Doctors Hear Heart Ailments Discussed At Linn County Dinner
Approximately 200 physicians from Iowa and Texas attended the Linn County Medical Society dinner at the Montrose hotel where Dr George Morris Pierson of the University of Pennsylvania discussed diseases of the coronary arteries. The talk covered rising heart deaths, hypertension in ages 45 to 60, and the role of heredity, with emphasis on electrocardiography and case histories for better diagnosis and treatment.
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Texas
George Morris Piersol
University of Pennsylvania
Linn County Medical Society
Montrose Hotel
University of Iowa
Fred M . Smith
Prersol
Pierson
Pr Pierson
Europe reports Nazi fleet ships move out to challenge British navy
News from London and Rome claimed the German high seas fleet was sailing to engage Britain for the first time since Jutland. Reports said Wilhelmshaven fleets headed toward the Skagerrak as Britain hunted German vessels. Observers noted German ships sheltering in neutral ports and British forces probing the Skagerrak area amid claims of a forthcoming big sea clash.
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Europe
Britain
London
Great Britain
Jutland
Rome
Copenhagen
Wilhelmshaven
North Sea
Skager Rak
Rame
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Uruguay
Denmark
Rhode Island and Kansas City Win National Traffic Safety Prize
Rhode Island and Kansas City, Missouri were named grand prize winners in the National Safety Council traffic safety contest for 1939. State winners included Oklahoma, Minnesota, Washington, and Rhode Island. city winners spanned Cleveland, Worcester, Pontiac, Clarksburg, Aberdeen, and Kansas City with several honorable mentions such as Dubuque Clinton and Ames.
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Chicago
Rhode Island
Kansas City
National Safety Council
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Washington
Cleveland
Worcester
Mass
Pontiac
Mich
Clarksburg
W. Va
Aberdeen
S. C
Dubuque
Clinton
Ames
Next One Better Watch His Step
Louisville AP reports seven years after Mrs Clara Sweet’s husband was killed by a train the tragedy remains under scrutiny as investigators review circumstances and safety concerns with local rail lines.
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Louisville, Ky
Clara Sweet
Tragic Car Collision Near Embry Home Results in Death
A man identified as Lethher E Embry 26 died when his car was struck by a train near the Embry home close to Louisville Indiana authorities report the incident occurred within 300 feet of the couple s residence. His spouse had previously married Embry after a prior accident near their Indiana home.
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Indiana
Lethher E. Embry
Embry
Louisville
Sioux City Hit by Severe Downpour and Tornado
Des Moines AP reports a spring rain across southern Iowa with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Sioux City recorded 1.71 inches of rain and a cloudburst in 45 minutes, stalling cars in low areas. A small tornado damaged the Manning-Manilla country club house with no injuries.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mount Ayr
Red Oak
Shenandoah
Council Bluffs
Millerton
Oskaloosa
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Ames
Forest City
Manning-Manilla Club
Linn Republicans Name Delegates At County Convention
Linn county Republicans open 1940 campaign with a county convention at the Linn County Courthouse Cedar Rapids led by Senator Frank C Byers as keynote. Delegates will be named to the Des Moines state convention April 12 with hundreds of Republicans from Cedar Rapids and Linn County in attendance.
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Linn County
West Court Room
Linn County Court House
Cedar Rapids
Frank C Byers
Des Moines
Carl Hendrickson
GOP
Bee — Goeorse King
Lottie Houlder
William Tretz
Gertrude A Springvile
Ray Wiley
Ralph Hunte
J W. Brown
J W. Pollock
Viola
Claire Petty
Faye Collins
Buffalo
Uomer Pollock
Esther V. Aler Clinton
John T Wiley
Phoebe Gerber Collere
Leo Trachta
Marion Marion
John Ho Pazour
Grace Lang
Mary Snyder
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Linn Society
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Fred M. Smith
University of Town
Piersol
J S McQuiston
B . Wolverton
Wolverton
Royal Air Force
England
Fritz’s” Food Markets
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Third Avenue Sn
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Climalene Se
S&s
Pisrek
California
RATH
Blackhawk
Eans
Michigan
Fogo
Rival
Second Street
Wilson Certified Tender Picnics
3Rd Ave
Sixteenth Avenue
IGRAM
M Ave
Dial
Nash Coffee
Bowlene
Kalen Hamed Foods
2Nd Ave
Kix
OMEGA
Heinz Cats
Cktr
Nash's Coffee
Wisconsin
Wiene
Linn Republicans
Sen. Byers
Lewis Panes
Berdina Rollins
Sara Nott
A. A. Schenken
Ifhird
Charles L. Carrington
Jerry Town
A. R. McElwain
Esther Strothers
Mary Stitzel
Claud Knapp
Monroe
J. F Hepker
S. O. Stamy
Otter Creek
Arthur Graut
C. L. Fuller
Ethel Schantz
Putnam
Joseph W. Holets
Ray C. Coutts
Alice
MM Smith
Floyd Philbrick
Retha M._ Morningstar
Bucknell
Art, Walbrand
Marion Day
Hans J. Smith
Fred Popenhagen
Nellie Arduser
F W. Dietz
F W Dietz
Leo Duster
C H. Nelson
W C. Kirchbeck
Frank Byers
del Leone Boesel
Elmer Johnson
Grant_ Collins
Arry O'Donnell
Sutherland Cook
Harrison Spaneler
Harry Johnson
Loftus
Ingersoll
R. A. Carnegie
Criseman
Wallace D. Lyon
Addie Sleight
Abel Bass
Tenth Precinct
Tenth
Willis A Glass
David Bleakley
Donald Barnes
Charles Penningroth
A. H Sargent
G. P. Linville
B. B. Hickenlooper
Imozen Emery
Harold Trewin
Verne Marshall
Harriett Ballard
James Franken
Don Hines
Lillian S. Beane
L. D. Bursus
W. A. Ball
Frank Bates
Alex Sampson
Ralph Schindler
John Hoover
Fred Currell
Harry E. Oulme
Wm. Gates
Maude E. Love
Flora Lavell
Henry Feteretsen
Ed Koy- A
Robert M. Vesely
Louis OT Pochobradsky, Jr
Joe V Zastera
Clara ¥. Stastny
Roy Decker
Roy W Decker
Fred Schorr
Wesley McCalley
A. A. Herrbach
Minnie Plummer
Effie Neill
Frank G. ‘Kanak
Alice A. Gifford
William M. Kacena
Vernle Heald
J. H . Woodside
W. Sands
A. W. Coquillette
W H. Smith
Tom McAllen
A G. Keyes
Arthur Axmear
Iva Pozdera
Jane Goodfellow
Spring
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William Treichler
W. G. Bromwell
Winifred Wormer
L. J Dennis
James and Sons CO
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East Side River
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