Gillette and Herring Endorse Metcalfe for National Post
U S senators Gillette and Herring say banker Herbert A Metcalfe would be an asset if named to a party executive role. Both emphasize no formal proposal has been made and such decisions rest with the state central committee and the national committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert A. Metcalfe
Des Moines
National Democratic
Metcalfe
Gillette
Herring
State Central Committee
National
Utterback
National Committee
Elkader Old Stone Mill Replaced by Modern Office Building
The Elkader four story stone mill once a regional landmark is being torn down by wreckers after a long history of fires. Central States Power and Light will convert the site into offices a display room and warehouse. The mill began with a foundation laid over 90 years ago and survived multiple fires before its final demolition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkader
Central States Power and Light Corporation
Mississippi River
Clayton
Clinton
Walkers jailed for walking on wrong side of highway
Des Moines AP report says Merwin Salsbury and Wendell Salsbury of Colfax Iowa were stopped on highway No 6 eleven miles east of Des Moines by Patrolman N B Wilson. They refused to switch sides facing traffic and spent the night in Des Moines city jail for walking on the wrong side of a public highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Merwin
Wendell Salsbury
Colfax
Highway No. 6
N. B. Wilson
Wilson
Wendell
Nazi Ship Chased Into Mexican Harbor by British Cruiser
Report from Mexico City says the German cargo ship Haverland was pursued by a British cruiser into Manzanillo on the Pacific coast near Baja California. A Manzanillo German‑owned firm ordered 2,000 barrels of gasoline and derivatives, amid heavy shipments from Mexico City to Manzanillo. Under Mexico’s cash and carry neutrality policy belligerent ships may refuel in Mexican ports if payment is made immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
INS
Haverland
Mexican Pacific Coast
Manzanillo
Lower California
Mexico
Mexican
Auto Parts Company Moves to New Location
The Auto Parts company owned by Charles Mills will occupy the building at 5 Second Avenue SE after a five year lease. Possession is set for November 1. The property is owned by Big Four Realty and was leased by Malcolm V. Bolton and company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Auto Parts Company
Charles Mills
Second Avenue SE
Big Four’ Realty Company
Malcolm V. Bolton
Zobac Starts Work On Hubbard Ice Cold Storage Building
Frank Zobac and Sone win the contract for Hubbard Ice and Fuel Company cold storage at 1132 First Street NW. Construction began Friday morning and is expected to be ready soon after the first of next year at a cost about 23195 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Zobac
Sone
Hubbard Ice and Fuel Company
First Street
Chinese Troops Claim Victory Near Hunan Border
Chinese military dispatches report notable victories by Chinese forces over Japanese troops near the Hunan province border. The claims emphasize successful engagements and strategic gains reported from Chungking on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Hunan
Needlework Guild Ingathering Sets Start November First
The Cedar Rapids Needlework Guild of America plans its annual ingathering to begin November 1. Citizens may donate two new garments or linens or money to support local social agencies including The Children’s Home Mercy Hospital St Luke’s Hospital and more. Presiding officers and volunteers from Cedar Rapids Woman’s Club and Girl Reserves coordinate the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Needlework Guild of America
Children's Home
Home For Aged Women
Jane Boyd
Linn County Relief
Mercy Hospital
Public Health Nursing Bureau
Public Schools
Southside Charity
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sunshine Mission
E. P. Ristedt
Guild
E. P. Boynton
Paul Huston
C. D. Hedberg
Lester DeVarman
M. M. Thompson
H. O. Cutler
R. W. Manatt
George Kosek
R. Sunde
Charles S. Knox
Ristedt
F. S. Zonka
J. M. Levin
S. W. Wilder
C. H. Stark
Esther Olmsted
Frances Bailey
Ella Merriman
Bertha Wallace
Nelle Cherry
A. W. Doubrasky
Cedar Rapids Woman’s Club
Arthur Tschirgi
Anamosa Promoter Bedwell Also Record in Two States
Anamosa police reopened the case against dance promoter Ralph Bedwell 26 Rock Island for alleged false pretenses after revealing prior interstate crimes. Bedwell previously served 18 months for car theft in Kansas City and was fined for a confidence game in Galesburg Illinois. His case goes before the grand jury on November 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Twoman
