Encampment Opens for VFW in Cedar Rapids Today
Veterans of Foreign Wars opens its annual encampment in Cedar Rapids with registration at the Montrose hotel at 12 30 pm. Nearly 1000 veterans and Auxiliary members are expected to attend as parades and marching begin at 7 15 am. Commander Squyres and past national president Toussaint arrive to escort guests. The Iowa department executive council meets at 2 30 pm to plan business sessions and a banquet at 5 30 pm. Memorial service follows at the coliseum with special music and taps.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
V.F.W
Arthur S. Buckner
Scott P. Squyres
Oklahoma City
V.ef.w
Winifred D. Toussaint
Jersey City
Iowa
Squyres
Commonwealth
I. C. Fellers
Des Moines
Flander
Frank Volker
Ethel Consigny
Oelwein
Joe Markey
Little Mother Seeks Camp Life Aide At Good Health
Gifts pour into Camp Good Health from community helpers including Marshall Hall of Hail Manufacturing with a new teeter totter, Fredrick Meyer of Olin sending pins and toys, Lloyd Spencer gifting rhubarb, Ed Kopp delivering bananas. Ida Mansfield circle of the King’s Daughters hosts a jam and jelly shower as Boy Scout troop 25 members assist.
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Marshall Hall
The
Hail Manufacturing Company
Fredrick Meyer
Olin
Lloyd Spencer
Cedar Rapids
Ed Kopp
Park Court
Ida Mansfield
King's Daughters
Boy Scout Troop No. 25
Bob Kimball
Jim Kinstler
John Roosevelts Begin Honeymoon in Nahant
John and Anne Roosevelt wed in a six minute Episcopal ceremony at Union Church Nahant and moved to the Nahant club for a champagne toast with 300 guests. The First Family attended with Sara Delano Roosevelt presiding as guests praised the couple amid public cheers and a busy reception.
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Union
John
Nahant Club
Frederic Tudor
West Indies
Roosevelt
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
F. Haven Clark
Anne
Joan Clark
Joan
Sistie
Buzzie
Buzzie” Dall
Anna Roosevelt Dali Boettiger
Sissie
Nahant
Mass
John Roosevelt
Boston
Back Bay
Veterans of Foreign Wars State Encampment Guests Arrive
Scott P. Squyres of Oklahoma and Mrs. Winifred D. Toussaint of New Jersey are among the distinguished guests arriving to attend the VFW State Encampment at the Montrose hotel. Squyres served in the Navy in World War I making nine convoy trips to France aboard the Huntington and later earned arts and law degrees before becoming a lawyer.
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Scott P. Squyres
Oklahoma City
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Winifred D. Toussaint
Jersey City
N. J
V. F.W
Montrose Hotel
Squyres
Navy
France
Atlantic
Europe
Japan Bombs American Mission School in Pingtu
The U.S. embassy said Japanese naval planes damaged the American principal's home and a Southern Baptist mission school at Pingtu Shantung. About two hundred students were in the school during the bombing last Wednesday. six American flags were reportedly ignored.
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Peiping
INS
United States
Southern Baptist Mission
Pingtu
Shantung Province
Camp Good Health Seeks Donations for Cedar Rapids Children
Jim Rogers Tom Shive and Jim Shive collected fifty two dozens of homemade cookies thirty three pints and thirty two glasses of jams and jelly. Needy children aged 6 to 12 at Camp Good Health in Cedar Rapids need nourishing food as most are under nourished or recovering from illness. The Public Health Nursing association runs the camp and relies on voluntary donations to the Camp Good Health Fund via The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Jim Rogers
Tom Shive
Jim Shive
P. F. Keehn
Hugh White
E. C. Hoover
Owen Barry
E. G. Nichols
Merton Morris
A. J. Fleckenstein
Marshall Hall
T. C. Felix
D. D. Morgan
H. C. Kimball
P. W. Shive
William Lee
Boyd Rogers
William Dennison
Milo Wenger
G H. Tellier
W. Paul Engel
Walter Hambright
Everett Chandler
John Morton
John M. Hutch
S. E. Coquillette
L. L. Dolson
Emma Delp
The
Public Health Nursing Association
Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health Fund
Camp Good Health
the Gazette
Owa
Chicagoan Names New Head Of 13th Engineers
The Chicagoan announces a new head of the 13th Engineers with a banquet at the Hotel Roosevelt featuring Col N L Howard who commanded the regiment in France and C C Cunningham of Cedar Rapids division superintendent of the Rock Island. A floor show by Dan Whelan preceded the talks with performances by Mary Jane Hubbard Lorraine Hinton Mary Jane Brown and Leone Blume plus Benny Brooks Jr.
