Big weekend shakes MLB standings with Yankee double and league swings
The Yankees drew 68 939 to Yankee Stadium as murderers row propelled two wins over the White Sox 8-4 and 7-4 with five homers including DiMaggio's 15th. Dizzy Dean and Lon Warneke each pitched four and five hit games for St Louis as they beat the Bees 6-2 and 9-1. The Phillies climbed to sixth with a 6-5 win over the Cubs while the Dodgers split with the Pirates.
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Red Sox
Cardinals
Tigers
Yankees
Giants
Boston Bees
Cincinnati Reds
Athletics
Lon Warneke
Dizzy Dean
Stingless Bees
Dizzy
Ducky Medwick
Carl Hubbell
Reds
Yankee Stadium
Murderers’ Row
White Sox
Joe DiMaggio
Lefty Gomez
Monte Pearson
Indians
Detroit
Eldon Auker
Tommy Bridges
Ferrell
Browns
A’s
Wes Ferrell
Senators
Nat
Phillies
Chicago Cubs
Phils
Bees
Cubs
van Mungo
Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Joe Bowman
Brooklyns
Red Lucas
Dyersville tops Monticello 7-6 to open second half
In Maquoketa Valley league play Sunday Dyersville upset Monticello 7-6 while Worthington beat Hopkinton 7-1. New Vienna versus Manchester was rained out. Rubly and Brueckner led for Dyersville. Weener and Lotte were noted for Hopkinton.
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Gazette
Dyersville
Worthington
Maquoketa Valley
Monticello
Hopkinton
New Vienna
Manchester
Rubly
Brueckner
Davenport
Ferfine Worthington
Weener
Lotte
Culbertson
Marengo Triumphs 14-7 Over Victor in Opening Tilt
Marengo defeated Victor 14 to 7 to open the 1937 season. Harvey Meyer earned key support on the mound, while Orville Mumby led Marengo hitters with three hits in four at bats. Schmidt pitched well for Victor with three hits and six strikeouts in eight innings.
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Marengo
Victor
Victorites
Harvey Meyer
Orville Mumby
Boyd
Hank” Johnson
Dewey Spargrove
Schmidt
Dysart Tops Marengo in Intercity Tennis Opener
Dysart wins the intercity tennis meet as its No. 1 Wilson beats Harold Swift 6-1 5-7 6-2 and the Dysart duo defeats Colvin and Swift 7-5 4-6 6-2. Harry Colvin only Marengo victor 6-4 2-6 6-4 over Schmidt. Oster wins 6-2 6-1 and Tompkins 6-0 6-1 in straight sets. Dysart doubles also beat Marengo 6-1 6-4.
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Marengo
Dysart
Harry Colvin
Schmidt
Wilson
Harold Swift
Colvin
Ad Swift
Oster
McCune
Tompkins
Zentmure
Arnold Barta to Meet Myslajek in Cedarpark Mat Show
Eddie Jennings signed Arnold Barta of Ord Nebraska to face Stanley Myslajek of Minneapolis in the main open air mat bout at Cedarpark on Thursday night. Barta, a tall Bohemian with the scissors hold, is a legitimate wrestler trained under the Duseks. Wampler and Kuss clash in the main event while Raines and Dawkins meet in a battle of villains.
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Earl Wampler
Dick Raines
Scotty Dawkins
Otto Kuss
Cedarpark
Eddie Jennings
Arnold Barta
Ord
Neb
Stanley Myslajek
Minneapolis
Barta
Duseks
Omaha
Myslajek
Wampler
Kuss
Raines
Dawkins
Coggon Leads Way In Wapsie Valley Baseball League
Coggon stayed atop the Wapsie Valley league with a 2-1 win over Winthrop Sunday. Palo defeated Lafayette 8-4, Walker beat Quasqueton 5-2, and Alburnett edged Center Point 4-3 in other games.
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Coggon
Wapsie Valley Baseball League
Walker
Winthrop
Palo
Lafayette
Quasqueton
Alburnett
Center Point
Delhi and Ryan Tie For Delaware County League Lead
Delhi and Ryan share first in the Delaware County League after Sunday wins Delhi over Delaware 5 to 4 and Ryan over Dundee 10 to 3. They clash next Sunday in a feature game. Masonville beat Central City 12 to 7 in the other league matchup.
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Delhi
Ryan
Delaware County League
the Gazette
Delaware
Dundee
Masonville
Central City
O Bilbao
Keppier and Reeds Brown
Meredith, Ford and
Barton” Beers
Blanchard
Uneed Teveses
Atkins Team Still Undefeated In Iowa Valley Loop
The Atkins and Norway baseball teams posted Sunday wins in the Iowa Valley league. Atkins defeated Blairstown 21 to 7, Norway beat Van Horne 23 to 5, and Watkins topped Newhall 7 to 5. Atkins also won Saturday's homecoming game against Norway 13 to 3.
