Turn of Card May Result in War in Europe
Rome reports a growing belief in Italy that a European war could hinge on chance. Observers cite British naval moves, Italy's weapon buildup, sanctions as economic warfare, and relentless anti British propaganda shaping public mood toward conflict. Optimists seek delay despite signs the stage is set for Armageddon.
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Europe
Charles Gupthill
Rome
Italy
Mediterranean
East Africa
Ethiopia
Great Britain
Ialian
England
France
Germany
Mine Pays Workers In Silver To Fight Chicago
Morris 11 UP Coal miners receive a $10 000 payroll in silver to underscore industry value amid a dispute with Chicago coal dealers over a weighing rule. Illinois Supreme Court upholds a Chicago ordinance requiring unloading weighing and reloading coal, adding a dollar a ton. A meeting in Chicago Monday will seek an agreement to avert a trade war.
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Morris
Chicago
Ilinois Supreme Court
Chicago Association of Commerce
Doctor Escorts Stork Through Snow in Minn Horseback Ride
Dr W H Valentine rode a floundering horse then a bob sled to reach the Lloyd Lewis farm northeast of Tracy Minnesota for a baby's birth. He traversed a 14 mile snow barrage and finished the last leg on horseback in bitter weather.
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Tracy, Minn
W. H. Valentine
Anne Adams Pattern Book Inspires Spring Wardrobe
Anne Adams pattern book offers a full spring sewing guide with dresses blouses and party frocks. Readers can also explore slenderizing patterns and the latest fabrics and accessories. Price for book 15 cents pattern along 25 cents send orders to Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department New York.
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Anne Adams
Gladys
Sue
Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department
West 17Th Street
New York
N. Y
Guards To Maintain Order In Paris Socialist March
Paris dispatch reports hundreds of mobile guards and police assigned to the Latin quarter and east end to police a large left wing parade against the Thursday attack on Leon Blum. Authorities restrict demonstrations to avoid clashes on Grands Boulevards and the Champs Elysees. four arrests were made from the attack footage recorded by an amateur photographer.
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Paris
Latin Quarter
Leon Blum
Popular Front
Paul Scott Mowrer Named Editor of Chicago Daily News
Chicago Daily News announces editorial cambios with Paul Scott Mowrer moving from associate editor to editor. Hal O Flaherty becomes managing editor succeeding the late Henry Justin Smith. John Craig elevated to news editor. Lewis Hunt to city editor. Clem Lane named assistant city editor.
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Paul Scott Mowrer
Chicago Daily News
Chicago
Hal O'Flaherty
Henry Justin Smith
John Craig
Lewis Hunt
Clem Lane
Spinster Sisters Die In Bronx By Own Action Pact
Neighbors report despondency after their mother's death. Miss Clara Weickers 40 and Miss Martha Weickers 35 were found with clasped hands in their Bronx apartment. four gas jets were open and windows blocked. Police found a will and two notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bronx
Clara Weickers
Martha Weickers
Expects Judgment Day Anytime Now
Harold R Varney, who predicted the world would end Friday night, said Saturday that an extension of time has been granted for people to seek salvation. He denies mis calculating the date and says every day is a day of grace as he remains hopeful the judgment day could start at any hour in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Harold R Varney
Varney
Community Notices and Local Meetings Report
Towns end club No 1 meets Monday at 7 30 p m in the superior courtroom. Linden camp No 145 Modern Woodmen of America meets Tuesday at 8 p m at the Odd Fellows hall. Star of the West lodge No 1 Knights of Pythias holds a meeting Monday at 7 30 p m with rank of page and esquire to be conferred. F A Johnson discusses modern interpretations of the Constitution at Rotary luncheon Monday noon. Mrs Chris Schluntz reports the death of her mother in Bridgeton New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star of the West Lodge No 1
Knights of Pythias
Page
F A Johnson
The
United States
Rotary Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Country club reformer returns to Midwest golf scene
After a two year absence, the figure who once led the country clubs at Okoboji and later at Oelwein resumes leadership of area clubs, signaling a return to management and ongoing involvement in regional golf communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okoboji
Oelwein
Anniversary Party At Pythian Hall
A Pythian anniversary card party for Knights of Pythias Pythian Sisters and Dokies will be held at Pythian hall Wednesday at 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
Dokies
Pythian Hall
Linn County Progress Club Plans Weekly Saturday Lunch Meetings
The newly formed Linn County Progress club will hold noon Saturday lunches at the Roosevelt hotel. President Joseph Mekota, secretary Marvin Prochaska, and treasurer Harold Soper lead the group. The club aims to foster social fellowship, discussion, and education on county state and national government and improve agriculture labor and business.
