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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1939

Page

5

Cunningham Beaten in 1000 Yard Race at Seton Games

Glenn Cunningham, famed mile man, loses at 1000 yards to Johnny Borican in Newark as Don Lash prepares to face him in a Seton Games indoor feature. Lash holds the two mile indoor record, Cunningham the mile indoor mark, with Borican notching his eighth win in 10 starts.

New York Glenn Cunningham Don Lash Cunningham Johnny Borican Newark Borican Elberon Glenn Dartmouth Sydney Wooderson Great Britain

Seagull Merchants Nat Bowling Standings and Scores

Local bowling league results list teams such as Seagle Merchants Nat and North West Bell League players with high scores like 552, 560, and 595. Handicap figures appear for multiple squads, along with match games between Windsor Tavern, Lincoln Upstairs, and College Inn.

Sborne Galbrah McClure Aul Schee Yanaway Slade Whitman McGuire Smith Thompson Hurns Strat Marsh Fijton Voythaler Fuckinger Colby Breckie Death Rayman Omecuie SEAGLE _ Merchants Nat Schmidt Marble Kasper Willis Mohrbher Nelson Womacka Burger Mt Vernon Evre Baker Bat Grier Roneer Hoyt Long Miner General Store Ty Turner Kyapi Hensch Ern Sheppard Walers Hunter Kibbe Bot Locher Windsor Tavern FoMeuchar Shope Fpach Gilkerson Straseger Fewards Melichar Bereer I Merefield Sturdivan Lincoln Racet van Nostrd Ladegaard Birkheit Blind Rawins Conrad Rayburn Davis P Bauman Homan Bind Pierre Burke Wasta E Bauman Ehrke Trans Oceanie Moore IL. Steele Mathes H Steele Ape Backhaus Bolt Bloan Handicap Sn Nine Nee Ence Emma Eea

Ely Couple Celebrates Golden Anniversary and Family Ties

A Benton county Ely area couple marks fifty years of marriage with a picnic and dance at the Legion hall. The bride Mary Vitengl born May 4 1871 daughter of John and Josephine Vitengl Putnam township married Feb 18 1889. The groom born Jan 9 1862 is son of Thomas W and Margaret Clark who lived on the same farm east of Ely for seventy three years. They have five children and five grandchildren.

Thomas W Margaret Clark Benton County Clark Ely E. A. Wiedenmann Dan Bourge Claude Clark Thomas Clark Minneapolis Paul Slezak Harry Marjorie Clark Cedar Rapids George D. Clark Near Ely Legion Hall Josie Peshek Solon John Clark Mary Vitengl John Josephine Vitengl Putnam Township

McKinley Junior High Plans Wednesday Play

McKinley junior high will stage a one act play Planning a Program on Wednesday at 9 45 am directed by Miss Esther Copp and Miss Marjorie Emerson. Cast includes Lois Mae Eves Patty Lou Donald Harriet Dauchy Robert Mach Lumir Vondracek Paul Perdue Bobby Trachta and August Miller with choral and dance numbers and a Boys Glee club performance.

McKinley Junior High Esther Copp Marjorie Emerson Lois Mae Eves Patty Lou Donald Harriet Dauchy Robert Mach Lumir Vondracek Paul Perdue Bobby Trachta August Miller John Esbensen Page Hathaway Bob Sells Arthur Stone Marilyn Gardner Dallas Morrison Delbert McArtor Marjorie Ferguson Barbara McNally Lillian Carr David Michael Harnet Dauchy Marlys Edenson Norma Sorenson Hoover Hubbard Betty Hamer Marilyn Ladd Harold Roberts David Peddycourt Virginia Christie Vernon Pavlicek Billy Bammert Marvin Hollingsworth Margaret Hawkins Richard Sis Charlotte Penningroth Shirley Ann Thompson Georganne Dunshee Arda Mae Cox Frances Kacerovsky Boys Glee Club Miss Harnet Eliott Glee Club Jack Dvorak Bud Engberg Harold Franzier Donald Hayes Bastian Kruidenier LeRoy Kyle Ernest McCracken Clifford Melberg Wayne Machal Bill Moore Donald Nedred George Nofal Dick Sediacek Bull Thompson Jack Burman Bob Chiafas Jesse Cortez Charles Doyo Dick Burham George Fisher Edwin Griffith Leonard Koch Frank Koutink William Misbach Richard Navratil Harold Nelson Warren Pugh

