Russia Reveals Hidden Fortresses Along German Border
USSR war maneuvers reveal an underground fortification system along its western border similar to France’s Maginot line. General Elementi Voroshilo warned enemies while troops trained near Minsk. Cossack cavalry units were reintroduced as a formal red army component, with underground signaling networks aiding concealed forces.
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Minsk
U.S.S.R
Voroshilo
Russia
Red Army
Germany
Italy
Czardom
Moscow
France
Nearly Million In New Bonds Offered
Washington officials eyed investors as a $914 million Treasury bond sale opened. About $400 million in new 0 23 year 234 per cent issues were offered publicly to raise cash, and up to $514,066,000 were offered in exchange for 1 5 per cent notes maturing Sept. 15.
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Washington
Treasury
Independent Joint Steel Price Boost
Pittsburgh based industry report notes Laughlin Steel and Carnegie Illinois Steel raise the price of steel by 2 dollars per ton for the first quarter. The increase affects refined steel rolled bars small tapes and hot rolled annealed sheets.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Carnegielinois Steel Corporation
Ones
Laughlin Steel
Lucretia Pyne, Laguna Beach Resident, Dies at 90
Mrs Lucretia A Pyne a longtime Laguna Beach resident and former Vermillion County Iowa native dies at age 90. She moved to California about thirty five years ago and ran a famed fly room style home noted as a show ace in Laguna Beach.
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Lucretia Pyne
Laguna Beach
Calif
Lucretia A. Pyne
Vermillion County
Ilandoux City
Stalin Ill or Still in Power Denials Face Off
Moscow reports deny foreign press claims Stalin is ill while Berlin papers cite a Warsaw dispatch saying Stalin may die. The alleged ruling trio Voroshilov Ordzhonikidze and Kaganovich would lead the Kremlin if true.
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Moscow
INS
Joseph Stalin
Berlin
Soviet Union
Voroshiloff
G. K. Ordjonikidze
L. M. Kaganovich
Stalin
Communist Party
Stalin near death amid alleged purge triggered by illness
A Paris dispatch cited by People of Manchester reports Stalin is incapacitated by heart trouble and not leaving the Kremlin for months. A mysterious operation by a physician from Oslo is linked to the illness, with the purge framed as fear of civil war and foreign opportunism by Germany and Japan.
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Manchester
Eng
Paris
Lenin
Stalin
Kremlin
Oslo
Germany
Japan
Ab Jenkins Boosts Mormon Meteor Repairs At Salt Flats
Ab Jenkins rushed repairs on the Mormon Meteor at Bonneville Salt Flats to resume a bid for world land speed records. The Salt Lake City driver aimed for a 48 hour run to reclaim records England's George Eyston recently held before a breakdown halted the attempt after 12 hours. The car, a streamlined 12 cylinder machine, had logged 1,942 miles before a universal joint failed.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Ab Jenkins
England
George Eyston
America
Salt Lake City
Five States Hold Primaries Today Across Nation
Five states and Alaska vote in primaries as a prelude to Maine's upcoming election. Washington, Colorado, Vermont, South Carolina and Arizona hold contests for state and federal nominees. Georgia next tests New Deal sentiment with Talmadge versus Russell.
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Alaska
Maine
Washington
Colorado
Vermont
South Carolina
Arizona
Georgia
Deep South
Eugene Talmadge
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Congress
Boy Scouts Join Hunt For Missing Baby In Detroit
Police expanded the search for 17 month old Harry Browe who vanished from his perambulator in Clark Park. A Boy Scout patrol organized by student police mentored leaders combs a ten mile square area as part of the hunt with scouts mobilized Tuesday in Detroit.
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Detroit
Harry Browe
Clark Park
Money motive alleged in Byram gunplay case
In Norwalk Connecticut state police charge Donald Burdick with assault with intent to murder in a probe of the shooting of Harry E. Byram 70 a retired railroad magnate. Investigators say Byram planned to divide a stock portfolio valued at 25000 and marry Frances Evans 38. Burdick remains hospitalized and under guard with bail set at 100000.
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Norwalk
Byram
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Frances. Evans
New York City
Burdick
Westport
Evans
Burdi
Pope Cancels Audiences Amid Illness Rumors
Pope Pius canceled all audiences in Castel Gandolfo amid rumors of illness. Scheduled guests included U S Senators Royal Copeland of New York and Warren Austin of Vermont, who were advised the Pontiff would be unable to receive them. Official word cited important state affairs with his secretaries.
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Italy
INS
Pope Pius
U. S
Royal S. Copeland
New York
Warren S. Austin
Vermont
Holy Father
New Dealer Claims Utilities Boosted Stock Book Values
Har low S. Persons, new deal power consultant, told the third world power conference that private utilities claim a $17 billion book value on their properties though physical worth is about $12 billion. His remarks sparked expected debate between utility officials and federal officers.
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Washington
Harlow S. Persons
New Deal Power
America
Persons
Rural Electrification Administration
Life Creed of a Dear Friend Passed Away
The note recalls a friend who wrote a life creed affirming good will, neighborly sovereignty, open-hearted truth seeking, self critique, humor, and equal regard for others. He lived simply and faithfully in freedom, fellowship, and fun, leaving memories like music to those who knew him.
Mutiny on Portuguese Warships in Lisbon Harbor
Crews of two Portuguese warships mutinied in Lisbon harbor seizing temporary command and exchanging fire with shore batteries. The sloop Alfonso de Albuquerque and the destroyer Dao were damaged before mutineers surrendered. Government tugs towed the ships as mutineers were taken into custody. The first shot was fired at 7 48 a m.
