Pope Pius III Stricken With Paralyzing Illness
Vatican officials report Pope Pius III has a light form of paralysis in both legs progress to the right. He remains able to move limbs slightly but cannot lift them and spends the day in bed. Doctors cite arteriosclerosis and high blood pressure. a slight blood loss was suggested but declined. The pope canceled audiences and is under constant care, with service held at his bedside.
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Vatican City
Pius
Vatican
Holy Father
Associated Press
Amanti Milani
Malvestiti
Milani
Fermo
Father Magni
Sistine’ Chapel
William
Church of England
Everyday Living Thoughts on Life and Mindset
A 1936 reflection on resilience, perception, and self improvement. It urges recognizing hopelessness as distinct from reality, avoiding negative thinking, and using talent and forgiveness to shape character. It notes that private beliefs drive public actions and that prayer aligns us to what is already ours.
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William Penn
Shaw’s Entirely Fictitious View of British Crisis
George Bernard Shaw satirizes Britain's constitutional crisis over Mrs Daisy Bell in an imagined dialogue with Prime Minister Baldwin cited as Goldwyn and Ramsay MacDonald as Sandy MacLossie. The piece portrays a king choosing a wife while ministers and the archbishop clash over marriage legality and church rites.
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Britain
Wallis Simpson
Mrs. Simpson
Daisy Bell
Shaw
Baldwin
Goldwyn
Ramsay MacDonald
Sandy MacLossie
Emaeie
Universal Service
London
Daisy, Bell
Daisy
Mrs. Bell
Madrid Bombardment Traps Many in Destructive Siege
The AP reports the heaviest Madrid air raid in four weeks burying an undetermined number of civilians under wreckage as fascist planes unleash 40 ton bombs and incendiaries. Districts Arguilles, Chambers and Hospicio suffer extensive damage amid heavy smoke and barricaded fortifications.
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Madrid
Arguilles
Chambers
Hospicio
Dehesa Villa
Inquest Continues Into Local Salesman's Death
A coroner's inquest into the death of Ed Haney a 49 year old Cedar Rapids salesman who died at Mercy hospital after injuries from a Riverside auto crash was continued Friday. Coroner George Maresh postponed completion awaiting contact with Riverside driver William H. Cress. The inquest was expected to finish early Saturday.
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Iowa City
Ed Haney
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Riverside
George Maresh
William H. Cress
Haney
Two Auto Industry Strikes Settled
The Associated Press reports settlements at Goodyear No 1 Akron and Midland Steel Detroit, with wage changes and end to piece work, enabling quick resumption in some Chrysler and Ford plants. Districts across the nation face ongoing disputes including seamen in New York and Pittsburgh Plate Glass, while Ottawa 1300 glass workers reach undisclosed terms.
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San Francisco
New York
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
Midland Steel Products Company
Detroit
Midland
Chrysler Corporation
Ford Motor Company
Federation of Flat Glass Workers Union
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company
Ottawa
Ill
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Ellendale Seeks Mayor as Four-Day-Election Approaches
Ellendale Minnesota faces a vacant mayoral race with incumbent Olavus Spurr declining to run and no candidate yet nominated four days before the election. The city awaits a challenger as residents prepare to vote.
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Ellendale
Minn
Olavus Spurr
Backers Rally to Hamilton as Ai O P Leader
Supporters rallied around John D. M. Hamilton to keep him as Republican national chairman despite his offer to resign. He would submit his resignation in Chicago on December 17 unless he receives a vote of confidence from the national committee. Many committeemen urged his retention while some reserved comment.
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John D. M. Hamilton
Hamilton
London
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Connecticut
Charles D. Hilles
New York
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Ralph E. Williams
Portland
Ore
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Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
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Nebraska
California
Arizona
Montana
Tennessee
Maine
Sidney Brown
Florida
Hangs Self In Cell To Escape Gallows
Frank Sena alias Crone 21 hanged himself in his city prison cell to avoid possible death on the gallows as part of the baby bandit trio that terrorized San Francisco with holdups. Lena and Daly preceded him in death by suicide while Ernest Pla remains charged with murder.
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San Francisco
INS
Frank Sena
Crone
Daniel O’connell
Lena
William Daly
Merced
Ernest Pla
Physician Visits King Edward at Fort Belvedere
Lord Dawson of Penn, physician to King Edward and King George, called on the king at Fort Belvedere Friday night and stayed for some time. Palace circles said the king is in good health despite the emergency, and Dawson acted more as a personal friend than as his physician.
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London
Ins
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Edward
George
Fort Belvedere
Lord Dawson
Vienne
France
Two Die When Car Leaves Road Near Wisconsin Line
A small roadster veered off a highway near the Wisconsin state line early Saturday, skidded 250 feet and killed both occupants Wallace Stromberg 24 Milwaukee and Miss Willine Steinke 20 Duluth Minnesota.
