Iceland Seen as Factor in Canadian Pact
London sources state that plans for Germany to seize Iceland to base air and submarine raids against Britain helped spur swift Canada United States defense cooperation. The report cites Iceland as a stepping stone to Canada and as a potential landing site for troops en route to North America. It also notes German raids on England pause as forces regroup, while Britain continues counterattacks and morale remains high.
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Flynn Says Willkie for New Deal Acts
Edward J. Flynn, Democratic National Chairman, said Willkie’s speech accepting the Republican nomination showed he supported most Roosevelt administration accomplishments. Flynn spoke after succeeding Farley, noting Willkie praised New Deal measures instead of attacking them.
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Wendell L. Willkie
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Flynn
Willkie
Linn Teachers To Convene Saturday
The Linn county teachers meet at McKinley high school auditorium Saturday morning and afternoon. Demonstrations in health work by county nurses Madeline Healy and Mary Rozema start at 9, with language demonstrations by Anna Carmichael at 9:30 and 1:15. County Superintendent Walter A. Shupp discusses supplies and announcements, followed by a 2:30 p.m. address by Dr. Marion H. Williams of Cedar Rapids.
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McKinley High School
Seventh Avenue
Tenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Walter A. Shupp
Madeline Healy
Mary Rozema
Anna Carmichael
Harlan Junior High
E. E. Parsons
Rural Teachers’ Association
Shupp
Marion H. Williams
Job Seeker Loses 4 60 To Con Man In Equipment Scam
Fred Baker reports a confidence man offered a job with the Mississippi Valley corporation in Greene square Cedar Rapids. The man promised 31 dollars weekly for 5 1 2 days for a year then pressed 160 for union dues and 3 for a tool kit. Baker paid 460 dollars but the man failed to appear. The scammer, calling himself Smith and signing as R L S, wore gray clothes and amber sunglasses.
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Fred Baker
Second Avenue SE
Baker
Mississippi Valley Corporation
Greene Square
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Johnson Cracks Down On Double Parking By Trucks
Judge Harry Johnson in police court levied fines for double parking by delivery drivers. Harry Slutsky was fined $1 plus $1.50 costs for double parking while unloading. Ed H. Krahmer avoided the fine but paid $1.50 costs for overtime parking after a doctor's delay. The judge urged overtime parking in 15 minute or bus zones and chided drivers for waiting at offices.
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Harry Slutsky
Second Street
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Anamosa Motorist Faces Two Charges
Anamosa Police filed two charges against Joe Svatosh 24 for failing to yield the right of way and driving with faulty brakes after a collision with J W Hunter 64 at the Second avenue and Tenth street SE intersection at 11 15 a m Svatosh was fined 10 and costs in Justice Churchill s court for failing to yield The brakes were tested by Patrolman F A Ahring who found almost no stopping power and a faulty steering mechanism Svatosh faces the faulty brakes count Wednesday in police court
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Anamosa
Second Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Svatosh
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Fourth Avenue SE
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Tenth Street
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Svvatosh
Retired Cedar Rapids Teacher Receives Pension After 51 Years
Harriet Welch of Cedar Rapids schools earned a pension after 51 years of service. Superintendent Arthur Deamer notes she taught at many schools, most recently history and geography at Roosevelt High. The board also accepted resignations of Harry Peterson and Dorothy Dawson. Paulson to fill Peterson vacancy. Dawson to wed. Paulson to coach and teach.
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Cedar Rapids
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Roosevelt High School
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Dorothy Dawson
Miss Dawson
Delmar
McKinley High School
Peterson
McKinley School
Hinsdale
C. A. Paulson
Lenox
Paulson
Iowa State Teachers College
Bagley
Elk Horn
Marion Legion Post Aids Picnic Plans and Community News
Marion Post No. 298 U. S. American Legion holds a Monday picnic and meeting with various committees named. Auxiliary updates include hospital visit reports, charity drives, and fall festival plans. Local gatherings, reunions, softball games, and weekend visitors are listed with multiple households and area organizations.
