Japanese Bombingsundermines protests as war spreads
A Japanese spokesman dismisses Western protests as insignificant amid extensive bombings in China. The piece links the stance to Mussolini and Italy, noting rising pressures on nations to act as the Far East conflict deepens. It also cites unrest in the U.S. labor scene and a string of local incidents reflecting broader political tensions.
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England
Musso
Italy
Ethiopia
John Bull
Japan
Hursday
Far East
Tier
Mussolini
Roosevelt vows no coast in second term at Cheyenne rally
President Roosevelt told a Wyoming crowd he would continue his first term policies, insisting the government is not going broke and he would not coast. He rejected calls to slow, citing national aims and ongoing administration programs. O Mahoney attended as guest of Gov Miller while Mrs Roosevelt greeted the crowd.
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Wyo
Roosevelt
O'Mahoney
Roosevelt Supreme Court
United States
Howser
Leslie
Miller
Wyoming
Casper
Marvin H. McIntyre
Mac
Harry H. Schwartz
Paul R. Greever
Ccal
Teller Amiens
Colorado
O’mahoney
Des Moines
Washington
Mrs. O'Mahoney
Highway 261 North of Iowa City to be Paved
C L McKinnon of New London Iowa highway commission chairman told the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce that highway 261 north of Iowa City will be paved next year. The project is in the commission's program for next year. Paving will ease traffic on highways 6 and 161 during fall football crowds.
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Iowa City
C. L. McKinnon
New London
Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa City Chamber of Commerce
Highway Commission
Strikers and Employes Clash In Kansas City Riot
A pitched street battle between about forty Jones Store strikers and employees in Kansas City resulted in W. W. Sweet 42 being shot in the head and critically wounded. Five others were struck by bricks. two company trucks were destroyed before police halted the rioting.
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Kansas City
INS
Jones Store Company
W. W. Sweet
Sweet
Iowa governor deny threat to seize commission offices
Des Moines AP The state supreme court heard Attorney General Mitchell deny Governor Kraschel threatened to take possession of the Greater Iowa commission offices after Otto Muntz's dismissal. Arguments centered on whether removal power lies with appointment and a quo warranto case against Muntz's successor, Professor O R Sweeney, proceeds in Polk County.
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Des Moines
State Supreme Court
John H Mitchell
Kraschel
Greater
Iowa Commission
Otto S. Muntz
W. H. Hamilton
J. M. Parsons
Muntz
Statehouse
Parsons
O. R. Sweeney
Ames
Polk County District Court
Justice Parsons
William Sloan
Kesmen
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Mitchell
Paul James
Sloan
WHO
James
Six Die When Steamer Neebing Sinks in Nipigon Straits
The Canadian steamer Neebing sank after a boiler explosion in Nipigon straits. Six people died including the ship's captain chief engineer and a woman cook. A workman Kean died of injuries and five others drowned. a tug rescued remaining crew members.
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Ont
Neebing
Nipigon Straits
Nipigon Bay
Lake Superior
Kean
Duvel Blames Board of Trade Rule On Corn Market
Dr. J W T Duvel head of the Commodity Exchange Authority says a corn market corner attempt failed due to the board of trade rule allowing a one cent daily limit rise or fall in September futures He urged a two to three cent daily limit and said officials refused He denounced lax administration and called for a congressional investigation by Farmers National Grain Corp and others with no reply from Kenneth S Templeton
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Chicago
J. W. T. Duvel
Commodity Exchange Administration
Board of Trade
Duvel
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Commodity Exchange Act
Farmers' National Grain Corporation
Kenneth S. Templeton
United Press
Farmers’ National
Congress
World Boycott on Japanese Goods Gathers Steam in Europe
London sources report discussions of a global boycott on Japanese goods and an embargo on arms to Japan. Nine power treaty questions, potential Anglo American leadership, and European pressure loom as Germany and Italy express concern over Japan's China actions amid impending Hitler Mussolini talks.
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London
Japan
Washington
Germany
Italy
Britain
China
United States
Antibus Raises Claims Against Warner in Love Raid Suit
Pasadena case grows as Mrs. Pearl Antibus amends the complaint raising pregation claims from 510000 to 1260 in the dispute over a love raid against multimillionaire Thomas W. Warner. She alleges conspiracy with District Attorney Baron Fitts to invade her home and kidnap Warner Jr.
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Warner
Pasadena
INL
Pearl Antibus
Thomas W. Warner
Everyday Living and the Fearful World, A Philip Gibbs Portrait
The piece portrays SR Philip Gibbs as a keen observer of modern fears and public life. It notes his belief that the world is overly nervous and dramatized by media, yet remains hopeful that a major war may be avoidable if minds are changed and the gas masks removed.
