Mary Christmas to visit auto show in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids hosts Memorial Coliseum auto show November 27 28 and 29 with Miss Mary Christmas and attendants visiting opening night. Eleven dealers display 1937 models plus a joint Plymouth showing by Wagner Handler and Hadad. Doors open 2 PM daily with 10 cent admission and free check room.
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Cedar Rapids
Memorial Coliseum
Mary Christmas
Coliseum
Bob Smythe
Colny
Armory
Allen Motor Company
Cadillac
LaSalle
Oldsmobile
Buick
MaKibben Motor Company
Hudson
Terraplane and Packard
Palace
Rude Auto Company
Ford
Lincoln
Rapids Chevrolet Company
Chevrolet
Millsap Motor Company
Willys and Studebaker
Handler Motor Company
Dodge
Wagner Motor Company
DeSoto
Kadlee Motor Company
Studebaker
Culver Motor Company
Pontiac
Hadad Automobile Company
Chrysler
Stepman Motor Company
Graam
Plymouth
Wagner, Handler
Hadad
To Begin Distribution of Social Security Blanks
First steps in the Cedar Rapids registration under social security act provisions begin Monday. Mail carriers will deliver Form SS-4 to basic firms to report payrolls and return by November 21. Three days later employer registration cards go out citywide and must be returned by December 5.
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Cedar Rapids
Pleads Not Guilty To Murder Of Bride
Fred Bard a 47 year old WPA stone cutter pled not guilty at Farmingham on a murder charge linked to the death of his bride of four months. Police found the woman on the bedroom floor while Bard smoked in an adjoining room. District Justice Blodgett ordered no bail and set a Wednesday continuance to await toxicology and chemical analysis for poison.
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Holliston
Mass
Fred Bard
Farmingham
Louis T. Holbrook
E. W. Blodgett
Bard
May
J. Stewart Rooney
Joseph Walker
Wilson High selects homecoming queen Charlotte Burlingham
Wilson high school chose Charlotte Burlingham daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Novak 188 Fourteenth avenue SW as homecoming queen. Burlingham a 12B student belongs to the National Honor Society Drama Guild Athletic Club French Club and Tri-Hi Girl Reserve Club. Earl St Germain captain of the football team crowned her and escorts were Verne Van Dura Madeline Hunter Norman Usher and Marguerite Lahman.
Labor Heads Turn Down Arbitration Policy Clash Deepens
Reporters heard Coefield object to government interference in labor matters while Mathew Woll and Daniel J. Tobin declined comment as a federation council prepares to decide on expelling CIO unions. Observers doubt moderates can prevail amid the push for a two thirds vote to eject rebel groups.
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Coefield
Mathew Woll
Federation
Executive Council
Daniel J. Tobin
Berry
Williams
Federation Executive Council
CIO
Williams-Frey
United States
John Lewis
Lewis
A. F. of L
George Raft Nears Break With Studio
Hollywood reports George Raft and Paramount near a split after disputes over a cast choice. Agents concede settlement is virtually impossible and relations will end soon.
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George Raft
Hollywood
Paramount Studio
Saturday
Raft
David Epstein
Studio
Novelists Wife Faints At Hearing In Grist For Murder Mystery
Investigators probe a death at the Morris home where Irving Morris chatted with author Reid Russell about suicide themes. Questions focus on the swing scene, gunshot timing, missing cartridge, and a stranger seeking Reid’s gun. Neighbors recall a 9 p.m. shot. gardener Mumolo may face Monday questioning.
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Tony Mumolo
Morrises
Russell
E. R. Price
Reid
Mumolo
Morris
Plummer
D. Plummer
Local Man Reports Theft of 1928 Hupmobile
Steve Turek of route 4 Cedar Rapids reported to police Saturday that his 1928 Hupmobile with license 57 1647 was stolen from Second Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues SE where it had been parked.
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Steve Turek
Route 4
Cedar Rapids
Second Street
Ninth and
Tenth Avenues
Plan Construction of New Dirigibles
Washington reports navy officials study big lighter-than-air airships despite Akron and Macon disasters. A new construction program is urged by the bureau of aeronautics in Rear Admiral A B Cook's annual bureau report. The document also seeks more airplanes aviators and shore facilities.
