Outing for Traffic Men Sept 20 Held by Cedar Rapids Chamber
The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce traffic bureau announced its ninth annual traffic men outing at Cedar Rapids Country Club on Wednesday Sept 20. Attendees from many states joined 1938’s 413 guests for a day of lunch sports carnival and dinner with entertainment. Charles Shackell is general chairman assisted by J L Burgar with committees for reception baseball and field sports transportation golf and dinner and music. Reservations to be made by Sept 14 with Harry F Sunberg or H L Adams.
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Gdar Rapids
Commere
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Colorado
Florida
Iowa
Ilnois
Maryland
Minnesota
Misouri
Nebraska
New York
Ojo
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Harry F. Sunberg
Cedar Rapids
H.L. Adams
Charles Shackell
J. L. Burgar
Peter McCracken
F. O. Queller
Dick Buresh
Frank Cach
Everett Andler
Harry Cohn
Cc. O. Gra
Harry Good
Sanford Kerr
E. J. Lee
J. W. Ludlow
E. J. Scot
N. W. Worcester
J. E. Richey
Henry Peters
C. G. Ainseworth
S. A. DeWa4s
Elmer Engberg
J. M. Hardman
George Harmer
A. C. Hines
8. C. Klein
Italy to stay neutral as war widens
Alan Moorehead reports from Rome that Italy will remain strictly neutral, having pulled from the conflict after efforts for peace. Frontiers with France and Germany are closed, the navy and air force stay mobilized, and special international banking facilities will be set up in Rome while ships may visit neutral ports.
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Rome
INS
Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Remai
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Grece
Turkey
Mussolini
Il Duce
Hitler
Chamberlai
Japan recalls ambassador Shiratori amid alliance push
TORIO RP Rough report says Toshio Shiratori, Japan's ambassador to Italy, is recalled for health reasons while backing the Japan Germany Italy axis. The move follows his push for a military alliance and involvement with the nonaggression pact with Russia.
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Japan
Italy
Torio
Toshio Shiratori
Germany
Domei
Berlin
Tori
Old Stone Barn Marks Pioneer Trail Near Marion
Landmark of pioneer days is the old stone barn on the Cedar Rapids Marion boulevard built over a century ago. The two story stone structure features 40 inch thick walls and a roof replaced since its construction. Early owners include Lyons and Barkley with Willard Harlan among later owners. Grant Wood painted it and Cedar Rapids artist Mrs. W. A. Montgomery created works centered on the barn.
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Marion
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Linn County
Indian Creek
Gust Lundine
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
Lundine
Ed Rowan
United States
New Type Of Artificial Heart Bared By Lindy
Col Charles Lindbergh announces a new hourglass shaped artificial heart that keeps multiple tissues alive together. The device uses gases at body temperature to drive artificial blood between chambers and is automatic, needing attention only every day or two.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Col. Lindbergh
Journal of Experimental Medicine
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Raymond C. Parker
Lindbergh
Alexis Carrel
New York Academy of Medicine
Funeral for Billy Kesler Draws Large Turnout
Dr H M Gage of Coe College spoke at the Moon chapel funeral for 11 year old Billy Hoyle Kesler son of Carl and Mrs Kesler of 2191 Blake Blvd SE who died after a truck struck him. More than 170 mourners attended before burial at Cedar Memorial Park.
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H. M. Gage
Coe College
Moon Chapel
William “Billy” Hoyle Kesler
Carl C. Kesler
Blake Boulevard
Billy
Gage
Cedar Memorial Park
European crisis could draft F R for third term
Willis Mahoney, Oregon Democratic leader, predicted the European crisis might lead to drafting President Roosevelt for a third term. He said it would be the people seeking Roosevelt, not him seeking the nomination, and favored Senator Arthur Vandenberg for the Republican nomination with Oregon's Charles McNary as a potential running mate.
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Portland
Ore
Roosevelt
Willis Mahoney
Oregon
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Charles McNary
McNary
Mahoney
U. S
London Archbishop Urges Unity Against Enmity
Canterbury Archbishop appeals for loyalty calm and unity in wartime. He asks no hatred toward enemies and says Hitler cannot listen to peaceful persuasion. He expresses sympathy for the German people and cites propaganda's influence, urging peace if possible.
