Feud Between Ore Simmons and Solem Ends In Reconciliation
Ozzie Simmons apologizes to Coach Ossie Solem after eight hours of talks in Iowa City. The two met with Prof. C. M. Updegraff to end the dispute that led to Simmons quitting the Iowa squad. Don Simmons may rejoin the backfield for Purdue game.
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Ozzie Simmons
Ossie Solem
Salem
the Gazette
Iowa
Ozzie
C. M. Updegraff
Iowa Board
Athletics
Solem
Simmons
Courage to share a St John creed in everyday living
A reader recalls a Life Creed centered on freedom humor and fellowship and asks for a new creed from St John’s writings. The piece reflects on faith as a guiding force and quotes lines about worship in spirit and truth love and eternal life, urging readers to hold firm to the faith.
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St. John
God
Jesus
Hunting dog buried with Dr Joseph Mayo
Frozzie, a female hunting dog, followed Dr Joseph G Mayo son of Charles H Mayo of the Rochester clinic. He died in a freak car train wreck last Monday and the dog was killed as well. They were buried in the same casket.
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Rochester, Minn
Frozzie
Joseph G. Mayo
Charles H. Mayo
Rochester Clinic
Woman’s Head Found. Man Sought After Abduction Attempt
In Ogden Utah two young women reported being accosted by a tall thin man with a black mustache driving an old black car. Eleven year old Della DeHaven described a severed head wrapped in newspaper and a butcher knife as the man threatened to repeat the act if she resisted. Police noted a bloodstained paper and a possible sighting by a railroad switchman while authorities search for the suspect and the supposed body.
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Ogden
Utah
Della de Haven
Della DeHaven
Madrid Falls as Rebels Attack University City in Rain
Madrid war command says government forces recaptured Getafe in a west flank move. Insurgents press Madrid’s northwest University City, the key to their advance, where the out skirts lack the Manzanares river barrier.
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Madrid
Madrid War Command
Getafe
University City
Manzanares
Azana vows continued resistance in Spain and Catalonia
In an Inter national News Service interview, President Manuel Azana asserts that leftists will keep fighting fascism even if Madrid falls. He says Madrid may not fall and hints Catalonia could gain autonomy or independence, noting Azana fled Madrid two weeks earlier.
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INS
Spain
Madrid
Manuel Azana
International News Service
Azana
Italy
Germany
Catalonia
Insurgents mass for new Madrid assault as guns fire
Massed insurgents prepare for a fresh push on Madrid from the southwest under artillery. Fascist commanders halt a surprise attack in the northwest while an international legion blocks the northern University City approach. Shells roar, frontline trenches near the Manzanares river see heavy fire.
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University City
Manzanares River
Madrid-Toledo Highway
Dispatcher’s death ruled not linked to wreck
INDIANAPOLIS UP Police and railroad officials ruled that Fred Gaugh 49 Big Four train dispatcher died by his own hand and not from the Chicago Cincinnati express wreck ten miles south of Indianapolis. Gaugh aided in rescue at the accident in which two trainmen were killed and twenty three injured. Hours later his wife found him shot to death at her home. She could not explain the self inflicted death. Officials believe work strain may have contributed.
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Indianapolis
Fred Gaugh
Here
Gaugh
Ray Mills Named New Manager of Iowa Mutual
Ray J. Mills, long time claims attorney and 1920 hire, becomes general manager and secretary of both Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance and Preferred Class Mutual Insurance of Cedar Rapids succeeding H. L. Nehls who resigns for health reasons. S. E. Coquillette is treasurer and joins the board. John Hanson presides, with R. D. Taylor and others on the board. Mills, 43, has lived in Cedar Rapids since 1916 aside from military service. Nehls plans limited future financial work locally after retirement from active association.
