Democrats Rally in Des Moines Nominate Iowa Ticket
About 2,000 Iowa Democrats met in Des Moines to nominate two state offices and organize for the next two years. Governor Roosevelt was praised as a champion for the common man while Gov. Dan Turner faced sharp denunciation. Louis Murphy delivered the keynote, urging reform and support for Roosevelt. The convention discussed auditor and lieutenant governor selections and potential shifts in party leadership.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Franklin D. Roosevelt
R. F. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Dan Turner
Mitchell
Louis Murphy
Roosevelt to Speak Campaign Opening at Sea Girt
Gov Franklin D Roosevelt will deliver the opening speech of his presidential campaign as the Democratic nominee at Sea Girt New Jersey on August 27. In Springfield Massachusetts Governor Ely President Roosevelt foes met James Farley and Ely agreed to meet Roosevelt in Albany next week with Ely to issue a statement afterward.
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Jersey City
N. J
Frank Hague
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Sea Girt
Springfield
Mass
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Albany
Farley
Ely
Sudden Lake Storm Kills 19 Fishermen Near Pontiac
A sudden storm on Lake Pontiac, Michigan, swept through a 100-boat flotilla of fishermen. Lightning, hail, and six foot waves swamped boats as rescuers searched for up to fifteen missing. At least one body recovered. four Negro fishermen confirmed drowned. officials fear the toll may rise.
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Pontiac
Mich
Pontiac Lake
Fred Schramm
William Burda
Detroit
Burda
Bert Miller
German aviator von Gronau begins northern air route to Chicago
Wolfgang von Gronau, German flyer in a Dornier-Wahl seaplane, reports passing the Faro Islands between 3 and 4 p m and expects to land in Reykjavik at 7 p m He left List Germany to reach Iceland en route to Chicago accompanied by Ghert von Roth Franz Hack and Fritz Albrecht The plan includes Iceland Greenland Labrador and Montreal legs depending on weather conditions.
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Iceland
INS
Wolfgang von Gronau
List
Germany
United States
Faro Islands
Fritz Albrecht
von Gronau
Ivigtut
Greenland
Labrador
Chicago
Montreal
Sylt
Geneva session erupts in bitter clash at arms talks
In Geneva, French socialist Pierre Renaudel and Italian deputy Carlo Costamagna heatedly attacked Mussolini’s regime during a session of the inter parliamentary union near the world arms conference. The meeting adjourned as Italo Balbo conferred with Mussolini and Germany warned it may halt participation over equality demands.
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Geneva
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Pierre Renaudel
Carlo Costamagna
Mussolini
Italo Balbo
Air
Renaudel
Matteotti
General Commission
Rudolph Nadolny
Germany
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
A Cedar Rapids toll study reports counts of motor vehicle incidents for the year. It lists totals for accidents injuries and fatalities, highlighting road danger levels and safety concerns in the city.
Roosevelt to Return to Hyde Park After Week of Conferences
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt ends a week of conferences and plans to return to his Hyde Park residence where he expects to receive a reply later this weekend.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Walker
Democrats of 2nd District Conduct Harmonious Caucus
Democrats of Iowa's Second District including Linn Jones Jackson Scott Clinton and Dubuque counties held a smooth caucus before the state party convention. Katharine Seippel was named committeewoman after Carolyn Pendray declined re election. The group endorsed Charles D Huston for state chairman and M F Donnegan J W Kitzinger for state supreme court. A congressional committee was named with W J Keefe F J Swift Meta Bowdish Maurice Cahill and J A Cunningham. Second district convention committees elected include H L Irvine credentials William Frazer permanent organization Walter Hutchinson Frank Gillon and A L Schuyler with presidential elector.
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Carolyn Pendray
Maquoketa
Katharine Seippel
Dubuque
Charles D. Huston
Cedar Rapids
M. F. Donnegan
Davenport
J. W. Kitzinger
State Supreme Court
W. J. Keefe
Clinton
F. J. Swift
Meta Bowdish
Viola
Maurice Cahill
J. A. Cunningham
H. L. Irvine
DeWitt
Credestials
William Frazer
Anamosa
Walter Hutchinson
Frank Gillon
A. L. Schuyler
Maurice Chevalier seeks divorce from Yvonne Vallee Chevalier
Paris AP Maurice Chevalier filed for divorce from his wife Yvonne Vallee Chevalier, desertion cited as grounds. No court decision was expected until late summer. The couple married in 1927 and had previously performed together in music halls.
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Paris
Maurice Chevalier
Yvonne Vallee Chevalier
Palace of Justice
Chevalier
Yvonne Vallee
Madame Chevalier
Chevaliers
United States
Yvonne Valice
Boxer Daddy Kelly Injured in Auto Crash Near DeWitt
Joseph Graw 24 known locally as boxer Daddy Kelly and brother of Samuel Graw sustained serious injuries when his car overturned on the Lincoln highway east of DeWitt Thursday night. He suffered a crushed chest but doctors expect recovery barring complications.
