Vacation thoughts from a restless desk
The writer explains an enforced return to work to cover debts since 1929 and recalls a Minnesota fishing trip amid heat waves. He notes political worries about Alf Landon and Kansas, along with memories of long talks with retirees and a professor who laments shrinking income as government borrowing rises.
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Sam
Kansas
Alf Landon
Washington
Constitution
Civil Service
University of Nebraska
Norwalk Rail Magnate Shot Weds Plans Scrapped
Don Burdick, a Manhattan investment broker, was charged with attempting to murder his father in law Harry E. Byram 70 in Norwalk Conn on the eve of Byram's fourth marriage. Byram lay wounded at a hospital as Burdick, found unconscious after wrecking his car, was treated for a concussion. The intended bride Frances Evans 35 stayed at the Byram estate.
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Manhattan
Harry E. Byram
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Earl Jagoe
Frances Evans
Byram
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway
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Helen
L. T. Morrison
Estella Berquist
Mark Williams
Aged Indiana Merchant Sees Income Slashed
An elderly southern Indiana business man laments New Deal policies that cut his life savings income preferring no pension. He notes decades in hardware, independence, and desire to run his affairs without government subsidies, hoping to continue business until he chose retirement.
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Indiana
McNutt
Roosevelt
Saturday's Marks Reflect Party Loyalty Shift
The statement notes that despite a new deal, the subject remains a Democrat and may withhold support. It implies party loyalty will influence voting on upcoming legislation and stresses the need for cross-party agreement.
War as mercy and unemployment solution sparks reader debate
A reader argues for war as economically beneficial and morally justified, claiming it creates work and national spirit. The letter praises war’s outcomes, laments unemployment, and equates peace talk with stagnation, ending with a prompt to continue on Page 2.
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Jesus
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Roosevelt in Capital for Talk Tonight
President Roosevelt completed a swing through drought damaged Midwest states and prepared to address the nation from Washington Sunday night. He met governors Chandler Davey Fitzgerald and McNutt in Indianapolis to discuss federal cooperation with state and local governments amid the dust bowl.
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Ohio
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Paul V. McNutt
Justice of the Peace Injured In Cedar Rapids Crash
Justice of the Peace W. J. Grunewald was struck by a car at Twelfth street and B avenue NE suffering a brain concussion and scalp wound. The driver C. W. Davis said he did not see the crossing judge as street lights were out. Grunewald regained consciousness later and was treated at St Luke's hospital. doctors said injuries not serious.
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B Avenue
C. W. Davis
Fifteenth Avenue
Twelfth Street
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Justice Grunewald
Grunewald
St. Luke’s Hospital
Fear Heavy Labor Day Traffic Toll
Chicago AP reports the heaviest Labor Day weekend highway traffic expected as the National Safety Council projects about 300 more deaths over the year during the holiday period starting Saturday noon.
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Chicago
America
National Safety Council
Cascade Woman Attacked. Suspect Escapes after Farm Field Search
Cascade authorities and a fifty man posse scoured a cornfield near the Elmer O Shea farm three miles west of Cascade on highway 161 after a man allegedly entered the O Shea home and demanded money. He tore clothing, choked Mrs. O Shea, and fled with $1 50.
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Cascade
Jones County
Elmer O’shea
Highway 161
O’shea
Rebels Near Madrid With New Smashes
Red militia defenders of San Sebastian retreated to the edge of the seaport city dynamiting and burning buildings as Franco forces stormed and seized Fuentarrabia and Fort Guadalupe near the Madrid front Sunday.
Rebels Close on Toledo After Southwest Victories
Madrid reports two Franco Mola victories widen the southern front. Insurgent forces reach within forty miles of Toledo as red militia retreat along a twelve mile front near Talavera de la Reina. Dispatches note the capital braces for possible encirclement and siege.
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Refuge in Granada Air Raid Recalls Witwer and Seely
Two Cedar Rapids women Miss Rachel Witwer and Mrs Adah Seely described their three weeks in Granada during Spain’s civil war. They fled on the first rescue plane after the August 6 air raid that hit the Washington Irving hotel, killing five Spaniards and wounding many.
