Oil Shutdowns Hit Four States Halting Vast Oil Output
Oklahoma New Mexico Texas and Kansas ordered large scale shut downs of wells cutting more than half of U S crude supply. Gov Ratner Kansas ordered 1528 wells closed 15 days with pay considerations rising gas prices may follow. Humble Oil cut prices sparked the move as midcontinent producers align to deter price collapse.
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Oklahoma City
Oil Compact Commission
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Payne Ratner
Kansas Corporation Commission
Sinclair Prairie Co
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Leon C. Phillips
John E. Miles
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
CIO Warns of Packing-House Strike Before Labor Day
Van A. Bittner of the Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee warned Sec. Perkins that a strike could hit about 50 000 workers across 25 plants if Armour and Co. would not join immediate contract talks. He urged the president to convene a conference with PWOC and Armour to bring the other big packers into negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO
Packinghouse
van A. Bittner
Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee
Sec. Perkins
Marshall Dimock
Bittner
United States
PWOC
Armour and Co
Armour
Armour, Swift and Co
Cudahy Packing Co
Wilson and Co
CIO Packing House
Packers
Weather outlook for central west and northeast regions
Partly cloudy with scattered showers in central and west tonight and in central and east portions Thursday. Cooler in extreme west tonight and in extreme east Thursday. Davenport Rock Island Moline and Dubuque show unsettled conditions with measurable falls in several locations.
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Lawn
Iinois
Davenport
Rock Island
Moline
Torsday
Dubuque
Keokuk
Death verdict in Louisa county auto crash
Coroner's jury returns verdict that William McMahill died in a Saturday night automobile accident while riding with a man under the influence of wine. The incident prompts renewed questions about driving safety and responsibility.
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McMahill
Louisa County
William McMahill
Four Die In Baltimore House Fire At Dawn
Fire swept through a brick Baltimore two story house killing Bert Parnaby 48 shipfitter his wife Gertrude 45 and their children Ethel 16 and Margaret 8. Two others survived including Gertrude 10 and Charles 19 who escaped from a rear window. The blaze started in a frame building used as a summer kitchen and was under control in under 30 minutes.
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Baltimore
Tha
Blane
Bert Parnaby
Gertrude
Ethel
Margaret
Charles
Harlem cult seeks new Heaven near Roosevelt estate
New Hyde Park followers of Father Divine aim to buy the 700 acre Frederick Vanderbilt estate near Hyde Park to establish a rural Heaven. John Lamb, secretary to the evangelist, says talks are under way and President Roosevelt has no objections to another Heaven in the area.
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New York
Angels
Father Divine
Harlem
President Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Frederick William Vanderbilt
John Lamb
Vanderbilt
Lamb
Roosevelt
Heaven
Hudson River
Krum Elbow
Howland Spencer
All New
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
WPA Crews Get Higher Pay After September 1
Washington AP officials announce WPA workers will gain about 2.50 monthly on average after Sept 1 under Col Harrington’s wage schedules. About 300000 fewer workers on rolls as five employment types are adjusted across three areas. The national average rises from 53 to about 55.50, with total federal costs projected to drop despite the wage increase.
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Washington
Col
F. C. Harrington
WPA
Harrington
Iowa WPA wage boost estimated at 53000 monthly
Unofficial figures indicate Iowa WPA workers would gain about 53000 dollars per month under a new monthly security wage schedule for WPA projects announced Tuesday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
WPA
Iowa WPA Pay Boost Set for Sept. 1 Across Classifications
Des Moines AP reports pending WPA payroll cuts will cut enrollment from 2,194,911 to about 1.9 million by Sept. 1 while a new earnings schedule raises monthly wages for most job categories. Inside skilled and outside workers see modest gains, with larger increases for intermediate tier across several cities and smaller towns.
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WPA
Burlington
Dubuque
Waterloo
Clinton
Council Bluffs
Webster City
Fort Madison
Fort Dodge
Keokuk
Marshalltown
Oskaloosa
Red Oak
Ames
Atlantic
Creston
Fairfield
Centerville
Albia
Algona
Avoca
Sheldon
Missouri Valley
Rockwell City
Sigourney
Foundation Placed for Hoover Statue at Hoover Birthplace
A foundation is laid south of the creek on Herbert Hoover's birthplace for a bronze statue presented by Belgian schoolchildren in appreciation of his wartime aid. The site will face Hoover's boyhood home as grounds are graded and prepared.
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West Branch
Belgium
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Judges in Tall Corn Contest Selected by The Journal
The Journal announces at 1 a m Friday the judges for its tall corn contest. George Sauer, Clinton Coder, and Lindley B Hoopes will judge the tallest stalks from Iowa and Illinois displays. Farmers reportedly scout fields for height with bamboo poles to test measurements.
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Journal
Iowa
Illinois
George Sauer
Muscatine County
Lindley B. Hoopes
Smith-Hughes
Muscatine High School
Carpenter, 50, Suffered Mysterious Injuries Near Abingdon
Herman Haines, about 50, lay unconscious with a fractured skull and leg at Bellevue hospital after being found near a construction site on Muscatine Island. Neighbors reported changed clothing and a night with neighing horses. investigators from Muscatine and Louisa counties pursued clues with no clear cause.
