Roark Is Hurt In Polo Match In Pasadena
British polo star Captain C I T Pat Roark suffered an acute brain injury after his mount fell during a defensive rush in Midwick versus the British team. He was carried off unconscious as 3,000 spectators watched. Doctors gave him a 50 50 chance of recovery.
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Pasadena
Calif
Pat” Roark
Midwichfield
Roark
Midwick
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Long Island
Gerald Balding
Aiden Roark
Pat Roark
Carlow
Ireland
Pirates
California
Patsy Hofstetter
Buhler of Minnesota Signs With Green Bay
CHICAGO UP Curley Lambeau announces Green Bay has signed Minnesota fullback Larry Buhler and tackle Charles Schultz for next season. He has agreed terms with Michigan guard Jack Brennan. Buhler was Green Bay’s first draft choice despite automobile accident injuries. doctors say a fall return won’t jeopardize his health. Brennan to sign later.
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Chicago
E. L
Brennan
Hartnett Heads 18th Cubs Training Camp Start
Leo Hartnett departs for the Chicago Cubs island camp for his 18th year in charge after leading the National League champions. He travels with a small staff including Vance Page Kirby Higbe Jack Russell Al Epperly Bob Garbark and Bill Baker. The group will be joined by Gene Lillard and Larry French if they report.
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Chicago
Leo
Gabby” Hartnett
Chicago Cubs
Vance Page
Kirby Higbe
Jack Russell
al Epperly
Bob Garbark
Bill Baker
Los Angeles
Santa Catalina Island
Battery
Gene Lillard
Larry French
Dehner Tops Big Ten Scorers Despite Flu Absence
Illinois star Lewis Pick Dehner maintained the Big Ten scoring lead with 112 points as Ohio State’s Jimmy Hull and Iowa’s Ben Stephens, both sidelined by flu, could not challenge. Iowa and Ohio State met while Dehner rested.
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Chicago
Lewis
Dehner
Illinois
Immy Hull
Ohio State
Capt
Ben Stephens
Iowa
Hull
Stephens
Quaker Five Defeats Mechanicsville 35-24 in Rally
The Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats five rallied in the second half to beat Mechanicsville Maroons 35-24 on Saturday night. Mechanicsville led 20-13 at halftime as Larkin scored 11 for Quakers while Wessell and Kitch added seven each. B Jackson paced Mechanicsville with nine.
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Mechanicsville
Quaker Oats
Cedar Rapids
Mechanicsville Maroons
Larkin
Wessell
Kitch
Quakers
B. Jackson
Four Games Scheduled In Industrial League
Four games will be played this week in the industrial basketball league. Monday features the Lighters vs Penick and Ford at 7 30 and Quaker Oats against Witwer s at 8 30. Wednesday night Speeder Machinery meets LaPlant Choate at 7 30 and Wilson s vs Iowa Manufacturing at 8 30.
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Lighters
Penick and Ford
Quaker Oats
Witwer's
Speeder Machinery
LaPlant- Choate
Wilson's
Iowa Manufacturing
Winthrop Beats Hazleton In Close 24 to 26 Game
Winthrop basketball team defeated Hazleton in Hazleton on Friday by a final score of 24 to 26.
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the Gazette
Hazleton
Winthrop
Death of Thomas J Gallagher noted in Pillager
Marion friends report the death of Thomas J Gallagher Saturday in Pillager Minnesota. He was a carpenter, lived at 966 Eleventh Street Marion for three years, had joined his wife for a visit with her parents, and funeral services will be held in Pillager.
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Marion
Thomas J. Gallagher
Pillager
Minn
Gallagher
Eleventh Street
Marion School Board Votes to Close Squaw Creek School
The Marion township school board met Saturday at city hall and voted to close the Squaw Creek school two and a half miles southeast of Marion on highway 94 due to a shortage of pupils. Excelsior school No. 16 will be opened, having been closed for nearly two years.
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Marion Township School Board
Squaw Creek
Marion
Excelsior School No. 16
Marion community notes and visits from local residents
W B Carpenter improves from grippe at home north of Marion. Mrs Hattie Perrin also improving at 303 Thirteenth street. Mrs Clara Reiter and daughter Miss Mary Orelda Reiter of Iowa City visited relatives in Marion. Union hymn sings drew 180 attendees at the Methodist church led by Rev C G Ellinger with a minister’s wives quartet performing. N F club to meet Tuesday at Mrs Philip Bunting’s. Marion Nature and Garden club hosts family night picnic supper with guest speaker at Rev and Mrs Irving E Wade’s home. West Marion Garden club meets at Mrs Carl Carver’s. Carl W Case couple welcomed a son James Lee born Feb 17 at Iowa Methodist hospital Des Moines. mother Bess Case formerly Bess Perpetual. Catherine Cunningham of Monrovia, California visiting George Girard family in Chicago with Florence Hines. Alice Wallace spent weekend at New Hampton with Donald R Wake. Dan Bash returns from Beverly California to Cedar Rapids to visit son-in-law Marvin Williams.