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the Gazette
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Cedar Rapids
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Benjamin Franklin Senior High School
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Second Avenue SE
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England
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Granada
Washington Irving
Sunday Gazette sports and society highlights
The Sundays Gazette previews football prospects as colleges reopen and the baseball season winds down. It outlines sports coverage across sections, plus world and local news, editorials, features, ads, theater notes, and a full comics section. It notes notable items like a lifelong railroad telegrapher’s record, a history book on Dr. A W Drury, and various regional society pieces.
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Sunday Gazette
A. W. Drury
United Brethren Church
O. O. McIintyre
William A. Brady
Edgar Guest
Jay Sigmund
Weather Brief Cedar Rapids Sees Peak 77 Saturday
Temperatures rose late Saturday reaching 77 by 6 p.m. after morning one inch of rain. Readings from Chambers Inskeep show 76 at 7 p.m. and 74 at 11 p.m. Humidity increased with the rain and the sky cleared late in the day.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Weather forecast for Chicago and river valleys
The period from Sept 7 shows showers in the eastern and southern areas Monday followed by fair conditions. A return of showers is expected Thursday or Friday, with cooler temperatures Monday or Tuesday and light precipitation midweek.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Labor Day Rental Want Ads Urged in Cedar Rapids
Returning teachers and students seek rooms and apartments, families return from vacations need houses, and all will read Rental Want Ads. If you have a vacancy now is the time to rent it. Dial 2-1121 and TELL ALL in Cedar Rapids through a Want Ad.
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Cedar Rapids
Woman Flyer Tells Of Storm Over Atlantic
Mrs. Beryl Markham nearly perished after crash landing in a bog near Baleine Quebec while completing the first solo east to west Atlantic flight by a woman. Her plane wrecked she escaped with a head cut and bruises and planned to fly to New York as a passenger the next day.
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Beryl Markham
Atlantic
Two Die in Three Vehicle Crash East of Muscatine
A three car collision ten miles east of Muscatine left two dead Mrs J S Buelow 70 of Dubuque and George Wick 60 of Burlington. Four others were injured including Mrs Fred Doligreen of Chicago and Frank Bauer of Dubuque. Sheriff Nesper led the investigation.
Joe M Campbell Dies In Fall On Douglas Street Bridge
A 42 year old man believed to be Joe M Campbell formerly of Sioux City Ia died after jumping or falling about fifty feet from the west end of the Douglas street bridge over the Missouri River in Omaha Neb Early Saturday night A World War I army discharge found in his pocket identified him as a private in company F 357th Infantry The discharge was filed with J F Wilson recorder of Godbury Ww 30 1933
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Neb
Joe M. Campbell
Sioux City
Douglas Street
Missouri River
357Th Infantry
J. F. Wilson
Godbury
Sightseeing plane crash kills nine at county airport
A tri motor sightseeing plane crashed after takeoff at the county airport killing nine aboard and injuring one survivor Linda McDonald of Miami escaped through a window. The dead include pilot Eric Beckley and several Pittsburgh residents. The craft owned by Pittsburgh Skyways Inc., two motors failed two miles from the field, flames engulfed the wreck in a wooded ravine delaying rescue.
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Miami
Fla
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Beckley
John A. Powers
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Ruth Ellinger
Marie Dennison
Bradley
Phelan McShane
South Park
Pittsburgh Skyways, Inc
Harry Bruce
Buttermilk Hollow
Bruce
Death by Own Action Note Found Beside Chicago Man
Police found a note beside 39 year old Joseph Heller stating I feel the urge to Here goes Bang bang Joe. Heller was seriously wounded in the head and taken to a hospital. The trigger was pulled twice, but only one bang occurred.
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Chicago
Joseph Heller
Heller
Let The Gazette follow you to college
Cedar Rapids readers heading to colleges across the country are urged to have The Gazette mailed to their college addresses so they can stay informed about back home events.
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Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
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