Canadian Heroes to Meet at Vimy Ridge Tribute Planned for July
Large scale peace time ceremony set for July at Vimy Ridge France to honor Canadian veterans. Officials expect 6 500 veterans from Canada plus 3 000 from England and Europe with 600 official guests and thousands of spectators. Royal Canadian Mounted Police guards and 1 000 guards mobiles will secure the site as King Edward VII unveils the memorial marking the Vimy Ridge battlefield and bearing 11 285 missing Canadians names.
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France
Vimy Ridge
Canadian Legion
Canada
England
Paris
Edward VII
Royal Mounted
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Pas-de-Calais
Alice Longworth Reflects on Spies and National Security
In a satirical column ALICE LONGWORTH notes English politicians alarmed by the Hindenburg over England while contrasting American views on spy scares. The piece mocks past New Deal controls and praises freedom from such intrusions in a 1936 context.
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Cincinnati
Hindenburg
England
Will Thorne
Germany
Washington
Capitol
NRA
AAA
Potato Control
Alice Longworth
One Family Boasts 260 Years in Methodist Ministry
A Minnesota family of a father, five sons, and a son-in-law collectively logged 260 years in Methodist Episcopal ministry across Minnesota, Iowa, and North Dakota. Led by Rev. John J. Parish now 83, the clan includes ministers in St. Paul, Minneapolis, Winona, Pine City, Valley City, and McGregor, with Uncle Jus tus Parish and other relatives among the clergy.
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Minneapolis
Methodist Episcopal
Minnesota
Iowa
North Dakota
John J. Parish
Onamia
Minn
Earnest Parish
Central Park Methodist Church
St. Paul
Herbert H. Parish
Edgewater Methodist Church
Minnesota Temperance Movement
S. L. Parish
Winona
J. L. Parish
Pine City
George O
Valley City
N. D
S. F. Kenderdine
McGregor
Justus Parish
Lester Prairie
Ontario
Bryan Named Officer
A. W. Bryan of Iowa City Iowa was elected vice president of the American College of Dentists for 1937 and 1938 at a meeting in San Francisco AP reports.
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San Francisco
A. W. Bryan
Iowa City
Monday
The
American College of Dentists
Engine And 61 Cars Pass Over Railroad Man
Omaha mustered a dramatic survival tale as Charles E. Harvey, a 46 year old car checker, described how an engine and sixty one cars passed over him after he fell while crossing the track. He suffered severe bruises and lacerations though he survived with clothing shredded.
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Omaha
Charles E. Harvey
Harvey
Central City Men In Crash Fatal To Illinois Motorist
Raymond C. Lederer, 22, of Warrenville, was killed when his car collided with a cattle truck driven by Joseph W. Story, 31, of Central City Iowa. Story and two passengers Richard Nightingale 22 and Ella Wallroff 25 were taken to Community hospital with non serious injuries. The truck carried four cows and 30 hogs en route to Chicago.
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Lederer
Mrs. M. Chudzinski Dies Near Springville at 78
Mrs. Mike Chudzinski aged 78 died at 4 30 p m Monday at her son Herman s home two and a half miles east of Springville She was born in Germany and came to the United States at age 15 She lived in Atkins and Churdan Iowa before moving to her son s home five years ago She is survived by two daughters Mrs T E Johnson Perry and Mrs Robert Bellcock Churdan two sisters Mrs Dan Snyder Minnesota and Sofia Risch Newhall seven grandchildren Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Springville
Mike Chudzinski
Herman
Chudzinski
Germany
Atkins and
Churdan
T. E. Johnson
Perry
Robert Bellcock
Dan Snyder
Minnesota
Sofia Risch
Newhall
Voters in Chelsea Approve Utility Franchise Renewal
In Chelsea Iowa Electric Light and Power won renewal by a wide margin. Across the town 156 voters supported the renewal while 6 opposed, sustaining the company’s operating franchise for about twenty years.
