Hitler rallies Germans to vote yes in Rhineland plebiscite
In Cologne Hitler urged unity and pledged sovereignty as Germany eyes remilitarization. Foreign observers expect a strong turnout with 90 percent of voters likely to endorse Hitler while condemning Locarno. Goering dismissed any chance of retreat and warned Eden against cowards.
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Cologne
Germany
INS
Adolf Hitler
Britain
France
Belgium
Rhineland
Hitler
Locarno
Fuehrer
Europe
Krupp
Essen
Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Eden
Teacher Corrects Petting Remark Misunderstanding
Philadelphia report recalls high school teacher Lillian K. Wyman addressing the Pennsylvania Association of Deans of Women. She explains her remark on a "little petting" aimed at aiding the "forgotten girl" with inferiority complexes and stresses she did not intend the sexual meaning.
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Philadelphia
Lillian K. Wyman
Ife
Cabinet to map allied defenses with France and Belgium
London dispatch reports a special British cabinet meeting set for Monday to decide when army general staff consultations with France and Belgium will begin. Allied defensive formulations are expected to start in about ten days despite Ribbentrop’s objections before his return to Germany.
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London
INS
France
Belgium
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
Hitler
Dust Clouds Dim Sun As Temperatures Soar in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids reports brisk winds sweeping in dust clouds and dimming the sun. Thermometers climbed from a low of 30 at 6:30 a.m. to 69 by 1:15 p.m. Friday’s record highs reached 53 at 4:30 p.m., then fell to 45 and 33 later that night.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Fleischer Convicted in Court Martial and Ousted
NEW YORK AP A court martial sentenced Captain Ralph E Fleischer former Fort Slocum quartermaster to dismissal for embezzling government funds and food and for perjury and subornation of perjury He was accused of diverting $324 14 in mess funds and ordering an NCO to testify falsely in his defense
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New York
Ralph E. Fleischer
Fort Slocum
Army
Fleischer
Ofoe
All Iowa Dairy Show Dates Suggested for Cedar Rapids
The All Iowa Dairy Show and Junior Livestock Exposition are likely to run September 15 to 18 in Cedar Rapids. A health rule requires cattle to test negative for Bangs disease within 60 days. The show plans eight breed prize divisions across eight state districts with $100 prize money per district. A superintendent will set judging days, and a committee names include William Kinderknecht, William J. Campbell, Don Filson, Holgar Larson, C. A. Mountain, Paul Mitchell, and H. T. Hall with a 4-H rep to be named.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Bang
William J. Campbell
Jesup
Iowa Jersey Cattle Club
Don Filson
Marshalltown
Iowa Brown Swiss Breeders Association
Holgar Larson
Dike
Iowa Holstein Breeders Association
C. A. Mountain
Des Moines
Iowa Guernsey Breeders Association
Paul Mitchell
Reinbeck
Iowa
The
Milking Shorthorn
Youths confess killing physician in robbing spree
Chicago detectives said four youths 17 to 19 confessed slaying Dr. Silber C. Peacock during a Jan 2 robbery in which they took $26 from his pockets. The group described the shooting as part of a thriving pattern of nearly 200 holds ups led by a long record of minor offenses.
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Dr. Peacock
Chicago
Silber C. Peacock
Emil Beck
Durland Nash
Robert Goethe
Michael] Livingston
Peacock
Nash, Beck
Goethe
County oversubscribes quota for Red Cross flood relief fund
Linn county chapter of the American Red Cross surpassed its goal on Saturday morning, raising 1695.75 dollars toward the national flood relief fund, exceeding the 1305 dollar quota. Contributions included gifts from Coggan's, Killian's, Cherry Burrell company, Quaker Oats Girls club, and a Cleveland PTA, with funds to be sent to St Louis for redistribution.
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Linn County
The
American Red Cross
National Flood Relief Fund
Red Cross
St. Louis
Metta Burd
Coggan
Pla-Mor
Killian
Flood Relief Fund
Cherry Burrell Company
Quaker Oats Girls Club
Cleveland School Parent-Teacher Association
Federal
Minnesota
Peace Talks Sought to Reunite Townsend Group Leaders
Rep John Steven McGroarty moved Saturday to heal rifts within the Townsend old age pension organization amid a sweeping congressional probe. He proposed reconciliation between Dr Francis Townsend and Robert E Clements, who testified to large profits after resigning as secretary treasurer of the OARP. Clements, who built the movement to 7 000 clubs with near 8 million dues paying members, said income topped 1 million yearly this year. He described luxury living including a $130 month Washington apartment and a $1 475 secretary wife salary, while detailing hotel costs meals and travel expenses.
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Washington
Townsend Old Age Pension Organization
John Steven McGroarty
McGroarty
California
Townsend
Francis E. Townsend
Robert E. Clements
Clements
House
OARP
Geo Baker clarifies Godfrey status at Iowa State College
George T. Baker of Davenport says misperceptions exist about George W. Godfrey's role after his Iowa State College appointment. A March 17 board meeting reorganized college personnel and coincided with President Hughes stepping down due to ill health, with Dean Finley becoming president. Hughes’s letter from Sidmouth explains the title change to director of agricultural relations to clarify duties and avoid claims of boss over others.
