Landon Plans East Tour for Presidential Campaign
Governor Alfred M. Landon outlines a broad campaign route starting in Estes Park Colorado with eastward drives to West Middlesex Pennsylvania Chautauqua New York and Buffalo New York. The plan includes stops in Cedar Rapids Iowa Chicago Illinois and multiple train appearances as he seeks the Republican nomination while prioritizing his duties as Kansas governor.
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Iowa
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Rebels Begin New Madrid Offensive In Spain
Rebel forces led by Gen Francisco Franco push toward Madrid with Moroccan troops as reports place him in Burgos Seville and Morocco. Loyalist gains claimed in Badajoz Caceres while government quashes uprisings. Germany endorses eight power neutrality in principle and signals force if needed.
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Zioncheck's death linked to snubs from friends
Washington report details Marion Anthony Zioncheck’s rapid political rise followed by a collapse under social snubs and a mental breakdown. He died after leaping from his office window as his bride sat nearby, with doctors and associates noting a drastic personality change and a possible motive tied to his public life.
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Zioncheck
Rubye Nix Zioncheck
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Poland
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First Avenue
University of Washington
Congress
Ralph Harr
Republicans Await Landon Visit Details in Cedar Rapids
No plans existed Saturday for a reception for Governor Landon during his brief Cedar Rapids stop. Linn county Republican chair Carl Hendrickson said further particulars would be sought from the state Republican committee before any arrangements are made.
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Des Moines to Host Roosevelt Drought Conference
Gov Clyde L Herring announced in Des Moines that President Roosevelt assured him the middle western drought conference would be held in Des Moines. He said no exact time or place is set, but likely on Capitol Hill with no definite date.
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Landon
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Clyde L. Herring
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Landon Campaign Schedule Crowds Cedar Rapids and Iowa stops
The GOP nominee Gov Alfred M Landon's campaign itinerary listed ten campaign stops from Omaha to Chicago. Stops include Council Bluffs Carroll Ames Marshalltown Cedar Rapids Clinton and DeKalb with brief layovers, ending in Chicago at 10 p.m. without a further stop.
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Weather Warmer As Mercury Reaches 92
Cedar Rapids saw warmer conditions with a 92 degree high at 1 30 p m after a low of 58 at 5 a m The day also marked 68 at 7 a m 87 at 9 30 a m and Friday peaked at 90 by 4 p m with 81 at 7 p m and 63 at midnight Skies were partly cloudy with no rain expected
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Butler Extortion Plot Arrest Hinted
Eastland Texas police said they expected to arrest soon in connection with an extortion attempt against Samuel Butler, a prominent oil figure and brother of Gen. Smedley D. Butler. Chief M L Perdue suggested the suspect was someone from Eastland who knew Butler well.
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Knox Opens Nationwide Tour to Speak in 3d States
Frank Knox, vigorous Republican vice presidential nominee, starts a 35 state tour delivering 70 plus addresses. He travels by special train from Aug 31 to the election week, opening in Indiana with Connersville and planning a Huntington WV address for the state convention.
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Local Girl Recovering From Brain Operation
Alice Williams a 17 year old Cedar Rapids Iowa girl was reported doing well at the University of Kansas hospital after a delicate brain operation performed Thursday The girl found in a roadside ditch near Lawrence Kansas July 14 had a fractured skull and her life was despaired of for several days The operation aimed to remove bone slivers in the brain She has a speech impediment and cannot yet relate what happened before she was left in the ditch Dr Frank Teachener said she withstood the operation but time is needed to determine if it will help police identify her assailant The piece notes she was brought from Lawrence to Kansas City for treatment
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Cedar Rapids
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Frank Teachener
Lisbon Banker William Hoblitzell dies at 55
William H. Hoblitzell 55 longtime Lisbon Trust cashier since 1934 died of blood poisoning from a facial infection after a hospital stay beginning Wednesday. Born January 3 1881 in Craig Missouri he earlier worked 35 years in Skidmore Missouri. Survived by wife Florence and four children Adrian Cedar Rapids Mrs Wells Skidmore Miss Margaret Daie Hoblitzell Lisbon and Miss Wynne Hoblitzell Cedar Rapids plus sister Mrs H W Montgomery Cedar Rapids and other relatives. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at his home with burial Linwood Cedar Rapids.
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Secret plan to move vast Fort Knox gold hoard disclosed
Treasury officials completed a closed conference to move 428 572 bars valued at 6 000 million dollars from eastern seaboard locations to the Fort Knox storehouse in Kentucky. Guards armored trains aim to minimize public notice as the transfer proceeds to a highly reinforced vault.
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Jeffersonian Democrats Repudiate Roosevelt Leadership in Demo Conference
A coalition of Jeffersonian Democrats from twenty states formally repudiated President Roosevelt and urged loyal Democrats to reexamine duty in the coming elections. They call for a national organization to oppose the Roosevelt Garner ticket and potentially rally to the Republican standard in some regions.
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Want Ad Deadline Tonight for Big Sun Day Gazette
Advertisers can place Want Ads until 8 PM tonight to reach a busy market. Listings cover camping gear, trailers, vehicles, real estate, furniture, clothing, electronics, farm supplies, and rental properties. Call 2-1121 to place your ad.
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Confesses Slaying Farm Family of 3
Police hold Harry Singer, paroled convict and Wesley farm laborer, after he confessed to shooting Fielding Wesley 54, his wife, and their 12 year old daughter and burying them in a pit under the cowbarn. Singer led officers to the scene and admitted the triple murder after 24 hours of questioning. Neighbors grew suspicious as he sold the Wesleys' belongings and claimed they had fled to Kentucky.
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Wabash
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Girl Learning To Ride Bike Injured In Crash
Miss Betty Lang of 1239 N street SW suffered extensive bruises and a severe bump on her head after her bicycle collided with a car near 1206 Sixth street SW at 7 45 p m Friday. The car was driven by James H. Lattimer of 523 Fourteenth street SE. Lang was taken to her home.
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Manchester
Washout sign misleads drivers at Shell Lake
A caution sign reading Washout slowed traffic as Mrs. Guy Campbell hung laundry by the roadside, not due to road danger but to keep clothes from dust and dirt stirred by speeding motorists.
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Shell Lake
Wis
Guy Campbell
Nude body of Owa lad found in noose near Osage
In Osage Iowa police report a 15 year old boy Paul Richard Wilks was found hanged in a barn five miles south west of town. Sheriff Charles Kathan said the evidence did not suggest suicide. Alfonso Wright a former state hospital inmate was jailed for questioning. Coroner’s jury set for the afternoon.
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Marietta Forms $600000 Worker Co Op Tin Plate Firm
A new Marietta Ohio venture forms a $600000 worker cooperative sheet and tin plate company to keep workers free from steel industry dispute entanglements. Incorporation papers filed with the Ohio secretary of state. Frank D Sinclair says $220000 buys the Hudson Sheet and Tin Plate plant from W F Robertson of Cincinnati, idle a dozen years.
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W. F. Robertson
Cincinnati
Lone Grasshopper Ends Vacation Trip In Nebraska
A grasshopper caused Mrs. A. A. Flynn and her son and daughter from Dorchester Massachusetts to lose $180 when the purse fell from an open car door in Grand Island Nebraska. Mrs. Flynn reported the loss to police and sent an SOS to her husband for funds to return home.
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Huge Cotton Crop Increase Indicated
Washington AP reports the department of agriculture forecast a cotton crop of 12,481,000 bales this year versus 10,638,391 last year. The 1934 crop weighed 9,636,000 bales, with 500 pounds gross weight.
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