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Linn County Progress Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Joseph Mekota
Marvin Prochaska
Harold Soper
Death of W. L. McCreedy Aged 72
W. L. McCreedy aged 72 of Chicago and former Cedar Rapids resident died February 7 in Chicago at 10 a.m. He is survived by his widow, children in Chicago and California, his mother Mrs Ellen McCreedy, two brothers, a sister, and several grandchildren. Funeral services were held in Chicago Sunday and the body taken to Rockford for burial Wednesday.
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W. L. McCreedy
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Alta Boone
Earl McCreedy
Doris Jones
Ellen Dennison
Fulton
Calf
Dorothy Wiley
Ellen McCreed
George E
Tom McCreedy
Cora Metz
Rockford
Rockford, Ja
Nudist Ship Fleetwood Strikes Trouble In Caribbean Quest
The Fleetwood led by Maurice Allard again hit trouble as its engine clutch failed during its voyage to found a nudist utopia in Caribbean waters. A navigator, George Johannson, joined to sail them to Utopia with salary and return passage.
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Tampa
Fla
Fleetwood
Utopia
Caribbean
Maurice Allard
California
Gulf
George Johannson
Mobile
Ala
Allard
Here
Johannson
Nation's Oldest Inhabitant To Observe Birthday
Solomon Rickner Nebraska’s oldest inhabitant and possibly the nation’s oldest will turn 115 next Tuesday. St Paul usually hosts a city dinner but cancel ling this year due to extreme cold and Rickner’s frail health. Friends will visit him at his home instead.
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ST Paul
Neb
Solomon Rickner
Nebraska
St. Paul
Rickner
Eighteen Hurt In New York Elevated Crash
Eighteen passengers were injured Saturday when a Ninth Avenue elevated local train crashed into the rear of another at the 151st Street and Eighth Avenue station. The incident disrupted service as emergency crews worked to treat victims at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Ninth Avenue
151St Street
Eighth Avenue
John L. Kelsey Funeral Services Planned
Funeral services for John L. Kelsey will be held in Turner chapel at 11 a.m. Monday with burial in Linwood Cemetery. The Rev. Frank Ward will conduct the rites and friends may call at Turner chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Kelsey
Turner Chapel
Frank Ward
Linwood Cemetery
Leading Contract Bridge Player Dies
Louis H. Watson aged 29, a leading American contract bridge player, died suddenly at his New York home Friday night. His wife found him in bed, believed to have suffered a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louis H. Watson
Committal Service for Edmund F. Wenke Set at Turner Chapel
A committal service for Edmund F. Wenke will be held at Turner Chapel at 4 pm Monday with the Rev. James E Waery officiating. Burial will follow in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at Turner Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund F. Wenke
Turner Chapel
James E Waery
Linwood Cemetery
Power Engineers Iowa No 9 Meet on Coal Mining Topic
The National Association of Power Engineers Iowa No 9 will meet at Sokol hall Monday at 7 30 pm. The discussion topic is Coal mining and its preparation for commercial purposes. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Power Engineers
Iowa No 9
Sokol Hall
Vancouver Cadet Earns British Pilot A License
Cadet Capt Walker R N Sturdy of Vancouver became the first merchant service midshipman in the British empire to enroll for aviation and receive a pilot's A license on a voyage aboard the Empress of Japan. He trained on HM S Conway and at Hooton airdrome Liverpool, flying solo in 5 hours 20 minutes, near the 12 hour requirement and the British air ministry record.
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Vancouver, B. C
Vancouver
Merchant Service
British Empire
Walker R N Sturdy
Orient
HM. S. Conway
Liverpool
Hooton Airdrome
British Air Ministry
Visit Ends After Five Weeks in Kansas City
Mrs Byron A Barlow of 2421 Fourth Avenue SE returned Friday from Kansas City where she stayed five weeks with her mother Mrs Albert Dunlap and relatives. Her Kansas City train to Cedar Rapids, due at 3:35 am Friday, did not reach the city until 8:30 pm after a day snowbound at Amana.
