U.S. Treasury Announces Large Borrowing Plan to End Fiscal Year
The U S Treasury details a program exceeding 1.5 billion dollars with 700 million in new securities due December 15 and 941.63 million in 1 1/2 percent notes maturing March 15 to be refinanced. Exchange offers will back new issues while holders may choose cash. Morgenthau and the Open Market Committee discussed further borrowing for operations through June 30.
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Washington
INS
Treasury
U. S
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Federal Reserve Board
Typhoid Outbreak Traced To Carriers In Cedar Rapids
Dr. V H Hasek city physician reports the typhoid outbreak in Cedar Rapids traced to carriers under city health supervision. All 36 patients attended a card party on Oct 24 and must show negative blood tests before release. Dr Paul Stephen of the state board of health says the disease is under control and those mildly ill were advised to test.
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V. H. Hasek
Cedar Rapids
Hasek
Paul Stephen
State Board of Health
Des Mons
Stephens
G O P Canvasses Opinion In Ranks
Washington AP confirms the Republican program committee is taking soundings of rank and file opinion to shape a 1940 platform. Dr Glenn Frank, program chairman, said the group will offer suggestions to the national convention.
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Washington
Republican Program Committee
Glenn Frank
Republican National Committee
Norris Raps Bare High Court Edge
Senator Norris of Nebraska says he may push in the next Congress a plan to bar a bare majority on the Supreme Court from declaring any law unconstitutional. The statement reflects ongoing debate over judicial review and court reform.
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Norris
Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Emil Hacha Becomes New Czech President in 1930s Power Shift
Emil Hacha, longtime official and former president of the high court of administration, was elected president of Czechoslovakia by the National Assembly by a 272 to 39 vote with blank ballots. Rudolf Beren named premier designate as the cabinet lineup looms. Hacha, born 1872, has shaped Czechoslovak civil life since 1918 and helped draft a language law as an expert for the government.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Emil Hacha
High Court of Administration
National Assembly
Hacha
German National Party
Rudolf Beren
Agrarian Party
Eduard Benes
Hacha Long
Bandit Robs Gilmore Standard Oil Station at E Avenue
A lone bandit robbed the Gilmore Standard Oil station at E avenue and Center Point road NE at 6 10 PM Tuesday, obtaining about $20 from attendant Harley Fisher. The thief used a .32 revolver, locked Fisher in a washroom, and fled, mirroring a prior robbery at a nearby Tankar station the night before with a blue bandana replacing a red kerchief.
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Gilmore Standard Oil
E Avenue
Center Point Road
Harley Fisher
Tankar
Fisher
Caesarian Surgery After Swift Auto Dash Saves Infant
A 60 mile per hour dash through Kaw river bottoms and a rapid cesarean on a hospital hallway floor saved Baby Hale born ten minutes after his mother died. Mrs. Hale of Turner Kan died of a heart ailment just before reaching the hospital, her twin did not survive. Four days later Baby Hale showed a good chance to live, doctors said.
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Kansas City
Kaw River
Baby Hale
David Hale
Turner, Kan
Borah Denounces Boycott Agitation
Senator William E Borah Idaho denounces renewed calls for the United States to name aggressors and join boycotts He warns the administration that any move to wield economic power against aggressors could trigger a major congressional clash.
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Washington
INS
William E. Borah
Idaho
United States
Borah
Congress
Predict Record U S Auto Safety Mark 1938 Goal
The National Safety Council envisions the best U S auto safety record in 1938 with October traffic deaths at 3130 the lowest for October in a decade except 1932. A nationwide December toll cut is urged with heightened enforcement and night club checks.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Paroled Society Slayer Finds Work at Oil Company in Phoenix
Paroled killer Kennamer, son of a federal judge, was found in Phoenix working as a warehouseman for an oil company. He said he earned 100 dollars a month, sought work for three weeks, and that he brought his sick mother to Arizona after his six month parole. He had fatally shot John Gorrel Jr. in Oklahoma on Thanksgiving night 1934.
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Phoenix
INS
Phil Kennamer
Oklahoma State
Arizona
Kennamer
John Gorrel, Jr
Ra Okla
Fire at Stockton Insane Hospital Releases 353 Inmates
Police, Legion, highway patrolmen, and citizens recaptured all but three of 50 escaped criminally insane patients after a morning fire at the Stockton home for the insane. Dr. Margaret Smyth said spontaneous combustion may have started the blaze. one firefighter was seriously injured and no deaths occurred. Flames drove 1,800 inmates from wards to a yard amid chaos.
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Stockton
Calif
American Legion
Margaret Smyth
Roumanian Fascist Chief Dies in Jail Break
In Bucharest, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and 13 Iron Guard followers were killed during an escape attempt at Rumnik Sarat prison, ten miles from Bucharest. Officials say all 14 were buried in the prison cemetery, signaling a government push to crush the fascist terror group.
