Railroads Show Early 1938 Freight Load Improvement
The nation’s railroads report the week ended Sept 3 1938 with 648 039 revenue freight cars loaded a peak for the year an up 4 4 percent from the prior week though still 19 2 percent below the same week in 1937 and 34 2 percent under 1930. Railroad employment also rises with Class 1 carriers listing 939 268 workers as of mid August up 1 05 percent from July but 19 22 percent below August 1937. June earnings for Class 1 carriers total 25 million dollars at 1 8 percent return versus 70 289 305 over six months and the six month annual rate 0 67 percent.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Association of American Railroads
Railroad workers refuse 15 percent wage cut
Cincinnati bulletin reports George M. Harrison, chairman of the Railway Laborers' Executive Committee, reiterating that organized railroad workers will not accept the 15 per cent wage reduction announced by railroad companies.
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Cincinnati, O
George M. Harrison
Railway Laborers’ Executive Committee
One Hurt In Grande Ave Accident At Twentieth Street
Cedar Davids News reports that Cedar Rapids resident LaVerne Burke, 24, of Fort Dodge, was injured when a car swerved to avoid a collision with another vehicle on Grande Avenue near Twentieth Street SE. Eugene Hassing, 23, of Ogden Utah, said he tried to pass the other car and swerved to avoid it, striking the curb five feet from the intersection. Stanley Mansfield, also of Ogden Utah, was uninjured. The other car sped away. its license number was obtained and matched to a Cedar Rapids youth who had not yet returned home. Burke was moved to a room at 2001 Park Avenue SE and later placed in a coma before being taken to St Luke’s Hospital.
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Cedar Davids News
LaVerne Burke
Fort Dodge
Grande Avenue
Twentieth Street
Eugene Hassing
Ogden
Utah
Hassing
Stanley Mansfield
Cedar Rapids
Burke
Mansfield
Park Avenue SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Teacher Florence Follmer Ends Life After Classroom Strife
In Niles Michigan an 18 year old rural school teacher Florence Follmer hanged herself in her parents barn after four days on the job trying to discipline unruly students less than three years younger. The incident links classroom trouble with a tragic end, detailing the bleak mood of a short lived teaching stint.
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Niles, Mich
Mns
Florence Follmer
Miss Follmer
Hungry Mob In Raid On Dining Hall At Rally
At a state Republican rally in a Pittsburgh suburban park, thousands shouted for free food and broke police lines to invade a dining hall. The melee left meat and produce scattered, 50,000 buns and vast quantities of corn and olives trampled, with Sen. James J. Davis and Judge Arthur H. James surrounded as they tried to steer proceedings. Police reported no injuries, while organizers admitted food was intended for 50,000 but only a fraction obtained it.
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Pittsburgh
James J. Davis
Arthur H. James
James
Dorothy
Davis
Park
Four Dangerous Insane Criminals At Large From Pueblo Hospital
Four dangerous insane criminals escaped from the Pueblo state hospital Friday night and were at large Saturday. Notorious Lester Gonce, 55, a slayer and father of two noted as "baby bandits," led the group with Forest Gonce, as an inmate. Also fleeing were Albert Carlson, 25, Will Rogers, 30, and Ultimee Jimmenez, 66. Carlson had murdered a Denver policeman in 1931 and faced a 65 years to life sentence. An intensive statewide search and possible outside aid were under investigation as authorities warned officers to watch for the fugitives as they fled a ward with an unlocked door.
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Albert Carlson
Ultimee Jimmenez
Will Rogers
Carlson
William Keating
Denver
Rogers
Gonce
Jimmenez
Californian Hurt In Highway Crash Near Cedar Rapids
F E Griffin 69 of Alhambra California suffered two deep scalp cuts when a car driven by his son Lynn 42 of Alhambra collided with a car carrying Mr and Mrs Wallace Moore three miles west of Cedar Rapids at the junction of old Route 30 and the new highway. Sheriff James H Smith will file a reckless driving charge against Lynn Griffin who witnesses say passed a slow sign and a 600 foot warning sign and did not stop at the stop sign. The California driver was not arrested.
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Cedar Rapids
F. E. Griffin
Alhambra
Calif
Lynn Griffin
Wallace Moore
Sixteenth Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
James H. Smith
Lynn’ Griffin
Third Term Talk Focuses On Maryland Georgia Primaries
Washington observers say Roosevelt faces a crucial test in Maryland on Monday and Georgia on Wednesday as voters decide on the New Deal purge. A double Roosevelt victory could secure a 1940 renomination. a defeat may fracture party control and revive third term opposition. Leading supporters and critics frame the primaries as pivotal to the president's power and the party's future.
