Johnson and Buchanan Grade School Rivals Battle On
In O'Cornell Iowa Minnesota area Johnson and Buchanan grade school football teams clash weekly at Bever Park field. Eleven players per side, no official support, no sidelines or goalposts, yet fierce ties: 6 6, 12 12, and 6 6. Fans gather for the fourth disputed bout as youths simulate rough, basic football.
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O'Cornell
Iowa
Minnesota
Notre Dame
Northwestern
Johnson
Buchanan
Gladiators
Johnson and
Bever Park
Board of Education
Primary Highway Detours In East Iowa For Week Ending Oct 20
Detours listed by the Iowa highway commission show closures for construction on eastern Iowa routes. Iowa No. 64.5 miles closed Preston to Miles with a 4 mile gravel detour. Iowa No. 74 three miles closed Bennett west and north with a 2 mile oiled earth detour and 1 mile gravel. Iowa No. 136 seven miles closed Wyoming to Oxford Junction with a seven mile gravel detour. Iowa No. 248 six miles closed in [text truncated].
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Iowa
Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa No
Preston
Miles
Iowa No. 74
Bennett
Iowa No. 136
Wyoming
Oxford Junction
Road Detours and Closures on Iowa Highways
Detours on U S No 20 route to the state insane hospital 1.5 miles detour surfaced. Iowa No 261 from Solon to Iowa City closed 10 miles with a 14.5 mile surfaced detour. Iowa No 290 in Clayton county 1 mile closed from Iowa No 13 west with a 1.3 mile earth detour.
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Buchanan County
U. S. No. 20
State Insane Hospital
Iowa No
Solon
Iowa City
Clayton County
Iowa No. 13
Mrs H Bored To Talk And Needs Children’s Love
A reader complains of Mrs H self centeredness and a loveless home where life seems tidy but devoid of warmth. The advice urges the couple to seek love through children and social circles while a 17 year old asks to be included. Miss Manners counsels forming her own friends and enjoying youth with peers.
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Mrs. H
Dear Miss Manners Advice for a Lone Heart
A reader in love with a boyfriend who has not called for a week is advised to expand her social circle. Try going out with friends and greeting him politely if he calls, to avoid seeming clingy. The answer suggests he may feel tied down and hints at adjusting behavior.
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Miss Manners
Widen Your Circle of Acquaintances
Advice column urges readers to diversify friendships and reduce fixation on a single person. Encourages social broadening, balanced attention, and healthy relationships.
Advice on choosing a life partner and long term happiness
The speaker warns that partnership success depends on compatibility and personal happiness. He urges the listener to be certain they will not regret choosing a partner later and to consider whether another option might be better.
Local Club Hostesses and Officer Elections
Oxford residents hosted the Nemoca Study club at the former's home on Thursday. Ladies Aid society members met Wednesday and elected Mrs. C R Johnson president, Mrs. E J Cook vice president, and Mrs. F L Schweitzer secretary and treasurer. Everett Cook hosted Neighborhood club on Thursday. John Reynolds entertained West Lucas township club at Dr W H Reynolds' home on Tuesday.
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D. E. Worthman
Henry Dee
Francis Ward
C. R. Johnson
George Venter
E. S. Maske
George Robertson
P. A. Kienk
Ladies Aid Society
E. J. Cook
F. L. Schweitzer
Everett Cook
John Reynolds
West Lucas Township
W. H. Reynolds
Women’s Relief Corps Meet in American Legion Hall
The Lone Tree chapter held its meeting Tuesday evening. A committee led by Emma Carl Hazel Attig Anna Voita and Bessie Brinkmeyer organized the banco with honors to Betty Jane Stock and Gertie Krueger. A potluck supper is planned for November with Mae Marsh of Iowa City to inspect the corps.
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Women’s Relief Corps
American Legion Hall
Emma Carl
Hazel Attig
Anna Voita
Bessie Brinkmeyer
Banco
Betty Jane Stock
Gertie Krueger
Mae Marsh
Iowa City
Hitler pleads for U S intervention as war tensions rise
Last week Hitler and the German government pressed the United States for intervention to halt the European war, while Roosevelt signaled no action. Debates over arms embargo repeal and cash and carry marked Senate moves with leaders like Taft and Lindbergh urging changes. Foreign tension centered on Finland, Russia, and Nordic nations as Britain and France debated peace prospects and armistice rumors persisted amid a broader shift in neutrality policy.
