Weir Named G O P Finance Chief for 1940 Campaign
Ernest T. Weir of Pittsburgh was appointed chairman of the republican national finance committee to raise funds for the 1940 campaign. The selection by John D. M. Hamilton highlights Weir's steel industry rise from office boy to head of National Steel and his record of profits.
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Washington
INS
Ernest T. Weir
Pittsburgh
Iron and Steel Institute
New Deal
Republican National Finance Committee
G.O.P
John D. M. Hamilton
Hamilton
Weir
National Steel Corporation
Britain rejects plan to seek mediation in Russo Finnish war
London reports that the British government refused to consider approaching the League of Nations or President Roosevelt as mediator. R A Butler stated the Finnish and Soviet governments may invite mediation, but Britain has no authority to intervene between belligerent states.
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London
League of Nations
Roosevelt
Emanuel Shinwell
Labor Party
House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
League
R. A. Butler
Shinwell
Marshalltown Pastors Speak on Brotherhood at Second Christian
The Rev. P. G. Dennis of Central Christian in Marshalltown preaches at Second Christian this evening and Friday at 7 30. Opal Mae Williams directs a Washington’s birth day pageant as part of a men’s night event with all men urged to attend. prior speaker Rev John Bruce Dalton of Iowa City addressed the Eleventh Commandment on Wednesday.
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P. G. Dennis
Central Christian Church of
Marshalltown
Second Christian Church
Opal Mae Williams
Washington
Church
Snow Washington draws Buchanan school attention
An 11 year old girl Mary Davison with help from her father built a Washington bust in snow in their yard at 927 Twenty first Street SE. First graders from Buchanan School visited to see the likeness and the snow sculpture with a horse.
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Washington
George Washington
Mary Davison
Arthur M. Davison
Twenty-first Street
Buchanan School
Davison Yard
Mr. Washington
Buchanan
Multiple Iowa town briefs span deaths and school events
Mrs. David H. Malven of Manchester dies at 55 from a heart attack at home. Funeral at Brown Chapel Friday. Elkader junior college sends ten students to Coe College activities festival with music, poetry, debate. Quasqueton high school selects Eyes of Love for a future performance under Principal H. E. Myron. L. H. Nielsen to Fort Benning. Harold Littelle to serve as superintendent for the year. Anamosa resident Miss Allie Feehan dies in Arcadia California. services in Anamosa and Riverside burial planned.
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Manchester
David H. Malven
Brown Chapel
William A. Frazier
Lois
Craig
James
Elkader
Elkader Junior College
Coe College
James Fitzpatrick
Josef Juvik
Lorimer Larson
Laura Mae Sharp
Mary Jean Boland
Marjory Hass
Robert Conrad
Julia Jean Jones
Robert Bush
Charlotte Hunter
Lorne Boylan
John Sanders
Cedar Rapids
Quasqueton
Quasqueton High School
H. E. Myron
L. H. Nielsen
Fort Benning
Bruce
Nielsen
Board of Education
Harold Littelle
Fayette
Anamosa
Allie Feehan
Jones County
Irene Wells
Arcadia
Calif
Loder Funeral Home
Methodist
J. K. Delahooke
Riverside Cemetery
Miss Feehan
Onslow
John
Julia Brown Feehan
Ohio
B. E. Rhinehart
Robert Feehan
Muriel Harding
Los Angeles
Natex praised by local man after dramatic relief
Stephen Bartmess of 865 Daniels Street NE credits Natex with ending three years of constipation and dizziness. He says his bowels move daily, he has gained weight, and his energy returned. A Natex representative at Podimek's Pharmacy invites residents to visit for samples and evaluation.
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Natex
Stephen Bartmess
Daniels Street
Podimiek
Second Ave. SE
Podzimek
Post Office
Are Good, Solid Citizens But Need The Light Touch
Mary Manners offers playful guidance on social mores for high budget couples and girds readers with a humorous take on dating norms. The Babins ask for dating tips from a column that jokes about wealth and social ease. The reply suggests comical options like riding on the hood of a car and downplays the request for a “super-special” solution.
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Miss Manners
Mary
Alli
Babins
Make This Model At Home Dear Miss Manners
An open letter asks why married men shower attention on attractive wives while remaining devoted to their own partners. The response invites masculine readers to defend themselves and weigh Maizie’s question about marital attraction and affection.
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Miss Manners
Maizi
Maizie
Pattern 4396 for children's sizes in Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern 4396 is available in children's sizes 4 6 8 10 and 12. Size 6 requires 2 yards 35 inch fabric. Send fifteen cents for this pattern to Pattern Department The Cedar Rapids Gazette 243 West 17th Street New York NY Additional ten cents will bring you latest Pattern Book.
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Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
West 17Th Street
New York
N. Y
Finland Rejects Concessions as Mannerheim Line Aims Scrapped
Finnish Minister G A Gripenberg told a London luncheon that Russia demanded destruction of the Mannerheim line in the Finnish Russian war. He said Finland agreed to some Russian demands to preserve peace but refused concessions equated with surrender of freedom.
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London
G. A. Gripenberg
Britain
Mannerheim
Finland
Gripenberg
Anamosa Night School Honors Perfect Attendance
A total of 30 women and 27 men received diplomas for perfect attendance at the Anamosa adult night school this season. Warden Foss Davis spoke on crime causes and law enforcement. Brooklyn hosts noted Edgington eightieth birthday open house with Mrs Edgington and relatives attending.
