Danish Gymnastics Warm Cedar Rapids Winter
More than thirty Cedar Rapids women take winter time off to follow Danish gymnastics at the YWCA led by Miss Lorraine Nelson. They perform activities including bobbing for toes, shoulder stands, waltz time steps, parallel bar workouts, kick ups, and rope skipping as part of a health program with members from home women's and Woman's clubs.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Lorraine Nelson
the Y
Home Women’s and
Woman's Club
Bargain Day at the Store Behind a Girl Reporter’s Counter
A girl reporter poses as a store clerk on bargain day to study shopper behavior. She prompts customers, tries on outfits, and notes thanks as she sells a blouse, buys one herself, and reflects on the scene of polite buyers and elusive bargains.
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Mrs. Public
Rebels Open Bitter Attack on Malaga
Francisco Franco’s insurgent forces began a weekend assault on Malaga to seal off a socialist government sea outport. Cavalry led the advance with armored trucks and light tanks moving toward the Mediterranean city while warships bombarded socialist lines near Marbella thirty miles away.
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Malaga
Algeciras
Spain
Francisco Franco
Franco
Mediterranean
Marbella
Muskegon Fire Destroys Dept Store. District Threatened
A $450,000 blaze in Muskegon, Michigan, destroyed the Grossman and Kline department store and endangered the business district. Firemen from Muskegon, Muskegon Heights, and Grand Haven fought the flames as walls toppled and explosions occurred, prompting calls for additional assistance.
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Muskegon
Muskegon, Mich
Grossman and Kline
Muskegon Heights
Grand Haven
Roosevelt Accepts Cooke Resignation as REA Head
President Roosevelt accepted Morris L. Cooke’s resignation as rural electrification administrator. In letters released by the White House Cooke said he would retire February 15 and that he and his wife planned an extended trip out of the country.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Morris L. Cooke
White House
Cooke
Rabies Case Recalled by Pilot Forty Years On
Dr. Charles E. Cotton of the Minnesota livestock sanitary board acted after a clipping about a horse shot for rabies. Jackson veterinarian L. E. Stanton investigated but could not locate the case until Pilot editor John L. King confirmed it appeared in the Forty Years Ago column.
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Fairmont
Minn
Charles E. Cotton
Minnesota Livestock Sanitary Board
Jackson County
L. E. Stanton
Jackson
Stanton
John L. King
Pilot
King
Bomb Blast Triggers Panic at Dallas Theater
Two hundred patrons stampeded in a Dallas suburb when a crude bomb exploded in a milk bottle packed with gunpowder, shattering seats and injuring two. Usher and theater manager Gene Harris restrained the crowd, preventing a chaotic exit.
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Dallas
Tex
Gene Harris
Dollar Liner First Coast Ship To Set Sail After Strike
The Dollar liner President Hoover sailed from the Golden Gate with 610 passengers and cargo, resuming American flag maritime service in the Pacific after a 98-day coastwide strike. The ceremony featured shipping officials and civic leaders as 40,000 workers faced unemployment. The Hoover heads to Hawaii and the Far East, leading the revival of the fleet.
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San Francisco
Hoover
Golden Gate
Pacific
Hawaii
Far East
Decorah Boy Seriously Hurt After Coasting Accident
Ronald Follette 11 son of Charles G Follette sustained serious head injuries Saturday when struck by a car driven by Nathan Ellingson on Mill Street. Follette was coasting and not seen until too late to avoid the collision.
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Decorah
Ronald Follette
Charles G. Follette
Nathan Ellingson
Follette
Mill Street
Deaths Mrs Kate Hoag former Cedar Rapids resident
Mrs Kate Hoag died at her home in Garden Grove Ila Friday morning February 5 of heart trouble. She was born in Hopkinton about sixty three years ago and lived in Cedar Rapids most of her life before moving to Garden Grove thirteen years ago. Survived by husband Wylie Hoag two daughters Grace Spilman and Hazel Benson of Cedar Rapids one son Harold of Garden Grove four grandchildren and two brothers Billy Shuster California and Jake Shuster Hopkinton with several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at Garden Grove with burial there.
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Kate Hoag
Cedar Rapids
Garden Grove
Ila
Hopkinton
Wylie Hoag
Grace Spilman
Hazel Benson
Harold
Evelyn
Maxine
Donald Spilman
Harold Benson
Billy Shuster
California
Jake Shuster
Miner Dies After Lingering Illness at Cedar Rapids Home
Charles J. Miner 71 died at his son Nelson L Miner's Cedar Rapids residence at 2 20 p m Saturday after a lingering illness. Born in Wilton Junction August 29 1865 he lived in Cedar Rapids 35 years. Survived by three sons Clifford C Nelson L Harry L all of Cedar Rapids a daughter Mrs Charles Moss Hopkinton two brothers Frank Council Bluffs Joseph W Cedar Rapids 21 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Body at Janeba and Brosh chapel pending funeral arrangements.
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Charles J. Miner
Nelson L. Miner
Third Avenue SE
Wilton Junction
Cedar Rapids
Clifford C
Nelson L
Harry L
Charles Moss
Hopkinton
Frank
Council Bluffs
Joseph W
Janeba and Brosh Chapel
Monroe D. Renk Dies in Franklin Ohio Hospital
Former Cedar Rapids resident Monroe D. Renk died January 31 at Franklin hospital in Franklin Ohio. He had lived in Cedar Rapids for several years and left the city about two years ago.
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Monroe D. Renk
Cedar Rapids
Franklin Hospital
Franklin
Four missing after cabin cruiser vanishes off Florida coast
A small cabin cruiser carrying three men and a woman has been missing off Florida's west coast since Thursday. Coast Guard officials fear the craft broke down and is being carried out to sea by the gulf stream. Tim Lowry is listed as a former football captain among those aboard.
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Jacksonville
Fla
INS
Florida
U. S. Coast Guard
Tim Lowry
Missing 35-foot boat spotted near Fort Pierce
Northwestern University Chicago authorities seek a missing 35-foot boat last observed Thursday about 20 miles northeast of Fort Pierce with unclear ownership and crewmates.
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Northwestern University
Chicago
Fort Pierce
Bing Crosby Firm Files Tax Appeal
Bing Crosby Ltd Inc petitions the U S Board of Tax Appeals for redetermination of income tax deficiencies totaling 159 522 for 1932 to 1934.
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Bing Crosby
Washington
INS
Bing Crosby, Ltd., Inc
U. S. Board of Tax Apppeals
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Milo Chehak
G. O. Fletcher
H. O. Cutler
Stewart Holmes
Arthur M. Tschiryi
W. P. Rohrbach
L. P. Frezek
Charles Cunningham
William F. Hruska
J. T. Michal
T. H. DeWees
Emery Lane
R. Cypra
Bargain Hunters
Wanda Monti
Greta Garbo
Dexter
Washing Machine Headquarters
First Street
M.L. Cooke
REA
Dollar Liner
Kubias Hardware Coo
Iowa City
Crandic
Cedar Rapids and
Iowa City Railway
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