Cunningham Falls to Mangan and Venzke in Wanamaker Mile
Glenn Cunningham, long regarded as America's best 1500 meter hope, finished third behind Joe Mangan and Gene Venzke at the Millrose Wanamaker Mile in Boston Garden. Cunningham promised a stronger showing at the New York Athletic Club meet on Feb 15 and hinted at future clashes with Mangan.
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New York
INS
Glenn Cunningham
Joe Mangan
Boston
Kansas
Bill Bonthron
Cornell Joe
the Garden
America
Berlin
Cunningham
Venzke
Gotham
Glenn
Mangan
Paul Pilgrim
Mangan Credits Training and Sleep for Miler Improvement
The text notes Mangan improved as a miler this winter due to more consistent training and increased sleep, despite his plea for studying at Cornell Law School.
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Cornell
Mangan
Records Fall At Oconomowoc Ice Meet
Two new national skating marks were set by Dorothy Franey and Florence Hurd. Franey broke her own 1:29.2 half mile record, surpassing 1:32.5 from 1934. Hurd set a 1 mile national record of 3:07.6, beating Kit Klein’s 3:14.4. Marvin Swanson led the Great Lakes meet with 80 points, winning the half mile and two mile events. Bernie Cannata and Eugene Lamb followed. Maddy Horn won the women’s championship with 80 points, edging Hurd.
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Oconomowoc
Wis
Dorothy Franey
St. Paul
Minn
Minneapolis
Florence Hurd
Sudbury
Ont
Kit Klein
Buffalo
N. Y
Marvin Swanson
Great Lakes
Bernie Cannata
Chicago
Eugene Lamb
Milwaukee
Maddy Horn
Beaver Dam
Miss Hurd
U S Davis Cuppers To Oppose Mexicans
London AP reports the United States will face Mexico in the first round of the 1936 Davis cup in the American zone. Cuba and Australia also vie for the right to meet the Mexican U S team with dates set for inter zone final and challenge rounds at Wimbledon in late July.
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London
United States
Mexico
Cuba
Australia
Mansion House
Percy Vincent
Walter Anderson
Great Britain
Wimbledon
Walker Cage Teams Win Double Header At Urbana
The Walker girls and boys basketball teams defeated Urbana in a double header at Urbana. The girls won 51 to 21 and the boys 16 to 15. An aside notes oranges were once described as pear shaped, about the size of a cherry.
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Urbana
the Gazette
Walker
Iowa Liquor Store Sales Hit 6 Million in 1935
Iowa liquor control commission reported 1935 total sales of 6.091 million dollars led by whisky at 4.652 million and hard liquors at 5.842 million. Wine sales rose with 195 thousand dollars, champagne domestic and imported, and plans to add 25 Class C stores to reach about 150. Savings from price reductions estimated at 130 dollars monthly per average liquor purchase.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
United States
Commission Bulletin
Bulletin
Maryland may tax RFC bank stock in Baltimore National Bank
The U S Supreme Court ruled Maryland may tax preferred stock of the Baltimore National Bank held by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The decision, delivered by Justice Cardozo, says state taxation applies to RFC property. The case centers on whether RFC, as a federal instrumentality, performs an essential governmental function.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Maryland
Baltimore National Bank
Reconstruction Corporation
Justice Cardozo
Court of Appeals
State Tax Commission
RFC
United States
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Baltimore Trust Company
Maine Supreme Court
Federal District Court
Kentucky
Polar Bear Wedding Called Off At Lincoln Park Zoo
In Chicago AP report a polar bear wedding at Lincoln Park Zoo was postponed due to cold weather. The German mate for Snowflake arrived and retreated to his warm den saying it is too cold. officials will wait for milder conditions as the temperature dropped to 16 above.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo
Germany
Floyd Young
Iowa Miner Near Death From Burns
Oskaloosa reports Bob McCain, 21, severely burned in a mine explosion near New Sharon last Tuesday, was near death. Thirteen other miners also suffered burns. officials suspect the miner's lamp ignited the powder.
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Oskaloosa
Bob McCain
New Sharon
McCain
Taken To Polk County On Desertion Charge
Deputy Sheriff R W Sauter of Polk County returned Carl Tweed aged 32 from Cedar Rapids to Des Moines where Linn County jail custody was handed over. County officials seized Tweed at Des Moines request of Sheriff C Keeling who notified Sheriff James H Smith of a warrant charging him with child desertion.
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R. W Sauter
Polk County
Carl Tweed
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Linn County
Tweed
Sherff C . Keeling
James H Smith
President Urges Cotton Act Repeal and Agricultural Reforms
Congress debates repealing the cotton act and shifts to new farm programs. Senate measures seek a three man board to manage government cotton and auctions, while land retirement plans propose purchasing 40 million acres and 10 million grazing lands. House policy favors expanding markets, removing surpluses, and dairy tuberculosis control.
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Benson
Smith
8. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
Norbeck
S. D
Bankhead Soil Conservation
Secretary of Agriculture
Pope
Ida
Supreme Court
Borah
Idaho
Bankhead
Ala
George
Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Senator White
Maine
White House
House Committee
Senate
AAA
West Union Coal Dealers Out of Coal After Snow
Four inches of snowfall with moderate wind left West Union coal dealers exhausted as all supply ran out. District court jurors were dismissed for weather risks. Water mains froze in West Union Fayette and Elgin causing further trouble.
