Americas Determined to Defend Democracy in Columbus Day Address
President Roosevelt, in a Columbus day statement, calls Western Hemisphere republics united to defend democracy. He notes 450 years since Columbus, praises science, culture, and shared values, and emphasizes solidarity for stability, peace, and freedom across the Americas.
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Americas
F.R
Washington
Roosevelt
New World
Western Hemisphere
America
Quaerion
Christopher Columus
Columbus
Moscow Battle Deepens as German Drive Intensifies
The war report describes German efforts to crush Moscow with repeated tank and air assaults while Soviet forces under Marshal Timoshenko fall back to shorten lines and defend the capital. Red Star appeals to troops with Victory or Death as front lines brace for a harsh winter and rumors of armistice fade.
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Moscow
Semeon Timoshenko
Bryansk
Tula
Volga River
Rhzev
Red Star
Lenin
Timoshenko
Bath For Boy Continues From Page One
Police chased a boy who fled a half block and around a corner before being stopped by Hanna. The boy slept under a loading platform at Crandie depot on Fourth avenue SE, using a blanket and seat covers as bedding. Officers found a flashlight a pencil a jackknife playing cards and seven comic magazines he admitted stealing from cars and a downtown drugstore. He said he took candy and meals from friends at Immaculate Conception school and St. Berchmaan's. The bicycle he allegedly rode belonged to the lad who had fed him. Detectives bathed him and he will be turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Hanna
Crandie Depot
Fourth Avenue SE
Immaculate Conception
Pat
St. Berchmaan’s
Hanna and
Connell
Chemical strike ends at American Cyanamid plant
Five hundred employees at the American Cyanamid chemical plant in Bound Brook New Jersey ended a 12 day strike by returning to work. The agreement followed negotiations on working conditions and pay.
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Bound Brook, N. J
INS
American Cyanamid Company
Named Chairman of Industrial Ball
The sixth Allied Industrial League Queen's Ball will be held November 14 at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Coliseum. Acting league president Karl Koffron announced Reuben F. Smith as ball chairman for the event in which twelve industries are set to have representatives in the coronation pageant. A secret committee will choose the new King and Queen of Industry from Duchesses and Knights of Labor selected by the participating industries.
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Allied Industrial League
Memorial Coliseum
Karl Koffron
Reuben F. Smith
Duchesses and
Knights of Labor
Czech Editor Dies Poisoning In Prague Probe
Prague editor in chief Karl Laznovsky of Ceske Slovo died after poisoning with several allied editors also ill. Nazis claim a carefully planned act by a "leading Czech personality" and foreign broadcasts fueled the attack. Court martials in Prague and Bruenn sentence more for economic sabotage as Bohemia Moravia declares emergency with numerous deaths.
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Berlin
DNB
Karl Laznovsky
Prague
Ceske Slovo
Germany
Bruenn
Bohemia-Moravia Protectorate
Grabs Lion s Tail Afraid To Let Go In New Mexico Chase
In Chama mountains Frank Armijo seized a lion by the tail to prevent it from harming their dog. Hunting partner George Lescallett wounded the lion. Armijo held on until Lescallett returned with a gun. Also in Decorah Agnes Jewell obtained a divorce from Fred Jewell for cruel and inhuman treatment. she had been married to Paul Carolan who she divorced in 1940.
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Albuquerque
Frank Armijo
George Lescallett
Chama
Armijo
Leo
Lescaulet
Decorah
Agnes Jewell
Fred Jewell
Agnes Carlson
Paul Carolan
Townsend club set for meeting in superior court room
City Briefs note Townsend Club No 2 will meet Monday at 7 45 p m in the superior courtroom. An advertisement promotes a Continental Buffet style show Thursday October 16 at the Roosevelt hotel. The public is invited to a dance at St Patrick s gymnasium Wednesday.
