Radio freedom and politics collide in a wary era
A columnist warns that unregulated radio risks undermining democracy as broadcasts mix politics with commerce. Raymond Gram Swing argues for separating political time from advertising and voters struggle to sift truth from flood of material. The piece also critiques Townsend plan talk of a $200 monthly pension funded by broad taxes and notes rare espionage cases like Farnsworth’s and heightened global tension with Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Raymond Gram Swing
the Nation
Swing
Iowa Corn Yield Likely 10 Percent Below Ten-Year Mean
Federal meteorologist Charles D. Reed said the 13 day heat wave likely cut Iowa corn yield about 10 percent from the ten year average. Despite losses the 1936 crop could still equal last year with increased acreage, except in west central counties.
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Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Iowa
Reed
Weekly Bulletin
Cedar Rapids Sees 100 Degree Run Relent, Death Toll Climbs
Cedar Rapids fatigue peaks as a 13 day heat wave holds at 107 degrees from 1 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Five more heat prostration victims reported, with deaths in St. Luke's and Mercy hospitals.
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Ronan
Wrgggry
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Marion
Kenwood Park
Monona
Center Point
State Weather Bureau
James Johnson
Oakland Road
St. Luke’s Hospital
James Malloy
L Street
Mercy Hospital
Airport Finishing Touches Ready for United Flight Inaugural
Cedar Rapids crews finished airport improvements for United Air Lines service from Chicago to Omaha via Cedar Rapids. Work included weed removal, runway grass trimming, grading, tree clearing, runway extensions, and macadam platform completion. The inaugural program aims to welcome the first plane at 7 p.m. Friday with tickets available at the United office.
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United Air Lines
Chicago
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
Public Improvement Department
Dave Williams
Milk wholesale price rise amid drought and heat
A milk shortage driven by drought and high temperatures prompts Cedar Rapids producers to raise wholesale prices effective Thursday. 3.5 percent butterfat milk goes to 2.10 per cwt, up 29 cents. 4 percent milk to 2.275, up 31.5 cents. Retail may rise 1 cent per quart. distributors meet to discuss timing.
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Cedar Rapids
Record Heat In Iowa as 2 PM Temperature Hits 115
Weather bulletin reports Ottumwa reaching 115 degrees at 2 p.m. Wednesday, a new state record. Des Moines notes rain promises fizzled, leaving cloudy to clear skies across Iowa with few local showers expected.
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Charles D. Reed
U. S. Weather Bureau
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Iowa
Extreme heat records reported in Iowa cities
Associated Press notes midday readings across Iowa with Burlington at 108 degrees at 2 p.m. Waterloo and Clinton at 104 degrees, Charles City 99, Mason City 102, Muscatine 111 at noon, and Davenport at 104 as hot conditions persist.
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Associated Press
Iowa Cities
Burlington
Waterloo
Clinton
Charles City
Mason City
Muscatine
Davenport
Light Showers Fail to Break Heat in Iowa
Des Moines reports extremely light showers fell in two localities near Anamosa and Rudd today but did not ease the ongoing heat. Weather notes describe brief sprinkles with no significant cooling effect.
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Des Moines
INS
Anamosa
Rudd
Thunderstorms Bring Scattered Rain to Central Midwest
Scattered thundershowers provided relief to drought conditions in the central Midwest as weather authorities note the regional impact and continued coverage continues on page 2 column 2.
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Chicago
Middle West
Townsend Plan Convention Attacked by Roosevelts Backers
Dr Francis E Townsend denounces the Roosevelt administration at the Townsend convention in Cleveland urging delegates to back his plan for a constitutional amendment to fund old age pensions of 200 per month for those 60 and over. Otto Case and Martin Smith urge crossing party lines to elect friendly senators and representatives while criticizing the new union party led by Lemke.
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Cleveland
INS
National Union For Social Justice
America
Francis E. Townsend
Roosevelt
Townsend
Otto A. Case
Martin F. Smith
Washington
New Union Party
Smith
Lemke
Trump
Townsend Proposes Federal Citizen's Service Award
In Cleveland a Townsend proposal for the twenty second amendment would create a citizen's service award for Americans aged sixty with forty years of public service. The plan would provide at least 200 dollars monthly, contingent on oath to spend it within thirty days, funded by a 2 percent levy on transactions.
