Iowa Corn Tops The Nation In Aug 1 Condition Report
The Aug 1 crop bulletin shows eastern Iowa corn conditions at 15 percent or less in several counties led by Ringgold at 11 percent. Winter wheat improved to 23 bushels an acre statewide, while soybeans stood at 59 percent of normal. Pasture condition averaged 23 percent, with Cedar and Jackson among the counties reporting the strongest pasture figures in the Cedar Rapids area.
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Plymouth
Woodbury
Harrison
Taylor
Ringgold
Decatur
Wayne
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Jones
Cedar
Johnson
Poweshiek
Tama
Grundy
Black Hawk
Keokuk
Carl
East
East Central
District Three
District One
District Two
Jackson
Palo Alto
Butler
Marshall
Benton
Clinton
Delaware
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Humboldt
Acre
Jasper
Dallas
Buchanan
Fayette
Indianola Man Named Director of GOP Farm Division
Rep. Clifford R. Hope of Garden City Kansas was named director of the Republican National Committee farm division. He will be aided by three assistant directors Don L. Berry E H Taylor and Rep Francis D Culkin with an advisory council of farmers from each agricultural state. Hope 43 Iowa native long Kansas resident served in Kansas legislature 1921 27 and was Kansas house speaker 1927 before election to Congress.
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Chicago
Clifford R. Hope
Garden City
Kan
Republican National Committee
Arthur M. Curtis
Curtis
Hope
Don L. Berry
Indianola
Iowa
E. H. Taylor
Yates Center
Francis D. Culkin
Oswego
N. Y
Kansas
Kansas House
Congress
Gage Heads Group In State Planning Board
Dr Gage of Coe college Cedar Rapids named chairman of the human resources sub committee at a state planning board meeting in Des Moines Also named were A C Trowbridge of Iowa City as water resources committee head and B W Lodwick of Des Moines as land resources chair The board plans a long term restoration and drought relief program to be shown at the next meeting then forwarded to Aberdeen S D for regional study before Roosevelt drought committee meeting.
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Des Moines
INS
Harry M. Gage
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
State Planning Board
A. C. Trowbridge
Iowa City
University of Iowa Geology Department
Water Resources Committee
B. W. Lodwick
Resettlement Administration
Land Resources Group
Planning Board
Soil Conservation
Aberdeen
S. D
Central Northwest Regional Planning Commission
Roosevelt
Coroner's Jury Seals Verdict In Toledo Auto Deaths
A coroner's jury sealed its verdict after investigating the car crash deaths of Milo Konicek and Mildred Kosnar of Clutter. Coroner Harvey Jones said findings timing was unclear. Witnesses testified Homer Kepler of Elberon, 51, drove the truck that struck the Clutter car near Belle Plaine and was intoxicated. Jury members were Harry B. Smith W. B. Schultz and Harry H. Lichy of Toledo.
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Toledo
Milo Konicek
Mildred Kosnar
Clutter
Harvey Jones
Homer Kepler
Elberon
Belle Plaine
Harry B. Smith
W. B. Schultz
Harry H. Lichty
Missing 11 Year Old Boy Reported By Father
James Higham reports his 11 year old son Joe left home at 9:30 Monday morning to go downtown and has not returned by 1:53 a.m. Tuesday. Joe is about four feet tall, weighs around 90 pounds, and wore a white sport shirt, brown knee trousers, and no hat.
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James Higham
Fourth Street
Joe
Lindbergh Demonstrates Mechanical Heart in Copenhagen
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh presented his mechanical heart device to a gathering of scientists at the international congress of experimental cytology in Copenhagen. He described the apparatus developed with Dr. Alexis Carrel as part of advancing artificial heart research.
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Copenhagen
Charles A. Lindbergh
America
Alexis Carrel
Astor custody case heats up with celebrity testimony
In a tense Beverly Hills courtroom Miss Astor denies intoxication allegations and details of visitors in her home while portraits of Barrymore Kaufman Cerf and others surface. Deputy sheriffs chase a bench warrant for George Kaufman as the trial probes Marylyn Thorpe's care amid diary excerpts and claims of past alcohol use.
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Miss Astor
George S. Kaufman
John Barrymore
Bennett Cerf
New York
Sylvia Sidney
Daniel Silverberg
Mortimer Rodgers
George Oppenheimer
Alfredo Carpegna
Marcus Goodrich
John Eldredge
Kaufman
Los Angeles
East
Anderson
Goodwin Knight
Beverly Hills
Joseph Anderson
Franklyn Thorpe
Tower Road
Elaine Barrie
Astor
Barrymore
Marylyn
Thorpe
Danny Silberberg
Miami
Fla
Havana
Cuba
Oppenheimer
Sawyer Anderson
Roland Rich Woolley
Eldredge
Ann Harding
Harry Bannister
Miss Harding
Europe
Knight
Marylyn Thorpe
California
Count Alfredo Carpegna
Dr. Thorpe
Hollywood
Ernst Lubitsch
Lubitsch
Havanna
Silverberg
Two Spanish Rebel Generals Sentenced To Death
General Manuel Goded and General Burriel, prominent Catalan rebel leaders, were sentenced to die by court martial aboard the loyalist prison ship Uruguay. Sentences await approval from the Barcelona division commander and the Madrid government before execution.
