Vienna Nazis In Reprisals On Catholics
Vienna reports show churches and events in multiple districts stoned at night by unknown assailants. guards protected sites. Goebbels arrived, signaling possible public opinion checks. Buerckel announced reprisals including expulsion of Jews and Czechs, closure of seminaries, and suspension of amnesty, amid mass rallies and threats against Cardinal Innitzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Adolf Hitler
Buerckel
Ostmark
Berlin
der Fuehrer
Kurt Schuschnigg
Independent
Austria
Germany
Sudetenland
Vatican
Hell
Baby Popularity Contest Winner at African Methodist Church
Bonnie Lorene Guy eight months old daughter of Claud and Mrs Guy at 11544 Eighth Avenue SW won a baby popularity contest for church building fund. Votes were cast by Scent ticket buyers. Second prize went to Marylyn Chipley and third to Beverly Taylor Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Lorene Guy
Claud Guy
Eighth Avenue
Jolly Sixteen Club
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Marylyn Chipley
Granvill Chipley
L. Street
Beverly Taylor, Jr
Beverly Taylor
Fourth Street
Vatican Blames Nazis for Vienna Attacks on Cardinal Innitzer
Osservatore Romano accuses the Nazi regime of inciting anti Catholic vilifications and failing to protect Cardinal Innitzer, calling Vienna demonstrations a poisonous fruit of unpunished campaigns. The Vienna speech by Josef Buerckel is deemed an unwarranted defense of violent persons and a denunciation of victims.
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Buerckel
Heroes’ Square
Schuschnigg
Cardinal's Palace
St. Stephen's Square
Innitzer
Vatican City
INS
Holy See
Osservatore Romano
Vienna
Cardinal Innitzer
Vatican
Osservatore
County Council Of Christian Education Names New Officers
The Rev. J. Beystone of Mount Vernon was elected president at the seventy-first annual Linn County Council of Christian Education convention held at First Christian church. New officers include vice presidents Mrs. L. J. Dennis Center Point A R Hoffman Central City Mrs Bertha Oliphant Toddville Mrs Bert Stewart Springville F G Anderson Mount Vernon Rev F L Barnhart Cedar Rapids secretary treasurer Mrs S B Miller Cedar Rapids children's division superintendent Mrs W W Ring Cedar Rapids children's division Mrs Fred Liddle Marion and Mrs Doris Snyder Fischer Cedar Rapids adult division superintendent Mrs W A Shupp Cedar Rapids leadership training superintendent Rev Henry Scherer endership training superintendent. Delegates exceed 150 from 30 churches and church schools across the county. Program features include study on young people and children's work church school administration devotional services and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Beystone
Mount Vernon
Linn County Council of Christian Education
First Christian Church
L. J. Dennis
Center Point
A. R. Hoffman
Central City
Bertha Oliphant
Toddville
Bert Stewart
Springville
F. G. Anderson
F. L. Barnhart
Cedar Rapids
S. B. Miller
W W. Ring
Fred Liddle
Marion
Doris Snyder Fischer
W. A. Shupp
Harry Newlin
Viola
Henry Scherer
Thousand Arrests in Bulgaria Over Revolt Plot
About 1,000 people were under arrest in Bulgaria after police and military authorities said they crushed a widely organized plot to overthrow the government. Authorities rounded up roughly 3,000 suspects and released 2,000. Traffic was halted and provincial roads closed as fear of wider conspiracy grew following the assassination of General Ivan Peeff, Bulgaria’s chief of staff.
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Sofia
INS
Bulgaria
Ivan Peeff
Canton Under Siege as Japanese Force Advances
Japanese aircraft dropped ultimatum leaflets on Canton and a 40 000 strong force moved toward the city. Canton cut off by the destruction of a bridge north of Hong Kong, with evacuation plans for 400 000 women and children and provincial officials. Chinese reinforcements rushed to Cheungmutau and Waichow as battles loom.
