Cedar Rapids Leads With Unseasonable Sunlight Despite Frigid Day
The weatherman forecast Cedar Rapids sunny Friday despite a low near zero. Thursday peaked at 23 degrees with a night low around 3 above zero and fluctuating readings later in the day.
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Boston
Iowa Falls
Aeamee
Tamsunt Ayr Louchy If
Sy Piney
Galveston
Los Angeles
Des Moines
San Francisco
Crosse
Seattle
Whuaus
Toneinets Inskeep Company
Local High School Basketball Schedule Leads Off
Roosevelt at Wilson and McKinley at Franklin tip off at 8 15 p m Our Lady of Victory Waterloo plays Immaculate Conception at 8 p m with game times listed for the doubleheader date and venues in Waterloo.
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Roosevelt
Wilson
McKinley
Franklin
Our Lady of
Obituaries for Ely and Cedar Rapids residents
Mrs. Mary Johnston 73 of Ely died at a local hospital early Friday. Larry James Wessels three weeks old son of Mr and Mrs Wallace Wessels 312 A Avenue NW died in a local hospital Friday. Mrs Cornelia Waite widow of H C Waite formerly of Cedar Rapids died Thursday night in Chicago.
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Mary Johnston
Ely
Larry James Wessels
Wallace Wessels
A Avenue NW
Cornelia Waite
H. C. Waite
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Local Speeding Fines and Family Peace Case Details
M. W. Andrews and Manson fined $10 and costs for speeding with fine suspended on payment of costs. M L. Dykes of Marion fined $10 and costs for speeding. Ernie Wood, 25, of 525 Eighth Avenue SE fined $100 and costs for disturbing the peace of his family, with fine suspended on payment of costs.
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M. W. Andrews
Manson
M L. Dykes
Marion
Ernie Wood
Ar 525
Eighth Avenue SE
Roof fires and stop-work incidents in multiple streets
At 11:12 a.m. a roof fire broke out at 1320 Third Street NW under responder H. H. Brooks with a general alarm. By 5:43 p.m. another roof fire occurred at 844 Tenth Street SW under Leonard Walsh with a general alarm. At 8:16 p.m. a paper over fly stop at 609 Fourth Avenue SE involved Mrs. G. Barnes and company No. l.
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H. H. Brooks
Tenth Street
Leonard Walsh
Fourth Avenue
G. Barnes
Company No. l
Local Births Report From Mercy and St Luke Hospitals
At Mercy hospital twins born to Victor Usher and wife in Marion on February 3 a son and at same hospital Adolph Ahrens and wife near 1054 G avenue NW have a son also on February 3. Edward Popelka and wife on Zika avenue NW welcomed a daughter February 3. Francis Kueny and wife of Van Horn welcomed a son February 2. At St Luke's hospital Peter Johnson and wife of 1307 Fifteenth street SE welcomed a son February 3. Floyd J Waite and wife of Belle avenue SW welcomed a daughter on January 30.
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Victor Usher
Marion
Adolph Ahrens
G Avenue NW
Edward Popelka
Zika Avenue NW
Francis Kueny
van Horn
St. Luke’s Hospital
Peter Johnson
Fifteenth Street
Floyd J. Waite
Belle Avenue
Umbarger Marriage Reported Under Court Action
Marion E. Umbarger and Cecil E. Umbarger were married by Judge H. C. Ring on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds. The couple wed September 9 1938 in Iowa City.
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Marion E. Umbarger
Cecil E. Umbarger
H. C. Ring
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids Names In Fifty Acre Land Dispute
Raymond Cooley and Ann Ha ota of Cedar Rapids Edward F. MacArthur of Chicago and Florence Reese of Cedar Rapids figure in a listed line in a Cedar Rapids land dispute docket with parties named and tied to the case status.
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Raymond Cooley
Ann Haota
Cedar Rapids
Edward F. MacArthur
Chicago
Florence Reese
Walters Sentenced to 30 Days in County Jail
Alphonse Walters of Cedar Rapids pled guilty to assault and battery filed by his wife. The 30 day jail sentence was suspended during good behavior by Justice W A Ball.
