Delegations Uninstructed Key to Nomination Battle
Eastern delegations from New York and Pennsylvania and hesitant southern blocs hold the key to the Republican nomination with about 502 votes needed. State-by-state delgation leanings show Landon, Knox, Borah, and Vandenberg across the map, with various districts instructed or undecided.
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Cleveland
New York
Pennsylvania
Alf M. Landon
Alamada
Arizona
Landon
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Knox
Dickinson
Connecticut
Delaware
Lanon
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
London
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Nice
Massachusetts
Michigan
Vandenberg
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Borah
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Dakota
Ohio
Taft
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Community House Opens Season At Camp Conservation
The Community House starts its seventh season at Camp Conservation with a two week session for girls age 5 to 9. The camp near LaFayette operates through August 29, funded by Cedar Rapids donors, with a nine period summer schedule.
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Community House
Conservation
Waltonians
Elizabeth Bender
Marvel Foster
Doris Minot
Margaret Hedges
Cornell College
June Larson
Coe College
Jane Sloan
Cedar Rapids
LaFayette
City Briefs and Personals Highlights Local Happenings
G D Hood of Chicago, Rock Island telegraph superintendent, visited Cedar Rapids on Monday. Justice Grunewald revoked a suspended 30 day sentence for Joe Jacque on an assault charge. The Iowa Optometrists group to meet Wednesday at 8 pm with Dr J C Landenberger. Mrs Ethel Burt was fined $10 and costs for assault and battery, with the fine suspended. Robert Bowman of the Detroit News, formerly with Cedar Rapids Gazette, visiting his parents in town. Firefighters responded to a truck fire on Highway 30 caused by overheated brakes and a burst air hose.
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G. D. Hood
Chicago
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
W. J. Grunewald
Joe Jacque
Ethel Burt
H Street
Mary Matousek
Robert Bowman
The
Detroit News
Cedar Rapids Gazette
M. W. Bowman
C Avenue
Highway 30
West City
Holcraft Transfer
Sioux City
Child Injuries After Bicycle Fall Reported
Marie Ann Fischer four at 818 A avenue NE was treated at St Luke s hospital Sunday evening for bruises on her left ankle and facial scratches after falling from a bicycle she rode with an older girl.
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Marie Ann Fischer
Avenue NE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Daughter Located After Iowa Man Dies at Wheel
Linn county coroner Dr B L Knight announced Monday that he found the daughter of Albert L Adams 68 who died Saturday morning while driving north on Center Point road NE near Avenue. The daughter Mrs O G Brewster of Chicago was en route to Cedar Rapids Monday.
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B. L. Knight
Linn County
Albert L. Adams
Center Point Road
Gavenue
O. G. Brewster
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Disorderly house fines levied in police court
Arthur Turner 34 of 904 Fifth Street SE and Isaac Stennett 45 of 305 Eighth Avenue SE were fined 100 dollars for keeping a disorderly house after pleading guilty. Others fined 10 dollars for disorderly house and intoxication included Harold Hamer 25, Jesse Miller 41, Charles W. Miller 51, Gus Johnson 40, Bert Crews 48, John Jackson 55, and John Jackson Jr. 23, with Victor Johnson 32, Pat Manning 45, William H. of Los Angeles, and Matousek 53 paying 10-dollar fines.
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Arthur Turner
Fifth Street
Isaac Stennett
Eighth Avenue
Harold Hamer
Fifteenth Avenue
Jesse Miller
Seventh Avenue
Charles W. Miller
Eighth Avenue SE
Gus Johnson
Third Street
Bert Crews
Ninth Street
John Jackson
Tenth Street
Fourth Street
Victor Johnson
Pat Manning
Marriage Licenses for Frank Verteiko and Ruth Ward
Cedar Rapids couple Frank Verteiko and Ruth Ward obtained marriage licenses in the city, with both parties listed as residents of Cedar Rapids.
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Frank Verteiko
Ruth Ward
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque U President Receives Coe Honorary Degree
Dale D. Welch of the University of Dubuque was awarded an honorary doctor of laws by Coe College at its fifty fifth commencement in Sinclair Memorial chapel. Welch, born in Strawberry Point and a 1921 UD graduate, later earned an MA from Cornell in 1928 and served as UD high school principal and speech head. He has held roles with Epworth seminary and is active in Dubuque community work, including the planning commission and YMCA board.
