Landon Urges Citizenship Duty At Kansas Labor Day
Gov. Alfred M. Landon addressed World War veterans at the American Legion state convention in Wichita urging tolerance and unity in labor. He criticized AFL split over industrial unionism and called for higher living standards and peace in communities while praising veterans for civic effort.
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Kansas
Landon
American Legion
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L. Lewis
Czar
United States
North Dakota Sees Heavy Rains Boost Pasturage
Drought battered farmers welcomed a general rainfall that soaked soil and partly flooded lowlands across North Dakota on Saturday night and Sunday. Bismarck and Minot reported over an inch in under an hour, aiding pasture revival and soil conditioning for fall wheat and rye planting, with regional totals of 1.53 and 1.36 inches respectively.
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Minneapolis
Anne Lindbergh Explores Self in North To The Orient
A book review praises Anne Lindbergh travel memoir North To The Orient for its quiet wisdom. The preface frames the journey as a voyage of self discovery, asking who we are why we are here and what life means.
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Orient
Anne Lindbergh
Hull warns against warlike tendencies
Washington AP reports Secretary Hull warns against present warlike tendencies at the third world power conference. He pleads for peaceful minds to stave off new hostilities lest civilization itself be destroyed. He says future wars will involve entire populations and advanced weapons creating a world inferno.
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Washington
Hull
Lost pet ad contact for Linn County Gazette
Holiday reminder to place a Lost ad in The Gazette. Dial 2-1121 before noon Tuesday to reach 96 percent of Linn County families and boost chances of recovering a dog, cat, or valuable lost item.
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the Gazette
Linn County
Gazette
Labor chiefs clash as unions split over 49th Labor Day
Federation leader William Green and mine boss John L. Lewis traded barbs as the AFL faces a split with the CIO. Lewis urged mass organizing while Green vowed to keep trying for unity amid calls for a 30 hour week and ongoing labor politics. Roosevelt support looms in the backdrop.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John L., Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Wichita
Kan
Green
Knoxville
Tenn
Bf Lewis
Lewis
C.I.O
Warm Labor Day in Iowa Follows Storms That Fatality
Sunday night storms in west and north Iowa indirectly caused the death of 7 year old Mildred from Eagle Grove after a tree limb fell on her as her father Luke chopped it near Perry Lake. Monday brought fair skies and about 90 degree heat with high humidity.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Eagle Grove
Perry Lake
Luke
Mildred
96-Degree Heat Of Sunday Broken By Rain
Monday's Cedar Rapids weather cooled after Sunday s 96 degree peak as night showers eased heat. Humidity lingered under a clear sky with temperatures rising from 70 at 5 am to 76 by 10 am.
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Adherence To True American Principles Urged By Gazette Editor
Cedar Rapids editor Verne Marshall told the Kansas American Legion convention in Wichita that Americanism must guide citizens. He defended the Constitution and urged vigilance against subversive influences, tying duty to upholding law and order and 100 percent Americanism.
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Kansas Legion
Verne Marshall
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Kansas Department of the American Legion
Wichita
Marshall
Legion
United States
Jowan
Donald Peppers
Cattle Buying By AAA Falls Short Of 1934 Volume
Emergency purchases by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration in the drought area this year total 2,964 cattle, far below 1934’s 8,280,000 head. Officials cite ample hay and roughage as the main reason for reduced buying and note $7,000,000 spent on sheep and goats without prior authorization this year.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Fine Two On Liquor Counts At Sigourney
Hank Gilliland was bound on 1500 dollars after pleading not guilty to driving while intoxicated. Bud Clarahan was fined 29 dollars 55 cents on an intoxication charge by Mayor C A Lyons. Patrol picked up the men at 1230 a m Sunday. bond comes from Gilliland's father and August Sieren of Sigourney.
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Hank Gilliland
Bud Clarahan
C. A. Lyons
Gilliland
August Sieren
Palo Youth In Serious Condition After Assault
Charles Thomas, 19, Palo, a private in the 80th field artillery, was found unconscious with a brain concussion near Camp Riley, Little Falls, after accepting a ride from two men. He was robbed, his pocketbook left ten feet away, and is hospitalized in Minneapolis with slight recovery hopes. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alf Thomas.
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Palo
Charles Thomas
Military Hospital
Minneapolis
Thomas
80Th Field Artillery
Camp Riley
Little Falls
Minn
Alf Thomas
Young Republicans And Landon To Meet Friday At Topeka
National Young Republican leaders plan a Topeka conference to meet Gov. Alfred M. Landon and map a campaign to win new voters. Landon and other national Republican leaders will address the gathering.
