Townsend plan split fuels 1940 presidential debate
In Cleveland Townsend pension supporters booed Socialist Norman Thomas while William Lemke drew cheers for backing Father Coughlin. The piece notes the anti Townsend sentiment and predicts the plan could influence millions of votes, pulling some from both major parties. It also mentions Iowa politics with Bessy Frank and potential presidential hopefuls Frank OConnor.
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Cleveland
Townsend Pension Plan
Norman Thomas
Townsend Plan
William Lemke
Thomas
Lemke
Father Coughlin
Radio Priest’s Union Party
Townsendites
Townsend
Coughlin
North Dakotan
New Deal
Pass-Key Clue Tightens Asheville Murder Probe
A pass-key found in Miss Helen Clevenger's hotel room door offers a crucial lead as investigators challenge the alibi of concert violinist Mark Wollner. Police question night watchman Daniel Gaddy and review clock records while seven witnesses place Wollner at various times the night of the slaying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
INS
Helen Clevenger
New York University
Mark Wollner
Laurence Brown
Gaddy
Geddy
Wolliner
Brown
Wollner
Bessie Ward
Mildred Ward
Mildred
Sheriff Brown
Tragedy of hitchhiking teen sparks warnings in Lawrence
A 17 year old Cedar Rapids girl lingered between life and death in Lawrence Kansas after a beating by an unknown motorist. The case underscores the dangers of hitchhiking as she traveled to see relatives in Illinois and St. Louis before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kans
Cedar Rapids
Illinois
St. Louis
ICC Delays Drought Livestock Shipments Rule
The Interstate Commerce Commission postponed until Feb 20 1937 the operation of a proposed rail rule that would curb drought area livestock shipments to feeding grounds at reduced rates. The delay allows an investigation to assess potential public interest injury and whether shippers must re ship from feeding grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Deal Merit System Debate at Federal Civil Service
The Philadelphia convention urged an immediate extension of the merit system to federal workers. President Roosevelt recently signed an executive order placing about 250000 civilian employees into the civil service without competitive examinations, sparking questions about merit prerequisites and who benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Jim Farley
Middleton Murry portrait reveals a life without home
A literary critic discusses Middleton Murry as a man never truly at home with himself or others. The piece traces his restless, self-examining life with Katherine Mansfield, marriage strain, illness, poverty, and a craving for a stable identity, ending with a reflection on selfhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleton Murry
Katherine Mansfield
Murry
Prowler Killed After Gun Battle at Chicago Hospital
A suspected robber, William Keane, 28, was killed after a 30 minute gun battle with forty police on the roof of the Lying-In hospital nurses home in Chicago. Nurses and residents fled to safety as officers surrounded the building and sharpshooters watched the eaves. The suspect, identified by fingerprints, fired hundreds of rounds before Detective Frank Rothman fatally shot him as he appeared to resume fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
William Keane
C. M. Hart
Gertrude Arnold
Frank Rothman
No Fish Tales Allowed at Servia Homecoming Contest
Servia Indiana news reports that the homecoming celebration on August 21 will exclude embellished fishing yarns as the local liars contest committee enforces strict honesty during the event. The move aims to keep the contest humorous yet credible for spectators and participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Servia, Ind
Paramount Sues Goldwyn Over Cooper Signing
Paramount Pictures files a 4 million dollar damages suit against Samuel Goldwyn and his namesake company alleging raiding of its contract list and luring Gary Cooper from Paramount with false representations to switch studios. Adolph Zukor denounces the breach of morals and ethics and vows stand on principle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Samuel Goldwyn
Paramount
Gary Cooper
United States District Court Monay
Goldwyn
Cooper
Adolph Zukor
Zukor
Rotary clubs to place jobless Cedar Rapids youths
Cedar Rapids Rotarians voted to launch a community service placing unemployed young men and women ages 16 to 25. The Iowa State Employment Service will refer applicants to Rotarians for interviews and possible job connections through personal networks. Abbott cited about 3,800 youths in the city needing work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Lael Abbott
Iowa State Employment Service
State Employment Service
Abbott
Club
Linville Declines to Seek U.S. Senate Nomination
Linville of Cedar Rapids says he will not seek the Republican nomination to replace murdered U.S. Senator Louis Murphy of Dubuque. The former candidate, who lost to L. J. Dickinson in the June primary, stated he was urged to run but will not pursue support for the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessy Frank
United States Senate
Louis Murphy
Mr. Frank
Iowa
Senate
Frank O'Connor
Dubuque
Guy P. Linville
Cedar Rapids
United States
Linville
L. J. Dickinson
United States Sanator
Couple Sentenced to Die for Killing Woman’s Son
In Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania Mrs Margaret Karmendi 24 and Roy T Lockard a laborer were sentenced to die in the electric chair for killing the woman's 3 year old son. The state said the couple carried a love affair and killed the child to end interference with their meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollidaysburg
Margaret Karmendi
Roy T. Lockard
The
Commonwealth
Center of $4,000,000 Movie Studio Suit
Paramount Pictures seeks $4,000,000 in damages from Samuel Goldwyn alleging raiding of its studio and theft of Gary Cooper from its contract list. Cooper had been a student at Grinnell College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Samuel Goldwyn
Gary Cooper
Cooper
Grinnell College
Record Baby May Lack In Weight But Not Length
Graceville Minnesota report of the Schmitz family as their sixteenth baby, a boy four days old, claimed by parents to be the tallest baby yet born. He weighed 15 pounds 15 ounces at birth, now slightly down. height listed at 24 1/4 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graceville
Minn
INS
Jacob Schmitz
Schmitz
Strikes Woman In Car Then Escapes After Plates Change
Police searched Sunday night for an unidentified motorist after a man struck a woman in a car, then fled when he began changing license plates. Witness William Kimball at 1910 Third Street NW heard brakes and saw the incident from his porch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kimball
Third Street NW
Kimball
Condition of Alice Williams Unchanged
Lawrence Kansas AP reports 17 year old Alice Williams of Cedar Rapids Iowa remained in critical condition after being violently beaten and left on a highway near Lawrence. She was given a ride by an unknown driver and has only provided scant information to investigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence, Kan
Alice Williams
Cedar Rapids
Here
Aviator Killed in Texas Cotton Dusting Crash
James Daniels 31 of Laurel Mississippi died when his aircraft used for boll weevil poison dusting struck a dead tree and crashed near Bryan Texas. The plane was destroyed.