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London
Canterbury
Adolf Hitler
Europe On Air Schedule From Berlin and London
Europe on air batch lists NBC and CBS broadcasts across Berlin London and Paris with times 9 15 a m 1 15 p m and 11 30 a m in CST. Programs include Max Jordan From Berlin and Bankage From Berlin plus multiple London Paris Berlin slots.
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New York
Europe
NBC
Max Jordan
Berlin
Bankage
WJZ
London
WABC
CBS
Paris
William L Stusak Lands Teaching Post At Blakesburg
Coe College graduate William L Stusak has accepted a teaching position at Blakesburg. C H Peterson of Oak Park NL visits the Frank Zavodsky home at 959 L Street SW. The Gazette Want Ad office opens Monday Labor Day 8 to 10 am dial 2 1121. Mrs Will Cook 74 Lisbon recovering after a stroke in a downtown department store and admitted to St Luke's hospital by ambulance.
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William L. Stusak
Coe College
Blakesburg
C. H. Peterson
Oak Park, NL
Frank Zavodsky
L Street
Gazette Want
Gazette
Will Cook
Lisbon
St. Luke’s Hospital
Rotary luncheon skipped for Labor Day at Roosevelt
Due to Labor Day, the Rotary Club does not hold its regular luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel on Monday. The next meeting is the Ladies Night dinner scheduled for the Roosevelt on the night of September 11.
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Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Roosevelt
Ardekan temple meeting and visit update
Ardekan temple No. 234 D O K K meets Wednesday at 8 p m in Pythian hall to discuss fall ceremonial plans and report from the imperial palace representative. Clarence Gorton of radio station WSM Nashville arrived Saturday to visit his parents at 1125 Tenth street NW.
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Ardekan Temple
Pythian Hall
Imperial Palace
Clarence Gorton
WSM
Nashville, Tenn
John Gorton
Tenth Street
Garden features at Kvetensky home show tall dahlias
The garden at 1342 Third Street NW displays fifteen varieties of dahlias reaching ten feet high and fully opened blossoms on cotton bushes.
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Joseph Kvetensky
Third Street
St Marys court meets Wednesday with date change
St Marys court No. 726 W C O F will meet Wednesday at 8 p m in the S C school parlors, and members are asked to note the change from Monday to Wednesday. Matthew Cowden attended the Henry George centenary in New York City with mayor Fiorello La Guardia inaugurating the program. The Linn County Chiropractors Study club hosts Iowa chiropractors at the Montrose hotel Tuesday evening with Dr L M Rogers and Dr James O Slocum as speakers. Laurence Ramsey departs for Madison Wis to attend Arthur A funeral.
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St. Mary’s Court
S. C
Matthew Cowden
Memorial Drive
Henry George
Commodore
New York City
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
Linn County
Laurence Ramsey
Madison, Wis
Arthur A
University of Wisconsin fraternity death and local notices
Blied who died on Sept. 1. Mr. Blied and Mr. Ramsey were fraternity brothers at the University of Wisconsin. Mrs. Blied, formerly Elvina Malek of Cresco, has visited in Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Alfred Kresca reported the theft of a pressure cooker from near her garbage pail Friday afternoon. she had left it there and forgot it, returning to find it missing.
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Blied
Mr. Blied
Mr. Ramsey
University of Wisconsin
Alfred Kresca
Fourth Street
Liquor Purchase Refused Leads to Arrest
Adolph Wilson a 29 year old Black man of 715 H Street SW was arrested at 7 45 p m Saturday on a charge of being drunk and disturbing the peace after the state liquor store refused to sell him merchandise and he became abusive.
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Adolph Wilson
H Street
Pocket Is Picked by Two Drunken-Looking Robbers
Police searched Saturday night for two pickpockets in Cedar Rapids who feigned drunkenness and bumped into T. D. Carnes at a downtown drug store, robbing him of a pocketbook with $58 in checks. Carnes reported no cash was in the wallet.
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Cedar Rapids
T. D. Carnes
Nineteenth Street
Carnes
Cash Stolen From Purse at Downtown Office
Miss Ruth Bowersox reported theft of $2.59 in cash and two keys from her purse in the ninth floor office of the American Trust building Saturday afternoon. The thief took the purse and contents, later discarding it in a third floor wastebasket where a custodian recovered it.
