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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1938
Page
26
Cedar Rapids Miss Jean Beauchamp was named Cornell homecoming queen at halftime of the Coe-Cornell game. Her attendants were Miss Betty Mount of Warrenville and Miss Corrine Anderson of Lake Forest. Festivities opened with a Delphi club breakfast led by East High’s Fred J. Miller.
The piece argues that post 1918 alliances collapsed costing France trillions and leaving Britain as the sole ally. It details Hitler’s expansion east of the Rhine and Alps, the new German sphere from the Baltic to Poland, and the subservient states in the Danube region. It notes Hungary Romania Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Turkey align with Berlin and Rome, and ponders future German political and military dominance.
The Cedar Rapids Bird Club opens a Town duck window at 225 Third Street SE to mark the duck hunting season. The display uses naturalistic settings with placards to help youths and others identify local waterfowl such as mallards and pintails and notes limited protection for redhead, canvasback, bufflehead, and ruddy ducks.
McKinley Girls Athletic Association hosted ninety girls from Dubuque high school Mount Mercy Wilson Roosevelt and Franklin for a day of contests from 9 a m to 3 p m at the McKinley school Sponsors included Ruth Zieke Opal Porter Leone Sutherland Melanie Kretchmer and Rosalind Nelson Awards were given to a list of first second and third place finishers in tennis aerial darts ping pong volley ball bowling and shuffleboard with committees led by Angeline Morgus and Jean Newhburger among others.
The gathering included Blomquist as chairman with Dorothy Spencer Dorothy Mesknes Virginia Ritchie Myrtle Barnes Lucia Mae Smith and others. Special guests were Bernus Pirks Henrietta Kruidenier and Ruth Allen. Decorations used a football motif and the luncheon was in the school cafeteria. Dancing in the gym followed with a G A A orchestra from McKinley.
New York Governor Herbert H. Lehman rejected reports he would resign if reelected to clear a path for Charles Pletti. He pledged to carry on the duties of the office with full strength for a full term, noting that a reelection would mark his fourth term, equaling former Gov. Alfred E. Smith.
Marriage licenses issued for William S Wherry and Ruth I Nehls both of Cedar Rapids Theodore L Bean and Anna Williams both of Cedar Rapids Neil O Warner and O Lenore Millburn both of Cedar Rapids Raymond F Neary and Beatrice J Thyssen both of Cedar Rapids J W Hatter and Agnes Mc Laughlin both of Cedar Rapids James E Hess of Marion and Jacqueline T Pries of Cedar Rapids Lorenz R Glass and Lena G Henderson both of Manchester
A trade piece argues blue-eyed salesmen are superior, citing West Coast executives and Cedar Rapids gatherings. Reports claim blue eyes accompany top producers while brown eyes appear linked to executive roles, sparking discussion among sales teams and managers.
Philadelphia with two million residents faced eight days of no municipal collection as 1,200 workers voted to return to work after a settlement reached by Mayor S. Davis Wilson and union leaders. Crews faced a massive cleanup to remove ash and rubbish left by the strike.
Antonio R. Barcelo, a Porto Rican senator and long time political leader, died Saturday in San Juan after recent paralysis of the throat and tongue. He served for about four decades in public life.
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