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George W. Godfrey
Iowa State College
Ames
George T. Baker
Davenport
State Board of Education
Godfrey
Raymond M. Hughes
Charles E. Finley
Hughes
Baker
Sidmouth
England
New York
Finley
Mass murderer Pintore executed by firing squad
Antonio Pintore, condemned for eight murders, mutilation of bodies, and four attempted slayings, was carried out Saturday in Sardinia by a firing squad. The AP report notes the sentence followed trials detailing the brutal crimes.
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Moro
Sardinia
Antonio Pintore
Mongolian republic backs mutual aid pact with Soviet Union
Outer Mongolia approved a mutual assistance agreement with the Soviet Union as reports said three Japanese invaders were killed on the Far Eastern frontier. Moscow cited fresh border clashes near the Norih lake sector and an invasion attempt, with five Japanese cavalrymen crossing the Arguni river and three killed on Soviet soil.
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Moscow
Outer Mongolian
Soviet Union
Far Eastern
Russia
Mongolia
Norih Lake
Outer Mongolia
Manchukuo
Hural
Peoples Assembly
Arguni
Borzinsky
Anti lobby bills head to conference on curb lobbyists
Washington senate and house approved similar anti lobby measures and sent them to conference as administration pressure could push the bill toward President Roosevelt before he returns from vacation. The Black bill broadens registration for lobbyists. the House bill targets legislative lobbyists only.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Howard Smith
Hugo Black
Ala
No Extension For Crop Loans Planned
Washington AP reports the Commodity Credit Corporation will not extend the loan period beyond March 31 for 1935 corn and cotton crops. The agency announced Friday night that no additional loan extensions would be granted.
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Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
Soil Building Crop Benefits S13 Per Acre
Ames farm editor reports Iowa soil conservation details as explained by Claude Wickard assistant regional director. The base for 1936 is soil-depleting with township committees setting individual farmer bases from 1935 farm histories guided by county quotas. Bases use 1930 census figures, with spring appraisals by community committees and fall farm measurements to determine eligibility for awards. Awards average about 13 dollars per acre for Iowa, with payments based on shifted acres up to 15 percent of the farm base, varying by productive rate and excluding sugar beets or flax cases.
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Ames
Iowa
Claude Wickard
Wickard
United States
Vera Stretz Faces Stand In Beekman Towers Slaying
Vera Stretz, the college-bred woman who shot her married German lover, Dr Fritz Gebhardt, in a Beekman Towers apartment, plans to testify Monday that the death occurred during a hand to hand struggle over a gun. She claims self defense as she recounts the illicit romance and the moments after the shooting.
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New York
INS
Vera Stretz
Fritz Gebhardt
Beekman Towers
Dr. Gebhardt
Miss Stretz
De Valera Undergoes Cataract Operation in Zurich
President Eamonn de Valera of the Irish Free State was operated on for cataract removal at a Zurich clinic on Saturday. He will be blindfolded until Tuesday, and Dr. Alfred Vogt said the outcome would be known then. The cataract had formed over eighteen months, and London specialists had advised rapid treatment to avoid blindness.
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Zurich
Switzerland
INS
Eamonn de Valera
de Valera
Floods Drive Many From Home in South and Midwest
Rising rivers forced evacuations across the lower Ohio valley and the south as Ohio River crested toward multi year highs. About 100 people fled Pope county Illinois while floods threatened Golconda waterfront and Cumberland River levels rose. The upper Mississippi swelled as a large ice field swept away a railroad pontoon bridge at Reads Landing Minnesota. Evansville Indiana expected 45.5 feet as the rise slowed above Cincinnati. Rehabilitation efforts continued upstream.
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Associated Press
Ohio Valley
Pope County
Illinois
Ohio
Golconda
Ill
Tennessee River
Cumberland River
Upper
Mississippi
Reads Landing
Minn
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Evansville
Ind
Cincinnati
Flood fear as Mississippi rises along Wisconsin riverfront
Merchants warned to remove perishable goods from riverfront basements as the Mississippi nears flood stage. Snowmelt and rain swollen tributaries from western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota feed the rising river, with the Minnesota river flooding thousands of acres along its winding course after a heavy snowfall.
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Lacrosse
Wis
INL
Mississippi River
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Mississippi
GOP Research Chief J Bennet Gordon Dies at Home
Washington AP reports J Bennet Gordon age unknown, longtime research director for the Republican National Committee, died early Saturday at his home in Washington. He served fifteen years in the post and was a prominent party figure. The obituary notes his contributions to GOP research and campaign strategy.
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Washington
J. Bennett Gordon
Republican National Committee
N J Pardons Court Called Into Session
Governor Hoffman convened New Jersey’s court of pardons to consider a clemency plea for Bruno Hauptmann, the Lindbergh baby killer, amid calls for a second stay of execution. Attorney General Wilentz disputed claims of trial unfairness and indicated no action on a reprieve unless asked.
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Trenton
N. J
David T. Wilentz
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
Court of Pardons
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Hoffman
Wilentz
Flemington
Perth Amboy
Goveror
Hicks
Cuba
Want Ad Results from The Gazette Sunday Sale
The ad lists sold items including five dresses two ladies suits a man’s suit a topcoat and shoes from a three day run in The Gazette. People who answered the ad bought multiple clothing items and accessories. Dial 2-1121 to place Sunday ads before 8 p.m. tonight.
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The
Gazette
BIG Sunday Gazette
Dial
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Ray Anderson
Gazette Farm Editor
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