Jesup Girl to Compete in State Fair Beauty Finals
Velma Bright a tall Jesup Iowa graduate won the first division of the state fair beauty contest and will face a second division winner Monday night for the Iowa beauty crown. The winner will go on to the national pageant in Atlantic City New Jersey. Beulah Jones Pocahontas and Helga Larson Reinbeck were runners up.
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DES Moines
Velma Bright
Jesup
Iowa
Miss Bright
Hawkeye
Atlantic City
N. J
Beulah Jones
Pocahontas
Helga Larson
Reinbeck
Lee County farm bureau wins county project sweepstakes at state fair
The Lee county farm bureau's county farm exhibit won the sweepstakes prize at the state fair, with Page county second and Crawford county third. Clause Anderson of Boone earned the grand sweepstakes for best plate of apples in horticulture. In field corn, the north central district listed 10 ears white by W. H. Gissell of Independence and 10 ears yellow by R. J. Kolb of Holstein.
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Des Moines
Lee County Farm Bureau
Page County
Crawford County
Clause Anderson
Boone
North Central
W. H. Gissell
Independence
R. J. Kolb
Holstein
Knox Denies 6 0 P Would Drop Relief Campaign Train Start
Frank Knox the Republican vice presidential candidate began a 22000 mile tour from Manchester New Hampshire and Lowell Massachusetts pledging to preserve democratic principles He spoke in Lowell and Lawrence about relief and jobs under a Republican administration and criticized claims that relief would end. His train will visit 32 states in eight weeks with Governor Alf Landon praised as a straight thinker and shooter.
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Knox
Frank Knox
Lowell
Mass
America
Manchester
Massachusetts
United States
Alf M. Landon
Lawrence
Republican Party
Landon
Manpleads Not Guilty in Cedar Rapids DWI Case
Arthur H. Hillock, 25, of Cedar Rapids, pled not guilty in district court to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Judge H. C. Ring set bonds at 500 dollars. Hillock was brought from Lisbon by Sheriff James H. Smith and Deputy Larry Condon after two Cedar Rapids men reported a hit and erratic driving by the alleged offender.
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Arthur H. Hillock
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Ring
Hillock
James H. Smith
Larry Condon
Lisbon
Property Examination in Finnegan Case
A property examination hearing was held before Judge H C Ring in district court after an execution unsatisfied on a confessed judgment by Galen D Finnegan against William Prochaska. The $2,975.81 judgment, recorded May 16 1932, included an application for citation by the plaintiff.
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Galen D. Finnegan
William Prochaska
H. C. Ring
Property Conversion Suit Seeks Writ of Error Action
An eighty five dollar property conversion suit filed by Roy Ehlers against Montgomery Ward and company entered district court Monday. An affidavit for writ of error to Justice Reed's court was filed contending the contract entitled possession and challenging the justice's finding on law. Certification of the full record to the district court is requested.
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Roy Ehlers
Montgomery Ward and Company
A. S. Reed
Death toll from Korea typhoon and floods tops two thousand
Tokyo dispatch reports official casualty figures from the Korea typhoon and floods show 1,939 dead, 1,755 injured, and 24 missing, underscoring a large scale disaster.
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TOKIO
Korea
Airplane traffic sets new record in July
Washington AP report says scheduled airlines carried 110,690 passengers in July, a record high. The Bureau of Air Commerce notes an increase of 13,273 from June and 25,144 from July of last year.
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Washington
Bureau of Air Commerce
Bureau
Release Two Held As Suspects In Ia Butter Theft Ring
COUNCIL BLUFFS AP Two suspects, one at Le Mars and one at Rock Rapids, were released after last week's Iowa butter theft ring roundup. State agents Paul Gruber and Don Ryan say the two appear uninvolved, while five others remain under arrest. They deny involvement, but investigators say a solid case exists.
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Council Bluffs
le Mars
Rock Rapids
Iowa
Paul Gruber
Don Ryan
Gruber
Hearing to preside at drought parley continues
Thousands from Nebraska and Colorado endure heat as a Roosevelt funeral train passes en route to Salt Lake City. The body of George H Dern of Utah, former secretary of war, is carried in the special train with the Roosevelt party arriving for the second section of the funeral procession.
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Nebraska
Colorado
George H. Dern
Utah
Roosevelt
Salt Lake City
Kane
Hull
Washington
Des Moines
Julesburg
Colo
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Oklahoma
la Follette
Petersen
American Warships to Reply to Bombs Aboard the President Train
President Roosevelt’s train proceeding to Salt Lake City amid Spanish bombing of the U S S Kane. Hull instructed Madrid and Franco to issue strongest terms to prevent a repeat. Kane reported six bombs from an unidentified bomber, none hit the destroyer.
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Cordell Hull
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Hull
Washington
Kane
State Department
Seville
Spanish
Spain
Two Half Breed Indians Seek Hope Of Escape
Two Oklahoma Indian brothers John Bright 35 and Coke Bright 30 fled across Siskiyou country near the California Oregon border after killing two peace officers and a former navy man while resisting a warrant. Authorities fear lynching as locals discuss capture or death by mob. The pair used water routes along Seiad creek and vanished from pursuit on shale outcrops.
