Rebels Gain Slight Margin in Spain Civil War
Madrid reports a foreign air legion forming as violence escalates across fronts. Twenty one foreigners are listed as aviators in a Madrid hotel, with twenty five new bombers said to arrive from abroad. Fighting rages near Merida Granada and Badajoz while battles hinge on air power and ground clashes. About 40 Americans held in Granada were evacuated to Gibraltar as diplomats mulled leaving Madrid.
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Keppyright
Madrid
Foreign Legion
Spain
Aviadores
Francisco Franco
Merida
Granada
Badajoz
San Sebastian
Irun
Cadiz
Gibraltar
Jose Giral
Franco
Dean
Alicante
Every Day Living and the Letters from Readers
The author reflects on years of Everyday Living letters from readers. She thanks supporters and shares how letters reveal personal troubles, joys, and queries about life, marriage, and coping with daily friction. The piece notes both hopeful stories and dark tragedies, urging self reflection and better living together.
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Jas
Cedar Rapids Boys Drum Corps Places Fourth In Chicago
The Cedar Rapids Boys Drum and Bugle corps finished fourth in the junior competition at the Chicagoland music festival in Chicago. Fifteen corps competed with Racine Wisconsin taking first, Des Moines Junior Legion second, and Kalamazoo Michigan Sea Scouts third.
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Cedar Rapids Boys
Chicago
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Corps
Racine
Wis
Des Moines Junior Legion Corps
Kalamazoo
Bridge collapse dumps car and truck into Iowa River
A span of the old highway 2 bridge near Columbus Junction collapsed Saturday, sending a car driven by Earl Frisk and a transfer truck from Ottumwa into the Iowa River. The truck went in first, followed by the Frisk vehicle. no injuries were reported. Names of other occupants were not learned. The 50 year old iron bridge was deemed unsafe. a new $168000 replacement is complete but fills are not yet done, delaying traffic detours 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 From Poison Gas Near Odessa
Four men died from gas asphyxiation at an Odessa oil well derrick after a pressure check. D. N. Striplin aged 30, Granville Torbert 29, Bertis Magness 28, and Jack Hall 35 were killed while attempting rescue. Survivor T. S. Guest and Leo Hurley reported the sequence as Torbert entered the cellar, then others attempted rescue and succumbed. Bodies were recovered by local drilling crews.
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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
Modern Jean Valjean Faces Extradition to Oklahoma Reformatory
Gov. Marland ordered Carlton B. Chilton 40 of Cleveland extradited to Oklahoma for return to Granite reformatory. Chilton fled Granite after a year of a two year sentence for unpremeditated unarmed bank robbery begun at age 17.
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Lawton
Okla
Jean Valjean
Oklahoma Reformatory
E. W. Marland
Carlton B. Chilton
Cleveland
Oklahoma
Marland
Fred Cunningham
Charles Daley
State Crime Bureau
Chilton
Fred Hunt
Granite
Reformatory
Cunningham
Granite Reformatory
Coast Guard Cutter Trains Guns on Rebel Cruiser
The U S Coast Guard cutter Cayuga and British destroyer Comet trained guns on the Spanish rebel cruiser Almirante Cervera as it threatened to fire while refugees were embarked at San Sebastian. The rebel cruiser retreated, refugees were landed at St Jean de Luz, France.
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San Sebastian
Cayuga
St. Jean de Luz
France
Iowa Parties Plot Campaign Tour Across State
Landon’s Iowa trip to boost national politics prompts party lists. Democrats map twenty one stops led by Gillette Kraschel and Murray with Lake Okoboji rally planned. Republicans schedule seventeen addresses including Dickenson Halden Wilson and Davidson through eight points and Clinton finale.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Alf
M. Landon
Guy Gillette
Senate
Nels Kraschel
John Mitchell
Ray Murray
Congress
Clyde. L. Herring
Lia Dickinson
Herring
Berry i Halden
Gillette
George
Hee ¥ Didate
Carl H.‘Cook
London
Council
Bluffs
Clinton
Landon
Cook
Iowa Party
Republican Organization
Council Bluffs
Denison
Carroll
Jefferson
Boone
Ames
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Lake Okoboji
Wauken
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
Ottumwa
Marengo
T. E. Diamond
Sheldon
Ruthven
Dickinson
Halden
Waukon
Nashua
Britt
Mystic
Wilson
Springville
Hopkinton
Davidson
Prairie City
Wood
Edson
Four Miners Entombed in Ontario Mine Tragedy
Kirkland Lake Ontario reports aid crews at the 2700 foot level of the Lake Shore Gold mine searched for three entombed miners after a Friday cave in. One body, Roy Warwick, was brought to the surface while John Bottrell and Jack Morden were presumed dead. Two other workers escaped as debris fell. Local officials and families awaited news as gates remained sealed.
