Louis Bleriot Dies Pioneer Flyer at 64
Louis Bleriot famed aviator who first crossed the English Channel died at 64. He made the 23.5 mile Channel hop in 38 minutes on July 25, 1909, outdistancing a destroyer tasked with guiding him. Family at bedside as funeral plans were to be announced later.
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Paris
Louis Bleriot
English Channel
Bleriot
Calais
France
Dover
England
Geoffrey Tyson
United States
Pioneering Aviator Blériot’s Cross Channel Feats Noted
The article recalls Louis Blériot’s early flights between Calais and Dover and his cross channel victory earning 25 000 francs. It cites his 60 mile cross country flight and 50 minutes 8 seconds aloft as record achievements. It also mentions his friendship with Orville and Wilbur Wright and Col Lindbergh’s 1933 Paris visit discussing aviation progress.
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Bleriot
Calais
Dover
France
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Paris
North Atlantic
Negro Jailed After Car Hits Pole and Boy Cyclist
James Johnson, 39, of 1411 Third Street NW, lost control on Twelfth Ave SE and struck a telephone pole and a 13 year old cyclist, Philip Dvorak of 815 Division St SE. Dvorak treated at Mercy hospital for non serious injuries. Johnson, reportedly drinking, charged with reckless driving. A G Ampey, 44, riding with Johnson, not held.
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James Johnson
Third Street NW
Twelfth Avenue
Fourth Street
Philip Dvorak
Division Street SE
Mercy Hospital
Johnson
A. G. Ampey
Eighth Street
August Begins With Heat in Cedar Rapids
The weatherman reports a hot start for August in Cedar Rapids with a 96 degree high at 4 p.m. and 94 at 1 p.m under clear skies. By 7 p.m. temperatures fell to 84, with a midnight low around 65 degrees per Chambers Inskeep records.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Everyday Living Reflections on Charity and Character
A string of aphorisms on kindness duty art religion and personal conduct. Quotes from Emerson Mussolini Bennett and Gunther mingle with reflections on truth, self restraint, and the meaning of success. Copyright 1936.
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Newton
Arnold Bennett
Mussolini
Ludwig
Emerson
Stanley Baldwin
John Gunther
Germany
Austria
World wheat supply at smallest since 1927 amid drought
Washington reports the world wheat supply will drop to the smallest level since 1927 with 1936 37 carryover down 210 million bushels outside Russia and China. US production up slightly but aridity threatens carryover. Chicago corn hits 1 05 a bushel as drought expands in Missouri and Nebraska. Relief provisions for northeast farmers and soil conservation policy adjustments are approved to ease drought impacts.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
Bureau
Russia
China
Chicago
Missouri
Nebraska
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Northwest
Northeast
Wallace
Conflict over ship mail contracts looms in Congress
Washington sharp conflict looms as the government prepares to end all forty three ocean mail contracts within a year under the new merchant marine act. Ship lines warn of court challenges unless compensation is provided and note heavy government loans burden them.
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Washington
Maritime Authority
Pew Authority
Post Office Department
Roosevelt Demands More Relief Workers On PWA Projects
On the Roosevelt train to Hyde Park, he said he would require larger relief labor shares on PWA projects after findings in Vermont and New Hampshire showed only 51 and 35 percent relief workers respectively. He intended to rely more on WPA lists to approve future projects under the 1936 relief act revolving fund. He also toured flood control dams in New England ahead of a Springfield Mass conference.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Vermont
New Hampshire
PWA
Hanover
N. H
Springfield
Mass
New England
Youth extortion note targets Shirley Temple
Sterling W. Powell sixteen year old pled guilty to writing a letter threatening the life of child star Shirley Temple unless her father paid twenty five thousand dollars. Powell was bound over to the next federal district court term set to begin June eight nineteen thirty seven. Powell admitted crafting the note after watching a kidnap plot in a film and told officials he never planned to carry out the threat. The Powell family is respected in Grant Nebraska where Powell was arrested while plowing near home.
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Grant
Neb
Sterling W. Powell
Shirley Temple
Powell
U. S
A. F. Streitz
North Platte
Streitz
Federal District Court
Howard Bechtel
Perkins County
Powell Woodshed
George F. Temple
Shirley
Temple
Bechtel
Carl F. Powell
Two Youthful Killers Sentenced to Death in Chicago
In Chicago, two of three young gunmen were sentenced to death by electric chair for the murder of Police Officer Jerome McCauley during a May incident. The third defendant received 199 years in prison for his role in the shooting and car escape.
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Chicago
Jerome McCauley
Paul Jenket
McCauley
Frank “Bones” Korczykowski
Andrew Bogacki
Criminal Court
Ellow
Sinclair Asks Landon to Elaborate on Labor Policies
Pasadena telegram from Upton Sinclair former EPIC leader in California urges Governor Alf M. Landon to expand his labor stance. Sinclair calls Landon’s reply to Norman Thomas futile unless he pledges government aid to protect labor organizers.
