British labor report credits collective bargaining for industrial peace
A U P special commission in Britain told President Roosevelt that universal collective bargaining, not strikes, maintains industrial peace. The 15,000 word study outlines employer and union preferences for strong organizations, opposition to compulsory arbitration, and limited government wage control. It notes health and safety laws and social measures improving labor relations and cites no US law changes.
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Washington
England
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Sweden
Benes Plans Virtual Partition Of Czechoslovakia
Prague reports President Edouard Benes leads talks on a virtual partition of Czechoslovakia along gau lines. German regions would gain territorial autonomy with three designated German republics and minority representation within a restructured state.
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Prague
VNS
Edouard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Benes
Bochmerwald
Carlsbad
Komotau
Cablonz
Moravia
Silesia
Northern Ireland
Mother and Sons Escape Fire in Orange City Home
A mother, Mrs. Mary Westra, and her sons John and Michall escaped a blaze that swept their nearly new Orange City residence. John jumped from a second story porch while Michall slid down a gutter pipe. Mrs. Westra reached safety from the roof with help. Insurance covered the loss.
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Orange City
Mary Westra
John
Michall
John Westra
Livestock Winners at Des Moines State Fair Open Classes
Winners in open livestock judging at the Des Moines state fair include dairy cattle champions from Iowa breeds. Grand champion female Irvin F. Meyer McGregor is joined by senior and junior champions from other exhibitors as Brown Swiss and Milking Shorthorn classes crown top livestock. Dorothy Woodruff Indianola earns champion showman with Merle Lang Brooklyn as reserve.
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DES Moines
Ralph L. Bowers
Arlington
Kingsdale Farm
Victoria
Ist
Irvin F. Meyer
McGregor
Hollandale Farm
Milton
Hereford
Tama
Benton
Linn
Jones
Jackson
Poweshiek
Iowa
Johnson
Cedar
Clinton
Scott Counties
Vivian Davis
Fort Dodge
Jean Hollingshead
Knoxville
Merle Baldwin
Nashua
Thomas Dean
Alburnett
Howard Barnes
Leighton
Philip Henry
Mahaska County
Hardin County
Keifer
Dorothy Woodruff
Indianola
Merle Lang
Brooklyn
Railroads Likely to Implement 15 Percent Wages Cut
H A Enochs, spokesman for 142 class 1 roads, said a 15 percent wage cut would take effect October 1 regardless of the upcoming strike vote. He noted the joint conference committee may urge individual roads to enforce the cut, with some saying no extra notice is required by law. A fact finding commission to Roosevelt may be recommended before month’s end.
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Chicago
H. A. Enochs
Hte
Joint Conference Committee
Enochs
Roosevelt
McGregor Marriage Unites 85 Year Old Widow and Florida Doctor
Announcement from McGregor reports the marriage of Harriet Luce 85 of McGregor and Dr. S R Love 60 of St. Petersburg Florida. The wedding occurred in Clearwater on August 10. They will split time between Mrs. Love's McGregor home in summers and Dr. Love's St. Petersburg home the rest of the year.
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Mcgregor
Harriet Luce
S. R. Love
St. Petersburg
Fla
Clearwater
Mrs. Love
Dr. Love
Florida
Johnson County Posse Captures NY Youth After Long Search
In Iowa City a Johnson county posse and Sheriff Don McComas captured 19 year old John Lewandowski of New York after a search that began Wednesday afternoon. Lewandowski reportedly attacked Mrs. Novak, choking her and bruising her neck at the Leonard Novak farm near Cosgrove before fleeing. He is held in county jail awaiting possible charges to be filed by Novak.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Don McComas
John Lewandowski
New York
Lewandowski
Leonard Novak
Cosgrove
Novak
McComas
Huxley Twins Named Iowa's Healthiest At Centennial Fair
Marilyn and Marianne Rinehart near Huxley Iowa were named Iowa's healthiest twins at the state Centennial fair. The 25 month olds scored an average 97.58 to win over 14 rival pairs with Marilyn weighing 25 half pounds and Marianne 23 pounds.
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Huxley
Iowa
Des Moines
Marilyn
Marianne Rinehart
Melvin Rinehart
S. E. Lincoln
Horace F Wulf Named Executive Editor of Sioux City Tribune
Eugene Kelly announces Horace F Wulf as executive editor a new post to oversee newspaper and radio activities and news and circulation departments. Wulf known in American Legion circles has served at the Tribune since 1919 after army service. Clem W Young named national advertising manager moving from Omaha World Herald.
