Submarine S40 Battery Blast Injures Eight at Cavite Yard
Eight Cavite navy yard workers are injured, five seriously, when batteries on the U S submarine S40 exploded during drydock overhaul near Manila Bay Cavite. The submarine suffered serious damage as a Navy board opened an investigation. All injured are Filipino. one expected to die.
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Manila
P. I
Cavite
Navy Yard
Manila Bay
Submarine Division Ten
Asiatic Fleet
Masked Bandits Seize $12,000 In Chicago Robbery
Seven masked men raided Rand McNally Publishing offices in a loop building. They overpowered staff with weapons, seized $12,000 delivered by Brinks Express, and fled in two cars after a two floor assault and escape by witnesses.
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Chicago
Rand McNally Publishing Company
Brinks Express Company
A Good Democrat Urged to Clean Up State Administration
May Lambert of West Union writes in the Gazette praising a reliable newspaper and urging cleanup of corruption in the Herring administration. She argues state officials have disregarded their oaths and suggests November 3, 1936, as a chance to “clean house.”
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Gazette
Iowa
May Lambert
West Union
Coal dealers rush to feed West Liberty homes and schools
Local coal dealers toiled all day Sunday to supply residents and two school buildings as demand outstripped supply. Some bins went empty and coal was trucked in for small orders while large orders were not filled. One carload was reserved for the local railroad. Urbana schools reopened for regular classes on Monday but many rural students could not attend due to snow blocked roads. Rural mail carriers remained unable to reach all patrons and some patrons on primary roads walked to meet mail delivery.
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West Liberty
Urbana
Vicks VapoRub Promises Faster Cold Relief At Home
An old advertisement promotes Vicks VapoRub as a two method cold cure to relax congestion and soothe irritated membranes. It claims nightly use helps end the worst cold by morning and mentions a home plan for Better Control of Colds with VapoRule packaging.
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Vicks
Tailor's Aid Revisited In A Riddle Across Threads And Tools
A word puzzle links dressmaking to invention and craft through a long list of clues. Answers survey clothing design gear, hardware, and terms from instruments to materials, tracing a seam between tailoring and invention with multi wordplay.
State Tax Help Tour Planned for February Visits
Auditor G J Bondurant announces a February schedule to assist taxpayers with state income tax issues in several towns. Meetings are set at banks in Palo Fairfax Center Point Walker Central City Coggan Prairieburg Springville Lisbon Mt Vernon Alburnett Marion and the Home Building and Loan office in Marion. Wing Kaley Wing’s widow Josephine Cable Wing, Davenport native, survives him.
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G. J. Bondurant
Hall
Palo
Fairfax
Center Point
Walker
Ene NS
Central City
Coggan
Prairieburg
Springville
Lisbon
Bank
Mt. Vernon
Alburnett
Marion
Home Building and Loan Office
Hanford Post Ties For Tenth In National Membership
The Hanford post of the American Legion in Cedar Rapids shared tenth place in national membership with the Chicago Police post in 1935, each at 1,151 members. Memphis led with 2,067, Omaha second with 2,057, Des Moines Argonne 1,143, and Waterloo 1,009.
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Hanford
American Legion
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Legion
Indianapolis
Memphis
Des Moines
Roof Fires Keep Firemen Busy Across City
Fire crews responded to multiple blazes early in the week. At 344 Sixteenth street SE a small roof fire occurred. a attic fire at 517 Eleventh avenue SE followed by a defective chimney cause at Joe Rayman’s home 517 Eleventh avenue SE and more roof flames at 3318 First avenue E and 1903 Fourth avenue SE. The Homer Locher residence at 316 Eleventh street NW reported a chimney blaze as the day closed.
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Sixteenth Street SE
E. M. Flaherty
H. J. Becker
Joe Rayman
Eleventh Avenue SE
B. H. Bolnow
First Avenue E
Chicago Attorney Leaps To Death In Denver Hospital
Robert N. Reeves a 60 year old Chicago attorney died after leaping from a second story window of a Denver hospital ten minutes later. He had been strapped to a bed but unbuckled the restraints while unattended.
