Marion Legion aquatic exhibition draws thousand
A Legion Post 298 event at the Marion pool drew about a thousand attendees. The program featured swimming displays by Marion Hopkins Los Angeles Claudia Eckert Dorothy Schueler Lois Wenzel and Margaret Reinhold with Cyril Noon of Cedar Rapids demonstrating the Japanese flying breast stroke and a night shirt relay. A half hour Marion band concert preceded the program.
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Marion Post
American Legion
Legion
George Eckert
Shawnee Country Club
Wilmette
Ill
Marion
Virginia Hopkins
Los Angeles
Claudia Eckert
Dorothy , Schueler
Lois Wenzel
Margaret Reinhold
Lakeland
Fla
Cyril Noon
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Miss Eckert
Pups Sold After Want Ad Attracts Twenty Respondents
A recent want ad resulted in two puppies sold as twenty applicants answered the notice. The buyers and sellers were not named in the readable text. The item underscores a brisk local market for young dogs and responsive community interest.
Various Local Moves and Social Visits Reported
Mont Vernon visitors accompanied relatives to Marion. Seattle visitor Nelle Sterrett spent time with Louise Rathbun in Morning Sun. Mr and Mrs Joseph Boyle plan Cedar Rapids move. Marshalltown day visit by several Marion area families. Osceola lodge to attend A. P. Burgess funeral in Cedar Rapids. Local residents recover from strokes and hospitalizations. Camp Huaga week long visit. Young Democrats dinner in Oelwein. Marion Golf Club Ladies day and invitation plans.
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David S. Stewart
Mark Bowman
Glenn D. Stewart
David
Cedar Rapids
Walker
Camp Huaga
Bonnie Stewart
Nelle Sterrett
Seattle
Lillian Rathbun
Louise Rathbun
Joseph C. Boyle
Marion
Oelwein
Ethel Harte
Jane Low
W. G Koppenhaver
Minneapolis Star Buys Rival Paper
The Minneapolis Journal, in its sixty first year, was purchased by the Minneapolis Star. The two papers will merge as the Star-Journal and publish in the evening and Sunday field. John Thompson and Basil Walters retain editor and publisher roles on the Star Journal. George W. Ronald becomes business manager of the combined paper.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis Journal
Minneapolis Star
John Cowles
The
Star Company
Carl W. Jones
Journal
Star-Journal
Cowles
John Thompson
Star
Basil Walters
George W. Ronald
Des Moines Register- Tribune
Look Magazine
Admiral Stark Takes Command Of Navy Today
Admiral Harold R. Stark becomes chief of naval operations in Washington taking over from Admiral William D. Leahy as the navy expands to a record peacetime program. Stark, age 59 in November, will lead the service amid the multi billion dollar buildup and Leahy’s retirement to govern Porto Rico.
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Washington
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Navy
William D. Leahy
Porto Rico
Blanton Winship
Stark
Train Bandits Sought After Illinois Rail Robbery
Three bandits escaped after a daring attempt to hold up a moving Illinois Central train carrying the 65 613 dollar U S army air corps pay roll for Chanute field as police launched a statewide search. A fourth man was wounded in a gun battle in the mail car and refused to narrate details, giving the name John Waldon of Chicago.
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Champaign
Ill
Illinois Central
U. S. Army Air Corps
Chanute Field
Indiana
Champaign County Hospital
John Waldon
Chicago
Cab Over Cowcatcher Locomotive Arrives For Southern Pacific
The first of 28 giant Baldwin locomotives delivered to Southern Pacific weighs 515 tons and features a cab over the cowcatcher due to its oil burner design. The oil burner enables a cab over the cowcatcher, and the unit along with 27 sisters will haul heavy freight and passenger traffic over the Sierra Nevada range.
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Eddystone
Southern Pacific Railroad
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Sierra Nevada Moun
Pictorial Puzzle: Forest Beast and Crossword Clues
A large illustrated puzzle page lists many cryptic clues for a forest beast and assorted wordplay. Across entries include mammal features and weather terms while vertical clues cover measurements, materials, elements, and common words, with solution prompts and cross references.
Henry Files on Insurance Management Value for East and West
Henry M. Files of Syracuse former Cedar Rapids insurance man addressed Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters at a Roosevelt hotel luncheon. He urged Eastern practice of valuing management and noted energy imagination and personality as three key agent qualities. He said personality correlates with higher sales and suggested community service can develop it.
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Henry M. Files
Syracuse
N. Y
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters
Roosevelt Hotel
Northwestern Mutual
Files
Bridges Confident Of Beating Deportation Warrant
Harry Bridges the west coast CIO director said he expects to beat the deportation warrant filed by immigration authorities. He told reporters at the CIO American newspaper guild convention in San Francisco that the case is in the bag and dismissed accusations as from labor spies and perjurers, praising Dean James M. Landis.
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San Francisco
INS
Harry Bridges
Bridges
West Coast
CIO
CIO American Newspaper Guild
Dean James M. Landis
DeWitt Bank Wins Judgment Against Embezzler Kriebs
First National Bank of DeWitt was awarded 11325 dollars plus interest in Clinton County district court against Harold J. Kriebs former bank cashier now in federal prison for embezzling 80000 dollars. Kriebs vanished in 1938 and was captured in Little Rock Arkansas while under diet treatment. The judgment covers the remaining balance after other recoveries.
