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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1937

Page

12

Roosevelt Proposes Permanent Farm Plan With Tax Hike Financing

President Roosevelt outlined a continuous farm program funded by new taxes and studies on processing taxes for cotton wheat and tobacco. He urged an ever normal granary to stabilize supplies and prices while preserving export markets and local farming control.

Washington Roosevelt Agriculture Department House Senate AAA Smith Senate Agriculture Committee Jones House Agriculture Committee Wallace

Italy presses for Spain talks amid nonintervention stalemate

In Eastern Spain campaign hopes rise for Italian cooperation to end the Spanish affair while Moscow blocks belligerent rights. Britain and France push Soviet restraint as Italy and Germany resist premature blame and demand a clear evacuation of foreign troops.

Italy Germany Moscow Pino Grand Anthony Eden Foreign Office Rome Britain France Celandis Saidia Rome England Spain

Czech Republic Founding Celebration in Cedar Rapids

Iowa Czech lodge members plan a Thursday program at CSPS hall to mark the nine teenth anniversary of Czechoslovakia’s founding. Mayor Hahn, Gov. Kraschel, and Consul Cervenka attend with music by Cedar Rapids Symphony and choral and dance selections, followed by speeches and national anthems.

Iowa Cedar Rapids Cs$ P.S. Hall F .K. Hahn Charles D. Huston Internal Revenue Des Moines Frank C. Byers Charles Cervenka Chicago Charles Pulkrab Smetane Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Joseph Kitchin Prayer Tabuse Smetana Milas Mary ‘Thzil Rita Mae Pisarik Joseph Mekota Frank K Hahn Charles D Huston Benatar Frank C Byers Consul Charr¢s Cessvenka Guy Nels G Kraachel, Artin Geech Open ‘“Talemstyt Smetanat Mary ‘Sail Rita Mae Pysauk

Wall Street Faces Turbulent Week as Stocks Slide

Lar ge shifts in the stock market ended the week with steel and rail shares selling off sharply. Declines reached as much as 15 to 10 points while rails face higher costs and wage pressures despite anticipated rate increases. Retail trade shows strength, and lawmakers discuss possible federal tax changes affecting capital gains and undistributed profits, guiding cautious investor sentiment.

Wall Street Interstate Commerce Commission Congress Washington George Gea

Kansas Board Ends Sterilizations At Beloit Girls School

The Kansas Board of Administration said after an investigation into sterilizations at Beloit’s state industrial school that such operations would be halted except in extraordinary emergencies. Chair Dr Leo Vo Turgeon announced bans on sterilizations at the Topeka boys’ industrial school and Hutchinson reform school unless unusual circumstances apply. The move followed remarks by Kathryn O Laughlin McCarthy, a former congresswoman, accusing wholesale sterilizations at Beloit.

Topfka Kan State Board of Administration Beloit Leo Vo Turgeon Board of Adminnistration Topeka Hutchinson Kathryn O'Laughlin McCarthy Hass Democratic Club Wichita Bealt

Egyptian King to Wed Farida Zulsicar on Jan Six

New York dispatch reports King Farouk of Egypt will marry Farida Zulsicar daughter of the chief justice of Alexandria on January six. The engagement, confirmed by the Egyptian state tourism office, stems from a Swiss tour earlier this year where Farouk traveled with his mother and four sisters. Farouk was born February eleventh 1920 and the bride is a year younger.

New York Faroulk IT Egypt Farida Zulsicar Sear Wistice Appellate Court of Alexandria Egyptian State Tourist Department Cairo Switzerland Farouk Tne

Waples Leads Iowa Dad’s Day Association

F C Waples of Cedar Rapids was elected president of the University of Iowa Dad's Day association at the Dads banquet in Iowa City attended by about 400 parents and students. He succeeds Leod Leeper of Waterloo. new officers include Dr JL C Denny of Des Moines as vice president and Judge H J Luciens of Morrison as secretary.

Iowa City F. C Waples Cedar Rapids University of Iowa Waples University Leod. Leeper Waterloo JL. C. Denny Des Moines H. J. Luciens Morrison

Roosevelt Armistice Day plea urges peace and avoidance of war

President Roosevelt issued an Armistice Day proclamation before leaving Hyde Park urging the United States to adopt every practicable means to avoid war. He warned of lawlessness threatening international security and civilization, calling for policies of peace and restoration of confidence among nations on November 11.

Washington Roosevelt America Hyde Park N. Y Europe Far East United States

John Roosevelt and Anne Clark to wed next June

NAHANT Mass John Roosevelt son of the President and Anne Landsay Clark will marry next June. They plan a summer wedding at NaHant Episcopal church after his Harvard graduation and then return to a $50,000 summer home with pink stucco walls and a sun deck for their early months of marriage.

Nahant Mass tNse Job Roosevelt Anne Landsay Clark Frances Havenlark Nahaunt Episcopal Church Roosevelt Harvard Thea Stemmer

Elixir Death Toll Tops Thirty Nine in Multi-State Action

Federal agents in an eight state effort seized elixir shipments after reports linked them to multiple deaths. J J McManus of the Atlanta division said most threat would be over by Monday as gallons already confiscated.

