Coe Players present Margin for Error in Cedar Rapids
Coe Players stage Margin for Error at 8 pm in the Coe playhouse with shows continuing Thursday and Friday nights. Local obituaries note deaths of Frank Havlicek at 1210 Second Street SE and several infants and adults in area hospitals and residences. Traffic and fire updates include speeding fines for E H Kane and George Hanson and a truck fire at Fourteenth Avenue and Third Street SE.
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Coe
Coe _ playhouse
Frank Havlicek
Second Street
Renee Angeline
Michael Stuhsatz
Seventh Avenue
Rena S. Fitzpatrick
Fifth Street
Oakdaleg
Mary Margaret Lilly
Mark Lilly
D Avenue
Lillian Zastera
Ellis Boulevard
E. H. Kane
A Avenue NW
George Hanson
Eighth Street SE
Forsyth Truck Company
West Liberty
Fourteenth Avenue
Third Street
Iowa Shippers Forecast Warns Of Cold Temperature Drop
Forecast issued at 9 am Wednesday urges protection of shipments over the next 24 to 36 hours as temperatures rise above 32 degrees in all directions.
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Iowa
St Luke's Births Mark April Deliveries
Mr and Mrs F H Clarke of 833 Seventeenth Street SE welcome a son born April 29. Mr and Mrs Donald E Brown of 1037 6 Avenue NW celebrate a daughter born April 29.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
F. H. Clarke
Seventeenth Street
Donald E. Brown
Avenue NW
Raymond Axline and Virginia Steadman in Des Moines
Raymond D. Axline and Virginia Esther Steadman, both of Des Moines, announced their engagement and forthcoming marriage.
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Raymond D. Axline and
Virinia Esther Steadman
Edar Rapids
Townsend Club No 6 Meets in Superior Court Room Thursday
Townsend Club No 6 will meet Thursday at 745 p.m in the Superior Court Room with a speaker. Townsend auxiliaries Nos 2 and 4 meet Thursday at 2 p.m with Mrs Ella Fisher for an important business session at 805 Nineteenth Avenue SW. Auxiliaries of clubs Nos 1 and 3 meet Thursday at 2 p.m with Mrs J W Nelson at 835 Fourth Avenue SE apartment 4. Linn County Red Cross chapter board to lunch Thursday noon at the Y M C A, meeting to follow at 1230 p.m chaired by Dr Dawson Grim. Gazette newsies under Alex Fidler watched Joe Penner and his players perform in The Boys From Syracuse at Rialto Tuesday night, guests of manager Joe Weaver.
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Townsend Club No 6
Superior Court Room
Townsend
Ella Fisher
Nineteenth Avenue
Linn County
Chapter of the Red Cross
Dawson Grim
the Gazette Newsies
Alex Fidler
Joe Penner
Syracuse
Rialto Theater
Joe Weaver
Minneapolis Daily Papers Realign to Preserve All Three
Realignment announced for Minneapolis Star Journal Morning Tribune and Times-Tribune to ensure continued publication. Star Journal gains interest in Morning Tribune and Times-Tribune while Tribune stockholders gain in Star Journal. John Cowles to lead the combined Star Journal and Tribune company.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis Star-Journal
Minneapolis Morning Tribune
Minneapolis Times-Tribune
Star- Journal
Morning Tribune
Times-Tribune
Tribune
John Cowles
Star-Journal
F E Murphy
Kingsley H Murphy
The
Times
Sunday Tribune
Sunday Star-Journal
Star-Journal and
Tribune Company
Eleanor Roosevelt comments on Lindbergh and Dr Carrel
In Hanford California Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt said Lindbergh formed a low opinion of the average man through his work with Dr Alexis Carrel. She added Carrel shared that view and Lindbergh had acquired some of it as a spokesman for isolationists.
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Hanford
Calif
Eleanor Roosevelt
Charles A Lindbergh
Alexis Carrel
Carrel
Lindbergh
United States
Halifax Autograph From British Envoy To Three Waitresses
In Rock Creek three waitresses met the British ambassador and Malcolm MacDonald while wading. The envoy signed a popcorn box top and introduced MacDonald, noting he is Ramsay MacDonald’s son. The women, all Allied in spirit, invited them to their dine and dance cafe.
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Washington
Tord Halifax
Malcolm MacDonald
Rock Creek
MacDonald
Canada
Ramsay MacDonald
Marc Young
Elizabeth O’connor
Ann Maenaotto
Marnie
Elizabeth
County Board Revises 1941 Fair Fund Split After Protest
Linn county supervisors to readjust the 1941 district fair apportionment after a 35-member Central City delegation protested the prior $9,000 to All-Iowa and $2,000 to County fair. A new $8,000 to $3,000 split for 1941 and three years was agreed verbally, with funds still pending fiscal-year allocations.
