Football Prophe t Names His Winners
Renowned AP writer surveys this week’s college grid slate with a mix of likely upsets and confident picks. Notable matchups include Illinois vs Notre Dame, Southern California vs Ohio State, Cornell vs Duquesne, Army vs Columbia, Yale vs Penn, and Manhattan vs Michigan State, with winner predictions across major conferences and several tossups highlighted.
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Ilinois
Notre Dame
Ramblers
Drake
Illinois
DePaul
California
Ohio State
Buckeyes
Los Angeles
Duke
Tennessee
Tom Harp
Harp
Princeton
Cornell
Duquesne-Pitt
Pitt
Columbia
Army
Fenn
Yale
Penn
Clint Frank
Larry Kelley
Elis
Manhattan
Michigan State
Spartes
Michdean
Pingel
Nelson
State
New York University
North Carolina
Northwestern
Michigan
Wolverines
Purdue
Mississipni
Louisann
Baylor
Arkansas
Texas
Louis
Mississippi
Harvard-Brown
Georgetown
Penn State
Bucknell
Temple
Florida
Navy
Virginia
Kansas State
Tigers
Jongenowsh
Kansas
Washington University
Southern Methodists
M. A
Bradley Marquett
South Dakota
Wiatite
Premier's Son Says Japan Is At War Declared or Not
Princeton senior Fumitaka Konoye states Japan is at war despite no formal declaration. He criticizes U S actions after Roosevelt’s Chicago attack on warmaking nations, arguing America should avoid war to protect its prestige and customers in China and Japan.
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Princeton
Japan
China
Prieceton
Chine
Possibility of Revising the Neutrality Law Emerges
Washington report notes talk of a formal administration proposal to revise the neutrality law as United States policy in the Far East faces scrutiny. Some speculate changes could influence Roosevelt's considerations of a special congressional session, though no public indication exists. Debates over policy are fueled by dissent from neutrality supporters in Congress and peace groups.
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Washington
China
Cincinnati Man Claims Fabled Kentucky Gold Mine Found
J. H. Kopf of Cincinnati said an exploring party located the rumored Swift mine in Wolfe County Kentucky. He reported ore assays at $160 to $180 a ton and said he secured mineral rights for 6348 acres and would start mining once he raises $25,000 in capital.
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Cincinnati
Friday Birch
Kentucky
J. H. Kopf
Wolfe County
Kopf
Cedar Rapids City Notes and Local Notices
Townsend club No. 2 meets Friday at 7 30 p m in city hall superior court rooms. Mae Lamb Beers and Howard C. Austin, Cedar Rapids, wed by Justice H R Churchill in his office Thursday. Gas pipe burst at Frank Burianeck residence 1222 First street SW minor damage. Clarence Larson 26 Burl ington arrested loitering downtown. Knights of Columbus to receive Holy Communion at 8 a m Sunday at St Ludmila's church. breakfast after mass. Joseph Petrus US deputy marshal and L B Marshall returned from Leavenworth with a prisoner to federal penitentiary. Mr and Mrs John E Fick 266 Johnson avenue NW return from Fosston Minn after mother-in-law Anna Hegtvedt illness and death. Shueyville United Brethren church worship 9 30 a m topic Let This Mind Be In You Also in Christ Jesus. Sunday school 10 30 a m. Senior Christian Endeavor 7 30 p m topic Am I Sharing Christ with Others. Three motorists paid 1 fines and costs for traffic violations H B Green L R Walker Jerry Jasa. Bernard Bok Marion fined 10 and costs for speeding. Lauren Gibney Palo confined to Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids pleurisy and double pneumonia improving slightly.
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Shueyville United Brethren Church
Christ Jesus
Christ
H. B. Green
F Avenue NW
L. R. Walker
First Avenue E
Jerry Jasa
Thirtieth Street
Bernard Bok
Marion
Lauren Gibney
John Gibney
Palo
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo Boys Return After Taking French Leave
Three Waterloo youths Donald Allensworth 13 Harold Bentley 14 and Jack Fitzgibbons 13 were returned by their parents Friday after telling police they had left home without permission. The boys stayed at the police station overnight and their parents were notified.
