Nab Iowa Killer At Independence Visits Cedar Rapids
Walter Price an 18 year old Ohio youth shot and killed 64 year old Mrs Jet Dawson and wounded her husband at Rockwell City oil station Friday night after a failed holdup. Price was captured twelve hours later near Independence and confessed his crime after a brief strugglewith Deputy James McDonnell. Mrs Dawson died at Lutheran hospital Fort Dodge Friday noon. her husband a former sheriff will recover. Price said he needed money and planned the holdup while returning to Ohio.
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INS
Jet Dawson
Ohio
Walter Price
Here
Price
Urbana
Iowa
McDonnell
Dawson
Alva Price
South Dakota
Rockwell City
Off with their heads a playful roast of social bores
A whimsical catalog lists public behavior offenders from end seated early arrivals to loud self promoters. The piece rails at autoists drones and egotists, ending with a sharp jab at columnists who mock others. Copyright 1936. Dr. Newton.
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O KO
Stern orders drift in Iberian crisis by two powers
Associated Press reports stern edicts to keep Spain's civil war within bounds issued by Britain and Germany. Britain warns of warning shots and aims if attacked by Spanish vessels, while Germany urges forceful response to confront Spanish actions. International lines tighten as Portugal unrest rumors fade and neutrals like the United States hold aloof. In Spain, fighting rages near Madrid and Basque areas with reports of poison gas by rebel factories amid a grim war context.
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Great Britain
Germany
England
Reich
Madrid
Britain
Portugal
Russia
France
Hitler
Guadarrama
Huesca
Bay of Biscay
San Sebastian
Irun
Zaragoza
Return To Direct Relief Seen This Winter By Hopkins
Washington report says direct relief may resume in part due to drought strains and dwindling WPA funds. Hopkins notes winter conditions could trigger aid outside RA, which currently provides about 20 dollars monthly to farm families and loans for livestock feed to over 300,000.
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Hopkins
Washington
INS
Congress
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Negro denies murder in New York co ed slaying
Martin Moore, a lanky Negro hall boy, testified he did not murder Helen Clevenger, a New York co-ed. He claimed he confessed only after police beat him and said he feared further abuse. He also said a gun given to L. D. Roddy was used in the killing, and later recovered.
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Asheville
N. C
Martin Moore
Helen Clevenger
New York
Moore
L. D. Roddy
Battery Park
Estelle Taylor Injured In Chicago Hit And Run
Screen actress Estelle Taylor, ex-wife of Jack Dempsey, was bruised about the hips when a hit and run driver knocked her to the pavement as she walked back to her hotel after a nightclub engagement in Chicago.
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Chicago
Estelle Taylor
Jack Dempsey
Mercury Surges Above 102 in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids high reached 102 degrees at 2 45 PM under a clear sky, with a 24 hour low of 72 at 6 AM. A heat incident occurred when Paul Knapp of 516 McKinley TM Street SE collapsed at the Rude Auto repair shop and was rushed to Mercy Hospital before 3 PM.
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The
Mercury
Cedar Rapids
Paul Knapp
McKinley
Rude Auto Company
Mercy Hospital
Press attacks on crime coverage sparks call for reform
A committee report by the American Bar Association criticizes "hippodroming" of criminal justice by newspapers. Citing Hauptmann and Mooney trials, it urges radical changes in criminal procedure to curb press interference that threatens fair trials and lives of defendants.
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Indianapolis
INS
Committee On Criminal Procedure
The
American Bar Association
Philip Lutz, Jr
Lutz
Boston
Mass
Richard Bruno Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Tom Mooney
Sea serpent caught near Nova Scotia weighs heavy prize
A 22-foot fish, hailed as the monster sea serpent, was trapped near Half Island Cove, Nova Scotia. Fisherman R Hendsbee towed it in, estimating over four tons. the river portion weighed about half a ton. A veteran seaman compared its look to basking sharks, noting white flesh and a large mouth with no teeth.
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Half Island Cove
N. S
Nova Scotia
R. Hendsbee
Michigan Motorist Killed Near Amana
Samuel Wolf, 49, of Detroit, was killed when his car overturned in a ditch about a mile west of South Amana on highway 6. His wife and daughter were hospitalized after the crash during a family vacation trip. Sheriff Engelbert of Marengo took charge of the body.
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Amana
Samuel Wolf
Detroit
Mich
South Amana
Wayne County
Wolf
Engelbert of
Marengo
Coal miners strike hunger in Polish mine
Three hundred coal miners at Eichenau in Polish Upper Silesia staged a hunger strike inside the mines on Friday. They demanded unpaid wages, reported by the Tagablatt.