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Washington
INS
Maryland
Georgia
Roosevelt
Millard E. Tydings
Walter F. George
Senate
South Carolina
E. D. “Cotton Ed” Smith
Olin D. Johnston
Capitol Hill
White House
Army Aviation Chief Lands Damaged Plane At Denver
Major General Oscar Westover, head of the army air corps, landed his attack plane safely at Denver Municipal Airport after a serious oil leak obscured vision and threatened to ignite the aircraft.
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Denver
INS
Oscar Westover
Washington, D. C
Army Air Corps
Army
Hanson credits free press with preserving rights of citizens
Elisha Hanson general counsel of the American Newspaper Publishers association praised free American journalism for safeguarding the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness during remarks in Elmira New York.
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Elmira
N. Y
Elisha Hanson
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Saturday
Man Without Country Confined To Liner Decks
A homeless 43 year old man, John Dolanchu, claims no country will accept him. Born in Hatna, then Austro Hungary, he has wandered since age 19, stowing away to reach Europe and returning to the United States repeatedly. Officials doubt he will be allowed to land in Le Havre when the President Roosevelt sails again.
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New York
INL
U. S
President Roosevelt
United States
John Dolanchu
Hatna
Roumania
Canada
Sudbury
Ont
Roosevelt
Europe
Manhattan
Austria
Dolandho
le Havre
President Roosevelts Hint McNutt Quit Philippine Post
The Washington Star reported word circulating in government quarters that President Roosevelt asked Paul V. McNutt to resign as high commissioner to the Philippines. McNutt, once eyed for the 1940 Democratic nomination, faced heat over court reforms and potential renomination of Senator Van Nuys. McNutt denied knowledge of any such move, while officials predicted he would return to the United States within months.
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Washington
Washington Star
Army
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
McNutt
Indiana
Frederick van Nuys
van Nuys
Star
M. Clifford Townsend
Manila
European Crisis Tentacles Reach Into Film Center
Hollywood studios move to finish Dawn Patrol amid Europe’s war threat. Warner Brothers orders rush to completion as 67 English actors, including Basil Rathbone Don Crisp David Niven Melville Cooper and Michael Brooke, hold reserve status ready for possible call to duty.
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Hollywood
Europe
Warner Brothers
Dawn Patrol
Royal Flying Corps
Basil Rathbone
Don Crisp
David Niven
Melville Cooper
Michael Brooke
Earl of Warwick
Holland Has Forty Years Peace Porcupine Parody
Arthur Bugs Baer writes a satirical piece praising Holland safety by its geography and bristles. He claims forty years of peace due to flooding capability and notes Wilhelmina and Wilhelm in a humorous tone while alluding to Kaiser’s past presence. The joke centers on defensive geography and patriotic caricatures.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Holland
Night Horse Show at Stanwood Draws 3,000 Fans
Stanwood hosted a superb night horse show with Ford Gallmeyer winning three firsts in the 1650 pound plus single hitch four horse hitch and six horse hitch. Emil Hack won the light single hitch and Cassie Voelker led a Gallmeyer entry to heavy hitch victory as about 3,000 spectators filled the stands and thousands lined the streets.
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Ray Anderson
Gavette Farm
Stanwood
Ford Gallmeyer
Gallmeyer
Emil Hack
Massillon
Harry Hopley
Atlantic
Earl Elijah
Clarence
Don Smith
Cassie Voelker
Ed Crist
Otto Pruess
Mechanicsville
Charles Kline
Olin
Don Hennessey
Monticello
Elijah
Hennessey
Victor Glenn
Roy Curtis
Donahue
Glenn
Man Dies After Jump From Iowa City Hospital Window
Glenn Rhinehart 33 of Cedar Rapids dies at University Hospital Iowa City after leaping from a third story window during psychiatric observation for a nervous disorder. Deputy coroner Dr D F Fitzpatrick calls it self harm. no inquest planned. Survived by parents J H Rhinehart Cedar Rapids and two sisters Carrie Rhinehart and Mrs L B Shock Los Angeles. Body sent to Brady mortuary.
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Cedar Rapids
Glenn
Buzz" Rhinehart
Ellis Boulevard
University Hospital
Iowa City
Rhinehart
Clarence van Epps
Richard Connor
General Hospital
Medical Laboratory
Joe Myers
Barber
D. F. Fitzpatrick
Johnson County
Glenn Rhinehart
J. H. Rhinehart
Carrie M. Rhinehart
City
L. B. Shock
Los Angeles
Calif
Brady Mortuary
Overlapping tax reduction eyed by Roosevelt advisers
Treasury officials discussed a possible conference with state officers to address overlapping levies across 36 income tax states 24 sales tax states and tobacco and liquor taxes. They warn reforms require constitutional limits or unified collection and standardization under federal action.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
The
Chicago banker quits for ministry belief of democracy faith
Carmen Daniel Boone, a Chicago businessman and University of Chicago graduate, resigned from his thirteen year post at First National Bank on Saturday to study for the ministry. He cited his conviction that democracy’s salvation rests on returning to the principles of God and promptly announced his career change.
