Northwest Iowa conference to demand O'Brian resign or return to preaching
The Northwest Iowa Methodist conference urges Secretary of State Robert E. O'Brian to abandon politics within a year or yield his ministerial standing. Bishop Oxnam defends church speech on policy while questioning the conference's stance amid O'Brian's political role.
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Northwest Iowa Methodist Conference
Robert E. O'Brian
O'Brian
Sioux City
G. Bromley Oxnam
Supreme Court defers action on Levitt bid to challenge Black seat
The Supreme Court delayed ruling Monday on Albert Levitt’s move to compel Hugo Black to show cause why he should sit on the court. The brief session followed Black’s entrance and swore-in earlier, with Mrs. Black and relatives present as a crowd gathered over Klan- tied controversy.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Albert Levitt
Hugo L. Black
Levitt
Hughes
Black
Patrick Henry Kelly
Boston
Justice Roberts
Roosevelt
High Tribunal
NRA
Anything Can Happen In Baseball War Or Politics Says Baer
A 1937 column by Arthur Bugs Bas argues that in a short series anything can occur from baseball to politics. It cites Dizzy Dean, Jim Farley, Morgenthau, Roosevelt, Tammany Hall, Seabury, and unpredictable events such as tax changes and resignations as possibilities, reflecting a broad satire of the era.
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Baer
Arthur “Bugs” Bas
New York
Dizzy Dean
Jim Farley
Morgenthau
Mr. Roosevelt
Tammany
Seabury
Tokio
DiMaggio
Understanding Others In Everyday Life
The piece reflects on miscommunications and loneliness within relationships. It notes that people show only surface traits while depths remain unseen, and urges humility candor and forgiveness as keys to happier living.
Dahl Expects Execution by Firing Squad in Spain
Harold E. Dahl the American aviator facing a life trial before a Spanish insurgent court martial in Salamanca said Monday night he is certain he will be executed by firing squad.
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Salamanca
Spain
Harold E. Dahl
Supreme Court Opens Term Faces 470 Cases
The Supreme Court begins its term with eight administration laws in play and a new justice Hugo Black. About 470 cases are pending, many filed since June 1936 adjournment. Decisions awaited include challenges to government loans for hydro plants and the National Labor Relations Act.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
United States Senate
Alabama Power Company
Iowa City Light and Power Company
Duke Power Company
National Labor Relations Act
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Grain
Kansas City Board of Trade
Tennessee Valley Authority
Georgia Power Company
Tennessee
TVA
Georgia
Green Appeals 10 People to War Upon CIO
William Green urged the United States to back the American Federation of Labor in its battle with John L. Lewis and to wipe out the CIO menace. He called for unity to strengthen labor and announced a federation counterattack at the AFL’s 57th annual convention in Denver. He urged charters revocation of unions backing the split and fusion of loyal members back to the AFL.
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Denver
William Green
United States
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Green
A. F. of L
Workers of America
Ameriane Federation ‘of Labor
the. Federation
Wevieral
Lewis
CIO
Trades Union Movement
White House
American Legion
Uni
Federation
Samuel Gompers
Knights of Labor
Gompers
Executive Council
Fred Fagg Named Dean of Northwestern School of Commerce
Northwestern president Walter D. Scott announced that Dr. Fred D. Fagg Jr. will become dean of the university’s school of commerce. Fagg, director of the U S Bureau of Air Commerce, will assume duties after finalizing air department affairs and is expected to arrive later this year.
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Chicago
Walter D. Scott
Northwestern University
Fred D. Fagg, Jr
U. S. Bureau of Air Commerce
School of Commerce
Air Department
Scott
Fagg
Washington Post
Eugene Vidal
Death by gas triggers house blaze in Waterloo home
Illuminating gas inhaled in a suicide at his Waterloo area home exploded and set fire to the residence of David Kushner a former fur buyer from Cedar Rapids. Coroner says Kushner had been dead over an hour before the blast and had been ill for months. The explosion wrecked walls lifted the second floor and caused extensive interior damage. Fire was controlled before spreading.
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Waterloo
David Kushner
Kushner Brothers
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Kushner
Eugene Smith
British Strive To Destroy Sub Attacking Ship
British warships and seaplanes bombed a submarine off the Spanish east coast after it fired a torpedo at the destroyer Basilisk off Cape San Antonio between Valencia and Alicante. The Basilisk returned fire with depth charges. the submarine damage status remained unconfirmed. This marks the first pirate style attack since Allied forces moved into the Mediterranean weeks ago to protect shipping.
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London
Cape San Antonio
Valencia
Alicante
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Hunter
Gallant
Fearless
Davenport Taverns Seized 200 Bottles in Liquor Raid
Davenport police raided four downtown taverns seizing about 200 bottles of intoxicating liquor. Other bars were checked with no liquor confiscated. Bartenders on duty at the raid sites were jailed and to be arraigned on illegal possession charges.
