Landon Sets Three Eastern Speaking Dates for Campaign
Gov. Alfred M. Landon outlined three campaign stops on his first presidential tour in August. He will speak in West Middlesex Pa on Aug 22, Chautauqua N Y on Aug 24, and Buffalo N Y on Aug 26. He plans meetings with Republican leaders in each city and will visit birthplaces and historic sites along the way.
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Topeka
Kan
INS
Alfred M. Landon
Pennsylvania
New York
West Middlesex
Chautauqua
N. Y
Buffalo
Landon
Ohio
Mpire
Charles Hamilton
Ripley
Hamilton
Kansas
Iowa
Michigan
Lester J. Dickinson
Frank G. Fitzgerald
Foster Father Kills 16-Year-Old Girl Escaping Cruelty
In Vail Gate New York a 16-year-old girl Clara Lynch Gaerbrandt fled a harsh foster home and was found dead with foster father Normin Gaerbrandt 36 in a neighbor’s house. Coroner ruled murder and death by own action after a shotgun was fired. A note in her dress cited her denied freedoms and restrictions. Mrs Hazen Lewis had sheltered the girl for three days last week.
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Vail Gate
N. Y
Clara Lynch Gaerbrandt
Normin Gaerbrandt
W. A. Calver
Newbrough
Gaerbrandt
Hazen Lewis
Firthcliffe Heights
Here
Charm Of Film Stars Reported "Rated" In Mary Astor's Diary
Mary Astor's diary allegedly lists charm ratings for Hollywood leading men in a 400 page manuscript. The judge will rule on admissibility as Astor fights for custody of her daughter from Dr. Franklyn Thorpe. Close friends fear ratings could embarrass many actors described as outstanding he men in the screen world.
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Los Angeles
INS
Mary Astor
Hollywood
International News Service
Mary
Goodwin J. Knight
Miss Astor
Franklyn Thorpe
Holdup Slayer Dies In chair In Ohio
John Pleyer a 31 year old Chicago gunman died in the electric chair after a bitter tirade against clemency. He was executed for fatally shooting Albert Wesosky during a Cleveland store holdup. His partner Donald Eberle also died in the chair on June 23.
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Columbus
John Pleyer
Chicago
Cleveland
Pleyer
Albert Wesosky
Donald Eberle
Bonnell Elected President of Public Library Board
J N Bonnell of this city was elected president of the public library board to succeed Rev J Frank Moore after a board meeting. Mrs Hattie Peterson was re elected vice president and Mrs Ernest F Lawman was chosen secretary of the association.
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Manchester
J. N. Bonnell
Public Library Board
J. Frank Moore
Library Board
Hattie Peterson
Ernest F. Lawman
Local man joins exploration party to study San Juan canyons
F Gaynor Evans 28 son of Mr and Mrs Evans of 818 Sixteenth St SE is part of a river exploration team that last month explored San Juan canyons in Utah to study prehistoric inhabitants. Under Prof Lloyd Lowrey the 11 scientist group aims for a complete zoological survey of the Monument Valley region in Arizona and Utah. The expedition departed from Zahn Bar Utah and is due back in New York Aug 28 with Evans stopping in Cedar Rapids en route.
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F. Gaynor Evans
San Juan River
W. R. Evans
Sixteenth Street
Utah
San Juan
Colorado River
Evans
Columbia University
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Washington High School
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Lloyd Lowrey
Winters
Calif
Rainbow Bridge
Monument Valley
Arizona
Navajo Indian Reservation
Lowrey
Lee’s Ferry
Ariz
Zahn Bar
Navajo Mountain
Remove Foreigners From Wuchow As Fighting Flares
American and British gunboats began evacuating foreign women and children from Wuchow as fighting flared on the city’s outskirts. The warships were sent to Wuchow above Canton after new outbreaks in the north ern southern civil war threatened the area.
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Hong Kong
INS
Wuchow
Canton
Mechanicsville Baby Darla Dee Jackson Sets Tooth Record
Darla Dee Jackson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Alan D Jackson of Mechan icsville, born August 23 1932, showed early milestones including first tooth at three months and full set by fifteen. She walked at seven months and could walk alone by nine. Since age two she sang solos at local church events.
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Mechanicsville
Darla Dee Jackson
Alan D. Jackson
Darla Dee
Lake Building Project At Waukon Approved
Waukon approves an artificial lake project with a $4,000 WPA grant and local fundraising of about $2,500. The lake will span 3.2 acres on the John C Opfer farm, south of the city along highway 51, with a 275 foot dam and a 1100 by 250 to 275 foot pond. Labor is to be local and WPA funded.
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Waukon
Harry Beavers
WPA
John C. Opfer
Mary Waters and Gale Welzel announced marriage
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Mary Waters of Dorchester to Gale Welzel son of Mr and Mrs C G Welzel. The notice lists the families and locale as the snippet ends with incomplete place name.
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Waukon
Mary Waters
Maurice Waters
Dorchester
Gale Welzel
C. G. Welzel
Pilot Averts Serious Crash In Manchester Field
Pilot James K. Stepp Jr son of Dr J K Stepp of Manchester forced a landing in a cornfield after a wheel struck a hole during takeoff from near the fairgrounds. The plane sustained minor damage and both men escaped unharmed.
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Manchester
James K. Stepp, Jr
J. K. Stepp
Stepp
Belgrade Opens Museum for Nicholas II Relics
A Belgrade museum dedicated to the life of Nicholas II opens as a unique collection of his photographs statues and personal items. King Peter II attends with many dignitaries as Russian émigrés fund the Russian Home housing the exhibit.
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Belgrade
Nicholas II
Russia
Nicholas
Peter II
Jugoslavia
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