Silver Skates races entries near final deadline
A dozen more entries have arrived for the Gazette Silver Skates races scheduled for Jan. 1, with one week left to file intentions. Final day to enter is next Wednesday, weather permitting ice at the municipal rink, and prizes include medals for top three in senior men, intermediate, junior boys, juvenile boys, women, and junior girls divisions plus novice honors. New entrants listed: Sarah Jean Moore, Bob Kinney, Bill Holmes, Dick Heaton, Ralph Doran, Leo Engler, Bill Kehne, Richard Brown, Ernie Gallagher, Tucie Innes, Gweneth Edwards, Kathleen Hanson.
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Gazette
Playground Commission
Sarah Jean Moore
Eighth Avenue SW
Bob Kinney
E Avenue NW
Bill Holmes
Grovecourt SE
Dick Heaton
Ninth Street NW
Ralph Doran
C Avenue NE
Leo Engler
Bill Kehne
Tipton
Iowa
Richard Brown
Fifteenth Street SE
Ernie Gallagher
Holbrook
Tucie Innes
Upland Drive
Gweneth Edwards
Marion
Kathleen Hanson
Second Avenue SE
Georgia Tech Faces California in Preparatory Scrimmage
Georgia Tech prepared for its December 26 game with California by scrimmaging at Berkeley stadium. Coach Stub Allison’s Bears recall the 1936 meeting, while Yellow Jackets arrive in prime condition after ten days of practice. California brings seven veterans from the 1936 lineup including Bottari and Anderson.
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San Francisco
Georgia Tech
Berkeley Stadium
California
Stub Allison
Bears
Atlanta
East Bay
Treasure Island
Georgia
Yellow Jackets
Vic Bottari
Dave Anderson
Angelo Reginato
Iowa Almost Sure Of White Christmas
Iowa forecast a white Christmas as a light snow blanket covered most of the state on Thursday. Snow totals ranged from two to three inches in several counties, with drifting and slick highways reported near Des Moines and in the northwest, while southeastern areas stayed cloudy and light or misty snowfall occurred.
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Des Moines
Nature
Iowa
Atlantic
Audu~bon
Mason City
Cedar Falls
Cedar county board to meet for final session of year
The Cedar county board of supervisors will hold its final meeting of the year next Tuesday. Nothing of unusual importance is scheduled for consideration.
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Tipton
Cedar County Board of Supervisors
Lions Club And Santa Claus Entertain 125 Boys At Party
The Lions Club hosted a noon party in the Crystal ballroom of the Montrose hotel for 125 boys from low income homes. Santa arrived to cheers as Tom Owens and his cowboys performed, Dempsy Jones led songs, and each boy received a package of food, a helmet, mittens, hose, marbles, candy, popcorn, an apple and an orange.
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Santa Claus
Lions Club
Crystal
Montrose Hotel
Tom Owens
Cowboys
Benny
Alter
Dempsy Jones
Santa
Witnesses Say Attig Death Not Caused by Mobs
Testimony indicates associates claim they would have acted differently toward Attig if they had realized their conduct worried him. They deny malice and assert no personal grievances against the deceased.
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Attig
Dogs Are Quins Popular Gift Choice For Christmas
Callander Ontario Canadian Press reports five sisters, the Quins, each selecting a pet for Christmas. Marie, the self described individualist, wants a doll with a feeding bottle, while Cecile, Yvonne, Annette, and Emilie choose dogs and a cat to accompany them, inspired by a moving picture featuring red cocker spaniels.
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Callander
Ont
Marie
Dionnes
Cecile
Yvonne
Annette
Emilie
WPA Guide to Soviet Russia Courted as Propaganda
New Jersey Rep. J Parnell Thomas charged the WPA teach ers guide to Soviet Russia is insidious propaganda and urged its withdrawal. He warned he would refer the matter to the House Un American Activities Committee for thorough investigation. He said the guide paints Russia positively and could influence schoolchildren and compare systems with the United States. He asserted the guide is not accurate.
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New York
INS
WPA
Soviet Russia
J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
Dies Committee
Harry Hopkins
Committee On un-American Activities
New York City
Thomas
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Chamberlain Policy Triumph in Kinross Western by election
In Perth Scotland UP Neville Chamberlain backed policy won as W McNair Snadden defeated the Duchess of Atholl by 11 808 to 10 495 with Liberal candidate withdrawing to aid the duchess The duchess nicknamed Red Kitty had led the race for 15 years against Kinross and western division seat voters faced snow covered roads and cold weather as both sides mobilized cars to reach the polls.
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Perth
Scotland
Neville Chamberlain
W. McNair Snadden
Duchess of Atholl
Kinross and
Snadden
C. A. MacDonald
Hitler Willing To Let Memel Stand
London report states Hitler at Berchtesgaden in September said he would be glad to let Memel stand as it is if the Memel statute is observed by Lithuania. Chamberlain told the House of Commons Memel was taken from Germany after World War I under a statute granting local autonomy within Lithuania.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Lithuania
Neville Chamberlain
Germany
Gable and Rhea Gable Reach Property Settlement
In Hollywood, Clark Gable and estranged wife Rhea reached a property settlement clearing the way for divorce. Reports say Gable paid about 286 000 dollars over three years of separation. Mrs Gable opposed the payment method but a truce halted the trial and a divorce suit by Mrs Gable was anticipated.
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Hollywood
Clark Gables
Carole Lombard
Gable
Rhea
Believes pranks not to blame in death by own action
Oswego Indiana sheriff said six Oswego Community High School boys admitted pranks that were thought to have driven Melvin G. Attig, the school principal, to death by his own action though he remained unsure.
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Oswego, IN
Robert Woodard
Oswego Community
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