Five Criminally Insane Fugitives Recaptured
Five of sixteen criminally insane men who escaped from a Minnesota state asylum near St. Peter were recaptured by Sheriff J. C. Bremer by Monday noon. Tom Delarge and David Rhoades, both using false names, were nabbed near St. James while with three vagrants trying to hitchhike. Lawrence Devol led the group, a Stillwater life term bank robbery convict considered highly dangerous. Six fled in a stolen car. search for the remaining eleven continued with guards and state agents.
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ST. Peter, Minn
St. James
Here
Tom Delarge
Minneapolis
David Rhoades
Ramsey County
J. C. Bremer
Bremer
State Criminal Bureau
Delarge
Rhoades
New Ulm
National Guard
Lawrence Devol
St. Peter
Stillwater
Third Northwestern National Bank
Devol
O'Connor uses Free to push Western Iowa liquor case
Edward L. O'Connor makes Fred Free a special assistant as he presses a grand jury in Woodbury County to investigate Sioux City liquor and gambling violations. The piece questions motives, payments, and the lack of prosecutions, noting past grand jury findings and calls for action against implicated officials and criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Free
Sioux City
Edward L. O’connor
Iowa
Free
Woodbury County
O’connor
State House
The
Gazette
Joe Gagen
Walter Maley
Fred
Woodbury
Maurice Rawlings
Max Duckworth
Rawlings
Ed O’connor
Mr. Free
Clyde L. Herring
Herring
United States Senate
Washington
Hearst Gains Point And Loses One In Wire Seizure Fight
In Washington AP Hearst wins a point and loses another in his suit to stop the senate lobby committee from further using his telegrams seized. The U S court of appeals granted a special appeal from a lower court that refused an injunction, but the appellate court did not restrain the committee pending a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Randolph Hearst
Senate Lobby Committee
United States Court of Appeals
Senate
Weather Man Turns In An Ideal Day
Cedar Rapids reports an ideal day with temperatures rising to 84 degrees at 2 45 p m and a morning low of 54 The day featured fair skies with filmy clouds and a mild evening as per Chambers Inskeep company records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Hoeppel And Son Denied Rehearing
Rep John H Hoeppel and his son Charles J Hoeppel were denied a rehearing by the U S Court of Appeals after a DC supreme court sentence from four to twelve months for conspiring to sell a West Point appointment. They were found guilty of arranging the sale of an academy slot to Baltimore athlete James Ives for $1000.
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Washington
INS
John H. Hoeppel
Calif
Charles J. Hoeppel
U. S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia Supreme Court
West Point
Military
James Ives
Baltimore
Britain Notifies U S of Default on June Debt Installment
Washington officials reported that Britain informed the United States Monday of its intention to default outright on its 85 million dollar debt installment due June 15. The move highlights a potential clash over international payments and financial obligations.
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Washington
INS
Great Britain
United States
Literary snobbery vs genius in magazine ad debate
In a London daily ad a new magazine seeks writers of high social rank, sparking a critique of class bias. The piece argues that great minds like Shakespeare Burns and Keats rose from humble origins, while social position should not gate genius.
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Homer
Euripides
Cleito
Shakespeare
Burns
Keats
Carlyle
Dickens
Sir Walter Scott
Lord Byron
Thackeray
Jesus
Haile Selassie May Meet Mussolini in Rome
Report from London says Emperor Haile Selassie may travel to Rome to negotiate directly with Premier Benito Mussolini if the League of Nations fails to act against Italy's Ethiopian conquest. Mussolini reportedly offered to let Selassie keep the throne and rule part of Ethiopia.
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London
Haile Selassie
Rome
Benito Mussolini
League of Nations
Italy
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Central City Woman Injured In Fall From Moving Auto
Mrs. Fred Doubenmeier a Central City resident 40 was hospitalized with serious head injuries after falling from a moving car at 7 p m Sunday. W H Hope 80 of Los Angeles was admitted to Mercy hospital for facial abrasions possible shoulder fracture and cuts after stepping from a train at Beverly and being picked up by a local ambulance.
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Cedar Rapids
Fred Doubenmeier
Central City
Mercy Hospital
Doubenmeier
W. W. Hope
Los Angeles
Calif
Beverly
Our
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936
A 1936 Cedar Rapids toll report lists accident counts and injuries with a minimal note on fatalities. The entry records the total accidents and injuries, noting no deaths in the summarized line.
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Cedar Rapids
Coe College Commencement Noted for Ross Address
One hundred ten seniors received diplomas at Coe College Monday in Sinclair Memorial chapel. Dr. Edward A. Ross of the University of Wisconsin delivered the address on The Evolution of Humanity in Our Time and touched on press criticism in advance notes.
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Coe College
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Edward A. Ross
University of Wisconsin
Coe
Funeral for Miss Rugh to be held Tuesday at 4 p.m
Funeral services for Miss Mabel Rugh will be held 4 p.m. Tuesday at Turner's chapel. She was the Fillmore school principal and daughter of Mrs. George Rugh, fatally injured when struck on Sixth street at A avenue NE. Burial in Linwood cemetery. American Legion auxiliary members will attend in a body. Dr. B L Knight, coroner, said no inquest and absolved driver Donald L Rankin of blame.
