Both Spanish Armies Claim Big Advances
News from Northern Spain reports heavy losses as White forces push toward Madrid to rescue relatives. Estremadura remains largely under White control while Siguenza falls and Polosa is surrounded. A fierce north of Huesca battle repels a Red column from Barcelona as Franco leverages Moroccan troops for steady reinforcements.
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Burgos
INS
Spain
Madrid
Estremadura
Siguenza
Polosa
San Sebastian
Huesca
Barcelona
Francisco Franco
Morocco
Straits of Gibraltar
Spanish Loyalists Repel Northern Drive Toward Madrid
Loyalist forces halted the rebel push toward Madrid from the Guadarrama front and redirected pressure to northern coastal towns. Government troops breached a rebel line near Adamuz and prepared for a larger assault on Cordoba as leftist ships bombarded Franco transports. France sought US involvement in a regional neutrality accord amid Berlin's slow reply and Morocco zone concerns.
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Madrid
Guadarrama
San Sebastian
Bay of Biscay
Irun
Adamuz
Cordoba
Francisco Franco
Mediterranean
United States
Spain
Berlin
Morocco
Kruschen Salt Diet Ad Promises Health Boost
An advertisement touts cutting fat and sweets and eating lean meats fruits and vegetables to gain vitality. It advises taking one half teaspoon Kruschen Salts in hot water daily for a month and claims quick, gentle bowel action with no drastic laxatives.
Italian Planes Land at Tetuan Amid Rebel Claims
Italian planes landed Sunday at Tetuan with rebel leaders asserting the machines were Spanish, not Italian. The statement contrasts with the report of Italian origins for the aircraft.
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Tetuan
Narcotics Seized From Steamer Black Tern Docking
Federal and customs officials seized narcotics worth 38000 aboard the American steamer Black Tern of the Black Diamond line as she docked at the army base from Antwerp Belgium. The captain S F Ing and line officials were absolved. Inspectors found 13 pounds of narcotics and continued the search suspecting an international smuggling ring.
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Boston
Black Diamond Line
Army Base
Antwerp
Belgium
S. F. Ing
Ing
Seek Settlement of Toledo Strike
Toledo maintenance crews kept gas flowing to homes and factories as the industrial peace board sponsored another conference to settle a strike by union gas workers. A skeleton staff remained on duty after the Monday strike, which demanded union recognition for collective bargaining, seniority rights, and higher wages.
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Toledo, O. (Ap
Toledo Industrial Peace Board
Gas Workers’ Union
Russian Flyers Seek Fairbanks Stop in Alaska Route
Russian aviators Sigis mund Levanevsky and Victor Levchenko search for a clear route to Fairbanks interior Alaska as they plan a Los Angeles to Moscow flight via Nome and a crossing of the Bering Sea to Siberia. Weather permitting, they aim to reach Fairbanks Tuesday.
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Juneau
Alaska
Sigismund Levanevsky
Victor Levchenko
Moscow
Fairbanks
Levanevsky
Nome
Bering Sea
Siberia
Volunteer Fire Fight Continues Across Seven States
An army of volunteers battling forest fires reported progress Tuesday with the north woods of Minnesota and Wisconsin hardest hit. Officials cautioned the crisis may be easing as showers were forecast while fires in Alberta, Canada, and several U.S. regions were brought under control or reduced in force. The day also saw two fatalities near Harrington, Washington and Sparta, Wisconsin, plus injuries from a Smoky Road crash in Bennett, Wisconsin.
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North Woods
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Alberta
Canada
Harrington
Wash
Bert Zink
Sparta
Wis
Lester Brundum
Bennett
A. N. Cockrell
Sandpoint
Idaho
Moskee
Wyo
Mount Hamilton
San Jose
Calif
Labor Insurgents Push Their Plans
In Washington on Tuesday John L. Lewis and his committee for industrial organization pressed to unionize steel workers and other mass production employees into large industrial unions despite an AFL executive council ultimatum. The council had found ten unions affiliated with the committee guilty of fomenting insurrection and ordered suspensions unless they left the committee by September 5.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
A. F. of L. Executive Council
A. F. of L
Silver Policy Fails To Help U S Business
Washington report says the Roosevelt administration's silver purchasing policy did not improve domestic monetary or credit conditions. Treasury operations bought 437,798,807 ounces last year but had no appreciable effect, with silver stocks up about 365 million dollars while gold stocks rose 1.74 billion dollars, leaving silver's share of monetary metal smaller than in 1934.
