Landon Draws Crowds Across Iowa on Campaign Train
In a four minute Missouri Valley halt 1000 cheering Iowans welcomed Landon as he pressed for limited federal action. He spoke in Carroll and Denison reiterating that government should do enough to aid but not squander resources. Spangler and Cook joined at Council Bluffs, with many Iowans and party officials aboard or meeting at stops throughout southwestern Iowa.
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Iowa
Harrison Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Carl Cook
Landon
Council Bluffs
Missouri Valley
Denison
Gov
Carroll
Omaha
O. W. Wyatt
Congress
Harold Davidson
Clarinda
C. E. Parker
Shenandoah
George A. Wilson
Spangler
Kansas
United States
Dickinson
Henry Wallace
Owa
Trade gains seen in Hawaii 1936 economy surge
Hawaii's 1936 raw sugar production value is forecast at 75 million dollars based on current prices. Six months’ sugar shipments total about 500000 short tons. Summer pineapple packing offers steady work for 30000 people with payroll around 6 million dollars. Pineapple workers gain five cents an hour. Territorial taxes in six months exceed 1935 by 500000 dollars, unemployment relief taxes rise about 5 million in wages and salaries. Honolulu building totals reach 2,044,240 dollars and real estate land sales total 4,284,340 dollars versus 2,447,355 last year.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Roosevelt invites Landon to parley in Midwest tour
President Roosevelt invites Alf Landon to parley in a motor trip likely to Springfield Illinois to meet Gov Henry Horner and Senators J Hamilton Lewis and William Dieterich along with state officials and federal agency heads. From Springfield the party goes to Indianapolis arriving September 4 and then to Hyde Park on September 5.
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Ceed
Springfield
Ill
Henry Horner
J. Hamilton Lewis
William Dieterich
Illinois
Indianapolis
Hyde Park
Problems Of Re-Employment Discussed At Iowa Session
Technical discussion on operation of employment offices occupied the advisory council staff and local managers at Hotel Montrose. Two day school of instruction opened Thursday with E R Herbert presiding. Speakers covered interviewing, recording, filing, personnel management, area service, public relations, statistical functions, and women interviewers' discussions.
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Advisory Council
Iowa State Employment Service
National Re-Employment Service
Hotel Montrose
E. R. Herbert
State Employment Service
Des Moines
B. W. Robinson
Cedar Rapids
James R. Reese
Sioux City
George Collins
H. J. Eberhart
Dubuque
National
H. M. Clinite
John H. Myhre
Reene Brooks
Ruth Williams
Joseph as economic statesman in Alice Longworth piece
In a Cleveland address Secretary Wallace praises Joseph, son of Jacob, as an early economic statesman and urges applying Genesis guidance to American agriculture. He cites Joseph storing grain in good years to avert famine, contrasting with modern policies.
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Jackson Hole
Wyo
Wallace
Joseph
Jacob
Cleveland
Egypt
Poland
Canada
Canaan
Prof Paul Weaver To Speak At Union Service Sunday
Prof Paul Weaver of Stephens College Columbia Mo will give the address at the fourth of August Sunday morning union services at St Paul's Methodist Church The series includes First Baptist First Congregational First Presbyterian and St Paul's with attendance over 1000 The talk titled Frozen Assets of Religion will follow Ruth Ebling Massey singing In My Father's House Are Many Mansions The closing address Aug 30 will be by Dr M Willard Lampe Iowa university school of religion
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Paul Weaver
Stephens College
Columbia
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
First Baptist
First Congregational
First Presbyterian
St. Paul's Methodist
Weaver
Yale University
Divinity School
Department of
Philosophy
Stephens
Burrall
Young Men’s Council of
Greater St. Louis Y
Has 200 Varieties Of Plants In Small Garden
PONTIAC MICH INS In a rock garden only 18 by 26 feet in area T D Buchanan has managed to crowd 200 different varieties of plants besides a pool filled with water lilies Many are rare such as Belperone kept in a hothouse in winter red blooms year round Another is the folder variegated privet with a golden and green leaf Buchanan a professional landscape gardener specializes in semper vivum or hen and chickens with 25 varieties Some plants are scarcely half an inch wide The rock crevice life leads to rapid spread and a golden Aurea nana cedar grows cone shaped three inches a year A 12 year old shrub nears four feet in height Also in the rock garden are six types of time seven types of water lilies including a rare night bloomer and many others Rock gardens are a coming thing says Buchanan offering an inexpensive garden of endless variety in a setting of stone.
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Pontiac
Mich
INS
T. D. Buchanan
Buchanan
Finalists Named In Cedar Rapids Baby Bathing Beauty Show
Ten Cedar Rapids youngsters aged 3 to 6 have been chosen from seventy five entries for tonight’s Little Miss Cedar Rapids of 1936 finals. Applause will crown the winner, who receives a silver loving cup and 15 dollars, with 10 dollars to the runner up and 5 dollars to third.
