Iowa Art Exhibit Opens at Gallery
A new Iowa art exhibit opened at The Little Gallery and runs daily in November from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Director Francis Robert White cites its variety and as the state’s first rental exhibition, featuring twenty six works by artists including Marvin Cone Edwin Bruns Arnold Pyle Everett Jeffrey Ruth Jeffrey Don Glasell Harry Jones Betty Albert and Carl Flick among others.
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Iowa
Little Gallery
Francis Robert White
Jacques Jolas
Mount Vernon
Criss Glasell
Stone City
Marvin Cone
New City
Edwin Bruns
Arnold Pyle
Mr. Pyle
Everett Jeffrey
Don Glasell
Harry Donald Jones
Sinclair Lewis
Ruth Jeffrey
Mary Norbert Karnek
Elisha
Harry Jones
Betty Albert
Howard Johnson
Tom Savage
Carl Flick
Amana
Floeychingey
Vance Richardson
Herbert O. Newmann
Harold Stepanek
Dave Foster
Nellie Gebers
H. Johnson
Racine Vernier
John Bloom
Robert Canine
Margaret Triplett
Jane Scott
Paul Fillmore
Dorothea Tomlinson
Ambulance Delivers Ballot To Injured Voter In Atlanta
In Atlanta a curbside ballot was delivered to M. W. Rucker who lay injured with a pig head wound and a broken leg outside the courthouse. County election officials had barred bedside voting but allowed curbside voting for those able to reach the door.
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Atlanta
INS
First Ward
M. W. Rucker
Rucker
Edward Pledges Peace Efforts in Parliament Opening
London AP Edward VIII in his first reign session pledged to pursue appeasement of Europe and called an imperial conference in London next May as he travels to India to be crowned emperor. Heavy rain dampened the procession but thousands gathered along the Mall to glimpse the monarch.
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London
Edward
Europe
House of Lords
India
Buckingham Palace
Whitehall
Marquis of Londonderry
Wallis Simpson Misses Parliament Opening
London AP reports Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson did not attend the Parliament opening. Shortly before King Edward left Buckingham Palace for his speech a four foot high basket of flowers was delivered to the Cumberland Terrace home of the American divorcee.
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London
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Cumberland Terrace
Election Straw Signals from the States
The Associated Press surveys key states to gauge likely outcomes. New York and Pennsylvania are pivotal. Massachusetts Rhode Island Kansas could shift results. California Ohio Indiana Illinois offer clues on whether Roosevelt or Landon leads, with regional trends dictating possible victory margins.
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Massachusetts
Rhode Island
London
Kansas
California
Roosevelt
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
East
Halloween Vandals Damage Residence
Police logged vandalism after F. W. Wohlrabe reported October 31 that his home at 805 Nineteenth Street SE had down spouts torn from both sides, a backyard trellis torn down, several window screens removed and damaged, a large flower box damaged, and three windows broken while he was away.
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F. W. Wohlrabe
Nineteenth Street SE
City of Denver Delayed by Heating Trouble in Cedar Rapids
City of Denver streamliner arrived two hours late into Cedar Rapids Tuesday morning due to heating unit trouble. Kilwinning Lodge of Perfection Iowa Consistory No. 2 schedules a 7:30 p.m. meeting Wednesday to discuss the fall reunion. Mrs Emery Lane reports a purse loss of a small black bag with four cents outside Killians on Third Avenue.
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Denver
Cedar Rapids
Kilwinning Lodge of Perfection of Iowa Consistory
Consistory Temple
Emery Lane
Seventh Street
Killian
Third Avenue
Companions of the Forest to Hold Evening Meeting
Companions of the Forest Camp No 1367 meet at 7 pm Wednesday in the Odd Fellows hall 107% Second avenue SE. Officers should attend on time as a bazaar runs throughout the evening.
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Companions of the Forest
Odd Fellows Hall
Second Avenue SE
Miss Alma Hartz Heads Health Department Mission
Miss Alma Hartz, former supervisor for the Public Health Nursing Association, was in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday en route to Des Moines from Clinton township where she supervised a rural health education program. She is now with the state department of health.
