Revered Cedar Rapids neighbor John Turner praised as humane and steady
A Cedar Rapids columnist extols John Turner as a calm, humane local figure who ran a business beside the old riverfront publishing plant. The piece contrasts him with a critical rival publisher, defending The Gazette’s Sioux City exposure as a fight against graft, not Cedar Rapids corruption.
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Ohn B. Turner
Cedar Rapids
Turner
John Turner
Gazette
Sioux City
State House
Des Moines
the Gazette
Fires Sweep 400 Mile Front Across Northern California
Forty forest fires raged along a 400 mile front from Mt. Shasta to the Tehachapis threatening six mining towns and destroying thousands of acres of timber. Westville's 300 residents were left homeless after the town was destroyed. Firefighters faced 60 mph winds as flames surged, with casualties and multiple communities under threat across El Dorado Placer Nevada Sierra Tuolomne Mariposa Madera and Fresno counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
Westville
Auburn
Placer County
Mt. Shasta
Tehachapis Pass
Yosemite Park
el Dorado
Placer
Nevada
Sierra
Tuolomne
Mariposa
Madera
Fresno
San Francisco Bay Region
San Mateo
Colusa
Marin
Tehama
Butte
Bret Harte
Mark Twain
Sonora
Dutch Flat
You Bet
Iowa Hill
Forest Hill
Standardville
Soulsbyville
Westside
Rockaway Beach
Vallemar
Pedro Mountain
Charles Elliott
Calif
George
Ross Berlin
M. E. Church
Sierra Nevadas
San Joaquin Valley
Tuolumne
Mariposa County
Indian Lodge
Pine Grove
Big Creek
Hill resigns WPA post after sunflower sticker incident
Teve Hill of Des Moines plans to resign as state WPA director after the election. He and Harry Hopkins will not comment. The move follows an embarrassing incident in Leon where a WPA employee was fired for a London sunflower sticker on his car, later reinstated by Hill who demoted the firing foreman. No politics in new deal relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teve Hill
Des Moines
WPA
Mr. Hill
Harry Hopkins
Hill
John Lentz
Leon
Landonite
Hopkins
Local Relatives Face Pressure Over Landon Support
Relatives of a WPA worker facing anonymous letter backlash for backing Landon. The missive accuses them of ingratitude for the job and urges removal of sunflowers in windows and to vote Roosevelt, warning against London and Wall Street influence on salaries.
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Roosevelt
London
Wall Street
Resignation and alleged intimidation in Iowa WPA leadership
The letter cites an old respected family of teachers and notes associates resent independent thought. It mentions a well known relief worker, asks why L S Hill resigned as WPA director for Iowa, and questions why the Cedar Rapids residents were targeted. It references Linn county and silent politics in relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. S. Hill
WPA
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Rosson and Beverly Hills Socialite Wed Reported
Hollywood dispatch reports the marriage of Hal Rosson to Yvonne Crellin, a Beverly Hills socialite, as revealed by friends. The ceremony details remain private and the couple is not publicly confirmed by formal sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Hal Rosson
Jean Harlow
Yvonne Crellin
Beverly Hills
New Deal Democrat Tied to Rallying Voters at City Hall
A former dealer claims a fleet gathered hundreds for relief then registered them as democrats at city hall. He accuses the new dealer who organized the effort of orchestrating the scheme and of instructing applicants for a state highway patrol post to secure recommendations from New Deal allies and politicians.
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State Highway Patrol
New Deal
The Unexpressed Powers of Humanity and Immortality
Theo dore Parker reflects in 1860 Italy on using only a fraction of our powers. William James argues people live below their potential, while the struggle of life drives hidden energies to surface. Every person can do more than they have become, and greatness emerges under pressure.
