Hitler Praised in Hindenburg Will Sparks Debate
The last will of President Paul von Hindenburg, written May 11, praises Adolf Hitler and endorses monarchy as Germany's savior. Col. Franz von Papen delivered the document to Hitler, who authorized its publication, while Hindenburg expresses faith in a united German people and recalls urging Hitler to power in 1933.
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Berlin
INS
Adolf Hitler
Paul von Hindenburg
Col
Franz von Papen
Hindenburg
Oskar von Hindenburg
von Papen
Hitler
Germany
Republic
Examination grades reveal Cedar Rapids postmaster eligibles
Civil service results from Washington show Fred Poyneer with a grade of 78 and Frank B. Baldwin with 75.2 as the only two eligibles certified for appointment as Cedar Rapids postmaster. Baldwin currently serves as acting postmaster. date of permanent appointment is undecided.
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Fred Poyneer
Frank B. Baldwin
Cedar Rapids
Washington, D. C
Poyneer
Baldwin
Grain Loadings in Territory Reach Heaviest Point in Years
Rock Island railroad reports grain loadings in the territory are at a multi year high with brisk business in recent weeks. Most shipments consist of shelled corn and a large portion is government scaled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Rock Island Railroad
Sioux City S.O.S. For Bricklayers
Sioux City calls for bricklayers as Co. F Lytle Construction asks the union to supply more men for public works projects. Bricklayers arrive from Linton Burlington Fort Dodge and Council Bluffs to help.
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Sioux City
Help Wanted
Co. F Lytle Construction Company
Bricklayers’ Union
Linton Burlington
Fort Dodge
Council Bluffs
Wreckage Of Car In Which Two Were Killed
The article notes a fatal automobile crash Tuesday killing two people. It mentions mournful observances and community notices including a rosary service for Maurice P Cahill and local events such as a band concert at the University of Iowa summer school. Names with ties to Cedar Rapids Marion and Camp Waubeek appear among brief items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Kessler
Cedar Rapids
Allstate Band
University of Iowa
WSUI
Fresh Week Committee Named At Iowa U
Special to The Gazette Iowa City Claude Hogan of Cherokee is named chair of a 148 member University of Iowa Freshman week committee. The group will supervise events for freshmen September 19 to 24 with student leaders and faculty planning activities. The Iowa City list includes David Elderkin Lester Kimberley Ellis Negus A B Steele Cherie McElhinney Janet Larabee Elizabeth DeCock Evelyn Paula John Grim Robert Isensee Donald Anderson Tom Farrell Fred Higbee Richard Jessup Stewart Taylor Lawrence Oliver Ruth Aurner Ruth Garrigues Margaret Olson Esther Idema Belle Markovitz Normalee Van Horn Marjorie Bryan Nellie Fordyce Edith Helmer Mildred Mott Sara Mumma Agnes Patterson Selma Seashore Dorothy Spencer.
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Iowa City
Claude Hogan
University of Iowa
David Elderkin
Cedar Rapids
Lester Kimberley
West Liberty
Ellis Negus
John Grim
Robert Isensee
Donald Anderson
Tom Farrell
Fred Higbee
Richard Jessup
Stewart Taylor
Lawrence Oliver
Ruth Aurner
Ruth Garrigues
Margaret Olson
Esther Idema
Belle Markovitz
Normalee van Horn
Marjorie Bryan
Nellie Fordyce
Edith Helmer
Mildred Mott
Sara Mumma
Agnes Patterson
Selma Seashore
Dorothy Spencer
British inventor claims machine tests love between two people
A British inventor proposes a device that determines if two persons are in love and measures the extent. The claim centers on evaluating emotional connection and compatibility through a mechanical system.
Cedar Rapids Life Insurance Co v Leibsohn et al.