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Townsend Club No. 2
Continental Buffet
Roosevelt Hotel
St. Patrick's Gymnasium
Hairdresser Association Plans Montrose Hotel Installation
The Cedar Rapids Hairdresser and Cosmetologist association will hold an installation service and new member reception at 7:45 p.m. Monday in the French room at the Montrose hotel. A brief business session is planned before the social program.
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Cedar Rapids
Macy to Speak on Taxation for Defense at Cedar Rapids Luncheon
Dr C Ward Macy economics professor at Coe College and division chair presents Taxation for Defense at the Cedar Rapids Association of Life Underwriters luncheon Monday at noon at the Montrose hotel in Cedar Rapids.
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C. Ward Macy
Coe College
Division of Social Study
Cedar Rapids
Kinnick to Speak at Rotary Club Luncheon Monday
Nile Kinnick all American halfback of 1939 and Iowa assistant coach will speak at the Rotary Club luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel Monday at noon. He will give a football talk as he has enlisted in the naval air reserves and awaits his call to active service.
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Nile Kinnick
University of Iowa
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Kinnick
Naval Air Reserves
Private Wingert on 14 day furlough to Cedar Rapids
Private Richard Wingert arrived in Cedar Rapids Saturday for a 14 day furlough from Camp Claiborne. He will visit at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Wingert 1232 Third Avenue SE. Wingert is with the surgeon's office of the 136th medical regiment.
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Pat
Walter Rose
R. F. Rose
Eighteenth Street
Dorothy Alice King
New York City
Cedar Rapids
G. E. King
Richard Wingert
Camp Claiborne
Wingert
Frank Wingert
Third Avenue SE
136Th Medical Regiment
Engel completes elim in flight training at Minneapolis port
William P. Engel son of Mr and Mrs W Paul Engel 2237 Linden Drive SE has completed elimination flight training at the Wold Chamberlain airport Minneapolis and has been transferred to the naval air base at Corpus Christi Texas for advanced flight training He is rated an aviation cadet in the naval reserve.
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William P. Engel
W. Paul Engel
Linden Drive
Wold-Chamberlain
Minneapolis
Naval Air Base
Corpus Christi
Tex
Navy
Naval Reserve
Judge Dismisses Case Involving Kleitsch Estates
No judgment was rendered against Walter and Mae Zieser and Joe Ernst by Judge G Thompson as reported. The action brought by M F Kleitsch, agent for the John Kleitsch and Mary Kleitsch estates, was dismissed on motion of the plaintiff and Kleitsch was taxed the costs.
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Walter
Mae Zieser
Joe Ernst
G. Thompson
Gazette
M. F. Kleitsch
John Kleitsch
Mary Kleitsch
Thompson
Kleitsch
Awarded Flight Over Chicago
Miss Vers Andre, a Harmony cafeteria cashier, returned Friday from Chicago where she attended the American Restaurant awards.
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Vers Andre
Harmony
Chicago
Convention attendees win prize flight over Chicago
The association convention active since Monday saw Paul Costas and Mrs. Costas stay in Chicago for the weekend. Miss Andre and nine others earned a prize flight over Chicago with luncheon in the air by American Airlines. A motor short caused a small fire at Pullman cafe Saturday at 2 19 p.m. triggering a general alarm.
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Pullman
Wage Ruling Faces Supreme Court In Back Pay Dispute
Federal court rulings over wage cuts after the new act sparked back pay claims. The Witwer case moved from district court to circuit court and now awaits the U S Supreme Court. Attorneys cite related Maryland and Cedar Rapids cases as similar disputes. Workers have received back pay or raises as rulings vary.
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Texas
Federal District Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Fred C. Fisher
White
Cedar Rapids
Fisher
Scott
Maryland
Holmes
National Labor Relations Board
Witwer Company
Man goes to police station instead of hospital after ambulance arrives
Richard Stanek, 48, of Marion, wanted to be taken to the police station rather than a hospital after ambulance attendants found him behind a downtown tavern. He was charged with drunkenness and taken to city jail after orders from Sergt. Howard Walsh redirected the ambulance back to the station.
