Public Auction and Gallery Openings At City Arts Center
Public auction of Marvin Cone paintings at 8 pm in Art Association rooms on the library’s second floor. Opening of the annual amateur salon in the art gallery. Mercy Hospital reports Mr and Mrs Tike Koury of 1405 Sixth Avenue EB welcomed a daughter on Oct 31. Mr and Mrs Leo Naso of 1519 Seventh Avenue SE welcomed a son on Nov 1.
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Marvin Cone
Mercy Hospital
Tike Koury
Sixth Avenue
Leo Naso
Seventh Aveue
Mrs Frances Pospishil Dies at 70 in Local Hospital
Frances Pospishil aged 70 of 1117 Eighth Street SE died in a local hospital at 4:53 am Wednesday. The obituary notes residence and age with no further details provided.
Richard Chadima Fined for Reckless Driving
Richard Chadima, 16, of 331 Twenty third Street Drive SE, was fined $50 and costs for reckless driving. The fine was suspended on payment of costs and surrender of his driver’s license for 60 days.
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Richard Chadima
Twenty-third Street Drive
Fire on Oakland Road and Thirty Second Street NE
A fire started at 914 am on Tuesday involving corn stalks on a street at Oakland Road and Thirty Second Street NE. Emergency crews were on scene for about 19 minutes with alarms still sounding.
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Oakland ‘Road
Thirty-second Street
Local Figures Named in Regional Social Notices
Roderick E. MacDougal of Cedar Rapids and L Mildred Greaves of New York City, Jack Wrigley of Marion and Edith See-Jey of Anamosa, Lowell T. Brown of Oak Park Illinois and Madelyn J. Rath of Chicago are listed.
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Roderick E., MacDougal
Cedar Rapids
L. Mildred Greaves
New York City
Jack Wrigley
Marion
Edith See- Jey
Anamosa
Lowell T. Brown
Oak Park, Ill
Madelyn J. Rath
Chicago
Rumors of German Coalition Government and Dictator Rule
A Reuters dispatch from Budapest says rumors allege a military dictator will lead a new coalition government in Germany. The report notes the dispatch is circulating with reserve and there is no confirmation of the rumors.
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Germany
London
INS
Reuters
Dispatch
Budapest
Mother Says Arrested Dies Witness Target Of Union Head S Threat
Mrs Dolly McCuistion Crawford testifies before the Dies committee that her son, a Die’s witness, faced threats if he opposed an anticommunist move. She cites a warning from Joseph Curran, head of the National Maritime union, claiming communists infiltrated the federal government and could seize control unseen.
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Union Head
Washington
Dolly ‘McCuistion Crawford
Dies Committee
New Orleans
Labor ‘Union
Maritime Field
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
New York
Curran
Crawford
They Say By INS Highlights Global and Civic Warnings
Helen Keller warns of a darkened future for civilization with insidious threats to beauty wisdom and progress. Boston Mayor LaGuardia urges national unity against dictators to uphold moral force for safe living. Dr Harold Dodds calls colleges to bridge liberal arts study with real life applications.
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INS
New York
Helen Keller
Civilization
Europe
Asia
Boston
F. H. LaGuardia
Princeton
N. J
Harold W. Dodds
Heffelfinger Legacy Continues With Blake High Standouts
In Minneapolis Frank and Mark Heffelfinger, 150 pound grandnephews of Yale star Pudge Heffelfinger, are now end and left halfback for Blake high school. Pudge, famed in the 1880s, began at Minneapolis Central and later helped tear at Yale lines, marking a long family football lineage.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Pudge Heffelfinger
Yale
U.S
Frank
Mark Heffelfinger
Totten Heffelfinger
Pudge
Blake High
Minneapolis Central High School
Population growth slows in the United States
Dr. Virgil D. Reed of the bureau of census announced that U S population growth has declined four-fifths since 1810 and may become static within forty years.