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Waterloo
Donald Allensworth
Harold Bentley
Jack Fitzgibbons
Township road plans presented for Linn county program
Putnam and Fayette township trustees on Thursday presented road proposals to the board of supervisors and County Engineer William H. Behrens. Based on data from all townships, the new road improvement program, effective in 1938, will be devised.
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Putnam and Fayette Township
Linn County
Board of Supervisors
William H. Behrens
Parents Night for Scout Troop No 24 at Garfield School
Forty six attendees joined a Parents night program Wednesday at Garfield School. Thomas Hardiman, to conduct a first aid course, spoke as the entertainment committee included Mrs H R Langridge Vis F I Bareber and Mrs J Lo Gardner. Contests and a spelling bee were part of the program.
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Boy Scout
Garfield School
Thomas Hardiman
H R Langridge
Club meeting features game fowl talk and mounts
Enil Petranek and an author spoke at the Roosevelt hotel club meeting at noon. The talk covered a test for identifying game fowl and a display of mounted ducks. Nash Finch Cedar Rapids manager WOH Coddngton was visiting Minnesota with HB Finch. About 100 men attended the Teech lake fete party, with fishing and trap shooting highlighted.
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Enil Petranek
Mretine Foday
Roosevelt Hotel
Woh Coddngton
Nash Finch Company
Cedar Rapids
Minnesota
HB Finch
Nash Finch
Spontaneous Car Fire Near Union Depot and Smoke House Fire
Spontaneous combustion in a car pile near the Union depot on Fourth Street SE drew a still alarm at 3:20 a.m. Friday as coal smoldered without flames. A section crew planned shoveling and soaking to extinguish it. Sparks from chimneys set the Jerry Svoboda residence roof at 843 Camburn Court SF. firemen responded at 7:34 p.m. Friday. Cedar Rapids playground commission issued two new seasonal bulletins on hikes and Halloween activities, available free from the recreation office Room 501 City Hall.
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Union Depot
Fourth Street
Railroad Authentics
Jerry Svoboda
Camburncourt SF
Cedar Rapids Playground Commission
Chamber of Horters
ORAM
City Tall
Electric railway signaling to debut in Irish Free State
The Irish Free State plans to introduce electric railway signaling across its network. Officials say the upgrade will improve safety and efficiency, with projected implementation phased through major routes starting next year.
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Irish Free State
Slight Gain Shown in Relief Case Load
A September rise in Linn county relief cases is reported by county relief director Mrs. Alice Ferber to Board Chairman Elmer Seevell. The count shows 603 jobless cases in September up from 575 in August, with 77 added to WPA, 342 unemployable, and 356 WPA employed or awaiting assignment. Medical aid cases totaled 482 in September versus 508 in August, with 280 receiving only medical care.
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Linn County
Alice Ferber
Elmer M. Seevell
Board of Supervisors
WPA
Court House News on Arthur Bye and local suit outcomes
Arthur L Bye of Utica Secona avenue SE has been admitted to the Iowa bar and will continue court reporting work. In district court Judge Mossfit presided a $7,500 personal injury suit by Mary Woitishek against Tri-States Theater, which she settled by confessing judgment for $200 and costs. a similar suit against Commonwealth Theater was dismissed at her costs.
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Arthur L. Bye
Secona Avenue
Wiseri
Bing
Des Moines
Shire
Kye
West Branch
Bf Dawley
Lun County
M HL Kepler
Mason City
John EF. Craig
Keo- Kuk
Mary Woitishek
Tri-States Theater Corporation
John YT Mossfit
State Theater
Cedar Rapids
Commonwealth Theater Corporation of
Street Car Men Begin Training on Buses in Cedar Rapids
Five new General Motors buses, similar to those proposed by National City Lines, were demonstrated on Cedar Rapids streets Friday as Cedar Rapids and Marion City Railway employees began ten days of preliminary bus driving training. The company aims to launch bus service soon after a November 2 bus franchise vote if approved. Each bus seats 26 and holds about 40 passengers.
