Goebbels Assails Democracy and Press Freedom
In Lremburg Goebbels attacked democracy and Bolshevism, blaming the communist vote for Czechoslovakia’s fate and denouncing U S press freedom as non existent. Berlin issued a decree barring commercial air traffic over western border areas with France and Belgium, effective Sept 20, to be enforced by military planes using rocket signals. trespassers face firing.
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Lremburg
Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
United States
Goebbels
Communist International
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Benes
William E Dodd
Berlin
Official
France
Belgium
Goering
Thomas criticizes Jersey City probe as not in good faith
Norman Thomas, citing an unconfirmed press report, released a letter attacking the Department of Justice for not pursuing the Jersey City civil liberties inquiry in good faith. He sent the letter to Attorney General Homer Cummings after newspapers said the probe was dropped for lack of evidence, though no official statement confirmed abandonment. Thomas claimed the department pulled its punches due to Mayor Frank Hague’s strong Democratic party position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Norman Thomas
Department of Justice
Jersey City
Thomas
Homer Cummings
Washington
Justice Department
Frank Hague
Horses Share In Mercy Hop Credit
Four horses today shared with Bill Monday, Cody aviator, credit for a mercy flight to save the life of Barbara Nichols, 12, daughter of J. C. Nichols, Chicago businessman. The horses pulled Monday’s plane to a hilltop for takeoff to Cody with the injured girl, who had been hurt by a pitchfork at a ranch 75 miles southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cody
Wyo
Bill Monday
Barbara Nichols
J. C. Nichols
Chicago
Monday
Here
Pair Charged With Disturbing The Peace In Tavern Brawl
J C Shelton aged 34 and his sister 36 living at 107 A avenue NE were arrested around 1130 PM Saturday by Patrolman Burke for disturbing the peace in a tavern at 114 First Street SE. The altercation with another woman led Burke to intervene after a pop bottle was thrown. The woman contends Burke in plain clothes did not show his star or authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C Shelton
Burke
First Street
Arrest Made In Huntington Box Car Peering Incident
John Shelton, 43, of Huntington West Virginia, was arrested by police at 11 p.m. Saturday in a box car on Ninth avenue between Fourth and Sixth streets and is being held for investigation. He was seen peering into store windows and watching a merchant count the day's receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shelton
Huntington
W. Va
Ninth Avenue
Fourth
Sixth Streets
Rehire 1,000 Workers in DL&W Rail Shops
One thousand workers will return on Monday to their jobs in the Scranton Pennsylvania and Kingsland New Jersey shops of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad. The article notes a story about totem poles and Indian family history carved as grotesque carvings.
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New York
INS
Scranton
Kingsland
N. J
Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad
GOP Committee Posts Eight Month Income and Expenditures
Washington AP report shows the Republican National Committee took in 1 788 185 and spent 794 459 in the first eight months of the year. Major donors include John D. Rockefeller III Lorenz Iverson Sewell L Avery and H G Dalton each giving 5 000. The NJ Republican finance committee donated 15 000 and the NY state committee 12 000. Franklyn Waltman received a semi monthly 833 salary while John Hamilton earned 625. Pledges totaling 142 021 remained uncollected. other top salaries included Marion E Martin at 8000 and William Hard at 5000 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republican National Committee
Clerk of the House
National Republican Party Chest
John D. Rockefeller, III
New York
Lorenz Iverson
Pittsburgh
Sewell L. Avery
Chicago
H. G. Dalton
Cleveland
New Jersey
Republican Finance Committee
Republican State Committee
G.O.P. Ways and Means Committee
Michigan
Massachusetts
Franklyn Waltman
John Hamilton
Waltman
Hamilton
Republican Committee
Marion E. Martin
William Hard
New Transportation Center Opens in Cedar Rapids crowds mark debut
Nearly 10 000 people attended Cedar Rapids new Transportation Center at 328 Second Street SE for its formal opening. The union station serves all city bus and interurban lines and is thought to be the first of its kind in the United States. Open day and night, it hosts sixty eight scheduled services daily shared by local railways and six bus lines including Chicago and North Western Stages and Interstate Transit lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
New Transportation Center
Second Street
United States
Iowa City
Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway
Mob Czech Doctor mobbed after Sudeten martyr funeral
Dr Jan Mencl state physician who performed the autopsy on Alfred Knoll Sudeten party member was mobbed at Jaegerndorf as 20 000 to 30 000 Sudeten Germans attended Knoll memorial services. Protesters accused him of driving into the crowd and objecting to local doctors participating in the autopsy.
