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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1938

Page

18

Coe Band Pre Tour Concert Sparks Confidence in Tour

Coe College military band presented a strong pre tour concert at U. M. Sinclair Memorial chapel under Stanley Vesely and Max Daehler with Chester Petrinek assisting. The program featured Schubert Unfinished Symphony and Strauss Tales from the Vienna Woods, plus soloist Leo Courtemanche in Pryor's The Patriot. The band departs for eastern Iowa and western Illinois on April 6.

Coe College U. M. Sinclair Memorial Chapel Stanley Vesely Max Daehler Chester Petrinek Iowa Ilinois Vesely Schubert The Vienna Woods Strauss Leo Courtemanche Chicago Pryor Mr. Courtemanche Jaroslav Cimera Tate Sousa Coe Cimera Weber Weber Elgar Chester Petranek C. D

UAW Wins Ruling to Block Redmond From Moving PlantMachinery

In Flint Michigan Circuit Judge Phillip Elliott granted a temporary injunction barring A G Redmond Co from moving machinery from its two plants. Hearing set for Friday. UAW accuses sale to a dummy Owosso corporation and Wagner act violations. About 100 unionists halted a five ton truck Tuesday night and vigils were kept overnight at both plants to prevent further moves. 1 000 workers idle after downtown close.

Flint Mich Phillip Elliott CIO United Automobile Workers Union A. G. Redmond Company Owosso UAW William Taylor A. F. of L Redmond Company Biro

State Dept Eager To Admit Freud To U S

Washington reports the State Department will cut red tape to allow Sigmund Freud the 82 year old psychoanalyst to enter the United States. Freud is detained by German Nazis in Vienna as property is seized and departure is uncertain. The department welcomes his transfer of talents to free America.

Washington Ins State Department United States Sigmund Freud Vienna Freud Albert Einstein Free America

Goren’s Impossible Six Spade Contract Steals Show

Charles H Goren dominates 1937 master points and championships in a striking six spade contract. The article recounts a Hawley Quier lodge hand where Goren converts a complex sequence with careful ruffing and trump placement, forcing West to yield the final tricks.

Charles H Goren Hawley Quier Pociunos Goren West New South Jed

Ability Gained At Housework Wins Contract

Chicago report profiles Janice Chambers a twelve year old who learned comic dialogue and operatic arias while cooking washing and ironing for her siblings. With a seven year MGM contract she heads to Hollywood taking lessons in languages and drama from Lillian Goodman and Zeppy Marx.

Chicago Janice Chambers Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Hollywood Beatrice Lillie Lillian Risedale Goodman Janice

Couple To Begin Dream Trip In Hunt For Utopia

Pittsburgh AP reports A. O. Engel and his wife plan a great adventure down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to the Gulf of Mexico in a 28 foot paddle wheeler named Billy. Engel, a 58 year old former carpenter, built the boat over eight years with scrap lumber and a 12 horsepower motor. They hope to settle along the Gulf coast, live on the boat or buy land and live comfortably, forgetting past hardships.

Pittsburgh A. O. Engel Ohio Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Utopia Billy Engel Gulf Coast

Skeleton Evidence Ties Bigamous Wife to Slaying

A Utah or Arkansas case features a skeleton found on a farm presented as evidence in the murder charge against Mrs. Cora T. Hebner. She admits multiple marriages while denying killing Will Hebner, claiming he left her first and recounting marriages to several men.

Pocahontas, Ark Sns Will Hebner Cora T. Hebner Webner St. Louis Sullivan Guy W. Butts Edward Trueba Hebner Trueba

The Fellowship of Prayer and Love in Family Life

A religious meditation argues that deep family love needs a shared ground in God. It cites Matthew 10 34 39 and Saint Augustine to claim no loved one can be fully trusted without God as the shared bond. A prayer asks God to help believers lose nothing dear in Thee.

