Gunmen raid at Franklin Park club ends with police kill
One gunman died and four patrons plus a waiter were wounded when four gunmen robbed the Pow Wow roadhouse. Police officer Wilfred Woodmaster shot one robber who returned fire. A second gunman fled with accomplices, later found dead in a car at a hospital. Victims include Morton Rumsey and Nicholas Diotis among others. Patsy Dichiara identified among the gunmen.
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Chicago
Pow Wow Roadhouse
Franklin Park
Wilfred Woodmaster
Patsy Dichiara
Morton Rumsey
Hesperia
Mich
Nicholas Diotis
Arvid Moberg
Esther
Adeline Sheffer
Pope Orders Drapes Painted On Nudes Of Michelangelo
The Vatican said Pope Pius XI ordered drapery painted over several nude figures in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel frescos because the nudity was deemed daring and offensive to Catholic morals.
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Michelangelo
Vatican City
Vatican
Pius XI
Sistine Chapel
Winter Weather Hits Chicago Area
Icy blasts from the northwest were set to bring an early taste of winter to Chicago and the Midwest with lower temperatures. The city would escape the full severity of the wave, which plunged Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota to 10 below zero Friday night. Temperatures were expected to fall to around 30 below zero early Sunday morning.
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Chicago
INS
Northwest
Midwest
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
J. R. Lloyd
Justice Stone III Recovering at Home
Justice Harlan Fiske Stone, seen as a liberal voice on the Supreme Court, may remain confined to his home for an indefinite period due to illness. He has been ill for over three weeks with intestinal trouble but is said to be recovering, with no return date set for full duty.
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Washington
INS
Harlan Fiske Stone
Supreme Court
Justice Stone
Barbers Certificates Tests Run as State House Staff Fill Roles
Utah state board of barbers prepared to conduct certificate tests but lacked subjects so state house employees were pressed into service. No injuries reported and most barbers passed.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
State Board of Barbers
State House
Where is youth waking to join a better life
A columnist debates youth in 1936, citing Lady Astor and Fortune on anxious, security minded college students. While some college leaders claim there are deeper currents, the piece questions where today’s youth will find vision, courage, and action to improve society.
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America
England
Lady Astor
Fortune
Kraschel Extends Lead In Unofficial Governor Totals
Des Moines AP report notes continued county tally revisions after Friday and Saturday updates. Kraschel leads Wilson by about 1 052 votes in unofficial totals, with official canvass next week and earlier reporting errors in Webster Polk Linn and Woodbury counties amended.
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Des Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
George A. Wilson
Kraschel
Webster County
Raymond Clausen
Wilson
Polk
Linn
Woodbury
Drab Skies Keep Cedar Rapids Temperatures Low
Cedar Rapids records show a cool day with a low of 32 at 7 am and a peak near 47 expected earlier in the week. Observations from Chambers Inskeep indicate late afternoon temperatures rose to the mid thirties before dropping to the low thirties by midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936
A historical note records Cedar Rapids traffic tolls for 1936 with figures on accidents and deaths. The entry lists 418 accidents and 319 deaths, highlighting early urban mobility risks.
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Cedar Rapids
New York Seamen Strike May Delay Delegates Sailing
Striking New York seamen voted to tighten the walkout to back new hour and wage demands. Pickets block docks as efforts to prevent the departure of the American Legion with Hull and other delegates proceed, threatening to slow U S delegates sailing to Buenos Aires for the Inter-American peace conference.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf
United States
Buenos Aires
Seamen’s Defense Committee
Joseph Curran
Munson
American Legion
Cordell Hull
Curran
Paul Pelazzi
Philadelphia
Frank Dunleavy
Baltimore
Charles Metcalf
Boston
Santa Barbara
Grace Lines
South American
Gulf Ports
Norwegian seaman Koppen dies after Embarcadero fight
Ein Koppen a Norwegian seaman who had been on picket duty during the maritime strike died Saturday from injuries suffered in a street fight on the Embarcadero.
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San Francisco
Einer Koppen
Teacher Uses Clothespins In Class Lip Sealing Incident
Oklahoma City AP report describes a grade school discipline where a teacher sealed the lips of three talkative second graders with clothespins. A parent suggested forgetting the incident. the principal said no action would be taken, while the teacher expressed deep regret.
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Oklahoma City
Ed Marshall
Anarshall
Business Group Voices Optimism on Economic Momentum
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States says national economic conditions show steady, widespread progress since 1935. It cites gains across iron and steel, car loadings, electric power, bituminous coal and cotton textiles, noting no near term recession signals and ongoing improvement in balance across sectors and regions.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
President Roosevelt urges nationwide aid for human needs
In a Friday night radio address from Washington President Roosevelt urged Americans to support community chest drives and the mobilization for human needs. He framed relief as a partnership between government and private agencies to meet increasing prosperity and ongoing needs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chic Sale Living His Life In Reverse
Hollywood star Charles Chic Sale, 51, is critically ill with pneumonia after a period of living his life backward. Doctors at Good Samaritan hospital report slight improvement but warn the condition remains grave, with optimism as a fragile gauge.
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Hollywood
Calif
Charles “Chic
Sale
Shirley Temple
Good Samaritan Hospital
Roy E. Thomas
Cardinal Pacelli Plans Return Voyage Home
Cardinal Pacelli, papal secretary of state, completes his American visit and is scheduled to sail for Italy today aboard the Conte di Savoia from New York.