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Alphonse Walters
Cedar Rapids
W. A. Ball
Walters
Nye seeks probe into U S secret given to Britain
Senator Gerald Nye called for a congressional inquiry into reports that the United States handed Britain its most advanced anti aircraft gun detector. Nye said Britain obtained the device just after the Munich conference.
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North Dakota
Nye
America
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Roosevelt rebukes secrecy as Senate moves on hearings
President Roosevelt denounces headlines and guesses about U S diplomacy while rejecting direct quotation of his four points on policy. Senate Military Affairs Committee postpones public hearings on secrets as four motions to open testimony receive no vote. House Republicans defend secrecy in selling French plane orders while Morgenthau defends dollar stabilization fund secrecy.
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Vandenberg
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Lodge
Morgenthau
City Briefs and Personals Roundup
Palestine council No 27 Royal and Select Masters meets 7:30 p.m. at Masonic hall. Shueyville United Brethren church worship at 9:30 with Sunday school 10:30 a.m. Senior Christian Endeavor at 7:30 p.m. First Lutheran intermediate league meets Saturday 7 p.m. Skating party at 519 Fourth Avenue SE reported stolen Leica camera valued at 192 dollars between Jan 26 and Feb 1. Newman’s staff return from New York buying trip. Green’s Grove church services Sunday 10 a.m. Sunday school and 8 p.m. sermon by Rev Homer McKinley. Bible study Wednesday evening place to be announced. Dr. Dirk Lay of Pine Ridge S D spoke at Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian church on a Christian Endeavor banquet night.
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Senior Christian Endeavor
Kenneth Hirsch
Fourth Avenue SE
Hirsch
Green's Grove
Homer McKinley
Dirk Lay
Pine Ridge
S. D
Arizona
South Dakota
Christian Endeavor
Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian Church
Chilean Quake Relief Fund Appeals and Aid Update
The C E young people with Mrs August Cramer organize Chilean quake relief efforts. Contributions are received at the federal building for the Lincoln chapter of the American Red Cross. The national organization has donated 10000 dollars and sent food medicine and materials valued at 10000 dollars.
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American
Re Cross
Red Cross
Rural eighth graders take first exam hurdle in Linn county
Linn county's 232 rural eighth graders worked in seventeen centers on Friday for the first exam hurdle toward June graduation. At County Superintendent Walter Shupp's office a center saw 43 students tested in reading, history and spelling with May tests to cover grammar arithmetic writing and civics.
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Linn County
Walter Shupp
Man Injured in Ice Fall on Mount Vernon Avenue
Joe Robinson aged 65 of 2323 Mount Vernon avenue SE fractured his left ankle after slipping on ice in the 2200 block at 1 30 p m Friday. He lay exposed for about fifteen minutes before a woman from a nearby house helped. Attendants from the Ambulance Service treated him at home until a physician arrived.
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Joe Robinson
Mount Vernon Avenue
Germany vows sub parity with Britain in new cruisers
Berlin announces plans to match Britain in submarine tonnage and to arm two new 10 000 ton cruisers with 8 inch guns. Britain may face increased undersea threat, while U S naval data show Germany already has more modern subs though many are smaller vessels.
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Gunther III Town Hall Talk Postponed Due to Illness
Town Hall speaker John Gunther III postpones appearances after illness. Miss Grace Boston, manager, said he is in St. Paul for medical reasons and will delay four talks for a week. He plans a Cedar Rapids appearance on February 27 before returning west.
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Gunther III
Town Hall
John Gunther
Grace Boston
Miss Boston
Sea Night
Gunther
St. Paul
West Coast
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Seizures and Italian Spokesman Clash Over War Threats
In a Senate military commission session, an Italian official criticized President Roosevelt for provoking open conflict. He blamed Mussolini and Hitler for challenging neighborly relations between totalitarian and democratic states and accused Roosevelt of undermining Chamberlain’s peace efforts by courting anti fascist and pro war opposition.
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Mussolini
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Great Britain
Hull says Phillips protests Italian campaign against Roosevelt
Secretary Hull, citing press dispatches, said Ambassador Phillips filed a protest with Italy over a reported campaign of vituperation against President Roosevelt. He added no special instructions had been sent from Washington and no comment could be made until official embassy advice from Rome is received.
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