Martin streamliner: air 13 designed to fly New York to London
Baltimore era report details Glenn L Martin and engineers creating a 150 passenger winged liner dubbed the Martin stream-liner. The craft would span 300 ft wings, 200 ft length, eight engines, synthetic glass, in-wing cabins, viewing observation rooms, and a multi-class hull with movie screens and radio music for passengers.
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Baltimore
New York
London
Atlantic
Glenn L. Martin
Middle River
Martin
Hewitt Hearing Defense Based On Conspiracy
In San Francisco the Hewitt sterilization case widens as two doctors face mayhem charges with conspiracy claims raised by defense. Ann Cooper Hewitt testifies and is kept in seclusion while the trial resumes, alleging a plot involving her mother and other individuals to deprive her of estate share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
INS
Ann Cooper Hewitt
Ann
Tilton E. Tillman
Samuel G. Boyd
Superior Court
Maryon Cooper Hewitt
Peter Cooper Hewitt
I. M. Golden
Mary Scally
Russell Tyler
August Fournier
Golden
Florence Slavich
Trade Board Cites W F Main Over Unfair Practices
The Federal Trade Commission issued a complaint against W F Main of Cedar Rapids Iowa for unfair methods in selling coin operated vending machines and related goods. Main, operating under several names, was given until Sept 11 to respond. He defended the charges as untrue and vowed to prove it.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
W. F. Main
Cedar Rapids
Rain Helps Control Northwoods Fires
Duluth report says Northern Minnesota wildfires weakened as rain aided exhausted crews. State Forecaster Grover Conzet announced major blazes in McGrath Warroad Tom Lake and Lake Kabetogama under control with more rain expected. Fire crews will be reinforced and fire breaks strengthened though peat fires may take weeks to fully extinguish.
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Duluth
Ins
Minnesota
Grover Conzer
Conzet
McGrath
Warroad
Tom Lake
Lake Kabetogama
Koochiching
Boy Safely Found After Abduction In Galva Car
In Kewanee Illinois Gerald McNaught seven year old boy was abducted late Friday when thieves stole his father's car with him asleep in the back seat. The car was abandoned in Galva twelve miles away where the boy was located Saturday. The father Albert McNaught a city water works employee filed the police report. Gerald said he was sleepy and believed his father and another man rode in the front seat. he woke up alone in the abandoned vehicle.
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Kewanee
Ill
Gerald McNaught
Galva
Albert McNaught
City Water Works
Gerald
Hearing Set on Labor Act Charges Against Seattle Paper
A September 8 hearing was scheduled on charges by the American Newspaper Guild that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and other Hearst papers violated the National Labor Relations Act. Newsroom strike and publication suspensions continued as Harold Hiatt was injured by pickets. Union members and shop workers joined the lines, and complaints named William Randolph Hearst and five Hearst corporations.
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Seattle
Wash
American Newspaper Guild
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Hearst
National Labor Relations Act
Post-Intelligencer
Harold Hiatt
Teamsters, Longshoremens and Lumbermens Union
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst Corporations
Charles W. Hope
Reginal
National Labor Relations Board
Sarpeee
Ieer
Gross
W. V. Tanner
The
Post- Intelligencer
Richard Selle
Soviet Leaders Face Possible Execution in Plot Case
In Moscow officials may execute Gregory Zinoviev and Leo Kanenev and six others after a trial next Wednesday for fomenting a terrorist plot against government leaders. The case, linked to Leon Trotsky, follows the Kirov assassination and a broader purge within the Communist Party.
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Moscow
Gregory Zinoviev
Leo Kanenev
Leon Trotsky
Nikolai Lenin
Norway
Zinoviev
Kanenev
Sergei Kirov
Leningrad
Pravda
Communist Party
Gestapo
Nazi Germany
Zinoviev- Kanenev-Trotsky
Kirov
Trotsky
Rybinsk
Gorki Pedagogical Center
Kharkov
Minsk
Dnieperpetrovsk
Airplane Crash Kills Three At Wayne Homecoming
Three men died when a plane crashed near a Wayne Ohio homecoming gathering. Irving Swedler a Toledo pilot and high school friends Glenn Deiter 18 and Robert Daniels 19 were killed as Swedler circled the field to pickup visitors. Cause not known.
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Wayne
Irving Swedler
Toledo
Glenn Deiter
Robert Daniels
Deiter
Daniels
Swedler
Belated Greeting Cards Travel Far For 1910 Messages
Martin H. Sawtelle of Binghamton received two belated greetings after nearly 26 years. A Christmas card mailed from Ulster, Pennsylvania on December 16, 1910 and a birthday card from Sayre, Pennsylvania on April 10, 1910 finally arrived. Officials could not explain the long delay.