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Adolf Hitler
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hitler
Great Britain
France
Russia
Finland
Sweden
Norway
Washington
Senate
House
Herbert Hoover
Charles A. Lindbergh
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Louis Johnson
Missouri
Bennett Champ Clark
Johnson
America
Poland
New York
Roosevelt
New Deal
William Green
Organization
Aaland
Estonia
Lithuania
Latvia
Gustav
Stockholm
Stalin
Ukraine
Britain
Germany
Ers
East Prussia
Daladier
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Nazifuehrer
Berlin
London
Paris
Italy
Japanese Foreign Department
Tientsin
China
Saar
Maurice Thorez
Communist Party
War era travel amid Pacific voyage and wartime rules
Cedar Rapids traveler Miss Billa Cheney and 26 Beta Sigma Phi members on the Aorangi endured wartime precautions after war declaration. The voyage shifted to shipboard church songs, tea dances, and painted portholes while crew and passengers adapted to restricted activities and guard procedures.
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North Atlantic
Cedar Rapids
Pacific
Billa Cheney
Fifth Avenue
Honolulu
Beta Sigm Phi
Vancouver
Aorangi
Business Girls’ Sorority
United States
Iowa
Miss Cheney
R. M. S. Niagara
Hal
Matsor
Eve
Ellen Smith
Pueblo
Colo
Don Blanding
Clair Inter
St. Regis
New York
Waikiki
Niagara
Monolak
Cheney
Matsonia
Edgar Tapper
Mina Ackermann
Mabel Kies
Waterloo
Ruth Liesman
Des Moines
Mary Grubb
Ottumwa
Czech Day Program Set by Czech Alliance in Iowa
Czech Alliance members across Iowa expect strong attendance for Sunday's Czech day program at the C S P S hall. Principal speaker will be Dr Michael Mudry of Chicago. The Czech school bazaar runs Oct 19 to Oct 21, causing a Saturday class cancellation. A workers meeting is planned Monday at the Bohemian school.
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Czech Alliance Association
Iowa
C. S. P. S. Hall
Michael Mudry
Chicago
Pravda Na Uteku staged by Z C B J Dramatic Circle
At Z C B J hall this evening the Z C B J Dramatic Circle presents a three act comedy Pravda Na Uteku directed by Pavla Hromadka. Cast includes Frank Janeba Vlasta Bezdecny Frank Kralik Mildred Drahovzal Joseph Chytry Julia Vyskocil Emma Hradecky Jerry Drahovzal Ann Machacek and Joseph Neumeister.
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Z. C. B. J. Hall
Z. C. B. J. Dramatic Circle
Pavla Hromadka
Frank Janeba
Vlasta Bezdecny
Frank Kralik
Mildred Drahovzal
Joseph Chytry
Julia Vyskocil
Emma Hradecky
Jerry Drahovzal
Ann Machacek
Joseph Neumeister
Cedar Rapids Lodge to Hold Tuesday Meeting and Party
Cedar Rapids lodge 262 Z C B J will meet next Tuesday at 7 30 p m with a Halloween party after. The Ceska Lipa Dramatic society presents the 3 act comedy Falesna Ko cicka False Kitten at St Wenceslaus hall Sunday Oct 22. Wes Drahozal directs the performance set in Prague with curtain at 7 30.
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Cedar Rapids Lodge
St. Wenceslaus Hall
Ceska Lipa Dramatic Society
Prague
Wes Drahozal
Masaryk Club to Meet at Dusek Home on Oct 19
The Karla Masaryk club members will be entertained at Mrs. Stanley Dusek's residence 77 Eighteenth avenue SW on Thursday October 19 instead of the previously scheduled Wednesday gathering.
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Karla Masaryk
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W. L. Dutton
Upland Drive
Johnson Line
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R. T. McAlpine
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Lester Chadima
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Carl Hendrickson
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H. J. Jones
Dick Cutler
H. J. Cutler
John Berner
P. W. Berner
Kinnick
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H. M. Sorenson
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Schoen
Third Avenue
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Oxford
Pat Pourri
Navy
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Dies Committee
Wagner
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
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Athenia
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Bremen
Murmansk
Chrysler
CIO
W. Va
Lou Gehrig
Parole Commission
Francis P. Welsh
Slim
William E. Cooper
Minneapolis
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Rilla Cheney
Lass
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Dempsey's
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Ray Whitmore
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