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Chicago
INS
Carmen Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
Police Hunt Woman Reader On Charge of Confidence Game
Police seek Mrs Castle a self styled spiritualist reader and life adviser permanently located at 1316 First Avenue East for questioning in the Your money in my Bible racket A local man says she asked him to put more than 50 dollars in her Bible Tuesday to consider his case She said she would decide Friday but left town Wednesday and the man filed a complaint Friday
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Cedar Rapids
Castle
First Avenue E
Corrigan Reaches California in 1938 Flight
Douglas Corrigan landed his $900 plane at Long Beach Municipal Airport Saturday completing a New York to California journey begun two months earlier when a compass error sent him to Dublin. He flew in from Phoenix, Arizona to the California port.
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Long Beach
Calif
Douglas Corrigan
New York
California
Dublin
Ireland
Municipal Airport
Phoenix
Ariz
Latest Developments In Europe On Eve Of Hitler Talk
Europe faces a tense prelude to a major speech by Hitler at Nuremberg as Goering and Goebbels signal bold moves toward resolving the Czech crisis. Prague reports Czech police gunfire wounds five Germans near Carlsbad, while President Benes vows fight to the last against aggression and urges Sudetens to prepare for sacrifices. Britain proposes a new Anglo German Italo French framework for peace as Sudeten autonomy remains unresolved.
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Europe
Nuremberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Hermann Goering
Joseph Goebbels
Goering
Goebbels
Russia
Prague
Carlsbad
Eduard Benes
London
Britain
Sudeten
Mercury Hits 87 Then Starts Down
With high humidity, the day climbed to a maximum of 87 degrees at 6:20 p.m. before dropping. Temperatures fell to 82 by 7 p.m. 76 at 9 p.m. and 71 early Sunday morning. Rain and wind arrived after midnight, bringing a noticeable drop.
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Mercury
Cedar Rapids
Lawless World Faces Choice Between Anarchy and Order
Secretary Hull in a letter to Peru's Lima conference warns the world must choose between international anarchy and fair play under law. He notes recent events in Germany and Czechoslovakia underscore nations' duties to uphold orderly relations, urging American republics to set a global example through solidarity and friendship.
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Washington
Hull
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Peru
Lima
Adolf Hitler
Nuremberg
U S Keeps Close Tab On Mounting European Tension
Washington watched Europe’s mounting war tension Saturday night with grave anxiety reflecting the US policy of world peace without entanglements. Diplomatic agents wired updates to Secretary Hull who passed key developments to President Roosevelt as he traveled toward Rochester Minnesota. The latest cable from Ambassador Kennedy in London reported a conference with Viscount Halifax, the British foreign secretary.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Rochester
Minn
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
Viscount
Halifax
Britain proposes four power Europe settlement to Germany
London reports a last minute British plan to Germany to resolve the Czech Sudeten issue and safeguard peace through an Anglo German French four power guarantee. Sir Nevile Henderson conveyed the proposal to Joachim von Ribbentrop who promised to pass it to Adolf Hitler ahead of his expected response to the Sudeten autonomy question.
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London
INS
Great Britain
Germany
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Nevile Henderson
Adolf Hitler
von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Henderson
Netherlands orders troop leaves halted on eastern frontier
The Netherlands suspended leaves for troops along the eastern frontier facing Germany amid the Czechoslovak crisis. Prime Minister Chamberlain delayed a formal note to Hitler as talks continued in London and at Nuremberg about a four power approach to the Sudeten issue. Henderson was told to stand by at Nuremberg for possible talks as European leaders weigh a broader appeasement strategy.
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WAGUE
Netherlands
Holland
Germany
Neville Chamberlain
Henderson
Nuremberg
Hitler
Chamberlain
Britain
Downing Street
Wenderson
von Ribbentrop
London
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Konrad Henlein
Cardenas Attacks Protection Of Investments Abroad
Mexico City AP reports President Lazaro Cardenas denounced the doctrine that a nation may shield its citizens' investments overseas during a 20 minute speech at the International Congress Against War and Fascism. He urged American nations to unite and create a continental navy to defend independence.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
International Congress
America
Weekly Weather Forecast for Midwest Plains Sept 12 17
CHICAGO UP forecast calls for Sept 12 17 across upper Mississippi lower Missouri valleys and northern central plains. Expect mostly fair start with a later shower period midweek or in the latter half. Temperatures near normal with highs and lows varying by locality.
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Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
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