Constitution and baseball umpire as metaphor in state politics
A banker explains the Constitution to a young man using a baseball umpire analogy. The piece notes state payments totaling 1700 dollars to Fred Free, Attorney General Ed O’Connor’s defense counsel, and references Free’s January appointment and prior intermediary role in Woodbury County graft investigations.
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Sioux City
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Gazette
Des Moines
Eddie Freed Defends Wife In Audrey Blake Murder Case
Eddie Freed, owner of Freed's Nut House, vows to defend Ruth Freed amid charges she killed Annabelle Blake. Police tied the crime to jealousy. witnesses placed Mrs Freed near the scene and photos linked her to the suspect. Freed denies involvement and contends she was nervous and ill, promising to surrender with his support.
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Chicago
Eddie Freed
Audrey Valette
Annabelle Blake
Chicago Sunday Times
Ruth
Freed
North Side
Annabelle
Eddie
Miss Blake
Times
The
Andrew Barry
Hudson Avenue
Sioux City Lawyer Seeks Help Over Grand Jury Actions
A Sioux City lawyer sent two letters to Governor Herring with petitions asking state aid for opponents of the grand jury that indicted the attorney general, his assistant, investigators and various operators. He urged immediate action claiming the Sioux City situation required it amid graft probe history.
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Herring
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Free
Executive Council
Woodbury County
Questioning Iowa executive council over graft probe funding
The text attacks the Iowa governor and attorney general for ongoing payments to Free, a former client, as the executive council halted aid to expose graft last year yet funds an investigator now. It accuses officials of double standards and insults to public intelligence regarding state spending and lawlessness investigations.
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Free
Executive Council
Iowa
Gazette urges no state funds for Fred Free case
The Gazette argues against using state money to hire Fred Free or others to produce evidence of politically protected crime in Woodbury County and elsewhere. It notes the evidence already was provided to two Woodbury County grand juries last year and questions O Connor’s actions and compensation.
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Free
Sioux City
Twelve Socialists Slain In Madrid
In Madrid gunmen opened fire on a leftist gathering outside Casa Del Pueblo, killing twelve socialists and wounding several others. Authorities suspect fascist vengeance for prior murders as Spain faces emergency precautions against broader left right violence.
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Spain
Casa del Pueblo
Iowa Pays Free Now for Undercover Sioux City Inquiries
The state of Iowa agrees to compensate Free Now for covert investigations in Sioux City. Observers warn the arrangement is growing more troubling as the situation escalates and raises concerns about accountability and oversight.
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Iowa
Sioux City
Crooners Reflect Postwar Blues In Song Lyrics
The piece argues that prewar jaunty tunes gave way to mournful songs revealing youth angst and disillusion. It describes lyrics about unreciprocated love, tears, and emptiness, suggesting popular music mirrors a shaken era and inner despair in 1936.
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Walt Whitman
Legion Celebration Sets a New Attendance Record
Cedar Rapids Fourth of July crowd at Frontier park nears 15 000 as Hanford post of the American Legion earns praise for orderly conduct and a fireworks display. Sunday’s program features running races on the half mile track at 3 p m with the same field of thirty horses. Traffic control by police and national guard under Capt. Walter Kansky ensures orderly exits despite thousands of cars.
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Hanford Post
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B. D. Silliman
Vandenberg frames GOP rally against Roosevelt party in Michigan
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg accused the Roosevelt administration of synthetic harmony and vast government expansion at a Michigan rally. He charged Democrats with self evident truth distortions and warned of inflation or repudiation if spending continued. The speech praised Landon and Knox and urged free enterprise over NRA era policies.
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Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
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Washington
Wilson
Frank A. Picard
Saginaw
NRA
Alf Landon
Kansas
Frank Knox
Chicago
Awnings For Sale Prompt Quick Ad Responses
W T Sands reports rapid replies to his Gazette Want Ads selling awnings. Calls began 6:30 PM and continued to 11:30 PM. Complete sale completed. Ad details note excellent condition and very cheap price.
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First Ave. W
Gazette
Holiday Death Toll In States Grows Rapidly
National Fourth of July fatalities reached 123 by 11 p m with highways accounting for 87 deaths and drownings totaling 29. Fireworks injuries mainly minor while many burned hands were reported. State tallies included Texas 11 California 6 Ohio 3 New York 3 and Pennsylvania 5 among others.