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Davenport (Ap
Davenport
Justice of the Peace Court
Fear 22 Drowned As Steamer Sinks
A coastal passenger liner Vicente Antonio sank in the Gulf of Mexico en route to Yucatan with 120 tons. Twenty two persons were feared drowned after eight passengers were rescued. The loss closed the vessel.
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Vera Cruz
Coughlin Calls Black Oath to Wear White Hood
Rev. Charles E. Coughlin attacked Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black in a radio interview. He urged Congress to require Black to wear a white hood and accused the justice of swearing an oath to oppose Catholics Jews and Negroes.
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Royal Oak
Mich
INS
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Charles E. Coughlin
High Court
Detroit
Congress
Europe
Justice Black
Roosevelt
U. S. Senate
Coughlin
United States
Respirator for infantile paralysis praised by New Orleans pediatrician
Dr Robert A. Strong of New Orleans predicted in Kansas City that a cheaper simpler respirator could aid treatment of infantile paralysis. He spoke Monday about these advances and their potential impact on patient care.
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Kansas City
Robert A. Strong
New Orleans
Britain proposes convening Washington Nine Power signers
Britain asked a League of Nations sub committee to convene the nine signers of the Washington treaty over the Far East war. The plan would invite additional Pacific powers including Russia and Germany to join a meeting on China-Japan conflicts. The move seeks to label Japan as aggressor without forcing League action.
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Washington
Geneva
Great Britain
League of Nations
Far East
League
China
United States
Belgium
France
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
Portugal
Lord Cranborne
Russia
Germany
League Assembly
Britain
British Labour Party backs boycott of Japanese goods
The Bournemouth conference of the Labour party unanimously approved a resolution urging a boycott of Japanese goods and a ban on munition exports or financial credits to Japan. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain received a letter calling for a special parliamentary session to address the Chinese-Japanese crisis.
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London
British Labor Party
Bournemouth
Japan
Neville Chamberlain
Japan imposes broad wartime trade curbs to protect credit
Premier Konoye uses emergency powers to draft a list of hundreds of goods for export bans and import restrictions. The plan divides items into three groups including war material bans, restricted imports such as lumber and cotton products, and a wide prohibition on 231 categories including foods and clothing with coffee exempted to aid Japanese Brazilians earning livelihoods.
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TOKIO
Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
China
Lst
Brazil
Deutschland to Sail for Spanish Waters Again
The pocket battleship Deutschland, bombed by Spanish government planes last May, was ordered Monday night to sail again for Spanish waters.
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Berlin
Deutschland
SEC Adviser Simpson Quits Over Policy Clash
Kemper Simpson, economic adviser to the Securities and Exchange Commission, announces an enforced resignation claiming the SEC pressed him out amid policy differences. He warned the market reaction could have been milder if the commission had used its powers properly.
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Washington
LLP
Kemper Simpson
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Simpson
Commission
Parker Granted Appeal Window For Lindbergh Case Conspiracy
Ellis H. Parker, convicted of conspiracy in the Paul Wendling kidnaping sequel to the Lindbergh case, was allowed to present his appeal in January using a condensed record of his 10 week trial last June.
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Philadelphia
Ellis H. Parker
Paul H. Wendel
Hopkins Aides Say Wife of Hopkins In Critical Condition
Mrs. Harry L Hopkins wife of the Works Progress Administrator is reported in critical condition in a Washington hospital. Officials would not disclose the illness but said she has been ill for some time and is resting as well as can be expected.
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Washington (Lp
Harry L., Hopkins
Works J Progress
Hopkins
New York Heiress' Husband Found Dead in London
Patrick St. John Stirling wealthy British stockbroker and husband of New York heiress Eugenia Morris was found dead Monday night with a dum-dum bullet in his head. Police said he killed himself.
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London
Patrick St. John Stirling
New York
Eugenia Morris
Joliet Pen Threatened by Hunger Strike Siege
In Joliet Illinois inmates at Stateville Prison staged a hunger strike and protests that escalated into a prison siege. Warden Joseph E. Ragen ordered doubled guards riot guns and tear gas as thousands of convicts refused meals and clashed with staff across cell blocks B C D F.
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Ragen
Roosevelt stresses two musts: crop control and minimum wages
President Roosevelt, en route home from the Pacific northwest, highlights two musts for the next session: a crop control bill to stabilize farm prices and a wage and hour law with anti child labor provisions. He signals a possible fall special session to push policies and defends farm and labor programs while praising wage standards and work hours.
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ST. Paul
Roosevelt
Seattle
Elmer Swenson
Postponed Trial Of 22 Election Judges In Missouri
In St Louis a circuit judge postponed the trial of 22 precinct election judges and clerks charged with making a false canvass and return in the 1936 August primary. The trial delay was ordered by Circuit Judge Frank C O Malley until Tuesday.
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ST. Louis
Frank C. O'Malley
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