Muntz Kraschel feud reaches court over emergency fund
The battle between Otto S. Muntz and Gov. Kraschel extends to the courts as Muntz challenges the governor’s authority to fire him. He charges that large sums of public money have been unlawfully diverted from the $500000 emergency conservation fund and demands an accounting.
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Greater Iowa Commission
Nels Kraschel
Muntz
Kraschel
G. B. MacDonald
Iowa State College
Ames
Removal From Court Stirs Storm Over Justice Black
Senate criticism swelled over Justice Hugo L. Black amid Klan membership claims. Democratic leaders urged resignation or removal while Alfred E. Smith planned a New York City speech. President Roosevelt remained silent as Alabama endorsements and Catholic and Jewish senators disputed the charges.
Copeland Denounces Black Tammany Mayoral Campaign Charge
New York AP reports Senator Royal S. Copeland the Tammany candidate for mayor named Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black in the race and charged that his opponent Judge Jeremiah T. Mahoney is tied to the Democratic nomination.
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United States
Royal S. Copeland
Tammany
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
Rangers Rescue Four Youths From Mountain Ledge
Four Seattle youths spent a night marooned on Castle mountain ledge in the Cascades before forest rangers rescued them on Monday. Using a rope improvised from clothes and shoestrings, they reached a lower ledge while the rescuers hauled up a rope with a wire hook to bring them to safety. The youths were Kenneth Peck James Erickson Hessler Carroll and Robert Clark.
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Wash
Castle Mountain
Cascades
Forest
R.N McCullough
Kenneth Peck
James Erickson
Hessler Carroll
Robert Clark
Why do people talk endless about their operations
A reader laments endless operation tales told at seaside resorts by a woman with a theatrical tale of medical details. The columnist notes the obsession stems from seeking attention and sympathy, joking that the operation becomes the highlight of her life.
Hitler vows opposition to bolshevism in Europe
In Nuremberg Hitler closes eight day Nazi congress vowing Germany will intervene where Bolshevism appears in Europe. He asserts aid to Franco’s Spain and rejects surrender of German interests while warning Jews drive democracy’s collapse. Army parades, mock battles follow his speech.
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George Brent Denied Annulment in Mexican Marriage Test
Los Angeles based motion picture star George Brent failed to win an annulment of his marriage to Constance Worth. He alleged Mexico’s marriage laws were not met at their Tijuana elopement, seeking a ruling that would affect American actors’ Mexican marriages. Superior Judge Charles Haas delivered the decision.
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George Brent
Constance Worth
Brent
Mexico
Tia Juana
Charles Haas
Navy Eyes 250 Million Dollar Ship Budget for 1941
The Navy Department seeks more than 250 million dollars for next year to build new battleships destroyers submarines and auxiliary ships. Plans include two new battleships a 15 000 ton aircraft carrier six destroyers thirty two submarines and 2 000 modern planes by 1941 to meet treaty limits and international threats.
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Muntz Obtains Writ Against Gov Kraschel
Des Moines AP Two members of the Greater Iowa commission fired four commission employees and moved the agency offices to the statehouse. Gov Kraschel served with a temporary injunction restraining him from taking office records and interfering with Otto Muntz, deposed chairman. Judge Meyer set a hearing for a permanent injunction. The order blocks removal of Muntz from his papers and prevents possession of the office. The governor had ordered hotel staff to block the commission office. Continued on page 2.
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Greater Iowa Commission
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Albia
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Algona
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Des Moines
Commission
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Statehouse
Nelson G. Kraschel
Otto Muntz
Allan A. Herrick
Paul G. James
Joseph E. Meyer
Meyer
Krasche
Cattle at Chicago NIT Hits Nine-Year Peak
The cattle price reached 18.85 per hundredweight in Chicago on Monday, the highest September level in 19 years and the strongest monthly rate in nine years. Earlier in 1919 cattle sold as high as 21.50, a record.
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Chicago
Farm Leaders Meet At Washington For Conference Today
More than 100 farm leaders from 48 states gather in Washington for a two day conference on the 1938 agricultural conservation program. Delegates include representatives of state extension services state AAA officers and state agricultural committee men. They plan talks with Secretary Wallace and aim to make suggestions to Howard R Tolley AAA administrator.
