Births Report From Daily Record November 24 1039
The daily notice lists births at St Luke's hospital and University hospital Iowa City. A son to Ed Cibula in Chelsea on November 23. A son to Gilbert Schneekloth at 1007 Second Street SW on November 24. A daughter to Lester Jenkins at 1021 Fifth Avenue SE on November 17. A son to Gordon Gravier at 419 A Avenue NW at University hospital Iowa City born November 10.
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St. Luke's Hospital
Ed Cibula
Chelsea
Gilbert Schneekloth
Second Street
Lester Jenkins
Fifth Avenue SE
University Hospital
Iowa City
Gordon Gravier
A Avenue NW
Desertion and Custody Decrees in Local Divorces
Esther Longerbeam and Lloyd Longerbeam resolved by stipulation on desertion grounds with property and custodial rights for their daughter. Phyllis Radeke and Arnold Hi Radeke settled custody of their son after cruelty and inhuman treatment. The report notes several local deaths and a series of petty fines for disturbing the peace and speeding.
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Esther Longerbeam
Lloyd Longerbeam
J. E Heiserman
Mechanicsville
Phyllis Radeke
Arnold Hi
Radeke
H. C Ring
Pa Radeke
Local Court Fines For Multiple Traffic Violations
Earl McCloskey of 225 Fourth Avenue SW fined $5 and costs for speeding with a truck. Frank Shimek of 2410 Ellis Boulevard NW fined $5 and costs for no driver's license. Owen of 1439 First Avenue E fined $5 and costs for improper passing. All cases before Justice H R Churchill. The Rev Peter Wagner died at the home of his daughter Mrs J Frank Palmer at 3536 Center Point Road NE at 4 pm Thursday.
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Lucy Armstrong Crouch
Midge Hunter
Eighth Street
Charles E Shomler
Twenty-sixth Street Drive
Frank A. Talbott
I Avenue NW
Earl McCloskey
Fourth ‘Avenue SW
Frank ‘Shimek
Ellis Boulevard NW
DL. Owen
First Avenue E
H. R. Churchill
Peter Wagner
Ij. Frank Palmer
Center -Point Road
Two Arizona boys found after days lost in wilderness
Four year old Dale Smith was found unharmed ten hours after wandering off in sparsely populated Arizona. Seven year old Bruce Crozier, missing for seven days in a northern forest, was located with his parents amid a hero’s welcome and recalled dangers of getting lost. He described sleeping rough and fears of poison ivy while surviving on acorns.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Dale Smith
Arizona
Kermit C. Smith
Dale
Bruce Crozier
Bruce
R. &E. ‘Crozier
Bobby
Winslow
Vandenberg Slams New Deal Seventh Economy Promise
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan derides the New Deal seventh annual pledge of economy. He cites administration reports of trimming 1 billion dollars from next year’s expenditures as deathbed repentance amid 1940 retribution. He says the promise has repeatedly failed and notes Roosevelt’s defense outlay request in January.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Mich
Roosevelt
Dutch Officer Reported Killed In Venloo Affair
The Hague based Het Volk reports Lieutenant Klop an Dutch army intelligence officer was killed in the Venloo frontier incident of November 9 when German secret police seized two Britons as spies. Klop and a chauffeur J Lemmens accompanied the Britons and were abducted.
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the Hague
Amsterdam
Het Volk
Netherlands Army
Klop, O
Venloo
Klop
J. ‘Lemmens
Netherlands
World Court May Pass On Seizures
Naval authorities report Britain may act on seizures amid reports of German mine warfare. Balloon bombs and parachute mines have raised public fear as experts study how magnetic mines drift and attach to ships near the coast.
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World Court
Thames River
London
Adolf Hitler
Britain Warns of Dutch Food Shipment Ban
London officials said the United Kingdom would retaliate if the Netherlands blocks food shipments, arguing Britain can source purchases elsewhere. Whitehall rejected the claim that seizing Nazi exports breaks international law and doubted a Dutch rapprochement with Hitler. Britain may draft a note to the United States and other neutrals over the blockade.
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London
INS
Holland
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Whitehall
Hitler
Britain
United States
Garner Likely to Announce 1940 Presidential Candidacy
Vice President John Nance Garner probably will reveal his bid for the 1940 nomination within days. A source close to Garner said friends expect an announcement in Uvalde Texas where he is vacationing after Congress adjourned.