Trinity Dad Son Dinner Program Set at Methodist Church

The Trinity Methodist church invites men and boys to a Wednesday dinner at 6 30 p m. Dr H J Burgstahler president of Cornell College will deliver the principal address. The program includes invocation by the Rev Elton D Wells patriotic recitation Gale Morey toast to dads Donald Lehmkuhl response G W Shakespeare and address by Dr H J Burgstahler Bassoon solo Marvel Dulin reading Sam Stohl and entertainment by Marv Ellen Wenke Milo Sediacek with Roosevelt plak school string quintet providing music during supper.

Trinnity Methodist Church H. J Burgstahler Cornell College Elton D Wells Gale Morey Donald Lehmkuhl G W Shakespeare H. J Burestahler Marvel Dulin Sam Stohl Marv Ellen Wenke Milo Sediacek Roosevelt Plsh School

Alburnett Hawks sweep, fall to Palo in feature

Alburnett Hawks beat Palo 25 to 22 in the first game with Flewhop scoring 14. Palo won the feature 66 to 49 as Tritle and Camp led their teams. Alburnett then defeated Norway twice 57 to 24 and 46 to 34 with Quass scoring 18 and Rockwood 13.

Alburnett Alburnett Hawks Palo Flewhop Hawks Tritle Camp Norway Quass Rockwood A. Holland Rose

French Iran relations restored after cat word spat

Paris reports Franco Iranian ties were restored Tuesday after the Iranian government cut relations over a word play on shah and chat. The shah and President Albert Lebrun exchanged telegrams to seal the restoration.

Paris Teheran Albert Lebrun

Passion Play from Germany Comes to Coe Chapel Talk

Josef Meier who portrays Christ in the Luenen Passion Play spoke at Coe College for Fellowship week. He traced the play’s 1242 origins and 17th century family handoffs, noting it reached America at visitors’ request. Dr. David I. Berger urged Christian leadership as a needed lesson, with Lloyd DeJong presiding and Margaret Hindee singing.

U. S Coe Chapel Germany Coe College Josef Meier Christ Mr Meier America Mr. Meier United States David I. Berger Meier Lloyd DeJong Orange City Margaret Hindee West Liberty

Delay Kosina Case May Hit City Beer Law

Frank Kosina 27 proprietor of the Loop tavern 221 Nineteenth avenue SW faced a charge of consuming beer on premises during prohibited hours in a Class B permit site. The case was continued for one week as defense counsel questions the city ordinance constitutionality.

Kosina Frank Kosina Nineteenth Avenue SW Loop Tavern Guy Linville

Young Men's Bureau To Hear Talk On Blood Test For Intoxication

Dr. H W Morgan of St Josephs hospital Mason City will speak on The Blood Test for Intoxication at a Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce young mens bureau dinner at 6 15 p m Thursday in the chamber building. Les Edmonds to chair a milk fund ticket sales committee for the Hickory Fenn show March 3 8 with Mickey Rooney at Paramount theater. proceeds aid the milk fund. assisting Edmonds are Walter Hodge Howard Rowley E J Clapp Herb Gilman John Heidel and Walter Maher.

H. W. Morgan St. Joseph's Hospital Mason City Young Men’s Bureau Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Chamber Morgan Iowa State Me Cal Society Les Edmonds Milk Fund Huckleberry Finn Mickey Rooney Paramount Theater Hal Sheridan Bureau Edmonds Walter Hodge Howard Rowley E. J. Clapp Herb Gilman John Heidel Walter Maher

Iowa faces big loss if farm market road bill passes

Iowa could lose about 993000 in federal concrete highway funds this year and 1227000 next year if the farm market road bill is approved. Chief Engineer Fred White told the senate highways committee that the measure would divert primary road funds and a share of motor vehicle taxes, delaying gaps in the primary system and prompting concerns of future diversions from other road programs.