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Atkins
Iowa Valley Loop
Speek
Ge Walford
Norway
Blairstown
van Horne
Schirm
Risch
Atkina Battery
Zuber
P. Kimm
K. Kimm
Frimmel
Hibben
Schulte
Norway Battery
Bachman
Pieper Hammond
Pieper
Watkins
Newhall
Ahrens
Boddicker
Harbert
Holland
Keystone
Walford
Monona White Sox edge McGregor in muddy showdown
The Monona White Sox beat McGregor 7 to 6 on a muddy field with intermittent showers. Bishop the Monona catcher hit a triple and a double as Plora and Schara and Peters and Bishop worked the batteries.
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Monona
Monona White Sox
McGregor
Bishop
Plora
Schara
Peters
Cedar Rapids Chosen For 1938 Convention Of The 13th Engineers
Cedar Rapids won the bid over Omaha and Kansas City to host the 1938 annual reunion of the Thirteenth Engineers United States Army. The decision followed the Milwaukee meeting and was secured by the local convention bureau and hotel industry efforts. The unit traces to 1917 and 1921 reorganizations and carries Muese Argonne battle honors.
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Omaha
Kansas City
Cedar Rapids
Thirteenth Engineers
United States Army
Chamber of Commerce
James A. Elliott
Milwaukee
Wis
Convention Bureau
John W. Beck
Cedar Rapids Hotel Men. the Thirteenth Engineers
Third Reserve Engineers
Death Claims Mrs. Jessie Floyd at 74 in Center Point
Center Point obituary notes Mrs. Jessie Floyd 74 lifelong resident died suddenly Monday after six year stroke illness. Survived by brother Charles Black Cedar Rapids and wife Mrs. Black. Husband Frank Floyd died March 2. Funeral Wednesday 2 p.m. at Methodist church officiated by Rev. J. K. Delahooke.
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Center Point
Jessie Floyd
Charles Black
Cedar Rapids
LA Porte City
Irving Anton
Highway 218
Marvin Shaffer
Dysart
Donald Walford
Commercial Street
West Branch
Scattergood
Coal Creek
Whittier
Iowa City
All World Conference of Friends
Philadelphia
Harold Smith
Ruth Jones
Sara Pemberton
Alfred Fawcett
Decorah
Elizabeth Rosenthal
Frederick J. Rosenthal
Elizabeth Boehm
F. X
Martha Boehm
Hokah
Minn
C. E. Winslow
Thief River Falls
Winslow
Chicago
Minneapolis
Carl Winslow
San Francisco
Anna Bailey
Toledo
Ohio
Frances Grohl
Seattle
Wash
John M. Boehm
Burr McFarland
David Tidball
John R. Donnelly
Murray Sorg
Jack Gates
John Lynch
Howard Lynch
Billy Klotzbach
William Scott
John Kemmerer
Alva Norton
John F. Donnelly
Leo Donnelly
Donald Koeppel
Robert Weepie
Leo Hammelman
Marvin Ossman
Leonard Rasmussen
Star Rank
Calamus
Margaret Koster
S. E. Koster
Loveland
Colo
Ray J. Hazen
Mary Hazen
Koster
Brighton
Patty Jean Koster
E. H. Koster
Colorado
North Liberty
Whip- Poor-Will Club
Gertrude Navy
West of
Here
Mabel Z. Stoner
Mabel Snavely
Emily Means
Mary Wolfe
Effie Myers
Margaret
Pauline Means
Melva Myers
Rosalia Green
Agda Alt
Margaret Myers
Ruth Green
Esther Zeller
Donald Briceland
Nellie Fuhrmeister
Manchester
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Freeport, Ill
Joseph Carey
James Carey
Veronica Beddoes
Freeport
M. G. Beddoes
Cascade
Burwell E. Beddoes
Margaret Holland
Josephine Carey
Frank Beddoes
Patricia Ann
St. Luke's Hospital
Wapello
Charles Peters
Treverton Warren
James
Mary Jane Hamilton Banks
Jessie Gibson
Fort Leavenworth
Kan.a
George Wilson
Guy Banks
Marshalltown
Lost Nation
American Legion Auxiliary
Lucille Mount
Mary McAndrew
Elma Boettcher
Irene Schubert
Bess Kammer
Mollie Balster
Florence Machande
Stasia Rutenbeck
Myrtle Young
Bess Story
Anna Daniel
Maud Hoff
Nellie Wazac
Monona
Wompi Cavern
Otto Mielke
Gerald
Leo Mielke
Paul Jones
Belle Plaine
Ada Lager
J. F. Shope
Tama
Deimess
Lester Dodd
Traer
Elizabeth
Helen
Dodd
Shope
Tama Creamery Company
Winneshiek
Detour Redirects No 3 Train via Cedar Rapids
Heavy washouts at Green Island and Spragueville force Chicago to Omaha train No 3 to detour. The service ran via North Western from Clinton to Cedar Rapids, arriving at 9 50, then switched to Milwaukee road and returned to the main line at Marion.