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Chicago
Denver
INS
Robert N. Reeves
Reeves
Daniel Gould Wing Boston Banker Dies at 67
Daniel Gould Wing 67 a nationally known banker and former chairman of the board of the First National Bank of Boston died at home Monday night in Brookline Mass Wing first drew national attention in 1896 as treasurer auditor of the Republican National Committee during President.
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Brookline
Mass
Daniel Gould Wing
The
First National Bank of Boston
Wing
republican _ national committee
German foreign students favor Berlin and Munich universities
Most of Germany s foreign students attend the University of Berlin and the University of Munich according to the report.
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Germany
The
University of Berlin
University of Munich
How to claim bonus cash for veterans certificates
Veterans are told how to obtain the bonds and checks due. Apply through American Legion or VFW offices or to the nearest veterans office or Washington central office. If no loan was made, send the certificate with the application. if a loan exists, send the application to the loaning office or central office. The Treasury will issue $50 bonds and a cash balance check after certification, with 3 percent interest if bonds are held.
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American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
Red Cross
Washington
Office of the Administration
Veterans Bureau
Veterans Administration
Veterans, Administration
Treasury
Veterans ‘Administration
Birds saved by feeding stations help Linn county
Deputy game warden Leo H. Logan reports thousands of birds in Linn county survived bitter cold thanks to feeding stations. CCC workers near Marion set up nearly fifty stations and distributed grain from schools and the federal grain office, with 8 tons fed this year and more on the way.
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Linn County
Leo H. Logan
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids
Federal Grain Inspector's
Federal
Mount Vernon
Logan
Ryan
Linn
Certificates and bond applications windows stated
The text sets deadlines for certificates and bonds. Applications for certificates end in 1940 while holders may apply for bonds until 1945. The note clarifies the current law restricting new certificate applications after 1940 and extending bond-related applications to 1945.
Committal Services Held In Chapel After Funeral
Cold weather prompts families to hold committal services in chapels after funerals instead of cemeteries. Funeral directors John B Turner and Son proposed the change to protect grieving individuals from colds.
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John B. Turner and Son
Grim burial rites adapt to freezing cemetery weather
Officials describe changes in funeral practice when graveside services are held in winter. Pallbearers and family endure time by the coffin before final prayers. In chapel committals, the body is moved to the cemetery while the mourners stay in their autos amid frigid temperatures.
Doings of Congress in Recess Hearings and Debates
Senate committees hear Solicitor General Reed on farm legislation and Nye on neutrality. Commerce and foreign relations examine neutrality measures. House debates interior appropriations and attacks on Smith speech. Agriculture discusses farm policy while Ways and Means sessions tax enforcement. Enacted bonus law.
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Senate
Agriculture Committee
Reed
Commerce
Banking
HOUSE
Interior Department
Ways and Means
Wallace
Foreign Relations Committee
Nye
N. D
Alfred E. Smith
Liberty League
Foreign Affairs Committee
Administration
Uncle of Roosevelt Found Shot to Death
Paul R. Forbes 75 an uncle of President Roosevelt was found shot to death in his El Paso apartment Monday night by his nurse and secretary. Coroner said the death appeared self inflicted with a pistol shot through the roof of the mouth. the weapon lay beside him. Forbes’ wife is abroad and a sister of Mrs. Delano Roosevelt.
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EL Paso
Tex
JNS
Paul R. Forbes
Roosevelt
Forbes
Ina B. Wright
Wright
Sarah Delano “Roosevelt
M. W. Ward
Old Fashioned Sleigh Ride Party Ad
A playful vintage classified notice advertises a sleigh ride party with men and sleigh teams under classification 5 in the Want Ad section.
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People’s Forum
People's Forum
South America
Tailor’s Aid
Sun
Singer
McKinley
National Bank
Josephine Cable Wing
G., W. Cable
Davenport
Hanford Post
Boston
PIAL
DE. Geo. J. Ronan Optometrist
Higley Building
Doings.of
Congress
Associated Press
Values
Crompton
Ee Syndicate
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