Lusitania survivor recalls sinking aboard wrecked ship
Sailor Besie recounts last moments on the Lusitania after torpedo strike near the engines. He describes escaping a hole in the water, being picked up hours later by the trawler Blue Bell, and witnessing the ship’s rapid loss of life before it sank. Nearby shipyards and crowds in Swansea greet the voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turrer
Statons
Besie
Leuntema
Expiosca
Bestie
Lusitana
Bluebell
Darwin Turner
Queenstoun
Beste
Outher
Elsie Dinsmore
Orphic
Swansea
Elsie
United States
St. Louis
Russell
Duck Quacko Dies After Sight of Self in Mirror
In Long Beach California a pet duck named Quacko quacked at her reflection in a lawn mirror daily. A veterinarian diagnosed a nervous quacking disease from overexposure. A memorial service for the Humane Society group’s pet is planned Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
Quacko
Lyman Faust
Junior Humane Society
Lindbergh Trophy Collection Grows In St Louis
The Lindbergh trophy and gift collection enlarges as new items are donated to the St Louis Historical Society. Gifts include a Paris sky scene camera, a Spirit of St Louis motif, Hawaiian bay rum bottles, an Australian boomerang, a prison carved necklace, a Belgian tablepiece, a Canadian pine carving, a Liberty-Eiffel paperweight, a Masonic letter opener, and an unidentifiable tooth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
St Lous
Virgin Islands
Australia
New York
Eiffel Tower
Sahara Peaks Show Art Of Three Ancient Eras
French alpinists discovered rock carvings and paintings in the Hoggar mountains of the Sahara, depicting three civilizations. The finds, similar to earlier work by Gautier and Reygasse, bolster archaeology theories that Touareg tribes descend from the Garantes cited by Herodotus. The expedition climbed five peaks and returned 2,000 photographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Hoggar
Sahara Desert
Gautier and
Reygasse
Herodotus
Palisades CCC Board Probes Drowning at Dam Site
An investigating board of Palisades CCC officers met Friday to review the drowning death of Joseph S. Knowlton, a CCC worker, July 18 while swimming near the Cedar River dam site. The board adjourned with no decision, to resume Saturday as it weighs whether the accident resulted from personal carelessness or safety lapses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palisades CCC
Joseph S. Knowlton
CCC
Cedar River
Knowlton
W. H Owens
J. J. O'Malley
R. R. Holets
Palisades
Dam Work Pauses as Water Recedes
Workers assigned from the dam project to landscaping and park improvements while water recedes. Dam construction will restart when conditions permit, per A. M Van Drake, project superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M van Drake
Decent Living for All Hopkins Plea Pursues Murals for Public Buildings
Hopkins argues for public art funding offering 40 artists to paint murals in post offices and libraries. He dismisses critics who claim waste, contrasting with the seven hundred thousand dollars spent by Consolidated Gas to oppose the utilities bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Wood
Consolidated Gas Company
Hopkins Estimates Farm to Market Road Cost at 600 Million
Chicago United Press says Harry Hopkins, federal relief administrator, estimated that the farm to market road program under consideration would cost about 600 million dollars. He spoke Friday in Chicago outlining the price tag and scope of the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins appoints aides to run arts relief jobs in New Deal
Washington AP dispatch indicates Harry L Hopkins named four technical assistants to direct relief employment for painters musicians writers and actors. With 300 million set aside for white collar relief and 20 million for New York projects, Sokoloff Flanagan Cahill and Alseberg were chosen to oversee music theater visual arts and writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
New York City
Nikolai Sokoloff
Hallie Flanagan
Holger Cahill
Henry G. Alseberg
Uncharted Territory Found In Yukon Area
Cambridge explorer Bradford Washburn reports discovery of 200 square miles of uncharted Yukon terrain. During four months in the southwest Yukon he found two great peaks and named them for King George and Queen Mary in honor of the British silver jubilee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge, Mass
Bradford Washburn
Cambridge
Yukon Territory
George
Great Britain
Fold Your Knees And Legs Like A Jackknife
Florence to Gancke describes Miss Grace's dancing class training girls in body balance beyond tap. Exercising from thigh joints with broom drills, they learn to bend like a jackknife to keep posture upright and prevent waist muscle spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Grace
Nancy Page on posture and fitness advice
The passage describes girls learning to straighten and pull up from the thigh joints to tighten waist and thigh muscles. It mentions a leaflet on “Reduc ing” and requests for a stamped self addressed envelope to obtain a copy sent to Nancy Page care of The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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Nancy
Nancy Page
The
Cedar Rapids
$30 Million Trust Deed Filed by Wilson and Co
A $30,000,000 trust deed executed by Wilson and Co Inc and subsidiaries is filed with County Recorder Dempsy Jones. Guaranty Trust Company of New York and Herbert E. Twyesfort serve as trustees, with T. M. Sinclair and Co Ltd of Cedar Rapids among subsidiaries obligating under the indenture securing first mortgage bonds. The document spans 117 pages and is the largest filed here in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson and Co., Inc
Dempsy Jones
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Herbert E. Twyesfort
T. M. Sinclair and Co., Ltd
Cedar Rapids
Frozen carp returns to life after thawing
A carp can be frozen until brittle without injury and regain activity once thawed, surprising observers with the fish’s resilience.
