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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1936
Page
8
Paris AP report says France envisions nets strung between balloons forming an aerial wall to trap enemy bombers. The plan targets frontier communities with a four zone air defense, active before Paris, and uses sound devices, radio, and searchlights to detect planes.
Craft leadership sessions will be offered November 13 20 and 27 at 7 30 p m in the recreation rooms of First Presbyterian church by the Rev W C Grant pastor of John Huss Methodist church and his assistants aimed at Scout and Camp Fire leaders.
Harold W. Bissell a New York lawyer unveils a new contract bridge bidding system based on hand distribution rather than high cards. He claims it yields higher scores and fewer penalties with sample hands illustrating one club and one diamond openings and multi-suit identifications.
New schedules begin operating an airmail service from Buenos Aires to New York reducing travel time to four and a half days. The improvement saves about a day in transit compared with previous offerings.
One hundred fifty merchant members of the Grocers Wholesale Co operative, Inc will attend a one day convention in Cedar Rapids to mark the opening of the first branch warehouse at 407 First street SE A buffet luncheon at noon and a banquet at the Roosevelt hotel Tuesday night are planned The Cedar Rapids warehouse will serve eastern Iowa members of the buying organization formed in Des Moines in 1912 with nearly 700 members in Iowa Missouri and Minnesota Walter E Mineck is local manager Officers are elected from the membership and serve without salary.
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