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Anamosa
Foss Davis
Brooklyn
A. J. Edgington
Engine trouble clues carburetor unlikely
When trouble appears suddenly in an engine it is not likely to be the carburetor because fuel-mixing changes occur slowly. The article suggests quick engine issues point to other causes rather than the carburetor.
Art gallery mystery deepens with forged deal and suicide
The American Art Association Anderson Galleries in New York faced a tangled case involving a supposed sale of a $30 million Chinese art treasure linked to a former German submarine commander. John Geery, seeking to salvage the gallery, insured partner Milton Logan for $150,000 before Geery's suicide following a murder.
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New York
Germany
Deutschland
Gerald Eckelmann
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Eckelmann
Chiang
John T. Geery
American Art Association- Anderson Galleries, Inc
Geery
Milton B. Logan
Logan
Lloyd's of London
Herbert Plaut
Logan alleges Geery hired attacker over art gallery deal
Logan, hospitalized with a fractured skull, says Geery hired an assailant to cash in an insurance policy and killed himself when the victim survived. Geery, in the insurance business, had gone to galleries in 1937 to insure art objects and met Logan, his boyhood friend who managed the galleries for Courtland Field Bishop's estate. Logan claims he urged Geery to invest and later sought more money, totaling 32,920, before Geery’s alleged involvement amid other treasure stories.
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Ous
Logan
Geery
Courtland Field Bishop
Plant
Plaut
Eckelmann
Nazi Troops Play Long Distance Chess By Postcard
Berlin reports German front line soldiers on the western front occupy themselves with chess played by postcard. The Greater German Chess association says 200 soldiers each play three games simultaneously, moving each piece by mail.
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Berlin
Greater German Chess Association
Ad Rite Ideas Contest Promises Weekly Prizes for Ideas
Contest invites submissions with one idea per sheet, names on opposite side, and envelopes containing multiple ads. Prizes include 130 weekly awards across advertisers, $25 weekly for top idea, and three grand prizes of 200, 100, and 50. Winners named weekly. ads may be reproduced.
Advertising guidance as concise as possible
The note urges readers to study the paper’s ads for product knowledge and buy recommendations. It encourages short ideas like slogans and verses for ads and visits to stores to understand goods. It emphasizes valuing brevity and testing the advertised items.
Wolf's Exclusive Fashion Lines Highlight Spring Solicitations
A Cedar Rapids store prides itself on carrying top fashion labels exclusive to Wolf's in the region. Shoppers can find Deanna Durbin and Deanna Dobbs dresses, Marlene originals, Manhattan coats, Barnett suits and other nationally advertised brands from Vogue Harper's and Mademoiselle with a 15 percent weeklong discount. The ad invites readers to open a charge account while noting Siebke and Taylor Company offers a large stock of sterling and plated silver.
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Wolf's
Cedar Rapids
Deanna Durbin
Deanna Dobbs
Marlene
Manhattan
Barnett
Vogue
Harper’s
Mademoiselle
Wolf’s
Siebke and Taylor Highlights Rogers Reflection 41 piece set
Siebke and Taylor promotes a 41 piece Rogers Reflection set and sterling silver salt and pepper shakers at nominal prices. The ad invites customers to visit the store to see the collection across varied price ranges.
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Ke and Taylor Company
Siebke and Taylor
Rogers
May's Cut Rate Drug Store Promotes Prepared Home Medicine
A local ad highlights May's Cut Rate Drug Store urging a well stocked cabinet to prevent illness. It touts quality, freshness, and low prices with seven registered pharmacists filling prescriptions accurately and offering brands like Parke-Davis Abbott Squibb Vick's and Upjohn's.
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May’s
May
Parke-Davis
Abbott
Squibb Vick’s
Upjohn’s
Easter season spurs surge in flower gifts at Toman’s
Flowers gain popularity as gifts and decor with Easter near. Toman’s offers a large spring selection including tulips jonquils and iris for birthdays anniversaries sick rooms and dinners while Everlasting wreathes suit funerals and cemetery memorials.
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Toman’s
Diamond Rings On Sale At 219 Second Ave SE
The listing states diamond rings priced from twenty five dollars at 219 Second Ave SE. Limited quantities available. Proceeds support local community efforts.
Syndicate Outfitters Men's and Boys Store
Readable note on location at 207 209 First Avenue East confirms a storefront serving as a menswear and boys apparel shop under the Syndicate Outfitters banner.
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First Avenue East
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Iowa
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3Rd Ave
2Nd St
Armstrong
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Champlin
E Ave
Joseph Toman
Third Ave
Hardendorf Camera Shop
Kodaks
10Th Street
Second Ave
10Th Street East
First Avenue
May Drug Company
Local Drug CO
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Paramount Theater
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the Peoples Savings Bank
Norge
Rosenbaum
Third Ave. SE
J. C. Penney CO
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Dial
Sizebee & Taylor Quality Jewelers
Ginsberg
NEW Process Laundry and
Zoric Dry Cleaners
Third Street
Rude Auto Company
Morris
Wolf’s Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear
Second Street SE
Okinow
Wear
Diamonds
Hamileton
Elgin
Gruen and
Bulova
Second Avenue SE
H. G. Fussell
Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Company
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National Life Insurance Company of Vermont
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Kodski
Sanford
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