U.S. Exports Gold to France Amid Market Rumors and Treasury Actions
The United States shipped 10.5 million dollars of gold to France under the Anglo-French-American pact, with additional 10 million dollars arriving from Japan in San Francisco. Morgenthau explained foreign gold withdrawals are offset by sterilization funds as experts debate motives behind the gold flow.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
France
French Stabilization Fund
United States
U. S
American Stabilization Fund
Europe
Morgenthau
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Carrier pigeons stolen from Minneapolis loft
Leonard Schultz released fifteen carrier pigeons but only three came back. One returned with a note declaring the others were eaten and advising not to call the police.
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Minneapolis
Leonard Schultz
Pattern 4593 offers flattering housefrock for all sizes
Advertises Anne Adams Pattern 4593 a simple housefrock with V neck no collar and puff sleeves. Notes available sizes 34 through 48, fabric amounts for 36 size, and edging options. Includes illustrated sewing instructions and price 15 cents pattern 15 cents book, order via Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department New York address.
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Anne Adams
Anne ‘Adams
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Department
W. 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Trick Netted Five Dollars at Montgomery Ward Store
A woman in a black dress and coat distracted a Montgomery Ward clerk at 4 p.m. Monday with a skin game involving a $10 bill. She handed a 50 cent purchase and demanded different dollar denominations, fleecing the clerk of $5. The unidentified suspect is described as about 35, five feet ten, slender.
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Montgomery Ward
Leaps To Death Just Before Aid Arrives
Ross McMahon a 47 year old World War II veteran died after leaping from the roof of his apartment building hours after a welfare relief approval reached him The postman delivered the relief notice just before the fatal jump leaving a wife and child in need.
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New York
INS
Department of Welfare
Ross McMahon
McMahon
Old age pensions rise to 1516 in Linn County October
Six five more Linn county residents received old age pensions in October bringing the total to 1 516. The new pensions total 1 115 monthly with an average of 17 per beneficiary. Relief figures show ten new pensioners on active relief, twenty one previously on relief office records, and thirty four never before known to the relief office.
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Linn County
Alice Ferber
Elmer M. Seevell
Ferber
Relief Office
CCC
Grace McDonald Seeks Navy Release for Broadway Show
Grace McDonald 18-year-old dancer asked President Roosevelt to release her Navy boyfriend Bradford Greene 22 so he could help produce a Broadway show. Rear Admiral Andrews ruled Greene must serve the remaining two and a half years of enlistment. Greene, a bandsman and composer, called Grace just a dear friend in Cleveland.
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New York
INS
Grace McDonald
Roosevelt
Adolphus M. Andrews
Bureau of Navigation
Bradford Greene
Greene
Cleveland
Grace
Bradford
Brad
Iowa Master Plumbers to Hold Open Meeting in Des Moines
An open meeting of the Iowa Master Plumbers association will be held in Des Moines next Saturday alongside the board of directors semi annual meeting. Plans include organizing the state convention in Cedar Rapids next April and addressing issues such as offsetting erroneous publicity about high plumbing and heating material costs.
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Iowa Master Plumbers Association
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Van Beuren Dominates Bridge Hand In Regency Club Game
In New York society circles Mrs. Michael Van Beuren daughter of John D. Archbold and heir to Standard Oil influence, plays bridge nearly daily at the Regency club. The article notes her strong defense strategy in a diamonds and hearts sequence and explains how she aimed to guide lead to her heart tenace to defeat the contract.
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New York
Michael van Beuren
John D. Archbold
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Bridge
Newport
Saratoga
Regency Club
New York Society
van Beuren
East
Code Adoption And Federal Law Tools In Place
The article outlines new plumbing code adoption, heat and air conditioning installation standards, and mechanisms to enforce federal anti competition laws, plus related issues. It notes how these elements integrate with existing regulations and impact industry practice.
Mother and baby die in rooftop leap in New York tenement
In New York Lower East Side a 42 year old mother Mrs Margaret Begge and her five month old daughter Margaret fall from a seven story roof. Police say the mother suffered headaches from a buzzing noise. Husband Michael says the family is very poor.