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Cleveland
Townsend Plan
INS
Townsend
United States of America
United States
Treasury of
Treasury
Congress of the
Ford accuses bankers of seeking control and high prices
Detroit. Henry Ford, age 72, blasts international bankers for trying to rule all business and raise prices. He cites farming implements and says low prices, high production, and higher wages define successful business, while politicians fail to understand.
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Ford
Detroit
INS
Henry Ford
Spy case dispatches suppressed by Japanese authorities
Publication of dispatches concerning the arrest in Washington of former Lieutenant Commander John S. Farnsworth on a charge of selling confidential naval information to a Japanese agent was suppressed by Japanese authorities Wednesday.
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John S. Farnsworth
U. S.N
Farnsworth
Tokio
Japan
Uncle Sam
TORIO
INS
Washington
Hidden diplomatic aim in dual spy cases debated in Washington
In Washington experts weigh if the Thompson and Farnsworth espionage cases are warnings to agents or signals to Japan. Observers say neither man could supply high value secrets and any sensitive material would stay guarded by a few top officers, behind official silence. The cases move to court to attract global attention.
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Washington
Harry T. Thompson
Los Angeles
John S. Farnsworth
United States
Thompson
Farnsworth
Naval Intelligence Service
Thompson and
Farnsworth Tried to Get Navy Cover as Fleet Reporter
John S. Farnsworth, former naval officer and espionage suspect, sought assignment as a newspaper correspondent to cover western Pacific maneuvers. The navy rejected him for failing to submit a formal syndicate letter. He remains in district jail infirmary amid limited details of his activities.
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Washington
John S. Farnsworth
United States
Western Pacific
Navy
Farnsworth
Naval
Naval Defense
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936
A 1936 Cedar Rapids toll count lists 3006 incidents with accidents and injuries recorded. No deaths are specified in the fragment, leaving the total incidents and injuries as primary figures.
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Cedar Rapids
Starfinders and the Blindness of Critics
Dr Joseph Fort Newton argues that critics miss star finders in art and life. He cites Schubert Wagner Emerson Rossetti Keats Meredith and Jesus, noting society’s failure to recognize genius until it is too late. Copyright 1936.
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Frank Harris
Franz Schubert
Schubert
Wagner
Paris
Emerson
Whitman
Rossetti
Keats
George Meredith
Jesus
Heat deaths spark order to cool Iowa asylums
Iowa officials ordered urgent action after 63 inmates died from heat in four state insane asylums. Governors, doctors, and superintendents moved to provide cooling baths, relocation to cooler areas, and salt water treatments as the death toll rose among elderly patients.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
E. H. Felton
State Board of Control
Mount Pleasant
Clarinda
Independence
Cherokee
Clyde Herring
Walter L. Bierring
State Health Department
Glenwood
Woodward
Stewart
Girl Beaten and Found Unconscious Near Lawrence, Kansas
A 17-year-old Cedar Rapids girl identified as Alice Williams was beaten on the head and left unconscious on a dirt road near a main highway eight miles north of Lawrence Kansas. She has a skull fracture and is in critical condition. Police pursue possible hitchhiker leads while Cedar Rapids residents assist in confirming identity.
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Lawrence
Kan
Alice Williams
Clara Williams
Mount Vernon Avenue
Lawrence Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Associated Press
J. E. Irvine
Leavenworth County
Kansas
Laverna Smith
Jackson
Mich
Sherif Irvine
Iowa
Alice
Rock Island
Margaret Smith
Doris Smith
Williams
Miss Williams
Highway 161
Iowa City
Rumor Graziani Slain in Ethiopian Reprisal Attack
Unconfirmed reports from Djibouti claim Ethiopian troops threaten Addis Ababa and that Italian viceroy General Rodolfo Graziani was slain or severely wounded. Circulating rumors mention foreign residents seeking refuge in legations for safety.
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Djibouti
French Somaliland
INS
Addis Ababa
Rodolfo Graziani
Ethiopia
Graziani
Mrs Mildred Bolton Admits Shooting Husband in Argument
CHICAGO AP Mrs Mildred Bolton admits shooting her husband Joseph Bolton during an argument in his office. Authorities report the confession follows charges of murder and the case proceeds to court.
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Mrs. Bolton
Chicago
Mildred Bolton
Joseph
Wreck survivor Joseph H. Houghton dies at 78
Joseph H. Houghton, 78, last surviving member of the Chatsworth wreck train crew, died Wednesday in Peoria. He served as conductor of the wrecked train on the August 10 1887 incident.
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Peoria, Ill
Joseph H. Houghton
Chatsworth
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