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Theodore Parker
Italy
Gray
William James
Happy
ACCUSE AUTO GROUPS OF MONOPOLY MOVE
The Federal Trade Commission accuses five automotive parts trade groups of forming a national market control scheme. Named are National Standard Parts Association Detroit Motor and Equipment Wholesale Association Chicago Automotive Trades Association of Greater Kansas City and two Western regional groups plus officers and members. A show cause deadline is November 20, 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
United States
National Standard Parts Association of
Detroit
Motor and Equipment Wholesale Association of
Chicago
Automotive Trades Association of Greater
Mississippi Valley Automotive Jobbers Association
W. E. Wissler
Des Moines
Raid on Des Moines Cigar Store Nets 50 Arrests
Police raided the Ideal cigar store in Des Moines and arrested 50 persons on charges of frequenting a gambling establishment. The store, once the Fifth Avenue cigar store, had a history of gambling raids. Officers confiscated horse racing betting sheets and related materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Ideal Cigar Store
Fifth Avenue Cigar Store
Roy Chamberlain
Fascists Launch Sway Against Madrid From Three Sides
Insurgent forces bombarded government positions and marched toward Madrid from Burgos and three directions. The campaign focused on Torrelaguna and Navalcarnero with shelling at Aranjuez and El Escorial as insurgents press a decisive offensive that has not yet begun, according to Burgos high command.
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Burgos
Spain
Madrid
Guadarrama
Torrelaguna
Guadalajara
Siguenza
Navalcarnero
el Escorial
Aranjuez
Toledo
Valmojado
Maqueda-Madrid
Gredos
Valdemaqueda
Navas del Marques
Tragedy: 14 Month Old Dies After Drinking Kerosene
Beverly Anne McDonough aged 14 months died at a local hospital after drinking four to six ounces of kerosene from a pop bottle. The child, found convulsing by her grandmother, died of kerosene effects. She is survived by parents and a newborn brother Curtis John. body at Turner mortuary. no inquest.
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Beverly Anne McDonough
Ben McDonough
N Street
Harry McDonough
Curtis John
Turner Mortuary
R. E. Munden
Landon Knox Hold Topeka Meeting On Anti New Deal Drive
In Topeka Kansas Gov Alf Landon and Col Frank Knox met outside the Capitol for the third time since the Cleveland convention and planned strategy for the final campaign push. Knox arrived with Mrs Knox after traveling from Kansas City and Landon pledged a fighting campaign as both men expressed confidence in a November victory.
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Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Frank Knox
Capitol
Cleveland
National Party
Executive Mansion
Landon
Knox
Kansas City
Capital
French Industry Fears Government Seizure of Factories
Paris industrialists accuse the Blum government of siding with striking workers as French navy authorities threaten to seize a plant and supervise armament production for two cruisers Dunkerque and Strasbourg. Pierre Cot orders nationalization of aviation factories under a 1877 armament law. Renault workers report communist raids on a rightist union election and ballot box destruction at the Paris area plant.
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Paris
Navy Ministry
Dunkerque
Strasbourg
Brest
Saint Nazaire
Pierre Cot
Air
Cot
Renault Automobile
John W. Davis Plans Radio Offer Attack on New Deal
John W. Davis later joined the National Jeffersonian Democrats campaign against FDR. The former 1924 Democratic presidential candidate announced a 45 minute radio talk next Tuesday night to assail the New Deal and oppose Roosevelt’s re election.
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New York
John W. Davis
Roosevelt
Davis
Political radio schedules list speakers by party and city
The schedule lists Democratic, Republican and Jeffersonian programs on major networks with speakers from Uvalde Chicago Utica Washington and Miss Natalie Couch. Notable figures include Vice-president Garner, Harry Hopkins, James A Reed, John L. Lewis and Mrs Henry Morgenthau across NBC CBS and ABC outlets.