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Bedwell
Rock Island
Anamosa
Bedwell
Kansas City
Galesburg
William Donnelly
Chillicothe
Ohio
Ill
Court House News Summary of Iowa Civil Actions
William Cosselman of Bremer county names Lee Ilten of 216 Johnson Ave NW to defend an $11 722.50 personal injury case after Ilten allegedly drove into Cosselman’s wagon on Highway No 10 near Oran on Nov 12 1938 injuring his right leg and skull. The filing also notes a car driven by a son. Defendants Nick and Mrs Eicbler face a $420 counterclaim in a $1 056 lease action by Christine Voss over alleged failure to provide fence materials and lease maturity breaches. Fern Irene Harris seeks to set aside a decree granting divorce to Varge Harris on cruel and inhuman treatment, claiming renewed marital relations after last May. Harris custody of a son is noted. marriage said to have occurred in Kahoka Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cosselman
Bremer County
Lee Ilten
Johnson Avenue NW
Cosselman
Ilten
Nick Eicbler
Christine Voss
Fern Irene Harris
Varge Harris
Marjorie Emmer son hosts Cedar Rapids school program
Special to The Gazette Bertram reports Marjorie Emmer son, drama teacher at McKinley high school Cedar Rapids, guest on Friday evening church program. Ruth Mikulecky Forest Lane rural school teacher led pupils in plays readings and songs with congregational singing and prayers led by Rev J B Eyestone. The article notes the Wyoming marriage of Bernelda Bahnsen to Thornton J Harris of Whiteville Tenn officiated by Rev J A Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertram— Marjorie Emmerson
McKinley High School
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Mikulecky
Forest Lane
J. B. Eyestone
Wyoming
Theodore Bahnsen
Bernelda
Thornton J. Harris
Whiteville
Tenn
Davenport
J. A. Miller
Lutheran Church
Washington backs Grew stance on Japan China policy
Ambassador Grew told Japanese leaders that U S citizens object to attacks on Americans and property in China. Officials say his remarks reflect a stiffer U S attitude toward Japan and may signal government support through the state department or Roosevelt administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
China
Joseph C. Grew
Tokio
State Department
Grew
Hull
Japan
Roosevelt
Asia
Upper Iowa U Chooses Mass Chorus Members for Messiah
Professor Norman Marshall announces the Upper Iowa University massed chorus list for a Christmas Messiah performance. Read lists include sopranos and altos from Fayette to West Union and nearby towns, with tenors and basses named from Payette, Oelwein, LaPorte City, Manly, Arlington, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawberry Point
Marjorie Edmonds
Randalia
Ardis Melton
Palo
Ivadell
Donat Hawkeye
Ruth Gardner
Hazleton
Virginia Logan
Fayette
Barbara Niles
West Union
Margaret Hogan
Harpers Ferry
Dorothy Shaffer
Rowley
Margaret Borne
Oelwein
Edna Olmsted
McGregor
Marian Swates
Arlington
Margaret Schuchmann
Hawkeye
Martha van Meter
Cedar Rapids
Jean
L. Ww
Lyons
L. A. Wooldridge
Wayne Timm
Payette
Lowell
Lyford
Manly
Russell Castor
Pairbank
Paul Westcott
Charles Morsan
Stanley
Basses
David Holmes
Magieton
Louis Bass
Basil Rowland
Claude Welch
Dewitt Clinton
Sidney Crowe
Thornton Tte
Ablneton
Harvard Barr
Richard Enman
Edward Pollock
Creaco
Robert Bellis
Randaelis
Lowell Peterson
Fredericksburg
James Crawford
Elopement Sparks Kidnap Panic Then Divorce Suit
Mrs. Gertrude B. Hughes daughter of Ford Motor Company personnel director Harry Bennett filed for divorce. Her January 1938 elopement with Russell A. Hughes triggered a kidnap scare and search until the couple were located in Indiana. The suit cites non support incompatibility and requests custody of a child born August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Gertrude B. Hughes
Harry Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Iowa Needs More Truck Weighing Stations Says Engineer
Mark Morris of the Iowa Highway Commission urged at least twenty truck weighing stations to ensure adequate coverage of commercial traffic. The state now operates thirteen stations costing about 8000 dollars each, with work including right of way grading construction and runways. Lights planned soon will boost after dark use. enforcement authority for staff ended after July 1, with current stations located along routes near Merrill Midvale Cedar Rapids Missouri Valley Atlantic Des Moines Atalissa Agency Ogden Mechanicsville Jesup Chase City Mason City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Mark Morris