Jesus God Augustine

Police warn of wave of rubber checks in town

A local surge of bad checks has netted perpetrators nearly $100 with five stores accepting overpayments. Investigators link a man and a woman working separately, targeting J C Penney, Killians, Newmans, Craemers, and Family Shoes, all using forged or no funds checks. One check bears the name Sara Johnson and another "H Meyers" linked to Cedar Rapids Sheet Metal. victims report no funds. Sheriff’s office and local merchants report similar incidents, with purse-lining sums and counterfeit endorsements.

J. C Penney Company Merchants Bank Sara Johnson H. Meyers Cedar Rapids Sheet Metal Company First Trust and Savings Bank James H. Smith

Private day nursery ad offers slip covers and rug dyeing

Classified notice notes a private day nursery advertising slip covers, faded rugs dyed, and asks readers to look under classification 5 in the Want Ad section.

Jones to Resume RFC Role as New Lending Powers Move

Chairman Jesse H Jones of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation reforms the agency to spur recovery. The Glass Morgenthau plan aims RFC loans to good character borrowers, particularly small businesses, while avoiding broad subsidies. Senate and House committees push bills to permit lending and finance self liquidating public works.

Washington Jesse H Jones Reconstruction Finance Corporation Houston Tex Jones RFC RFC Treasury Roosevelt APC Len Carter Glass New Deal Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr Doughty Gliss Mr. Roosevelt White House Glass-Jones-Morgenthau Morgenthau Glass Senate Banking and Current Committee House Buinking and Currency Committee Fevutte

Roosevelt High Calendar Sees Wide Spring Activities

Roosevelt high hosts a busy spring with a Chemistry club talk by Dr. Ben H. Peterson of Coe college on April 5. Girls Athletic Association hosts seventeen schools on play day April 9 under Miss Ruth M Zicke. The theater presents two productions including The Gypsy Rover April 8 and A Midsummer Night's Dream May 27. Social events include the all school dance April 22 Wi-U party April 29 Junior-Senior prom May 21 Gamma Delta banquet June 4 and senior dinner dance June 7.

Roosevelt High School Ben H. Peterson Coe College Girls Athletic Association Ruth M Zicke G A.A Ruth Miller William Shakespeare Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets

Fuehrer Attacks Democratic Theories in Hamburg Speech

In Hamburg Adolf Hitler criticized democratic theories and denounced the treason of Kurt Schuschnigg deposed Austrian chancellor. He defended the annexation of Austria and attacked the Schuschnigg regime in his Tuesday night address.

Hamburg Adolf Hitler Kurt Schuschnigg Austria Hitler Schuschnigg

Dental Health Posters Of Linn Schools Return Friday and Saturday

An exhibition of national dental health posters by Linn county students, sponsored by the American Dental Association, will run Friday and Saturday April 1 and 2. Winners from rural, urban, and city schools receive cash awards. state and national prizes include certificates, loving cups, and Britannica sets.

National Dental Health Linn County American Dental Association Withans Cedar Rapids Dental Society Davenport St. Louis Loving Cups Ernest W Anderson C. S. Foster D. L. Morrissey J Ho Kelly I. 2. Hanson L. E. Bigger Mount Vernon L. C. Dow Marion Killian

Missing motorist on Wolf Creek Pass after 36 hours

Twenty five motorists trapped for 36 hours in 20 foot snowdrifts on Wolf Creek pass were rescued by a rotary snowplow and reached Durango. A man named George Willis of Buckeye Aziz started on foot across the pass and was not heard from. The group traveled to Pagosa Springs then to Durango, aided by food carried on skis and fires.

Durango Colo Wolf Creek Pass Wedthesdas George Willis Buckeye Aziz Pagosa Springs

Poet Edgar A Guest Poem on Tyrants and Mob Rule

The verse outlines how rulers like Stalin and Hitler fear mobs once seated in power. It notes paranoia about strangers and supposed comrades, and the grim cost of suppressing rivals through killings. The piece, dated 1938, reflects anti tyranny sentiment.

Trotzkyists Refugees Spark Roosevelt Accusation Clash

In Mexico City Leon Trotzky accused President Roosevelt of calling Trotzkyists refugees while doubting Soviet Russian charges against them. He said the designation shows the president does not believe the Soviet claims.

Mexico City Leon Trotzky Roosevelt

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