Fire and smoke alarm and roof fire reports
At 425 p.m. Tuesday smoke odor reported at the home of Mrs. M G Bryan 530 Sixth street SE with a 35 minute still alarm. At 838 a.m. Wednesday roof fire at the home of W J Smith 3534 First avenue E caused small damage with a 45 minute response by engine companies 3, 6 and hook and ladder. MARRIAGE LICENSES Ralph Alston and Viola Hoff master both of Monroe Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. G. Bryan
Sixth Street SE
W J. Smith
First Avenue E
Diggins and Bolton Custody Notices by Judge Ring
Emma B Diggins of Charles F Diggins and Golda Bolton of Robert C Bolton are named in judge led notices on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds. Property rights settled by stipulation. Case dates noted as June 12 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma B. Diggins
Charles F Diggins
H. C. Ring
Golda Bolton
Robert C Bolton
Ring
Mar
Craemers Gift Towels and Pillow Cases For Christmas
Craemer's offers a Christmas medley with two gift pillow cases labeled Mr and Mrs in a box priced at one dollar. The ad boasts high quality towels and matching wash cloths as a gift ensemble, with complete sets starting at one dollar in the basement domestic section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craemer
Craemer's
Cracmer
Scent sales lure shoppers with exotic fragrances
The note touts perfumery offerings for Christmas giving. Maxine Nebendahl dispenses a wide range of fragrances from France. Je Reviews, a Bewatchin Worth creation, is offered at 150 dollars per dram. Craemer's perfume section features better scents plus lower priced options.
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Maxine Nebendahl
France
Craemer
New Joan Ken ley housecoats arrive in satin and crepe
A shipment of joan ken ley housecoats in colors including blue and wine arrives. Styles feature full zippers and wrap around designs with satin crepe and tafetta fabrics, priced at 3.98. Page prompts customers to hint or demand one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Ken~ley
Craemer’s Glove Section Offers New Leather Mittens
Santa Claus themed gift note highlights Craemer’s first floor Glove Section with lined leather mittens in white black red and tan. Mittens priced from 1 to 1.95 dollars, touted as durable and stylish for girls and boys.
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Santa Claus
Craemer
New Wash Dresses For Mature Women At Craemer’s
Thoughtful shoppers are urged to pick out long sleeved wash dresses now for the holiday season. Ms offers conservative options on Craemer's second floor. Patterns are appealing and sizes range 16 to 50 with prices around $1.59 to $1.95.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ms Best
Craemer
Craemer's Gift Gossip Sparks Christmas Dilemma
A playful note from Craemer stirs holiday intrigue as neighbors exchange rumors about gifts, plans, and secret surprises. The brief hints at festive schemes and competing cravings for the season.
Local Custody Rulings and Fines Reported
Custody awarded to Mrs Bolton for a son and Mrs Comp for an infant daughter after hearings at Ottumwa on cruel and inhuman grounds. Several births announced including daughters to Mr and Mrs Cross, Bowser, Jacobs, Napier, and Hidenach. Fines handed to Melvin Fill for disorderly conduct, Barlow and Wright for intoxication, Harold Thew for reckless driving, and George Chemlicek for speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ried
Ottumwa
Bolton
Mae
John
Fayette Township
King
St. Luke's Hospital
Howard Cross
K Avenue NE
Melvin W. Bowser
Mechanicsville
William A. Jacobs
Seventeenth Street
Carroll Napier
Whittier
Dee
B . Hidenach
R Avenue NE
Melvin Fill
Weingroad
WE Barlow
E Avenue NW
Reva Wright
Riceville
Harold Clay Thew
Long Beach
Calif
George A. Chemlicek
McLaughlin Fined For Unsafe Truck And Flares
Richard J McLaughlin fined five dollars and costs for an unsafe truck and five dollars and costs for having no flares or flags. Court presided by Justice WH R Churchill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard J Mclaughlin
WH. R. Churchill
Navy official interview at Floyd Bennett Field welcome
Navy officials at Floyd Bennett Field welcomed Kinnick in an airborne interview. New York officials including President Newbold Morris and other civic and sports leaders joined the impressive reception at North Beach airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Floyd Bennett Field
New York
North Beach
Newbold Morris
New York City Council
Heisman Trophy Presentation for Nile Kinnick Broadcast
