Cedar Rapids Raiders Dominate Sioux City In Western League Rebound
The Cedar Rapids Raiders begin the Western league second half with four straight wins over Sioux City, whose new manager Dave Bancroft notes the game speeds up beyond expectations. Fans find Hill Park a cooling refuge on hot evenings as the Raiders prove the heat does not hinder their play, though the uniforms could use a wash.
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Cedar Rapids Raiders
Sioux City
Dave Bancroft
Giant
Hill Park
Raiders
Glass Attacks Roosevelt Rule in Bicentennial Talk
Sen. Carter Glass of Virginia denounced the current administration as a government of privilege and discrimination during a Patrick Henry bicentennial event at Randolph-Macon College. He argued Congress has yielded power to the President, criticized federal aid to states, and invoked Henry’s legacy to warn against overreach and wasteful spending.
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Ashland
Carter Glass
Virginia
Patrick
Glass
Congress
United States
Patrick Henry
Senate
Supreme Court
Henry
Mississippi
Cedar Rapids Welcomes United Air Lines Inaugural
Cedar Rapids airport hosts a 5 000 crowd for United Air Lines inaugural with two planes bound for Omaha and New York marking regular service. Pilot Jack Knight ferried the east bound craft. Col Roscoe Turner praised Cedar Rapids runways as top in the nation. ceremony featured the Boys drum and bugle corps and remarks by Chamber official A L Killian and Col Turner.
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Cedar Rapids
United Air Lines
Omaha
New York
Jack Knight
Cedar Rapids Boys Drum and Bugle Corps
Harold J. Rowe
Chamber of Commerce Airport Committee
A. L. Killian
Chamber of Commerce
Roscoe Turner
United Air Lines Service
Turner
London
Melbourne
Australia
Judicial session backs constitution at Iowa Republican convention
Resolutions adopted reaffirm the party commitment to constitutional limits and liberty under the law. The platform defends the U S and Iowa constitutions as the people’s mandates and backs Republican conventions. Names discussed for state supreme court include E G Albert T G Garfield A B Lovejoy Norman R Hays John M Rankin and William L Bliss. Approximately 1600 attendees heard calls to unite against threats to government.
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State Republican Judicial Convention
United States
Iowa
E. G. Albert
Jefferson
Supreme Court
T. G. Garfield
Ames
A. B. Lovejoy
Waterloo
Norman R. Hays
Knoxville
John M. Rankin
Keokuk
William L. Bliss
Mason City
Carl H. Cook
Glenwood
Iowa Republican Central Committee
Denison
Cook
National Plan For
Page
Cooler Weather Arrives As Drought Relief Expected
A cold air mass from the Mackenzie basin moves south toward the Dakotas Minnesota Nebraska Iowa promising rainfall to ease drought in those states. Forecaster J R Lloyd cautions rain will not help crushed crops in the northwest while dust remains a problem in Montana Wyoming and western Minnesota. Friday saw temperatures near 100 degrees for the nineteenth straight day.
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Chicago
Mns
Mackenzie River
Canada
Middle West
Mackenzie Basin
J. R. Lloyd
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Lloyd
Northwest
Montana
Wyoming
Cedar Rapids Pioneer W J H Stark Dies After Long Public Service
William Henry Stark 79 of 2122 Fifth Ave SE Cedar Rapids dies after a stroke suffered during a Red Cross drive. A longtime community leader he helped found and finance projects and served on the Lyman Wholesale Millinery, Merchants National Bank board, Perpetual Building and Loan and Westminster Presbyterian Church. He moved to Cedar Rapids in 1903 and earlier ran dry goods stores in Conrad Union and Grundy Center with his brothers. Funeral Monday at Westminster with burial in Oak Hill.
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William Henry Stark
Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Stark
Red Cross
Westminster Presbyterian Church
J. Renwick McCullough
Oak Hill Cemetery
Lyman Wholesale Millinery Company
Merchants National Bank
Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Lyman
Denecke Company
Mr. Stark
Platteville
Wis
Nicholas
Barbara Stark
Lawrence Miller
Belmont
Union
Iowa
Conrad
Grundy Center
G. N
Charles B
Julia Ann Rodwell
W. R. Boyd
Cedar Rapids Fights for Regular Transcontinental Air Service
Cedar Rapids again seeks scheduled air service as United Air Lines begins weekday east and west flights. The three month trial will decide if the city remains on the Omaha to Chicago route based on passenger and express patronage. Local businesses and individuals are urged to support the effort to overcome past failures and boost air traffic.
