Iowa coal disputes spark state ethics clash in 1930s era prompts
Otto Muntz petitions Polk County Court seeking an injunction to stop the state board of education from buying Illinois coal for the Iowa school for the blind in Vin ton. He alleges a conspiracy involving Governor Krashel and the board of education to evade law and cites past illegal purchases for the University of Town.
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Otto Muntz
Kraschel
Iowa
Polk County
State Board of Education
Illinois
Iowa School For the Blind
Vinton
Muntz
Otto
Nelson G Krascheel
Board of Education
University of Town
Arch McFarlane
Black Hawk County
McFarlane
O’hagan
Arree
W. P. Haley
Haley
Vinton Imen
Bill Haley
Bill
University of Iowa
Daladier Wins Big in French Chamber for Foreign Policy
Paris reports the French chamber of deputies approved Premier Daladier's foreign policy by 535 to 75 after his defense of the four power Munich accord. The cabinet, meanwhile, backed granting extraordinary powers for economic reforms and discussed a new French ambassador to Rome amid talks of a Franco Italian friendship pact.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Daladier
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Italy
Roosevelt
Europe
Womage
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
Roosevelt's wariness over using office for peace hopes
The passage notes mixed views on Roosevelt's authority and popularity. It warns that his taste for spectacle could alarm Americans wary of European intrigue and fear the US becoming a tool for allies who might discard it after gaining power.
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Roosevelt
Uncle Sam
Jailer's Daughter Aids Two Desperadoes Escape
Lula Kimel eighteen daughter of the Lexington jailer confessed aiding James Godwin nineteen and William Wilson twenty one to escape hours before a crime wave. She gave cell keys and her father's pistol saying she could not stand the thought of Godwin facing the gas chamber. Police pursue the pair after a mill worker was killed and several robberies and kidnappings followed.
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Lexington
N. C
Lula Kimel
James Godwin
William Wilson
Raymond Bowers
Godwin
Bowers
Recorder’s Court
Don Moss
High Point
Moss
Chest Drive Extended Through Thursday in 1939 Campaign
The Community Chest drive in Cedar Rounds continues through Thursday night with $72,346 pledged toward a goal of $89,605.26. A. L. Smulekoff urges volunteers to press prospects and finish the campaign with no loose ends. The final report meeting is set for Thursday at 6 pm at the Montrose Terrace, with dismissal expected by 8:30 pm.
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Cedar Rounds
Community Chest
A. L. Smulekoff
Montrose Hotel
Montrose Terrace
Four UAW Officers Reinstated After Peace Meeting
Four expelled United Automobile Workers officers were reinstated at a peace meeting in Washington. The UAW board accepted an arbitration committee recommendation for full reinstatement of George F. Addes Ed Hall Wyndham Mortimer and Richard T. Frankensteen. The arbitration panel urged rules defining board authority and administrative responsibility to restore harmony within the CIO union.
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Washington
United Automobile Workers
CIO
UAW
John L. Lewis
George F. Addes
Ed Hall
Wyndham Mortimer
Richard T. Frankensteen
Homer Martin
Philip Murray
Sidney Hillman
Hillman
Murray
Three Month Trade Rise at Six Year Crest
The Associated Press reports a sharp third quarter 1938 surge in industrial activity, with the seasonally adjusted index reaching 78.4 percent of the 1929-30 average by September. Steel led gains, rising 65 percent as orders expanded, while cotton manufacturing and residential building also posted strong increases.
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New York
Associated Press
Beulow Beer Exchange and Challed Pharmacy Face Minor Beer Charges
Beulow Beer Exchange and Challed Pharmacy were given until Wednesday to surrender their Class C beer permits or face charges of selling beer to minors. The case stems from a September 27 incident when four local youths were served beer. investigations identified the two sellers and led to a county attorney decision to pursue permit surrender or criminal charges.
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Cedar Rounds
Beulow Beer Exchange
Tenth Street
Challed
Sixteenth Street
Bob Vinch
East Side Squad Cays
Beulow
Earl Stanley
King Thompson
Stanley
Virginia Annon Free After Father Slaying Claim
The 18 year old Virginia Annon was released after Prosecuting Attorney T B Williams tentatively exonerated her for shooting to death her 63 year old father John Annon. Williams said her account of firing at her father during an attack on her mother was supported by her mother and sister Georgia. Sheriff James Adrian said Virginia acted as her father attacked Mrs Annon after an argument.
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New Lexington
Virginia Annon
T. B. Williams
Williams
John Annon
Georgia
James Adrian
Virginia
Claims Premier Scared Out Of Wits By Hitler
In the house of commons debate on the Munich four power peace pact Labour MP Herbert Morrison charged that Prime Minister Chamberlain was frightened by Hitler. Morrison blasted the broadcast before the Munich conference as funk and condemned the 10 million pound loan to Czechoslovakia as proof of British shame. An amendment by Arthur Greenwood urged collective security and a world conference, and accused Chamberlain of humiliating England through Czech sacrifices under threat of force. Morrison warned Britain faced submission to Hitler or a straight fight in the future.