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Clinton (Ap
Clinton County
First National Bank of DeWitt
Harold J. Kriebs
Kriebs
FBI
Little Rock
Ark
NLRB Orders Plant Elections at Chrysler Plants
The National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday ordered a sweeping series of elections in automobile plants of the Chrysler Corporation. The ruling applies plant by plant rather than on a nationwide basis.
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Washington
INS
National Labor Relations Board
Chrysler Motor Corporation
Cadow Named Chairman of Local Lincoln Highway Committee
Cedar Rapids businessmen meeting Tuesday noon at the Roosevelt hotel appointed William S. Cadow as chairman of a committee to work on the local phase of the campaign to popularize use of the Lincoln highway for trans continental motoring. Fourteen men attended the meeting to outline the local program.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
William S. Cadow
Catlow
Iowa panel proposes renting Ford Building for liquor offices
An Iowa interim legislative committee urged the executive council to study renting space in Des Moines Ford Building for the liquor commission, the insurance department and emergency relief with an option to buy. Current rent is 30,000 and a new state office building would need authorization. Governor and owners dispute renewal at 18,000.
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DES Moines
Iowa Legislative Interim Committee
State Executive Council
Ford
Iowa State College
University of Iowa Engineers
Liquor Commission
Insurance Department
Wilson
L. H. Doran
Boone
Japanese Sentries Search American Woman in Tsingtao
Mrs. Harry Wilhoit, living in Shanghai, said Japanese guards at Tsingtao searched and partially stripped her when boarding a steamer. They seized 240 yuan, provided a receipt, and refused travel funds. a Japanese woman conducted the search after she asked for the American consulate.
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Shanghai
Harry Wilhoit
Tsingtao
Iowa Bans Windshield Stickers on Automobiles
Public Safety Commissioner Karl Fischer ordered highway patrol to enforce the state law banning windshield stickers after two recent serious accidents blamed on obstructed vision. The move targets decorative and promotional stickers seen on many vehicles.
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DES Moines
Public Safety
Karl Fischer
Fischer
Coal Price Boost Threatens Cedar Rapids Industry Costs
Cedar Rapids industry faces at least 150000 in extra costs from a proposed 40 to 50 cent per ton rise in bituminous coal prices. Local business representatives will attend an informal Rock Island meeting ahead of a Washington hearing on the new schedules. Participants include Robert Black of Penick and Ford, Chester Myers of Iowa Electric, and Harry Sundberg of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Washington, D C
Department of the Interior
Robert Black
Penick and Ford
Lttd., Inc
Chester Myers
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Harry Sundberg
Chamber of Commerce
Smith moved to Baton Rouge so daughter could receive hospital care
Dr. James Monroe Smith, central figure in a Louisiana scandal, was moved from New Orleans federal prison to Baton Rouge to be near his critically ill daughter, Mrs Owen Walter Ware, who had just given birth to a grandson. He faces a $219,500 bond on embezzlement and mail fraud charges.
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Baton Rouge
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana
New Orleans
Wayne G. Borah
the State University
Owen Walter Ware
Probe Of Oil Seizures In Mexico Before Senate Panel
Two resolutions call for a full investigation of confiscation of American owned oil lands in Mexico. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Pittman said the proposals will be taken up at its regular meeting Wednesday. Introduced by Senators Neely and Bridges, the measures urge inquiry into the Mexican government actions.
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Washington
INS
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
Nev
Neely
W. Va
Bridges
N. He
Danzig Paper Urges Reich Return After Chamberlain Talk
The Deutscher Dienst Agency sharply criticizes Neville Chamberlain for his Commons speech. It asserts German Danzig will return to the Reich unaffected by foreign debates and theatrical questions, and condemns praise of Poland’s alleged peace-endangering stance amid German life and property actions in Poland.
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Berlin
Deutscher Dienst
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Danzig
Reich
Commons
Chamberlain
Poland
Long Hours for IRS Officers in Cedar Rapids
Deputies in the Cedar Rapids collector's office worked from 7:30 a.m. Monday to 12:30 a.m. Tuesday in the federal building. The overtime was caused by the final day for issuing federal beer licenses and the deadline for second quarter social security tax returns.
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Cedar Rapids
Collector of Internal Revenue
Federal
To Check Constipation Get at Its Cause
Advises finding the cause of constipation by increasing dietary bulk with Kellogg's All Bran. Describes bulk as indigestible food creating a soft mass in the intestines, recommends daily All Bran breakfast and plenty of water, states cereal is not medicine and is made by Kellogg's in Battle Creek, sold by grocers.
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Kellogg’s
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Sues Cantor And Mad Russian For 751000 Damages
Charles Gollob and his wife Elsie sue Eddie Cantor under his true name Isador Iskitch, Bert Gordon known as the Mad Russian, Columbia Broadcasting and program sponsors for 751000 damages claiming battery after an Eddie Cantor radio broadcast altercation. The suit in superior court alleges the couple followed directives to cheer and applaud during the program.
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Hollywood
Ins
Eddie Cantor
Charles Gollob
Elsie
Cantor
Isador Iskivitch
Bert Gordon
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Gollob
Studio departure interrupted by assault by Gordon and associate
Report states they were leaving the studio when approached and accosted by Gordon and another man. Details on identity and motive not provided. Authorities may investigate further to determine the nature of the confrontation.
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Gordon
Old Reliable OLNEY Fire Truck Failures Spur Quick Revival
In Olney Illinois the new fire truck failed to respond to a call prompting firefighters to back the department’s 12 year old Model T from a used car garage and reach the scene in time despite the setback.
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Olney, Ill
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