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Byron A Barlow
Fourth Avenue SE
Kansas City
Albert Dunlap
Cedar Rapids
Amana
Harold Smith Returns to Cedar Rapids Club Post
Harold M Smith appointed nine year assistant pro at Cedar Rapids Country Club to head the generative department of Allen Motor Co on Second Avenue and Tenth Street. He had been at a tire training school in Akron Ohio the past week and returns to Cedar Rapids.
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Harold Smith
Harold M Smith
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Allen Motor Company
Second Avenue
Tenth Street
Mr. Smith
Tire
Akron
Cedar Rapids
Amethyst Thought To Soothe Medieval Lovers
The amethyst was believed to calm the nerves of erotic lovers in the middle ages serving as a powerful sedative for passion and unrest according to historic rumor and folklore.
John L. Schorr Dies After Long Illness at 69
John Lawrence Schorr, 69, a longtime farmer from Mechanicsville, died Saturday at his home after a prolonged illness. Born November 2, 1867 in Logan Ohio, he moved to Mechanicsville in 1884. He married Elizabeth Conner in 1892. survivors include wife Elizabeth, daughter Edith Bowers and sons John Jr. and Willard, all of Mechanicsville. Funeral Monday at the Methodist church, Rev. M W McKinley presiding, burial in Rose Hill cemetery.
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Mechanicsville
John Lawrence Schorr
Mr. Schorr
Logan
Ohio
Joseph
Eliza Schorr
Schorr
Elizabeth Conner
Edith Bowers
John, Jr
Willard
Methodist Church
M. W. McKinley
Rose Hill
Texas Village Set to Sell Centennial Stamps in Record
Postmaster Fred Boothe of Gonzales Texas expects to stamp over 200000 letters on March 2 as Texas centennial stamps go on sale there. Gonzales, population 4000, is first to offer the issue marking the start of the Texas war for independence, drawing heavy mail from collectors and citizens seeking first day covers and information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gonzales
Tex
Fred Boothe
Boothe
Post Office
Mellon fills station saddens Alice Longworth and his horse
Washington Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth says she is terribly hurt by Andrew Mellon's plan to replace the Riding and Hunt club with an artistic gas station. She recalls riding there as a girl and hints at political disappointments with Hoover era Republicans and Democrats.
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Washington
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Andrew Mellon
Mellon’s Oil Company
Secretary of Treasury
Tong Os
Rock Creek Park
Riding and Hunt Club
Mellon
Longworth
Paulina
Secretary of the Treasury
Herbert Hoover
Longworths
Iowa City Couple Released on Bond After Liquor Raid
Mr and Mrs Charles Schmidt posted bonds of 1000 dollars each after arraignment on maintaining a liquor nuisance. A raid by state federal and county officers at a filling station south of Iowa City Friday seized nearly thirty gallons of alcohol and whisky. Both pled not guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Charles Schmidt
Snowplow Opens Roads For Funeral Services In Winthrop
Special to The Gazette Winthrop Iowa snow plow cleared the way Thursday for the funeral and burial of Mrs. Harry Higman 74 who died at the home of her daughter Mrs W Hodge Merrill after weeks of illness Funeral services were led by Rev George Fowler of the Congregational church of which she was lifelong member and deaconess She was a charter member of the Eastern Star Ida E Griswold born Jan 30 1862 in Janesville Wis lived most of her life in Winthrop after marrying Harry Higman in 1883 He died in 1932 Surviving daughters two brothers one sister all listed living in Winthrop
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Winthrop
Harry Higman
W. Hodge Merrill
George Fowler
Congregational Church
Mary Griswold
Janesville
Wis
Dakota
Higman
Harry E. Frantz
J. L. Jackson
Waterloo
Arthur M. Griswold
William E. Griswold
W. B. Miller
Funeral Services For Brighton Woman Today
Washington Iowa papers note funeral services for Mrs. John Mapel 62 of Brighton who died at her home Friday after three years of ill health. Survived by husband and children Mrs. Hazel Bell Riverside Mrs. Lovella Bell Washington Mrs. Emma Hardin Wellman Miss Erna Mapel at home and John Mapel Jr Washington. Burial in Kalona cemetery.
