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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1939

Page

6

Frences Neal Long and Edward W Erschen Wed in Waterloo

Announcement states Miss Frances Neal Long formerly of Cedar Rapids married Edward W Erschen of Pontiac Illinois in a Sept 30 ceremony at the home of W H Wilson in Waterloo Iowa. Rev Frank A Court officiated and a wedding dinner followed. The couple will reside in Pontiac after Nov 1. Mrs Erschen was previously with W L Dodds Cedar Rapids.

Frances Neal Long Cedar Rapids Edward W. Erschen Pontiac Ill Grace Jones Waterloo Frank A. Court W. H. Wilson Erschen W. L. Dodds Company

Miss Margaret Ann Smith Weds Kenneth E Vaughn in Sabinsville

Miss Margaret Ann Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Norman D Smith became the bride of Kenneth E Vaughn son of Mrs Gertrude E Vaughn Monday morning at the First Baptist church in Sabinsville Pa The ceremony was performed by Rev Gordon Vaughn the bridegrooms brother They will reside at 1756 B Avenue NE after November 1 following a trip to Niagara Falls New York City and Washington Mrs Vaughn is a Roosevelt High School graduate.

Margaret Ann Smith Norman D. Smith Avenue Kenneth E. Vaughn Gertrude E. Vaughn First Baptist Church Sabinsville Gordon Vaughn Vaughn Niagara Falls New York City Washington

Octettes Elect Officers At Monday Meeting

The Octettes held a Monday night gathering at Helen McLaughlin’s home and elected officers. President Jean Frederick, vice president Dorothy Schmidt, secretary Mildred Muller, treasurer Madonna Simkovitz, business managers Charlene Walsh and Helen Shields, news reporters Helen McLaughlin and Lorraine Wilson.

Helen McLaughlin Jean Frederick Dorothy Schmidt Mildred Muller Madonna Simkovitz Charlene Walsh Helen Shields Lorraine Wilson

Polk P T A Meeting Highlights Safety, Programs

The Polk P T A met with Mrs. F E Luse presiding and Miss Nanna Nelson leading songs. Traffic Sergeant Gordon Hughes spoke on safety amid rising US accidents, while a 6 A 6 B safety play titled The Trial of Fire was performed.

van Buren P. T. A F. E. Luse Nanna Nelson P T.A L. R. Hamilton Gordon Hughes United States Sadie Cowden Armina Davis Hawaiian Islands Frank Zeman C. C. Collester Burt Watkins P. H. Brown George J. Naxera Luse Naxera State Office John Hollister Orlo LeVan Louis E. Kizer Fourteenth Avenue SW

King's Daughters Hear Mrs Leibert At Iowa Convention

Mrs. M W Leibert of New York City former international president of the King s Daughters urged cultivation of faithfulness kindness and dependability as 329 members heard her address at the 44th annual Iowa branch convention banquet at the Roosevelt hotel The talk centered on being the light of the world and living a cheerful unselfish life with prayer and Bible study as essential services to God and humanity

M. W. Leibert New York City King's Daughters Iowa The Order Roosevelt Hotel Leibert King’s Daughters and Sons, Inc New York International Order God Elijah Jesus Ife F. J. Mansfield Burlington King’s Daughters S. C. Davis Des Moines A. E. Chase Cedar Rapids Linn County L. G. Swaney Louise Leibert M. G. Morris Ida Mansfield Jeanne Cash Betty Jean Stevenson Johann H. L. Emerson H. M. Benninghoff W. A. Cash C. G. Davis Robert Donahue Lewis Emerson J. Stuart McQuiston Alfred W. Meyer E. R. Moen Ray T. Moore

Linn County Jurors Drawn for November Term

Seventy five names named to serve as petit jurors for Linn County District Court. Jurors report November 13 at 10 am. Names include Theron Ackerman and Gladys Aldridge among many others from Central City Marion Mount Vernon and Springville with addresses listed.

Linn County Ed Lundquist Dempsy Jones Robert Vesely Theron Ackerman L Street Gladys V. Aldridge Third Avenue Edwin C Andresen Seventeenth Street Lisle H Andrews Nineteenth Avenue O. E. Andrews Central City Myer Aveodovech Grande Avenue Earl Batchelder William A Bell Ellis Boulevard Teresa D. Benesh Second Avenue Curtis Bickel Anamosa Anna Biderman Mount Vernon Charles F. Blecher Katherine Bokerney C Avenue Roy H. Bollinger William H. Bontrager Fifth Street George H. Breidert Fifteenth Street O. C. Brewer Louis Bugenstein Blake Boulevard Eleanor Cahill Bever Avenue Albert Comley Robert S. Cook Crescent Street Basil Corey Fourth Avenue Howard E. Cropp Sixteenth Street L. G. Crow Springville Louis Davenport McKinley Street Bessie Donin Second Street Howard E. Dennis Thirteenth Street Walter S. Denny Twenty-first Street Louise M. Dicman B Avenue Robert G. Dochterman Sixteenth Avenue Roy R. Downer Hazel Drake Marion Carl E. Durcey Joseph W. Dyer Laura B. Filinger Fourteenth Street George A. Filloon Jay Fordyce Jetta A. Gallagher Frank C. Hahn Albert B. Hanson First Avenue Willard C. Hassel J Avenue Howard B. Helscher A Avenue Ella C. Horn D Avenue Leone Hutton G Avenue Lester Kellams Anna _ Kirby Henry Kling Twenty-fifth Street Leonard LeGrant Z. N. Ludy Nora E. Mahood Helen B. Monroe First Street Dan Morris H. H. Morse R. C. Nelson Meadowbrook Drive Frank O'Hara Coggan Ralph L. Oxley Andrew Petersen Frank J. Pospishil Seventeenth Avenue Joseph Reilly Ninth Avenue C. L. Reiter H. A. Rieger Lisbon Julius Tomes Fifteenth Avenue Lola White Fifth Avenue Howard Whitlatch M. D. Woodward Prairieburg Albert C. Zalesky

Iowa Daughters Luncheon Presided Over by Mrs Boiler

Mrs W F Boiler of Iowa City presided at a luncheon during the forty fourth annual Iowa branch convention of the International Order of The King's Daughters now meeting at the Roosevelt hotel. She serves as state vice president and has worked with PTA OES Iowa City Woman's Club and League of Women Voters. She is organizing regent for the Daughters of the American Revolution in Iowa.

