Chinese Revolt Near Collapse Shapes Civil War Dynamics
Nanking presses a campaign to crush Kwangsi and unify central authority as Hunan troops flood the front and Canton reels. Chiang Kai-shek rejects calls to redraw forces while Japan backs Kwangsi, and moves to bolster defenses with arms, rice shipments, and 40 000 extra troops amid river defense and river patrols.
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Nanking
Kwangtung
Chiangki-shek
Hunan
Li Tsung-Jen
Pai Chung-Hsi
Chiang
Canton
United States River Patrol
Hankow
Changsha
Missionaries Rev and Mrs Kirk West to Speak in Cedar Rapids
The Rev D Kirkland West and his wife, missionaries at Weihsien in the Shantung peninsula, China, will speak in Cedar Rapids next Sunday. West and family return to China in August. talks scheduled at First Presbyterian at 10 am and Westminster at 7 30 pm with a vesper tea at First Presbyterian chapel from 5 to 7 pm.
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Kirk West
City
D. Kirkland West
Weihsien
Shantung Peninsula
China
Cedar Rapids
First Presbyterian Church
West
R. Bruce West
Davenport
Bruce A. West
American Presbyterian Mission
United States
First Presbyterian
Westminster Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Chapel
Friends of the Wests
Omaha Bridge Bill Is Scaled Back by Subcommittee
Washington AP reports a house interstate commerce subcommittee killed most of the Burke bill for Omaha Farnam Street bridge. The panel kept only a one year extension for completion and rejected broader powers including a council Bluffs bridge board. A Dodge Street bridge bill remains stalled as adjournment nears.
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Washington
House
Interstate Commerce
Burke
Farnam Street
Missouri River
Omaha
Edward R. Burke
Omaha Council Bluffs
Walsh
Boston
Evangelist Highlights Salvation Through Faith at Sunshine Mission
Lincoln Nebraska evangelist Rev Thomas J Hinkin conducts a two week Sunshine Mission series with 8 pm services daily The Sunday night message from Mark 10 21 noted the rich young ruler lacked eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ The speaker said salvation cannot be earned by good works but follows accepting Christ as savior
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Thomas J. Hinkin
Lincoln
Neb
Sunshine Mission
Mr. Hinkin
Jesus
Jesus Christ
the Evangelist
Christ
First Full Week Camp Period Opens For Area Scouts
Scouts from Cedar Rapids area councils join the first full week of camp at Camp Waubeek. The 1936 season began with a Catholic retreat camp last Wednesday through Sunday. Participants include Troop members from Vinton Mount Vernon and Cedar Rapids, notably Troops 47 40 42 17 5 12 and individual scouts.
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Cedar Rapids
Waubeek
Cedar Rapids Area
Bob Wilson
Harold Blocher
Carl Fisher
Mendal Lyness
John Hillstead
Ivan Davis
Edward Miller
Stanley Peterson
Neil Walden
Dick Hall
Rezoning petition seeks apartments on First Avenue South
A city council petition to rezone the south side of First Avenue East from Seventeenth Street to 200 feet east of Nineteenth Street from zone A to zone B was referred to the city plan commission. The measure would allow apartment buildings if lot size standards exist, with 75 percent ofowners on parts of the block supporting the change.
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First Avenue E
Seventeenth Street
Nineteenth Street
City Plan Commission
E. B. Cameron
First Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Eighteenth
Nineteenth Streets
Police Chief Vows Continued War on Traffic Violators
Cedar Rapids police chief Robert Vlach announced no let up in the war on speeders and traffic law violators. Seven speeders three reckless drivers and twenty eight other violators paid fines in police court Monday as Vlach and Sergeant Gordon Hughes pressed safer driving on busy arteries like First avenue E Center-Point road NE Mount Vernon avenue SE and Third street SE. Judges Powell and assistant city solicitor Johnson gave strict rulings with a mercy list for first offenses and a typed excusal list for those deemed satisfactory.
