Spain Recruits Foreign Aviators as Rebels Hold Margin
Madrid reports a foreign air legion forming to aid the radical government as Franco’s forces report Italian and German planes and pilots. Fronts in Merida Granada Badajoz San Sebastian Irun Oviedo Huesca see heavy bombardments and fierce ground fighting. Diplomatic corps debate evacuation as civilians and foreigners fear for safety amid rising hostilities. U S and other nations move to evacuate nationals.
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Madrid
Foreign Legion
Spain
Aviadores
Foreign Legion of the Air
Francisco Franco
Merida
Granada
Badajoz
San Sebastian
Irun
Oviedo
Huesca
Everyday Living for Almost Four Years of Readership
The author reflects on four years of Everyday Living columns receiving thousands of letters from diverse readers. Letters cover humor, personal troubles, tragedy, and questions about life, war, and public issues. The piece urges self-reflection, responsibility, and honest discussion to improve living and reduce friction at home.
Severe Typhoon Rages Toward Aparri in Luzon
Manila report says one of the most severe typhoons in years with 75 mph winds is racing west by northwest toward Aparri in northern Luzon.
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Manila
P. I
Philippine Weather Bureau Today
Aparri
Luzon
Landon Tour Boosts Iowa Campaigns Across State
Alf Landon’s nationwide tour brings Republican momentum to Iowa as landon stops span Council Bluffs to Clinton with eight towns plus a 48 to 100 rider plan. Democrats map a northwest Lake Okoboji rally Aug 29 and a week of candidate speaking in multiple towns led by Gillette Kraschel Murray Moon Diamond.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Alf M. Landon
Guy Gillette
Senate
Nels Kraschel
John Mitchell
Ray Murray
Congress
Clyde L. Herring
L. J. Dickinson
Herring
Berry Halden
Gillette
George Wilson
W. C. Edson
Harold E. Davidson
Henry Wood
Carl H. Cook
Council Bluffs
Clinton
Landon
Cook
Iowa Party
Republican Organization
Denison
Carroll, Jefferson
Boone
Ames
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Lake Okoboji
Waukon
Holbrook
Dyersville
Ryan
Oskaloosa
Knoxville
Lynville
Farson
Kraschel
Stanhope
State Center
Solon
Indianola
Manson
Murray
Leland
Clare
Mason
Garner
Mitchell
Varina
Griswold
Eldora
E. G. Moon
Ottumway
Marengo
T. E. Diamond
Sheldon
Ruthven
Dickinson
Halden
Nashua
Britt
Mystic
Wilson
Springville
Hopkinton
Davidson
Prairie City
Wood
Edson
Bridge collapse dumps car and truck into Iowa River
A span of the old highway 2 bridge at Columbus Junction collapsed Saturday, sending a car driven by Earl Frisk and a Red Man Transfer truck into the Iowa River. The truck went down first followed by the car. both vehicles remained in the water. No injuries were reported and the identities of the truck drivers were not learned. The new bridge, recently completed at 168000 dollars, cannot be used yet due to unfinished fills, and traffic is detoured via Conesville and Wapello.
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the Gazette
Columbus Junction
Iowa River
Highway 2
Here
Earl Frisk
Redman Transfer Company
Ottumwa
Frisk
Leonard Frisk
Conesville
Wapello
Four Oil Well Men Die in Poison Gas
Four oil field workers died from gas asphyxiation at an Odessa well after one man entered to check a pressure test. Survivors described a chain of attempted rescues as gas filled the cellar and the derrick area. The dead were Granville Torbert, 29. D. N. Striplin, 30. Bertis Magness, 28. and Jack Hall, 35, all connected with Chemical Process company.
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Odessa
Tex
D. N. Striplin
West Texas
Chemical Process Company
Granville Torbert
Bertis Magness
Jack Hall
Leo Hurley
Torbert
Striplin
Magness
Hall
T. S. Guest
Death of Blanche Shrader Baffles Aurora Police
The body of Blanche Shrader 35 a Rockford music teacher was found beaten and dumped in the Fox river near Aurora Illinois investigators declared her death a murder. Three men linked to her recent life were sought though identities were withheld.
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Aurora
Ill
Blanche Shrader
Rockford
Fox River
William Meier
Kendall County
E. N. Groner
Miss Shrader
George Shrader
Shabdana
Jennie Felder
Sandwich
Blanche
Burlington
Chicago
Fox River Valley
Elderly Woman and Child Rescued in Local Fire
Neighbors rescued 78 year old Mrs. Anna Landa and 15 month old Betty Lou Bradley from a blaze at 1410 C Street SW. Fire crews from Companies 4 and 5 contained the fire after two roof holes. Damages to Mrs. Spurgeon’s belongings were insured. cause undetermined. Two men, G L Zelker and M J Fakinson, were later booked for reckless driving.
