Elkanah valley memories and mountain scenes near Estes Park
The writer recalls Elkanah valley in Colorado near Rocky Mountain National Park, describing Twin Sisters and Longs Peak, Wind River ranch, and Hewes-Kirkwood inn. He notes family stays, riding adventures, and the tranquil mountains contrasting with world events, ending with reflections on Hitler and power.
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Colorado
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Estes Village
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Charlie Hewes
Steve
Benton County
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Wind River Ranch
Long's Peak
Long
Weekend Trip Auto Crash Kills One Injures Twelve
Two family parties collided head on along highway No 6 near Marengo Iowa. Frances Jean Remella 14 died from a crushed skull and twelve others were injured as three ambulances ferried victims to Iowa City and area hospitals. Sheriff Engelbert called it among Iowa County's worst accidents.
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Frances Jean Remella
W O Remella
Corning
Here
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L. M. Engelbert
Iowa County
Glenn Given
Arispe
Jess Mitchell
Lone Tree
Remellas
Givens
Wilena
Rowena
Iowa City
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Mitchell
Mineral Springs
Williamsburg
Ladora
Englebert
Farley Arrives in Paris With Daughters for Week Stay
Postmaster General James A Farley lands in Paris from Rome with his two daughters and plans a weeklong visit, arriving Monday to take in the city sights and official sites.
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Paris
James A Farley
Rome
Bridges as ties that bind a divided world
A meditation on bridges linking people and ideas. It recalls Brooklyn Bridge’s historic uniting of cities and urges modern builders to create longer spans across ignorance and mistrust while sharing human connection through every life we touch.
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House of Commons
Waterloo
God
Bruno
Jesus
Council Rejects Truckers Plea for Shorter Week
Cedar Rapids city council rejected a union demand for a 44 hour work week for city truck drivers. The decision cites wages as a reason and notes a four page letter sent to the truckers union and J C Blodgett secretary of the local Federation of Labor.
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Cedar Rapids
J. C. Blodgett
Federation of Labor
Kennedy Boom as Check to Farley Rise
Washington dispatch details a White House palace guard effort to boost Joseph P. Kennedy as a favorite son to sway Massachusetts Democrats toward a Kennedy vice presidential bid. The plan aims to sideline James A. Farley, with opposition from Senator David J. Walsh over a Massachusetts delegation.
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William K. Mutchenson
Washington
INS
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David J. Walsh
Breakin at Fox Head tavern nets cash and cigarets
A thief possibly locked in overnight escaped Sunday morning with cartons of cigarets and $23 from the Fox Head tavern at 114 First Street SE, manager Rodney Kenyon reported closing at 12:20 am and finding the break in when returning at 9:30 am. Police noted a window screen was off and the window was open all night. Another break at Himmel filling station 426 Third Street SE yielded about $9 in change.
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Cedar Rapids
Fox Head
First Street
Rodney Kenyon
Howard Ross
About
Carl Himmel
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Himmel
Hitler Seeks War This Year if Opponents Muster Force
PARIS reports from JNS that Hitler told Karl Burckhardt at Berchtesgaden Aug 14 he would rather fight this year than next if England and France persist in blocking eastern Europe. Gauleiter Foerster attended. Ribbentrop’s stance noted as influential amid rising tension.
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Ceremany
Squires Pleads Not Guilty To Assault With Intent To Kill
Codie Rapids News reports 32 year old Water loo resident and ex convict Squires charged with assault with intent to murder Bernice Waverka, a ld year old waitress at Friends Dine and Dance near Cedar Rapids. He pled not guilty before Judge C J Haas and was jailed for $5,000 bond after failing to post it. Authorities shipped him from Lockport Illinois. detectives Earl Stanley and Harlan Snader supervised. Squires abandoned his car near Fairfield after the slugging.
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Waterloo
Bernice Waverka
Friends Dine
Cedar Rapids
C.J Haas
Gesault
G. K Thompson
Squires
Lockport
Earl Stanley
Harlan Snader
Fairfield
Chicago Folk Injured In Auto Spill West Of Cedar Rapids
A car carrying Mr and Mrs Arthur K Zachary and Miss Catherine Andrews of Chicago rolled several times into a ditch eight miles west of Cedar Rapids on Highway 30 about 2:30 PM Sunday. They were treated at Mercy hospital. two way radio aided ambulance doctors. Zachary had lac erations and possible fracture while the others had bruises and shock.
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Cedar Rapids
Arthur K Zachary
Zachary
Catherine Andrews
Chicago
Mercy Hospital
Miss Andrews
Nabbed For Drunk Driving After Car Hits Parked Auto
Cedar Rapids News reports Kenneth Platz 26 of 717 Tenth Avenue SE was arrested for driving while intoxicated after his vehicle struck a parked car owned by Morton Blum 37 of 316 Granby Building on Tenth Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues SE at 3 30 p m Sunday. Plotz pled not guilty before Judge C J Haas and was released on bond pending further proceedings. Blum said his car was parked southbound on Tenth Street when Platz approached from Seventh Avenue on the wrong side and hit the Blum vehicle.
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Cedar Rapides News
Kenneth Platz
Tenth Avenue SE
Burke, Mullen and
Duncan
Morton Blum
Granby Building
Tenth Street
Sixth and
Seventh Avenues SE
Plotz
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Platz
Seventh Avenue
Bus and fire engine crash on Roosevelt Boulevard
Thirty four people were injured when a bus traveling from New York to Washington collided with a fire engine on Roosevelt boulevard. The bus skidded on a damp road and crashed into the fire engine, which was responding to a false alarm. Norma Bogh, 24, of Sioux City, sustained facial cuts among the injuries.
