Two gunmen sought in Illinois kidnap case
Illinois state police hunted two machine gun armed men after a carjacking near Springfield. They may be the kidnapers of 10 year old Charles Mattson of Tacoma Washington. The suspects are “Red” Antle of Springfield and Elmer Lee Walling ex convicts. A passenger either a child or a woman accompanied them. Police pressed to locate the bandits and their abandoned car.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Charles Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Red” Antle
Elmer Lee Walling
Mattson
Walter Williams
Appealman Predicts Break in Kidnapping Case
The Tacoma report says a key development could decide the fate of Charles Mattson, a 10 year old boy held by a kidnapper. The article notes the stage is set for a potential breakthrough, with continuation promised on Page 2.
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Appelman
Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
Fur Sale Racket Worked On Local Man In Cedar Rapids
Emil Visek, 97 Third Avenue SW, paid $55 for eight furs he believed were genuine sealskins after being approached by two men, onePole, with a tale of ill fortune. The pair claimed to be from the Gilberg Tailoring company in Iowa City and left with the furs after Visek cashed a $50 check and added $5. Police traced the hoax to a hotel in Iowa City where the suspects were said to be staying.
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Cedar Rapids
Emil Visek
Third Avenue SW
Visek
America
Poland
Gilberg Tailoring Company
Iowa City
Re Tailoring
Lhe
New Year Resolve for Calm Strength and Kindness
In this 1937 piece Dr. Newton urges readers to make a fresh start by tightening self discipline and shedding old grudges. Seek calm amid crisis, read wisdom, live simply, and act with faith, kindness, and steadiness as the new year begins.
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Goa
A W McGregor Dies in Rochester Minn
A W McGregor 56 of 1910 B avenue NE Cedar Rapids died Friday in a Rochester Minnesota hospital after ill health. He was born College Springs and moved to Marengo in youth. Survived by wife Myra Jones three sons David Bruce Robert and daughter Bonnie Jean. Funeral arrangements pending. body to be returned to Cedar Rapids.
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A. W. McGregor
B Avenue
Iowa
Rochester
Minn
Mr. McGregor
College Springs
Marengo
Marengo High School
McGregor
Cedar Rapids
Myra Jones
David
Bruce
Robert McGregor
Bonnie Jean
Turner’s
Seasonable Weather Opens 1937 in Cedar Rapids
Weather in Cedar Rapids on New Year’s Day showed mild, seasonable conditions with intermittent sun. Temperatures rose from 17 degrees at 7 am to 22 by 10 am while year end figures recorded a 31 degree peak at 3 pm and 25 and 20 degrees later in the day per Chambers Inskeep records.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Pope Pius XI Faces Pressure for More Doctors at Bedside
Vatican reports the ailing pope rested after midnight Mass as Rome presses for additional medical experts to be allowed. Milani remains opposed, with prospects of Cesare Frugoni or Nicola Pende entering consultations, amid a three week bed rest and reduced knee swelling.
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Carlo Confalconieri
Rome
Aminta Milani
Vatican
Cesare Frugoni
Nicola Pende
Rome University
Pope
Frugoni
Italy
Fuad
Egypt
Pende
Milani
Chang Hsueh-Liang Held. Clemency Petition Neared
Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang, once detaining Chiang Kai-Shek, remains in a military prison awaiting a clemency decision. A formal petition for clemency by Chiang is to be considered after Monday, reflecting partial blame for the Sian-Fu uprising.
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Nanking
Chang Hsueh-Liang
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chang
Chiang
Japan
Auto Union And General Motors Both Stand Put
DETROIT AP Homer Martin president of the United Automobile Workers said he hopes GM’s letter about a conference on labor conditions does not close the door to further talks. GM’s William Knudsen said meetings with union reps are possible but bargaining must be with plant managers. The industry faces strikes and plant shutdowns affecting steel and other suppliers as 1937 outlooks loom.
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Detroit
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers of America
General Motors Corporation
William S. Knudsen
General Motors
Knudsen
Martin
Automobile
Sham Resigns as County Home Head in Marion
Gene Isham resigns after twenty nine years as Linn county home steward near Marion. William H. Bleakly 43 will succeed as steward with Mrs Bleakly named matron. Effective Jan 31 resignations, appointments Feb 1. Bleakly long time county road employee and farmer with World War I service and American Legion ties.
