Arms race drives rising world tension warned by Lord Strabolgi
Lord Strabolgi argues Britain and allies fuel a costly armaments race amid German rearmament, Italian aggression, and Franco-Soviet pacts. He warns Europe nears another great war as air power outpaces defenses and warns drones of civil devastation if conflict erupts.
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League of Nations
Italy
Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Red Army
Europe
Cot
Ural Mountains
Red Air
Czechoslovakia
Rhineland
Dessau
Mediterranean Sea
Paris
Brussels
London
Cologne
Berlin
Maginot
Austria
Japan
War Era Company C Debarked for Des Moines 1898
Today marks the thirty eighth anniversary of Company C First Regiment Iowa National Guard leaving Cedar Rapids for Des Moines on the Spain War outset. The Gazette of April 26 1898 recalls the sendoff with 50 volunteers marching to the train amid cheering crowds.
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Iowa National Guard
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Spain
Iow National Guard
Lea
Gre Opera House
Asham
Compa
Geore A
Harry J. Sugru
A. A. Machemer
Firs Geant
Frank K. Hahn
Secon
Geant
Charles H. Cameron
Wes Weingard
R. A. Smith
Woods
A. E. Ennis
Guy E. Shields Kee
B. Walters
L. Son
D. Wescott
Adrian Sela
F. Young
Ed B Carnegie
H. A. Holgi Hart
Joseph Janda
E. 7Ler
Carl Leo
J. A. Martin Maher
R. S. Martin
Err Moore
Hubbard Nye
Fredmar
H. A. Porter
A. A. Harry
A. Rhea
Leonal Quimby
John A. Randall
Ruaisill
Frank Richey
H. Rugh
Almon S. Reed
Rober J. Service
Silver Fox Shot After Invading Chicken Yard
A full grown male silver fox, valued for fur, was shot Saturday morning by Leonard Trachta six miles northeast of here after it invaded his chicken yard. Trachta feared no animal type but fired when it stalked his chickens. The fox had been seen by residents on Wildwood Drive NE and Elmhurst Drive NE on Friday morning.
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Leonard Trachta
Here
Trachta
Wildwood Drive
Elmhurst Drive
Donald DeFore Cast as Canada in Pasadena Playhouse Play
Donald DeFore of Cedar Rapids, a Pasadena school of the theater student, is cast as the Canada representative in the Pasadena Community Playhouse production of Queen Victoria. His prior roles in Noah Hedda Gabler and Redemption earned praise from California critics. He has directed and managed several class productions and plans midsummer festival work before Cedar Rapids vacation.
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Donald DeFore
Cedar Rapids
Pasadena Community Playhouse
Pasadena
Calif
Canada
Playhouse
Noah
Hedda Gabler
California
DeFore
The
Warns Bicycle Riders To Use Headlights And Reflectors At Night
Police Chief Robert Vlach urges bicycle riders to use lights and reflectors after complaints of unlighted bikes at night. He cites a fatality earlier this year from an unlit bicycle collision and warns against riding in groups to prevent accidents.
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Robert Vlach
Vlnch
Vladh
Linn County Red Cross Flood Fund Reaches 2240
Linn county contributions to the American Red Cross flood relief fund total 2240.99 dollars. The county quota was 1305 dollars. Notable gifts include 22 dollars from Metropolitan Life Insurance employees, 5 dollars from Methodist Ladies Aid Alburnett, 2 dollars from Silver Circle King's Daughters, and 140 dollars from Franklin junior high school pupils.
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Linn County
American Red Cross Flood Relief Fund
Metta Burd
The
Red Cross
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Methodist Ladies Aid
Alburnett
Silver Circle King’s Daughters
Franklin
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Lord Strabolgi
Admiralty War Staff
Stanley Baldwin
Anthony Eden
China
Abyssinia
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Malta
Czechoslovakian
Pact Alarms
Alice Moore
Alice Joyce
Douglas Fairbanks
Francis X. Bushman
CO. C
Silver Fox
Linn
Red Cross Flood Fund
Deligg
Newman’s
Newman
Baby Boy
Tot
Vanta
Rueben
Aida
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