Republicans Map Plans After Victory Review
Kenneth F Simpson led liberal Republicans in New York as the GOP met in Washington to plan for 1940 and canvass 1938 election wins. The committee elected Daniel Hastings and Harvey Jewett Jr. to the national executive body amid debates over leadership and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kenneth F Simpson
New York
Republican National Committee
G O. P
Daniel O Hastings
Delaware
Harvey Jewett, Jr
South Dakota
Hastings
Simpson
Ruth Baker Pratt
Thomas E. Dewey
National Committee
New York State Republican Committee
Charles D. Hikes
William F Knowland
Oakland
Calif
E. L. Moulton
Albuquerque
N.M
What Is Happiness A Roundtable Of Famous Minds
Ten famous English figures debate happiness in a 1938 piece. They question whether happiness exists as a single state or as varied forms, noting personal taste and life experience shape it. The discussion shifts to a pragmatic approach: endure, appreciate blessings, and live fully, accepting happiness as momentary and linked to resilience.
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England
Bolivar
Dostoyevsky
Siberia
Scooter Starts Projected Hop Across U S In Air
John M. Jones, a dancing aviator and former vaudeville performer, took off from Los Angeles Municipal Airport in his $2,000 air scooter en route to New York on a nonstop, refueling-free flight. He aims to cross the continent in under 28 hours using a stock model Acronca plane extended with a 146 gallon fuel tank for up to 36 hours of flying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
John M. Jones
Municipal
New York
Jones
Acronca
Farley says people resent interfering in local affairs
Chicago Democratic leaders and national chair James A. Farley discussed post election issues and Jackson Day fundraisers. Farley insisted local matters should be decided locally and downplayed Republican victory claims ahead of 1940. Kraschel planned to seek Farley’s ideas to boost Iowa’s Democratic effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Ile
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Mississippi River
N. G. Kraschel
Flora Cotton Etter
E. H. Birmingham
Iowa
Farley
G.O.P
Kraschel
Sign Guild Contract In Wilkes Barre Daily
The Sunday Independent, a strikebound Wilkes Barre paper, signed a one year contract with the American Newspaper Guild and planned to publish the citys first newspaper in eight weeks next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Sunday Independent
Wilkes-Barre
American Newspaper Guild
Charges Fly as Cargill and Board Clash in Chicago Hearing
Attorneys for the Chicago board of trade defend against monopoly charges and a call to clean up the exchange. Cargill Inc accuses the board of blocking prices while the board contends Cargill conspired with a foreign firm to corner the market. Referee Maginnis promises broad leeway as hearings proceed.
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Washington
Chicago Board of Trade
Cargill Grain Company
Minneapolis
Commodity Exchange Commission
Cargill
Frank Fowle, Jr
Cargill, Inc
Howard Ellis
Continental Grain Company
Ellis
SEC
Commission
Fowle
New York
Chicago
CEA
Securities Exchange Commission
Grain Company
Nevers Quits Iowa Football Coaching Post
Ernie Nevers resigns as Iowa backfield coach effective June 30 1939 after two years with Irl Tubbs. He declines comment on future plans while Pat Boland remains, and Tubbs contract not renewed. The athletics board has yet to decide Boland's fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Ernie Nevers
University of Iowa
Irl Tubbs
E. G. Schroeder
Belgium Plans Mediation of Spanish Civil War
Premier Paul Spaak told the senate that Belgium will press a three nation mediation program with Great Britain and France to address the Spanish civil war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Paul Spaak
Senate
Belgium
Great Britain
France
Mutiny Charges After Ill-Fated Gold Hunt Linked to Harlow Kin
Two men Charles Segal and Abraham Kapellner were arrested in Long Beach on mutiny charges after aiding the schooner Meta Nelson and its voyage linked to Marino Bello, Jean Harlow's step-father. Bail set at 10000 each as F B I pursued details of the troubled expedition and shore landings at Acapulco and San Jose Guatemala.
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Long Beach
Calif
Jean Harlow
Marino Bello
Charles Segal
Abraham Kapellner
Bello
San Jose
Guatemala
Cellina
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Meta Nelson Segal
Hollywood
Kapellner
Meta Nelson
Adolpho Muntian
John Deere
Cocos Island
Costa Rica
Gulf of Tehuantepec
John Hansen
Segal
Hoffman
Report Flags Education Failures Threatening U S Progress
A panel of educators led by Dr Luther Gulick announced that about 80 percent of American students receive inadequate schooling. The three year New York study of 200 experts cites ill-prepared graduates for life and work and urges curriculum reconstruction to foster teamwork and self government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York State
Luther H Gulick
Public Education Association
America
Dr. Gulick
Broad Civil Service Plan Proposed in New Congress
Washington insiders report a plan to federalize civil service, curb patronage, and end social security scandals. Chairman Ramspeck of the House Civil Service Committee will introduce a bill bringing all federal workers under merit rules and extending the system to state and local employees handling federal funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Congress
Ramspeck
House Civil Service Committee
Some Blueprints Need To Be Seen Through Rose Colored Glasses
Article by Arthur Rugs Baer argues that during periods of national stress, the party will defend plans at the Panama Canal. Secretary Woodring urges Navy buildup and zone defenses, noting canal vulnerability and the need for favorable view of designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur “Rugs” Baer
Panama Canal
Woodring
Bandit Robs Cedar Rapids Station for 25 dollars
A masked gunman using a silver revolver and red bandana robbed Tankar filling station at 720 Center Point Road NE at 7:15 pm Monday. Attendant Ray Stull emptied pockets and the safe, with seven one dollar bills and 18 in change taken. Bandit fled, stumbling into a cellar-way. detectives found a small black button as a minor clue. It was Cedar Rapids' first armed robbery in nine months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Ranlds News
Tankar
Center Point Road
Pan
Ray Stull
Fifth Street
Stull
Cedar Rapids
Hear Evidence On Wilsons CIO Labor Dispute
Federal hearing before Trial Examiner Thomas S Wilson of the NLRB resumed in a federal building. The sole issue is whether Wilson and companys dealings with the CIO meet good faith bargaining or violate the Wagner Act. Louis Clark testified that Wilson officials refused contract talks and proposed a plan dissolving the union by moving its office inside the plant.
