Indict 73 in New Mexico WPA frauds
Federal grand jury indicts 62 people for conspiracy to violate WPA laws in New Mexico. Among those named are Stanley W. Miller and relatives of U S Senator Dennis Chavez. Eleven other indictments allege political discrimination and diversion of WPA funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chavez
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Miller
U. S
Dennis Chavez
Anita Tafoya
Salamon Chavez
Salamon Tafoya
J. A. Werner
Mariano Werner
Bernardo Cruz
Mora County
John Wooten
Las Vegas
Roy Vermillion
Wooten
Steve
Neblett
WPA
A. R. Combs
Carlsbad
Bernalillo
Czechs Apologize Over Sudeten Border Clash
Prague officials apologized to the German legation for a frontier clash in which six Czechs died and one border guard was wounded. Germany reinforced border towns in the Sudetenland as clashes with local Czech and insurgent groups continued amid sabotage reports.
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Prague
INL
Germany
Berlin
INS
Sudetenland
DNB
Reich
Bohemia
Wade Scranton Captures Louisa Husking Contest Title
Wade Scranton of Columbus Junction won the Louisa county corn husking contest with a net 1887.7 pounds on the W B Totemeier farm. Everett Johnston of Wapello was runner up with 1878.2 pounds as the yield was estimated at 80 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Wade Scranton
Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Everett Johnston
Roberts wins Muscatine county husking contest title
Alvin Roberts of Muscatine, the defending champion, retained his crown by husking 2,374 pounds of corn net. He faced a sleepless night but prevailed as Mr. and Mrs. Roberts announced the birth of a son Thursday morning.
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Muscatine
Alvin Roberts
Muscatine County
Roberts
Moorhead Man Wins Monona County Cornhusking Crown
Clarence Johnson of Moorhead won the Monona county cornhusking contest with 1672 pounds. Runner up was Jim Hadden of Soldier with 1640 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moorhead
Clarence Johnson
Monona County
Jim Hadden
Soldier
Pope Attacks Nazi Persecution in Castel Gandolfo Speech
Pope Pius XI sharply attacked Germany's Nazi regime calling Hitler a persecutor of Christianity and comparing Nazi leaders Rosenberg and Buerckel to Judas and Nero in a private audience with 300 Catholic archaeologists at Castel Gandolfo. Vatican experts fear the remarks could strain Vatican Germany ties and push Hitler to denounce the 1933 concordat.
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Vatican City
Ins
Pius XI
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Julian
Castel Gandolfo
Alfred Rosenberg
Judas
Joseph Buerckel
Austria
Nero
Hitler
Vatican
Holy See
Reich
Preacher Who Shot Wife And Protector Ends Suicide
J W Bryce a 51 year old itinerant preacher wanted for shooting his wife 28 and Cotton Geter 32 Democratic nominee for the state legislature fatally wounded himself when deputies surprised him at a farm house three miles east of McAlester Oklahoma Bryce stood before a fire raised a pistol to his head and shot himself through the temple Bryce and Geter were in critical condition after a car wreck and flight attempt earlier Friday
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Mcalester
Okla
J. W. Bryce
Bryce
Here
Johnny ” Sherill
Sherill
Cotton Geter
Secretary Perkins Aims for Labor Peace Between AFL CIO
Secretary of Labor Perkins said she has great hopes for a peace between the AFL and CIO within six months. She noted the Roosevelt administration desires unity and has conferred by phone with CIO and AFL leaders including Daniel Tobin and David Dubinsky. A 13 member mediation commission was proposed, with Lewis remaining noncommittal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LLP
Perkins
American Federation of Labor
CIO
Miss Perkins
Roosevelt
United Labor Movement
AFL
Daniel J. Tobin
AFL Executive Council
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Tobin
Houston
Tex
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Window Soaping Prize At Halloween Contest
In Itasca Illinois a $25 prize is offered for the best window soap design this Halloween. Merchants have posted the prize and secured promises that rivals will not cause further mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itasca, Ill
Ins
Churchill Invites U S to Join Drive Against Dictatorship
William Randolph Hearst will answer Churchill's invitation in a nationwide broadcast Saturday night at 7 p.m. over WJZ and NBC blue network stations. The program will be heard domestically and internationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Winston Churchill
