Balloon Race Ends With All Entries Landed In Colorado
All entrants in the twenty fourth national balloon race landed within Colorado. Two navy bags touched down near Deer Trail while the Goodyear Akron entry landed near Sterling. The Cleveland Great Lakes Exposition entry landed near Akron and the U S Army balloon exploded on touchdown near Elizabeth. No injuries.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
W. J. Flood
Deer Trail
Sterling
Akron
U. S. Army
Elizabeth
Cole
Flood
Cleveland
Detroit
Garner Denies Baggage Was Inspected at Border
Vice President John N. Garner rejected a Monterrey report that his baggage underwent routine border inspection. Pedro Coronado, immigration official at Nuevo Laredo, confirmed that no baggage inspection occurred on July 1 during Garner's trip after the New Mexico City highway ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
John N. Garner
Monterrey
Mexico
Pedro Coronado
Nuevo Laredo
New Mexico City
Romance Rumor Ties Prince Covadonga to Cuban Beauty
Havana society reports the ex crown prince known as the count of Covadonga plans to wed Marta Rocafort of New York. Her father Blas Rocafort, a wealthy dentist, confirms the suit while Covadonga remains married to Edelmira Sampedro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Spain
Covadonga
Marta Rocafort
New York
Marta
Blas
Caballero
Edelmira Sampedro
Legion Celebration Sets A New Record
Frontier park hosted a well organized Fourth of July event with afternoon fireworks and a rolling pin throwing contest won by Mrs. Chester Dougherty. Minor injuries were treated at a Red Cross station, and officials noted no serious accidents as crowds enjoyed rides, a new dance floor, and automobile access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Dougherty
Fourth Street
Frontier Park
Red Cross
E. Milliken
Don Wingert
Caroline Kvapil
Howard Stiles
Sells
Legionaires
Bob Vinch
Third Avenue
Sixth Street
Legion
Filling station owner killed in northern Indiana robbery
Clarence Thomas, 31, confessed to state police that he robbed and murdered Harry H. Zumbrun, 23, owner of a filling station four miles northeast of CHURUBUSCO. Thomas said he bashed Zumbrun’s head with a hammer, then slashed his throat twice with a butcher knife after returning to ensure death.
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Churubusco
Ind
Clarence Thomas
Harry H. Zumbrun
Here
Thomas
Zumbrun
Bill Railroaded Through Chamber By French Communists
In Paris a communist bill establishing a state monopoly of wheat and grain passed the chamber of deputies 357 to 215 during a late session. Backed by socialist Agriculture Minister Monnet and the popular front, it imposes state price controls and requires the Bank of France to fund immediate payments to farmers on delivery.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Communist Party
France
George Monnet
Popular Front
Leon Blum
Monnet
Senate
Bank of France
Maine Lodge I O O F To Install Officers
Maine Lodge No. 643 of the Odd Fellows will install officers for the ensuing term at the meeting Tuesday evening in Maine lodge hall 838 First avenue East. The lodge will also confer the initiatory degree. The meeting will open at 7 30 due to a double program of activities.
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Maine Lodge
The
Odd Fellows
First Avenue
Deaths James Marburger sr 59 retired farmer of Coggon
James Marburger sr 59 a retired farmer of Coggon died Saturday at 7 30 am at University hospital Iowa City after a year long illness. He is survived by his widow Rosie two sons Roy and James Jr of Coggon three daughters Myrtle Caldwell Alburnett Leona Norton and Almeda Marburger of Coggon and nine grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending. Friends may call at Haines mortuary in Coggon.
