Browder Indicted After Long Delay in Passport Case
The Dies committee revealed Earl Browder admitted to using a forged passport within the last two years. Attorney General Murphy defended DOJ delays, while Browder was indicted after Rep. Thomas questioned inaction. The piece links neutrality, communists, and U S attitudes toward Europe and Britain.
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Joe Stalin
United States
Earl Browder
Russia
Browder
Dies
Roosevelt
Hull
Parnell Thomas
N. J
U. S. Department of Justice
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Thomas
Murphy
Republican National Committee
Dies Committee
Justice Department
J. Parnell Thomas
Frank Murphy. Thomas
Republican Nation
Fear Local Man Lost In Canada Hunting Trip
Cedar Rapids men Drakos 2511 Johnson Ave NW and Klumpar Independence are missing after a hunting trip with a guide near Lake of the Woods Ontario northeast of Kenora. Balcar and Vrzak remained at Arrowhead lodge while the search continues with forest rangers and a sheriff's posse.
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Cedar Rapids
Canadian Forest Rangers
J. L. Drakos
Johnson Avenue
Frank Klumpar
Independence
Lake of the Woods
Fort Francis
Ontario
Drakos
John Balear
Second Avenue SE
Frank Vrzak
Waucoma
Drahos
Klumpar
Balcar
Vrzak
Arrowhead Lodge
Frank Klumpar, Jr
Nestor Falls
Kenora
Alliance Insurance Company
Sept retail sales rise 8 percent over Aug says Hopkins
Washington reports September dependent retail store sales increased eight percent from August and were higher than the same month last year according to Secretary of Commerce Hopkins.
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Washington
INS
Hopkins
Steam Kills Four Infants in Perth Amboy Nursery
Four newborn babies died from steam suffocation after a radiator valve blew in Perth Amboy General Hospital. Two other infants were saved by three physicians. nurse Daisy McGuinness discovered the room flooded with steam at 1:30 a.m. Investigators from the hospital, Middlesex detectives, and local police opened an inquiry.
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N. J
Perth Amboy General Hospital
James Flynn
Flynn
Daisy McGuinness
Middlesex County
Balmy Indian Summer Graces Cedar Rapids Monday
Cedar Rapids enjoyed continued pleasant weather with temperatures rising from 40 at 8 am to 59 by mid afternoon and a Sunday low of 42. The Chambers Inskeep company dial recorded a 65 degree high at 3 pm and a 53 at 7 pm with a 45 midnight reading.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Zane Grey Dies At 64 In Altadena California
Altadena California AP Zane Grey famed writer and sportsman died at his home at age sixty four from a heart attack Doctors cited coronary thrombosis and a seizure. Grey authored more than 50 novels including Riders of the Purple Sage and The Heritage of the Desert and spent much time deep sea fishing.
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Grey
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South Seas
Zanesville
Ohio
Alice Josephine Zane
University of Pennsylvania
New York
Betty Zane
Supreme Court declines medic sued case review
Washington reports that the Supreme Court refused to hear the government's antitrust suit against the American Medical Association over conspiratorial actions against a group health organization. The district court had ruled the Sherman Act 1890 does not apply to physicians as a trade, not a profession, prompting ongoing appeals.
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High Tribunal
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British-American Tobacco Company, Limited
Corinne Griffith Marshall
Star of
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Court of Claims
Woman Hurt In Leap From Runaway Car
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Barton aged 54 of Rock Island suffered a broken right leg at 2 45 p m Sunday after leaping from a runaway car on Carroll drive SE She had been visiting Rev R J Campbell with her sister Mrs Keith Hunter and Mr Hunter The car started in the driveway and she jumped when it crossed the road The door struck her leg and the car crashed into the Warren residence embankment causing extensive damage to the vehicle
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Elizabeth H. Barton
Rock Island
Carroll Drive
Barton
Keith Hunter
Hunter
R. J. Campbell
D. W. Warren
Bugs Doubts We’ll Get In War If All Scions Speak First
Bugs Baer argues that the United States will avoid war until every congressman and senator has delivered a speech. He quips that lawmakers will not vote for war without speaking first, suggesting no rush until 1966 as the Congress supply seems inexhaustible. He compares the situation to a boy who must whistle while eating berries, noting the impracticality of doing both.
