Mystery peace plan to lead U.S. nine power talks in Brussels
The United States will present a mystery proposal to mediate Sino Japanese tensions at the nine power conference in Brussels on October 30. Secretary Hull announced U S acceptance of the invitation with Japan and China also invited. Norman H. Davis will head the American delegation as Japan contemplates attendance.
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Washington
Ins
China
Japan
United States
Brussels
Roosevelt
Hull
Great Pritadin
Italy
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Portugal
State Department
Norman H. Davis
America
Stanley Hornbeck
Jay Pierrepont Moffat
Robert Pell
Department
Charles Boland
George H Lorimer Placed In Critical Condition
George Horace Lorimer retired editor of the Saturday Evening Post was critically ill with bronchial pneumonia at his home in suburban Wyncote on Saturday night. The report notes his long tenure and influence in American magazine publishing.
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Philadelphia
George Horace Lorimer
Saturday Evening Post
Wyncote
Duke To Rediscover Hospitality Of U S Bugs Baer Believes
A humorous column predicts the Duke of Wales will return to study housing conditions in the United States. The piece recalls his rough stays on Long Island and notes his evolving status from prince to duke with a playful take on American hospitality and prices.
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Duke
U. S
Bugs
Baer
Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Duke of Wales
Long Island
Chinese Counter Thrust Halts Japanese Advance in Northwest
Shanghai dispatch says two Chinese columns including communist troops launch counter moves in northwestern China, regaining key towns near the Yenkenkwan pass. A Chinese air raid on Shanghai front harasses Japanese troops, with artillery and infantry clashes lasting 24 hours and inflicting heavy punishment on both sides. The Northwest drive aims to sever Japanese foothold and threaten encirclement of about 50,000 Japanese soldiers as contact with the Eighth Route army links with Nanking.
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Shanghai
China
Japan
Nanking
Eighth Route Army
Shansi
Jalientuen
Ingwu
Yénkenkwan Pass
Lederer and Margo Tie The Knot In Las Vegas Romance
Francis Lederer and Margarita Bolado known as Margo wed in Las Vegas at Judge Marion B. Earl’s home. The simple ceremony had Margo in a blue dress and black hat with her aunt as attendant while RKO’s Jerry Asher served as best man. Lederer, aged 33, had a prior marriage that ended in divorce in Prague in 1935.
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Las Vegas
Nev
INS
Hollywood
Francis Lederer
Margo
Margarita Bolado
Marion B. Earl
Luz de Alonson
Jerry Asher
RKO
Lederer
Prague
Lindy Renews Air Corps Commission
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh accepts a five year renewal of his commission in the army air corps reserve. The move quiets rumors he planned to become a British subject after his 1930s departure with his wife and son Jon to England.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Army Air Corps Reserve
Jon
England
SEC May Relax Rules to Support Stocks
Washington officials discussed relaxing government regulations to counter a stock market decline. Proposals include lowering margin requirements, easing insider trading rules, tightening short selling margins, and modifying capital gains tax to spur investment and ease negative economic psychology.
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SEC
Federal Reserve Banks
Board of Governors
Securities ’ .and Exchange? Commission
Commission
David Saperstein
SEC Trading Division
New York
Saperstein
Winthrop Aldrich
Chase National Bank
Wall ‘Street
E. A. Pierce
Paul Chields
William O. Douglas
Douglas
Gas Masks Added to Eton Uniforms
Gas masks become standard equipment for all 1160 Eton students. Gas proof rooms with 14 inch walls will be built in every dormitory.
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London
Eton College
Fairly Bright Ape Could Beat Some Humans in IQ Test
Albuquerque psychologist Dr. Philip H. DuBois argues that a fairly bright ape may outperform some humans in an intelligence derby. He says differences between man and animals are mostly quantitative and humans learn faster, yet reasoning capacity links humans closely to apes.
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Albuquerque
Philip H. DuBois
University of New Mexico Psychology Department
Dubois
Isms and the American Spirit
A reader argues against adopting any ism including communism or fascism and warns that ideas convert to dogma. The piece advocates preserving an open, pragmatic American spirit drawing on Washington and Franklin, to avoid rigid ideologies and national stagnation. Cont'd on Page 4, this Sect.
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Lincoln
America
Washington
Franklin
Five injured in Cedar Rapids car crash near Lincoln highway
Norma Nemec, 16, was critically injured when the car carrying six Cedar Rapids youths was sideswiped by another vehicle four miles west of the city on a curve near a new cutoff. Driver Leroy Montagau, 21, was unharmed. Henry Harden, Tama, fled but later was found.
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Ar Tata
Norma Nemec
Ninth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Leroy Montague
Sixth Street
Henry F. Harden
Tama
Harden
Miss Nemec
St. Luke's Hospital
Billy Canarr
Phyllis Ganarr
Evelyn Spilman
Josephine Brayton
Miss Brayton
Devil's Island escapees reach Virgin Isles after 77 day voyage
Three naked fugitives from Devil's Island beached a canoe in St. Thomas after a 77 day voyage from the penal colony off the French Guiana coast. Led by Capt. Raymond Vaude the trio, emaciated and short of water, told Virgin Islands authorities they had fed the prison on Aug. 1. A small stock of provisions had been exhausted despite rationing.
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ST. Thomas, Virgin Islands
Devil's Island
French Guiana
Raymond Vaude
Virgin Island
Army's new bomber completes first test flight near Seattle
The army announced that its large bomber, bigger than the flying fortress, successfully completed its initial test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle Washington.
