Landon Honors Lincoln In Springfield Tomb Tribute
Governor Alfred M. Landon, Republican presidential nominee, laid a wreath at Oak Ridge Cemetery in a solemn Springfield ceremony. He praised Abraham Lincoln to about 15 000 people at the railroad station, calling him the great emancipator as a Boy Scout carried the wreath into the tomb.
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Springfield
Ill
INS
Alfred M. Landon
Abraham Lincoln
Oakridge Cemetery
Landon
Lincoln
Landon Campaign Tour Presses Westward Topeka Stop
Governor Alfred M Landon Republican nominee travels through Illinois and Missouri on a western tour from Buffalo to Topeka. He roots support in western Pennsylvania and New York, pledges to repeal the undistributed corporate tax, and criticizes Roosevelt deficits and debt. He plans eighteen appearances and a wreath at Lincoln's tomb in Springfield.
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Topeka
Kan
Ins
Alfred M. Landon
Illinois
Roosevelt
Buffelo
Pennsylvania
New York
Landon
Missouri
Springfield
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
Buffalo
London
America
Fed
Lehman Refuses To Drop Charges Against Geoghan
Governor Lehman declines to dismiss removal charges against District Attorney William F. X. Geoghan. He rules on a defense motion arguing misconduct, if any, occurred during Geoghan’s prior term in Kings County.
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Lehman
Geoghan
Albany
N. Y
William F. X. Geoghan
Lloyd Paul Stryker
King’s County
Trotzky Not Wanted In United States
Russia's wandering exile Leon Trotzky seeks asylum in the United States but the government will not permit his entry. Friends inquiring by various channels were answered with a flat no.
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Trotzky
United States
Washington
INS
Russia
Leon Trotzky
Moffett's Son Courtmartialed Over Lost Naval Papers
Lieutenant William A Moffett Jr of the naval air station faced a court martial for allegedly taking confidential documents to study for promotions. The papers vanished from his automobile after being removed from navy files. The board's findings were referred to high Navy officials and not released.
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Washington
William A. Moffett
Jir
Navy
Moffett
Naval Air Station
Bureau of Aeronautics
Gilbert G. Rawcliff
Adolphus Andrews
Bureau of Navigation
Mine Engineer Killed in Knoxville Coal Mine Incident
Willard Shaw, 42, chief engineer at the Thermal coal mine near Knoxville, was killed when an electric hoist failed to stop and struck his head against a machine as he was being lifted from the shaft on Wednesday night.
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Galesburg, Ill
Willard Shaw
New Thermal Coal Company
Knoxville
Spanish Rebels Plan Madrid Attack Amid Civil War Claims
Rebels on the second day of renewed fighting announced plans to strike Madrid next week. Loyalists widen the war zone toward the capital while Oviedo resists as Toledo’s Alcazar flag fiasco unfolds. Both sides boast gains but little conclusive progress emerges.
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Madrid
Lisbon
Iran
Estremadura
Oviedo
Toledo
Alcazar
Burgos
Jean Herbette
Spain
France
Guadarrama Mountains
Cedar Rapids Morning Rain Totals Half Inch
Moderate temperatures prevail in Cedar Rapids after a half inch of rain in the early morning. The high rose to 87 at 2 30 p.m. after a 24 hour low of 68 at 7 a.m. Wednesday peaked at 90 by 3 p.m. and cooled to 71 at midnight per Chambers Inskeep readings.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep
Fifty-Second Wedding Anniversary Spurred Annual Norfolk Trip
New York reports Mr and Mrs Maurice Summerfield celebrated their fifty-second wedding anniversary by sailing to Norfolk Virginia on their fifty-third annual boat trip, a tradition they began on their honeymoon and have continued each year.
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New York
Maurice Summerfield
Norfolk
United States Rejects Spain's Paper Blockade
The United States rejects Spain's paper blockade of rebel ports and reaffirms freedom of the seas. Secretary Hull states the U S cannot admit the legality of declaring ports war zones unless an effective blockade is declared and maintained. The move does not imply recognition of Spain's civil war.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Cordell Hull
Madrid
Eric C. Wendelin
Hull
Spain
Wendelin
Discharged Sioux City Cops Conduct Arrest Under Orders
Former patrolmen Thomas Barron and Edward Asmussen, despite discharge, conducted a liquor raid on Ed Myren, operator of a shoe repair shop, and charged Myren with maintaining a liquor nuisance. Myren posted bond. They claimed authority from Fred Free and used a warrant from Justice of the Peace C. P. Ross. Gordon Hollar had discharged them for insubordination and misconduct.
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Sioux City
Thomas Barron
Edward Asmussen
Ed Myren
Myren
Woodbury
Fred Free
Gordon C. Hollar
Des Moines Wins 1937 Iowa Knights of Pythias Convention
Des Moines was awarded the 1937 convention of the Iowa grand lodge of Knights of Pythias at the Cedar Rapids meeting. The Pythian Sisters held their closing session with officers to be elected. A Dozen club dinner honored forty with certificates and a class of forty-two candidates received page ranks.
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Des Moines
Iowa Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Pythian Sisters
Clinton
Iowa Pythians
Montrose Crystal Room
Dan Maloney
Denver
Colo
Colorado
E. A. Grimwood
Oxford Junction
Iowa
Chicago girl, 16, wed 22-year-old in alleged TB marriage
Mrs Mary Belle Spencer, a Chicago lawyer, petitions to annul the August LaPorte marriage of her 16-year-old daughter Mary Belle II to James Edward Wright 22 saying Wright has tuberculosis and Indiana law bans such unions. An injunction to stop mistreatment and subpoena Wright’s medical records will follow.