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Bulletin
Hong Kong
Canton
South China
Tamshui
Bias Bay
Canton-Kowloon
Tamshut
Waichow
Hongkong
Macao
Kwanetung
Yungyuen
Kwangtung
Cheungmutau
Japanese Army Threatens to Halt Foreign Aid to Chiang
High officers of the Japanese army warned during formal remarks that foreign assistance to Chiang Kai-shek in South China would be stopped. They accused foreign administrations of tolerating anti-Japanese actions in Shanghai and Tientsin and urged Allied powers to cease such activities or face seizure of concessions. The officers stressed U S neutrality and urged cooperation from Britain and France to curb China aid.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kaishek
China
Tientsin
Japan
Britain
France
United States
Tokio
Canton
South China
Kwangtung
Nichi Nichi
Kokumin
Hongkong
Chiang Kai-shek
Mindanao Aids Canton Survivors Amid Pearl River Boom
The US gun boat Mindanao and a small foreign flotilla are trapped at Canton as Chinese forces bar the Pearl River. Mindanao risked the run to Hong Kong for provisions to protect Americans in Canton. Four British and one French gunboats plus 12 British merchant ships are stalled. Refugees, including women and children, evacuated downriver before the boom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
INS
Mindanao
China
Pearl River
Canton
Hongkong
Canto
Women from eight states gather for Cedar Rapids conference
About 300 business and professional women from Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin North and South Dakota Indiana Illinois and Iowa meet in Cedar Rapids at the fifth North Central Region conference of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs. National officers attend and focus on wage hour laws protective legislation and equal rights debates.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
North Central
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Roosevelt Hotel
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Indiana
Illinois
Federation
Vermillion
S. D
Emma H. Hagenstein
Bache
Lloyd Grover
Iowa State Employment Service
Bertha Teachout
Health Round Table
Grayce Ward
Duluth
Minnesota Federation
Lillian Gubelman
North Dakota
White
News broadcasts gagged in France
Paris reports that Premier Edouard Daladier's government ordered censorship of radio news. All stations must consult government representatives for economic political and financial news before airing bulletins.
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Paris
INS
Edouard Daladier
Union Claims Kraschel Failed To Keep Word
The Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor received and filed a letter from Electrical Workers Local 347 Des Moines urging defeat of Gov Nels G Kraschel. The union said he fooled organized labor by not replacing non union workers with union men as promised. Four Des Moines union officials signed. The federation also backed removing objections to a proposed motor vehicle testing station at the police station and approved requiring non city residents who use city streets to take the test.
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Electrical Workers Union No
Des Moines
Nels G. Kraschel
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Kraschel
Organized Labor
State House
Federation
Bob Vlach
Gordon Hughes
Farm hand Grabin granted delay in first degree murder case
Judge John T. Moffit sustained a defense motion to continue the trial of Charles C. Grabin 60 Ely farm hand on a first degree murder charge until the November term. The delay comes after 11 days since pled not guilty left insufficient time for preparation.
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John T. Moffit
Charles C. Grabin
Ely Farm
Grabin
Ed Skalsky
Agnes Skalsky
Ely
Intervenor Petition Contested in Castek Realty Suit
Henrietta Jansa seeks dismissal of the intervenor petition in a case brought by Elsie Castek Georgene and Marion Castek against Anton and Christina Skalsky. Plaintiffs deny any interest under the real estate contract and claim a $5428 receipt credit. Intervenor asserts an assignee’s right to part of contract proceeds via an alleged oral trust.
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Henrietta Jansa
Elsie C. Castek
Georgene
Marion Castek
Otto C. Castek
Anton
Christina Skalsky
Skalskys
Dismissal Sought in $273 Hospital Check Case
A motion to dismiss a $273 suit filed Sept. 8 by Francis A. Brunson of Hollywood Florida against N. P. Craemer seeks dismissal. Craemer’s answer disputes the amount of hospital charges and says the Feb. 25 1937 check would have been issued only in an emergency. Separately P S Philipokis 51 of 1822 Eleventh Street SE was granted three days to enter a plea on illegal liquor sales charges before Judge John T Moffit with bond set at $1000.
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Francis A. Brunson
Hollywood
Fla
N. P. Craemer
Craemer
P. S. Philipokis
Eleventh Street SE
John T. Moffit
President McKinley Assassinated at Pan American Exposition
President William McKinley was shot twice by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo in 1901. He died eight days later from the wounds.
