Moody Beats Jacobs To Claim Wimbledon Title
Helen Moody defeats rival Helen Jacobs in a thrilling three set final at Wimbledon 6-3 3-6 7-5 before 18 000 fans. Moody earns her seventh Wimbledon crown tying records and extending Jacobs’ wait for the coveted title.
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Ins
Helen Wills Moody
Helen Jacobs
Allcomers
Mrs. Moody
Miss Jacobs
Berkeley
Calif
Dorothea Chambers
Mlle. Lenglen
Leaves note then dies on farm shooting self
Charles Greeley aged 60 left a note indicating where his body would be found before he went to his Riceville farm and shot himself.
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Riceville
Charles Greeley
Divorce Ends Greek Royal Marriage in Romania Court
In Bucharest the appeals court divorced former King George of Greece and Queen Elizabeth, childless and in political dispute. The decree, reached after a brief secret hearing, awaits Supreme Court review with possible finalization next week if not appealed.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Court of Appeals
George
Elizabeth
Greece
Supreme Court
Monay
Carol II of
Brooklyn Racketeer Mugavero Shot Dead in Bensonhurst
Police pursued a motive after the slaying of Jerry Mugavero known as Big Jerry, a racketeer labeled Joan shark by authorities. Gunfire on New Utrecht Avenue wounded three pedestrians as Mugavero fell near a beer garden late Friday night in Brooklyn.
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NEW ‘York
Brooklyn
Girardo
Jerry” Mugavero
Mugavero
Joan Shark
New Utrecht Avenue
Bensonhurst
Nye predicts liberal backing for new third party
Senator Gerald Nye told a Chicago gathering of 250 radicals that senate liberals may back a solid foundation for a new third party in 1936, while leftists debated launching a candidate or building for 1940. He said liberals could join later if the base is strong.
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Chicago
Gerald P. Nye
N. D
Senate
Nye
Farmer Laborites
California
Thomas R. Amlie
Wisconsin
Borah
Johnson
A. Hazard Perry
Coushatta
Ecards
Huey Long
Want Ads Deadline Tonight for BIG SUN DAY GAZETTE
The notice states 8 P.M. closing time for Want Ads to appear in the Big Sun Day Gazette. Readers have all day Sunday to view and respond to wants and offers, with expected good results. Ad-taker notes credit is good if listed in the telephone directory and no past due accounts.
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BIG Sunday Gazette
Muriel Hanford Testifies in Iowa graft probe
Sioux City witnesses join grand jury inquiries into graft as Muriel Hanford former Peacock Inn hostess testifies under subpoena. Indicted are Attorney General Edward L. OConnor his assistant Walter Maley and eighteen others in a gambling conspiracy case.
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Sioux City
Muriel Hanford
Woodbury County Grand Jury
Iowa
Peacock Inn
Arthur Hanford
H. M. Havner
Lake Okoboji
Edward L. O’connor
Walter Maley
O'Connor
Archie Jepson
William Zelinsky
WilliamArthur
Arthur Vis
Joe Gagen
Des Moines
W. P. Welch
Logan
Gagen
Maley
Woodbury County
Arthur
Hattie
Isadore Marsh
Carlos W. Goltz
Mayer
Goltz
Max Duckworth
Ole Naglestad
Japanese Ultimatum To Mongol Nation Demanded Observers
Moscow reports a Mongolian People Republic communique states Manchukuo and the Kwantung army issued an ultimatum seeking to establish a corps of observers in eastern Mongolia. They threaten withdrawal of Mongolian troops if rejected and demand residence rights, freedom of movement, contact with Manchukuo, and a telegraph line to aid observers.
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Moscow
Mongolia
Mongolian
Lightning strikes Mussolini's plane but Duce unharmed
Premier Mussolini was piloting a plane near Salerno when lightning struck the aircraft. The wireless operator fainted, but no one was hurt and the craft was not damaged. Mussolini planned to review the Blackshirt division on January 3 before embarking for the African colonies at the end of the month.
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London
INS
Benito Mussolini
Victim's Parents Seek Death Penalty for Slayer
New York AP Victim's parents, Mr and Mrs Dominick Parlato, beg legal sanction to kill Frank A Flynn for murdering and drowning 6 year old Margaret. Flynn, obese garage manager, was convicted of first degree murder with no mercy and faces the electric chair on Tuesday.
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New York
Dominick Parlato
Frank A. Flynn
Margaret
Parlatos
Flynn
Wife Divorces Ki Gordon in Chicago Divorce
Mrs Mary Louise Gordon 24 was granted a divorce from Angus M Ki Gordon 27 son of Robert Gordon former Quaker Oats official. The former football player at the University of Chicago faces a $16 000 alimony settlement and a $100 000 trust fund in three years. She cited excessive drinking and they wed in 1931.
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Chicago
Mary Louise Gordon
Angus M. “Ki” Gordon
Robert Gordon
Quaker Oats Company
Gordon
University of Chicago
United States urges Americans to leave Ethiopia amid rising tensions
The U S legation in Addis Ababa urged all Americans to depart Ethiopia at once as war fears mount with Italy. Britain reportedly mirrors the advisory steps as Emperor Haile Selassie guarantees protection for foreigners if war erupts, while the first evacuees head toward the Red Sea by train.