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James Marburger
Coggon
University Hospital
Iowa City
Rosie Marburger
Roy
James, Jr
Myrtle Caldwell
Alburnett
Leona Norton
Almeda Marburger
Haines Mortuary
Funeral services for Mrs Louise Muchmore set for Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs Louise Muchmore will be held at the Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Sunday, in charge of the Rev. E Winslow Brown, with burial in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Muchmore
Turner Chapel
E. Winslow Brown
Linwood Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Connie Allen set for Monday
Funeral services for Mrs Connie Allen will be held Monday at 2 30 p m at Bethel A M E church with Rev J J Evans officiating assisted by Rev A M Smith Burial will follow at Linwood Cemetery Friends may call at Johnson Funeral Home
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Connie Allen
Bethel A.M.E
J. J. Evans
A. M. Smith
Linwood Cemetery
Johnson Funeral Home
Funeral Services For Mrs Isa Belle Bird
Funeral services for Mrs Isa belle Bird age of 1560 Third Avenue SE will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Turner chapel conducted by a reader from the First Church of Christ Scientist. The body will be sent Monday to Menomonee Wisconsin for further services and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabelle Bird
Third Avenue SE
Turner Chapel
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Menomonee
Wis
Funeral Services for Mrs Helen Mann Set for Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Mann will be held in the Janeba and Brush chapel Monday at 1 p.m. conducted by the Rev. Frank Ward. Burial will be in Oak Hill chapel Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Helen Mann
Janeba and
Brush
Frank Ward
Oak Hill Cemetery
Funeral Services for Mrs. Krukow Set Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles Krukow will be held in Beatty chapel Monday at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. R. V. Clearwaters. Rebekah lodge No. 494 will hold services at Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Krukow
Beatty Chapel
R. V. Clearwaters
Rebekah Lodge
Linwood Cemetery
Funeral services for Mary Neema McNabb
Funeral services for Mary Neema McNabb who died Friday will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Moon chapel. The Rev. W. A. Montgomery will officiate and burial will be in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Neema McNabb
The
Moon Chapel
W. A. Montgomery
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Hopkins Outlines Drought Crisis and Rescue Plan
Washington reports the worst drought in years as relief administrator Harry L. Hopkins warns that many families will remain under federal care due to prior droughts. A WPA and USDA study proposes land use shifts to pasture, larger grazing units, and targeted resettlement in the Dakotas and western states to curb soil erosion and rebuild livelihoods.
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Washington
Great Plains
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Weather Bureau
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
WPA Division of Social Research
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agriculture
North
South Dakota
Italian Cabinet Approves Air Force Increase Plan
The Italian cabinet under Premier Mussolini approved a decree to enlarge the air force though the exact size was not disclosed. Reports say about 1,000 new planes were planned with broader state control of private activity in the Ethiopian annexed territory and new councils for agriculture industry trade and transportation under the colonies ministry.
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Rome
Mussolini
Italy
East Africa
Six Iowans Hurt As Train Hits Car
A Rock Island stock train struck a car carrying six Granville Indiana residents fourteen miles south of Iowa City. Injured are Ruth Cocklin the driver her father and mother Ferry and Mrs Gast and her three children Margaret Dale and Marcelene. They were hospitalized with Mr and Mrs Gast reported as somewhat serious.
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Iowa City
Granville
Rock Island
Here
Ruth Cocklin
Ferry Gast
Margaret
Dale
Marcelene
Fires Wreck Two North West Iowa Towns
A massive blaze destroyed about forty businesses and homes in two Northwest Iowa towns, with extensive damage in Remsen and Oyens. Firefighters lacked water supply, dynamite used from nearby cities, and several stores and residences burned across Washington Street and adjacent blocks.
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Omaha
Spencer
Washington Street
Nissen
Bellmeyer
Ted Dunn
Remsen
Kramer General
Nothem Furniture
Hoffman
A. Duster
Remsen Millinery
Charles Kohler
Farmers Co-Operative
Null
J. E. McGovern
Oyens
Around World In 30 Days By Air For $3,000
Singapore move to complete a 30 day air circumnavigation for about 3000 dollars. Royal Netherlands Indies Airways adds the last links with July operations from Sourabaya to Balik Papan Tarakan and onward toward Manila San Francisco and New York London routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore, Straits Settlements
Royal Netherlands Indies Airways
Sourabaya
Java
Balik Papan
South Borneo
Tarakan
North Borneo
Macila
Philippines
London
Singapore
Imperial Airways
Manila
San Francisco
New York
Zeppelin Hindenburg
North America
Brazil
South Atlantic
Africa
Lufthansa
Air Force
Fourth Casualties Here Total Highest In Several Years
A holiday period kept emergency workers busy as fourteen people were treated for injuries from accidents and fireworks. Marcella Sedlak and Chauncey McMahon, both badly hurt in a Palisades area auto crash, joined Leo Erlacher and others with wounds ranging from scalp cuts to a fractured limb. Fireworks sparked a small blaze at 1127 Fifth Street NW, quickly put out by firefighters.