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Richard Stanek
Route 4
Marion
Tenth Street
Stanek
Sergt
Howard Walsh
Weather Bureau Forecast Aids Perishable Shipments
The weather bureau of the department of commerce predicts improved conditions to support the shipment of perishables. Operators anticipate smoother transport with minimized risks from storms and delays, enabling efficient use of OsK routes and time windows.
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Weather Bureau
Department of Commerce
Bohemian Dramatic season opens with Cobbler the Philosopher
Frank Sykora leads the cast in Cobbler the Philosopher a three act comedy drama set to open October 19 at 730 pm in the C S P S hall The Czech play by Bozena Rajska Smolik centers on Karhan a shoemaker and his daughter Tonicka with romance and deception driving the plot The production marks the Bohemian Dramatic association forty first season with Vaclav Picek directing and Frank Machovsky shaping makeup
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Frank Sykora
Bozena Rajska-Smolik
Czechoslovakia
Bohemian Dramatic Association
Sykora
Karhan
Rose Bart
New York
Would Reduce Size Of Postage Stamps
New York AP reports industrial designer Raymond Lowey proposed shrinking postage stamps to one third of their current size. He said the change could save millions of dollars annually for the government by cutting production and materials costs.
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New York
Raymond Lowey
Iowa Christian Endeavor Elects Des Moines Man
DAVENPORT AP Lowell S Gates of Des Moines Saturday was elected president of the Iowa Christian Endeavor union succeeding Miss Genevieve McCullough of Winterset. Irwin Muilenburg Orange City was named vice president to succeed Harold Vandeberg Pella. Other officers reelected are William B Cox Clinton vice president Miss Dorothea Plumbeck Davenport secretary Miss Gertrude Miller Des Moines treasurer Joseph Show Wesley northwest regional vice president and Miss Vera Farnsworth Woodbine southwest regional vice president.
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Davenport
Lowell S. Gates
Des Moines
Iowa Christian Endeavor Union
Genevieve McCullough
Winterset
Irwin Muilenburg
Orange City
Harold Vandeberg
Pella
William B. Cox
Clinton
Dorothea Plumbeck
Gertrude Miller
Joseph Show
Wesley
Northwest
Vera Farnsworth
Woodbine
Southwest
Personal Opinion Continued on Page One Interview Series
A Cedar Rapids resident shares life memories from early jobs at The Pulse and The Cedar Rapids Republican to homesteading in South Dakota and voting for Pierre as capital. He discusses photography passion, theater memories, reading, music, recreation, and views on Cedar Rapids as a clean wholesome place.
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Pierre
Theodore Roosevelt
North Western
Milwaukee
Mitchell
Cedar Rapids
Missouri River
Hayes
Deadwood
Jane Russell Embraces Physical Culture Beyond Gags
Hollywood AP report notes Jane Russell treats fitness seriously. active daily gym sessions, tennis, riding, and swimming accompany her model past. Born in Bemidji Minnesota 20 years old, 5'7" and 122 pounds. mother Geraldine Russell recalls tomboy roots and early baseball with boys.
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Hollywood
Jane Russell
Jane
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Bemidji
Minn
Geraldine Russell
Helen Morgan Rites Paid For By Friends
In Chicago about 600 friends and theatrical figures attended the funeral of Helen Morgan, the nightclub singer famed for singing atop a piano. Her mother Lulu Morgan spoke through tears, noting Morgan’s bright laughter is now silent.
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Helen Morgan
Chicago
Lulu Morgan
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Donald Bruce
Harold Koehn
Wilmer McDowell
Russell J. Hecht
Okinow
Iowa
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Maal
Master Tire Treads CO
Turner Company
W. R. Boyd
Lican
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South Dakota
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Greene's
Opera House
Jennings Crawford
Crawford
Emmerson and Hamilton Drug Store
Third Street
K Nut
School of Welding
Teast
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