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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1939

Page

51

Ed Dieman Dry Goods, Plumber, Brings Cheer to Sick Online

Ed Dieman of 215 B avenue NW spends Sundays visiting 954 sick individuals last year and thousands over twenty years. He heads sick committees for Elks Shrine Mount Hermon Grotto High Twelve, lends bed tables fans radios and crutches, and buys flowers and fruit for patients. Dieman began after recovering from illness inspired by Elks and Knights of Pythias aid. he emphasizes cheerful visits, personal conversation, and timely news.

E. L. Dieman B Avenue NW Elks Club Shrine Mount Hermon Lodge the Grotto High Twelve Club Ed Dieman Jill Elks Shriners Smn Mr. Dieman Elks and Knights of Pythias

Bernarr Macfadden Leads 600 Mile Walk To World Fair

Bernarr Macfadden and 150 hikers began a 600 mile trek from City Hall Plaza toward the New York world fair. Lawson Robertson fired the starting gun. The group includes people from most states Canada Hawaii and the Philippines among 600 applicants chosen for fitness.

Philadelphia Bernarr Macfadden City Hall Plaza Dansville N. Y Lawson Robertson University of Pennsylvania Macfadden Canada Hawaii Philippines

Sailor Clings Hours To Perilous Perch Aid Sub

BIRKENHEAD England UP reports a young British navy sailor fought for hours clinging to the stern of the Thetis submarine during its surface ordeal. He hammered for air passage then slid to a lifeline and climbed back as the Vigilant reached the upturned stern, narrowly escaping a fall into the sea.

Birkenhead England Thetis Comair Vigilant

Bert Lahr Denied Annulment Pending Evidence of Insanity

New York Supreme Court Justice Gerald Nolan withheld a marriage annulment for comedian Bert Lahr until he provides further proof that his wife Mercedes Delpino Lahreim is incurably insane. Lahr had filed March 2 and produced a three-doctor report indicating five years of insanity. The judge urged living doctors to testify at a later hearing.

White Plains N. Y Supreme Court Gerald Nolan Bert Lahr Irving Lahreim Lahr Mercedes Delpino Lahreim

Coe College to Graduate 117 in Monday Exercises

A class of 117 seniors will receive diplomas at Coe College Monday in the T. M. Sinclair Memorial chapel. The program opens with an organ recital by Eleanor Taylor at 9 a.m. followed by Senator Edward R. Burke of Omaha delivering the address on What America Expects of its Colleges. honorary degrees will be conferred on Burke and Mabel Lee. The ceremony includes music by the commencement choir and a postlude, with the list naming graduates and fields of study.

Coe College T. M. Sinclair Eleanor Taylor J. F. Yothers U. S Edward R. Burke Omaha America Senator Burke Mabel Lee University of Nebraska Coe Miss Taylor Walt Schumann A. S. Nickless Tschesnokoff Burke Paul S. Ray Evening Star Wagner Kinder

Burke to Speak at Coe College Commencement

United States Senator Edward K. Burke of Nebraska will deliver the commencement address at Coe College tomorrow at 9 a.m. His topic is What America Expects of Its Colleges. The college will award honorary doctor of laws degrees to Burke and to Prof. Mabel Lee of the University of Nebraska.

United States Edward K. Burke Nebraska Coe College America Burke Mabel Lee University of Nebraska

Local Names List From Iowa and Illinois Areas

A fragmented OCR reads names linked to various U S towns including Greenville Mies Oelwein Berwyn Ill Cedar Rapids Chicago Ti Springville Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Washington Bondurant Dysart and Dysart area residents Evelyn Pedrey Laura Belle Platt Richard Pollack Wayne A Rogers Adam R Slapetis Stanley Smith William L Stusak Isabelle Sword Charles H Thompson Howard M Tomlinson Gray Alan Wilson Keith W Cold.

