Italian Bomber Crash Sparks War Scare Across Morocco
Rome opened an inquiry into a crash of planes said to be Italian bombers over Morocco. If Italians were involved, the spokesman said they likely acted through private enterprise, while France and diplomats fear foreign arms would inflame the Madrid conflict. Cannonading continued near Irun as embassies weighed shifts in intervention risk.
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Morocco
Foreign Office
Italy
Hendaye
France
INS
Spain
Algeria
Madrid
Irun
Renteria
Oyarzun
Elya
San Sebastian
Barcelona
Valencia
Gale Drives Planes Toward Morocco in Spanish Crisis
A violent Moroccan coast gale Thursday drove down two to four airplanes, likely Italian, armed with machine guns and munition. One craft landed on the French Spanish Morocco frontier with three killed and one wounded. Civilian passports and Italian papers were found. the incident stirred European capitals over possible Italian aid to Spanish loyalists and risked a shift in France’s arms policy, with further details on Page 2.
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Paris
Morocco
Europe
Spain
Chemical Analysis Of Clue May Solve Co-Ed Murder Case
Asheville officers report a chemical analysis of a secret clue may bring an early solution to the murder of 18 year old Helen Clevenger in her hotel room two weeks ago. Detective Captain Fred Jones said the clue could crack the case or be of little value and would not reveal its nature.
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Asheville
N. C
Helen Clevenger
Fred Jones
Spanish Rebels Seize Mountain Pass To Madrid
Paris dispatch reports the white army advancing in the north while Madrid Reds retreat. At Villages of Robregordo near the Somta Sierra Pass, observers describe artillery barrages and a shifting front as the Whites claim control of the pass and threaten Madrid.
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Madrid
Robregordo
Somta Sierra
Ins
Spain
Europe
Iowa Temperatures on Upgrade Again
Fair and warmer weather returns as temperatures soar toward 100 degrees in Iowa. Meteorologist Charles D. Reed of the Weather Bureau says cool northern breezes fade, warmth moves in from the northwest, with central Iowa highs near 95 Friday and 100 plus Saturday. Forest City leads with 92 while Marshalltown dips to 45.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
United States Weather Bureau
Reed
Forest City
Marshalltown
Funeral for Bert C Busby Set for Saturday
Funeral services for Bert C Busby longtime Linn county supervisor will be held at 9 30 a m Saturday in the Yocom chapel Marion with burial at Oak Shade cemetery Marion Marion lodge A F and A M and Patmos commandery Knights Templar to assist The Linn county courthouse will close all day Saturday for the service except for the county democratic convention and officials will attend no driver license exams at the courthouse that day.
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Bert C. Busby
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Maywood
Ill
Yocom Chapel
Marion
H. O. Allen
Congregational Church
Oak Shade
Marion Lodge
A. F
A. M
Patmos
Roosevelt Visits Quebec Promotes Good Neighbor Policy
President Roosevelt addresses ceremonies in Quebec marking his first official visit by a U S president to the Dominion. He cites a century of peace and 3000 miles of undefended border as a model for an armed world and notes French and English harmony. Discussions with Canadian leaders cover St Lawrence waterway reciprocal trade and Passamaquoddy tide project.
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Quebec
Roosevelt
Canada
United States
Dominion
Mr. Roosevelt
Lord Tweedsmuir
Mackenzie King
St. Lawrence Waterway
Passamaquoddy
Monsieur le Premier
Minister de Quebec
Monsieur le Maire
Grande Province
Etats-Unis
The Way of Understanding in Frosts Light
A reflective piece on Robert Frost as a living poet, blending mirth with wisdom. It highlights his view that life merges vocation and avocation, the value of humor amid gravest matters, and the idea of inner revolution through personal change. It also notes a brief verse about God showing faith mixed with humor.
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Robert Frost
Woodchuck
DR. Newton
Melibaeus
God
Democrats To Name District Delegates
The democratic county convention meets Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Cedar Rapids courthouse to select sixty five delegates for the August 5 district convention in Clinton where a candidate will be nominated to fill the Second district vacancy caused by Congressman B M Jacobsen's death.
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Court House
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
United States
B. M. Jacobsen
Seers Plan Campaign For Legal Status In New York
The national association of fortune tellers, restricting membership to scientific predictors, announced a Friday campaign to legalize and legitimize their craft. They argue it is unjust that stock brokers make predictions while fortune tellers are barred by law.
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New York
National Association of Fortune Tellers
Iowa Barbers' NRA Price-Fixing Law Ruled Invalid
The Iowa supreme court ruled unconstitutional the barbers price fixing law permitting cities to set minimum barber shop prices. Chief Justice Parsons said the measure violates due process by restricting sale of labor and questions state power to fix fees. Des Moines barber Jack Duncan challenged the law, previously upheld by District Judge Shanklin.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa
James M. Parsons
Parsons
Jack Duncan
Frank S. Shanklin
Duncan
Donegan
Hamilton
Justice Mitchell
Lindbergh Watches German Air Stunts in Berlin
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh watched an air derby at Templehof field where an array of international pilots performed stunts and Germany unveiled its newest aircraft. A meeting with Adolf Hitler remained uncertain.