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Marion Nature and Garden Club
Irving E. Wade
Tenth Street
Carl W. Case
Austin Case
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
James Lee
Case
Bess Perpetal
F. Kempshall
Marion
Danger Report Flags New Deal Agency Powers
House Republican Committee chair Jesse P. Wolcott warned that dangerous powers reside in the Export-Import Bank and other emergency agencies. The study cites potential uses to influence policy, noting programs such as gold and silver actions, dollar content changes, greenbacks, and stabilization funds, with past references to a 1933 Roosevelt vote.
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Washington
LLP
Jesse P. Wolcott
House Republican Committee
China
Wolcott
United States
Federal Reserve
Stabilization Fund
Roosevelt
President Roosevelt Joins Fleet Off Cuba For War Games
President Roosevelt rode the cruiser Houston off the southeast coast of Cuba as the fleet prepared to simulate defense against invasion. Aides report sunburned faces from the drive down the keys. The plan includes a visit to Guantanamo Bay and participation in problem 20 exercises.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Houston
Cuba
Daniel J. Gallaghan
White House
Naval Operations
Keys
Guantanamo
Bay
Linn County Board of Supervisors January 1939 Proceedings
Linn County Iowa Board convened January 3 1939 at Cedar Rapids in regular session electing Fred Stirm as chairman and appointing committees. They set official officer bonds, approved numerous appointments, designated depositories, fixed salaries, and adopted multiple resolutions including social welfare board appointments and county engineer designation. The meeting approved tax and fund actions and adjourned to January 6.
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Board OF Supervisors
Linn County
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
State of Iowa
Linn
Said
Court House
Stirm
Seevell
Beeson
Fred Stirm
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Central City News-Letter
Springville
New Era
Marion Sentinel
Mt Vernon Hawkeye Record
Lisbon Herald
Rapids
Rapids Two
Rapids Township
Earl T. Brockman
Charles Rubins
Irma Hall
Agnes Kuba
Janette Hofferber
Dorothy Alt
Amanda Hagenstein
Marie Hronek
L R. Fitzgerald
Otto F Hanzick
J. H. Woodside
E L. Kelso
Sam Johnson
Gladys Hauser
Mary Burke
Grace Boyd
Virginia Nemec
Joseph W. Carberry
J. W. Stoddard
Agnes Buchan
Marjorie Hess
George B. Sherman
Arthur Axmear
Walter E Rec
Vera Hibnes
Virginia Morgan
Lillian Racer
Roy Radebaugh
Lawrence Condon
Harlan Snyder
Mary Stevenson
Frank Chiamosta
P. J Whittemore
John M Henderson
Richard Preston
Henry Wright
Seth Hendryx
E. A. Fordyce
Carl Hendrickson
Ruth Bartling
Hilda Schmickle
R. E. Munden
J. J. Terrall
Seevells
First Trust and Savings Bank
Merchants National Bank
Alburnett State Bank
Alburnett
Xchange Bank
Fairfax St. Sav. Bank
Fairfax
Mt. Vernon
North Linn Savings Bank
Center Point
Peoples Savings Bank
Palo Savings Bank
Palo
United State Bank
the Peoples Savings Bank
First National Bank
Marion
Mt Vernon Bank and Trust Company
Guaranty Bank & Trust Company
Aye
Nay
Earl Miller
Vance Newhouse
Charles Waden
William Muir
H. C. Adams
L. H. Griffin
Lottie Melichar
County Superintendent of Schools
Teachers’ Institute
General County
Teachers’ Institute Fund
Concrete Materials Company
Seevel
H. R. Churchill
W. E. Bell
A. M. Floyd
Franklin
E. M. Wetherbee
Maine
Frank Merritt
Buffalo
Sea
Bee
J. B. Youngs
Marion City
Olive D. Kent
Seeswell
J. B
W. D
Anna Lee
Beepson
County Board of Social Welfare
Senate
47Th General Assembly
Fred J Poyneer
Otto F. Hanzlik
Mildred Titus
Leo P. Peiffer
Elmer M. Seevell
Wm. H Bleakley
Grace Bleakley
William H. Behrens
Mildred Hunt
Leeswell
Adams Elmer
Baker & Patton
Borschel
Electric Motor Co
Petronale
Freeman ST
Hannahs J B
Horsley D_ IL
Starling Bounty
Elec Light Se Power
Shop
Jayne Perry
Bridge Coast
Kula Ralph V
Kee
Harry I
Lisle Sales Co
Leidigh Dr
R E
Marak-Steffer Impl Co
McNiel Clarence B
Chase E
Nassif Sam
Reamer Mae
Towa
Robt. M. Vesely
Ten year old Jose Giaccardi’s mixed nationality voyage
True Cosmopolite reports a 10 year old boy grounded at the California-Mexican border after a 5000 mile airliner trip from South America. He told authorities in Spanish and Italian that his mother is Ecuadorian, born on a German vessel in the Panama Canal, and his Italian father has begun American citizenship papers. The family, reunited in Los Angeles, hopes nationality mixups end soon.
