Foster son of Harold L Ickes found dead in Winnetka home
Wilmarth Ickes 37, adopted son of Secretary Ickes, was found shot in his stepfather's Winnetka residence on the anniversary of his mother's death. A .380 pistol lay on his chest as investigators await an inquest. He had been treated for migraines and tuberculosis reports conflict about his health.
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Chicago
Wilmarth Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Winnetka
Anna Wilmarth Ickes
Harold Lewis
Ickes
Interior Department
Washington
Velarde
N. M
Cudahy
Magnuson
Wilmarth
Robert Ickes
Requa M. Bryant
Evanston
Raymond Ickes
Harry E. Enault
Frank Blatchford
Spanish Rebels Open New Drive Against Madrid
Rebels push toward Madrid from the southwest within sixty five miles of the capital while threats extend to the Estremadura corridor between Madrid and Portugal. Government claims a Talavera de la Reina victory as fighting continues near Irun and warnings rise about air and sea bombardment. Mussolini hints at war and Italian readiness while European tensions mount.
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Madrid
Estremadura
Talavera de la Reina
Zaragoza
Irun
Bay of Biscay
France
Iran
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Europe
Ickes Leaves for Chicago After Stepson’s Death
Secretary Harold L. Ickes flew to Chicago after learning that his stepson Wilmarth Ickes died from an apparently self inflicted gunshot. The secretary had been told by a physician last Friday that Wilmarth was afflicted with tuberculosis.
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Washington
INS
Harold L. Ickes
Chicago
Wilmarth Ickes
Winnetka
Ickes
Siegel Faces Liquor Charges After Raid On Sioux City Store
Siegel of Sioux City, free on appeal bond from a manslaughter conviction, faces liquor charges after police raided the New Deal confectionery he operates. Officers Barron and Asmussen found whisky gin and alcohol. Riddle the bartender was also arrested. Siegel earlier was sentenced to eight years for shooting Glenn Gross at the Valley Gardens nightclub.
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Sioux City
Joe Siegel
New Deal
Thomas Barron
Edward Asmussen
Gordon C. Hollar
Barron
Asmussen
Fred Free
Edward L. O’connor
Siegel
Jerry Riddle
West Side
Glenn Gross
Valley Gardens
Three Flyers Die in New York Air Crash
Lieut. Jack Bishop a world war veteran of the Canadian air corps and two companions were killed when the plane he flew crashed near East Meadow Long Island Witnesses said the dual controlled craft went into a left spin and crashed upside down killing all aboard Roy Anderson a 31 year old student pilot from Jackson Heights and Roy White a mechanic were the other two dead Bishop led an honorary Nassau county police commission and operated a private air service at Roosevelt Field with Miss Annette Gipson who competes in a Ruth Chatterton air derby to California the fate of the crash was immediate according to witnesses
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North Belmore
N. Y
Jack Bishop
California
Hugh Johnson To Campaign For Roosevelt In Buffalo
Gen. Hugh Johnson, former NRAA director, will speak for President Roosevelt in Buffalo New York on September 12. The announcement came Monday from the Democratic National Committee.
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New York
INS
Hugh Johnson
NRAA
Roosevelt
Buffalo
N. Y
Democratic National Committee
Herring Named by Roosevelt to Lead Drought Parley
Gov. Clyde Herring of Iowa will preside at a drought conference in Des Moines at the president's request. The gathering will be attended by Roosevelt Landon and other dignitaries with a luncheon at the state house. Emergency council directors from several neighboring states were invited.
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Des Moines
INS
Roosevelt
Clyde Herring
Iowa
Alfred M. Landon
Iowa State House
J. J. Hughes
National Emergency Council For
State House
Harry Cooper
Omaha
Guy Harvey
Sioux Falls
S. D
Robert Cummins
Bismarck
N. D
Robert K. Hyland
St. Louis
Richard L. Metcalf
Jonas Graber
Topeka
Forest Parrott
Oklahoma City
Roosevelt touts fallowing aid in drought area
President Roosevelt spoke briefly beside his private car in Sidney Nebraska praising summer fallowing in the western Nebraska panhandle as a forward looking drought relief step. He addressed a small crowd before continuing his tour of relief projects and farm houses.
