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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1938

Page

13

Hitler's Europe Move Hangs On Czechoslovakia Rift

Reports from London and Rome detail Hitler’s likely moves as tensions rise over Czechoslovakia. Mussolini’s role in Rome, Pope Pius XI at Castel Gandolfo, and talks between Britain and France on steps to ease the crisis frame a wider push for European appeasement amid renewed rearmament.

Castel Gandolfo Italy Pius XI Vatican Adolf Hitters Rome Nazifuehrer Holy See Berlin Europe Czechoslovakia Britain France Hitler Rhineland

Void ban on sale at ten percent over cost struck down

A three judge federal court in Minneapolis ruled section two of Minnesota’s unfair trade practices act unconstitutional. The ruling grants Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. a permanent injunction against enforcing the contested section. Part one of the act, about producers, was not involved.

Minneapolis Minnesota Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company

Girls Born Same Day Share Birthday Party at Taylor School

Cleo Plummer and Eleanor May Heald, twins by coincidence born May 3, 1926 at St Luke's hospital and now classmates in Taylor School's sixth grade, plan a joint twelfth birthday celebration with friends and six teachers. They hope to stay together through Roosevelt Junior High as they begin their last Taylor year.

Cleo Plummer Harry Plummer Tenth Street Eleanor May Heald Rollin T. Heald L Street Taylor School Lura Diehl Taylor St. Luke’s Hospital Mertie Miller Cleo Eleanor Roosevelt

Find Magic In Shrubs Flowers and Gardens By Mrs. J. L. Rhea

A spring garden feature praising new shrubs and trees such as forsythia flowering quince and azalea mollis. It highlights lilacs magnolias crab family ornamental plums and crabapples as mid height accents boosting color fragrance and late spring bloom. The author notes hardy plants suitability to semi shaded areas and calls for visitors to view azaleas in bloom May 1.

J.L. Rhea

Iowa News in Brief Breelal to the Gazette

INDEPENDENCE BERNICE A HICKEY and Gerald McGlaughlin married at St John’s church with Msgr Donahue officiating. They will reside on the bridegroom’s farm near Littleton after a wedding breakfast at the Maples. O E S Fifth district convention set for May 5 in Postville with district officers and nineteen chapters represented. Funeral services for Carl Blietz 84 held at St Patrick’s Church Monona.

Independence Bernice A. Hickey M. A. Hickey Gerald McGlaughlin H. C. McGlaughlin St. John’s Church W. T. Donahue Gladys Hickey Harold McGlaughlin Francis Joslin Clarence McDonald Bernadette Toomey Maples Littleton Postville O.E.S Eastern Stars Presbyterian Dining

Stenson Rites Highlight Local Obituary Notes

Stenson died in 1930 after a farming life in the area retiring to Monona thirty years ago. Survived by three sons Joe Hugo Monona Albert Carbondale Ill two daughters Mrs Louis Steiert Monona Mrs David R Snell Buffalo Center. Anamosa funeral notice for Thomas English unmarried lifetime resident with siblings and nieces listed. Burial at Holy Cross cemetery.

Monona St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Dubuque A. C. Proehl Town City Paul Eilers Strawberry Point Buesing G. Janzig Anamosa Thomas English St. Patrick’s Church P. J. Behan Holy Cross Cemetery English Thomas Bridget English Jones County Andrew

Manchester Hosts District Bankers Friday Meet

About 300 bankers from Groups 3 and 4 of the Iowa Bankers association will convene in Manchester with members from 15 counties. The Castle theater will host the meeting with programs led by William W. Boyd and remarks by S. B. Chariton and W. G. C. Bagley.

Manchester Delaware County Iowa Bankers’ Association Delaware Winnebago Worth Mitchell Winneshiek Allamakee Cerro Gordo Hancock Floyd Chickasaw Franklin Hardin Butler Fayette Clayton and Dubuque Castle Theater William W. Boyd First National Bank of Mason City T. P. Shaffer S. B. Chariton W. G. C. Bagley S. R. Torgenson Lake Mills Clifford de Puy

Anti-Defamation League Leader To Speak At Cedar Rapids Banquet

Dr. L Elliott Grafman head of the ADL speakers bureau will address a banquet in his honor at the Roosevelt hotel sponsored by B'nai B'rith Cedar Rapids. Grafman, a Hebrew Union College graduate, has served as a rabbi in Tampa and New York City and is a trained lawyer and author of a monograph on The Mosaic Law's Influence on Modern Legal Systems.

