Valentine Named Democratic Nominee for Lieutenant Governor
John K. Valentine of Centerville, 32, was chosen Saturday to run as Lieut. Gov. with N. G. Kraschel. Valentine will resign as state board of assessment and review chair to join the ticket, replacing Vin cent Harrington who switched races.
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Sioux City
John K. Valentine
Centerville
Valentine
State Board of Assessment and Review
N. G. Kraschel
Harrington
Democratic State Central Committee
Charles Hanna
Jefferson
Hanna
Kraschel
United States Senate
Davis
Appanoose
Senate
Clyde Herring
Oskaloosa
University of Wisconsin
University of Iowa Law School
Miracle Rescue Near Moberly Mining Shaft
In Moberly Missouri two miners were rescued alive after 72 hours 110 feet underground following a coal mine fire and cave-in that killed two companions Edward Stoner Jr and George Cameron died during the hours of rescue J W McCann 50 and Demmer Sexton 37 survived Sexton in critical condition Funeral services likely Sunday for the two victims coroner's inquest set for Monday with McCann as chief witness.
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Moberly
J. W. McCann
Demmer Sexton
Arnold Griffith
Edward Stoner, Jr
George T. Cameron
McCann
Stoner
Welcome Gov Landon in Cedar Rapids 12000 crowd packs streets
12000 welcomed Gov Alfred M Landon in Cedar Rapids despite 103 degree heat. The Republican nominee drew cheers as the London special stopped at 450 p.m. He pledged politics not to hinder the drought conference in Des Moines and urged humane, constructive action. He thanked Mesquakie Indians at Tama for a pipe gift and called campaigns opportunities to educate the public. Continued on page 2.
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Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Greene Square
Third Avenue SE
Fourth Street
Iowa
London
Roosevelt
Tama
Temperature Again Heads For 100 Mark
Cedar Rapids faces another day of extreme heat with the temperature rising from 94 at 9 30 a m to 99 by 1 15 p m under a clear sky. The 24 hour minimum was 74 at 6 a m Saturday. Rainfall totaled .05 inch on the northwest side Friday evening. Friday’s high reached 103 at 4 p m, then cooled to 91 at 7 p m and 78 at midnight per Cham bers Inskeep company charts.
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Cedar Rapids
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Chambers Inskeep Company
Roosevelt Delays Political Speeches Ahead of Election
President Roosevelt surveys reaction to his no political speeches before October statement as campaign observers debate whether he can delay while Alf Landon hammers the New Deal. He says his 12 day drought trip and planned speeches in Charlotte Washington and Cambridge will not affect his bid for a second term. He receives political outlook reports from key Democratic officials.
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Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Pennsylvania
Landon
Des Moines
Charlotte
N. C
World Power
Washington
Harvard
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
W Forbes Morgan
L. W. Robert, Jr
Charles Michelson
Landon Frames American Way Against New Deal Ploy
Gov. Alf Landon in West Middlesex Pennsylvania defined the American way of life as liberty and enterprise and warned against what he called the new deal pig in the poke policies. He addressed about 100000 listeners at Tom O Shanter golf course and contrasted freedom with state control while urging production driven growth.
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West Middlesex
Alf M. Landon
Freedom of Enterprise
America
Tom O’shanter
Landon
Samuel Insull Jr Weds Chicago Woman in Quiet Ceremony
Samuel Insull Jr 36 son of the fallen utilities king married Margaret Baynes 31 a Chicago businesswoman in a quiet rectory ceremony at St. Gertrude's church Chicago Saturday.
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Chicago
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Samuel Insull, Jr
St. Gertrude’s Church
Margaret Baynes
Woman Kills Son and Herself in Sacrifice Motive
In Long Prairie Minnesota a California mother, 30-year-old Mrs Herman Ruttenberg, killed her seven year old son Robert by slashing his throat with a razor and then committed suicide Friday night while visiting her parents. An inquest labeled it murder and death by own action with authorities noting she spoke of feeling obliged to make some sacrifice days earlier.
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Long Prairie
Minn
Herman Ruttenberg
Gonzales
Calif
Robert
Ruttenberg
Bernard Fearing
Fred Soule
Spain Renounces Right to Search Ships at Sea
The Spanish government renounced any claim to halt ships on the high seas and discussed with Britain the status of vessels within the three mile coastal zone. British leaders expect the move to apply to all nations, easing tensions stirred by Nazi fascist powers abroad and rebels at home.
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London
Spain
Germany
Italy
Campaigning For President Is No Joy Ride For Landon
Landon's barnstorming tour across Iowa features a grueling schedule with speeches from Omaha to Clinton and constant handshakes. Despite pleurisy recovery, the Kansas governor endures long days on the London special train as local politicos push for sightings and crowds.
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Landon
Iowa
United States
London Board of Strategy
White House
Kansas
London
Omaha
Handshaking Cures Landon’s Pleurisy
West Middlesex, Pa. A 1,500 mile campaign across the country Saturday cured Governor Alfred M. Landon of muscular pleurisy. The attack, tied to a summer cold, lingered during a Colorado vacation. He said shaking hands on the campaign train rear platform likely cured him and that the pleurisy is gone.
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Council Bluffs
Denison
Carroll
Jefferson
Boone
Ames
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
West Middlesex
Ins
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Colorado
Trial of Plotters Forces Soviets to Arrest More
Moscow reports that after the Arabian Nights plot trial linked Nikolai Bukharin and Kari Radek to the case, Izvestia demanded a shooting squad for conspirators. The six alleged Trotskyites have confessed to numerous assassination schemes against Stalin, implicating eight more top Bolsheviks. Prosecutor Vishinsky announced new arrests, including Gregory Sokolnikov, former ambassador to Britain, and M. Seredyakov, ex-vice minister of communications.
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Nikolai Bukharin
Izvestia
Kari Radek
Bukharin
Saturday
Radek
Joseph Stalin
Andrey
Vishinsky
Gregory Sokolnikoff
Britain
M. Seredyakov
Solicitor seeks death for Clevenger case detainee
Asheville NC UP Solicitor Zeb V Nettles urged Buncombe county jurors to sentence Martin Moore gangling Negro to death in the gas chamber for the murder of Helen Clevenger a pretty co ed Styles closed three defense speeches seeking acquittal of the accused hall boy.
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Asheville
N. CC
Zeb V. Nettles
Buncombe County
Martin Moore
North Carolina
Helen Clevenger
Nettles
J. Scroop Styles
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll For 1936
A brief item from Cedar Rapids notes the 1936 auto toll status and related local context. It records the town’s approach to vehicle charges and civic planning, highlighting administrative steps and anticipated impact on drivers.
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Cedar Rapids
Cigaret Lighter Turns Out To Be Gas Gun
Elkhorn Wisconsin United Press reports Larson a janitor at the First National Bank mistook a gadget that resembled a cigarette lighter for a lighter to light his cigarette He pulled the trigger and fled in tears His wife drove him home while bank employees opened doors and windows The device was a gas gun
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Elkhorn
Wis
Larson
Tional
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