United States
France
England
William Randolph Hearst
WJZ
Blue
NBC
German intelligence head named in trial
Lieut. Erich Pfeiffer, chief of the Nazi naval intelligence service, was named in federal court as the alleged superior of Karl Schlueter in a plot to forge President Roosevelt's signature and obtain aircraft carrier plans. Guenther Rumrich testified he heard of Pfeiffer from Joanna Hofmann, a hairdresser on the Europa, amid a widening espionage case. Letters seized in Dundee related to Yorktown and Enterprise plans were entered as evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Erich Pfeiffer
Naval Intelligence Service
Germany
Karl Schlueter
Roosevelt
Guenther Gustav Rumrich
Pfeiffer
Johanna Hofmann
Europa
Erich Glasser
Otto Hermann Voss
Dundee
Scotland
United States
Yorktown
Enterprise
Great Britain
Jessie Jordan
Lamar Hardy
Rumrich
Turrou
U. S
Lester C. Dunigan
Matthews
Public Invited To Hear Dickinson Tonight
The public is invited to hear L. J. Dickinson a republican candidate for United States senator speak at 8 tonight in the Crystal ballroom of the Montrose hotel. This marks his first appearance in the campaign here with Carl Hendrickson Linn County republican chairman presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Dickinson
United States
Crystal Ballroom
Montrose Hotel
Mr. Dickinson
Carl Hendrickson
Linn County
Wagner Act shields communists from firing say critics
Clyde Morrow testified before the Dies committee that the Wagner act makes it virtually impossible for employers to fire communists and other revolutionaries. He cited Homer Martin of the United Automobile Workers hiring and firing communist organizers as evidence of the act’s impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clyde Morrow
Detroit American Legion
Dies
Morrow
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
Martin
Red
Indictable People Are Always To Be Found
President Roosevelt comments at a Friday press conference on the WPA scandal and wholesale indictments in New Mexico. He says indictable people can be found anywhere from New Mexico to Dutchess County and across Brooklyn and Syracuse, and authorities must indict and try them where facts warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
INS
New Mexico
Roosevelt
Dutchess County
Brooklyn
Syracuse
Ackerman Sues Pilot Over Farm Damage After Crash
Emil Ackerman of Rockford files a $1,000 lawsuit against John R. Heckman of Chicago alleging damages from a May airplane crash onto the Ackerman farm. She claims a damaged fence, toppled barley, and that a crowd at the scene trampled five acres of oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
John R. Heckman
Chicago
Emil Ackerman
Ackerman
Heckman
Gillette Admits Five Charges in Campaign Address
Senator Guy M. Gillette said he would admit all five charges leveled by opponent L. J. Dickinson. He cited his long service since 1933, noting support for labor, Iowa business, and farmer programs, and offered to stand on his congressional record against Dickinson’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Senator Lodge
Dickinson
Gillette
House
Iowa
Republican National Committee
Congress
Truck License Fees Jump as State Considers Reforms
Brockway notes truck license fees would rise sharply since earlier in the session Governor Kraschel aimed to fund farm to market road work. Two bills proposed up to a 400 percent increase, both defeated. Independent Truckers Organization represents about 800 truck owners in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockway
Kraschel
Wallace
House Committee On Motor Transportation
Independent Truckers Organization
Dedham Industrialist Cleared In Spy Remuneration Suit
District Judge E Dwight Fullerton dismissed a $50 000 civil action by Mrs Iane Nugent Chicago widow against Philip Loring Reed Dedham industrialist claiming payment for services as a business spy. Nugent remained jailed on a perjury charge awaiting December grand jury action. The judge ruled her claims baseless and she failed to prove any contract or investigation work for Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Mass
E. Dwight Fullerton
Iane Nugent
Chicago
Philip Loring Reed
Edmund R. Dewing
Fullerton
Pershing Sails from Havre After Tour of France
General John J. Pershing left Havre aboard the Manhattan for New York concluding his summer inspection tour in France as chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
France
John J. Pershing
New York
Manhattan
American Battle Monuments Commission
Citywide General Election Registration Deadline Notice
Seven days remain to register at the city clerk's office for the general election on November 8. The final registration day is October 29.
