Famous diva Schumann-Heink in coma in Hollywood
Mme Ernestine Schumann-Heink, famed soprano turned film star, lay in a coma in Hollywood after a blood disease worsened. Doctor S. M. Alter said she remained unstable with irregular pulse and labored breathing as family gathered.
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Hollywood
Calif
Mme
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Samuel Alter
S. M. Alter
Schumann-Heink
A. Ise
Nic
Alter
Ferdinand
Henry
Only Hours To Live For Fay Webb Vallee
Fay Webb Vallee former wife of Rudy Vallee was given only hours to live after a blood transfusion failed to save her life following an operation last Friday. At 430 pm PST she was placed under an oxygen tent with a strong pulse but slipping rapidly. Delirious early Tuesday she entered a semiconscious state after a fourteen hour decline.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Fay Webb Vallee
Rudy Vallee
Miss Webb
California
New York
The Cost of Unappreciated Kindness in Public Life
A columnist compares failing to praise acts of service to a lack of gratitude in church trips and sermons. Through anecdotes of a donor and a pastor, the piece urges readers to express thanks to public officials and others who perform duties, warning ingratitude dulls life’s gold.
Battle in Madrid as Rebels Fire Skyscraper Target
Fierce fighting and heavy blasts light Madrid as insurgents bombard the city with artillery and aerial attacks. Red troops defend the capital amid fires while insurgents push across the Manzanares toward the University city and seize the philosophy faculty building.
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Madrid
Red
Manzanares
University City
Telephone
Faculty Philosophy
Beulah Gibson Arrested Over Extortion Attempt
Beulah Gibson, 19, a Black maid, was arrested in New York on charges of trying to extort $5,000 from her employer Frank Taormina, a wealthy Brooklyn importer, threatening to kidnap his two year old daughter.
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New York
INS
Beulah Gibson
Frank Taormina
Brooklyn
Green Says A F O L Will Not Expel Lewis
Tampa UPI American Federation of Labor will not expel John L Lewis and his rebel CIO aides at the 56th annual convention but may empower the executive council if peace talks fail. President Green says the convention should refrain from drastic action and suggests the standing committee remain to meet with the Lewis group if needed.
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Tampa
Fla
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Executive Council
William Green
Matthew Woll
George M. Harrison
Felix Knight
Carmen
Lewis Group
Green
Lewis
Poffey
Federation
United Press
George Ade in Serious Illness at Miami Beach
Indiana humorist George Ade, 70, is gravely ill at his winter home in Miami Beach. He is in an oxygen tent receiving treatment for a lung ailment after a fall at his Brook, Indiana home. Physicians expressed concern but later reported improvement.
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Miami Beach
Fla
George Ade
Indiana
Ade
Brook
Ind
Supreme court denies Murphy tax sale appeal
DES MOINES AP The Town supreme court on Tuesday denied the appeal of A. B. Murphy from a Johnson county district court ruling that the county treasurer could proceed with a tax sale of Murphy's real estate.
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Des Moines
Town Supreme Court
A. B. Murphy
Johnson County
Murphy
Roosevelt Heads to Buenos Aires for World Peace Conference
President Roosevelt sails from Charleston to Buenos Aires to join 21 American republics in a December 1 conference on peace and trade. He signals radio contact for home developments and aims to show armed conflict can be eliminated in the western hemisphere.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Western Hemisphere
Woodrow Wilson
France
Mr. Roosevelt
Union Pier No. 2
Charleston
S. C
Indianapolis
Trinidad
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
South America
Montevideo
Uruguay
White House
James Roosevelt
James
Edward Gallagher
Edwin M. Watson
Paul Bastedo
Ross T. McIntire
Marvin H. McIntyre
Gun in Russell’s hand not the fatal weapon expert says
A ballistics expert preliminary finding says the rusty gun found in Reid Russell’s right hand at Gouverneur Morris estate was not fired for over a year. Chief Investigator Clyde Plummer disclosed the claim after discussing with Victoria Russell, mother of the deceased auto salesman.
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Los Angeles
Reid Russell
Gouverneur Morris Estate
Clyde Plummer
Victoria Russell
Plummer
Edward G. Crossman
Russell
Gouverneur Morris’ Estate
Crossman
Body of 3 year old girl found in Kansas field
Gloria Hood, age 3, who wandered from her Kansas home a week earlier, was found in a weed field south of Newton. She wore blue striped overalls and a blue sweater, with scratches on arms and face likely from thorns. Clyde Smith, a Wichita truck driver, located the body after seeing a glint of blond hair in sunlight. Police believe she walked all night before dying.
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Newton
Kan
Gloria Hood
Clyde Smith
Wichita
Roosevelt names committee on farm tenancy reform
President Roosevelt appointed a special committee headed by Secretary Wallace to study farm tenancy. The group, due to report by February 1, includes L. C. Gray as executive secretary and technical director, with members from the Resettlement Administration, Farm Bureau, Grange, and other agencies and leaders.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
L. C. Gray
Resettlement Administration
Wallace
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Rep
Marvin Jones
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
Gray
A. G. Black
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agriculture
D. C. Gentry
Sinissippi Farms
Oregon
Edward F. McGrady
W. I. Myers
Farm Credit Administration
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ruth Suckow
Ferner Nuhn
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
R. G. Tugwell
Farm Union Heads Urge Struggle For Cost Of Production
National Farmers Union leaders at the thirty-second annual convention in Des Moines urge continued fight for cost of production and for the Frazier Lemke farm refinancing bill. President Everson calls for price insurance tied to average production costs. Secretary Kennedy says to save farm homes through Frazier Lemke refinancing with 1% interest and 14 1/2% annual amortization.
