Edward VIII The Keen Sportsman Who Charmed World
Milton Bronner profiles Edward VIII as a renowned sportsman and avid traveler. The prince rode with hounds, played polo, golfed at Sunningdale, and hunted in Africa and India. He popularized fashion trends, sailed into dual-control planes, and earned the moniker Prince of Sales for promoting British foods abroad.
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Edward VIII
Edward VI
Britain
Prince of Wales
Milton Bronner
NEA Service
Europe
London
Edward
Africa
Wales
Fort Belvedere
Personal Service League
Smith's Lawn
Virginia Water
India
England
Prince of Sales
Edward Viil
Local Area Scout Membership Gains in 1935
The Cedar Rapids area Boy Scout council covering Benton Jones and Linn counties reports a sharp 1935 upturn. At year end 1935 the roster included 835 Scouts 132 Cubs 21 Sea Scouts and 294 Scouters, up from 696 54 14 and 209 in 1934. The council added new troops and packs and conducted extensive community service with 4 305 hours in Cedar Rapids alone.
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Boy Scout Movement
Cedar Rapids
Benton, Jones and Linn
Area Council
Anual Area Council
Trinity Methodist Church
St. Wenceslaus Church of
Monticello
Lisbon
Olin Community Club
Olin
Harry W. Fraser
Lions’ Club
Red Cross
Young Men's Bureau
Life
Camp
Waubeek
Washington
King Edward VII rests at Fort Belvedere for weekend
King Edward VII travels to his country home for a weekend of rest while thousands pay respects. Foreign dignitaries and royal delegates prepare for the funeral route from Westminster Hall to Paddington station with burial planned at St George's Chapel Windsor.
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London
Edward VII
Ord Hkelder
Ernest Beath- Croft-Tewse
Ain Westminster Hall
Fort Belvedere
Gerioge
Mos
Prince Rudge
Fenst von Sturhemtergste
Austria
Ard
Nicolae Titulescu
Mitvete
Roumania
Artiste Viendas
Boris
Buleatsa
Carol
Leayxid
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Mordas
Westminster Hall
Paddington Station
Windsor
St George’s Chapel
Woman Arrest Warrant Issued in Local Bad Check Case
Chief of Detectives Earl Stanley reports a woman passing two bad checks at Three Sisters dress shop and Bailey Boot shop. She was located in the county jail at Iowa City under the name Anna Regenitter. A arrest warrant was issued by Justice W. J. Grunewald.
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Earl Stanley
Three Sisters Dress Shop
Bailey Boot Shop
Iowa City
Anna Regenitter
Stanley
W. J. Grunewald
Drake Football Star To Wed The Airline Nurse Carolyn Olson
Des Moines AP reports Drake football star Ubbo Abi, whose career at Minnesota was cut by a fatal rib injury, plans to marry Carolyn Olson the airline stewardess who cared for him during recovery. The couple says Abi hopes to coach in Minneapolis or start a business there.
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DES Moines
University of Minnnesota
Carolyn Olson
United Airlines
Viape Peal
Coron
Drake University
Carolyn
Ubi
Minnesota
Bernie Billiman
Missouri Valley Conference
Carolla
Nes Moines
Abi
Minneapolis
Local youth must return to face Minneapolis charges
A youth arrested at 723 Fifth avenue SE for Minneapolis authorities refused to waive extradition to Minnesota. Governor Clyde J. Herring in Des Moines granted the extradition request after Minnesota’s Floyd Olson explained the youth was wanted over a $530 women’s clothing store robbery.
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Fifth Avenue SE
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Clyde J. Herring
Des Moines
Herring
Floyd Olson
Martin
Albert Kracht 86 of Sigourney Dies After Illness
Albert Kracht, 86, lifelong Sigourney resident, died Friday after a period of illness. Born in St Louis in 1850, he moved to Sigourney at 14. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at the German Evangelical church, Rev C Schneider in charge. Burial in Sigourney. Survived by wife Amelia Schilling, son Emil, daughters Mrs Henry Koch Delta and Mrs Henry Seurs Keota and others, two sisters Mrs Pete Besser Harper and Mrs Dick Strohman Sigourney.
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Sigourney
Albert Kracht
Kracht
St Louis
German Evangelical Church
C Schneider
Amelia Schilling
Emil
Henry Koch
Delta
Henry Seurs
Keota
Ehnor Bruns
Arthur Tsannebecker
Yetta Blattner
Pete Besser
Harper
Dick Strohman
Tragedy at Crossing Prompts Tuesday Inquest in Fort Wayne
Coroner Walter Kruse ordered a formal inquest for Tuesday into the death of a family of twelve struck by a fast passenger train. The latest death Phyllis McBride, 5, followed the loss of hope for a firsthand account as officials prepare a mass funeral open to the public. Witnesses including Wabash railroad staff and local bystanders are scheduled to testify.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Walter E. Kruse
Phyllis McBride
Kruse
WPA
Maron McBride, Sr
Mrs McBride
Clara
Marion
Mary
Arthur
Virginia
Phyllis
Robert
Richard
Ramona
Indiana
Wabash Railroad
George King
Wabash
Andrew Conrad
Glen Roth
Ervin Sanders
Lifelong Sigourney Resident John Bower Dies at 72
John Bower 72 a lifelong Sigourney resident died Friday after a stroke The Rev John Shook of Ainsworth and the Rev C E Longnecker will coofficiate funeral services Tuesday at 1 30 p m at the Methodist church Burial will follow in Sigourney He was born and raised in the town His wife died earlier and two adopted daughters Nellie Kieinschmidt and Elsie McClennahan both of Sigourney survive.
