Court Upholds Speech Right Over Chicago Park Board Refusal
The ruling affirms free speech against park board denial of Father Coughlin's Soldier Field speech on social justice. The column criticizes federal relief politics, notes farmer voices against high taxes, and discusses wealth concentration and inheritance taxes influencing economic policy.
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Chicago Park Board
Father Coughlin
Soldier Field
Joseph J. Kelly
Washington
Evelyn Smith Denies Guilt in New York Torso Murder
Evelyn Smith, a former Chicago burlesque performer, was arrested in New York as a principal in the Lang torso murder. Chicago police seek links between Smith, Blanche Dunkel, and Harry Jung, with Dunkel admitting a promised payoff and alleged involvement in drugging Lang before his death.
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New York
Evelyn Smith
Chicago
Ervin Lang
Blanche Dunkel
Lang
Smith
Harry O " Jung
Hammond Ind
Lake Michigan
Beechers and a Lesson on Life’s Bargains
A Beech er biography fragment recounts a Thomas Beecher sermon born from a lemonade stand where three and five cent prices sparked a moral lesson. The tale uses a pup-in-a-bargain twist to argue beware of hidden costs in everyday deals.
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Beecher
Adams
Lyman Beecher
Thomas Beecher
Lorillard Sues Over Tobacco Tax Challenge
Lorillard Tobacco Co of Newark New Jersey filed a U S district court suit in Cincinnati to enjoin tobacco processing tax collection and seek a ruling that the AAA is unconstitutional. Two similar suits had been filed earlier in Virginia and North Carolina.
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INS
P. Lorillard Tobacco Company
Newark
N. J
U.S
AAA
Virginia
North Carolina
Taft, Tettinius and
Hollister
Kidnap Hoax Bet Draws Publicity Wager In Columbus
Robert C. Byers of Columbus faced 36 days in the workhouse after pleading guilty to a similar charge from the hoax. He bet Al Gorman of Jacksonville that he could secure front page publicity within 72 hours for under 100 dollars, with the loser buying a dinner.
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Cleveland
Robert C. Byers
Columbus
Byers
al Gorman
Jacksonville
Fla
Gorman
Fia
Explosions Kill Seven Soldiers Near Ismidt
In Turkey two munitions dumps near Ismidt exploded over Friday and Saturday after a cigarette ignited dry grass. Officials say the blasts killed seven soldiers and damaged stocks of cartridges and hand grenades.
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Ankara
Turkey
Ismidt
Nazi campaign to spread anti Jewish hatred worldwide
American churchman reports from Berlin on Julius Streicher led anti Jewish drive. He describes a secret office run by Streicher and Paul Wurm to promote anti Semitic sentiments abroad and to undermine Jewish life in Germany and beyond. The interview notes Streicher aims to globalize hatred.
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Berlin
Julius‘ Streicher
Germany
Tian Imada
Streicher
Paul Wurm
Roosevelt Enjoys Hot Supper Aboard Sequoia
President Roosevelt sailed down the Chesapeake Bay aboard the yacht Sequoia and expressed relief at finally having a hot supper. The White House is undergoing kitchen renovations, leaving the First Family with cold meals, and Congress awaits with ongoing adjustments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chesapeake Bay
Sequoia
Heat Peak Hits 98 as Cedar Rapids Stifles Saturday
Cedar Rapids endured a scorching Saturday with a 98 degree high between 2 and 3 p.m. Parks beaches and pools filled as residents sought cooling breezes. Readings from Chambers Inskeep showed 84 at 7 p.m. and 82 at 10 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers _ Inskeep company
Wesley Houser Believed Drowned Near Prairie Creek
Wesley Houser aged about 60 is believed drowned in Prairie Creek east of Highway 161 near Cedar Rapids. Companions Stanley Koval and Joseph Kovacik reported he swam ahead of the group, left his clothes on the bank, and did not return after about an hour as police and Coroner B. L. Knight searched the area.
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Cedar Rapids
Wesley Houser
K Street
Prairie Creek
Highway 161
Stanley Koval
Sixteenth Avenue
Joseph Kovacik
Houser
Koval
Kovacik
Housel
B. L. Knight
Rust Threat May Trim 1936 Wheat Acreage
Washington AP report says the Farm Adjustment Administration weighs 15 to 18 percent cuts below base in 1936 wheat if rust damage is light. If damage is minor the cut could reach 20 percent, with rust spread delaying final decision until next week.