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the Gazette
West Union
Omaha Woman Granted Divorce in Cruelty Case
Mrs. Luella McHenry of Omaha was granted a divorce from Paul McHenry after alleging cruelty and non support. He was ordered to pay $50 a month for the two girls Alice Jane 11 and Frances Jean 15 with custody awarded to their mother.
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Omaha, Neb
Luella McHenry
Omaha
Alice Jane McHenry
Paul McHenry
McHenry
Iowa Falls
Alice Jane
Frances Jean
War veteran seeks wife in Help Wanted column
A Stockton California war veteran who hoped to improve his position placed an unusual notice in the Help Wanted, Female column. He offered marriage as a solution, noting relief was refused unless he wed, box 8 indicated.
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Stockton
Calif
Be Careful Governor Herring Says He Will Quit Smoking
Des Moines Iowa AP reports Gov Clyde L Herring after days abstaining from tobacco reaches for a pipe but stops short saying he is the boss of his smoking habit He plans to resume when he wants to quit.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Jay
White House Views On New Taxes And Farm Debt Plan
The article reports on the Frazier Lemke farm mortgage refinancing bill and the political dynamics in Congress. It notes the need for 218 signatures to bring the measure to the floor, procedural limits on petition calls, and comments from Speaker Byrns and Rep Lemke on inflation tax tensions and coalition differences. It also mentions the Ways and Means Committee's stance and Chairman Hill urging timing details, with a nod to Speaker Doughton for inquiries.
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Byrns
Patman
Frazier- Lemke
Lemke
N. D
Howevr
House
Ways and Means
Samuel B. Hill
Wash
Doughton
G Men Join Search For Wisconsin Man Missing Over Week
UPI reports Justice Department agents joined the hunt for Harry H. Wells of Monroe Wisconsin a trucking contractor missing since Tuesday. Extortion letters demanding 600 dollars were received and a kidnapping plot was suspected after a witness saw a car curb Wells on Sheridan Road Chicago. Wells' key case was found and turned over to police.
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Chicago
Department of Justice
Harry H. Wells
Monroe
Wis
G-men
Wells
Pat Collins
Rogers Park
James Woods
Sheridan Road
Collins
Wisconsin
G. J. Claire
Claire
Henry Burgy
Burgy
Department of Jusice
Woman Suffrage Comes To Mexico
Mexico moved toward voting by women as the national revolutionary party agreed to let women vote in selecting candidates for the senate at the April inter party primary. Gen Portes Gil and President Cardenas signaled growing support for female participation in politics.
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Mexico City
Mexico
National Revolutionary
Emilio Portes Gil
Senate
Lazaro Cardenas
Miners heckle Green at convention as strike cited
In a confrontational session at the union hall delegates challenge Green on policy and the strike stance. John L. Lewis faced heckling while urging unity with the AFL and UMWA decisions, ending with a vow to serve the miners until time is no more.
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Green
Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
Supreme Court
Resolutions Committee
Kennedy
Ohio
Miners’ Organization
A. F. of L
San Francisco
Federation
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Boy Wounded in Head Recovers After Wool Bandage Saves Life
In Detroit, 12 year old Henry Wilcox survived a head wound when a bullet tore a vein and wool from his jacket formed a natural bandage. Surgeon Dr E S Gurdjian removed three bullet fragments, a fourth lodged in the cerebellum remained to avoid risk. Henry spoke with his parents and twin sister as he recovered.
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Detroit
Grace Hospital
E. S. Gurdjian
Henry Wilcox
Henry
William Thibodeau
Railroad Worker At Oelwein Loses Toes and Fingers
OELWEIN Minnesota area hospital today reports Pito Ciserno a Mexican laborer from the Chicago Great Western roundhouse had his fingers and toes amputated after freezing last week Gangrene forced the operations Ciserno was found unconscious in the snow and rushed to a hospital where doctors removed fingers on both hands and toes from his left foot his right foot was saved
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Gazette
Oelwein
Pito Ciserno
Chicago Great Western Roundhouse
Ciserno
Fingers Crushed In Dry Cleaning Barrel Accident
Tom Mason of 825 Eighth Avenue SE suffered the loss of one finger and amputation of the tips of the other two middle fingers after a steel barrel of solvent crushed his hand at his dry cleaning shop 119 Third Avenue SW at about 3 PM Monday. He was taken to St Luke's hospital. The report notes Great Britain had more than 200 crimes punishable by death in the early nineteenth century.
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Tom Mason
Eighth Avenue SE
Mason
Third Avenue SW
St. Luke's Hospital
Great Britain
Loch
McCabe
Day
Loeb
Prison murder plot probe opens as committee named
A state prosecutor in Joliet formed a committee to investigate the prison system amid new claims about special privileges for Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold. A guard testified of luxury living in cell house C and possible plots to implicate Leopold. McCabe promised lie detector questioning of a confessed killer.
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Joliet
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Will R. McCabe
Loeb
Leopold
United Press
Bobby Franks
McCabe
Winter Storm Drops Fresh Snow on Cedar Rapids
A northeast wind drives a fresh snowstorm into Cedar Rapids adding three inches to the prior blanket. Snow falls heavily from mid afternoon and temps fall from 12 above to 10 above by evening. Impassable drifts threaten highways as winds continue. The city saw a rare stretch above zero through Sunday night.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Co
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Cedar Rapids Friendly Store
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