Nellie Granger Bravest Girl in Air Service
Nellie Granger, a 22 year old nurse turned TWA hostess, survived a 1936 crash at Chestnut Ridge. She rescued two others, recovered from nervous shock, and returned to flying despite fear, becoming famed as a top airline hostess while aiming to become a co pilot.
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Kansas City
Nellie Granger
Nellie
TWA
Chestnut Ridge
Pittsburgh
Meyer C. Ellenstein
Newark
C. C. Challinor
Cleveland
Challinor
London
The
Airways
Plain N. H. Granger
Givether Line
N. H. Granger
Sam
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Honolulu
England
Nell
Miss Granger
Senate Curb on Lending Bill Draws Mixed Votes
The Senate approved an amended 1.95 billion lending bill after rejecting Senator Danaher’s alternative. The measure trims funding for railroad equipment roads farm tenant aid and rural electrification while preserving public works and export credit allocations. The plan shifts certain projects to state and federal loan mechanisms with higher interest for ultimate borrowers.
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Congress
Harry G. Utley In Crash Near Coggon
Deputy Sheriff Harry G. Utley of Manchester and Ralph Smith age 20 collided north of Lamont near Coggon Friday night. Both cars damaged but neither driver hurt. Smith drove Sullivan of Ryan’s car. Sullivan carried no liability insurance.
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Manchester
Harry G. Utley
Ralph Smith
John Smith
Lamont
Coggon
Smith
Howard Sullivan
Ryan
Utley
Sullivan
Girl Hit On Head With Claw Hammer Incident
A man attacked Bernice with a claw hammer at a dining house after two other men and a regular customer fled. Police sought the trio and witnesses including a man driving an old Model T Ford. Neighbors aided the injured girl after she cried out.
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Bernice
Protest Anti British Agitations In Japan
The article notes intensified anti British agitation in Japan with security lines closing gaps along the boundary between Japanese and British defense sectors. The British home fleet sails for training and firing practice ahead of large peacetime war games due mid August. Prime Minister Chamberlain expected to brief Parliament on British French Soviet talks and possible staff discussions on a mutual defense pact. French Foreign Minister Bonnet indicates General Doumenc may depart for Moscow around mid next week.
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House of Commons
Chamberlain
Bonnet
Paris
Joseph Edouard Doumenc
Moscow
Chaplin Named "New Moses" by German Jews in Vienna
The Vienna Jewish community crowns Charlie Chaplin as a twentieth century Moses as thousands plan to emigrate from Germany. Chaplin funds multi million dollar relief to aid emigration and aid for those awaiting entry to the United States. Part of the fund is held in Milan where 50 dollar bonds backed the departure of 1,000 German Jews last week.
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Vienna
Charlie Chaplin
Germany
Chaplin
United States
United Press
Milan
Italy
City Briefs And Personals In Des Moines Area
Lieut George Cockburn Jr and Major M O Reiff depart Friday for two weeks at Fort Des Moines. Townsend club dance set for 8 30 p m Monday in Odd Fellows hall 109 Second avenue SE. Byron K Anderson returns from Chicago after Life Insurance Sales Research bureau school July 17 28 at Edgewater Beach hotel. Linn County Chiropractors Study club to meet Tuesday at 8 p m in Montrose hotel Carl Asher of Davenport health bureau guests speaks Chiropractors from surrounding counties invited. Hedges company reports recent sales of five east side and three west side residences a valuable lot to be developed by a business concern three suburban properties and an acre tract Clarendon Hills lot to host a fine home and a west side lot.
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Townsend Club
Odd Fellows Hall
Second Avenue SE
Byron K. Anderson
Chicago
Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau
Edgewater Beach
Linn County Chiropractors Study Club
Montrose Hotel
Carl Asher
The
Chiropractic Health Bureau
Davenport
Hedges Company
East Side
West Side
Clarendon Hills
Deaths Adolph Lawson Cedar Rapids Resident
Death has been reported for Adolph Lawson of 283 Johnson Avenue NW Cedar Rapids born in Sweden and former stone cutter. He died in Chicago where he visited his daughter Mrs A I Peterson. Funeral services are set for Monday at 4 pm in Turner chapel with Rev Henry Scherer officiating. Burial will follow in Linwood Cemetery. He is survived by his daughter nieces and nephews.