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Chicago
Virgil D. Reed
Bureau of Census
United States
Wife Sues Charles Morris for Divorce in Hollywood
One week after separation Charles Morris prominent film actor, his wife Suzanne Morris formerly Sue Kilbourne, files for divorce accusing cruelty. The action was filed Tuesday in Hollywood.
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Charles Morris
Hollywood
INS
Suzanne Morris
Sue Kilbourne
Morris
Attack on vessel off 0.5 reported again
The Dornach Shipping Company vessel built in 1936 and 352 feet long was listed in records as operating between North American Cuban and European ports. Washington reports the British Freighter Coalmore may be attacked in the neutrality zone prompting potential consultations among American republics.
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Dornach Shipping Company, Limited
Washington
Iif
United States
Panama
Winnie Ruth Judd Planned Missionary Life in Mexico
Reports from Reverend Paul R Ankerberg say Winnie Ruth Judd, jailed in Arizona, told him she planned to flee to Mexico to pursue religious work as a missionary after expressing a desire to start life anew. The 34 year old shooter remained under guard at the state hospital in Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Ins
Winnie Ruth Judd
Mexico
Arizona State Hospital
Paul R. Ankerberg
Tempe
Halloween Patrols Keep Damage Down In City
Police report less Halloween vandalism this year with log barricades moved and celebrants dispersed. A crash case ended in a suspended fine for 50 dollars and 60 day license surrender while officials noted no major incidents beyond a few scorched corn shocks and a stone cap moved from a porch column.
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Rock
Chadima
Moon” Mullin
Second Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Dave Williams
Williams
Harry Johnson
Thomas B. Powell
Bob Vinch
Henry Nemec
al Mikota
Cedar Rapids
Robins
Jim Smith
It's All Over Says Jolson on Marriage to Ruby Keeler
Al Jolson announced in Pittsburgh that his 11 year marriage to Ruby Keeler is over and that she has asked for a divorce. Delayed by weather, he spoke to reporters after a Los Angeles meeting with Keeler at the airport. Jolson called her the finest woman and said their years together were the happiest of his life.
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Pittsburgh
al Jolson
Ruby Keeler
Washington
Jolson
Ruby
Los Angeles
Fatal Halloween Prank Causes Fatal Crash in Fort Wayne
Authorities blamed a Halloween prank for a crash that killed one motorist and injured two others in Fort Wayne Indiana. The pranksters deflated tires and parked nearby cars as two men worked on a deflated tire, leading to a collision with a third vehicle.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Fred Kramer
Anthony Karthall
Charles Dick
Kramer
Karthall
Deaths Mrs Frances Pospishil widow of Hynek
Mrs Frances Pospishil 1117 Eighth street SE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 4:53 am Wednesday after a month’s illness. She was born in Parnik Bohemia April 28 1869 and came to Cedar Rapids 58 years ago. Survived by three sons Ignac Frank Emil a daughter Mrs William Cejka two sisters and a brother all in Cedar Rapids seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Body at Polansky chapel pending funeral arrangements.
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Frances Pospishil
Eighth Street
Hynek Pospishil
Parnik
Bohemia
Frank
Barbara Unzeitig
Cedar Rapids
Libbie
Ignac
Emil
William Cejka
Josephine Neckville
Paul Trachta
Frank Unzeitig
Zdenka Havlicek Lodge
Zizkov Dub Lodge
Polansky Chapel
Funeral services for Edward W. Zisko in Cedar Rapids
Edward W. Zisko lifelong Cedar Rapids resident died at home 1054 F avenue NW. Funeral in Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday with Rev. George Stauffacher officiating. Burial in Cedar Memorial Park cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Edward W. Zisko
Cedar Rapids
F Avenue NW
Turner Chapel
George Stauffacher
Cedar Memorial Park
Funeral services for Mrs. Frances V. Vondracek
Funeral services for Mrs Frances V Vondracek who died at her Lemon Grove California home will be held at the Barta chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday conducted by the Rev Melvin L Welke Burial will be in the Bohemia National cemetery.
