Fansteel plant sitdown strike and labor board ruling
Report on the Fansteel Metallurgical plant seizure by CIO affiliated workers in North Chicago, law enforcement restoring property, arrests and penalties. Labor board examiner orders reinstatement of 83 workers and $70,000 back wages for 67 strikers, with contention over back pay for jailed workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Fansteel Metallurgical Company
North
Chicago
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Board
Jerseys Judged At All Iowa Show
Meredith Jersey farm of Des Moines and Robert Massee of Nashua led the Jersey cattle show at the All Iowa Livestock exhibition in Cedar Rapids. The Meredith farm took the grand champion bull, a 5-year-old, while Massee won the grand champion cow with a 3-year-old heifer. Junior champions went to Sutherland Cows of Cedar Rapids (female) and Edwin Chenswold of West Union (bull). Judge Dr. S M Salisbury, OSU agriculture dean, presided over the Jersey classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Meredith Jersey Farm
Des Moines
Robert Massee
Nashua
Meredith Farm
Massee
Sutherland Cows
Edwin Chenswold
West
Union
S. M. Salisbury
College of Agriculture
Ohio State University At
Columbus
Salisbury
United States
Steal Martelle Truck In Chicago As Driver Eats Breakfast
Floyd May, driver for Lowell Kohl, left an International truck to eat breakfast on Halstead Street Chicago. The loaded coal truck was driven away as May returned, with new tires added by the thief. Police reported no recovery by Thursday night and the cargo included livestock the previous night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gervette Martelle
Floyd May
Lowell Kohl
Martelle
Halstead Street
Chicago
Kohl
May
Martello
Baseball scorelines and player lists from early games
The sheet lists multiple early baseball game results with team names including Washington Philadelphia New York Brooklyn Boston Pittsburgh Chicago St. Louis and Cincinnati. It names players such as Lanahan Kras EK Linke Cohen Phebus Mil nes Williams Neleen Brucher McKain Marcum Desautels Berg Malone Murphy Makosky Glenn Hubbell Coffman Mancuso and others along with scoring lines and innings summaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phila
Lanahan
Kras
Ferrell
Melan Archer
Turbeville
Linke
Cohen
Phebus
Milnes
Williams
Neleen
Brucker
Boaten
New York
McKain
Marcum
Desautels
Berg
Malone
Murphy
Makosky
Glenn
Federal funds set for new post offices in Iowa cities
Washington treasury department announced Friday five eastern Iowa cities will receive federal post office construction funds in the current year. Burlington gets 250 000 dollars while Monticello Eldora Waukon and Mount Ayr receive allocations of 72 000 80 000 75 000 and 75 000 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Treasury Department
Burlington
Monticello
Eldora
Waukon
Mount Ayr
Iowa Seizes More Pinball Devices in Court Fight
State agent W. P. Haley testified in Judge Shankland's court as pinball seizures continued at Fort Des Moines drug store. He described shutting off the machine and the sign reading out of order. Merchandisers association official said Iowa’s 3,000 machines yield about 1.5 million dollars yearly. A representative argued the act spared machines not used for gambling. The injunction delays remain while a permanent ruling and possible appeal to the state supreme court are anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PHE
Automatic Merchandisers Association of
Iowa
Des Moines
Automatic Merchandisers Association
W. P. Haley
F. S. Shankland
Haley
Fort Des Moines
Asst. Atty
Norman Genung
L. B. Winslow
Leo Hoegh
Chariton
O. S. Franklin
State Supreme Court
Warroad seaplane base named airport of entry
The customs bureau designated the Warroad Minnesota seaplane base as an airport of entry for foreign aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Customs Bureau
