Missing Chicago woman linked to cash gifts and notes
An aged woman from Chicago remains missing for a month as police search with New York authorities. Ex-ch city resident Clara Wetherell reportedly sent cash gifts ranging from five to one hundred dollars to many friends before leaving. A note said she was unwell and leaving Chicago, raising concerns about her mental state. The piece also discusses broader political and economic critiques.
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Olice
Chicago
New York
Clara 4
Wetherell
Washington
Italy Expels Foreign Jews Under 1919 Decree
Rome reports the cabinet approved a decree ordering foreign Jews who settled in Italy, Libya and the Dodecanese after January 1, 1919 to leave within six months and revoking citizenships granted since that date. About 10,000 could be affected. The measure broadens racialist policy and bans new permanent residence for foreign Jews in the region.
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Rome
Italy
Libya
Dodecanese Islands
September Opens With Fair Weather in Cedar Rapids
September opened in Cedar Rapids with pleasant sunny weather. The day started at 58 degrees at 6 a.m. reached 82 by noon and stayed around 81 to 82 in the afternoon. A high of 86 was recorded from 3 to 5 p.m. followed by 65 at 7 p.m. and 62 at midnight on the Chambers Inskeep company dial.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Official Brutality Critique Mirrors National Hypocrisy
The text condemns Philadelphia police brutality as a local issue with instigators in jail, urging a thorough inquiry. It argues such official cruelty harms the nation and shows how dictatorships exploit democratic hypocrisy, noting fools and tyrants can undermine democracies.
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Moscow
Berlin
Philadelphia
Hitler to Meet British Envoy After Stage-Setting Talk
At Berchtesgaden Nazi leader Hitler held a three and a half hour session with Sudeten German head Konrad Henlein. Berlin reported Hitler’s return from inspecting fortifications to his Bavarian retreat where a possible early conference with Sir Nevile Henderson was outlined. British sources said Henderson aimed to see Ribbentrop or Weizsaecker for preliminary talks. The storm center remains the Czech Sudeten question with 3.5 million Sudeten Germans seeking autonomy and a Czech incident near Oelsen raising tensions.
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Berchtesgaden
Germany
Nazi Germany
High Command
Konrad Henlein
Hitler
Berlin
Adolph Hitler
Nevile Henderson
Nevile
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Ernst von Weistaecker
Nurnberg
Czechoslovakia
Oelsen
Saxony
Charge Son Confined in House Ten Years
Vincent Redmond, 24, was found confined in a windowless cubbyhole room in his parents home and had not left in 10 years. Neighbors and deputies described severe neglect as authorities investigated a fence dispute and possible malicious mischief allegations against the parents. The youth, looking emaciated and frightened, was freed after deputies intervened. the father cited infantile paralysis and mouth injury but no doctor had treated him.
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DE Kalb
INS
Vincent Redmond
Redmond
Matt Redmond
Clyde Taylor
Sycamore
Larson
Young Redmond
Lymon Sebree
Democratic Bookie Says Party Immunized Him
Sol Morey a longtime horse race bookie in Chicago testified that he operated under immunity from Democratic precinct workers. Police raided his shop wiping out 32 ledgers in three weeks. He claimed city raids did not deter him because he consulted the party.
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Democratic Party
Bookie
Chicago
Sol Morey
Richard Austin
Morey
Austin
Sen
National Rail Strike Ballot Put in Effect
Chicago reports a nationwide rail strike ballot ordered by nearly 1,000,000 railway workers after mediation board failure to settle a 15 percent wage dispute. George Harrison and A F Whitney outline a unanimous vote, with 140,000 trainmen to be polled by Sept. 26, as Roosevelt may appoint a fact finding commission.
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National Rail
Chicago
Federal Mediation Board
Railway Labor Executives’ Association
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
George Harrison
Railway Labor Executives Group
A. F Whitney
Whitney
Roosevelt
Brotherhoods
Mediation Board
William M. Leiserson
Federal Railway Mediation Board
Would-Be Slayer of Governor Convicted in Puerto Rico
Elias Escobar, a Porto Rican nationalist, was convicted of murder for killing a national guardsman during an attempt on Governor Blanton Winship. The jury sought clemency, but Escobar refused exoneration and chose life imprisonment as the maximum penalty.
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Ponce
Porto Rico
Elias Escobar
Blanton Winship
Escobar
Plane crash kills two in Dax area France
Lieutenant Colonel Henri Tourre of the French army aviation research section and his wife were killed when a military plane crashed near Saint Paul les Daz on Thursday.
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Dax
France
Henri Tourre
French Army Military Aviation Research Section
Saint Paul Les Daz
Hughes Court Reform Backed By Opponents Claim Resignation Sought
In Hyattsville Maryland Senator Millard E Tydings charged New Deal senators pressed Chief Justice Hughes resignation as a condition for a court reform compromise. He said opponents would accept any democratic process while administration supporters knew Justice Sutherland intended to resign.
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Nazi Ministry of Propaganda
Germany
Johann Sproll
Wurtttemberg
Berlin
Propaganda Ministry
Sproll
Austria
Wurttemberg
Maryhlunders
Tydings
George
Hyattsville
Millard E. Tydings
Supreme Court
New Deal
Charles Evans Hughes
Senate
Joe T. Robinson
David J. Lewis
Mount Rainier
Seat Pleasant
Prince Georges County
Maryland
Lewis
Tyding
Hughes
Administration
Justice Sutherland
Lloyds Underwriters Refuse Roosvelt Third-Term Odds
The Capitol Daily reports Lloyds of London underwriters declined to quote odds for or against a third term for President Roosevelt. The article notes the unusual stance in the runup to potential continuation of the Roosevelt presidency.
