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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1936

Page

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Glass Attacks New Deal as Farmers and Counties Face Bills

Senator Carter Glass blasts the New Deal as a government of privilege in a Ashland speech during Patrick Henry bicentennial events. Alberta farmers praise reciprocity with the United States while Linn county faces a seven hundred thousand dollar state care bill unpaid by former patients and their heirs. The city plans a budget increase and urges collection of county reimbursements to offset costs.

Carter Glass Virginia Linn County Board of Supervisors

Music teacher held in Asheville murder case

Authorities arrest Mark Wollner a 35 year old music teacher and concert violinist as a third suspect in the killing of Helen Clevenger 19 at a Asheville hotel detectives say Wollner may have known the NYU co ed and had previously worked in Washington DC and New York City two other suspects Joseph Urey and Daniel Gaddy are being questioned Urey had been released but will be reinterviewed and detectives plan an all night session. Clevenger's father expressed hope the case will be solved soon.

Asheville N. C Mark Wollner Helen Clevenger New York University Wollner Laurence Brown Sheriff's Office Joseph Urey Daniel H. Gaddy Urey Washington, D. C Sheriff Brown Fred Jones Piqua, O Clevenger

How to get along with ourselves and others

Shackleton warned that irritability among men on long polar expeditions was the greatest danger despite friendship. The piece urges daily mental and moral hygiene to prevent quarrels at home work or church and cites Dr Harper preparing for important interviews as a model of self mastery.

Ernest Shackleton Dr. Harper Chicago

Iowa Republicans Nominate Three For Supreme Court

Justice E. G. Albert from Jefferson, Judge T. G. Garfield of Ames, and former Justice William L. Bliss of Mason City were nominated at the Republican state judicial convention in Cedar Rapids. Ballots showed Bliss winning on the final tally after several rounds and county switches.

E. G. Albert T. G. Garfield Ames W. L. Bliss Mason City Jefferson State Supreme Court William L. Bliss Iowa Supreme Court Memorial Albert Garfield Black Hawk County A. B. Lovejoy Waterloo Allan Herrick Des Moines Norman R. Hays Knoxville Bliss Walter P. Jensen A. Hollingsworth Keokuk John M. Rankin Supreme Court John M. Grimm Cedar Rapids Emmet Iowa

Heat Wave Is Badly Bent If Not Broken

Des Moines reports cooler readings as weather bureau notes the heat wave is at least bent. Rain begins in northern and eastern Iowa easing temperatures toward normal with Des Moines at 91, while some areas stay above 100 with Inwood reaching 115 the previous day.

Des Moines Weather Bureau Iowa Charles D. Reed Inwood

Townsend national convention opens amid cash for war chest

Norman Mattoon Thomas faced boos at the Townsend convention in Cleveland while Dr. Francis Townsend’s supporters poured cash on stage to raise a war chest for a legal fight against Rev. A J Wright over pension funds. In ten minutes $803 was collected and a nationwide drive for $1,000,000 was launched. Thomas warned the crowd that his pension plan would not work as Townsend’s aides urged large pledges.

Public Hall Cleveland Norman Mattoon Thomas Francis E. Townsend Dr. Townsend Townsend A. J. Wright Northern Ohio Movement Wright Treasury Gerald L. K. Smith Gomer Smith

Inside story of Tipton slayer hunt in 1930 Gazette

The Sunday Gazette highlights the quest to catch Jack Mercer, wanted for the Robert Sproat murder in Tipton in 1930, traced coast to coast by Marion Hamiel, county attorney. The feature appears among world, national and local news with notes on CTA bureau activity and related crime reporting.

Robert Sproat Tipton Marion Hamiel Jack Mercer Sunday Gazette Late World O. O. McIntyre William A. Brady Edgar Guest Jay Sigmund Clyde Tolson Cedar Rapids Federal Bureau of Investigation Karpis Gazette Washington Marion Tama County Terhune Josephine Culbertson

Meighan Estate Worth Nearly Two Million Revealed

New York silent film star Thomas Meighan who died July 8 in Great Neck L I left an estate close to two million dollars. The will filed for probate Saturday places most of the fortune in trust for his wife of thirty years with a guaranteed income of at least fifteen thousand dollars annually. Trustees named are Mrs Meighan and Arthur Nunn of New York.

New York Thomas Meighan Great Neck L. I Mrs. Meighan Arthur Nunn

Dionne Quints Baby Named Oliva Junior Instead of Joseph

Oliva Dionne Jr replaces Joseph Robert Telesphore as the Dionne baby’s name. The christening date remains unset as Papa Dionne confirms the switch. A souvenir stand is planned across from the quintuplets’ nursery to welcome visitors.