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London
INS
Lisbon
Reuter
Tagus
Alfonso de Albuquerque
Dao
Roosevelt to Start South Trip Tonight From Washington
President Roosevelt plans a southward journey starting Tuesday night for a green pastures rally in Charlotte North Carolina with invited Democrats from six southeastern states. He will reach Knoxville and tour the Great Smoky Mountains before arriving in Asheville and Charlotte to conclude the trip with a non political speech.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Charlotte
N. C
White House
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
Great Smoky Park
Asheville
North Carolina
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Virginia
South
Madrid Crisis Deepens as Rebels Advance Near Capital
Rebellion forces push toward Madrid with fall of the capital deemed likely. Government mobilizes Madrid police as shock troops and guards southern approaches. Siege at San Sebastian frays loyalties among Basques and anarchists amid heavy bombardment of Toledo’s Alcazar.
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London
INS
Madrid
Gibraltar
San Sebastian
Talavera
Toledo
Juan Yague
United Press
Ebel
Jean Herbette
Spain
Hendaye
Harrison Laroche
Herbette
Reynolds Packard
Harold Ettlinger
Pasajes
Iran
HOLC Foreclosures Hit Linn County As War on Delinquents
The Home Owners' Loan Corporation has filed eighteen foreclosure suits in Linn County District Court for the September term. HOLC attorney Wayne C. Boland said the filings amount to about two and a half percent of Linn County loans, noting most debtors made reasonable efforts to pay and that HOLC loans were set higher than private loans, with appraisals about eighty percent.
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Santa Claus
Uncle Sam
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation of
Washington, D. C
HOLC
Linn County
Wayne C. Boland
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Boland
Seek To Break Jam Delaying Federal Seed Grain Buying
Gazette Washington report says the FSCC will dispatch W B Robertson and H C Albin to Minneapolis to resolve delays in the 10 million dollar seed grain buying program. Officials cite the grain elevator strike as the main obstacle, while denying friction with Farmers National Grain Corporation.
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Federal
FSCC
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Albin
Farmers National
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll For 1936
The brief notes a traffic toll in Cedar Rapids affecting cars in 1936. Details are limited but indicate a municipal charge or fee for vehicle use within the city limits during the period.
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Cedar Rapids
Future Dutch Queen To Wed German Prince
Crown Princess Juliana announces engagement to Prince Bernhard Leopold of Lippe Biesterfeld a member of a historic German noble family. The couple will wed late this autumn in The Netherlands with Juliana 22 and Bernhard Leopold 25. The Lippe region is now a German republic southwest of Bremen.
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Juliana
Netherlands
Bernhard Leopold
Lippe-Biesterfeld
Germany
Wilhelmina
Edward
England
Lippe
Bernard
Leopold IV
Bremen
German Republic
Prince Bernhard Leopold
University of Berlin
Paris
I. G. Farben-Industrie
Prince of Wales
Duke of Gloucester
Astrid
Switzerland
Weather Warm For Opening Of Schools
Cedar Rapids children began the school year under unusually warm Junelike skies. Temperatures rose from 59 at dawn to 81 by mid‑morning and 86 by mid afternoon, with a Labor Day high near 85 and falling to 64 by midnight, according to Chambers Inskeep records.
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Cedar Rapids
Labor Day
Chambers Inskeep Company
Landon to Detail Farm Program in Des Moines Speech
Gov Alfred Landon Republican nominee will speak in Des Moines at 8 30 p m Sept 22 broadcast nationally to discuss the farm program and Republican platform details He will appear in Chariton and other Iowa cities Sept 23 and will be greeted by a parade of county caravans with bands and bugle corps He plans to boost Halden's senate bid in Chariton before Midwest stops
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Syracuse
New York
Hyde Park
Des Moines
INS
Alfred M. Landon
Iowa
Landon
Carl Cook
Chariton
Midwest
Des Moines Coliseum
Cook
Agnes Samuelson
National Education Association
State Central Committee
London
Roosevelt
Halden
Berry Halden
United States Senate
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Hage
Airplane Birthday Gift Brings Death Near Miami
Mrs. Mary Belle Brubaker aged 30 died in a sightseeing flight crash with Samuel Cooper, a Miami amateur flyer, during a first airplane ride given as a birthday gift by her brother near the all-American airport. She was visiting relatives in Miami Beach while her husband and three sons remained in New York. Her birthday was Monday.
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Miami, Fla
Mary Belle Brubaker
Samuel Cooper
Miami
all-American
Brubaker
New York
H. W. Minetree
Mary Belle Minetree
Miami Beach
Madrid Denies Shelling of U S Destroyer Kane
Washington AP Madrid rejects responsibility for the August 30 attempted bombing of the American destroyer Kane off the Spanish coast. Spain says loyalist aircraft were not in the area and its aviation corps lacks the attacking aircraft type. Rebel forces also disclaimed responsibility in informal notes to Seville.
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Washington
Madrid
Kane
Foreign Office
Seville
Vatican City Raises Wages for Workers
Vatican City employers announced wage increases aligned with Italy’s rising pay for about 6 million Italian workers. Decrees by Premier Benito Mussolini boosted industrial labor wages by about 10 percent in recent months.
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Vatican City
Italy
Vatican
Benito Mussolini
Woman Hurt When Parked Car Is Hit by Truck
Mrs. Lewis Swab age 28 of 1912 Bever avenue SE sustained bruises and shock after a parked car she rode in was struck by a stock truck rear end in First avenue E at Third street SE. The truck driven by W C Robertson of Jefferson fled after the incident and was later stopped at Lowden. An automatic signal at First avenue E and Third street was snapped off by the truck. John W Kelley of 1027 Tenth street SW was turning at the intersection when the crash occurred. No other injuries were reported.
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Lewis Swab
Bever Avenue SE
John W. Kelley
Tenth Street
First Street
Third Avenue SE
First Avenue
Third Street
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