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Hotel Roosevelt
Col. N. L. Howard
Chicago
France
C. C. Cunningham
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Dan Whelan
Mary Jane Hubbard
Lorraine Hinton
Mary Jane Brown
Leone Blume
Benny Brooks, Jr
Ben J. Brooks
Trenton
N. J
New Pattern of Foreign Policy Emphasized by Nations
The text argues for a new global approach to foreign policy stressing peaceful enterprise and economic expansion. It asserts that naval movements in the Atlantic and through the Panama Canal showcase America’s commitment to China and other regions, signaling no retreat from areas where citizens engage in commerce and peaceful activity.
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Atlantic
Panama Canal
America
China
Pittman urges aerial bombing ban with global pact
Senator Key Pittman calls for an international compact to outlaw bombing of civilians and barbarities of warfare and to impose economic sanctions on violators. He would require Germany Italy Japan and Soviet Russia to join before the U S signs. He also forecasts reforms to the neutrality act.
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Washington
INS
Key Pittman
Nevada
Senate Foreign Relations
America
Pittman
Germany
Italy
Japan
Soviet
Russia
Iowa City Farm Youth Injured As Team Runs Away
Iowa City farmer Arthur Williams’ 20 year old son Greeley Williams suffered severe skin abrasions when his team bolted on the Williams farm five miles southwest of town. Neighbors found him dazed in a field and he was taken to Mercy hospital where doctors treated him for back elbows and leg injuries. His condition Saturday night was reported as good.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Greeley Williams
Arthur Williams
Williams
Young Williams
Mercy Hospital
Seventh District Democrats to name Wearin seat candidate
In RED OAK the Seventh Congressional District Democrats will meet in convention at 11 a.m. on Tuesday July 12 to nominate a candidate for Representative Otha D Wearin's seat. The nomination falls to the convention after none of six candidates in the primary reached 35 percent. Wearin, who has represented the district since 1932, did not seek reelection to Congress while he pursued the U.S. Senate nomination.
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RED Oak
Otha D. Wearin
Congress
Wearin
U. S
Blast precedes fire at farm barn in Creston area
Witnesses report a terrific blast before a barn fire on the Dave Henry farm near Lorimer Friday night. Firemen suspect ignition by combustion on arrival but cannot explain the blast that lifted the roof and blew out the front of the structure.
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Creston
Dave Henry
Lorimer
Tulsa chosen as 1939 convention city for Junior Chamber
Delegates at the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting in Oakland selected Tulsa Oklahoma as the site for their 1939 convention.
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Tulsa
Oakland
Calif
INS
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Okla
Lutherans Journey to Birthplace of Synod
Delegates at the centennial convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri Ohio and other states visited Altenburg Missouri the birthplace of the present national synod. An outdoor service with three to four hundred delegates honored the founders and Sunday worship will feature visiting ministers with special services at St Louis oldest churches led by Old Trinity founded by Saxons.
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ST. Louis
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of
Missouri
Ohio
Altenburg
National Synod
Death of Mrs. W J Corrigan In Cedar Rapids Family Notice
Relatives report the death of Mrs. W J Corrigan of Sioux City formerly Naomi Hollenbeck of Cedar Rapids Saturday noon. She lived here until her marriage about twelve years ago. The body will be brought to Cedar Rapids for burial Tuesday. Survived by husband a daughter Mary Margaret mother Edith Hollenbeck and brothers Walter E Glenn and F E R Hollenbeck all of Cedar Rapids.
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W. J. Corrigan
Sioux City
Naomi Hollenbeck
Cedar Rapids
Corrigan
Two Anamosa Inmates Escape From Hospital Ward
Warden Frazer reports two Anamosa inmates escaped from the state hospital in Iowa City after being unguarded in the ward at 9 p.m. Barton, 6 feet, 125 pounds, fair with a scar and three facial moles, and Malone, 5 feet 7½ inches, dark complexioned with a red and blue dagger tattoo and initials R M, fled with another prisoner Linner who stayed behind.