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Philip Gibbs
London
Chinese Reds whip Japanese in North Shansi action
Dispatches report Gen Chu Teh s Eighth Route Army routed a Kwantung force from Manchukuo in northern Shansi. The battle near Pingyangkwan left 3 000 Japanese dead and 2 000 captured with heavy weapons seized.
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Chu Tech
Eighth Route
Shansi
Red Army
Kwantung Army
Manchukuo
Col
Sakai
Great Wall Areca
Foreign Office
Red
Pingyangkwan
Delay on bus franchise action at Cedar Rapids council meet
Cedar Rapids city council delayed final action on a bus franchise ordinance during a three and a half hour special meeting attended by 100 plus speakers. Critics questioned funding from Cedar Rapids and Marion City Railway, service plans, and school access while supporters urged change to bus operation.
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Cedar Rapids and
Marion City Railway Company
Don Barnes
Marion City Railway
Charles Hollar
National City Lines
Cedar Rapids
Barnes
the Gazette
Charles Penningroth
Board of Education
George Claassen
William Loftus
William
L. Crissman
J. A. Yessler
Legal
Soviet purges add nineteen executions in Vladivostok
Moscow dispatch reports nineteen more deaths in the purge listing counter revolutionaries. Victims were executed at Vladivostok, while five were sentenced to death at Tablorinsky for extremist violence.
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Moscow
INS
Russia
Vladivostok
Tablorinsky F
Baseball scores in the American League by game results
New York struggled with a light offensive output while Boston and Detroit posted varied run totals. Cleveland completed a win with strong pitching and timely hitting as Wade and Putlak contributed. Pittsburgh and Cincinnati split daily action, with Bauers and Todd among the featured hitters. Chicago at St Louis was postponed due to rain. only games scheduled were listed.
State liquor board pledges aid to Linn County law enforcemen
Des Moines liquor commission counsel Henry J. Roeloffs and Cedar Rapids store manager Ted Nesper pledged full cooperation with Linn County law enforcement to keep state sealed liquor from illegal use. County Attorney G. K. Thompson said officials can limit purchases when abuses are suspected and noted five gallon limits per permit holder.
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Liquor Commission
Linn County
Henry J. Roeloffs
Des Moines
G. K. Thompson
Thompson
Roeloffs
Ted Nesper
Cedar Rapids
Crib Specifications For New Corn Plan Will Be More Rigid
Des Moines AP report quotes Thomas Curran state secretary of agriculture detailing stricter crib specs for the new corn sealing program. He notes cribs must have a solid floor, be elevated, well roofed, and have slatted sides, with dry high quality corn. Partitions may keep sections unsealed.
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Des Moines
Thomas L. Curran
State Secretary of Agriculture
Curran
Blain Farmer Reports 92 Bushels Per Acre Record
Blair Nebraska. AP. Richard M Lamp 27 year old farmer on a five acre tract claimed a production of 92 percent bushels per acre of corn.
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Blair
Neb
Richard M. Lamp
Railroads Cut Thousands of Workers Amid Costs Rise
Major railroads disclosed they are laying off thousands of employees due to higher operating and maintenance costs. Three eastern carriers the Pennsylvania New York Central and Baltimore and Ohio led with about 20 000 layoffs since the month began. Officials expect higher passenger and freight rates as the solution.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Warden Johnston Assaulted During Alcatraz Revolt
Prison revolt at Alcatraz ends with warden James A Johnston punched and injured as 23 inmates begin a five day strike. Burton Phillips, a 25 year old life prisoner from Salina Kansas, struck the warden in the mess hall as guards rushed to contain the incident. Officials report no aid given to Phillips and confirm the warden taken to hospital with possible skull fracture.
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Washington
INS
James A.johnston
Alcatraz Fee
San Franscisco Bay
Devil's Island
Department of Justice
Alcatraz
Burton Phillips
Salina
Kane
Johnston
Justice Department
Phillips
al Capone
Chandler National Bank
Lyons
Kan
Hutchineson
Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Mediator Orders Separate Parleys With Rail Groups
Federal mediator Dr William Leiserson called separate conferences with railway brotherhoods and executives to avert a nationwide strike. He scheduled meetings with the five operating brotherhoods at 5 p m and with the carriers at 7 30 p m after meeting carriers earlier. He said more talks would follow Saturday. Union demand is a 20 percent wage hike the carriers estimate would cost $116 million annually.
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Chicago
William Leiserson
Leiserson
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