Cedar Rapids Warmth Returns as Sun Shines
Cedar Rapids welcomes sunlight and warmer weather with a rise from 34 at 8 am to 53 by 2:30 pm. Tuesday’s high reached 44 with 39 at 7 pm and 35 at midnight. Concert by Cedar Rapids Symphony tonight at 8:15 with Alan Richardson cellist at Memorial Coliseum.
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Cedar Rapids
Boston
Iowa
Washington
Mount Ayr Bi
Sioux City
New Orleans
Omaha
Galveston
Charles City
Los Angeles
Des Moines Ax
San Trancisco LaCrosse
Seattle
Chambers
Milo Dodge Case Details Logged by Judge HC Ring
Jessie Dodge of Milo Dodge is noted in a judgment concerning cruel and inhuman treatment dated September 1, 1917 at Anarnosa. The record records the judge handling the case as HC Ring.
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Jessie Dodge
Milo Dodge
Judge HC
Anarnosa
Obituary and birth notices from Iowa area families
William B. James of Boulder Cole and Betty B Kitterman of Cedar Rapids Lewis E. Schantz of Alburnett and Saloma D Suuer of Rowley listed as relatives. William T Palmer aged 81 died suddenly at 11 am Tuesday at Shellsburg St Luke's hospital. A daughter to Eldon and Palo Minor born April 18 at St Luke's. A son to Harry Gibson and 418 Eighth Avenue SE born April 18 at Mercy hospital. A daughter to Donald and 307 First Avenue W born April 19. Born to Robert and Mary Allers of Belle Plaine a son born April 18. Mary Allers formerly Miss Mary Sedgwick daughter of Mattie Sedgwick of 1024 Fourth Avenue SE.
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William B. James
Boulder
Cole
Betty B Kitterman
Cedar Rapids
Lewis E. Schantz
Alburnett
Saloma D. Suuer
Rowley
St Luke's Hospital
Eldon Minor
Palo
Mercy Hospital
Harry Gibson
Eighth Avenue SE
Donald Collins
First Avenue W
Robert Allers
Belle Plaine
Allers
Mary Sedgwick
Mattie Sedgwick
Fourth Avenue SE
Benes Leads Czech Move for New Nation
Benes outlines plan to restore independence and form a world‑facing Czech leadership. He says he is communicating with officials still functioning in Czechoslovakia and will seek agreements with key figures including Jan Masaryk and ministers in Washington Paris Moscow and London.
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Vladimir S. Hurban
Washington
Stefan Osovsky
Paris
Zvenk Fierlinger
Moscow
Yuraj Slavik
Cedar Rapids Chosen for 1940 Masonic Conventions
Cedar Rapids selected as the site for the 1940 convention of the Grand Council of the Royal and Select Masters of Iowa and of the Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons of Iowa. The decision was announced by the chamber of commerce convention bureau after the Iowa City closing session. Dr Edwin E Hruska secretary said the meeting will be in October with A E Kannewulf of Cedar Rapids elected grand illustrious master presiding.
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Cedar Rapids
Grand Council of the
Royal and Select Masters of
Iowa
Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons of
Convention Bureau of
The
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa City
Edwin E. Hruska
A. E Kannewulf
Tyrone Power and Annabelle to Wed
Film stars Tyrone Power and Annabelle filed a license notice in Hollywood to wed. Power, 24, born in Ohio, and Annabelle, 25, born in France, previously married, both residing in Bel Air California.
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Hollywood
INS
Tyrone Power
Annabelle
Suzanna Georgette Cherpentier
Power
Ohio
France
Bel-Air
Calif
Senior Woman Struck by Train in Corsicana Incident
In Corsicana Texas seventy seven year old Mrs S E Atwood was struck by the Burlington Rock Island Zephyr Tuesday. Witnesses said the last train threw her into the air. An X ray examination failed to show one broken bone.
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Corsicana
Tex
S. E. Atwood
Burlington-Rock Island Zephyr
Youth seeks jobs and self respect not wild rebellion
Dr. Lester F. Scott of New York City told Kiwanis members that youth wants homes and normal lives, not uniforms or marches. He warned five years of job scarcity can sap ambition and cited Germany's military approach as a contrast, saying American group leaders guide youth toward discipline and purpose.
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Lester F. Scott
New York City
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Ladies
Montrose Hotel
Germany
United States
Scott
Sinclair Lewis
America
Violin Instructor Wins In State Composers Contest
Anthony Donato of Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls won top honors in the All State Composers contest sponsored by the Iowa Federation of Music Clubs announced at Ames. His Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 32 was selected as the winning composition with Mrs. Donato at the piano.