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Turner’s Chapel
Mabel Rugh
George Rugh
Eighth Street
Fillmore School
Sixth Street
Avenue NE
Robert Little
First Presbyterian Church
Linwood Cemetery
American Legion Auxiliary
Memorial Coliseum
Miss Rugh
Legion Auxiliary
Turner Chapel
B. L. Knight
Donald L. Rankin
Rankin
Luciano to Appeal Verdict of Guilty in Vice Case
Charles Lucky Luciano and eight others were convicted on 62 counts in a four week trial for operating a $12,000,000 a year compulsory prostitution syndicate. Attorneys planned an appeal arguing the constitutionality of the new consolidated indictment law.
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Luciano
New York
Charles “Lucky
Nine Teen Officials Go On Trial for Embezzling Funds
In Kiev, nine teen officials and workers from the Ukrainian council of labor unions go on trial charged with embezzling 5,000,000 rubles ($1,000,000) in state funds.
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Kiev
Camp Good Health Fund Aids Girl With Crossed Eyes
A Cedar Rapids Gazette appeal describes Bessie, eight, treated at Camp Good Health for strabismus. With glasses and eye exercises, she improved after two seasons under nurse care and ongoing physician visits. Her body remains thin. a further camp season is urged with reader donations to the Camp Good Health Fund.
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Bessie
Camp Good Health
Foo
Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Public Health Nursing Association
Convention Program for Tuesday at Republican National
Cleveland AP reports Tuesday sessions begin at 10 am CST with opening—fletcher presiding, singing America, prayer by Rev Albert Joseph McCartney, welcome by Harold Burton, Creole quartet, roll call, and elections of temporary officers. Committees to be chosen and duties assigned. Recess to 7 pm. Evening session to include introduction of temporary chairman and miscellaneous business. Adjourn to 10 am Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Albert Joseph McCartney
Covenant-First Presbyterian Church
Washington, D.C
Harold H. Burton
Debenneville Keim
Fletcher
Plane crash kills two in Dubrovnik business district
AP dispatch from Zagreb reports 2 people dead and several injured after a Jugoslav aircraft fell in the Dubrovnik business district. Fire and rescue crews cordoned the area as authorities investigated the crash site.
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Gagreb
Jugoslavia
Dubrovnik
Thirteen Cult Members Bound Over in Poole Slaying
Thirteen members of the Black Legion were bound over to circuit court for trial on charges of kidnapping and murder in connection with the May 12 slaying of Charles A. Poole in Detroit.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
Iowans Vie Over Iowa Resolution Committee Post
In Cleveland Ohio the Iowa delegation caucused to settle who will draft the resolutions for the Republican convention. Dan Turner Don L Berry and Clyde McFarlin compete with E P Chase who does not want the post. National Committeeman Spangler pushes a unit rule and a gentlemens agreement to back Lester Dickinson on the first presidential ballot. Dickinson indicated plans to seek renomination.
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Cleveland
Iowa
Resolutions Committee
Dan Turner
Corning
Don L. Berry
Clyde McFarlin
E. P. Chase
Atlantic
Harrison E. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Spangler
Lester J. Dickinson
Dickinson
To Broadcast G. O. P. Convention Tuesday
Radio networks will start coverage of the Republican national convention at 9 30 a m CST Tuesday with vocal preliminaries. The broadcast runs until a late evening recess around 9 p m when Senator Frederick Steiner is expected to deliver the keynote address.
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New York
Frederick Steiner
Kansas delegates prep farm plank for GOP convention
Kansas Republicans plan to present a farm plank aimed at stabilizing prices and production. Representative Hope leads the push with Capper on a tariff based subsidy plan. American Farm Bureau backs production control and MFN in trade pacts, while Hiram Bingham proposes tariff and quota protections for U S farmers.
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Cleveland
Kansas
Edward A. O’neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Hope
Kan
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
Borah Resists Moves to Stop Leading Candidate at Convention
In Cleveland Borah says he will not join any drive to block London or other strong candidates. He stresses party welfare, calls for a dynamic platform, and insists his candidacy is secondary to enunciating a clear program for foreign policy and reform.
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Cleveland
William E. Borah
Idaho
London
Borah
Republican Party
Republicans gather for 21st convention in Cleveland
Delegates arrive in Cleveland as London leaders claim steady progress while Senator Borah says nothing is settled. Simeon Fess notes Landon’s presence, and John D. M. Hamilton reports gains for Landon’s campaign. Borah seeks a convention address invite amid platform debate.
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Cleveland
London
Borah
Simeon Fess
Ohio
Landon
Hamilton
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Hoeppel and Son
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U. S
DR. Newton
Haile
Weer
DR. Ross
Wisconsin
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Cedar Rapids News
Ross
Good Health
Temple Judah
Committee On
G. O. P. Convention
Bulletin
Kansan
G.O.P
Knox
Vandenberg
John Thomas
Republican Platform Committee
David Reed
Pennsylvania
Raps
John D. M. Hamilton
Alf M. Landon
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