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Bucharest
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
Codreanu
Iron Guard
Rumnik-Sarat
Odreanu
Iron Guards
Dicksons Reported at Sanatorium in Excelsior Springs Mo
Chicago FBI reports Ben ny Dickson and his 17 year old wife Estelle sought treatment at a Excelsior Springs sanatorium Wednesday morning for a head wound from a duel with Michigan state police. A Chicago clerk who said he was kidnapped by a masked couple had earlier triggered a police manhunt along the Lake Michigan west shore. A car with Illinois plates tied to Dickson was traced to Topeka Kansas.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Benny Dickson
Kansas
Desperado
Estelle
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dicksons
Excelsior Springs
Dickson
Michigan
Lake Michigan
Illinois
Topeka
Kan
Public Enemy Label Put On Bank Robbers Couple
Federal agents in Detroit marked Estelle Dickson aged 17 and Benny Dickson aged 27 as public enemies. FBI chief John S. Bugas said they are the same couple blamed for robbing two South Dakota banks and eluding a police trap in Michigan on Monday.
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Detroit
Estelle Dickson
Benny Dickson
John S. Bugas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
South Dakota
Michigan
Four Children Die In Harbor Point House Fire
PETOSKEY Michigan AP reports a deadly home blaze near Harbor Point Tuesday night killed four Shay children aged six months to five years. Parents Mr and Mrs Charles Shay escaped. Fire investigators probe cause.
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Petoskey, Mich
Charles Shay
Harbor Point
Premonition Of Teacher Saves Her 34 Pupils
Miss Dollie Beard 60 a veteran Joplin public school teacher led 34 pupils from her classroom just before a ceiling collapse. Officials credited a premonition and careful action for preventing tragedy as plaster and metal lath fell where the children had been sitting.
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Joplin
Dollie Board
Miss Beard
E. A. Elliott
Elliott
November Ends Cedar Rapids Stand With Pleasant Weather
November was closing its stand in Cedar Rapids with pleasant weather. The temperature rose from a 24 degree low at 7 a.m. to 38 degrees by 2:30 p.m. under a fair sky.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Red drive on Indians sparks Communist program claim
Alice Lee Jemison of the American Indian federation accused Indian Commissioner John Collier on Tuesday of conducting a communist program among the red men of the country in Washington.
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Washington
Alice Lee Jemison
American Indian Federation
John Collier
Forgiveness as Life's Secret in a Novel Reflection
A columnist reflects on a widely read novel where a mother dies at birth, leaving a letter to her unborn son. The letter reveals a secret of happiness found through forgiveness, shaping the son's life as he learns to forgive and draw nearer to the unseen world.
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Jesus
Mother Dies After Caesarean To Save Baby
Mary Margaret Gleeson, wife of Newark outfielder James Gleeson, promised to gamble her life for her infant. She underwent a Caesarean 17 days ago despite a doctor’s warning. The baby, a boy, remained in a crib and was said to be in excellent condition. Seven blood transfusions from friends failed to save her.
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Kansas City
Mary Margaret Gleeson
James Gleeson
Newark International League Baseball Club
Gleeson
Rockhurst College
Roosevelt Names Eicher to Securities Board
President Roosevelt announced Rep. Edward C. Eicher of Washington Iowa will join the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Democrat replaces John Hanes who moves to the treasury as under secretary. Eicher, serving since 1933, leaves Congress after this year as his term ends.
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Warm Springs
Edward C. Eicher
Washington
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
Roosevelt
Eicher
John Hanes
The
Treasury
House
Joint
Congressional Departmental
SEC
Middlewest
Extend Soft Coal Freight Rate Hikes
The Interstate Commerce Commission extended indefinitely the temporary freight rate increases on bituminous coal that were due to expire December 31. No end date was set for the rate hikes affecting coal shipments nationwide.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Daladier Crushes General Strike With Police and Troops
Premier Daladier faced a nationwide 24 hour general strike led by the General Confederation of Labor. He ordered requisition of government workers and public utilities and used mobile guards to enforce discipline. About 30 percent of workers in mines and factories complied, far short of the hoped 5 million strong general strike.
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Paris
Daladier
General Confederation of Labor
Subway Workers’ Union
Condor lands at Tachikawa on Berlin speed flight
A German four engine passenger plane named Condor completed a speed test flight from Berlin and landed at Tachikawa airport on Wednesday.
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TOKIO
Condor
Berlin
Tachikawa Air Port
Strong Silent Man With Radio Voice Sought by Republicans
Republicans meet in Washington to select a presidential candidate described as strong and silent with a powerful radio voice. The article hints at an eastern manufacturer belt figure with a southern and western sympathies, presenting a critical view of the campaign dynamics.
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G.O.P
Washington
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