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Frances V. Vondracek
Lemon Grove
Calif
Barta Chapel
Melvin L. Welke
Bohemiam National Cemetery
Senate House Conference Moves On Embargo Bill
Debate on a single war embargo bill continues as a senate house conference committee is formed to reconcile differences between the embargo provisions in the Senate and House versions. Rep Shanley seeks an embargo on arms munition and war implements, opposed as a gag by embargo opponents.
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Senate
House
Senate-House
Rep
Shanley
Conn
Pinball Machines Seized for Test Case
Police seize penny and nickel punchboards and pinball machines from grocers after parents complain children spend lunch money on chances. County Attorney Thompson says devices with prizes are gambling and will trigger condemnation proceedings. no charges for operators.
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Thompson
Stanley
Belden Hill
Vlach
Brother asks death penalty removal for Winnie Ruth Judd
Burton McKinnell, brother of Winnie Ruth Judd, asked authorities to remove the death penalty as a step toward curing her dementia praecox at the Arizona State asylum. He argued that curing insanity would come before any execution and cited a related court ruling as basis to reconsider the sentence.
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Washington
INS
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona State Asylum
McKinnell
Judd
Arizona
Marlene Dietrich Seeks Tax Deficiency Redetermination
Washington police filed a petition by movie star Marlene Dietrich asking the board of tax appeals to redetermine alleged tax deficiencies totaling 142 193 on a total fee of 464 604 for 1936 and 1937 The petition claims the Internal Revenue Bureau overestimated her 1936 income by 124 142 and 1937 income by 76 373.
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Washington
LLP
Marlene Dietrich
Board of Tax Appeals
Internal Revenue Bureau
Death recalls Hatfield feud witness in Kentucky burial
Tolbert Hatfield, 89, one of the last surviving witnesses of the Hatfield McCoy feud, dies of pneumonia after a stroke. His burial in Ransom recalls the long running border dispute between Kentucky and West Virginia.
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Ransom
Tolbert Hatfield
Kentucky-West Virginia
Tolbert
Pickpockets Target Bank Customer Outside Mer chants National Bank
Fred A. Bliss of 524 Fifth Avenue SE reported two men jostled him at the Merchants National Bank door Wednesday morning. One dropped glasses and the other bumped Bliss, who later discovered his billfold containing 44 dollars missing. Police have no description of the suspects.
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Merchants National Bank
Fred A. Bliss
Fifth Avenue SE
Bliss
Reich Says It Will Not Peril Crew Of Flint
Berlin source says the City of Flint's American crew faces no danger from likely German actions. Hull asked Britain and Germany to avoid any action endangering the crew as the steamer proceeds to a German port under a Nazi prize crew. No Berlin word on the ship's whereabouts.
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Reich
Flint
Berlin
City of Flint
Germany
Cordell Hull
Britain
Int
American freighter City of Flint under German prize crew sails south
The captured American freight er City of Flint, with a German prize crew, steams near the Norwegian coast off Bodog, about 800 miles from the Baltic entrance. Norwegian sources say the ship remains in good condition and crew safe. Rumors of British interception near Lofoten were discounted.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Bodog
Baltic
Lofoten Islands
Bodoe
Skagerrak
Auction Of Marvin Cone Paintings Tonight At Cedar Rapids Library
Public auction of Marvin Cone paintings set for tonight at 8 on the Cedar Rapids library second floor. Thirty nine paintings will be sold from the displayed art gallery with Cedar Rapids residents acting as auctioneers. Prominent Iowa City figures Grant Wood Dr Earl E Harper and others expected to attend.
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Grant Wood
Earl E. Harper
University of Iowa School of Fine Arts
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Marvin Cone
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Arthur Poe
Edward Sheehy
Don Hines
Jack Shepard
Donald
Skipper Defies Nazis As City of Flint Rescues Stonegate Crew
Survivors say German captors threatened to blow the torpedoed Stonegate and kill the crew unless officers stayed aboard. Captain Joseph A. Gainard of the City of Flint refused to yield, reportedly declaring the ship would not be moved.