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Dale D. Welch
University of Dubuque
Coe College
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Coe
Strawberry Point
Welch
Northwestern University
Cornell University
Epworth Seminary
Epworth
Iowa
University High School
Dubuque
Coe Graduation Honors 110 Graduates At Commencement
The 50th anniversary ceremonies at Coe College featured Dr. H M Gage and Dr. Ross addressing graduates after diplomas were presented. An honorary doctor of laws was conferred on Dale D Welch of Dubuque University with awards announced by Dr. Gage. Top scholars included Hattie C Klahn and Virginia Kunig, with a long list of awardees.
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Max Daehler
H. M. Gage
Coe
Ross
Paul S. Ray
Alfred S. Nickless
Davenport
Dale D. Welch
Dubuque University
Robert Little
First Presbyterian Church of
Cedar Rapids
Coe Board of Trustees
Welch
Gage
Anamosa Man Pleads Guilty to DUI Charge
Gerd Weers 34 of Anamosa pled guilty in district court before Judge H C Ring to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Bond set at 500 dollars. He was arrested east of Prairieburg after driving into a farmyard and resisting entry to the car. Officers found a case with about eight beer bottles, all but two empty, in the vehicle.
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Gerd Weers
Anamosa
H. C. Ring
Weers
Prairieburg
Dick Payn
Henry Eichhorn
Jones County
Iowa City Man Sentenced on Auto Charge
Leonard L. Anderson, 19, of Iowa City, received an indeterminate one year sentence at the Anamosa state reformatory after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent, substituted for larceny. He drove a car owned by Leslie Cooper of Cedar Rapids from the Roosevelt hotel parking spot on April 20.
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Leonard L. Anderson
Iowa City
Anamosa State Reformatory
H. C. Ring
Anderson
Leslie Cooper
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Two Gypsies Returned In Cedar Rapids Theft Probe
Pillia George 18 of Louisville and Tom Cooper 21 of Nashville were brought to Cedar Rapids by Sheriff James H. Smith and Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon from Reinbeck. They were held on investigation into the disappearance of 45 dollars belonging to Charles Pratt 70 of Waubeek while Pratt was plowing corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pillia George
Louisville
Tom Cooper
Nashville
Sheriff pursuit after caravan in Grundy Center area
The sheriff's office broadcast a statewide description of suspects and their caravan near Waubeek last Wednesday afternoon. Sheriff George Maminga of Grundy Center notified Sheriff Smith that a goods vehicle had been stopped at Reink. Pratt accompanied the county officers there.
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Waubeek
State Bureau
George Maminga
Grundy Center
Smith
Reink
Pratt
Marion supervisor Bert C Busby Returns to Council Session
After an illness of several weeks Bert C Busby of Marion in Linn county's Second district resumed his usual seat in the council session Monday morning.
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Bert C. Busby
Marion
Linn County
Counc
Landon Drive Dominates GOP Convention Lobbying
Delegates and leaders from Texas and Kansas rally for Landon with Sunflower demonstrations while Borah and Vandenberg resist bandwagon tactics. Knox reinforces Landon as strong second choice amid hopes of first ballot nomination. Hoover weighing influence on wage plank debate as anti plank factions push restraint.
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Frank Knox
Illinois
William J. Donovan
New York
Landon
Donovan
Colonel Knox
Edward A. Hayes
Knox
Texas
Borah
H. E. Exum
Amarillo
Kansas
John M. Landon
Peggy Anne
Sunflower
Vandenberg
Fillmore Class Honored as Miss Rugh Becomes Principal
A Fillmore school banquet honored the 6A graduates whose class began seven years earlier when Miss Mabel Rugh, wounded in a Saturday night accident, began as principal. The program featured a class history and songs, with Miss Rugh delivering a toast.
