Kentucky woman Frances Brady shot entering home in Covington
Covington police pursued a baffling murder case after Frances Brady 30 was gunned down as she entered her home returning from a shower. A missing key and peculiar front door lock prompted theories of burglary though nothing was taken. Brady planned to marry next week and worked as a secretary in Cincinnati.
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Covington
Frances Brady
James P. Riffe
Maragret
Frances
Margaret
Alfred Schild
Brady
Puthoff
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Minnesota Democrat Nominees Withdraw in Farm Labor Push
ST. PAUL UP Fred A Curtis and Patrick J Delaney democratic candidates for governor and United States senator withdrew from the race and urged voters to back the farmer labor ticket in Minnesota.
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ST. Paul
Fred A. Curtis
Patrick J. Delaney
United States
Fey Ousted From Austrian Guards
Vienna report says fascism in Austria split after Major Emil Fey, former vice chancellor, was expelled from the heimwehr by Prince Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg at a leaders meeting. Fifty pro Fey officials were barred from the party.
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Vienna
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Austria
Emil Fey
Heimwehr
Fey
Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg
Politics on the air highlights and schedule
AP notes the Sunday NBC program Republican WJZ at 7:45 p.m. with Abraham Epstein and Monday 3:30 p.m. on NBC WEAF featuring London radio clubs with Agnes Rogers. It lists stations WABC WOKO WNBF WHEC WFBL WIBX and a 4 p.m. segment with Judge W F Bleakley.
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Central Standard
WJZ
NBC
Abraham Epstein
WEAF
London
Agnes Rogers
WABC
WOKO
WNBF
WHEC
WFBL
WIBX
Judge W. F. Bleakley
Gloves Off Life And Real Experience In 1936 Column
A reader’s poem on gloves silencing touch and life contrasts with William James and Father Faber. The piece condemns genteel restraint, urging removal of artificial decorum to face reality, live fully, and feel the divine in everyday moments despite social bounds.
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England
William James
James
Father Faber
Pickwick
Germany Launches Scharnhorst First New Dreadnought Since War
In Wilhelms Haven Germany the 20 000 ton battleship Scharnhorst is launched marking the birth of Germanys new navy. War minister von Blomberg calls the ship a symbol of equality and sovereignty for the Third Reich. Next week two new army corps will be formed as part of a wider reoccupation plan.
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Germany
Scharnhorst
Scapa Flow
Werner von Blomberg
Third Reich
Coblenz
Rhine
Rhineland
High School Boy Shoots Girl in Accident Claim
Samuel Miller 17 was arrested in Dover New Jersey on charges of criminal assault and assault with intent to kill after a 15 year old girl, Jean Nash, was shot at a relative’s home. Miller says the shooting was accidental while Nash says it was unintentional. The girl lay in critical condition with a bullet in the abdomen. Miller was held on $10 000 bail.
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Miller
Britain Presses to Restrain Japan in China
London reports strong British diplomatic pressure aimed at preventing Japan from expanding in China. Officials fear a Japanese protectorate in the Yangtze valley and northern China as Tokyo signals it will not yield in its clash with China.
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Britain
Japan
China
Yangtze Valley
Tokio
Kazuo Kuwashima
East Asian Department
The
Foreign Office
Nanking
Kuwashima
Girl Struck by Car Injures Two Near Fifth Avenue
Geraldine Jasper a 16 year old, daughter of Mrs R L Jasper, suffered a compound fracture of the right leg, a left collarbone fracture, and a scalp wound after being struck by William Knowles on Fifth avenue near Sixth street. Jasper was taken to St Luke's hospital in fair condition. A separate accident on A avenue and Tenth street NE injured Robert Mersh, 6, with facial scrapes. the truck driver left the scene and was not identified.
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R. L. Jasper
Fifth Avenue SE
William Knowles
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Street
Miss Jasper
St. Luke’s Hospital
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Robert Mersh
Shaver Road
A Avenue
Tenth Street
Margaret Mersh
Mary Quick
Pillsbury Flour Mills President Dies From Injuries
Harri son Hayes Whiting, 59, president of Pillsbury Flour Mills Co., died in Minneapolis after a horse he rode threw him and fell on him on Sunday, sustaining fatal injuries.
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Harrison
Hayes Whiting
Pillsury Flour Mills Company
Ekins Surges Ahead in Around the World Air Race
H R Ekins of the New York World Telegram leads three New York writers in a race spanning the globe. He reached Frankfurt aboard a KLM flight to Athens while rivals Kilgallen and Kieran faced changes after the Hindenburg arrival.
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World-Telegram
KLM
Athens
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Kieran
Frankfort
Munich
Rome
Imperial Airways
Brindisi
Italy
California gold nugget offered as prize for globe girdling reporters
San Francisco Mayor Angelo J. Rossi offers a California gold nugget, symbol of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, as the prize to the first of three transatlantic reporters to plant a flag or token from any European or Asiatic nation on the 400 acre world fair site in San Francisco Bay.
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INS
California
Angelo J. Rossi
San Francisco Bay
Henning Gypsum Co. Vice President Dies After Car Accident
Charles F. Henning 55 vice-president of U S Gypsum died in Highland Park hospital from injuries after his parked car was pushed over him while signaling a passing motorist Thursday night. The accident occurred when headlights glare blinded him as he stood beside the vehicle.
