Funeral for Mrs. C. L Douglass At Home and On Grounds
Close friends and many club members attended the funeral at 330 pm Saturday at 549 Knollwand drive SE for Mrs. C L Douglass who died in Boone last Thursday. Burial will be in Marseille IL. Rev Dr Charles J Bready praised her civic spirit and service to St Pauls church and numerous organizations.
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C. L Douglass
Knollwand Drive
Douglass
Boone
Marseilles
Charles J Breads
St Pauls Methodist Church
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale
Mich
College Hill
Bready
Will Carlton
Mr Bready
St. Paul's Church
Russians Seize Balticport in Tallin Evacuations Begin
A Tallin sent dispatch claims Russia forced Estonia to cede Balticport city and harbor and ordered an evacuation of Estonians. The report notes the Russo Estonian treaty leased Balticport but did not transfer ownership. Evacuation traffic clogs the road from Balticport to Tallin as people flee with belongings.
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Stockholm
INS
Tallin
Russia
Estonia
Balticport
Todningen
Fast Fall
Prentis To Lead NBC Night On Private Enterprise
H W Prentis Jr president of the National Association of Manufacturers will host a 6 30 p m CST program on the NBC blue network aimed at mobilizing public opinion toward private enterprise. The program, described as of and by industry, seeks to boost understanding of industry and preserve free enterprise, with stations WUT not scheduling it but possible airings by KSO Des Moines and WENR Chicago.
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America
NBC Blue
H.W Prentis, Jr
National Association of Manufacturers
Howard Coonles
Associations
WUT
KSO
Des Moines
WENR
Chicago
Cedar Rapids Tax Delinquency Improves Through 1939
Dun and Bradstreet report shows Cedar Rapids and 105 U.S. cities lowered year end property tax delinquency through 1939. Median delinquency for 1939 was 32 percent, with total current plus delinquent tax collections near the current levy in many cities.
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N. Y
Long Beach
Calif
Denver
Colo
Peoria
San Diego
Davenport
Birmingham
Ala
Niagara Falls
Schenecktady
No .Y
Hartford
Cedar Rapids
Dun and Brar
Dun and Bradstreet
Open Danubian Route to Allied Vessels in War Context
The article discusses a non belligerent stance by Soviet Premier Molotov and the potential Black Sea blockade impact. It notes Britain and France could act if Germany advances through the Balkans. It reports Yugoslavia seizing German barges on the Danube and pending permits affecting German tanker movement.
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Ing
Mediterranean
Molotoff
Russia
Black Sea
Germany
Balkans
Near East
Europe
Staineff
Slovo
Rumania
France
Britain
Belgrade
Danube
Sacony-Vacuum Oil Company
Stll
Yugoslavia
Funeral services for Mrs Ed Mattison
Lamont. The funeral for Mrs Ed Mattison who died at her home Friday will be held Sunday at 2 30 PM in Lamont with burial at a local cemetery awaiting further arrangements.
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Lamont
Ed Mattison
Two Explosions Cause Fire at Baxter Motors Garage
Two paint and lacquer can explosions in the Baxter Motors rear at 829 Second Avenue SE started a fire that damaged paint and batteries estimated at 450. Employees said kerosene sawdust was on the floor and a nearby gasoline heater ignited paint fumes. No injuries. fire crews cleared the scene in 39 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxter Motors
Second Avenue SE
Employes
Hazel Moore
Mary Ann Sackett
Third Avenue SE
Uarry Ehrke
Twenty-seventh Street
Mount Vernon Avenue
Fortieth Street
Glen Droz
Second Street
Wage Boosts For 4 Building Trades In Effect Monday
Four building trades reach tentative wage increases effective Monday with plumbers seeking 150 per hour before settling near 137 1/2. Bricklayers target 165 per hour by May 1. Current rates include plasterers 150, lathers 137 1/2, carpenters 110, painters 102, sheet metal 110, asbestos 112 1/4, hoisting engineers 115 and drag line 325.
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Sters
Frank Frisby
Teamsters Local No. 38
Plumbers
Italian pledge to Hungary renewed in Rome visit
In Rome premier Teleky met Italian authorities who renewed Italy's guarantee of Hungarian independence. The talks in the Italian capital resulted in a reaffirmed pledge as Teleky visited Rome this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Budapest
Italy
Rome
Pal Teleky
Body Found in Mississippi Near Nahant. Shunk Identified
Davenport AP reports the body of 51 year old Harry Shunk, a former flour salesman missing since November 21, 1939, was recovered in the Mississippi River near Nahant Ja. Coroner W F Shelley said the body had been in the river for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Harry Shunk
Mississippi River
Nahant
W. F. Shelley
Dewey Sets Three Policy Goals in Wisconsin Stop
Thomas E Dewey pledged himself to three aims ending unemployment restoring economy in government and keeping the United States out of war during a Wisconsin swing ahead of the presidential primary He warned the Roosevelt administration had broken promises and urged a pay as you go budget before traveling to Chicago with Mrs Dewey.
