Miners Call Green To Hearing On Conspiracy Charge
The United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis summoned William Green president of the American Federation of Labor to a hearing before the UMW executive board in Washington to answer charges of conspiracy to suspend mine workers from the AFL. The international executive board convenes in Washington on November 16 to review the case.
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INS
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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
Baby Carried by Stray Dog Found Near Pearl River Mystery
A two day old baby boy was found alive in the woods two miles from Pearl River after a large bull dog carried it from an apparent origin on Tuesday night. Mrs. Louis Crawford rescued the infant. the dog fled. The baby weighed eight pounds and was reported doing well at a local hospital. The Crawfords, who already have two sons, expressed interest in adopting the infant.
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Pearl River
Louis Crawford
Mrs. Crawford
Moses
Crawfords
Labor foes press to expel CIO from AFL at Tampa meet
Old guard craft unionists in Tampa launch a militant push to expel John L. Lewis's Committee for Industrial Organization from the AFL. They denounce CIO as a danger to democracy and money power, while hinting at new labor legislation to replace NRA principles.
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Fla
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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
A. F
L.-Cio
Metal Trades
America
John P. Frey
CIO
Iowa Youth Scored High on Intelligence Test
David Stowe a 17 year old from Council Bluffs Iowa scored 215.5 of 229 on an intelligence test administered to Midland College freshman class of 150. Officials credited his reading and keen high school work for the achievement and noted he is said to be 21 years older than his years.
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Fremont
David Stowe
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Midland College
David
Y. W. Emerson Beck
Kraschel elected Iowa governor by 2233 vote margin
Democratic candidate Nelson G. Kraschel led George A. Wilson by 2233 votes after 98 of Iowa's 99 counties reported tabulated returns. The Associated Press tally reflects the official results statewide.
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DES Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
Iowa
George A. Wilson
Associated Press
Wilson weighs contest of Iowa governor race results
Des Moines AP reports George A. Wilson, trailing after county canvasses, has not decided on filing a contest. He plans to review the whole vote carefully before making a final decision and may speak after that assessment.
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DES Moines
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Wilson
Democrats claim statewide win based on county canvasses
Unofficial counts in Mitchell county show Kraschel ahead 524 257 to 522 024 but final result hinges on Iowa legislative canvass of last Tuesday's governor race. County boards' canvasses gave Kraschel a Democratic sweep of state offices with broad margins. Minor shifts occurred in Muscatine Lee Keokuk Hardin Sioux Crawford and Black Hawk.
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Kraschel
Wilson
Iowa
Muscatine County
Lee
Keokuk
Hardin
Sioux
Crawford
Iowa Husker Wins National Championship in Muddy Match
Carl Carlson of Audubon county Iowa won the national corn husking title at Newark Ohio in a mud filled field. Eighteen contestants from major corn producing states competed as drought battered crops. State troopers estimated 125000 to 150000 spectators attended the event at the Alva L Oyler farm, thirteen miles southwest of Newark.
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Newark
Ohio
Carl Carlson
Audubon County
Iowa
Alva L. Oyler Farm
Carlson brothers win national corn husking titles
Audubon county residents praise Carl Carlson who won the 1936 national cornhusking championship near Newark Ohio. His 27-year-old brother Elmer, the 1935 champ, also earned national honors. The Carlson family, led by Mr and Mrs C F Carlson, welcomed congratulating callers on the twins’ achievements.
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Carl Carlson
Audubon County
Carlson Brothers
C. F. Carlson
Carl
Newark
Ohio
Elmer
Newark’s Battle of the Bangboards At Oyler Farm
In Newark on Tuesday a crowd of about forty to forty five thousand autos parked around the Oyler farm to watch Carlson, age 38, perform an eighty minute husk grinding process. He used a steady 1 2 3 4 hand action to husk and eject ears, finishing with an average ear a second and a total of twenty one thousand thirty nine bushels picked before the finish bomb exploded.