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Chicago
Charles F. Henning
U. S. Gypsum Company
Highland Park Hospital
Seven Die in Rail Collision Near Rome
An AP report from Rome says seven people were killed and 45 injured when a freight train collided with a motor coach traveling between Rieti and Contigliano near Rome on Saturday.
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Rome
Rieti
Contigliano
Perryville Votes on Liquor Sales Referendum
Perryville residents voted on Saturday on a proposal to authorize liquor sales. Current regulations forbid sale of any drink stronger than beer in the Illinois town once tied to Carry Nation’s temperance campaign.
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Perryville, Ill
Perryville
Carry Nation
Moonlit Raid Fights Rattle Madrid Fronts
Madrid faced a moonlit night of terror as rebel planes struck outskirts while government communiques claimed insurgent forces remained distant from the capital. Loyalist forces pressed actions around Aranjuez and along the Madrid front toward the Guadarramas amid light outages and evacuation alarms.
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Madrid
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Toledo
Maqueda
Olias
Illescas
Franco on way to unknown destination after Madrid push
Gen Francisco Franco leader of the insurgent provisional government heads toward an unknown destination as he plans the final assault on Madrid. He holds command of all fighting forces and would become a totalitarian ruler, joining Mussolini and Hitler if victorious.
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Burgos
Spain
Francisco Franco
Franco
Madrid
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Man Arrested For Slapping Woman In Movie Theater
Alfred Fondler, 23, a Y M C A lifeguard, pled guilty after slapping a woman who talked during a film, telling the judge he regretted the act. Magistrate Curran dismissed the case, hinting he sympathized with his own urge to discipline noisy theatergoers.
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New York
Alfred Fondler
Owen P. White
Fondler
White
Huey P. Long
Long Island
Henry Curran
Abdul
Rita Schultz
Curran
Paris Waiters Strike Shuts Cafes And Hotels
Paris police rushed patrols as 60 000 waiters walked out on Saturday closing cafes and hotels. The strike spurred fears of a communist fascist clash on Sunday as fascist groups planned to disrupt a major demonstration and union leaders reported widespread walkouts.
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Croix de Feu
Cafe du Dome
Cupole
Cafe de la Paix
Maxim’s
Webber’s
Employers’ Association
George V and
Lotti
Capt. S. R. Van Sant Dead Former Minnesota Governor
Capt. S. R. Van Sant, 92, former Minnesota governor (1901 1906) and twice grand commander of the G A R, died early Saturday in Attica Indiana from acute dilation of the heart while en route to Green Cove Florida. Burial planned at Le Claire Iowa.
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Attica, Ind
S. R. van Sant
Minnesota
Green Cove
Fla
van Sant
le Claire
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936
The notice records a Cedar Rapids toll action for 1936 with details truncated in the OCR text. It mentions a monetary amount near .370 and a numeric code 276, implying a civic or municipal posting or fee schedule. Further specifics are unreadable in the fragment.
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Cedar Rapids
France cuts tariffs to halt rising prices after franc devaluation
France drafts over 100 decrees to remove import quotas and cut non quota duties by 15 to 20 percent in an effort to curb price increases. Paul Bastid, minister of commerce, will unveil the plan to the League of Nations as a bid to balance foreign competition with devaluation benefits and push for broadly lower trade barriers.
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Geneva
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France
League of Nations Committee
Paul Bastid
French League
Bastid
Two men held in probe of oil lease sales scheme
William C. Uphoff and Ed N. Shaw were arrested in Cedar Rapids after a probe into an apparent confidence game involving oil lease and rights sales. Uphoff faces charges under the state securities act and cheating by false pretenses, with Shaw held for investigation and potential conspiracy charges if further evidence emerges.
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Cedar Rapids
William C. Uphoff
Peoria
Ill
Ed N. Shaw
Moline
Dick Payn
Uphoff
Simon Gongwer
Johnson Avenue
Justice A. S. Reed
G. K. Thompson
Shaw
Thompson
Autumn Weather Picture At Cedar Rapids
Occasional clouds and fading foliage with mild temperatures defined Cedar Rapids Saturday. Temperatures rose to 66 at 1 30 p m after a 57 reading earlier and a 24 hour low of 40 in the early morning Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
McDermott Enters Plea of Innocence
Dr Rich ard R McDermott a 34 year old chiropractor charged with first degree murder of his estranged wife entered a plea of innocence at arraignment and trial was set for October 25. He was remanded to jail without word.
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Kansas City
Richard R. McDermott
Yankees Rally Tops Giants In World Series Game Three
In front of 65 000 fans the New York Yankees defeated the New York Giants 2 1 to take a 2 1 series lead. Billy DiMaggio and Gehrig homered for the Yankees while Fred Fitzsimmons dazzled with a knuckle ball and fast curve.
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New York Yankees
Fred Fitzsimmons
Yankees
Giants
Jackson
Rolfe
Gehrig
Fitzsimmons
Moore
Selkirk
Lazzeri
Hadley
Ott
Crosetti
Boy Scouts Build Bird Feeders and Houses in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Boy Scouts completed forty bird feeders and one hundred twenty bird houses as part of their community service, demonstrating the annual “good turns” the group performs for the city and Bever Park.
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Boy Scouts
Cedar Rapids
Bever Park
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