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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1938

Page

7

Hitler Seeks Half World Jewish Boycott in Exchange for Emigration Aid

The intergovernmental committee on refugees reports Hitler offered to halt part of the worldwide Jewish boycott in return for funds to resettle 700,000 German Jews abroad. The plan, via Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, proposes a central fund, an international loan, and individual payments to departing Jews, but was rejected by the coordinating powers.

London Adolf Hitler Intergovernmental Committee On Hjalmar Schacht Reichsbank George Rublee Great Britain France Netherlands United States Britain Berlin Reich Germany Rublkce Washington Intergovernmental Committee International Loan Fund

German Plan for Jewish Emigration and Loans

The article outlines a German plan tying loans to emigration and export growth. It suggests German Jews could be moved abroad with state help and property transfers, linking repayment to exports to the United States Britain and France. It notes disagreement among financial experts on whether to pursue central emigration bureaus and land provisions.

United States Britain France Germany Rublee Schacht

Chlorophyll Affects Sex Development in Animals

Indiana university researchers report plant chlorophyll stimulates sex development in chicks and rats with potential human uses. The pigment could reduce medicine costs by enabling smaller amounts of pituitary extract, which currently costs about 50 dollars per pound, to be used at one seventh the dosage.

Bloomington, Ind Indiana University

Lexicographer Vizetelly Dies at 74 in New York

Dr. Frank F. Vizetelly, a renowned lexicographer, died Wednesday in New York at age 74 from pneumonia.

New York Frank If. Vizetelly

Anti-Franco Plot Delays Loyalist Offensive Reported

Dispatches from the frontier say Generalissimo Francisco Franco postponed the offensive against loyalists after officers uncovered an anti Franco plot and loyalist spies obtained detailed insurgent military plans.

Hendaye Spain Francisco Franco

Des Moines Man Accused of Car Theft in Cedar Rapids Case

Sheriff plans to forward a motor theft warrant for Troy L Kling alias Michael M O Leary to Des Moines officials. Linn county holds him, Polk county case pending. Kling arrested in East St Louis Ill last week with Stevenson's car in possession. County Attorney filed true information charging theft of Stevenson's car March 24.

James H. Smith Des Moines Troy L. Kling Michael M. O'Leary G. KK. Thompson Kling Louis B. Stevenson Cedar Rapids East St. Louis Ill M. J. O'Rourke Stevenson Smith Linn County Polk County

Mrs Finley Shepard Pioneer Philanthropist Dies

Mrs Finley Shepard former Helen Gould died at her summer home in Margaretville New York after a long illness. She inherited one sixth of the 85 million dollar Gould estate and began charity work soon after her father's death in 1892.

Margaretville Finley Shepard America Helen Gould Shepard Jay Gould

Musical Gifts For Young Sters In Classified Ad

Classified advertisement offers musical gifts for young readers under section 30 in the Want Ad pages. The listing highlights affordable instruments and beginner kits aimed at children and teens.

Linn County approves changes to trunk road routes

Under state approval, Linn County supervisors vote to revamp two trunk road routings and create a new trunk road EE. EE runs four miles west from Martelle to join Paralta Mount Vernon road. Route C in Maine township gains a new stretch, Route D shifts east of Central City, and Route V in Buffalo township becomes river eastward from Waubeek.

State Highway Commission Linn Martelle Linn Township Paralta Buffalo Township Waubeek

Hulda Of Holland Presented By Roosevelt School Pupils

Roosevelt High School pupils staged Hulda Of Holland a three act operetta in the school auditorium under Miss Miller and William Vesely. Dale Howard and Jeanne Anderson led as Jerry Hayden and Hulda with strong singing. Lyle Fuller as Peter Cats and Katrina by Helen Mae Miller highlighted several scenes with a chorus of seventy students and the school orchestra providing accompaniment.

Roosevelt High School Hulda Holland Louise Ruth Miller William Vesely Dale Howard Jeanne Anderson Young Howard Jerry Hayden Miss Anderson Hulda Lyle Fuller Peter Cats Helen Mae Miller Katrina Maynard Kint Jan Steen Bob Mullhaup Jane Ann Herdlicka Helen Fritz Kenneth Euken Walter Montgomery Ben Hadda Marvin Winders R. M

Eden and wife leave Plymouth after U S voyage

Former British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and his wife docked in Plymouth aboard the Queen Mary after a weeklong visit to the United States. Eden praised American vitality and candor and said American opinion is deeply interested in world affairs, especially Europe and the Far East. He urged British papers to publish more U S news and informed American views on European events.

Plymouth England INS Anthony Eden United States Eden

Fear Treup Of Recluse's Will In Border Row

Three siblings of Daniel Bergdolf seek to break his will which left most of a 50000 dollar estate to Pfaffenhofen in Alsace Lorraine. They argue the trust may be void and unenforceable due to unsettled Franco German borders and that the US was not a party to the Versailles treaty. The will names payments via the French consul and leaves a two acre garden to the village.

Treup Chicago Daniel Bergdorf Pfaffenhofen Alsace Lorraine Lina Heiden Bloomingdale Wic Louise Abhner Anna Bergdolt George Bergdolt Continental Minors National Bank, Executor Germany France Bergdolt George Illige Bergdorf United States

Rumor Principal Goaded To Death By Bullies

Oswego Illinois reports say High School Principal Melvin G Attig was driven to self harm by a gang of school bullies. State county and local education officials investigated as rumors spread. Attig left home a week earlier and was found dead under an Aurora and Elgin train near Warrenville. A coroner's jury ruled death by own action with no motive given.