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National City Lines
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids and Marion City Railway Company
General Motors
Vittorio Mussolini Not In Washington Nomination Denied
The Italian embassy denied Vittorio Mussolini is in Washington or will be here today. The embassy said he will come here one of these days but not now, and no engagement was shown on the White House calendar.
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Washington
INS
Vittorio
Mussolini
White House
Mussolini's Son Dismisses War Talk in New York
Vittorio Mussolini, son of Italy's premier, scoffs at European war talk. He says such talk is overemphasized and Italy may not join a foreign war for sixty years, if ever. He was in Manhattan after overnight uncertainty, having flown from Hollywood to Newark airport and then disappeared briefly before announcing a Washington trip.
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New York
INS
Vittorio Mussolini
Italy
Europe
Mussolini
Hollywood
Newark
Tam
Washington
Una Merkel Heroine Rescues Man From Lake Mishap
HOLLYWOOD (UP) Una Merkel, a blonde film star, was hailed as a heroine after saving Arthur Camp whose skiff overturned by backwash from Merkel's fast motorboat on Arrowhead Lake in the San Bernardino mountains. She jumped in, swam to Camp, pulled him to her boat, and helped resuscitate him before they reached shore. Film stars Carole Lombard John Barrymore and John MacMurray witnessed the rescue.
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Hollywood
Una Merkel
Arrowhead Lake
Miss Merkel
San Bernardino Mountains
Arthur Camp
Iuce
Ste
Carole Lombard
John Barrymore
John MacMurray
Snow and Winds Hit New York and Pennsylvania
A pre season snowstorm with strong winds swept central New York and northern Pennsylvania. Shipping on the barge canal slowed while transport planes bypassed Syracuse. Snow fell wet and heavy overnight in Kane Pennsylvania with a 50 degree drop in temperature and readings at 30 degrees.
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Syracuse
INS
New York
Kane
Pennsylvania
Apply For Loan For M. & St. L. Railway
Washington AP reports Minneapolis and St Louis Railway seeks ICC approval to issue 805,800 in debt certificates to refund outstanding obligations. The request aims to refinance existing debt and secure funds for railroad operations amid financial restructuring.
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Washington
Minneapolis and St Lews
Interstate Commmerce Commission
Fractional shares fixed in Woods estate realty case
An interlocutory decree in a district court partition fixes shares in the estate of Peter S Woods, who died May 22, 1936. Thomas L Woods receives two twenty fourths, Catherine Connolly Cecelia Reindl Frank J Woods and Anna Kinley get one fourth each, Bridget Woods Estella Ironside and Owney Woods receive one fourth shares. Thomas L Woods named referee. apraisers are Harry Greene A G Bauder and John B Finney.
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Peter S Woods
Thomas L. Woods
Catherine Connolly
Cecelia Reindl
Frank J. Woods
Anna Kinley
Bridget Woods
Divorces Granted in District Court on Cruel Treatment
Judge H C Ring grants divorces to Mabel Wahl from Don Wahl and Irene Northrup from James Northrup on cruel and inhuman grounds. Northrup case was decided on cross-petition. marriage dates include 1930 and 1935 in Missouri and Cedar Rapids respectively. Judge F O Ellison awards Marjorie Mae Welch a divorce from Burt James Welch on cruel and inhuman grounds. marriage date cited as 1935.
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H. C. Ring
Mabel Wahl
Don Wahl
Missour
Irene Northrup
James Northrup
Cedar Rapids
Northrup
F. O. Ellison
Marjorie Mae Welch
Burt James Welch
All On Account Of A Tire Blow Out
In Lindon Utah a tire blow out caused a car to leave the road and strike a power line pole. The wires short circuited a railroad line, sparking a fire at Dick Walker’s service station that exploded. All lights failed as homes burned and a second driver crashed into the pole. Howard Harper sustained a sprained wrist.
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Lindon
Utah
Howard Harper
Dick Walker
Howard
Two Injured When Car Loses A Wheel
The accident occurred Wednesday at 10 p.m. on county road M west of Cedar Rapids when a car driven by Raymond Turner dropped a left rear wheel and overturned. Passengers Joe Mrstik, 13, route 1, Cedar Rapids, lacerated his back, and Hilda Brownell, 16, route 1, Cedar Rapids, suffered a head bump and bruised left leg. Turner reported the event to police on Thursday.