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Green Island
Spragueville
Milwaukee Road
Chicago
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
North Western
Clinton
Marion
Reserve officers assigned to six months active duty
Three officers from the 349th Infantry with regimental HQ in the Cedar Rapids federal building will perform six months of active duty training with the CCC. Second Lieutenant Virgil J. Kohl of Iowa City heads to Fort Snelling Minnesota, and Captain Charles H. Obye of Gilmore City goes to Fort Douglas Utah.
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349Th Infantry
Cedar Rapids Federal Building
CCC
Virgil J. Kohl
Iowa City
Fort Snelling
Minn
Charles H. Obye
Gilmore City
Fort Douglas
Utah
Navy men invited to attend Howard Neff funeral
All naval reserves of Unit No. 8 and navy men on leave in Cedar Rapids should report to C. C. Hudnall, recruiter in charge, at the federal building to attend the funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. of Howard Neff, a World War naval veteran. Prescribed uniform is dress blues and white hats.
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Navy
Cedar Rapids
C. C. Hudnall
Federal Building
Howard Neff
Fined For Intoxication Cases In Police Court
Judge Powell presided as four defendants faced intoxication charges with ten dollar fines for J W Hammil O J Simmons L G Brumback and Nick Heinen. Additional penalties included C H Thompson and Sid Young for intoxication with disturbing the peace and Ignac Kremendy for intoxication and family disturbance with fines and costs.
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Thomas B. Powell
J. W. Hammil
Twentieth Avenue
O. J. Simmons
Center Point
L. G. Brumback
Twenty-first Avenue
Nick Heinen
Eighteenth Avenue
C. H. Thompson
M.C.A
Sid
Maryland Governor Loses Right Eye in Surgery
Baltimore Maryland governor Harry W Nice had his right eye removed in a successful operation on Monday. The injury stemmed from a fall a year ago and prompted the medical procedure.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Harry W. Nice
Omdahl Throws No-Hitter as Ridgeway Beats Glenwood
Eddie Omdahl pitched for Ridgeway Sunday and struck out twenty Glenwood batters without allowing a hit in a 5 to 1 victory.
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Omdahl
Ridgeway
Glenwood
Gazette
Decorah
Eddie Omdahl
Near War Comes to Europe Berlin May 30 Meeting
Berlin dispatch details a high level Hitler meeting on May 30 with Von Neurath Raeder Blomberg Goering and Goebbels. Allies worried Germany might declare war on Valencia Spain but officials agreed only limited reprisals at Almeria with broader threats left in play.
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Europe
William Sirer
Berlin
Universal Service
Germany
William Sairer
Adolf Hitler
War Council
Wilhelmstrasse
Deutschland
Spain
Valencia
Little
Servia
Munich
Marshal von Blomberg
General Goering
Weimar
Dr. Goebbels
Hitler
von Neurath
Admiral Raeder
Reich
Almeria
Paris
London
Taxes and policing a neighborhood tale
A humorous hometown anecdote contrasts tax talk with police needs. The speaker recalls Uncle Skinny Flint, who argued for smaller police forces yet relies on the same force during a burglary. The tale highlights patience and irony in civic funding and public safety.
Senators map bill to guarantee mail delivery at plants
A bipartisan bloc of the Senate post office committee drafted legislation to ensure mail delivery on all occasions including strike bound plants in steel regions. Senators Bridges of New Hampshire and Bailey of North Carolina proposed the measure amid charges of mail censorship at Republic Steel plants in Warren Niles and Youngstown Ohio. They will discuss it with Postmaster General Farley as he testifies on censorship agreements alleged between Ohio postmasters and the Committee for Industrial Organization.
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Washington
INS
Senate Post Office Committee
Bridges
New Hampshire
Bailey
North Carolina
Republic Steel Corporation
Warren
Niles
Youngstown
Ohio
Farley
Committee For Industrial Organization
Sunday's heat record edged by Monday longest day heat
The text notes Sunday's humid 95 degree high, and Monday reach of 86 at 2 30 pm, as the longest day marks summer officially. Des Moines weather bureau data, with sunrise 4 38 am and sunset 7 52 pm, shows a 68 low at 6 am and 76 Sunday low. A weekend electrical storm caused minor damage in Cedar Rapids and Marion with downed branches and touched trees near homes. The Cedar River fell to 6.1 feet by 9 30 am Monday from 7.2 Sunday.
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Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Chambers Inskeep Company
Cedar Rapids
Marion
G. A. Hutchison
North Twelfth Street
O. E. Clemmons
Cedar River
Iowa Windmill and Pump Company
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Benz
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William Shirer
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