W F Boiler Iowa City Iowa International Order of the King's Daughters Roosevelt Hotel Order P. T A

Local notables listed for civic honors ceremony

James A. P Munson L M Phelps A R McElwain Paul E Rose and Cc J Kessler with Miss Gwen Newland appear among honorees at the city event.

James A. P Munson L. M. Phelps A. R. McElwain Paul E. Rose Cc. J. Kessler Gwen Newland

Gallogly appeals for Texas aid to avoid life prison term

Richard Gallogly, 30, from a wealthy Atlanta family, seeks Texas help to overturn a Georgia life sentence for murder. He claimed Georgia kept him jailed in a hospital and escaped with his wife after a gun-like rod was shown. Georgia officials call him the pampered prisoner. He and his wife surrendered in Dallas while lawyers prepare extradition fights as Georgia moves to press charges.

Dallas Tex Richard Galogly Texas Georgia Gallogly Atlanta Vera Hunt State College Smoot Schmid Worth Hankey Atlanta Society Roy Matthews Lee Freeman State Prison Sheriff's Office Pital Jesse Martin Fort Worth Ellis Arnall Oglethorpe University George Harsh Willard Smith Harsh Marsh Smith

Gov Talmadge Cried as Appeals Fail

The governor reportedly cried when appeals were made but stated he could do nothing. He said he escaped because every official in Georgia feared public backlash and would call it a political fix.

Ohio Wesleyan sets Oct 20 for president's inauguration

Cornell College’s former president Dr Herbert J Burgstahler will be inaugurated October 20 as president of Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware Ohio He served twelve years at Cornell and began duties September 1 Ohio Wesleyan a Methodist college is nicknamed The Mother of Bishops and has over 1400 students

Delaware Cornell College Herbert J. Burgstahler Ohio Wesleyan University Burgstahler Cornell Ohio Wesleyan Methodist Church Mother of Bishops

Prince Starhemberg Stripped of Austrian Citizenship

Vienna report says Prince Ernst Ruediger von Starhemberg former vice chancellor who fled after Hitler’s move has had his Austrian citizenship revoked and his property confiscated. The 86 castle holdings and estates were seized with 1000 marks monthly support for him and wife Norah Gregor now in Paris.

Vienna Ernst Ruediger von Starhemberg Austria Adolf Hitler Heimwehr Norah Gregor Paris

Chiropractors Elect Dr J P Walsh Iowa President

Dr J P Walsh of Burlington was elected president of the Iowa Chiropractors Association at its twenty third annual convention held at the Montrose hotel from Sunday through Tuesday Walsh a past commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars has practiced in Missouri Wisconsin and Iowa and helped legalize the profession in the three states.

J. P Walsh Burlington Iowa Chiropractors Association, Inc Montrose Hotel Walsh Veterans of Foreign Wars Missouri Wisconsin Iowa

Norwegians Intern Nazi Bombing Plane

A German bombing plane shot down by British destroyers was interned with its crew after a Norwegian torpedo boat prevented its destruction. The plane went down Tuesday between Egersund and Flekkefjord. crew and plane were interned in Oslo.

Oslo Norway Egersund Flekkefjund

Norwegian Torpedo Boat Restores Plane From Sea Chase

A damaged Norwegian torpedo boat arrived after a British chase to avert destruction of a downed plane. The escort crew attempted to sink the aircraft and an officer fired into its tanks in a futile attempt to blow it up before the Norwegian boat towed it to port.

September Gold Flow To U S Heavy By Less Than Year

Frig ened gold continued to pour into the United States in September 1939. The Treasury Department reported shipments valued at 326 088 889 dollars, higher than August’s 259 933 867 dollars. The September inflow was about 200 million dollars less than September 1938 during the Munich crisis, with the United Kingdom as the largest shipper.

Washington INS United States Department of Comm United Kingdom

Doctor's Olive Tablets Promise Bile Flow Relief

Dr Edwards Olive Tablets advertised as a remedy for sluggish bile flow and constipation. The copy claims the tablets stimulate bile for better digestion and elimination with prices 15 30 and 60 cents and notes availability at druggists.

Dr Edwards F. M. Edwards

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Kenneth Vaughn P.T.A. Meetings van Buren Paul Hunter F. A. Carstens E. D. Holvenstot Inga Tapper Mary Thomas Billy Stanley Doris McCann Bertie Lee Prather Janet Jackson Junior Carter George Greenway Dickey Hunter Rose Marie Jun John Mesknes John Gray Joyce Gearhart Peggy Fehleisen Jimmy Hamiston Eleanor Kelly Stella Johnson Helen Murch Frank Williams Leo Smith Mrs. Leibert Value of Linn County Court W. F. Boiler Berlin Guenter Haupt Weston D. Ralston Bever Bldg First Ave. E Prince Starhemberg U. S Morther Nace Cedar Rapids Gas Company
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