Roosevelt Mobilizes to Strengthen U S Industry and Navy
President Roosevelt orders a special committee led by an assistant secretary of war to map a 60 day plan for mobilizing industrial power. An Atlantic battle squadron will be organized for maneuvers within days as Europe observes American moves with mixed views of neutrality and potential war.
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France
England
Uncle Sam
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Hitler
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Europe
$15,000 Ransom Kidnaps California Peach Grower’s Wife
Mrs W R Meeks, wife of a prominent peach grower near Marysville, California, was abducted from her ranch home by two young gunmen demanding $15,000. Governor Merriam ordered National Guard units to pursue the suspects as officers warn the public and search spanning Marysville and Yuba City.
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Calif
W. R. Meeks
Merriam
National Guard
Yuba City
Meeks
Filmland Swindler Sentenced to San Quentin 1 to 14 Years
George Donald Smart, who bilked investors and executives out of about 100,000 with a $46 weekly studio recorder, was sentenced by Superior Judge Frank M. Smith to one to fourteen years in San Quentin. He claimed he would repay the funds if paroled. The case involved a forged letter from Louis B. Mayer about contracts with stars like Charles Laughton, Nelson Eddy, and Jeanette MacDonald.
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Los Angeles
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San Quentin
Gail Burck
Pasadena
Barbara Douglas
George B. Douglas
Cedar Rapids
Smart
Frank M. Smith
Louis 5B. Mayer
Charles Laughton
Nelson Eddy
Jeanette MacDonald
Roosevelt On National Good Above Party
The remark centers on Roosevelt's view that the country’s welfare should rise above party lines, contrasting with contemporary political confusion and overwhelming public doubt.
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Roosevelt
English Stage Campaign For Polish Accord
London reports Britain seeks closer understanding with Poland to pressure Germany toward moderation in central Europe. Polish foreign policy talks involve Warsaw and Halifax as Anglo French aims rely on a pro or neutral Poland. In Poland, leaders of the German minority discuss uniting Germans under a common organization estimated at 800,000 with government approval conditional on loyalty to the state.
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Poland
Germany
Europe
Joseph Beck
Warsaw
Viscount Halifax
Erwin Hassbach
Felicjan Slawoj-Sladkowski
Slawoj-Sladkowski
Cedar Rapids Gazette carrier Sustains Leg Fracture
Grant Collins, 14, a Gazette carrier of 539 Forest Drive SE, fell from a bicycle Wednesday after delivering papers at the Shaffers 2001 Linden Drive SE. Although he believed his leg was sprained, X rays later revealed a fractured leg.
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van Vechten Shaffer
Linden Drive
Shaffer
Grant
Collins
Capone Era Gambling Ring Tied To Top Lieutenants
Chicago prosecutors linked a multi million dollar gambling syndicate to Al Capone remnants. Thomas J Courtney said Frank Nitti Lawrence Mangano Hymie Levin and others controlled the operation. Police raids targeted six centers as Courtney campaigns against Kelly aligned reform factions.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Courtney
al “Scarface
Capone
Frank Nitti
Lawrence “Dago” Mangano
Hymie Levin
Billy Skidmore
Big Bill Johnson
Alcatraz
Sol Morey
Courtney
Edward J. Kelly
Treasury reports rising July August deficit exceeds 650 million
The Treasury disclosed a July and August shortfall of about 650 million dollars, exceeding 15 percent of the annual deficit projection. Spending rises, September tax receipts expected 525 to 575 million, with a possible mid-September cash borrowings up to 500 million. Morgenthau signals possible tax program and lower next year collections amid slow business.
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Morgenthau
Britain Would Use U S For Financing War
Britain plans to finance a large share of a potential war with Germany using American credits. The scheme could involve more than 2.5 billion dollars for food, munitions, guns, and planes, and may bypass the Johnson act unless debts from World War I are settled or the act is repealed.
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Washington
INS
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Germany
United States
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Appeal to Railroads to Cut Wheat Rates
The agriculture department urged eastern and southern railroads to reduce freight rates on wheat from central and western grain regions designated for foreign markets. Lower rates would help place 100 million bushels of surplus grain into world markets.
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Washington
The
Agriculture Department
Eastern and Southern
Sleeping Rooms or Apartments Wanted for Teachers and Students
Returning teachers and students seek rooms and apartments in Cedar Rapids. Ads placed in The Gazette reach prospective renters. Call before noon Saturday to start Saturday ads or by 8 PM Saturday for Sunday ads. Dial 2-1121 and ask for an Ad-taker. Three-day ads get 25% discount.
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Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Lindberghs Land in Prague After Flight from Olomouc
Col Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh arrived in Prague on Friday after a brief flight from Olomouc and proceeded directly to the United States Legation.
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Czechoslovakia
Charles A. Lindbergh
Reich pledges Britain no hasty steps in Czech minorities dispute
Germany assures Britain it will avoid rapid moves in the Czechoslovak minorities issue. Through Sir Nevile Henderson the pledge was reported as Britain agreed to a flexible, two week postponement while Viscount Runciman’s mid September conclusions, likely more generous to minority concessions, are expected.
