Linn county Budget Reconsidered After Farm Protest
Linn county supervisors moved to reduce the 1937 budget after a protest from farmers led by Dave McCreery and the Linn county Farm Bureau. The proposed total dropped to 1,105,383 with real estate and personal taxes at 899,883, a 49,942 decrease from earlier figures. The resolution urged no tax increase for farm property, citing crop shortages and a history of high levies, while supporting road improvements at current pace.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Iowa Taxpayers’ League
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Dave McCreery
Farmers’ Tax Committee
McCreery
Linn
D. R. McCreery
Otter Creek Township
A. R Pearson
Brown Township
L. E. Mitchell
Fair
Identity Of Slain Man Still Unknown
Sioux City AP report says the murdered man found weighted and shackled in the Missouri River near Sioux City remains unidentified. Investigators focus on missing James Burgess who matches the description and has been lost for about a month amid notes of a similar watch and facial injuries. Burkett case is ruled out after Burkett was located alive.
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Sioux City
Missouri
Here
James Burgess
Nebraska
Burgess
James Burkett
Burkett
Energy and Focus in Everyday Living
A 1936 essay discusses human energy, noting people often have more energy than they use and still act frenetically under stress. Readers share that poor planning and constant task hopping waste effort. with concentration and a simple plan, one can finish tasks and reserve time for enjoyment.
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Sliam James
Plan Huge Increase in Soviets Army
The Soviet government issued a decree extending conscription age to 19 and creating three new classes of conscripts over four years. The moving force behind the decree is the central executive committee and the council of peoples commissars. The army is projected to total 1,600,000 men with the colors. The current regular standing force is 1,300,000, with over 600,000 youths called to service annually.
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Moscow
Russia
Central Executive Committee
Council of Peoples Commissars
Soviet Union
Soviet Russia
Slight Hope For Gaston B Means Ill at Leavenworth
Gaston B Means, convicted in a $104,000 swindle tied to the Lindbergh case, is seriously ill at Leavenworth penitentiary with a serious abdominal infection. His wife flew from the capital to be at his bedside as prison officials said he would not submit to an operation.
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Washington (Ap
Gaston B Means
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Bureau of Prisons
Means
Tennessee Utilities Seek Block on TVA in Court Fight
Nineteen private power firms won a temporary injunction in Tennessee to stop Chattanooga from contracting TVA energy. The move parallels a federal suit challenging TVA constitutionality, aiming to halt further TVA actions until the case is resolved. The injunction delays issuing $8 million in bonds and a TVA power deal in Chattanooga.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Tennessee Electric Power Co
Ongrofimineteen
Knoxville
New Deal
Birmingham
Ghattanooga
TVA Energy
Tennessee Electric Power
Chattanooga Electric Power Board
Rural electric grant aids Iowa counties plan
The Rural Electrification Administration allocated $200,000 to the Harrison County Rural Electric Cooperative of Missouri Valley Iowa for a rural power system. About 200 miles of line will serve roughly 600 farms across Harrison Shelby Monona Crawford and Pottawattamie counties with power from Denison municipal plant.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Harrison County Rural Electric Cooperative Association of
Missouri Valley
Warrison
Shelby
Monona
Crawford
Pottawattamie
Denison
Landon Visit Cedar Rapids Sets Five Member Committee
A five member general committee leads preparations for Governor Alf Landon’s August 21 Cedar Rapids stop. Members include Floyd Philbrick A L Killian Dave Turner Fred Canfield and Robert M Vesely Linn County Republican Chairman Carl Henderson and Mrs J W Ballard are vice chairs Ex officio. Five sub committees will handle publicity platform decoration music traffic police and sound setup. A northwest Greene square platform will host Landon who speaks east toward the crowd with sound gear for clear amplification. A 4 50 p m arrival plus band or drum corps precedes the speech, with businesses closing and farmers traveling to attend before returning home for chores.
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Cedar Rapids
Alfred M. Landon
Cedar .Rapids
Floyd Philbrick
A. L. Killian
Dave Turner
Fred Canfield
Robert M. Vesely
Carl Hendrickson
Linn
J. W.‘ Ballard
Landon
Iowa
Greene’s Square
Local women first to leave war torn Spain by airplane
Four Americans evacuated from Granada by plane chartered by Socony Vacuum Oil landed in Tangier. Refugees named are Rachel Witwer, Adah Seely, James Bruce Ross, and Leila Barber. They were among about twenty Americans isolated in Granada since the Spanish revolution began.
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Washington
Spain
Tangier
Granada
Socony- Vacuum Oil Company
State Department
Axwell Blake
Rachel E. Witwer
Adah K. Seely
Cedar Rapids
James Bruce Ross
St. Louis
Leila Cook Barber
Chicago
Texas Heat Sets Record Highs As Four Die
Texas endured record temperatures up to 11314 degrees as heat claimed four lives across Dallas and surrounding areas. Officials urged precautions as communities faced days of extreme heat.
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Dallas
Tex
Ins
Texas
Ten inmates flee state insane asylum fire at Mount Pleasant
A fire at the Mount Pleasant state hospital for the insane damaged the center section and wings. Attendants recovered 10 escapees among 1,588 inmates. No injuries to patients or staff were reported. Eruption led to food supply loss. emergency rations ordered. Firefighters worked from 10:30 Monday night into Tuesday morning.
