Omaha Seeks Preakness After Derby Triumph by Davis Walsh
Omaha dominates the Kentucky Derby led by Willie Saunders, with Nellie Flag and Today failing to threaten. The Fox lineage continues as cross-town rivals eye the Preakness at Pimlico next Saturday while Today recovers from a bruised foot.
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Davis J. Walsh
International News Service
New York
Omaha
Gallant Fox
Pimlico
Churchill Downs
Roman Soldier
Willie Saunders
Saunders
Wayne Wright
Nellie Flag
Whichone
Whitney
Woodward
Saratoga
Jack Healey
Downs
Carnera Begins Training for Louis Tilt in Hot Springs
Primo Carnera arrived in Hot Springs Arkansas with Billy Duffy to start conditioning for the June 25 heavyweight title fight with Joe Louis on the milk fund card in New York. Trainer Billy Defoe ordered daily baths and roadwork, with final training planned at Oswego Lake New York.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Ins
Louis
Primo Carnera
Billy Duffy
Joe Louis
New York
Billy Defoe
Carnera
Oswego Lake
Penn Crew Wins Blackwell Cup In Regatta Debut
In Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania crews won the Blackwell cup regatta over Yale and Columbia. Penn finished in 6 minutes 21 seconds on the Henley distance of one mile and five sixteenths, three seconds off last year’s Adams cup mark. Yale clocked 6 minutes 24 seconds and Columbia 6 minutes 31 seconds.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Yale Shell
Columbia
Penn
Yale
Lowden High Athletes Are Awarded Letters
Lowden High School in Iowa awarded varsity letters to basketball players Levell Steffens Melvin Deke Raymond Gottschalk Emil Hintze Melvin Licht Clifford Rugger Kenneth Schutt Walter Sessler and to baseball players Clifford Rugger Levell Steffens Raymond Gottschalk Emil Hintze Melvin Deke Melvin Licht Peter Skinner Leroy Kreinbring Henry Griesbach Allen Schneider Lloyd Brinkman and Edwin Hoffmeier in a year of sports participation.
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Lowden
E. G. Williams
Levell Steffens
Melvin Deke
Raymond Gottschalk
Emil Hintze
Melvin Licht
Clifford Rugger
Kenneth Schutt
Walter Sessler
Peter Skinner
Leroy Kreinbring
Henry Griesbach
Allen Schneider
Lloyd Brinkman
Edwin Hoffmeier
Chicago And Princeton Renew Grid Rivalries
The University of Chicago and Princeton will renew football games in 1937 and 1938. Athletic director Nelson Metcalf Marcon said the 1937 clash will be in Chicago on October 16 and the 1938 game in Princeton on October 15. The previous meeting in 1930 ended in a 0-0 tie.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Princeton
Nelson Metcalf Marcon
Dutra And Thomson Win In Des Moines
In Des Moines Iowa Olin Dutra national open champion and Jimmy Thomson California barnstormer defeated Denmar Miller and Bob McCrary of Des Moines in a special open match. Dutra equaled par 72 at the golf and Country Club course to lead the foursome.
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Des Moines
Olin Dutra
Jimmy Thomson
California Barnstormer
Denmar Miller
Bob McCrary
Dutra
Golf and Country Club
Kansas State College Beats Nebraska 16 to 3 in Lincoln
Kansas State College baseball hammered Nebraska 16 to 3 in Lincoln, using 16 hits and eight Nebraska errors. Friday Nebraska won 13 to 2, evening the two-game series at one win each. Colley Jessup Stucket Spurlock Carsten Turner Pohlman pitched and played for Kansas State.
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Lincoln
Neb
Cornhusker
Kansas State
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Colley
Jessup
Stucket
Spurlock
Carsten
Turner
Pohlman
Littleport High Defeats Elkport in Extra Innings
In Littleport Iowa the Littleport high school baseball team beat Elkport in a well played game on the local diamond. The result came in extra innings as the winning run crossed the plate. Battery for Littleport were Nading and Krouse. Kuehl and Flaherty for Elkport.
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Gazette
Littleport
Elkport
Nading
Krouse
Kuehl
Flaherty
Quasqueton to Open District Tourney at Central City
Quasqueton High School, Buchanan County champions, meets Central City in the district tournament opener at Central City. Allison faces Zwingle, Lowden plays Onslow, and Maquoketa meets Norway.