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London
INS
City of
Flint
City of Flint
Tromsoe
Norway
England
Stonegate
Joseph A. Gainard
William Keithley
Longshoremen vote to strike in New York over wages
The International Longshoremen's union voted Tuesday night to strike in 48 hours unless 10 coastwise shipping companies grant wage increases and shorter hours.
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New York
International Longshoremen’s Union
Disappearance Of Tires Revealed In Marak-Steffer Case
Testimony in the Marak-Steffer bankruptcy hearing reveals that Harry Enck admitted taking five tires before the bankruptcy. Two tires went to a Galesburg garage, two to Lisbon for a service, and one to Flanagan station to apply on a gas bill. M. B. O’Leary discussed purchases and notes with Denton Steffer, noting no Marak-Steffer asset checks while at International Harvester.
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M. B. O'Leary
Davenport
International Harvester Company
Harry Enck
Mechanicsville
Marak-Steffer Implement Company
Galesburg
Ill
Marak-Steffer
Michael W. O'Rieley
Eneck
O’rieley
United States
R. L. Whelan
Joseph Petrus
J. D. and
J. C. France
Sanket
O’ricley
Enck
Chris Peterson
Lisbon
Flanagan
O’leary
J. C France
Marak- Steffer Company
O'Leary
Denton E. Steffer
Marak
Harvester Company
Marak- Steffer
Harry Tipton
Marak-Steffer Company
Tuxedoed Newsboy Boosts Sales in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh AP reports Leo Spinelli a 23 year old newsboy dressing in a tuxedo sells papers from downtown theaters and supper crowds. He speaks softly with an Oxford accent claiming sales have doubled as ladies prefer his polished appearance.
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Pittsburgh
Leo Spinelli
Spinelli
Leo
Byrd Cruiser Runs Into More Trouble in Transit
The Byrd Antarctic snow cruiser Sage escaped a ditch after a 12 mile move on Wednesday. A severed oil line was fixed in two hours, and the 75,000 pound vehicle pressed toward Akron, Ohio, after a 90 hour delay. A new motor and wheel will be installed at Erie, Pennsylvania, with tires to be obtained at Akron, likely Thursday.
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Lima
Akron
Erie
U S War Plane Sales Await Arms Ban Repeal
Reports from New York Baltimore and California tally about 700 American war planes in storage or nearing completion awaiting a lifted arms embargo to ship to England and France for World War II use. Britain and France have large ordered totals with expansions planned at major manufacturers. Some heavier bombers may be flown across the Atlantic rather than shipped by sea.
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New York
Baltimore
California
United States
England
France
Sweden
Belgium
Britain
Burbank
Calif
Inglewood
Australia
Canada
Buffalo
Bridgeport
Conn
Santa Monica
Lockheed
Curtiss
Water loo railway to buy power from Public Service Co
Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern Railway will discontinue its 1912 power plant and buy electricity from Iowa Public Service Co. An expenditure of 235000 dollars funds new substations to handle 60 cycle power, replacing 25 cycle. The line runs passenger and freight service among Waterloo Cedar Rapids Cedar Falls Waverly and Cedar Falls street cars.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls
New Cigaret Law Yields Dividends
Des Moines report from the treasurer shows October 1939 cigar et taxes at 168 882 versus 148 754 in October 1938 an increase of 20 128. September 1939 collections totaled 167 752. The law proponents claimed the state could gain up to 800 000 annually from cigaret revenue.
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Des Moines
INS
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Locat
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Constance Talmadge
Walter Giblin
Miss Talmadge
Townsend Netcher
Mrs. Frances Pospishil
Edward Zisko
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Ruth
Byrd
U. S
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Downey
A. M. Rochlen
Douglas
W. C. F. and
Public Service Co
Armstrong
Hickey Freeman
Hickey-Freeman
Hickey- Freemans
Hickey Freemans
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