Wild West Wins Hawkeye State Derby at Hawkeye Downs
More than 8 000 people attended the All Iowa Livestock show opening at Hawkeye Downs with 5 000 filling the grandstand for a superior fair program. The feature race the Hawkeye State derby for 500 added money and a mile and seventy yards was won by Wild West owned by Carl Blair Cedar Rapids and ridden by Hummell. Catchon owned by Jean Cox Onawa placed second with Cleo Cox aboard while Nott owned by R Bingham Aledo Illinois finished third with Bob Cooper riding.
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Hawkeye Downs
Alltowa
Tuesday Children Day at All Iowa Livestock Show
Tuesday will be children free day at Hawkeye Downs with schoolchildren admitted free to grounds and unreserved grandstand in the afternoon and evening. The program features five vaudeville acts three society horse show classes three running races band concerts and a stock parade in the afternoon and five horse show classes judged and Ernie Young's Passing Parade in the evening.
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Hawkeye Downs
Ernie Young
Local fair features thrill as youngster edges Loupriver
A novice youth delivered the crowd’s biggest thrill by overtaking Loupriver owned and ridden by Lillian Jenkinson the Monroe Neb jockey. Jenkinson also won one race and placed second in another as Cabin Camp took a 414 furlong dash with Less McCann aboard Humble finishing third. A five-eighths mile event saw Privately with Render second and Pennsylvania third. The day also showcased a five gaited class judged by Charles P. Arnold with Princess Stonewall winning.istrict Livestock Parade and Monday night classes highlighted by noted breeders and horses.
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Loupriver
Lillian Jenkinson
Monroe
Neb
Miss Jenkinson
Cabin Camp
Stevenson
Less McCann
Humble Up
Render Up
Pennsylvania
Humble
Society Horse Show
Charles P. Arnold
Williamsburg
Mexico Duce
A. F Haney
Slayer Of 3 Girls Enters Death Row
Albert Dyer, convicted of killing three girls, was moved from Los Angeles to San Quentin and placed in condemned row. A date for execution awaits action by the state supreme court on his appeal.
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San Quentin
Calif
Albert Dyer
Los Angeles
State Prison
State Supreme Court
Tama County Cattle Judges Win At Show
Tama county junior livestock judges swept opening day of the All Iowa Livestock show at Hawk Eye Downs. Russell Lyon edged Elmer Carlson by one point to win individual honors with 748 points. Tama’s team of Lyon Westfall and Winders won the team title with 2152 points, Johnson and Linn counties close behind. Individual top ten lists named Lyon, Carlson, Williams, Sloan, Enslow, Williams, Maltas, Westfall, Grummer, Hayslett, Bowers, and Phelps with scores ranging 710 to 748.
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Tama County
Hawkeye Downs
Russell Lyon
Elmer Carlson
Vinton
Benton County
Lyon
Carlson
Tama
George Westfall
Robert Winders
Johnson County
Linn County
Johnson
Alen Williams
Donald Spencer
Leland Stock
Linn
Lee Sloan
Delmon Bowers
Dean Thomas
Einer Carlson
Allen Williams
Iowa City
Marion
Monte Enslow
Charlton
Lucas County
Charles Williams
Charlotte
Clinton County
Carlton Maltas
Walton
Willard Grummer
Belle Plaine
Jimmie Hayslett
Cedar County
Leslie Phelps
Tipton
Press Search For Al Brady Mobsters
Gmen in Chicago pressed the hunt for Al Brady and his gang after a Wisconsin bank robbery linked by fingerprints and witnesses. Brady and lieutenants Dalhover and Shaffer fled to northern Wisconsin then Chicago before vanishing, with agents believing they may still be in the city.
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Chicago
SNS
al Brady
Indiana
New Dillinger
Wisconsin
Thorne
Wis
Brady
James Dalhover
Clarence Lee Shaffer
Italy and Russia clash over sinking of two Soviet ships
Moscow formally accuses fascist Italy of sinking two Soviet vessels in the Mediterranean. Italy rejects the charge and threatens diplomatic break, raising fears of a wider war as France and Britain seek Italian cooperation to avert conflict on Mediterranean sea routes.
