Soviets Seek Stronger Navy and Air Force in 1935
London dispatch reports the Soviet Union plans to demand 50 percent of Britain's naval strength and to greatly expand its air force to counter Germany. Mussolini presses Abyssinia while Italy risks league expulsion. Austria may fall under Nazi influence as Eden reports from Rome.
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H. BR. Knickerbocker
London
INS
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Italy
Abyssinia
League of Nations
Germany
Austria
Baltic
Black Sea
Anthony Eden
Rome
Mussolini
Mrs Rebecca White Dead After Long Cedar Rapids Life
Mrs Rebecca White 86 died at her daughter’s home Tuesday after a lingering illness. A Cedar Rapids resident nearly 85 years, she moved from Muscatine at age two and was active in Free Methodist church and wartime relief. Survived by eight children and nineteen grandchildren, funeral at Beatty chapel 3:30 p.m. Saturday with two ministers officiating. Friends may call Thursday and Friday evenings.
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Rebecca White
Fred Fitch
Sixth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
White
Muscatine
B Avenue
Third Street
A Avenue
Beatty Chapel
John Gent
Guy Pickering
Naval power shifts spark new European tensions
The article notes Italy facing revolution and slavery fears in Abyssinia while naval races intensify. France claims renewed freedom to build ships after an Anglo German pact. the Soviet Union reportedly seeks half the British fleet at a future conference. Germany, helped by English finance, looks to quicken its armaments. Neutral observers call Hitler’s policy the most successful in Europe.
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France
Soviet Union
Germany
Hitler
Europe
Eldorado Area Woman Dead. Rites Set
Mrs. Ewald Vagts, 33, died Wednesday at her farm home near Eldorado. Surviving are her husband, two children Richard aged 10 and Loretta aged 5, her parents Mr and Mrs Carsten Pape, and one brother Walter Pape.
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West Union
Ewald Vagts
Eldorado
Richard
Loretta
Carsten Pape
Walter Pape
S.S.S. Tonic Promises Restored Vitality and Energy
Do you tire easily and feel weak odily weakness may signal low red blood cell count. S.S.S. Tonic claims to restore red blood cells to normal, improve appetite and digestion, and renew energy with a 108 year track record. Available in red cell wrapped packaging at drug stores.
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S.S.S
S.S
Wealth tax plans face hurdles as committee drafts
The tax package faces changes as a House committee plans to write its own rates, aiming for a tentative draft by Monday. Hearings likely start Tuesday and may run two to three weeks while the Senate fast tracks related matters. House adjournment could wait until September or October amid debate over gag rules and a proposed use of new revenues to retire the soldiers bonus.
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Coughton
Doughton
Senate Finance Committee
House
Joseph W. Burns
Bertrand Snell
Senate
Wright Patman
Tex
Trustees authorize film on Lawrence of Arabia in his time
London dispatch reports Trustees of the late Colonel T. E. Lawrence have authorized production of a motion picture titled Lawrence of Arabia. A company held film rights to Revolt in the Desert but Lawrence wished no film during his lifetime or without consent.
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London
INS
T. E. Lawrence
Lawrence
City briefs and personals from Cedar Rapids area
Various local notes include Dr. R. K. Keech illness update, chess group meeting details, minor court fines for assault and intoxication, a Cedar Rapids tax payment, and the Iowa Volunteers officer installation. Also reported are CCC transfer of Capt. Lattimore, Union Motor Freight Terminal filing, an assault arrest case, a crash victim’s linkage to Cedar Rapids via Mrs. Peterson, Red Cross aquatics school, a lost fire station dog, and Jirsa’s Akron internship plans.
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Iowa Railroad Commission
Union Motor Freight Terminal Company of
Cedar Rapids
Ketcherside Sermon on Coming Up Out of Egypt
Evangelist W. Carl Ketcherside spoke at the Church of Christ tent on Fifth Avenue and Seventh Street SW. He argued that New Testament figures show Israel’s life as a type of the church, tracing bondage to liberation, wilderness to the church today, and Canaan to heaven. He announced another talk on The True Tabernacle tonight.
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Church of Christ
Fifth Avenue
Seventh Street
W. Carl Ketcherside
Egypt
Israel
Moses
Promised Land
Canaan
Heaven
True Tabernacle
Funeral for John Pressley Gamble in Washington Iowa
Funeral services were held at the Baptist church for John Pressley Gamble 55 who died after a brief pneumonia illness at Washington county hospital. He was born in Fort Madison May 1 1880 son of William J and Mary Rodgers Gamble. He married Mabel Grace Carr of Washington April 24 1924 and is survived by his wife two children John Pressley Jr and Matilda and a sister Mrs Rhseal Schulty of Los Angeles California.
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Washington
Baptist Church
John Pressley Gamble
Washington County
June Pauline
Mary Gamble
Mr. Gamble
Fort Madison
William J
Mary Rodgers Gamble
Mabel Grace Carr
John Pressley, Jr
Matilda
Rhseal Schulty
Los Angeles
Alif
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First Avenue
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