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Adolph Lawson
Johnson Avenue
Chicago
A. I. Peterson
Lawson
Sweden
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Saron Lutheran Church
Turner Chapel
Henry Scherer
Linwood Cemetery
Funeral services for Jonathan L Halley announced
Funeral services for Jonathan L Halley of Center Point will be at 2 30 p m Monday at the Center Point Christian church with Rev George Stoffacher of Cedar Rapids officiating. Burial in Linwood cemetery Cedar Rapids. He was born February 3 1883 at Fontanelle Iowa lived in Cedar Rapids most of his life and married Evelyn Newland December 12 1918. He was a commercial salesman for Pittsburgh china and glass factories and a member of the United Commercial Travelers Cedar Rapids Good Fellowship club. He was survived by his wife three sisters a nephew and a niece and several uncles and aunts.
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Jonathan L. Halley
Cedar Rapids
Center Point
Christian Church
George Stauffacher
Linwood Cemetery
Mr. Holley
Fontanelle
Evelyn Newland
Holley
Pittsburgh
United Commercial Travelers Council of
Thomas Meade Improves After Appendix Operation
Thomas Meade nine year old son of Mr and Mrs C T Meade living at 1054 Twelfth Street NE underwent an appendix operation Thursday at Mercy Hospital and is reported improving nicely.
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Thomas , Meade
C. T. Meade
Twelfth Street
Mercy Hospital
Birth of Daughter to Mc Kinstrys in Grand Rapids
A daughter named Suzanne was born July 28 at St Marys hospital in Grand Rapids Michigan to Mr and Mrs Robert L Mc Kinstry. The couple are former Cedar Rapids residents with Mrs Mc Kinstry formerly Alice Jirouch.
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Suzanne
Robert L. McKinstry
Grand Rapids
Mich
St. Mary’s Hospital
McKinstrys
Cedar Rapids
McKinstry
Alice Jirouch
Largest Iowa flower show planned in Cedar Rapids
Preparations are underway for what is expected to be the largest flower show in Iowa. The Iowa Gladiolus Society and Cedar Rapids Gladiolus society host the two day event August 12 and 13 at Memorial Auditorium with thousands of flowers on display. Exhibitors may enter garden flowers free of charge. gladiolus entries require society membership. Prizes total about 250 dollars with twelve silver and gold trophies.
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Iowa
Iowa Gladiolus Society
Cedar Rapids Gladiolus Society
S. G. Sunith
Mount Vernon Road
Man Eats Razor Blades In Harbor Drug Store
A 42 year old Indiana Harbor man Frank Bloom rushed to the counter at Goodman drug store after buying razor blades and began chewing them. He was taken to a clinic then released after psychiatrist Dr. George Fletcher found no illness. Bloom said he eats blades when tired, comparing it to others craving dextrose.
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Indiana Harbor
Ind
INS
Goodman Drug
Frank Bloom
George Fletcher
Fletcher
Bloom
Dr. Fletcher
Society Matron Sues Over 500000 Love Piracy
Los Angeles case filed by Mrs. Dorothy C. Barton against Mrs. Dorothy C. Mower widow of the American Tobacco Co president. Barton claims Mower enticed and abducted Clifton Frank Barton from his wife and their 2 year old daughter Anne, triggering a transfer from New York to Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
INS
Dorothy C. Mower
American Tobacco, Company
Clifford Frank Barton
New York
Dorothy C. Barton
Mower
Barton
Mayfair
After 56 Years The Buffalo Times Exits Field
The Buffalo Times a 56 year old daily and Sunday paper announced discontinuance in its Sunday edition. Editor George H. Lyon did not elaborate. Control had been split with Earl J. Gaines since last year leaving Buffalo with one daily morning and Sunday paper and one daily evening paper.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Times
Times
George H. Lyon
Scripps- Howard
Lyon
Earl J. Gaines
Estimates show 3 000 000 American school children handicapped
Figures indicate about three million American school children are affected by defective hearing, according to contemporary estimates.
