Peek Attacks New Deal Farm Plan Indictment on Agriculture
George N Peek, once a Roosevelt adviser, denounces the New Deal farm program as harming agriculture by limiting farmers' initiative and weakening foreign markets. He cites weather as key yield factor, accuses Wallace of partisan bias, and urges tariff and selective trade measures to restore bargaining power and relief for farmers.
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Chicago
George N. Peek
Peek
Roosevelt
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
England
Wallace
Rexford Tugwell
Germany
Canada
Unity Can Strengthen Churches Across Divides
Sir Wilfrid Grenfell recalls a wooden leg tale to show how a united church can supply strength for service. He laments hair-splitting differences that hinder ministry and warns that nations arm while churches fail to avert fear and feuds. He argues religion must be used rightly to move minds toward a better spirit.
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Sir Wilfred Grenfell
Labrador
United States
Wilfred
Private Airplanes Placed Under New Federal Regulation
Federal air traffic control now applies to private flying craft as of Saturday in Chicago. The same rules that govern commercial transport planes take effect for private planes during poor flying conditions.
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Chicago
United States Bureau of Air Commerce
Bartholmey Receives Six-Year Term in Hamm Kidnap Case
Ed ward C. Bartholmey former post master at Bensenville Illinois pled guilty to conspiracy in the William Hamm Jr kidnaping and was sentenced to six years in federal penitentiary Bartholmey admitted helping provide the hideaway where the St Paul brewer was held pending ransom Peiffer was convicted and died by suicide.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Edward C. Bartholmey
Bensenville
Ill
William Hamm, Jr
Bartholmew
John P. Peiffer
St. Paul
Peiffer
Shortage of Canned Vegetables Forecast for 1936 37
The agriculture department warned of a serious drought related shortage in canned vegetables for the 1936 37 season. July supply fell 12 percent, with an estimated 93 million cases likely available, down from 104 million a month earlier. Prices rose in June and July and consumer buying power has improved. Some farm products, notably corn, may need imports.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Tragedy After Political Rally Truck Crash Kills 20
A freight train struck a loaded truck carrying 40 political supporters near Louiseville Quebec early Saturday, killing 20 and injuring 11. Most victims were French Canadians from Louiseville area. Survivors spoke of a jubilant ride home and a sudden, deadly crash. Coroner ordered a mass inquest. train crew names withheld pending investigation.
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Louiseville
Quebec
Ins
Canadian Pacific
Three Rivers
M. Richot
Thomas Caron
Edmond Houle
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936 Accidents Injuries Deaths
A brief tabulation reports 328 accidents resulting in 221 injuries and ? deaths in Cedar Rapids for 1936. The figures appear as a summary of traffic conditions and safety outcomes in the city.
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Cedar Rapids
Farm Income Rises In First Half Of 1936
Washington reports American farmers earned about half a billion dollars more from 1936 sales than in the same period 1935. Cash receipts through July 1 totaled 3.132 billion vs 2.67 billion, with gains across regions from six to twenty two percent.
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Washington
Agriculture’s Department Bureau of Economics
South Central
West North Central States
Bureau
Cedar Rapids Bakes Under Fourth Day Of Heat
The Cedar Rapids area reports no relief from the heat with 101 at 1 pm and a peak of 103 at 3 pm Friday. The state weather bureau foresees mostly partly cloudy skies and limited thundershowers, mainly in the western region, with no relief in sight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
State Weather Bureau
Chambers Inskeep Company
Extortion Charge Shakes Hewitt Sterilization Case
In San Francisco the defense in the Hewitt sterilization trial accuses heiress Ann Cooper Hewitt of being used to extort money from her mother. The 22 year old heiress testified about alleged plots by Dr Tilton E Tillman and Samuel G Boyd to force an operation that would deprive her of inheritance. The cough and Boyd illness caused an adjournment as cross examination continued.
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San Francisco
Ann Cooper Hewitt
I. M. Golden
Miss Hewitt
Roosevelt Nearing End Of Journey In Spring Flood Area
President Roosevelt resumed a survey of eastern flood areas and planned a 50 mile auto trip to the Otselic river dam site. He arrived in Binghamton at 7 30 a.m. and met Senator Robert Wagner. Governor Lehman accompanied the presidential train for briefings with officials on flood prevention.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Roosevelt
Otselic River
C.S.T
Robert Wagner
New York Democrat
Herbert Lehman
New York
Chautauqua
Leftist Army Counter-Drive Battles Near Madrid
Socialist militia seized church valuables in Madrid during a palace raid and battled rebel forces in a major engagement described as the war's pivotal moment. Loyalists claimed a temporary hold after a heavy aerial bombardment near Merida in Badajoz province.