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Berlin
Charles A. Lindbergh
Templehof
Germany
Lindbergh
Knox Appeals for Return to American Way in GOP Drive
Republican rally in Chicago stadium marks kickoff of a nationwide campaign against the New Deal. Knox accepts vice presidential nomination with a pledge to preserve free enterprise and battle un American practices. Hoovers and other leaders expected to join the effort as party intensifies its political offensive.
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Chicago
Frank Knox
America
Knox
Hoover
Alf M. Landon
Chicago Stadium
Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt
New Deal
Landon
G.O.P
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Daniel O. Hastings
Delaware
Frederick Steiner
Oregon
Chester Bolton
Ohio
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Wais
New Heat Wave Lags In Cedar Rapids
A fledgling heat wave shows little progress in Cedar Rapids under clear skies Friday. The temperature rose to 93 degrees by 2 30 p m after starting at 50 at 5 a m and hitting 68 at 7 00 a m and 87 at 10 00 a m. A light breeze tempered the heat. Thursday's high of 89 occurred at 3 30 p m with a drop to 79 by 7 p m and 57 at midnight per Chambers Inskeep charts.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Florida coast hit by 90 to 100 mph storm winds
Gusts 90 to 100 mph pounded Florida gulf coast near Valparaiso. Panhandle towns reported heavy rain and high tides threatening flood damage. Panama City saw minor damage and no deaths. evacuations occurred along the coast as CCC enrollees sheltered in Valparaiso, with Pensacola likely to escape the worst of the storm.
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Pensacola
Fla
Gulf Coast
Valparaiso
Here
Red Cross
Panama City
Florida
Invalid keeps town lashed by hurricane in touch with world
James T. Long, a 40 year old amateur radio operator confined to a wheelchair, used his station W4KB in Valparaiso Florida to relay storm conditions after other communications failed. W4CIQ in Mobile answered the call and reported no deaths or serious injuries but significant property damage.
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Mobile
Ala
INS
Valparaiso
Fla
James T. Long
W4kb
Long
W4ciq
Out On The Acres farmers interviews begin August 2
The Gazette announces a new series of farmer interviews titled Out On The Acres. Ray Anderson returns as farm editor to ask farmers about crop conditions and views on presidential candidates across eastern Iowa. The first interview appears August 2 in The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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Ray Anderson
Gazette
Iowa
Corn futures hit dollar in Chicago pit on drought hits
In Chicago, corn futures climbed to one dollar per bushel for the first time in six years as drought worsens and experts warn daily losses reach 25,000,000 bushels. Officials anticipate Argentine imports reaching 50,000,000 bushels, higher farm elevator prices, and potential meat price effects in coming months.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Nat C. Murray
Clement Curtis and Company
Local Corn Trading Slows Amid Soaring Prices
Farmers hold corn awaiting crop prospects as prices surge. Dealers report limited trading with profit taking and a large on hand supply. Oats and barley markets mirror uncertainty as growers await further price signals and production outlook.
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Jers
Council Fails to Cut Budget in Friday Session
Iowa taxpayers urged a total $31,500 reduction in the proposed municipal budget for 1936 tax levy but the city council kept expenditures near the original level and would raise $815,165 by taxation. Real estate tax will rise by $84,175.43, with $905,465 listed for all purposes except waterworks and sewage. Paul Clark and John Wagner spoke for local property interests at the hearing.
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Iowa Taxpayers Association
Paul Clark
John Wagner
Clark
Board of Health
Standard Oil Raises Tank Wagon Prices In Iowa
Standard Oil Company of Indiana announced prices to be raised to normal in Iowa markets effective Aug 1. Tank wagon rates list Standard 15.8 to 16.4 cents per gallon, High Test Ethyl 17.8 to 18.4, and Third Grade 14.8 to 15.4, with adjustments to bring Third Grade within one cent of normal or up by one cent if below.
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Standard Oil
Iowa
Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Peifer Found Dead In Cell After Sentence
John P Peifer convicted in the $100000 Hamm kidnaping killed himself in the county jail two hours after a thirty year federal sentence. He was found on his cot and rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Doctors cited poisoning as the cause. He had been alone in the cell less than an hour before the discovery.
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ST. Paul
John P. Pefefer
William Hamm, Jr
Peifer
E. W. Miller
Harold Andresen
Hamm
Joyce
Archie M. Cary
United States Marshal’s Office
Bolton
Edmund C. Bartholmey
Bensenville, Ill
St. Paul Brewing Company
Alvin Karpis
Charles Fitzgerald
Leavenworth
Arthur
Doc” Barker
Karpis
Barker-Karpis
Elmer Farmer
Edward G. Bremer
Eight Porto Ricans Sentenced on Sedition Charge
Eight Porto Rican nationalists led by Pedro Albizu Campos were convicted of conspiring to overthrow the U S government by force and sentenced to six years in prison in San Juan Puerto Rico. It was the second trial for the group after the first jury disagreed.
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San Juan, P. R
Pedro Albizu Campos
United States
Bus starter finds nickel after signal cord incident
At the Great Lakes exposition a bus starter pulled the signal cord causing a halt. He ran back along the road and returned with a nickel he had dropped on the last trip. A curious passenger asked what happened and the starter explained.
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Cleveland
Gazette delivery notice for vacation readers
The Gazette offers mail delivery during vacations. Cedar Rapids and Marion carriers provide order blanks to have The Gazette mailed to campers resorts hotels or relatives while away. Readers are urged to order before departure to enjoy uninterrupted updates.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Marion
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