Tangled marital case before court in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids divorce saga of Mary Lou George Koury and Mike George widens with an annulment filing by Tom Koury and a new divorce action by Mary Lou. Court files vanish and reappear amid a 1936 decree tied to unpaid costs. not filed stamps trigger confusion as attorney Dahms deflects questions. The Georges, first married in Youngstown in 1916 and remarried in Des Moines in 1934, face ongoing court action and missing documents.
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Mary Lou George-Koury
Cedar Rapids
Mike George
Linn County
Tom Koury
George
Oelwein
Koury
Gazette
E. J. Dahms
Ring
Dahms
Lundquist
North
Georges
Youngstown
Ohio
Des Moines
Thousands of Italian Jews Wander Alps Seeking France
Reports from Paris say thousands of Jews forced to flee Italy due to racial laws wander the Alps above Nice and Mentone seeking entry into France through mountain passes. About two hundred have reached Mentone and received hospital care after days of exposure and hunger.
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Alps
Paris
Italy
Nice
Mentone
France
City briefs and personals highlight local meetings and enlistments
Bungalow cooking school advertisement invites members and friends to Sohol hall picnic dinner Friday at 6 30 p m. Mrs E J Whitmer travels to Cherry Illinois for her mother’s illness. Knights of Pythias class to be held at Castle hall Monday 7 30 p m. Salo Ansbach to unveil magic at Rotary luncheon Monday noon. Tax office open Saturdays through March to help returns. Richard Carpenter to Fort Des Moines with 80th Field Artillery. Hanford American Legion meet Tuesday 8 p m in Memorial building armory. admission by 1939 membership card. refreshments served.
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Star of the West No
Cedar Rapids
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Castle Hall
Knights of Pythias
Salo Ansbach
East Orange
N. J
Rotary Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Mr. Ansbach
Young Men’s Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Richard A. Carpenter
Carl R. Carpenter
Thirty-fourth Street
Fort Des Moines
80Th Field Artillery
August Miller
Federal
Thomas A. Evans
Delbert R. Speth
Rewey
Wis
Miller
Hanford
American Legion
Memorial Building
Preservation Committee to Meet at Chamber of Commerce
The volunteer civic committee for Save Washington High School plans a Wednesday 8 p.m. meeting at the Chamber of Commerce building. Structural and prospective subcommittees will report. All civic members should attend and others may join.
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Washington High School
Chamber of Commerce
Guard Encampment Dates Set at Camp Dodge
Local units of the Iowa national guard will hold their annual encampment at Camp Dodge from June 11 to 25 inclusive. Maj. Robert G St. James, regular army instructor for the guard in Cedar Rapids, reported the dates.
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Guard
Iowa National Guard
Camp Dodge
Robert G St. James
Cedar Rapids
Correction issued on Reed story misstates husband status
An Iowa City Gazette item about the release of Mrs. James Reed from University hospital contained an error. The word late implied her husband, former Missouri senator, had died. he is alive.
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Reed
Iowa City
University Hospital
James Reed
Kansas City
Five Defendants In Oil Case Dismissed
Five defendants in the 1936 price fixing conspiracy case against major oil firms were dismissed on government motion. Named are John A. Brown president of Socony Vacuum Oil D W Harris general manager Louisiana Oil Bernard L Majewski vice president Deep Rock Oil R G A van der Woude president Shell Union Oil and Keith Fanshler petroleum editor Chicago Journal of Commerce.
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Madison
Wis
John A. Brown
New York
Socony~ Vacuum Oil Company
D. W. Harris
Shreveport
Louisiana Oil Company
Bernard L. Majewski
Chicago
Deep Rock Oil Corporation
R. G. A. van der Woude
Shell Union Oil Corporation
Keith Fanshler
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Family relations topic to be discussed at Coe college
Cedar Rapids will host discussion groups on family relations as part of the second annual conference sponsored by Coe College sociology department. Five hundred people attended last year. groups cover adjustment, mates, community, literature and population. Lectures by Burgess and Sayre accompany the sessions.
