City moves to universal registration for November vote
Cedar Rapids voters may register at city hall starting Monday until ten days before the election. The new system allows any eligible resident to register at will in the clerk’s office, with a simple form and an identification card. Requirements include 21 years old by election day, six months Iowa residency, two months in Cedar Rapids, and ten days in the precinct.
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W H Stark Returns From Coast Trip After Olympic Visit
W H Stark of 2122 Fifth avenue SE returned from a seven weeks tour on the Pacific coast. He attended the Rotary convention in Seattle and visited his three sons Eugene Stark Riverside Arthur Stark Los Angeles and Ray Stark at a sanitarium in Banning California who is recovering from tuberculosis. Stark also saw the opening of the Olympic games in Los Angeles where the Parade of Nations attracted 105000 spectators.
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W. H. Stark
Fifth Avenue SE
Pacific Coast
Rotary
Seattle
Mr. Stark
Southern California
Eugene Stark
Riverside
Arthur Stark
Los Angeles
Ray Stark
Banning
Calif
Old Trouble the Maker of Men in Courage’s Test
A verse-like meditation on Old Trouble as a tester of character. It argues trouble frightens the fearful yet for the brave it forges strength, proving life’s challenges reveal courage and worth. Stand firm, face danger, and learn what one can do.
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Old Trouble
Piccard postpones second stratosphere flight until Tuesday
Prof. Auguste Piccard said he would not be ready to begin his second stratosphere flight until Tuesday. Equipment installation in the floating laboratory attached to the balloon, with an assistant, will not be finished before Monday.
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Zurich
Switzerland
INS
Auguste Piccard
Ziegfeld Will Splits Estate Between Widow and Daughter
Florenz Ziegfeld's will filed in White Plains surrogate's court divides his estate equally between widow Billie Burke and daughter Patricia. It omits his mother Mrs. Rosalie Ziegfeld. The 1929 five page document provides for funeral costs and directs Billie Burke to pay the elder Ziegfeld at least $500 monthly. Louis S. Levy named executor without bond with broad investment powers.
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New York
INS
Florenz Ziegfeld
Billie Burke
Patricia
White Plains
Rosalie Ziegfeld
Chicago
Ethelberg Appleton Ziegfeld
Sunday Band Concert in Bever Park
The Bever Park Sunday band concert features conductor Ben Jansa leading a program titled Napoleon's Last Charge. Performances include Hungarian Comedy, Vienna Beauties, Ziehier Fantasia, Tannhauser March, Wagner overtures, and The Star Spangled Banner among others.
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Ben Jansa
Eas
Keler-Bela
Vienna
Ziehier
Russell Ateatie
Cone
Atlantis
Safranek
Luca Star Spangied
Car Not Stolen Son Used It After Toll News
W F Hupp of 1737 C Avenue NE reported his car stolen shortly after midnight Tuesday. He later learned Thursday his son had taken the car Tuesday night without notifying him, after the father had spent money on phone tolls to surrounding towns.
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W. F. Hupp
C Avenue
Europeans Rush To Buy Stocks As Market Goes Up
European investors rushed to cover short positions as Wall Street surged lifting markets in Paris and Amsterdam. French brokerage branches saw heavy buying with Royal Dutch shares soaring about sixfold. Bankers reported large dollar purchases as traders sold sterling, noting Paris led dollar demand with the rate around 25.54 francs.
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America
Wall Street
Amsterdam
Royal Dutch
New York
Why Do Men Change When I Go Out
A witty exchange notes that every man the speaker dates turns into a perfect gentleman, highlighting a humorous inverse expectation about behavior and romance. The line plays on social observations and irony rather than a fixed event.
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