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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1934

Page

4

Poland Gains Prestige In Europe By Marshal Pilsudski

London dispatch notes Marshal Pilsudski and Colonel Beck skillfully maneuvering to elevate Poland’s status with France and Barthou. Events detail non aggression pacts with Russia and Germany, the Four Power pact fallout, and Polish fortification while Barthou’s Warsaw visit signals Poland as an equal power and wary balance in European diplomacy.

Poland Europe Marshal Pilsudski France London Joseph Beck Louis Barthou Louis Germany England Italy Kattowice Gdynia Pilsudski League of Nations Russia Upper Silesia Danzig Hitler Barthou Warsaw Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Roumania Teschen Silesia Czech Silesia Prague Edward Benes Barthon Benes Une Tang Pates Pata Go LWT Central M. Barthou M. Benes

Johnny Miler Stops Saxon In Third Round

Des Moines bout ends with Johnny Miler defeating John Saxon in the third round of a scheduled ten round heavyweight contest. Miler floored Saxon once in the first and again in the third for a decisive victory.

Johnny Miler Saxon Des Moines Alba Ta Cmender Tite John Saxon Crevelare O Pere Friday Nicht Miller Wrta Ek Knarkee Ohio Battler Olit

Earlville Juniors Beat Manchester in 15-5 Game

Special to The Gazette Earlville defeats Manchester 15 to 5 on Earlville diamond Monday evening. The Earlville Juniors also beat Manchester Juniors 5 to 2. imperfect patrol text about bread temperature is unrelated.

Earlville Manchester Fear Ir Leegion Manchester Legion

Marion residents honor Memorial Day with services and events

Marion marks Memorial Day with a city park service led by Dr H N Strader and Rev John M Waiters. Musicians, choirs, and a firing squad observed a moment of silence and wreaths were laid on the Soldier's monument. A procession included the Marion school band and veterans groups.

B B Hickenlooper Cedar Rapids H N Strader John M Waiters Paul Popejoy O. I Muller Marion Robert Mitchell

Fundamentals of the Golf Swing by Chester Horton Teachings

An instructional note on how swing mechanics rely on the club head and wrists, advising golfers to let the swing flow and resist extra pressure. Chester Horton and Brent ittie contribute an illustrated booklet for permanent reference on golf fundamentals.

Chester Horton Brent

Local Club Officers and Weekend Notices

First vice president Charles West and other officers listed in a Marion area club. Auction sale of household furnishings Saturday afternoon at 1825 Eighth Avenue. Memorial day visits referenced and family reunions planned near Marion. Various residents travel between Marion, Monticello, Allerton, and Evanston. social plans and weekend visits noted.

Eighth Avenue

Five Hundred Athletes Compete At Fort Madison Relays

Five hundred athletes from fifty-seven schools across four states gathered for the fifth annual Fort Madison Memorial Day Relays. University of Iowa stars joined exhibition events with Mark Panthor and a noted 480 yard high hurdle shuttle relay team aiming for a world record. State champions from Malinois Missouri South Dakota and Iowa raced, including Floyd De Heer of Oskaloosa with titles in shot put and discus.

Fort Madison

Girl Struck by Car Injures 15 Year Old Names Noted

Eleanor Brantner 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs Russell Brantner 515 First Ave W, suffered facial cuts and bruises when struck by an automobile as she ran across an alley behind her home at 10 am Wednesday. Driver E A Beardsley 1304 A Ave NE stopped. girl treated at home by a physician who gave several stitches. Beardsley reported the accident to police.

Eleanor Brantner Russell Brantner First Avenue E. A. Beardsley A Avenue NE Beardsley

Youth Upholds Old Man's Game Highlights Young Golf Prodigies

A 15-year-old caddie Joe Lynch won a state caddie tournament with 150 over 36 holes at Albemarle near Boston. Twelve-year-old Sonny Fraser shot Seaview in 75. Fifteen-year-old Walter Swope carded 36 for nine holes at Pinehurst. 11-year-old Mildred Hacks drove 200 yards thrice her weight. Bobby Clark, 11, made a hole in one in Watertown. The item notes youths excel in golf against adult labels.

al. Demaree Wolf Joe Lynch Albemarle Boston Sonny Fraser Seaview Walter Swope Pinehurst Mildred Hacks Bobby Clark Watertown Conn New York Yankees New York Massachusetts John Marcum Athletics Phil Pace Johnny Frederick Dodgers Twins

Community Players elect new president at picnic meeting

Lael Abbott was chosen president of the Community Players after a board meeting and picnic at the Herbert Stamats farm. Arthur Poe steps down. Frances Prescott remains vice president and Hazel Brown secretary. Jane Riley treasurer. John Carey to chair the playhouse committee. Stamats to chair the director committee.

