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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 08, 1936

Page

4

Landon Hamilton plan on revamping the Republican party debated

The piece questions where the party's stem and gudgeon lie as Governor Landon and John Hamilton plan talks this week to revamp the GOP. It argues the party seems dismembered and questions whether revival is feasible amid a realignment of political groups and the new deal era.

Topeka Landon John Hamilton Messrs Hamilton Landon-Hamilton Roosevelt Hoover London New Deal

Bitter Battle for Madrid in Spanish Civil War

United Press reports Saturday and Sunday developments in Spain as military rule takes over Madrid and civil government withdraws. Rebels push toward the capital, with fierce street fighting at Hendaye and Burgos predicting early truimphant rebel control.

THE United Press Madrid Valencia Lisbon Fightes

Priest Orator Delivers Dramatic Farewell Talk

Detroit, UP Father Charles E. Coughlin announces withdrawal of the National Union for Social Justice from politics and radio. He says the NUSJ will sleep after the Roosevelt election and continues to publish Social Justice while distancing himself from both sides of policy. He assures his bishop and Rome had no role in his decision and recalls his decade of public broadcasts.

Detroit Charles E. Coughlin National Union For Social Justice NUSJ National Union Roosevelt Father Coughlin Social Justice Michael J. Gallagher Vatican Rome Gallagher

Proposal to address highway deaths and injuries

The speaker criticizes the London board of strategy for blocking constructive suggestions to the governor. He cites 37 000 deaths and 105 000 injuries on American highways last year and argues that national traffic problems require better highway design to reduce disaster.

London Board of Strategy Landon

Stark Traffic Valuation Proposal Not Adopted

Rex Stark of Des Moines proposed valuing each life at 50 000 dollars to guide safety policy. London campaigners studied the idea but rejected it, along with other high potential campaign tools, in shaping traffic safety measures.

London Rex Stark Des Moines Stark

Madrid militiamen repulse fascist dawn assault

Socialist militiamen facing a fascist advance around Madrid massed tanks and guns to repel an expected dawn counter attack. Refugees crowded the outskirts as shells hit homes near Villaverde and El Campamento. militiamen claimed gains after last night’s resistance aided by machine guns tanks and new planes.

Madrid Villaverde el Campamento Carabanchel Alto

Rebels claim Madrid in red terror as loyalists retreat

Forces of the rebellion report marching into Madrid and fighting ongoing in the capital while the civil government flees toward Valencia. Loyalists are said to be beaten back on the southern and western fronts as reports come in from scattered sources.

Hendaye Madrid Mediterranean Seacoast Valencia Mediterranean

South Dakota Senator Denies Quit Rumors

Sen. Peter Norbeck of South Dakota denied rumors he resigned his senate post due to illness. Through his son Harold, he said he never considered resigning. Rumors linked to Tom Berry's possible appointment to finish the term. Harold Norbeck added the senator is making satisfactory recovery and hopes to attend the next Congress session opening.

Norbeck Harold Norbeck Washington

Faith in Peace Amid Hard Times Seventeen Years On

The piece laments eighteen years since the armistice of 1918, condemns cynicism and global strife, and urges steadfast faith in peace. It emphasizes resisting hatred, maintaining humane spirit, and using influence for sanity and goodwill despite daunting challenges. It references universal faith from Isaiah to William Penn.

God Isaiah William Penn

Roosevelt sees hope for peace at Buenos Aires inter-American parley

President Roosevelt told an international audience that next month's inter-American peace conference in Buenos Aires offers a unique chance for nations to cooperate and pursue lasting peace in the western hemisphere. He urged unity and friendship among the 21 participating governments and peoples for progress and harmony.

F.R Buenos Aires Washington Roosevelt Hemisphere White House Pan American Union Americas New York

Butler Gridder 13 Killed In Crash At Englewood

Spero Costas captain and quarterback of Butler University football died when the car he rode in skidded off a highway near Englewood Indiana. George Costas and Wayne Truelock suffered skull fractures. Inman Blackaby and Melvin Van dermeer escaped serious injuries.

Crawfordsville Ind Butler University Englewood Here Spero Costas Canton Ill Butler Culver Union Hospital George Costas Spero Wayne Truelock Truelock Inman Blackaby Melvin Vandermeer

Coal Company Employee Killed by Caving Coal Load

Frank C. Sekora, 25, of Cedar Rapids, was suffocated while on top of a coal car at the Black Coal Company yard when the fuel caved in. Deputy coroner Dr. R. E. Munden said the death was accidental. Hoist operator M. E. Hamilton stopped the hoist and found Sekora beneath the coal.

