Dr William Murray to Speak at Coe Homecoming
Dr William G Murray son of Cedar Rapids residents will headline Coe College homecoming events October 28 to 30 with a chapel talk and a football game against Carleton College in Northfield Minnesota. He is a 1924 Coe graduate and longtime Iowa State College economist, and he has held roles with the FCA in Washington and taught at the University of Minnesota.
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Coe College
Carleton College
Northfield
Mann
William G. Murray
Frederick G. Murray
Cedar Rapids
Murray
Coe
Harvard University
University of Minnesota
Iowa State College
Ames
Mildred Furniss
David
Jean
Phi Kappa Phi
State College
FCA
Finance and Research
Washington, D. C
Edward
Miss Ann Potter Dies at West Liberty After Illness
West Liberty native Miss Ann Potter died Saturday after months of illness following a broken hip. The longtime club and social figure, 67 years in town, will be mourned at Snyder funeral home Monday at 2 30. She was a Fortnightly club member and belonged to PEO Business World OES Episcopal church. Surviving are sisters Mrs Adelaide Stover and Mrs Rose Abbott and brother Edwin.
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West Liberty
Ann Potter
Snyder Funeral Home
Canada
P.E.O
Business World
O.E.S
Episcopal Church
Adelaide Stover
Rose Abbott
Tampa
Fla
Edwin
Oakland
Calif
Weichelt to headline Cedar Rapids Dogwatch banquet
Attorney George M. Weichelt of Chicago will headline the Towa Sailors and Marines Dogwatch banquet at the Montrose hotel Cedar Rapids Sunday Oct 30. Robert Sandeen of Rockford will address the gobs and leathernecks as part of a program expected to draw record attendance.
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George M. Weichelt
Chicago
Navy
Towa
Cedar Rapids
Montrose
Robert Sandeen
Rockford
Navy Club
United States
E. R. Cronk
Montour
Weichelt
Muscatine
Philippines
Northwestern University
Muscatine County
Dent, Weichelt and Hampton
Marine Corps
Kindliness Urged by Business Women Leader
Miss Earlene White of Washington DC urged mustering kindness among business and professional women at a Cedar Rapids banquet. She spoke on solidarity with women from non democracies and stressed peaceful public opinion, reflecting on Budapest experiences and wartime anxieties.
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Finland
Norway
Sweden
Canada
Great Britain
America
International Federation
Miss White
Czechoslovakia
Hungaria
Rob Roy Cerney
Mason City
Nettie Simms
Hastings
Neb
Budapest
Cerney
Sudetenland
Hitler
United States
Eduard Benes
Baruch urges arms tax to aid South American trade
Baruch argues for an arms tax to subsidize U S trade with South American nations to counter aggressive rivals, urging bold action despite personal displeasure with subsidies. He cites Brazil as already learning the dangers of aggressive nations and calls for policies with a chance of success. The plan emphasizes defending trade interests and responding to unfair competition.
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Brazil
Baruch
United States
Nazi press accuses Baruch of war profiteering links
Berlin papers raid Bernard Baruch as a war-monger and deny any American territorial aims. They accuse him of urging Roosevelt to build arms for profit with a supposed international Jewish conspiracy. Front pages tie Baruch to Duff Cooper Hore Belisha and Angell in a broad attack.
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Berlin
Ins
America
Bernard Baruch
New World
Baruch
Roosevelt
Lokalanzeiger
Zweelfuhrblatt
Alfred Duff Cooper
Britain
Admiralty
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Adolf Hitler
Sir Norman Angell
Deaths Amanda Black widow of William Black
Mrs Amanda Black aged 64 died at 212 Second avenue SE after a six month illness. Born February 18 1871 in Linn county she lived locally. Survived by daughter Mrs Willard Barker Independence son Ray Black Marion two sisters and two brothers. Funeral 2 p m Monday Turner chapel with Rev BR Phillips officiating burial Shiloh cemetery Louisa. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Amanda Black
William Black
Second Avenue SE
Black
Linn County
Mr. Black
Willard Barker
Independence
Ray Black
Marion
B. D. Bosworth
Ruleton
Kan
Roy Karr
Buckingham
Town
Leslie Coleman
Walker
Frank Coleman
Pontiac. Mich
Turner Chapel
BR. S. Phillips
Shiloh
Louisa
N E Iowa Chevaliers Elect New Officers
The Northeast Iowa Court of Chevaliers held its second annual communication and first anniversary banquet at Hotel Montrose on Saturday. New officers named include Commander W. Stewart Watkins of Waterloo and Vice Commander Raymond L. Churchill of Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa
Milton Roth
Waterloo
Tomm Miller
Belle Plaine
Paul R. Clindining
Don L. Russell
Fred J. Petrick
G. Needham Young
Fred O. Witousek
Cedar Rapids
Funeral services for William Forrest Hupp
Funeral services for William Forrest Hupp, who died Friday afternoon, will be conducted in the Brush chapel at 3 p.m. today by the Rev. Elton D. Wells. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial cemetery. The pallbearers will be Fred Currell, Elmer Fisher, Julius Markert, Russell Schroeder, Frank Holecek and Emmanuel W. Lewis.