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Ray J. Mills
Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company
Preferred Class Mutual Insurance Company
Cedar Rapids
H. L. Nehls
Nehls
Mills
S. E. Coquillette
Merchants National Bank
Iowa Mutuals
John Hanson
Waterloo
R. D. Taylor
Mills, Coquillette
David E. Beardsley
A. E
Attempted holdup with toy pistol ends in arrest
Harry S Morley aged 45 of Albert Lea Minnesota was arrested by patrolmen Kansky and Morningstar at 8 45 p m Wednesday charged with assault with intent to rob after he climbed into a car on the Third avenue bridge and threatened the Minneapolis man Harry Olson with a toy pistol Morley was found at an oil station on Third avenue and Third Street S W intoxicated Chief Detective Earl Stanley said Olson reported Morley tried to start the car and left a briefcase with 1936 Ohio license plates in Olson s car Morley said he had come from Tama and had rented a room but neither car nor room found Thursday
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Cedar Rapids
Harry S. Morley
Albert Lea
Minn
Kansky
Morningstar
Morley
Third Avenue Bridge
Harry Olson
Minneapolis
Olson
Third Avenue
Third Street
Earl Stanley
A. A. Vogel
Vogel
Ohio
Tama
Labor Council Split 9 To 8 For Ouster Of Unions
Tampa AP report says the AFL executive council was split nine to eight in favor of expelling John L. Lewis and his ten rebel unions. The unions were suspended two months earlier for forming the Committee for Industrial Organization to unify workers by industry. Most council members favor craft union organization.
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Tampa
Fla
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Committee For Industrial Organization
Indian Summer Skies Bring Rising Cedar Rapids Temperatures
The Cedar Rapids forecast shows clear skies and warm temperatures for the day. The temperature climbed from 28 at 5 p.m. to 47 by 2:45 p.m. with Wednesday’s high reaching 57, then cooled to 30 by midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Will of Cedar county farmer Henry Iwers upheld
A district court jury in Tipton declared Henry Iwers will valid and upheld the claims of Louis Voss and his wife as sole beneficiaries. Iwers, a Cedar County bachelor farmer, left an estate valued at about 350000 dollars, with part of the wealth reportedly buried in a shed on his 800 acre estate. The panel deliberated 90 minutes, finishing at 3 30 p.m.
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Tipton
Henry Iwers
Cedar County
Louis Voss
Handwriting Expert Osborn Visits Town Over Will Case
Albert S. Osborn, famed handwriting expert who testified in the Lindbergh kidnapping case, flew from New York Oct. 22 to inspect Henry Iwers will here and certify it genuine. He arrived at the request of seventeen relatives contesting the will, and his visit was kept quiet. The relatives covered expenses but could not secure his testimony for their side.
Iwers Will Contested Amid Dramatic Cedar County Hearing
Seventeen relatives of the late land magnate contest the will in Cedar County court since Oct 19. Fourteen attorneys argue for the contestants and six for the Voss heirs. Guy Linville of Cedar Rapids and J R McManus of Des Moines lead their sides as handwriting expert testimony and perjury claims fuel a dramatic case.
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Iwers Brothers
Guy Linville
Cedar Rapids
Voss
J. R. McManus
Des Moines
Linville
Cedar County
McManus
Iwers
Vosses
D. H. Snake
Davenport
Official Canvass Closes With 2 281 Lead For Kraschel
Mitchell county completed the official canvass for governor after a delay awaiting attorney general ruling on ballot counting. Kraschel received 2 988 votes to Wilson 2 899 in Mitchell county, narrowing Kraschel’s state lead to 2 281 votes as the last county reported.
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Attorney General's Office
Mitchell County
Kraschel
Wilson
Iowa
Roosevelt Opens San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge
President Roosevelt presses the telegraph key to inaugurate the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge amid ceremonies. Governor Merriam and former President Hoover speak as 250 aircraft join in a massed flight and a five mile parade marks the eight and a quarter mile span opening. Spectators celebrate across San Francisco and Oakland with fireworks and sirens.