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Washington
Farm Adjustment Administration
Chicago
Cuttin
Black rust crisis fuels wheat price surge in North America
Chicago reports warn that black rust May 1935 in North American spring wheat crops threatens global supply. Canadian and U S field notes back the claim the year is the worst rust year on record, sending wheat prices up the daily limit and lifting values 16 cents a bushel in three weeks.
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Chicago
United States
Workman Collapses From Heat On City Crew
Harry Hoover a city street repair worker collapsed from heat while working near Fourteenth Street in First Avenue E at 3 p.m. Saturday. He was taken by ambulance to Mercy hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
Harry Hoover
Fourteenth Street
First Avenue E
Mercy Hospital
Women Battle Meat Sales Blockade In Hamtramck
In Hamtramck Michigan about 1 000 housewives marched on Joseph Campau Avenue Saturday to stop meat sales until prices drop. Stores closed or kept meatless as crowds watched hungry shoppers, torn bundles, and guards patrolled streets amid protests demanding a 20 percent price cut.
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Hamtramck, Mich
Joseph Campau
Detroit
German protests flare over LaGuardia masseur license clash
Berlin reports Mayor LaGuardia blocked German national Paul Kress from operating as a masseur in New York City, violating a 1923 German American treaty. German papers urge apology amid fury over the Bremen incident and alleged U S complicity in anti German feeling. Diplomatic steps to compel respect for the pact are anticipated.
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F.H. LaGuardia
Paul Kress
New York City
United States
New York
Bremen
LaGuardia
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
der. Angriff
Nazi Party
Germany
Louig
Nathan Pet Pend
Seven Hurt in Dyersville Head-On Collision
Special to The Gazette reports seven people injured in a head-on crash near Dyersville Saturday afternoon between cars driven by Neal Clute age 20 of Earlville and John Cotterell age 19 of Epworth. Passenger J Francis Brooks age 18 of Earlville suffered a possible skull fracture and internal injuries and was not expected to live. Clute and three others in his car—Mrs John Clute 39 Violet Clute 17 and June Bateman 18—received severe cuts while Cotterell and Clifford Scott 25 of Epworth also sustained facial and head injuries. Local officials are investigating. Clute’s car was traveling west.
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the Gazette
Dyersville
Neal
Clute
Earlville
John Cotterell
Epworth
J . Francis Brooks
John Clute
Violet Clute
June Bateman
Dubuque
Cotterell
Clifford Scott
West
Jews Seek To Save Ark Of Covenant In Ethiopia From War
Paris dispatch reports Jewish interests sought to insure and safeguard the Biblical Ark of the Covenant, said to rest in Aksum Ethiopia, from damage in possible Italy Ethiopia war. Semitic group approached underwriters over policy cost while scholars stress the ark’s sacred and historic role in Israelite history.
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Ethiopia
Paris
Italy
Aksum
Solomon
Sheba
Israel
Midwest Heat Wave Tops Records Across States
The heat wave sweeps the Midwest with many cities hitting triple digits. Des Moines 95, Lincoln 103, Norfolk 104, Mitchell 110, Topeka 105, Kansas City 103, and Sioux Falls reports rising fatalities from heat. Duluth boasts air conditioned relief at 74. Dallas records another hot night with one heat death. Cooler coastal regions offer some relief.
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S.D
Topeka
Kan
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Wis
Minnesota
St. Paul
North Dakota
Chicago
Lincoln
Neb
Norfolk
Des Moines
Oklahoma City
Pat i McCarran
Nevada
Midwest
Duluth
Dallas
Man Dies After Night Adrift with Shark Attacks Offshore
In Catalina Channel near Avalon California a 23 year old dental student Barney Wilkes clung to his father Dr. Alfred L. Wilkes after their motorboat capsized. Sharks attacked both men leaving wounds. The son was rescued and treated. autopsy to determine death cause.
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Catalina Island
Calif
Barney Wilkes
Los Angeles
Catalina ‘Channel
Alfred L. Wilkes
Selner
Wilkes
Georgia Street
Catalina
San Pedro
Constable Moricich
Moricich
Avalon Hospital
Bolivian Cabinet Resigns to President Sorzano
The Bolivian cabinet handed its resignation to President Luis Tejada Sorzano on Saturday night in La Paz, signaling a political shift amid ongoing turmoil in the country.
Weather Outlook For Chicago and Midwest Regions
Weather outlook for July 29 to August 31 covers upper Mississippi lower Missouri valleys and northern central plains with temperatures mostly above normal and chances of local showers on one or two days.
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Mississippi
Missouri Valley
Central
Great
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