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Joseph Graw
Daddy Kelly
Samuel Graw
Sixth Street
Clinton Hospital
Lincoln Highway
DeWitt
Graw
Associated Press
State Democratic Central Committee Members Announced
The new state Democratic Central Committee was chosen Friday at district caucuses. Leaders include in First district Charles W. Storms Fort Madison and Madge O'Neil Columbus Junction. Second district M. J. Malloy Davenport and Katherine Seippel Dubuque. Third district William Becher Waterloo and O K Dicks Iowa Falls. Fourth district Ray R. Douglas Postville and E A McKiree. Fifth district T R Osborn New Sharon and Ruth Fall Hollingshead Albia. Sixth district L S Hill Des Moines and E R Meredith Ames. Seventh district M O Conway Atlantic and Maybelle Fickel Hastings. Eighth district Charlie Murtaugh Algona and D M Kelleher Fort Dodge. district Ed Birmingham Sioux City and Mary Mook Sioux City.
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Willis M. Shaw
Newton
Ed Bachman
Madison
D. W. Storms
Fort Madison
Edgar F. Medary
Waukong
N . Kraschel
Harlan
Francis G. Cutler
Boone
Cutler
Navy
Kraschel
Atta
Clyde Herring
Des Moines
New
State
Democratic Central Committee
Charles W. Storms
Madge O'Neil
Columbus Junction
M. J. Malloy
Davenport
Katherine Seippel
Dubuque
William Becher
Waterloo
O. K. Dicks
Iowa Falls
T. R. Osborn
New Sharon
Ruth Fall Hollingshead
Alhbia
L. S. Hill
E. R. Meredith
Ames
M. O. Conway
Atlantic
Maybelle Fickel
Hastings
Charlies Murtaugh
Algona
D. M. Kelleher
Fort Dodge
Eeeene
Birmingham
Sioux City
Mary Mook
Robbery at Police Headquarters Stuns New Orleans
From a room surrounded by policemen Clerk F J Aragon was robbed of 40 dollars at the New Orleans police headquarters as Superintendent George Reyer watched from nearby with the criminal courts in session upstairs.
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New Orleans
George Reyer
F. J. Aragon
Relief Funds Made Available Under New Law
President Hoover signs relief bill enabling Reconstruction Finance Corporation to deploy 1.5 billion dollars nationwide for food aid jobs and business energy. RCA prepares for loan applications as Hoover weighs successors to Governor Eugene Meyer amid anticipated rapid rollout.
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Federal Reserve Board
Paul Bestor
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Reserve Board
Discount
House
Senate
Washington
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Eugene Meyer
Loans Already Requested Under New Relief Bill
States and territories have requested 337.95 million dollars in construction loans from a 2.122 billion fund. Pennsylvania, Michigan, Colorado, Kansas, Texas, California, Arkansas, Tennessee and others list multi million totals for projects.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Colorado
Kansas
Texas
California
Arkansas
Tennessee
Nak
Von Schleicher Could Become German Chancellor
Berlin reports a potential cabinet reshuffle after the July 31 Reichstag election with General Kurt von Schleicher as the dominant figure. The regime moved to curb the Communist party by shutting Rote Fahne for five days and arrests surfaced in Berlin police leadership amid rising tension. Adolph Hitler’s fascists were expected to gain a significant role in the government.
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Germany
Reich
Kurt von Schleicher
Franz von Papen
von Schleicher
Communist Party
Rote Fahne
Rumstedt
Magnus Hermannsberg
Albert Grzesinski
Bernard Weiss
Enke
Adolph Hitler
Milk Prices Hit New Low as LA Plant Closes
Los Angeles reports milk prices dipping to a new low after California Milk Producers Association closes one to three plants, dumping about 30,000 gallons of surplus milk onto the market daily.
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Los Angeles
INS
California Milk Producers’ Association
Von Gronau's Westward Atlantic Flight 1930 Across North Route
Captain Von Gronau completed his first westward Atlantic crossing in 1930, landing in New York after forty seven hours. An extraordinary reception followed as the event was broadcast to Germany while Reichstag listened. He pressed a northern airway as the practical link, and earlier in August voyaged to Greenland ending in Chicago on September 1.
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Associated Press
von Gronau
Atlantic
the Battery
New York
Germany
Reichstag
America
Hoover
Washington
Greenland
Chicago
Arrest Two In Probe Of Burned Auto Near Marion
Sheriff Petrus and deputies arrest Vic Williams and Harry Leaper in a larceny of a motor vehicle case tied to a burned Plymouth sedan found off a byroad near Marion. Williams was transported from Ellsworth by his father, the town’s mayor, after theft report and prior inquiry.