Robert H Anderson Celwein Rachel Austin Cedar Rapids Marion E. Batley Elkader Ruth E. Beitel Moline Phyllis A. Bixler Clarence Dale R. Branchflower Martelle Elizabeth M Buckingham Osk Park Cleo C, Byers West Branch Audrey A. Campbell Ida Mae Carlson Oelwein Edward B. Cleaver Joplin Elizabeth Ann Coe Davenport Jane Fuhrmeister Wilma A. Galloway Bristow Oklo Charles Garberson Sibley Robert W. Hach Charles W Hahn Sigourney Jack R. Hamilton Tipton Verna Hanold Preston Wilfreda Hauser Clifford B. Hellman Paullina Edwin J. Hembera Raymond H. Hibbing Ruth L. Preston Charles H Ralston Keats Roy A. Rickless Monticello John F Ruther Angelo Saccaro Seymour Walter G. Sack Mount Carroll Alfred Fl Ammet Helen Bimmons Marjorie E. Smith Shanghai China Ronald E. Smith Sanborn Clifford P Soukup Cicero Rosalie E. Stanley Robert R. Stary Virginia G. Stevens John C. Swearingen Sac City Elinor Sweltzer Anna M. Tamarri Highwood Ill Trenne MM. Teets Milledgeville Frederick J Telecky Ely Janet R. Thomes Catherine M. Timm Charles BE. Vesely Arthur F. Vetter Calamus Eileen G. Wiles C. Hollis Wall Raymond J Wallace Hopkinton Bernice Wechaler Carl J. Wilson Lineville Margaret £. Wilson Richard A. Wing Kelley G. Wodtke Merwin O. Woodward Cedar Belle I. Jones Albert R. Kitzhaber Jean A. Lindsey Elisabeth Low Robert Norris Anna Marie Painter Evelyn Pedrey Greenville Mies Laura Belle Platt Richard Pollack Berwyn Wayne A. Rogers Adam R. Slapetis Chicago Stanley Smith Springville William L. Stusak Isabelle Sword Charles H. Thompson Washington Howard M. Tomlinson Bondurant Gray Alan Wilson Bachelor of Muale Keith W Cold Dysart

Beating the Races Through Short Wave Radio Suspect Arrests

In St Louis four men including Mrs Hazel Cheatham were jailed over an alleged scheme using a short wave radio in a bonnet to obtain race results before bookmakers. Irving Lee says he lost five to six thousand dollars to the group after she sent results to others. Police chased her from a handheld radio aided system, arresting three at a hotel and detaining a father figure. A fourth man was sought.

ST. Louis INS Irving Lee Lee Patrick Hazel Cheatham George W. Cheatham San Diego Calif Guy L. Stark Ellsworth T. Caverly Anaheim

Democracy advocate Dr. Birkhead to speak at local church

Dr L M Birkhead founder of Friends Of Democracy will address the public at Peoples church Tuesday night at 8 pm. Sponsored by Temple Judah and Peoples church lay groups the event will be free. Birkhead, a retired Unitarian minister, supplied material for Look and Life on fascism and for Stanley Highs Saturday Evening Post piece.

L. M. Birkhead Kansas City United States Peoples Church Temple Judah The Friends of Democracy, Inc Birkhead Look Life Stanley High Saturday Evening Post Institute For Propaganda Analysis

Justice Hughes Suffering Duodenal Ulcer, Seeks Full Recovery

Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes is ill with a duodenal ulcer but officials say there is no doubt of a full recovery. He will miss court and official events at the White House and British embassy as he rests and receives diet and rest.

Washington Charles Evans Hughes Nelson A. Potter White House

Electric Umbrella Test Fails on Maiden Bridge Descent

In Atlantic Highlands New Jersey the "photo dry cell chute" or "electric umbrella" failed during its first test over the Shrewsbury river. Descentist Gene Tortariello plunged into the water as the umbrella inverted and sank, with inventor Mayer Abrams of Asbury Park not recovering it.

Atlantic Highlands N, J Atlantic Highlands Bridge Gene Tortariello Shrewsbury River Mayer Abrams Asbury Park Tortariello Inventor Abrams

Mystery jumper evades gravity as police eye permit arrest

A jumper perched a radio condenser at the tip and dry cells hint at gravity defiance. He swam ashore while the bridge tender called police to arrest him for lacking a permit, though officers delayed action while photographers and reporters milled about Tortoriello.

Canada Trade Pact Becomes Fully Effective June 17

The state department announced the new trade treaty with Canada will become fully effective on June 17 when documents are exchanged in Ottawa. The article also notes England’s 1614 Christmas observance ban and its revival by Charles II, with Scots adhering to the Puritan view.

Washington State Department Canada Ottawa England

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Gazette E. L. Diemen M. J. B. Coffee Miracle del Monte Pears Stone Nestle RINSO Edward XK. Burke Dr. Birkhead Friends of Democracy Justice Hughes Mary Miles Paul Jones Newman Headquarters For Fashion and Value Mery Miles Newmans Flo Newman Newman S Mir Minn, Ome
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