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Quasqueton
Central City
Buchanan County
Allison
Zwingle
Lowden
Onslow
Maquoketa
Norway
Sixteen Teams Play In Decorah League
Decorah Ia local pool or kit tenball association reorganized for 1935 electing Ole Quandahl as president and Robert Windle as secretary and treasurer. Sixteen teams will play with twelve members each. A schedule meeting will be held soon.
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Decorah
Ole Quandahl
Robert Windle
Shellsburg Wins Pair For Modern Woodmen
Shellsburg defeats the Modern Woodmen of Cedar Rapids in a doubleheader at Cedar Rapids Diamond. The first game ends 5-3 and the second 6-1 for Shellsburg. Local action reported by The Gazette.
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Shellsburg
Cedar Rapids
Senate Mourns Loss of Cutting in Missouri Airliner Crash
The Senate paused to honor Sen. Bronson Cutting of New Mexico who died in an eastbound airliner crash in Missouri. The death creates a liberal gap in the progressive group. Cutting had backed the New Deal with Norris and La Follette and faced tensions with Roosevelt over policy.
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Washington
Senate
Bronson Cutting
N. M
Missouri
Carl Hatch
W. E. Borah
Idaho
Cutting
Senate Progressive
Hatch
George W. Norris
East
Roosevelt
Croton School
Harvard
Hoover
Nebraska
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
la Follette
Sen. Cutting
New Deal
Dennis Chavez
House
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
AP first direct telegraph news link from London to US
The London AP bureau linked directly to the US through a new direct cable system, connecting the London desk with Washington Chicago Denver San Francisco and other cities. Ambassador Robert W. Bingham calls the tech advance a historic achievement for newspapers and international knowledge.
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London
Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Western Union
Trun
New York A.P
Robert W. Bingham
United States
Bingham
New York
Robert Worth Bingham
Associated Press Bureau
Washington
Louisville
Chicago
Denver
San Francisco
New Mexico Senate Vacancy Emerges After Cutting Death
The contest for the unsettled election remained pending when Cutting died. New Mexico’s governor, a Democrat, is expected to appoint Chavez to fill the senate vacancy.
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Cutting
New Mexico
Chavez
Senate
Wheatland Junior Senior Banquet Honors Fifty Five Attendees
The Wheatland junior senior banquet was held in the school gym Friday with thirty five present. Miss Reva Martens was toastmaster. Sophomore girls dressed as sailors served the ship banquet. A Tipton theater party was enjoyed.
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Wheatland
Reva Martens
Tipton
Cedar Rapids Music Week Celebrates with School Programs
The Cedar Rapids eleventh annual Music Week features two school programs at Memorial auditorium as part of the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs biennial convention. Washington and Wilson students perform a 1 pm junior and senior assembly in Woodrow Wilson auditorium with a flute quartet and various solos, duets, and ensembles directed by Stanley Mengler and Allan Richardson.
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Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Memorial Auditorium
Cedar Rapids
Washington and Wilson
Woodrow Wilson School
Stanley Mengler
Allan Richardson
E. W. Richardson
A. C. Fisher
A. J. Seibert
Tom and
Bob Stastny
Carl Landergett
Exing Drake
Willa Martin
Vera Jake
Don Kessler
Bells of St. Mary
Little Gray Home
the Waest
Robert Hahn
Robert Seckart
Gilbert Felereisen
Helen Center
Wialin
Dvorak
Alvin Art
Love
Will Rogers Sees Need for Diplomatic Strength
Will Rogers comments from Santa Monica about post derby mood and defense. He argues writers overstate military weakness and stresses the importance of diplomacy over larger forces, noting the need to book all wors on home grounds.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Congress
Army
Navy
Concert program highlights from Buren convention recital
Buren school children led by Miss Ruth Webster sing in a program featuring Harold Reeves tenor with Mrs. Welty piano, and Maude Crasky Day soloists with Rev. James Waery bass. The 8 p.m. concert includes Liszt piano works, Liza Lehmann and Grant Wood pieces, a Cedar Rapids chorus, Tchaikowsky songs, Massanet arias, and Ralph Leo baritone with accompanist Mia Welty.