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William Forrest Hupp
Brush Chapel
Elton D. Wells
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Fred Currell
Elmer Fisher
Julius Markert
Russell Schroeder
Frank Holecek
Emmanuel W. Lewis
Albert Smith Funeral Service in Brady Chapel
Funeral services for Albert Smith will be held at 11 am Monday in the Brady chapel conducted by Rev. Thomas Hinkin. Burial will follow in Shiloh cemetery.
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Albert Smith
Brady Chapel
Thomas Hinkin
Shiloh
Dickinson Attacks Gillette Over Supreme Court Record
Republican U. S. Senate candidate L. J. Dickinson charged his rival Guy M. Gillette with evading the issue on his supreme court record. He condemned Gillette’s bill to let two justices block declarations of unconstitutionality. Dickinson noted Gillette’s absence from the President’s purges list and said the President’s support now backs Gillette. In Knoxville, Eric M. Miller, seeking state supreme court, argued the campaign centers on judiciary and the danger of centralized executive power under the New Deal.
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L. J. Dickinson
United States Senate
Guy M. Gillette
Supreme Court
Dickinson
Gillette
Senate
Knoxville
Frederic M. Miller
Republican Party
Miller
Thumbs Down on Barkley Ouster in Senate Leadership
Washington ins powering report notes Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana led opposition to ousting Senate Democratic leader Alben Barkley of Kentucky. Wheeler said enough votes exist for a new majority chief but saw no reason to replace Barkley, predicting independent Senate shifts ahead of Roosevelt purge fallout.
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Washington
INS
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Wheeler
Roosevelt
Barkley
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Roosevelt Attends Knickerbocker Holiday Comedy
President Roosevelt visits the National theater for Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill’s Knickerbocker Holiday a satire on early New Amsterdam governance. Walter Huston stars as Peter Stuyvesant with a council including a Roosevelt and a Van derbilt.
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Washington
New York
Roosevelt
National Theater
Maxwell Anderson
Kurt Weill
New Amsterdam
Peter Stuyvesant
Walter Huston
Peter
Vanderbilt
White House
Hyde Park
Gets 7 Years For Tibbett Robbery
Meyer Sopher a 23 year old mess boy aboard the liner Monterey confessed stealing jewels valued at 44000 from Mrs Lawrence Tibbett wife of the singer He was sentenced to seven years in a federal prison Only part of the jewels were recovered Officers believe the rest may have fallen into the ocean when he dropped the jewel box while fleeing.
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San Francisco
INS
Meyer Sopher
Monterey
Lawrence Tibbett
Sopher
S J Galvin Elected President of National School Group
Hampton AP reports S J Galvin of Hampton elected president of the National Association of State University Governing Boards at the Boulder Colorado convention. Galvin serves on the Iowa state board of education and governs the State University of Iowa Iowa State College and Teachers College.
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Hampton
S. J. Galvin
National Association of State University
Boulder
Colo
Galvin
State Board of Education
State University of Iowa
Iowa State College
The
Teachers College
Regional Head of B P W Named at Cedar Rapids Conference
Olivia Johnson of St. Paul was elected 1940 regional chairman for eight-state North Central region of the National Federation of Women's Clubs. She warned women that they are their own worst enemies with old fashioned instincts. Co chairmen include Marie Thompson of Clinton Indiana and Estelle Glass of Racine Wisconsin. The 1940 biennial will be in Wisconsin with the two Dakotas to host in 1942.
