Storm toll and relief efforts in Gulf hurricane region
Relief workers appealed for food and water as 26 people were confirmed dead with more missing after the Gulf coast hurricane. In Angleton and Freeport several injured received aid in emergency shelters. Red Cross leaders organized relief shipments. Damages include over $1 million to cotton and rice crops and losses from a destroyed pumping station at Angleton.
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Houston
Tex
Here
Freeport
Sulphur
Angleton
C. V. Shuman
Red Cross
St. Louis
W. A. Paddock
Harris County Red Cross
Freesport
Joe Joliet
Houston City
Joliet
Juliet
Close trusty attacks jailer in Cedar Rapids melee
Fred Wilson a Cedar Rapids jail trusty, 34, is jailed in solitary and charged with assault with intent after striking Night Jailer John Buresh at the county jail last Friday around 7 pm. Buresh suffered a fractured nose and a blackened eye.
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Fred Wilson
Cedar Rapids
John Buresh
Joseph Petrus
Buresh
Wilson
Petrus
Leach Tours National Guard Camps Then Heads to Portland
Maj. Gen. George E. Leach chief of the militia stops in Cedar Rapids on a flight from Camp Grant to Camp Dodge. He tours national guard camps, plans to attend the American Legion convention in Portland, flying a Douglas bi plane piloted by Capt. Vincent Meloy. Leach former Cedar Rapids resident. his father was Cedar Rapids mayor 63 years ago.
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Cedar Rapids
George E. Leach
Washington
Camp Grant
Rockford
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Leach
National Guard
Portland
American Legion
War Department
Vincent Meloy
Regular Army
Flying Corps
Minneapolis
W Leach
Von Schleicher Hinted as New German Cabinet Chief
Berlin AP report notes General Kurt von Schleicher as a potential new chancellor amid post Hitler bid collapse. Cabinet plans include a Prussian premier and a two to one Nazi centrists share, with Reichstag reconvening by August 30 under a reformed election law.
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Berlin
Kurt von Schleicher
Junker
Germany
Adolf Hitler
General von Schleicher
Franz Bracht
Prussia
Essen
Koelnische Volkszeitung
Hitler
Hoover Plans Trade Conference as He Fishes Mainly
President Hoover on a Chesapeake Bay fishing trip aboard the Sequoia said he would host a business conference August 26 to coordinate private and government efforts. He formed committees across federal reserve districts and named top officials to oversee financial, agricultural, and labor questions.
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Piney Point
Maryland
Hoover
United States Marine
Chesapeake Bay
Washington
Broad Chesapeake Bay
Weaver
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve, Farm Loan, Farm and Home Loan Boards
Reconstruction Corporation
Treasury, Agriculture, Commerce, and Labor Departments
Clarence Mott Woolley
New York
Hyde
Agriculture Department
Hurley
Henry M. Robinson
Los Angeles
Walter Hope
Will Irwin
Walter H. Newton
Joel T. Boone
White House
Rapidan Mountain
Virginia
Sequoia
List of known dead from Texas gulf hurricane
Houston report lists victims of the gulf hurricane over the past two days. Names include J W Baggett 24 Angleton Constable Henry Suggs 48 West Columbia Mrs Rose Suggs 44 Beulah Suggs 8 Frances Jarisch 86 Angleton M F Briscoe Clute and his six year old son S E Gieseke 25 West Columbia Hudgins 14 Oyster Bay Seay 20 Angleton L Reese Sr 65 Houston R Lewis 50 Houston and unidentified victims a Mexican baby two African American men Mrs Juan Morales near Galveston Pedro Morales 10 and other listed individuals.
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Houston
Texas Gulf
OWS
J. W. Baggett
Angleton
Henry Suggs
West Columbia
Rose Suggs
Beaulah Suggs
T. B. Reed
Juan Morales
Galveston
Pedro Morales
Guisntietta Jones
Eres
Sweeney
Greece hit by violent central Greece earthquake
An earthquake devastated central Greece causing several buildings to collapse though early reports indicated no casualties. Authorities in Athens and local officials were assessing damage and possible aftershocks.
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Greece
Athens
Cop Slayer Of Bonus Marcher Killed On Duty
Washington AP detectives ruled chance killed policeman George Shinault who shot veteran William Hushka in July riots. While responding to a reported fight Shinault leaped from a scout car, was shot twice in the chest and died after warning partner Ralph Edwards. Shinault, 39, left a widow and five children.
