Farm Poll Shows Roosevelt Slight Leader in Iowa
A Wallaces' Farmer and Iowa Homestead poll of Iowa farm residents finds Roosevelt with 39 percent to Willkie 37 percent and 24 percent undecided. Young voters favor Roosevelt, while 25 to 34 year olds tilt to Willkie. Women renters and 1936 Roosevelt voters drive the undecided share.
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Des Moines
INS
Wallaces’ Farmer
Iowa Homestead
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Iowa
Willkie
Farm Publication
London
Soviets Finns Reach Agreement on Baltic Aaland Isles
Helsinki reports a preliminary accord between Russia and Finland to demilitarize the Aaland islands in the Baltic and forbid their use by any other power. The deal was announced Friday.
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Isles
Helsinki
INS
Russia
Finland
Aaland
Baltic
Frigny
Light Los Angeles quake felt briefly Friday
A brief light earthquake was felt in Los Angeles and the surrounding area on Friday. Police reported no damage and no injuries.
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Los Angeles
INS
Deaths Mrs Favorite and Mollie Simon Rites Set
Funeral services for Mrs Isa belle Cook Favorite a Cedar Rapids pioneer will be held Saturday at 2 pm in Turner chapel with Rev Dr Robert Little officiating. Mollie Simon dies at 4 40 am Friday after a lingering illness. services Sunday at 2 pm in Barta chapel burial Oak Hill. Lisetta Tanner dies in Oakland Calif body to Cedar Rapids Monday for services Tuesday time to be announced.
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Isabelle Cook Favorite
Cedar Rapids
Rochester, Minn
Turner Chapel
Robert Little
Mollie Simon
Seventeenth Avenue
Baghemia
Anna Simon
Louis Loufek
Davenport
Barta
Benjamin Paroulek
Oak Hill Cemetery
Lisetta C. Tanner
Lisetta Catherine Tanner
Ben I. Tanner
Death of Harry Snodgrass reported in Oakland
Walter Snodgrass of 608 Summer street NW was notified Wednesday of the sudden death of his father Harry Snodgrass about age 68 in Oakland California. The son left for Oakland on Thursday. The elder Snodgrass had lived in Cedar Rapids for eight or nine years previously and five other sons reside in the San Francisco Bay area.
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Walter Snodgrass
Summer Street
Harry Snodgrass
Oakland
Calif
Mr. Snodgrass
Cedar Rapids
San Francisco Bay Area
Funeral services for Mrs Rose Burlingham
Funeral services for Mrs Rose Burlingham who died at her home 816 Nineteenth Avenue SW will be held in the Beatty chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday conducted by the Rev Bernard Collins Burial will be in Linwood cemetery The Rosary will be recited at 7 30 p m today in the Beatty chapel by Father Collins.
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Rose Burlingham
Nineteenth Avenue SW
Beatty Chapel
Bernard Collins
Linwood Cemetery
Father Collins
Night court grip yields pocket theft shock
In New York City night court Harry Pilger faces charges for pocket picking. Detective Charles Tracy who arrested him exclaimed Who's hand is in my pocket It was Pilger's.
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New York
Harry Pilger
Charles Tracy
Pilger
Two Waite Transportation Drivers Fined for No License or Insurance
Inspector Dietz arrested E. C. Vaughn and Glenn Smith of Waite Transportation Oxford Junction for operating a bus without passenger liability insurance and a license and a truck without cargo insurance or a commission license. Each was fined 50 dollars plus costs, suspended if vehicles are not used for hire until proper arrangements. M. M. Waite not fined due to absence.
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Waite Transportation Company
Oxford Junction
Cedar Rapids
Sabula
Frank W. Dietz
Iowa Commerce Commission
E. C. Vaughn
Glenn Smith
Vaughn
Commerce Commission
Smith
Commission
H. R. Churchill
M. M. Waite
Churchill
$40 000 000 For Airports Restored
A joint senate house conference restored 40 million dollars to a civil functions appropriations bill to fund an expansive airport program. The measure limits the civil aeronautics program to 250 projects, down from 4 000, after President Roosevelt urged airport improvements for national defense. The action brings back half of an 80 million dollar airport item cut by the senate.
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Washington
INS
Senate-House
Roosevelt
Senate
Reception for Garretts and school group at LA Porte City church
The Methodist church in LA Porte City hosted a Thursday reception in the parlor for the new pastor Reverend Mr. Garrett and his wife, the teachers, school board, and other ministers. A covered dish supper followed. Participants included Mrs. Clarence Hager, M. H. Taylor, Reverend W. D. Winter, Carol Ashley, Mrs. Carl Hay, Zoe Ann Olsen, Dean Azeltine, Clifford Burr, Warren Sides, Keith Anton and L. L. Froming.
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LA Porte City
Methodist Church
F. M. Garrett
Clarence Hager
M. H.taylor
W. D. Winter
The
Evangelical Church
Carol Ashley
Carl Hay
Zoe Ann Olsen
Dean Azeltine
Clifford Burr
Warren Sides
Keith Anton
L. L. Froming
Dozen States Barred Communist Party From Ballot
A United Press survey shows at least 12 states barring the communist party or its candidates from the November general election ticket. States include Wisconsin Missouri Ohio West Virginia Washington Illinois Connecticut Utah Minnesota Kansas Arkansas and Arizona. Some cases involved court actions to overturn officials while others hinged on failure to meet ballot qualification requirements. Efforts to bar the party failed in Iowa Massachusetts New Hampshire Texas and Michigan.
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United Press
Communist Party
Wisconsin
Missouri
Ohio
West Virginia
Washington
Illinois
Connecticut
Utah
Minnesota
Kansas
Arkansas
Arizona
Iowa
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Texas
Michigan
Carrots Named for Carotin Color
The carrot name derives from carotin the yellow pigment that gives the vegetable its distinct hue.
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Carotin
Local Draft Board Urged as Key to Deferments by Captain Obye
Captain Charles H. Obye told High Twelve club that local draft boards will decide deferments under the selective service act, stressing boards hold first hand knowledge of personal cases. He projected no new units before February and predicted expansions in regular army and guard, with about 295000 drafted across branches by then.
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Charles H. Obye
Cedar Rapids
Obye
Regular Army
National Guard
349Th Infantry
Local recruit seeks captain’s commission echoed by Roosevelt’s son
A local recruit requests a captain’s commission in the same spirit as the formal grant once given to Elliott Roosevelt. The item notes the appeal and the general process for such military commissions.
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Roosevelt
Elliott
Chilean Quake Strikes Iquique Seaport No Casualties Reported
A violent earthquake hit Iquique, a northern Chile seaport, on Friday. No casualties were reported.
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Santiago
Chile
Iquique
Paderewski Allowed To Continue Journey
The Polish embassy said the Polish legation in Madrid informed that Ignace Jan Paderewski has been permitted by the Spanish police to continue his journey.
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Washington
Madrid
Ignace Jan Paderewski
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