Buried Alive Death Toll Rises From Nebraska Explosion
An explosion at the Grainger Brothers packing plant in Lincoln Nebraska killed four men and left others severely burned. Rescue efforts were hampered by intense heat and wreckage as 200 WPA workers aided firefighters. Fred Brown C Wesley Gillespie James Morse and John Johns died or were fatally injured.
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Lincoln
Neb
INS
Fred Brown
C. Wesley Gillespie
Grainger Brothers Packing Company
James Morse
Omaha
Fruit Dispatch Co
John Johns
Johns
WPA
John Badberg
Swift Stockyards Sale Approved by Federal Judge
Justice Jennings Bailey signed an order approving the sale of six Swift stockyards to United Stockyards Corp of Chicago. Swift will divest of all stockyards except St Joseph Missouri while efforts to break up control by big packers continue. The eight yard holdings listed include Sioux City Milwaukee Portland Union South San Francisco Brighton St Paul and Fort Worth stockyards.
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Washington
Swift and Company
United Stockyards Corporation of Chicago
Jennings Bailey
Federal District Court
Nelson T. Hartson
Swift
St. Joseph
Justice Bailey
Purchasing Corporation
Sioux City
Mystery of Illigetimate Baby Disappearance in Minneapolis
Police linked a black bag and two youths to the case of a newborn's disappearance from Minneapolis General Hospital after its teenage mother’s account. A 19 year old boyfriend is questioned while a nurse and a second baby body found in Willow River are also noted in updates.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis General Hospital
Ed J. Goff
Hennepin County
Chicago
Willow River
Minn
Here
General Hospital
Minneapolis
Rescued by Airplane From War Torn Spain
Miss Rachel Witwer and Mrs Adah K Seely of Cedar Rapids were evacuated from Granada amid civil war fighting and flown by air to Tangier joining two other Americans. They were among the first to be rescued from the besieged city by plane.
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Rachel Witwer
Adah K. Seely
Cedar Rapids
Spain
Granada
Tangier
Africa
Two Youths Leave Hospital Carrying Dark Bag
In a dawn scene on August 5, two youths were seen leaving a hospital with a dark bag. A legal document dated November 29, 1932, records John D. McLeod surrendering his daughter Bertha into the care of Mr. Charles H. Davis with consent to adoption or marriage. The couple, noting a 57 year age gap, planned to marry after filing marriage intentions at city hall, though a license was not granted due to an incorrect address.
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Davis
John D. McLeod
Bertha
Charles H. Davis
City Hall
J L Turnbull Dies After Long Illness
Mrs J L Turnbull, Coe College alumna and Waterloo resident, died after a long illness. She taught history in Belle Plaine high school, was active in Y W C A work, P E O and other groups, married James L Turnbull in 1933, survived by husband, daughter, parents, a sister, and several relatives. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. Turner chapel with Dr Harry M Gage officiating. Burial at Oak Hill cemetery.
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Delta Delta Delta
Carleton Literary Society
French Alliance Society
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Turnbull
Belle Plaine High School
Europe
Montreal
Three Injured in Gravel-Road Crash Near Fairfax
Mary Haddy aged 18 Albert Haddy 16 and Dick Montague all of Watkins were injured around 2 30 p m in an automobile collision on a gravel road near Fairfax. They were taken to St Luke's hospital by ambulance with details and injuries not yet known at 3 p m Montague appeared seriously hurt according to hospital attendants.
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Mary Haddy
Albert Haddy
Dick Montague
Watkins
Fairfax
St. Luke’s Hospital
Montague
Crash Kills Eleven In Prague Market Truck
A truck carrying eleven people to a market crashed on a steep hill near Mistek due to faulty brakes. Eleven were killed and five seriously injured in the Thursday accident.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Mistek
Diary secrets fuelAstor Thorpe custody case gains
In a heated Astor custody hearing the diary remains a mystery as doctors and lawyers clash over care of the child. Debates center on diary storage with both sides resisting disclosure while Hollywood figures and questions about George Kaufman and John Barrymore loom.
