Elissa Landi Opens Town Hall Season in Cedar Rapids
Elissa Landi stage and screen star will open Cedar Rapids Town Hall season on Oct. 9 at the Town theater with a talk on acting differences. The series will feature Dr Lin Yutang, Alfred Duff Cooper, Sydney R Montague, and Pierre van Passen in later programs.
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Elissa Landi
Ovely Elissa Landi
Cedar Rapids
Miss Grace Boston
Miss Landi
Lin Yutang
United States
Alfred Duff Cooper
Admiralty
Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Sydney R. Montague
Northland
The
Royal Mounted
Arctic
Miss Boston
New York City
Katherine Barclay
Fox Film Corporation
St Paul's Church
Boston
England
Duff Cooper
Talleyrand
Haig
House of Lords
Senate
Diana Manners
Duke of Rutland
America
Madonna
Max Reinhardt
Pierre van Passen
Palestine
Tel- Aviv
van Paassen
Mussolini
Hitler
St. Paul's Church
Sydney
Nab Former Student In Theft Of Jewels Of Senator's Wife
Joseph Schoenherr, 31, a former Stanford engineering student who studied at De Paul, was arrested in Chicago for stealing jewels from Mrs. Scott Lucas, wife of Illinois Senator. The loot found on him. jewelry identified by the senator and traced to a bag snatched from the Leland hotel lobby in Springfield after a Democratic meeting.
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Chicago
INS
Joseph Schoenherr
Stanford University
de Paul University
Scott Lucas
U. S
Tllinois
Springfield
Schoenherr
Lucas
Fish Resolution Passes Unanimously
Oslo dispatch reports Rep. Hamilton Fish of New York introduced a resolution urging peaceful settlement of all international quarrels. The measure was presented to the assembly and received unanimous approval.
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Oslo
Norway
INS
Hamilton Fish
New York
Resolution text telegraphed to world leaders at union congress
The Inter parliamentary union adopted a resolution on Saturday after debate chaired by a British delegate. Texts were telegraphed to Chancellor Hitler Premier Mussolini Dictator Stalin and other leaders from 42 nations. The 30 day truce clause was removed from Rep. Fish's resolution.
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Interparliamentary Union
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Rep. Fish
Omaha Labor Leader Resigns Under AFL Pressure
Mace Brown, president of the Omaha Central Labor Union, resigned on Saturday at the demand of AFL President William Green. Brown stated Green demanded his stepping aside because he opposed changes to the Wagner labor relations act.
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Omaha
Mace Brown
Omaha Central Labor Union
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Brown
William Tehel
Tehel
M. H. Morrison
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
C. L. Kidd
Cedar Rapids Pump and Supply Company
Omaha Bee and World-Herald
China
Endurance attempt ends for two pilots near Fox Lake
Pilots William Solberg and Homer Seavey failed to break the 343 hour light plane endurance record as refueling problems forced an unscheduled descent after 9 hours and 19 minutes aloft near Fox Lake Illinois.
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Fox Lake
Ill
Ins
William Solberg
Homer Seavey
Japanese Apology Over Sentry Slap To U S Woman
Peiping AP report says Japanese Consul General Takeki Horiuchi formally apologized to Frank P. Lockhart counselor of the U S embassy for a sentry slapping Mrs F M Richard. Horiuchi promised courteous treatment for Americans in the future while Tokyo claimed the sentry was punished under military law.
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Peiping
Takeki Horiuchi
Frank P Lockhart
United States
F. M. Richard
Horiuchi
Lockhart
Tientsin
David Berger
Chandler Says U S Official Asked Him To Aid CIO
NEW YORK INS An assistant United States attorney general urged Gov A B Happy Chandler to ask Harlan county miners to accept a CIO contract during last spring s coal strikes The governor said he refused noting miners could govern themselves He plans to return to the country with his two baby girls and boys and would not say if he favored a Roosevelt third term He said he would back the Democratic nominee even if it were Roosevelt Troops remain in Harlan county to keep peace.
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New York
INS
United States
A. B
Chandler
Harlan County
Brien McMahon
Roosevelt
U. S. Plans Strengthening Asiatic Fleet Submarines
Washington officials said the navy will strengthen the Asiatic fleet by replacing six World War submarines in Far East service with six larger, more powerful craft. The move, disclosed Saturday, is described as routine and not a policy shift.
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Washington
Far East
Strengthened American Presence in the Far East
Observation notes ongoing reinforcement of American strength in the Far East as older submarines at Panama are displaced by newer vessels.
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Far East
Panama
Methodist Conference Plans Start in Atlantic City
A twelve member commission announced that the first general conference of the new Methodist church will be held in Atlantic City New Jersey beginning April 24. The event marks the formal launch of the church merger efforts and will convene in the coastal resort.
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Cincinnati
The
New Methodist Church
Atlantic City
N. J
Presbyterians Near Two Million Mark
Membership in the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America reaches 1 978 095, up 24 361 communicants in the past year, announced by Rev Dr William Barrow Pugh state clerk of the Presbyterian general assembly.
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Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church In the
United States of America
William Barrow Pugh
Presbyterian General Assembly
Roosevelt Thanksgiving Plan Sparks Maryland D A R Rift
In Frederick Maryland the D A R faces a crisis over President Roosevelt’s Thanksgiving plans Conflicted members debate whether to honor the historic repudiation day with tea or switch to turkey The group hints it may secede from Thanksgiving over the tea versus turkey dispute.