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Binghamton
Martin H. Sawtelle
Pennsylvania
Ulster
Sayre
Little Miss Cedar Rapids of 1936 Beauty Revue Draws Crowds
Merchants back a Baby Bathing Beauty Revue at the Iowa theater as 29 girls aged 3 to 6 are assigned sponsors and photos run in The Gazette. Fifteen compete Wednesday night for five final spots, with Friday’s winner receiving 15 dollars and a silver cup. The event features Mary of Scotland and China Clipper on the screen.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Theater
WPA
Mary of
Scotland
Katharine Hepburn
Pat O’brien
Beverly Roberts
City Briefs and Personals Update From Local Notices
Bungalow Canning School holds an event Wednesday at two. Townsend club No 1 meets Monday evening in the superior court room. National Union for Social Justice Unit 23 meets Monday at Mrs Ellen N Werner’s home 407 Third Ave SW at 8 pm. Maine lodge of the Odd Fellows will confer initiatory degree Tuesday at 838 First Ave E starting at 8 pm. Charles H Fletcher leaves today for Chicago to address the Leaders club at the Illinois Bankers Life Insurance convention. Mrs Metta A Burd, Red Cross executive secretary for Linn county, goes to Minneapolis to spend ten days with the Burds. Katz Auto Parts employes annual picnic today at 1 pm on Rudolph Anderle farm near Ely with games and refreshments. David T Blose ex Cedar Rapids resident and now a statistician in Washington writes a booklet Statistics of the Education of Negroes 1929 30 and 1931 32. Mrs Blose is Stella Smith, daughter of J Frank Smith.
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The
National Union For Social Justice
Ellen N. Werner
Third Avenue SW
Katz Auto Parts Company
Rudolph Anderle
River Road
Ely
David T. Blose
Cedar Rapids
Department of the Interior
Washington
Blose
Stella Smith
J. Frank Smith
Mount Vernon Avenue
Kubicek Family Ends Three Week East Trip
Mr and Mrs Fred H Kubicek and their four children Lois Mae Mary Anne and Ted have returned from a three week motor trip through the east ending at their home on Twenty seventh street drive SE.
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Fred H. Kubicek
Twenty-seventh Street Drive
Lois
Mae
Mary Anne
Ted
East
Child Rescued After Drinking Lighter Fluid
Bonnie Kilts two year old daughter of Donald Kilts of 220 Second Street NE received treatment at St Luke's hospital about 5 30 p m Saturday after accidentally drinking lighter fluid. She was returned home later.
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Bonnie Kilts
Donald Kilts
Second Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kadlee Bros. Radiator Theft Suspected Police Report
Police were told Saturday that three automobile radiators were stolen from Kadlee Bros. at 45 Sixteenth avenue SW between 10 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Saturday. Value about 40 dollars. Josephine Ball of Fairfield reported her red chow dog missing from her car parked near Second street and Fourth avenue SE around 1 p.m. Saturday.
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Kadlee Bros
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Josephine Ball
Fairfield
Second Street
Fourth Avenue SE
Grass fires occupy Saturday firesmen limits and calls
Local firemen fought several grass and vehicle fires on Saturday. A oats stubble field blaze on J street SW was checked at 3 12 p m. A grass fire near the east end of the Sixteenth avenue bridge was controlled at 2 03 p m. An additional call at 3 43 p m. dealt with a 1930 Essex car fire caused by a battery cable short circuit at Rapaport Auto Parts on Sixteenth avenue SW.
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J Street
Sixteenth Avenue Bridge
Essex
Rapaport Auto Parts Company
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Ada geologist C W Couser visits mother before survey
C W Couser of Ada Oklahoma geologist for Carter Oil Company arrived Friday to visit his mother Mrs A A Couser at 1558 Bever avenue SE. His wife has been there awhile. From Cedar Rapids he will conduct a four day oil survey of Kansas and Missouri for the Kansas Geological Society.
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C. W. Couser
Ada, Okla
Carter Oil Company
A. A. Couser
Bever Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Jail Bookings Report In City After Saturday Incidents
Harry Manos, 46, of 1002 Four teenth avenue SE, jailed at 5 30 p m for improper conduct on Second street near Second avenue SE. Pat Hamilton, 26, of 1016 Twenty second avenue SW, booked for intoxication at 2 52 p m. Rudy Kozak, 40, booked for intoxication at 5 30 p m.