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Newark
Oyler Farm
Carlson
Number
Number Four
Three Pedestrians Struck By Cars In Cedar Rapids Area
Ernest Soukup 15 suffered a leg bruise when hit by Alice Chamberlin's car at Mount Vernon avenue and Forty second street SE. Leon Townsend 34 received a minor facial bruise after being struck by Joe Benda's taxicab at Third avenue and First street E. An unidentified man was cut behind the ear when Shaefer's car hit him on First avenue between Fifth and Sixth streets E.
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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
A 1936 Cedar Rapids auto toll plan is noted with figures 426 and 326 referenced in the readable fragment. The snippet suggests discussing toll rates or schedules affecting motorists in Cedar Rapids during 1936.
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Cedar Rapids
Boy dies rushing for cat in fire. dog saves Fluffy
In a New York tenement fire, Johnny Bermudez perished while rescuing his cat Fluffy. Firefighters saved the cat, carried Johnny from the burning building, but he died at the scene. A dog from Engine Co. 203 later appeared with Fluffy in its jaws, alive and drenched.
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New York
Johnny Bermudez
Fluffy
Johnny
Adela Gomez
Anna Bermudez
Anna
Joseph
Monica
Bermudez
Ten Killed In Crash Of Italian War Plane
A military bomber crashed near Rome killing five crew members and five villagers at Rocca Gorga. The pilot Captain Bernini escaped by parachute after losing control during a flight from Ciampino airdrome.
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Rocca Gorga
Bernini
Ciampino
Argentine corn sold in Kansas City market debut
Two cars of Argentine corn graded No 2 yellow sold for 1.17 dollars a bushel in Kansas City marking the first successful competition with domestic grain in the market. Traders called it a historic milestone for southern hemisphere corn.
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Kansas City
Slayer Of Brother Indicted For Murder
Elkhart Indiana news item reports Lester B Slack a 34 year old Mishawaka house painter indicted on first degree murder after admitting he poisoned his brother for insurance money Elkhart county grand jury returned the indictment Tuesday night.
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Elkhart, Ind
ULP
Lester B. Slack
Mishawaka
Elkhart County
Slain Nebraska auto mechanic found under bridge
Otha Taylor a 33 year old garage mechanic and father of three was found dead beneath a bridge in Nebraska City. An unnamed suspect remained jailed and several more were sought as Sheriff Carl Ryder led the investigation into the killing which followed Taylor’s release on bond in a case accusing him of criminally attacking a young girl.
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Neb
INS
Carl Ryder
Otha Taylor
Percival, In
Murdered Nebraska City auto mechanic found in ravine
Otha Taylor was found near Nebraska City with a gunshot wound to the head, bound with rope, and wrapped in a blanket. The body was lowered into a ravine after being dragged across gravel, with investigators studying possible jealousy as a motive. His wife had recently filed for divorce amid accusations of infidelity.
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Néb
Otha Taylor
Here
Taylor
Carl Ryder
Ryder
Edward Moran
Vantine James
Policeman's Slayer Begins Long Term
Walter Meyer 22, paroled convict who admitted killing Policeman John B. Frost after stealing his car, returned to Joliet prison to begin a 199 year sentence. Meyer pled guilty after his accomplice Dorothy Bergholz 18 turned state's evidence. Circuit Judge William J. Fulton sentenced him and he began serving immediately.
Fascists Shift Madrid Attack to South Front
Fascist assault on Madrid moved to the south in a large-scale push late Wednesday after defenders anchored by 4,000 Catalan troops repelled a western offensive and held a 40-block sector in the city. Observers reported reserves fuelling a fierce southern battle amid heavy shelling. Paris reports cited unconfirmed diplomatic sources alleging 909 political prisoners were massacred near Valencia during Madrid transfer.
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Madrid
Paris
Valencia
Madrid Defended to Last Man Against Franco
General Miaja vows defiance as Madrid endures bombardment and destruction. Rebel guns wreak death and smoke rises from fire gutted sections while the capital holds against Fran cos forces.
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Madrid
INS
Francisco Franco
Miaja
Madrid siege shifts to south as fire rages in city
Six day battle around Madrid moves southward after defenders held a dangerous forty block blaze. Observers report activity mainly inside the city with militiaman exchanges near the western outskirts. Occasional bursts from large fascist artillery echo west of the former royal estates.