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Jaegerndorf
Czechoslovakia
Jan Mencl
Alfred Knoll
Knoll
Mencl
Silesia
South
Moravia
Suspected Pair Brought Back To Iowa For Robbery Probes
OSKALOOSA AP Officers returned William McDonald and Norma McDonald both 25 from Chicago where they were arrested. They were being questioned in Mahaska county jail about bank holdups at Hedrick and North English Iowa. The attorney general’s office had implicated them in the two raids. Ringler and Barry, ages 23 and 21, are held on robbery charges with $50,000 bonds.
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Oskaloosa
William McDonald
Iowa
Chicago
Hedrick
North English
Des Moines
McDonalds
Richard Ringler
Louis Barry
McDonald
Mahaska County
Earl Tremmel
Keokuk County
Norma
Sigourney
South Dakota
Ringler
Barry
Duelling Banned By Nazi Decree
A Nazi decree announced at the Nuremberg party congress bans duelling as the supposed honorable method to settle disputes over personal honor in Germany, marking a state move to suppress traditional gentlemenly combat.
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Nuremberg
Germany
INS
Mish Low Cedar Rapids New York Washington at El Paso
Fragmented OCR text with city names and odd scores or codes. Reads like a chaotic sports or scoreboard snippet with teams including Cedar Rapids New York Washington El Paso Miami New Orleans Chicago Cincinnati Des Moines St Moorhead Denver Salt Lake City Los Angeles and others. Likely a roundup of scores or standings with unclear formatting and stray numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
New York
Washington
el Paso
Miami
New Orleans
Chicago
Cincinnati
Detroit
Wemarck
Des Moines
Moorhead
Mels-St. P. Ik
Denver
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Britain Proposes Four Power Pact in Crisis Week
Britain presses a four power pact amid Czech Sudeten tensions as Hitler faces pressure. Chamberlain convenes cabinet as Henderson reports to London, with Britain warning Hitler while naval forces move toward readiness. Dominions pledge support and Nuremberg decisions loom over weekend actions.
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Europe
Hitler
Nuremberg
France
Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
John Simon
Samuel Hoare
Hoare
North Sea
Britain
London
Czechoslovakia
German Chancellor rules out compromise with Creche in
London dispatch from Nuremberg states Hitler told Britain's mediator Viscount Runciman that Germany will make no compromise with the Creche in the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
London Daily Express
Nuremberg
Hitler
Britain
Viscount Runciman
Germany
Sudeten Demands Press for Autonomy and Alliance Shift
The document lists three core demands: first, autonomy for Sudeten Germans within Czechoslovakia. second, eight Carlsbad demands demanding full home rule. third, Czechoslovakia to abandon military alliances with Soviet Russia and France. These items outline a push for greater regional control and a realignment of international partnerships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlsbad
Konrad Henfein
Czechoslovakia
Russia
France
Polish Army Holds Galicia Maneuvers Near Czechoslovakia
Berlin dispatch reports from Warsaw that the Polish army is conducting maneuvers in Galicia province near the Czechoslovak border. Foreign military attaches are attending the Polish exercises, the agency said.
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Berlin
INS
Warsaw
Galicia
Czechoslovakia
Man Pleads Guilty To Public Affray In Valley Inn Scuffle
Stan ley Kolsto, 24, of route No 1 Cedar Rapids, pled guilty to engaging in a public affray at the Valley Inn. In Justice H R Churchill's court he was fined 50 dollars and costs, with all but 10 dollars and costs suspended on good behavior. He has a week to pay. Three co-defendants also received fines for the same incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Kolsto
Cedar Rapids
Justice of the Peace
H. R. Churchill
Kolsto
The
Valley Inn
Death notices and funeral details for Mrs W H Taylor
Funeral services for Mrs. W H Taylor set for 2 p.m. Monday at the Rohn funeral chapel with Rev Elton D Wells officiating. Burial at Linwood cemetery. Also notes Henry C Ryan 48 of 1502 E avenue NE died Saturday after noon at a local hospital after a brief illness. He worked for National Oats Co. Survived by two sons James and Fred of Cedar Rapids, three sisters Mrs Edith Bitgood Alma Ryan and Lulu Ryan of California, and two brothers Lesh and RichardRyan of Coggan. Body at Monahan funeral home awaiting arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Taylor
Rohn Funeral
Elton D. Wells
Linwood Cemetery
Henry C. Ryan
E Avenue NE
National Oats Company
James
Fred
Cedar Rapids
Edith Bitgood
Alma Ryan
Lulu Ryan
California
Lesh
Richard Ryan
Coggan
Monahan
William Day, 74, of College Mound, dies in Missouri
William S. Day, 74, of College Mound, Missouri, died at 12 30 PM Saturday at his son Gerald Day’s home after a long illness. Survived by children T A Day of Denver, Mrs. R. W. Peck of Kansas City, Mrs. C. E. Dale of Barnsdall, Jenny Blankenship of Glenn Ellyn Indiana, and Fred Day of Kansas City. The body to be sent to College Mound for funeral services and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Day
College Mound
Gerald Day
Thirteenth Avenue
T. A. Day
Denver
Colo
R. W. Peck
Kansas City
C. E. Dale
Barnsdall
Okla
Jenny Blankenship
Glenn Ellyn
Fred Day
Kansas City, Mo
College Mound, Mo
Marion man Charles Woodward 69 dies in Cedar Rapids hospital
Charles Woodward aged 69 and a Marion resident for seven years died at 7 30 p m Saturday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a ten day stay. Born June 8 1869 in Malvern England he came to the United States at 14 and lived in Marion Mount Vernon and Marion again with his niece Mrs J A Beeson. He was a stone mason. Surviving English brothers and sisters two nieces and two nephews include Mrs Albert Bragg Mark Woodward Mrs Beeson all of Marion and John Woodward of Santa Ana California. Funeral at 4 p m Monday in Yocom chapel Marion with Oak Shade cemetery burial.