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Washington
George Shinault
Shinault
William Hushka
Chicago
F Street
Ralph B. Edwards
Edwards
Borhood
Hushka
Bailey named leader of big 1930 bank robbery gang
In Fort Scott Kansas AP Harvey Bailey on trial for Fort Scott bank robbery was identified as leader of the gang that looted the Lincoln Bank and Trust Company in Nebraska for about 2 million dollars on September 17, 1930. The identification was provided by E H Lurk former executive vice president of the Lincoln bank who testified in Bailey's trial and later in the sheriff's office.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Harvey Bailey
Lincoln, Neb
Bailey
Lincoln Institution
Lurkhart
Department of Trade and Commerce
Nebraska
Old Whisky Dividend Proposed For Distillers Stockholders
National Distillers Products announced a possible dividend of 15 year old whisky to stockholders of record as of September 15, 1934, for each five shares of common stock. Preferred holders may take 50 cents cash or swap into common to receive the whisky.
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New York
INS
National Distillers Products Corporation
Stocks Edge Higher in Cautious Market Turn
New York stocks rose modestly on Monday as trading stayed light. Rails led gains with Union Pacific up to 65, New York Central above 23, Northern Pacific near 19, and Southern Pacific near 18. Major names like American Telephone and Allied Chemical rose, while DuPont dividend cut tempered some advances.
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NEW York
Rails
DuPont
Union Pacific
New York Central
Northern Pacific
Southern Pacific
American Telephone
Allied Chemical
Auburn
Case
U. 8S. Steel
Dorothy Lee Granted Final Divorce From James Fidler
In Los Angeles a final divorce decree was entered for screen star Dorothy Lee from James Fidler. She had obtained an interlocutory decree a year earlier on grounds of cruelty.
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Los Angeles
INS
Dorothy Lee
James Fidler
Coast Guard Amphibian Plane Safe After Missing Flight
A coast guard amphibian plane reported by radio from about eight miles offshore Gloucester Mass. confirmed all four crew members were safe after feared loss. The message arrived late Monday afternoon indicating the aircraft was down but no injuries were reported.
Out of Town Drivers Held for Drunken Driving
Two motorists from outside Cedar Rapids were jailed for operating vehicles while intoxicated after a Sunday crash. Oscar Nyquist, 63, Clinton, collided with Mrs. H. F. Phelps on Third Street SW causing major damage. Nyquist arraigned before Justice Lightner with $1,000 bond. Ben Hendal, 29, riding with Nyquist, suffered minor injuries and faced hospitalization then home. Holets, 21, another Ely man, was fined $25 and costs after pleading not guilty. Suing young women prompted police action and a county attorney filing. case details awaited.
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Cedar
Phelps
G.S. Lightner
Nyquist
G. S. Lightner
George C. Pospishil
Aloong
Frank
Cigar maker killed crossing street for cemetery lot near synagogue
Arthur Kaplan, 40, a cigar maker, put 80 dollars in his pocket and headed to a synagogue to pay for a cemetery lot he had chosen a week earlier. He was struck by a car near the synagogue and died later at county hospital.
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Oateee Ae
Arthur Kaplan
Piccard Ascension Delayed By Rain At Swiss Airfield
At Dubendorf airfield in Zurich Switzerland heavy rain forced another postponement of Prof Auguste Piccard's second stratospheric ascent. Weather forecasts remain unfavorable with a possible Tuesday start or a deferred takeoff to Wednesday if conditions improve.
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Dubendorf
Zurich
Switzerland
Ins
Auguste Piccard
Professor Piccard
Minnesota Dean James C. Lawrence death ruled murder
Dr F F Lawrence and his son Dr G P Lawrence called the Minnesota University of Minnesota dean James C. Lawrence murder in Columbus Ohio. They planned to fly to Minneapolis to demand an investigation into his death by carbon monoxide poisoning, saying the dean showed no signs of self harm and that his death was out of character.
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Columbus, O
James C. Lawrence
University of Minnesota
F. F. Lawrence
G. P. Lawrence
Minneapolis
Death of Dean Lawrence linked to car monoxide
Minneapolis AP report states Dean James C. Lawrence 42 executive assistant to University of Minnesota president Dr. Lotus Coffman died in a car in a garage. deputy coroner ruled death by own action citing a personal crisis note. Lawrence had health worries. survived by wife and two children. father and brother from Columbus planned visit for inquiry.
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Minneapolis
Columbus
C. A. Hobbs
Lawrence
W. T
Lost and Found Ad Service Dispute Spreads
Readers are urged to call a number to report lost items from the weekend. The notice emphasizes the effort of the public to locate lost belongings and references a hotline for submitting and tracking lost and found notices.