State University Short On Hashers State University Short On Hashers
Iowa City insiders report the University of Iown employment bureau struggles to place both students and non students in campus jobs. Manager Lee Kann says demand is high for positions paying three meals daily in dormitories cafeterias and hospitals. After September first the bureau expects even tougher recruitment.
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Iowa City
INS
University of Iown Employment Bureau
Lee Kann
Bureau
Kann
Panhandler Misreads Chief for Mystery Man in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania a panhandler grabbed a business suited man and was handed to a police officer. He asked who the man was and was told the Chief of Police George J. Shoemaker.
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Harrisburg
George J. Shoemaker
National and Royal Expenditures Highlighted for Yearly Costs
The President of the United States incurs expenses and White House upkeep totaling about 450000 dollars annually. King George's civil list is normally appropriated at 2888900 dollars.
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United States
White House
Offers An Eye To Blind Friend Doctors Say No
James Redman blinded in an accident and his friend Charles Seymour, who offered to donate an eye, prepared to hitchhike home to Little Rock Ark. Mayo clinic physicians advised against the transplant.
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Rochester, Minn
James Redman
Charles Seymour
Mayo Clinic
Little Rock
Ark
Seymour
Redman
President Roosevelt Seeks Marlin Spearfish Catch
In Ocean City Maryland on Saturday President Roosevelt, famed for fishing, cast for marlin spearfish at the Jack Spot shoal 22 miles off shore. The Potomac communicated for Cayuga to deliver bait and gear as reports said white marlin were abundant and easy to catch.
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Ocean City
Roosevelt
Potomac
Coast Guard
Cayuga
Fling Ended as Murderess and Partner Return to Prison
Velma West and Mary Ellen Richards reentered the Ohio reformatory for women in Marysville after a sensational escape with two others still at large. The pair, described as in their last fling, were back inside 39 days after fleeing custody following the hammer murder of West's husband.
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Marysville
INS
Velma West
Hammer
Mary Ellen Richards
Ohio Reformatory For Women
Grave of 600 A. D. Anglo-Saxon chief found near Ipswich
Archaeologists report a grave near Ipswich dated around 600 A. D. that held the remains of an Anglo-Saxon chieftain. The burial included an 82 foot long galley, jewelled ornaments, a gold sword, and silver and gold vessels. Antiquarians hail the find as highly important for Britain.
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London
Ipswich
Britain
Duffy linked to Mexico oil deals spurs senate clash
Senators challenge Bridges for imputing acts to a colleague and citing a New Deal era rule. The presiding officer rules Bridges not out of order, McKellar withdraws his appeal, Borah warns against voting to appear to restrict reading of a statute or article.
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New Deal
Bridges
Senate
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Wash
Robert M. la Follette
Wis
Kenneth McKellar
Tenn
Guffey
McKellar
William E. Borah
Idaho
Winchell Prediction Triggers Hollywood Marriage Twist
Bettie Butler, 24, testified that Al Rogell wed Irma Warner after Walter Winchell on radio predicted the marriage. Butler had hoped to marry Rogell after two years of courting, claiming Rogell’s reaction confirmed the broadcast influenced his decision.
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Hollywood
Bettie Butler
al Rogell
Irma Warner
Jack Warner
Walter Winchell
Bettie
Winchell
Rogell
Warner
Mrs. Warner
Pigeon Bounty Discussed Over Clock Tower Nuisance
Madison county officials weigh offering a bounty to rifle marksmen to shoot pigeons that perch on the four faces of the courthouse clock. Caretaker William Schetter reports scores of birds ride the clock hands, altering the mechanism and making time run fast or slow.
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London, C
Madison County
William Schetter
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