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Sidney
Neb
Roosevelt
Nebraska Panhandle
Board Of Trade Increases Grain Price Limits
The Chicago Board of Trade extended daily trading limits for the current month grain futures to 8 cents per bushel above or below the prior day’s close for wheat corn rye barley and 6 cents for oats. Existing 5 cent limits for wheat rye barley and 4 cent limits for corn plus 3 cents for oats remain for deferred deliveries. The new limits apply to September contracts starting Tuesday. No change to provisions limits.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Seven More Renting Days Before School Time
The Gazette Rental Want Ads urge returning teachers students and families to find rooms houses and apartments near schools. Prospective tenants are urged to call 2-1121 to place rental ads before vacancies fill.
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Gazette Rental
No Parking on Either Side Always, Says Dr Newton
Dr Newton argues in 1936 that life requires perpetual motion and effort. He rejects stagnation, urging continual progress to learn and lead, with death seen as a new beginning and heaven as a place where lost things are found.
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Feinstein
Oyster Ruling On Five Sioux City Police Due Tuesday
The Iowa civil service commission will rule Tuesday on the reinstatement bid for five Sioux City policemen linked to the Woodbury graft probe. The hearing raised questions about substituted grand jury evidence and claims of a protection payoff tied to a raid, with testimony about an unidentified officer demanding payoff and a later deal to cover up the raid.
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Oyster
Sioux City
Civil Service Commission
Nile Luke
Kirby Kerr
John Diebert
Woodbury County
Thomas Barron
Edward Asmussen
Fred H. Free
Edward L. O’connor
Barron
Asmussen
Free
Luke
Kerr
Diebert
Frank Caine
Caine
Elmer Teal
Clyde
Florence Mayer
John Gibeau
R. J. Gibeau
U S Missionaries Escape Chinese Reds in Flight to Hankow
Miss Anna Hamphrey of Sioux City Iowa and Ruth Lindstrom of New York reached Landhow after fleeing communist invaded Kansu province. They are workers for the Christian Missionary Alliance and were alerted by the U S consulate on Monday.
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Hankow
China
Anna Hamphrey
Sioux City
Ruth Lindstrom
New York
Landhow
Kansu Province
U. S
The
Christian Missionary Alliance
Red-haired boy to plead self defense in slaying
Chicago reports 15 year old Roland Munroe confessing to killing Mrs Agnes Roffers 65 with a hammer and her cane after a dispute over jewelry. He says he hoped to profit but may face the death penalty. psychiatric exams pending before grand jury indictment.
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Chicago
Roland Munroe
Agnes Koffeis
INS
Agnes Roffers
Richard Devine
Criminal Court
Devine
Roland
U S Warships Ready To Respond To New Bombings
Iran warns 300 rebel prisoners to face insurgent air bombs as U S naval forces pledge immediate retaliation if the Kane is attacked again. State Department orders Americans to evacuate Madrid while Oklahoma sails home. fear of reduced U S presence in Spanish waters grows.
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Iran
Spain
State Department
Madrid
Spanish
Navy Department
Oklahoma
Navy
Norfolk
Kane
Hatfield
Gibraltar
Alicente
Mediterranean
Neutrality warning amid Span ish civil strife after Kane bombing
The U S S Kane was bombed off Spain while evacuating refugees from Gibraltar to Bilbao. American warships threatened retaliation if attacked as Washington urged both factions to respect neutrality. The mystery bomber dropped six bombs but caused no hits before fleeing as anti aircraft fire opened.
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Washington
INS
America
Kane
Gibraltar
Bilbao
Roosevelt
Exploring Iowa history series starts with Fort Madison
The Gazette publishes the first installment of the Exploring the History of Iowa series by John Ely Briggs. The Iowa History sketches aim to aid teachers and students, with this issue focusing on old Fort Madison and early forts in the state.