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Cedar Rapids
United Air Lines
Omaha
Chicago
Governor Delays Filling Murphy Vacancy Amid Convention Prep
The governor will not appoint a replacement for Senator Murphy until the Democratic state convention has nominated a candidate. The Gazette suggests Frank OConnor of Dubuque as a strong Democratic pick, noting his background as former federal district attorney and current head of the federal land bank at Omaha.
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Herring
Murphy
State House
Gazette
Iowa
Senate
Frank O'Connor
Dubuque
Federal District
Federal Land Bank
Omaha
O’connor
Iowa W
WPA Workers Paid More Than College Grads In Early Careers
Fred Henson notes in a Friday feature that WPA investigators earn higher starting pay than many college graduates. Young female workers start at 60 dollars a month for deciding aid eligibility while cloth cutters under the new WPA scale receive 75 dollars for about 128 hours monthly. Investigators work fewer hours now but face questions about 30 hour weeks. The piece critiques New Deal unemployment theories and the forgotten man or woman.
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Fred Henson
Killer John Mercer Captured in San Francisco
The 1930 Cedar county murder of Tipton citizen Robert Sproat ends with John Mercer captained in San Francisco. Mercer confessed to the Cedar county crime after an accidental arrest and faces prison. Sproat had aided officers when he was killed during a burglary spree by Mercer and companions. The case prompts strong public demand for justice.
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Tipton
Robert Sproat
San Francisco
Iowa
Cedar County
Sproat
John Mercer
Mercer
Death of Henry Stark Dims Early 20th Century Civic Leadership
Henry Stark, nearly 80, dies after years of active public service including Red Cross drives. He endured a harsh youth with orphaned parents and being bound out to work, later building thrift, integrity, and community welfare through steady civic involvement.
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Henry Stark
Mr. Stark
Red Cross
Wisconsin
Youth uses a pick as disguise in Greenville court
A Greenville Negro youth used a pick as a disguise to hide among a road gang. Railway Policeman M A Brown chased him down and identified him. In court the youth said he believed Brown would not recognize him as a hobo if he were working with a pick. The judge sentenced him to 22 days.
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Greenville
S. C
M. A. Brown
Brown
Raid 45 Places In Sioux City Sees 7 Arrests For Gambling
Police raided 45 liquor and gambling houses in Sioux City following Mayor Hayes order to clean up the city. Seven people were arrested and warnings issued to stop illegal liquor sales and gambling after a prior raid that night led to 17 arrests at the West hotel.
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Sioux City
INS
W. D. Hayes
West Hotel
Travels of Alice Williams Unearths Missing Teen Tale
Cedar Rapids and Lawrence officials probe the whereabouts of 17 year old Alice Williams from July 10 to 14. She lies near death after a beating and was found unconscious in a Lawrence ditch. She reportedly worked at a filling station cafe and rode with a man en route to Cedar Rapids before reaching St. Louis to visit kin.
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Cedar Rapids
Lawrence
Kan
Alice Williams
Mount Vernon Avenue
Associated Press
Clara Williams
Earl Stanley
Alice Hilliar
St. Louis
Rock Island
Stanley
Miss Williams
Weather dampens drought belt as showers hit Iowa and Minnesota
Scattered rains along the northern fringe of the drought battered corn belt outline the sun's ongoing destruction elsewhere in the middle west. Forecasters offered scant relief as showers and cooler air arrived Friday night in northern Iowa cities and southeastern Minnesota.
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Chicago
Middle West
Iowa
Minnesota
Smith Likely Asked to Join London Political Campaign
Boston report says John D. M. Hamilton signaled plans to confer with Alfred E. Smith about joining London forces for the presidential race. A source close to the issue says Smith is expected to be asked to join the effort, with discussions possibly in New York over the weekend. Hamilton spoke before Massachusetts Republican leaders amid a New England tour.
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Boston
Llp
Alfred E. Smith
London
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Smith
Hamilton
New York
United Press
New England
Massachusetts
Alfred Emanuel Smith
Governor Smith
Spangler Denies Senate Candidacy Amid Landon Favored in Race
Chicago report quotes Harrison E. Spangler of Cedar Rapids as denying any candidate intent for the U S Senate seat left by the late Louis Murphy. He says Harry O Donnell also is not a candidate and predicts the Des Moines convention will nominate a capable standard bearer. He cites a Landon lead and Iowa’s readiness to back the London column in November.