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Rome
Russia
Italy
Mediterranean
Benito Mussolini
Galleazo Ciano
Ciano
Mussolini
Moscow
France
Great Britain
Europe
Americans in China protest FRS warning
In Shanghai the 2,000 Americans protest President Roosevelt urging them to leave China. They say they have received no official evacuation order while war rages nearby. Evacuation remains difficult due to shipping disruption and new Japanese buoys altering the transport channel.
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Shanghai
Roosevelt
China
America
Whangpoo
Japanese Drive at Shanghai in Large Scale Battle
Lieut. Gen. Iwane Matsui unleashes about 70,000 veteran Japanese infantry in a major push against 150,000 Chinese near Shanghai as air raids hit 250,000 more along the Nanking defense line. Casualties mount. Paoshan fell and Chinese fortifications along the Yangtze delta endure heavy combat.
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Shanghat
Iwane Matsui
Shanghai
Nanking
Yangtse
Paoshan
Japan Replies To British Protest Over Ambassador Wounding
Japan has replied to Britain's protest over the wounding of British Ambassador Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull Hugessen in China. Foreign Minister Hirota said no tangible proof shows the ambassador's car was attacked by a Japanese plane. The note will be published first in London.
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Japan
Great Britain
China
Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull- Hugessen
Foreign Office
London
Koki Hirota
Diet
Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen
Sir Hughe
Nanking
Shanghai
Americans Flee From Inland China
Seventy American and British women and children stranded for a month at Mokanshan mountain resort reached Ningpo Monday and will depart for Shanghai on Tuesday.
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Shanghai
INS
Mokanshan
Ningpo
Shandghai
Roosevelt urges Le Peioais to quit war zone
President Roosevelt warns Americans in the Sino-Japanese war zone to evacuate as U.S. naval forces stand ready to bring home 7 780 citizens. He notes travel safety delays and hints at a Pacific coast visit around Sept 20 while monitoring neutrality act needs.
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Roosevelt
Long Island Sound
United States
U.S
Pacific
Orient
U. S
Great Salt Pond Harbor
Bloc Island
Potomac
Hyde Park
N. Y
Plane Crashes In Lake Erie Leaves Three Feared Dead
Three Detroit men are feared dead after a plane crash south of Pt. Peele Ontario in Lake Erie. Rescue attempts were halted by rough weather as divers failed to reach the wreckage. Identified were owner Harry Corley, attendant Jerry Teffens, and pilot James Munro, who departed Stanislaw airport in Detroit at 9 a.m. to attend the national air races in Cleveland.
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Peele
Detroit
Here
Lake Erie
Harry Corley
Jerry Teffens
James Munro
Stanislaw Airport
Cleveland
Income Tax Collections Reach Record September Total
Washington authorities project September income tax receipts at 500 million dollars, the largest for the month since 1929, about 140 million more than the previous September.
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Washington
Treasury
Perkins Warns on Aging Workers and Job Access
Secretary of Labor Francis Perkins urges action to protect older workers from age discrimination in public and private employment. She notes progress under the National Labor Relations Act and Roosevelt policy, with wage gains and better conditions, and reports about 2,000,000 more wage earners employed.
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Labor
Washington
Francis Perkins
Department of Labor
Roosevelt
Four Children Die In Farm House Fire Near Lompoc
In a late Sunday night blaze at a farm home near Lompoc California four children Elsie 17 Helen 14 Arthur 13 and Mathilda 11 died trapped in their bedrooms. Their mother Mary Tosti carried two sons Frank 8 and Albert 4 to safety but sustained critical burns.
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Lompoc
Calif
Mary Tosti
Frank
Albert
Elsie
Helen
Arthur
Mathilda
Raiding Squad Finds Full Case State Whisky Cached In Weeds
Sheriff James H. Smith's raiders uncovered a full case of whisky near the Airport Inn between midnight and 3 am. The sealed case contained twelve quarts worth three gallons, marked with Iowa seals, with no state permit holder claiming it by Sunday night. Local officers continued the weed search after the raid as empty bottles and discarded cartons were found nearby.
