Demands arise over guarding condemned killer McCall
A Miami report notes a special watch on Franklin P. McCall to prevent self harm while awaiting execution for kidnapping and murder. The piece critiques state actions and notes WPA tensions in Chicago over fishermen disturbing a project. It cites voter experiences and political commentary from 1930s era, with reflections on democracy, elections, and party labels.
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Franklin P. McCall
Little Jimmy Cash
Miami
McCall
Major Brooke Charged With Murder In Fort Benning Death
Maj. John R. Brooke, 45, an infantry instructor at Fort Benning, is charged with murder after authorities say he beat his wife to death with a No. 1 golf iron. Mrs. Brooke, mother of three, was found at the foot of a stairway in their Columbus home. Brooke pled not guilty and was arraigned before U S Commissioner N A Brown. FBI led the investigation and Brig Gen Asa L Singleton released him to civilian authorities.
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Columbus
Fort Benning
John R. Brooke
Muscogee
U. S
N. A. Brown
Brooke
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. W. Vincent
FBI
Brown
Asa L. Singleton
Major Brooke
Army
Barbara
Caroline
Europe Finds Easy Payment Plan for English Debts
Column by ARTAUR "BUGS" BAER notes Europe has discovered a formula of easy payments for England to settle wartime debts. It proposes two hundred million dollars yearly for ten years and argues for accepting the offer while England is amenable, masking moral concerns with economic pragmatism.
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England
Europe
Weekly Forecast for Chicago and Upper Mississippi Valley
CHICAGO AP reports the week brings generally fair conditions early. Expect showers Tuesday or Wednesday and again in the southern portion Thursday. Temperatures rise Monday, dip cooler by Wednesday or Thursday, and warm again by Saturday.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
South
Primary reform urged after petition signers push candidate
The passage criticizes petition signers who back an unsuitable candidate for dog catcher to avoid hurting feelings. It notes bipartisan Iowa state chairmen agree the primary law should be amended soon. The piece urges timely reform in election procedures and primary rules.
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Iowa
What is education and its purpose in life
An essay on June graduates facing a world in need of form and purpose. It defines education as training the intellect in natural laws and shaping affections and will toward harmony with those laws. It argues knowledge of science history philosophy and arts should cultivate character, sound mind, and social responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huxley
Milton
Half Million Found In Safe Of Eccentric Recluse
MASONTOWN Pa AP A fortune estimated at up to 500000 was found in an old safe after the death of recluse Fred Schroyer 72. Four heirs including Mrs David Gans of Philadelphia watched as the safe door opened by a locksmith. Police guarded the scene as the safe was moved to a garage behind headquarters.
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Masontown
Dean D. Sturgiss
David Gans
Philadelphia
Fred Schroyer
Sturgiss
Schreyer
Uniontown
Charles E. Moffatt
J. C. Beck
Franks
Fred
County Official’s Car Stolen From Court House
Cedar Rapids police tied up ten recent car thefts on Saturday while seven youths were taken into custody. Earl Brockman deputy county auditor reported his green coupe with cream wheels stolen from behind the court house near the county jail at 1 30 p m.
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Cedar Rapids
Earl Brockman
Court House
Man Drowns Saving Drowned Girl in Platte River
Ashland Nebraska IN S The bodies of John B Benston age 47 and Luella J Mills age 9 were recovered from the Platte River after Benston drowned while attempting to save the girl who disappeared while wading. The child was found a half mile downstream.
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Ashland
Neb
INS
John B. Benston
Luella J. Mills
Platte River
Benston
Cash Kidnapper Formally Accused In Florida Case
Homestead Florida fireman coroner's jury formally accuses Franklin Pierce McCall of abducting and killing Jimmy Cash Jr. in a case where McCall has already claimed full responsibility. FBI agents describe the eight page confession aligning with Hoover's account as the jury reviews the timeline from ransom to discovery. State's Attorney Worley notes ongoing proceedings.