Iowa Highway Commission
Morris
Highway Commission
Commission
U. S. 75
Merrill
Midvale
Cedar Rapids
Missouri Valley
Atlantic
Des Moines
Atalissa
Agency
Ogden
Mechanicsville
Jesup
Chases City
Masonity
Cops Hope He's Sentenced To Shovel His Coal
DES MOINES AP. Russell Parker 52 of Perry Louisiana faced charges after police halted his improvised coal trailer on a city street carrying 10 tons. The vehicle failed safety checks and overturned on a hill after a driver error, causing a coal spill. Police hoped a judge would sentence Parker to shovel the coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Russell Parker
Perry
Parker
Louisiana Supreme Court Orders Judge to Reinstate jurors
New Orleans based case reports that the Louisiana Supreme Court unanimously orders Criminal Judge George Platt to show cause why two grand jurors Sidney de Armas and Edgar Powell should not be reinstated after they were discharged for attempting to read a petition accusing Orleans Parish District Attorney Charles Byrne of delaying the state scandals probe. The court set a hearing for November 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
INS
George Platt
State Supreme Court
Orleans Parish
Platt
Sidney de Armas
Edgar Powell
Charles Byrne
Supreme Court
Nazis Planned Propaganda Journal In U S Moseley Cited
Dies committee unearthed correspondence showing Nazi propagandists sought to start a pro Nazi newspaper in New York. Letters from Oscar Pfaus of Hamburg urged Dr Anna Sloan to consult General Van Horn Moseley, a retired U S Army officer linked to anti Semitic activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
New York
Dies Committee
Rhea Whitley
Oscar C. Pfaus
Hamburg
Germany
Chicago
Anna B. Sloan
Adolf Hitler
Pfaus
Philip Gaffney
Sloan
van Horn Moseley
Moseley
Newcomer Rentals Move In As Cedar Rapids Sees Housing Swell
Elmer Freud from Chicago will join Handler Motor as associate and rents 2025 E avenue NW from Rev. W. Bar rack of Hartford S. Oak. lease via Hedges company. John A. McGowan moves from Iowa City to 373 Fifteenth street SE, leased through Tait and Wagner for David McClure of Chicago. Campbell from Nevada rents 1732 Sixth avenue SE, owned by Mrs. Charles B. Schaad, via Fred E. Collard and company. Campbell travels for C. P. Brown Manufacturing of Des Moines. M. B. Gardner and wife relocate from Rochester, N. Y. and lease a furnished Ausadie apartment owned by Mrs. A. N. Palmer. Gardner works in Penick and Ford feed department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Freud
Chicago
Handler Motor Company
E Avenue NW
Rev. W. Barrack
Hartford
S. Oak
Hedges Company
Tait and Wagner Company
Fifteenth Street
David McClure
John A. McGowan
Iowa City
Harry R. Campbell
Nevada
Sixth Avenue SE
Charles B. Schaad
Fred E. Collard and Company
Campbell
C. P. Brown Manufacturing Company
Des Moines
M. B. Gardner
Cedar Rapids
Rochester
N. Y
Coe College Playhouse Debuts Daughters of Atreus
Dorothy Carr poses for a charcoal portrait by Marvin Cone as she portrays Clytemnestra in Coe College’s first playhouse presentation Daughters of Atreus directed by Kent Andrews. The act trilogy retells Agamemnon from Clytemnestra’s viewpoint with Archaic Greek costumes and symbolic color schemes. Tickets are on sale at the door Wednesday and Thursday nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Carr
W. H. Carr
Seventh Avenue SE
Clytemnestra
Coe College Playhouse
Marvin Cone
Coe
Agamemnon
Robert Turney
Iphigenia
Electra
Aulis
Troy
East Iowa towns show building activity and business changes
Washington firm leases Daugherty building to open women’s ready to wear store on Nov 1. Leffler cafe purchased by Mr and Mrs Ray Gidley who plan winter in Texas. Oelwein prepares Oelwein Frozen Food Lockers in remodeled building. Maquoketa liquor store manager sells cafe to Charles M Kirkendall. Traer lot sale to Phillips Oil Co for filling station on Highway 63. Waukon real estate deals include sale of Henry Martin residence, Ben Antonoff buys Webster bungalow, and land sale to Lloyd Van Gorder. Dyersville Golden Rule Clothing partner Elmer Tauke to take over Jan 1. Lone Tree auto repair moves to Conesville. Midway repair room leased to G B Kirchner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marshall Oberstein, Inc
R. E. Daugherty
Hanson Company
Oskaloosa
Fort Madison
Boone and
Oelwein
Ray Gidley
Lefflers
Texas