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Barcelona
INS
Manuel Goded
Catalonia
Spain
Uruguay
Burriel
Barcelona Bar
Madrid
Morton Bids Help For One‑Footed Duck In Ont
Gananoque Ontario reports M W Morton continues efforts to straighten a farmyard duck that swims in circles due to webbing on only one foot. Morton says the duck has poor chances of ever getting anywhere.
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M. W. Morton
Morton
Rebels Attack in Spain Push Toward San Sebastian
Twelve thousand troops of Gen. Emilio Mola began a major assault to seize Iran near San Sebastian. An artillery bombardment preceded a mountain push from the French border while loyalists retreated from Tolosa to strengthen the front. Col Beornegui led infantry in continued fighting as visibility limited fire.
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Hendaye
France
INS
Emilio Mola
Iran
San Sebastian
Tolosa
Col. Beornegui
Federal Judge Deploys Marshals To Find Jurors
Judge John W. Clancy ordered 50 U S marshals to locate 12 prospective jurors who had never bought a sweepstakes ticket. Three panels had been exhausted on this point.
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New York
John W. Clancy
U. S
Men Shot in Negro Manhunt Dying in Alabama
In Anniston Alabama two of three men wounded in a battle between a white posse and Negroes were in serious condition at Garner hospital. Patrols were placed on streets as Ott Bush, sought for alleged part in kidnapping a two month old infant, remained at large.
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A. L. Williams
Lloyd’s Chapel
Bush
National Emergency Council Head Quits
Washington AP Lyle T Alverson director of the national emergency council said after a White House visit that President Roosevelt would accept his resignation effective September 1 He plans to return to private business in New York and has led the council since last December He cited the administration's fault and urged relief to focus on his private work
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Washington
Lyle T. Alverson
National Emergency Council
White House
Roosevelt
New York
Emergency Council
Alverson
Wallace Attacks GOP Farm Plank In Council Bluffs
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace said the Republican platform fails to address farm issues. He framed the farm dilemma as whether to rely on individual initiative or allow government borrowing of powers to temper technology's impact on family sized farms. He criticized rugged individualism alongside farm aid and warned about Wall Street influence entering the Republican camp.
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Council Bluffs
Henry A. Wallace
Republican Party
Cleveland
Council] Bluffs
Wallace
Wall Street
Italian Aviators Fined After Algeria Landing
Three Italian airmen forced down in Algeria July 30 were fined for carrying arms without proper papers. They received one month in prison and 200 francs fines each, suspended as first offenses. Planes and arms were confiscated.
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Paris
INS
Algeria
Spanish Morocco
Dollar Line Ship Held In Singapore By Striking Crew
The Dollar liner President Hayes, idle in Singapore harbor, lies with crew ashore amid protests over a fireman demotion. Sixty four deck and engine room workers struck, appealed to the U S consulate for food, while efforts to settle the dispute continue.
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Singapore
INS
Dollar
President Hayes
San Francisco
Pierson
United States
Federal Seamen’s Union
Hayes
Garfield
Genoa
Italy
Slight Hope for Gaston Means Illness at Leavenworth
Gaston B. Means, convicted of a $104,000 Lindbergh case swindle, lies seriously ill at Leavenworth with a serious abdominal infection. He refuses surgery as his wife flies to be at his side.
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Washington (Ap
Gaston B. Means
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Bureau of Prisons
Means
Zeppelin Hindenburg May Set New Record
The Zeppelin Hindenburg, averaging 100 knots on parts of its course, seemed poised to set a new transatlantic record on its return flight from Lakehurst New Jersey to Frankfurt Germany. It carried 55 passengers and reported flying 1690 nautical miles from the Strait of Belle Isle to Fastnet Rock in 16 hours 53 minutes.
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New York
Frankfurt-au- Main
Germany
Lakehurst
N. J
Ernst A. Lehmann
Strait of Belle Isle
Nova Scotia
Fastnet Rock
England
Seek Cut In Motorist For Causing Accident
Police seek a car with Illinois plates after it cut in front of Mrs. E. C. Bergmann in Montpelier Vermont, causing a collision. Bergmann, driving Mrs. M. B. Waln’s car, was south on First Street SE between First and Second Avenues about 10 50 a.m. when it happened. The other driver did not stop.
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Illinois
E. C. Bergmann
Montpelier
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