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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 13, 1938

Page

10

Real Estate Want Ads From Local Gazette

Want ads list numerous real estate trades and sales in Cedar Rapids areas Franklin and St. Matthew's estates. Properties include 2 to 4 room bungalows with garages near country club, 58 Bung Franklin district, 8th Ave near 19th St, 24 acres on O Ave NW, and a Johnson Ave NW large modern home. Several exchanges involve cash differences and city property trades. Local firms Brown Realty Co Prochaska Realty Co White's Business Exchange Hatfield Co Johnson and Ray list buyers and offer to fit trades or sales. Box E-105 Gaz. Dial numbers provided for inquiries.

Franklin Dist Path Suileie Country Club St. Matthew's Brown Realty Co Mt. Vernon Road 38Th St Prochaska Realty Co Joseph Ulch Cedar Rapids White's Business Exchange M. Hatfield& CO Eve 8Th Ave 8Th St 19Th St Mt. Vernon Ave C. R Johnson Ave

Nationalist Forces Reach Front Near Catalonia Border

Franco's 200,000 troops push 60 miles from the Mediterranean and 70 miles from the coast at Montalban as Nationalists claim 37 towns seized and 6,000 Loyalist deaths in 72 hours. Navarre Galician and Moroccan units reach the Catalan line, facing the Catalan army for the first time.

Hendaye Francisco Franco Mediterranean Sea Franco Catalona Spain Catalonia Montalban

President Roosevelt Depicted as Simon Legree at Dinner

At the White House Correspondents’ annual dinner, President Roosevelt was lampooned in a motion picture fantasy with voices by Lowell Thomas and Lew Lehr. The spoof featured ties to Garner, Farley, McNutt and others, and included deer hunting by the vice president and a tooth on a watch-chain gag. Earl Godwin became association president succeeding Walter Trohan.

Washington Roosevelt Simon Legree Congress White House Farley Paul V. McNutt Philippines Pennsylvania Earl Godwin The Washington Times Walter J. Trohan Chicago Tribune Association

Austrian Minister Retrieves Swastika Flag at German Embassy

Austria's minister to the United States, Edgar Prochnik, went to the German embassy in Washington to borrow a swastika flag to fly over the legation. He received one Vienna order to place both emblems on the flagpole and later discussed Austria's situation with Dr. Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff. No further instructions from Vienna were issued.

Washington INS Austria United States Legation Edgar Prochnik Vienna Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff Prochnik Dieckhoff

Hosford Again Seeks Exit From Coal Commission

Washington report says Charles F. Hosford Jr. has submitted his resignation as chairman of the national bituminous coal commission, a move he previously made but was persuaded to remain in the post.

Washington LLP Charles F. Hosford, Jr National Bituminous Coal Commission Roosevelt

Woman Dies From Burns After Kingston Fire

Mrs. Leonard Staub, 20, died in Burlington after a house fire near Kingston Iowa that began when a kerosene can exploded while she was cooking. She suffered severe burns Saturday morning and died late Saturday. The blaze destroyed the home ten miles north of Burlington.

Burlington Leonard Staub Kingston Here Staub

Young American Paints Exhibit Arrives in Cedar Rapids

Edwin J. Bruns, Cedar Rapids public schools art supervisor, arranges a Young America Paints display from Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Board of Education conference room. The free exhibit features finger paintings and fresco works by schoolchildren from many American cities and includes special teacher meetings to study the exhibit.

Edwin J. Bruns Cedar Rapids Public Schools Young America Rockefeller Center New York City Board of Education Mr. Bruns Bruns Brenda Cedar Rapids

Smallpox and Public Health Myths Debated in 1938

A columnist critiques smallpox scares sparked by a taxi dancer illness. He questions vaccination timing and public health policies, contrasts old contagion theories with newer medical texts, and emphasizes incubation, transmission routes, and respiratory spread. The piece cites Osler, Boyd, and Rosenau to argue for improved understanding over hysteria.

Health Board School Board Osler Boyd

Muskrats Use Overhanging Roof in Man-Made Rafts

Muskrats often build homes on rafts and extend a portion over the edge to create an overhang that shelters the nest and aids access to underwater areas.

Directed Verdict To Be Sought In Cattle Theft Case

In Newton Iowa the defense will seek a directed verdict Monday in the trial of Mahaska county farmer E B Lash Ferguson charged with stealing twelve head of cattle from Vernie Braden Union Mills. The defense plans to show Ferguson had black cattle in his pasture before Braden's cattle disappeared and will challenge Harold Phillips testimony about hauling cattle to the Toledo sales barn. The state tied Ferguson to the sale of Braden's cattle.

Harold Phillips New Sharon Ferguson Toledo Braden

Waukon German minister to mark eighty sixth birthday

The Rev M C Buettell retired German minister in Waukon observes his eighty sixth birthday at home with family. Born in Baden Germany he came to the United States as an infant and settled in Dubuque before a career in Wisconsin Illinois Iowa and South Dakota. He graduated from Princeton in 1876 and returned to Waukon in 1925 to spend his remaining years. Mary Lindahl longtime resident of the vicinity died Saturday morning.

Waukon M. C. Bucettell Buettell Baden Germany Dubuque Princeton University Wisconsin Illinois Iowa South Dakota Mary Lindahl Vicinie

Famous Dancers Eddy and Eddy to Perform This Week

National champion dancing teams will appear at Dancel on Tuesday Thursday Saturday and Sunday with 285 championship wins. They starred in Flying Down to Rio Girl Crazy and Good News and will headline in Big Apple auditions and ballroom exhibitions as Len Carroll and Cervenka orchestras provide music.

Eddy Benny Goodman Rio Len Carroll Cervenka

Rep McReynolds quits Tennessee senate race

Rep McReynolds from Tennessee withdraws from consideration for the Democratic nomination to run against Senator George Berry. He says he will seek reelection to the House and had been urged by leaders to stay as chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Washington INS McReynolds Tenn Tennessee George Berry Hull House House Foreign Affairs Committee

Delaware County Fish and Game Dinner Set in Manchester

The Delaware County Fish and Game Protective Association announces the annual Pike Dinner in Manchester at the Empire Balk on Thursday March 24 at 6 p m. Tickets are limited to 400 and must be prepaid. F T Swhw chief of the fish and game commission will give the main address. Dave Fitzpath of Manchester leads the association this year.

Manchester Game Association Dave Fitzpath

Marijuana Seizure Reported In Fort Dodge

Fort Dodge police and federal agents announced a seizure of nearly four pounds of marijuana. Two men, Lawrence Rosalez, 38, and Richard Steele, 37, were arrested. State Agent William Fogart and federal narcotics agent W. D. Norris led the operation. The case centers on alleged sale of marijuana cigarettes to Fort Dodge school children.

Des Moines Fort Dodge W. W. Akers Bureau of Investigation Lawrence Rosalez Richard Steele William Fogart W. D. Norris Akers Fort Iowa

Oregon Man Drills 90 Foot Tunnel in Hills

An Oregon man spent twenty years of his spare time drilling a 90 foot tunnel into the mountainside and recently found gold in them thar hills.

Oregon

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