E R. Rutherford
Burlington
Maquoketa
Bessie E. Scheib
Charles M. Kirkendall
Traer
May Seebach
North Traer
Phillips Oil Company
Waukon
Henry Martin
R. C
William Bakkum
Ben Antonoff
Florence Webster
Jacob Beall
Lloyd van Gorder
Dyersville
al Goerdt
Golden Rule Clothing
Elmer J. Tauke
Charles Kramer, Jr
Tauke
Lone Tree
Carl Burck
Midway
Conesville
Midway Garage
G. B. Kirchner
Will Direct PWA Work In East Half Of Iowa
Erwin G. Holbrook a former Davenport architect now PWA traveling engineer for southeast Iowa will direct all unfinished PWA projects in northeast Iowa in addition to his current area. The Omaha regional office says work is expedited and under roof before cold weather. Congress fixed June 30 1940 as the completion date for the current PWA program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin G. Holbrook
Davenport
PWA
Iowa
Omaha
Neb
Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
Congress
Hensch Buys City Lot From Williams Land Co
Robert L. Hensch buys a lot in the 600 block on Nineteenth avenue SW from Williams Land Co through broker John A. Wooden. He plans to build a house on the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Hensch
Eighth Avenue
Nineteenth Avenue
Williams Land Company
John A. Wooden
Cotton growers clash with strikers in Madera melee
In Madera California cotton growers and striking pickers fought at the county park. State highway patrolmen used blank cartridges and tear gas to disperse the crowd at a mass meeting requested by Sheriff W O Justice. Six people sought hospital treatment for injuries. Homer West 23 suffered severe head cuts and facial welts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madera
Calif
Charles Henderson
Culbert L. Olson
W. O. Justice
Madera County
Homer West
Barbara Hutton Mdivani Returns amid Press and Pickets
American heiress Barbara Hutton Mdivani Haugwitz-Reventlow arrives in New York to press questions about her marriage plans and citizenship status. Reporters, Woolworth pickets, and speculation accompany her homeward voyage from Europe aboard the Conte di Savoia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Sweeney
Barbara Hutton
Mdivani Haugwitz-Reventlow
America
Woolworth
Franklyn L. Huttons
Conte di Savoia
Bay
Robert Sweeney
England
France
Woolworth Company
British Officer Decorates His Own Grave In France
A Victoria Cross recipient with a disabled leg places flowers on his own unmarked grave in a tranquil French cemetery. He had learned his leg was buried with several others after reconnaissance and heavy fighting, and he arrived by surprise to honor the cross marked grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Crash Kills Six Members Of Family In Illinois Train Collision
Roscoe Johnson and his family of six died when a Burlington freight locomotive demolished their car. Johnson wife and four children Margaret 12 Duane 10 Gene 8 Josie Lee 5 perished. driver Roy Lansdowne survived initial injuries. Witnesses said the locomotive tossed the car and struck it again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macomb
Roscoe Johnson
Burlington Railroad
Johnson
Margaret
Duane
Gene
Josie Lee
Roy Lansdowne
Diabetes prevention through nutrition and lifestyle guidance
A physician advocates prophylactic diabetes treatment in the prediabetic stage focusing on balanced vitamin B complex intake, exercise, weight control, and avoiding refined carbohydrates. He cites studies on vitamin B1 and B2, warns that obesity and refined foods drive diabetes, and recommends wheat products or wheat germ, and saccharin as sugar substitutes, offering a booklet for 25 cents plus a stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langerhans
Vorhaus
Williams
Waterman
Jour
Martin
Spies
John F Dille Co
Japan vows to press China drive despite U.S. opposition
Foreign Minister Kichisaburo Nomura reaffirmed Tokyo’s determination to continue the campaign in China despite strong American opposition. The statement, issued Saturday, underscored Japan’s resolve amid growing tension and international pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
INS
Japan
China
Kichisaburo Nomura
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SOS
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Needlework
Anamosa Dance
Court House News
Sues Lee Mten
Iowa News
Upper Iowa U
Louisiana High Court
U. S
Newcomer Rentals
California
Babs
Inez Robb
Personal Health Service
Williams and Spies
Macmillan
Sahara
Cedar Rapids Fuel Co
Second Street
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