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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1939
Page
33
Lois Evelyn Strait was born November 1 1918 near Center Point as World War I ended. Her parents Benjamin and Mrs Strait faced worry about draft and farm life but celebrated peace and a family future. Now Mrs John Clifford Carmen she keeps house near Urbana.
Lois Evelyn Strait, 21, now homemaker for her husband John Clifford Strait, 21, on the John Roup farm near Urbana. She recalls Caldwell No. 7 school days, Linn county roots, and early war talk as a generation contemplates possible U S entry. Her duties include baking, canning, and helping with chores as war concerns loom.
Armis tice day at the treasury reveals a recomputation showing European nations owe the United States 14.497 billion dollars with Britain leading at 5.497 billion and France at 4.181 billion, plus smaller claims from Italy Belgium Czechoslovakia Estonia Finland Austria Greece and others.
Ronald Terry a 30 year old Elmira deer hunter was located by a search party after five days in the snow covered Adirondack woods. He was found three miles from his initial entry point.
In Memphis a 10-year-old, Lonzo Dodson, was burned to death after he blew into a car exhaust pipe at a stranger's request. The car backfired triggering fatal burns. the man fled and police found no trace or motive.
The piece reflects on bereavement and uncertainty as families cope with sons and brothers at risk. It recalls veterans honored with wreaths and bugle calls while farms remain busy and the Cedar Valley community faces an era of fragile peace and looming worry for future children.
Robert Shaw, Sigourney attorney and state chairman of the American Legion committee on national defense, will address Hanford post in the armory Tuesday night at 8. He is a colonel in the officers reserve corps and has been active in state and civic affairs. A short entertainment program will follow the address.
The Musketeer drum and bugle corps, recent third place finalists at the national junior contest in Boston at the VFW convention, will enter next August in Los Angeles with a 48 piece team. Director Jack Fromm says openings exist for boys ages 10 to 18. Rehearsals are Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at Grace Episcopal church.
Berlin reports Leon Bartoszewski, longtime mayor of Blomberg, executed as the man responsible for Blomberg's Bloody Sunday. The ONE News Agency says he ordered mistreatment of the German minority in Blomberg on the Sunday before Germany's invasion of Poland.
Sixteen year old Robert Kennedy, Cedar Rapids city champion and Immaculate Conception student, defends his title against Cedar Rapids players while exchanging mail games with a Scottish opponent. He trains with patience, values memory and strategy, and enjoys piano in leisure.
The Inland Revenue commissioners report Britain’s millionaires rose in 1936 37. The number with incomes above 200000 and counted as millionaires increased from 529 to 539, while total high earners grew by 10 during the year.
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