Armstrong Store to Be Enlarged and Modernized
Cedar Rapids officials announce a major expansion for the Armstrong Clothing Co. The project adds a new fourth floor and converts unused space into sales area. Exterior redesign, new front, more entrances, redecorated interiors, and two elevators planned. Local Cedar Pids craftsmen to build. Harry Hunter is architect. The store, a family-owned institution since 1890, marks seventh expansion since opening.
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E¢ Women's
Seed Avenue
Second Street
Second Avenue
Harry Hunter
Armstrong Clothing Company
Cedar Rapids
S. G. Armstrong
Second Street SE
Artisan Claims Recovery Of Stradivarius Secrets
Santa Clara California AP reports an artisan claims recovery of the Stradivarius secret of violin tone. The claim centers on restoring a legendary instrument or its methods through expert reconstruction and archival research.
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Santa Clara
Calif
Sketch Of Remodeled And Enlarged Armstrong Store
Edward C. Brush, veteran violin maker, explains a lost art of varnish application found accidentally. The incident occurred 39 miles east of Sioux City in Woodbury county where the store burned destroying about 1,500 gallons of oil and an undetermined amount of gasoline.
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Armstrong
Edward C. Brush
Brush
Sioux City
Woodbury County
Carl Burow
Firefighters From Seven Towns Battle Cushing Blaze
Fire companies from seven towns tackled a midwest blaze at Cush ing Iowa a bulk plant of the Mid Continent company burned with about 6000 dollars in damage An explosion at around 1 pm sparked the fire and after ninety minutes firefighters contained it Cushing is described as a farming community.
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Sioux City
Cushing
Mid-Continent Company
Radio Programs and Band Orchestras Listed for Evening Schedule
NBC CBS and CBS network listings show a dense schedule of orchestras led by Ben Bernie Henry Busse Phil Levant and many others with stations WEAF WJZ WABC WBBM KMOX WCCO and more. The listing includes hosts guests and program times across afternoon and evening blocks noting sports and public affairs segments as well.
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Lrv
Reisman
NBC
WJZ
Glen Gray Erch
CBS
WABC
WBBM
KMOX
WCC
Ed Wynn
WEAP
KYW
WMAQ
Henry Buenbogen
Pennsylvania
Fred Waring
Erch
WCCO
Eddie Dowling
NBC String Symphony
Mary Pickford
Roy Campbell
WEAF
Tume
McCarthy
WOCO
WGST
Weaf Kyw
Grace
Eddie
Lofty Moore
Weaf Chain
U. S. Army Band
WJZ Chain
Bill
WEBM
Jack
Loretta Clemens
Gene Arnold
Weaf Ain
A. Congress
Rosa
Og Young
Bob
Happy Jack
Clyde Barrie
Wcco Woc
Burton
Jackie Heller
A Venuta
Webb
Buddy Clark
Wabc Twcco
Buck Rogers
Coeeaee
Moe Weco
Amos 'N
Andy
Sy Aces
Gertrude Niesen
Nae Smith
Boake Carter
John Herrick
Hon Orch
Wjz Cone
Cavalcade Ofnetics
Monroe
Soprano
WIZ Chain
Wayne King Orch
WWJ
Allen
Town Hall
Andre Kostelanetz Rch
Helen Traubel
the New Deal
James A. Kane
Society of Lots and Sciences
al Goodman Orch
WLW
Ted Reval Orch
Cirdle Thes Orch
WACO
Faddy Duchin Orch
Wean Masters Orch
WOC
Clyde Lucas Orch
Dick Mansfield Orch
Sterling Young Orch
Fletcher Henderson Orch
Shandor
W4dZne
Iowa City Moves Forward With Municipal Electric Plant
The Iowa City Council, in a special meeting, voted unanimously to proceed with a million dollar municipal electric plant despite a federal injunction hearing in Washington DC. The action follows a pledge by the council and continues conflict with the Iowa City Light and Power company over a $413,000 PWA grant, of which about $28,000 has been received.
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Iowa City
Federal District Court
Washington, D. C
Iowa City Light and Power Company
PWA
Washington Sideshow By Fulton Lewis Jr on Hull and Italy
The piece argues Secretary Hull’s sympathy for Britain’s embargo against Italy faltered as Senate foreign relations members blocked his neutrality bill. It notes Johnson and Vandenberg halted the embargo, leaving Mussolini seeking end to warnings and broader recognition of the Ethiopian campaign.
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Washington
Hull
Great Britain
Italy
Rome
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Capitol
Senate Committee
California
Hiram Johnson
Michigan
Arthur Vandenberg
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Europe
President weighs new Italy trade pact amid Borah’s path
Secret preliminaries with Italy’s Rosso loom as Hull pitches a fresh trade treaty with Italy. Borah ponders alliances after a Cleveland primary setback. President extends Joe Eastman’s term as federal coordinator of transportation. A Georgetown portrait shows Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts and his daughter Elizabeth in a quiet home scene.
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United States
Hull
Italy
Rosso
Idaho
Borah
Ohio
Cleveland
Old Guard
Hoover
Roosevelt
Joe Eastman
Georgetown
Supreme Court
Owen ‘J. Roberts
Elizabeth
Pigeon Rescued After Blocking Brooklyn Traffic
New York police officer William McKeon captured an exhausted homing pigeon that halted traffic at a busy Brooklyn intersection for five minutes. He saved the bird and earned pride for the rescue.
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New York
William McKeon
Brooklyn
McKeon
Landon In Tight Spot as Inflation Bill Fails
Washington covers how the Frasier Lemke inflation measure fares in Congress. Kansas Republican delegates vote yes while Governor Landon’s quiet stance hurts his standing. Coughlin gains in Ohio primaries signaling pressure from his movement. The political stretch toward the convention begins.
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Washington
D. C
House
Kansas
Landon
Congress
Ohio
Union For Social Justice
Father Coughlin
Mr. Landon
Alice Longworth
Big Top Collapse Kills Girl at Circus
A severe storm tore a section of the Barnum and Bailey big top, trapping and injuring several as 13 year old Betty Lee Rauch Busch of Shenandoah Virginia died from a fractured skull after a tent pole fell on her at a hospital.
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Washington
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Betty Lee Rauchbusch
Shenandoah
Baldwin Resident Dies After Car Collision
Maquoreta Halsey F Greene 71 of Baldwin died Monday night from injuries after being struck by a car driven by Hugo Hoeck of Davenport on highway 117 two miles east of Baldwin. He was a brother of Mrs. Sarah Tracy of Maquoketa and is survived by a son Ivyll of Baldwin, two brothers Ben and Joe of Maquoketa, and a sister Margaret Hute of Maquoketa.
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Maquoreta
Halsey
F. Greene
Baldwin
Hugo Hoeck
Davenport
Greene
Sarah Tracy
Maquoketa
Ivyll
Ben
Joe
Margaret Hute
Maquoeta
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Fulton Lewis, JR
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Myers Tobacco
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