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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1937

Page

3

Iowa to Stage Sixty Conference Events in 60s Big Ten Schedule

Iowa plans sixty conference events across eight sports from January to June following a Big Ten meeting in Chicago. The slate includes duals, triangulars, and championships with 26 home contests and 50 dual meets, plus track swimming and wrestling title meets. Basketball schedule already set with non conference matchups listed.

Big Ten Chicago Hawkeye University of Iowa Iowa Indiana Northwestern Ohio State Minnesota Michigan Wisconsin Orthwestern Illinois Minneota Wisconin Purdue Ilinois

Culver Motors And Armstrongs Win In Y Basketball Loop

Armstrongs defeated Iowa Theater 41 to 24 and Culver Motors beat Rude Auto 45 to 8 in the local Y league. Wednesday schedule includes Peter Pan vs Rude Auto at 7, Y Dorm vs Yager's Clothiers at 8, and Armstrongs against Baby Ruth at 9. Box scores follow.

Armstrong's Iowa Theater Culver Motors Rude Auto Peter Pan Yager's Clothiers Armstrong’s Baby Ruth

Baldwin Teams Play Three Basketball Games

Baldwin high school girls were defeated 17-9 by the Alumni. In the second game the Monmouth high school boys beat Baldwin 29-25, with Ergon Penningaith setting the pace. The invaders rallied in the second half. The final match saw Baldwin win 12-9.

Baldwin Baldwin High School Monmouth High School Ergon Penningroth Invaders

Coe College Announces Ambitious 1930 Football Schedule

Coe College unveils an eight game lineup spanning the Midwest with St Ambrose, Lawrence, Monmouth, Cornell, State Teachers, Carleton, Knox, and Grinnell. The season closes on Armistice Day with Grinnell visiting, offering favorable weather and a holidy finale.

Coe St. Ambrose Iowa Saints Kohawks Lawrence Appleton Wis Monmouth Cedar Rapids Cornell Mount Vernon Cedar Falls Carleton Knox Galesburg Grinnell North Central Missouri Valley

Elkport Teams Split Doubleheader at Volga City

Elkport girls fell 22 14 to Volga City as McCarey tallied ten. Elkport boys triumphed 98 17 behind Proton's fourteen points in the winning total.

Elkport Volga City Elkport Girls McCarey Elkport Boys Proton

Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids Shareholders Meeting

Notice states the annual meeting of Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids shareholders for election of directors and other business. Meeting scheduled for Tuesday January 1st 1938 at 3 p.m. in the banking room with Mark J. Myers as cashier.

Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids

Schmeling Thomas Bout Sparks Debate On Ring Form

Boxing column notes Max Schmeling, at 32, faces 26-year-old Harry Thomas in Madison Square Garden. Thomas, a rugged, knockout-minded challenger with 59 KOs in 71 fights, seeks upset as Schmeling’s clock winds down after a long layoff. Odds favor Schmeling at 5 to 2 but critics differ. football and baseball pasts color Thomas’s rising confidence.

Harry Thomas Max Schmeling Broadway Minneapolis Madison Square Garden Schmeling Joe Louis Thomas Louis Trinity College Sioux City Max Jack Sharkey New York

Jersey City Ends Sitdown Strike at Cap and Seal Plant

Police Chief Harry Walsh ends Jersey Citys first sitdown strike at the Standard Cap and Seal plant with forty five officers confronting fifty two sitdowners. No arrests. the CIO faced immediate rebuff as Mayor Hague supports police action and ousts several organizers.

Jersey City N. J INS Standard Cap and Seal Company Harry Walsh Moscow Walsh CIO Frank Hague

Appointment of Administrator for Nelle A Cornwell Estate

Garton Reed Riley appointed and qualified on December 6 1937 as Administrator of the estate of Nelle A Cornwell late of Linn County Iowa deceased. Creditors to make payment and claimants to file claims with Linn County District Court through Attorney A G Keyes.

