Helena Struck by Severe Earthquake Sparks Widespread Damage
Helena rocked by a major earthquake causing building collapses and fires. Hospitals evacuated about 150 patients slept outdoors as government officials pledged aid. The main business district suffered heavy damage while parts of Montana felt tremors extending to Yellowstone Park and Spokane.
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Fort Harrison
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Helena High School
Works Progress Administration
Spring Hill
Butte
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Montana
Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Idaho
Seattle
Intermountain Union College
Gov F H Cooney
Great Falls
Spokane
Wash
INS
Paul Luger SJ
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Britain Spares Ships as Talks Hint at Peace Efforts
Britain signals no immediate naval cuts in the Mediterranean while Italy pushes for a Libya settlement. A joint Italo British communique is expected recalling peaceful aims and British restraint as Geneva talks continue.
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Britain
Mediterranean
Libya
London
Accept Bids On Road Work In Jones County
Sealed bids were submitted at the county auditor's office for culvert and earthwork on secondary roads in Jones County. The notice lists bidders and project details, with location references to Randarta and Randalia and mentions of grade work and earthmoving tasks.
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Jones County
Spreia
Anamosa
County Auditor's Office
Jues Enanty
Arabian King Ibn Saud Married By Proxy
An AP report from Cairo says King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia was married by proxy in Damascus Syria. A delegation of forty prominent sheikhs attended, representing the groom. The bride was the daughter of Sheikh Nawal El Shaalan of Damascus. The king’s four wife limit is noted, with previous divorces and new marriages in place.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mokattam Friday Sad
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Damascus
Syna
Nawal el Shaalan
How to Play Contract Bridge Basics and a Sample Hand
Readers learn bridge basics the article notes major suit game requires ten tricks. It describes bids in hearts and spades, dummy, declare, and defense strategy with trumps. A sample deal shows bidding two hearts by North and three hearts by South, leading to a game made with careful ruffs and a late diamond finesse.
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Fee
Partne
Bors
South
North
West
Italian imports from U S soar in war material classes
U S trade figures show Italy doubled to quadrupled purchases in the first half of 1935 of cotton waste iron and steel scrap copper benzol toluol and xylol imported from the United States. The rise outpaced all other suppliers and none of the commodities were on the Roosevelt embargo list though they could be turned into munitions. The munitions board weighs adding materials to the list as Italo-Ethiopian war factors are ruled out. Ethiopia's 1934 U S buys were negligible at 19000 dollars.
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Washington
Commerce Department
United States
Italy
Roosevelt
Roper
Munitions Board
Ethiopia
Wegman to call $200000 warrants for retirement
Des Moines AP State Treasurer Leo J Wegman announced he will issue an order to call in a $200000 block of state sinking fund warrants for retirement November 1 The action reduces outstanding debt on the $3500000 in anticipatory warrants sold last December to the Carleton D Beh Co of Des Moines to $1428000 Since taking office Wegman has retired $2072000 of the warrants from beer taxes, interest on public deposits, and payments from banks in receivership on frozen deposits The November 1 payment will retire all warrants maturing in 1937 and $72000 of the April 1937 maturities.
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DES Moines
Leo J. Wegman
Wegman
Carleton D. Beh Company
Gordon Fennell Company Incorporation Notice
Public notice of incorporation under Iowa Code Chapter 384 by Gordon Fennell Company with principal office in Cedar Rapids Iowa. The firm plans general import export advertising and services, with initial directors Gordon Fennell J R Matthews and John C Reid, and officers to be elected.
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Gordon Fennell Company
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Gordon Fennell
J R Matthews
Kirkwood
Missouri
John C Reid
Agcornance Sieh
Aracutes
Jowa Sdar Ray Lowa
NFL
Gordon Pennell
Grimm Eats Shuttleworth
Mussolini Concedes British naval aim amid Ethiopian crisis
Britain and France seek to enforce league sanctions on Italy during the Ethiopian war. Laval signals support for British naval measures if Italy attacks, while France limits sanctions to economic actions. Italy presses an advance in Ethiopia toward Makale in Tigre province as tensions rise.
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Italy
League
Drummond
I Duce
Suez Canal
Foreign Office
Mussolini
M. Laval
Laval
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France
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Makale
Tigre
Diplomatic talks ease Ethiopian crisis threaten war
London reports that Britain Italy and France worked toward a diplomatic settlement in the Ethiopian crisis. Italy would pull back troops from Libya and Britain would shift cruiser force from Gibraltar with French ships replacing them. Britain would refrain from action not authorized by the League of Nations and France would offer use of Toulon and Bizerta bases.
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Libya
Egypt
Sudan
Ethiopia
Great Britain
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Italy
League of Nations
France
Britain
Toulon
Bizerta
Trick Coins Stir Grief for U S Treasury and Old Couple’s Anniversary
Washington reports on a spoof coin issue the mint sold to a El Paso museum committee. The story notes collector demand and prices, plus a Cadaverous cow skull motif drawing complaints. Independence marks the 63rd wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs W N Walton of Quasqueton with eight children and a large descendants list.
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Washington
New Deal
Mint
el Paso
Tex
Congress
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
James A. Farley
Ingress
Independence
W. N. Walton
Quasqueton
Fred Klotz
Walton
Buchanan County
Charles Walton
Anoka
Mina
Esther Keller
Hawthorne
Wis
James
Roy Walton
Lee Walton
Dale Floyd
Arlington
Alva Walton
Last Days of Pompeii shines with strong cast and direction
A reviewer praises the Iowa theater presentation of The Last Days of Pompeii directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack with Ruth Rose screenplay. Basil Rathbone Preston Foster Wyrley Birch lead a solid ensemble and young David Holt and John Wood perfect Flavius. The piece is lauded for intelligent direction and restrained spectacle.