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Cedar
Wilson Packing Company
CIO
Federal
Thomas S Wilson
National Labor Relations Board
Joe Loevenger
NLRB
Minneapolis
James D. Cooney
Chicago
Wilson and Company
Wilson Company
Louis Clark
Loevenger
L. F. Prior
Harry Palmer
Wilson
Clark
Wilson Plant
Cooney
Kuhn Loeb Denies Coughlin Financing Claim
The financial house Kuhn, Loeb and Company denied on Monday night the accusation by Detroit radio priest Rev. Charles E. Coughlin that it financed the communist revolution in Russia.
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New York
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
Russia
Daladier Moves to Crush General Strike in France
Premier Edouard Daladier orders requisition of state and public works employees under military supervision as he battles a 5,000,000 worker walkout while seeking a Franco German accord against communism. The move aims to thwart a nationwide strike that threatens press and utility services.
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Paris
INS
Edouard Daladier
Communist Party
France
Official
Daladier
Germany
Europe
French Confederation of Libor
Hitler
Daladiers
J.con Blum
Socialist Party
President's Mother Recovers From Illness At Hyde Park
Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt mother of the President is recovering at her Hyde Park home after a weeklong illness with tonsillitis. Dr Scott Lord Smith of Poughkeepsie said her condition is much better and she is up and about as usual.
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Hyde Park, N. Y
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Scott Lord Smith
Poughkeepsie
Zuppke Resigns As Illinois Coach
CHICAGO INS The surviving member of the trio that built Big Ten football, Robert C Zuppke of the University of Illinois, resigned after twenty six years. The board of trustees requested the resignation and Athletic Director Wendell Wilson presented it in Chicago. Zuppke, reached at his Champaign home, said little beyond a brief comment.
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Chicago
INS
Champaign
Zup
Gazette Company Applies for 1420 kC Radio License
The Cedar Rapids Gazette seeks a federal license to operate a radio station on 1420 kilocycles unlimited time with 100 watts. It argues a pure local service is needed and will support regional coverage. Opponents may file objections. Nearby markets like Sioux City Des Moines the Tri Cities Madison and Lincoln already have multiple stations.
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Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Des Mares
Tri Cities
Madison
Wis
Lincoln
Neb
Ransom Note Branded Hoax in Denver Case
Denver police and FBI pursued leads after a ransom note to William Beilhartz, father of missing boy Alfred Beilhartz, was dismissed as a cruel faked extortion attempt. Investigators treated the disappearance as unlikely kidnapping after a thorough search last summer.
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Denver
INS
William Harvey Beilhartz
Alfred Beilhartz
Rocky Mountain Nactional Park
O A. Carter
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Beilhartz
Syracuse
Biggest Sheriff Hampel Shoots Self in Michigan
Big Rapids sheriff Caesar J. Hampel a 6 foot 4 inch 300 pound figure in national sheriffs circles died by suicide on Tuesday. The prominent lawman was widely known in sheriffs’ associations across the country.
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Big Rapids
Mich
Caesar J. Hampel
Michigan
Hampel
Two People Rescued But Two Missing After Plane Crash
Coast guard reports Pilot Charles Stead and Isadore Edelstein were rescued from the rocky shore after United Airlines Sky Lounge wrecked near Point Reyes. Two crew members and three passengers remained missing as strong winds and fuel exhaustion forced an emergency ocean landing. Edelstein had parole history. Stead survived, others unaccounted.
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San Francisco
United Airlines
Sky Lounge
Here
Seattle
Oakland
Bay Area
Coast Guard
Charles Stead
Isadore Ro Edelstein
Los Angeles
Edelstein Mourt
O C Richerson
Uals Western Division
Stead
Edelstein
Myself
Washington State Penitentiary
Walla Walla, Wash
Clarence D. Martin
United States
Portland
South America
Mild Cedar Rapids Christmas Weather Raises Shopper Hopes
Mild conditions drew early shoppers to Cedar Rapids as temperatures rose from the 20s to the upper 40s. Readings ranged from 29 at 9 am to 48 in the afternoon with Monday’s high near 39 and a night fall to the 20s.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Sun
Mercury
Chambers Ins
Keep Company
Los Angeles Que quake rattles city without damage
A minor earthquake struck near Pasadena about 15 miles away from the city. Seismologists recorded the quake as slight and reported no damage or injuries in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.
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Los Angeles
Sns
Pasadena
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Ad Cargill
Chicago Exchange
Nevers
Harlow
Acapulco
Mexico
Dio Frasso
Richard E Gulley
Anthony Eden
Muntian
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Robert Coffman Bello
Jean Bello
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Bob Zuppke
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