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Chelsea
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Old Sol Roasts Spuds for Housewife in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. W. F. Kremanek of 2001 E Avenue NW Cedar Rapids found potatoes she left on a bench had heated to 113 degrees, rendering them half roasted and suitable only for soup, challenging the notion that rural heat is milder than city heat.
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Lowa
W. F. Kremanek
E Avenue NW
Two Iowa Motorcyclists Die in City Collision
DES MOINES AP two young men riding a motorcycle were killed on Euclid avenue at East Twenty second street when they careened into an approaching automobile. The victims were Robert See,
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Des Moines
Euclid Avenue
East Twenty-second Street
Robert See
Des Moines Men Die In Highway Motorcycle Crash
Four men were involved in a fatal motorcycle accident on a Newton area highway. Vernon Eaton of Newton reported the riderless bike veered across the road at high speed before tipping and causing two riders from Des Moines and Zearing to be thrown into his car. The crash damaged his steering and left the motorcycle with no rider, continuing 200 feet beyond the collision.
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Des Moines
Cy Andrews
Zearing
Vernon Eaton
Newton
Eaton
Stolen Ford Sedan Recovered Within Hours
The theft of a Ford sedan owned by Joe Hills of Prairieburg was reported to the state bureau of investigation at request of Sheriff James H. Smith. The car was found abandoned near Missouri Valley within three hours and Hills notified Sheriff Smith that the car was taken Saturday night in Prairie Burt.
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Joe Hills
Prairieburg
State Bureau of Investigation
James H. Smith
Cedar Rapids
C. F. Cross
Logan
Smith
Missouri Valley
Hills
Prairieburt
Radio schedule listings with orchestras and hosts across networks
A dense, period radio timetable lists NBC CBS and local affiliates with countless orchestras singers and acts. Entries name Wayne King Edgar Guest Ken Murray Fred Waring Benny Goodman Fletcher Henderson and more across half hour blocks from morning to late night.
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Reisman Orch
NBC
WEAF
WMAQ
Bastile
WJZ
Hammerstein Music Hall
CBS
WEBM
KMOX
Wayne King
Kyw
Edgar Guest
Chai
Ken Murray
WABC
WCCO
Vox Pop
Bernie Orch
WJZ Chain
Fred Waring Orch
WBBM
Ed Wynn
Weap Kyw
Chain
Benny Wie Orch
SOM
wCcco
Meredith Willson
Orch
Weaf Chain
NBC String Symphony
Barry McKinley
EAF Chain
KMO
Clem McCarthy
Willard Robison Orch
Wabc Chain
Eeee Childs’ Orch
Nano- Rodrigo Orch
Frank Dailey Orch
Nanet
Ben Pollack
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Ole Rep
Bryan
Central City
Illinois
Watkins Orch
WGST
Pers Radio Review
Arnold
Margaret McCrae
Andy
Weaf Wow
Lee Wiley
Benny Tisids
Three Shades of Blue
WEAP
Cain
Elub Orch
Richard Encrete
Shirley W. Wynne
Bill and
Ginger Oon
Betty and
Bob
Weaf Chain Ae Levey Orch
Harum
Teale Caertet
Ane Chain
Olic Teams
Con't
ABC Kmox
Weaf Kyw
Merrymakers Orch
Weean Harding
Worth Kramer
Pete Woolery Orch
Dot and
Will
Jim
Cavalcade of America
Wildie
Eugene Howard
One Man’s Family
WLW
Budd
WEA
Andre Westelpads
Wabc OX
WOC
Hott, Orch
WACO
Toe Bester Orch
ACO
Patos
Givot
Ee Semin Orch
One
Romanelli Arch
Eno
Eddie House
George Givot
Radio Circus
LUX
Lux Toilet Soap
Lux Toilet
Armstrong’s
Armstrong
White Palm Beach
Palm Beach
Davis
the Gazette
Vicinity
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