Miners Urge Green Hearing On Conspiracy Charges
The United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis calls William Green of the American Federation of Labor to a UMW executive board hearing in Washington. The charges accuse Green of conspiring to suspend miners from AFL membership. a meeting is set for November 16 to review the case.
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INS
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
William Green
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Frey
Metal Trades
Lewis
Federation Executive Council
CIO
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipyard Workers
United Radio and
Elec
Mystery Baby Carried by Dog Found Near Pearl River
A two day old baby boy allegedly carried in a bull dog’s mouth through woods near Pearl River was rescued by Mrs. Louis Crawford and reported to be doing well. The dog, not known in the area, vanished after the rescue and the origin of the infant remains unclear. The Crawford family hopes to adopt the child.
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Pearl River
Louis Crawford
Mrs. Crawford
Moses
Crawfords
Metal Trades Push to Expel CIO From AFL
Old guard labor factions open sessions in Tampa to campaign for expelling the CIO from the AFL. The metal trades report brands CIO unions as dangerous and aims to remove them while debate on suspensions continues amid broader calls for new labor laws and reforms.
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Metal Trades Report
Lewis Cio Group
Tampa
Fla
INS
Old Guard
Craft Union Forces of Organized Labor
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
NRA
Metal Trades Department
A. F. of L
Metal Trades Assail Cio
Iowa Youth Rates Far Ahead Of His Years In Intelligence
David Stowe 17 of Council Bluffs Iowa scored 215.5 of 229 on an intelligence test given to Midland college freshmen class of 150. Officials say the youth has a brain 21 years older than his body. Journalism professor credits extensive reading and strong high school studies for the achievement.
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Fremont
David Stowe
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Midland College
David
W. Emerson Beck
Kraschel Wins Iowa Governorship by Narrow Margin
Democratic candidate Nelson G. Kraschel leads George A. Wilson by 2233 votes after 98 of 99 counties reported in official returns. AP member papers tally the results and note Kraschel's victory as the statewide race closes.
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DES Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
Iowa
George A. Wilson
Associated Press
Wilson mulls contest after Iowa governor race loss
Des Moines AP George A. Wilson said he has not decided whether to file a contest after county canvasses. He will review the entire vote carefully and may comment after that evaluation.
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DES Moines
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Wilson
Kraschel declared winner after county canvasses in Iowa race
Unofficial counts in Mitchell County showed Kraschel ahead 524 257 to 522 024 though official canvass by county boards and potential legislative review could alter the result. Democrats claim a clean statewide sweep as county totals guide the election outcome with notable gains in Muscatine Lee Keokuk and other counties.
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Mitchell County
Kraschel
Wilson
Iowa
Muscatine County
Lee
Keokuk
Hardin
Sioux
Iowa Husker Wins National Championship in Mud
Carl Carlson of Audubon county Iowa won the national corn husking title in Newark New Jersey after three days of rain and a thawed mud field left contestants struggling. The event drew an estimated 125000 to 150000 spectators at the Alva L Oyler farm near Newark.
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Newark
Chloo
Carl Carlson
Audubon County
Iowa
Alva L. Oyler Farm
Carlson Brothers Win National Cornhuskers Titles
Audubon Iowa residents celebrate Carl Carlson 38 who won the 1936 national corn husking championship near Newark Ohio and his 27 year old brother Elmer the 1935 champion. Both are bachelors and now join local lore as husking Carlson brothers.
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Audubon (Ap
Carl Carlson
Audubon County
Carlson Brothers
C. F. Carlson
Carl
Newark
Ohio
Elmer
Newark Battle of the Bangboards Draws Thousands
In Newark on Tuesday, about 40 000 to 45 000 autos parked around the Oyler farm for a husk grinding contest. Carlson, age 38, worked an 80 minute routine using a steady 1 2 3 4 motion to husk and eject ears. He averaged an ear a second near the end and claim of 21 039 bushels was recorded as the finish bomb exploded. Continued on Page 4 Column 2.