Warroad
Minn
Farley Defends Dems and Attacks GOP at Iowa Dinner
Postmaster General James A. Farley told about a thousand Iowa Democrats that the Republican party cannot regain power amid divided Democratic ranks. He urged a program appealing to horse sense, warned against minority loudness, and praised Roosevelt era achievements while outlining farm policy implications for durable national leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
James A. Farley
Iowa
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Farley
Ohio
Missouri
Nebraska
Democratic National Committee
Thrill Day at Hawkeye Downs Sailors and Reckless Rex
Thrill Day Friday at All-Iowa Livestock Exposition Hawkeye Downs features Reckless Rex Murphy and his Hell Drivers with Jaloppy drivers in a three hour program starting at 2 p.m. Sixteen amateur Barney Oldfields drive ten year old cars in a sixty lap derby for 270 dollars in prize money. Murphy’s act includes dangerous stunts like jumping trucks over barriers ski jumping and head on collisions with drivers remaining in their cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Downs
Rex Murphy
Hell
Barney Oldfields
Merphy
Murphy
Cedar Rapids
Tess McCann
Humble
Friday Thrill Day Shines at Hawkeye Downs Exposition
Hawkeye Downs hosts a day of horse racing, band music, vaudeville, and stunts. Tess McCann wins the half‑mile race in 56.2 seconds, Mary Helen leads a four and one half furlong event in 58.5, and Lillian Jenkinson takes the last race with Keen Gleaming. The meet totals nearly $2,000 in purses with the Hawkeye Derby set for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art LaRue
Muscatine
C. S. Miller
Tipton
LaRue
Mary Helen
Ray Mantel
Magnus
Edgeton
Lillian
Lillian Jenkinson
Monroe
Neb
Keen Gleaming
Cabin Camp
Price
Bender
Hawkeye Downs
Farley Gets Quick Shave During Omaha Visit
Postmaster General James A. Farley requested a fast shave in Omaha finishing in nine minutes with two razors prepared. He noted a nice face and left after two hours and 15 minutes amid delegations from Omaha Lincoln and Columbus seeking post office improvements totaling 3 million, 500 thousand, and 100 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
James A. Farley
Farley
Orin Scott
Scott
Nebraska
Lincoln
Columbus
Fairfax Doctor faces narcotics charge in district court
County Attorney G K Thompson announced a district court information charging Dr Frederick J Laughlin of Fairfax with prescribing morphine sulfate illegally. The case ties to Velma Rinehart of Waterloo who said she obtained narcotics from the physician over several months. Rinehart was arrested for forgery. arraignment for Laughlin likely Saturday. Authorities say prescriptions lacked full patient details and were filled at Cedar Rapids drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. K. Thompson
District Court
Frederick J. Laughlin
Fairfax
Thompson
Laughlin
Velma Rinehart
Waterloo
Dr. Laughlin
Miss Rinehart
William D. Morris
Des Moines
William J. Fogarty
State Bureau of Investigation
Cedar Rapids
Liquor Board Considers Sale Records and Limits
Des Moines reports that G King Thompson Linn county attorney can obtain full Cedar Rapids state liquor store sale records from the state liquor commission. Chairman B E Manley says federal rules prohibit five gallon or more sales to one buyer though discretionary otherwise. He notes county officers frequently review records and that permits are revoked on bootlegger claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
G. King Thompson
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
State Liquor Commission
B. E. Manley
The
Liquor Board
Thompson
Commission
Six Year Old Boy Killed Near Clinton
Paul Campiec six year old son of Mr and Mrs P Campiec died at a hospital after being struck by a car driven by Harold Hopkins Camanche Ia as the boy left school two miles south of Clinton on highway 67.