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Airport Inn
James H. Smith
Iowa
South
Tien
Roosevelt Hopkins set 1 billion in relief funds for next year
Federal relief funds will be held to 1 billion dollars for the next year under a program adopted by President Roosevelt and WPA chief Harry L. Hopkins. The plan, drafted aboard the Potomac, aims to cut relief costs as employment improves, with estimates for next year prepared for Congress.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Potomac
Hopkins
Long Island
WPA
Daniel W. Bell
National Youth Administration
Resettlement Administration
Weekend Death Toll Near Four Hundred Across Nation
Fatalities from Labor Day weekend rise toward 400 with 215 killed in 41 states by auto crashes. Airplane accidents, drownings, shootings, and lightning push National Safety Council forecast toward 1,000 by week end. Michigan leads with 24 auto deaths, California 21, Illinois and Indiana 13 each. Additional fatalities include Navy fliers near Maryland, pilots in Minneapolis and Ord Nebraska, and two golfers struck by lightning in Pittsburgh.
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United Press
National Safety Council
Michigan
California
Illinois
Indiana
New York
Navy
Friendsville
Minneapolis
Ord
Neb
Lake Erie
Point Peele
Ont
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Meadville
Carl Yeargin
Los Angeles
St. Louis
G O P Chairman of Scott County Dies in Davenport
John Weir a Davenport attorney and longtime Scott County Republican chairman died suddenly at 10 50 am Monday in a downtown hat shop He was 48 and had 25 years in Republican politics including 12 years as Scott County attorney.
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Davenport
John Weir
Scott County Republican Committee
Weir
Scott County
Patience as Courage in Civic Life and Literature
A 1937 reflection emphasizes patience as a high form of courage citing Lloyd George, Hardy, and Lincoln. It warns against impatient minorities and the lure of quick social fixes, arguing patient endurance preserves liberty and leads to wiser victory.
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Lloyd George
Riddell
Thomas Hardy
Lincoln
Hughes
Jesus
iCopyright
Girl 3 Fatally Crushed Between Cars in Independence
Helen Cousins three years old daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Cousins was fatally crushed between two cars at 6 pm Sunday. Her seven year old sister climbed into one car placed it in gear and started the engine causing the vehicle to lunge forward. Helen died an hour later.
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Independence
Helen Cousins
Herman Cousins
Helen
Labor Day Observed Amid Labor Union Rift and Threats
American workers marked the fiftieth Labor Day amid bitter internal strife between rival unions. John L. Lewis and William Green fired caustic blasts in nationwide broadcasts while the Roosevelt administration urged calm. Perkins highlighted older workers facing job scarcity. Green accused Lewis COB of paving fascist dictatorship, and Lewis claimed CLO toppled industrial overlords in a year.
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Washington
INS
John L. Lewis
William Green
Roosevelt
National Federation of Federal Employes
Springfield
Perkins
Green
Central Labor Council
Dallas
Tex
Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization Movement
Pittsburgh
American Federation of Labor
Kling Wins Blue Ribbon Thompson Trophy At Cleveland
Rudy Kling, 29, flying a Kling Special powered by a Menasco motor, won the Thompson trophy race by a plane length in a near record finish at Municipal Airport Cleveland. Earl Ortman placed second with Frank Sinclair fourth and S J Wittman fifth after a dramatic final lap. Kling earned $9,000 with other prizes awarded as top finishers battled gusty conditions and famous rivals in the national air races.
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Wittman
Turner
Ortman
Frank Sinclair
Farmingdale
N. Y
Kling
Los Angeles Flyer
Suz
Sinclair
Witteman
Ray Moore
San Francisco
G. H. Gotch
Los Angeles
Congressional Holiday Forecast By Bugs Baer
Congress will not meet until December except by accident. The column notes members at home, a rush of vetoes, and a country eased by the lawmakers’ pause as Europe tours and the Supreme Court lingers in the suburbs.
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