Breckinridge backs Landon Knox in presidential race
Col Henry L Breckinridge a conservative Democrat says he will vote for Gov Alf Landon and Col Knox. He met Landon in Kansas and issued a statement praising Landon’s plans, warning the current administration could harm the nation. He cites prosperity for workers, tax relief, and stronger judiciary as goals of Landon’s leadership.
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Topeka
Kan
Henry L. Breckinridge
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Frank Knox
Breckinridge
New York
Landon
Kansas Executive Mansion
Knox
Wilson
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New Jersey
Kansas
Intermountain States
John Thomas
Idaho
E. G. Bennett
Ogden
Utah
Knox reports Breckinridge support boosts Republican ticket
Col. Frank Knox said Col. Henry Breckinridge's backing shows an unmistakable swing to the Republicans in the Midwest. He spoke with Gov. Alf Landon during a campaign conference on plans to overthrow the New Deal.
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Topeka
Kan
Col
Frank Knox
Illinois
Henry Breckinridge
Alf M. Landon
Knox
Middle West
Five Injured In Auto Collision At Oakland Ave Intersection
Five persons suffered minor injuries in a Tuesday evening crash at the Oakland avenue Thirty-second street NE intersection. M H Monroe of Anamosa drove south while Walter Fitzgerald of 139 Thirty-second street NE eastbound. Fitzgerald’s car overturned. Fitzgerald dislocated both arms. Passengers S A Doubenmier Lydia Fitzgerald and Mr and Mrs A E Brougher all sustained cuts bruises and shock. Monroe uninjured.
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M. H. Monroe
Anamosa
Walter Fitzgerald
Thirty-second
Oakland Avenue
Thirty-second Street
Monroe
Fitzgerald
A. E. Brougher
Thirtyfirst
S. A. Doubenmier
Lydia Fitzgerald
J. M. Grimm Heads Cedar Rapids Automobile Club
J. M. Grimm is elected president of the Cedar Rapids Automobile Club in a mail vote announced Wednesday. Horace Hedges and Herbert Beals are named vice presidents with A. T. Pleune as treasurer and Ellsworth Palmore as secretary manager. An advisory board includes J. M. Grimm and others with varying three two and one year terms.
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J. M. Grimm
Cedar Rapids Automobile Club
Horace Hedges
Herbert Beals
A. T. Pleune
Ellsworth Palmore
Peter F. Bailey
Stanley C. Moore
H. C. Ring
Howard W. Hall
Leonard Millsap
Lurton H. Stubbs
Clair W. Bloomhall
W. Paul Engel
N. Jay Leonard
Morris Sanford
W. H. Stepanek
British Woman Is Hanged For Murder Of Her Husband
Exeter England AP report notes 33 year old mother of five Charlotte Bryant was hanged for killing her husband Frederick John Bryant 39 by poison last December. Her execution marks the second maternal offender put to death in England this year following Dorothea Waddingham. Bryant sent a final appeal to King Edward asking pity as testimony revealed a love affair with an itinerant horse dealer influenced the crime.
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Exeter
Eng
Charlotte Bryant
England
Dorothea Waddingham
Iowa Heat Wave Recovers as Mercury Surges Across the Midwest
A mass of cool air moved into the Great Lakes region while heat and drought persisted elsewhere. Death tolls climbed past 3,400 nationwide as corn and wheat markets rose and Illinois crop damage estimates reached 35 to 40 million dollars.
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Great Lakes
J. R. Lloyd
Montana
Wyoming
Nebraska
Dakotas
Kansas City
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Missouri Valley
Mississippi
Ohio
Great Lakes Region
Middlewest
Mt. Vernon
Davenport
Iowa
Peoria
Ill
Springfield
Dubuque
Terre Haute
Ind
Green Bay
Wis
New York City
Fox River Valley
Door Peninsula
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Detroit
St. Paul
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Hudson Bay
Great Lakes States
Ontario
Canada
Toronto
Lincoln
Weather records show a calm but chilly Midwest drop
The report lists temperatures in Inl and Dubuque 110, Minneapolis 108, La Crosse Madison 108, Columbus 106, Indianapolis Fort Wayne 106, and Chicago hitting a max 96. It fell 13 degrees in five hours late Tuesday and kept sliding after midnight.
Cedar River levels drop as heat grips Cedar Rapids
The Cedar River falls to 2.6 feet near Cedar Rapids while daytime highs top 105. Ambulance transfer and hospital admission occur after a local incident. Heat affects residents with several people overcome, and the Y M C A river swim is postponed to July 25 due to water conditions. Daily highs reach 105 to 115 with 90 plus averages across a week.
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First Avenue
Sanford
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
First Street
Eighth Avenue SE
W. H. Young
Milk Price Hike Sought as Drought Cuts Output
Omaha reports reveal wholesale milk price boosts and a 46.5 cent advance for 3.5 milk as farmers demand higher prices. Otto Pfeiffer of the Nebraska Iowa Co operative notes heat and drought shrink daily supply to meet Omaha Council Bluffs needs. Distributors consider absorbing less of the rise, while farmers currently receive $2 per fifty pounds for bottled milk.