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Dallas
Tex
John Nance Garner
United Press
Garner
Uvalde
Authorities Nab 2 In Frog Sale Ring
Two men Walter Hoffman and Nick Welscram of Villard Minnesota were arrested crossing the interstate bridge near Stillwater Minnesota with more than a ton of live frogs. Wardens believe they disrupted a syndicate selling live amphibians into Wisconsin.
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Stillwater
Minn
Wisconsin
Walter Hoffman
Nick Welscram
Villard
Indian visitors dispute Gandhi stance on independence
Four young men from Baroda India visiting the United States say they disagree with Gandhi's demand for complete independence in exchange for support in the war against Germany. They praise Canada style governance, note the U.S. parking problem, and plan to sail from San Francisco to India on December 23 after touring imports and meeting Henry Ford.
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Naomi Dofedel
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Baroda
India
Cedar Rapids
England
Germany
Canada
Vagindas Patel
Chandrakant
Indrakant Patel
Dinker Amin
United States
S. L. Myers
Roosevelt Hotel
Myers
la Plant
Choate Manufacturing Company
East
Henry Ford
America
Nagindas Patel
New York City
San Francisco
Santa Claus
Gandhi
Pushabhai Patel
la Plant Choate Company
Ndia
Kuhn Hears Golden Angel Testimony In Defense Case
The trial recesses as Kuhn faces testimony about his alleged romantic pursuit and financing of Mrs. Camp. Prosecutor McCarthy questions shipboard letters while Mrs. Camp testifies she had not met band members before meeting Kuhn. The witness denies prior meetings. defense claims transportation costs were repaid to a bond account.
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Kuhn
Peter L. F Sabbatino
Herman J. McCarthy
Andover
20 Dinner Guests Acutely Poisoned
Cincinnati health department reports more than 20 acute food poisoning cases among 22 000 attendees at a Thanksgiving Bible school dinner. Seven more were hospitalized and others treated with instructions to return if symptoms persist.
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Cincinnati
City Health Department
Cops Hurt In Clash At Struck Dodge Plant
In Detroit at Chrysler's main Dodge plant about 100 men tried to enter the facility. Two policemen were injured, others small injuries reported as bricks were thrown. Police said 600 UAW CIO pickets were on duty. about 85 allowed entry. This marked the first violence since the eight week slowdown dispute began.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Dodge
Uaw-Cio
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Corporation
Earth Shocks Felt In Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids a tremor shook homes including the Tschirgi residence at 517 Nineteenth Street SE around 9 20. Mrs. Tschirgi reported distinct tappings and suspected no truck caused the vibration after consulting Dr. Leroy D. Weld, physics professor, who noted no recording instruments were available.
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Leroy D. Weld
Prof. Weld
Arthur Tschirgi
Nineteenth Street
Tschirgi
California
Senator Barkley Undergoes Minor Operation at Mayo Clinic
Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky, Democratic leader in the U.S. Senate, underwent treatment after a minor operation at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. The procedure was described as routine and no complications were reported.
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Rochester, Minn
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
United States Senate
Mayo Clinic
Woman Dies Suddenly Before Thanksgiving Dinner
Mrs Pearl Lawson aged 52 collapsed at a Spokane friend’s home on Thanksgiving Day and died from a heart attack as she commented on feeling unusually well. The death occurred in Spokane Washington. Medical examiners were notified and authorities released the incident as a natural death.
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Spokane
Wash
Pearl Lawson
Home of Friends
Not To Send Envoy To Germany Yet Says U S Officials
Washington reports that after a year since the ambassadors were withdrawn there is no plan to send an ambassador to Berlin. The article notes the strain from protecting Allied interests, Wilson’s resignation, and the administration’s stance on Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Austria while Alexander C Kirk in Berlin continues as chargé d affaires.
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Andius Birding
Washington
United States
Germany
Berlin
Great Britain
France
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Hugh R. Wilson
Poland
Roosevelt
Czechoslovakia
Memel
Austria
Hitler
Alexander C Kirk
Man Held on Forged Check Probe in City Jail
Detective L. B. Marshall jailed 26 year old J M Kramer of 868 Twenty first street drive SE on a check fraud probe. Kramer admits cashing a $39.84 check Oct 28 at Rubins Hardware. Check drawn on Merchants National and signed by A E Miller with forged Belauske endorsement. Belauske, a hardware salesman, lives in Moline.
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L. B. Marshall
J M. Kramer
Twenty-first Street
Kramer
Rubins Hardware Company
Earl Stanley
Merchants National Bank
A. H. Belauske
A. E. Miller
Belauske
Moline
Outlook For Grid Fans Cold And Wet
Chicago AP reports a chilly wet Saturday for midwestern football crowds with light snow in parts of Minnesota Indiana Wisconsin Illinois and Iowa. Rain or snow expected across several states.