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Linn County
Great Dispatch
Central City
Cedar Rapids
Central City Fair
P. G Mills
Fair Board
Central City Fair Board
C L. Beeson
Clare Petty
Viola
Petty
County Fair
Beeson
British Envoy To Slavs Safe After Sub Escape Attempt
Sir Ronald Campbell, British minister to Yugoslavia, and staff waited in Durazzo for a flight to Lisbon after failing to escape Cattaro aboard a British submarine. The submarine, after signaling, submerged with an Italian officer hostage aboard while the first mate stayed with the Italians.
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Dubazzoo
Albania
Ronald Campbell
Yugoslavia
Lisbon
Cattaro
Campbell
Durazzo
Roosevelt seeks two year extension of stabilization fund
President Roosevelt urged Congress to extend for two years the $2,000,000,000 gold stabilization fund and related dollar devaluation powers. In a letter to Speaker Rayburn he cited worldwide circumstances as the reason not to terminate the authorities now.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Congress
Rayburn
Tex
Yugoslavia Little Damaged With Exception Of Capital
Reporter describes Yugoslavia’s rapid blitzkrieg collapse with few scars beyond Belgrade. Bombed capital areas show ruins. Belgrade’s streets clog with bomb craters and damaged government districts. German war prisoners tour the country as Yugoslav farms resume work and towns ponder normal life.
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Europe
Sofia
Berlin
Belgrade
Royal Palace
Foreign Office
Srbski Kral
Danube River
Warsaw
Subotica
Nish
Bulgaria
Batchka
Danube
Nation Overextension Threatens Global Stability
Column satirically warns that nations overreaching abroad risk breaking under pressure. Baer notes Spain, Turkey, and Russia may join in global events, likening overextended empires to a spider caught in a wash tub. The piece mocks wartime leaders and public disputes amid mounting world tensions.
Bird on a spar utters Marvelous in tense encounter
A bird perched on a spar meets a observer face to face and unexpectedly speaks saying Marvelous. The moment is captured as a curious symbolic exchange.
British say RAF sank 42000 tons in daylight Atlantic raids
London reports the air ministry states British bombers sunk 42000 tons of enemy shipping off the German Dutch French and Norwegian coasts in daylight raids the week of April 17 23. Other ships were attacked but not observed. Germany was believed to send ships along the coast to ease rail traffic.
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London
Air Ministry
Germany
Willie Willis Reflects on Parental Quarrel
A brief quote captures Willie Willis recalling his parents arguing about who started their family disputes. The remark hints at family tensions and a child’s perspective on conflict within the home.
Jap Paper Promotes Strong Powers in World Peace
The Japan Times-Advertiser argues in an abstract peace plan that the strongest powers should have the greatest chance to shape world affairs. It lists Germany with Italy as junior partner, Russia, Japan, Britain, and the United States as principal players.
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TOKIO
Japan Times-Advertiser
Germany
Italy
Russia
Japan
British Empire
United States
Domei
U S assigns military observer to Tangier
Washington announces Major William C Bentley, newly relieved from Rome, will serve as the U S military observer at Tangier opposite Gibraltar. The posting aligns with tensions over potential German thrusts in the region. Bentley previously held the role of assistant military attache for air in Italy.
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Washington
United States
Tangier
Gibraltar
William C Bentley
Italy
Air
Rome
Navy patrols extend far beyond earlier limits
President notes misinterpretations of patrols as Axis submarines scan the Atlantic and Pacific for threats. Navy estimates place patrol reach at thousands of miles, with discussions of potential price controls and broader deployments to protect the Western Hemisphere. Secretary Knox says no combat ships available for Britain now, but Mosquito boats may be sent as they Are produced. Admiral Robinson anticipates a British request for 24 additional fast craft.
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Congress
Atlantic
Pacific
Stark
Washington
Maryland
United States Chamber of Commerce
Frank Knox
Great Britain
Germans renew threats over naval zone policy
Berlin reports a fresh German rejection of U S naval patrols arguing any ship entering the blockade area will be torpedoed regardless of flag. A Hitler spokesman reaffirmed Germany’s stance and dismissed American assurances, while German press tones shift to aversion rather than anger over Roosevelt Hull Knox speeches.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
United States
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Cor Dell Hull
Frank Knox
Boersen Zeitung
Reuter
Oldest Mule In Cuba Seeks Replacement Amid Failing Strength
Havana reports the Carbarien health official asked the health ministry for a new draft animal to replace a 52 year old mule believed to be the world’s oldest. The animal was bought in 1907 from the US army of occupation after being condemned at 18. The mule’s strength is failing.
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Havana
Carbarien
Ministry of Health
United States Army of Occupation
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
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