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Naomi Doebel
Olivia Johnson
St. Paul
Minn
North Central
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Johnson
Marie Thompson
Clinton
Ind
Estelle Glass
Racine
Wis
Federation
Dakotas
Germany Appears Ready to Back Czechoslovakia in Pact
Premier Syrvry pushes unity among parties for a new independent state. Germany pledges industrial and financial help and fair settlement. Public works program valued at 900,000,000 crowns funds railroads and highways to unite the three autonomous sections.
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Surances
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Jan Syrovy
Syrvvy
Czechoslovakia Denies Sudeten Refugee Plight Reports
The Czechoslovak legation in Washington rejected Prague reports that German refugees from Sudetenland were in desperate peril after fleeing to Czechoslovakia. The government said only refugees without danger are being returned to territory now occupied by Germany, stressing nationality or race are not factors.
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Washington
Legation
Prague
Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Freemasons
Czech Jews Ordered to Flee Reich Territory
Vienna reports Nazi authorities ordering many Czech citizens especially Czech Jews to leave Reich territory with some given 24 hours. The Czech consul-general petitioned Berlin and the legation to aid business interests. A 70-person youth mob raided an unused synagogue, looted furniture, and then attacked Jews before police dispersed them.
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Vienna
Reich
Berlin
Flossgasse
WPA Rolls Again Hit Record Crest
WPA rolls rose to a new all time peak of 3,129,163 for the week ending Oct 1 marking an increase of 8,802 over the week ending Sept 24. The prior year total for Oct 2 1937 stood at 1,448,000.
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Washington
INS
WPA
Poulsen, Danish Actor, Dies at 56 After Brain Tumor Op
Johannes Poulsen, famed Danish actor and former director of the Everyman theater in Hollywood, died Friday at age 56 following brain tumor surgery, with his career noted for stage and screen work.
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Poulsen
Copenhagen
Denmark
Johannes Poulsen
Everyman Theater
Hollywood
We Thank You Mr President Georgia Senator Walter George
A Georgia editorial condemns President Roosevelt for the failed purge in Georgia. It praises Senator Walter George as a gentleman and scholar and denounces the president’s court packing and federal wage rules. The piece asserts Georgians speak George’s language and criticizes the purge as a misread mandate.
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Roosevelt
United States Senate
Supreme Court
Barnesville
Georgia
Walter George
George
Macon
Edgar Dunlap
South
Senate
Interurban Train Hits Tank Cars Wounding Twelve Near Dallas
Twelve people were injured when a Waco bound interurban train failed to stop at a switch and collided with a line of tank cars on a siding near Dallas. Authorities described the scene as a serious railway accident with multiple injuries.
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Dallas, Tex
Here
Wheeler Seeks Hands Off Relief Politics Law
Sen. Burton Wheeler calls for a federal ban on political coercion of relief workers and enrollment. He cites reports of manipulation across states and says the Senate sentiment is shifting toward remedial legislation before November elections. Wheeler hints at retirement in 1940 while pledging to push independent Senate review.
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Washington
INS
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Wheeler
Congress
Senate
House
Senate Campaign
Government sets minimum price for Iowa corn
The minimums apply to 57 western Iowa counties and move with the December No 2 corn futures in Chicago. Government aims to secure part of the year end delivery, with surplus of two to three million bushels for relief and storage at Missouri River points. Cedar Rapids handlers report the government price about five cents higher than local bids, as in Laurens where bids were 31 15 cents versus a 36 1/8 cent minimum.
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Emmett
Palo Alto
Wright
Hamilton
Story
Jasper
Keokuk
Wapello
Davis
Iowa
Chicago
McArthur
Surplus Commodities Corporation
United States
Missouri River
Cedar Rapids
Western Grain Dealers Association
Ron Kennedy
Des Moines
R. C. Booth
Western Grain Dealers
Laurens
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B.P.W
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Roosevelt Hotel
Earl E. Harper
School of Fine Arts
University of Town
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International Conference of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Poland
Russia
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England
Mrs. Cerney
Sudeten
Austria
Mrs
N. E. Iowa
William Hupp
National
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AR Dulath
den Melnes Wanshingioen
Omaha
el Pasc Éalst
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Mpla
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Pied Beatibe
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate ‘Commerce Commission
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Mr. Hyde
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Hogan Bros
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