Grand Army Day’s 75th Marked By Cedar Rapids Veterans
Cedar Rapids observes Grand Army Day as only two Civil War veterans remain active from the T. Z. Cook post. George Bushnell, 92, who joined at 15, and Samuel Beck, 94, a Wisconsin veteran who settled here, are the last living links to a once vast G A R membership.
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Cedar Rapids
Grand Army of the Republic
T. Z. Cook
George Bushnell
Abe Lincoln
Samuel Beck
Wisconsin
Curtis E.ton
Republican
Beck
Forty-second Wisconsin Infantry
Grand Army
G.A.R
Decatur
Ill
Benjamin Stephenson
William J. Rutt
Fourteenth
Illinois
Indianapolis
Gar
G. A. Pom
George S. Bushnell
Rae Emis
Cae
Conn Watney
Onan Ee
Eligh
Ening
Amie
They Say by International News Service Denver
Archduke Otto heir to the Austrian throne faces Count Teleki in a swirl of rumors. The piece hints at a suicide claim used to veil a political act tied to Hitler era masking shocks.
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Denver
Archduke Otto
Hungary
Pal Teleki
New York boxer Max Baer eyes comeback amid war talk
The杂OCR text shows Max Baer contemplating additional fights while comments from Sen Burton Wheeler urge American unity for peace, arguing the public opposes war and would back steps to avoid conflict. The fragmented lines reference Cincinnati and national sentiment on peacemaking.
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Cincinnat
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Drum urges American spirit to back national defense
Lieut. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, commander of the First Army, calls for an aroused American spirit to guarantee the national defense effort. He says eye efforts are an answer impulse for preparedness but lack the complete and fixed conviction and determination required.
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New York
Hugh A. Drum
Aroused American People Display Resolve in Crises
A fragment notes that in crises the American public has shown arousal and resolve. The line suggests a collective emotional response and steadfastness during difficult times. No individuals or events are named in readable text.
Palm Kahir Shrine Concert Voices Set for Today
The twelfth annual Palm Kahir Shrine concert is presented today featuring Ruth Ebling Massey contralto with Lucy Bushnell Ambroz and Norman H. Emerson of the Masonic chorus. The program blends sacred and secular pieces conducted by William Rinderknecht.
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Ruth Ebling Massey
Lucy Bushnell Ambroz
Norman H. Emerson
Masonic Chorus
William Rinderknecht
One Way To Get A New Automobile
In Chicago a stranger posed as a driver and took a car for a test ride then drove away. Police seek the vehicle and a possible fake chauffeur involved in the incident.
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Chicago
Ee Lafour
Navy seeks Red Cross first aid graduates for reserve hospital corps
Cedar Rapids navy recruiting office launched a northeast Iowa drive to enlist Red Cross first aid trained graduates and other qualified men into the naval reserve hospital corps. Applicants would join the reserve, then await active duty with uncertain timing, possibly heading to Great Lakes near Chicago for training.
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Navy
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Red Cross
Naval Reserve Hospital Corps
Great Lakes
Chicago
Air Crash Hearing Planned In Vero Beach
Civil Aeronautics Board officials said they will hold a formal hearing in Vero Beach after an air crash left survivors clinging to life and an investigation into the incident proceeds.
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Vero Beach
Fila
Civil Aeronautics Board
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Fredonia, N. Y
International News Service
Max Baer
Craemer
CPE
2Nd Avenue
Forstmanns
Aveny
Silver Fox
el Kahir
Masonic
Memorial Building
Naval Reserve Hospital
Ranids Gazette
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