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Kirkland Lake
Ont
Draegermen
Lake
Shore
John Bottrell
Jack Morden
Roy Warwick
Bottrell
Morden
Warwick
Perth
Cedar Rapids Sees Scorching Heat Peak At 105 Degrees
A Cedar Rapids heat wave pushed the temperature to 105 degrees by 3:30 p.m. Saturday with 90 degrees by 7 p.m. and a cooling 83 degrees by 10 p.m. Measurements came from Chambers Inskeep Company instruments.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep ‘Company Instruments
Lindbergh Returns to England as Silent Aviator
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh landed unannounced at Lymne airfield in England, avoided public greeting, and refused to answer airport officials. Lindbergh said it doesn't matter where he's going, while Scotland Yard officials handled paperwork for Mrs. Lindbergh.
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London
INS
Charles A. , Lindbergh
Copenhagen
England
Weather outlook for Chicago Aug 17 to 22 1936
For the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys the period favors generally fair weather with cooler temperatures in the north early week and little overall change. The northern and central great plains expect mostly fair conditions with possible showers late week in the north and cooler early week, then steady otherwise.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
North Portion
Great Plains
It Walked In The Dark premieres in The Cedar Rapids Gazette
Agee Hays presents a new detective tale about a vanished black cat a peg leg a looming mysterious face at a window and a plot to kill an entire family. The Cedar Rapids Gazette will publish the story soon promising thrills and a baffling mystery readers will follow to the end.
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Agee Hays
Cedar Rapids
Ohioan nabbed for activity in death gust case
Ohio man Virgil B. Effinger of Lima, reputed major general of the Black Legion, was arrested by Ohio and Michigan authorities on charges including possession of explosive material and willful destruction. Prosecutors say he spoke of overthrowing the federal government and allegedly carried suitcases believed to contain explosives. Effinger denies the allegations, calling them lies and defending his loyalty to the United States.
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Detroit
Virgil B. Effinger
Lima
Black Legion
Michigan
Effinger
Taylor
John Ricca
Ricca
Common Pleas
Gerald W. Groat
Wes ES Effinger
Coun
Ster
Legion
Ran
John ‘Ricca
William
Guthrie
Dayton Dean
Efftinger
Russia
United States
Dean
Arthur Lupp, Sr
Sunday Gazette Debuts Dr Newton Talk It Over Series
The Sun day Gazette launches a new Sunday feature by Dr Joseph Fort Newton with a general index and daily articles. The issue highlights late national and local news, editorials, and a rich mix of culture, sports, theater, and society notes from Cedar Rapids.
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Joseph Fort Newton
Sunday Gazette
Joseph Fort ‘Newton
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Newton
S. Sunday - Gazette
Iowa
Washington, D. C
McIntyre
Edgar Guest
Jay Sigmund
Washington
Severe Typhoon Raging Toward Aparri in Luzon
The Philippine weather bureau reports one of the most severe typhoons in years, with winds over 75 mph, moving west by northwest toward Aparri in northern Luzon.
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Manila
P.I
Philippine “Weather Bureau
Aparri
Luzon
President Approves Flood Control Plan In New York Area
President Roosevelt approved 2.568 million dollars for preliminary flood control work on thirty dams and reservoirs to protect valleys of southern and eastern New York. He toured Susquehanna watershed areas and reviewed Whitney Point project with Gov Lehman and Sen Wagner. State to acquire land before works begin.
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Scranton
Roosevelt
White House
New York
Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre
Lehman
Wagner
Binghamton
N. Y
Susquehanna River
Whitney Point
Civilian Conservation Corps
Army Engineers
Works Progress Administration
Coughlin Hosts Nation in Lemke Campaign Push
Father Charles E. Coughlin was elected president of the National Union for Social Justice which endorsed William Lemke for president. The convention closed after pledges of Townsend and Smith to support Lemke while Coughlin warned he may end radio if he does not deliver 9,000,000 votes.
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Cleveland
Charles E. Coughlin
The
National Union For
Social Justice
William Lemke
United States
Francis ‘E’ Townsend
Gerald L. K. Smith
Lemke
Roosevelt
Vnz
Roceteelt
Bat
Behir
Townsend
Smith
Coughlin
New Union Party
Father Coughlin
Rain and wind give St. Louis heat relief
A driving rain and cooling winds swept St. Louis and surrounding areas Saturday night, ending a severe heat wave. The storm battered downtown streets and drenched theatergoers as they left. Several wires were blown down but no major damage was reported.
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ST. Louis
Midwest
Western League Scores Highlight Sioux City Cedar Rapids Game
Sioux City, Cedar Rapids and Des Moines faced off with final tallies 5 4 3 0 for Cedar Rapids, 4 3 0 0 for Des Moines, and 6 12 1 1 for Waterloo. Top performers included Latz Synilgoff Hayes Thomas Davenport Gott Schaefer Mercan King Richards.
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Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Grof
Latz
Synilgoff
Hayes
Thomas
Rus Davenport
Waterloo
Gott. Schaefer
Mercan
King and Richards
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