Japanese Land First Forces In South China
Reports from Hong Kong say six Japanese warships landed hundreds of bluejackets on three islands near Macao south of Canton. Forces began by leveling an airfield as China braces for wider fighting. Also, the Donau unloads trucks and ammunition at Singapore for China with camouflage to dodge blockade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Ins
China
Hong Kong
Chungshan
Macao
Canton
Britain
London
Singapore
Reuter
Straits Settlements
Exchange
Donan
Fined $100 For Slashing Youth
Jess Miller a 48 year old Negro of 77 Seventh avenue SW pled guilty in Justice H R Churchill's court to assault and battery. He was fined 100 dollars and costs after being identified by William Condon 19 of 326 Thirty-fifth street NE as the man who slashed him in the back and left elbow with a knife in a Sunday 12:45 a m fight. The charge was dropped by police and refiled as assault and battery. Miller has thirty days to pay the fine under an agreement with his attorney and the county attorney. The row began over a remark attributed to Miller about Loretta Wall 17 of 719 H street SW whom Condon was escorting home. The altercation occurred at Eighth avenue and H street SW. Condon's injuries were not serious beyond possible infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Miller
Seventh Avenue
H. R Churchill
Miller
William Condon
Thirty-fifth Street
Millers
Condon
Loretta Wall
H Street
Eighth Avenue
H_ street
Freddie Bartholomew Offered Return to Movies at 1100 A Week
In Hollywood Freddie Bartholomews lawyer offered him back to film work at a 1100 weekly salary under a truce, while MGM said no work was available. The boy's aunt seeks 2500 weekly pay and custody from Miss Myllicent Bartholomew is disputed. suits proceed in state supreme court as his contract is challenged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Freddie Bartholomew
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
William Nebrett
State Supreme Court
Myllicent Bartholomew
Patrick Lynott 91 Former Rail Engineer Dies at Home
Patrick Lynott died at his Cedar Rapids home at 11 p.m. Monday after a lingering illness. Born in Ireland on March 19 1846 he moved to Cedar Rapids in 1870 and served with the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Minnesota then its successors. He retired on pension July 1 1912. Survived by five sons two daughters a sister and a brother with fourteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Friends may call at Brady mortuary after 7 p.m. Tuesday with funeral arrangements pending.
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Patrick Lynott
Second Street
County Letrum
Ireland
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Minnesota
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern
Rock Island
Lynott
St. Patrick’s Church
Catherine
John A
J. P. Lynott
Sioux City
Phillip Berger
William Herbert
L. F. Jorgenson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mary O'Hara
Edward Lynott
Hawarden
Iown
Brady Mortuary
Wallace hints Congress may reconvene in fall on farm laws
Secretary Wallace said a special session of Congress could be called late this fall to debate farm legislation after two months of discussion. He touted the ever normal granary to smooth crop swings and prevent shortages amid droughts and price volatility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Wallace
Congress
Agriculture Department
New York Herald-Tribune
New York City
Funeral services for Mrs Mae E McClintock
Mrs Mae E McClintock lifelong Linn county resident died at home ten miles north of Cedar Rapids after a long illness Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday at Turner chapel Elder W C Wilson of Toddville to conduct Burial in Oliphant cemetery flowers omitted per family request Friends may call at the chapel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae E. McClintock
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
W. C. Wilson
Toddville
Oliphant Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Slocum in Beatty chapel
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Slocum of 1422 Sixth Street NW will be held at Beatty chapel at 10 am Thursday conducted by Rev. J. T. Stewart and the W R C. American Legion members will serve as pallbearers. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the home from 7 to 9 pm Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Slocum
Sixth Street NW
Beatty Chapel
J. T. Stewart
W.R.C
American Legion
Oak Hill Cemetery
Abe
Notice of hearing on compromise of bank indebtedness
In Linn County Iowa the District Court hears the application by D W Bates as Receiver of the Iowa State Savings Bank Cedar Rapids to compromise Stella Havelka indebtedness totaling 8093.26. Hearing set for October 10 at 10 a.m. at Cedar Rapids Court House. Attorneys for the receiver urge appearance to contest or support the compromise request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of Iowa
