Hitler Orders Czech Hungarian Compromise Over Territory
Berlin reports Hitler instructed both Czech and Hungarian leaders to seek a compromise on disputed territory after two meetings in Munich. Hungary asked Mussolini for support while an international commission may hear the case, with mobilizations and martial law seen across Czechoslovakia and Ruthenia.
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Berlin
Hitler
Fuehrerhaus
Munich
Frantisek Chvalkovsky
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Fuehrer
Chvalkovsky
Koloman Daranyi
Reich
Prague
Perbenik
Hungary
Berchovo
Sevijus
Ruthenia
Popeye Creator Elzie Segar Dies After Illness
Santa Monica California reports the death of Elzie Crisler Segar at 48 after a lengthy spleen illness. The Thimble Theater creator popularized Popeye Olive Oyl Wimpy and other characters and built a vast newspaper following. Segar’s career spanned Chicago St Louis and New York with early work on Looping the Loop and Charlie Chaplin capers before Thimble Theater and Popeye made him famous.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Popeye
J. Wellington Wimpy
Olive Oy
Thimble Theater
Elzie Crisler Segar
Iver
St. Louis
Segar
Chicago
R. F Ourcault
Buster Brown
Tige
Chicago Herald
Charlie Chaplin
Chicago Evening American
New York
Thimble
King Features Syndicate
Olive Oyl
Popeye Strip Continues Under Thimble Theater Title
King Features Syndicate announced that E. C. Segur's Thimble Theater starring Popeye will continue to be produced under the same title by the artist who has drawn the feature during Segar's illness.
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New York
INS
King Features Syndicate
E. C. Segur
Popeye
Segar
Farley says Roosevelt urged him to run for New York governor
Post master General James A. Farley claimed in an American Magazine installment that President Roosevelt urged him to seek the New York governorship against Republican Thomas E. Dewey. Farley said he declined for financial reasons and planned to return to business after 1940 while writing the series for money.
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Washington
Llp
James A. Farley
American
Roosevelt
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Jim
Polish Stratosphere Blimp Blasted Before Record Flight
In Warsaw the hydrogen filled stratosphere balloon Stella Polinina exploded shortly before a planned altitude attempt. No injuries were reported. officials say repairs would take at least a year. Pilots Captain Burzynski and Godka Narkiewicz aimed to beat the 72 395 foot world record set by Major Albert W. Stevens in 1935.
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Warsaw
Ins
Burzynski
Godka Narkiewicz
Albert W. Stevens
Roosevelt to broadcast campaign address November 4
The White House announced President Roosevelt will likely speak via radio from Hyde Park on November 4. The remarks will mainly target New York voters but are intended to interest the nation. He will depart Sunday for Hyde Park and be away about a week before traveling to Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
White House
New York State
Manayunk Fender Light Theft Case Heard
Joseph Costik 24 offered a fender light to Patrolman Albert Seitz in Manayuk Pennsylvania. Seitz testified the light was stolen from his car last week and his property was recovered along with Costik facing a larceny trial.
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Manayuk
Joseph Costik
Albert Seitz
Costik
Seitz
Roosevelt Reveals Study Of National Defense Needs
President Roosevelt outlined a broad survey of American defense needs driven by foreign developments. He indicated budget increases for an expanded arms program but gave no specific cost. The study focuses on standardization and mass production of weapons, including airplanes, with a full national defense picture to be presented later. He emphasized avoiding detailed items until the full plan is ready.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Bernard M. Baruch
New York
World War Industries Board
America
Baruch
Hitler
South America
United States
Germany
Germany Denounces International War Agitators After Baruch Critique
Berlin replies swiftly to Baruch's Europe return claim that Hitler planned a stroke in Latin America. German news agency DNB condemns distant war agitators profiting from others' bloody conflicts and questions who forces the United States to defend or attack.