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Joe Mrstik
Cedar Rapids
Hilda Brownell
Raymond Turner
Turner
Mrstik
Miss Brownell
Teachers' Official Urges Jap Boycott
Washington based American Federation of Teachers vice president George Axtelle urged a nationwide boycott of Japanese products as an effective rebuke to blood crazed militarism. He described the conflict as an undeclared war marked by ruthless bombing of non combatants in cities.
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Washington
INS
George Axtelle
American Federation of Teachers
Rocky Joe Stanley Faces Witchcraft Charge in Va Court
In Clintwood Virginia 83 year old Rocky Joe Stanley father of fifteen was tried for calling 82 year old Aunt Jane Dutton a witch in a Cumberland mountain community. The warrant accuses him of uttering statements that could insult or threaten peace. If convicted he faces a fine up to 500 dollars or jail. Aunt Jane sought the warrant after Stanley allegedly claimed she cast a spell.
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Clintwood
Rocky Joe” Stanley
Oldsters
Kentucky
Jane” Dutton
Commonwealth
J. C. Smith
Dickenson County
Cumberland Mountain
Rocky Joe
Jane
Stanley
Smith
G. Mark French
Isom Dutton
Cane Creek
Commonwealth’s
Japs Claim Chinese Casualties Total A Quarter Million
Tokyo reports three months of undeclared war losses to Chinese forces total a quarter million killed or wounded through Oct. 5. Shanghai bodies numbered 56,767 and do not reflect total Chinese losses on that front. Japan says 580 prisoners, 482 machine guns and 3,147 rifles captured.
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TOKIO
Japan
Shanghai
Drivers On Eight Greyhound Bus Lines Threaten To Strike
Officials of eight Greyhound bus lines and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen remain deadlocked over a joint contract. A 1,200 driver strike is set for Sunday at 5 am, likely halting service east of the Mississippi and north of Louisville and Richmond. Each company claims separate stockholders, directors, and management, saying a blanket agreement is not possible.
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Cleveland
INS
Greyhound Bus
United States
Brotherhood of Railroad
Brotherhood
Greyhound
Mississippi River
Louisville
Richmond
Louisiana Sugar Cane Grows Into 185th Year Heritage
New Orleans reports Louisiana marks 185 years since sugar cane introduction by Jesuit monks in 1752. The industry now worth about 200 million dollars yields roughly 4.5 million tons of cane producing 375 thousand tons of sugar and over eight million dollars in syrup and molasses.
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New Orleans
Pelican State
Louisiana
Java
Woman Builds Fence From Wagon Wheels
In Cleveland Mrs. Minnie Shott built a fence for her Gates Mills home using wagon wheels found by her son who bought a nearby farm. Children donated wheels from old station wagons and buses. Shott scraped each wheel before placing it as part of the fence.
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Cleveland
Minnie Shot
Burtex Gates Mills
Marriage Licenses Issued in Coggan and Cedar Rapids
Jesse J. Avis and Sylvia Marie Wilkinson of Coggan received a marriage license. Howard C. Austin and Mae Lamb Beers, both of Cedar Rapids, also obtained a license. James T. Graham and Marie Thompson, Cedar Rapids, were jointly licensed.
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Jesse J. Avis
Sylvia Marie Wilkinson
Coggan
Howard C. Austin
Mae Lamb Beers
Cedar Rapids
James T Graham
Marie Thompson
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Associated Press
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Slills
Townsend Club No. 2
City Hall
H. R. Churchill
Frank Burianeck
First Street
Clarence Larson
Burlington
Knights of Columbus
St Ludmila's Church
Joseph Petrus
L. B Marshall
Leavenworth
Kan
Federal Penitentiary
John E. Fick
Johnson Avenue NW
Fosston
Minn
Waterloo Boys
Parents’ Night
Court House News
N. Y
M. & St. L. Railway
Mary
Bulletin
The
Micky Mouse Globe Trotters
Western Union
Mickey Mouse
Paris
Wolf
Mickey
Clarks Clothes
Clarks
Iowa
Clarks Factory
Second Street SE
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