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Cedar Rapids
Department of Sociology
Coe College
L. E. Garwood
Ernest W. Burgess
Chicago University
Paul Sayre
University of Iowa
Paintings By Pyle And Cone In Chicago Exhibition
Arnold Pyle and Marvin D. Cone from Cedar Rapids have works in the eighteenth annual International Exhibition of Watercolors at the Art Institute in Chicago. Cone contributes Stone Fruit, a drawing, while Pyle shows Landscape, a watercolor. The exhibit runs through May 14 and was chosen by an art jury.
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Arnold Pyle
Marvin D. Cone
Cedar Rapids
Art Institute In
Chicago
Mr. Cone
Mr. Pyle
Guns Create Slide Free Swiss Troops
In Lenk Switzerland survivors of a 76 man Swiss detachment snowbound for a week in a Bernese Alps hut descended after artillery created an artificial avalanche to clear a route to the valley. They returned with the bodies of three of four comrades killed earlier in a natural avalanche that damaged the hut. the fourth body was not recovered.
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Lenk
Switzerland
Catholic Refugee Sunday Declared by Cardinal O'Connell
Cardinal O Neill assailed Nazi persecution of Catholics and Jews in Germany and fixed March 19 as Catholic Refugee Sunday. He urged American Catholics to show charity in a communique published in the Pilot while he was in Rome for papal coronation ceremonies.
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Boston
William Cardinal O'Connell
United States
Germany
Cardinal O'Connell
Rome
Pilot
Archdiocese of
State backs Pittman plan to build warships for Latin nations
The State Department endorsed Senator Pittman's proposal to let United States navy yards build warships for Brazil and other Latin American nations at lowest competitive prices. Acting Secretary Sumner Welles said the objectives align with hemispheric defense and rearmament priorities. Navy officials were consulted though no firm legislation exists yet to authorize foreign construction.
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Washington
United States
Brazil
Europe
State Department
Sumner Welles
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Welles
Bee Migrate Miles to Gather a Pound of Honey
An old estimate claims a bee would fly about 43 799 miles to produce one pound of honey. The figure reflects the remarkable effort of pollinators and their role in food production.
Junior High Girls Hold First Annual Play Day
Fifteen girls from four Cedar Rapids junior high schools gathered at Wilson high for a full day of team events. The Wilson G A A organized the event with six teams: Kites Showmen Sailboats and two more groups. Activities included volleyball soccer baseball hopscotch free throw relay and bean bag throw.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson High School
Opal Dee Porter
Wilson
Wilson Girls Athletic Association
G.A.A
Kites
Arleen Dvorak
Jacqueline Bachman
Jean Morris
Jane Watson
Betty Jane Sedenka
Ardith Ebsen
Natalie Kent
Madeline
Federal Judge Avoids Involvement in Chicago Paper Strike
Federal Judge Michael L. Igoe declined to take jurisdiction in a dispute between the Chicago Newspaper Guild and the Chicago Evening American and Herald and Examiner. Negotiations were set for Saturday as the guild sought to dissolve a superior court injunction against mass picketing of the papers.
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Chicago
Chicago Newspaper Guild
Chicago Evening American
Morning Herald and Examiner
Michael L. Igoe
Guild
Labor peace talks at old failure point in New York
Organized labor tailors a new peace bid at the stalemate point of 1937. Roosevelt urged talks resume Monday at ten after a prolonged session in New York where AFL proposed phased admission and joint committees to bridge AFL CIO rifts in mass production industries.
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New York
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
AFL
CIO
Unions merge as American Congress of Labor forms
CIO plan still under discussion with AFL counter proposal. Southern Tenant Farmers Union withdraws from CIO after 35 000 members in five southern states vote overwhelmingly to exit. STFU cites alleged communist influence by Donald Henderson of the CIO affiliate United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers.
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H. L. Mitchell
Donald Henderson
CIO
United Cannery, Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers’ Union
STFU
Giant’s Lawyers to Seek New Trial in Damage Suit
Attorneys for Robert Wadlow the 8 foot 8 inch Alton Illinois giant said they will file a motion for a new trial in a $100000 damage suit against Dr Charles Hume rd.
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Giant's
ST. Joseph
Robert Wadlow
Alton, Ill
Giant
Charles Humeerd
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