Postville Raid Nets Eight Alleged Robbers In Iowa
A posse from Iowa and Minnesota raided Postville, arresting eight men and seizing more than three thousand dollars in stolen goods plus two thousand four hundred dollars in cash. The operation cleared two Iowa robberies and one Minnesota case, with five suspects found in possession of stolen property.
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Waukon
INS
Iowa
Minnesota
Postville
Illinois
Doc” Lawson
William Arthur
Arthur
Woman Killed On Viaduct After Gas Runs Out
Mrs. Lida Sullivan, 68, of Marion, was killed when a Kenwood street car struck her on the Thirtieth street viaduct in First avenue E. Deputy coroner Dr. J J Terrall ruled the death accidental after tracing her actions with friend Jess Hunter and her decision to walk toward Marion when the car ran dry of gasoline.
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Cedar Rapids
Lida Sullivan
Marion
First Avenue E
Kenwood
J. J. Terrall
First Avenue
Twenty-fifth Street
Hunter
Sullivan
Doctor Loses Radium During Transatlantic Trip
New York dispatch reports eleven small radium capsules worth 4500 dollars lost or stolen from Dr. Ludwig Heine of Berlin between Switzerland and New York. Ship stewards hotel staff and European authorities search for the capsules, which pose danger if opened.
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New York
Ludwig Heine
Berlin
Here
Switzerland
Heine
Nazi Killed as Danzig Riot Breaks Out
One Nazi was killed and many injured during a nationalist meeting riot in Danzig on Saturday. Eight of the wounded were rushed to hospitals.
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Danzig
Ins
Seven year old girl edits weekly paper for Landon letter
Gloria Hoyt, a 7 year old editor of The Star in Mountain Lakes New Jersey, suspended this week due to press crowds and reporters. The issue carried a letter from Governor Alfred Landon praising her journalistic effort. The paper, sold at 1 cent, has grown from five to fifty copies in five weeks.
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Mountain Lakes
N. J
INS
the Star
Gloria Lee Hoyt
Alfred M. Landon
Gloria
Billy Henry
Ker Plunk
Landon
Kansas
Gloria Hoyt
Alf M. Landon
Clarence L. Hoyt
American Women Defeat British In Cup Match
United States wins sixth straight Wightman Cup as Helen Jacobs and Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan beat Kay Stammers and Freda James in seven match to clinch the series 1-6 6-3 7-5 in Wimbledon England.
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Wimbledon
Eng
United States
England
Helen Jacobs
Sarah Palfrey Fabyan
Kay Stammers
Freda James
Navy Dept Awards 191 Planes to Three Corporations
The Navy Department contracted three firms to supply 191 new aircraft to bolster the naval air force. The purchase price was not disclosed.
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Navy Department
Washington
Naval Air Force
Dionne Quintuplets Parents Expect New Baby Soon
The Dionnes, parents of the world’s only living quintuplets, are expecting another child within two weeks. The due date ranges from Monday to month’s end, with help expected from Leon Legros at the Dionne farmhouse. The family quarantined due to measles among older siblings Rose and Ernest.
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Callander
Oliva Dionne
United Press
J. Legros
Dionne
Leon Legros
Rose
Ernest
Legros
Cedar Rapids Auto Accident Toll
A Cedar Rapids auto incident left 254 people involved, 156 injured, and no deaths reported in the readable fragment.
Landon Calls Knox and Aides to Conference
Gov. Alf M. Landon launches his 1936 presidential bid with a conference planned in Topeka to unite Knox and the GOP national committee sub committee. He hopes July 22 to be the formal notification day and notes the platform as strong and straight. Landon and Mrs. Landon spoke with callers as supporters gathered.
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Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Frank Knox
Chicago
National Committee
Council of War
Lawrence
State University
Independence
Corn Belt Bank to Pay Another Ten Percent Dividend
Judge H C Ring in district court Saturday authorized D W Bates receiver of the Corn Belt Savings bank of Cedar Rapids to pay a 10 percent dividend on depositors claims. Previous dividends total 50 percent or about 300000. One dividend was 20 percent and three were 10 percent. No date set for payment.
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H. C. Ring
D. W. Bates
Corn Belt Savings Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Arraign 14 On Political Death Plot Charges
Fourteen men were arraigned in Detroit on conspiracy to murder political opponents linked to the Black Legion. Eleven target Kingsley editor of a Highland Park paper. three target Voisine mayor of Ecorse. Bonds set at 25000 each, two sureties, all jailed. Notable defendants include N Ray Markland former Highland Park mayor and Arthur F Lupp Jr state commander of night riders. Roy Hepner, absent due to injuries, to be arraigned today.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Arthur F. Kingsley
Highland Park
William W. Voisine
Ecorse
N. Ray Markland
Duncan C. McCrea
Leslie J. Black
Wolverine Republican League
Common Pleas Court
Arthur F. Lupp, Jr
Night Riders
Roy Hepner
Torch Squad
Dayton Dean
McCrea
Kingsley
Voisine
Fatally Hurt In Fall While Making Repairs On Moving Truck
Arthur Davidsmeyer 30 of Jacksonville Illinois died at 445 am Saturday from a basal skull fracture after falling from a moving truck on Highway 30 near Mechanicsville. He was repairing the vehicle, held to a headlight fixture that broke loose, and fell while the motor ran. He is survived by Edna his wife and his Jacksonville family.
