Britain to issue stern note to Japan over Far East settlements
Britain prepared a strong note reaffirming treaty rights in China and rejecting Japan's claims to control international settlements at Shanghai Tientsin and Amoy. The move followed tensions over blockades and Tokyo's stance ahead of a Britain France Soviet accord.
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London
Great Britain
Japan
China
Far East
Foreign Office
Neville Chamberlain
Robert L. Craigie
Tokio
Shanghai
Tientsin
Amoy
William Malkin
Britain
Italy
Dino Grandi
League rejects plea for penalties against Japan
In Geneva the League of Nations council rejected China's request for specific penalties against Japan while inviting member nations to aid China. The council also weighed a Finnish Swedish plan to fortify the Aland islands to maintain neutrality, with Russia pressing to delay and seeking details.
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Geneva
League of Nations Council
China
Japan
Aland Islands
Russia
Finland
Sweden
Gulf of Finland
Paris
Great Britain
France
Baltic
League
United Press
Helsingfors
Alands
Auto Crashes Into Column Of Troops Near Schofield Barracks
A civilian driver, Charles K. Crabb of Johnston plantation work, collided with a marching column near Schofield Barracks in Honolulu. One soldier, Private John F. Carlson of Jamestown New York, was killed and 18 soldiers injured. The car then struck ammunition trucks before stopping.
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Honolulu
T. H
INS
Schofield Barracks
John F. Carlson
Jamestown
N. Y
Charles K. Crabb
King and Queen Encounter Bears on Banff Rockies Tour
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth photographed amid mountain wildlife during a Banff visit. A brown bear cub briefly halted the royal group on Tunnel and Norquay mountains while a mule deer and a grouse also featured in the royal outing. The sixteen member party rode a historic caleche later that day as mice were removed from the vehicle.
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Banff Springs
Alta
Podner
Great Britain
Rocky Mountains
Norquay
George VI
Rockies
Norquay Mountain
Royal
Banff
Golf
Paris
Richard FE. Brett
Alberta
Camp Good Health Fund Drives Donations in Iowa
The Gazette asks readers in Cedar Rapids to donate to the Camp Good Health Fund to support summer health camp care for physically handicapped girls like Mary Jean and Jo. Contributions may be sent to The Gazette office, with memorial gifts noted by 9 a.m. Tuesday for Memorial Day publication.
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Camp Good Health
Mary
Jean
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazette
Christians in Holy Land fear end of mandate and Muslim rule
The AP piece notes about 110000 Christians in the Holy Land who share Arab culture yet fear a return to Muslim rule. It details Christian support for Arab nationalism while urging Britain to maintain the mandate to safeguard sites like the Holy Sepulcher and Church of the Nativity, and to protect Christian education and medical work.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Christendom
Holy Land
Britain
League of Nations
Tray Carrying Title At Stake In Race Today
French Lick Springs Ind INS Forty Negro waiters balance loaded trays on their heads in the annual cross country race for the tray carrying championship. A one mile route over footpaths and open country excludes use of hands. Favorite William Belton, Tubby King, last year’s titleholder, and Ducky Darden are among the top bets.
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French Lick Springs
Ind
Ins
Spa
William Belton
King
Ducky
Darden
Hearings Set On 48 Airline Applications
The Civil Aeronautics Authority will begin hearings Wednesday on 48 applications from 24 carriers for new airlines. If granted, these will add 14 000 miles to the U S air network as seven new firms seek entry. Authority forecasts 1 500 000 air passengers in 1939.