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Charles Woodward
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Malvern
England
United States
Mark Woodward
Mount Vernon
J. A. Beeson
Woodward
Albert Bragg
Beeson
John Woodward
Santa Ana
Calif
Yocom Chapel
Oak Shade
Twins Born to Cedar Rapids Area Families
Born to Mr and Mrs Grant Everhart of El Segundo California a daughter Donna Jean on September 3. Former Cedar Rapids residents Mrs Everhart is the former Shir ley Martin. Born to Mr and Mrs Dewey Cummins of New Ulm Minnesota formerly of Cedar Rapids on September 6 a set of twin girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Everhart
el Segundo
Calif
Cedar Rapids
Donna Jean
Roosevelt Son James Faces Difficult Mayo Surgery
Rochester Mayo Clinic doctors disclosed that James Roosevelt, eldest son of President Roosevelt, will undergo gastric ulcer surgery Monday. The lesion is unusually located and larger, complicating the operation. He is 30 and resting well at St Marys Hospital after preoperative dietary treatment.
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Rochester, Minn
Roosevelt
Rochester
Mayo Clinic
James Roosevelt
St. Mary’s Hospital
James
Archie Carter Appeals 10 Year Sentence In Iowa Supreme Court
Archie Carter former Dubuque labor paper editor filed an appeal in district court through attorney John F Wirds of Iowa Falls contesting a 10 year sentence. Carter is imprisoned at Fort Madison after conviction on a statutory charge involving Donald Emerson a 19 year old former Dubuque prize fighter. Emerson reportedly told Wirds in Milwaukee that Carter was framed to remove him from town.
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Dubuque
Iowa Supreme Court
Archie Carter
Carter
John F. Wirds
Iowa Falls
Fort Madison
Donald Emerson
Emerson
Wirds
Milwaukee
Developments As Hitler Talk Nears
London with held delivery of written warning to Hitler as talks with Russia advance. Paris reports the first anti air raid maneuvers in the tense lead up to possible disclosures and heightened diplomatic activity.
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Hitler
Russia
London
Paris
Paris Ad Lights Ordered as European Defense Talks Continue
Precautionary measures spread through Paris news stands with lights dimmed amid reports of renewed Anglo French defense tasks. The French cabinet was summoned for two emergency sessions, while Geneva saw Soviet Foreign Minister Litvinoff and Roumanian minister discuss troop passage to Czechoslovakia. Bonnet rushed from Paris to join Soviet Roumanian alliance efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Geneva
Maxim Litvinoff
Roumania
Czechoslovakia
Georges Bonnet
Ito
Anova
Allis
Miss Ohio crowned Miss America 1938 in Atlantic City
Marilyn Meseke of Marion Ohio was crowned Miss America 1938 at the Atlantic City pageant. Claire James of Los Angeles Miss California was runner up and Muriel La Von Goodspeed of Salt Lake City Miss Utah finished third.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Ohio
Marilyn Meseke
Marion
California
Claire James
Los Angeles
Utah
Muriel la von Goodspeed
Salt Lake City
Stark Construction lands Milwaukee rail pier contract near Madrid
Stark Construction Company wins a $5,000 contract to build the Des Moines River sheet pile protection pier for the Milwaukee main line crossing near Madrid Iowa. The project covers steel sheet pile protection along the river crossing.
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Stark Construction Company
Milwaukee Railroad
Des Moines River
Madrid
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Mercy Hop Credit
Dro HW. G. Ltustes
G. O. P. Committee
Henderson
Foreign Office
Nevile Henderson
Great Britain
News of the World
Admiralty
Scotland
Scapa Flow
Heligoland
Malta
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
North African
Jim Roosevelt
Craemer's
Manufacturers Representatives
Association of Cedar Rapids
Country Club
Kirsch
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