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Berlin
INS
Germany
Bernard Baruch
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Latin America
United States
DNB
Mencken Attacks Free Aid as Public Health Raid
Baltimore editor Henry L. Mencken denounces free medical service to the feeble minded as a raid on public health. He praises daily care for the poor, calls Johns Hopkins free clinics brutally anti social, and notes the women’s clinic handles 1400 births yearly with a large share of patients judging as defective.
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Mencken
Baltimore
Henry L. Mencken
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Woman's Clinic
Colorado arson suspect flees to Iowa under Kraschel protection
An Iowa governor Kraschel is accused of shielding an arson suspect linked to Colorado and Texas, as El Paso authorities seek extradition. The piece blames Kraschel and Sioux City officials for alleged graft and interference with justice, urging voters to indict Kraschel at the polls.
Former Army Sergeant Pleads Guilty in Spy Case
Guenther Gustav Rumrich, a Chicago native and former United States Army sergeant, pleaded guilty to espionage charges in federal court on Friday as trial preparations began for him and three co defendants accused of spying. He admitted stealing a military aviation code and will testify for the government after the plea, with sentencing deferred until trial ends.
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New York
Guenther
Gustav Rumrich
United States Army
Rumrich
Chicago
John C. Knox
United States
Knox
Peace Parley Hinted By Belgium Leaders
London dispatch reports Brussels hint that a world peace conference may be called by the Belgian government with King Leopold's approval to address tensions between democratic and totalitarian states including Russia.
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London
The
News Chronicle
Brussels
Leopold
Russia
Temperature Rises Fast From 53 Low
Cedar Rapids enjoyed bright weather Friday as the temperature climbed from a 53 degree low at 7 am to 69 by 10 am and 80 by 2 40 pm. Thursday's high reached 71 at 4 30 pm with 58 at 7 pm and 55 at midnight per Chambers Inskeep company dial.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Want Ad Sells Berkshire Boars in Iowa Market
In Luzerne Iowa on October 13 1938 Harold Wehrmann manager notes a Want Ad in The Gazette Cedar Rapids and three other Iowa papers sold Berkshire boars within 24 hours. Buyers reported The Gazette as the main source of their notice.
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Luzerne
Iowa
Farmers’ Market
Gazette
Harold Wehrmann
Mgr. Wehrmann
Dairy Farm
Mr. Wehrmann
Harold Wehrman
Cotton Diversion To Corn Shows Minor Impact on Yields
Georgia farmer and assistant agriculture secretary Harry Brown argued cotton acreage diversion to corn is inconsequential. He cited Iowa yields of 38 bushels per acre versus cotton states averaging about 18.1 bushels. The Iowa AAA sessions drawn 9,000 attendees as kickoff for the 1939 program.
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Harry Brown
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
AAA
Des Moines
Sioux City
State
O. D. Klein
Brown
Georgia
South
Crop Reporting Board
United States Department of Agriculture
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Queen Elizabeth Narrowly Escapes Wood Beam Fall
Queen Elizabeth narrowly escaped injury when a heavy wood beam became dislodged during a visit to the Lord Roberts memorial workshops in Dundee Scotland. The beam fell within three feet of her and she later joked about the close call while officials ruled the incident an accident.
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Dundee
Scotland
Ins
Elizabeth
Lord Roberts Memorial
Roosevelt Calls Death Sentence Label Aids Utilities
President Roosevelt said the so called death sentence in the utility holding act is a health sentence for the industry noting that Groesbeck of Electric Bond and Share supports integration and that American Water Works and Columbia Gas and Electric have already subscribed to the provisions The remark came as SEC urged rapid compliance to consolidate power resources for national defense goals.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Utilities Holding Company Act
E. Groesbeck
Electric Bond and Share Company
Groesbeck
American Waterworks
Columbia Gas and Electric
SEC
Funeral mixup at Michigan service ends in relief
Mrs Isola Bowen of Kalamazoo wrongfully identified a deceased man as her father Will A Engle 80 of Union City Michigan. The body was not Engle but W J Engle of Adrian prompting a hospital check that confirmed Will Engle alive at Kalamazoo State Hospital where he has been a patient for thirty years.
