Italian Envoy Skips Haile Selassie Birthday Prompts Diplomatic Tension
In Addis Ababa the Italian minister Luigi Vinci Giugliucci refused to attend Emperor Haile Selassie’s 44th birthday reception, triggering speculation of a rift with Italy. A pro American crowd greeted U.S. chargé d’affaires William Perry George, while Italy shifted to an emergency meat payments policy as bonds fell.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Italy
Ethiopia
Selassie
Luigi Orazio Conte Vinci Gigliucci
William Perry George
United States
George
America
Rome Stock Exchange
Catholic War Veterans Disbanded by Nazi Decree in Prussia
The Catholic War Veterans, likened to the American Legion, are dissolved in Prussia by a Goering ordered decree as part of the Nazi purge of political Catholicism. Officials fear similar actions will follow in other German states, justified by claims of disturbing unity among veterans. The anti Jewish campaign continues.
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Berlin
Organization of
Prussia
American Legion
United States
Germany
Goering
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Britain builds strongest Mediterranean fleet amid Italy moves
Britain expands its Mediterranean capital ship strength by at least 80 000 tons as faster vessels join bases at Malta. The plan adds three battle cruisers and replaces Elizabeth class ships to boost speed, while affirming no link to Italian actions.
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Associated Press
London
East Africa
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Malta
Red Sea
Britain
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hood
Elizabeth
Senate Passes AAA Bill Expands Farm Administration Power
Washington reports the administration AAA bill clearing the Senate after two weeks of debate. It widens powers to support the farm agency, changes tax recovery rules for processors, allows inspection of processor books, and includes quota and land-use provisions amid a series of compromises. The LaFollette amendment lets the president impose import quotas, and Wheeler adds a $50 million work relief fund to buy marginal lands.
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Senate
Farm Administration
LaFollette
Progressive
Wisconsin
Wheeler
Montana
Midwestern Farm Sales Show Gains
A back to the farm movement boosts land prices 15 to 33 percent in the Midwest with Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming showing strong gains. Northern Iowa land up 25 to 33 percent. many buyers are farmers seeking homes. Cattle and hog prices rise as grazing lands recover. Omaha hog market tops $10.35 per hundred, highest since 1930.
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Neb
Middlewest
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Federal Land Bank
Des Moines Flying Field Damaged By Heavy Winds
A small tornado struck Des Moines early today damaging five airplanes at Glen Acres private flying field and wrecking a glider with a $1,000 hangar destroyed. Nearby orchard trees were flattened and 70 bushels of apples scattered. The storm added to a rising drowning toll with the death of 70 year old Mylo Lee and the drownings of Alvin Jirak’s son Delmar Robertson and another Cedar Rapids youth.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Glen Acres
Robert Cavender
Richard H. Bason
Mylo Lee
Richard Reed
Lee
Howard Jirak
Alvin Jirak
Protovin Farmer
Delmar Robertson
Cedar Rapids
Troops Clash With Mob At Terre Haute
Indiana guardsmen used tear gas to disperse a crowd at the Columbian Enameling and Stamping plant during a general strike in Terre Haute. Hundreds surrounded the mill as authorities imposed a mile square military zone and arrested several protesters. One guardsman was injured by a thrown cement piece amid ongoing tensions and prior riot damage at the plant.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
National
Eugene Harvey
Martinsville
Columbian Enameling and Stamping Company
Two Jurors Picked in Peoria Slaying Trial
In Peoria Illinois the trial of Gerald Thompson 26 for the killing of Mildred Hallmark 18 proceeds with only two jurors tentatively selected as 27 questioned on the first day. Defense counsel described Thompson as a psychopathic case and raised the issue of moral insanity. Hallmark was found dead in a cemetery ditch with injuries and torn clothes five weeks prior.
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Peoria
Ill
Gerald Thompson
Mildred Hallmark
Cay
Thompson
Ben Thurman
Talesmen
Thursman
Langer Condition Reported Improved
Former Governor William Langer, who suffered a slight concussion and dislocated shoulder in a motorcycle accident Monday, remained under physician care with continued improvement reported today in Valley City North Dakota.
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Valley City
N. D
William Langer
Rushians Fly Nonstop Moscow to San Francisco Feat
Santa Monica observer notes a planned 60 to 70 hour nonstop flight from Moscow to San Francisco by a new group called Rushians. The writer jokes about turning the North Pole into a refueling stop and praises the achievement as non political while welcoming the pilots regardless of politics.