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Roosevelt
White House
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San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Calif
Sns
Frank F. Merriam
San Francisco- Oakland Bay Bridge
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Merriam
Hoover
East Bay
Herbert Hoover
Oakland
Hoover-Young
Jail Booth on San Francisco Oakland Bridge Trial Plan
Lawbreakers on the San Francisco Oakland span face a tabloid style jail built on the structure to hold them until they can be moved to city prison. The bridge, opened to public travel Thursday, hosts this temporary accommodation as a deterrent for violators.
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San Francisco-Oakland Bridge
City
Bay Bridge Structure Described Amid World Carnival
The article notes about 250,000 visitors from around the world attend events over three days with parades and pageants. It then describes the bay bridge as a series of bridges and an island plus a large tunnel, detailing western suspension spans of 2,130 feet and side spans of 1,160 feet anchored at Yerba Buena Island.
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Bay Bridge
San Francisco
Yerba Buena Island
Hopkins Reports 28 Percent Relief Roll Decline
Works Progress Administrator Harry L. Hopkins says relief rolls fell nearly 28 percent from January 1935 peak to August this year. He announced the decline at a Washington briefing, framing it as progress against unemployment.
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Hopkins
Washington
Works Progress
Harry L. Hopkins
Chloe's Christmas Carol Opens Tomorrow in Cedar Rapids
Peggy Dern weaves a holiday romance as Chloe's Christmas Carol begins in The Gazette tomorrow. A mill heiress and a devoted doctor drive the tale with a millionaire beau and an eccentric aunt adding sentiment.
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Chloe
Cedar Rapids Gaz
Peggy Dern
The
Gazette
Eugene O Neill Wins 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature
Eugene O Neill American playwright has won the 1936 Nobel Prize for literature announced in Stockholm. The award notes his career began in 1919 with Moon of the Caribbees and Beyond the Horizon and highlights works like Emperor Jones Anna Christie Desire Under the Elms Strange Interlude Mourning Becomes Electra and his status as America's leading dramatist.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Eugene O’neill
O'Neill
America
Emperor Jones
Anna Christie
O’neill
Sinclair Lewis
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson
Central America
New London
Carlotta Monterey
City to buy Madison school site for police station
Cedar Rapids council agrees to purchase the old Madison school ground at Third street and Second avenue SW for 10000 dollars. The board of education accepts the price, will provide a marketable title and abstract off-title, with payment planned via bonds. The plan commission will review the site before final passage in seven days.
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Madison
Third Street
Second Avenue
Board of Education
Joe Sadowsky
School Board
Sadowsky
Frank K. Hahn
Don Hines
Harry S. Johnson
Hines
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Auto Show Opens November in Memorial Coliseum
The Cedar Rapids Auto Show runs November 27 to 29 at Memorial Coliseum, with doors from 2 to 11 p.m. daily. The event showcases 1937 models early, featuring numerous new designs especially in low and moderate price ranges. Exhibitors will present multiple models reflecting notable styling changes.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Memorial Coliseum
Argue Legality of Security Plan
The Supreme Court deliberated whether the federal and state social security schemes rest on a constitutional basis. The case centers on New York's unemployment insurance law but raises broader questions about government taking funds from one class to aid another. The ruling could affect fifteen state unemployment laws and federal tax schemes for unemployment and old age pensions.
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Washington
INS
Supreme Court
New York State
Frederick H. Wood
New York
NRA
Guffey
High Court
Wife charged with first degree murder in Nebraska City death
Mrs. Otha Taylor, 25, was charged with first degree murder in the death of her husband, 33, a garage mechanic once from Percival Indiana. The body was found nude and bound, shot in the head, three miles from Nebraska City after he was freed on a separate charge. The county attorney questioned whether the arrest clears the case and an arraignment was expected.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Ins
Otha Taylor
Taylor
Percival
Here
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll 1936 Accidents Injuries Deaths
In Cedar Rapids a 1936 toll of road incidents is recorded with figures for accidents injuries and fatalities. The report lists totals but specific numbers are unreadable in the OCR snippet. Community safety notes accompany the data.
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Cedar Rapids
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