Stark leads Missouri Democratic race solidly
In Missouri, Maj. Lloyd C. Stark held a three to one lead for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination amid Pendergast backing as returns from the state favored him. In Kansas, Townsendite candidate trailed in the governor's race while Walter A. Huxman led the Democratic Senate contest.
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Washington
Missouri
Kansas
Tom J. Pendergast
Kansas City
Maj
Lloyd C. Stark
William Hirth
Stark
Jesse W. Barrett
Hirth
Pendergast
Alf M. Landon
Jonathan M. Davis
Walter A. Huxman
Huxman
Will G. West
Senate
Iowa Drought Relief Jobs Promise Expanded
Washington reports Gov Clyde L Herring announces government financing of 5000 drought relief jobs in Iowa with immediate WPA allotment after talks with Acting WPA Administrator Aubrey W Williams and Iowa WPA director L S Hill. He seeks another 5000.
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Rexford G. Tugwell
Herring
Iowa
Washington
Clyde L. Herring
Works Progress Administration
L. S. Hill
WPA
Aubrey W. Williams
How to Treat Ivy Poisoning
Ivy poisoning may stem from three plants including poison ivy primrose or poison oak. Puncture blisters with a sterile needle drain them then ash the area with thick Resinol Soap lather washing toward infected skin. When blisters stop apply Resinol Ointment and cover with a light bandage. Use Resinol morning and night for relief and healing.
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Resinol
Dept. 7
Baltimore
New Gazette Plane Enters Service With Advanced Features
The new Gazette airliner debuts with controllable pitch propeller and speed arresters for faster climbs. It includes a radio, blind flying instruments, retractable night lights, and parachute flares. A gull wing design, 75 gallon tanks, 600 mile range, luxurious cabin, wind generator, and hydraulic brakes mark modern upgrades.
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Thompson
Stinson
Gazette
Dan Hunter
Detroit
Department of Commerce
Ethiopian 40 000 Warriors March on Addis Ababa
Ras Imru, Ethiopian commander in the northwest, reportedly led 40,000 troops west of Dessye toward Addis Ababa. The columns aimed at the capital along the northern mountain road, with many Italian outposts said to have been destroyed in the advance.
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Port Said
Egypt
Ras Imru
Dessye
Addis Ababa
Heifetz Learns Yawl Sailing This Summer
Violinist Jascha Heifetz spends the summer learning to handle a yawl named Galatea. He focuses on boat navigation and sailing skills aboard the small vessel.
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Jascha Heifetz
Mercer Confesses to Long Crime Spree Across States
John M. Mercer describes a string of robberies from July to August 1930 across Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois Iowa and Indiana with accomplice Roy and Kile. He details drugstores businesses hold ups, a Davenport Davenport drug store robbery and a fatal shooting near Tipton Iowa, later surrendering and seeking amends.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Mary
Wain Kile
Canton
Ohio
Kile
Roy
Davenport
Iowa
Bennett
East Dubuque
Ill
Galena
Allentown
Baltimore
Asheville
N. C
Pennsylvania
Duffy
Camden
Camden City
Trenton
New York
Tipton
Bishop commends Father Coughlin work in Vatican view
A Detroit bishop says he met Vatican officials to explain Father Coughlin. He claimed Coughlin spreads precepts of Pope Leo XIII and Pope Pius XI. The bishop dismissed criticism as a erased blemish and noted a missed transatlantic call from Detroit.
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Father Coughlin
Vatican
Congregation Council
Leo
Pius
Detroit
Coughlin Admits Rebuke Over Liar Charge to Roosevelt
Rev. Charles E. Coughlin acknowledged being rebuked by Bishop Michael Gallagher for calling President Roosevelt a liar. Gallagher said Coughlin apologized to Roosevelt after the incident and had planned the apology before speaking to the bishop at sea en route to Rome.
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Royal Oak
Mich
Charles E. Coughlin
Roosevelt
Coughlin
Michael J. Gallagher
Detroit
Rome
William Lemke
Father Coughlin
Bishop Gallagher
Cleveland
Social Justice
Dust Chemist Ousted Over Black Legion Milk Plot
Detroit health officials suspended chemist Charles T. McCutcheon after he admitted being approached about a Black Legion plan to contaminate milk and cottage cheese with typhoid germs. He declined to inform city officials and was dismissed by Health Commissioner Dr. Henry F. Vaughan.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Charles T. McCutcheon
Henry F. Vaughan
McCutcheon
Vaughan
Arthur F. Lupp
Black Legion’ Commander. “McCutcheon
Lupp
Missing Nunoca Vessel Identified by Life Raft Parts
A small oval life raft washed ashore near Key Largo is identified as equipment from the 110 foot British motorship Nunoca, missing for a month with 22 aboard. Capt. C. C. Foster of Tampa Marine Supply confirmed the find, linking it to the vessel that departed Georgetown, Grand Cayman, on July 4 with 13 passengers and nine crew members.
