Fire stations to hold open house during Fire Prevention week
Fire Prevention week kicks off with a citywide program at seven stations led by Fire Chief E P Kohout. Citizens may visit their neighborhood stations inspect equipment, receive home fire safety tips and arrange free home inspections. A new $17000 aerial ladder truck will be showcased at Central station as crews practice.
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E. P. Kohout
Kohout
Central Station
Central
E Avenue
Fifth Street
First Street
B Avenue
Third Street
C Street
Seventeenth Istreet
Silverman Held In Bail Of 250000 In New York Racketeering Case
Max Silverman described as the citys No 1 racketeer was held in 250000 bail after union officials tied to his indictment were shot or wounded. Sam Gappel treasurer of the painters union was killed in an east side hallway and Max Rubin agent for a clothing trucking union was shot near a Bronx subway station. Dewey identified Rubin as a key grand jury witness.
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New York
Max Sillverman
Eer
Silverman
Los Angeles
Sam Gappel
Painters Union
East Side
Max Rubin
Bronx
Fordham Hospital
Thomas E. Dewey
Boy 4 Recovers From Infantile Paralysis
Robert Clark four year old son of Mr and Mrs G A Clark of 257 Twenty fourth avenue SW returned from the University hospital Iowa City where he had been for three weeks as an infantile paralysis patient He is reported as having made a good recovery.
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Robert Clark
G. A. Clark
Twenty-fourth Avenue
University Hospital
Iowa City
Air Show Features Parachute Leap by Faye Cox in Cedar Rapids
Iowa's premier air show of 1937, the Hanford Post American Legion carnival at Cedar Rapids airport, highlights Faye Lucille Cox attempting a world free fall without opening a parachute. Events run 10 am to 2 pm with stunt acts, alight of visiting planes, and a crowd-safe program plan.
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Iowa
Hanford Post
American Legion
Faye Lucille Cox
Cedar Rapids
Legion
Coe College Rotc
Air Circus
Cox
The
American Trust Building
Lyman’s Cafe
Niagara Smoke Shop
Campus
Belden Hill’s
Curry’s
C. Cox
Jack Kelly
Jim Christman
Department of Commerce Bureau of Air Commerce
Jack Melly
Dare Devil
Norman Williams
Aide To Cummings Denies Ku Klux Klan Ties
Walter Brower special assistant to Attorney General Homer Cummings and ally of Justice Hugo Black denied reports he was a Ku Klux Klan member. He said he hates intolerance, upholds equality before the law, and has never sworn an oath denying justice to anyone.
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NEW York
Walter Brower
Homer
Cummings
Hugo L. Black
Ku Klux Klan
General Session
Alfred J. Talley
Catholic Club
Attorney General's Department
Brower
Davenport, Ja
Times
Denver Post
Justice Black
Hooded Order
Grandmother Dies In Vain Attempt To Save Grandson
In Los Angeles a heroic grandmother Sophie Kirk 55 and her daughter Silas Peterson 27 died after rushing into a burning house to save 11 month old Robert Peterson. An overturned oil stove caused the fire.
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Los Angeles
INS
Sophie Kirk
Silas Peterson
Robert Peterson
Peterson
College enrollment race drawn up as scandal by leaders
Dr. Gage of Coe college criticizes the college race for students as ill advised and disgraceful. John R. Tunis notes southern and midwestern colleges aggressively courting applicants in Scribner's October article. Drake University president Morehouse says scholarships have become widespread and unwise.
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H. M. Gage
Coe College
Scribner's
South
Middle West
John R. Tunis
D. W. Morehouse
Drake University
Omaha Man Heads 109th Engineers
FE G Connely of Omaha was elected president of the 109th Regiment of Engineers at the twentieth anniversary reunion held at the Montrose hotel. Other officers named were Maj. C. L. Strike and Ernie Rockwell. Council Bluffs will host the 1939 convention in October. The regiment drew veterans from Iowa Minnesota and Nebraska with more than 200 attending the reunion banquet.
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FE. G. Connely
Omaha
Nebi
109Th Regiment of Engineers
Montrose Hotel
R. O. Burrows
Belle Plaine
Maj. C. L. Strike
Fort Reilly
Kan
Ernie Rockwell
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
109Th Engineers
Crystal Ballroom
The
Montrose
Camp Cody
N. Mex
Sixth
Nebraska Infantry
Camp Dodge
Funston
H. F. Shook
Concord
N. H
Camp Dix
N. J
Liverpool
Cherbourg
Wievre
New York
Max Andrzejewski
International Falls
Minn
le Guerche
France
J. E. Perry
L. O. Tisdale
Cedar Rapids
H. G. Whitmore
H. J. Ferguson
H. H. Hyland
H. W. White
Wayne Welch
Press reactions on Black’s Klan ties spark fresh calls
Major newspapers react to Ex-Klansman Black's testimony about Klan ties and Supreme Court fitness. The Kansas City Star and others urge resignation, while some papers doubt the full explanation, framing the issue as a lasting stain on the court appointment.
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Ohio State Journal
Columbus
Births Report Two Daughters Born to Local Families
Born to Mr and Mrs Ralph J Moorcroft at Mercy Hospital a ten pound daughter Margaret Ellen on October 2. Also born to Mr and Mrs Andrew Comried at 627 I Avenue NW a daughter Ellen Kay on September 17.
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Ralph J. Moorcroft
Gwendolyn Drive
Margaret Ellen
Mercy Hospital
Andrew Comried
I Avenue NW
Ellen Kay
Red Cross expert gas attendant saves youth from river
Les Christensen, 23, a Red Cross life saver and first aid expert, saved 17 year old Francis S Atkins Jr by applying artificial respiration after Atkins was rescued from the Cedar River millrace Friday evening. Christensen, an oil station operator, worked over Atkins with help arriving from Patrolman Howard Walsh. Atkins is recovering at Mercy hospital.
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Les Christensen
Francis S. Atkins, Jr
E Avenue NE
Atkins
Cedar River
Red Cross
Christensen
Avenue Bridge
Eighth Street
Niels Hornum
Avenne
Hornum
Howard Walsh
Mercy Hospital
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Newman's
Faye Cox
Grandson
Dr. Gage
Metropolitan Opera
E. G. Connely
Sunnyside
Fiat
Belwood Inter
Gloss
Belwood
Press of Nation
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Black
Supreme Court
Senate
Boston Globe
Boston Herald
Boston Post
Worcester
Mass
Lewiston
Sun
Supreme Court of the United States
Kansas City Star
Charlotte
N. C
Senator Black
Sen
Ate
Lincoln
Neb
Klan
Percy Sosa
Aaynes
E. S
M. Anton
Anton
Westinghouse
Ironer
Westinghouse Troner
Dial
Ehfa
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