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Omaha (Ap
Otto Pfeiffer
Nebraska-Iowa Co-operative Milk Association
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Fremont
Neb
Des Moines
St. Louis
Kansas City
Peiffer
Bartholmey pleads guilty in Hamm kidnap case
Edward C Bartholmey former postmaster from Bensenville Tennessee pleaded guilty as the Hamm kidnapping trial opened in St Paul Federal Judge M M Joyce postponed sentencing pending a probation report indicating possible leniency for the first time in the Hamm case Alvin Karpis also pleaded Tuesday leaving John Peifer as the sole defendant The jury was seated and the government asserts Hamm was kidnapped June 15 1933 and held four days in Bartholmey s home
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ST. Paul
Edward C. Bartholmy
Bensenville
William Hamm, Jr
M. M. Joyce
Federal Probation Office
Hamm
Alvin Karpis
Public Enemy No. 1
John “Jack” Peifer
Fingerman
Bartholmey
Spangler Claims GOP Saved Nation From Food Shortage
Harrison E. Spangler of Iowa, assistant chair man of the GOP national committee, said the party deserves credit for preventing a food shortage this year. He contrasted Secretary Wallace’s claim that the New Deal raised plantings, asserting Republicans urged western farmers to increase acreage and oppose New Deal curtailment.
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Chicago
Harrison E. Spangler
Iowa
G. O. P. National Committee
Henry A. Wallace
Colorado Springs
Colo
Spangler
Roosevelt
Wallace
Republican
West
Spy Case Ties Farnsworth to Japanese Agent Interaction
Farnsworth and others face naval and justice probes after an alleged sale of a book titled The Service of Information and General Security to a Japanese government agent on May 15. Investigators pursue other Americans and one or more Japanese in a suspected spy ring while officials caution on the value of any data obtained.
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Naval Intelligence
Department of Justice
Farnsworth
Naval
Harry Thompson
Thompson
Tamon Yamaguchi
State Department
Toshio Miyazaki
Imperial Navy
Los Angeles
Miyazaki
United States
Navy
Service of
Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Charged in Tax Conspiracy
New York lawmen filed ten federal indictments accusing Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus of conspiring to defraud the government of income taxes interest and penalties totaling over 7 million dollars. Six men including officials and IRS workers are named. The case cites 98 overt acts and alleges a two year internal revenue probe into a continuous fraud dating to 1918.
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New York
Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey Circus
Circus Corporation
Internal Revenue
Labor Council Fails To Act On Rebels
Washington dispatch reports two hours of wrangling within the executive council of the American Federation of Labor over the industrial union rebellion. President William Green indicated a definite decision would be announced after the afternoon session, around 5 30 p.m.
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Washington
INL
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
William Green
Federation
Davenport Firm Wins Contract for Mississippi River Lock
Washington AP reports Edward Markham announces a $1,635,789 contract award to Central Engineering Co. of Davenport for Lock 24 on the Mississippi River. Other awards include Kelso Burnett Electric Co. for the Howard control and lighting system and storm damage notes in Waterloo township with farm structures damaged but minimal rain.
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Washington (Ap
Edward Markham
Army Engineers
Lock 24
Mississippi River
Central Engineering Company
Davenport
Howard Control and Lighting System
Rock Island
Kelso Burnett Electric Company
Wind Storm Ravages Allamakee County Northwest Block
A Sunday afternoon wind storm damaged property in northwest Allamakee county. A corn crib blew down and a garage suffered severe damage, with debris scattered across the area. Local residents assessed the wreckage and reported lingering effects into the evening.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Bird Startled Fire In Columbus Nest Blaze
A bird carrying a lit cigarette started a fire under the eaves of a Columbus roof, reported by firemen. No injuries noted. Local residents described the nuisance as curious and the flames quickly brought under control.
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Columbus
City Attorney Hines Reports Heat Amid Lake of the Woods Trip
City Attorney Don Hines returned to city hall after a Lake of the Woods trip noting extreme heat across the region. He said last week’s fishing occurred with a thermometer above 100 degrees, delaying plans and tempering recreation. The party included Mr. and Mrs. Chadima, Lattner, and Doubrasky as heat records were set during the journey home from Fort Frances and Duluth.
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Don Hines
Lake of the Woods
Canada
Midwest
Northland
Fort Frances
Hines
Duluth
L. C. Chadima
E. J. Lattner
A. Doubrasky
Elliott Roosevelt Junior Born in Fort Worth Hospital
Elliott Roosevelt Jr. was named for the newborn 634 pound grandson of the president born at a Fort Worth hospital shortly before midnight to Mr and Mrs Elliott Roosevelt. The child is the couple’s second, with Ruth Googins of Fort Worth as the mother and Ruth Chandler Roosevelt aged two as the older sibling.
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Fort Worth, Tex
Elliott Roosevelt, Jr
Fort Worth
Elliott Roosevelt
Ruth Googins
Ruth Chandler Roosevelt
Baby Born With Heart Outside Dies In Edmonton
A three day old infant born with its heart outside its body died late Tuesday night at University Hospital Edmonton. No operation was performed. Acting superintendent Dr. E. Hitchin announced. Surgeons had said the child had no chance of survival.
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Edmonton
Alta
University Hospital
E. Hitchin
Polly Moran's Mate Battles Policemen
Polly Moran and her husband Martin Malone clashed with officers at Beverly Hills jail after he allegedly threatened her with a pistol. Malone, a 200 pound man, claimed the fight began when an officer called him Mr Polly Moran. Moran refused to sign a complaint.
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Hollywood
Polly Moran
Martin Malone
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Comedienne
Mondey
Beverly Hills
Malone
Walter Schottmiller
Miss Moran
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Garcia Sublime
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DR. Hess
Eagle Condensed Milk
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Ingram's Milkweed Cream
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