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Washington
Akron
Macon
Navy High Command
Bureau of Aeronautics
A. B. Cook
Bureau
Navy
Death of U S Missionary Blamed on Japs
The United States embassy opened an investigation into the death of American missionary Karl Bernhardt Olsen of Gully Minnesota in Kalgan North China. Olsen died after eviction by Japanese troops from his ill treated home. Embassy officials will assess circumstances and seek the status of two other American missionaries, Mr and Mrs Abraham Wiens of Dinuba California, plus probe the wider border area for invasion activity.
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Peiping
United States
China
Karl Bernhardt Olsen
Gully
Minn
Kalgan
Olsen
Abraham Wiens
Dinuba
Calif
Suiyuan-Chahar
Detroit Students Die In Cincinnati Auto Plunge
Harry E. Wilkinson 21 of Detroit was killed when the automobile plunged 25 feet down an embankment on the way to the Detroit Xavier football game. Four others were injured including Joseph Steiner 22 Edward Steiner unknown relation to Rev Celestina Steiner S J Xavier athletics director and Robert Heitjan 19 and William Heitjan 21 both of Detroit.
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Cincinnati
Harry E. Wilkinson
Detroit
University of Detroit
Joseph Steiner
Edward Steiner
Celestina Steiner
S. J
Xavier University
Robert Heitjan
William Heitjan
Prominent Catholic Layman John Eggeman Dies at 61
Fort Wayne Indiana April reports John W Eggeman a noted jurist and Catholic layman aged 61 died after a five week illness He formerly led the Notre Dame alumni association and played center for the Notre Dame football team During World War I he served as foreign secretary of the Knights of Columbus
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Fort Wayne
Ind
John W. Eggeman
Notre Dame University
Notre Dame
Knights of Columbus
Fascist Paper Demands End of Bolshevism Worldwide
The semi official Regime Fascista editorially calls for the extinction of bolshevism globally. It says Italy is ready to fight not only Moscow’s executioners but also parliamentary states tolerating bolshevism.
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Rome
INS
Regime Fascista
Italy
Moscow
Charipar Death mourns Cedar Rapids to Chicago move
Deaths report Joseph V. Charipar of Chicago formerly Cedar Rapids resident for about 45 years. He died after an operation. His wife predeceased him by eight years. Survived by two sons James and Louis of Chicago and three daughters including Mrs Arthur Warren of Albuquerque. Also six siblings and seven grandchildren. Burial in Chicago.
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Joseph V. Charipar
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
Calif
Frank
T. E. Sleight
North Dakota
Frank Triska
John Harapot
Catherine Smid
John Oujiin
Guy Cooksey
Widow of John A Bain Dies After Illness
Mrs. Margaret Ellen Bain widow of the late John A Bain died at her Cedar Rapids home at 5 50 p m Saturday after a long illness Born in Bangor Ireland August 14 1868 she emigrated to Canada in 1909 and came to Iowa in 1920 Surviving eight stepsons James A Bain Ottawa Can Benjamin L Archie E William H Andrew W Thomas G John Robert and Elias W Cedar Rapids also three stepdaughters Mrs George Warren Ottawa Can Mrs John Johnson Shellsburg and Miss Esther Bain Cedar Rapids The body is at Beatty mortuary Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Margaret
Bain
Margaret Ellen Bain
John A Bain
Bangor
County Down
Ireland
Canada
Iowa
James A. Bain
Ottawa
Can
Benjamin L
Archie E
William H
Andrew W
Thomas G
John Robert
Elias W
Cedar Rapids
George Warren
John Johnson
Shellsburg
Esther Bain
Beatty Mortuary
Funeral services for Joseph Martin held at Beatty chapel
Joseph Martin died Thursday. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. today by Rev. I. E. Linkletter at Beatty chapel. Burial follows at Linwood cemetery.
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Joseph Martin
Beatty Chapel
I. E. Linkletter
Linwood Cemetery
New Witnesses in Kentucky Death Reported
New witnesses testified about the Kentucky death case. Sergt. Messmer said the new witnesses rode in the same car as Gen. Denhardt and Mrs. Taylor and gave details of the events after the car stalled. A concrete bloodstain block was removed for chemical analysis near the road where the body was found.