The Heisman Trophy presentation for Nile Kinnick will be broadcast from New York Wednesday night by the Mutual network at 9 15 Iowa time. Iowa stations WMT and KSO cannot carry the live program but will air a 4 15 pm transcription and a Cedar Rapids Waterloo rebroadcast at 8 15 pm of the naval program from the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Nile Kinnick
University of Iown
New York
Mutual
Iowa
WMT
KSO
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Physicians Detail Vanselow Wound in Widow’s Trial
Physicians testified that Adolph Vanselow was struck on the head before his Aug. 7 death. Coroner Dr. J. R. Wood described a brain clot caused by blows and a two inch cut above the right ear. Neighbors testified to loud quarrels and claimed Mrs Vanselow spoke of killing her husband. Police said they found Mrs. Vanselow intoxicated with signs of a struggle in the kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Ian
Adolph Vanselow
Oelwein Railroad
Vanselow
J. R. Wood
Wadena
Fayette County
Vansclow
W. B. Henderson
Oelwein
Clara Basten
German battleship Scharnhorst in sea patrol reveal
Paris dispatch reports Vice-admiral Cecil Vivian Osborne of Britain revealed that Germanys 26 000 ton Scharnhorst is at sea with the pocket battleship Deutschland. The disclosure marks one of Germanys most formidable warships in active operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ins
Germany
Scharnhorst
Deutschland
Cecil Vivian Osborne
Britain
Waltonian Luncheon to Hear Minister on Christ or Bahai
City briefs note the Waltonian luncheon club meets Thursday at the YMCA. Rev. Henry Scherer of First Lutheran will speak on Christ or Bahai as committees are appointed and plans made for the annual fish fry. Also reported is Mrs. Frank Teply Jr wounded by a shotgun blast and improving at Mercy hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltonian
Henry Scherer
First Lutheran Church
Frank Teply, Jr
Elizabeth Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Teply
Texas Steer Crowned Grand Champion at Show
At the International Livestock Exposition judges selected Lucky Boy a heavy Hereford owned by Mayfield Rothman of Mason Texas as grand champion. Jack Baker of Bluffdale Texas earned reserve grand with a Hereford in the 1 000 to 1 150 pound class. Other weight class champions include Herefords from Kalamazoo Missouri and the University of Wyoming Shorthorns and Angus winners from Iowa Indiana Ohio and Wisconsin. Corn day honors crown corn royalty and yield contest winners across the cornbelt with Floyd Hiner and Lawrence E Pitzer acknowledged for corn and cornhusking prowess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jorges Gordon- Davis
Mayfield Rothman
Mason, Tex
Texas
Jack Baker
Bluffdale
Mary Ellen Bradley
Kalamazoo
University of Wyoming
Iowa State College
Burdette Farley
Malcom
Robert Miller
Arcola
Lll
Ohio State University
Fairholme Farms
Lewisville
Ind
Nesus
Sunrise Browndale
Oklahoma A and M. College
University of Wisconsin
Michigan State University
Arnold Moore
Union City
Okla
Robert Anderson
Pine Village
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Troyer
la Fontaine
Raymond Kreig
Oakley
Floyd Hiner
Lawrence E Pitzer
Attica
Traer Farmer George W. Wilson Dead At 65
George W. Wilson 65 a Traer farmer and son of Tama Jim died at his home from a heart attack. He lived one mile west of Traer and left a son James and a daughter Ruth Lansner of Big Stone City SD plus sister Flora Wilson and brothers William of Brookings SD and Jasper of Tracr. Funeral at Tranquility Church and Buckingham cemetery.
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Traer
George Wright Wilson
Tama Jim” Wilson
Wilson Homestead
Tracer
Iowa State College
Nell McMillan
James Wilson
Ruth Lanster
Big Stone City, Sr
Flora Wilson
Washington, D.C
William Wilson
Brookings
S.D
Jasper Wilson
Tracr
Tranquility Church
Buckingham Cemetery
Youth Fined 100 For Accosting Girl
Melvin Hill 22, of 3066 Wenng roud NE, was arrested for disorderly conduct after admitting advances to a 17 year old girl walking home from Franklin high school. He was fined 100 dollars and costs in police court after a description led to his arrest on Second Avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Hill
Wenngroud NE
Simon and
Stusak
Hill
Second Avenue
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Franklin High School
Linden Avenue
Forest Drive
Grande Avenue
Churchill says Germany cannot replace sunk U boats pace
In the House of Commons Winston Churchill reports German losses this week include five submarines sunk by Allied navies. He notes Britain's anti submarine drive is destroying two to four U boats weekly, outpacing German replacement capabilities. He cites 1 000 merchant ships armed, nearing 2 000, and magnetic mines causing many losses.