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Landon
Topeka
Kan
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Alfred M. Landon
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936
A 1936 Cedar Rapids toll report lists total accidents injuries and deaths. The brief item notes the numbers recorded in the latest tally.
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Cedar Rapids
Loyalist victories reported on multiple fronts
The Madrid based bulletin cites Loyalist gains on the Estremadura front near Talavera and at Huesca northeast of Madrid. It also notes rebels retreating on Talavera, with Loyalist bombers failing to locate enemy troops, while reports from Hendaye describe militiamen abandoning San Sebastian and fleeing toward Bilbao as General Mola’s troops press the siege. There are grave concerns over hostages and possible executions amid the city’s defense collapse.
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Battle of Talavera De La Reina Marks Bloodiest Spanish War Raid
Thousands of casualties fill the Estremadura front as Madrid concedes failure to retake the city from rebel Moorish fighters. Rebels defend Toledo as 1,700 troops including 300 women and children hold the Alcazar under heavy bombardment. The Estremadura clash overshadows loyalist efforts at Oviedo Huesca and Granada.
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Portugal
Talavera de la Reina
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Madrid
Toledo
Alcazar Castle
Oviedo
Huesca
Granada
Britain to warn Spanish rebels on poison gas use
The British foreign office ordered Ambassador Sir Henry Chilton to consult with colleagues at Hendaye about a joint warning to the Spanish rebels against employing poison gas in the war against government forces. The warning would state the international protest and potential consequences.
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London
Foreign Office
Henry Chilton
Spain
Hendaye
Probers Hunt Cause Of City Of Pittsburgh Plane Crash
Federal state and county officials hunt the cause of the sight seeing plane City of Pittsburgh crash that killed ten people Saturday night. The inquiry focuses on weather mechanical failure and pilot action as possible factors in the fatal mishap near Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
French Airman Sets Winning International Thompson Trophy Record
Michael Detroyat, flying a Caudron Renault, won the Thompson international speed race at Los Angeles Municipal Airport with an unofficial 264.61 mph average, breaking the prior record and besting American rivals led by Earl Ortman. Detroyat’s blue-hulled racer dominated the four-day event, while Ortman trailed eight miles back amid limited takeoff performance.
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James Doolittle
Earl Ortman
Los Angeles
Ortman
Detroyat
Ortmann
Art Chester
Chicago
Denver teen dies after 300 foot mountain climb tragedy
Forrest Hein, 16, of Denver, fell to his death while climbing near Estes Park, Colo. His companion Norman Lovell, also 16, survived a 300 foot plunge but suffered a fractured skull and was taken to Longmont hospital in critical condition.
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Colo
Forrest Hein
Denver
Norman Lovell
Longmont
Richman and Merrill Fly Back to London from Paris
Harry Richman and Dick Merrill ended their Paris visit with a westward departure from Le Bourget at 3 40 p m Monday bound for Croydon airport near London.
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Paris
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Dick Merrill
Atlantic
Lebourget
Croydon
Bryamson in law shot. bail set at 100000
Frances Evans, 40, the would-be bride of 70 year old ex railroad chief Harry E. Bryam, stays by his Norwalk hospital bedside as Burdick, her son in law and suspect, is held on 100000 bail for assault with a deadly weapon. Bryam, once president of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific, is improving after a bullet struck his cheek near the mouth. Burdick claims to have a surprise for him.
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Norwalk
Conn
Frances Evans
Harry E. Bryam
Norwalk Hospital
Byram
Don Burdick
Earl H.jagoe
Westport
Connecticut
Burdick
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Irving T. Schubert
Schubert
New York
Weekend crash toll tops two hundred fifteen in nation
The Associated Press reports over a three day Labor Day weekend at least 244 lives lost nationwide in various accidents including 215 auto fatalities. Michigan led states with 21 auto deaths and fatalities were recorded across Alabama Ohio California and Pennsylvania among others with drownings and train and fall deaths also listed.
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Colorado
Britain Orders Large Army Detachment For Palestine
Britain announces a division of 10 000 to 15 000 troops to Palestine to crush the Arab insurrection and protect mandate rule. A new commander is appointed to lead the offensive against Arab bands tied to the uprising that has caused deaths and property damage. Overseas units expected to sail this week.
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Great Britain
Palestine
Holy Land
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British War Office
Britain
Mrs Markham Heads to New York for Quiet Tour
Mrs Beryl Markham, first woman to fly the Atlantic east to west, leaves Abingdon Airport for New York with only a dull headache to remind her of her historic feat. She arrives at Floyd Bennett Airport after a rough start at Louisburg, Nova Scotia where her plane cracked up on a farm.
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Atlantic
Beryl Markham
Abingdon
London
Floyd Bennett Airport
Louisburg
N. S
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