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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 01, 1940

Page

16

Roosevelt third term bloc talk puzzles Washington politics

The piece outlines attempts by Oscar Chapman and other Roosevelt aides to form a third term bloc amid Senate and House activity. It notes secret meetings of new dealers, adjournment timing around June 1, and whispers about delegates and political maneuvers involving Garner, Barkley, and Wheeler, with tension over Roosevelt's influence.

Jashington Ben Ickes Oscar Chapman Senate House Executive Departments Bert Wheeler Roosevelt Montana Congress White House Barkley Great Congressional Forum Chamberlain Daladier American Youth Congress Florida James Naval Mid-Ocean

Nazi Flyers Set For Big Test

Goering’s Essener National Zeitung says the Nazi aerial armada awaits Hitler’s order to begin its second and greatest test. It calls the Polish campaign the first test and says attacks on British shipping are minor by comparison.

Berlin Herman Goering Adolf Hitler Goering Essener National Zeitung

Osterhaus Wins St Boniface Church Contract

A J Osterhaus of Dyersville was awarded the general contract for constructing St Boniface Catholic church for 33230 dollars on Friday.

Garner A. J. Osterhaus Dyersville St. Boniface Catholic Church

Englishmen Spend About One Billion on Pleasure

A contemporary study estimates Englishmen allocate around 1 billion dollars yearly to leisure activities. The figure reflects shifting consumer habits toward entertainment and recreation amid rising disposable income.

Guard Officers to Attend School Here

Cedar Rapids 1338rd infantry national guard officers will host the eleventh annual First Battalion officers' school. Headquarters at Montrose hotel with registration at 10 am Saturday. Attendees expected from Des Moines Council Bluffs Waterloo Dubuque Fairfield and Mason City. Featured officers include Brig General Charles I Grahl Col Gordon C Hollar and Major Leonard R Greenfield. Local committees named for reception NCO affairs and entertainment.

Cedar Rapids 1338Rd Infantry National Guard Montrose Hotel Des Moines Council Bluffs Waterloo Dubuque Fairfield Mason City State Guard Charles I. Grahl Gordon C. Hollar Sioux City Leonard R. Greenfield

Oldest state school holds weekend conference and banquet

The school, described as the oldest and largest of its kind in the state, hosts a two day program with registration, officer conferences, general sessions, a Totem pole reunion, an informal banquet, and a Sunday program featuring briefings by Major Greenfield and Lt Cal Rouse. A lunch lecture by Dr Walter F Lochwinkel and a talk on Europe’s trouble at the University of Tampa are planned.

R, Averill K Smith Donald G Whitsgerty Capt. Flanders NC Oo Greenfield Cal Rouse Fred J St James Fort Benning Greenfield Regimental Adjutant General Department U S, P and D. O Perry Lieut Smith McCampbell

City election judges and clerks named for March votes

The city council appointed judges and clerks for the March 12 primaries and March 25 general election. Per precincts the listed names include judges Anne Radebaughn Beulah Lindahl Louis Goebelt Anna Zalesky and James Crawford among others across nine precincts.

Anne Radebaughn Beulah Lindahl Louis Goebelt Anna Zalesky Annd James Crawford Nelle Ayduser Mary Laurance Ada G Thompson A. H. Walbrand Ethel J. Ryan C. F McDaniel John C. Heins VW. G Slockman Bessie Newman Lillian M Nolan L. S Hamilton Lois W. Crowbaugh J. T. Wurster Bertha P. Spencer Marian Rose- Kneebs Charles T. Werner John M Ely Mary B. Kubicek Nora P. McDonnell Edna May West

List of names by decades with various individuals

A long roster lists individuals by decades from tenth through twenty‑third, including Abe W Crissman Eleanor Cahill Lillian Myers and many others such as Margaret Doherty J F Currell Marion Lee Newell Alderman Lottie Janda Thomas Suchomel Irene Henson and Maude Love. The compilation assigns multiple names under each decade entry with varied initials and spellings.

Florence Rochlitaz Maude Love Lottie McLeod Frank J . Trachta A. A. Wosoba Anna C. Lesinger John P. Kazimour

Notice of Appointment Administrator in Iowa Estate

Notice is given that Raymond Coward is appointed administrator of the estate of Josephine Elizabeth Shinnack late of Linn County Iowa, deceased. All debts should be paid to the administrator and creditors must file claims in the Linn County Iowa District Court clerk's office. Signed February 1948. Raymond Coward, Attorney.

Linn County Iowa Shumack Raymond Coward

President Aide Bets On Bigger Fish In White House Bet

Skeptical chatter swirls around Pa Watson promotion from colonel to executive secretary and a wager with Admiral Ross McIntyre and Louis Johnson. The men bet $5 each they would reel in a larger catch than the President, a tale tied to a late night telegram from the White House.

Pa Watson Ross T. McIntyre Louis Johnson Johnson White House

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