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Chicago
Mary Belle Spencer
Mary Belle II
James Edward Wright
Wright
Spencer
Richard V. Spencer
Arizona
Indiana
LaPorte
Ind
Joseph B. David
Daily Times
Mamma
Edward
Mary Belle
First Lady Warned By Cop To Watch Stoplights
New Haven police report Patrolman Michael Holly halted Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt after she passed a red light obscured by a trolley. He warned her to be more watchful before letting her proceed. Chief Philip T. Smith said the officer learned her identity during the incident.
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New Haven. Conn
Michael Holly
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids Man Killed In Kansas Crash
Ed ward Guynn of Cedar Rapids Indiana died from a broken neck when a car carrying four others crashed into a culvert ten and a half miles southeast of Columbus Kansas. His brother James Guynn is in serious condition and others were injured less severely.
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Columbus
Kan
Edward Guynn
Cedar Rapids
Here
James Guynn
Roy Guynn
Nick Canziles
Roosevelt Aides Reach Drought Belt On Federal Plan
In Bismarck the drought relief committee led by Morris L. Cooke urged Roosevelt to create a federal state board to run water and land conservation, reduce grants, and aid local and state governments. It called for public lands retained where restoration fails and a study of how the plains can support a population, aiming to keep the region habitable.
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Bismarck
N. D
Roosevelt
Morris L. Cooke
Great Plains
Roosevelt Tours Drought West Amid Relief Efforts
President Roosevelt, en route from Washington to the Dakotas, travels through Ohio Indiana Wisconsin and Minnesota on a drought relief mission. He notes improving conditions and avoids campaign rhetoric while meeting drought advisers including Hopkins Wallace and Myers. The trip continues with planned conferences and travel to Bismarck for ten days.
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Dakotas
Roosevelt
INS
Washington
West
National Capital
Ohio
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Bismarck
N. C
Harry L. Hopkins
Henry A. Wallace
William S. Myers
Farm Credit Administration
North Dakota
William Lemke
Union Party
Blowout Tickets Going Fast for Chamber of Commerce Event
The annual fall Blowout by the young men's burea of the Chamber of Commerce will be held Wednesday at Cedar Rapids Country Club. Senior members are urged to contact the Chamber of Commerce office 5135 to obtain tickets. The program includes golf in the afternoon, supper, an aquatic program, and carnival amusements.
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Cedar Rapids News
Young Men’s Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Pope Pius XI Falters Amid Spanish Civil War Worries
Vatican City AP reports Pope Pius XI, 79, is so weakened by worry over Spain that he may be unable to rise from his throne at audiences. He may need to be carried between rooms as cardinals plan an expiatory ceremony in St. Peter's for Spanish clerical killings and church destruction. The Pope, at Castel Gandolfo, will address refugee Spanish bishops and priests and protest the war's outrages.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Holy Father
Apostolic Palaces
Fermo
Rome
St. Peter’s
Spain
Italy
Castel Gandolfo
Bombproof shelters ordered by Il Duce
Premier Benito Mussolini ordered immediate construction of bombproof and gasproof shelters to protect Italy's civilian population from air attacks. Decrees require converting public building cellars, building underground chambers, armored railway tunnels, and establishing control and distribution for the shelters.
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Rome
INS
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Mussolini
France
Great Britain
Separate autos for Roosevelt and Landon in Des Moines
President Roosevelt and Alf Landon will ride in separate automobiles through downtown Des Moines before the drought conference on September 1. Landon will be joined by Nebraska Missouri and Oklahoma governors and any US senators from those states. Governor Clyde L. Herring will accompany Roosevelt. A 21 gun salute is planned from the statehouse lawn.
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Des Moines
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Nebraska
Missouri
Oklahoma
United States
Clyde L. Herring
Statehouse
President Roosevelt to attend Dern funeral during drought tour
The White House said Roosevelt would interrupt his drought state tour to attend Secretary Dern's funeral in Utah if held there. He ordered half staff flags and issued a public notice. The trip may delay or rearrange planned conferences with governors in Des Moines and Pierre, with possible postponements of other events.
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Lincoln
Old Abe
Abe
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Dern
Steele
N. C
District of Columbia
Hull
United States
Bismarck
Marvin H. McIntyre
Utah
Des Moines
Gov. Landon
Kansas
McIntyre
North
South Dakota
Pierre
S. D
Wyoming
Rapid City
London
Hannibal, Mo
Dern Dies at 64 Secretary of War to be Buried in Utah
Washington mourns George Henry Dern secretary of war at 64 after a long illness and influenza complications. He died at 10 55 am at Walter Reed hospital with six relatives present. President Roosevelt was en route to North Carolina when word reached him. Army posts to lower flags half staff and fire mourning salutes. Dern’s body to Utah where he once governed, per burial rules for Arlington. Acting secretary Woodring called the loss irreparable. General Malin Craig paid tribute to a true friend.
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George H. Dern
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Utah
Walter Reed Memorial Hospital
Washington
George Henry Dern
Roosevelt
Walter Reed Hospital
Bismarck
N. C
Arlington National Cemetery
Dern
Harry H. Woodring
Malin Craig
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