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Washington
Army
Boeing Field
Seattle
Wash
Weekly forecast for Chicago region includes rain and warming
AP weather outlook for Oct 18 to 23 calls for cloudy conditions with frequent precipitation in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and northern central plains. Temperatures rise gradually to near or above normal through the week.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Union Coirent a Style Paratey
In St Louis union garment workers and 41 local manufacturers forged a two year pact to curb style piracy. The ILGWU will strike if needed to block cheap dress copies, affecting 1800 workers. Howard Elliott says piracy harms local business, with department stores capturing far more market share than manufacturers.
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ST. Louis
Garment Workers
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Associated Garment Industries of
Howard Elliott
Manufacturers’ Association
La Follette to push federal income tax increase
Senator La Follette plans to urge Congress to raise income tax rates across the board and broaden the base by cutting exemptions. He argues balanced budgets require more revenue and warns against drastic spending cuts amid widespread unemployment and the looming special session.
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Washington
INS
Congress
la Follette
Wis
Wisconsin Progressive
Actress Joan Marsh to Wed Film Writer Charles Belden
Hollywood report says Joan Marsh plans marriage to film writer Charles Belden who was recently divorced by Beth Belden formerly Beth Milton of the New York stage. Mrs Lojita H Barr confirms the engagement while denying other reports and says no wedding date is set.
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Hollywood
INS
Joan Marsh
Charles Belden
Beth Belden
Beth Milton
New York Stage
Lojita H Barr
Miss Marsh
Study of Broadening Social Security Law At Conference
The Social Security advisory council will open a conference November 5 to revise the Social Security Act, create a larger reserve fund, and consider starting benefits before 1942. The panel includes senators, employers, labor leaders, and university figures as it reviews benefit levels and coverage.
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Washington
INS
Social Security Advisory Council
A. J. Altmeyer
The
Security Board
Congress
Senate
Social ® Security Board
Council
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
Miss
Byrd
Vandenberg
Midl
G. M. Bugniazer
Harvey Fremming
John P. Frey
Sidney Hillman
Philip Murray
Matthew Woll
Marion B. Folsom
Rochester
Walter D. Fuller
Philadelphia
Jay Iglauer
Cleveland
M. Albert Linton
E. R. Stettinius, Jr
New York
Gerard Swope
J. Douglas Brown
Princeton University
Henry Druere
New York Banker
Paul Douglas
University of Chicago
William Haber
Lansing, Mich
Alvin H. Hansen
University of Minnesota
Lucy Rason
New York City
TheresaeMahon
University of Washington
A. L. Mowbray
University of California
T. L. Norton
University of Buffalo
George L. Stocking
University of Texas
Elizabeth Wisner
New Orleans
Edwin E. Witte
University of Wisconsin
U.S. to Talk Trade Treaty With Britain
Washington expects formal negotiations for a trade agreement with Great Britain within three months and operation within six. Talks have focused on cutting British tariffs on American farm goods and lowering U.S. levies on British industrial products.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
Violence Surges in Palestine Amid Partition Tensions
Arabs clash with police across Palestine as attacks spread from Jezreel valley to Kalandia airport and Lydda. Grand Mufti Haj Amin El Husseini escapes Jerusalem as British guard tightens. Fighting, fires, and shootings reported in Safed Hebron and along the frontier to Lebanon.
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Jezreel Valley
Haifa
Belsran
Kalandia
Jerusalem
Palestine
Haj Amin el Husseini
Omar
Gaza
Lebanon
Turkey
Safed
Hebron
Lydda
Libyan Moslem Notables Send Solidarity Message to Mussolini
Libyan Moslem leaders sent a formal message to Prime Minister Mussolini reaffirming support for Arabs in Palestine amid recent measures against Palestinian Arabs. The message content was not released.
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Rome
Libya
Benito Mussolini
Palestine
Reading Highlights From Coe Cornell Homecoming Features
A campus digest notes Coe defeated Cornell in homecoming lore and previews scenes on Page 1 Sec. 1. It spotlights Our Hero episodes, school projects, and campus profiles from editors, printers, and authors, plus features on local tax free schools, budgeting, and college histories with named individuals and Cedar Rapids connections.
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Coe
Cornell
Jim
George
Henry
Cornelian
Sharon Center Township
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
James Thurber
Pace &—Sec
Europe Skating Near War Over Spanish Issue
European war tensions mount as Britain and France clash with Italy and Germany over Spain and the Mediterranean. British moves in Egypt and North Africa precede Franco's anticipated offensive in southeastern Spain, while Mussolini shifts forces toward Libya and Majorca air power.
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Europe
Karl H. von Wiegand
Paris
INS
Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Spain
Mediterranean
Anthony Eden
Mussolini
Rital
Minorta
Leystat Gover
Meve
Valencia
Barcelona
Francisco Franco
Aragon
Motril
Majorca
Europe in deadlock over Spain civil war withdrawal methods
London report notes nine nation delegates in a tense stalemate over how to withdraw aliens involved in Spain's civil war. The impasse threatens neutrality and could heighten the Mediterranean crisis as talks stall after a dramatic clash of positions.
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Thomas ‘C. Watson
London
INS
Europe
Spain
Mediterranean
Brother of First Lady Divorced In Oakland County
G Hall Roosevelt brother of Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt was divorced Saturday by his wife in Oakland county circuit court. Mrs Dorothy King Roosevelt was granted the decree by Judge H Russell Holland. The husband did not contest. Custody of three daughters ages 7 to 11 awarded to Mrs Hall Roosevelt. The Roosevelts wed in Detroit February 13 1925 and separated March 1931.
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Pontiac,mich
Roosevelts
Detroit
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Copsright
Lindy
Air Corps Commission
Commerce Department
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Newton
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Holy.land
An Lidalieem
Simerian Sfrevit
Duce
Pace
Cromwell College
Mt. Vernon
Cedar Rapids Equestrienne
North Africa
Egypt
Aring
Othe
St. Mussolini
Balbo
Tunis
North
Africa
Michigan
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