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Washington
INS
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Deaths services for Miss Hildegarde Hubbard
Funeral services for Miss Hildegarde Hubbard a retired teacher who died Saturday after a long illness will be held at Turner chapel at 9 30 a m Monday Dr Charles J Bready officiating burial will be in Rogers Grove cemetery near Ely Friends may call at the chapel
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Hildegarde Hubbard
Turner Chapel
Charles J. Bready
Rogers Grove
Ely
Death of Miss Edith Amanda Larson in Cincinnati
Miss Edith Amanda Larson died at 4 p m Saturday at 1624 Sixth Avenue SE Cincinnati where she had stayed two months. Born February 4 1875 in Stoughton Wisconsin she lived most of her life in Cincinnati and was a Christian Science church member. She is survived by sister Mrs M W Fussell of Cincinnati sister Mrs O R Meredith of Nampa Idaho brother Dr C L Larson of St Paul Minnesota and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral at Turner chapel 3 30 p m Monday with a Reader of the First Church of Christ Scientist interment Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Edith Amanda Larson
Cincinnati
Ohio
M. W. Fussell
Sixth Avenue SE
Miss Larson
Stoughton
Wis
Christian Science Church
Fussell
O. R. Meredith
Funeral services for Walter W. Glew at Farley church
Funeral services for Walter W. Glew 63 who died Saturday in a Cedar Rapids hospital will be held at 2 PM Monday at the Consolidated church Farley Iowa. Burial will follow in Fairview cemetery Farley. The body is at the Everett Glew residence Farley.
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Walter W. Glew
Cedar Rapids
Consolidated Church
Farley
Fairview
Everett Glew
William Rogers Dies at Veterans Hospital Des Moines
William Rogers an employee of the Chicago and North Western railroad freight office in Cedar Rapids died at 10 p m Saturday in the Veterans hospital Des Moines Surviving is his wife who was with him at the time The body will be brought to the Moen funeral home
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William Rogers
Eleventh Street
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Moen Funeral Nome
Norwegians Honored by Prince in Stanwood Cemetery
Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha of Norway visited a Stanwood cemetery to honor Norwegian pioneers who settled in Washington in 1849, paying tribute to their bravery.
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Stanwood, Wash
Ins
Prince Olav
Martha of
Norway
Stanwood
Washington
Candid street portrait honors for local children
Bill ie Fieseler shows consternation when photographed on his afternoon ride, while Jo Ann Duffie poses confidently. The Gazette notes the candid cameramen's work on the street and offers prints for 25 cents, with two chosen daily for publication and enlargements given to the subjects.
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Billie Fieseler
William Fieseler
Fifteenth Street SE
Jo Ann Duffie
J. B. Duffie
Ninth Street SE
George Fieseler
Billie
Gazette
Ship Workers Veto Strike Called Anyway
New York reports a strike by AFL Seamen’s union over wage and overtime terms halted 14 Eastern Steamship vessels and left about 7,000 workers idle from Boston to Norfolk and Bermuda. Operators cite leadership changes and rejected ballots while vowing to keep ships manned and afloat.
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New York
INS
Atlantic Coast
Bermuda
Eastern Steamship Company
Steamship Line
AFL Seamen’s Union
Matthew Dushane
Boston
S. S. New York
S. S. Acadia
S. S. George Washington
Norfolk
Portland
Alton B. Sharp
Line
Risky 13 Hour Swim Through Santa Helena Canyon
Roy Swift a 27 year old Texas newspaper man and his brother W E Swift 37 completed a 13 hour perilous swim down the Rio Grande from the canyon head at 6 45 a m to the mouth at 7 45 p m reporting their ordeal from Terlingua Texas over the towns single telephone line. The pair endured a rough beating in the treacherous canyon walls rising over 1500 feet.
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Terlingua
Tex
INS
Roy Swift
Texas
International News Service
Rio Grande
Santa Helena
Swift
W. E. Swift
Midwest Drought Develops Threatening Wheat Losses
A general drought is not yet declared but the coming two to three weeks are critical as wheat losses mount. March through May rainfall was record low from the Mississippi to the Rockies, with states showing 51 to 73 percent of normal precipitation and subsoil moisture failing. The Crop Insurance Corporation has begun indemnity payments in the southern Great Plains, signaling broader payouts likely as June wheat prospects weaken.