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Frank R. Wilson
England
Roosevelt
Episcopal Church
United States
Mr. Wilson
George
Germany
Des Moines
Wilson
the Gazette
Bugs
Views on Strangers and Immigration
Dr Newton laments changing waves of immigrants remain a cautionary column. He argues that many newcomers seek greed or propaganda, contrasting Mussolini’s era with Mazzini. He warns against admitting more foreigners while millions of Americans remain jobless and calls for ten years to assimilate current outsiders.
Aged Sheriff Fights Off 3-Man Jail Escape
In Paw Paw Michigan a 65 year old sheriff defended a jail escape attempt by three Minneapolis youths. Charles C. Koons subdued Andrew Hanyak 19 Archie Eliason 21 and Fred Schiltz 17 after they slugged the turnkey with a steel ventilator handle. The men were jailed for robbing an inn near Paw Paw on Sept 28.
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Minneapolis
van Buren County
Charles C. Koons
Andrew Hanyak
Archie Eliason
Fred Schiltz
Koons
U S Germans In Peace Plea
Representatives of 2,000,000 American citizens of German descent in Chicago adopted a three point peace program. They urged constitutional respect, oppose entangling alliances, and pledged equal rights for all citizens. Delegates from 1,500 societies across 22 states voted to form the National Federation of Americans of German Descent with permanent Chicago headquarters.
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National Federation of Americans of
Russia Seeks Moderate Concessions in Finland Talks
Moscow shows willingness to accept limited Finnish concessions amid Baltic stake. Reports say Russia aims for small island cession near Kronstadt rather than bases, while Finnish and Russian officials stay silent on exact terms during resumed talks. A Russian economic mission heads to Berlin to discuss exchanges under the Russo German pact as regional politics and mobilization continue.
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Estonia
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P. P. Tevossyan
Berlin
Poland
U.S.S.R
Senate Expected to Act This Week on Arms
Senate leaders told President Roosevelt they aimed to pass neutrality legislation by week’s end. Senator Wiley announced he will vote to retain the arms embargo, marking his first public position. Senator Borah urged that repeal would draw the U.S. into the European war on England’s side.
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Senate
Roosevelt
Alexander P. Wiley
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Borah
Idaho
England
Lord Lothian
United States
America
Louisiana Police Seize Bailiwick of Official Opposed Governor
Baton Rouge reports that Sheriff officials led by Marie F. Guerre seized the attorney general’s office on the governor’s orders. Governor Earl K. Long declared Ellison’s appointment illegal and named Leslie Gardiner to replace him. Ellison had sought election as an independent after being omitted from the Long ticket. Francis Burns had been endorsed by the administration as candidate.
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Larise F. Guerre
Louisanswtate Police
Attorney Generals Office
Earl Kk. Long
David M. Ellison
Richard W. Leche
Leslie T. Gardiner
Ellison
Long
Eugene Stanley
New Orleans
Francis Burns
Woman Believed Led Into Swamps And Left To Die
In Belle Chasse Louisiana an unknown woman, likely white and 35 to 40, was found dead in a swamp by Joseph and his son while hunting. A cross marked her grave. evidence showed a futile struggle to survive and a possible homicide under investigation.
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Belle Chasse
Joesph S. Cazabon
Plaquemines Parish
Autfal Bayou
Federal indictment against Carl Browder shocks New York
Earl Browder 48, former Communist Party leader, indicted on two counts for false passport applications and illegal use. He was seized under subpoena, held on $10,000 bail, and fingerprinted after being brought before District Judge William Bondy. The case ties to a broader passport ring amid wartime security concerns.
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Earl Browder
Communist Party
United States
House of Detention
Browder
William Bondy
Federal House of Attention
Mone Gay
Nicholas Dornberg
George Morris
Europe
Leniency Shown to Cedar Rapids Breakin Suspects
Judge John Morit spared four Cedar Rapids youths from reform school after friends officials and their own clean records helped reduce potential terms. Burton Peddycourt 19 Philip Wilhelm 20 Russell Carne 20 and George Keller 23 received 90 days in county jail for operating a motor vehicle without consent and for breaking and entering at Instant Auto and Tire on February 1 with a $35 cash register theft.
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Anamosa Reformatory
John T. Mo
Burton Peddycourt
Maplewood Drive
Philip A. Wilhelm
Eighth Avenue
Russel Carne
Twenty-sixth Street
George F. Keller
Oakland Road
Second Avenue SE
Lee Chandler
Rapids
First Avenue E
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