Four Miners Trapped After Mine Fire Near Moberly
Rescuers battled toxic air and a new blaze in the Sexton coal mine near Moberly Missouri where four men remained trapped after a Tuesday cave in. Rescue teams reached the main shaft through a ventilating passage but faced dangerous conditions and ongoing fire delays.
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Moberly
Here
Sexton
Arnold Griffith
Griffith
Demerrit Sexton
Edward Stoner
George T. Cameron
Edward Stoner, Jr
Everyday Living Defining Witty Sayings From 1936 Note Card
A compact collection of humorous definitions and aphorisms from 1936, presenting personalities like Optimist Egotist Diplomat and Pessimist through witty, bite sized lines. It critiques common social types and habits with playful satire and pithy contrasts.
May Ask U S To Arbitrate In Spain
London sources on Wednesday floated the idea that the United States or a South American nation could serve as a truce mediator in the Spanish civil war. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden pressed European non intervention while Whitehall officials argued America is best qualified to mediate amid European entanglements and suspicions of favoritism.
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London
United States
Spain
Anthony Eden
Whitehall
America
Europe
Defense seeks acquittal for sterilization doctors in Hewitt case
In San Francisco two physicians Tilton Tillman and Samuel Boyd face charges over sterilizing Ann Cooper Hewitt without her knowledge. The defense asks Judge Reglan Tuttle for a directed verdict of acquittal as prosecutors rest their case. If denied, both doctors would testify in their defense. The prosecution says the doctors conspired with Hewitt's mother Maryon Cooper Hewitt McCarter to deprive Hewitt of inheritance. Hewitt believed she was undergoing an appendectomy.
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San Francisco
Ann Cooper Hewitt
Reglan Tuttle
Court Room
Tilton Tillman
Samuel Boyd
August Fournier
Miss Hewitt
Maryon Cooper Hewitt McCarter
Hold Up PWA Plans Pending Ruling On Relief Labor Use
The $300 million Public Works Administration program is stalled while Secretary Ickes awaits guidance from President Roosevelt on employing relief labor. Ickes expects to meet Roosevelt next week to discuss the matter.
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PWA
Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
Public Works Administration
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936
City tally shows 335 accidents in Cedar Rapids for 1936 with 233 injuries and no deaths reported in the summarized figures. The data reflects the scale of vehicle incidents and resulting harm during the year.
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Cedar Rapids
Heat Wave Eases as Iowa Sees Cooler Rest of Week
Clouds cooled the state after a record hot Tuesday with many sites above 100 degrees. Showers lashed parts of Iowa bringing relief, while two deaths were linked to the heat and a windstorm caused crop damage near Kelley. Des Moines reported a heart attack death and Donnellson a fatal electrocution from a fallen wire.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Odebolt Ang
Sac City
Logan
Mercury
Atlantic
Cedar Rapids
Corning
Harlan
Michigan
Nebraska
Kelley
Ames
William Braithwood
Donnellson
Henry Moehrlinger
Governor Olson Faces Peritonitis Fears in Minnesota
Rochester Minnesota AP sources report Governor Floyd B Olson showing abdominal inflammation with potential peritonitis. Mayo Clinic doctors would not comment as Olson, weakened by stomach illness, receives opiates and symptoms ease. he worries over his ill dog at Gull Lake cottage. President Roosevelt urged him to keep up the fight in a telegram and plans for a possible Aug 31 visit were mentioned.
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DR. Newton
Rochester
Gull Lake
Roosevelt
Olson
Start Trial Of Negro In Co Ed Death
A jury, largely farmers and small tradesmen, is chosen in Asheville North Carolina for the trial of Martin Moore charged with the murder of Helen Clevenger a New York co ed. Moore faces possible execution in the gas chamber as defense counsel challenges an alleged confession. Sheriff Brown led Moore into court amid a tense scene with relatives and witnesses nearby.
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Asheville
N. C
E. Don Phillips
Martin Moore
Helen Clevenger
New York
Moore
Buncombe County
F. Don Phillips
North Carolina
J. Scroop Styles
Laurence E. Brown
W. L. Clevenger
Clevenger
G-Men Track Down Vice Ring In Four Midwestern States
Federal agents target a white slave traffic operation spanning four Midwest states with hubs in St Paul and Minneapolis. The ring allegedly moves young women 18 to 21 among resorts across North Dakota Wisconsin Iowa and includes Black Chinese and white directors.
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Vice Ring
Midwestern States
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Minn
Uncle Sam
G-men
Twin Cities
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minneapolis
Hurley
Wis
Duluth
Superior
Grand Forks
Fargo
Des Moines
Davenport
Minneapolis Grain Elevator Strike Shuts Workers
Workers at Minneapolis grain elevators walked off the job on Wednesday after ongoing negotiations with elevator operators. The strike was ordered at 9 30 a.m. and affects multiple facilities in the city.