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Sioux City
Eugene Kelly
The
Tribune
Horace F. Wulf
Wulf
American Legion
Kelly
Clem W. Young
Young
Omaha World- Herald
AFL Not To Tie Up With Employers In War On Labor Act
Atlantic City report says William M. Green, AFL president, states the federation will not join employer campaigns against the Wagner act. The AFL will not align with chambers of commerce or manufacturers’ groups and will push improvements to the act rather than oppose it.
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AFL
Atlantic City
N. J
INL
American Federation of Labor
William M. Green
A. F. of L
Green
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Manufacturers’ Associations
F D R and G O P liberals clash over California plan
President Roosevelt signals support for Downey Olson liberals in California while deeming the state pension plan questionable yet a matter for voters and legislature. He dismisses the term purge as a newspaper headline and cites Britain’s labor approach as a model for peaceful relations. He travels to Maryland for a Tydings challenge with James Farley.
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Ternational
Port Huron
Michigan
Detroit
California
Sheridan Downey
Culbert Olson
Mr. Roosevelt
Downey
Olson
Roosevelt
Democratic National Organization
Maryland
Millard E. Tydings
James A. Farley
Phillip Murray
United Mine Workers
Love Potion Plays Role in Missouri Elopement Case
Assistant U S Attorney said a potent love potion figured in the elopement of 17 year old Doris Hisan from Neosho Missouri to Bentonville Arkansas with Nijib Toonie a 27 year old Arab. The vial was found by the girl's mother and turned over to authorities. A Mann Act warrant was issued for Toonie and his brother Kemal 23. Authorities seek to prevent the couple from sailing to Iraq.
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ST. Louis
U. S
Henry G. Morris
Missouri
Morris
Neosho
Bentonville
Ark
Nijib Toonie
America
Doris Hisan
Otis Hisan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Iraq
Toonie
Kemal
Pension Plan in California Campaign Sparks Battle
Debates flare over a $30 weekly pension for unemployed Californians 50 and older funded by a two percent stamp tax on scrip. Campaign director Willis Allen plans county managers as opposition from the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce grows. Sacramento officials warn higher bond costs and financial risk for the state.
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San Francisco
California
Scrip
Willis Allen
Los Angeles
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
James S. Dean
Sacramento
Britain Plans to Use US Assets to Back War Effort
British strategy envisions mobilizing two and a half billion dollars in American investments and liquid assets to fund war supplies if Europe moves toward conflict. The plan includes controlling sea lanes and using British currency backed by sterling reserves to reimburse nationals.
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Germany
England
Atlantic
Europe
United States
1000 U S Tourists Stranded by Floods in Mexico
Officials of the Mexican Automobile association said a rescue train from Mexico City to Valles was being prepared to reach 1,000 American tourists stranded by floods. Highways were impassable but rail service might offer escape. Dallas carnival operator Hal Worth, from Valles, appealed for food as the group slept in cars and streets.
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San Antonio
Tex
Mexican Automobile Association
Mexico City
Valles
Mexico
Hal Worth
Dallas Carnival
Worth
Macfadden In Crash In Bendix Air Race
Bernarr Macfadden narrowly escaped injury Thursday when his Bendix Los Angeles to Cleveland air race plane crashed ending his participation in the event. A cocker spaniel accompanying him was named for its woodcock hunting excellence.
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Macfadden
Los Angeles
INS
Bernarr Macfadden
Cleveland
Carrier Boy Hurt in Leg Break Near School
Grant, a ninth grader at McKinley Junior High, broke the main leg bone just above the ankle and a small bone in a Thursday accident. A cast was applied at St Luke's Hospital and he faces six weeks of recovery, missing early football games as his brother Don fills in for him.
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Grant
St. Luke’s Hospital
McKinley Junior High
Brother Don
Gazettes
Germany Holds Long Meeting With Sudeten Leader
Germany pledges no hasty steps amid drawn out talks on minority disputes. Hitler, Henlein, and top Nazis met at Berchtesgaden for three and a half hours as Prague proposals were rejected. Henderson and Weizsacker discussed a Sudeten German canton and future talks with London awaiting. France backs delaying mobilization until German maneuvers end. A border incident near the German Czechoslovak frontier involved a Czech shot missing a German official.
