Wallis Simpson Threats Prompt French Secret Service Scrutiny
In Monts France a squad of about twenty French secret service agents stood guard around Chateau de Candé as they investigated threatening letters received by Mrs Wallis Simpson. A Monday hearing in London set her final divorce decree, clearing the path to marry the Duke of Windsor with his arrival anticipated in weeks near Monts.
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Monts
France
Francis Stephenson
Simpson
Sir Alfred Bucknill
Washington Woman Killed In Accident Near North Liberty
Mrs W Brooks of Washington Iowa was killed instantly near North Liberty when her northbound car passed a slower vehicle and collided head on with a southbound machine driven by W A Johansen of Sibley. Her son James Brooks, who was driving, was only slightly injured. Johansen suffered minor cuts. The crash occurred Friday at about 9 30 am.
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Iowa City
W . Brooks
Washington
North Liberty
W. A. Johansen
Sibley
Mercy Hospital
James Brooks
Johansen
Brooks
Approves Sale Of Iowa City Factory Building
Judge Harold D. Evans signed an order approving the sale of the old Puritan factory building in east Iowa City to the National Hybrid Corn company of Anamosa. The sale was arranged by D W Bates, receiver for the Iowa City Savings Bank, which owned the building before receivership. Purchase price was $6,750 and possession will pass on June 1.
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Iowa City
Harold D. Evans
Puritan
National Hybrid Corn Company of
Anamosa
D W Bates
Iowa Ciy Savings Bank
Anamosa Company
Mrs Parker Resigns As Linn County Medical Clinic Secretary
Mrs Elizabeth Parker resigns as secretary of Linn County medical relief clinic effective Saturday. She will return to Des Moines where she worked eight years at Broadlawns clinic. Miss Edna Sanding succeeds her after ten years at Broadlawns hospital Des Moines. The Linn County plan is run by the county medical relief committee.
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Linn County
Edna Sanding
Broadlawns Hospital
Des Moines
Parker
Broadlawns Clinic
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Medical Society
Marion Bride Weds DeVer O Kelly in St Pauls Service
Miss Marie Larsen daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Larsen near Marion married DeVer O Kelly son of Mr and Mrs John O Kelly at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran church. Rev E Krog officiated as family and close friends attended. The couple planned a motor trip to Nebraska and will reside at 1248 Lincoln Drive Marion after May 7.
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Walter Larsen
Marion
DeVer O'Kelly
John O'Kelly
Fourth Street
E. Krog
Betty O’kelly
Earling Larsen
O'Kelly
Nebraska
Lincoln Drive
Universal Foundry
Cedar Rapids
Larsen
Harold Wood
Charles Machalek
George Bede
Machalek
General MacArthur Marries Tennessee Bride in City Chapel
General Douglas MacArthur and Miss Jean Marie Faircloth of Murfreesboro Tennessee wed in a ceremony at the New York City municipal building chapel. Deputy City Clerk Philip A. Hines conducted the service after being summoned from the Corporation Counsel’s office. Census figures note average Kansas bank employee annual salary of 1360 dollars.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Jean Marie Faircloth
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Philip A. Hines
Corporation Counsel's Office
Kansas Bank
Nugent Former Justice of Peace and State Agent Dies
Judge Nugent 71 of Rapids Township and former state bureau of investigation agent died at his Cedar Rapids home after months of ill health. He served 14 years as justice of the peace, was born July 22 1868 in Nugent's Grove and educated at Penn College Oska loogza. Survived by widow Anna and siblings. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m. at Beatty chapel.
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The
Knights of Pythias
Coggon
Star of the West
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
K. P. Grand Lodge
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Buried treasure racket swindles two women out of fifty
Police were told of a fortune teller scam that fleeced two farm women, Mrs. F. B. Bissell and Mrs. Fish, of 46 and 4 dollars respectively. A well dressed woman and a man with a child visited the Bissell farm, claimed buried money, and induced payments in installments under a hypnotic influence.
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B. C. Meskimen
Ninth Street
Meskimen
F. B. Bissell
Center Point
Shellsburg
Cedar Rapids Symphony final concert features Alice Mae Ottilie
The Cedar Rapids Symphony will present its fifth and final concert Sunday afternoon at Memorial Coliseum with free admission. Soloist pianist Alice Mae Ottilie of Manchester will perform Beethoven's Emperor concerto first movement, with the orchestra. The program opens with Strauss The Bat overture, Mendelssohn Italian Symphony movements, Saint-Saens chanele from Samson and Delilah, Grieg songs for orchestra, and Gershwin Sailors dance from The Red Poppy.
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Cedar Rapids
Gilere
Roosevelt Economy Plea Faces Skeptical Budget Experts
Fiscal experts predicted that President Roosevelt's appeal for extra economies from now to July 1 would have little effect on reducing this year's budget. Departments were asked to report potential savings, even as Congress debated how to cut next year's spending. The debate featured calls for a flat 10 percent cut and impounding a portion of appropriations, with disagreement over who should control the reductions.
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Senate
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Arkansas
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Ala
Clarence Renon
James F. Byrnes
Racehorses At Newmarket Eng Fone Subheads
Racecourse notes report on Newmarket events with horse entries and trainer names. The brief lists notable horses, jockeys, and upcoming races at the English track.
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Newmarket
Eng
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