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American Trust Building
Ruth Bowersox
Grande Avenue SE
Miss Bowersox
Wilson Asked To Lead G O P Shrine Delegation
Ripon Wisconsin invitation sent to Governor George A. Wilson to head a delegation of Iowa Republican officials and congressmen for the kickoff ceremonies of the GOP pilgrimage to the birth place of the party at the little white schoolhouse in Ripon. National pilgrimage committee Chairman William A. Chappell announced invitations to Republican leaders across twelve Midwest states for what may be the party’s unofficial 1940 campaign start. Additional invited Iowans include Harrison E. Spangler Martha McClure Harry B. Swan Irving W. Myers and the seven Iowa Republican congressmen.
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Ripon
Wis
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Republican National Pilgrimage Committee
Little White School House
William A. Chappell
Midwest
Congress
Republican Committee
Chappell
Ripon College
Seventhin Chicago: Hitler Effigies Hanged Six Times
Adolf Hitler was hanged in effigy six times on Chicago streets. Police were kept busy cutting down the effigies of the German chancellor.
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Chicago
INS
Adolf Hitler
Iowa News in Brief Compiles Local Court and Civic Updates
In Independence two men from Maquoketa were fined ten dollars each for violating state game laws after pleading guilty. A Waukon school received a wool hunting flag from the Woman's Relief corps with a flag ceremony led by Boy Scouts. A Independence couple Bernard Chalupsky and Wilhelmina Geiger wed at the Presbyterian parsonage. Blanch Andrews won a divorce from Gilbert Andrews with custody of three children. In Monona the body of a former resident William J. Miller was brought for burial. OSSIAN reports include a burn injury to Norma Lee, funeral services for Mrs. James Mitchel in Marquette, and Fred Jones moving to Phoenix to head a federal department post. Ossian schools reopen with several new and returning teachers and a De Sales note. Winton headlines an ongoing suit where Nellie Ellington seeks 7213 dollars in several judgments against John Tompkin, with a farm attachment filed.
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Independence
Eli Dresden
Robert Hill
Maquoketa
R. C. Turner
Dresden
Hill
Waukon
St. Patrick’s Parochial School
Woman’s Relief
W. A. Johnson
Dorothy Kreuger
Henry Geiger
Brandon
Charles Chalupsky
Blairstown
Blanch Andrews
Gilbert Andrews
Buchanan County District
Monona
William J. Miller
Pasadena
Calif
G. W. Turner
Methodist Church
Herb Conover
Miller
Former Cedar Rapids Residents Celebrate Golden Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eugene Allen of Glencoe Illinois honor 50 years of marriage with a buffet at their home. The couple lived in Cedar Rapids from 1896 to 1934 where Mr. Allen worked for T M Sinclair. Invited guests include their daughter Mrs. Charles Stodola and spouse Mr. Stodola and other local friends and relatives.
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Frank Eugene Allen
Glencoe
Ill
Cedar Rapids
Allen
T. M. Sinclair Company
T. B. Yuill
H. E. Pfeiffer
John F. Powers
Frances Powers
Charles Stransky
Dickinson Denounces Modern Dancing as Sinful
Detroit AP report says Michigan Governor Loren D. Dickinson, 80, condemns cheek-to-cheek dancing as bodily contact that could lead to jail. He favors square dances and warns that modern dance bewilders and controls people. The governor aired a prepared gospel center radio address after initially canceling and then rescheduling the broadcast.
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Detroit
Loren D. Dickinson
Michigan
Dickinson
No Gas For Sunday Driving In Berlin
Berlin residents were urged to avoid car travel on Sunday due to gasoline shortages. Military authorities advised using electric tram lines and steam trains and to restrict excursions to the suburbs only.
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Berlin
Japanese Good Will Flyers Land At Oakland
The Nippon good will plane arrived at Oakland airport from Seattle to a large crowd. The tentative schedule listed a lookout for a takeoff to Los Angeles on Saturday.
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Oakland
Calif
Seattle
Los Angeles
Legionaires Decline Neutrality Pledge At Arizona Meet
At the American Legion convention in Tucson, members rejected requests to declare a stance on neutrality amid the world crisis. The issue was shelved by a voice vote with no record of support.
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Tucson
Ariz
American Legionaires
Arizona
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