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Harry Manos
Fourteenth Avenue SE
City
Manos
Second Street
Second Avenue SE
Pat Hamilton
Twenty-second Avenue
Rudy Kozak
Eggs and Salmon Highlight Vitamin D Rich Food
A report lists eggs butter milk and salmon as top dietary sources for vitamin D. It notes the foods provide essential nutrients and help meet daily requirements.
Mystery Baby Kidnapping Probed In Minneapolis
Police questioned a 17 year old male believed to be the infant’s possible father after the baby disappeared from Minneapolis General Hospital. A 15 year old mother identified the suspect as one of two youths seen loitering hours before the abduction. An hospital orderly cited two youths with a zipper bag leaving the hospital as part of the investigation.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis General Hospital
Harry Stinson
Landon outlines unfolding trip plan across Illinois and Missouri
Gov. Alf M. Landon will make eleven stops in Illinois including a visit to the Lincoln tomb in Springfield on August 27 and four stops in Missouri en route to Topeka. The itinerary covers railroad halts in Chicago St Louis and Kansas City and a week of rear platform appearances in states across the east and Midwest.
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Estes Park
Colo
Alf M. Landon
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Missouri
Topeka
Springfield
Chicago
Kansas Capital
St. Louis
Kansas City
London
Colorado
Nebraska
Iowa
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
la Salle
West Middlesex
Chautauqua
N. Y
Buffalo
Virden
Carlinville
Alton
Granite City
East St. Louis
Row's Hill School Announces Third Homecoming Event
Row's Hill School Pilot No 9 will host its third annual homecoming next Wednesday. Speakers include Rev J P Van Horn superintendent of St Luke's hospital and ex teacher and Dr F C Schadt Legime candidate for state senator. Mrs Emil Timmerman leads the program with readings vocal and instrumental numbers and short plays. A basket picnic dinner will be served at noon with a refreshment stand water and shade available.
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Row’s Hill School
Pilot No. 9
J. P. van Horn
St. Luke's Hospital
F. C. Schadt
Emil Timmerman
Schaffner
P T A Launches Diphtheria Immunization Drive
Cedar Rapids PTA to urge immunization for all preschool children with focus on 9 to 24 month olds. A house to house canvass begins Tuesday to promote free vaccination for ages 9 to 24 months, supported by health groups and civic clubs.
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Cedar Rapids
Parent-teacher Association
State Department of Health
Linn County Medical Society
Blairstown Mourns Loss Of Mrs Kenneth Goss
Mr and Mrs David Hardin mourn the death of their oldest daughter Mrs Kenneth Goss of Jackson Michigan. Born in Wisconsin 38 years ago she lived in Blairstown since six months old and graduated from Blairstown high. She taught third and fourth grades in the same school and married Kenneth Goss in 1923. Surviving are husband two daughters her parents sister Elma Hardin and brother Donavan Hardin. Funeral services will be held in Jackson Monday.
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Blairstown
David Hardin
Kenneth Goss
Jackson
Mich
Hardin
Wisconsin
Blairstown High School
Michigan
International radicals aid Loyalists in Spain battle
A diverse group from the United States and eight other nations assisted loyalist forces at Tardiente on the Zara gosa Huesca front. Volunteers included doctors nurses machine gunners and exiled Germans and Englishmen among others as airplanes bombed and shells rained down leaving fifteen dead or wounded. Loyalists held their ground while a hospital train rushed from the town.
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Tardiente
Huesca
Spain
INS
United States
Tardienha
Zaragosa-Huesca
England
Germany
Italy
Holland
Switzerland
France
London
Reich
Claims Two-Year Old Rooster Lays Eggs Stirs Virginia Farm
In Tunstall Virginia a two year old rooster in E E Harrison's barnyard has begun laying eggs. New Kent County Agricultural Agent B Perry told Harry L Moore at Virginia Tech that the charred rocks rooster laid an egg after a farmhand reported observing it. Since then the bird has laid four or five more eggs.
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Providence Forge
E. E. Harrison
Tunstall
New Kent
Harrison
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Maureen O'Sullivan
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Dublin
Main
Northwoods
Stalin
Josef Stalin
Serge Kirov
Russia
Townsend Club No
Superior Court Room
Maine Lodge of the Odd Fellows
First Avenue
Charles H. Fletcher
Leaders Club
Illinois Bankers Life Insurance Company
Metta A. Burd
Linn County
American Red Cross
W. H. Burd
Kubiceks
Landon
M.J.B. Coffee
del Monte Pineapple
Japan
Omar
PIE@SPILIES
Montrose
Edward Hunter
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