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Herman Haines
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Louisa
Haines
Fred Rockafellow
Muscatine Island
Louisa County
Foreveral Weeks
Rockafellow
Mr. Haines
John Penrod
Jack Pace
Mark Taylor
George Oakes
Frank Hook
Abingdon
Retail Trade Surges in Early 1939 Gains
The commerce department reports six month retail sales totaling about 17.9 billion dollars, up six percent from the first half of 1938 despite lower prices. General merchandise prices fell about 2.5 percent and food costs about 3.5 percent, yet unit sales rose more than the dollar volume. Gains were strongest in the second quarter with roughly seven percent higher sales than the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Engineer Blames Denver Accident on Faulty Brakes
A coroner's jury attributed responsibility for a passenger train collision near Denver to locomotive engineer William W. Medae of Denver. Medae testified he tried three times to apply air brakes after passing a red signal, then jumped from the cab as the Scenic Limited collided with a chair car. Fifty three people were injured. No criminal charges will be filed.
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Denver
William W. Medae
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Scenic Limited
Santa Fe
Navajo
Gus Economy
Medae
William Doyle
Vinegar Used to Extinguish Fire at Santa Rosa Factory
In Santa Rosa California an AP report says firemen used vinegar to fight a blaze at the Rudy Oehlmann vinegar factory amid a water shortage. They sank pump lines into several 5 000 gallon vats. Loss stood at 20 000 with the factory valued at 60 000.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
Rudy Oehlmann
Polish Soldier Killed by Danzig Guards at Frontier
A Polish soldier was mortally wounded after pointing his rifle at Danzig frontier guards at the Ohling border crossing. Four shots were fired, one from the Pole, amid rising tensions as Burckhardt seeks talks between Polish and Danzig officials. Military presence and armored vehicles intensify in the city.
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Danzig
Ohling
League of Nations
Carl J. Burckhardt
Marian Chowacki
Arthur Greiser
Senate
Burckhardt
Free State
Adolf Hitler
Schutzstaffel
Nazi Attitude to Poland Stiffens Amid Danzig Tension
Berlin observers report a stiffening Nazi stance toward Poland as tension rises over the Danzig issue. German headlines accuse Polish villagers of terror while officials promise a bloodless settlement, recalling prior moves toward Anschluss and protectorates.
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Berlin
Poland
Danzig
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Baltic
Austria
Sudetenland
Memel
Bohemia and
Moravia
Child Drowns in Ten Gallon Jar
An 18 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Henschen farmers near Klemme Iowa drowned in a ten gallon jar of water while playing Lineville Iowa AP Max Snyder 17 year old farm youth drowned while wading in a pond with three other youths none of whom could swim AP
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Klemme
Walter Henschen
Lineville
Max Snyder
Hawkeye Hawkers Weigh Gov Wilson Arbitration Offer
Hawkeye Pearl Button company workers and directors in Muscatine weigh Gov George A Wilson's arbitration plan to end a prolonged labor dispute. Strikers in picket lines since June 19 planned a 3 p m session at the Trades and Labor assembly hall. Hawkeye directors may meet at Fred C Vetter's home to decide, with official word expected today. Ed Schultheis of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America was en route to Des Moines for the governor's proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Pearl Button Company
Muscatine
George A. Wilson
Trades and Labor Assembly Hall
Iowa Avenue
Hawkeye
Fred C. Vetter
Ed Schultheis
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Des Moines
Gov Wilson Defines His Labor Policies
Gov George A Wilson outlined a work arbitration plan aimed at minimizing Iowa labor disputes. He said wage hours and condition arbitration at the Hawk Eye Pearl Button Co plant in Muscatine may proceed only if neither party strikes or locks out. He urged other disputes to arbitrate while operations continue and pledged administration adherence to this on site approach.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Muscatine
Iowa
Hawkeye Pearl Button Co
Arrival Sets Plan for Hawkeye Strike Meeting
Upon arrival, an arrangement is planned for this afternoon's striker meeting. Workers may return to work only if Hawkeye accepts arbitration board findings. At Hawkeye plant there were no disturbances though pickets watched closely and barred entry for some workers.
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Board of Arbitration
Arbitration Board
Hawkeye
Reward Posted for Man Blamed in Derailment
Reno job. Southern Pacific offers 5000 reward for arrest and conviction of those responsible for derailment of the City of San Francisco. 23 dead, 109 injured as FBI and railroad men search for clues. Robert LaDuceur of Lewistown Mont. cleared. derailment inquiry planned in Carlin to fix responsibility and prevent recurrence.
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Reno
Nev
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad
Here
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Robert la Duceur
Lewistown
Mont
FBI
Southern Pacific
Carlin
Bund Head On Stand at Dies Probe
Fritz Kuhn testified before the Dies committee claiming his brother Max Kuhn was a Berlin supreme court justice under the Nazi regime. He said he served four years as a machine gunner and held a wartime lieutenant rank, with past arrests in the United States for grand larceny and drunkenness. He was born in 1896 in Munich and noted only Max as a Nazi relative. The chairman urged witnesses to answer questions directly and not volunteer testimony as hearings probe fascism and foreign influence.
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Washington
Fritz Kuhn
House
Dies Committee
Max Kuhn
Supreme Court
Berlin
Germany
Rhea Whitley
Kuhn
Munich
Max
Dies
D-Texas
Rep. Voorhis
D-Calif
Pomona
Calif
Voorhis
Stabbing Scene Fails To Stir Realism In Play
A Nashville community theatre actor portraying Julius Caesar received a chest stab wound during a rehearsal or performance. Thomas Donner played Caesar and inflicted an actual injury. the wound required stitches at a hospital. The cast was urged to reduce realism for future performances.
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Nashville
Tenn
Community Playhouse
Julius Caesar
Caesar
Thomas Donner
Brute
Mark Anthony
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Gov. Wilson
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