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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1936

Page

2

Writer Bunting Censured For Neglect Of Parents

James Bunting a young scenario writer faces excommunication from the Church of England over alleged failure to honor his parents. A coroner's jury rider censured him for not aiding his parents during financial hardship after their deaths in a gas-filled bedroom. Bunting claims his parents left him money and vows to challenge the bishop's actions. The Bishop of Birmingham dissociates from the Chichester decree.

Chichester England James Bunting Church of England George Bell Bunting W. H. Boyne Bunting Camelsdale Bishop Church Association Birmingham Ernest William Barnes

Young Alton Giant May Be Tallest Man In Medical History

Alton Illinois report notes Robert Pershing Wadlow may still be the tallest person ever if measurements confirm. At 18th birthday, he stood 8 feet 334 inches and weighs about 25 pounds. Physicians last measured sixteen months earlier at 8 feet 115 inches and 375 pounds.

Alton Alton, IL Robert Pershing Wadlow Robert Harold T. Wadlow Charles Byrne O’brien

Baby Born With Heart Exposed In Alberta

In Willingdon and Edmonton doctors face a rare condition as a newborn boy's heart remains exposed through a missing chest wall. The eight pound infant, born Saturday to Mrs. Fred Sadonek of Wasel, weighs healthily aside from the heart not being covered. Surgeons consider grafting an artificial chest wall to save the life.

Edmonton Alta Fred Sadonek Wasel E. W. Svarich Willingdon

Sunstroke Ends Farmer's Life Near McGregor

William Gebparde, 67, suffered sunstroke while assisting a neighbor shock grain near McGregor. He was found unconscious and died after being brought to McGregor hospital where little hope for recovery was held.

William Gebparde McGregor Hospital

Cooler Weather Helps Midwest After Heat Wave

Cooler air moving from Canada brings rain and temperature drops across Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Illinois and neighboring states. Weather officials report record highs and dozens of deaths from heat while drought relief arrives with scattered showers and strong thunderstorms.

Indiana Wisconsin Ohio Michigan Minnesota Dakotas Nebraska Northwest States Lloyd Illinois Ohio Valley Hudson Bay Canada North Central Chicago Weather Bureau Gulf State

Former Naval Man Denies Spy Charge

A 43 year old former naval officer, Farnsworth, denies espionage charges as he faces potential long prison terms. The case ties to a prior court martial in 1927 and ongoing Navy Intelligence surveillance.

Harry T. Thompson Farnsworth Navy U. S District of Columbia Robb Gallinger Turnage Seijiro Yoshizawa Illinois U. S. Naval Academy Rep. Goebel Ohio Atlantic Coast Orient Philadelphia Navy Yard Coolidge Secretary of the Navy William H. Standley International News Service ONI Operations Naval Intelligence Department of Justice

Hopkinsville Woman Reports Daughter in Serious Condition

Mrs. Charles Robins of South Hopkinton reports her daughter Mrs. Reinhart Zietman in serious condition after heat prostration Sunday afternoon. She was taken to the hospital.

Allegations Tie Individual to Sharing Fleet Details

The source states he has supplied confidential information about fleet maneuvers to foreign agents. Part of his activities have been linked with Japanese agents.

Admits Slaying Tipton Vigilante Mercer Arrest News

John Mercer son of a Philadelphia merchant faced pursuit since 1930 for the murder of Tipton vigilante R G Sproat. Wain S Kile of Canton Ohio is serving a life term for the bandit trio. Marion C Hamiel continues the nationwide search as Iowa authorities seek extradition and confirmation of identity through army fingerprint records.

Gazette Tipton John Mercer Philadelphia R. G. Sproat C. H. Elwood John Carey Davenport Sproat Robert Moore Wain S. Kile Canton Ohio Fort Madison Roy M. C. Hamiel Marion C. Hamiel Mercer Brothers Hamiel San Francisco State Bureau of Investigation Cedar County Mercer Iowa Des Moines Roy Mercer Jack Borne

Dentists not bogeymen say children need comfort

San Francisco AP reports Dr. E L Pettibone argues parents who threaten a dentist to frighten children are wrong. He says dentists are not bogeymen as the American Society for Promotion of Dentistry for Children meets with the American Dental Association. Leroy L Hartman of New York arrives to describe a pain killing chemical formula at the ADA convention opening.

San Francisco E. L. Pettibone Cleveland American Society For Promotion of Dentistry For American Dental Association Leroy L. Hartman New York

Two Pigs as Music Critics at Cornell University

Two pigs tested with a Brandenberg concerto played on a phonograph wandered and tapped in time to the music, then left when The Music Goes Round and Round played. Directed by Dr. Howard Scott Liddell the experiment suggests pigs can reflect basic esthetic responses to sound and rhythm.

Ithaca N. Y Cornell University Howard Scott Liddell

Gun Identified For Sale As Own In Center Point Theft Case

Kenneth D. Hudson of Center Point identified a shotgun near Center Point as his stolen property from a June 29 1935 break in. Jack Neal 27 Center Point was charged with breaking and entering and given until Saturday 9 a.m. to plead. bond set at 1000. Deputy Larry Condon said the gun traced from an innocent possessor to Neal who admitted theft to him and County Attorney G K Thompson. Hudson’s home was accessed through a screened window.

Kenneth D. Hudson Center Point Hudson Jack Neal H. C. Ring Larry Condon Neal Walker G. K. Thompson

Man Confesses in Castle Murder. Sanity Test Ordered

Chicago police ordered a psychopathic test for James Tobin after he volunteered that he killed Florence Thompson Castle. Tobin, 32, a WPA worker, claimed to be the masked principal in the case and described a hospital stay and hotel boiler room work, while investigators called the confession imaginary and could not verify other details.

Chicago James Tobin WPA Florence Thompson Castle Tobin Castle John L. Sullivan Elgin State Hospital

Zioncheck Seeks Re Election On Record At Seattle Meeting

Seattle congressman Marion A. Zioncheck offered his congressional record as proof for reelection amid attacks by the press and politicians. He told about 400 supporters he would not apologize and mocked newspaper coverage while his wife Ruby Louise Nix joined the event.

Seattle Marion A. Zioncheck Zioncheck Wall Street Congress J. Edgar Hoover

Glacier Priest Rescued by Alaska Girl in River Rescue

Father Bernard Hubbard S J famed explorer and his aide Kenneth Chisholm escaped a capsized boat on Twin Glacier river after striking a submerged rock. Chisholm swam ashore while Mary Joyce the girl adventurer in a power boat halted the search and helped locate them.

Father Hubbard Miss Joyce Alaska Taku Fairbanks Glacier Juneau Bernard Hubbard S. J Twin Glacier Kenneth Chisholm Chisholm Mary Joyce

Roosevelt sails Maine coast cruise aboard Potomac

President Roosevelt left Rockland on the Potomac for a two week Maine coast voyage aboard the Sewanna with his three sons. Crowds lined the route to the dock and a press conference yielded little news as plans for Campobello and Quebec remained tentative.

Rockland INS White House Roosevelt Maine Pulpit Harbor Bay of Fundy Nova Scotia Potomac Montagu Norman Bank of England United States Hyde Park Campobello Quebec Sewanna East’d

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