Senator Dickinson speaks at Coggon Harvest Festival
Senator L. J. Dickinson of Iowa told about hogs and oats limits cannot be set by a brain trust. He spoke at the Harvest Home festival in Coggon where six thousand attended on Republican day. He argued against the New Deal and said he favored the economy of plenty.
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Gazette
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
Dickinson
Nels Kraschel
United States
Senate
Congress
Canada
Kraschel
Cedar Rapids
Farmer Labor men provide trailer for GOP show
At the Coggon Harvest Home festival the two Farmer-Labor candidates joined the Republican wagon as applause faded for Senator L. J. Dickinson. Arthur Houver spoke off program and introduced Jess D. Sickler who sang a burlesque of Secretary Wallace and the AAA, prompting most of the crowd to leave.
Cold Blooded Crime Highlights Political Fray and Local Turmoil
The long account blends political attack on the New Deal by Senator Dickinson with a separate shocking crime story. Dickinson criticizes relief tied programs and warns of tax burdens while a Cedar Rapids page recounts a brutal murder case and courtroom arraignments, linking national policy debate to local fear.
How Congress Elects President If No Electoral Majority Reached
New York AP notes Father Coughlin argues the Union party could deny Roosevelt or Lan don a majority and push the presidency to its candidate through House selection. It recalls past cases in 1824 1800 1876 showing how states vote and a special electoral commission resolved disputes.
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New York
Father Coughlin
New Union Party
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
House
William Lemke
Congress
Union Party
Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams
William H. Crawford
Henry Clay
Adams
Jackson
Crawford
John C Calhoun
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
House of Representatives
Louisiana
Florida
South Carolina
Oregon
Rutherford Hayes
Samuel J. Tilden
Tilden
Hayes
Two Young Sisters Plan Double Wedding to Farmer
In FNGUISHTOWN NT AP, Julia Scott 62 of T Station will wed Tilton Gravel Hatt 60, and Celia Scott 22 will wed Tilton's son Bene 6 TL narry. The couples, both eldest daughters of Mrs. Mary L Scott, intend to wed in the old farmhouse where Tilton was born, as they prepare for church ceremonies and expect to gather trousseau for the double event.
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Wall
Tilton
Omarry
Julia Scett
T Station
Bene
Narry
Celia Scett
Cere
Mary L Scott
Spain Not All Horror Report From Frances Davis
Frances Davis of Boston reports from the rebel zone between the French frontier and Madrid. She notes peaceful countryside beside war, reports executions by drumhead, air raid disappointments, and tense travel through Medinaceli and the Pyrenees in fog.
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Madrid
Spain
Frances Davis
Boston
Jose Palacios
Hus
Medinaceli
Zaragoza
Pyrenees
Noted Kentucky Moonshine Village Wrecked By Fire
Golden Pond Kentucky, long known for moonshine, was swept by fire late Saturday destroying a bank three stores a church and several other buildings. Winds hindered efforts and the bucket brigades failed to halt the blaze with little insurance beyond the bank building.
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Hopkinsville
Golden Pond
Ben Futrell
Futrell
City Briefs and Personals Highlights
City briefs report events including a bungalow canning school, a Minor annual reunion at Daniels Park on Sunday August 9, and a Townsend club meeting. Notices mention a grass fire at Louisa viaduct, a vacation trip for Lowell Pirnie, a surgical recovery of Mrs. Jesse Mumma, a July 28 birth of Donald Edward Joslin, and travel plans of E E Trousdale and Mrs Trousdale including a stop at the Texas Centennial Exposition.
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Donald Edward
Fred Joslin
Anamosa
Joslin
Merly Dorthea Bates
Ahamosa
E. E Trousdale
Montrose
France Challenges Nations on Spain Crisis Communique
The Blum cabinet released a Saturday night communique stating France will curb foreign interventions in Spain. It urges adherance to non intervention rules and reserves freedom to act if arms shipments continue to reach the rebels amid the crisis.
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France
Spain
Blum
Reports On Baptist Conferences At Lawn Party
Brief reports on recent Baptist youth gatherings will be given at a First Baptist church lawn party hosted by Rev. Russell F. Judson at 1539 Washington Ave SE from 6 30 to 8 00. John Pavis will speak on the BYPU of America meeting in Chicago. Reporters for Town Baptist State Assembly include Anna McCurley, Maren Jeppsen, Katherine Pohorsky, Ruth Nix, Dorothy Jean Kemp, Fiona Heath, Mary Alice Mellen, Bobby Mellen, Oliver Patrick Jr., and Harry Benesh Jr.
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First Baptist Church
Russell F. Judson
Judson
Washington Avenue
John Pavis
Bypu of America
Chicago
Town Baptist State Assembly
Town Falls
Anna McCurley
Maren Jeppsen
Katherine Pohorsky
Cedar Rapids to host All Iowa Dairy and Junior Livestock Exposition
The event runs September 16 to 19 with a saddle horse show each night. Dr H N Strader of Marion will supervise the horse event assisted by a soon appointed committee. About sixty mounts will enter and premiums are planned. Dairy cattle entries total 560 with baby beef entries rising. A mass band for Junior day is to be discussed at a Monday meeting for school band leaders in Linn County at the Hotel Roosevelt.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Strader
Marion
Linn
Hotel Roosevelt
Report Defects in Parole and Juvenile Reform in Iowa
Iowa Daily Press Bureau surveys Iowa reforms noting parole relies on sketchy data and unofficial letters. The Eldora training school houses delinquents, orphans, and feebleminded youths. tests show many are mentally impaired or dull. District courts may misplace these youths without proper investigations.