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New York
Margaret Begge
Margaret
Lower East Side
Michael
Mrs. Begge
The Post of the People by Edgar A. Guest
A mother laments as her son departs to begin work at noon. He speaks of fun and shopping with his father while the mother reflects on sixteen swift years. The poem captures a bittersweet farewell and pride in his new path.
10 20 30 Years Ago in the Gazette Highlights Local Moves
Local Civil Engineer Howard R Green speaks at Ames sewage treatment conference while Mrs Donnelly travels to New York City for meetings and a Notre Dame Army football game. Edith Pemble heads to Seattle. Walter Phillips suffers injuries in a Second Avenue crash. Robert Tomy of Marion named first lieutenant in American Red Cross transport unit in France. Jonesboro businessman Ss C Spencer, wheatless day originator, in town. Episcopalian deanery meeting in Charles City. service flag with 160 blue stars. Apollo Commandery elects L J Zika eminent commander. Mrs Auracher visits Des Moines. Mrs Ensign to Grundy Center for a missionary address.
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Howard R. Green
Ames
M. J. Donnelly
New York City
Donnelly
Notre Dame
Edith Pemble
Seattle
Walter Phillips
Second Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Robert Tomy
Marion
Transportation Department
American Red Cross
United States Expeditionary Forces
France
Ss. C. Spencer
Sinclair Packing Plant
Douglas Company
Jonesboro
Ark
John T. Hamilton
W. M. Cunningham
Mabel Henderson
Charles City
Episcopel
W. Robovsky
A. Kopecky
J. Peronka
Mississippi River
L. J. Zika
Apollo Commandery
E. T
J. Auracher
Des Moines
Emory
Lulu
C. F. Ensign
Grundy Center
Presbyterian Church
Youths' prank causes blast at Angelus Temple
Four youths planned to light colored flash powder on the Angelus Temple roof. One boy lost his left hand, another sustained severe facial injuries that could threaten sight. The blast sent flames upward, injured three others, and sent 1,000 worshippers into a panic as police questioned two accomplices.
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Los Angeles
INS
Angelus Temple
Aimee Semple McPherson
Temple
Gordon Atwater
Bible College
Edwin Bond
Atwater
Newman’s Employes Honored At Dinner In Cedar Rapids
Newman's store in Cedar Rapids marked its tenth anniversary with a banquet for more than 150 employees. Twenty five workers received gold and black enamel pins inscribed 10 years in the service with their names engraved on the back. B J Newburger presented pins, honoring long service and recalling the store’s growth and family history. A sale to celebrate the anniversary runs Nov 13 to 20.
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Newman
Cedar Rapids
Albin Andrie
Mabel Bailey
Evelyn G. Brown
Maude Giem
E. Haase
Lucy Harmer
A. E. Harms
Eva Herschel
Jane Hurd
Della Jennison
Emma Kozak
Mary Langham
Anna Lockwood
Jennie Madera
Josephine Marek
Verna Mason
Joseph Panek
Ethel Pirie
Ann Baker
Matilda Ross
Anthony E. Serovy
Maude Stamy
Hazel Stoddard
Eleanor H. Vanous
Charlotte Young
B. J. Newburger
Carl Ettinger
Newman’s
Newburger
G. F., Newburger
Newman's
Missouri
Mr. Newburger
Coral Gables
Fla
Ettinger
Lester Ling
G. T. Everett
John Vavra
Tom Brady
Mr. Haase
John Kinney
Pirie
Frances Wright
Myrtle Struck
Brandon Smith
Charles Montanero
Bailey
W. Weber
Miss Herschel
Harold Birney
Lyle Dickey
Mr. Harms
Miss Marek
Madera
Nora Miller
Five Jews Killed by Arab Snipers in Jerusalem Area
In Jerusalem area quarries outside the city five Jewish workers were killed by Arab snipers hidden in hillside hideouts. Police, British troops, RAF units and armored cars aided the search for attackers. One Arab was wounded in a pincer operation after air reconnaissance located the gang.
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Jerusalem
INS
Holy Land
Royal Air Force
Judean
Radium Capsule Worth 6000 Lost In City Dump
In San Diego, six workers spent two days sifting tons of rubbish in a city dump before recovering an ounce capsule of radium valued at $6,000. It had been discarded by error from a physician’s wastebasket.
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San Diego
Calif
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