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Woman's Club
Catherine Adams
Fletcher
Rogers
Alice Inskeep
MacDermid
Paul Ray
Cedar Rapids
Franz Daggett
Pearl Diver
Treharne
Gladys Pitcher
Wayne G. Basler
Margaret Pratt
Ruth Ebling Massey
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Tchaikowsky
Homer
Massanet
Ralph Leo
Eleanor Taylor
Venus and New Moon Create One-Time Celestial View
Cedar Rapids observers witnessed a rare conjunction as Venus vanished behind a three day old crescent moon for fifty one minutes. The event at 6 25 p m featured Venus about 140 million miles away from Earth while the moon was 238 000 miles distant and will not recur in the lifetime of those alive today.
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Cedar Rapids
Venus
Earth
Awards Presented To Cub Pack 2 Members
Advancement awards were given at Cub Pack No. 2 at Van Buren school. New members George Rocarek and Burton Watkins joined. Recipients included Ahmad Sheronick Bear rank Lloyd Mrstik second gold pointer Wolf rank Wilber Vrba second gold and silver pointers Bear rank Arling Fisher Bear rank and gold and silver pointers Donald Brink silver pointer Wolf rank. Dens No. 1 and 3 presented a program, Den Chief Albert McDonough led games, Burt Watkins opened with an Indian ceremony, teepee shown from the pack's recent merit badge show, and the meeting followed with songs and yells.
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van Buren School
George Rocarek
Burton Watkins
Hahmad Sheronick
Lloyd Mrstik
Wilber Vrba
Arling Fisher
Donald Brink
Den
Albert McDonough
Burt Watkins
Coughlin backs Patman bonus as inflation warning
Radio priest Charles E. Coughlin endorsed the Patman green back bonus bill and condemned third party efforts. Telegrams flooded Western Union and Postal Telegraph lines as supporters urged senators to approve the measure. His nationwide broadcast aimed to undercut anti inflation and radical groups seeking a 1936 challenge to the Democrats.
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Detroit
Charles E. Coughlin
Father Coughlin
Western Union
United States
Coughlin
Coe R O T C Prepares For Annual Inspection
Coe college R O T C undergoes its annual inspection Monday and Tuesday led by Major Glenn A. Ross and Colonel R H McMaster. Undergraduates are examined on drill leadership aerial photography and map reading while seniors, juniors and sophomores face tests in military law tactics and field skills. The review includes battalion formations, tent pitching and close order drill on the football field with freshman inspections in Willis Hall in the afternoon.
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Coe College
Glenn A. Ross
Organized Reserves
St. Louis
R. H. McMaster
Seventh Corps
Maj. Ross
Col. McMaster
Coe
Williston Hall
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Tilt
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Bob
Blackwell
Thomson
Kansas State College
Littleport High
Decorah League
London A. P
Wilson
I. C
Immaculate Conception
Bt. Clair
Evans
Erade
Williams
John Clvor
Preston
Gerald Milles
Boldier Boys
Thomas Powers
van Nort
Zola Mae Ferguson
Robert Clem
Stranger
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Parm
Edward Knott
Pairy
Ella Eklimma
Weybright
Norman Roushar
Garrett
Rosella Fleming
Fitzpatrick Twins
Michael Thomas
Ferguson
Geordianne Wagner
McGregor
Lynott
R. Clem
M._ Thomas
Baby
Rita Sharipar
Edward Lynotti
Moon Vines
Jane and
Gaynor
Mary Pusateri
Aojo
John McIyer
My Bonnie
Ocean
Hubert Pleming
Piaget
Jane Perguson
Mary
Will Rogers
Editor
Will
Ellen Forhan
Mary Ethel Hurych
Gladys Hynek
Marine Pusateri
Kathryn Powers
Delafield
Vivian Omas
Mary Ellen
Mattingly
Margaret E
Sweet Memories
Ewing
Marilyn Schrimper
Babe
Gelbel
E. Lynott
N. Roushar
W. Jump
M. Thomas
Wilma Frazier
Dorothy Morehead
Virginia Ritchter
Mary Ethel Hurychi Ushers
Anthony Pusater
Hubert Flemng
New Moon
Cub Pack
Coe R. O. T. C
NSIST
Plymouth
Chrysler
Dodge
de Soto
Chrysler Motors
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