Linn Canty
D. W. Bates
District Court
Linn County
Iowa
D W Bates
State of Iowa
Iowa State Savings Bank
Cedar Rauids
Stella Havelka
F O Ellison
A. D
Tait
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Walter R Hutchinson
Joseph Mekota
Iowan State Sayvines Bank
Cedar Rapids votes Nov 2 on National City Lines bus plan
Cedar Rapids voters will decide November 2 on a proposed ordinance to replace streetcar service with a National City Lines bus franchise. The council approved the measure to seek a public ballot while detailing fare terms routes and financial arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
National City Lines
Cedar Rapids and Marion City Railway Company
Frank K. Hahn
Public Safety
W. C. Benesh
Marion
Mound Farm
Seventeenth Street
K‘avenue
Episcopal Church Likely Delays Divorce Stand Change
In Cincinnati the 52nd triennial general convention neared, with churchmen signaling a three year delay on a proposal to let bishops decide if a divorced communicant may remarry. The nine year study aims to update canons from England, but the lay deputies may oppose. A Lambeth Conference discussion is planned for 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Protestant Episcopal Church
Joint Commission On
Lambeth
Condon
Church of England
House of Bishops
200 Seats Reserved For Thursday's Ball Game
Cedar Rapids club president Harry Johnson announced 200 grandstand seats will be reserved for the Thursday night game at Hill Park between the Kansas City Monarchs and Bob Feller's all stars. Tickets go on sale Wednesday at Hill's and Lyman's cigar stores to reduce box office delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Johnson
Cedar Rapids Baseball Club
Kansas City Monarchs
Bob Feller
Hill's
Lyman's
Johnson
Irving given 50 day jail term for DWI near airport
Mills Irving, 67, of Mount Vernon, received a 50 day county jail sentence in district court for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Judge F O Ellison also suspended his license for three months after arrest near the Cedar Rapids airport during the air circus last Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills Irving
Mount Vernon
F. O. Ellison
Irving
Cedar Rapids
Ellison
Testimony Taken In Mullarky Suit Retrial
Laverne Mullarky seeks $15 000 in a retrial against Martin D. Vanourny and Norbert Vanourny over a 1934 crash near North Liberty. Judge Moffit presides as Costello and others testify. a 1936 verdict was voided by a prior trial motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laverne Mullarky
Martin D. Vanourny
Norbert Vanourny
John T. Moffit
F. O. Ellison
Mullarky
Michael J. Costello
North Liberty
Vanourny
Michael Costello
Ray van Stein
Albert Copple
John Savel
Costello
County Receives $10 348 From Irene Douglas Estate
The Linn County treasurer reports receipt of $10 348 90 from Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids as executor of Irene H. Douglas estate. The payment covers additional money and credits tax for 1932 through 1936 inclusive. Of the total, $1 030 20 represents interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linnseounty
Milo J. Sedlaeck
Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids
Irene H. Douglas
Judgment in rein for Smule koff Furniture case
Judgment in rein for the Smule koff Furniture company over a $230.93 account against L. C. Bell and Mrs. L. C. Bell was decreed by Judge John T. Moffit. The ruling kept personal jurisdiction in question while allowing possible in rem action against property in the district. A separate $162.50 personal injury judgment was entered and satisfied for Paul Clark by his father A. D. Clark against Balcom and Katherine Luberger after a bicycle accident at First avenue and Nineteenth street E on Sept. 3. Judge Ellison signed the judgment with a stipulation. A divorce decree granted by Judge Moffit to Lawrence A. Sanders from Olive Esto Sanders, effective last Friday, follows a marriage in 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smulekoff Furniture Company
L. C. Bell
Ohio
John T. Moffit
District Court
Paul Clark
A. D. Clark
Balcom Luberger
Katherine Luberger
First Avenue
Nineteenth Street E
Ellison
Lawrence A. Sanders
Olive Esto Sanders
Police Seek Youth Who Threatened Suicide in Omaha Letter
Omaha police hunt a young man who sent a farewell letter to the Omaha World-Herald. The note signed Louis Nathaniel Hamby of Columbus Georgia claims despondency over a love affair as the reason for his intended self harm. Parents named L L Hamby of Columbus are listed. The letter was mailed from Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Omaha_ police
Omaha World-Herald
Louis Nathaniel Hamby
Columbus
L. L Hamby
Thirteen More Executions Announced in Soviet Union