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Sinclair
Landon
Pasadena
Calif
Upton Sinclair
EPIC
California
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Norman Thomas
Weather Outlook for Chicago and Plains Aug 3 to 8
AP weather forecast outlines light precipitation across the upper Mississippi valley and northern plains. Cool conditions expected early in the week in the north, with near normal temperatures thereafter.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Bayonne Girl 17 Confesses Hatchet Slaying of Mother
Gladys MacKnight a 17 year old with a boyish appearance confessed Saturday to murdering her mother Helen MacKnight with a hatchet. Her 18 year old sweetheart Donald Wightman admitted pinioning the mother as the daughter struck. They await grand jury action on murder charges possibly death penalty.
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Bayonne
N. J
Gladys MacKnight
Donald Wightman
Helen MacKnight
Hudson County
Jersey City
Emily Hassmiller
Youth May Lose Leg After Auto Motorcycle Crash
Keith Stover and Claude Hoppe, both 19 or 20 and residents of the local Y M C A, were injured when their northbound motorcycle collided with a car driven by Almond S. Heath on highway 11 near the Louisa viaduct. Hoppe suffered a compound fracture and may lose his leg while Stover had a dislocated elbow and minor injuries. Both were confined to St. Luke's hospital.
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Keith Stover
North English
Claude Hoppe
Morley
Highway 11
Almond S. Heath
First Avenue E
Louisa Viaduct
Stover
Heath
Hoppe
St. Luke’s Hospital
Car crash near Benton kills Miss Costello
Miss Clo tello Costello, 18, died when an automobile carrying four youths overturned on Highway 71 near Benton Missouri. Wanda Preston and Kathleen Preston, sisters, were seriously injured. All three other occupants are from Kansas City. Cause of the crash is not known.
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Benton
Clotello Costello
Wanda
Kathleen Preston
Kansas City
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll Plans 1936 Roadway Fees
A Cedar Rapids item outlines proposed auto tolls for 1936 with notes on accident figures and revenue projections. Officials consider rates to fund road maintenance while monitoring crash data and traffic patterns in the city.
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Cedar Rapids
Stars Shun Publicity As Astor Custody Battle Heats Up
Hollywood stars fear the diaries and testimony linked to Mary Astor custody case. Six men reportedly panic at possible exposure of their conduct as Dr. Franklyn Thorpe fights to retain custody of four year old Marilyn Thorpe. Judge Knight will rule Monday as Thorpe’s affidavit quotes diary excerpts.
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Los Angeles
INS
Hollywood
Mary Astor
Miss Astor
Franklyn Thorpe
Joseph Anderson
Thorpe
Mari‘lyn Thorpe
Goodwin J. Knight
Drug Heir Held On Wife's Complaint Involving Children
Chicago AP report: Cornelius Peter Van Schaack, 27, arrested on disorderly conduct after taking his two children from his estranged wife. Magistrate refused abduction warrant. Van Schaack held on $50 bond. Wife and five relatives also arrested on the same charge.
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Chicago
Cornelius Peter van Schaack
J. J. Peters
Wilmette
Peters
van Schaack
Arden
Claire
Cornelius Peter
William, Jr
Genevieve Moody
R. C. Moody
Two Firemen Die In Greenville Blast
Two Greenville firefighters were burned to death Saturday night as a crowd watched them attempting to break through a barred window after an explosion set a downtown building ablaze.
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Greenville
Tex
First of new Out on the Acres interview featured
Frank Thomson, Cedar county farmer near Mechanicsville, is interviewed in the Cedar Rapids Gazette as the first of the new series Out on the Acres. The feature appears in Section Four Farm news and features.
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Ray Anderson
Sunday Gazette
Cedar Rapids Gazette
News of
Cedar Rapids
Eastern Iowa Society
Mary Manners
Gazette
Nancy Page
Boston
J. L. Rhea
Jeanette Beyer
Iowa
Mechanicsville
Frank Thomson
Cedar County
Marion
Terhune
William A. Brady
Josephine Culbertson
Seizure of Ford and GM plants in Barcelona confirmed
Washington reports the central committee for anti fascist militia has seized Ford and General Motors plants in Barcelona. The Madrid government bears responsibility for the move, and the committee imposes control and requires delegates for any material leaving the factories. No protest will be lodged pending clearer terms.
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Washington
State Department
Ford
General Motors
Barcelona
Lynn W. Franklin
Central Committee For Antifascist
America
Madrid
Franklin
Ministry of War
Central Committee
Catalonia
Couple Burned to Death in Chicago Area Flat Fire
Raymond Koviack aged 28 and his wife Vivian 26 died in a second floor flat fire in Steger DL early Saturday. Both were suffocated and burned in the blaze, authorities reported.
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Chicago
Raymond Koviack
Vivian
Steger, DL
France Eyes Non Intervention As Spain War Grows
Paris reports France will seek an international non intervention accord to curb arms to the Spanish civil war. Paris asks Britain and Italy to declare neutrality while Europe weighs the risk of a wider conflict as Madrid and insurgent forces clash near Lozoya and Buitrago.
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Lozoya
Buitrago
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Arno Dosch-Fleurot
Universal Service
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Rome
Great Britain
Italy
Yvon Delbos
Delbos
Chamber of Deputies
Jean Mistler
Chamber
Foreign Relations Commission
Spanish
Morocco
Leon Blum
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Mussolini
Hitler
Moscow
Blum
Britain
Lee
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