Fact check on Iowa ad rivalry in Cedar Rapids ads
The Cedar Rapids Gazette challenges a Time advertisement and a Des Moines Register Tribune promo claiming broad reach. It notes Linn county totals show Des Moines papers reach about 10.4 percent of families, not Cedar Rapids residents, and questions the claim that 37 percent of Cedar Rapids families read the papers.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Time
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Des Moines Tribune
Register
Linn County
Des Moines Papers Misleading Circulation Claims Stir Iowa Debate
The Gazette accuses the Des Moines dailies of inflating Cedar Rapids circulation, noting 5 661 readers in Cedar Rapids versus 2 333 claimed, and questions a Time ad claiming higher reach. It argues Linn county totals and Cedar Rapids figures are misrepresented to boost advertising value and cites past ad performance and Pulitzer context.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Des Moines
Des Moines Evening
Gazette
The
Iowa
Gaette
Des Moines Daily
Tragedy in Pittsburgh Feely Family Slain
Eleanor Feely 28 and her two children Robert 5 and Janice 3 were found dead in their home in Pittsburgh. Autopsy cites strangulation but questions remain about whether an outsider or self-inflicted actions caused the deaths that occurred within a locked residence.
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Pittsburgh
Eleanor Feely
Pittsburgh University
Robert
Janice
T. R. Helmbold
Helmbold
C. F. Young
Feelys
Congress Nearing Close Of Session Tax ironed Out
Congress moves to vote on the 800 million dollar tax bill in a late Friday conference report aiming to speed adjournment. Senate support remains mixed but leaders expect passage to end the Seventy-fourth Congress.
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Congress
Washington
INS
House
Robinson
Arkansas
Philadelphia
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Treasury-Post Office
American Bar Chief Urges Stand Against Dictatorial Tendencies
Davenport AP reports American Bar Association President Judge William L. Ransom warns Iowa Bar members to resist government moves to seize power beyond constitutional limits. The speech capped the state convention with over 400 attendees. officers reelected and Mason City slated for the 1937 meeting.
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Davenport
William L. Ransom
New York
American Bar Association
Iowa Bar Association
Flint
State Bar Convention
Bar
Ransom
J. C. Pryor
Burlington
Burt J. Thompson
Forest City
Mason Ladd
Iowa City
Mason City
Senate Votes for Black Legion Probe
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved by a unanimous vote a joint resolution for a sweeping investigation into the Black Legion and other un American activities of terrorist groups.
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Washington
INL
Senate Judiciary Committee
Black Legion
Widower dies saving daughter in Charlestown fire
In Boston a widower Olney Chandler 26 died after carrying his 5 year old daughter Ethel from a three tenement fire in Charlestown. He returned for his son Roger 2145 who also perished from burns and smoke inhalation at Haymarket relief hospital.
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Boston
INS
Ethel
Olney Chandler
Charlestown
Chandler
Roger
Haymarket
Senate Passes New Bill for Ship Subsidies
The Senate approved a compromise ship subsidy bill aiming to make private American shipping competitive with foreign lines. It allows a 50 percent construction subsidy, Americanizes crews, creates a maritime commission, and returns to the House for concurrence. Some senators call it the lesser of two evils and favor government ownership debates.
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Washington
Ins
Roosevelt
Senate
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Gibson
Vermont
Copeland
New York
House
Commerce and Post Office
Maritime Commission
Clark
Missouri
Borah
Idaho
Steiner
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Orient
Steward’s Departments
Nine Children Drown in Picnic Boat Tragedy Near Machias
A picnic boat carrying fifteen children overturned on Lake Gardiner near Machias Maine. Nine children are reported drowned with rescue teams from Machias and East Machias aiding the scene. Early word said two bodies were recovered.
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Machias, Me
Lake Gardiner
Machias
East Machias
Cedar Rapids merchant upset by New York window critique
A. L. Killian and his wife visited New York and learned a New York Sun feature mocked Cedar Rapids displays. Killian recalls a lavish Fifth Avenue window and jokes that editors assumed age. he insists he and his wife remain in their prime.
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A. L. Killian
Killian Co
Fifth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Killian
Dance Ship Tashmoo Wins Race With Death
The excursion steamer Tashmoo struck a rock in the Detroit River on a moonlight cruise. With 1,400 aboard, the ship flooded but reached Amherstburg, Ont., where it sank after passengers evacuated. Officials said dredging may have caused the rock dump. The vessel is valued at $700,000 and may return to service this season.
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Detroit
Detroit River
Ambherstburg
Ont
Donald McAlpine
Great Lakes
Coast Guard
Amherstburg
Tashmoo
White Star Steamship Company
Tashmoo Transit Company
Annual Church-In-The-Woods Offering Supports Health Camp
The seventeenth annual Church-in-the-Woods service at Big Rock Bever Park begins at 6 a.m. Sunday with an offering to Camp Good Health Fund. Funds aid the Public Health Nursing summer camp for physically handicapped children in Cedar Rapids. The tradition honors Mrs. Elizabeth S. Johnston and invites many worshipers to the open-air service.