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Waukegan, Ill
Wisconsin State Line
Wallace Stromberg
Milwaukee
Willine Steinke
Duluth
Minn
Decuplets Reported Born Near Peiping
TOKIO A dispatch to the Tokio Nichi Nichi states a Chinese farmer's wife near Peiping gave birth to ten children nine boys and one girl Three boys and the girl survived while the other six boys died at birth
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INS
Peiping
Tokio Nichi Nichi
Federal Agents Probe Des Moines Letter Offer In Racketeering Case
Federal agents joined Des Moines investigation focusing on a letter to a tavern owner offering raid protection for 125 dollars upfront and 15 dollars monthly. The letter, sent to Washington with typewriter samples, was reviewed as officials pressed the county grand jury inquiry and traced reports by state agents.
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Des Moines
Federal
Justice Department
Washington
Want Ads Deadline Tonight for Sunday Gazette
Readers may place Want Ads until 8 P M tonight in the Big Sunday Gazette Want Ad section. Call 2 1121 to reach the ad taker or visit the Gazette office.
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BIG Sunday Gazette
Gazette Office
Raids prompt tips on liquor and gambling operations
State agent says raids begin minutes after a warrant arrives, as illegal liquor and gambling houses hide equipment. Al Adams plans to summon Gov. Clyde L. Herring and Des Moines park commissioner Lee Keyser before the grand jury. Herring offers to testify if invited. Keyser is in Montreal and expected back next week.
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Des Moines
Keyser
Montreal
Ginger Rogers extortion suspect arrested in Long Beach
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said James F Hall 20 a sailor was arrested in Long Beach California on charges of attempting to extort 5000 from actress Ginger Rogers. Agents trapped Hall by following a letter received November 27 demanding payment at a cafe and threatening Rogers and her mother.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
James F. Hall
Long Beach
Calif
Ginger Rogers
Hall
Hoover
Delegates Ratify Soviet Constitution After Amendments
The Congress of Soviets approved the new Russian constitution after adding a military industry commission and a war declaration clause. The revision aims to bolster defensive alliances with France and others. Forty-three amendments were adopted, including a two house parliament elected by direct vote.
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Congress of Soviets
Commissariat of
France
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
Snowfall Graces Cedar Rapids With White Christmas Hopes
Light snow flurries lingered in Cedar Rapids on Saturday as shoppers hoped for a white Christmas. Temperatures held near 23 degrees at 10 am and rose to 29 by 1 pm while streets remained slick from intermittent snowfall throughout the morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Report Relief Costs Higher Than In 1935
Washington based UPI reports the U S Chamber of Commerce found that direct unemployment relief expenditures so far this year were 65 percent higher than during the same period in 1935.
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Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936
Report lists 363 total accidents in Cedar Rapids for 1936 as part of a toll assessment program. No further details on causes or locations are provided in the readable text.
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Cedar Rapids
Wallis Simpson Pleads With King Over Marriage
Mrs Wallis Simpson urged King Edward to drop plans to wed her arguing it would save the empire. Edward refused saying he would fight first and that a succession act could protect their future children from the throne. An intimate confidant said the king showed resolve to pursue love despite opposition.
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Simpson
France
Edward
Baldwin
Mrs. Simpson
Wallis Simpson Says King Edward Must Decide
Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson announces she leaves her future in King Edward's hands saying the king is the only judge. She speaks en route to the Riviera and requests calm and rest while her romance with the king continues to draw public attention.
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London
INS
Riviera
Wallis Warfield Simpson
King Edward
England
Edward
Mrs Simpson Phones King From France
Mrs Wallis Simpson traveled from Great Britain to southern France en route to a Riviera retreat. She passed through Valence at 3 40 p m and later dined in Vienne where a telephone call reportedly went straight to Buckingham Palace.
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France
Riviera
Herman Livingston Rogers
New York
Wallis Simpson
Cannes
Vienne
Great Britain
Buckingham Palace
King Edward VIII Advances May Beer Yet in Crisis
Churchill warns Baldwin cabinet against pressuring the king to abdicate. King Edward VIII, at Fort Belvedere, affirms intent to marry Wallis Simpson and cancels engagements. Lord Rothermere condemns any smuggling of the sovereign, urging patience and popular support.
Demonstrations Over King Edward Continue in London
Saturday crowds marched in support of King Edward as he defies Prime Minister Baldwin over the Wallis Simpson marriage. A demonstrator wearing a sandwich-board and riding a bicycle breached Downing Street, bearing the slogan We Want Edward Must Not Abdicate.
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England
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Buckingham Palace
Stanley Baldwin
Simpson
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Downing Street
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