Lael Abbott Community Players Board of Directors Herbert Stamats Arthur Poe Frances Prescott Hazel Brown Jane Riley John Carey Playhouse Abbott

Henry S Ely to Speak at High Twelve Club Meeting

Henry S Ely will give a crayon talk at the High Twelve club meeting Friday at Hotel Roosevelt. If you lose anything over the holiday place a Lost and Found ad in The Gazette. Dial 2-1121 Ad-taker. An accident report notes B O Hasek escaped without injury after a bicycle collision with an auto driven by Claudine Thomas at Sixth Street and Seventh Avenue SW.

Henry S. Ely High Twelve Club Hotel Roosevelt the Gazette B. O Hasek Fourth Street Sixth Street Seventh Avenue Claudine Thomas Cottage Grove Avenue

Thieves Break Into Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway Sheds

Cedar Rapids and Iowa City railway watchman William Hemer told police thieves broke into railway sheds over the weekend and stole ten flashlight batteries three pairs of pliers five dry cell batteries a battery tester and a voltmeter.

William Hemer Cedar Rapids Iowa City

Funeral services for Mrs Mary Taylor

Death notices state funeral services for Mrs Mary Taylor will be held at her home on 1231 Fifth Street SE at 8 30 am Thursday and at 9 at St Wen Ceslaus church conducted by Rev Father August Vojacek. Burial follows in St Johns cemetery.

Mary Taylor Fifth Street St. Wenceslaus Church Father August Vojacek St. John's Cemetery

Funeral for David S. Woodford Set Thursday

The funeral will be from the Rohn chapel Thursday at 10 am with the Rev E J Wykle officiating. Burial follows in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel Wednesday evening.

David S. Woodford Rohn E. J. Wykle Linwood Cemetery

Burial Set in Palo Cemetery for A. Quass

Quass burial will be in Palo Cemetery. Services held in Turner chapel Thursday at 2 p.m. Rev. I. E. Baumgartner will preside.

Mary A. Quass Turner Chapel I. E. Baumgartner Palo Cemetery

Birth Announcement for Dale LeVerne Nye

Born to Mr and Mrs Vern Nye of 1339 Third Street NW a son named Dale LeVerne on Monday. The mother and child are at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs T J Miller of Marion.

Harvey Hanson Chicago Marion George Oakley Ninth Street Vern Nye Third Street NW Dale LeVerne

Cartier Celebration Planned by Province of Quebec

The Province of Quebec plans a July celebration for Jacques Cartier’s 400th anniversary of discovering Canada. Events will span Quebec with a pageant of Cartier’s landing near Gaspe Harbor and may include a member of the British royal family as a guest.

Province of Quebec Montreal Jacques Cartier Canada Quebec British Empire United States France Gaspe Harbor Gulf of St. Lawrence Francis I Cartier Frances

Dwarfs of Hungary Form National Union to Hold Congress

Dwarfs rally under a racial purity creed and invite dwarfs worldwide to a congress likely in Budapest next year. The movement seeks endogamy with normal-sized people and lower fares and smaller houses for tiny folk. Its leader is described as 30 inches tall.

Dwarfs Hungary Budapest Hitler

Defense Corps Plan Aimed at Guard Duties in Britain

The Royal Defense Corps would guard key points in Great Britain during war, per a British War Office announcement. It calls for former service soldiers and Territorial Army veterans aged 45 to 60, excluding reservists, to enroll.

Defense Corps Royal Defense Corps Great Britain British War Office Territorial Army

Chicago Kidnap Suspect Held On French Coast

State's Attorney Thomas J. Courtney said French authorities hold three men at Cape Gris Nez after a Chicago gambler James Hackett gang kidnapping case. Eddie Dorow and aliases Drew Wagner were suspected. authorities sought photos and fingerprints to confirm identity. Two gang members, Frank Souder and Gail Swelley, received life terms. Julius Jones awaits sentence after pleading guilty.

Chicago Thomas J. Courtney Cape Gris Nez Eddie Dorow James Hackett Blue Island Frank Souder St. Charles Gail Swelley Peoria Julius Babe) Jones East St. Louis France Drew Wagner Hackett

Cornell Letters Awarded In Three Branches At Cornell College

Special to The Gazette Mount Vernon I status announces spring athletic awards at Cornell College. Varsity letters went to basketball track wrestling and intramural supervision with numerals for basketball wrestling track and tennis. Recipients include Charles Berve Rochelle Eldon Coffman Gale Henke Harold Still Underwood John Winnie Tom Ray Ray Bunch Gordon Ellison Dale Hill Lawrence Hunter Yanus Johnson Laurel Morford DeLoss Osburn Tom Shaffer Wesley West and others.