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Oyler Farm
Carlson
Number
Number Four
Three Pedestrians Struck By Cars In Cedar Rapids Area
Ernest Soukup 15 suffered a leg bruise after stepping into traffic on Mount Vernon avenue and Forty second street SE. Alice M. Chamberlin, Mount Vernon, said the youth ran into her path as she began to pass another car. Leon Townsend 34 suffered a minor facial cut and leg bruise when hit by taxi driver Joe Benda at Third avenue and First street E. Townsend was crossing fast and unable to stop. An unidentified man was struck by Louis Shaefer near First avenue between Fifth and Sixth streets E, suffering a small ear injury and leaving before police could learn his name.
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Ernest Soukup
Wendl Soukup
Cedar Rapids
Alice M. Chamberlin
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Avenue
Forty-second Street
Miss Chamberlin
Soukup
Townsend
First Avenue
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Louis J. Shaefer
Alta
Shaefer
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936
An item lists toll details in Cedar Rapids for the year 1936. It records charges, routes, and rates affecting motorists in the city. The notation references a specific local tax or fee collection mechanism in place during that period.
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Cedar Rapids
Boy Dives Back for Cat as Fire Claims His Life
In New York a seven story tenement fire started in a dumb waiter. Johnny Bermudez perished rescuing Fluffy the cat. A dog from Engine Co. 203 arrived with the cat unharmed in its jaws, a symbol of loyalty amid tragedy.
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New York
Johnny Bermudez
Fluffy
Johnny
Adela Gomez
Anna Bermudez
Anna
Joseph
Monica
Bermudez
Ten Killed In Italian Bomber Crash Near Rome
A military bomber crashed at Rocca Gorga near Rome, killing five crew members and five villagers as it burst into flames. Pilot Captain Bernini escaped by parachute after losing control during a flight from Ciampino. authorities described the tragedy as unmanageable behavior on approach.
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Rocca Gorga
Bernini
Ciampino
Argentine Corn Sells In Historic Kansas City Trade
Two cars of No. 2 yellow Argentine corn were sold in Kansas City marking the first successful southern hemisphere competition with domestic grain. The price reached $1.17 per bushel amid market traders' notes of the historic sale.
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Kansas City
Slayer Of Brother Indicted For Murder
Elkhart Indiana. Lester B Slack a 34 year old Mishawaka house painter admitted poisoning his brother for insurance money. The Elkhart county grand jury returned the indictment Tuesday night on first degree murder charges.
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Elkhart, Ind
ULP
Lester B. Slack
Mishawaka
Elkhart County
Slain Nebraska auto mechanic found in ravine
Otha Taylor 33 a garage mechanic and father of three was found murdered at the bottom of a thirty foot ravine near Nebraska City. The body showed a bullet wound near the left ear and signs of beating and binding. Investigators pursue a jealousy motive as Sheriff Ryder orders a coroner's jury. An unnamed suspect is jailed with several others sought.
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Nebraska
Nebraska City
Neb
INS
Carl Ryder
Otha Taylor
Percival
Néb
Here
Taylor
Ryder
Edward Moran
Vantine James
Policeman's Slayer Begins Long Term Sentence
Walter Meyer, 22, paroled convict who admitted killing Policeman John B. Frost after stealing his car, returned to Joliet prison to start a 199 year sentence. Meyer pled guilty after his girl companion Dorothy Bergholz testified against him. sentence was handed down by Circuit Judge William J. Fulton.
Fascists Shift Madrid Attack From South Front
Fascist attackers began a mass assault on Madrid from the south late Wednesday after defenders braced by 4,000 Catalan shock troops held a westward offensive and a forty block battle raged in the city. Observers on rooftops saw reserves moved up as a new government front line attack opened. Diplomatic sources reported that 909 political prisoners removed from Madrid to Valencia had been massacred outside Madrid, though unconfirmed.
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Madrid
Paris
Valencia
Madrid Defended to Last Man, Says General Miaja
General Miaja, head of Madrid s defense junta, pledges to defend the capital to the last man as Franco s troops push forward. Rebel bombardment continues, leaving Madrid in ruins as smoke and fire sweep through the city.
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Madrid
INS
Francisco Franco
Miaja
Madrid battle shifts as fire rages south of city
AP reports the six day battle for Madrid moves south after defenders contained a dangerous forty block fire. Observers say fighting concentrates below the city with militia exchanges west of the former royal estates and occasional blasts from fascist artillery.