In Linn County District Court in September 1934 the plaintiff seeks a judgment for 16389.74 plus eight and a quarter dollars in costs and fees, against Mayer Leibsohn Rebecca Leibsohn and R J Smith, on three promissory notes secured by a mortgage on the south easterly 40 feet of lot 3 in Block 4 Cedar Rapids. The petition requests foreclosure, appointment of a receiver to collect rents, and sale of the mortgaged property with equitable relief. The defendant is warned to appear before noon on the second day of the September term, or default and judgment will be entered. The case is represented by Grimmett Elliott Shuttleworth & Ingersoll.
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District Court
Linn County
Cedar Rapids Life Insurance Company
Mayer Leibsohn
Rebecca Leibsohn
R J. Smith
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Renal Estate
Court House
A. D
GRIMM
Elliott, Shuttleworth & Ingersoll
Firemen and Policemen Host Gazette Carrier Winners Outing
Cedar Rapids firemen and police treated twenty five Gazette carrier winners to a three day outing. The group toured the central fire station, learned firefighting methods, and viewed jail and firearms exhibits. They rode squad cars, heard a welcome on a police radio, and enjoyed theater and baseball events with evening activities at Ellis park and a barge trip on the Cedar.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Public Safety Department
Central Fire Station
E. P. Kohout
Mike J. Skerik
Fred Condon
Kohout
Kurdna
Hines
Police Department
Mikota
Memorial Building
Memorial Auditorium
Ed Stefan
Paramount Theater
Ben Bernie
Jack Oakle
Raiders
Sioux City Packers
Hill Park
Ellis Park River Pavilion
Cedar
Iowa Theater
Sgt
Oys
City Briefs and Personal News Highlights
Worn furs advertised. Mrs. Amos L. Jacoby mourns son Lawrence in Neosho Missouri. Morris Plan loans promoted by Charles D. Manson Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. S. Friebel and Mr and Mrs James W Sloan update from Detroit Milwaukee trip. Louis D Burgus and family return from Burlington visit. W T Chase treated at Mercy hospital for hand lacerations from car cranking. Mr and Mrs Harry Pence return to Chicago after week with parents and Marion visit. City jail fines levied for intoxication. Elephant to be shown at Wapsiee Valley fair in Central City. Joe Wilson Wichita State University student to speak on Indian history at Lions Club luncheon.
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Harry Pence
Chicago
Mr. Pence
C. C. Stuart
Sixth Street
Harry Lutz
Marion
Joe Wilson
University of Wichita
Wichita Kan
Lions Club
Fox and Flaherty Sailors Head to Training and New York
With his parents Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Fox, one young man will report to the training station at San Diego for fleet ship assignments. J. E. Flaherty, son of B. T. Flaherty of 1054 Third Avenue SE, departs for New York City to join the U S S Overton.
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H. E. Fox
San Diego
Calif
J. E. Flaherty
B. T. Flaherty
Third Avenue SE
New York City
U. S. S. Overton
John Jay Recuperating After Heart Attack
John Jay, president of the Quick Way Shovel company of Denver formerly Cedar Rapids, is reported recuperating satisfactorily from a heart attack suffered seven weeks ago. He is expected to sit up for a few minutes daily this week.
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John Jay
Quick Way Shovel Company
Denver
Colo
Cedar Rapids
Local Woman Injured In Auto Collision Near Grundy Center
Mrs. M. Johnson of 2032 Eastern boulevard SE received a deep forehead gash requiring stitches when two Cedar Rapids cars carrying drum and bugle corps members returning from Eldora crashed at the junction of highways 14 and 57 seven miles west of Grundy Center. Mrs. Reding of Westwood drive NW had driven past the intersection and returned to make the turn when her car collided with Carlton Smith of 1032 Twenty sixth street SE who had been following from Eldora.
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M. Johnson
Eastern Boulevard
Cedar Rapids
Boys’ Drum and Bugle Corps
Eldora
Grundy Center
John Reding
Westwood Drive
Carlton Smith
Twentysixth Street
Red
Unclear Injury Report From Grady Center Car Incident
The passage notes passengers including John and Clarence, Mrs Johnson and her son Roland, Mr Smith with son Harold and Billy Curran. Mrs Johnson was the only person injured and received first aid at a Grundy Center doctor's office.
