The Duchess of Grantheim on the Orient Express
Ted Layton meets the Duchess Elsa of Leucadia and her entourage aboard the Orient Express. The former queen and her party, including Baron Gottlieb and the Countess Van Ark, plot a discreet American voyage amid a royal abdication and a public intrigue as reporters chase clues and a jeweled handbag.
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Leucadia
Carl
Duchess of
Grantheim
Paris
America
Orient Express
Cherbourg
Ted
Elsa of
Baron Gottlieb
Layton
Chicago
New York
Layton Company
Countess van Ark
Elsa
Ted Layton
Baron Gottleib
United States
Elsa Ends Aboard Transcontinental Express Bound West
Elsa prepares to leave her homeland for freedom on a transcontinental express to the western world. She reflects on the prime minister’s downfall and a lonely life, noting her mother’s death and the Queen Mother’s era as a solitary era. Ted Layton spends three days in Paris seeking a 200d sailing to New York.
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Ted
Orient Express
Paris
New York
Vienna
Europe
Ted Layton
Paul
Elsa
America
Carl
Atlantis
Baron Gottlieb
Jow
Queen Mother
Presbyterians Seek Missionary Funds
The 153rd general assembly of the Presbyterian church US America closed with an urgent appeal for more funds to expand missionary work in war zones and Latin America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
153Rd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Latin America
The Poet of the People Edgar A Guest
A reflective poem laments unending warfare and tyrants who glorify force. It honors fallen soldiers and recalls Christians slain at prayer while urging future generations to honor liberty with vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Hats Roan Wool Use Reaches Near Eight Million Pounds
Census figures show U S factories use about eight million pounds of wool each year to manufacture hats, highlighting the scale of wool consumption in the hat industry and the national textile economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Repeal of neutrality debate and freedom of the seas
The piece criticizes calls to repeal embargo rules and expand freedom of the seas. It cites U S actions in Europe Asia and the Balkans and questions moral justifications used by leaders and ministers. It notes Roosevelt Stimson Knox and the era's conflicting policies and warns against hidden motives in foreign policy debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlan
France
Knox
Stimson
Roosevelt
76Th Congress
United States
Red Sea
Morocco
West Indies
Hitler
Europe
City Hall Notes on street grade petitions and permits
Highland Realty seeks to raise the grade on two drives on C avenue NW between Fifteenth street NW and Highland drive. A. A. Kalliel surrenders a class C beer permit and it is reissued to M. M. Sheronick at 629 Second avenue SW. Oiling petitions filed for multiple streets and blocks across the city for one week.
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E. M Scott
The
Highland Realty Company
C Avenue NW
Fifteenth Street NW
Highland Drive
Public Improvements Department
City Council
A. A. Kalliel
Second Avenue
M. M. Sheronick
L Avenue
Ninth Street
Tenth
Eleventh Streets
Tenth Street
M Avenues
Eleventh Street
Lincoln
H Avenues
Ninth Avenue
Eighth
Ninth Streets
Young's
Sixteenth Avenue
Twentieth Avenue
Eighth Street
Fourteenth
Fifteenth Avenues
Sheriff Sale Notice in Linn County Iowa Details
A sheriff sale notice reports a transcript execution from Linn County Iowa Court against Bruce H Fulton and Alma Fulton. The real estate described is the west 50 feet of Lot 3 Block 1 Isbell's First Addition Marion Iowa. Sale set for May 1 1941 at 10 30 a m in Cedar Rapids Court House. James H Smith sheriff signs the notice.
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District Court
Linn County
Iowa
Justice Court
H. R. Churchill
Towit
Isbell
Marion
Towa
A. D
Court House
Cedar Rapids
James H. Smith
Rovadeburgh
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Elizabeth Corbett
Qaelgut
Fritz
Sterndorf
Baron
H. O. Smith
Star Jewelry Co
Second Street SE
Mia
Elton
Presbyterians
Aries
Fedy
Teddy S Rv
Ech
Cobh
Roa
Boake Carter
Archbishop of Canterbury
Britain
Russia
Franco
Spain
Lidell
Gibraltar
Munoz Grande
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Balkans
House of Israel
Mount Sinai
Israel
Republic
Mr. Roosevelt
City Hall
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