Britons Plan for Coronation of King in 1937
London reports that over 150 Indian princes including nawabs and rajahs plan to attend King Edward VII’s coronation in June 1937 with full retinue, marking the most attended ceremony in British empire history. Crowns and regalia at the Tower of London draw public interest as transport links expand.
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London
Edward
London Tower
Britain
St. Edward’s
England
India
George
Mary of
Modena
James II
Mary
Charles II
Westminster Abbey
France
Local Groups Win Merit for Cedar Rapids Waterfowl Refuge
Cedar Rapids Fish and Game Restoration Club and Cedar Rapids Woman's Club nature and garden department earned a certificate of merit from More Game Birds in America Inc for their waterfowl refuge project on 145.4 acres along the Cedar River. The effort began in 1933 to convert islands into a wildlife refuge with signs, police protection, shelters, feeding stations, and planned plantings while awaiting state support to curb sludge dumping.
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Cedar Rapids Fish and Game Restoration Club
Nature and Garden Department
Cedar Rapids Woman’s Club
More Game Birds In America, Inc
New York
National Foundation
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Ellis Rk
Clyde MacLain
Thirteenth Street
Ellis Park
MacLean
J. N. Darling
Woman’s Club
Camera Club For Young Folk To Be Formed At Meeting
A camera club for boys and girls will be organized at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the playground commission office on the fifth floor of city hall. A regular meeting date will be fixed, and a program crafted to help local camera enthusiasts get acquainted. All interested may attend regardless of prior photography experience. A separate note claims London's fog stems from dust, not humidity.
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Playground Commission
Courthouse Parade Highlights Local Officials and Oddities
County Treasurer Milo Sedlacek and County Auditor Bob Vesely are named candidates for brief bouts of writer's cramp amid May 1 bond issuance. A licensing case and a birth-record mystery unfold as jailer Frank Chramosta retells gypsy lore. Joe Roeder, longtime courthouse diamondball manager, receives a playful bonus from teammates after last season.
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Milo Sedlacek
Bob Vesely
Fred Stirm
Board of Supervisors
Milo
Austria
Frank Chramosta
Central
Europe
America
Frank
Continent
Hungary
Joe Roeder
Old Age Assistance Office
Joe
Funeral Tax Sparks Debate in Roumania Kingdom
Advertisement notes a ten dollar store deal while Ray Coutts explains a funeral tax law in Roumania. He says the tax on funerals ranges from about fifty cents to $30 based on the ceremony's splendor.
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Ray Coutts
Kingdom
Roumania
Ray
New Law Extends Railway Labor Act To Air Carriers
President Roosevelt signed a bill extending the railway labor act to air carriers and employees. The act places aviation labor issues under the mediation board and allows creation of a national air transport adjustment board with two employer representatives and two aviation labor representatives.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mediation Board
National Air Transport Adjustment Board
Air Transport Board
Swisher Students Present Comedy A Little Clodhopper
Swisher high school students will stage a three act comedy A Little Clodhopper at the C S A hall Thursday evening April 16. Mrs Arie Pol dervaart directs. Cast includes Edna Castek Judy. supported by William Serbousek Gladys Kulhavy Wilbur Pudil Bernice Dvorak Georgene Castek and Robert Konasek. Intermission acts feature guitar by Elmer Kloubec a humorous reading by Gene Castek a tap dance by Bernice Kloubec and piano by Irene Marak with songs by Lucille Pudil Bernice Kloubec and Jeanne Skvor.
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the Gazette
Wisher—Swisher High School
Arie Poldervaart
Edna Castek
Judy
Clodhopper
William Serbousek
Gladys Kulhavy
Wilbur Pudil
Bernice Dvorak
Georgene Castek
Robert Konasek
Negro Migration From South To Northern Cities Recovers Postwar
Census study shows eight large northern cities housing 1.92 million Negro residents, over 16 percent of the national total. Virginia and Mississippi are leading origins for New York Chicago and Philadelphia populations, with Georgia Alabama and other states contributing to Detroit Cleveland Pittsburgh and more.
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Washington
Census Bureau
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New Orleans
Detroit
Birmingham
Memphis
St. Louis
Atlanta
Cleveland
Houston
Pittsburgh
Richmond
Norfolk
Vicksburg
Meridian
Greenville
Natchez
Georgia
Augusta
Macon
South Carolina
Charleston
Virginia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
North Carolina
Maryland
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
State
Pope Cheered By German Pilgrims In Rome Visit
In Vatican City thousands of German pilgrims cheered Heil Papa as Pope Pius greeted about 4 000 visitors in Rome for the Easter holidays. He spoke of seeking new spiritual life from Easter and its religious purpose.
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Vatican City
Pius
Rome
Blast victim dies after lab explosion at navy yard
Joseph Roith aged 49 died at Providence hospital after Friday blast wrecking the navy yard mine experimental laboratory. R L Watkins, 47, was reported recovering from injuries.
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Washington
Joseph Roith
Navy Yard
Providence Hospital
R. L. Watkins
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Edward the Confessor
Alexandra
Camera Club
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Dempsy
Ed Lundquist
Minnesota
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Johnson
Cascarets
Blue Jay
Carmen
Mennen
Cuticura
Bromo Seltzer
Ade
Wrisley’s Softener
Bebe
Helena Rubenstein
Quest Deodorant
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Christian Science
William D. Kilpatrick
C.S.B
Detroit, Michigan
The
Mother Church
the First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Mass
Second Avenue SE
Fletcher
Castoria
Glint
Sendol
ARDEN
Burnham
Vitalis
Bole
Ceresan
Eel
Epene
Squibb’s Mineral Oil
HOPE
Denturine
Absorbine JR
Forhan
MERCK
Phillips
Magnesia
Zac
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