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Cardinal Pacelli
New York
INS
Italy
Conte di Savoia
Dallas Zoo Receives Two Lion Cubs From Mrs Freeman
Mrs Margery Freeman of Ho Calif gave two lion cubs to the Dallas zoo and praised lions as affectionate, accusing lion tamers of mistreating them to boost their own fame.
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Dallas, Tex
Margery Freeman
Ho Calif
Dallas Zoo
Wage Increase Inadequate Says Miner Leader
John L. Lewis president of the United Mine Workers called a 10 percent steel wage rise welcome but inadequate predicting it will spur workers to action. He accused management of shadow boxing and said living costs would be frozen at the 1936 level despite automatic adjustments tied to July 15 cost of living figures.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Steel Workers Organization Committee
Philip Murray
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Jones and Laughlin Steel
Missing Coe Girls Center Davenport Search Efforts
Two Coe College freshmen from Toledo Belva Over turf and Mable Elston disappeared from Voorhees hall Wednesday morning and were last heard from Thursday around Davenport. Davenport police asked Rock Island officers to help probe as letters to parents arrived Thursday postmarked Davenport.
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Coe College
Belva Overturf
Mable Elston
Toledo
Voorhees Hall
Davenport
Rock Island
Coe
Rival groups press for and against new deal expansion
Washington reports show sharp pressure for a larger and costlier new deal program as Roosevelt weighs balancing the budget. A conservative liberal split in Congress is seen likely, with budget director Bell to lead fresh fiscal policy talks amid looming relief and reemployment debates.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Daniel W. Bell
Four Children Die In Dallas Fire Near Stove
A fire started near a small wood stove in a two room house in Dallas killing four Mexican children Jose eight Cecilia five Dolores three and Felipe two who slept in the bed with two other siblings Robert seven also burned with the infant baby asleep with the parents The house was destroyed before firefighters arrived and the stove was the only item in the room besides the beds.
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Dallas
Tex
Cleto Neria
Jose
Cecilia
Dolores
Felipe
Robert
Odie
Dying Doctor Records Symptoms Before Death in Needham
Retired physician Dr. Harold Henry Beiermeister 53 of Needham Heights logged his chest pain and reactions for two hours before dying of heart disease. His sister found the notes beside his body at midnight, detailing angina, bronchial spasms, arm pain, and a final hint of paralysis before death.
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Needham
Mass
Harold Henry Beiermeister
Brooklyn
N. Y
Walter E. Goodwin
Needham Heights
Beiermeister
Henry Gilbert
Television Tryout Witnessed By 200 Guests Arrives in New York
Two hundred guests, hosted by NBC, watched New York's first television performance. The event aired from a transmitter atop the Empire State Building to NBC's Radio City studio using a ten kilowatt six meter signal.
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New York
INS
National Broadcasting Company
Empire State Building
NBC
Radio City
Stockholders liable for Dawes loan repayment in Illinois
Federal judge rules Illinois stockholders of the defunct Central Republic Bank and Trust liable for a share of the 90 million dollar Dawes loan, totaling up to 12.5 million, under a state constitution provision. RFC victory credits big shareholders like Dawes Brothers, Inc with substantial sums, while some defenses may reduce payments.
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Chicago
James H. Wilkerson
Illinois
Central Republic Bank and Trust Company
Dawes
Wilkerson
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Dawes Bank
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes Brothers, Inc
Old
Central Republic
Middle West
General Dawes
RFC
Franco Reported Seizes Madrid Amid Rebel Advance
General Francisco Franco was reported to have taken Madrid at 3:00 p.m. Saturday as rebels drove toward the Spanish capital. The cabinet fled toward the U S Embassy in Perpignan France.
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Perpignan
France
INS
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Caballero Cabinet Reaches Valencia After Madrid Flight
Premier Francisco Largo Caballero and his ministers arrived in Valencia with their aides after fleeing Madrid ahead of rebel forces, establishing a government in exile or relocation as the civil conflict unfolds.
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Madrid
INS
Francisco Largo Caballero
Valencia
Alicante
Caballero
Rebels Enter Madrid Battle Rages at Puerta Del Sol
Rebel troops led by General Jose Varela entered Madrid and fought through the city’s core to Puerta Del Sol, where a violent battle was underway by late afternoon amid the capital’s landmark buildings.
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Lisbon
INS
Jose Varela
Madrid
Puerta del Sol
Spanish Embassy Reports Telephone Trouble to Madrid
The Spanish embassy in London said shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday it had failed for about fourteen hours to reach Madrid by telephone. Operators claimed trunk lines were accepting official calls while unofficial calls were refused.
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London
INS
Madrid
Madrid Militia Plans Widespread Destruction Before Retreat
Government militiamen in Madrid reportedly intend to dynamite the citys key structures before retreating. The targets would include the royal theater the telephone building the government palace the former royal palaces and other major monuments.
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Lisbon
INS
Madrid
Royal Theater
Madrid flees as government retreats from rebel advance
Premier Francisco Largo Caballero and 15 cabinet members evacuate Madrid by air after intense artillery duels as Franco forces push across the Manzanares river. Soviet ambassador Rosenberg and staff depart. the American embassy readies for a siege with provisions for 100 people.
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Francisco Franco
Manzanares
Marcel Rosenberg
Soviet Union
Palace
Eric C. Wendelin
Beet Sugar Crop Harvest Underway in Alamosa Valley
In Alamosa California the largest beet sugar crop in the San Luis valley is being harvested. A total of 500 carloads will be shipped. Farmers report a yield of 15 to 20 tons per acre.
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Alamosa
Calif
INS
San Luis Valley
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