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Mount Pleasant
State Hospital For the
Leonard Ristine
E. H. Felton
State Control Board
Stortis Ae
Authorities Differ On Motives In Miss Clevenger Murder
In Asheville North Carolina authorities debated motive in the Helen Clevenger murder as trial preparations proceed for Martin Moore a 22 year old hall boy charged with killing the 18 year old college girl Sheriff Laurence E Brown says Moore aimed to rape the victim and killed her when she screamed
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Asheville
N. C
Helen Clevenger
Martin Moore
Laurence E. Brown
Talking it Over by Dr. R Joseph Fort Newton
The Cedar Rapids Gazette unveils a new Sunday feature series by Dr. R Joseph Fort Newton author of Everyday Living. The first article in the Talking it Over series will appear Sunday August 16 in the Gazette and is expected to offer reflection and guidance.
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R. Joseph Fort Newton
Cedar Rapids
Labor Party Born From Nonpartisan League Plan
Washington dispatch reports labor's nonpartisan league debuting with a goal of a new American labor party. John L. Lewis and Sidney Hillman back a permanent, nonpartisan structure to back Roosevelt now, but foresee a broader 1940 or 1944 realignment and a break from AFL politics if successful. They envision a party with central HQ and state branches, challenging old leadership and aligning with primary producers.
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Washington
INS
Labor
Nonpartisan League
Labor Party
Liberal Party
Buck Roosevelt
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Sidney Hillman
Clothing Workers
Lewis
Hillman
Geri
London
Bob la Follette
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
A. F. of L
William Hutcheson
Carpenters Union
Lewis, Hillman and Company
Four Germans Executed by Leftist Forces in Spain
From Portbou at the French Spanish frontier Barcelo na dispatches report four German men executed by left wing extremists during the Spanish revolt. The party traveled July 23 in a private car but were detained near San Martin and taken to a shoe factory and then Pueblo Nuevo where a revolutionary committee condemned them to death and they were shot.
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Portbou
Barcelona
San Martin
Pueblo Nuevo
Sioux City Cops Discharged On Insubordination Charges
Safety Commissioner Gordon C. Holler discharged two Sioux City police officers Edward Asmussen and Thomas Barron for insubordination after raids on the Eagles club. Each officer has five days to appeal to the civil service commission. Bar ron planned to issue a statement. Warrants for the raids were issued through Special investigator Fred Free and signed by Justice of the Peace C. R. Ross in Lawton Iowa.
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Sioux City
INS
Chief Dah
Fred Free
Attorney General's Office
Eagles Club
C. R. Ross
Lawton
Justice of the Peace
British Golfer Compston Denies King Visit Tale
Archie Compston, famed British golfer, sat at the 18th green of Coombe Hill Golf Club and read reports claiming he would join King Edward aboard the Nahlin. He dismissed the story as unlikely and said there was no plan for him to accompany the king.
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London
Archie Compston
Coombe Bill Golf Club
Talen
Edward
Willon Scrilse
Compston
Nahlin
Perjury Talk Surfaces in Astor Thorpe Custody Case
In Los Angeles the Astor Thorpe custody trial faces new doubt as District Attorney staff probe possible perjury. Narllan says a local witness may have lied and notes Florida deposition details about a prior marriage. Miss Astor plans broader testimony as diaries’ contents surface.
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Los Angeles
Mary Astor
Florida
Miss Astor
Dr. Thorpe
Astor- Thorpe
Yuma
German emissary Ribbentrop named ambassador to London
Joachim von Ribbentrop, long time personal emissary of Chancellor Adolf Hitler on key diplomacy, was appointed Germanys ambassador to London on Tuesday signaling a shift in wartime diplomacy.
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London
Berlin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Adolf Hitler
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936
Report summarizes Cedar Rapids traffic toll for 1936 noting numbers of accidents injuries and deaths. No specific figures provided.
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Cedar Rapids
Astor Thorpe Custody Case Moves Toward Settlement
The bitter Astor Thorpe child custody dispute between Mary Astor and Dr Franklyn Thorpe was continued as Judge Goodwin J Knight urged a clean up and peace talks. Attorneys sought a settlement with mediators from the film world, amid a prolonged courtroom battle and delayed proceedings.
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Los‘Angeles
Astor
Marylyn
Thorpe
Film Colony
Judge Knight
Mary “’Astor
Ruth
Chatterton
Miss Astor
Knight
Joseph"Anderson
Tower Road
Woolley
Anderson
Nab Iowa Farmer For Attempting To Extort Prize Money
SIOUX CITY AP Bert Menning a 35 year old farmer of Alton Iowa was arrested Tuesday for attempting to extort 5000 from Mrs Oliver Harriman a wealthy New York socialite He was taken into custody by FBI Special Agent J R Green after sending a letter demanding the third prize of 5000 in an alleged national lottery be given to him Authorities say Harriman has long supported lotteries for charity and Menning likely fabricated the lottery tie in after reading Harriman name in promotions
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Sioux City
Bert Menning
Alton, Jr
Oliver Harriman
New York
Menning
J. R. Green
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Fred C. Henson
DR. Joseph Fort Newton
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Gaston
Tennessee
Power Company
National League
Cincinnati
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Jeffcoat
Butcher
Clark
Winston
Bost Bil
Fer
Osrodowski
Davia
Philadelphia
State Insane Asylum
Mt. Pleasant
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