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Frazer
Iowa City
State Hospital
Anamosa
Linner
Barton
Malone
Warden Frazer
R. M
Harold Trewin in Supreme Court Race
Harold Trewin, a Cedar Rapids civic leader with military service in the 135th aero squadron, seeks a Supreme Court seat. He has twice led the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce, sits on the school board, and has held legal posts including U S assistant attorney for the northern district of Iowa.
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135Th Aero Squadron
Toul
France
Hanford
American Legion
Trewin
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Earlville
Lansing
Iowa House of Representatives
Allamakee
Clayton
Fayette
Winneshiek
Iowa State Board of Education
Iowa Code Commission
Penick And Ford Benefit Dance For Camp Monday Night
Penick And Ford Ltd Inc workers sponsor a Camp Good Health benefit dance at Cedar Park Monday from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Local 18619 Federal Labor union plans a program of swing era and old time favorites with requests welcome. Tickets are sold citywide with a late sale still possible at the park. committee chair John W Weltz notes general admission at the door.
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Jeannine
George Sir Venka
Martha
Camp Good Health
Cedar Park
Federal Labor Union
Penick and Ford Ltd. Inc
John W. Weltz
Ring Lost or Stolen in Factory Dressing Room
Miss Evelyn McCloud reports a diamond ring valued at $100 missing from a Quaker Oats company dressing room around 3 30 p.m. Saturday. The ring is gold and contains a large diamond with several small diamonds.
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Evelyn McCloud
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Quaker Oats Company
Fayette Entrant Wins Livestock Judging Title
William T. Diamond of Fayette won the livestock judging contest held in Ames during the judge conference for county and club agents and other cattle judges.
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Fayette
LeRoy Kling and James Sealy Earn Private Pilot Licenses
LeRoy Kling of Cedar Rapids and James Sealy of Cedar Rapids passed their government tests and received private pilot licenses. R L Read from Chicago, aviation inspector, visited the Cedar Rapids airport Saturday to examine the applicants before granting licenses.
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LeRoy Kling
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
James Sealy
Park Court SE
Cedar Rapids
R. L. Read
Chicago
United States Department of Air Commerce
Purge Expansion Reported Across Germany
A reported plan extended anti Jewish measures to all of Germany. At Buchwald concentration camp near Weimar sixty five army bases arrived nightly from Berlin with Jews. Other centers sent smaller contingents. a decree signed by Reinhard Heydrich ordered a nationwide checkup on Jews in greater Germany.
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Buchwald
Weimar
Berlin
Reinhard Heydrich
Heinrich Himmler
Greater
Germany
Blair records 76 year old lifeguard to start eighth season
Jonas Burcham, 76, will begin his eighth consecutive season as Blair's chief lifeguard at the municipal pool. He is believed to be the oldest accredited Red Cross guard in the Midwest, with more than ninety rescues in 68 years including saving nine Blair Boy Scouts from the Elkhorn River.
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Blair
Neb
Jonas Burcham
Blair Municipal
Burcham
Red Cross Guard
Middlewest
United States
Elkhorn
Stockyards Rate Case Heads Back to Supreme Court
The Kansas City stockyards rate case may return to the Supreme Court after a federal court denied a government motion to block $600,000 in fees from distribution to commission men. Agriculture Department solicitor Mastin G White said the government plans another appeal, marking the third Supreme Court appearance in the dispute involving Secretary Wallace and Chief Justice Hughes.
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Washington
Kansas City
Wallace
Hughes
Supreme Court
Federal District Court
Mastin G White
Agriculture Department
High Tribunal
Des Moines Artist Proposes Finish Plan for Sunshine Mission Murals
Harry Jones of Des Moines and two Iowa artists proposed a plan to finish murals at the Sunshine Mission in Cedar Rapids and cover them with varnish so they could be washed off later if rejected. The mission board halted work last year, deeming the Biblical text depicted as too contemporary, and announced plans to remove the paintings. Jones said he would write to A T Pleune and others to seek approval for the compromise.
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DES Moines
Harry Jones
Satuday
Sunshine Mission
de Rapids
Jones
Executiv Board of
The
Mission
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
A. T. Pleune
Mission Board
Francis Robert White
Sioux City
Works Progress Administration
Howard Johnson
Sunshine Mission Board
Mr. Pleune
Acid Poured On Clothes In Home Of Ely Man
Frank Fisher of Ely reported to Deputy Sheriff Condon that his Chicago trip left his home unguarded and someone poured acid over clothing and bedding. He estimated a $50 loss and found the deed upon return.
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Ely
Frank Fisher
Eats Condon
Chicago
Fisher
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