Vandenberg to Lead Landon Campaign Efforts in 1936 Bid
Senator Arthur Vandenberg announced a strong role in the Landon presidential campaign. He will open with a August 6 Chicago speech, joining the four horsemen of the GOP including Landon, Knox, and Hamilton. Vandenberg outlined a cross country drive on farm reform civil service and trade issues to defeat Roosevelt. He met with Hamilton and Knox and planned a Chicago start after dinner with Gifford and Mrs. Pinchot in Chicago following a London visit.
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Topeka
Kan
Arthur M. Vandenberg
Michigan
Alfred M. Landon
Chicago
Union League
Vandenberg
Landon
Frank Knox
John D. M. Hamilton
Roosevelt
Gov. Landon
Hamilton
Knox
London
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Rare Books Vaults Guarded by East Fifty First Street Owner
Eight million dollars in rare books and manuscripts lie in a single vault on East Fifty-first street New York. The owner A S W Rosenbach controls three other vaults in addition to this one.
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East Fifty-first Street
New York
A. S. W. Rosenbach
Barge Lines Above Dubuque Cease Operations Amid Low River
In St Louis AP report the federal barge lines on the Mississippi north of Dubuque suspend operations indefinitely due to low water. Dredges try to keep the channel open but face difficulties as the river drops toward a historic low. River officials warn heavy rains are needed within days to avoid a minus three feet reading.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Edward Berry Lifelong Millersburg Resident Dies
Edward Berry 68 a lifelong Millersburg resident died about 8 am Tuesday of a stroke suffered while helping his brother James move cattle from a cornfield. James left his brother for a short time and returned to find him unresponsive. He was found at the scene by family members and pronounced dead at the scene. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Berry
Millersburg
Ellen
Edward Berry
James
Evening Radio Schedule Highlights And Broadcast Listings
A dense listing of radio programs across networks NBC CBS and more. It details evening and morning airings featuring orchestras singers and dramas with stations and times across WEAF WJZ WABC KYW WOW WBBM KMOX and others. The schedule includes Burns and Allen Johnny Adams and Eddie House segments along with symphony and classical broadcasts.
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One Man’s Family
NBC
Weap Chain
WJZ
Cavalcade of America
CBS
WABC
KMOX
WCCO
WBBM
Jerey Monroe
WJZ Warne King
WEAF
WJZ Chain
Oe Com Orch
Busse Orch
Jan Waster Orch
WGST
Johnny Acs Orch
Weaf Chain
Sie Romanelli
WJZ Ain
Cummins Orch
ABC Waco
Eddie House
Creekiees Club
Orch
Larry Vincent
Bob
Wabc Chain
Wausan
Alden Edkins
A. Risnery
Salon Musicale
Wendell Hall
Windows Music Maker
David Harum
Pepper Young’s
Kyw Wow
Mabele Jennings
Sade
Foxes of
Old Kentucky
Madge Marley
Carl Landt
South Sea Islanders
Clyde Barrie
WOC
One Chain
WLW
Berlin
Loretta Lee
Nichols Orch
Iene *N Andy
Ren Kyw
Natl
Hiss "Kemp Orch
Cee
Jean Morgan Orch
Donahue Orch
Stabile Orch
Bernie Cummins
Benny Goodman
ABC
Henry Busse Orch
Snendor
Ene Givot
Jimmy Lunceford Orch
Hadle Duchin Orch
Oe Watkins Oorch
Charles Jorch
Baie House
Carl Sehreiber Orch
Joseph Chernin
Noctumne
Highway Death Toll Drops in First Half 1936
Chicago reports a 500 fewer highway deaths in January to June 1936 than in the same period of 1935, with 15,390 fatalities across 37 states. May and June saw sharp increases, but officials say travel growth and ongoing safety campaigns suggest progress toward a planned 38,000 fewer deaths by 1940.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
Sidney J. Williams
Contract For Rural Electric Lines In Two Iowa Counties
The Rural Electrification Administration signed a loan for 330 thousand dollars to build 330 miles of rural distribution lines in Scott and Muscatine counties Iowa. The project will serve more than 1 100 farms with power supplied by the Eastern Iowa Light and Power cooperative of Davenport.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Scott
Muscatine
Morris L. Cooke
REA
Eastern
Iowa Light and Power Co-Operative
Davenport
Spain war stance seen as isolated issue with no US involvement
Alice Longworth argues in Albuquerque that Spain's conflict remains European and distant for Americans. She notes Spain's isolation since the empire and the volatile monarchy, predicting conservative rule may return, but warns this does not imply a global fascist shift.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Spain
Europe
Alfonso
Spanish Republic
Alice Longworth
Approve Buses For Tri-Cities System
The Illinois commerce commission approved substituting buses for street cars on Tri-City Railways lines serving Moline Rock Island Illinois and Davenport Iowa. The plan phases out streetcars except the Rock Island Davenport link with 24 new buses to operate 16x32 passenger units and 8x23 passenger units. Fares remain 10 cents single 3 for 25 cents and 5 cents for children.