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Washington
Capitol Daily
Lloyd's of London
Roosevelt
Quebec avalanche kills twelve in suburb and Portneuf flood
A cliffside avalanche triggered by heavy rains crushed a four story St Gregoire de Montmorency apartment building killing four and injuring twelve as eight families slept. Separate floods washed a house into Portneuf river killing six. a railroad washout caused two deaths near Montreal Quebec.
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Quebec
Portneuf
Here
St Gregoire de Montmorency
Tor Enfant Jesus Hospital
Lachance
St. Greggire's Morgue
Rosa Lachance
Patrick Delisie
Corinthia Audet
Audet
Delisle
All-Iowa Livestock Fair Opens at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids
About 375 head from 15 Iowa counties will be on display at the All-Iowa fair opening Saturday at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids. Notable exhibitors include Ivan Gates W West Liberty and E S Baughman Pulaski with Jersey cattle and J Russell Lang Grinnell with Ayrshire. A $10 000 miniature electric farm model will debut alongside tents farms and racing events with guards and Red Cross ready for emergencies.
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Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Downs
Iowa
Ivan Gates
West Liberty
E. S. Baughman
Pulaski
W. J. Campbell
Jesup
Jersey
Henry A. Sherman
Iowa Falls
John Fick
Boyden
Malice and Clemens
New Providence
C. A. McBride
Muscatine
Guernsey
J. Russell Lang
Ernie Young
National Guardsmen
Red Cross
Moore
Wisconsin
Ickes Ruling Cripples Cedar Rapids Stadium Bond Plan
Cedar Rapids faces a setback as PWA bond votes must occur within thirty days. Mayor Frank Hahn's committee moved quickly to meet Ickes on timing for the municipal stadium project and other works, aiming for a November general election rather than a special vote. The Iowa rule requires thirty day notice for special elections, hindering immediate action.
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Cedar Rounds
PWA
Frank Hahn
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Harold Ickes
W. J. Rinderknecht
Mexico will not halt seizure of U S land
President Lazaro Cardenas told the Mexican congress that Mexico will not comply with Hull’s request to stop expropriations. He vowed to continue the agrarian program and said compensation will be limited to actual investments by U S and British oil companies. He will seek a bill banning long-term concessions to prevent future oil disputes.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexican Congress
Mexico
Hull
Congress
Cardenas
Cedar Rapids Receives PWA Grant for Incinerator Plant
Public Works Administration announced a 62690 grant to Cedar Rapids for a municipal incinerator at the sewage disposal plant. Total project cost 139312, city's portion 76622 funded by sewer outlet and purifying plant bonds. Work must start within twelve weeks. contract let in about a month. project to finish in 32 weeks with 53 workers.
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Public Works Administration
Washington
Cedar Rapids
F. K Hahn
A. Trusty
Man Admits Killing Man in 1931 Fire Haunted by Ghost
Detroit police said William Cooney father of nine walked into a station and claimed I killed a man seven years ago and his ghost has been haunting me The death of Louis Martin listed as accidental in a May 24 1931 fire at Cooney s house is under review.
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Detroit (Ap
George Rose
Detroit Police Department
William Cooney
Sergt Rose
Louis Martin
Cooney
Navy Bombers Forced Down En Route to Panama
Fourteen large navy patrol bombing planes en route from San Diego to Panama were forced down Friday in the Gulf of Fonseca due to fuel shortage. The garbled dispatch suggested strong headwinds and no injuries among 98 crew. planes to be refueled by seaplane tender Thrush before resuming the transfer.
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San Diego
Calif
INS
Panama
Gulf of Fonseca
Central America
U. S. Fleet Scouting Force
Coco Solo
Canal Zone
Navy Air Base
Record World Wheat Crop Forecast for 1938
The international institute of agriculture forecast a record world wheat crop for 1938 based on latest estimates. Northern hemisphere production was put at 3,854,550,000 bushels, compared with 3,366,307,000 in 1937 and the prior peak of 3,461,753,000 in 1929.
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Henry Wallace
Federal Treasury
California
Bertrand Gearhart
AAA
Gearhart
RCME
International Institute of Agriculture
Masked duo rob Hedrick Savings Bank in bold hold up
Two young armed bandits robbed Hedrick Savings Bank Thursday afternoon and fled with about 1500 dollars. Cashiers fired at the getaway car as the robbers fled. Police traced the suspects to vehicles with Iowa and Illinois plates and chased them toward Oskaloosa.
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Heitsman
Mary Caldwell
Inez Leatherby
Frank V. Ritter
George Shaw
Pottawattamie County
State Bureau of Investigation
Illinois
Iowa
Oskaloosa
General Strike Threat Hits 200000 French Textile Workers
In Paris, 200,000 northern textile workers threaten a general strike if the 40 hour week and higher wages are not granted. The General Confederation of Labor warns against wartime control moves as unions set September 8 as a tentative deadline. Some groups may walk out Friday, while protests mount against the cabinet decree extending the work week.
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Paris
France
Edouard Daladier
General Confederation of Labor
General Textile Workers Union
General Confederation
National Political Pot Not Boiling Soon
A satirical column by Arthur Bugs Baer notes summer political noise passing without lasting impact as national offices face an off year. The piece mocks attempts to link local political ferment with national schemes and jokes about leadership retreats.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Alaska
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Holy See
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Achille Terruzzi
Italo Balbo
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