company
Reliefer
West Coast
Cedar Rapids News
Race
Myron Taylor
U. S
Japan
China
Woermann
U. S. Treasury
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!