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Alma Hartz
Public Health Nursing Association
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Clinton Township
Miss Hartz
State Department of Health
Opening Night Theater at University of Iowa Nov 9
Miss Marian Gallaway and the Community Players offer single and season tickets for the opening of the University of Iowa theater on November 9. Tickets are available at the Community Playhouse and the Y M C A building. The production is Two Hundred Were Chosen by E P Conkle.
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Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Marian Gallaway
Community Players
Community Playhouse
E. P. Conkle
Hollywood figure Gene Dallan stars in EY Illusion Supreme
Gene Dallan a Hollywood magnate and former Cedar Rapids resident leaves Tuesday for the west coast. He will be featured this season over Fanchon and Marco units with a stage creation that produces a thirty person company from an empty gilded cage.
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Gene Dallan
Hollywood Magnan
Cedar Rapids
West Coast
Fanchon
Marco
School Board Awards Insurance Contract to Mutual Agency
The independent school district's workmen's compensation insurance was awarded by the board Monday night to Mutual Insurance agency, represented by W. D. Ralston. Cost totals $826.50, allocated to teachers $420, janitors $396, and drivers $10.50.
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Independent School District
Mutual Insurance Agency
W. D. Ralston
Accused By Girl's Mother Bond Set For Hotle
Paul Hotle, 20, of 616 Sixteenth Street NE, waived to the grand jury after arraignment in Justice A S Reed's court on a statutory charge filed by a local girl's mother. He was arrested Monday night, bond $1,000 set, held in county jail awaiting grand jury action.
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Paul Hotle
Sixteenth Street
School Board Moves Small Pension Funds to Savings Bonds
The school board decided to invest money under $1,000 from the teachers' pension fund of the independent school district in United States savings bonds. The action aims to keep funds in the pension system while avoiding investment bonds.
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Teachers’ Pension Fund
Independent
United States Savings
Coat stolen from car after Danceland dance
Frank O Shea of Cascade reported to police that his light grey polo coat and gloves were taken from his locked car parked behind Danceland the night of October 29. He returned about midnight to find the door unlocked and the coat missing.
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Frank O’shea
Cascade
Danceland
O’shea
Sunshine Mission Election Night Service Plans
The Sunshine Mission will host an election night service tonight with a gospel program from 7 30 to 8 30 led by Rev Frank Ward on Where Art Thou. At 8 30 a radio provided by the Killian company will broadcast election returns.
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Sunshine Mission
Frank Ward
Killian Company
Car Stolen From Street in Mount Vernon Area
Louis Williams reported his car was stolen Sunday night from Third Street between First and A avenues NE. He told police Monday a man later tried to sell the car at a local used car dealer.
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Louis Williams
Mount Vernon Avenue
Thirtieth Street
Third Street
First
Ray Wilson Sentenced to 30 Days with 20 Suspended
Ray Wilson, 24, of San Francisco, received a 30 day county jail term with twenty days suspended during good behavior.
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Ray Wilson
San Francisco
Man Charged With Larceny After Overcoat Theft
In Justice A S Reed's court Tuesday a man named Wilson faced larceny charges. He was arrested at 12 20 a m Tuesday at the Union freight terminal Ninth avenue and Third street SE while trying to sell a nearly new overcoat. He was taken to the police station for questioning. Special Police Officer McLain reported a patron of a local beer parlor had an overcoat stolen. Dave Bushay of the Grand Hotel identified the coat and gloves at the station as his.
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A. S. Reed
Wilson
Union Freight Terminal
Ninth Avenue
Third Street
McLain
Dave Bushay
Grand Hotel
Truck Driver Held After Sleepy Sit In Wheel
Clyde Koffman aged 48 of 1020 A avenue NW was brought to the police station at 1 20 a m and charged with intoxication after police arrested him sitting behind the wheel of a truck on Second street near the old waterworks A North Western switch crew had pushed the truck off the rail to allow a switch engine to pass foreman Frank Lynott summoned police Koffman and the truck were taken to the station arraignment set for Wednesday due to no police court on Tuesday.