L. Elliott Grafman Anti-Defamation League Roosevelt Hotel B’nai B'rith Cedar Rapids Grafman Hebrew Union College Cincinnati Tampa Fla New York City

Banking officials and Henry Reed to speak at Castlehall banquet

D. W. Bates superintendent of banking O P Decker of Chicago president of the American National Bank and Frank Warner secretary of the Iowa Bankers association will also speak. A banquet will be served in Castlehall at 6 30 followed by an address Sunset Collateral by Henry Reed of Waterloo former U S attorney for the northern district of Iowa.

Ton. D. W. Bates O. P. Decker Chicago American National Bank Frank Warner Iowa Bankers’ Association Castlehall Sunset Henry Reed Waterloo U. S Northern District of Iowa

Al Smith Jr. Claims Poverty in Alimony Case

Al Smith Jr., son of former Governor Alfred E. Smith, told Supreme Court Justice James T. Cross that he is practically penniless and cannot pay alimony of 200 dollars a month to Mrs. Bertha Gott Smith of Syracuse. He said he owes his father 3856 dollars borrowed to pay alimony and has only five dollars in the bank with the clothes on his back.

Rome N. Y al Smith, Jr Alfred E. Smith Supreme Court James T. Cross Bertha Gott Smith Syracuse Young al

22 Year Suez Peak Sealing Fleet Reaches Port

A sealing fleet of Naight ships landed 226 747 pelts valued at about 500 000 dollars this Saturday. It marks the largest catch since 1916 and features St John F. M. fleets sailing from the Suez area bringing in a historic haul.

ST. John, F INS

Tenacity Tact Needed By Delinquent Tax Collector

Edward O. Hanson, delinquent tax collector for Linn County, explains his work with tact and persistence. He handles about 60 000 tax bills yearly, earns 10 percent of gross collections, and faces frequent excuses about dog taxes, lost fortunes, and alias names while pursuing delinquent personal property taxes.

Thal Edward O. Hanson Cedar Rapids Linn County Milo J. Sedlacek Board of Supervisors Hanson Iven Second Avenue SE

Real Estate Transfers Recorded by Linn County Officials

Sheriff Linn County to Home Owners Loan Corp transfers a 42 foot by 42 foot lot in Kingston now West and a 20 foot lot. values listed from 2 226.63 on 4 13 38. Linn County treasurer taxes to D Pirlee Began on a 149.2 foot lot in Village of Kenwood Heights for 5.03. other transfers include Herbert B. Strang to Kenneth R. Strang joint tenancy in lot 7 with 40 foot rear in West Highlands, aid of c r 1. William J. Menary and wife to Frank Krejci and Frances Krejci as survivors in fee simple. Lawrence Yeisley et al to Joseph and Alice Kosina joint tenancy in whole title. Frank L. Buser and wife to George H Myrtle Eckert as survivors in Belmont Park add lot 81. all subject to covenants and taxes, conveyed in fulfillment of contract of record.

Sheriff Linn Co T. Blk West Highlands William J. Menary Frank Krejci Frances Krecsi Menary and Klinger’s Lawrence Yeisley Joseph Alice Kosina Frank L. Buser George H . Myrtle Eckert Belmont Park

Outburst Draws Father In To Talk With Intruder

A woman at the door shouts for her father to intervene as a man insists on taking over the place. The father arrives, ready to speak with the intruder.

Body of Woman and Pair Suspected in Husband Slaying

Marian Gilbert 22, an equestrienne, and her husband William James Gilbert 27 are central to a mystery in Nevada. Marian's body was found in the Pine Nut mountains after a months-long search. preliminary exam shows no external violence. Two men Buck Biamont and Carl Ramser were jailed after Biamont’s false tale implicating Marian in the murder and disposal of the body.

Carson City Nev INS Marian Gilbert Equestrienne Buck Biamont Carl Ramser Biamont

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