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Mississippi River
Rocky Mountains
Canada
Texas
Weather Bureau
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Minnesota
Iowa
Great Plains
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Rainfall Eases Nebraska Drought Threat Across State
Omaha dispatch reports rainfall up to two inches general over Nebraska on Friday and Saturday, easing concerns of a developing drought that could have harmed crops.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Body Of Missing Moline Man Found In Mississippi
The body of Frank P. Rennolet a 37 year old World War veteran and Moline resident was found on a sandbar in the Mississippi River near Twenty third street in Davenport police said there were no marks of violence. He had been missing since Thursday after leaving Union Malleable Iron Works where he worked for two years. Police planned a thorough investigation as his pay check and money were not found on him.
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Davenport (Ap
Frank P. Rennolet
Moline
Mississippi River
Twenty-third Street
Rennolet
Union Malleable Iron Works
Rug Salesmen Charged With False Pretenses
Cedar Rapids men George J. Nassif and David Skaff, both 35, itinerant rug salesmen, were arrested by detectives Kudina Wilson and Haberle at 9 p m Saturday on a Cresco sheriff’s warrant charging obtaining money by false pretenses. Sheriff Percy Haven said he would call for the men Sunday.
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George J. Nassif
David Skaff
Cedar Rapids
Kudina, Wilson and Haberle
Percy Haven
Cresco
Haven
Sunny
Russia Receives Proposed Anglo French Pact Text
Premier Vyacheslav Molotov reviewed the Anglo French plan after Britain and France presented the text. He discussed the proposal with Sir William Leeds the British ambassador and the French charge d affaires for more than an hour in Moscow.
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Moscow
INS
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Britain
France
Molotoff
William Leeds
Rescue of Bootleg Miner Trapped in Mountain Shaft
Robert Galligan, 38, survived a cave in at Locust Mountain coal hole near Shenandoah Pennsylvania. His colleagues John Leahy and Michael Gilroy escaped to call for help as rescuers worked with steam shovel and drills. Galligan remained 75 feet below the surface but later shouted hello confirming he lived through the collapse. His father Patrick Galligan awaited news after an all night vigil.
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Shenandoah, Pa
Robert Galligan
Locust Mountain
Galligan
Patrick
John Leahy
Michael Gilroy
Hull neutrality plan fuels congressional debate
Secretary Hull urges a cautious neutrality policy with no general embargo, warning against isolating the United States while outlining administration recommendations. Bloom reports a draft bill and hearings to start next week as Senate opposition grows to Hull’s proposals, including a combat area ships ban.
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Hull
United States
Congress
Bloom
House
Senate
Senator Gillette
Kuhn Outlines 10 Resignations in Band Meeting
Kuhn states ten resignations from the group but vows the organization will persist. He notes a real leader would be followed, and emphasizes the band will stay intact. No violence or nazi symbols were seen at the meeting hall. Band members previously in gray uniforms and ordungsdienst armbands appeared Saturday in gray shirts and blue trousers.
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O. D
Ordungsdienst
Zoo Inmates Seem Death Plot Targets
BUFFALO N Y UP a series of strange happenings at the Buffalo zoo climaxed by the death of Flippo a pet seal Police investigate a possible plot to destroy the caged animal kingdom Autopsy shows seal died of poisoning Koko the elephant ill but improving two Tahr goats freed and recaptured Officials to boost guard to uncover cause
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Buffalo, N. Y
Buffalo Zoo
Flippo
City Briefs And Personals Report Weekend Notices
Bungalow cooking school meets Wednesdays at 2 00 PM. State employment office at 417 First Avenue East closed Memorial Day. Roy Smith of 220 First Street SW called to Davenport Saturday by his mother Mrs F H Smith death. Cedar Rapids lodge 141 I O O F will meet Tuesday at 8 PM for officer nominations. Raymond Coward Cedar Rapids attorney to speak at the Central City Memorial Day observance Tuesday at 9 AM.