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Clyde Koffman
A Avenue NW
Second Street
Koffman
North Western Railroad
Frank Lynott
Roosevelt Votes as Cameras Click in Hyde Park
President Roosevelt and eight family members cast ballots in Hyde Park’s first election district before noon. He wore a gray suit with a blue tie featuring donkey designs and displayed Andrew Jackson’s gold watch chain as a lucky token.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Franklin, Jr
Andrew Jackson
Franklin
James Roosevelt, Jr
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Boettiger
Nancy Cooke
Malvina Scheider
Marguerite Lehand
President Jackson
St James Church Armistice Service Plans
St James Methodist church at Ellis Boulevard and Avenue NW will hold a special Armistice observance this Sunday. All World War veterans on Cedar Rapids west side not connected with another church are invited. The St James choir directed by W J Hemmer will sing special music and the pastor will speak on Keeping Faith.
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Ellis Boulevard
Avenue NW
West Side
Cedar Rapids
St. James
W. J. Hemmer
Kansas Votes On Landon Successor
Kansas voters go to the polls to choose a successor to Gov. Landon. Republican Will G. West, a McPherson stockman and former secretary to Landon and Clyde Reed, runs against Democrat Walter A. Huxman, a Hutchinson attorney.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
M. Landon
Will G. West
Landon
Clyde M. Reed
West
McPherson
Walter A. Huxman
Hutchinson
Canada and Soviet Russia Compete With United States In Fur Trapping
Canada and Soviet Russia emerge as the two leading rivals to the United States in the fur trapping trade. The contest centers on pelts, routes, and seasonal yields, with explorers and traders noting shifting fox and beaver stocks across Arctic settlements.
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Canada
Soviet Russia
United States
Rival Unions Split On Shipping Strike
San Francisco officials prepare skeleton crews to guard ships during the maritime strike while New York leaders threaten arming crews and violence. Labor officials urge nonunion crews to man tied up vessels as tensions rise across ports from Philadelphia to Seattle.
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San Francisco
New York
Edward F. McGrady
Atlantic
Gulf
David Grange
International Seamen’s Union
Seamen’s Defense Committee
Grange
Joseph Curran
Pacific Coast
Pacific Northwest
Seattle
Sawmill and Timber Workers Union
National election underway with polls closing at varying times
The nation votes for President, Vice President, 33 governors and Congress. Polls close at different times by state with Millsfield New Hampshire ending before 1 a.m. and the northwest staying open to 10 p.m. CST. A late count is expected due to high turnout possibly around 45 million voters.
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United States
House
Millsfield
N. H
New York
Head of Harper and McIntire Co Dead
Clarence S. Harper 60 longtime business and civic leader of Ottumwa died at 10 15 a m Tuesday after a major operation two days earlier He led Harper and McIntire Co a Cedar Rapids Ottumwa wholesale hardware firm since 1919 and chaired the Iowa Coal Institute since 1929 Survived by his widow and three sons
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Ottumwa
Clarence S. Harper
Harper
Harper and McIntire Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Coal Institute
Parsons College
Harvard University
Capt
Samuel H. Harper
Garner's Ballot Is Numbered Thirteen
Avalde Texas AP report says Vice President John Nance Garner cast the thirteenth ballot in the general election here. He formed a grin on learning the number and offered no remark. Mrs Garner's ballot was numbered fourteen.
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Garner
Avalde
Tex
John Nance Garner
Cotton Fabric Paves Virginia Bridge Floor Experiment
The Virginia highway department will use cotton fabric to pave the floor of a Pamunkey river bridge at West Point in a federal state experimental program. The fabric, supplied by the federal government, sits between the pavement base and the hard surface as part of the test.
