New Deal Opposition Faces 1938 Senate Test
Washington dispatch reports that anti-Roosevelt forces may unite in the 1938 session as Administration efforts to purge unfriendly Democrats persist. Seven incumbent anti-admin senators seek renomination, with Gillette facing a June primary and other targets in Missouri South Carolina Nevada Maryland and Georgia.
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John M. Hightower
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Smith
South Carolina
McCarran
Nevada
Tydings
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George
Georgia
Farley
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FDR to Start Western Trip July 7
The White House announced President Roosevelt would leave on a western tour starting July 7 if conditions permit and speak in Covington Kentucky on July 8 from his train. He will first attend the Marietta Ohio 150th anniversary event and then visit Tennessee Oklahoma Texas and California with possible coast cruise and Panama Canal transit. Senator Barkley discussed adjournment prospects with the president.
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California
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Steve Explodes Iowa Girl Fatally Burned
Spencer Iowa Marjorie Harris 13 daughter of Mr and Mrs Leon Harris three miles NW of Everly burned to death when a kitchen range exploded Wednesday evening. She had helped in the garden and the mother heard the blast rushing back to find the room ablaze. Neighbors aided in extinguishing the fire but the body was burned beyond recognition near the stove. The cause and whether gasoline or kerosene were used remain unknown. The farm home was saved but kitchen and dining room badly charred.
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Marjorie Harris
Leon Harris
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Report of Boat's Burning Probed by Authorities
Baltimore captain Ernest Travers reported in Cambridge that a luxurious 40 foot cabin cruiser exploded burned and sank in the Chesapeake Bay Wednesday night. He searched two hours for survivors but found none and assumed all aboard perished. A routine investigation was begun by authorities as the coast guard and maritime exchange had no record of a missing yacht.
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Maritime Exchange
Coast Guard
Child Who Slept 50 Days Succumbs
Eighteen month old Elsie Palazzo died in a hospital after sleeping for fifty days following an early April measles attack. Doctors diagnosed meningitis and treated with blood transfusions and feeding efforts but could not save her.
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Niagara Falls
Elsie Palazzo
Brown Leads Democrats in Iowa Public Instruction Race
Tabular revision shifts 3,000 votes changing unofficial totals for Iowa superintendent of public instruction. George A. Brown leads with 40,361 votes, ahead of G. B. Ferrell and Lucy Hall, potentially sealing the nomination without a state convention. Jessie M. Parker tops GOP in that race with 66,298 votes.
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George A. Brown
Des Moines
Lake Mills
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Keosauqua
F. C. Lapham
Charles City
C. Z. Martin
Maquoketa
Parker
How They Talk and the Era of Blood Tests in Crime Reports
A jumble of quotes shows opinions on blood tests in drunk driving cases, kidnap fears, and crime notes. Figures like John Hattery and Mrs. Cash reflect public tension, while others critique gun shop robberies and safety warnings amid wartime era rhetoric.
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Iowa Highway Patrol
Sioux City Man Re-elected Head for Iowa GAR
Lieut. Col. Michael Hawk of Sioux City began his second term as department commander of the Iowa Grand Army of the Republic after the annual encampment. Katharine T. Noll named senior vice commander. W. P. Allred elected junior vice commander. Ladies of the GAR chose Mrs. Louis Shuse as president. Sons of Union Veterans re-elected Charles L. Kasten as commander and others to leadership roles.
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Michael Hawk
Iowa Grand Army of the Republic
Iowa City
Pses
TJ. Noll
W. P. Allred
Corydon
Ladies of the
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Louis Shuse
Waterloo
Katherine Martins
Comanche
Mabel Lynch
Davenport
Dollie Clatridge
Sons of Union Veterans I
Charles L. Kasten
Jesse Richardson
Iowa Cin
James S. Wason
C. L. Caste
State Board of Education backs building plan
Des Moines Iowa The state board of education urged a 2 246 000 building and improvement program for state schools to the legislative interim committee The plan asks the 1939 legislature to appropriate 1 123 000 annually for two years for the University of Iowa Iowa State College the Iowa school for the deaf Council Bluffs and the Iowa School for the Blind It also seeks 250 000 annually for a university library first unit for two years and cites the need for a library at the University of Iowa.
