Jealousy suspected in Dr Webster murder case
Providence authorities said a nurse who had been friendly with Dr George W. Webster would be questioned as investigators pursue a theory that an enraged husband or rival suitor killed the birth control league head. A one time army officer and the doctor’s wife were among possible suspects as new details emerged about a blonde companion and a shooting at the physician’s home.
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Providence
R. I
George W. Webster
Sustor
Rhode Island
Birth Control League
Webster
Trip
Seek To Appeal To State Board From Budget Of Dubuque
Local attorney John Cunningham said petitions for an appeal to the state budget board over the 1937-38 Dubuque school budget were being prepared. He expected 40 voter signatures promptly and aimed to file within weeks as required by law.
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Dubuque
Dubuque (Ap
John Cunningham
Dubuque Board of Education
Miami Spends 314000 on New Orange Bowl
City funds allocate 314000 for a new Orange Bowl project with nighttime lighting and statues. Details are unclear due to damaged text but costs and intent to upgrade the facility are stated.
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Miami
New
Retired Rock Island engineer dies after long illness
Frank Devery 1132 Ellis boulevard NW, a retired Rock Island locomotive engineer, died in a local hospital Thursday at 12 20 am after an eighteen month illness. Born Clermont December 8, 1872, he worked 41 years for the Rock Island railroad, last 15 years as a passenger engineer and joined the pension rolls last September. Survived by wife Margaret, two sisters Stella Powers Lewisburg and Anna Titus Berkeley, and a brother Ed Devers Rubens. A brother J C Devery died in 1932. He was a member of several fraternal orders. Funeral arrangements pending, friends may call at Brady chapel after 7 pm Friday.
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Frank Devery
Ellis Boulevard
Rock Island
Mr Devery
Clermont
Rak Island Railroad
Margaret
Tayo
Stella Powers
Lewisbure
Anna Titus
Berkeley
Cal
Funeral services for Mrs Ida Lundin set for Saturday
Funeral services will be held in Turner chapel at 2 pm Saturday with Rex C F Carlson pastor of Saron Lutheran Church officiating. Burial follows in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Ida Lundin
Turner Chapel
Rex. C F Carlson
Saron Lutheran Church
Linwood Cemetery
Six Ton Cheese Exhibit Planned for State Fair
A six ton cheese will be poured at the West Martinsburg cheese factory and shown at the New York State Fair in Syracuse in the fall. A wooden hoop fifty-two inches high and about twenty one feet in diameter will hold the cheese, and cheese binding will line the hoop the day before the pour.
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Lowville
West Martinsburg
Syracuse
N. Y
Insurgents battle to hold Madrid amid heavy fighting
Government and insurgent forces slugged through Madrid surroundings with assaults on Brunete and pockets near Villanueva de la Canada. Frontal clashes produced heavy losses, as Franco’s units held key positions on Peak No. 660 while insurgents pressed along the pocket’s edges and toward Brunete.
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Madrid
Prange
Franco
Madet
Villanueva Deait Canada
Villanueva de la Canada
Brunete
Jose Muaja
Miaga
Sound Sacrifice Bidding In Contract Bridge
The article explains sound sacrifice bidding and the six elements of the standardized bidding code. It discusses opening strength, lead selection, conventions, bidding choices, and defender strategy with a hand example illustrating a sacrifice aimed at limiting opponents’ profits.
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Beth Pattiner
Make This Model At Home Anne Adams Apron Patterns
The article promotes two aprons from pattern 4461 by Anne Adams. It describes style A in chambray dotted Swiss or dimity with frills and style B in gingham or percale, both with pockets. It gives sizes small to large and fabric yardage, plus 15 cents for the pattern and step-by-step instructions.
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Anne Adams
New Anne Adams Pattern Book Promises Summer Frocks
Advertisement urges readers to order the New Anne Adams Pattern Book and stitch summer dresses and accessories. Promotes trim sportsters, flattering outfits, children’s wear, and slenderizing models with fabric and beauty hints. Book 15 cents, patterns 15 cents, both 25 cents. address Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department 243 W 17th St New York NY.
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Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
W. 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Seattle Newsroom Workers Refuse Guild Dues over Policy
Forty editorial employees of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Guild members refuse to pay dues and assessments. They accuse the guild of taxation without representation and oppose the St Louis convention referendum action. The petition targets the international board and Heywood Broun.