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Marion
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Petrus
Vic Williams
Eighth Street SE
Ellsworth
Harry Leaper
First Avenue E
Leaper
Williams
Petrus
Marich
Fee
Dodge
Grallnick Motor Company
Pepe
J. C. Dickerson
Fort Dodge
Grallnick Company
Roosevelt to Meet With Owen D Young Saturday
Albany New York Gov Franklin D Roosevelt the democratic presidential nominee and Owen D Young will discuss international relations at a Saturday conference at Roosevelts Hyde Park home. Many topics including the foreign situation will be taken up.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Owen D. Young
Hyde Park
Prominent Communist Leaders Arrested in Budapest Plot
Twenty prominent communist leaders were arrested in Budapest on Friday charged with plotting to blow up factories promote strikes and incite riots ahead of an international antiwar day on August 1.
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Budapest
INS
Brief Relief From Heat as Mercury Ties 95
The forecasted cooldown faltered as temperatures rose to 95 at 2 30 p.m. Friday after a morning low near 65. Humidity stayed high and sun persisted though earlier showers had cooled readings from 94 at midday to the low 70s by midnight. No new heat prostrations were reported during this temporary break in the heat wave.
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Cedar Rapids
Gardener Kills Widow Employer Then Ends Own Life
San Francisco police pursue theories that 45 year old John Viano murdered Edith Orr Spencer, 52, and then killed himself in his living quarters above the estate garage. Filipino houseboy Vincent Cruz reported Viano’s ominous remark and found the bodies. a pistol lay nearby. Franklin M. Spencer had died months earlier.
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San Francisco
John Viano
Edith Orr Spencer
Vincent Cruz
Spencer
Menlo Park
Viano
Cruz
Viana
Anuk
Will Rogers on Mussolini and political costs
Will Rogers comments from Beverly Hills satire on Benito Mussolini filling cabinet posts and talking to himself. He notes bonus workers’ costs and Congressmen being paid to stay away, then questions Hoover’s political assurances and predicts missed votes and athletic rewards.
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Calif
Mussolini
Hoover
Washington
Will
Last Man Gives Final Toast To Civil War Comrades
STILLWATER Minn UP Charles N Lockwood the lone survivor of the Last Man's Club honors 34 fallen First Minnesota volunteers with the annual toast at Lowell Inn He fears he cannot make the journey again as age and illness press In a solemn ceremony he calls the roll and recites the farewell poem before a table of 34 blacked draped chairs and a wine vault opened since 1885 for the last surviving member.
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Stillwater
Minn
Charles N. Lockwood
Last Man’s Club
Lockwood
Minnesota Volunteers
Chamberlin
S. D
Lowell Inn
Sawyer House
Charles Lockwood
Tragic Lake City Deaths Tie To Mysterious Auto Rides
Three farm girls and a Boston co ed died after irregular automobile rides near Lake City Minnesota. Louise Prigge 22 and Frances Polikowski 21 were found in Ryans bay, Agnes Stevens 24 a University of Minnesota student died from a bullet wound in a parked car near Lake Pepin. Detectives sought two men named Carl. coroner and sheriff ordered careful inquiry.
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Lake City
Minn
Louise Prigge
Frances Polikowski
Ryans Bay
Zumbro River
Agnes Stevens
Boston
Mass
University of Minnesota
Lake Pepin
Douglas Brown
Wabasha County
Lemus Olson
Goodhue County
Russell Ekstrom
Miss Stevens
The
University
Charles Stevens
Rollie Roschen
Chester Sprague
Miss Prigge
A. C. Schleicher
Millville
Miss Polikowski
H. G. Bauers
Illness of 400 laid to tainted salads
Tainted potato salad or deviled eggs blamed for ptomaine poisoning that filled Washington hospitals with 400 victims. A picnic for 900 dairy workers and guests led to dozens of hospitalizations, with many kept overnight and two in serious condition. The steamer Charles McAlester rushed back to shore as ambulances and responders flooded Alexandria and Washington.
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Washington
Potomac
Marshall Hall
Charles McAlester
Turner
Alexandria
Parrot Fever Death Reported in Chicago
Three cases of parrot fever were reported by Dr. Herman Bundesen. Mrs. Eva Marbach died from the disease contracted from love birds sold by an itinerant peddler. Two other women are under quarantine as the outbreak is investigated.
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Chicago
INS
Herman N. Bundesen
Board of Health
Eva Marbach
Marbach
Bundesen
Hoover acceptance set for August 11
President Hoover will deliver his keynote speech for re election on August 11 at Constitution Hall near the White House. Everett Sanders, campaign manager and Republican National Committee chairman, announced Hoover would receive formal renomination notice at the event.
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Washington
Hoover
Everett Sanders
Republican National Committee
Constitution Hall
White House
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