Britain and France warn Mussolini over Spain crisis
London and Paris delivered a joint warning that patience is exhausted and independent measures will follow unless Mussolini withdraws from Spain. Eden said no more dilatory tactics, while a plan to open the Franco Spanish frontier was front and center if the non intervention committee fails to act.
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London
Great Britain
France
Benito Mussolini
Spain
Anthony Eden
Llandudno
Wales
Britain
Italy
Paris
Eden
Rome
Mussolini
Entrance Building To Niagara Cave Destroyed By Fire
Decorah reports the entrance building at Niagara Cave near the Minnesota line north of town burned Friday afternoon. Loss is estimated at 3000 dollars. Origin of the fire could not be ascertained. The structure was stone with a fire-resistant roof.
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Niagara Cave
The
Gazette
Decorah
Minnesota Line
Here
Siamese twin mice found in one trap shocks Wisconsin woman
Mrs F W Jonas of Madison Wisconsin reports two mice caught in a single trap. Upon examination she found the rodents were Siamese twins joined at the hips and shoulders, a remarkable unusual mating of two animals.
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Madison, Wis
F W. Jonas
Saints of the Faith Illuminate Human Life and Unity
A 1937 reflection praises Saint Augustine and other saints as the light of religion. It calls the Confessions a unique autobiography to God, notes their diverse origins from kings to dishwashers, and highlights their joy and steadfast faith amid suffering. The piece frames the saints as the shining ones who rebuke cynicism and embody unity of the spirit.
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St. Augustine
Shakespeare
Augustine
Francis
Teresa
Wesley
Woolman
Spinoza
Emerson
Milions
Earth
Kansas City Opposes Ford Plant Closure
City Manager H F McElroy wired Ford personnel chief Harry Bennett to oppose shutting the Kansas City assembly plant indefinitely. He declares the investigation disproves Ford conclusions and urges reconsideration. Detroit executives weigh next move after a labor dispute tied to police protection and union access.
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Kansas City
H. F. McElroy
Harry Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn
Mich
McElroy
Detroit
Ford
Ford Plant Threat Called Trick By UAW Rep
Kansas City union leader Jack Swift labeled Ford's Friday plant closure threat as a trick. He told a mass meeting that Ford was crying wolf. A dummy figure with a sign reading I Joined a Company Union hung from a rope above the pole.
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Kansas City
Ford Motor Company
Jack Swift
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Swift
Former German Statesman Bernhard Dernburg Dies
BERLIN AP Doctor Bernhard Dernburg imperial colonial secretary under Kaiser Wilhelm II died Friday at age 72. The longtime statesman played a key role in German colonial policy and diplomacy during the empire.
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Berlin
Bernhard Dernburg
Kaiser Wilhelm II
German Woman On Trial For Poison Deaths In Cincinnati
Prosecutor Outcault accuses Mrs. Anna Hahn of greedily poisoning friends to obtain their money and asks jurors to sentence her to the electric chair. He outlines deaths of Wagner, Oberndoerfer, and Gsellman as alleged evidence in the murder case.
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Cincinnaty, O
INS
Dudley Moutcault
Anna Marie Hahn
Common Pleas Court
Anna Hahn
Joseph Wegner
Borgia
Wagner
George Oberndoerfer
Outcault
Colorado Springs
Oberndoerfer
Hahn
Cincinnati
George Gsellman
Man Bitten by Black Widow in Denver Hospitalized
Denver police report Charles Fuller, 33, in serious condition at Denver General Hospital after a black widow bite in his bed. He grew violently ill quickly and was rushed to care, with doctors hopeful for his recovery.
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Denver
INS
Charles Fuller
Denver General Hospital
Fuller
Let Us Let Brokers Rest In A Leave Things Alone Week
A satirical column critiques Wall Street and investment trusts urging a pause while brokers recover, likening stock holders to botanists salvaging leaves from a forest fire and calling for a calm period to let markets settle.
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Copsright
Mrs. McLean Sued Over Lindbergh Case Fee Claim
Washington suit by Samuel Leibowitz alleges Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean promised a 15000 dollar fee to obtain a Hauptmann rehearing. She denies retaining him and says she discussed the Lindbergh case but could owe nothing. She notes prior 100000 dollar ransom payment to Gaston Means and cites Means's later conviction.
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Washington
INS
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Samuel Leibowitz
New York
Richard Bruno Hauptmann
McLean
Leibowitz
Nelson T. Hartson
Hauptmann
Gaston B. Means
Department of Justice
Thomas B. Walsh
Colorado
Parochial School at Temple Hill Destroyed by Fire
A two story wooden St. Peters parochial school at Temple Hill six miles south of here was leveled Thursday afternoon by a blaze likely fueled by an overheated furnace pipe. The Sisters of Saint Francis convent also burned briefly but firefighters contained it. No students were present. rebuilding plans envision brick construction with insurance partially covering losses. The parish hosts a bazaar initially planned in the school auditorium, now moved to Cascade.
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Eugene Lorenz
Cascade
Overrules Motions For Separate Trials In Cooper Libel Suit
District Judge J E Purcell overruled motions for separate trials by Central Broadcasting Davenport The Gazette Cedar Rapids and Verne Marshall editor in a libel suit brought by H M Cooper former Iowa liquor control chairman seeking 100000 damages for broadcasts alleging defaming talks in Marshall.
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Davenport
J. E. Purcell
Central Broadcasting Company
the Gazette Company
Cedar Rapids
Verne Marshall
H. M. Cooper
Marshalltown
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Marshall
Twenty-Two More Condemned in Soviet Purge Report
Moscow dispatch reports twenty two more death sentences for agricultural wrecking. Eastern Siberia courts found officials abused collective farmers allowed machinery to fall into disrepair and formulated unproductive agricultural programs.