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Anna Landa
Betty Lou Bradley
G. L. Zelker
Rockford Road
M. J. Fakinson
E Avenue NW
Fifteenth Avenue
First
Welcome Rain Games To Cedar Rapids At Midnight Saturday
Cedar Rapids awoke to a heavy rainstorm after a scorching day that peaked at 105 degrees. A brief prelude at about 10:30 p.m. gave way to a downpour with lightning and strong winds, sending streams into storm sewers. Temperature fell from 105 to 90 by 7 p.m. and then to 81 by 11:30 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Dust and wind bring first Iowa rainfall and storm
Dust storms and high winds hit southwest Iowa as Saturday night rain arrived, followed by cooler temperatures statewide. In Council Bluffs a 52 mph wind kicked up dust before a brief downpour, and Emmetsburg reported nearly an inch of precipitation with a lightning strike burning a barn on Albert Jennett's farm.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Emmetsburg
Albert Jennett
Weather Outlook for Chicago and Plains, Aug 17 to 22 1936
The period forecast covers Aug 17 to 22 1936 for Chicago region and the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Generally fair weather with cooler conditions early in the week in northern areas, little overall temperature change, and possible showers late in the week in the northern plains.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
North Portion
Great Plains
It Walked In The Dark Starts At Cedar Rapids Gazette
The Cedar Rapids Gazette previews It Walked In The Dark a new detective story by Agee Hays. The tale weaves a mystery around a missing black cat a peg leg a prowling figure at a window and a plot to kill an entire family.
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Agee Hays
Cedar Rapids
Alberta holds sack in first week of scrip
The social credit government of Alberta paid $750 in the first weekly stamp of its prosperity certificates. Workers on relief projects and provincial staff held the balance of $175,000 in scrip and contributed $1,750 toward retirement. Prime Minister Aberhart aimed to obtain the remaining $75,000 notes as critics push back.
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Edmonton
Alta
Social Credit
Alberta
William Aberhart
Chamber of Commerce
Alberta League of Freedom
Sunday Gazette Delivers Dr Fort Newton Series Talk
The Sun day Gazette launches a special Sunday Everyday Living series by Dr Joseph Fort Newton titled Talking It Over. The issue highlights include national and local news, editorials, theatre notices, and sports updates with cards and Cubs scores.
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Sunday Gazette
Joseph Fort Newton
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Cubs
Terhune
Josephine Culbertson
Louella Parsons
Hollywood
Desert
Peru
Coast Guard Cutter Fires Warning On Rebel Cruiser
The U S Coast Guard cutter Cayuga and the British destroyer Comet trained their guns on the Spanish rebel cruiser Almirante Cervera as it threatened to fire while refugees were being embarked at San Sebastian. The Almirante Cervera retreated, and refugees were later landed at St Jean de Luz, France.
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San Sebastian
St. Jean de Luz
France
Denmark Reopens Madrid Diplomatic Fallout With Break
Denmark's minister and consul in Madrid depart tonight closing its offices signaling a complete break in Denmark Spain relations. The Spanish ambassador to Denmark resigned last week over sympathy for Spanish rebels. Germany's delegation reportedly considers evacuation after a diplomats meeting. The Finnish envoy also plans to leave Spain as the civil war evolves.
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Madrid
Denmark
Spain
Copenhagen
Germany
President approves flood control plan in New York and Pa
President Roosevelt completed a tour of flood control projects in Pennsylvania and New York and approved 2.568 million dollars for preliminary work on thirty dams and reservoirs to protect southern and eastern New York valleys. He toured the Susquehanna watershed with Governor Lehman and Senator Wagner before returning to his White House residence.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
White House
Pennsylvania
New York
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Lehman
Wagner
Binghamton
Susquehanna River
Whitney Point
Rain and Wind Bring Relief to St Louis Heat Wave
A driving rain and cooling winds swept St Louis Saturday night ending the Midwest heat wave. Downtown streets saw torrential wind gusts and drenched theatergoers as patrons headed home. Several wires were blown down but no major damage reported.
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ST. Louis
Midwest
Coughlin To Lead National Union For Social Justice
Father Charles E. Coughlin was elected president of the National Union for Social Justice and endorsed William Lemke for President. The convention pledged mass support for Lemke while criticizing Roosevelt and considering legal challenges to the New Deal. Town hall style rally features Townsend and Smith, though alliances appear strained.
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Cleveland
Charles E. Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
William Lemke
United States
Francis E. Townsend
Gerald L. K. Smith
Lemke
Roosevelt
Townsend
Smith
Huey P. Long
Townsend Clubs
Father Coughlin
Cedar Rapids Boys Drum Corps Takes Fourth in Chicago Junior Contest
The Cedar Rapids Boys Drum and Bugle corps finished fourth in the junior competition at the Chicagoland music festival in Chicago. Racine Wisconsin won, with Des Moines Junior Legion second and Kalamazoo Mid Sea Scouts trailing.
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Cedar Rapids Boys
Chicago
Cedar Rapids Corps
Racine
Wis
Des Moines Junior Legion
Oe Kalamazoo
Mid Sea Scouts
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