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Germany
Great Britain
Nevile Henderson
Viscount Runciman
Czechoslovakia
Farm Youths to the Guests of Young Men's Bureau on Thursday
Cedar Rapids hosts the All Iowa Fair at Hawkeye Downs with Farm Bureau day events. A 5 45 p m stag picnic features Rural Farm Youth acts and a Cliff Gregory Wallace's Farmer address. Organizers plan music vaudeville horseshoes softball and live demonstrations for thousands of attendees.
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Young Men’s Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Hawkeye Downs
Farm Bureau Day
Rural Farm Youth Association of the
Sixth District
Bureau
Farm Bureau
Gus Schrader
Clare Marshall
Corrigan Narrowly Avoids Crashing in Roosevelt Field Takeoff
Douglas Wrong Way Corrigan, famed trans Atlantic flyer, narrowly escaped disaster at Roosevelt Field on Friday when his plane's motor sputtered after takeoff for Pittsburgh. With the engine failing at about 100 feet, he maneuvered to avoid a collision as power returned and he resumed his climb.
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Fall Weather Dips to 56 Before Dayrise in Cedar Rapids
The fall influence shows in Cedar Rapids with a 56 degree low at 6 am. By 10 am the sun lifted to 68 and 74 by 2 30 pm. Thursday peaked at 83 at 3 30 pm then 75 at 7 pm and 60 at midnight on the Cham ne Inskeep company thermometer.
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Cedar Rapids
Ten Philadelphia prison officials held for grand jury
Philadelphia officials including Superintendent William B Mills Deputy Warden Frank A Craven Guard Captain James McGuire Guard Sergeant James Hart and several guards were held without bail for grand jury action after a coroner's inquest found criminal negligence in the deaths of four convicts at the county prison. They were jailed at once pending further action while three other guards were also directed for consideration for the grand jury.
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William B. Mills
Frank A. Craven
Philadelphia County Prison
Vincent Morant
Mills
Craven
James McGuire
James Hart
Francis Smith
Alfred Brough
Robert Morrow
William J Borbridge Morant
Christ Nietermayer Burned Moving Box Car Near Atkins
Christ Nietermayer of Cedar Rapids suffered severe electrical burns Friday around 2 pm near the Fred Schminke farm one mile from Atkins while moving a dismantled box car on the old Red Ball road. He climbed atop the car and touched what he believed was a telephone wire but was a high line, was thrown to the ground, and was taken by Ambulance Service to St Luke's hospital.
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Christ Nietermayer
Cedar Rapids
Fred Schminke
Atkins
Red Ball Road
Nietermayer
St Luke's Hospital
Lifesaving act yields $100000 years later in Indiana
Indianapolis lumberman A E Magill will receive $100,000 from a California man whose life Magill saved forty years ago when a transient plunged into White River at Spencer. Magill, now a salesman, said attorneys for the benefactor informed him the payment is imminent and declined to reveal the donor’s name.
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Ind
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E Magill
California
Magill
Californian
Spencer
White River
WPA Sitdown By Pupils Over Transport Costs
In Birmingham Alabama about 100 WPA workers staged a second day sitdown to protest the end of transportation to a high school project. They demand higher pay to cover commute costs while WPA officials insist bus and streetcar fares are within normal rates.
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Ala
WPA
Million Rail Workers Predicted to Strike in Month
Approximately one million railroad workers are forecast to strike within a month. C. J. Goff of Cleveland, assistant president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, said the vote result is clear and the strike would likely start October 1 amid a 10 percent wage cut. He noted the delay could stretch two months due to a fact finding committee expected from President Roosevelt.
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Labor Department
New Orleans
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Cleveland
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Goff
Gulf State
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Favors Liberal Republicans in Party Split
President Roosevelt urged a division between liberals and conservatives and supported liberal Republicans regardless of party. He would back a liberal Republican on the Republican ticket if suited by character and sincerity, and said he plans to aid Gov. Frank Murphy, while denying Detroit papers’ charge about canceling a trip to Port Huron for political reasons.
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Michigan
Murphy
Detroit
Dort Huron
Port Huron
International
Running Stop Sign Leads To Arrest On Drunk Driving Count
Cedar Rants News reports Wes Dvorak aged 44 of 68 Nineteenth Avenue SW was arrested at 11 10 p m Thursday by Patrolman Dan Kruidenier for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after running a stop sign at First Avenue and Third Street E He refused to show his license Riding with him were Don Craft and Lester Cash neither of whom were intoxicated and were not held.
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Nineteenth Avenue
Dan Wkruidenier
Dvorak
First Avenue
Third Street
Kruidenier
Don Craft
Lester Cash
River Road
Army Holds All The Gold In The Nation
Column by Arthur Bugs Baer questions U S gold reserves and the 24 carat standard. It mocks Treasury security and the role of the Army and Navy while noting political shifts and fears of changes in administration.
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