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Bryan
Tex
James Daniels
Laurel
Miss
Iowa cools after Sunday storms topple heat
A northwest wind roared across Iowa Sunday night bringing damaging winds and thunderstorms. Temperatures dropped up to 30 degrees while widespread property damage occurred from up-rooted trees to roof destruction at the State Fair grandstand. The storm disrupted power lines and transportation as several fatalities and multiple livestock losses were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Machinery Hall
R. Corey
Fair Board
Menlo
Rock Island Railroad
Stuart
Heat Wave Breaks in Cedar Rapids After 16 Days
The 16 day heat spell ends with a peak of 102 degrees and a low of 62 as cooler air moves in. Only a trace to .03 inch of rain falls over the period, with forecasts predicting more showers and continued cooler weather through Tuesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep
Mercury
State Weather Bureau
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936
A 1936 Cedar Rapids auto toll issue appears with figures 305 and 188, indicating costs or counts under local traffic regulation. The fragment suggests official calculations or charges but lacks full context.
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Cedar Rapids
Franco Declares Royalist Aims of Revolutionaries
Openly proclaiming restoration of the Spanish monarchy as rebels aims General Francisco Franco set himself up as chief of the military forces in Africa and called on Madrid to surrender He protested the bombardment of Tetuan and warned of proportional measures as the royalist rebellion gains momentum.
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Oran
Algeria
INS
Francisco Franco
Africa
Madrid
Spain
Franco
Canary Islands
Tetuan
Morocco
Don Francisco Franco
Alfonso Returns to Castle After Sudden Departure
Praha reports the deposed monarch left with luggage for an unannounced destination from a border castle. He was seen with Count Zamoyski and spent Sunday listening to a rebel radio in Seville. An inquiry at Koenigswart found no arrival expected. later he reached Marienbad by air en route to Count Metternich's castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Praha
Czechoslovakia
Alfonso
Spain
Zamoyski
Seville
Koenigswart
Marienbad
Count Metternich
Senator Harrison Might Succeed McCarl as Comptroller
Washington dispatch reports Senator Pat Harrison, a New Deal ally, could be named United States Comptroller General if he fails to gain renomination in the Mississippi Democratic primary as the Roosevelt administration weighs an interim appointment after John R. McCarl’s July 1 departure. Other names mentioned include Daniel W. Bell, J. F. T. O’Connor, Guy T. Helvering, and Representative Lindsay C. Warren.
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Washington
Pat Harrison
United States
Mississippi
Roosevelt
John R. McCarl
Harrison
McCarl
Senate
Daniel W. Bell
J. F. T. O'Connor
Internal Revenue
Guy T. Helvering
Lindsay C. Warren
N. C
Omer
Mississi
Rebels Push Ahead in War Tides Across Spain
War brief from United Press reports rebels advancing in Madrid and coastal cities. Rebels issue ultimatum. officials claim suppression in Madrid. exchanges note bombardments, shelling, and evacuations across Gibraltar to Tetuan. Authorities report casualties among workers and refugees.
Barcelona Flames Seen After Air Bomb Attack, Spain Passengers Report
Spanish passengers in Toulouse report seeing sections of Barcelona in flames following an air bomb attack carried out by three government planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toulouse
France
Spain
Barcelona
Spain rebels press advance as Madrid under siege
Dispatches describe heavy fighting across Spain after a right wing rebellion neared Madrid with reports of rebels entering the capital and seizing ministers. Government denials claim the revolt is contained while Moroccos and southern cities including Seville Burgos Valladolid and Malaga report rebel control with Malaga aflame.
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Lisbon
Portugal
INS
Spain
Madrid
Malaga
Morocco
Seville
Old City
Burgos
Altadolid
Comet Peltier Visible To Naked Eye Tuesday Night
The New York AP report says amateur astronomer Leslie Peltier’s comet in Cassiopeia will be visible without aid Tuesday night and will brighten toward a peak on August 4. Prof William H Barton Jr of the Hayden Planetarium notes the brightening object rises higher after midnight in the northeast sky.
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New York
Peltier
Leslie Peltier
Delphos
Ohio
Cassiopeia
William H. Barton, Jr
Hayden Planetarium
American Museum of Natural History
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