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State Extension Services
AAA
Wallace
Howard R. Tolley
Trotzky says Soviet Union too preoccupied for war
Leon Trotsky in Mexico City tells United Press that Soviet Russia is absorbed in internal affairs and cannot wage wars with Italy or other powers. He doubts an Italo Russian war is imminent, cites Stalin as guarding status quo, and argues Moscow avoids foreign entanglement while pursuing Spain and China Japan conflicts.
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Spain
Japanese Push 75 000 In Shanghai Area Battle
Lieut. Gen. Iwane Matsui sent 75 000 Japanese soldiers into an offensive aimed at entrapping 130 000 Chinese troops retreating from Shanghai. Japanese warships bombarded the Whangpoo river as operations began at 3 30 am in heavy rain and mud. Chinese forces withdraw toward Tachang and Liuho as the main line fights to hold the first major defense.
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Engagement of Roosevelt's Son John to Anne Clark Reported
Boston dispatch states Franklin D Roosevelt Jr and Anne Lindsay Clark of Boston and Nahant are engaged. Announcement came from Miss Clark's mother Mrs F Haven Clark. Earlier rumors linked Miss Clark to the President's youngest son. she was a White House guest last April and attended the Hyde Park visit with John Roosevelt.
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William K. Vanderbilt
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel du Pont
Clark
Wallace Beery Wounded Filming Brimstone Scene
Wallace Beery was wounded while filming a scene at MGM Studios Culver City California. He tripped as two six shooters fired and a blank cartridge wad entered his left leg above the knee. He received treatment at the studio hospital and was taken to Cedars of Lebanon hospital in Hollywood. doctors called the injury not serious. Virginia Bruce Dennis O Keefe and director J Walter Ruben were on the set along with extras during the shooting of Bad Man of Brimstone.
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Hearing on Pinball Machines Declared Legal Action
Attorneys for the Automatic Merchandisers Association argued for a permanent injunction to block state interference with pinball machines. In closing, Milton W. Strickler said warrants cover only enumerated gambling devices and that pinball should not be treated as illegal. Judge F. S. Shankland said he would rule Tuesday.
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Strickler
Adventist Medical Chief in Waichow Accuses Japan of Bombing
P. V. Thomas, leader of the American Seventh Day Adventist mission hospital at Waichow, charged Monday that Japan conducted a deliberate bombing. Additional details continued on page 2.
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Hong Kong
P. V. Thomas
Seventh Day Adventist Mission
Waichow
CIO Accepts AFL Challenge To Fight Pacific Coast
The CIO's western headquarters announced a Pacific coast showdown with the AFL, with Leo Pressman and John Brophy set to map a campaign. The aim is to defend the CIO International Longshoremen and Warehousemen Union from the AFL Teamsters attack in a warehouse workers jurisdiction dispute.
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Committee For Industrial Organization
CIO
American Federation of Labor
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Leo Pressman
John Brophy
National Cio
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Teamsters
Masaryk In Critical Condition In Czechoslovakia
Former president Thomas A Masaryk, age 87, remains gravely ill in Prague after a relapse and possible pneumonia. Amusements nationwide were canceled as the country awaited word from the bedside of the longtime statesman.
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Czechoslovakia
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Danish Queen Undergoes Major Operation
The Danish Queen Alexandrine had a major operation last night, performed by Her Majesty's physician Dr I P Hartman, with announcement made early today in Copenhagen.
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Denmark
Alexandrine
I. P. Hartman
Nine Power Naval Plan Approved With Reservations
Nyon Switzerland United States Soviet Union Italy Britain and France accepted the nine power plan to curb Mediterranean piracy amid Italian reservations on patrol scope. Moscow signatory Litvinoff to sign. Mussolini seeks larger Italian role while British and French officials push for immediate patrols by 60 ships to deter submarine attacks.
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Constitution One Of Those Things That Need No Adjustment
Arthur Bugs Baer argues Constitution Week should pass without changes. He compares the document’s timeless nature to an autumn sunset and a baby’s smile, saying it serves many roles from education to political healing and should remain unaltered.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
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