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Des Moines
National Farmers Union
E. H. Everson
St. Charles
S. D
E. E. Kennedy
Kankakee
Farmers Union
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936
A brief note records the 1936 automobile toll adjustment in Cedar Rapids. The item notes changes to charges and references the local toll authority. No further details are provided in readable text.
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Cedar Rapids
Five convicted on fraud count in merger case
Four former Modern Brotherhood of America officials and a Chicago broker were found guilty on all six counts of using the mails to defraud in a merger scheme with the Independent Order of Foresters. Each was sentenced to two years on each count and fined 10,000, to be served at Leavenworth. appeals planned.
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Fort Dodge
Modern Brotherhood of America
Mason City Fraternal Society
Chicago
United States District Court
Independent
Order of Foresters of Toronto
Ont
Leavenworth Federal
Insurance merger suit sparks criminal proceedings in Iowa
Davenport AP reports civil suit filed in Scott County District Court by Spencer G Frink Robert H France and William G Makemeon Tem Tipton against former M B A officers and Chicago C R Parks Service to recover funds from a merger Foresters members allegedly paid up to 750000 but only 300000 actually paid with 450000 set aside Trial delays stem from Foresters appeal to Iowa Supreme Court over Judge Scott's authority to order Toronto insurance records. The high court is expected to rule in December.
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Webster County
Fort Dodge
Scott County District Court
Davenport
Spencer Frink
Robert H. France
William Makemson
Cedar County
Spencer G. Frink
William G. Makemeon
Tipton
C. R. Parks Service Company
Chicago
Forester
J. A. Hanley
M. B A
Iowa Supreme Court
The
Foresters
W. W. Scott
Toronto
High Tribunal
Keota Man Dies After Iowa Crash
Keota hardware merchant T. A. Morris, 68, died in Washington County hospital from injuries from an automobile crash near Richland. He sustained crushed vertebrae and paralysis below the waist after the car struck a gravel pile and overturned. Mrs. Morris had a broken ankle and severe cuts.
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Washington, Ia
T. A. Morris
Keota
Washington County Hospital
Richland
Morris
King Edward VIII Begins Welsh Tour Amid Royal Romance Scrutiny
King Edward VIII departs London for a two day industrial tour of South Wales after a brief farewell with Mrs Wallis Simpson. The visit follows heightened political and public attention to the royal romance with questions raised in parliament about press censorship and public access to information.
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London
Wallis Simpson
Edward VIII
South
Wales
Mrs. Simpson
Cain
Edward
Simpson
Wiliam’ Adamson
Jaborite
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Runciman
Adamson
Ellen Wilkson
House of Commons
Nazi Prisoner Von Ossietzky Named Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
Oslo reports two Norwegian leaders resigned from the Nobel committee over the expected award to Nazi concentration camp prisoner Carl von Ossietzky now released. He is credited for broad antiwar work and German peace movement advocacy before Hitler's rise.
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Oslo
Norway
Karl von Ossietzky
Nobel Committee
von Ossietzky
Halvdan Koht
Germany
Johan L. Mowinckel
Liberal Party
Koht
Stockholm
Hitler
Trucker Freed as False-Checks Charges Dismissed
OSKALOOSA AP A Missouri trucker W. R. Benton from Sturgeon was on trial for issuing false checks but freed Tuesday after charges were dismissed in court.
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Oskaloosa
W. R. Benton
Sturgeon
Chas Dutcher Dies in Iowa Supreme Court
Charles Dutcher a renowned Iowa City attorney collapsed in the Iowa Supreme Court after finishing an argument and died despite immediate medical effort. Former State Senator and Chief Justice James M. Parsons adjourned the court as physicians confirmed the death.
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James M. Parsons
Dutcher
Martin J. Wade
Frank Messer
Johnson
Dutcher Dies in Des Moines Courtroom at 65
Charles M. Dutcher, 65, collapsed dead Tuesday in the Iowa supreme courtroom in Des Moines. A respected Iowa lawyer and former state senator, he founded the firm Dutcher Ries and Dutcher and taught medical jurisprudence. Survived by wife Marie Campbell Dutcher, daughter Jane Leonard of Chicago, sons Dan and Charles Jr., and brothers George and L. W. Dutcher. Funeral plans to be announced.
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Iowa City
Charles M. Dutcher
Iowa Supreme
Des Moines
Allen’ County
Kan
Dutcher
Iowa ‘City
University of Iowa Law
Johnson County
American
Iowa
Iowa Bar
University of Iowa
Dutcher, Ries and Dutcher
Iowa State Medical Association
Iowa College of Medicine
Marie Campbell Dutcher
Jane Leonard
Chicago
Dan C. Dutcher
Charles Dutcher, Jr
George
L. W. Dutcher
Seattle
Wash
Herbert J. Ries
Council Bluffs Man Heads Iowa Mortgage Bankers Association
John R. Wadsworth of Council Bluffs was elected president of the Iowa Mortgage Bankers Association at its state convention held Tuesday at the Montrose hotel. H. E. Henderson of Cedar Rapids was elected vice president and F. R. Sage of Des Moines secretary treasurer. Board of governors named J. W. Leavitt Cedar Falls W. C. Crosley Webster City F. C. Waples Cedar Rapids A. L. Kreidler Des Moines and W. W. Beal Waterloo for one year. The 1937 convention is slated for Oct 15 to Nov 15 with exact date and place to be announced.
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Cedar Rapids
John R. Wadsworth
Council Bluffs
Iowa Mortgage Bankers Association
Montrose Hotel
H. E. Henderson
F. R. Sage
Des Moines
Board of Governors
J. W. Leavitt
Cedar Falls
W. C. Crosley
Webster City
F. C. Waples
A. L. Kreidler
W. W. Beal
Waterloo
Associaion
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