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MARID
Madrid
INS
Spain
Beit
Merida
Badajoz
Barcelona
Portugal Threatens Intervention Over Spain Raid Demands Reparations
Lisbon accuses Spain of invading Portugal with thirty militiamen looting a Portuguese citizen’s house. Portugal condemns Spain’s actions as terror in a note to Paris and protests through its Madrid charge d affaires. Refugees reported wounded. one kidnapped and brought back into Spain.
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Lisbon
INS
Portugal
Spain
Paris
Madrid
Loyalist aviator Downs bomber in Aragon air clash
Report from Barcelona says a single loyalist pilot battled a rebel bombing plane and three fighters. The loyalist flyer shot down the bomber while the remaining rebels fled. two of the fighters collided, killing their crew.
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Barcelona
Aragon
Walter Schoeneck Dies. Uncle Bob of Early TV
Walter F. Schoeneck known as Uncle Bob, longtime host of children’s programs and a leader in child welfare, died Friday night after a long illness in Chicago. He was 54 and also active in theater.
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Chicago
Walter F. Schoeneck
Bob
Roosevelt Urges Peace and Defense of Neighborhood Abroad
President Roosevelt, at Chautauqua, warns of war profits and urges neutrality while defending the nation and its neighborhood. He recalls war’s horrors and stresses the good neighbor policy in the Western Hemisphere, avoiding direct Spain references and urging a peace-first stance.
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Chautauqua
N. Y
Roosevelt
Lake
North
South America
Spain
Three Miners Trapped In Lake Shore Mine Alive Hope Fades
Three miners Jack Bottrell shift boss Jack Casee and William Morgan were buried in a cave in at the 2700 foot level of the Lake Shore gold mine near Kirkland Lake Ontario. Rescue teams worked to remove rock and deliver air as officials warned the men may be trapped for days. Two others escaped unharmed.
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Kirkland Lake
Ont
Lake Shore
Jack Bottrell
Jack Casee
William Morgan
E. W. Todd
Todd
Mystery Surrounds Disappearance Of Minneapolis Baby
Police questioned a 17 year old youth linked by a witness to loitering near General Hospital before the infant vanished from the unwed mother’s hospital bed. A $1000 city reward seeks information leading to conviction of kidnappers or murderers.
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Minneapolis
al Marxen
General Hospital
Willow River
Pine County
Britain and France Reach Spain Arms Ban Accord
Britain and France finalize text to prohibit exports of arms to Spain. Britain says responsibility for non intervention rests with Italy. The pact takes effect once Germany Italy Portugal and Russia assent. Berlin’s adherence expected once Rome agrees. Moscow and Lisbon already seen as ready.
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London
INS
Great Britain
France
Spain
Foreign Office
Italy
Rome
Germany
Portugal
Russia
Whitehall
Berlin
Moscow
Lisbon
Britain
Union party endorses Lemke as Coughlin leads mass campaign
The National Union for Social Justice endorsed William Lemke for president and Thomas C. O'Brien for vice president amid a massive rally in Cleveland. Delegates denounced Roosevelt and Landon while voting to challenge the Federal Reserve Act in court. A protest by Pennsylvania delegate John H. O’Donnell drew boos and police escort. Lemke and Coughlin plan to speak at a mass meeting in Cleveland Stadium to close a three day program.
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Cleveland
National Union For Social Justice
William Lemke
Union Party
Charles E. Coughlin
Lemke
Thomas C. O’brien
Roosevelt
Alfred Mossman Landon
Norman Mattoon Thomas
Earl G. Browder
Resolutions Committee
Sylvester V. McMahon
McMahon
John H. O’donnell
Pennsylvania
Father Coughlin
O'Donnell
United States
Coxey
General Coxey
President Roosevelt
Joe Guffey
Liberty League
New Union Party
Cleveland Stadium
Anamosa Boys Missing After Circus Sighting
Anamosa officials request Cedar Rapids police watch for two local youths, Juni Fullweider 13 and Jack Shock 12, who left home Wednesday to fish. A circus sighting described a brown haired boy and a lighter weight youth with specific clothing and physical traits.
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Anamosa
Juni
Fullweider
Jack Shock
Shock
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