Japanese Airplanes Raid Canton Strikes Hit French Hospital
Japanese warplanes bombed Canton in two raids at 8 30 and 10 30 am, killing and wounding hundreds. A direct hit on the French Doumer hospital wounded a French surgeon and many Chinese, with a large portion of the city and its hospital district damaged.
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Canton
China
Doumer
Tokyo
Japan
Pearl River
Red Cross
Edward H. Lockwood
Indiana
A. P. Blunt
Hongkong
Shameen Island
Toyoichi Nakamura
German Aviators Break Two World Airplane Records
Berlin reports German aviators set two world records in flight today. Major-General Ernst Udet in a Heinkel single seater flew 109 kilometers at 634.37 kilometers per hour. A four-metered munMKers plane with 5,000 kilogram payload reached 9,316 meters altitude, surpassing the Soviet record set by Major Andeel Youmacheff on October 28, 1936.
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Ernst Udet
Germany
Furio Niclot
Taaly Dee
Andeel Youmacheff
Soviet
Russia
Oskaloosa Judge Seibert Dies After Noted Juvenile Court Work
Oskaloosa justice J. P. Seibert, age 4, who earned a reputation for handling juvenile cases, died Sunday. He was known for sending wayfaring youths to Sunday school and escorting them to church, with second offenders sentenced to weed pulling.
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J. P. Seibert
Justice Seibert
Nine Auto Deaths in Iowa Week Report
Motor car crashes caused nine deaths in Iowa last week, with two teenage brothers electrocuted at a gravel pit in Camanche. The year to date totals 160 automobile fatalities, down from 188 a year ago. A Marshalltown man was shot accidentally during rat hunting, and a Fort Des Moines sergeant died in a twilight flight when his trainer plane failed. Three victims were from one family, the Knuppenbergs of Mullan Idaho, killed in an auto crash near Dayton, Iowa, with the father dying later.
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Camanche
Marshalltown
Fort Des Moines
Army Post
Edward
Leon
L. O. Ringert
Clinton County
Leonard
Towa
Daniel Knuppenberg
Daugter
Sophia
Mullan
Idaho
Mr. Knuppenberg
Dayton
Spanish Warplanes Cross French Border
Spanish air units crossed into French territory near Puymorens and Ax-Les-Thermes before turning back under warning fire from French anti aircraft batteries. Daladier rushed to the frontier by air to inspect the border situation and coordinate defenses.
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France
Spain
Puigcerda
Puymorens
Frerel
Edouard Daladier
Ax-Les-Thenhes
Vordar
Rans
Ofi
Jules Decamp
Toulouse
Ax-Les-Thermes
Conaway, Former Muscatine Resident, Dies in Colorado
Carleonaway 85 native of Muscatine died at home in Colorado Springs on Sunday. Former printer here and long-time Des Moines resident, he left a son Raymond A. Conaway in Des Moines eight years ago. Surviving are a son, a nephew, a sister, and a wife. Body to return to Muscatine for funeral arrangements at George M. Wittich Funeral Home.
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Muscatine
Colorado Springs
Colo
Conaway
Raymond A. Conaway
Des Moines
Phoebe Bennett
Solomon F. Conaway
Weather outlook for Davenport and Quad Cities region
Cloudy with thundershowers in south and east this afternoon tonight. Much cooler tonight and Tuesday with fair conditions in northern areas. Mississippi River stages show Hastings 10.3 down 0.2, Dubuque 14, Davenport 3, Muscatine 14.3 down 0, Keokuk 12.7 unchanged.
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Rock Island
Moline
Mississippi River
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Muscatine
Keokuk
French Officials Plan Measures After Sunday Bombing
A French investigation at the bombing scene in Toulouse border region outlines talks with aviation and army commanders to protect the district from further raids. A French official warns future Spanish aircraft over French territory will face a harsh response.
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Daladier
TovaLt
Toulouse
Distriet
Hope of Early Adjournment Gets Setback
Washington reports congressional leaders set back hopes to adjourn this week amid a wage hour dispute and delay in enacting a 3.723 billion relief bill. Conferees debate fixing labor standards versus exemptions while Southern members resist higher minima.
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House
Senate
William Green
American Federation of Labor
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Italian Staffed Airgroup Captured Near Madrid Base
Airmen disclosed six Italian made planes in Spain all crewed by Italians. Prisoners Gio rinc de Rossini and Sergt Giuseppe Bordinon of a Fiat squadron were captured after their leader Capt Tore Ortigo misidentified Guséala jara airfield 30 miles northeast of Madrid. The formation landed and escaped pilots Rossini and Bordinon surrendered for questioning.
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Giorinc de Rossini
Sergt
Giuseppe Bordinon
Fiat
Tore Ortigo
Guséala
Jara
Madrid
Rossini
Bordinon
Talkers and Talks in World Affairs and Elections
A mosaic of quotes notes Joseph E. Davies praising a talk with Stalin in Moscow on world affairs. It mentions Lewis’s stance potentially turning thousands of voters against a Kentucky senate candidate and references ongoing Czech army and Adolf Hitler topics with varied commentary.
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Jim
Joseph E. Davies
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Lewis
Kentucky
Senate
Mishap Delays Trial Trip of Giant Flying Boat
Seattle reports a 72 passenger clipper test flight was postponed after damage from a water trial on Puget Sound. Officials cited loose plates needing ten days replacement and theories ranging from a floating log to a gasoline dump valve opening as causes for a starboard hydro stabilizer leak and balance loss.
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Boeing Ajireretticials
Puget Sound
Boeing Co
Threatening Weather Suppresses Iowa Primary Turnout
Des Moines voters faced a light noon tally in Iowa's Democratic senatorial primary as threatening weather and farm work kept rural residents away. Officials predicted a late rush to bolster totals with Dubuque and Mason City showing heavier voting. The race pitted Guy Gillette and Otha Wearin against party rivals while Republican contenders Dickenson and Thurston contested the other seat.
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Sioux City
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Keokuk
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Davenport
Charles City
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Clay
Pottawattamie
Marshall
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Gillette
Guy M. Gillette
Widders
Congress
Otha D. Wearin
L. J. Dickinson
Lloyd Thurston
Gureti
Wearin
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
James Roosevelt
Birmingham
Iowa
Hopkins
Roosevelt
United States District Attorney
G. Dunn
Leg J. Wegman
Gillette Camp
Nelson G. Kraschel
Clyde L. Herving
Supreme Court
Richard F
Light voter turnout in Muscatine County primary polls
Muscatine county voters cast a light vote in the biennial primary with polls open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The early results show modest turnout in city wards and rural precincts, despite active campaigning by county office candidates. Poll totals for the city’s wards and precincts are listed, with 1:30 p.m. tallies indicating low participation compared with 1938 figures for governor contests.
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Muscatine County
Teemalantet
Wales
Tayo
Heer
Boy “Democratic
Journal readies telephone returns for today's primary
Preparations are under way to provide special telephone service to Journal readers for the primary. An extra staff of tabulators starts at 8 p m to process returns from county polling places. Window bulletins will show cumulative totals as figures arrive from election clerks and AP wires.
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Associated Press
Ce Moines
State Candidates Face Primary As Gillette Backed
Voters begin casting ballots as the Democratic slate backs Gillette with Gov Kraschel and Atty Gen Mitchell campaigning for re nomination. Senator Gillette stressed independence from backers while William Green of the AFL urged support. Voters also choose state legislative county offices and nine district congressional candidates amid unopposed governor races on both major tickets.
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Kraschel
Mitchell
Statehouse
Wearin
Krascher
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Sen
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