Callander Oliva Dionne, Jr Joseph Robert Telesphere Dionne Papa Mama Dionne Joseph Robert Telesphore Oliva Junior Dionne “Pere Charles A. Moran Atlanta

Body of CCC worker recovered after river flood

The body of Ralph Lewis a 22 year old CCC worker who drowned when his truck was swept away by flood waters was recovered Saturday in Nevada. The body traveled fifty four miles downstream from the Virgin River crossing through Utah to Arizona and into Nevada, after the incident near St George Utah last Thursday.

ST. George Utah Ralph Lewis CCC Here Nevada Arizona

Heat Wave Sets New All-Time Kansas Oklahoma Records

In Kansas and Oklahoma the extreme heat surged without relief with new records in Fort Scott 121 degrees Wellington 120 Nowata 119 Tulsa 113 and Topeka 113 as Saturday’s high.

Kansas City Kansas Oklahoma Fort Scott Kan Wellington Nowata Okla Tulsa Topeka

Mercury Top Surges Past 100 Degrees for Sixteen Days

A Cedar Rapids heat wave extended to sixteen straight days with a 102 degree peak at 3 pm per Chambers Inskeep readings. No rain arrived, though temperatures eased from 95 at 6 pm to 90 at 7:30 pm and 80 by midnight.

Cedar Rapids Chambers

Soviets Reveal Rail Wreck Month Ago In Which 51 Were Killed

The Soviet government announced that a June 22 collision between two trains at Chita Siberia killed 51 people and seriously injured 52 others. Thirteen railroad workers face trial for criminal negligence and could face execution.

Moscow Chita Siberia

May Performs Wedding of Hilton Twin Violet to Dancer

In Dallas at the Texas Centennial Cotton Bowl Rev Henry A May joined Violet Hilton and Jimmy Moore in marriage before about 5000 spectators paying 25 cents each. Daisy Hilton watched, bride in white bouquet in hand, best man W O Brickey, and Mrs Henry May gave the bride away as guests cheered and danced after the ceremony.

Dallas Tex Henry A Violet Hilton San Antonio Jimmy Moore Daisy Hilton Violet Conbin Maid of Honor W. O. Brickey Henry May May

Alsace-Lorraine Protests French Policy Amid Unrest

Leaders from Alsace Lorraine delivered a ultimatum to Premier Blum warning against socialist experiments and bolshevizing France. Deputies Oberkirch Serot and Senator Sigrist with Metz Mayor Vautrin drafted the protest accusing the Blum government of connivance with revolutionary strikes. Alsace Lorraine says they voted against the popular front and will safeguard regional liberties.

Paris Alsace-Lorraine France Blum Alsace- Lorraine Germany Danzig Strassbourg

Woman Found With Throat Cut Sewn With Buttons

A woman named Mrs. Edna Morris, 33, of Cincinnati, reportedly survived a gory throat wound stitched with black thread and sealed with buttons after an automobile incident. She was found near a church in Louisville and described companions who bound and dumped her from a car. Doctors said the wound was 36 hours old and infected but she is expected to recover.

Louisville Edna Morris Cincinnati Ohio

Spain forms new cabinet after anti government revolt

The Spanish cabinet of Premier Santiago Casares Quiroga resigned following a military revolt in Spanish Morocco and the Canary Islands and unrest in Spain. Diego Martinez Barrio organized a new cabinet including five veterans of the previous group as the government claimed control of the uprising centered near Seville.

Madrid Santiago Casares Quiroga Spanish Morocco Canary Islands Spain Diego Martinez Barrio Republican Union Casares Quiroga Seville

Rebels Gain Control in Spanish Morocco as War Deepens

Twenty thousand rebel troops seize absolute control of Spanish Morocco after 24 hours of heavy fighting. Government planes bomb rebel positions while ships block Gibraltar straits. Ceuta and Melilla are bombed as bombardment continues and reports say rebels hold key centers despite air attacks. casualties include two generals and twelve civilians. General Franco leads rebellion. Tangier reports his role amid ongoing conflict.

Madrid Spanish Morocco Mediterranean Spain Straits Gibraltar Ceuta Melilla Morocco Tangier Franco Canary Islands Ramon Franco Air Force

Nazis Tighten Grip On Danzig Free City Decree

The Danzig Free City administration led by Arthur Karl Greiser issued a decree to curb opposition. It dissolves groups deemed to threaten state interests, bars court review of political police measures, bans Jewish ritual slaughter for food, and imposes three month protective custody on those labeled endangering public peace.

Free City OF Danzig Arthur Karl Greiser Senate Court of Police

Condition Of Local Girl Beaten Remains Critical

Lawrence Kansas AP reports 17 year old Alice Williams of Cedar Rapids Iowa remains in extremely critical condition after skull fracture believed from a fight. Her mother Mrs Clara Williams stayed by her bedside at a local hospital seeking information about the alleged assailant and the ride given to Williams.

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