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Minneapolis
Defendants in Russian plot plead guilty
Sixteen accused Trotsky conspirators pled guilty in open court to charges they sought to seize power through a terror regime that would kill Stalin and other state leaders. Zinovieff admitted organizing the terrorists and claimed responsibility for every charge.
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Moscow
Trotsky
Josef Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Gestapo
Stalin
G. Evdokimoff
Leningrad
Gregory Zinovieff
Sergei M. Kiroff
Comintern
Zinovieff
Kiroff
Banks in Iowa show large year rise in deposits
D W Bates reports Iowa banks hold 346,713,047 in 543 banks, up 46,011,414 from the prior year and 17,138,031 since March 4 1936. Total resources reach 385,437,951 with loans and discounts up 35,727,526 from 1935, and U S securities at 46,713,802.
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Bates
United States
Nebraska Infant Case Divides Blair Over custody
In Blair Nebraska a custody dispute centers on 15 week old Donna Jean Allen. Foster parents Charles and Mrs Bottorff hold the baby and are in hiding. Jerry Allen the father travels from DeKalb Illinois seeking the child's return. Legal standing remains unresolved.
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Blair
Neb
INS
Charles Bottorff
DeKalb
Ill
Donna Jean Allen
It Walked In The Dark Starts In Cedar Rapids Gazette
It Walked In The Dark unfolds a suspenseful mystery with a black cat and a peg leg guiding clues. Agee Hayes writes fresh breezy chapters that promise swift action and stirring drama with love. The serial begins Friday August 21 in The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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the Gazette
Agee Hayes
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Wilson To Talk Here Prior To Landon Arrival
State Senator George Wilson of Des Moines will speak in Greene square Friday afternoon about 4 30 prior to Governor Alfred Landon arrival in Cedar Rapids. Landon scheduled at 4 50 to speak briefly before continuing his Iowa tour.
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Des Moines
Greene Square
Cedar Rapids
Alfred Landon
Carl Hendrickson
Linn County
Republican Committee
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Landon
Hendrickson
Arrval
L. J. Dickinson
United States
Harrison E. Spangler
National Republican Committee
London
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Stanley Vesely
Ben Jansa
Cedar Rapids Y. Boys
Musketeers
Coe College Military Band
Vesely
Rainfall Totals and Heat Record in City
Rainfall measured .33 inch accompanied by a heat wave reaching 111 degrees at 4 pm Tuesday. Brief downpour mid evening with intermittent showers from 3 am Wednesday. Humidity and temperatures climbed to 84 and 87 by mid afternoon with a sultry night following. Readings credited to the Chambers Inskeep company.
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Des Moines
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Charles City
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuka Trace
Iowa
Postville
West Union
McGregor
Decorah
Webster City
Chambers Inskeep Company
Tax case against Hauptmann settled by widow
The government settled the income tax case against Bruno Richard Hauptmann by a stipulation filed Aug 5. Anna Hauptmann, as executrix, admitted owed taxes of 117.67 in 1932 and 1729.59 in 1933 with penalties and interest totaling 9678.30. The case alleged unreported income of 5441 in 1932 and 18965 in 1933 from unidentified bank accounts linked to a fur business and tied to the Lindbergh ransom period.
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Washington
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Board of Tax Appeals
Anna Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Internal Revenue Bureau
Trenton
N. J
Isidor Fisch
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hindenburg Flies Over Boston With Army Escorts
The German dirigible Hindenburg passed over Boston at noon with three U S Army escort planes. Crowds of workers watched as the airship flew low and headed toward New York.
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Boston
INS
United States Army
New York
Good crop in hollows seen by observer
Des Moines report notes surprising corn vitality in drought torn areas with new tassels and ears despite heat. Reed cites moisture pockets, failing wells, and windstorm losses. soybeans look good and livestock rely on winter feed as temperatures reach 111. Grubs and grasshoppers damage Winneshiek county while alfalfa seeds and hay emerge. harsh soil conditions persist through late summer.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Reed
North
Floyd
Boyer
Hancock County
Corydon
Thurman
North Central
Northeast
Winneshiek
Airliner breaks Cedar Rapids to Chicago speed record
United Air Lines Evening Sundowner flew at 8,000 feet from Cedar Rapids to Chicago in 59 minutes setting a new speed mark. Passengers included B. W. Walker John Gilbert and Chet Sl The crew Dough Wilson and John. Cabin ventilators were closed due to chilly air to keep passengers warm.
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Cedar Rapids
United Air Lines
Chicago
Here
B. W. Walker
John Gilbert
Chet
Dough Wilson
John
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