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Chicago
Chicago Weather Bureau
Minnesota
Indiana
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
Labor Repudiates Move To Repeal Iowa Syndicalism Statute
The Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor opposed A F L unions joining the Iowa Labor Defense league aimed at repealing the state criminal syndicalism law. The local body criticized A A Couch for acts against AF L President William Green and said no delegates will attend the Des Moines meeting on December 10.
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Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Iowa Labor Defense League
William Senter
St. Louis
Newton
Laborites
A. A Couch
Des Moines
State Federation of Labor
William Green
C.I.0
Couch
No Stickers on Address Side Of Christmas Mail
The post office asks senders to avoid placing Christmas seals or stickers on the address side of mail. From December 1 to January 1 the unmailable rule is suspended, but mail is processed faster when address side bears no seals.
Children Revolt Halts Bohemian Inoculations
In Prague and Kladno districts a movement dubbed the revolt of the children led health authorities to suspend inoculations of Czech schoolchildren for the rest of the year. Fears spread that German doctors were giving harmful substances and mothers grew anxious as authorities ordered vaccines stopped until the matter was understood.
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Prague
Kladno
Third Case Of Rabbit Fever Is Reported Here
Frank Kopecky secretary of the county soldiers relief commission on Thursday became the third Cedar Rapids resident to suffer tularemia rabbit fever according to Tony Trusty assistant health officer.
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Frank Kopecky
County Soldiers Relief Commission
Cedar Rapids
Tony Trusty
Rats Starving on Coed Diet in CSU Nutrition Lab
Fort Collins Colorado. Colorado State College nutrition lab reports rats on a coed diet of chocolate cake candy pickles and soft drinks lose hair turn yellow and head toward death after three weeks. Other rat groups fare differently on bread and jelly meat potatoes gravy pie and whole wheat and whole milk diets with varying gains.
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Fort Collins, Colo
Ins
Colorado State College
Fort Collins
Colorado State
Thanksgiving Fatalities Across States Reach 84
The Associated Press reports at least 84 people died in 25 states on Thanksgiving Day due to highway crashes, fires, drowning, and a hunting incident. Notable cases include Mrs Ida O Laughlin in Cleveland collapsing from a heart attack upon seeing a boy hit by a non stopping driver, and a Wisconsin family killed in a traffic crash en route home from a meal. Ohio and New York each tallied nine deaths.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ida O’laughlin
Roger Krull
Wisconsin
Maryland
Ohio
New York
Gun Fire Heard Off Massachusetts Coast
Coast guard boats searched the sea off Martha's Vineyard without result after residents reported gun fire. Albert N. Thomson a World War II flyer said bursts rattled his windows and he spotted lights about six miles out before no further evidence was found.
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Falmouth
Mass
Coast Guard
Martha's Vineyard
Albert N. Thomson
Nazis Plan Tight Blockade of Britain Within Two Months
Berlin circles said Germany will seal off England with a sea and air ring within two months, outlining a combined blockade strategy and promising strong retaliation against British seizures of German exports. Officials declined to detail methods but hinted at surprising new warfare approaches.
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Berlin
INS
Reich
England
British Isles
International
Evangelist Sees Equality Sayings At Youth Night Talk
Dr. C A Stewart preached at the Church of God on L avenue NW saying women owe more to Christ than men and that a man is often only as good as his wife allows. He urged against postponing marriage for rising earnings as a measure of readiness. George Hayes led singing and Vernon Guttenfelder accompanied. Services resume with two talks Sunday at 10 05 a m and 7 30 p m after a Saturday night off.
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C. A. Stewart
Church of God
L Avenue
Eighth Street NW
Stewart
Ancient
Babylon
Christ
George Hayes
Vernon Guttenfelder
Anderson College and Theological Seminary
Anderson
Ordinance Widening Alley Becomes Twentyeth Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids city council passed a measure to widen an alley on the southwest side into a street, adding one block to the 200 miles of streets. The new Twentyeth Avenue SW extends from Seco nd to Hamilton streets between Nineteenth and Twenty first avenues, made possible by a 10 foot lot grant. one owner refused a quit claim, causing a jog at one end.
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Cedar Rapids
Seco Ond
Hamilton Streets
Nineteenth
Twenty-first Avenues
Twentieth Avenue
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