Mount Vernon Cornell College Richard Barker Charles Berve Rochelle Eldon Coffman Harlan Current Gale Henke Cedar Rapids Harold Still Newton Benton Underwood Albion John Winnie Clear Lake Charles Zoda Geneva Tom Ray Oclwein Ray Bunch Oregon Gordon Ellison Dale Hill Clarion Lawrence Hunter Yanus Johnson Osace Laurel Morford DeLoss Osburn Perry Tom Shaffer Elgin Wesley West Kenneth Xkiefer Pocahontas Tudor Price Lime Sprines Harold Still Newton Fred Shadle Chicago Hugo Birkhahn Rock Island William Cook Waterloo Robert Cline Blairstown Fancher Donly River Forest Alan Green Marshall Town Ronald Mac Ill Frank Novak Rockford Ralph Rhode Oak Park Richard Rhode Til Rodman Thacher Minneapolis William Schroeder Preston Lyle Vernon Central City Alvin Wheeler Ralph Kunz Clinton Richard Currie Mason City LaVon Kremer West Chicago Everett Laughlin Freeport Dan Shea Ottumwa Ward Miller Vernon. Scott Muscatine Dale Sieben Genrsee Alden Young Maynard

Iowa Rain Record To Date This Year

Precipitation during twenty four hours ending at 7 a.m. is .01 inch. This month to date totals 1.01 inches, with normal 4.00 inches and a deficiency of 2.99 inches. From Jan. 1 to date 4.45 inches, vs normal 10.70 inches, a deficiency of 6.25 inches. Figures supplied by the U. S. Weather Bureau in Des Moines.

International News Service U. S. Weather Bureau Des Moines

First 1894 Paris Rouen car race attracts 102 entrants

In the epoch event the 1894 Paris to Rouen race drew 102 automobiles attempting to meet a 7 percent speed threshold for entry.

Paris Rouen France

Lack of Defense Destroying China Shows Dismemberment Risk

Washington report cites China as example of how weak national defense invites foreign encroachment. Britain, France, Japan, Russia, and others have carved spheres of influence since 1842, with Hongkong, Indo China, Korea, Formosa, and Outer Mongolia among gains as China remains disunited and unprotected. The Foreign Policy Association warns dismemberment trends are rising.

Washington INS China Empire East American Foreign Policy Association Japan Confucius Great Britain Russia France Britain Hongkong Indo-China Burma Sikkim Tibet Korea Formosa The Pescadores Manchuria Jehol Outer Mongolia Foreign Policy Association

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Milton Bronner NEA Penitent Marion News Barbara Clark Ruth Engstrom Paul E Popejoy Rebekah Lodge Earl Holsinger Fred Holsinger Charles Granger Ella Harding Mary Howell Jennie Rearick John Rohrer Monticello Irene Carpenter Vinton C C Carpenter Frank W Lindahl Coggon Herman Coon Oxford Junction St. Luke’s Hospital L. C Coon Cary Club H. W. Erwin Phoebe Alice Cary Albert Bragg Dick Diederich Kenneth Gibson Bill Gibson Lee Koppenhayer Indianapolis Rudy Foile Marshalltown Jim Foile Baker Ed Scott Mrs W. W. Vaughn Lester Peck Mary Smith Anamosa Dick Brown Barbara Corning Alvy Berber Jerome Dochterman J B Howell Missouri Rena Rice Nettie Northrop Earl Northrop Fred Skedin Davenport Sara Nott J R. Treichier Helen Crane Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls G. Rowley Jordan’s Grove Church Edna Roberts Christian Church Albert Roser Yocom Chapel John M Walters Methodist Church Oak Shade Pauline Nase Eleventh Street Claire Mershon Lloyd Peterson Ralph William Kirkpatrick Marengo Kirkpatrick Dorothy Hazel Hutton Center Point P F Schultz Kathleen Newman John Schultz Storm Lake Jean Lions Lions Club New Hailwood Astrowows Hugh Gordon Chester Horton Goli Copsrisht Charles West J. L. Papes F W. Lindahl E. J Miller Charles T. Rowe H. O Young Merle Knight Mrs. Knight Clark Robert Martin Sam Fulkerson Kansas City Allerton Mrs. Fulkerson Pulkerson Ray Dougherty Wednesday Evanston Dougherty Marie Muirhead Hallwood Cafe W. H. Laxson Lorraine Billy Ontario Ore Fred Lutz Karl Kendall Ethryn and Elinor Ed Sigfred This City Isla McSperrin Marian Dwelle Arline Dwelle Elna Erickson Coe College Maquoketa Paul Fiedler Helene Robert Dubuque Cuba City C. Q Miller Ft. Madison Que Lynch Capa David Woodford Quass Cornell Constance Bennett Peter Elmirador Gardens Palm Springs Calif Iowa
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