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London
Britain
United States
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
INS
Legation
Red Seacoast
Haile Selassie
Abyssinia
Italy
Hull replies to Ethiopia warns Europe over war risk
The United States sent a careful reply to Ethiopia avoiding taking sides in the Italo Ethiopian dispute. Secretary Hull stressed the League of Nations role and signaled concern over Britain pressuring Washington on sanctions. The message aims to prevent U S entanglement while urging a neutral arbiter solution.
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INS
America
Ethiopia
Europe
Cordell Hull
Italy
Great Britain
London
Britain
Hull
League of Nations
Persia Orders Gold And Silver Embargo Decree
Teheran authorities announce a strict gold and silver embargo with penalties including execution by firing squad for anyone attempting to remove the metals from the country. The government acts to curb currency flight and safeguard reserves.
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Persia
Teheran
Clark calls for wide probe of all lobbying activities
Senator Clark of Missouri proposes a sweeping investigation into lobbying on Capitol Hill with $150,000 to trace activities for and against all legislation including the public utilities bill. The House rules committee begins inquiry next week. The SenateCommerce Committee has approved funds for a parallel probe into lobbying and railroad financing.
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Capitol Hill
Clark
Missouri
Senate
House Rules Committee
Interstate Commerce Committee
Commerce Committee
Joseph B. Eastman
Federal Railroad Co
House
Ways
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Samuel’ B. Hill
Wash
Four Hurt In Grinnell Crash Involving Cedar Rapids Bread Truck
Special to The Gazette Grinnell Iowa at 11 a m today a car driven by Charles E Austin Montezuma collided head on with a bread truck driven by L C Briggs Cedar Rapids The car tried to pass a wagon team and struck the truck Austin was uninjured His wife Mrs Austin broke an arm and sustained minor injuries Harvey W Osborne of Sycamore Illinois injured as did William Wyke also of Sycamore Illinois with a broken leg nose head and internal injuries
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Grinnell
Charles E. Austin
Montezuma
L. C. Briggs
Cedar Rapids
Austin
Nab Two Men For Siphoning Gasoline
Joseph Fowler 21 of Tappan and Matthew Ferrante 20 of Piermont were arrested at 2 a.m. Saturday near First Avenue and Fifth Street E with a five‑gallon can and siphoning hose. Police found two more five‑gallon cans and many tools in a nearby car.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph Fowler
Tappan
N. Y
Matthew Ferrante
Piermont
Bukacek
Devore
First Avenue
Fifth Street
New York
Goodrich Back In Detroit On Murder Charge
Merton Ward Goodrich and his wife were returned to Detroit to face charges for the trunk murder of 11 year old Lillian Gallaher. He was hurried through Union Station to police headquarters and will undergo a sanity test before a murder hearing aimed to begin Monday morning.
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Merton Ward Goodrich
Lillian Gallaher
Goodrich
Union Station
Harry Scher
Sergt
George R. Branton
Gallaher
Warren Avenue
Lima
Solon Man Hurt in Auto Crash Injures Two Others
Solon resident Harry Upmeir, 48, suffered serious head injuries in a Friday crash at Wilson avenue SW and 161st street. His car collided with a machine driven by Jack Sneiler of Fredericksburg. Sneiler and his wife were injured. All treated at Mercy Hospital. Witnesses said Upmeir entered the arterial highway without stopping. Additional injuries followed in separate incidents involving pedestrians and a motorcyclist.
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Cedar Rapids
Harry “Upmeir
Solon
Wilson Avenue
Upmeir
Jack Sneiler
Fredericksburg
Sneiler
Mercy
Sneller
William Rossey
Bowling Street
H. Lawrence
Fifth Avenue
First Avenue
Eighth Street
Jack Smith
E Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Smith
Harold Woodford
Third Street
Fifth Street
Fourth Avenue
M. F. Jones
Fourth Street
Five Leaders Arrested in Nationwide Liquor Stamp Ring
U S Secret Service says five men led a countrywide counterfeit liquor stamp and bond operation. Chicago chief Capt Callaghan estimates profits over one million dollars in two years. Arrested are David Pinkussohn Maxie Eisen Louis Troger and his brother William and Roy Whian. Agents seized 475 forged AT&T bonds 750 fake liquor stamps plus plates and presses.
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Chicago
INS
United States Secret Service
Thomas J. Callaghan
David Pinkussohn
Maxie Eisen
Dion O’bannion
Louis R. Troger
William
Roy Whian
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935 accidents injuries and deaths
A historical dataset lists the Cedar Rapids auto toll figures for 1935 with 205 accidents, 238 injuries, and no recorded deaths. The entry records this balance of incidents in the year.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt urges House to open way for ruling on coal power
President Roosevelt urges Congress to test Congresses power to regulate the coal industry using the Guffey Snyder bill. He argues that a ruling on federal authority over interstate coal commerce could aid New Deal legislation and avert a large mining strike while clarifying constitutional limits.
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INS
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Congress
Administration
House
Ways and Means
Sam Hill
Guffey
NRA
Mr. Hill
Heatwave Lingers with 92 Degree High in Cedar Rapids
Summer weather kept Cedar Rapids in hot conditions as the temperature hit 92 at noon and held steady at 92 at 1:15 p.m. A cooler night followed with a 66 as the low at 5 a.m., then 79 at 7 a.m. and 88 by 10 a.m. Friday reached a peak of 94 at 4 p.m. and 86 by 7 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
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