Dramatic 1936 Headlines Span Global Crises and Power Shifts
A recap of bold 1936 events across politics and war. Pope is critically ill while Edward becomes Duke of Windsor. Gloria dies? Mrs. Vanderbilt gains control for summer. Chiang Kai-shek captured. civil war looms. Wallis Simpson withdraws to Cannes. Roosevelt returns to capital as Madrid suffers mass casualties.
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Pope
Gloria
Vanderbilt
van Sweringen
Brothers
Houdini
Duke of York
Edward
Duke of Windsor
Hopkins
WPA
Archbishop of Canterbury
Baldwirk
Wallis Simpson
Cannes
Chiang Kai-shek
Shensi
China
Harry Brunette
G-men
New York
G. Edgar Hoover
Nanking
Chang
Canterbury
Edith Maxwell
Japan
Roosevelt
Madrid
Juneau
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Glenn Frank
Wisconsin University
Memorial Service Set for Peter P Bilhorn at Mission
A memorial song service for Peter P Bilhorn of Chicago author and composer of more than 2000 gospel hymns will be held at Sunshine Mission in the Mission on January 17 at 7 30 p m. Fred G Fisher of Chicago Bilhorn's nephew and associate will lead the service. Bilhorn died in Los Angeles on December 13 and was a longtime collaborator with evangelists and Billy Sunday associate Mr Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter P. Bilhorn
Chicago
Sunshine Mission
Bilhorn
Fred G. Fisher
Los Angeles
W. C. Kirchbeck
Cedar Rapids
Fisher
Billy Sunday
Fifty United Air Lines pilots join Million Air Club
United Air Lines reports fifty of its 150 pilots have qualified for the Million-Air Club for flying a million miles or more. Among members is Jack Knight, famed for over two million miles since 1918. The group includes veterans from the Chicago Cedar Rapids Omaha transcontinental division. The staff average stands at about 7,000 flight hours or roughly 900,000 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Air Lines
United
Jack Knight
New Trial Granted In Fayette Poultry Theft
West Union report: G C Wittenburg granted a new trial by Judge T H Goheen after conviction for larceny of poultry from Frank Edmunds Randalia. Ground cites excess evidence about alleged sheep theft. Also noted: James Darringer sentenced to 1 to 10 years for automobile larceny in Oelwein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
G. C. Wittenburg
Fayette
T. H. Goheen
Goheen
Frank Edmunds
Randalia
Wittenburg
James Darringer
Oelwein
Richard Connor
Reformatory
Anamosa
Buchanan
Darringer
The Silver Rood Mystery Ends With New Suspicions
Allen Browne narrates the mystery in which Mary Montieth faces pressure to marry David Forrest while her uncle is murdered by a concealed blade from a silver rood. Howard Griswold becomes the prime suspect as suspects pursue letters and a missing Van Dyck painting amid insinuations and police surveillance.
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Gerard Montieth
Mary
David Forrest
Forrest Place
Montieth
Howard Griswold
Montieth Library
van Dyck
Lardeau
Brauman
Harlan Stevenson
Nola Morin
Stevenson
Nola
Wally Foxcroft
Griswold
Fellows
Sergeant Harper
Foxcroft
Jackson
Briggs
Miss Jackson
Harper
Kingsbury
Stapleton Aids Inquiries Into Gerard Montieth Case
Mrs. Stapleton recounts years old Zurich incident and gifts tied to Gerard Montieth. The painter’s motives and a possible copy Van Dyck are discussed as Harley probes who held the silver rood and why the painting was given as a reward of merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Stapleton
Mary
Gerard
Lardeau
van Dyck
Europe
Zurich
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Mission
Hawkeye
Georgene Kay
Boyd Hudson
Lymeouth
George Bortner
Awkeye
Ason City Hospital
Eorgene
Mason City
Charles
Joan
Plymouth
Wellman
Jones Brothers of
Cantril
S. I. Perrin
George Breitenbach
Washington
Durst
Jones Brothers
Col
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Miguel Gomez
Federico Bru
Allen Browne
Alice
Stapleton
Sally
Mr. Griswold
Harley
David
Dave
Frank
Ford Hopkins Drug Store
Lie
Castile
Hill
Magnesia
White Pine
Price
Ericksen
Hinkle
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YAGER
Iowa
St South
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