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Henry Cooper
R H. Biddick
Paul J. Fiedler
Earl Welsh
Mary Buzza
Oakdale
Knoxville
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Dayton Lininger
Dubuque
Local Music Figures Featured in Central City Event
Shirley Glass of Central City joins Milo Glass and Robert Buresh of Marion with guitar and song performances as the Hawaiian Serenaders from Cedar Rapids provide music for the program.
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Central City
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Robert Buresh
Marion
Hawaiian Serenaders
Cedar Rapids
Clyde Kearns Reelected Head at Kearns Family Reunion
Clyde Kearns of Marion was reelected president of the Kearns family group at the thirty-first annual reunion held Sunday in Butler park Springville. Sam Johnston of Mount Vernon was named vice president and Mabel Kearns of Marion secretary and treasurer. Sixty nine relatives attended the picnic and a program tracing the family tree was presented by John Stewart Frank Kearns George Bateman Mrs Charles Meek Willis Brown and Clyde Kearns. The 1941 meeting will also be held at Springville.
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Mount Vernon
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John Stewart
Frank Kearns
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Charles Meek
Willis Brown
City Council Accepts Bid for Vacant Lot on Eleventh Street
The city council accepted Raymond Stanton's $150 bid for a tax-foreclosed vacant lot at Eleventh street and Twelfth avenue. Stanton plans to build a residence on the site.
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Eleventh Street
Twelfth Avenue
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Petition Aims Bridge Over Indian Creek On South Tama Street
City clerk instructed to draft a petition for the county board of supervisors seeking the erection of a bridge over Indian creek on South Tama Street. Fragment lists multiple local residents and trips, tea events, and visits, ending with a note that dogs made possible earth's poles before aircraft.
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Indian Creek
Tama Street
Pattern 4520 For Girls Sizes 6 To 14 Description
Pattern 4520 is offered in girls sizes 6 8 10 12 and 14. The size 12 dress uses 27 yards of 35 inch fabric bolero and skirt require 2 1/2 yards of 54 inch fabric and blouse uses 1 1/4 yards of 35 inch contrast. Send 15 cents to Pattern Department Cedar Rapids Gazette 243 West 17th Street New York NY for pattern and 10 more cents for the Pattern Book.
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Iowa GOP to Meet at State Fair Aug 28
Des Moines AP says Harry B Swan of Atlantic Ila chaired the Iowa Republican State Central Committee announced a meeting in the Savery hotel on the morning of State Day at the State fair on August 28.
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Receiver's Sale Notice for Cedar Rapids Bank Property
Notice to stockholders and creditors of Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust Company that D W Bates as Receiver seeks court authority to sell property in Union County Iowa described as the north half of the southwest quarter of section 21 township 92 north range 29 west of the 5th P M conveying to John Ifeldt for 1800 dollars with higher bid possible. A hearing is set for August 29 1940 at 9:00 AM at the Cedar Rapids Court House to consider approval of the sale. The attorney for the Receiver is George M Gorman.
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Linn County
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Union County
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Ile
Towa
Jurors Drawn for September Term in Linn County Court
Judge Moffit selects 75 Linn County residents to serve as petit jurors for the September district court term. Jurors report Sept 23 at 9 am to the courthouse. Names include Clarence Abbott Center Point and Oscar Anderson Cedar Rapids among many others.
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Ed Lundquist
Robert M Wesely
Dempsy Jones
Linn County
Moffit
Clarence Abbott
Center Point
H. L. Adams
L Street
C A Anderson
Twenty-sixth Street
Oscar Anderson
Ridgeway Drive
John W. Baldridge
Mount Vernon Avenue
Frank S. Barta
Seventh Avenue
Jennie M Bigger
Lisbon
Thea F Blaul
Woodland Drive
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Walker
Charles J Bohac
Wilson Avenue
Joseph A Bollard
B Avenue
Louis W. Bredle
Mount Vernon Road
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Fifth Avenue
Harry W. Brown
Sixth Street
Edward M Bruna
Bever
First Avenue
Charles Chyba, Jr
J Street
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Oakland Avenue
Alma C Condon
James F Cowden
Forest Drive
Kenneth E. Crooks
M Avenue
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Maplewood Drive
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