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Anthony Donato
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Iowa Federation of Music Clubs
Ames
Donato
Eastman School of Music
Drake University
Iowa State Teachers
Rose Lena Reugnitz
Klara Hartman Robbins
Iowa City
Meiner
Rudolph Ganz
Chicago College of Music
Leo Sowerby
American Conservatory of Music
Emma Menke
Illinois Federation of Music Clubs
Iowa
ICC Aid Urges Sharp N W Capital Reduction
Interstate Commerce Commission examiner J W Walsh urged reorganizing the Chicago and North Western railway with capital shrunk to about 5 4 50 000 000 and fixed charges reduced to 3 394 987 annually plus contingent interest of 5 972 742. He said current stockholders would receive nothing and that equities have no value.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago & North Western Railway Company
J. W. Walsh
Walsh
North Western
Catholic Hierarchy Condemns Violence, Urges Justice and Charity
The Roman Catholic hierarchy of England and Wales on Wednesday condemned the spirit of violence in the world and urged a return to justice and charity.
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London
England and Wales
Perkins Replaces Coal Negotiator With His Superior
John R. Steelman head of the federal labor department conciliation service was sent to settle the soft coal dispute by Frances Perkins. He replaces James F. Dewey who had been mediating with operators and miners and had urged acceptance of his role.
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New York
LLP
John R. Steelman
Federal Labor Department
Conciliation Service
Washington
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
Steelman
James F. Dewey
Dewey
Railroad leaders fear coal shutdown in eight state area
In New York AP reports spokesmen from two major railroads warned of a widening eight state coal region shutdown. Charles W. Galloway vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio said the railroad has only a six to seven day coal supply and warned of curtailing operations to move essential food unless a settlement ends the deadlock.
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NEW York
Appalachian
Charles W. Galloway
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Lindbergh Starts U S Plane Survey Mission Across Nation
Secret assignment places Charles A Lindbergh on extended active duty with the air corps. He will tour 29 plants and key aeronautical facilities from Langley to Wright Field studying research, instruments, and tire firms while earning standard colonel pay.
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General Arnold
Air Corps
Lindbergh
War Woodring
Brooksfield
Texas
Bolling Field
Army
Langley Field
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
United States
Navy
Naca Laboratory
GHQ Air Force
Wright Field
Columbus
Ohio
Army High Command
Germany
Sol Bloom
N. Y
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Col. Lindbergh
Britain to Return Envoy to Germany Amid Peace Front Talks
British and French diplomacy center on a broader anti aggression front with Russia. Ambassadors caution no guarantees to China while Roosevelt's Pacific move signals restraint. Paris reports Britain and France split the Mediterranean, with Britain basing east and France west.
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Russia
China
Asia
Great Britain
France
Japan
Roosevelt
United States
Pacific
Britain
British Gibraltar
Malta
Pantellaria
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Middle Europe
Hitler
Grigore Gafencu
Romania
Bucharest
Gafencu
von Ribbentrop
Paul Teleki
Teleki
Stephen Csaky
Hungary
Germany
Italy
Poland
Budapest
Al Simmons Drives Home Winning Run In Bees Victory
The Boston Bees opened their season with a 7 to 6 12 inning win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Al Simmons, former American leaguer, knocked in the deciding run with one out in the 12th inning. The second game of the twin bill was postponed.
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al Simmons
Bees
Boston
Boston Bees
Philadelphia
Weather Disrupts Major League Schedule Third Day
New York AP reports the weather again disrupts the major leagues with all games postponed on Wednesday except the Bees' doubleheader against the Phillies in Boston.
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New York
Bees
Phillies
Boston
Cedar Rapids Symphony Tonight at Memorial Coliseum
The Cedar Rapids Symphony performs tonight at 8 15 in Memorial Coliseum with cellist Alan Richardson as soloist no admission charge public invited program includes Euryanthe Overture Weber Symphony No 3 Scherzo Finale Contra Dance Saint Saens concerto and Dances from Prince Igor intermission features Saint Saens concerto No 1 in A minor plus Borodin dances and Grand Ensemble. Dow Jones averages appear in a separate market brief.
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Cedar Rapids
Teor’ Borodin
Archers
Editor Gayda Calls American Expectations Infantile
Gayda, authoritative editor of the Giornale d Italia, labeled it infantile for America to expect certain outcomes from the country. The remark underscores tensions in press commentary regarding U.S. role and policy.