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First Avenue E
Roy Smith
First Street
Davenport
F. H. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Raymond Coward
Watch Lost in Roosevelt Hotel Wash Room Reported
Rollin Coffland of Watkins reported to police Saturday that he lost a gold wrist watch with a metal strap in the wash room of the Roosevelt hotel.
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Rollin Coffland
Watkins
Roosevelt Hotel
Levy Family Relocates to Cincinnati Shoe Store Manager
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Levy and their son Stephen, formerly of 1619 Fifth Avenue SE, have moved to Cincinnati Ohio where Mr Levy is manager of a Lober's shoe store.
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Sidney Levy
Stephen
Fifth Avenue SE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lober’s
Woman Arrested on State Intoxication Charge
Zita DeNio a 28 year old resident of Nineteenth Avenue and A Street SW was arrested on a state charge of intoxication at 9 pm Saturday She was taken into custody at 932 Fifteenth Avenue SE.
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Zita DeNio
Nineteenth Avenue
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Townsend Picnic Supper and Lodge Installation
A Townsend picnic supper is set for 6 30 p m Monday in Odd Fellow hall 109 Second avenue se followed by a program and dancing Members should bring picnic provisions The Star of the West lodge No 1 Knights of Pythias will confer the ranks of page and esquire Monday evening All members are urged to attend
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Odd Fellow
Second Avenue SE
Page
Esquire
Star of the West Lodge
No. 1
Knights of Pythias
Odd Fellow and Rebekah to assemble wreaths in Cedar Rapids
Members of the Odd Fellow and Rebekah lodges in Cedar Rapids meet at 2 p.m. today at Maine lodge hall 838 First Avenue East to prepare wreaths for Memorial Day use on lodge graves.
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Odd Fellow
Rebekah Lodges
Cedar Rapids
Maine Lodge
First Avenue E
Rebekah
Memorial parade meets at armory for memorial services
Capt. Sophus Klinge of Post No 1 Iowa Volunteers asks post members to assemble at the Memorial Building Armory at 6 45 p m today for a parade to Trinity Methodist church and the annual memorial services.
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Sophus Klinge
Iowa
Memorial Building
Trinity Methodist Church
Advertisement for Flowers Want Ad in Monday's Gazette
Promote cut flowers and plants for Decoration day with a Want Ad in Mondays Gazette. Call 2-1121 before 12 o'clock noon Monday to place the ad and sell your flowers.
Harold Nichols arrested for intoxication and disturbing the peace
Harold Nichols 30 of 1520 Fifth Street NW was arrested at 7 15 p m Saturday and charged with intoxication and disturbing the peace by fighting after going to his landlord Elmer Hunters home at 413 First Avenue W and starting an argument.
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Harold Nichols
Fifth Street
Nichols
Elmer Hunter
First Avenue
Covington Man Found Injured on Sidewalk
Tom Young was brought to the police station at 11:45 p.m. Saturday after being found with a deep gash on the back of his head on the sidewalk at A avenue and First street NE. He received treatment from the city physician and was placed in the custody of friends who took him home.
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Tom Young
Covington
First Street
Cedar Rapids Jail Term Ends For Floaters Not Local Resident
Jack Carney 58, jailed in police court Saturday to serve a $10 fine for intoxication, is not a Cedar Rapids resident. Police say he is a floater whose last known address was Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Carney
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Coat Stolen From Car At Y M C A Hotel
A blue coat trimmed with black fur valued at 5 dollars was stolen from a car owned by J A Whitmore of the Y M C A hotel. The theft occurred between 4 45 and 5 p m Saturday while the vehicle was parked in front of 721 Third avenue SE according to police.
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J. A. Whitmore
Third Avenue SE
Tarzan to wed day after divorce from Lupe Velez
New York report states Johnny Weissmuller and Beryl Scott of San Francisco will wed in New Jersey on July 11, a day after Weissmuller’s divorce from actress Lupe Velez becomes final.
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New York
Llp
Johnny Weissmuller
Beryl Scott
San Francisco
New Jersey
Lupe Velez
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