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Union City
Mich
Isola Bowen
Kalamazoo
Will A. Engle
Kalamazoo State Hospital
Engle
W. J Engle
Adrian
Trouble In Europe Traced To Hall Of Mirrors Satire
A 1938 piece mocks European affairs linking trouble to Versailles Hall of Mirrors. The author jokes a man is unwise in a mirror and extends the quip to fifty men, arguing selfish vanity explains international tension.
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Europe
Versailles
Copyrisht
Governor Urged to Explain Extradition Refusal in Texas Case
Attorney General John H. Mitchell urged Governor Kraschel to state why extradition of Christ Merkur of Sioux City to Texas was denied. Kraschel, campaigning in southeast Iowa, said Texas had not offered a plea deal and deferred to Mitchell for records. El Paso officials expressed surprise at the governor’s action given the evidence against Merkur.
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Texas
Iowa
Kraschel
Des Moines
Duckworth
Sioux City
Woodbury County
Roosevelt
John Mitchell
O'Connor
Duckworths
Supreme Court
Kruschel
Vv. M
John H. Mitchell
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Gox
N. G. Kraschel
Christ Merkur
Fl Paso
Gazette
Merkuri
Colorado
Kraschet
Merkur
Mitchel
Des Moinus
Mitchell
el Paso
Merkuri held on arson inquiry in Majestic cafe case
Sioux City police say SIOUX CITY resident Christ Merkuri, linked with Alex Kavos, worked at the Majestic cafe tavern at 612 Fourth Street. He was arrested July 23 with investigators probing a El Paso cafe and rooming house fire. extradition proceedings and a $3,500 bond followed after a fugitive from justice charge.
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Sioux City
Christ Merkuri
Majestic
Alex Kavos
The
Fourth Street
National Board of Underwriters
John Erickson
Everett Smith
Merkurt
el Paso
Tex
Merkuri
Thomas Farles
Merkuris
Merl
H. R Kenaston
Crabb conviction for perjury stands after judge denies new trial
Circuit Judge Henry J. Ingram overruled the defense motion for a new trial for James W. Crabb of Delavan. Crabb, 23, was convicted on perjury charges linked to the gunshot death of his wife Betty and faces 1 to 10 years. Attorneys vow appeal to the state supreme court.
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Pekin AU
INS
Henry J. Ingram
James W. Crabb
Delavan
Betty
Ingram
Young Crabb
State Supreme Court
New Catholic Study Courses Are Drawn
Washington AP reports Catholic university follows Pope Pius XI guidance to develop new study courses for the Catholic education system. The courses aim to define democracy clearly in light of Catholic truth and tradition and outline individual rights and duties in a representative republic for inclusion in the regular curriculum.
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Washington
Catholic University
Pius XI
Lindbergh Accused of Belittling Soviet Aviation
The Spectator reports that the Week accused Col. Charles A Lindbergh of belittling Soviet aviation. The London based coverage notes the claim as of Friday.
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London
INS
Charles A. Lindbergh
the Spectator
Texas seeks extradition in arson man case
Special to The Gazette El Paso officials press Texas claim against Merkuri a Sioux City inmate sought for arson and related plots. Governor Kraschel of Iowa refuses extradition prompting continued appeals as authorities argue sufficient evidence to convict Merkur i in any court.
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Jackson
Iowa
Sheriff Fox
Kraschel
Merkuri
United States
Merkuris police record in Denver details arson, murder plot
Merkuris in Denver faced multiple charges starting April 11 1931 for plotting to murder undercover agent L L Baldesarell. He was released April 16 and later jailed for conspiracy to violate prohibition law. Sentenced June 10 1931 to six to ten years for arson conspiracy. paroled March 10 1934. A 1937 police broadcast listed him as wanted for questioning in two arson cases but he was never caught.
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The
Gazette
Denver
Christ Merkuri
L. L. Baldesarell
Colorado Penitentiary
Merkur
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