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Gene” Isham
Linn County
Marion
William H. Bleakly
Fourteenth Avenue
Isham
Bleakly
Faye Boyer
County Road Department
Ishams
Ishams Plan To Make Their Home At Mr. Isham
Alburnett Road
Rogers’ Crossing
Steward
James
Iane
Spring Grove
Second Engineers
Army
American Legion
Blackhawk Construction Company
Waterloo
Cornell Academy
Grace House
Spirit Lake
New Year Debts Worldwide Rise As Celebrations Start
Across the globe New Year cheer triggers debt in China and elsewhere with charges from Moscow to Washington. Notable events include Mrs. Edward B. McLean’s party in Washington and early New Year births in Havre de Grace, Cleveland, and Wichita, while Spain endures continued fighting and Japan warns of future difficulties.
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Red Square
Times Square
China
Metropole
Moscow
Globe
Edward B. McLean
Washington
Jock
Spain
Madrid
Europe Watches Hitler As 1937 Opens
Universal Service Berlin correspondent William Shirer surveys German hopes for peace in 1937 amid Nazi gains. Readers in London, Paris, Vienna and Moscow share unease about possible war sparked by events in Spain Danzig the Polish Corridor or western Czechoslovakia with 3 000 000 nazified Germans.
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William Shirer
Universal Service
Berlin
Hitler
London
Paris
Vienna
Prague
Warsaw
Moscow
Europe
Nazi Germany
Sarajevo
Spain
Danzig
Czechoslovakia
First New Year Baby Twin Born in Mercy Hospital
A twin daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Cayler at Mercy hospital entered 1934 at 12 46 a.m. Their sister, born Dec 31, 1933, arrived 11 17 p.m. Thursday. The twins weighed nearly fourteen pounds together and remained unnamed as staff noted the birth year difference.
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Clifford Cayler
K Avenue NE
Mercy Hospital
Oil firm sets record low one-cent money order
Tonawanda New York post office reports an oil company bought a one cent money order to balance an account. The order cost six cents and established a new record low.
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Tonawanda
N. Y
Retail merchants report strong gains across many lines in 1936
Retailers confirm by book records that 1936 brought notable gains over 1935, with department stores posting their second largest year and a record December. Overall advances ranged from 10 to 20 percent, the year ending with hot Christmas sales and strong demand for luggage, purses, fine leathers, and higher quality shoes.
British Offer Plan To Limit War To Spain
London and Madrid dispatch details outline for non intervention in Spain's civil war. Eden to ask Franco and Caballero to accept or reject within ten days. Loyalists seize Atienza north of Madrid enhancing defense against rebels. rebels claim Azana fled to France and Russia gains mining rights in Murcia and Ciudad Real.
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Spain
London
Anthony Eden
Francisco Franco
Francisco Largo Caballero
Eden
Madrid
INS
Atienza
Guadalajara
Seville
Manuel Azana
France
Valencia
Russia
Murcia
Ciudadreal
Baby Dies In Fire After Rescuer Mistakes Doll
Shirley Jean Arnold aged two months died in a Fort Wayne house fire when a neighbor, rushing to rescue a child, grabbed a doll from the bed and mistook it for the infant. The error halted rescue before firefighters arrived.
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Baby
Doll
Fort Wayne
Ind
Shirley Jean Arnold
Arnold
Taxes for Social Security in Effect
Washington AP reports taxes to fund the social security act take effect. More than 23 million workers will have 1 percent of their first 3000 dollars in wages deducted, with employers matching. First payments due end of February.
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Washington
Aunay
Treasury
The
Security Board
Internal Revenue Bureau
Congress
John G. Winant
Supreme Court
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Explosive gang terrorizes Sioux Falls in New Year blast
A dramatic New Year’s blast near Sioux Falls left Helen Seiler with eight bullet wounds after the assault by three former convicts Edward Tobin Harry Slim Nesbata and William Nesbata. Police hunt three gang members as a crater over 35 feet wide scarred the area and shattered windows across towns.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Edward Tobin
Here
Helen Seiler
Sioux City
Louis N. Cril
Harold Baker
Baker
Crill
Seiler
Hunt
Harry “Slim”es
William Nesbata
D. W. Baker
Tobin
South Dakota
Dr Henry S Plummer of Mayo Clinic Dies
Dr Henry S Plummer 62 longtime Mayo Clinic medicine chief and Mayo Foundation partner died in Rochester Minnesota after a paralytic stroke suffered Thursday night He had led the division of medicine since 1901 and remained on the permanent clinic staff.
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Rochester, Minn
Henry S. Plummer
Mayo Clinic
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