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Moscow
Siberia
Shanghai Battles and Japanese Apology in World War II Clash
Intense fighting rages in Chapei and Hongkew as Chinese forces press a counter thrust against Japanese positions near Shanghai. A Japanese apology to American officials acknowledges misdirected bombs near U S outposts, with several casualties among Marines and civilians.
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Shanghai
United States
International Settlement
Soochow Creek
Beaumont
Chapei
Hongkew
Hachi
Arabs clash with British forces in Jerusalem violence
In Jerusalem and surrounding areas a night of bloodshed ends with a curfew to curb Arab British clashes. Arabs kill and wound, two British policemen die, while trains, buses, and lines of the pipeline suffer damage amid tensions over Palestine partition. Martial law fears grow as authorities blame Arab leaders and arrest many in the Arab supreme council.
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Jerusalem
Great Britain
Palestine
INS
Bethlehem
Holy Land
Traian
Britain
Roshpina
Iraq
Beisanî
Lydda
Haifa
Kalkilieh
Tel Aviv
Jaffa
Arab Supreme Council
Kennedy says Roosevelt seeks balanced budget next fiscal year
Joseph P. Kennedy, former SEC chair and head of the Federal Maritime Commission, said the President wants to balance the budget in the new fiscal year starting July 1, 1938. He noted a good chance of success but avoided comment on the stock market slump. Kennedy visited Hyde Park to discuss the maritime survey and possible shipping recommendations for Congress.
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Nyde Park
N. Y
Joseph P. Kennedy
Securities and Exchange Commission
Federal Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Hyde Park
Congress
Alma College to Honor Van Denberg With Degree
United States Senator Arthur H. Van denberg was named among those receiving honorary degrees at Alma College convocation Friday in Alma Michigan.
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Alma, Mich
Ins
United States
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Alma College
Mussolini Son Safe in Spain Reported
In Rome on Saturday Premier Benito Mussolini and top fascist officials sought word on Bruno Mussolini who is with the insurgent air force in Spain. Rumors of an accident prompted urgent inquiries, but fascist quarters said the youth is safe based on assurances from Spanish insurgent authorities.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Il Duce
Bruno
Spain
Mussolini
Five Injured In Ames Four-Car Pileup On Friday
Five persons were injured near Ames in a four car collision Friday. The most seriously hurt were Mr and Mrs Joe Tessone of Ames and an elderly woman riding with them. The crash also involved a school bus carrying the Cole Ta football team, a car driven by Lester Dibbie of Mason City, and a car driven by L E Peterson of Story City.
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AMES
Here
Joe Tessone
Cole
Lester Dibbie
Mason City
L. E. Peterson
Story City
Tessone
Lazzeri Granted Unconditional Release by Yankees
Tony Lazzeri, veteran second baseman and World Series star, was released by the New York Yankees. Reports say he has been offered a major league manager job for 1938, with the Boston Bees and St. Louis Browns as vacancies. Lazzeri left New York after the series, heading to his San Francisco home.
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NEW York
Tony Lazzeri
New York ‘Yankees
Yanks
Tony
Boston Bees
St. Louis Browns
Cleveland Indians
Tribe
Steve O'Neill
Yankees
Babe Ruth
Lazzeris
San Francisco
Roosevelt Seeks Mediation Effort on Sino-Japanese War
President Roosevelt announced at his Hyde Park study that an attempt would be made to mediate Sino Japanese differences and end the undeclared war. A Japanese embassy spokesman in Washington said Tokyo would refuse any mediation proposal from united Western powers. The President declined to discuss neutrality legislation modifications and warned against relying on press reports for foreign policy details.
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Washington
INS
Japan
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Orient
Signa’ Staten Ag
Hudson River
Congress
America
British Protest Over Japanese Bombing of Embassy Cars
Britain handed a formal protest to Japan’s foreign minister after six Japanese warplanes machine gunned three British embassy cars near Minghong south of Shanghai. The attack occurred Tuesday as the cars carried British officials and civilians and bore distinguishable union jacks from the air.
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TOKIO
INS
Japan
China
Koki Hirota
Sir Robert Craigie
Minghong
Shanghai
Nichols Man Hurt as Train Plows Car Near Depot
Richard Lord of Nichols Iowa was in serious condition in a hospital after a freight train collided with his car near the railroad depot in Muscatine. Police said the train dragged the car about a block after the crossing accident Friday afternoon.
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Muscatine
Richard Lord of
Nichols, Ja
Lord
Man saves life with needle after fall from scaffold
ONAMIA Minn AP A building contractor named George Mekish fell from a scaffold on a barn near Onamia. He severed an artery but used an ordinary needle and thread to close the wound. A physician later said he might have died from blood loss without the prompt action.
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Onamia
Minn
George Mekish
Here
Mekish
CIO Leader John L Lewis Pledges Organizing Drive Despite AFL Rebuff
In Atlantic City CIO head John L Lewis pledged to continue organizing American workers even if the American Federation of Labor does not join. The AFL executive council sent a conditional invitation to a joint peace conference with the CIO without commitments, signaling cautious openness amid ongoing labor tensions and government mediation signals.
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Atlantic City
N. J
INS
CIO
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Denver
The
William Green
Committee For Industrial Organization Group
Messarge
A.F
Harvey Fremming
Washington
Labor Urges U S Embargo on Arms to Japan
The American Federation of Labor urged the federal government to halt loans or sales of war materials to Japan. The committee on international affairs report, adopted unanimously at the AFL convention in Denver, also backs renewed boycott of Japan and strengthens anti German goods embargo with vigor.
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American Federation of Labor
Japan
Committee On International Affairs
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