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Homestead
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
Little Jimmy Cash
McCall
James B. Cash
Princeton
Federal Bureau of Investigation
E. J. Connelly
FBI
Connelly
J. Edgar Hoover
Sam McKee
Czechs Order Troops Held In Barracks
Prague ordered troops confined to barracks in districts voting on Sunday’s municipal elections to prevent clashes as tensions rose. A Hodza spokesman denied reports the Sudeten German memorandum would shape future talks amid protests in Sudeten and Slovak regions and Nazi press accusations. Britain sent observers to study conditions and advise both governments.
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Prague
Milan Hodza
Warnsdorf
Bohemia
Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Nazi Germany
Adolf Nitler
Britain
Private plane crash near Worland kills five
A private plane piloted by 34-year-old William O. Bashaw of Seattle crashed on a farm near Worland Wyoming leaving four men and a woman dead. Also deceased were Helen Brattus of Renton Washington Lloyd Paris 28 of Worland Wesley Bard 28 of Spokane and W B Bledsoe of Valley Falls Kansas. Sheriff John Nicola said witnesses reported the plane's motor failed and the craft nosedived.
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Worland
Wyo
William O. Bashaw
Seattle
Here
Bashaw
Helen Brattus
Renton
Wash
Lloyd Paris
Camp Good Health Fund Drives First Group to Camp
A list shows donations totaling 1754.05 dollars for the Camp Good Health Fund. Individuals and groups such as Jessie K Wood in memory, Loretts Miller memorials, a First Presbyterian Sunday school class, the Colins Radio Employees association, and Keystone 4-H club contributions are noted along with small gifts from others, including specific amounts. The cumulative total reflects broad community support for the camp program.
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Camp Good Health Fund
Jessie K. Wood
Cellins Radio Employes Association
Oeef Nora E. Nel- ES N.bals Clakelpad aSced
Kane Teilers
Keystone
Nettle E. Sisam
Zera Kensington Club
Ernestine Mimeck
Camp Good Health Opens Monday For Disabled Children
Fifty nine physically handicapped children prepare to attend Camp Good Health run by Public Health Nursing. Roberta a ten year old in hospital after tonsil removal smiles for the photographer. The family faces poverty and limited nutritious food. Roberta hopes the tonsil operation ends her sore throats and illness as the camp opens.
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Camp Good Health
Monay
Public Health Nursing Association
Haven ,of Health and Happiness
Roberta
Wedding signals end of president's Era In Family Life
John Roosevelt to marry Anne Lindsay Clark on Saturday ending thirty two years of fatherhood for President Roosevelt as the family chronicles the births and early years of Anna James Franklin Elliott and others amid campaigns and public duties with notes on the president and Eleanor Roosevelt from the 1905 private vows onward.
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John Lear
New York
Anne Lindsay Clark
John Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Little Anna
Anna
Franklin
Eleanor Roosevelt
Ted
Theodore Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
Navy
Elliott
Murder charge in boy's 400 foot fall at Agua Frio
Marion Black confessed to pushing 13 year old Marvin Nobbitt to his death from a 400 foot precipice at Agua Frio Springs. District Attorney Alan Fraser filed a murder complaint against Black, 28, of San Antonio, and said an identical filing would follow against Mrs. Black. The case involves an insurance angle with a $5,000 policy naming the couple as beneficiaries. Police arrested the couple after they sobbed at the boy's funeral.
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Alpine
Tex
Marion Black
Alan Fraser
Marvin Nobbitt
Agua Frio Springs
Black
San Antonio
Fraser
Big Bend
Elmer Taylor
Man Arrested for DWI After Crescent Drive Crash
Iowa state highway patrol arrested 21 year old Mike Hennessey of 1421 Mount Vernon Ave SE at 12 30 a m Sunday after his car rear ended G K Strausser at First Avenue E near Crescent Drive In the crash both vehicles traveled in the same direction Mrs J W Weltz and her husband were passengers in Strausser s car and suffered a head bump Police identified the suspect by the name Mike Hennessey and address.