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Fuhrer
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Haus Wachenfeld
Konrad Henlein
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Henlein
Sir Nevile Henderson
London
Baron Ernst von Weizsaecker
Foreign Office
Prague
Henderson
Nuremberg Party
France
Great Britain
Hines Seeks Intercession for Schultz in Tax Case
New York报道显示 Tammany leader James J. Hines asked attorney Max Steuer to intercede with U.S. Attorney George Z. Medalie for Schultz in a tax dispute. Steuer testified he would only take the case if handled outside the Treasury and learned Arthur Flegenheimer was Dutch Schultz.
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New York
Tammany
James J. Hines
Max Steuer
United States
George Z. Medalie
Schultz
Steuer
Hines
Arthur Flegenheimer
Flegenheimer
J. Richard
Dixie
Davis
United States Attorney
United States Treasury Department
Washington
Medalie
Dewey
Avis
Jim
Waterloo Girl Drowns While Wading in Mississippi
Port Byron Illinois reports six year old Darlene Memmers of Waterloo Iowa drowned in the Mississippi River near Port Byron while wading with other children. The tragedy occurred Thursday.
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Waterloo
Mississippi
Port Byron
Ill
Darlene Memmers
Mississippi River
Here
Roosevelt Orders Mobilization Plan for Electric Power
President Roosevelt named a special 60 day committee led by Louis J. Johnson to draft an industrial mobilization plan for electric power. The group will identify bottlenecks and coordinate power facilities across 15 strategic manufacturing cities to ensure uninterrupted wartime production.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Louis J. Johnson
America
United States
Johnson
Basil Manly
Federal Power Commission
Navy
Charles Edison
Frederic Delano
National Resources Board
Drowning Victims Prompt Keokuk Men to Carthage Jail
Keokuk residents Bill Watson and Harvey Hart were questioned in Carthage Illinois over the drowning of two Mississippi River victims. Nona Watson age 50 and Wayne Walker age 17 Kahoka Missouri died when a skiff capsized Thursday night. Watson and Hart gave incoherent stories while two bystanders Joe Inman and Harold Leming helped rescue Watson and Hart.
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Keokuk
Bill Watson
Harvey Hart
Farmington
Carthage
Mississippi River
Watson
Nona
Wayne Walker
Kahoka
Hart
Joe Inman
Harold Leming
Harr
Ohio Man Held In Hedrick Bank Job
OTTUMWA Iowa Sheriff C E Harding said he held Glen T Coffin of Columbus Ohio for questioning in connection with a Hedrick bank robbery on Thursday He is about 50 and claimed ownership of a burned automobile found five miles northwest of Hedrick that he said was stolen from in front of an Ottumwa hotel He was questioned Thursday night but denied any connection.
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Ottumwa
C. E. Harding
Glen T. Coffin
Columbus
Hedrick
Harding
Coffin
E. E. Tremmel
Keokuk County
Bank HoldUp Reported by Sheriff Involving Coffin Record
According to the sheriff a holdup occurred at Hedrick Savings Bank. Two young men wearing overalls and straw hats fled with between $1,000 and $1,000. The suspect Coffin reportedly had a prior jail record.
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Harding
Coffin
Hedrick Savings Bank
State boards face coal bid dispute at Iowa universities
Des Moines AP reports the state board of education faces a probe over coal bids rejected for the University of Iowa while low bids from McCoy's clients were ignored. The interim committee also questions bid awards at Iowa State College and seeks details on license plate practices. It approved funds for hospital fuel needs and equipment at several state institutions.
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Dewey E. Goode
Bloomfield
State Motor Vehicle Department
Goode
Clarinda State Hospital
Woodward
Cherokee State Hospital
Mount Pleasant
Eldora
Independence
Oakale
Eastern Iowa 4H Contestants Among State Fair Winners
Four days of State fair demonstrations produced champions from east Pottawattamie Webster Scott and Washington counties. Leona Bentley and Virginia Killian won home furnishing. Marianna Schwendeman and Phyllis Williams won home efficiency. Maxine Peters and Ruth Hamann of Scott county led clothing. Washington and Des Moines counties contributed nutrition team members. several counties earned reserve status.
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DES Moines
Iowa
East Pottawattamie
Webster
Scott
Washington
Chicago
Leona Bentley
Virginia Killian
Sac
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Berlin
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