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Seattle
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
American Newspaper Guild
Guilds International Executive Board
Heywood Broun
Guild Reporter
Guild News Organ
St Louis
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Guild
Fred Niendorff
Ae Daily
Nature Provides Steam In Himalaya Foothills
Pilgrims in Kangra valley circle the Himalaya foothills where many springs emit boiling water. Visitors wrap meats and vegetables in linen and suspend them in the mineral steam to cook in minutes after sightseeing.
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Kangra
India
Kangra Valley
Himalaya
Townsend club to meet in superior court room Friday
Townsend's No 4 club will meet in the superior court room Friday at 7 30 p.m. Mr and Mrs Charlies Zvacek have returned from a trip to Yellowstone park and Salt Lake City. Cedar Rapids Gideons will lead services at Mechanicsville churches at 11 a.m. Sunday. Miss Gracie Ackerman underwent an appendectomy Wednesday morning. Her condition is good. Dr John H Peck will speak Friday noon at the High Twelve club meeting in the Roosevelt hotel on The Changing Order in Tuberculosis. Emil Stolba and Don Anderson with Paul Anderson of Chicago take an auto trip to the Black Hills Yellowstone Park and Colorado.
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Townsend’ Club No. 4
Superior Court Room
Charlies Zvacek
Yellowstone Park
Salt Lake City
Cedar Rapids
Gracie Ackerman
Frank Ackerman
Eleventh Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
John H. Peck
Oakdale
High Twelve Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Emil Stolba
Don Anderson
Paul Anderson
Chicago
Black Hills
Canadian Points
Montana
Colorado
Newsboys hosted at New State theater by manager
Sixty five Gazette newsboys were guests of Ray Vernimont manager of the New State theater Wednesday evening. They watched a double bill featuring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in Naughty Marietta and Wallace Beery and Clark Gable in Hell Divers. Alex Fidler accompanied the group and the boys thanked the theater for hospitality.
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Gazette
Hat Contest Highlights Lincoln Playground Night
Lincoln playground community night featured a hat contest with awards for largest smallest and oldest hats given to Fortuna Meade Pauline Filson and Jimmy Filson. The program included piano solos by Louis Valiere a clarinet duet by James Reiger and Joseph Ikenberry and piano selections by Jeanne Jericek. About 325 attended the evening arranged by Ben Kammer and Genevieve Streeter.
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Lincoln Playground
Fortuneta Meade
Fifteenth Avenue
Pauline Filson
Twentieth Avenue
Jimmy Filson
Louis Valiere
Nineteenth Avenue
James Reiger
Eighteenth Avenue
Joseph Ikenberry
Jeanne Jericek
Ninth Street
Ben Kammer
Genevieve Streeter
Maxwell and Petrikin Tie Knot in Cedar Rapids
Marcus W. Maxwell and Helen May Petrikin, both of Cedar Rapids, secured a marriage license marking their planned nuptials. A unrelated note mentions pythons breathe only about twice a minute.
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Marcus W. Maxwell and
Helen May Petrikin
Cedar Rapids
Iowa to shift conservation fund to comptroller office
Governor Kraschel announced that the 250000 dollar annual appropriation for emergency conservation work in Iowa will be handled by the state comptroller. The change follows a conference with the attorney general and comptroller and aligns with how other state funds are managed. The funds support CCC camps and other conservation projects.
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Iowa
Comptroller’s Office
DES Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
State Comptroller’s Office
Kraschel
Gasoline Tax Revenues Forecast Near One Billion in 1937
Preliminary estimates project U.S. motorists will pay about 1 billion dollars in gasoline taxes during 1937. The figure underscores the heavy reliance on fuel levies to fund road and infrastructure programs nationwide.
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Providence Police
George Webster
Saunderstown Ferry
Jamestown
Dr. Webster
Homeopathic Hospital
Sidami Fis
UC Pa
Avatler Photograph
Lastman Cameras
Hardendorf's
Third Avenue SE
Page A. Guest
Wm. E. McKenney
American Bridge League
Venerrath
Bell
Foloor
Fulton
Goodyear Hall
Howe WM
Carmeek
Morganthaler Morse
Westnenouse
Wright
Aaqie
South West
Kodak Seniors
Sanford
Blue Valley
E-Valley
Newsies
Dr. J.C. Landenberger Optometrist
Third Street SE
Hall -Ekfelt
Eastman
Kodak
Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester
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