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Iowa
the Gazette
John Ely Briggs
University of Iowa
State Historical Society
Briggs
Old Fort Madison
Anthony Hrbek Killed in Bicycle Car Crash in Cedar Rapids
Anthony Hrbek aged 59 of 1910 K street SW died after a bicycle collision with John L. Myers of Davenport on Sixth street near Twenty third avenue. Coroner ruled accidental death. Hrbek a bank janitor with long service, survived by wife Frances, son Rudolph J., and daughter Jeanne. Funeral at Barta chapel Tuesday. cremation to follow. Another minor injury: Donald Andrews six suffered shoulder in a separate two vehicle collision at Second avenue and Thirteenth street SE the same day.
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Cedar Rapids
Anthony Hrbek
K Street
John L. Myers
Davenport
Sixth Street
Twenty - Third Avenue
Hrbek
St. Luke’s Hospital
Myers
J. F. Henry
Wilson Avenue
Henry
B. L. Knight
Merchants National Bank
Security
Czechoslovakia
Milwaukee
Frances
Rudolph J
Jeanne
Frank
Peter
Barta Chapel
Theodore B. Hlubacek
Donald Andrews
W. Andrews
Toddville
E. C. Leach
Third Avenue
Second Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Andrews
Leach
Mercury Rises To 92 After Tumble In Cedar Rapids
Temperatures climbed to 92 degrees in Cedar Rapids on Monday after a chilly start with a 52 degree low. The day featured a 61 degree midmorning reading and a 79 degree late morning high before the afternoon peak.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Landon Favored to Carry North Dakota in November
Gov. Walter Welford said after meeting GOP nominee Alfred M. Landon that North Dakota will vote Republican in November. He praised Landon’s farm relief program and said farmers will study the platform and pledges before deciding. Senator John K. Brostuen predicted a Republican victory, citing opposition to crop destruction and reciprocal tariffs as reasons North Dakota farmers tire of New Deal promises.
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Topeka
Kan
INS
Alfred M. Landon
North Dakota
Roosevelt
Walter Welford
Landon
Welford
Northwest
John K. Brostuen
Brostuen
Court preps to bar Black Legion from Detroit jury
In Detroit a judge says jurors will be questioned on Black Legion membership as twelve men await trial for the Poole kidnapping and killing. Defense asks about prejudice. other cases linked to the Black Legion delay proceedings until Sept. 21 amid efforts to prosecute a wider syndicalism plot.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
Order
Wayne County
Joseph A. Moynihan
Moynihan
Floyd M. Graham
Poole
WPA
Grand Jury
Martin H. Zink
Highland Park City
Arthur L. Kingsley
Highland Park
George Washer
Highland Park Department of Public Works
Vir. F
Bert” Effinger
Lima
Duncan C. McCrea
Col” Davis
Dayton D
Ervin D. Lee
Paul R. Edwards
Urban Edgar Baldwin
Hersch
Lowell Rushing
Virgil Albert Stevens
John Ban
Thomas R. Craig
John S
Defense Motion In libel suits Overruled in Cooper Case
Marshalltown firm reports two libel actions against Cedar Rapids Gazette and Marshalltown News proceed after defense motion to drop Marshalltown News is overruled. Plaintiffs J M Cooper and Boardman Cartwright claim liquor seal scandal coverage harmed their reputations. The suits stem from reports of a liquor seals scam tied to Cooper’s tenure on the liquor commission.
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Cooper Gazette
Marshalltown Co
E. Walters
Devis
J. M. Cooper
Statenaire
Boardman Cartwright
Cedar Rapids Gazet
A. H. Burnstein
Marshalltown New
Vcy
Arshalltown News Ency
Cedar Rap
Cooper
Liq
Stunting Airman Killed In Nebraska
Crawford Neb. A stunt pilot Harry McCullan aged 26 from Santa Monica Calif and Newcastle Wyoming died instantly when his aircraft nose-dived during an air circus at about 300 feet. The tragedy occurred Sunday as he performed a stunt.
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Crawford. Neb
Harry McCullan
Santa Monica
Calif
Newcastle
Wyo
McCullan
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Board of Trade
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DR. Newton
Buy Slayer
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Alfred Wigkstrom
People’s Church
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