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Washington
John Mapel
Brighton
John, Jr
Kalona Cemetery
Miss Josephine Balluff Rites Planned At Strawberry Point
Funeral services for Miss Josephine Balluff will be held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church in Strawberry Point conducted by Rev. James P. Gable. Born Nov 8 1874 west of Strawberry Point she taught in Iowa and New York before settling with her sister Gertrude and niece Mary Elizabeth Sherman. She leaves six sisters and one brother including Eleanor Everett Lamont Amelia Evert Gertrude Balluff Jeannette Shields Omaha Stella Wiltse Dundee J L Meyer Armour and Francis V Balluff Strawberry Point.
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Strawberry Point
Josephine Balluff
Methodist Church
James P. Gable
Victor and
Mary Balluff
Epworth Seminary
Iowa State Teachers College
First National Bank
Buffalo
Wyo
Eldora
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
Gertrude
Mary Elizabeth Sherman
Eleanor Everett
Lamont
Amelia Evert
Gertrude Balluff
Jeannette Shields
Omaha
Police and Firemen Ready to Aid in Spring Flood
Public safety commissioner Dan Kruidemier and Police Chief Ray S. Tapper, both on the Red Cross disaster relief committee, announce all police and fire personnel will serve the relief effort in a serious flood emergency this spring. He will align department services with the flood control program at the committee meeting next Wednesday.
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Dan Kruidemier
Ray S. Tapper
Red Cross Disaster Relief Committee
Kruidenier
Veteran watchman Nick Ludman retires after eighteen years
Nick Ludman of 1340 A Avenue NE, night watchman at McKesson Churchill retires after eighteen years. Born in Alsace Lorraine, he came to America as a child and has lived in Cedar Rapids forty seven years. He married Mary Ann Schmidt in 1889.
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Nick Ludman
Avenue NE
McKesson-Churchill Company
Mr. Ludman
Alsace- Lorraine
America
Cedar Rapids
Old Star Pickling and Bottling Works
Magnus Brewing Company
Des Moines Negro Held On Charge of Cheating
Raymond Claybourne aged 25, a Negro of Des Moines, was held by police Saturday on a charge of cheating by false pretenses. He allegedly collected $5 from a woman for coal he claimed to have but could not produce at arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Raymond Claybourne
Claybourne
Person Carries Extra Blood Vessels For Fat
A person with excess fat carries three extra miles of blood vessels for every five pounds of fat, illustrating how body tissue expansion increases circulatory pathways.
Convicts Witness Long Gas Chamber Execution in Canon City
Warden Roy Best allowed several inmates to observe Olus McDaniels death by gas in Colorado prison. About a score of officials watched as McDaniels died after nine and a half minutes, an unusually long execution.
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Canon City
Colo
Roy Best
Colorado Prison
Olus McDaniels
McDammels
Legality Of Iowa Beer Law Attacked In Northwood Case
In Northwood Iowa vs Wildard Dwyer defense argues that Iowa beer law is unconstitutional as it applies to a Minnesota resident importing near beer for sale without a class A permit. The defense claims the beverage is malt non intoxicating and not subject to the permit while the state cites the Twenty first amendment and equal protection guarantees.
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Northwood
Iowa
Wildard Dwyer
M. H. Kepler
Albert Lea
Minn
Minnesota
United States
L. A. Rader
Gas Cost Dispute Between Iowa City and City Light and Power
Davenport AP reports a technical session on injunction proceedings by Iowa City Light and Power Co. to restrain Iowa City from blocking natural gas. Testimony centers on artificial versus natural gas costs with more expected before Special Master A. Herrick in federal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Iowa City Light and Power Co
Iowa City
A. A. Herrick
Wife Bravely Runs For Help As Farm Home Burns
In Das sel Minnesota a 24 year old farmer Paul Matteson died from burns after a fire destroyed his farm home Saturday. His wife ran three blocks barefoot in 20 degree below zero weather to seek aid for him.
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Dassel
Minn
Paul Matteson
Robbers Take $900 Payroll From Woman in Oak Park
In Oak Park Chicago area a trio robbed Mrs. H. T. Emery in the suburb's business district Saturday seizing a $900 payroll she carried to the Oak Park club. A confrontation left her assaulted as bystanders were knocked down during the escape.
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Chicago
H. T. Emery
Oak Park
Oak Park Club
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