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California
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Kansas
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Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
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Montana
New Jersey
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Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
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Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
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Wisconsin
Fourth of July Heat Record Reaches 103 Degrees
Cedar Rapids shares in a heat wave as the mercury climbs to 103 at 4 p.m. Saturday for a new yearly high. The prior record was 102 set last Monday. By 7 p.m. the reading fell to 91 and at 10 p.m. it was 80, according to Inskeep company records.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Des Moines Heat Sets In. Iowa Records Smashed
Record heat across Iowa with highs near 117 in Le Mars and 111 in Sioux City. Council Bluffs reports the death of Lena Day, 63, from heart disease linked to the heat. Shenandoah reaches 110 as statewide heat wave continues.
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Sioux City
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Lena Day
Shenandoah
Suit Of Brothers Ends In Mistrial For Second Time
In Macon Missouri a $20,000 alienation of affections suit between brothers Charles Gipson and Homer Gipson ended in a mistrial after a hung jury. Charles claimed Homer caused his wife Lulu to divorce and wed Homer. Lulu testified she and Charles never formalized marriage though living as husband and wife since 1909 and having six children.
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Charles
Homer Gipson
College Mound
Lulu
Sword Concealed Cane Used In Fatal Stabbing In Denver
Police say 26 year old Percy Gonzales was fatally stabbed Saturday by L M Spender a 71 year old contractor with a sword concealed in a cane. The attack followed an argument after Gonzales allegedly struck Mrs Barbara Flores across the street and then attacked Spender when he remonstrated.
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Percy Gonzales
L. M. Spender
Gonzales
Barbara Flores
Spencer
League votes to lift sanctions on Italy over Ethiopia
The League of Nations approved a 44 to 1 resolution to end the economic offensive against Italy eight months after its suspension over Ethiopia. Sanctions will end around July 10, with Mexico absent and Ethiopia voting no on recognition of annexation. The move signals a weakened stance as Haile Selassie remains outside the assembly.
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Danzig
Ras Mayden
Mexico
Tottering League
Haile Selassie
Hoey Appears To Have Won N C Democratic Nomination
In Raleigh Clyde Hoey led unofficial returns from over half of North Carolina precincts by about 50 000 votes over Ralph W McDonald a 33 year old former college professor marking a strong early lead in the gubernatorial runoff.
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Raleigh
N. C
Clyde Hoey
North Carolina
Hoey
Ralph W. McDonald
Indianapolis Man Elected Moose Supreme Dictator
William A. Anderson of Indianapolis was elected supreme dictator at the Loyal Order of Moose 48th international convention closing session. More than $10,000 in prizes were awarded for convention competitions including fancy drills won by Davenport Iowa for third place and Davenport for first in Moose quartets and parade uniformed delegation.
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William A. Anderson
Indianapolis
Ind
Loyal Order of Moose
Davenport
Coggan dam project and New Deal spending compared
The Gazette notes Coggan in northern Linn county planned a $10 000 dam project that the New Deal expanded to four times that amount. The feature appears amid a busy homestyle page lineup including Cedar Rapids eastern Iowa vacation hub and regional society sections.
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Sunday Gazette
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
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Home Institute
Nancy Page
Mary Manners
Jeanette Beyer
Flowers and Gardens
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Marion
Milo P. Smith
William A. Brady
Landon Heads to Topeka After Rocky Mountain Vacation
Gov. Alfred Landon departed Estes Park Colorado on Independence Day for a 50 mile drive to Greeley where he received a massive ovation at the rodeo. He rode in a two horse landau with Ed C. Johnson and William P. Kelly as master of ceremonies. The governor planned to attend the July 23 notifi cation ceremonies in Topeka to formally accept the Republican nomination.
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Alfred M. Landon
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Rodeo
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Doe” Tabor
Ed C. Johnson
William P. Kelly
Denver
Platteville
Fort Lupton
Brighton
Kansas
Peggy Anne
Nancy Jo
Jack Cobb Landon
Fire Devastates Remsen Iowa Nor th End and Ovens Towns
A massive night fire in Remsen Iowa destroyed half the northern business district, twenty homes, the Illinois Central station, and the ball park grandstand. A girl in a tent lit by a firecracker is not to be held responsible. Water supplies failed and dynamite was used to try to halt the blaze. Eight neighboring fire companies aided as residents fled.
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Here
Ovens
Illinois Central Railroad
Dunn
B. E. Grothaus
Sioux City
Maines
Fourth Casualties Here Total Highest In Several Years
Cedar Rapids Fourth of July fireworks injuries reached a peak with at least thirty five treated for burns and bruises, mostly children. Officials estimated fifty more cases unreported, while Mercy hospital logged fourteen emergency treatments.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Weather Outlook for Chicago July 6 to 11
AP reports a mixed forecast for the region with scattered showers in the north on Monday and again Thursday or Friday. Temperatures trend unseasonably warm in the south and mostly above normal in the north, with limited precipitation in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central plains.
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