Mother Of Clarke Fails To Testify At Murder Hearing
In Miami Florida the murder trial of Captain William N Lancaster unfolds with both sides resting. The defense and state face final argument after rebuttal evidence as the mother of Haden Clarke refuses to testify.
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Clarke
Miami
Fila
William N. Lancaster
Wth
Haden Clarke
Jessie M. Keith-Miller
N. Vernon Hawthorne
Ida Clyde Clarke
Lancaster
Keith Miller
Survivor of Greely Arctic Group Dies in Alaska
Seward Alaska reports the death of C A Franks a longtime adventurer who survived the Greely Arctic expedition and later traveled widely Papen is noted as part of his biography in the excerpt from the INS dispatch.
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Greely Arctic
Seward
Alaska
Ins
C. A
Franks
Papen
Psychology To Be Used To Awaken 7 Months Sleeper
Chicago report on Patricia Maguire a 27 year old in a coma for seven months at her Oak Park home. A noted psychologist will assess reactions to tests and review history to determine if violent shock induced a hypnotic trance tied to an extreme germ fear.
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Chicago
INS
Patricia Maguire
Miss Maguire
Oak Park
Fasts 52 Days As Cure For Asthma
CLARKSBURG W Va AP Louis Garden entered his fifty second day of a prolonged fast intended to cure asthma. He reclines on a pine board without bedding as authorities and aid groups urge him to eat. he has refused since June 24.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Louis Garden
Garden
Olympic games end with praise and political forecasts
Wil Rogers lauds the closing of the Olympic Games as exceptionally impressive and well managed. He predicts three months of political hustle with spirited speeches and ample fouls, noting athletes’ exemplary conduct and no alibis among two thousand competitors.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Birth of Hapsburg heir in Moedling castle
An 8-pound boy named Stephan was born at 4 a.m. Monday at Moedling castle to Princess Tieana of Roumania and Archduke Anton. Attended by Dowager Queen Marie and Queen Marie of Jugoslavia, the infant is 21 inches long with blonde hair. Citizenship believed Austrian. father remains an Austrian citizen.
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Moedling
Austria
Hapsburg
Tieana
Roumania
Archduke Anton
Marie
Jugoslavia
Stephan
Archduke
Seabury Ace Mayor About Missing Clerk in Ouster Case
The hearing on Mayor Walker’s ouster before Governor Roosevelt features Samuel Seabury alleging an “unknown person” received funds from the missing accountant Russell T. Sherwood, with Walker protesting references to private transactions. Testimony touches on taxicab regulation and a broader public accountability stance.
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Seabury Ace
Executive Chamber
Albany
N. Y
Samuel Seabury
Russell T. Sherwood
Walker
Roosevelt
Cgovernor
Walter RB. Herrick
Sherwood
New York City
Paraguayans and Bolivians Clash in Gran Chaco Peace Hopes rise
In Asuncion, AP reports another battle between Bolivians and Paraguayans in the Gran Chaco amid renewed peace cues. President-elect Eusebio Ayala issued a pre inauguration note calling the war in the region an absurdity while warning Paraguay will resist if needed.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
Eusebio Ayala
Britain and Canada near a trade accord
Canada and Great Britain neared a trade agreement with Canada obtaining farm product preferences and Britain offering favors to British iron and steel. Secrecy surrounded final talks as Bennett and Baldwin prepared to meet, with expected diversion of up to one third of $200 million in extra trade.
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Ottawa. Ont
Canada
Great Britain
Britain
Bennett
Stanley Baldwin
United States
Dominions
Policemen Answer Emergency Calls For Sick and Injured
Cedar Rapids police operated as an emergency department through the night. Ray Nelson, 31, was taken to Mercy Hospital after being found ill at a downtown hotel. Frank Dedrich, 26, a Milwaukee transient, hobbling in with a crushed foot after a Rock Island train incident.
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Cedar Rapids
Ray Nelson
Mercy Hospital
Egor
Nelson
Frank Dedrich
Milwaukee
Rock Island
Dedrich
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
Report on Cedar Rapids traffic tolls shows counts of accidents injuries and fatalities for the year. Data highlights total incidents the number of people hurt and the number killed in vehicle crashes within the city limits.
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Baresh
Emil Dvorak
Supreme Court
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H. C. Ring
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Piccard Ascension
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Wil Rogers
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Farley
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Samuel Ungerleider
Parmalee Transportation Company
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