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Berlin
Eichenau
Upper Silesia
Tagablatt
Drought conference invites Landon in Des Moines
President Roosevelt will meet Gov. Alf M. Landon in a drought state executives conference September 1 at Des Moines Iowa with governors of Iowa Missouri Nebraska and Oklahoma and invited senators. The tour includes stops in North and South Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin and Missouri as part of a broader drought relief program.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Des Moines
White House
London
United States
Landon
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Mr. Roosevelt
Bismarck
N. D
North
South Dakota
Pierre
Tom Berry
Leslie Miller
Wyoming
Peter Norbeck
William J. Bulow
Robert Carey
Joseph O’mahoney
Rapid City
S. D
Mount Rushmore
Rochester
Minn
Floyd B. Olson
la Crosse
Wis
Philip la Follette
Ryan Duffy
Robert M. la Follette
Two Omaha Men Nobbed As Iowa Bank Bandits
Omaha police announce the arrest of cousins Albert and Orie England for a bank robbery at Elliott Indiana last Tuesday, with Albert confessing after being confronted by his wife. Bank manager George Wollenhaup identified the suspects.
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Omaha
Iowa
Omaha (Ap
Elliott
Fritz Franks
Franks
Albert England
Orie England
Phelan
Albert
Babe
England
George Wollenhaup
Houghton Bank of
Red Oak
Little Miss Cedar Rapids Crown Tonight in Baby Bathing Revue
Ten contestants aged 3 to 6 vie for the title at the Iowa theater in Cedar Rapids with a 9 pm show. Applause decides the winner who receives a silver loving cup and $15.Thursday night finalists Sally Mead Nadine June Klindt Joan Skelley top the crowd in a playful, staged beauty parade.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Theater
Sally Mead
Joe Mead
Second Avenue SE
Nadine June Klindt
Fred W. Klindt
Bever Avenue SE
Joan Skelley
Arthur Skelley
Fourth Avenue SE
Shirley Marie Dupler
M. E. Dupler
Twenty-first Avenue
Miss Morgan
Morgan Brothers
Sally
Miner Rescued Alive as Others Feared Dead
In Moberly Missouri a miner, A. M. McCann, was brought out alive after seventy two hours trapped in a collapsed coal mine. Rumors of others alive circulated then denied. Ed Stoner Jr and Demmer Sexton were reported dead, though not verified. Coroner Dr Jesse Maddox prepared to enter the shaft amid a tense crowd.
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Moberly
A. M. McCann
Here
George T. Cameron
Ed Stoner, Jr
Demmer Sexton
Charlie Hargett
Jesse Maddox
Randolph County
Indict 22 Black Legion members in terrorism case
Virgil Effinger of Lima and twenty one others were indicted on criminal syndicalism charges related to Black Legion activities. The two count indictment accuses them of advocating crime, sabotage and violence. Co defendants include Harvey Davis Roy Hepner and Clarence Frye. Frederick Gulley and Thomas Cox were also sentenced in a related case for false imprisonment.
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Detroit
Virgil Effinger
Lima
Ohio
Duncan C. McCrea
Black Legion
Hooded Order
James E. Chenot
Effinger
Harvey Davis
Charles A. Poole
WPA
William Guthrie
Clarence C. Frye
Arthur L. Kingsley
Highland Park
Roy Hepner
Kingsley
Chenot
Frederick A. Gulley
Thomas A. Cox
Robert Penland
Penland
Landon Speaks at Iowa Stops Aboard Train for Eastern Talks
Republican nominee Alf M Landon campaigned at Iowa rail stations along his eastern trip stressing government should not squander resources. He spoke at Denison Carroll Jefferson Missouri Valley and Boone with crowds in Ames Council Bluffs and Omaha. Applause ran high as he praised Iowa State College and rural leadership while stressing recovery and jobs.
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Landon
Alf M. Landon
Iowa
Carroll
Denison
Jefferson
Missouri Valley
Boone
Oskaloosa
Sons of Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Ames
Iowa State College
Kansas
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Des Moines
Washington
Edwin Mitchell
Republican Party
Lester J. Dickinson
Italy Accepts Neutrality Accord in Europe
ROME AP Italy officially accepted Friday the neutrality accord proposed by France in the Spanish civil war. Mussolini earlier sought foreign powers to abandon neutrality negotiations but agreed to prohibit all arms exports to Spain if France England Germany Portugal and Russia accept similar restrictions.
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Italy
France
Mussolini
Spain
England
Germany
Portugal
Russia
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