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Chicago
Harrison E. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
National Republican
United States Senate
Louis Murphy
Dubuque
Spangler
Harry O'Donnell
Republican National Committee
Harry
Des Moines
Landon
London
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll For 1936
A rural Cedar Rapids toll report lists numbers for 1936 showing counts of accidents injuries and deaths. The OCR text is incomplete but indicates a tally of road incidents.
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Cedar Rapids
Heat Wave Break After Light Rain Sweeps Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids sees a cooldown as a late shower ends a 15 day heat spell with a 97 degree high. The area records light rain and dust from brisk winds while Edward Wagner of Chicago, a North Western extra mail clerk, collapses from heat and dies after hospital treatment.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mercury
Chambers
Prairieburg
West Union
Manchester
State Weather Bureau
Edward W. Wagner
Chicago
North Western
St. Luke’s Hospital
Wagner
Stanwood
Two Pennsylvania families die in Michigan train crash
Nine members of two Pennsylvania families, the Schusters and the Pisanos, were killed when their sedan was struck by a northbound train near Dundee Michigan. The impact hurled the car into Raisin River, engulfed it in flames, and killed seven people while injuring no one else. The crash occurred at M-50 crossing as a Toledo to Ann Arbor line train hit the vehicle despite active signals.
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Dundee
Mich
Pennsylvania
Ann Arbor
Raisin River
Harry Schuster
Vina
Anna
Sandra Jean
Sam Pisana
Betty
Mary
Schusters
Farrell
Pisano
Wheatland
Schuster
Toledo
Ray Wilson
Watchman cleared in murder case in Asheville
Police Chief William J. Everett announced that Joe Urey, a 27 year old bell boy at Battery Park hotel, was absolved of any connection with the murder of 19 year old Helem Clevenger of New York.
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Asheville, N. C
William J. Everett
Joe Urey
Battery Park Hotel
Helem Clevenger
New York
Night watchman questioned in Helen Clevenger murder
New York University coed Helen Clevenger was found murdered in a Asheville hotel. Police detained 35 year old Daniel H. Gaddy the night watchman for questioning after a report of screams near the victim’s room. Sheriff Jones said Gaddy was not under arrest.
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Asheville
N. C
INS
Helen Clevenger
New York University
Daniel H. Gaddy
Fred Jones
Gaddy
Marer
A. L. Curtis
New York
Ben Tait Named District Director of WPA at Waterloo
Cedar Rapids realtor and Linn county emergency relief committee chairman Ben Tait was appointed director of the first district Works Progress Administration by L S Hill, with Waterloo as headquarters. He succeeds William L Yokom of Dubuque, who resigned June 15. Tait will administer district WPA affairs from Waterloo while maintaining Cedar Rapids residence and business interests.
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Benjamin Tait
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Emergency Relief Committee
First District Works Progress Administration
L. S. Hill
WPA
Des Moines
First District
Waterloo
William L. Yokom
Dubuque
H. B. Armour
Tait
Coughlin Chided By Bishop For Strong Talk
Bishop Michael Gallagher of Detroit said he chided Reverend Charles E. Coughlin for language that was a little too strong in attacks on President Roosevelt. He sailed for Vatican duties and denied planning any report or discipline.
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Coughlin
Bishop
New York
Michael Gallagher
Detroit
Vatican
Charles E. Coughlin
President Roosevelt
Father Coughlin
Roosevelt
Dike Break Floods 40 Chinese Villages
Forty villages in Hopei province were inundated Saturday when the Huto river dikes collapsed. Local authorities reported widespread flooding and damage to homes and farmland, with emergency crews rushing to assess the situation and provide assistance.
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Shanghai
Hopei
Risley marks 40 years with postal service taking a holiday
Clarence E. Risley of Torrington began his 40th year as a postal employee by taking a day off to unwind spending part of his holiday riding with the parcel postman.
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Torrington, Conn
Clarence E. Risley
Clash in Habat Morocco Injures At Least Twenty
Report from Habat French Morocco says Arabs and Jews clashed leaving no fewer than twenty people hurt. Authorities investigate the confrontation and monitor tensions in the town.
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Habat
French Morocco
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Cedar Rapids News
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Big Sunday Gazette
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Iowa Cities
al Smith
CIFY
W. H. Stark
Seeveeenaevren
Michigan
Question Watchman
Murder OF Girl
Ben Tait
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