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Madrid
Train plunge near London ends two lives
A Big Four passenger train No. 34 from Chicago to Cincinnati derailed at a high trestle over Big Sugar Creek near London Indiana. Two men died, twenty were injured as five cars plunged down the embankment and into the creek. The dead include R. C. True baggage master and Ed Viele 66 of Cincinnati express clerk. Officials probe possible rail failure.
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Ind
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Big Sugar Creek
R. C. True
Ed Viele
Presidential Son Is Christened in Morrison Family
In Niles Michigan a son born to Mr and Mrs Woodrow Wilson Morrison was christened Franklin Delano Morrison. The brief ceremony confirms the Morrison couple’s naming choice for their newborn child.
Chloe's Christmas Carol starts in Cedar Rapids Gazette
Textile heiress Chloe Sargent plans a glamorous Rio holiday to escape dull town Yuletide. A millionaire boyfriend invites her to a family party but fate tests her with a choice between familiar luxury and a stranger Christmas. Love guides her final decision as the tale unfolds in serial chapters.
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Chloe Sargent
Rio
Chloe
Peggy Dern
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Peace Plea At Soldier's Tomb From Nation's Leaders
At Arlington National Cemetery on the armistice anniversary President Roosevelt General John J Pershing and Secretary of War Harry Woodring joined in a call for world peace. Woodring urged that honoring the dead means uniting to preserve peace as Pershing spoke earlier to a hushed crowd.
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Roosevelt
John J. Pershing
Harry Woodring
Woodring
Pershing
Dafoe Served With 1 Million Suit Aboard Flight
Dr Alan Roy Dafoe was served with a 1 million breach of contract suit by Ivan Spear while aboard an eastbound airliner at Chicago Municipal Airport. The case names Dionne quints parents and 14 others, with Spear alleging contract terms for exhibit and publicity of the Dionne family through 1935.
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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. Roebuck
Province of
Ontario
National Enterprises Association
King Features Inc
Holdup Trio Gets $200 000 in Gems
Three masked men bound owner Charles Diesinger and two clerks Charles Weis and Florence White in a downtown Philadelphia jewelry store. They broke the safe and escaped with gems and cut stones valued by Diesinger at about 250000 as Armistice day parade passed nearby.
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Philadelphia
Charles Diesinger
Charles Weis
Florence White
Gift Proves Useless for Boy Thief
In Jefferson City Missouri police gave James Childs a bicycle to reform his cycle theft habit. They retrieved the bicycle Wednesday after catching him stealing soda pop, illustrating a failed attempt at rehabilitation.
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Jefferson City
James Childs
James
Extradition Waiver Ties Gilmore to New York Slayings
Gail Gilmore, 36, a tattooed sailor known as Hard Luck, waived extradition and will return to New York to face murder charges in the Moritz slaying. Detectives say his arrest could shed light on the Starr Faithful death mystery dating to 1931, as they plan to transport him to New York this afternoon.
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INS
Gail Gilmore
New York
William Moritz
Long Island Sound
Gilmore
Moritz
Starr Faithful
Long Island
James J. Smith
Gustav Schley
Faithful
Sailor Gilmore Questioned in Manhattan Sound Murders
New York sailor Gail Gilmore, 36, is questioned in Baltimore by New York detectives over unsolved offshore killings near New York. He faces inquiry into the Moritz murder and Schmidt disappearance, with ties to the Starr Faithful and Collings cases aboard Long Island sound.
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New York
Gail Gilmore
Baltimore
Starr Faithful
Evening Journal
Gilmore
James T. Smith
Gustav Schley
William Moritz
Long Island Sound
Collings
Long Beach
Moritz
Georgianna
Boston
Auto
Weather Bright And Clear In Cedar Rapids
Armistice day weather was bright and mild in Cedar Rapids. Mercury rose from a 24 hour low of 28 at 7 a.m. to 55 by 2 45 p.m. with noon at 50 and 40 at 10 a.m. Tuesday reached a high of 48 at 3 p.m. and fell to 31 by midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company Innstruments
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