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Camp Good Health Fund
Plumbers Ladies Auxiliary No
Cedar Rapids
Young Women’s Guild
Kenwood Presbyterian Church
Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
Elizabeth S. Johnston
Public Health Nursing Bureau
The
Peoples Church
Graven Sermon in Death and Remembrance
A friend’s grim humor of epitaphs and a dog Latin meditation on what we have, owe, and will be, ending with praise of God. The piece reflects on memory, legacy, and divine providence beyond human reach, citing tomb inscriptions and a church tablet. Copyright 1933.
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New York
Obadiah Wilkinson
Ruth
Summer Temperature Staging Comeback in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids saw a warming trend with temperatures rising from 57 at 6 a.m. to 91 by 1 p.m. and 95 by 2:45 p.m. under fair skies. Thursday’s peak reached 78 at 4 p.m. with cooler readings of 70 at 7 p.m. and 60 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Agent For Board Of Control Faces Drunk Driving Charge Here
Joe T. O'Neil 51 of Clinton an agent for the state board of control in Eldora was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in a preliminary information filed before Justice Reed. He posted $500 bond and was tested by a local physician who found him "pretty steady" though no formal statement was given. O'Neil said he drank beer but felt no impairment and denied intoxication.
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Joe T. O’neil
Clinton
State Board of Control
Eldora
Justice A. S. Reed
O’neil
Tom Brady
G Avenue
Roy Radebaugh
Dick Payn
Mount Vernon Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Payn
Radebaugh
O'Neil
Carl Hendrickson
Justice Reed
Gazette
Tipton
Lemke Seeks Presidency on Third Party Ticket
Washington United Press report states Rep. William Lemke of North Dakota, a nonpartisan league Republican, announced Friday he will run for president on a third party ticket. The piece notes earlier coverage on the third party movement and Father Coughlin's expected announcement.
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Washington
William Lemke
North Dakota
Nonpartisan League
Republican
Father Coughlin
Soon to Lift Italian Arms Ban
Washington officials say the American arms embargo on Italy and Ethiopia may be lifted soon after diplomatic checks confirm that Italian forces no longer fight black African warriors in the conquered kingdom. President Roosevelt reportedly expects the move once verification is complete.
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Washington
INS
Italy
Ethiopia
White House
Roosevelt
County Attorney Halts Money Games At Cedar Park Carnival
County Attorney G. K. Thompson ordered several alleged games of chance at the Cedar park carnival to cease. He announced Friday that money was the sole stake and that operators complied with the warning. Peace officers were asked to monitor for any reopening.
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Cedar Park
G. K. Thompson
Thompson
Livermore Board of Trade Seat Put Up for Sale
The board of trade membership of Jesse Livermore, a prominent stock operator in Chicago, was posted for sale on Friday.
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Chicago
INS
Board of Trade
Jesse Livermore
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936
Report lists toll figures for Cedar Rapids in 1936 with 253 accidents 161 injuries and no deaths provided. The sparse data presents totals without context or breakdown by month location or vehicle type.
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Cedar Rapids
Wheat gains surge after U S crop drought report
Chicago wheat prices climbed to seasonal highs as the Agriculture Department warned of drought in the northwest. July in Kansas City rose the daily limit, with Chicago, Minneapolis, and other markets posting solid gains and December futures hitting new highs amid drought fears. Dispatches said two and a half months of drought have killed millions of bushels and prompted Dakotan farmers to abandon fields.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Department of Agriculture
Northwest
Winnipeg
Duluth
Dakotas
Crop board notes deteriorating spring grain prospects
The federal crop reporting board said prospects for spring grains and hay declined in early June with crops in critical condition in western North Dakota South Dakota and eastern Montana. Rain improved some southeastern areas but many regions remained dry with pasture conditions low, though better than 1933 and 1911 droughts.
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Washington
Federal Crop Reporting Board
North
South
Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Georgia
Kentucky
Virginia
Ohio Valley
New York
Nebraska
Rio Grande River
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Minnesota
Great Plains
Tennessee
Lake Region
Three Bandits Kidnap Bank Employee in Farmingdale Robbery
Francis Gray, a First National Bank of Farmingdale employee, was seized on Main Street and dumped in the countryside after three bandits robbed him of a bag said to contain about $12,000 in cash. They fled in a black sedan toward the country.
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Farmingdale
N. Y
Ins
First National Bank of
Francis Gray
Long Island
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Feely
Life Magazine
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P. S
Bill
Fifth Ave
Cedar Rapids News
DR. Newton
Board of Control
Lemke
Bulletin
County Atty
U. 3
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