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London
Czechslovakia
Morrison
Labor Party
Arthur Greenwood
Greenwood
Chamberlain
Czechoslovakia
England
Soviet
Russia
Great Britain
Britain
Adolf Hitler
School Board Votes To Buy Hill Park For Sports Field
The Cedar Rapids School Board adopted a motion to purchase Hill Park for 9000 from W J Barngrover with possession Sept 1 to avoid rent. If the deal closes the park will host football and track and may become the site for a new stadium, while the wooden grandstand remains and PWA funds seek 621,? for fields and bleachers.
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Hill Park
Cedar Ronlds News
Harold Trewin
Hill
Board of Education
W. J. Barngrover
Barnfrower
Cedar Rapids Baseball Association
Raiders
PWA
Third Term Almost Impossible Gallup Says
Dr George Gallup told 200 executives at Rutgers after the New Jersey Newspaper Institute dinner that a third term for President Roosevelt is almost impossible based on nationwide polls. He said the upper half of society oppose a third term and disapprove the President, noting reform programs have shifted mass support.
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New Brunswick
N. J
George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Roosevelt
New Jersey
Rutgers University
Roosevelt appeals for peace among warring labor factions
President Roosevelt urged unity within organized labor at the American Federation of Labor convention in Houston Texas warning that continued strife injures workers. He stressed keeping doors to peace open and praised labor for improving wages and conditions while noting the CIO rift and inviting leaders to foster internal harmony.
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Houston
Texas
Roosevelt
Organized Labor
William Green
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
CIO
John L. Lewis
Leller
Washington
Green
Federation
Executive Council
Waee
Rabbit's Eye Gives Him Partial Vision
Frank L. Hoffman a 61 year old laborer who has been blind since last spring now sees dimly. A rabbit cornea transplanted to his eye socket last week may restore sight if the eye remains alive, doctors say. A Johns Hopkins specialist cautions that rabbit corneas have become opaque in previous similar procedures.
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Hagerstown
Frank L. Hoffman
Paul N. Fleming
Hoffman
Johns Hopkins
Dictator Is Fellow Who Will Not Take Yes For An Answer
A satirical column by Arthur Baer jokes about dictators and political doublespeak. It playfully critiques demands for submission to authority and hints at international tensions and language barriers with a wry, patriotic tone.
Sudeten Crisis Report Highlights Mass Personal Tragedies
Bulletin from Carlsbad notes Hitler urging economic rehabilitation but threatening seizure of Sudetenland. London papers report mass self inflicted deaths among Sudeten refugees and fear of Nazi terror spreading in Czechoslovakia as Prague shelters flood toward the capital.
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Carlsbad
Sudetenland
Fuehrer
Adolph Hitler
Germany
Czechoslovakia
London
INS
London News Chronicle
Prague
London Telegraph
Austria
Wolfgang Sabbath
Stand
News Chronicle
Naa
Hitler
Czech
Hiller
Hitler Tours Sudetenland Pledges Unity and Reich Strength
Adolf Hitler addressed a Sudeten German audience near Carlsbad promising immediate reconstruction and emphasizing shared fate with Sudeten Germans. He urged unity, racial community, and loyalty to the German Reich, recalling Konrad Henlein’s prior demands and pledging continued support for the German people.
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Carlsbad
Sudetenland
Adolf Lter
Reich
Germany
Hitler
Thefuehrer
Toscanini Granted Valid Passport to Leave Italy
Rome reports say Arturo Toscanini received official permission to depart Italy after earlier conflicting statements. A government spokesman had suggested he might be barred for his remarks against the regime, but officials confirmed the passport is valid and Toscanini may travel.
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Rome
Arturo Toscanini
Italy
Toscanini
Cedar Rapids Sees Summer Like 88 Heat Peak
Summer temperatures return in Cedar Rapids as bright sun lifts highs to 88 by 2 40 p m after a 57 low earlier in the day. Monday's high reached 78 with evening cooling to 67 and 63 by midnight per the Chambers In skippe company recorder.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Syrovy to remain premier as Czech government resigns
Reuters dispatch from Prague reports General Jan Syrovy will stay as premier after the government resigns and is reconstituted. The note recalls Syrovy’s cabinet formed by former inspector general. Warsaw sources say Poland seeks to press Czechoslovakia to cede Ruthenia to Hungary to block Russian expansion.
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London
Reuters
Prague
Jan Syr
Ovy
Syrovy
Warsaw
Czechoslovakia
Ruthenia
Hungary
Poland
Russia
Hungary Presses Claims on Czechoslovak Territory Amid Requisitions
Budapest reports show mass veteran mobilization orders for troops over 45 as Hungary seeks to reclaim Hungarian minority lands in Czechoslovakia. Government bans exports of metals textiles and weather related goods while Prague responds to a note demanding immediate talks.
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Budapest
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Foreign Office
Pragues
Bratislava
Komprom
Danube
Chicago Airport Dark For Hour In Rush Period
The Chicago municipal airport went dark for about an hour during evening rush. Radio operators used a grounded plane and a portable radio to warn ships as lights failed due to a broken electric cable. Pilots Claude and Walker landed and hovered, with lights coming back on after repairs.
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Chicago
M. J. Maloney
John N. Decker
Tommy Claude
New York
J. H. Walker
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Herring-Kraschel
Petberys
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
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Mussolini
United States
France
Viscount Runciman
Runciman
A. A. Patton
Associated Press Statistician
Dad
Gallup
Green Road
Rabbit
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Slovakia
America
Mittel-Europa
Sudeten
Bulletin
Milan
Chicago Airport
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