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Marcella Sedlak
Eighth Avenue SE
Chauncey McMahon
Eighth Avenue SW
Palisades
Miss Sedlak
McMahon
Leo Erlacher
Sixth Avenue SW
Robert Tow
Alice Hall
Sixth Avenue SE
Fifth Street
Joe Messinger
Vice Regal Salary Granted to Marshal Badoglio
In Rome the cabinet awarded Marshal Pietro Badoglio a full vice regnal salary for life after he served as vice royal of Ethiopia. He held the post following the capture of Addis Ababa before returning to lead the Italian army staff. Marshal Rodolfo Graziani succeeded him in Addis Ababa.
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Rome
Pietro Badoglio
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Addis Aoe
Rodolfo Graani
Zeppelin Hindenburg Passes St Johns Newfoundland
The Hindenburg flew east in clear weather with a strong northeast wind and passed Government House at 2 53 p m then cleared to the Atlantic a few minutes later.
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ST. John’s
Newfoundland
Government House
Atlantic
Riots erupt during Paris Fourth of July celebration
Rioting broke out at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris during the American Fourth of July event as nationwide strikes spread. Leftist and rightist students clashed in the Latin Quarter while workers in textiles, printing, and theaters walked out or returned to jobs as the ministry of labor ordered nationwide conciliations.
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Paris
France
Lille
Champs Elysees
American Legionaires
Latin
Biarritz
Bayonne
Marseilles
Limoges
Lanvin and
Molyneaux
Alhambra
Ministry of Labor
Mercury Hits 80 In Alaska Heat Wave
Fairbanks residents ignored a heat wave and a strong earthquake to celebrate the Fourth of July with a baseball game and a boxing tournament under the midnight sun. Juneau anticipated its first swimming meet over the holiday. Nome data shows temperatures above 80 on the west coast.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Juneau
The
Mercury
Nome
Roosevelt Praises Tammany Amid Independence Anniversary
President Roosevelt lauded the Tammany Society in a message commemorating the Declaration of Independence and the society’s 150th anniversary. Attorney General Homer S. Cummings defended New Deal federal power, arguing America’s growth requires federal action and rejects fears of overreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Tammany
Homer S. Cummings
Society
America
Cummings
Aluminum isolation and sheet metal production milestones
In 1838 scientists Davy and Wöhler first isolated aluminum. In 1886 Hamilton V. Castner of New York perfected a method to manufacture aluminum as a sheet metal product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davy and
Wohler
Hamilton V. Castner
New York
Heat tops 100 as Iowa cities set July Fourth records
An extreme heat wave hit Iowa with readings above 100 across multiple cities. Washington 108 with 20,000 at the centennial parade. Milford 106. Spirit Lake 105. Arnolds Park crowds and lifeguards saving four people. Humboldt 105 and Des Moines 108 marked a 57 year July Fourth high.
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Washington
Washington County
William Hart
Thomas Martin
Iowa City
Iowa Lake
Arnolds Park
Emmetsburg
Des Moines
Mercury
Montezuma
Adair
Quezon Pleads Murphy Retention in Philippines
Manila dispatch reports Commonwealth President Manuel Quezon radioed President Franklin D. Roosevelt urging retention of Frank Murphy as American high commissioner to the Philippines. A Spanish newspaper said Quezon informed reliable sources of his request and urged Murphy continue in his present post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
P. I
Commonwealth
Manuel L. Quezon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frank Murphy
Philippines
Toay
Roosevelt
Murphy
Only One Child In Ten Rated Healthy In China
Nanking AP reports that over 90 percent of China's school age children have physical defects and more than 80 percent are under nourished. The government orders intensified health education and physical training with special courses for doctors nurses and health technicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Nanking
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Arthur C. Chester
Glenview
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Fla
Chester
Kling
Roscoe Turner
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Selfridgefield
Mich
Marysville
Feaganes
Dayton
Selfridge Field
Hubbard
1St Ave. E
Messinger & Sons
Chamber
I.O.O.F
Mary McNabb
N. W
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le Mars
Juster
Illinois Central
Sioux City
Orange City
Illinois Central Railroad
Ovens Lumber Company
Doud
Kent’s
Kaiser Grocery
Marshal Badoglio
HW. G. Fussell
Okinow
Ie Ee Vedir Rapids
Quezon
Barnett’s
Barnett
Briggs Stratton
Washing Machine Headquarters
First Street
Dial
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