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Tampa
Fla
Key Largo
Nunoca
Florida Straits
C. C. Foster
Tampa Marine Supply Company
Gulf Stream
Coast Guard
Moses I. Kirkconnell
Gulf and Caribbean
Georgetown
Gran Cayman
Iowa Faces Severe Crop Losses from Drought Forecast
Iowa corn damage is extensive with eastern counties showing better stalks but few ears. Reed notes trucks hauling old corn to relief regions and livestock losses amid prices rising above a dollar. About 40 000 farm families may need government aid as pastures and seedings were destroyed and emergency forage crops delayed. September rains hoped after a record hot July and a hot dry August likely.
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Portance
Iowa
Reed
Iowans Report Optimistic On Landon Campaign
Iowa Republicans forecast strong 1936 election results with Sen Lester Dickinson Berry Hall den nominee George Wilson and Gov Frank Fitzgerald telling Landon the corn belt will sweep Republicans to victory in Iowa and seven senators plus state offices. They claim food shortages and New Deal failures fuel gains across Illinois Minnesota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas.
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Peka
Kan
INS
Alfred M. Landon
United States Senate
Iowa
Corn
Illinois
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Funeral services for Miss Mantie Joy Clark
Miss Mantie Joy Clark a 25 year old Oelwein teacher died after an apparent rally from a siege of neuritis Funeral services were held at the family home and at the Methodist church in Maynard with burial in Maynard cemetery She taught at Southside grade schools for four years.
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Oelwein
Mantie Joy Clark
F. C. Witzigman
Maynard
Welch
Miss Clark
Gladys Clark
Southside
Hay crop losses from fire estimated at ten percent
An estimate shows about 10 percent of the United States hay crop is destroyed by fire each year.
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United States
Brooklyn Gangland Murder Victim Found in Trunk
William Hessler, a man with prior arrests, was stabbed forty eight times and found stuffed in a trunk in a Brooklyn vacant lot. Police call the slaying a typical gangland killing identified by fingerprints.
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Brooklyn
New York
William Hessler
Grange Head Urges Farmers Equal Treatment and Justice
Grange leader calls for economic and legislative justice for farmers, urging organized action to counter large buyers. He promotes an honest dollar policy, critiques postwar price declines, and highlights Iowa’s high tenant farmer rate. He warns of rising inequality and the risk of dictatorship if farm ownership erodes. Cedar Rapids lauded for awareness of the issue.
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Mr. Taber
Grange
Taber
Iowa
United States
Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee machinist touts elixir to revive dried vegetation
John Magin, a 58 year old Milwaukee machinist and hobby gardener, says he developed a five ingredient solution that keeps soil moist and makes grass grow four inches high in four days if roots are alive. He claims the compound also thickens foliage and chokes out weeds like the dandelion.
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Milwaukee
John Magin
Magin
Roosevelt orders relief labor on PWA projects
Washington AP Secretary Ickes says Roosevelt rules that public works under the $450 million PWA program must use relief labor exclusively but hopes for modification. The administrator notes allotments may be problematic and some states won’t participate. Eleven states had no allotments from the initial list. Missouri plus Delaware, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Nebraska, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia and Wyoming were omitted.
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Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
PWA
Youth charged with assault for saving woman from beating
Irvin Young, 20, was charged with assault to commit murder after allegedly knocking down Flavel Rudolph, 31, during a dispute with Rudolph's wife. Rudolph remained unconscious with a fractured skull in Mercy hospital.
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Des Moines
Irvin Young
Flavel H. Rudolph
Rudolph
Bernard Krull
Valley Junction
Young
Mercy Hospital
Zada Rudolph
Coast Guard Enters 146th Year Of Service
The United States Coast Guard marks its 146th year since the Revenue Cutter Service was authorized by Congress and approved by President George Washington on August 4 1790 as the precursor to the present organization.
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Washington
United States Coast Guard
Revenue Cutter Service
George Washington
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