Hungary 1938 in Budapest Seen by Cedar Rapids Doctor
Dr William Yavorsky who studied in Budapest for ten months during 1938 recalls Hungary under Trianon, rising Nazi sentiment, air raids, and wartime nerves. He describes half-mast flags in Liberty Square, crowd vigor, and Hungarians hoping to regain lands while military calls rise.
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Hungary
Cedar Rapids
Budapest
Liberty Square
Trianon
William Yavorsky
Ellis Boulevard
Debrecen
Europe
Yavorsky
Jersey City
South America
Naval Reserve
William D. Yavorsky
Cadar Rapids
Hungarian antisemitic measures cited by Dr Yavorsky
Dr Yavorsky, after three months as a flight surgeon at Floyd Bennett Field, stated that under Prime Minister Imredi Hungary passed antisemitic laws not from Hitler direct control but to forestall his influence. One law limits Jewish workers to less than 20 percent of a business's staff, affecting small shops with three or four workers.
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Floyd Bennett Field
Imredi
Hungary
Yavorsky
Dr. Yavorsky
The Fellowship Of Prayer Sunday March 26
A prayer service echoes Joel’s vision urging imagination as divine gift and a call to dream and envision kindness, peace, and brotherhood. The text urges using imagination to create a better world and to bring forth the Kingdom’s dawn.
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Joel
Mr. Gradgrind
Picket Frisco Nazi Italian Consulates
About 100 demonstrators protested outside the German and Italian consulates in San Francisco against Hitler and Mussolini. Police arrested twelve for banners violating a local anti picketing ordinance.
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San Francisco
INS
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Roosevelt
Nazi consul Wiedemann faces picket clash in San Francisco
Captain Fritz Wiedemann, new Nazi consul general in San Francisco, hosted anti Nazi pickets under guard and said he would report the views to Washington. Critics accuse him of spying and Nazi propaganda ties in the United States, linking him to a New York spy trial and a Chicago league official's charges.
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United States
Fritz Wiedemann
San Francisco
Hitler
Andrea Reinaldi
Wiedemann
Baron Manfred von Killinger
Washington
Martin Hall
Chicago
Anti Semitic Laws Recommended For Bohemia Moravia
Prague reported that anti Semitic laws modeled on Nazi Nuremberg measures were urged for Bohemia Moravia by a 50 member national assembly committee. Plan includes registering Jewish capital by April 15 and placing trustees in Jewish businesses.
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Prague
Bohemia and
Moravia
National Assembly
Bohemia-Moravia
Bulgarian rabici leader interned in Kotol mountain town
Exchange Telegraph reports from Sofia that Prof. K. K. Katmardjeff, leader of the Bulgarian anti Jewish group rabici, has been interned in Kotol and forbidden to leave until further notice.
Martinek to Speak in Cedar Rapids Next Month
Joe Martinek former Prague editor now in Chicago may visit Cedar Rapids mid April likely April 13 or 16. He led Delnicke Listy in Cleveland and later lived in Czechoslovakia before returning to the United States. he now heads the Czech National board and edits the CSA journal. The Czech Alliance plans a reception for Jan Masaryk at Union Station, while the Czech Reading society meets briefly at 2 pm and joins the welcome. An Easter party for CSA juveniles will be held April 9 at 2 pm at CSA P S hall with about 200 children invited. Mrs Minnie Sirowy chairs.
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Joe Martinek
Prague
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Czech Alliance
Martinek
Cleveland
Delnicke Listy
Czechoslovakia
Little Republic
United States
Czech National Board
The
Czechoslovak Society of America
Jan Masaryk
Union Station
Czech Alliance For Today
Czech Reading Society
Ctenarsky Spolek
C. S. A. Central Committee
Minnie Sirowy
Czech dramatic events draw crowds this spring
The Czech Dramatic Association presents Per fumed Farmerette starring Margaret Petrasek on Sunday April 9 at C. S. P. S. hall under Frank Sykora. Ceska Lipa Dramatic club offers Za Tou Nasi Stodelickou on Sunday April 16 at St. Wenceslaus hall under Rose Dryms and others. Meetings gather delegates: Czech Alliance March 26 at St. Wenceslaus hall 7 30 p.m. South Side Civic club March 27 at C. S. P. S. hall with officers to be elected. Sixteenth Avenue Commercial club holds monthly meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. Sokol forms a new men’s singing society.
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Czech Dramatic Association
Margaret Petrasek
C. S. P. S. Hall
Frank Sykora
Ceska Lipa Dramatic Club
St. Wenceslaus Parish
St. Wenceslaus Hall
Rose Dryms
South Side Civic Club
Rehearsals Announced For Monday Evenings
Rehearsals will be held every Monday evening and those wishing to take part are asked to call Dr. Thomas Suchomel or M. L. Hromadka.
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Thomas Suchomel
M. L. Hromadka
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Fred Henson
George W. Yavorsky
Belle Plaine
University of Iowa
Jugoslavia
Roumania
Austria
Danube
Reich
Czech
Germany
Pensio
Admiral Horthy
Iowa
Standard Tire CO
First Ave
First St. NE
Fellowship of Prayer
Frisco
Bohemia
South Side News
Plan Easter Party
F. J. Dvorak
Ed Kuba
Charles Chadima
John L. Koutnik
Spillville
Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club
Sokol Society
Westinghouse
Eaite
Paca Oust
JSE “Ecobomy
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Reare
Weil Ck
Gmklar
Higley
Carter
Sanford
Lyons Tooth
Johnson
Vigoro
Peon
DEPT
Plaza Lopez
Board of Trustees
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