Storm Halts Farm Protest Meetings Across Iowa
Blizzard disrupts 100 planned meetings in 99 counties to protest processing tax funds and press for federal fulfillment of 1935 adjustment contracts and a soil conservation based agricultural law. Some eastern counties held meetings. Tama county conducted one Friday. Telegrams urged lawmakers to act.
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Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Pottumwattamie
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa
Linn
Jones
Johnson
Cedar
Congress
Willys Daughter Challenges Stepmother’s Estate Claim
Virginia De Landa, daughter of the late automaker, sues in West Palm Beach seeking to void Florence Dolan’s 1934 marriage to John M. Willys and to contest her stepmother’s share of a multi million dollar estate, alleging fraud and undue influence in the divorce and will.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
INS
John M. Willys
Virginia de Landa
Willys
de Landa
Dolan
Dade
Miami
Walys
Riding Pays Profit for Pupils in Salmon River School
In Cecilville Cahf the Salmon River school trustees pay pupils 25 cents per day for transportation. Dye Farnsworth, near the school, rides his bike to class and earns the small stipend, while walking yields less profit. The story notes muddy roads and poor conditions affect travel and earning potential for students.
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Cecilville
Paris Opera to Close for Four Months Fire Safety Renovations
The Paris Opera House will close this summer for renovations including fire safety upgrades. One million dollars will fund work on installing floodable water systems and safeguarding stage and wings, with engineers already removing and protecting large pipelines from the Montmartre reservoir.
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Paris Opera
Montmartre
Olson and McCormick in a Vindictive Press Feud
A speaker attacks Bertie McCormick as tyrannical and hypocritical, accusing him of suppressing press findings and crime reports for financial gain. The charge cites the Chicago World’s Fair deaths, dysentery warnings, and a shift in fortune from 1929 to 1932 amid broker suits.
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Bertie
The
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
McCormick
Durant’s rise and fall in early American auto industry
The article traces William C Durant from founding Buick in 1905 and organizing GM in 1908 to mergers with Cadillac Oakland and Olds. It notes 1910 credit tightening leaving him penniless, the creation of Chevrolet, and eventual control of GM again by 1915. Durant’s fortune peaked around 1920 then collapsed in the deflation, leading to resignations and later ventures.
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Michigan
Buick Company
General Motors
Cadillac Oakland
Oldsmobile
Durint
Chevrolet Company
Chevrolet
Durant
Mercury Dives Down To 18 Below In Iowa Weather
The report notes extreme cold with 18 below and heavy drifting snow delaying mail delivery. Cedar Rapids rural routes faced slowdowns while Shirley Ford, a star route carrier, attempted to complete the Marion Central City run. Highways in Linn Jones counties remained closed as wind persisted and police urged motorists to stay off the roads.
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Cedar Rapids
Shirley Ford
Central City
Marion
Alburnett
Highway Commission
Linn-Jones County
Snowbound In Iowa Fuel Shortage Impacts Governor House
The Associated Press reports in Iowa that a coal shortage affects Clyde L Herring's heating plant, supplying both the governor's home and his snow house with fuel. Herring, a noted amateur flower grower, comments on the emergency use oil burner.
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Clyde L
Cornell College Basketball Postponed Encounter With Beloit
The Mount Viepem based Cornell college team failed to advance past Forreston NM and had to postpone their match with Beloit College in normalcy. The game may be rescheduled for March.
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Cornell College
Mount Viepem
Forreston
Beloit College
Normdy
Blizzard Wipes Out Sioux Catvold Pore Era Lines
Weather experts say the blizzard was the worst in years with trains halted and streetcars stored in barns. The scene recalls historic winter storms. service disruptions loom as officials report heavy snowfall.
County officials push cross-field paths for Davenport access
Davenport authorities complain the road situation is precarious and propose cutting paths across fields with owners consent to improve travel.
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Davenport
Iowa Telegraphic Weather From Davenport to Burling
Telegraphic reports state temperatures vary across Iowa with 10 degrees above in Davenport and 30 degree drops elsewhere. Sioux City Ramsey Clinton Milan City and Burling tun report frigid conditions with no snowplows out and highways blocked due to weather and road conditions.
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Iowa
Davenport
Muse
Ram
Sioux City
Clinton
Milan City
Burling
Tun -Zereber
Snowplows Fight Homeward Run Through Snowbound Streets
Snowplows turn back after blizzard hits central area delaying routes as crews work to clear main arteries. Municipal officials urge residents to stay sheltered while transportation departments coordinate plow rotations and salting efforts.
Clinton stream project fuels river improvements
Partial readable text describes a local river or stream project near Clinton, mentioning roads, railroad ties and a town name Wheeler. The fragment references a Missouri river or basin context and a planned stream work affecting local traffic and infrastructure.