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Sergt. Messmer
Gen. Denhardt
George
Nettie Baker
Bakers
J. B. Hundley
la Grange
Barber
Mrs. Taylor
Hundley
Denhardt
Taylor
Messmer
Miracle Expected as police seek missing girl Elaine St Pierre
In Montreal police and relatives await a possible miracle from Brother Andre to surface the body of Elaine St Pierre missing 11 days. Emile Fissault 28 was detained on provisional kidnapping charges after blood stains appeared on his clothing.
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Montreal
Elaine St. Pierre
Thousand Islands
Brother Andre
Emile Fissault
Miss St
Pope Pius XI Faces Decline Yet Expected to Live to Eighties
Rome officials say the Pope’s strength is waning but with expert care he should live into his eighties. Personal physician Prof Milani notes the 79 year old’s metabolism and tired organs hinder turning food into energy while denying Bright’s disease or kidney failure.
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Rome
Pius XI
Milani
Bright
Trailer Taken From His Yard Saturday Reported
J E Schwirtz of 921 Avenue NW reported to police that a trailer marked for his yard was hauled away on Saturday. The trailer had been borrowed from Ed Berry of Fairfax.
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J. E. Schwirtz
Avenue NW
Shwirtz
Ed Berry
Fairfax
Cedar Rapids Couples Obtain Marriage Licenses
Alfred E. Sorensen and Helen Louise Vanous, both of Cedar Rapids, receive marriage licenses. Charles N. Manville and Katharine C. Linnenkamp, both of Cedar Rapids, obtain licenses.
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Alfred E. Sorensen
Helen Louise Vanous
Cedar Rapids
Charles N. Manville
Katherine C. Linnenkamp
Stars to Be in Europe This Winter
Buddy Rogers and Mary Pickford will travel to Europe this winter after International Pictures cables confirming Rogers to start work on a film in January.
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Europe
Hollywood
INS
Buddy Rogers
Mary Pickford
International Pictures
Prospective Buyers Take Cars and Fail to Return Money
Kadlec Brothers report a young man named Sleyman took a 1932 Ford V-8 cabriolet from 602 Second Avenue SE and left to fetch funds, not returning with the car or payment. The Majestic garage notes a man named Floyd Commbs took a similar model, license 57 1068, and did not return with money or the vehicle.
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Joe Kadlec
Kadlec Brothers
Second Avenue SE
Sleyman
Kadlee
Majestic Garage
Floyd Commbs
Exile Decreed For Mother Of Mysterious Moses In Backwoods
In Pearl River Louisiana the Crawford clan orders Effie Crawford twenty four to leave town after a promiscous relationship with a relative of her husband produced a baby named Moses. The mother faces exile to keep community peace as outsiders and reporters unsettle the backwoods settlement.
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Pearl River
Crawford
Effie Crawford
Little Moses
Louis Crawford
Effie
Clarence Crawford
House Burns To Ground After Owner Purchases It
A house at 620 First Street SW and on highway 161 near Twenty-ninth Street burned to the ground Saturday after 10 p.m. Cause undetermined. Two fire companies and a hook and ladder responded, but lack of water and strong winds prevented saving the one story bungalow. An unidentified man, allowed by Louis Binko, occupied the structure. formerly a waterfowl hatchery. Police managed traffic as motorists watched the blaze.
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Louis Binko
First Street
Highway 161
Twenty-ninth Street
Here
Binko
Efforts To Return Sorensen Balked By Papers
Denver AP reports two Iowa officers failed to extradite fugitive Christian W. Sorensen after his arrest. He waived extradition but later chose to fight removal, seeking to remain in Colorado where he lived as Virgil Hansen. Officers H T Smith and Leo Jackson requested papers from Governor Clyde L. Herring to complete the process. Sorensen admitted escaping from an Iowa prison farm eight hours before parole.
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Denver
Iowa
Christian W. Sorensen
Sorensen
Colorado
Virgil Hansen
H. T. Smith
Leo Jackson
W. H. Frazer
Iowa Reformatory
Clyde L. Herring
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Charlotte Burlingham
Genni
Hardendorf Camera Shop
Perry B. Jones
Manhattan Beach
Miss Lee
Morris House
Mrs. Morris
U.S
Kentucky
Miracle
Backwoods Justice
Moses
W. G. Tussell
Opt
Okinow
Wedar Rapids, Ta
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