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Chicago
Illinois Commerce Commission
Tri- City Railways Company
Moline
Rock Island
Ill
Davenport
Iowa
Fourth Avenue
Seventh Streets
Fifth Avenue
Seventh Street
Eugene L. Cohn
Commerce Commission
Tri-City
Mayors Drive Bus Replace Streetcars Scheduling Boost
Mayors Bengston of Rock Island and Arp of Moline led proceedings to replace street cars with buses and to increase schedules and faster travel in the urban transit plan.
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Bengston
Rock Island
Arp
Moline
Three Arrested Al Spencer On Charge Of Altering Money
Wilford and Al Erens of Spencer and James Clarion Shields of Dickens were arrested on a federal charge of altering U S currency. They allegedly split one and ten dollar bills, pasted halves together, and passed them with ten dollar figures up. Three counterfeit notes recovered. a fourth thought circulating. Sheriff Erickson said the bills were passed where the men were known and the fraud easy to detect.
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Spencer
Wilford
al Erens
James Clarion Shields
Dickens
United States
U. S
Secret Service
C. F. Pattavine
Fred Erickson
Ash Williamson
Erickson
Norway Man Fined for Reckless Driving
Willis Rose of Norway was fined 100 dollars and costs on a reckless driving charge in Justice Almon S. Reed's court Tuesday. Rose was arrested by deputy sheriffs Saturday night on the highway near Fairfax.
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Willis Rose
Norway
Court of Justice
Almon S. Reed
Rose
Fairfax
Two Nephews Marry in Southern Family Ceremony
A humorous family note says two nephews wed this week but their mother denies the marriages by noting one married Jasmine and the other Lilac. The tone is playful and affectionate about the family joke.
Bids Opened For Aerial Soil Mapping In Linn County
Bowman Park Aero of Louisville Kentucky bids low among seven firms for soil conservation mapping in Linn Jones and Cedar counties at 4 60 per square mile The overall low bid will be determined after prints and enlargements are priced A E Larson Storm Lake bids 4 per square mile for Black Hawk Buchanan and Delaware counties Bowman also leads in Clayton and Jackson counties with 4 85 per mile The state committee will send bids to Washington for AAA approval and awards to follow.
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Des Moines
Bowman Park Aero Company
Louisville
Linn
Jones
Cedar Counties
Iowa Soil Conservation Committee
Bowman Company
R. M. Evans
A. E. Larson
Storm Lake
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Delaware
Bowman Park Company
Clayton
Jackson
Evans
Washington
AAA
Hope Gets Life Sentence For Rattlesnake Murder Part
In Los Angeles Charles H. Hope was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the rattlesnake torture murder of the wife of Robert S. James. James himself was convicted of first degree murder and faces the gallows with sentencing set for Sept. 8. Hope, the key state witness after his own guilty plea, will serve at Folsom prison.
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Los Angeles
Charles H. Hope
Robert S. James
James
Hope
Folsom
Quasqueton Farm Woman Burned After Fuel Mixup
Mrs. Clarence Boddicker of Quasqueton area suffered severe burns from shoulder to hip after mistaking tractor fuel for kerosene while starting a kitchen fire. Hired man Cyril Franck returned to extinguish flames on her clothing and the kitchen fire.
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The
Gazette
Quasqueton
Clarence Boddicker
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