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Miss Astor
Thorpe
Mary Astor
George S. Kaufman
Dr. Thorpe
Lillian Lawton Miles
Norma Taylor
Hollywood
John Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Plan No New Taxes At Next Congress
The statement argues against new or higher tax rates, noting rising yields from existing taxes and the 1936 revenue act. It urges examining tax laws to remove inequities and administrative issues, with a proposal to involve Senator Harrison and Representative Doughton and to use treasury staff for a thorough review.
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Harrison
Representative Doughton
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
Treasury Department
Eagan Case Continued on False Pretenses Charge
Anna Eagan 37 of 1520 Thirteenth Avenue SE was arraigned before Justice W J Grunewald on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses by taking $10 from Wesley Chehak. Case continued and she is held in county jail pending settlement.
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Anna Eagan
Thirteenth Avenue
Justice of the Peace
W. J. Grunewald
Wesley Chehak
Fraudulent cures drain United States health costs
Committee on the cost of medical care reports that Americans spend about 15 million dollars yearly on fraudulent cures. The finding highlights waste in health spending and consumer vulnerability to bogus remedies.
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The
Committee On the Cost of
United States
Girl Deeded To Aged Man Resents Police Raid
Boston report says 22 year old Bertha McLeod and her fiancé Charles H. Davis faced arraignment on improper conduct charges after police raided a Roxbury home hours before their planned marriage. Davis claimed a deed from Bertha’s father gave him the girl four years ago. Bertha affirmed love for the elderly man.
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Boston
INS
Bertha McLeod
Miss McLeod
Charles H. Davis
Roxbury
Davis
Nova Scotia
National Oats Officials And Salesmen Attend Conference
J. R. Matthews of St. Louis president of National Oats and Mrs. Matthews arrived in Cedar Rapids for a two day semi annual sales conference. Forty attendees include salesmen and district managers. A banquet at Roosevelt hotel will have John C. Reid as toastmaster. Notables present include F. J. Pemberton George T. Pemberton Gordon Smith A. S. Buck H. D. Cole H. Johnson A. J. McBurney W. H. Stakeley Francis Wilson Edward Beecher and William Maxwell.
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J. R. Matthews
St. Louis
National Oats Company
Edward Beecher
The
Beecher Advertising
William Maxwell
Fire in Automobile Sparks Alarm at NE Address
A short circuited wiring caused a fire in the automobile of E. J. Yeoman at 1128 Twelfth Street NE. Company No. 3 answered at 12 24 p m Thursday. Firemen also checked an alarm at B Avenue and Twenty seventh Street NE at 8 33 a m Thursday but found no fire.
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Company No. 3
E. J. Yeoman
Twelfth Street
B Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
Quieting Title in Linn County Real Estate Case
In Linn County Iowa Earl D Neighbor and others sue to establish fee simple ownership of three acres in NW ¼ SW ¼ Sec 28 85 7 West of the 5th P M and to quiet title against unknown claimants. The petition claims over twenty years adverse possession and seeks permanent title and equitable relief with September 14 1936 as the court date.
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District Court of
Iowa
Linn County
Earl D. Neighbor
Benjamin M. Neighbor
Edna May Heefner
Bessie Leola Caryl
Justus Wells
Cordelia Wells
John Lanning
Martin Lanning
Jacob Lanning
Matilda Hodges
Sarah Lannine
Nettie Neighbor
Lydia Lanning
Maggie Warren
Nancy Justinah Ward
Justinah Ward
Martin Lanning, Jr
Albert Ward
William Albert Ward
Nelson Ward
Richard Nelson Ward
Mary
Otter Creek Township
Clerk of the District Court of Iowa
District Court of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
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J. L. Turnbull
Ford Hopkins
Second Street
Third Ave
Higley Bldg
ASTOR
Hne
Ethel F. Pepin
Michael A. P. Narhan
Roland Rich Woolley
County of
Los Angeles
EAGAN
Svice
H.G. Russell
Okinow
Eedar Rapids
Gavlolia
Quggust
Craemer
Utopia
la France
Henderson Foundation
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