Des Moines Iowa Fred White Iowa Highway Commission Senate Highways Committee House White Commission Mississippi Valley E. P Donahue New Hampton A J Shaw Pocahontas Don Berry Indianola Iowa Good Roads Association Berry State General Fund General Fund Verne Marshall Cedar Rapids Gazette A. C. Hansen Inwood Iowa Farm Bureau

Verdict of death by own action in former soldier

A coroner's verdict of death by own action was returned in the death of Gus Buhrman, a former soldier from near Marion. He was found dead in a Richmond hotel room and identified by fingerprints. Death was due to a bullet wound in the head. Funeral services and burial were held in Cedar Rapids.

Gus Buhrman Near Marion Richmond Buhrman Cedar Rapids

G O P Senators Back Dutch And Russian Military Deals

Senators Bridges Nye and Austin backing Dutch and Russian war material deals while demanding cash payments open negotiations and disclosure of no military secrets. They indicate no objection to a Soviet naval mission and a Netherlands purchase of airplanes with Roosevelt policies under criticism.

Washington Netherlands Senate Roosevelt United States State Department Bridges New Hampshire Nye North Dakota Austin Vermont

Legion Chief Attacks Perkins Ickes At Des Moines Banquet

American Legion national commander Stephen F. Chadwick leveled sharp criticisms at Labor Secretary Rees Perkins and HUD head Harold Ickes during a Des Moines banquet closing a Iowa Legion conference. He blasted unions over deportation delays and praised the Dies committee for investigating un American activities. Hanford MacNider also criticized labor officials in a separate address.

DES Moines Stephen F. Chadwick American Legion United States Cabinet American Civil Liberties Union United States Department of Justice Chadwick Dies Congressional Iowa Iowa Department of the Legion Rees Perkins Harry Bridges Australa Bridges Dies Committee Miss Perkins Harold Ickes Legion Hanford MacNider Mason City

Benes Sees Democracy Winning Struggle Against Totalitarianism

Former Czechoslovak president Eduard Benes told 1,200 University of Chicago students that democracy will prevail over totalitarian forces. In his first class as visiting professor, he urged continual work for democratic ideals and warned of Europe's impending tough challenges.

Chicago Eduard Benes Czechoslovakia University of Chicago Europe

Washington Ideals Urgently Needed In America Today

W R Boyd urged a revival of glory and virtue in a First Presbyterian Church address on The Voice of Washington in 1939, arguing Washington and other founders should be heroized. He warned that modern schools undermine faith in the founders and warned against pure democracy leading to dictatorship, urging a return to representative government.

America George Washington W. R. Boyd Voice of Washington First Presbyterian Church the Gazette Washington Mr. Boyd Dorothy Thompson John Smith Thomas Jefferson Buffalo Bill Kiwanis Club Mr Boyd Nincompoops Virginia House of Burgesses United States Europe Hamilton Franklin Madison House Senate Abraham Lincoln Grover Cleveland

Adlerika Relief Claims for Gas and Sleep Aids

An advertisement promotes Adlerika as a dual action remedy that relieves stomach gas and clears bowels within hours. It emphasizes fast, non habit forming relief from gas bloating, sour stomach, sleeplessness, and indigestion with carminatives and cathartics and urges readers to buy from druggists.

How Family of 5 Can Eat Well On $12 a Week

Daily menus for a family of five two adults and three children show how to plan meals for about $12 weekly. Each day’s recipes aim to provide a balanced diet with heat energy protein minerals and vitamins to support growth and health.

Daily Menu and Dietary Tip from 1939

Breakfast features boiled rice and dates with top milk scrambled eggs and bacon toast coffee bar. Lunch includes milk luncheon and broiled sausages with creamed hominy hard rolls grated raw carrot salad and fresh prunes. Dinner offers pan broiled beef liver creamed potatoes buttered parsnips lettuce salad and cherry pie. Cost about $1.85, 13 000 calories. Bulgaria increases trade with Portugal.

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