Frank C. Sekora Fourteenth Avenue Black Coal Company Second Street R. E. Munden Sekora Hamilton Eighth Avenue SW J. R. Northington

Maritime Strikers Relax Blockade Across Coast

The joint policy committee of Pacific coast maritime unions lifted the blockade on vessels bound for home ports, including seven ships tied up in Honolulu. Longshoremen leaders said perishable cargo aboard strike-bound ships would be unloaded as soon as possible, with this policy return to the Nov. 1 stance.

San Francisco Honolulu

Dusting Orchard Pilot Dies In Crash

Edinburg Texas pilot Snyder 42 a veteran of Louisiana died after his low flying aircraft struck high tension wires and fell burning to the ground. He worked for a Louisiana firm operating dusting planes and had been dusting citrus orchards in the area for some time.

Edinburg Tex Woodrow Snyder Louisiana Snyder

Lewis Group Seeks Labor Union Peace in AFL Talks

Pittsburgh reports the CIO rebellious group authorize its chairman John L. Lewis to confer with AFL President William Green on terms to reinstate ten suspended unions. The move follows pressure from David Dubinsky and Max Waritsky. The AFL plans to convene Nov. 16 in Tampa. peace requires lifting suspensions and steel union drive progress.

Pittsburgh John L. Lewis Committee For Industrial Organization American Federation of Labor William Green Lewis A. F. of L David Dubinsky International Ladies Garment Workers Max Waritsky United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers CIO Green Federation United Hat, Cap and Millinery New York Tampa Fla

Standing Of Popular Vote For President

The Associated Press notes the nationwide popular vote for president is incomplete with 12,373 voting units unreported. Roosevelt leads with 20,010,049 votes and London with 6,000,109. full totals await official canvass from all states.

Associated Press Roosevelt London Rer

Chic Sale Dies Famed Comedian and Character Actor

HOLLYWOOD AP Charles Chic Sale 51 noted comedian and author died Saturday of lobar pneumonia. He had been under an oxygen tent since Monday with his wife and attendants by his side. Sale rose from vaudeville to fame in 1919 and later acted in Hollywood films often portraying benevolent old men. Funeral services will be announced later.

Hollywood Calif Charles “Chic” Sale Sale Beverly Hills Huron Urbana Ill Illinois F. O. Sale New York Winter Garden New Amsterdam

Football scores highlight Sunday Gazette edition

Minnesota defeated Iowa 52 to 0 in a Big Ten game a historic high score. Ohio State beat Chicago 44 to 0 Harvard routed Virginia 65 to 0 and Princeton beat Cornell 41 to 13.

Minnesota Iowa Ohio State Chicago Harvard Virginia Princeton Cornell Sunday Gazette

Vatican denies pope ordered drapes on Michelangelo nudes

Biagio Biagetti, an artist, works from a scaffold on the Sistine chapel frescoes. Gironale d' Italia claimed Pope Pius XI ordered drapes over nude figures. Biagetti says he is plastering and retouching damaged parts. A Vatican spokesman later corroborated the denial.

Vatican City Biagio Biagetti Sistine Chapel Gironale d’Italia Pius XI United Press Vatican Biagetti

Tar blast burns twenty pupils in West Virginia school scene

In Gassaway West Virginia a tar drum exploded during a music class sending flames over twenty children. Fourteen sustained serious burns including Eva Mae Mullens age 12 and Jack Mullens age 13 who were listed in critical condition. Mrs Earl Lough the music teacher was burned while trying to extinguish the flames.

Peace group sails after strike delay to Buenos Aires

United States delegates led by Secretary of State Cordell Hull sail from New York on the liner American Legion to attend the Inter-American peace conference in Buenos Aires after a ten hour seamen's strike delay. The departure follows a quarantine clearance at 9 48 p m and crew recruitment delays. The American Merchant liner also sails after canceling all passenger bookings, while the Oriente and Grace liner Santa Elena face delays or cancellations due to the strike by insurgent members of the International Seamen's Union.

New York United States Buenos Aires South America American Legion Cordell Hull American Merchant Line International Seamen’s Union New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company Oriente Grace Santa Elena

Mrs Roosevelt hints at F D R attending inter-American peace conference

Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt indicated the President will attend the inter-American peace conference in Buenos Aires opening December 1. She said she might join if asked but noted the President rarely travels with ladies on cruisers and that he would miss Warm Springs for Thanksgiving if he goes.

Washington Ins Franklin Delano Roosevelt Buenos Aires

Weather Outlook for Chicago November 9 to 14

The Chicago forecast says snow or rain possible in the north as the period runs from November 9 to 14 with precipitation in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Temperatures trend near or below normal.

Chicago Mississippi Missouri

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