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Richmond
State Highway Department
West Point
Wartime Bomb Death Claims Ex Soldier in Sydney
Twenty years after finding a Mills bomb on a French battlefield Edwin Arthur Hollinworth a Sydney ex soldier was killed by the souvenir. A visitor and Hollinworths 12 year old daughter were injured when the bomb safety catch released. Military authorities urged owners to render relics safe prompting a wave of consignments including a London aerial bomb.
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Sydney
France
Edwin Arthur Hollinworth
Hollinworth
Bollinworth
London
Births Reported for Amgott and Fisher Families
Born to Mr and Mrs Donald Amgott at Mercy hospital a daughter on Nov 2. Born to Mr and Mrs James Fisher at 312 First Street SW a daughter named Joan Arlene on Oct 27.
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Donald Amgott
Bever Avenue
Mercy Hospital
James Fsher
First Street
Joan Arlene
Knox Casts Vote and Relaxes Awaiting Returns
CHICAGO AP Knox, republican vice-presidential nominee, voted in his home precinct then relaxed at the Chicago Daily News office where he is publisher to await returns. He spoke on 37-state coast-to-coast tour and urged victory, criticizing the social security act and warning against autocratic control.
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Independence
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Peggy Anne
John M. Landon
Topeka
Ralph Mitchell
Ray Pitts
Independence Unit
Kansas National Guard
Alf
Mitchell
Chief Pitts
Chicago
Frank Knox
Chicago Daily News
Knox
Gov
America
Polling Hours Varied Across States for Election Day
Voters began in New Hampshire as early as 12:01 a.m. and polls ranged from 6 a.m. to noon local time. Sunrise states Florida North Carolina and Virginia opened first. others closed as early as 3 p.m. in Georgia rural districts and as late as 10 p.m. in Rhode Island. Washington Oregon opened at 8 p.m. Pacific time.
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Washington
America
Little Millsfield
N. H
London
Roosevelt
Florida
North Carolina
Virginia
Montana
Georgia
New York
Rhode Island
Oregon
California
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936
A 1936 Cedar Rapids auto toll is listed with a figure of 409 and 311, details unclear due to damaged OCR. The snippet appears to note toll or fare amounts tied to Cedar Rapids transportation.
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Cedar Rapids
California lettuce workers end Salinas strike vote
Salinas and Watsonville union members vote 613 for returning to work and 342 against ending a two month strike marred by police tear gas outbreaks. Terms mirror prior proposals. employers may keep non union workers, hire union toil, and bar “trouble makers” from rehire with the same wage scale of 75 cents for packers and 55 cents for trimmers.
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Fruit and Vegetable Workers’ Union
Watsonville
A. S. Doss
Edward Vandeleur
California State Federation of Labor
Policemen On Mikotas Shift Hold Rabbit Supper
Assistant Chief Al Mikota and his patrol squad held a rabbit supper at Ben Hur hall after a rabbit hunt that produced thirty four rabbits bagged by two teams. Milke led the winning team with eighteen rabbits. Hrabetin’s group took sixteen rabbits. he hunted barefooted after boot blisters.
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al Mikota
Ben Hur Hall
Bill Milke
Mikota
Hines
Glen Walters
Milke
Frank Hrabetin
Bill Kudina
Fred Cars
Walsh
Clift
Pinex Cough Syrup Recipe Promises Quick Relief
A home remedy claims mix of two cups sugar one cup water and two and a half ounces Pinex in a pint bottle yields fast cough relief. The syrup supposedly loosens phlegm and soothes irritated membranes, with no cooking required and claimed high cost efficiency and long shelf life.
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Sioux City
First Avenue
Thompson
Eighteenth Street
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Third Avenues
Edward Will
Wally
THE
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Mays Tea Room
S.U.S
Fanchon Show
Invest Pension Fund
Program At Mission
St. James Church
Elmer Doubenmier
Lloyd A. Gustafson
Lancaster
Cedar County
Lillian Deck
Lisbon
H. S. Cottrill
Ames
Earl
Marion
Harper and M’intire CO
Lettuce
Salinas
Calif
Colonies
Coats
Kindwell
Blue Valley
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