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San Francisco
Moscow
North Pole
Atlantic
Morgenthau Proposes Two New Small Coins for Tax Relief
Secretary Morgenthau urged Congress to authorize minting half cent and one mil pieces to reduce sales tax inequities and profit the treasury via seigniorage. He noted no federal sales tax plan. coins could be copper and would add coinage workload after a year of heavy mint production.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
United States
Des Moines Bakery Strike Eases as Talks Continue
The threat of violence receded as George Comfort, attorney for plant owners, said operators will not break picket lines or restart operations for now. Mediator B F Kaufmann will pursue arbitration with six closed plants and striking bakers and truckers as union officials and owners hold separate talks. The strike, now in its second week, has left nearly 700 workers idle.
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Des Moines
George Comfort
Comfort
B. F. Kaufmann
Clyde Herring
Kaufmann
Weather roundup for Midwest and Mississippi River
Iowa reports partly cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Illinois forecasts showers or thunderstorms with minimal temperature shifts. Mississippi River stages note Dubuque 7.9 feet, down 0.4. Davenport 6.8 feet, down 0.2. Muscatine 8.0 feet, up 0.1. Keokuk 6.9 feet, up 0.9.
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Illinois
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
Baker Bound Over on Conspiracy Charges
Norman G. Baker was bound to the grand jury on conspiracy to practice medicine without a license with $1,000 bail. The state’s case included a letter to editor O’Leary urging intimidation, read into record, as ten witnesses testified in Muscatine.
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Norman G. Baker
Justice of the Peace
J. C. Coster
N. G. Baker
Court of Justice
Denny” O'Leary
Midwest Free Press
Leo O’leary
O'Leary
The
Free Press
Hattie
Hanley
Bellows
Kidnaped Kansas salesman freed after wild 2 hour ride
W E Groggman a Kansas City salesman for L C Worth Grain was kidnapped at Herkimer Kansas by three transient men. They forced him into his automobile and fled north toward Nebraska after a brief escape attempt. Police report the bandits were linked to earlier shootouts with Fairbury Nebraska officers and other robberies.
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Kas
W. E. Grogman
Kansas City
Herkimer
Here
Marysville
W. E Groggman
Greggman
Potter
Mrs Waley Leaves for U S Prison in Milan Michigan
Margaret Thulin Waley, 19, the woman convicted in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping case, was moved from Tacoma to the federal women's prison at Milan Michigan. Accompanied by U S Marshal A J Chitty and Mrs Chitty, she departed on the Great Northern Empire Builder for a 20 year sentence.
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Tacoma
George Weyerhaeuser
Federal Women’s Prison
Milan
Mich
Margaret Thulin Waley
U. S
A. J. Chitty
Chitty
Great Northern Empire Builder
Mrs. Waley
Government relief cuts target workers who refuse jobs
The relief administration announced it will remove from relief rolls any person who turns down a job. In Winchester and nearby counties farmers report being taunted by those on relief who refuse harvest work. South Dakota halted state and federal relief until harvest needs are met. Officials say overall farm labor supply remains ample, with July 1 figures at 95.7 percent of normal supply and 80.5 percent demand. Partial work relief cuts began in seven midwestern states as efforts to match work and workers proceed. Relief clients cited low harvest wages versus 40 cents an hour on federal jobs as a reason to refuse fields.
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Washington
Relief Administration
Lawrence Westbrook
Winchester
South Dakota Relief Administration
Agriculture Department
Ithe
Fire Sweeps Huge Peoria Whisky Plant Explosion Under Investigation
A massive blaze at the Hiram Walker distillery in Peoria Illinois destroyed Backhouse number 3 and damaged other buildings. Six million gallons of whisky burned as twelve workers were injured and one man listed as missing. Firemen expected a lengthy burn out as investigators consider multiple theories behind the blast.
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John Barton
William Hulsebus
Bank accounts sought in graft probe subpenas
Des Moines reports indicate Woodbury county grand jury will examine bank records of Democratic leaders. Subpenas order production of records from Valley Savings Bank covering four liquor firm reps and three Des Moines attorneys, plus Feuling Osborne Kelleher and other party and state officials. Additional records on Governor Herring Kraschel and others are also included.
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Democratic State Central Committee
The
Valley Savings Bank
William Long
W .C. Finter
Joe Carberry
Tom Hoffman
Rex H. Fowler
Charles S. Bradshaw
William F. Riley
V. Clyde Herring
E. J. Feuling
T. R. Osborne
Mary S. Kelleher
Central Committee
Governor Herring
Nelson Kraschel
Frank Comfort
Fred Kendall
A. O. Burns
E. W. Akin
E. A. Stoddart
C. D. Hadlock
Kraschel
Comfort
Feuling
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