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Madison
Wis
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
Wisconsin
New York
Steps
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Senate
Dewey
Roosevelt
Chicago
Congress
Deaths Nicholas Stark 96 Cedar Rapids resident
Nicholas Stark 96 longtime Cedar Rapids resident died at 3 30 p m Saturday at his home 1417 Ellis boulevard NW Born in Germany July 17 1843 he immigrated to the United States in 1885 operated a Fifth Street NW grocery store and meat market hunting was his hobby He leaves three daughters three sons two brothers seven grandchildren two great granddaughters and several nieces and nephews The family will receive friends at his home after funeral arrangements are pending Burial will be in St John’s Cemetery
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Nicholas Stark
Cedar Rapids
Ellis Boulevard
Germany
Mr. Stark
United States
Fifth Street
Elizabeth
Mary Stark
Anna Meigel
William
Joseph
Louisa
Arthur
Los Angeles
Theodore
Robert Stark
Stark
Monahan
St. John's Cemetery
Death Notice of Jacob H. Stelpflug at Fort Dodge
Word has been received by local relatives of the death at Fort Dodge Wednesday of Jacob H. Stelpflug 57 former Palo and Cedar Rapids resident. Surviving him are his wife five children Katherine Ballard Marian Donnan Clark and Fred Stelpflug all of Cedar Rapids and Eunice Lieb of Pocahontas seven grand children his parents Mr. and Mrs Nick Stelpflug of Fonda Ia and nine sisters and brothers Anna Schott Caroline Collins Lena Sherwood Margaret Holder Agnes Wolken Genevieve Burk Joe Stelpflug of Pocahontas Nick Stelpflug II of LeMars and William Stelpflug of St. Louis. Funeral services and burial took place in Pocahontas Friday.
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Fort Dodge
Jacob H. Stelpflug
Palo and
Cedar Rapids
Katherine Ballard
Marian Donnan
Clark
Fred Stelpflug
Eunice Lieb
Pocahontas
Nick Stelpflug
Fonda
Anna Schott
Caroline Collins
Lena Sherwood
Margaret Holder
Agnes Wolken
Genevieve Burk
Joe Stelpflug
Nick Stelpflug II
LeMars
William Stelpflug
St. Louis
Elmer Johnson Alerts on Dangerous New Deal Trends
Cedar Rapids attorney and Linn county representative Elmer Johnson argues at the Linn county republican convention that federal overreach threatens liberty. He warns of a federal education commissioner and interstate barriers while stressing state sovereignty and constitutional limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Johnson
Death of Mrs. Alice Stevenson At Highgrove California
Word reached Charles Voorhies of the death of his oldest sister Mrs. Alice Stevenson age 82 of Highgrove California She was born near Olin Iowa She is survived by a sister Mrs Hattie Ireland Muscatine and a brother George Voorhies Olin Funeral services will be held in Highgrove Tuesday
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Charles Voorhies
Alice Stevenson
Highgrove
Calif
Stevenson
Olin
Iowa
Voorhies
Hattie Ireland
Muscatine
George Voorhies
Suspect In Slaying Of Coed Is Freed
State College Pennsylvania police released 35 year old Nagle P Young the main suspect in the death of 17 year old Rachael Taylor The cooling of the case comes as investigators resume a hunt for new leads and the technical charge is quashed in a quiet courthouse appearance.
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State College
SNS
Rachael Taylor
Pennsylvania
Sioux City Man Guilty Of Kidnaping
A district court jury found Howard Fouts, business agent of the Teamsters and Truckers union, guilty of kidnapping for holding three out-of-town truckers Feb. 19 in an effort to force their employer to sign an over-the-road contract. Sentence set for April 13 with motions for a new trial to be heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Howard Fouts
Teamsters and Truckers Union
Havelock, Jr
A. O Wakefield
Resistance To Soviet In Transcaucasus
Exiled Georgian nationalist government in Geneva reports Moscow ousted the Georgia Soviet government and installed a military governor. Geneva representative K Chavichvile says resistance has grown in Transcaucasia as news of Allied moves in the Near East spreads across the Turkish frontier.
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Geneva
Batum
Moscow
Georgia
K. Chavichvile
Soviet Union
Transcaucasian
Near East
Paris
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H. W. Prentis, Jr
H G Fussell
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Dardanelles
Fire Dept
Thirty-fourth Street
J Street
Elmhurst Drive
Oakland Road
Madison Street
Circle Drive
Bever Avenue
Thirty Fourth Street
Twenty-second Avenue
Twelfth and
Thirteenth Streets
Twenty-seventh
Twentyninth Streets
Twentieth Street SE
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Kansas City
Atlanta
St. Pauli
Okla
City
Washington
Qmahatt
Dallas
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New Orleans
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Chicaxa
Cincinnati
Sale
Cleveland
Linn County
Frank Byers
Republican Party
States of the
Union
New Dealer
General Washington
Mount Vernon
England
United States of America
College Inn
Rinso
LUX Soap
Arya
van Camp
van Gamp
Handyman Stoker
Armenia
Dawn Vent
Block Co
Transcaucasus
Craemer
Siebol Feuer Saueds
Suzette
Snip
Reg. OU. B
Patent Office
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