Pick Or Shovel But Not Both
Thirty eight WPA workers who refused to dig ditches in the Bronx were ordered to return to work with both tools or be suspended. They claimed an unwritten rule that work be done by pairs so one may rest. Project Supervisor demanded they resume or face dismissal after three days. A belief that agitators stirred the action was noted by WPA officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
WPA
Bronx
Yankee Stadium
A. Steifel
Col. Brehon B Somervell
Charges Clear Cut Law Violation By Barkley Supporters
Washington news reports an alleged clear cut violation of U S law by supporters of Senator Barkley Ohio. The senate campaign expenditures chair Morris Sheppard says federal employee donations to the Bulkley for senator committee breach two sections of the criminal code and will present evidence to the committee next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Robert J. Barkley
Ohio
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Senate
Sheppard
Youth And Boy 14 Get Life In Slaying
KEARNEY Neb Oct 13 two youths pled guilty to second degree murder in the slaying of Edward J Billings of Chicago in a Union Pacific box car. Don L Gallaway 21 Mansfield Ohio and Gary L Ames 14 Wilmington Mass were sentenced to life imprisonment by District Judge B O Hostetler who ordered solitary confinement on the anniversary of the crime each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney
Neb
Don L. Gallaway
Mansfield
Ohio
Gary L. Ames
Wilmington
Mass
B O. Hostetler
Edward J. Billings
Chicago
Union Pacific Railroad
Hostetler
Fire destroys 20000 bushels of wheat at Blencoe elevator
A fire in Blencoe Iowa Friday gutted the B C Christopherson grain elevator containing 20000 bushels of wheat and menaced nearby storage tanks. The Onawa fire department monitored five Standard Oil tanks 150 feet away while Blencoe firefighters fought the blaze from the cupola to protect surrounding sheds. Estimated value around 13000 dollars at 65 cents a bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blencoe
B. C. Christopherson
Onawa
Standard Oil Company
Blencoe Fire Department
Ten Per Cent Income Levy Hike Pondered
Washington ap congressional tax experts study proposals to raise income taxes to fund a larger armament program. An emergency 10 percent levy on individuals and corporations could raise about 200 million dollars and would last one or two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue
Congress
Great Britain
Senator la Follette
Wis
Roosevelt
Walsh
Mass
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Alaska
Republic Steel Appeals Ruling
Republic Steel appeals a National Labor Relations Board order directing reinstatement of 5,000 workers who struck at the company’s Ohio plants in May 1937. The case moves to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Republic Steel Corporation
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
Ohio
Birth Announcements for Muskogee and Cedar Rapids Area
Harold E. Babcock Jr born Oct. 4 to Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Babcock of Muskogee Oklahoma formerly of Cedar Rapids and Marion. Joseph Zelenda and Marvin B. Gard announce newborn sons in Cedar Rapids and map NW address and Mercy or St Luke's hospital with dates in October. R D Wilson reports a son born Oct. 18 at St Luke's correcting prior Mercy hospital note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold E. Babcock
Muskogee
Okla
Harold E., Jr
Babcock
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Joseph Zelenda
Fifteenth Street
Mercy Hospital
Marvin B. Gard
Maple Drive
St. Luke's Hospital
R. D. Wilson
Twenty-first Avenue
Dummy license plates turned in and debated
The article details that 172 sets of dummy plates remain issued for 125 to 130 state cars, with plates used for police work and other duties. Most were from the department of agriculture, some from the liquor commission, and concerns about efficiency and record keeping are noted. Action and acceptance of Attorney General opinions are described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Bickert
Liquor Commission
Wallace
Dewey E. Goode
Bloomfield
Bickert
Albia
Sikora claims memory gaps in wife killing case
Rudolph Sikora testifies he recalls his wife's affair with Edward Solomon but cannot remember the moments before he fired five shots at Solomon calling him a home breaker. He recalls the street corner pistol incident and being taken away by police. he says he feels much better now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rudolph Sikora
Edward Solomon
Solomon
W. W. Smith
Sikora
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Clyde Tingley
Elizabeth Rbroehme
Louisa Husking Bee
Pope
Labor Concord
Churchill
F.D.R
Pershing Sails
America
Thiri
Robert H. Harger
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ST. NE
Lillian Hefner
Sec'y Women's Activities
Barkley
Republic Steel Co
Allni
William P. Blackmon
Rochester, N.Y
Betty
Trede-Mack Reg
Camay
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