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Arthur Skelley
Fourth Avenue SE
Miss Maytag
Cedar Rapids Maytag Company
Betty Hiltbrunner
Lee Hiltbrunner
Country Club Parkway
Miss Hiltbrunner
The
Hiltbrunner Music Company
Patricia Ann Carney
W. H. Carney
C Avenue NW
Miss Dodge
Handler Motor Company
Joan Mary Saylor
Carl A. Saylor
K Street
Miss Oil- O-Matic
van Ell Corporation
Marilyn Lee Chapman
P. J. Chapman
Oakland Avenue NE
Miss Dempsey
Dempsey Cleaners
Joan Sidlinger
Paul Sidlinger
Elm Avenue SE
Miss
Cedar Rapids
Fleas Prompt E.R. Building Evacuation
Six hundred Internal Revenue Service employees fled the building after an invasion of fleas. An army of janitors deployed insecticide guns to combat the outbreak and secure the premises.
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Washington
U. S. Internal Revenue Building
Landon appeals for responsible voting in Omaha rally
Governor Landon urges Nebraskans and visitors in Omaha to engage in government with citizen responsibility. He says elections must reflect American interests, warns against abdicating civic duties, and stresses education through campaigns to protect freedom and equality, urging thoughtful, conscience-driven choices.
New Federal Taxes On Imported Fats and Oils Take Effect
Washington AP. New federal excise taxes on imported fats and oils began Friday under the 1936 revenue act. Rates range from two to four and a half cents per pound on tallow and other inedible fats and greases and on several vegetable oils. Products are used in soap, paint and lard substitutes, sourced from Manchuria Argentina Europe and the Dutch East Indies. The levy adds to 1934 taxes on coconut oil despite opposition from President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Manchuria
Argentina
Europe
Dutch East Indies
Congress
Roosevelt
Philippines
Gunman Caught After Independence Shootout
Deputy and railway official nabbed Price, a .32 caliber gunman, after a chase from a gasoline pump along Highway 20. He confessed to the shooting of a woman, tearful in custody, and will be returned to Rockwell City to face first degree murder charges.
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Bates
McDonnell
R. W. Schug
Strawberry Point
Price
Independence
A. W. Hammelman
Rockwell City
M. E. Dawson
Fort Dodge
Destroyers Sweep Pacific for Mystery Ship Sinking
Three navy destroyers with searchlights combed 560 miles west of Guadalupe Island after the S. S. San Joaquin reportedly sank. Lifeboats were used by the crew as SOS signals were received Wednesday and Thursday. No trace was found despite a scouting line fifteen miles wide and a forty-five mile continuation plan from Commander Edward C. Raguet aboard the Aylwin.
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San Diego
Calif
Pacific
S. S. San Joaquin
Guadalupe Island
San Joaquin
Naval Communications Office
Edward C. Raguet
Aylwin
National Banks In New High Deposits Record This Year
National banks in the United States reached a record high in deposits as of June 30, totaling 26.200 billion dollars. The rise came amid larger investments in U.S. obligations and a drop in excess reserves due to a Federal Reserve order raising reserve requirements by 50 percent.
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Washington
INS
J. F. T. O’connor
U. S
Federal Reserve Board
Gets New Deal for Boy in Jefferson City
Local police after arresting Jimmy Childs a 12 year old Negro ten times in two years for stealing bicycles appealed to the public for money to buy him a bicycle of his own. Next Wednesday Jimmy will get his bicycle thanks to contributions from an anonymous life term convict in the state prison a white woman and a Negro minister.
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Jefferson City
Jimmy Childs
Jimmy
Judge Dan W. Hamilton Dies at 74 in Rochester
Special to The Gazette Grinnell Iowa Judge Dan W Hamilton 74 prominent southeastern Iowa trial lawyer and jurist died in Mayo hospital Rochester Friday morning He was born on a farm near Thornburg Immediate cause pneumonia though he had suffered incurable illness for years Hamilton practiced law in Sigourney for many years In 1918 he was elected judge of the Sixth district and re elected since with two years to serve In 1908 he was elected to congress from the old Sixth district serving one term defeated by former Gov N E Kendall Survivors include Mrs C A Schipfer Cleveland Mrs Edgar Davies San Jose Calif Dean and Homer Hamilton Sigourney Donald Hamilton Seattle Helen Hamilton Newton Mrs Arch MacVicar Denver Mrs Ruth Hass Des Moines George and Robert Hamilton Grinnell.
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Grinnell
Dan W
Hamilton
Southeastern Iowa
Mayo Hospital
Rochester
Thornburg
Sigourney
N. E. Kendall
C. A. Schipfer
Cleveland
Edgar Davies
San Jose
Calif
Dean
Homer Hamilton
Donald Hamilton
Seattle
Helen Hamilton
Newton
Arch MacVicar
Denver
Ruth Hass
Des Moines
George
Robert Hamilton
Senate committee weighs labor liberty claims in probe
A special Senate committee in Washington began hearing first evidence on alleged civil liberty violations in labor disputes. Subpoenas were issued to Railway Audit and Inspection Co officials to produce records. Senator Robert La Follette Jr. of Wisconsin chairs the panel formed after labor leaders accused employers of hiring detectives to intimidate workers.
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Washington
Senate
Railway Audit and Inspection Company
la Follette
Wis
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Dr. Doherty
Star Jewelry
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Alfred M. Landon
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