New Mexican graft denounced as threat to democracy
The column condemns the New Mexican political scandal tied to WPA relief funds as part of broader graft across states. It accuses officials including Kraschel Wallace and Gillette of betraying the public, warning that intellectual integrity and democratic processes are at risk amid federal relief abuses and political manipulation.
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New Mexico
United States
Washington
West
Boss Tweed
Pennsylvania
New York
Illinois
Kentucky
Georgia
Maryland
Iowa
Honest Harold
Ickes
Nels Kraschel
Kraschel
Henry Wallace
Nels "Kraschel
Guy Mark ‘Gillette
Dubuque
Gillette
New Deal
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Wallace
Prague Anti Jewish Outbreak Sparks City Clash
police broke up a riotous anti Jewish demonstration in Wenceslaus square the first racial disorder since Czechoslovakia fell under Nazi influence. law students led the protest joined by lawyers and medical students shouting out with the Jews and Czechslovakia for Czechoslovaks.
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Prague
Wenceslaus Square
Czechoslovakia
Republic
Former U S Champ Audubon Co Corn Husking Win
Carl Carlson, former national corn husking champion, won the Audubon County contest with a net load of 2137 pounds despite a near snow storm. Clifford Hansen was second at 2092 pounds and Louis Henningsen third at 2019. Elmer Carlson, also a former champion, finished fourth with 1947 pounds.
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Audubon (Ap
Carl Carlson
Audubon County
Clifford Hansen
Louis Henningsen
Elmer Carlson
New York Faces Reform Wave in City Politics
By Arthur Bugs Baer, New York City, the piece notes a recurring reform cycle as officials are swept in and out, likening current cleanings to a drastic house overhaul. The column paints a vivid analogy of political turnover and reform momentum returning to the city in 1938.
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New York City
Normandy
Race Bookie Operates At Solon With Liquor By Drink
Mike Mann operates a first class bookmaking establishment in Solon with direct wire ties to major race tracks. He hosted reporters and claimed advance knowledge of their visit. Open about his operation he moved from Texas to Iowa and previously worked for a syndicate with outlets in Rock Island Davenport and other cities. The Solon site is in Monk Meyer's tavern basement offering drink by the glass and a rear dine and dance room with a 5 cent slot machine, which Mann says is installed by a Davenport syndicate.
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Mike Mann
Sixteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
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Johnson County
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Iowa City
Moline
Rock Island
Galesburg
Davenport
Muscatine
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Monk's
Monk Meyer's
Monk's Emporium
G O P Charges Dems Tactics Over Federal Contributions
The Republican National Committee accuses the Democratic National Committee of flouting Senate campaign rules on federal employee political contributions. The dispute centers on a Oct. 7 advisory and a Oct. 17 DNC letter seeking federal workers’ donations to aid Democratic campaigns.
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Republican National Committee
Democratic National Committee
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Republicans
Sheppard
INS
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Republican Committee
Texas
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Senate
Congress
Sheppard Committee
Senate Committee
Two Local Youths Charged With Rock Island Robbery
Cedar Rapids detectives with Rock Island plainclothes officers arrested two Cedar Rapids youths for participation in an armed robbery of a Rock Island liquor store dating to early October. Harman 16 and Williams 21 waived extradition. a third man Clifford Webb 21 linked to the case remains held in Rock Island.
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Rock Island
Sterling Harman
Second Street
Lawrence Williams
Fifth Avenue
Harman
River City
Williams
Clifford Webb
Harman Con
Alcatraz Prison Claims Highest Cultural Level Among Inmates
Warden James A. Johnston announced that Alcatraz Federal Prison houses the most cultured inmates in the United States based on a federal Bureau of Prisons survey. The study weighed prison libraries and magazine subscriptions, noting a high use of reference trade and autobiographical books and a preference for higher caliber magazines.
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Alcatraz
Calif
INS
Alcatraz Federal
American Devil's Isle
United States
James A. Johnston
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Demobilized Guard Units At Sioux City
Two companies of Iowa National Guardsmen on duty at the Swift and Company packing plant in Sioux City were ordered demobilized at midnight Saturday. Troops had been stationed since last Wednesday as Swift officials and CIO affiliate United Packing House Workers Committee negotiators met to settle the strike that began September 29.
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Sioux City
Iowa National Guardsmen
Swift and Company Packing Plant
Swift
United Packing House Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Weather outlook for Great Lakes region Oct 24 29
Weather out looks for the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi lower Missouri valleys. Generally fair early week with some precipitation mid to late period. Temperatures expected near or below normal.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Missouri
States Challenge Federal Board Over Jobless Insurance
Washington AP state officials who run the joint unemployment insurance program accuse the social security board of overstepping powers. Delegates at a conference voted 150 to claim federal grants infringe on state administration and urged resistance to federal encroachment. A second resolution urged transferring the federal employment service from the Labor Department to the social security board.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Federal Board
New England
Congress
Federal Employment Service
Labor Department
Snow Brings First Winter Touch To Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids saw its first winter touch as snow fell with drizzle and a drop in temperatures from a 70 degree daytime peak to the low 30s by night. The day began cloudy and windy with an evening onset of precipitation and a steady cold. Temperature readings from Chambers Inskeep showed a fall from 38 in the morning to 32 by 9:30 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Germany Ready for U S Trade Parleys
Germany's economics ministry may send an emissary to Washington if the United States shows a willingness to discuss resuscitating German American trade. An unofficial trio of economic experts may push for a three way Germany Britain United States trade pact to back the Anglo American agreement.
