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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1939
Page
5
Poison gas warfare advances with a chemical tank described by Lt. Col. Augustin M. Prentiss as capable of releasing large non persistent lethal gas concentrations to penetrate masks. He predicts a new oxygen mask would be needed to protect wearers.
A Chicago campaign is organized to back John W. Bricker for the 1940 Republican presidential nomination. A Bricker for President headquarters has opened on La Salle Street, though Bricker himself has no involvement with the movement.
Mrs Charles Danners car overturned near Nashville Tennessee and her Boston terrier Toots was missing. A search and a newspaper ad yielded no trace. Two days later mechanics heard a whine and found the pup tangled in wiring behind the dashboard unharmed.
Mrs Adelaide Johnson, impoverished sculptress who damaged several works, rejects a $10000 offer from an unidentified New Yorker. Rep Sol Bloom negotiates with the purchaser of her house via foreclosure action as she protests a world that undervalues her art.
After receiving an eviction notice due by November 22, Mrs Johnson damaged marble busts in her studio. Bloom suggested negotiating with real estate interests to allow her to stay. The article notes the Morris Plan Co of CR Iowa involving Maud Burkard deed details for West Highlands Add CR.
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