South Atlanta New Orleans Louisiana Mississippi Alabama South Carolina Florida Texas Georgia J. J. McManus

Labor unions plot unity at peace conference

Labor leaders pledge a sincere effort to bridge the division between the American Federation of Labor and the Committee for Industrial Organization at a Cleveland meeting. A White House source says Roosevelt may intervene, while Frances Perkins and the president’s aides hold back action. George Harrison and Harvey Fremming voice cautious optimism and openness to compromise for a united labor movement.

Roosevelt Washington American Federation of Labor Committee For Industrial Organization Clo Workers’ Movement White House Frances Perkins Harrison George M. Harrison U F of L CI0 United Press Cincinnati CIO Harvey Fremming John L. Lewis United Labor Movement

Marriages Registered in Cedar Rapids and Surrounding Areas

John S Wallene Cedar Rapids weds Ruth Amy Bristley Conrad Harald Swordes Wyoming weds Ethel Huth Marion Fenest Ro Leimard Winterset weds Frances M Debitt Cedar Rapids Marion Boyd Des Moines weds Anna M Wehle Fairfax George M Thomas Chicago weds Emma Krueger Chicago D1 Robert N Snouffer Cedar Rapids weds Jean Roberta Schaffenberg Cedar Rapids Charles Webber weds Stella Prusek Cedar Rapids

John S Wallene Cedar Rapids Ruth Amy Bristley Conrad Harald Swordes Wyoming Ethel Huth Marion

Postpone Elections In Czechoslovakia

The Czechoslovak cabinet postponed municipal elections scheduled for November 24 in 42 localities including 115 in German speaking areas. The delay was decided Friday amid anger over alleged police attacks on Nazi leaders, with the government aiming to prevent further antagonisms.

State College Head Speaker at Amana Visit

Dr Charles E Finley president of Iowa State college spoke at Middle Amana high school auditorium on agricultural development and education. He was introduced by W R Boyd finance committee chair. After the talk the high school orchestra and glee club performed various numbers.

Amana Charles E. Finley Iowa State College Middle W. R Boyd State Board of Education Fiiles

Congressmen Leave Hawaii For Home

Nineteen members of Congress including seven senators and twelve representatives sailed from Hawaii aboard the Matson liner Lurline after a two week inquiry into Hawaii statehood. Observers note a likely recommendation to postpone statehood while Sen Joseph C. O Mahoney warns against nonresident posts in territorial government.

Honglulu THEH Congress Matson Lurline Hawaii Joseph C. O'Mahoney Wyo

Used Cars Offered at Lowest Prices This Year

Classified Want Ad section under classification 26 advertises late model used cars including 1936 models and 1997 models offered at the lowest prices quoted this year.

Dictator Alberto Enriquez Seizes Control In Ecuador

Gen Alberto Enriquez war minister in the Paez cabinet assumed supreme authority after a bloodless coup that toppled Provisional President Federico Paez. He dissolved the national assembly and said he would govern pending a democratically elected new assembly.

Quito Ecuador Alberto Enriquez Federico Paez Enriquez Paez National Assembly National Army

Bands from Davenport to Last Nation win ratings in Iowa contest

Marching bands from Davenport Fairfield Washington Mount Pleasant and Last Nation earned superior ratings in the Southeastern district contest of the Iowa High School Band Association. Tipton Fort Madison and Donnellson earned excellent ratings at the event held Saturday.

Davenport Fairfield Washington Mount Pleasant Last Nation Tipton Fort Madison Donnellson Iowa High School Band Association

Four Injured In Rear-End Collision Near Parkersburg

Daniel J. P. Ryan editor of the Parkersburg Eclipse suffered a fractured leg and a forehead cut when his northbound car crashed into the rear of a Gazette car driven by Tait Cummins near the North Western railroad viaduct. Cummins Earl Coughlin Adeline Taylor and Mrs Cummins were with him. none badly injured, but Mrs Cummins had head bumps and abrasions.

Daniel J. P. Ryan Parkersburg The Highway 161 South City Limita Tait Cummins B Avenue Cummins Gazette City Hall Gazette Earl Coughlin Gazettes Adeline Taylor Gazette Sunday Ryan

Football trip ends in injury after Michigan Iowa game

The Ryans suffered a sprained ankle while returning from the Michigan Iowa football game in Iowa City. Coughlin of The Gazette covered the game. Ryan was taken to Mercy hospital by Paul Slezak of Ely and remained hospitalized after treatment.

Ryans Iowa City Gazette Coughlin The Ryan Mercy Hospital Paul Slezak Ely

Lorimer Funeral Set For Monday

George Horace Lorimer 69 former editor of the Saturday Evening Post died Friday night after pneumonia from a cold. A service will be held at his home in suburban Wyncote and burial follows Monday. He had retired early this year and planned travel and writing.

Philadelphia George Horace Lorimer Saturday Evening Post Wyncote

Charles H Brown Dies in Michigan Hospital

Charles H Brown, former Cedar Rapids resident, died at a Springfield Michigan hospital at 7 40 a m Saturday. Funeral arrangements have not been made. He moved away about eight years ago. A brother George Brown and sister Mrs L Patterson reside in Cedar Rapids.

Charles H Brown Cedar Rapids Springfield Brown George Brown L. Patterson

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