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McKinley
Leon Czolgosz
Buffalo
El Paso Demands Kraschel Release Arson Suspect
Sheriff Fox accuses Gov Kraschel of bias as he details the arson plot centered on Greek national Merkuri. Denver police identify Merkuri as top Rocky Mountain arsonist with prior Colorado sentence. extradition denied.
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EL Paso
Kraschel
Fox
J. J. Sullivan
Jackson
Denver
Tom Angelos
Arizona
Merkuri
Stockton
Calif
Wilfong
Albuquerque
Nebraska
Sioux City
Farley
Angelos
Albania
Greece
West
Gov. Kraschel
Sheriff Fox
Dicker
Colorado
Farmers hear why cotton diversion to corn is minor
The talk details regional crop figures with Cotton diverted to corn and feed, noting Arkansas Oklahoma Texas and Louisiana averages. It cites a town corn yield of 43.5 bushels per acre versus a 10 year average of 34.5. It covers farm program debate, local authority, and upcoming Iowa extension meetings.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Brown
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Wallace
AAA
R. M. Evans
Laurel Dieterich
Hervey Hazen
Schultz
Bliss
United States
Hungary Czech Compromise Urged Amid Munich Talks
After meetings with German officials in Berlin and Munich, Chvalkovsky pressed Hungary’s claims in eastern Slovakia amid anti Semitic rioting. The Munich accord set a three month follow up. Germany urged Czechoslovakia to concede borders and rethink alliances while a border line near 10 000 square miles was deemed definite by the international commission.
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Germany
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
International Commission
Hitler
Dissolution of Jewish, Communist Groups Reported in Prague
In Prague the Jewish aid committee and several communistic bodies were disbanded amid presumed government pressure to curry favor with Nazi Germany. Free Masons reportedly ended activities. The Czech and Slovak communist parties dissolved, with deputies not resigning but ceasing open operation and not fielding candidates.
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Prague
Jewish Aid Committee
Czech Communist Party
Slovak Communist Party
Workman Hurt At Honeymead Plant
Frank J. Valenta a 40 year old steamfitter with Rubias Plumbing suffered head injuries Friday afternoon at the new Honeymead plant Twelfth avenue and Twelfth street SW. An iron pipe reportedly fell on his head and he was rushed by Ambulance Service to St Luke's hospital. Extent of injuries not yet known.
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Frank J. Valenta
C Avenue NW
Rubias Plumbing Company
Honeymead
Twelfth Avenue
Twelfth Street
Valenta
St. Luke's Hospital
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Innitzer Palace
Theodore Cardinal Innitzer
Josef Buerckel
Dollfuss
Fuehrer
Bonnie Lokene Guy
County Council of Christian Education
Washington Ts
Mount Agra
Tampa
Galveston
Ghariee City
San Franceo
U. S
Rosa E. Cunningham
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Celia Howard
Chicago
Cunningham
Earlene White
Washington
D. C
Capitol
United States Senate
Miss White
Louise Franklin Bache
New York City
Tne
Bloomington
Ind
Memorial Building
Percil Stephenson
Fairmount
Minn
Pam
Shrine Temple
Vesta Twyman
Mary Ethel Shade
Betty de May
Mich
Carol Marx
Owatonna
Hazel Cash
Adelaide M. Shaffer
Rochester
Martha E. Green
Champaign
Elizabeth A. Woodworth
Minneapolis
Doris Smith
Iowa City
Avis Deeg
Huron
Vera Blinks
Kee Wance
Marie Woodruff
Lansing
Olivia Johnson
St. Paul
Cora Andrews
Wagner
Rosa Cunningham
Ethel Ray
Macomb
Roosevelt Room
A. L. Taylor
Union
Court House News
Moo
Towa
E.H. Birmingham
Nelson Kraschel
State of Texas
Christ K. Merkur
Birmingham
Alc
College Shoe Repair
417
Thirteenth Street
Eli Nemer
West Indies
Slovakia
Chvalkovsky
Munich
Hittler
Poland
Ruthenia
Russia
CZECI
Workman
Newman
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