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Cedar Kanids News
Mike Hennessey
Mount Vernon Avenue
Iowa State
G. K. Strausser
Third Street
First Avenue E
Crescent Drive
J. W. Weltz
Eighth Avenue
Strausser
Cedar Rapids Sees 54 Degree Night Low
Cedar Rapids recorded a 54 degree low late Saturday night as daytime highs rose from 58 in the morning to a 74 peak at 3 p.m. and cooled to 65 by 7 p.m. Skies were fair throughout the day.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Get The Gazette On Vacation
Readers planning a getaway can arrange vacation delivery by contacting The Gazette circulation department or sending a carrier key order to have the newspaper mailed to a vacation address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Scientists In Cave Still Ruled By 24-Hr Cycle
Mammoth Cave Kentucky AP two University of Chicago psychologists Dr Nathaniel Kleitman and Bruce Richardson live a 28 hour day deep underground to test whether humans can override the natural 24 hour cycle. With constant 54 degree temperature and no sunlight they report remaining guided by circadian rhythms, hoping to observe longer schedules and potential 21 hour shifts. They have eaten slept and lived underground for about a week with only a cave guide bringing food water and newspapers. They may stay four to five weeks and will compare data to an earlier Chicago test that failed due to outside noises daylight and other disturbances.
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Mammoth Cave, Ky
University of Chicago
Mammoth Cave
Nathaniel Kleitman
Department of
Psychology
Chicago
Bruce Richardson
Simpsonville
S. C
Dr. Kleitman
Kleitman
Dismissal of jury in James Crabb case ends trial
A jury of farmers and tradesmen could not reach a verdict after 33 hours of deliberation on whether James Crabb II, 22, vil lage banker's son, killed his 19 year old bride Betty Collison Crabb. Judge Joseph Daily discharged the panel and ordered a new trial for the former University of Illinois student.
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Pekin, II
James Crabb
Betty Collison Crabb
Joseph Daily
Husky
University of Illinois
Summer Hours For Local Stores In Cedar Rapids
Summer hours for Cedar Rapids retail stores set by the executive committee of the retail merchants bureau of the Chamber of Commerce take effect tomorrow. Weekday hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The schedule runs through August 20.
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Cedar Rapids
Retail Merchants Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Navy joins in hunt for missing sailing quartet
Long Beach California radio networks and navy ships joined a search for Lieuten ant-Commander Stanley M. Mathes retired, his daughter Louise 19, and two crewmen aboard the 80 foot schooner Smith K Martin unseen since leaving Newbern North Carolina March 19. Mrs Mathes appealed for help and said her husband last wrote March 11 saying they faced winds and a sandbar mishap but planned to continue their voyage to Long Beach via Puerto Rico and the Panama Canal. Mathes served in the navy supply department at Charleston West Virginia and was known as a capable navigator.
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Long Beach
Calif
United States Navy
Navy
Newbern
N. C
Stanley M. Mathes
Smith K. Martin
Louise
Dudley
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Mathes
Porto Rico
Panama Canal
Predict President Gillette To Find Harmony Basis
Washington observers expect President Roosevelt to court harmony with Senator Gillette after Gillette's Iowa primary renomination. The White House invited Gillette to a Sunday luncheon and a dinner hosted by Senator Herring, Iowa delegation members, and Rev. Maurice Sheehy, with no comments from the participants.
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Gillette
Washington
Roosevelt
Senator Gillette
White House
Iowa
Otha Wearin
Harry L. Hopkins
James Roosevelt
Rule Workers Laid Off May Vote On Bargaining Rule
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that employees laid off at the recession's outset last autumn may vote in current elections for collective bargaining. It certified the United Auto Workers as exclusive agent for Marlin Rockwell Corp in Jamestown New York and rejected a company claim to exclude workers laid off around September 24. The board said these employees have a reasonable expectancy of reemployment and retain their status.
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Washington
INS
National Labor Relations Board
United Auto Workers (Cio
Marlin-Rockwell Corp
Jamestown
N. Y
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