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Sigourney
John Bower
Methodist Church
John Shook
Ainsworth
C E. Longnecker
Mr Bower
Nellie Kieinschmidt
Elsie McClennahan
Shirtmaker Spring Frock Patterns Featured by The Cedar Rapids Gazette
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Depart ment offers Anne Adams patterns 2658 and 2659 for spring frocks with V neck and flaring sleeves. Sizes 12 to 42 with 34 to 39 inch fabric needs, both priced 15 cents. Order book and patterns together for 25 cents.
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Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Department
Seventeenth Street
New York
N. Y
Scouting Council Officers and Committee Heads Named
The 1935 Scouting council lists Henry M. Files as president and W J Brown as vice presidents with officers including Chester S. Johnston commissioner and E M Pinney treasurer. Committee chairs cover court of honor camping civic service organization training health and safety merit badge counselors board of review and reading. District reps include G L Hill Belle Plaine and others.
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Henry M. Files
H. M. Gage
J. H. Bormann
B. J. Newberger
W. J. Brown
Chester S. Johnson
E. M Pinney
N. Harold West
A.C. Deamer
del C. Porter
Howard H Cherry
Harry Kremers
Fred Winter
Mark Anderson
Street Car Splits Switch Ties Up Traffic Half Hour
A Bever park street car driven by Ewald Waegner split a switch Saturday night at 6, tying up street car traffic on the Bever park Grande avenue Mount Vernon lines for about thirty minutes. The front section stayed on Third avenue while the rear moved onto Fifth street rails. a wrecker returned the car to service and passengers were transferred to other cars during the delay.
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Third Avenue
Fifth Street SE
Bever Park
Grande Avenue
Mount Vernon Avenue SE
Ewald Waegner
Sixth Avenue
Fifth Street
Street Lights Extinguished by Water in Powerhouse
All city street lights failed Saturday night due to water in the street light regulators at the Iowa Electric Light and Power company powerhouse. Water entered from frost on the building walls and roof, melting in the late afternoon. Regulators were dried and heat applied before resuming service.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Police Chief Plays Cupid For Waterloo Couple
Assistant Police Chief Al Mikota arranged a marriage license for E R Appleby and Edna Gladys Noll after a late arrival prevented timely licensing. The couple, with driver Archie Blankenship, wed at Trinity Methodist with Rev Elton D Wells presiding and then left for Davenport. The license issue involved Arthur Axmear. A traffic accident at B avenue and Ninth street NW preceded the ceremony. no injuries were reported.
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al Mikota
Dan Cupid
Waterloo
Mikota
E. R. Appleby
Edna Gladys Noll
Archie Blankenship
Mikola
Arthur Axmear
Elton D. Wells
Trinity Methodist Church
Cave
Davenport
B Avenue
Ninth Street
Blankenship
George R. Moloney
Eighth Street
Hitler to Attend Funeral of King George
Adolf Hitler informed the British embassy that he plans to participate in memorial exercises for the late King George at St. George's Church in Berlin on Tuesday.
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Hitler
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
King George
St. George's Church
Italy claims victory in major Ethiopian battle near Makale
Italian forces report a decisive three day engagement in Tembien near Makale with Eritrean troops and Blackshirts said to have repelled Ethiopian attacks. Italian losses cited as 743 killed and wounded, including 25 white officers and 310 Eritrean troops. Ethiopian casualties estimated over 5,000.
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Rome
Italy
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Tembien
Makale
Pietro Badoglio
Badoglio
Ras Kassa
Ras Siyoum
Andino
Enderta
Haussen
Debri
Negaida
Antalo
Seban
Kerikata
Mount Lata
Warieu
Chamber Speakers Booked For February Community Meetings
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce announces its newly organized speakers bureau will present talks in two local gatherings during the first week of February. Robert O. Bickel will discuss One Thousand Miles of Eastern Town Rivers by Canoe at Middle Amana High School February 7 at 7 PM. A. L. Taylor will speak on Salesmanship at the Sigourney Commercial Club meeting February 3 at 6 30 PM. Ten neighboring towns seek speakers from the Gazette list published January 12, with dates to be set.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Commercial Club of Sigourney
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Sells Stable
Commons
House of Commons
Oxford
Bath Club
Sunningdale
Bachelor Hall
Uganda
Prince
Reading
Sea Scouts
Kiwanian
Kiwanis Club
H. M. Wies
Kiwanis
Camp Waubeek
Cedar River
Sea Scout Committee
Robert O. Bickel
James E. Franken
Everett Chandler
John Turner III
Arthur J. Nie
First Congregational Church
Harrison P T. A
St. John's Episcopal Church
Gazette
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
Upper Iowa
Burlington
North Woods
University
King
Drake
Towa Cats
Stan Spat
Fred Uh
Cupid
Chamber of Commerce
Maddigan School of Music
3Rd St. SE
Over Postal Telegraph Co
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