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Washington
Roosevelt Administration
Commerce Department
Treasury
Hollywood Goes Mink Show Cast Arrested On Suspicion
Twelve players and the business manager of a transplanted New York burlesque show were arrested by police raiders early Tuesday on suspicion of presenting an indecent performance. The thirteen, including nine women, were booked at Lincoln Heights jail.
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Hollywood
Calif
New York
Lincoln Heights
Start Building Program At Great Lakes Station
A $227000 WPA building and repair program was under way today at the Great Lakes naval training station in Chicago. It is the navy's inland training school and, during war times, the largest in the country.
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Chicago
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Navy
Beautiful Woman Smuggler Sought in Million Dollar Heroin Case
The arrest of Maria Wendt, 23, a Dutch Chinese beauty linked to a major heroin smuggling investigation, was expected Tuesday. She vanished from a hotel while under customs surveillance and reportedly flew to New York, where officials pursued a formal narcotics charge.
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Los Angeles
Maria Wendt
Will O
Wendt
Customs
New York
United States
Alfred A. Cohn
Heroine
Iowa City Youth Returned in Bicycle Theft Case
John Fessler 17 of a southeast Iowa City area was brought back by Police Chief Charles O Paine after alleged bicycle thefts. He faces possible charges of petty larceny or juvenile court transfer, to be decided by County Attorney Ed A Baldwin. Fessler allegedly took Harvey Secor’s bicycle and pawned it in Muscatine and another bicycle pawned in Davenport. Secor’s bicycle was recovered.
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Iowa City
John Fessler
Muscatine
Charles O. Paine
Fessler
Ed A. Baldwin
Harvey Secor
Davenport
Secor
Idaho Candidate Strays Into Utah in Campaign Tour
Virgil Goodwin, Democratic candidate for Idaho secretary of state, said he was "very burned up" after a day of speeches and card passing, discovering he had wandered seven miles into Utah during his Idaho campaign swing.
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Boise, Idaho
Virgil Goodwin
Idaho
Utah
Record Rainfall in 1884 Los Angeles Reaches 38 Inches
The heaviest rainfall in Los Angeles occurred in 1884 with more than 38 inches of rain. This historic flood year marked the city’s wettest period on record and influenced early weather patterns and infrastructure planning.
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Los Angeles
North Liberty relatives honor F W Stahle on birthday
Relatives surprised F W Stahle for his seventy first birthday in North Liberty. Stahle and his wife moved there in 1888 and ran a mercantile business since then. Attendees included Huber, Kessler, Rhodes, Amdenstock, and Stahler families from Independence Solon Rock Island and Solon.
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North Liberty
F. W. Stahle
Stahle
Herbert Huber
Rock Island
Frederick
Roy Stahle
Cyril Rhodes
Rhoda Jacqueline
Independence
Ernest Stahle
Solon
Henry Stahle
Ernest Kessler
Orville
Leo
Local family reunions draw hundreds in Wheatland area
In Wheatland and nearby Clinton area towns, several family reunions were held. The Griebel family from Grand Mound gathered 40 at Alex Park, the Busch family had 139 attendees, the Rippleton group from Clinton counted 100 attendees at Alex Park, and the Leitz family from Davenport planned to host next year’s gathering in Wheatland.
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Wheatland
Griebel
Grand Mound
Alex Park
Busch
Rippleton
Clinton
Leitz
Davenport
Just Folks When the Kids Are Home Poem
A nostalgic poem celebrates the joy of children returning home. Parents cherish the laughter and chatter that fill the house, transforming loneliness into merriment as the family reunites and shares a bright, cherished holiday in everyday life.
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