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Ing
John
Clarence
Johnson
Roland
Breakin and Minor Thefts Reported in Local Incidents
A restaurant operated by Cora Woodson at 2912 First Avenue E was broken into Tuesday night with 26 cents in change a candy bar and several cigars taken. Two minor thefts occurred Monday night including a tire and four collars stolen from Roy Chiverton's car at 715 Seventh Street SW and an oak carpenter's bench plus about $5 worth of lumber taken from William Sperman's shop at 415 H Avenue NW.
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Cora Woodson
First Avenue
Roy Chiverton
Seventh Street
William Sperman
H Avenue NW
Ernsting Portwig Hoffmeier reunion near De Witt
The Ernsting Portwig Hoffmeier reunion was held near De Witt Sunday with 125 attendees. Visitors from Lowden and surrounding area included the families of Carl Licht Louis Licht L D Rixe Lorenz Hoffmeier Louis Meier Dick Mensing A L Mensing Louis Stolte Otto Stolte Paul Stolte Emil Stolte Gerhard Licht Herbert Kroemer Arthur Kroemer H O Hoffmeier and Mrs Ida Hoffmeier and Mrs Louise Ernsting.
Grocers and Meat Dealers Parade Delayed to 11 30
The Cedar Rapids Grocers and Meat Dealers association parade will start Thursday at 11 30 am from First avenue and First street west instead of 11 am. The delay allows attendees to honor Maurice Cahill a prominent local attorney and past department commander of the American Legion who has funeraled.
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Knights of Columbus
Turner Mortuary
Maurice P. Cahill
American Legion
Cedar Rapids
Marriage Licenses Granted In Iowa and Omaha Areas
Gale C. Anderson of Mason City and Mary BE Taylor of Cedar Rapids. P S Norton and Loretta Hemmingson, both of Omaha. Chester E. Tuttle and Anna Marie Stuart, both of Newhall. Anton Simnacher and Myrtle Ness, both of Vinton.
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Gale C. Anderson
Mason City
Mary BE. Taylor
Cedar Rapids
P. S. Norton
Loretta Hemmingson
Omaha
Chester E. Tuttle
Anna Marie Stuart
Newhall
Anton Simnacher
Myrtle Ness
Vinton
Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County
In Linn County District Court a hearing is set for August 20 1934 at 9 am to prove and admit the instrument alleged to be the Last Will and Testament of Willis L DeClow deceased Cedar Rapids Iowa August 14 Edwin W Lundquist Clerk and D H W Smith Attorney acting for the court
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Linn County
District Court
Willis L. DeClow
Cedar Rapids
Iowan
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S.O.S
Wilson
Camp Waubeek
Cahill
Wsul
United States Navy
DeLosse
Arthur Jones
A. L. Keele
Sixth Avenue SE
Oscar William Bensch
O. A. Bensch
Harvey Oliver Fox
Baldridge
Studebaker
Legionaire
Garland L. Risdon
Independence
Risdon
Fred C. Henson
Earl Stanley
John Hanna
A. A. Mikota
Robert W. Hopwood
the Peoples Savings Bank
Third Avenue
First Street
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Schoen's
Amos L. Jacoby
Neosho, Mo
Lawrence
Morris Plan
Adv
Charles D. Manson
S. Friebel
James W. Sloan
Seventh Avenue SE
Penn
Detroit
Milwatukee
Louis D Burgus
Mr. Burgus
Burlington
W,. T Chase
Thirty-fourth Street
Mercy Hospital
Leland Rouse
Eighth Avenue
C. Numeric
Third Street
Herbert Brown
Central City
Edwin W Lundquist
D. HW
Smith
Flint
Michigan
Chevrolet
Fisher
Chevrolet Motor Company
G.M. A.C
General Motors
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