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Pompeii
RKO
Ruth Rose
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Merlan C. Cooper
Iowa Theater
Marcus
Vee
Preston Foster
Alan H Barbix
Een Hale Pontius
Baall Rathbone
Flavius
John Wood
Louis Calhern
David Holt
Clodia
Dorothy Wilson
Leaster
Sley Birch
Julia
Jorja Shea Galus
Conroy Cleon
William V. Mone
Murray Kinnel Warder
Wry Molker
ard Van_ Sloan Calvus
Zeltie
Pontius
Christ
Basil Rathbone
Wyrley Birch
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10 20 30 Years Ago in the Gazette
James F. Dorrance author of western stories is in the city visiting Frank Wasson. Mr and Mrs O M Wood have returned to Cedar Rapids for the winter after a summer at Clear Lake. Jay G Sigmund of Cedar Rapids elected vice president for Iowa at the American Life association meeting in Louisville Kentucky. J F Sorensen returned from St Petersburg Florida to attend the Spanish War veterans convention and visited Cuba.
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James F. Dorrance
Frank Wasson
O. M. Wood
Cedar Rapids
Clear Lake
Jay G. Sigmund
Towa
American Life Association
Louisville
J. F. Sorensen
Hom
St. Petersburg
Fila
Cuba
Raccoons Squirrels and a Groundhog Bagged by Hunters
Frank Zalesky and Tom Womacka bagged three raccoons nine squirrels and one groundhog on a hunt near Vinton. Two raccoons were served at a banquet for twenty five guests. Reverend Joseph Fort Newton spoke on The Public Library at the Liberal Christian church before a full crowd. The Iowa branch of the Women’s Board of Missions of the Interior is meeting in Cedar Rapids.
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Frank Zalesky
Tom Womacka
Vinton
Joseph Fort Newton
Liberal Christian Church
Iowa
Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids leader elected vice president of Home society
C F Ensign of Cedar Rapids was elected vice president of the Home society connected with the Presbyterian state synod. Miss Hattie Clark of Amam zintote Africa will speak at the Congregational church on Zululand work. City Assessor J A Hildebrand chosen as Iowa delegate to the American Yeoman convention in Colorado Springs. Robert N File injured by machine at Williams and Hunting mills this morning.
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C. F. Ensign
Cedar Rapids
Home Society
Presbyterian State Synod
Hattie Clark
Amamzintote
Africa
E. A. Sherman
Congregational Church
Zululand
J A. Hildebrand
Iowa
Colorado Springs
Robert N. File
Williams and Hunting Mills
Notice of Appointment of Executrix in Iowa Estate
Notice is given that on October 17 1935 an Executrix was appointed and qualified for the estate of Wende Prochaska deceased Linn County Iowa All persons indebted must pay promptly and all claims must be filed with the Clerk of the Limpung Town District Court ANHA PROCHASKA Executrix NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF 14655
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Iowa
Linn County
Wende
Chaska
Limpung
Anha Prochaska
Theaters Feature Dick Powell and Co stars
At the Paramount Dick Powell Pat O'Brien and Marion Davies star in Page Miss Glory Wings Over Ethiopia IOWA Last Days of Pompeii with Preston Foster Alan Hale and Dorothy Wilson STATE Teed Lewis in Here Comes the Band RIALTO His Fighting Blood with Kermit Maynard The Mystery Man with Robert Armstrong and Maxine Doyle PALACE Kay Francis and George Brent in Stranded Neil Hamilton and Betty Furness in Keeper of the Bees OLYMPIC The Man Who Reclaimed His Head with Claude Rains and Joan Bennett Paradise Canyon with John Wayne and Marion Burns
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Paramount
Dick Powell
Pat O’brien
Marion Davies
Ethiopia
Iowa
Man
Claude Rains
Joan Bennett
John Wayne
Marion Burns
Wings Over Ethiopia and Page Miss Glory At Paramount Double Feature
A review notes Wings Over Ethiopia showcases Ethiopian campaigns and landmarks from air and ground, with Addis Ababa life, tribes, and emperor’s army maneuvers. Page Miss Glory is a comedy with Marion Davies and Dick Powell about promoters and a photo contest, featuring a spoof romance and a kidnapping caper. Iowa News Flashes covers the Iowa Colgate game.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Paramount
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Cairo
Pyramids
Thebes
Blue Nile
Lake Tana
Addis Ababa
Marion Davies
Frank McHugh
Pat O'Brien
Dick Powell
Patsy Kelly
Allen Jenkins
Miss Glory
McHugh
O'Brien
Iowa
Paramount News
Women’s Community club elects 1936 officers at Scotch Grove
Mrs W B Clark Mrs Raymond Naylor and Mrs Frank Sutherland hosted the meeting. New officers named include Mrs Ed Zirkelbach president Mrs August Schrader vice president and Mrs Chauncey Carson secretary treasurer Retiring officers are Mrs John Ahraken Mrs William Henrichs and Mrs J M Lange jr.
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Scotch Grove
W. B. Clark
Raymond Naylor
Frank Sutherland
Women's Community Club
Ed Zirkelbach
August Schrader
Chauncey Carson
John Ahraken
William Henrichs
J. M. Lange
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