Seventeen Schools Invite 237 Athletes for Marion Meet
Seventeen high schools including Cedar Rapids Franklin Roosevelt Wilson McKinley Marion Dubuque Muscatine Iowa City University High Vinton Mechanicsville Monticello Grinnell Mount Vernon Stanwood Independence and Delavan send 237 athletes to the district track meet in Marion next Saturday. Top contenders include Vinton, Franklin, Grinnell and Mount Vernon with stars in hurdles sprints and field events. The meet opens at 10 am with preliminaries, and state qualification awaits winners and high placers across events.
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Don Wolfe
Franklin, Roosevelt
Wilson
McKinley
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Muscatine
Iowa City
University High of
Vinton
Mechanicsville
Monticello
Grinnell
Mount Vernon
Stanwood
Inde
Pendence
Delwein
Franklin
Christie
Olson
Luwe
Barnes
Pooler
Davenport
Jones
Inton
Reilly
Roosevelt
Tellier
Higbee
Barron
Cozad
Jackson
Sheets
Vosberg
Grant of Independence
Kanellis
Will Miller
Ross
Bennett
McGuire
Nelson
Wescott
University High
Bader
Johnson
Beiber
Ames
Iowa University
Franklin and Marion
Iowa Fresh
Graves
Billig
Teufel
Gun Club To Hold Registered Shoot Sunday Afternoon
The Cedar Rapids Airways Gun club will host its second registered shoot of the season on Sunday at 1 p.m. Traps open for practice at 11 a.m. The meet includes two events a 100 singles at sixteen yards and 50 handicap targets with prizes a $10 grand prize and $5 for each event winner plus consolation prizes. A large number of entrants from Iowa and other states expected.
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Cedar Rapids Airways Gun Club
Iowa
Canberra Population in 1933 Hits 7 325
Canberra, capital of Australia, recorded a population of 7 325 in 1933, reflecting its small size and developing civic footprint during that era.
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Canberra
Australia
Williamsburg High Wins Iowa County Baseball Title
Williamsburg high school captured its second straight Iowa county baseball championship under coach C. W. Lytle. The Raiders beat North English 8 to 3, defeated Victor 12 to 1, and ousted Millersburg 9 to 2 in the district tournament at Clarence. Key players included pitcher Jones catcher Romberg and hitters O'Donnell and Walker.
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Williamsburg
Williamsburg High School
Iowa County
Clarence
C. W. Lytle
Iowa State Teachers College
Raiders
North English
Victor
Millersburg
Jones
O’donnell
Walker
Romberg
Urbana High Triumph Over Rowley 7-6
Urbana high school beat Rowley 7 to 6 here Tuesday. The Urbana offense edged a tight defensive contest as the winning team secured the victory on home soil.
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Urbana High
Rowley
The
Gazette
Urbana
Urbana High School
Iowa May Lead Big Ten With Wisconsin Series
Iowa and Wisconsin collide in Madison as the Hawkeyes chase sole Big Ten leadership. Don Gugler leads hitting at .418 after eleven games while Lowell Gosser tops the pitching with three wins, as Michigan and Illinois also contest the conference race.
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Iowa
Big Ten
Wisconsin
Iowa City
Michigan
University of Iowa
Madison
Badgers
Purdue
Illinois
Illini
Wolverine
Don Gugler
Hawkeye
Gardner Leads Iowa Golfers in Big Ten Meet
Captain Jim Gardner of Vinton will lead a four man Iowa team at Northwestern for the Big Ten championship Monday and Tuesday. Gardner is Iowa’s sole individual title contender with five straight singles victories this season, winning four by shutout and allowing only a half point in another. Other Iowa entries are Leonard Rhue Clinton George Cook Chicago and Frank Miller Boone.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Jim Gardner
Vinton
University of Iowa
Northwestern University
Gardner
Hawkeye
Iowa
Leonard Rhue
Clinton
George Cook
Chicago
Frank Miller
Boone
Baseball's pay system blamed for Cubs NL slump
Sports writer notes the basic salary system introduced by P K Wrigley last year may foster independent play and hurt team cohesion. The piece cites clashes among players, protests by managers, and aging stars like Guy Bush as examples of waning teamwork and ongoing friction in spring training.
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Chicago Cubs
P. K. Wrigley
Vakturoff Faces Plummer In Memorial Coliseum Main Event
Vakturoff carries an unbeaten wrestling record into a Memorial Coliseum showdown with Lou Plummer in the headline bout. Also on the card Don McIntyre faces Tommy Marvin and Cliff Thiede meets Alf Johnson in supporting matches.