Vermejo Park diary from Will Rogers and Wiley Post
Will Rogers recounts visiting Vermejo Park in New Mexico with Wiley Post. He praises the landscape and fishing at the famed ranch, noting Wake Phillips and his vast 325 thousand acre property. Will describes landing his Lockheed in canyons to reach prime hunting and cattle viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermejo Park
N. Mex
Wiley Post
Lockheed
Wake Phillips
Vermejo Ranch
Wiley
Will
Debt-Ridden Farmers Drive Midwest Political Uncertainty
Frazier Hunt surveys Iowa and nearby states amid debt pressures and good harvests. He argues farmers face financial strain from Wall Street finance and land ownership, urging land reform, tax changes, and a guaranteed fair production cost to stabilize rural politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frazier Hunt
Iowa
Neighboring States
Iowa and Midwest Farm Mood Reflected in 1936 Debate
Observers report widespread discontent among Iowa farmers amid mortgage debt and tenant farming while proponents of New Deal programs gain traction. The piece surveys attitudes across Iowa Kansas Nebraska Missouri Oklahoma and beyond, noting Roosevelt's uncertain path to re election and the push for rural electrification and economic relief.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Roosevelt
Emporia
William Allen White
America
Missouri
Oklahoma
Huey
Victor Harlow
Harlow
E. W. Marland
Rome
Cape Sleeves Lend Gracious Flattery to Matronly Figure
Sewing pattern notes by Anne Adams for a feminine cape sleeve afternoon frock in cotton or silk with simple yoke and cape, size 16 to 46, pattern 2327. Includes illustrated instructions and a request for 15 cents pattern order. Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department announces a 40 page book on fashion facts for brides, mothers, and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Cedar Rauids Gazette Pattern Department
Congressional Activities Include Banking Bill Action
Senate in recess as Finance committee discusses distillers institute alcohol administration bill. House passes omnibus banking bill while receiving King resolution on Nazi investigations. A Patton denial regarding a mysterious box from a power company rep surfaces in the House. In Galveston a man swallows a fish hook and has it removed near the stomach entrance. Oraibi Arizona notes continuous habitation since 1370.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance Committee
Distillers Institute
Senate
Patton
Power Company
HOUSE
Galveston
Tex
Nazis plan alternative anti Semitic drive amid New York protests
Reich officials warn party discipline weakens as provocateurs spur anti Semitic actions. Rome notes Vatican missive reportedly delivered, while German Catholics face renewed trials over alleged money smuggling by monks and nuns as anti Semite figures push for broader schemes.
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Reich
New York
Bremen
Earl Borromaeus
Netherlands
Steel Helmet Organization
Hans Hinkel
Julius Streicher
Hinkel
Streicher
Munich
Vatican
Ministry of Propaganda
Cesare Orsenigo
Foreign Office
Army raid reveals new Cuban crisis
Cuban forces raided the public works department arresting Undersecretary Francisco Diaz and 35 aides. Enriques Ruiz Williams, secretary for public works, was sought as the crackdown targets a new Black Eagle group of former officers backing Gerardo Machado. The action, linked to financial charges and improper public works appointments, heightened tensions surrounding President Mendieta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Public Works Department
Cuba
Public Works
Francisco Diaz
Enriques Ruiz Williams
Pinar del Rio
Black Eagle
Gerardo Machado
Diaz
Carlos Mendieta
Thy
Aqueduct Service
Army
Public Works Administration
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D. S. Chisholm
Orphir
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
J. A. Bessie
Duck
Lindbergh Trophy
Sahara Peaks
Palisades CCC Board
Hopkins
Yukon
Florence
Gancke
Wilson and Co
Will Rogers
Fighting Chance
Midwest
U. S
Frazier Munt
Hunt Ban
Cedar Rapids Ganette
Frazier Aunt
Wall Street
Middle-West
Qut
Reno
College of Agriculture
Ames
Huey and Coughlin
Farley
Tugwell
Congress
Witn
Ah-tar-Lin
Ak‘ar-ben
Neuraska
Otto Swanson
Henry Wallace
Trans- Missouri
trans-Mississippi
Stati of
Trme
Nebraska
Kansas
Indiana
John Brown
Carrie Nation
Jerry Simpson
the Murdocks
Ozarks
Associated Press
Oraibi
Arizona
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