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London
Winston Churchill
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
Germany
Churchill
Britain
Guenther Prien
Scapa Flow
West Liberty High Wins Both Varsity and JV Matches
West Liberty high school defeated Lone Tree on Tuesday with the varsity 22 to 15 and the junior varsity 32 to 15. West Liberty learns its first conference game will be at Mount Pleasant Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
West Liberty High School
Lone Tree
Mount Pleasant
Roosevelt Voices Esteem of Finns in European Crisis
President Roosevelt defends aid to Finland while weighing neutrality and possible severance of ties with Russia. He praises Finnish resolve and outlines a proposed relief fund of 234 693 dollars to aid war refugees and victims, to be considered by Congress after debt payments.
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United States
Russia
Finland
Borah
Ida
Roosevelt
Congress
Halifax Blames Nazi Pact For Invasion
Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax told the House of Lords that Hitler is responsible for Russia’s invasion of Finland and has bartered the liberties of the Baltic. He condemned Russia for bombing open cities and mutilating civilians, and suggested a deal between Hitler and Stalin gave Russia a free hand in the Baltic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Viscount Halifax
House of Lords
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Finland
Lord Halifax
Hitler
Josef V. Stalin
Baltic
Temperance Campaign Director Quits Work
Des Moines AP James Pearson, hired to carry out a temperance education campaign, resigns saying he will leave until he sees how he stands. The liquor commission lacks power to fund such a campaign, and Pearson's salary is held by the state comptroller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
James Pearson
Pearson
Shenandoah
M. L. Curtis
Attorney General
Liquor Commission
State Comptroller's Office
Chicago Great Western to buy 100 flat cars
Federal Judge Philip L. Sullivan allowed trustees to spend $200,000 for 100 flat cars over six years. The approval directs payment to be spread across the six year period and enables railroad operations in Chicago.
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Chicago
Philip L. Sullivan
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Reds Try to Cut Finland in Half in Arctic War Facts
A wartime communique claims Finnish forces repelled Russian tank advances and that 64 tanks were destroyed this week with 2 000 enemy deaths. Russia denies damage to the Kirov and two destroyers and notes Finnish resistance at Petsamo. Arctic daylight and snow aid Finnish ski troops as refugees perish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REDS
Finland
Russia
Leningrad
Kiroff
Hango
Finnish Gulf
Arctic
Petsamo
Kirkenes
Varangerfjord
No Lights or Flares Leads to Fines for Driver
A Cedar Rapids man Richard J. McLaughlin was arrested Monday night five miles east of the city on highway 30 for no lights and no flares on a night trip to collect milk. In justice court he was fined five dollars and costs for each offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gildroy
Richard J. McLaughlin
Cedar Rapids
McLaughlin
Gildrey
H. R. Churchill
Russian Flight Lieutenant Says War Not by People
A captured Russian flight lieutenant told Finnish questioners that Russians blame their leaders for war with Finland and that the Russian people do not want war. He survived a parachute descent from a burning aircraft and said he did not bomb populated areas, blaming coercion and propaganda for such actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Flyer
Hellingfors
INS
Russia
Finland
Strangers Ride Offer Turns Violent Robbery in Marion
E R Brooks of Marion told Cedar Rapids police the assault occurred near the Allison hotel on First avenue at 12 15 am Sunday. Four young men in a car offered a ride, struck him, and robbed him of $6.40 and his glasses before ejecting him on the old Marion road. He delayed reporting until Wednesday hoping to catch the assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Cedar Rapids
E. R. Brooks
Brooks
First Avenue
Allison Hotel
Marion Road
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Pete Fe
Daily Record
Ralph Alston
Viola Hoffmaster
Monroe, Wis
Washington
Town Falls
Tampa
Mount
New Orleans
Trao
Sioux City
Galveston
Omaha
Charles Cits
Francisco
Seattle
Crosse Dismarck
Volice Court
Justice OF Peace Courts
Kinnick
City Briefs
R. L. Jones
George W. Wilson
Tama Jim
Prien
State Department
American Red Cross
Republican National Committee
Hearst
House
Senate
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Commodore
Craemer’s
Geeovan
Thionne
Halifax
Petsamo Resistance
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