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Ivan Vakturoff
Memorial Coliseum
Lou Plummer
Don McIntyre
Tommy Marvin
Cliff Thiede
Alf Johnson
Cretzmeyer Aims To Break Iowa Point Record At Meets
Iowa City report details Francis Cretzmeyer seeking to surpass his 14414-point Hawkeye scoring record. The versatile captain, tallying 8034 points in nine meets, competes in five events including hurdles, broad and high jumps, and javelin.
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Iowa City
Francis Cretzmeyer
University of Iowa
Cretzmeyer
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Dyes From Tree Bark Offer Color Fast Fabrics
Barks from numerous common trees yield dyes with strong color fastness suitable for wool and other textiles.
Grade School Marbles Tours End as District Meet Set
Three more elementary schools completed grade marbles tours to determine district finalists for the eastern Iowa tournament. Winners from Fillmore Buchanan and Johnson meets will join four city district champions at Greene Square on May 23 to decide who advances to the Western championship in Lake Geneva Wisconsin.
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Iowa
Greene Square
Lake Geneva
Wis
William Jepson
Ralph Meyer
Wendell Freeman
Buchanan
Bastian Kruidenier
John Esbenson
Donald Arnold
Johnson
Bob Horton
Dean Barnhizer
Ray Robinson
Fred Winter
Nevin Nichols
Playground Commission
Gazette
Friday Ladies’ Night Changes at Hill Park
Hill Park will charge women on opening night for the Raiders event. From then on every Monday and Friday will be ladies nights with free admission for all women.
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Hill Park
Raiders
Park
Alcohol as a Health Hazard The AMA Stand
A medical article discusses the American Medical Association’s resolutions opposing alcohol as a beverage and questioning its therapeutic value. It notes the AMA's refusal to rescind these views despite pro alcohol propaganda from a staffer and warns that reliance on alcohol for sleep leads to chronic inebriety and false notions of narcotic sleep.
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United States
American Medical Association
Medical Association
The
Nighttime Musings on Sleep and Wakefulness
A reflective note discusses lying awake through the night and the idea that rest is earned by effort, not by flawless sleep. It questions stressing over insomnia when one remains resting even in a semi-conscious state.
Health Advice and Q A for Readers in 1936
A condensed reader questions column covers first aid pamphlets with 12 cent postage for up to 35 copies, appendicitis prevention via diet, and concerns about tractor cranking. Dr Brady notes limited responses due to volume, requesting stamped self addressed envelopes.
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Dr. Brady
William_ Brady
National Newspaper Service
West Madison Street
Chicago
Has Hiccoughed For Five Years
Robert F. Milton of Blue Springs Missouri has suffered hiccoughs for five years with only brief interludes. He has seen 42 doctors including specialists, visited two hospital clinics and tried numerous cures after beginning the hiccoughing on April 5 1931 following a soda pop drink.
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Blue Springs
INS
Robert F. Milton
Milton
King Corn Prices Fall From Peak in 1925
Des Moines reports that Iowa’s king corn shows a steep decline after 1925 when corn topped $1 a bushel. February high reached $1.10, December price dropped to 56 cents, with 12 cents in January February and as low as 8 cents in some sales reported by federal statistician Leslie M. Carl.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Carl
Quezon Calls Scouting Key to Youth Citizenship
President Quezon of the Philippine Commonwealth emphasizes training youth for citizenship as a major objective and says Scouting will play an increasingly important role in realizing that goal.
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Quezon
Philippine Commonwealth
Republicans Hear Back On Past Roosevelt Votes
Republican lawmakers defend 1933 34 votes for AAA NRA and early New Deal proposals while facing internal and external critics. Senator Steiner of Oregon, who voted for AAA, cites early opposition to executive power and recalls letters urging bipartisan support for propping up business. Debate over a new tax bill links dividends to corporate reserves and small stockholders.
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Washington
Congress
AAA
NRA
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Steiner
Oregon
National
Memorial work under way at Vincennes for Roosevelt visit
Scores of WPA workers in Vincennes Indiana landscaping the George Rogers Clark memorial grounds ahead of a June dedication by President Roosevelt. They are demolishing an old gas plant near the memorial tearing down brick buildings and removing tanks as part of the preparations.
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Vincennes, Ind
INS
WPA
George Rogers Clark
Roosevelt
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