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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1938
Page
3
Amateurs offer palmistry, card reading, handwriting and crystal gazing as parlor tricks at parties. They claim fortune telling is safer when kept light hearted and emphasize entertainment over dire predictions.
C Kohl er of near Cedar Rapids bought a six room house in Mount Vernon K as an investment after a Security Savings company sale. The note adds that beer is at its best around 45 degrees according to brewers.
Vojta Benes brother of Eduard Benes arrives to address the Czech American alliance at the C P S hall Tuesday at 8 p m He will speak in Czech and English with Dr Harry M Gage introducing him Gov Kraschel plans to attend The Coe College military band will play and admission is free Kiwanis club hosts him Wednesday noon
New York special prosecutor John Harlan Amen said key witnesses will support allegations that Police Lieutenant Cuthbert Behan stole 7200 arrest records. Patrolman James Sweeney testified Behan was observed prowling at the Bergen Street station the morning the records disappeared. Additional state witnesses are expected to be called after Friday’s hearing.
London AP Sir Samuel Hoare home secretary urged civilians to retain gas masks received in the war crisis He said the situation would be reviewed in six months and storage containers would be issued as fast as produced He noted masks could stay serviceable for years Tourists in Baltic Estonia Latvia Lithuania learn sea salinity differs from Atlantic and Mediterranean
Des Moines AP Iowa teachers plan to renew a pension bill fight at their annual convention with an estimated 8500 attendees. A teachers annuity bill is drafted for delegates to consider as the association rotates presidential groups. Speakers include General Smedley Butler Stanley High and Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr, with Miss Agnes Samuelson set to become secretary January 1.
The Republican congressional committee reported receipts of $326,750 and expenditures of $313,054 for efforts to win back the House. Treasurer Robert W. Fleming noted $156,000 received and $201,144 spent in the Sept 1 to Oct 27 period, with a $30,000 loan or gift from the Republican National Committee among the sources. the largest contribution was a significant donor amount.
The Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee reported total receipts of 135 150 and expenditures of 125 326 for the year with 78 700 receipts and 104 107 expenditures from Sept. 1 to Oct. 27. The largest single contribution was 5 100 from Irenee du Pont of Wilmington. John D Rockefeller Jr and John D Rockefeller III each gave 1 500 to the Senate committee and the former gave 3 500 to the House committee.
Prague report says German army technicians measured the Maginot line’s fortifications by testing Czech Sudetenland works with artillery and bombs. Dismantled sections were attacked to gauge resilience, with Express noting the French line was strongest in history and built from the same materials.
The sixth annual Policemen's Ball fundraiser proceeds with a committee drive from the station, featuring Bob Crosby and Marion Mann in a floor show at Shrine Temple on November 14. Proceeds support widows and orphans, with a community boost from local supporters and fans.
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