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Madrid
Train Plunges From Trestle Leaving Two Dead
Two men died and twenty were injured when five cars of Big Four passenger train No. 34 from Chicago to Cincinnati plunged from a high trestle over Big Sugar creek near London Indiana. Officials investigated a possible rail break under the twelve car train. The dead are R. C. True baggage master and Ed Viele 66 of Cincinnati express clerk who drowned when trapped in a baggage car.
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Ind
INS
Chicago
Cincinnati
Big Sugar Creek
R. C. True
Ed Viele
Newborn Franklin Delano Morrison Named for President
In Niles Michigan a son was born to Mr and Mrs Woodrow Wilson Morrison and christened Franklin Delano Morrison. The event was reported by United Press with emphasis on the child’s presidential connection.
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Niles, Mich
Woodrow Wilson Morrison
Franklin Delano Morrison
Chloe's Christmas Carol to Charm Cedar Rapids Gazette
In this Peggy Der tale Chloe Sargent a textile mill heiress seeks holiday escape by joining a Rio holiday party. Fate tests her when she faces a choice between two Christmas destinies with love guiding her. The Cedar Rapids Gazette begins serialization Friday inviting readers to follow Chloe’s decision.
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Chloe Sargent
Rio
Chloe
Peggy der
Cedar Rapids Gazette
America Voices Peace Plea at Soldier's Tomb
At Arlington National Cemetery leaders including President Roosevelt General John J Pershing and Secretary of War Harry Woodring urged world peace on the 18th anniversary of the armistice. Woodring said the tribute to fallen soldiers is to unite for peace and Pershing spoke before a hushed amphitheater audience.
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America
Roosevelt
John J. Pershing
Harry Woodring
Woodring
Pershing
Dafoe Served With 1 Million Suit On Airplane
Dr Alan Roy Dafoe was served with a 1 million breach of contract suit in Chicago as his eastbound airliner prepared to depart for New York. The action targets the Dionne family and others over an exhibit deal dating from 1934 35.
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Chicago
Alan Roy Dafoe
Municipal
Ivan Spear
U. S
Joseph Konrath
New York
American Airlines
Dr. Dafoe
Oliva Dionne
Spear
Dionne
Century of Progress
Spears
Scientific Exhibitions, Inc
Spear Company
Daniel Rouphier
W. H. Alderson
Kenneth Morrison
Arthur W. Roepuck
Province of
Ontario
National Enterprises Association
King Features Inc
Joseph B. David
NEA Service, Inc
The
Chicago Times
David
Holdup Trio Takes Jewelry Worth $250 000 in Philadelphia
Three masked men bound store owner Charles Diesinger and two clerks Charles Weis and Florence White in a jewelry shop on Armistice Day. The trio broke the safe and escaped with jewelry and cut stones valued by Diesinger at about 250000 dollars in downtown Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Charles Diesinger
Charles Weis
Florence White
Police return bike to boy after stealing spree
Jefferson City police had given James Childs a bicycle to curb his theft of cycles from other boys. They recovered the bike Wednesday after catching him stealing soda pop.
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Jefferson City
James
Extradition Waived in Moritz Murder Case
Gail Gilmore 36 a sailor with Hard Luck tattooed on his knuckles waived extradition to New York to face murder charges in the slaying of William Moritz operator of a Long Island Sound sloop Gilmore’s arrest is linked to the Starr Faithful case mystery dating to 1931 detectives James J. Smith and Gustav Schley plan to travel with him and hinted the arrest could reveal new information about Faithful’s death.
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Baltimore
INS
Gail Gilmore
New York
William Moritz
Long Island Sound
Gilmore
Moritz
Starr Faithful
Long Island
James J. Smith
Gustav Schley
Faithful
Journal Story
Smith
Schley
Benjamin P. Collings
Collings
Starr Faithful Case
Sailor Gilmore Questioned in New York Murders Probe
New York sailor Gail Gilmore, 36, is questioned in Baltimore by detectives James T. Smith and Gustav Schley over unsolved offshore murders near New York. He is linked to the Moritz killing and the disappearances of Schmidt and others, amid connections to the Starr Faithful and Collings cases.
Weather Bright And Clear In Cedar Rapids
Armistice day weather in Cedar Rapids was bright and mild. The thermometer rose from a 7 am low of 28 to 40 at 10 am and 50 at noon, reaching 55 by 2 45 pm.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company Instruments
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