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Fillmore
Fillmore School
Mabel Rugh
Rugh
Wendell Freeman
Betty Louise Johnson
Marie Hansen
Jean Peet
Jean Jungjohann
Bobbie Bain
George Blake
Harold Barnes
Jack Kidd
Oscar Lundquist
Lenore Stepanek
Ee Juhl
Farm Planks for I C P Debated by Agriculture Leaders
Delegates gather as Kansas plan eyed for farm plank acceptance by Gov. Alf Landon and any candidate. President Edward A. O Neal of the American Farm Bureau Federation and Louis Taber of the National Grange attend opening conclaves. Illinois delegates poised to influence plank shaping, with Borah and Knox offices also shaping farm ideas.
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Alf. M. Landon
Edward A. O’neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Organized Agriculture
Illinois
Kansas
William E. Borah
Ida
Col. Frank Knox
Chicago
Republican Platform Fails To Back Immediate Gold Return
In a dawn dispute, Republican conferees rejected a move to commit the party to an instant return to the gold standard. The platform committee, led by Landon supporters, proposed a sound money plank tied to gold when possible and aimed to curb Roosevelt's money powers while seeking global currency stability. Hoover favored gold, Borah opposed, and farm belt allies questioned the shift.
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Cleveland
INS
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
William E. Borah
London
Fined $10 For Selling Chances On Punchboard
Charles Novak aged 28 of 127 Fourteenth Avenue SE was fined $10 and costs in police court for gambling by selling chances on a punchboard. Novak, operator of a pool hall at the address, was arrested by police county and federal raiders Saturday night.
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Charles Novak
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Novak
Births Reported for Four Families in City
Norbert Richard Malik, son of Mr and Mrs Julius Malik of 1019 Third Street SE, born June 6 at Mercy hospital. Louise Kathryn Platz, daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred Platz of 519 Fourth Avenue SE, born June 7 at Mercy hospital. Robert Jerry Goodwin, son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Goodwin of 517 Seventh Avenue SE, born June 7. Gloria Darlene Bell, daughter of Mr and Mrs George I Bell of 718 Second Street SW, born June 7 at Mercy hospital.
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Julius Malik
Third Street
Norbert Richard
Mercy Hospital
Alfred Platz
Fourth Avenue
Louise Kathryn
Kenneth Goodwin
Seventh Avenue
Robert Jerry
George I. Bell
Second Street
Gloria Darlene
Ickes and Hearst Clash Over Landon’s Nomination
In a sharp public exchange during the 1936 campaign, Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes and publisher William Randolph Hearst clash over Gov. Alf Landon. Both defend their positions as Roosevelt tours the South and Midwest to stump for reelection. Hearst supports Landon as the majority choice, while Ickes accuses backers of steering the platform.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harold L. Ickes
William Hearst
Ickes
Alf M. Landon
Ickes Randol. Hearst
Kansas
Texas
Arkansas
Indiana
Kentucky
Hearst
New Deal
Landon
Gov. Landon
Republican Platform
Mr. Hearst
New York
Deaths Leo Muenster 70 Beatrice farmer dies after operation
Leo Muenster 70 retired Beatrice Neb farming figure dies at a local hospital 1 25 am Monday after an operation. Born Mineral Point Wis March 8 1866 he lived in Beatrice 51 years. Survived by brothers Julius Osborne Kan Oscar Mineral Point and sisters Mrs S A Bodell Waterloo and Pauline Muenster Mineral Point. Friends may call at Beatty chapel.
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Leo Muenster
Beatrice
Neb
R. O. Bodell
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Mineral Point
Wis
Julius
Osborne
Kan
Oscar
S. A. Bodell
Waterloo
Pauline Muenster
Beatty Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Anna Gustafson Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs Anna Gustafson will be held in Beatty chapel Tuesday at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev George Stauffacher. Burial will be in the family lot in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the family home near Palo until 9 a.m. Tuesday.
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Jack Bate Sarte
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Donald Behrli
J Wing
William H. Knaack
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Margaret H. McCall
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Fred A. Oberfell
Margaret Hayne Vernon L. Stintzibert Horak
Stuart T. VanDorn
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Russell A. Peters
Dolores Andre Bachelor
Biiner
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W. Baker Hattie & Pieperman
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Charles B. Clay
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Maxine Culbertson
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