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Maryland County
Frederick
M Roosevelt
Daughters of the American Revolution
F. H. Markell
Frederick County
Colonies
George Iit
Maryland
Massachusetts
Virginia
Markell
Work Relief Rolls At 18 Month Low
WPA officials estimate current work relief rolls near 2,000,000, the lowest since February 1938. August 9 figures show 2,052,160 receiving aid, with reductions since then likely lowering the total. Commissioner Harrington says 1940 funding aims to sustain about 2,000,000 workers for the year and further layoffs of at least 200,000 are planned by mid October before winter demand rises.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
F. C. Harrington
Congress
Flood Waters Add To Tientsin Woes
Flooding hit part of the Chinese quarter of Tientsin with waters rising on the Pei river and the Grand Canal. Authorities expected peak levels by Sunday or Monday as Japanese authorities cooperate with the Peiping government and the Italian concession donated sandbags to bolster dykes.
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Tientsin
China
Ins
Pei River
Peiping Provisional Government
Tientsin Grand Canal
Can't Be Bothered
In Hamilton Montana Mrs Mary Jane Patterson 93 vanished from a party for elderly women to wed J W Mayden 72 of Stevensville The couple planned a license ceremony while neighbors grew concerned by her absence and later learned of the wedding plans
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Hamilton, Mont
Mary Jane Patterson
J. W. Mayden
Stevensville
Rescue of eight from Pilot II fire in Straits
Eight passengers who jumped into the Straits of Mackinac when the launch Pilot II caught fire were rescued uninjured Saturday by the state ferry City of Cheboygan.
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Ignace
Mich
Straits of Mackinac
Cheboygan
Cedar Rapids Leaders Share First Jobs Tales
A survey of Cedar Rapids industrial leaders reveals diverse first jobs. George Laird ran a paper route, E A Runkle picked potatoes, Frank Welch bagged pears, Isaac Smith sold dried fruit, and many others from banking to engineering began with small wages and varied tasks.
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Cedar Rapids
George Laird
E. A. Runkle
Williams and Hunting Company
P. J. Fisher
Lisbon
Frank Welch
Peoples Savings Bank
Krebs Brothers
Isaac B. Smith
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Minneapolis
Kenneth Lindsay
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Mt. Vernon
Herbert Stamats
French Stamats
Barbers And Families Picnic Tuesday In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids master and journeymen barbers and ladies auxiliaries plan their annual picnic Tuesday noon at Bever Park. More than 150 are expected as shops close at noon to allow attendance. Local events include races, games, bingo, croquet and baseball with a full committee listed.
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Cedar Rapids
Bever Park
Iowa
H L. Coats
Clarence Johnson
Clyde White
A. E. Morehouse
T. A. Newman
Robert Smith
W. M. Phillips
Fred Hunt
J. E. Tinkham
John Greenley
Ed Hardy
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Eton
Oxford
Crack Grenadier Guards
D.S
Montague
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Baffinland
Hudson Strait
Montcalm
Hudson Bay
Atlantic
Canadian Mounted Police
Dee College
Morris Sanford Company
Grace Boston
Elissa
Pierre van Paassen
Nab
Ational Bank
Paramount Pharmacy
Paramount Theater Building
CIO Cause
Lt Teddee
Methodist
Presbyterians
Wanda Montz
Harry Palmer
Wilson and Company
T. M. Sinclair
van Vechten Shaffer
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
F. G. Kanak
United State Bank
Thornburg Savings Bank
F. J. Dvorak
First Trust and Savings Bank
Third Street
Second Avenue
J. A. Phillips
Order of Railway Conductors
Illinois
Mark Anderson
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Kansas City
J. J. Hanny
Acme Feed Company
C. L. Fontana
Autocrat Oil Burner Corporation
Sierra Nevadas
San Francisco
R. R. Epler
Baker Paper Company
R. H. Meister
Cedar Rapids Engineering Company
E. J. Lattner
Century Engineering Corporation
Texas
Ames
Student Army Training Corps
Trap Mink
Weed Mint
F. M. Popenhagen
Concrete Products Company
Mink
W. R. Dock
Eddy Paper Corporation
Michigan
Michigan Central
Eddy Company
A. W. Daniels
Universal Crusher Company
Roy E. Choate
LaPlant- Choate Company
Marshalltown
Case Threshing Machine Company
D. M. Hall
Hall Manufacturing
Monticello
Owen T. Barry
Hawkeye Lumber and Coal Company
Ford
L. T. LeFebvre
LeFebvre Corporation
Clark A. Beems
Metropolitan Supply Company
Shelby County
Anamosa Penitentiary
A. J. Murray
Hutchinson Ice Cream Company
H. A. Rundquist
Petersen Baking Company
David Turner
Turner Mortuary
South Dakota
T. M. Deal
Speeder Machinery Corporation
A. C. Stewart
Souvenir Lead Pencil Company
Amos A. Elderkin
Elderkin
T. R. Warriner
Cedar Falls
Daniels Park
P. M. Lattner
Lattner Manufacturing Company
W. R. Grissel
Grissel Cornice Company
Bonded Abstracts
Linn County Abstract Co
W. T. Jackson
Frank N. Stepanek
Linn County Court House
E. J. Esgate
Dia
Star Jewelry CO
Second St
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