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Los Angeles
Jose Giaccardi
South America
Jose
Impuler
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Panama Canal
Giaccardis
Broken Leg Set With Distant Aid Of Radio Phone
Baptiste Villeneuve fractured his right leg in a sleigh accident and had it set with remote guidance via a police radio link. Constable Engelson, on a six week patrol at Fort Nelson, relayed details to Dr R G Large in Prince Rupert, who instructed over the radio. The constable then set the fractured limb and ensured treatment from 500 miles away.
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Prince Rupert
B. C
Baptiste Villeneuve
Constable Engelson
British Columbia
Villeneuve
Fort Nelson
Here
R. G. Large
Engel‘son
Tire Makers Sued Over Government Tire Prices
Eight leading tire firms were sued by the federal government for conspiring to fix prices on tires sold to the government between Oct 1, 1936 and March 31, 1938. The suit seeks treble damages totaling about 1.05 million dollars in the Southern District of New York.
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Washington
INS
Federal District Court
Southern District of New York
Panies
Arnold
Cooper Corporation
Dayton Rubber Mfg. Company
Dunlop Tire and Rubber Corporation
Falls Rubber Company
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Fisk Rubber Corporation
General Tire and Rubber Company
B. F. Goodrich Company
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Kelly-Springfield Tire Company
Spiders Clarify Insect Misconceptions
A note explains that spiders are not insects. they lack antennae and have eight legs, unlike insects which have six legs and usually antennae.
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Britisher
Buhler
Minnesota
Green Bay
Hartnett
Cubs
Quaker
Marion News
T. J. Gallagher
W. L. Kassler
Ed Cogdale
O. C. Walmer
Lisbon
C. Meroshek
George Clark
R. M. Clark
C. J. Kassler
James I. McGuire
Jim and
Colleen
Clinton
Mr. McGuire
Ellen McGuire
Fred Welder
Gilbert Gordon
Grocers
Guy McCannon
Lola
Numa
Mr. McCannon
C. E. McCannon
C. C. Larson
Leone
Don
Dickey’s Foods
Child Study Club
O. O. Kieckhaefer
Lincoln Drive
Fred Taylor
Bonnie Mae
Mrs. Taylor
Mrs
Carl Case
Charles Wood
Central City
Arthur Shore
David Harry Williams
Ashley Williams
Arthur E Fairhurst
Springfield
Mass
Ralph Michel
Colgate
Owen's
Adeliza Daniels
Chitaga
S. A. Fontaine
Miss Daniels
Earl Welsher
Seventeenth Street
Carrie Reichert
C. A Weichman
Opal McCannon
Mrs. C. E. McCannon
Therestrial Club
George P. Whitney
Ninth Street
Whitney
J. T. Christie
W. B Carpenter
Hattie Perrin
Thirteenth Street
Clara Reiter
Mary Orelda Reiter
Iowa City
Methodist Church
C. G. Ellinger
Congregational Church
C. V. R. DeJong
E. T. Gough
N. F. Club
Philip Bunting
West Seventh Avenue
West Marion
Catherine Cunningham
Monrovia
George Oxley
Florence Hines
Alice Wallace
New Hampton
Donald R. Wake
Dan Bash
Russell Bash
Beverly, Calif
Marvin Williams
NEW Deal
Linn CO. Board Supervisors Proceedings
Tor
Frank F. Bates
Edwin W. Lundquist
Dempsy Jones
G. K. Thompson
James H. Smith
Sher
Iff
Key Radebaugh
Laulrice Condon
B. L. Knight
Ralph E. Munden
Joe W. Carberry
H. C. Clymer
Bertram
Henry J. Hood
Buffalo Township
Peter Gibney
Clinton Town Co
Y. Earl Smith
College Township
Wm. Behle
Fairfax Township
Clara C. Stritt
Franklin Township
Kenneth Butler
Grant
Donald L. Goodyear
Claire H.andrewg
Chas
W. van Note
Monroe
Ee W. Holets
Putnam Township
N. Rowe
Spring Grove
Ross W. Lockhart
Washington Township
J. Beranek
Boulder
C. Dutcher
Gerhold
Clinton Township
Stanley Konigsmark
J. Lefebvre
Sailer Phelps
F. M. Caasch
Grant Township
Geo
T. Brewer
Jackson Township
J. Kenneth Weisley
Towndoh
W. Gill Marion Townam
James Yanecek
Co. H. Dahn
Claude D. Knapp
Maron
Carl Swallom
G. S. Miles
Robins
W. S. Palmer
G. C. Murphey
Walk
Dominick Felereisen
de Nesley
O. H. Myers
R. T. Walters
John Taylor
OULY
Thurman Arnold
Department of Justice
Treasury
Treasury Department
Homer S. Cummings
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