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Car Cranked In Gear Kills Man Near Kingsley
A man on his farm three miles west of Kingsley Iowa was killed when a cranked car in gear moved and ran over him. The incident occurred Monday evening on the rural property. Authorities identified the victim as a local resident known as Charlie. The car had been left with the engine running and in gear, leading to the fatal accident at the scene.
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Sioux City
Charlie
Ingu
Kingsley
Gillette Motors Back to Capital in Primary Nomination
Sen Guy M Gillette nominated for reelection in Monday's primary. He was en route to Washington by automobile. Mrs Gillette remained here.
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Guy IM. Gillette
Wassington
Southerners threaten filibuster over wage measure
Seventeen southern senators caucused to oppose a wage hour compromise. They demand a pay differential and warned of extended talks if conferees refuse to revoke the present time limit. Senator Ellender of Louisiana promised lengthy debate if their plan is not accepted. Senator Pepper of Florida supported proposing a 25 cent minimum, while the plan under review sets 40 cents for interstate industry in seven years with unemployment carveouts.
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Joint
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Reopen Discussion of Early Agreement in Washington
The conference reports progress on pay provisions of the wait-hour bill. Pepper proposed industry boards to set minimum wages and allow regional differences, with a general 44 hour limit and potential expansion to 48 hours. A 25 cent minimum would take effect immediately with 80 cents next year, then boards set per industry. seven-year path to 40 cents unless employment would be harmed. Ellender, Southern members criticize the seven-year clause.
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Jap Bombs Shatter Canton Rail Stations
Canton region suffers air raids as Japanese planes bomb railway stations for the thirteenth day. Fire and destruction hit key targets including a power plant and rail lines while civilian casualties mount amid concentrated anti-aircraft fire and mass evacuations in the city of Canton and surrounding districts.
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Iowa Bankers Call for Budget Balancing Support
The Iowa Bankers' Association urged Congress to balance the budget and opposed pump priming as an economic stimulus. They also argued relief funds should not be federal, called for abolition of the postal savings system, and opposed leniency for bank burglars and robbers through sentences and paroles.
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Debate on 44 Hour Work Week for Interstate Industry
A tentative thesis proposes no interstate industry should exceed 44 hours weekly without overtime pay, then step to 42 hours in year two and 40 hours from year three onward. Exceptions to 42 and 40 hours may exist, but not to 44. Questions arise about collective bargaining contracts paying workers 40 cents an hour but mandating up to 48 hours weekly. Most committee members oppose disturbing such contracts.
Man Changes Party Wins in Primary Nomination
Sam D. Goetsch of Mecorah switched from Democratic to Republican before the state senatorial primary. He served as a Democratic senator in the last legislature, left the party months ago, and defeated Miller of Chester for the Republican nomination.
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Sam D. Goetsch
Mecorah
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Miller
Chester
Bombing Targets Rebel Ships Off Spanish Coast
Insurgent air raids hit three merchant ships near Benicasim and Denia. Twelve killed and nineteen wounded in one attack, with Isadora and Kier Brisbane among vessels struck in separate raids. An observer died as part of the European nonintervention committee attack.
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Castéllon de la Plana
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Denia
Spain
Kier Brisbane
Eevee
Britain Alarmed by Attack on Shipping
Britain surveys options after fresh bombings by Spanish insurgents threaten shipping. Government reviewed international pressure on Gen Francisco Franco and discussed a possible joint air patrol akin to the naval patrol already in place.
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Britain
London
Francisco Franco
Bombing near Valencia sinks ships and injures crew
A lone bomber struck two ships off Castellon de la Plana harbor with incendiaries and machine gun fire. The French Sunshine and Isadora sustained fire, with four dead including a Briton and a French master among the injured. A French destroyer rushed to aid, while the Brisbane’s master Capt. R. Guynol was gravely wounded. The Isadora, registered at Belfast, had left Marseille for Castellon de la Plana before the attack.
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Weather Notes and River Stages Update
Occasional thunder showers expected tonight and Friday with cooler conditions in the far western portions. Mississippi River stages show fluctuations as shown by local reports.
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