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Gayda
Giornale d'Italia
America
Three Charged in Dynamite Murder Near Elizabethtown
Hardin county grand jury indicts three people in the dynamite murder of Earl Austin 46 a National Youth Administration employee. Victim's estranged wife Alice Austin 38. her friend Ted Simmons 30. farmhand Ira Scott 24 all of Cave-In-Rock Illinois named as defendants. wife held $10,000 life policy beneficiary.
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Elizabethtown
Ill
Earl Austin
National Youth Administration
Hardin County Grand Jury
Alice Austin
Ted Simmons
Ira Scott
Cave-In- Rock
Deaths Paul A Krause and related obituaries
Funeral for Paul A Krause of 1129 Tenth Street NW follows a sudden death at Macy's tailor shop where he worked 20 years. He was born 1880 in Schleppe Germany and buried at Linwood Cemetery. Also noted are details of William Palmer and Mrs E H Bingham and burial plans in St. Louis.
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Paul A. Krause
Tenth Street NW
Macy’s Tailor Shop
Turner Chapel
Marion Williams
Linwood Cemetery
Schleppe
Germany
Krause
Cedar Rapids
Berlin
Helené E Sturmer
Everett A. Martinson
Paul Nathan
Gus Schaerer
Henry Jungklaus
Richard Post
Ernest Krause
Marlene
James Martinson
Tailors Union
American Federation of Labor
William T Palmer
Cercar Rapids and Marion Street Railway
Shellsburg
Franklin County
Ruth Lund
Elwood
John Palmer
Casson, Minn
Maquoketa
Green
F. W. Rockwell
E H Bingham
Grande Avenue SE
Chicago
Moratorium Bill Passes House In Des Moines
The Iowa House approved a farm mortgage moratorium measure by 79 to 16 and sent it to the Senate with an amendment creating a general emergency moratorium. The bill tethers district court authority to grant moratoriums for crop losses and drought while a gubernatorial proclamation could grant a state wide pause. The Senate also rejected a landlords’ liens limit bill and backed a 15 member governor appointed committee to study farm tenancy.
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Des Moines
Act of God
Chamber
House
Senate
George A Wilson
Elmer A. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Peter Narey wins Coe extempore contest at Coe College
Peter Narey of Spirit Lake, a Coe College freshman, takes first in the second annual extempore speaking contest for fundamental students. Among 150 underclass participants from eight classes, Narey wins by elimination over rivals Richard Hubacek Cedar Rapids and Margaret Birkett Ellsworth with topic pump priming.
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Peter Narey
H. E Narey
Spirit Lake
Coe College
Narey
Richard Hubacek
Cedar Rapids
Margaret Birkett
Ellsworth
Dorothy Patterson
Wil
Mayor Flynn Reelected as City Officials Indicted
Champaign Illinois voters returned Mayor James D. Flynn to a four year term after indictments on malfeasance for failing to suppress vice. Three of four city commissioners indicted were reelected. Complete returns show Flynn 5092 to 4610. Commissioners Bassett Sweecaringe Burgess kept their posts. James F Smith lost Public Health and Safety.
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Champaign
James D. Flynn
Flynn
William Spurrier
Toledo
University O Illinois
Flyn
E. T. Bassett
Walter Sweecaringe
Virgil Burgess
James F Smith
O Public Health and Safety
Approve Measure to Train 15 000 Pilots in War Reserve
Washington house approved a Sea bill authorizing the aeronautics authority to train 15 000 youths as pilots to form a reserve for wartime needs. The measure, proposed by President Roosevelt, was amended to bar aliens from pilot training.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
House
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Memorial Coliseum
Leo J. Khma
J Street
Dan Gavin
Lee Robinson
Fifteenth Avenue SW
Pat Callahan
Ray Johnson
Warren Ackley
A Avenue NE
Willam T Palmer
Benes
Gzechs
Nats
Camp Fire Girls
Young Folk Wild
ICC Aid Urges Cut Inc
N. W. Capital
Perkins
U. S
Maisky
Ivan Maisky
Stockholm
Tam
Josef Stalin
Geoffrey Mander
Czechoslovakia
Richard Butler
Mander
Florida
Mediterranean
Italian Pantelleria Island
Sicily
North Africa
von Papen
Lufthansa
Turkey
International News Service
Carol
Paul
Yugoslavia
Asahi
Virginio
DOW Jones
William T. Palmer
Craemer
First & Scond
Craemer’s
Coats
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