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Robert Vlach
Cedar Rapids
Vlach
Gordon Hughes
First Avenue E
Center-Point Road
Mount Vernon Avenue
Third Street
Thomas B. Powell
Harry S. Johnson
Vladh
Camp Wapsie Y Seventeenth Season Opens With 85 Boys
Eighty five boys left Cedar Rapids to begin week two at Camp Wapsie Y near Central City. Despite rain and high water, first week offered campfire programs, devotional periods, hikes, and varied crafts. Cabin groups swept track and field events while named leaders supervised junior and senior divisions.
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Cedar Rapids
Camp Wapsie-Y
Central City
Carl Koehn
C. Allen
Central City Methodist Church
Cabin 7
Charles Oxley
Cabin 12
George Moran
Cabins
Junior Day
Keith Koehn
E. St. Germaine
Gail Schwarz
K. Koehn
Arnold Browner
Cabin 2
Cabin 5
Houck
Ross
Paul Lybarger
Bob Gibson
Jim Watson
James King
Kenneth Heefner
Elmer Woolwine
Clarence Vanourney
Ed Mahnke
Russian ballet returns to Immaculate Conception auditorium
An enthusiastic audience welcomed Edna Dieman's revival of a Russian ballet at the Immaculate Conception auditorium. Mary Jane Hubbard starred as Ilka, with Frank Caine as Josy and a cast of dancers delivering ensembles from the Enchanted Forest tale and a diverse program including "The Sleeping Princess" divertissements. The event highlighted strong pantomime, technique, and musical accompaniment by Mrs. Stuart Coon.
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Edna Dieman
Immaculate Conception Auditorium
Ilka
Enchanted Forest
Josy
Mary Jane Hubbard
Frank Caine
Maxine Darey
Marilyn Morehouse
Evelyn Cone
Velma Cheney
Dryads
Pauline Fredrikson
Eve Powell
Allayne Kenecny
Mary Jane Brown
Evelyn Afflerbaugh
Lorraine Lee Hinton
Bettilou Lefebvre
Marlyn Ladd
Jean France
Mary Eileen Stenner
Marie Kathryn Morlan
Norma Leeney
Martha Suchy
Virginia Greer
Mary Healy
Edna Mae Hardy
June Green
Alyce Mary Chadima
Joyce Elaine Libal
JoFran Kouba
Kathryn Christensen
Beverly Ainsworth
Patricia Ruebel
Doris McNall
Dorothy Cunningham
Bonie Rose Jonas
Arlene Churchill
Stuart Coon
Edwina Booth Defeats Seven Year Illness
New York AP reports Edwina Booth, famed for Trader Horn, has recovered after a seven year battle with a tropical malady. Once a rising star in 1929, she now plans to help others stay healthy and may return to Hollywood later, but not soon.
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New York
Edwina Booth
Trader Horn
Miss Booth
Hollywood
Two Injured In Auto Accidents In City
Mrs. Elizabeth Panek, 43, suffered a bruised neck when Earl Burlingham, 41, crashed into a parked car she sat in near Third avenue SW. Burlingham was charged with intoxication and fined 25 dollars plus costs. Adam Karolvich, 59, suffered arm bruises when the car he rode in, with John Zalumski, was struck by a hit and run at the Cedar View clubhouse driveway. Zalumski drove on. no other injuries reported.
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Elizabeth Panek
Wilson Avenue
Earl Burlingham
Tenth Street
Third Avenue
John Zalumski
Third Street NW
Cedar View
Eleventh Street
Zalumski
Doings of Congress Senate and House Actions
Senate considers Wagner housing bill while the Interstate Commerce Committee studies the Guffey Vinson coal measure. House takes up conference reports on interior department appropriation and other bills as agriculture and tax committee business continues.
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Wagner
Interstate Commerce Committee
Guffey-Vinson
HOUSE
Interior Department
Agriculture
Senate
Oxford Mills Doctor A A Cubbage Dies At Home
Dr A A Cubbage longtime Oxford Mills resident died suddenly at his home Friday morning Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church conducted by Rev Weigumuth with burial at Mayflower cemetery
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Oxford Mills
A. A. Cubbage
Methodist Church
Weigumuth
Mayflower Cemetery
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Rev. D. Kirkland West
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