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WJZ
NBC
Garner
Uvalde
Tex
Harry Hopkins
Washington
WABC
CBS
WBBM
WCCO
WOC
KRNT
KFAB
KMBC
KMOX
KSCJ
WNAX
Sen
A. HA. "Vandenberg
Chicago
Utica
Wjznbc
James A. Reed
Labor’s Non-partisan League
John L. Lewis
Henry Morgenthau
WEAF
London
Natalie Couch
Edward VIII plans to wed Mrs Simpson after divorce
Washington reports King Edward VIII intends to marry Mrs. Ernest Simpson, the Baltimore born socialite, after her divorce from her shipbroker husband. The Post says the king approved the divorce and plans a wedding no earlier than late April after coronation.
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Washington
Edward VIII
Great Britain
Ernest Simpson
Baltimore
Washington Post
The
Post
Simpson
Mrs. Simpson
Edward
Vision of Edward as retired king haunts London
London readers saw a speculative portrait of King Edward the former monarch, imagined as a pipe smoking country gentleman. The piece notes the vision is only a remote possibility but unsettles the public as it hints at a post abdication scenario.
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London
Edward
Great Britain
Milk price cut by distributors signals surplus pressure
In Cedar Rapids the ten cent milk price announced Friday by large distributors dropped to nine cents per quart and nine cents per half pint for cream by Saturday. Distributors and producers remained tight lipped while a Co-Operative dairy manager declined to comment awaiting further talks and possible follow on pricing. Rumors point to a surplus reviving the familiar price pressures in the market.
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Cedar Rapids
R. L. Stallman
Co-Operative Dairy
Co- Op
Roosevelt Plans Rider To Legalize NRA
A Massachusetts dispatch quotes James Roosevelt saying President Roosevelt aims to push a constitutional amendment to make NRA principles the law. He spoke at a Gardner rally and suggested shortening labor hours as a path to reduce unemployment, signaling continued NRA policy if endorsed by the people.
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Washington
Massachusetts
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
NRA
Gardner
Mass
Worcester
Supreme Court
Clipper Completes Historic Flight to Manila
Pan American Airways China Clipper finished its first passenger flight from California to Manila carrying newspapermen. The craft landed in Manila bay at 3 40 p m local time after dodging squalls from Guam on the inaugural airmail voyage.
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Manila
P. I
Pan- American Airways
California
Manila Bay
Alameda Airport
Golden Gate
Guam
Party of Press Association
San Francisco Bay
Roosevelt declares PWA has started wheels of trade turning
In Niagara Square Buffalo President Roosevelt lauds public works as reviving trade and commerce in stagnant areas. He dedicates a new federal office building calling it a substitute for the dole and praises the program before thousands of cheering citizens.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Niagara Square
Roosevelt
Trade and Commerce
Roosevelt ends western tour with upstate New York visits
President Roosevelt completes a 47 speech campaign across 10 western states and moves through upstate New York. He accuses Wall Street backed literature of swaying stockholders against his administration and plans brief speaks in Buffalo Rochester Utica and Albany before returning to Hyde Park.
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Roosevelt
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Upstate
New York
Cleveland
Wall Street
Ohio Lake-Front
Great Financial District
Ohio
Buffalo
Rochester
Utica
Albany
Herbert H. Lehman
Hyde Park
Korean maid charged in lead poisoning case at White Plains estate
Police say Chang Soo Lee bought rail tickets for himself and Mrs Churchill while poisoning two household members, the Reeves, who remain critically ill. Lee is held without bail as detectives probe connections to the death of Mrs Churchill's husband in St Petersburg Florida.
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White Plains
N. Y
Chang Soo Lee
Westchester
St. Petersburg
Fla
Elbert T. Gallagher
George Reeves
White Plains Hospital
Gallagher
Reeves
Indianapolis
Lee
Churchill
Butler
Mrs. Churchill
Elizabeth de Parto
Parkesburg
Sua
Hidden ball trick vanishes as lights fail at Haskell game
In Atchison Kansas spectators watched a supposed hidden ball play collapse when a fuse burned out darkening the field During the blackout 2000 fans saw players and officials emerge from trees as lights returned and the game resumed with St Benedicts facing Haskell
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Cedar Rapids Auto
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Cedar
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