Shaw claims abdication due to coronation tomfooleries
British dramatist George Bernard Shaw told Time and Tide that King Edward VIII abdicated to avoid the coronation and its ritual pageantry. He praised Wallis Warfield’s marriage as a diplomatic master stroke and derided coronation symbols as obsolete and theatrical.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
Edward VIII
Shaw
Time and Tide
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
William the Conqueror
Matilda
Anheuser-Busch Wins Package Design Award
Anheuser-Busch received a gold award in the All-America package competition with 12 000 entrants for the holiday gift wrapper design. The wrapper, to adorn Budweiser cartons next Christmas, will be shown nationwide and abroad and is on display at Rockefeller Plaza.
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Anheuser-Busch
America
England
Australia
Rockefeller Plaza
Faith and trust in marriage and local notes mix in a rumpled column
A column blends a joking tale about divorce with various local updates. Memorial Day speaker David Bleakley is named for Center Point, while local markets list prices for Wheat, oats, corn, rye, barley, hay, straw, hens, eggs, hogs, steers, and lambs. Executives and residents travel and relocate, including William Chamberlain in Washington and A S Drysdale moving to Cedar Rapids to manage Blue Valley Creamery. The Rev John Arthur is elected a delegate to the general assembly in Jamestown.
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David Bleakley
Center Point
John L. Powers
California
William Chamberlain
United Light and Railways Company
Washington
A. S. Drysdale
Detroit
Cedar Rapids
Blue Valley Creamery Company
Claire Dinwiddie
School of Gymnastics
New Haven
Conn
J. Wy. Hayes
James Tyndall
Thomas Myers
James Thompson
William Fullerton
L. J. Baerthal
T J. Longhurst
William Flanagan
Spirit Lake
John Arthur
Iowa Episcopal Diocesan Convention
General Assembly
Jamestown
Smiling Brunette Sips Budweiser in Holiday Card Scene
A cheerful brunette raises a glass of Budweiser in a festive image. The card features a small sleigh with six reindeer pulling a Budweiser carton, labeled from and to.
Percy Oakes Takes Job in Chicago with United Public Service
The Gazette notes Percy Oakes departs tomorrow for Chicago to join the United Public Service company. In other items Cletus Snoebler, aged 14, suffers a fractured skull after being struck by a car. F and Mitralsky returns from New York after a chat with Charles Lindbergh at Roosevelt Field before his Paris flight.
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Percy Oakes
Chicago
United Public Service Company
Cletus Snoebler
F. &. Mitralsky
New York
Charles Lindbergh
Roosevelt Field
Lindbergh
Paris
Entries and lead problems in bridge echo from New York expert
The article notes Morrie Elis of New York, runner up in the National Masters Team of Four, facing the difficulty of creating an extra entry for the dummy while limiting losses in trumps and hearts. It highlights how bidding reveals weak suits and strategic play in the declarer’s hand.
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Morrie Elis
New York
American Bridge League
North
Elis
Card Play Analysis from a 1837 Bridge Column
The article describes a bridge deal where South holds heart and spade strength while the diamond queen falls early. Elis leads the jack of hearts, the ace follows, and a heart entry opens. A trump finesse and later concessions define the play, with declarer ending by defeating with the trump ace and limiting the opponents to one trump and two clubs.
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South
Elis
Declarer
Notice of Appointment Executor No 14358 Iowa
The undersigned on May 6 1937 was appointed and qualified as Executor of the estate of A Kaufman late of Linn County Iowa deceased. All persons indebted to the estate should pay promptly and those with claims must present them for filing in the Clerk of the District Court Linn County Iowa. Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids Iowa as Executor Deacon Bargent and Spangler Attorneys.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
A. Kaufman
Iowa
Auix
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