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Clinton
Paul Campiec
P. Campie
Harold Hopkins
Camanche
Here
McGrady Walks Out After Stopping Strikes
Ed McGrady a labor troubleshooter for the administration walks out after claiming success in ending strikes. He settled a rubber strike in Akron and a bricklayers’ strike in New York in one day. Labor says he favors capital while capital says he leans toward labor, echoing Abe Lincoln’s quip about pleasing all the people in an air cooled theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
New York
Labor
Abe Lincoln
Mickey Mouse
Remembering Barrie and the lure of imagination
A reader defends Sir James Barrie against claims that his later life shows weakness. The letter argues imagination offers solace from harsh reality and cites Barrie’s gentleness, generosity, and genius as a source of comforting fantasy rather than cowardice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Barrie
Barrie
Peter Pan
Mary Rose
Coppriant
Steer Prices Reach Nine-Year High at Chicago Yard
In Chicago, prime steers weighing 1,221 pounds sold at 18.75 dollars per hundredweight in the Union stock yards, matching a price last seen over nine years ago and marking the season's high since January 1928. Seventeen steers pushed the figure, the market firm despite a cautious mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Union
U S Policy Stresses Protection of Nationals in Orient
Secretary of State Cordell Hull declared the United States will not abandon protection of its nationals or withdraw its troops from China. He said American responsibilities to citizens in China are well defined and recognized, even as advisory notices urge Americans to leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
United States
Orient
China
Far East
Cordell Hull
Hull
Capone Home Sale Denied Injunction Request
Federal Judge Louie W. Strum refused Mrs. Al Capone’s bid for a temporary injunction to halt the Internal Revenue Service sale of the Capone Miami Beach home for delinquent taxes. The sale was set for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville, Fla
Louie W. Strum
al Capone
Collector of Internal Revenue
Capone
Miami Beach
New Yorkers Climb Stairs In Strike
A building service strike spreads through upper Manhattan forcing residents of Swanky Park and Fifth Avenue houses to climb 18 and 20 flights. With nine buildings already affected officials of the building service employees international union announced six more walkouts would be ordered by nightfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Building Service
Upper Manhattan
Swanky Park
Fifth Avenue Houses
Employes International Union
Mediterranean powers plan nine-nation fleet to fight submarines
British and French naval experts completed a mobilization plan for an international fleet of nine nations to patrol the Mediterranean against pirate submarines. The plan, discussed overnight by admiralties, will be presented at a Nyon conference in Switzerland as Italy and Germany boycott the talks. Britain and France push ahead with convoys to defend merchant shipping, while Germany and Italy denounce the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean Sea
Sam
United States Navy
State Department
Mediterranean
England
Germany
Russia
Spain
United States
Italy
London
Nyon
Switzerland
Lake
Geneva
Britain
France
S Sudactirg
Rome
Berlin
Leipzig
Oelwein Man Critically Injured In Crash
Harry E. Gardner, 36, of Oelwein, was critically hurt when his car left the highway, struck a telephone pole on a curve. Physicians diagnosed a skull fracture and possible broken neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport, I
Harry E. Gardner
Oelwein, Jr
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Pennsylvania Steel Products Company
American Federation of Labor Union
HAT News
Meredith
West Union
Ohioan
E. S. Baughman
Pulaski
L. A. Whitacre
West Liberty
William J. Campbell
Jesup
Sutherland Dows
Charles McLeish
Oelwein
Ss. Baughman
Ivan W. Sewright
Osage
Ivan N. Gates
W. J. Campbell
Jesse M. Adams
Moulton
W. F. Stevn
Monona
Harold Massee
Leo B. Smith
Williamsburg
Guy Patterson
Dumont
E. §. Baughman
E. S Baughman
L.A. Whitacre
Geraghty Brothers of
McGregor
Gerag
Clermont
William F. Campbell
Earl and Russell Lyon
R. F. Learn
United
Cleveland
Detroit
Galehouse
Whitehill
Kindlin
Harder
Sullivan
Lawson
McLaughlin
Gill
York
St. Louis
Rigney
Cain
Brown
Sewell
Trotter
VanAtta
Hildebrand
Walkup
Koupai
Huffman
National League
Brooklyn
Hubbell
Coffman
Mancuso
Hamlin
Phelps
Smith
Danning
Henshaw
Lindsey
Cantwell
Philaphia
Boston
Passeau
Atwood
Hutchinson, Gabler and Leper
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Js Sehett Cand. Lombardk
Brande and
Paddon
St. Louia
Warneke
Ogredewski
Reot
Parmelee
Wasken
G. O. P. Farley
Demos
Cedar Rafids News
Hawkeye Downs Exposition
Murphy's Hell
Tait Cummins
Cricket
Hicks
Look Out
Cassebarth
McGrady
Arthur “Rugs Waer
Ed McGrady
Reagh
U.S
Iviza
Almeria
Oelwein Man
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