Moscow reports thirteen new executions for grand wrecking in various parts of the Soviet Union. The actions come as authorities continue crackdowns on anti state activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
INS
Soviet Union
Linn county forms park use committee for nature tours
A Linn county committee to expand park facility use was formed in the city hall and plans a series of nature tours starting Oct 17 at Palisades Kepler state park. G G Eppley of Omaha spoke on prior tours and Cornell College staff will lecter. If rain, tour postponed until spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palisades
Natl
Council
Linn County
Palisades-Kepler State Park
G. G. Eppley
Omaha
Neb
National Park Service
Eppley
Cornell College
Charles Meyer
Nevin Nichols
Cedar Rapids
Charlotte Hubbard
WPA
Lower Palisades Park
Nichols
Hubbard
Meyer
Lucille Gove
Linn County Farm Bureau
Charles R. Keyes
N. A. Minor
F. G. Brooks
Nadia Thorpe
Camp Fire Girls
Jane Niles
Camp
C. R. Chandler
Cedar Rapids Garden Club
N. Harold West
Stefan
J.K. Merritt
A. J. Smith
Waltonians
William Volz
Bever Park
Warren N. Keck
Coe College
Leonard R. Wilson
Coe Geology
Wreck on Burlington Line Kills Teen, Wounds Two
Fourteen cars derailed at Bernhart five miles west of Fairfield Iowa after a broken journal or axle caused a westbound Burlington freight to derail. Wesley King 20 Kirksville Mo died in Jefferson County hospital. Charles Clark 18 Memphis Mo and James Wall 17 Edina Mo were badly hurt. Rail and equipment damage estimated at 10000 dollars. Depot and foreman family uninjured. Line reopened about 7 a.m. with Zephyr delayed and other trains detoured over Rock Island.
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Fairfield
Burlington
Bernhart
Wesley King
Kirksville
Jefferson County
Charles Clark
Memphis
James Wall
Edina
Burlington Main
Rock Island
Control Board Probes Woodward Hospital Case
Des Moines AP report says two board of control members and an assistant attorney general visited the Woodward state school to investigate Boone county grand jury findings. The jury had looked into an incident where a discharged attendant said he was beaten after refusing to leave the grounds. They planned to confer with Boone county attorney and obtain minutes of the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Board of Control
Woodward
Boone County Grand Jury
A. R. Schier
Harry C. White
Frank Stevens
Charles Wilson
Boone County
Grand Jury
Student Returns Lost Money Promptly Highlighting Honesty
Billie Gillam 17 of 1415 B Avenue NE found 150 dollars, a fountain pen, and several checks on a Franklin School stairway Tuesday and turned them to Principal Hallman. The teacher’s funds included 65 dollars personal money and rest Community Chest. Hallman praised Gillam in a letter to McKinley High principal Paxson. Gillam, not in class then, was at Franklin to check athletic equipment before transferring. He is the son of Mr and Mrs R E Gillam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
McKinley High School
Billie Gillam
Avenue NE
Franklin School
M. S. Hallman
Hallman
W. L. Paxson
Gillam
McKinley
R. E. Gillam
Corn Crop Outlook Improves According To Expert Forecasts
Chicago AP reports private forecasters raise the 1937 corn crop outlook to 294,000,000 bushels, up more than 1,000,000,000 from 1936, with spring wheat at 193,000,000. September weather aided a revival in hopes after August droughts hit Nebraska, Iowa, and the Dakotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
R. C. Cromwell
Lamson Brothers
Nebraska
Iowa
Dakotas
Crop yield estimate boosts 1937 corn crop forecast
Thought irretrievably lost has again shown promise of a crop. The 1937 corn crop will be 39,000,000 bushels above the 1924 1932 five year average of 2,555,600,000 bushels if today's estimate of the yield is maintained.
Labor Chief To Speak At Cornell Conference
J W Williams AF of L building trades chief accepts invitation to address the Cornell college Forum conference October 19 on the Federation of Labor Committee for Industrial Organization fight. Williams named Green's personal representative at Mount Vernon forum. Gold produced in Transvaal July valued at over 34.755 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
J. W. Williams
American Federation of Labor Building Trades Department
Cornell College Forum
Federation of Labor Committee For Industrial Organization
Fight
Federation
William Green
Williams
Mount Vernon
Transvaal
South Africa
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Mir
Doherty
Star Jewelry CO
Second St. SE
Severre Reegerdettres
Mrs. McClintock
BIS
Grour
Sam
F. E. Young
Young
Episcopal Church
Coal Directory of
Hill Park
Court House News
Mt. Vernon
Irene Douglas
Park Lodge
Control Board
Woodward Hospital
Lea
Cornell
Rabbit Cleanser
Ize
Monte
Sawyer
del Monte
Idaho
Idaho Russell
Canning
Sparhett
Our Leader
Pure Ground Kbeef
Slab Bacon
Frankforts
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