Oswego INS Melvn G Attig John A Wieland Charles F. Vandeveer Oswego High School Board Horace Larson

St John’s church hosts student party and Waltonian luncheon

A church school party is set for Thursday at 6 45 p.m. The Waltonian luncheon club meets Thursday at noon at the Y M C A to hear Mrs. Gayle Woolson of St Paul speak on The Basis for World Peace. Women invited. Turkeys and other items can be sold via Want Ad classification 33. Dial 2-1121.

St John’s Episcopal Church Waltonian Gayle Woolson St Paul The Gazette Dial

State liquor store holiday hours posted

The state liquor store will be closed Saturday Christmas Eve at 6 o clock and open Saturday morning at 8 30.

Annual Iowa Consistory Meeting Set for Wednesday

The annual meeting of Iowa Consistory will be held at 8 p m Wednesday. Officers will be elected. There will be a social hour for the women and refreshments will be served.

Iowa

Coward Brothers Plan Holiday Train Trip to Arkansas

Raymond Coward of 1548 Avenue NE heads to Chicago Wednesday to meet his Detroit-based brother. They will drive to Searcy Arkansas to spend the holidays with their parents Mr and Mrs Emmet P Coward.

Raymond Coward Avenue NE Chicago Detroit Searcy Ark Emmet P. Coward

Hotel executive Merle Keepers to lead LaFayette Rockford

Merle C. Keepers, former Roosevelt hotel employee in Cedar Rapids and Hilton Beloit manager, will become LaFayette hotel Rockford manager. He assumes duties January 2 at the BE A Boss property.

Merle C. Keepers Roosevelt Hotel Cedar Rapids Hilton Hotel Beloit Wis LaFayette Rockford Keepers

Cedar Rapids Schools Win Mills College Scholarship Award

Cedar Rapids public schools were selected among fifty U S systems to receive a Mills College scholarship in Oakland California. The private girls college will award $400 tuition and $100 for residential expenses to a member of the June graduating class, according to Supt Arthur Deamer.

Cedar Rapids United States Mills College Oakland Calif Arthur Deamer

Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets to attend two theater conventions

Miss Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets, dramatics instructor at Roosevelt High School, will attend the American Education Theater Association convention and the National Association of Teachers of Speech convention in Cleveland from December 27 through December 30. She will present a talk titled Costumeing a Play on the secondary school program and serves on the curriculum committee of the Education Association.

Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets Roosevelt High School American Education Theater Association National Association of Teachers of Speech Cleveland Dee Miss Sheets The Education Association

Mount Mercy Program Highlights Le Cercle Francais Event

Mount Mercy College hosts its annual Le Cercle Francais program featuring student performances and cultural activities. The event showcases language clubs and campus groups in a period style celebration.

Mount Mercy le Cercle Francais Mount Mercy College

Christmas program in social lounge features music and readings

After a brief business meeting the Sainte Nutt octet performed and discussed Rene Bazin and Le Oberle. Rita Rush and Betty Allender presented Noel and Adeste Fideles with a violin solo by Margaret Kelly. Jean Racine’s Berenice was reported by Betty Allender while Le Cercle Francais officers Betty Allender president Patricia Heffron vice president Marie Hoffmann secretary and Geraldine Stuart treasurer were listed.

Sainte Nutt Rene Bazin

Diver Submerged for 15 Hours in Help for Disease Fight

Milwaukee. Max E Nohl 28-year-old diver emerged from a armor plated pressure tank after 15 hours. He and Dr Edgar End 28 Marquette tech entered Tuesday to study faster re adaptation to atmospheric pressure after deep dives. End exited after seven hours of blood tests at 44 pounds per square inch.

Milwaukee Wis Max Eugene Nohl Edgar End Marquette University Laboratory Milwaukee County Emergency Hospital End Nohl Ld. Hecke Marquette University Iarold Cook

Peruvian Plans To Quit Rochester Soon

Manuel Mujica Carassa a 62 year old Peruvian mine operator and Mayo patient expects to leave Rochester for Lima Peru soon. He flew from Lima to Rochester for a gall bladder operation performed November 18 and has rested in a Rochester hotel the past week awaiting departure.

Rochester Minn Mayo Manuel Mujica Carassa Lima Peru Mujica Lama

Poles Reject Ukrainian Autonomy Proposal

In Warsaw on Wednesday the Polish government notified Ukrainian deputies in parliament that their request for consideration of a proposal for Ukrainian autonomy had been rejected.

Warsaw Poland

Delusions Of Persecution Blamed For LaGuardia Attack

New York dispatch reports psychiatrists at Bellevue Hospital attributed the assault on Mayor LaGuardia on the steps of City Hall to delusions of persecution held by James F Hagan a 48 year old former WPA worker. Hagan claimed a right to strike and was arraigned on assault charges. LaGuardia, who had a black eye, said he never saw his attacker before and dismissed the incident as routine.

New York INS James F Hagan WPA F.H LaGuardia City Hall LaGuardia Bellevue Hospital Hagan Lauardia

France Considers Buying 1030 U.S. Planes

The French air ministry confirmed plans to purchase 1030 American planes for about 150 million dollars. The potential deal signals a major expansion of France’s military aviation capacity and reflects postwar procurement by Paris.

Paris Ins Air Ministry France

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