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Arthur Davidsmeyer
Jacksonville
Ill
Mechanicsville
Davidsmeyer
Illinois Roadbuilding Company
Russell Curl
Curl
Moon
Williamson Chapel
Anamosa
Gatewood
St. Luke’s Hospital
Vets to keep WPA jobs as bonus bonds go out
About 250000 displaced World War veterans on federal work relief will not be discharged when they receive government bonus bonds starting Monday. The post office completes delivery of treasury certificates totaling 1.9 billion to 3518000 men, while 544000 total applicants seek reemployment.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Post Office Department
U. S. Treasury
WPA
Senate
Senate House
Parker Extradition Papers Signed in Albany
Acting Governor Bray signed extradition papers for Ellis Parker Jr. chief of detectives in Burlington County New Jersey. Parker faces charges in Brooklyn tied to the Lindbergh kidnapping inquiry after a grand jury investigation into the Paul Wendel abduction.
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Albany
N. Y
M. William Bray
Ellis Parker, Jr
Burlington County
N. J
Brooklyn
Bray
William F. X. Geoghan
Kings County
Parker
Mt Holly
Paul Wendel
Wendel
Lindbergh
Mother Donor Among Camp Good Health Fund Contributors
A mother left alone with three children is among contributors to the Camp Good Health Fund. Donations listed include amounts from Mary Louw’s friend and the Women’s Round Table Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. plus various notes of commendation. The fund supports Camp Good Health operated by the Public Health Nursing Association for physically handicapped poor children in Cedar Rapids.
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Camp Good Health Fund
Brandon
Mary Louw
Women’s Round Table
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Charles
Grandma
Camp Good Health
The
Public Health Nursing Association
Public Health Nursing Association For
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
the Gazette
Rapids
Landon Praises Hamilton for Fair Campaign Leadership
Kansas Governor Alf Landon salutes John Hamilton as a fair fighter and predicts a issue driven GOP 1936 campaign. He outlines plans for Topeka meetings with the national committee and notes Peggy Anne Landon’s arrival with her grandfather from Cleveland.
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Hamilton
Landon
Kansas
John Landon
Cleveland
Peggy Anne
Topeka
Convention City
Drunken Bicycle Rider Fined In Minnesota Court
In Fairmont Minnesota a man nicknamed the Solis faced a judge after riding a drunken serpentine path through downtown streets He denied intoxication telling the judge you cant ride a bicycle when you are drunk Patrolman Anker Smed noted the rider was in darkness with no lights while intoxicated and the fine was set at 13 50
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Minnesota
Fairmont
Minn
Peter Wiel
Harry Serle
Anker Smed
Roosevelt And Huey Long Unite For New Deal Support
President Roosevelt, touring the South, praised unity and reform while burying the hatchet with Huey Long’s machine. Governor Leche of Louisiana urged Democrats to back four more years of progress. Louisiana leaders sat with the President at a Dallas banquet as Long’s associates pledged cooperation.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Roosevelt
National Capital
Vincennes
Ind
Washington
Elliott
United States
Huey Long
Dallas
Richard Leche
Louisiana
Senator Long
Cotton Bowl Stadium
Leche
Earl K. Long
Sen
Allen Ellender
Belgium forms coalition cabinet amid nationwide strikes
Belgium unveiled a new coalition government led by Paul Van Zeeland after months of cabinet crises. The unity cabinet includes six socialists, five Catholics, and three liberals and faces strikes affecting about 50,000 workers. Authorities mobilized 2,200 reserve gendarmes to maintain order as the crisis continues.
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Brussels
Belgium
Paul van Zeeland
Temperature Pushes Toward Summer Level in Cedar Rapids
Temperatures rose toward summer levels under a bright sky in Cedar Rapids. Morning low was 51 at 6 a.m. with readings climbing to 66 at 7 a.m., 82 at 10 a.m., and 89 at 1:15 p.m. Friday reached 83 at 3 p.m., then 70 at 7 p.m. and 59 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
U S Warships Ordered To Hong Kong As Chinese Civil Strife Grows
Reports say Cantonese and central government forces clash with the southern army retreating northward to face Japan. U S S Asheville departs Shanghai, U S S Tulsa heads south after target practice at Chefoo. Demonstrations erupt in Canton and Peiping against Japanese imperialism.
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Hong Kong
United States
U. S. S. Asheville
Shanghai
Tulsa
Chefoo
Hunan
Canton
Peiping
China
Russia Keeps Navy Strength Secret Under Pacific Treaty
London reports that Britain agrees Russia may conceal current and planned Pacific fleet strength under certain conditions. Moscow would, in return, drop demands exempting its far eastern fleet from tonnage and gun limits, while retaining leverage to match Japan if a race begins.
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London
Soviet
Russia
Japan
Pacific
Great Britain
Japanese Navy Lands Marines in Amoy Amid China Tension
Six destroyers and one cruiser arrived at Amoy on Saturday and landed marines to protect Japanese lives and property. A naval officer said the fleet could move to Canton if needed. Reports of clashes between central government forces and South China forces surfaced as skies were reported along the Fukien border.
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Amoy
China
Canton
Nanking
South China
Fukien
Alcohol And Whisky Seized In Raid On Hogan Home
Police raid on the upstairs apartment of Mrs. L. F. Hogan at 117% First Avenue East yielded two gallons of alcohol and seven pints of whisky. Hogan was not jailed but charged by true information filed Saturday by liquor authorities. bond set at $500.
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Cedar Rapids
L. F. Hogan
First Avenue E
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