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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1937

Page

6

Christmas Candids At Cedar Rapids Capture Holiday Shoppers

The Gazette shows Cedar Rapids shoppers in downtown stores as candid camera photos publish gift selections. Winners of the shots receive State theater tickets. readers are urged to identify themselves in Sunday and Monday issues. Names claimed include Mrs. Glen Vernon and Naomi Lubens among others with several still unclaimed. Watch Wednesday for new shopping pictures.

Gazette Cedar Rapids The State Theater L. J. Niles Gazette Business Office Glen Vernon Central City Naomi Lubens Fifth Avenue Betty Becker Shever Avenue Louise Flaherty Second Avenue Vrs Kirkpa

Vinstorious Miadidy C dams Pdth Tafant

A garbled OCR fragment mentions a person named Vinstorious Miadidy and a place or event tied to Tafant. The readable parts are sparse and inconclusive about dates, roles, or outcomes. No clear action or result can be determined from the fragment.

Vinstorious Miadidy Dams Pdth Tafant

Club Chorus Sings Christman Carols At Craemer's New Store

The Cedar Rapids Women’s Club chorus opened a three concert Christman program at Craemer’s new Second Avenue store. Under direction by Elelen Kaerra Starke the ensemble presented carols with Dulu Engleman and Welly ag accome pani providing musical support as neighbors gathered.

Christman Craemer’s New Store Cedar Rapads Womans Club Crawemer Sonra Ae Ty Elelen Dulu Engleman Welly Ag Accome Pani

Holiday Tea Tale Menu For Twenty

A recipe dense fragment lists assorted sandwiches and fillings like pecans celery and fruit punch. It includes steps for batter batters, whipped mixtures, and a bread or pastry bake with dates fingers and crunchy drops. It mentions water sugar vanilla baking powder and butter and a moderate oven for finishing.

Contest Of Wil Involves 17 Legal heirs Of Attorney Breen

In Omaha district court a probate contest over the late attorney John Paul Breen's estate proceeds. Breen promised two Omaha nieces Nell and Catherine Craig he would leave them his cash estate of 57 744 dollars. Four Towans relatives are sought to be excluded. Among challengers are Fort Dodge relatives Senator Edward Breen Maurice Breen Pauline Dawson Mollie Breen and others.

Omaha Neb (Ap John Paul Breen Omaha District Cours Nell Catherine Craig Breen Edward Breen Maurice Breen Pauline Dawson Mollie Breen Fort Dodge

78 Perish in Jap Movie House Fire

Seventy eight people died in a Tokyo area fire that broke out during a news reel showing Chinese war scenes. Villagers gathered at Nishimura village to watch the film and see friends or relatives in action, causing a stampede. Firefighters later recovered bodies including twenty seven children and twenty one women from a primary school rerun.

Tokio Nishimura Wakayama Prefecture China Nanking

20000 More Govt Men In Teruel Fight

AP dispatch describes 20000 additional government troops entering the Teruel battle as part of a 50000 strong force ordered to capture the provincial capital at all costs. Fierce fighting rages west of the city and within Teruel as insurgent and government troops endure extreme cold and heavy casualties.

Hendaye Teruel Franco Spain

First successful test tube calf of international parentage

Cambridge research institute reports Englands first successful test tube calf of international parentage. The five week old calf, sired by a Friesian bull owned by Dr I Siebenga of Oldeberkoop, Netherlands, was conceived via artificial insemination using an ice packed vacuum flask flown from Amsterdam. The birth follows seven prior attempts.

London Cambridge Research Institute England Animal Nutrition Research Institute I Siebenga Olde Essex Institute

Ships carry 11000 Japanese to South China front

Five troop transports carried about 11,000 Japanese soldiers from Shanghai early Tuesday. They were believed en route to South China where the Japanese were expected to open a major offensive against Canton.

Shanghat INS Shanghai South China Canton

Answer to socialism and faith in Christ Letters to the Forum

Glen Oliphant of Marion letters the Gazette defending capitalism against socialism. He cites Isaiah and Jesus Christ as sources of hope and warns socialist planners would cause unemployment. He says he works in an industrial plant and fears loss of work under socialist rule.

Gazette Louis Mildenstein People's Forum Isaiah Jesus Christ Christ Glen Oliphant Marion

Peace publicist dies veteran Detroit newsman

Theodore De lavigne, 47, longtime Detroit newspaper man and publicist for the Henry Ford peace ship of 1915, died Tuesday of pneumonia at a Detroit hospital.

Detroit Theodore Delavigne Henry Ford

Forecast New Revision With Deficit Boost

Washington observers foresee another budget revision to raise the deficit estimate for the current fiscal year beyond the 695 million forecast two months earlier by President Roosevelt. The president warned in January that practical balance would be unlikely. by April he indicated a 418 million deficit, and by mid October the net debit reached 695 million, with further increases anticipated in January when the annual budget message to Congress is due.

Washington Roosevelt Congress

Year 1939 Timeline Starts July 1

The year 1939 begins on July 1 and runs until June 30, 1939, marking a full annual period. This phrasing reflects a ceremonial or administrative year designation used in the period.

Young 15-Year-Old Sentenced to Life for Holdup Murder

Nick Megagorac, 15, was sentenced to life in prison for murdering a service station attendant during a holdup in Los Angeles. Superior Judge Dudley Valentine, reportedly ill and deeply affected, said he was surprised by the verdict. The case marks the youngest killer conviction in ten years in the area.

Los Angeles Nick Megagorac Dudley Valentine Nick

Want Ad Offer for Three Consecutive Days

A newspaper notice promotes saving 25 percent per day when placing a Want Ad for three consecutive days. The ad emphasizes cost reduction and regular placement for readers seeking advertised goods or services. The short blurb highlights ongoing value and repeated visibility over multiple days.

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