Vt Schools Closed Amid Private Pension Measure Contested
Vt officials faced actions over a pension measure affecting public schools. Unable to hold classes, schools closed as authorities debated policy changes and potential private impact.
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Netchbors
Nibien
Oda
Urehes
Iowa Ignores Storm as Freezing Temperatures Plummet
A severe Midwest blizzard paralyzed transport across Iowa with 20 to 30 degree drops in hours. Snowbound trains and blocked highways halted rail and road service while snow plows struggled amid 10 to 15 foot drifts. Officials warned of possible fatalities as snowbound motorists and stranded railroad workers sought shelter and aid.
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Pell
John R Hattery
Milwaukee Railroad
Madrid
Woodward
Western
Melbourne
Parnell
Blockton
Diagonal
Atlantic
New York
South Dakota
Franklin County
Midwest
Pennsylvania
Little Falls
Minn
Sergt. Wilberg V. Hunter
Maryland State Police
Chesapeake Bay
Chicago
Blizzard hurls subzero winds across Midwest
A fierce blizzard battered the Midwest on Saturday driving subzero winds from the west. Reports said Racine and eastern Iowa endured heavy snow as bitter cold spread across the region.
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Chicago
Racine
Iowa
Borah Advocates Square Deal Over Open Selection
Idaho Senator Borah attacks the favorite son plan as a travesty on popular rule. He urges an open declaration by delegates and says voters deserve a genuine chance to choose the Republican presidential candidate at the polls. He criticizes masking choices and stresses the need for direct public expression.
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Cleveland
Borah
Car Drives Through Salmon Spawning Ground in Flooded Ada
An Ada Oregon motorist recalls driving a car through a flood swept Salmon spawning ground on Canary highway. Heavy rains left a foot of water over the road and gravel silt washed over it two days later as salmon continued spawning beneath the surface.
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Ada
Ore
INS
Canary Highway
Roosevelt Hears Tax Plan As Lemke Bill Draws Vote Drift
Roosevelt and advisers met to study a new tax bill amid signs of weak support for the Frazier Lemke measure to refinance farm debt. Boland reports 178 against, 94 for, 45 unsure among 317 Democrats. White House aims to have a proposal ready early next week.
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Roosevelt
House
Boland
Burns
White House
Morgenthau
Daniel Bell
Capitol
Treasury
Bell
Congress
Holland aims to boost world trade with South America
In a major 1936 push, Dutch trade minister H C J H Gelissen outlines a mission led by Jonkheer Dr J Loudon to visit South American nations to expand reciprocal trade with Holland and its colonies. He stresses simultaneous focus on North and South America and notes improved 1935 industrial output despite the gold standard. The U S Netherland reciprocal trade pact is influencing global commerce as Holland seeks to industrialize and bolster exports like tobacco cocoa dairy produce bulbs and more.
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United States
South America
Amsterdam
Jonkheer
J. Loudon
Paris
Commerce, Industry and Shipping
H. C. J. H. Gelissen
North America
Netherlands
Europe
Icy Grip Across Nation Slams Weather Across States
A sweeping winter storm sequences chaos from Albion Nebraska to Dallas Texas. Trains stalled for hours and a worker froze in a refrigerator car in South Dakota. A physician was halted by a snowdrift as a baby was delivered in a farmhouse. Dozens stranded, trucks buried, and temperatures plummet with a norther driving dust across West Texas.
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Ghent
Minn
Dallas
Texas
Pampa
North Panhandle
Gulf
West Texas Plains
Brazil’s First National Airplane Flies Successfully
Brazil’s inaugural national design and build, crafted by Lieut. Col. Antonio Guedes Muniz, completed a successful test flight. All materials were Brazilian and the aircraft was produced by a new Minas Geraes state airplane works.
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Brazil
Antonio Guedes Muniz
Minas Geraes
Hope to Pass Farm Measure This Week
Washington AP report says administration leaders push soil conservation subsidy bill toward passage next week as May adjournment looms. Farm leaders expect to send legislation to the House by Wednesday with debate likely to hinge on rulings and new deal policy impacts.
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Washington
Congress
King
Utah
AAA
Tugwell
Wallace
Smith
S. C
Agriculture Committee
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Daniel W. Bell
Capitol Hill
Supreme Court
Secretary of Agriculture
Engineer Stops Train To Free Prisoned Dog
In Joplin Missouri a Frisco train engineer C. D. Perry and fireman B. R. Barber observed a dog trapped in a fence between Carthage and Monty. They could not stop initially due to a following train, but the next day they halted to free the animal, risking delay to rescue the dog.
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Joplin
C. D. Perry
B. R. Barber
Carthage
Monty
Mountie Like Haircut Leads to Arrest in East Hartford
Police Lieutenant Max Kaie traced a barber who toured homes on Sundays selling cut rate haircuts. The barber came to Kaie’s house, gave a 25 cent cut, and was arrested. Kaie recovered his 25 cents.
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East Hartford
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