State of Iowa Linn County Nelle A Cornwell Iowa District Court

Shamrocks Open Season With 37 19 Victory

St Patrick's of Cedar Rapids defeated Xavier High 37 19 in Dyersville. The teams traded leads to halftime 18 11 before St Pat's pulled away as Red Kinney and Jim Spaight paced the winners with 9 and 11 points respectively. Ken Krumbholz added three baskets.

Dyersville St. Patrick's Cedar Rapids Xavier Red Kinney Jim Spaight St. Pat's Mavier Spaight Kinney

Ely Splits Doubleheader With Shueyville Basketball Men

The Ely boys beat Shueyville 40 to 27 and lost to them 20 to 5 on their home floor in a Friday doubleheader. The Ely girls opened with a 42 to 23 win over St. Wenceslaus of Cedar Rapids.

Ely Shueyville Ely Girls St. Wenceslaus Girls Cedar Rapids

Specialists Meet to Combat Unclassified Child Disease in Chicago

Thirteen pediatric experts convened an emergency session in Chicago as eight newborns at St. Elizabeth's Hospital battle a deadly, unclassified illness. Eleven infants have died since the outbreak began in the nursery three weeks ago. Scientists report a virulent organism found in the blood of 19 day old Daniel Ennesser, as researchers test cultures and throat swabs to identify the cause and halt the spread.

Chicago Board of Health St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Daniel Ennesser Richard Jaffe County Hospital Pathological Institute Herman N. Bundesen

Purse Stolen From Home Belated Police Report

A belated police report lists a purse stolen from the home of Mrs. Helen Dinnie at 1007 Third Avenue SE. The Nov. 18 breakin yielded fifty cents in change and several personal items from a bedroom.

Helen Dinnie Third Avenue SE

Dow Raised to Gain Entrance to House

Mrs. Dinnie said she did not report the matter sooner because she believed the purse would be found.

Remodel Washington High Into Apartments Plan Brought Up

John W. Minert of 1837 Mount Vernon Avenue SE renewed his offer of 16500 for the front lots of the old Washington high school. He seeks a March 1 1938 option with 1000 creditable payment and a deed delivery balance. The plan would convert the building into 75 to 100 apartments with possible extra floors. The matter goes to finance and building and grounds committees as a special panel. An answer by December 15 would require a special meeting since the next regular session is December 20.

John W. Minert Mount Vernon Avenue Board of Education Washington High School Minert Iowa City

Engel Named Worshipful Master Of Crescent Lodge

W Paul Engel of 144 Twenty Fourth Street Drive SE was elected worshipful master of Crescent Lodge No 25 A F and A M at Monday night officers meeting. W D Ralston became senior warden and Earl Coffing the junior warden. Frank Filip continued as treasurer and E E Sparling as secretary.

W. Paul Engel Twenty Fourth Street Drive Crescent Lodge No. 25 A. F A. M W. D. Ralston Earl Coffing Frank Filip E. E. Sparling

Killers Of Detroit Gangster Sought In Los Angeles

Detroit authorities seek gunmen blamed for killing Harry Millman, a Detroit gang leader, in a Thanksgiving Eve shooting at a cocktail bar. Police believe the Detroit men traveled in a maroon sedan with Michigan plates and are being sought in Los Angeles.

Detroit Los Angeles INS Harry Millman Michigan Millman

Surgery Professor From Harvard To Address Linn Medical Society

Dr Frederic Jay Cotton professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School will speak at the Linn County Medical Society meeting at the Roosevelt hotel after a 6 p.m. dinner. His paper Fractures and the General Practitioner will be discussed by Dr Arthur Steindler and others including Dr W C Goenne and Dr B J Moon. Dr Edwin Bruce McConkie will present a local ten minute paper.

Frederic Jay Cotton Harvard Medical School Boston Mass Linn County Medical Society Roosevelt Hotel Dineer Arthur Steindler University of Iowa Cotton W.C. Goenne Davenport B. J. Moon Cedar Rapids Edwin Bruce McConkie

Parliament Liberal Quits Church Over Divorce Stance

London AP report says Sir Francis Acland a Liberal MP quit the Church of England in protest of its attitude on divorce and announced plans to join the Society of Friends.

London Sir Francis Acland Church of England Francis Society of Friends

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