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Philadelphia
New York
Washington
Roosevelt Boulevard
Norma Bogh
Sioux City
Indictment Hits Louisiana Figures in Mail Fraud Case
A federal grand jury indicts Abra hand Lo Shushan and four others for using the mails to defraud in a New Orleans levee board bond refund. The scheme allegedly netted $192,740 to Shushan and involved a $496,000 fee among Newman Harris and Company, Wasuespack, Miller, and others. A second indictment charges State Senator Clarence A Larto and Dr. James Monroe Smith with related offenses.
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New Orleans
Abrahand Lo Shushan
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Orleans
Louisiana State University
Lorie
Smith
Newsman
Foretaste of Fall Weather From Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids area experienced a pre fall preview with cold rain and winds. Temperatures fell to 57 early Sunday then rose to the mid 70s later Sunday into Monday as showers totaling about 0.36 inch occurred. Continuous cloud cover tempered sunshine with a brief afternoon warm spell noted by Chambers Inskeep company records.
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Cedar Anids
Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Baer on Atlantic Ocean as shield for U S Europe
Arthur Baer argues the Atlantic Ocean protects the US from Europe while international tensions rise. He notes England's aggressive stance and predicts Chamberlain will attend the Danzig conference, framing the good neighbor policy as viable with the ocean as a buffer.
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Chamberlain
Danzig
England
Nazis Aimed to Influence Tampa University Leaders
Washington INS reports Dr John Hiarves Sherman testified before Dies committee that the German consul-general in New Orleans tried last year to re introduce Nazi teachings at the University of Tampa. Sherman said Baron Eelsat Freiherr Spregel Von Bund Zupeehkelshemm met Tampa officials in March 1938 seeking support for a German gift and influence campaign.
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INS
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Tampa
Fla
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Charity Gambling Flayed By Pastor Raid Fiasco Cited
Des Moines area report shows Rev Raoul Calkins of Easton Place Methodist Church attacking gambling linked charity and criticizing the Augland raid on an Elks gambling room valued at about 1000 dollars. Sheriff Vane Bo Oxverturts says state agents ordered the raid. officials deny responsibility. Calkins calls for uniform law enforcement or repeal of laws.
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Des Moines
Raoul Co Cal- Kins
Easton Place Methodist Church
Sureeetins
Elks
Augland
Vane Bo Oxverturts
Calkins
Elks Affai
British cabinet weighs early recall of Parliament
The British cabinet in emergency session was reported to be ready to consider recalling Parliament within a week or ten days if the government deems it necessary.
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London
Sid
British Embassy Advises Citizens to Leave Warsaw
The British embassy in Warsaw circulated a warning urging Britons to depart Warsaw at once due to the risk of a rupture in Polish German relations. The advisory came from a reliable informant on Monday.
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Warsaw
British cabinet tightens Poland defense pledge amid war scare
A cabinet meeting reinforces Britain’s commitment to defend Poland and resist economic coercion. The talks occur as Britain strengthens defense preparations and considers extending assurances against marred aggression by bordering states and external control of Poland’s economy.
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Britain
One Way To Land In Jail
Miss Alive Kriscunas 22 walked into a Chicago police station seeking confinement after running away from her stepfather two weeks earlier. Sergeant Arthur Jarvis refused to lock her up without a legal charge, noting she could not be jailed on desire alone. She argued, but the sergeant held firm, eventually placing her in a cell for disorderly conduct.
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Wind River
Tesan
Trail Ridge
Chicago
INS
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Jed Mondas
Fant Sundas
Arthur Jarvis
Jarvis
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Binat
Youll Have To Walk Farther Youll Have To Walk Farther
The city council approved a resolution extending parking limits on Second Avenue between Seventh and Eighth Streets SE to 60 minutes from 5 am to 5 pm. This marks the third such extension in recent months at business leaders' insistence. The area between Sixth and Eighth on Third Avenue SE previously faced a six minute cap. A police patrol will enforce the new limits using three wheeled service motorcycles.
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Cedar Rails News
Second Avenue
Seventh and
Eighth Streets
Sixth
Third Avenue
Jail Manufacturer As 1st Wage Hour Law Victim
ELKINS West Virginia AP Federal Judge William E Baker ordered a trouser maker jailed for six months for wage hour law violations. Sanford Lerner vice president of Standard Trouser Co Buckhannon and an official of Crown Trouser Co Williamsport Pa faces confinement unless he pays $3 152 23 owed to workers. The wage hour agency also announced a new inspector class and clarified agricultural exemptions under the fair labor standards act detailing meat processing and farm related duties.
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Washington
Arthur L. Fletcher
Portland News-Telegram Suspends Publication
The Portland News-Telegram announces suspension of publication with Monday afternoon editions, signaling an end to daily issues for now. The move comes amid unclear circumstances and leaves readers awaiting further updates from Portland, Oregon.
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Portland, Ore
Portland News-Telegram Today
European powers seek united appeal for peace from Brussels conference
Seven neutral states led by Belgium summon a Brussels conference to urge the major powers toward peace. Denmark Norway Sweden Finland Netherlands Luxembourg and Belgium will meet ministers to plan a joint appeal, resource access, and protection of civilians amid rising tensions. The move follows Pope Pius XII and mediations in the Danzig dispute, with Britain and France preparing for cabinet meetings as troop movements heighten alert.
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Europe War Outlook Described as Twilight
London dispatch reports Edward Leslie Burgin, a British minister, calling the European crisis a twilight period between peace and war. He said the democracies are determined to prepare for all eventualities and urged solemn reflection before any enemy provokes a conflict.
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