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Des Moines
State Planning Board
Iowa
Eldora
Iowa Relict
Funeral services for Joseph Turek at Polansky chapel
Joseph Turek died at his home on 1020 Fifth Street SE and funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Polansky chapel with Joseph Mekota in charge. Burial is at St. John's cemetery. Friends may call Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. He was born in Cedar Rapids on August 19, 1875 and lived here all his life. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Rose Snook and Mrs. Fannie Johnson, both of Denver.
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Joseph Turek
Fifth Street
Polansky
Funeral services for Carl W Franks in Cedar Rapids
Funeral services for Carl W. Franks 33 of Chicago, formerly of Cedar Rapids, who died Friday in a Chicago hospital, will be held Monday at 10 a.m. in the Moen chapel. The Rev. Blaine Hyten will officiate. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the Moen chapel Sunday.
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Carl W. Franks
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Moen Chapel
Blaine Hyten
Oak Hill Cemetery
Moen
Walford Church Plans Annual Harvest Picnic and Dance
The Holy Trinity church in Walford will host its annual Harvest Day picnic on August 19 with the Walford band providing music. A chicken supper from 4 30 to 8 p.m. features in the day's events alongside games, refreshments, and entertainment for all ages. A ferris wheel serves the children and a dance opens at 9 p.m. at the Walford ballroom.
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Holy Trinity
Walford
Coughlin Attacks Press as NUSJ Rally Draws 10,000
Worcester event features Rev. Charles E. Coughlin deriding the press as advertisers’ puppets while urging support for the National Union for Social Justice. He vows to “whip rotten politicians” and predicts gains in November as followers surge toward reporters. A field-day death of Alfred M. Kelley shadows the rally and Coughlin plans further talks in East Providence and New Bedford.
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Worcester
Mass
National Union For Social Justice
Charles E. Coughlin
Worcester Fair Grounds
Coughlin
Social Justice
Roosevelt
Hoover
National Union
MSJ
NUSJ
Alfred M. Kelley
East Providence
R. 1
New Bedford
Battle near Dessye reportedly leaves 7000 dead
Passengers arriving from Ethiopia claim 7,000 men died in a clash where Ethiopian warriors seized Dessye on the Addis Ababa to Asmara road. They say Italians weakened by reinforcing Addis Ababa faced Ras Seyoum forces, with hundreds killed on each side. Rome denies Dessye capture.
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Djibouti
Rome
Addis Ababa
Dessye
Pair Bruised In Three Way Crash Involving Van
Charles Charipar and Henry Champar of 1415 Second Street SW suffered bruises at 3 p.m. Saturday when their southbound car on Third Street SE was rear-ended by a moving van and pushed into a Johnson County car. They reported the accident to police but did not obtain the other drivers’ names. Charles Charipar was driving the Charipar automobile.
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Charles
Henry Champar
Second Street
Third Street
Second
Third Avenues
Johnson County
Charles Charipar
Charipar
Counterfeit Ten Dollar Bills Turned Out By Counterfeiters
Washington police hunt for counterfeiters after five bogus ten dollar notes were passed locally in recent days. The seized bills carry serial B-35512010-A and bear the signature of former Secretary Andrew Mellon.
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Washington
INS
Lindberghs Attend Open of Berlin Olympics Incognito
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh and his wife quietly attended the Olympic Games opening in Berlin among about 105000 spectators. They sat in a private corner near the honor tribune and left unnoticed despite their guest status. They planned to avoid recognition and will depart Sunday for Copenhagen.
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Berlin
Charles A Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Lindberghs
Copenhagen
July 1936 Sets Cedar Rapids Heat and Drought Record
The Cedar Rapids area endured one of its driest and hottest Julys on record with a mean temperature of 84.26 degrees and 100+ degree days on eighteen occasions. A 16 day heat wave pushed highs to 100 plus, including 115 at the Cedar Rapids Gas plant. Seven deaths and numerous heat prostrations were reported. Rainfall was scarce at 0.33 inch for the month, the driest in years. Nightly minima reached 76 at times, aiding only modest cooling.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Chambers Inskeep Company
Mercury
Chambers
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
First Street
Eighth Avenue SE
Harvest Festival Day At Wheatland Aug 5
Wheatland Community club and 4 H club sponsor a Harvest Festival day on August 5 at 1030 a m at Wheatland Legion field. Junior baseball matches Oxford Junction. At 1 p m parade and 2 p m livestock judging at the city park with prize awards. 4 H exhibits entered by Norman and Ruth Bicknese and many others. At 3 p m Wheatland and London play baseball followed by a Lost Nation band parade and a dance. Dan Hunter of Cedar Rapids will offer passenger flights.
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Wheatland
Wheatland Community Club
Wheatland Legion
Oxford Junction
Wapsie
Norman Bicknese
Ruth Bicknese
Ray Bicknese
Melvin Hoker
Warren Hoffman
Kenneth Hass
Paul Kelting
Dorothy
Geraldine
Kenneth Klahn
Darlene Minnert
Howard Muhr
Harlyn Mahil
Paul Riedesel
Roger Riedesel
Betty Riedesel
Louis Schneider
la Verne Pingle
Robert Schanze
London
Lost Nation
Dan Hunter
Cedar Rapids
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