Edward Returns to Austria Amid Tight Security
Edward the Prince of Wales travels in a private car attached to a UK express en route to Austria. French secret service and mobile guards accompany him, with Edward boarding at Boulogne after a 14 hour sea voyage in fog. Numerous British travelers share the journey, kept behind lines for security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Prince of Wales
Prince Edward
Edward
Secret Service
France
Fury
Portsmouth
Boulogne
Prince
The
London
Switzerland
Folkestone
Nations hail pact as common goal at peace conference
Argentina and United States led a four article neutrality plan with arbitration and conciliatory procedures. Saavedra Lamas and Sumner Welles secured signatures from Paraguay and the Dominican Republic, paving the path toward adjournment on Dec 23 and future anti war and economic proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Europe
Americas
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
League Assembly
United States
Brazil
New World
Hull
Saavedra Lamas
Dominican Republic
Paraguay
U. S
Sumner Welles
Buenos Aires
Roosevelt
Spain
November Weather Reports Warmer in Cedar Rapids
November 1936 in Cedar Rapids ran slightly warmer than November 1935. The mean temperature was 34.17 degrees versus 33.62. Highest 64 on November 20, lowest 11 above zero on November 27. Precipitation was only .89 inch, well below the 4.88 inches recorded in 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Cora Tisher
Local Woman Wins First in Santa Item Contest
Mrs. Joseph Mach of 1602 Eighth Avenue SE won $10, the top prize in The Gazette Santa Christmas item contest. Bruce Beasley received $5 for second, Virginia Blocker $3 for third, and Mrs. Peter Funcke $2 for fourth. Five $1 consolation prizes went to Harriet Hadsell Esther Meaney Mrs. Gerald Gordon Edith Ann Stanek and Esther Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Joseph Mach
Eighth Avenue
Bruce Beasley
South Capital Street
Iowa City
Virginia C. Blocker
First Avenue
Vinton
Peter Funcke
Avenue NE
Harriet Hadsell
Eleventh Street NW
Esther Meaney
Eighth Avenue SE
Gerald Gordon
Sixth Avenue
Marion
Edith Ann Stanek
Fairfax
Esther Cooper
Fifteenth Street NW
Girl Faces Charges In Asphyxiation Death Of Roommate
Schenectady New York report states Josephine Coggins 17 of Carbondale Pa faces homicide charges in the death of her roommate Jean Kilzewski 19. The duo were found in a gas filled room the day before Kilzewski was beyond medical aid. Police say Coggins turned on the gas as Kilzewski slept and a note was found reading I am sorry I had to take my girl friend with me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
N. Y
Josephine Coggins
Carbondale
Jean Kilzewski
Miss Kilzewski
Miss Coggins
Say Wallis Returns Alexandra's Jewels Amid Crownrow Ties
Contained discussion notes Say Wallis returns Alexandra's jewels as part of a broader royal reallocation involving the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster. The text estimates King George V's estate at several million dollars held in trust and flags potential parliamentary objections if Edward gains Cornwall revenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tune
Cornwall
Lanncaster
Edward
George V
Rosa Ponselle to Wed Baltimore Man Today
Opera singer Rosa Ponselle and Carle A. Jackson of Baltimore plan a quiet Sunday wedding in New York. Justice Salvatore Cotillo of New York County Supreme Court will perform the ceremony following an engagement party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Ponselle
Baltimore
New York
Carle A. Jackson
Libbie Miller
Miss Ponselle
Salvatore Cotillo
New York County
Supreme Court
Slippery Streets Spark Auto Smashups Saturday
Slippery Cedar Rapids streets due to ice and snow thawing and freezing caused a string of auto accidents Saturday afternoon into the evening. Only a few injuries were reported by 1 a.m. Sunday, with several individuals treated for cuts and bruises after collisions at Fifteenth Street and Bever Avenue SE and First Avenue East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Rose Parizek
Ely Avenue
Lester
Fifteenth Street
Bover Avenue
William Hodgin
Higley Avenue
Parizek
Hodgin
Bever Avenue
Boy Digging Ditches To Pay For School Revealed As Girl
In Montrose Colorado Joe Coberly a handsome high school sophomore who earned funds by ditch digging and fence mending is revealed to be Helen Coberly of Trinidad Colorado. Principal John A Simpson said the disguise ended after a routine medical exam and the girl explained she never liked girl clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montrose
Colo
Joe’ Coberly
Helen Coberly
Trinidad
John A. Simpson
Miss Coberly
Girl Reinstatement Sparks School Board Controversy
A student who enrolled under the name Joe Coberly was elected president of a boys Sunday School class. The girl cried when informed she could not return to school prompting a debate over the policy and her future attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Coberly
Simpson
Edward’s Farewell Broadcast Reaches 250 Million Listeners
Officials estimate that 250 million people worldwide heard Edward the Eighth’s Windsor Castle farewell speech amid a global radio audience. In the United States, about 85 million listeners tuned in as the shortwave program was relayed to national networks for rebroadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
American Broadcasting Companies
Windsor Castle
United States
Entrance Forced Into House On Ellis Boulevard
Mrs. H E Cole reports a break in at 11 p m Saturday with rear door lock broken and home ransacked but only sixty cents missing. Separately Thomas Keneeny reports his Alan Ford coach stolen between 6 and 11 p m Saturday on Fourth Avenue SE. Emil Stepanek notes theft of 3 50 from his car on Fourth Avenue near Third Street SE between 7 30 p m and midnight with glass forced. Leona Dohnalek’s purse taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Cole
Ellis Boulevard
Fourth Avenue
First
Second Streets
Emil Stepanek
Tenth Avenue
Third Street
Leona Dohnalek
First Street
Funeral Services Held At Hollywood For Lottie Pickford
Hollywood AP funeral services for Lottie Pickford sister of Mary Pickford were held. She died Wednesday night at 41 from a heart ailment. She is survived by husband John Lock and daughter Gwynne 18. Mary Pickford and Gwynne fly to New York. fiancé Charles Rogers also travels. couple plans marriage in March after London assignment.
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Hollywood
Lottie Pickford
Mary Pickford
Screen
John Lock
Gwynne Pickford
Miss Pickford
Gwynne
New York
Charles
Buddy) Rogers
Rogers
London
Five Navajo Indians Killed in Santa Fe Train Crash
A Santa Fe passenger train struck a light school truck in Gallup New Mexico killing five Navajo Indians and injuring three others, one of them critically.
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Gallup, N. M
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Say Wallis
Alexandra
Craemer’s
Craemer
Rollo Batchler
Central City
Batchler
Barrett
Eighteenth Street
Dan Caraway
Mount Vernon
Charles Jadrnicek
Seventeenth Street
Third Avenue Bridge
Caraway
Herman Kobusch
Okinow
Tom
S of
Bulova
Elgin—Gruen
Hamilton
Waltham and Others
Gruen
Eratoomy
Jewelle
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