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Yreka
Calif
INS
Siskiyou
California-Oregon
Navy
John Bright
Coke Bright
Seiad Creek
Klamath River
Alimony Awarded to Wife of Al E. Smith Jr
Syracuse AP Supreme Court Justice Abram Zoller of Herkimer granted Bertha G. Smith wife of Alfred E. Smith Jr. temporary alimony of 150 dollars monthly and 500 dollars counsel fees. He ordered that alimony rise to 250 dollars per month after January 1 1937 if the separation suit trial is not held before that date.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Supreme Court
Abram Zoller
Herkimer
Bertha G. Smith
Alfred E. Smith
Girl Bruised When Foot Is Run Over By Auto
Anita Stewart 11 of 1015 Fifth Avenue SE suffered bruises at 12 05 p m Monday when her foot was run over by a car driven by Earl R Swartzbaugh 1330 A Avenue NW She was taken to Mercy hospital for treatment Swartzbaugh said he was driving south on Tenth Street when the girl ran across the street into the side of his car
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Anita Stewart
Fifth Avenue
Earl R. Swartzbaugh
A Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Swartzbaugh
Tenth Street
Stewart
Clara Bow Ill at Bell Ranch Near Las Vegas
Hollywood star Clara Bow wife of Rex Bell lay ill at their Nevada ranch 65 miles from Las Vegas. Dr H W Blodgett flew in after a guest reported the former It girl required medical attention. Bow, who had recently left a hospital after an indisposition, is mother to a 20 month old boy Tony.
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Hollywood
Rex Bell
Clara Bow
Nevada
Las Vegas
H. W. Blodgett
Miss Bow
Tony
American Seaman to be tried Sept 28 in Germany
Berlin AP reports American sailor Lawrence Simpson, held in Germany for over a year, will be tried September 28. He is charged with attempting to smuggle communistic literature into the Reich at Hamburg, per advice from the Reich Ministry of Justice to American diplomatic authorities.
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Berlin
Reich Ministry of Justice
Lawrence Simpson
Germany
Simpson
Reich
Hamburg
Local Photographers Win At State Fair Show
Five Cedar Rapids photographers were represented at the Iowa state fair graphic salon. John Barry won first in child study and miscellaneous divisions and third in action photographs. Merrill Smith took first in state parks and third in still life. Barry hung twelve pictures and Smith ten. Other locals exhibiting included Robert Bickel Vincent Stelcik and Ed Murray.
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Cedar Rapids
John Barry
Merrill Smith
Barry
Smith
Robert Bickel
Vincent Stelcik
Ed Murray
Landon Backed By Welford In North Dakota Political Outlook
Governor Welford praised Governor Landon as a strong presidential candidate with a deep understanding of farm and industrial issues. He predicted Rep. William Lemke would win a House seat from North Dakota while noting the state’s strong Republican tilt this year.
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Landon
Welford
William Lemke
Union Party
House
North Dakota
Lemke
Congress
Kansas
Ross Laird Set as Speaker for G O P Rally in Sept
Ross Lee Laird of Chicago, a top speaker for the national Republican organization, will fly from California to address Linn County Republicans on September 9 in the Memorial Building. Linn County Republican Chairman Carl Hendrickson said the rally aims to mobilize 10,000 active volunteers in the county within weeks as part of a nationwide program.
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Ross Lee Laird
Chicago
National Republican Organization
California
Linn County
Memorial Building
Republican Party
Carl Hendrickson
Republican Club
Montrose Hotel
Laird
Hendrickson
United States
Advertising Lineage In Newspapers Gains
Advertising Age reports that retail merchants in 66 cities placed 5.8 percent more advertising lines in newspapers through August 22, 1936, than the prior year. Year-to-date totals reach 541,717,846 lines, up 29,579,673 from last year, with an 11.6 percent weekly increase over the same week.
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Chicago
Advertising Age
City Briefs and Personals Highlights Local News
Mildred Yates left Monday for Hoisington Kansas. Townsend club No. 4 will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m at 1628 L street SW. D J Connally reported the radiator cap and ornament stolen from his car parked at 222 Third Avenue SW Sunday night. Ralph Forrestal Verne Green Bob McHugh and Don Dickson left Sunday for Chicago to attend the Cubs Giants series and the All Star Detroit Lions game Tuesday.
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Townsend Club No. 4
L Street
D. J. Connally
Second Avenue SW
Third Avenue SW
Ralph Forrestal
Verne Green
Bob McHugh
Don Dickson
Chicago
Giants
Detroit Lions
Picnic marks St Patrick's Court gathering at Ellis Park
More than 200 men attended the annual picnic of St Patrick's Court Men’s Catholic Order of Forest ers No 649 held Sunday at the duck pond in Ellis Park. Billy Boston sang after the picnic dinner. Committee in charge included Tom Cunningham chairman Ben Elgas Arthur Hutton Anthony Corsello Charles Kell and John Cunningham.
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St. Patrick’s Court
Father Divine Attracts White Followers In Harlem
Dr. Harry M. Gage president of Coe College told Rotary Club members at a Roosevelt Hotel luncheon that Father Divine of Harlem attracts white followers who call themselves angels. Adherents travel to New York City to meet him and make substantial cash gifts to his divinity.
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Father Divine
Harlem
Harry M. Gage
Coe College
Rotary Club
Rotary
Roosevelt Hotel
Gage
New York City
Charles E Gill Retires From Rock Island Telegraph Office
Charles E Gill Rock Island wire chief in Cedar Rapids retires after completing duties Monday due to age limit. He began with Rock Island Railroad on April 9 1906 in Cedar Rapids after 21 years with the Pennsylvania Railroad in various roles. He will be succeeded by W J Supple as assistant manager.
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Charles E. Gill
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
Nineteenth Avenue
Rock Island Telegraph Office
Rock Island Railroad
Pennsylvania Road
W. J. Supple
July Fire Loss In Cedar Rapids Totaled 3102.69
Fire loss in Cedar Rapids during July totaled 3102.69 with 1788.94 damage to buildings and 1313.75 to contents. Fire Chief Emil P. Kohout reported to the city council Monday. Building values were listed at 248966 and contents at 73075 with no loss over insurance and 281 damage to uninsured buildings.
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Cedar Rapids
Emil P. Kohout
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