Call Would Limit Real Estate Taxes in Iowa
Sioux City Republican George R. Call pledged to cap real estate taxes if nominated and elected governor. He urged honesty, economy, and a homestead credit to offset property costs. Call criticized graft in the state administration and urged Republicans to avoid reactionary candidates to win support.
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Iowa
George R. Call
Sioux City
Republican Club
Montrose Hotel
Call
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Italy eyes a swift end to Ethiopian throne crisis
Abdication by Haile Selassie is treated as final. Italy claims no Ethiopian negotiator remains and will seize key Ethiopian sections, including the capital and railway hubs. Observers warn that Italy plans to install autonomous local chiefs under military rule, dismembering the old empire. Press cautions that meddling with Italian plans could trigger war and sanctions.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Geneva
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Suez Canal
League of Nations
Crowds Expected as Hindenburg Arrives at Lakehurst
Washington reports elaborate crowd-control plans for the Hindenburgs maiden transatlantic arrival at Lakehurst New Jersey. Commander C E Rosendahl says naval air station facilities will be used with public access to the hangar during the Zeppelin’s stay. The airship is due from Friedrichshafen next Saturday night or Sunday and will sail to its home port of Frankfurt the following Monday.
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Washington
Lakehurst
N. J
C. E. Rosendahl
Naval Air Station
Friedrichshafen
Frankfort
Navy
Zeppelin Company
Hindenburg
Rioters Fire Churches and Schools as Riots Sickens 32
In Madrid rioters driven by rumor that priests and nuns sold poisoned candy attacked over a dozen Catholic churches schools and monasteries. At least 32 people were wounded including two nuns as fire hoses were cut and priests homes damaged.
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Madrid
Japanese Leader Horizontal Puzzle Clue List
A dense puzzle entry with numerous cross references including eminent Japanese and terms like 42100 square meters and note in scale. The set mixes geography language, titles, and objects with scattered clues such as electric terminal and fertiliser while referencing historical personage hints and ordinal hints.
Americans Repulse Attack on Legation in Addis Ababa
In Addis Ababa a band of marauders attacked the legation early morning, repelled by eleven Americans, three foreigners, and native guards. The city burned, looted, and fighting drew to a halt as Ethiopian forces retreated amid widespread destruction and casualties.
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Engert
John Spencer
Grinnell
William M. Cramp
Anslo
William Lee Pitts
C. F. Cavannah
Robert L. Hunter
Hartman and Spencer
Engbert
Legation
Philadelphia
Milbank
S. D
Benjamin Ames
Hal Duberrier
John H. Spencer
Angelopoulos
Hartman
Ethiopian Red Cross
T. A. Lambie
Iowa
Terrified crowds witness dogs attack corpses after deadly shooting
In the blazing aftermath, crowds flee as dogs swarm over the corpses left in the streets. Bodies had lain under the burning sun for hours, while gunfire and flames raged nearby.
Stage Spectacular Rescue Of Family Of Four From Fire
A south side Chicago fire trapped a family of four on the second floor. Boxer Bruce Dooley carried them to safety, saving Emil Msall Jr. 10 most seriously hurt, Emil Msall Sr. 44, Mrs Msall, and Jenny 13. The two flat building was destroyed.
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Chicago
South Side
Bruce Dooley
Emil Msall, Jr
Emil Msall
Msall
Jenny
Dooley
Just Folks Man and a Snowdrop
A narrator reflects on dirt and mud from work in the earth versus a snowdrop's pristine bloom. The light verse contrasts human toil with nature's quiet craft and ends with the snowdrop mockingly clean. The piece explores humility, labor, and the humor of human frailty.
Lillian Seeks Help for Health Camp Funds
Eight year old Lillian needs a health camp and readers are urged to send contributions to the Camp Good Health Fund at The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa. The Nursing Association plans ahead for operating expenses as doctors examine 101 children, with $100 currently in the fund. Researchers at New York University have studied microanalytical substances potentially useful for drug addiction treatment and relief of pain in cancer and tuberculosis.
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Lillian
Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Nursing Association
Camp Good Health
University of Michigan
New York University
Palin
Microanalysis Aids Narcotics Study Across Institutions
New alkaloid research by New York University and Bellevue Hospital reveals nearly 300 substances analyzed. Dr. Francis G. Blake of Yale Medical School reports progress in narcotics science, aiming to synthesize pain-relieving drugs without promoting addiction.
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Washington
New York University
Bellevue Hospital
Francis G. Blake
Yale Medical School
National Research Council
Dr. Blake
University of Virginia
Stanwood and Grinnell Adventurers Aided Ethiopia Missionaries
Dr. Lambie and his wife, Stanwood and Grinnell missionaries, built three stations in the Anglo Egyptian Sudan and aided Ethiopia through a 1919 flu epidemic. Honored by Emperor Haile Selassie, Lambie oversaw the George Memorial hospital project in Addis Ababa and later led medical work for Ethiopian troops during the Italian invasion.
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Lassie
Lambie
Ethiopia
Miss Clancy
Stanwood
Sudan
Livingston
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
George Memorial Hospital
Army aviators reuse concrete bombs for target practice
Army pilots use dummy bombs crafted from concrete to save costs on training. Each bomb weighs 1100 pounds and two can be carried on a single flight, allowing effective practice without the expense of live ordnance.
Public health funding urged at Cedar Rapids Rotary
Michael Kley of Metropolitan Life urged Cedar Rapids to spend more on public health at a Rotary luncheon. He said per capita health spending should rise from 14 to 1, a larger outlay could cut the death rate from 12 to 11 per 1,000, saving about sixty lives yearly. He cited smallpox control and vaccines, plus rising deaths from heart disease cancer and stroke. In 1935 Cedar Rapids saw 1,022 births and 706 deaths with deaths from tuberculosis pneumonia cancer and other causes listed.
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Cedar Rapids
Michael Kley
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of
New York
Rotary Club
Hotel Roosevelt
United States
Iowa
Kley
Population Growth Skews Local Birth and Death Rates
The speaker notes a city of 55 persons with a birth rate of 17 per 1000, leading to a net positive increase of six per 1000 yearly, while deaths are 12 per 1000 residents.
Senator Demands Inquiry Into Spy System Practices
Democratic Senator Bone calls for a senate investigation into unnamed government spy agencies he likens to the Ogpu. He cites undercover operations as oppression that could lead to political blackmail and coercion of Congress if unchecked.
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Washington
INS
Bone
Wash
Senate
Congress
Trade Pact With Guatemala Signed
Washington reports a new trade agreement with Guatemala signed April 24 described by the state department as a sound basis to build greater demand for American exports. It is the twelfth pact under the 1936 trade agreements act and seventh with a Latin American nation, remaining in effect for three years.
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Washington
LLP
Guatemala
State Department
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Third Ave
Family of Four
Edgar A. Guest
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Peres
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