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Berlin
Economics Ministry
Washington
United States
Germany
Great Britain
America
Japs Apologize For Damaging U S Ship
In Shanghai the Japanese consul general apologized to U S officials for the damage to the heavy cruiser Augusta, flagship of the Asiatic fleet, as the U S received the statement of regrets from Japan after the incident yesterday.
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Shanghai
United States
Japan
Augusta
Raymond Gauss
Benes Tragic Figure Lands in Britain for Rest
Former Czechoslovak president Eduard Benes arrived at Croydon after exiting exile from a shattered Czechoslovakia. He seeks healthful rest in England with no political plans, aiming to lecture in Chicago later, while his intimates and minister Jan Masaryk emphasize privacy and safety.
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Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
United States
University of Chicago
Benes
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Croydon Airdrome
Central
Switzerland
Jan Masaryk
Masaryk
England
Sir Austen Chamberlain
Locarno
Sir
Great Britain
France
Russia
Rival Dancers Duel Plan Foiled By Massine Refusal
Serge Lifar, premier dancer of the Monte Carlo Ballet Russe, sailed from New York frustrated as rival Leonide Massine refused to duel in Central Park. Lifar accused Massine of outraging him by unconsulted ballet changes. He described a dawn duel setup with chosen seconds and pistols, but offered only a cryptic note that Massine “gave satisfaction.”
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New York
Serge Lifar
Monte Carlo
Ballet Russe
Champlain
Leonide Massine
Central Park
Lifar
Icare
Massine
Sikora's Wife Seeks Divorce After Murder Trial
In Chicago Rudolph Sikora, cleared of a murder charge in Edward Solomon's slaying, faces a possible divorce as his wife Margaret announces she will seek divorce as soon as lawful, citing desertion and her disdain for his lies at trial. She plans to consult her attorney and waits the required period.
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Chicago
INS
Rudolph Sikora
Edward Solomon
Margaret
Solomon
Rudy
December Deadline Set for Social Security Reforms
The advisory council of the Social Security Board designated December as the reporting deadline for recommendations to Congress on revising the Social Security Act.
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Washington
Advisory Council of the Social Security Board
Congress
Wage Act Triggers Widespread Southern Plant Shutoffs
The wage hour act prompted mass layoffs across the South with about 4,000 workers losing jobs in Kinston North Carolina tobacco stemmeries and other plants. Automation replaces 125 workers per shift as machines run at legal minimum pay. Additional shutdowns threaten 1,500 in Lake City South Carolina and nearly 2,000 across Arkansas and Alabama sawmills. The American Manufacturing bagging plant in Charleston closed indefinitely affecting 400 workers.
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Atlanta
Kinston
Lake City
W. B Nettles
Arkansas
Alabama
Charleston
American Manufacturing Company
Wage law to cost 15 thousand Texas workers jobs
San Antonio and southern Texas garment and pecan workers face mass layoffs Monday under the new wage hour law. Alex Pomerantz, head of the South Texas Pecan Shelling Company, estimates about 10,000 shelling workers will lose jobs, part of an industry that employs around 18,000 and pays as little as 1.50 to 6 dollars weekly. Many workers are Mexican.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Alex Pomerantz
South Texas Pecan Shelling Company
Hearst Warns Of Propaganda And War Sentiment
William Randolph Hearst urged Americans to ignore English propaganda and soft soap to avoid war. He spoke on a radio network criticizing Winston Churchill's plea for U S entry with Britain and France against dictatorial powers, saying now is not the time.
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San Simeon
Calif
William Randolph Hearst
Winston Churchill
United States
Great Britain
France
Lehman Praises New Deal in First Campaign Rally
In Oneonta New York Governor Lehman opened his campaign praising the New Deal and urged backing of congressmen who would uphold Roosevelt's humane and progressive program.
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Oneonta
N. Y
Lehman
Roosevelt
Wage and hour act requires records for 11 million workers
Washington AP reports the wage and hour administration said employers must keep records for about 11 million workers under the new labor standards act. It forecasts wage increases for 750,000 and shorter hours for 1.5 million, with exemptions for some professionals and administrative staff.
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Washington
Wage Law Chieftain Plans Three Radio Talks
Wage hour Administrator Elmer F. Andrews will explain the new wage hour law in three radio speeches over major networks. He will appear Sunday at 12 45 p m CST on CBS and Monday at 8 45 a m NBC and 10 15 p m Mutual to discuss the act taking effect Monday.
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Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Company
Mutual Broadcasting Company
Telegraph Messengers Threaten Strike Over Min Wage Exemption
New York AP report says organized telegraph messengers threaten a Saturday strike in response to employers demand for 25 cents an hour minimum wage exemption under the federal wage hour bill. Labor department mediators will rule on Western Union and Postal Telegraph exemption requests after Friday night hearing.
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Western Union and
Postal Telegraph Companies
Department of Labor
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