Outing for Traffic Men Set for Sept 20
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce traffic bureau announces the ninth annual traffic men outing at Cedar Rapids Country Club on Wednesday September 20. The event includes noon lunch sports such as golf and baseball, dinner and entertainment with reservations due by September 1.
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Frank Cach
Everett Kandler
Harry Cohn
C. O. Gra
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E. J. Lee
J. W. Ludlow
E. J. Scot
N. W. Worcester
J. E. Richey
Henry Peters
C. G. Ainseworth
S. A. DeWes
Elmer Engberg
J. M. Hardman
George Harmer
A. C. Hines
I. C. Kleineck
Italy Bows to Neutrality as War Looms in Europe
Rome reports Italy will stay strictly neutral in the conflict. Roughly a million troops will guard neutrality while the navy and air force stay mobilized. International banking openings and free neutral ports promise ships access. The move frees Britain’s bases and keeps the Balkans neutral, with Mussolini receiving praise from Hitler and Chamberlain.
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Japan recalls ambassador to Italy Toshio Shiratori
TORIO RP Recall of Toshio Shiratori, long an advocate of a military alliance among Japan, Germany and Italy, was reported by Domei. Poor health was given as the reason for his orders to return to Japan. The government, since the German-Russian nonaggression pact, has moved away from close Rome-Berlin axis cooperation Shiratori had supported.
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Toshio Shiratori
Italy
Japan
Germany
Domei
Shiratori
Old stone barn marks pioneer route near Marion
The old stone barn on the Cedar Rapids to Marion road, over 100 years old, shows flat stone construction with 40 inch thick walls. It sits on Gust Lundine property near Cedar Memorial cemetery and preserves an early trans Iowa Faulkes Trail route used for ox cart travel between Marion and Cedar Rapids. Grant Wood painted the structure, and Cedar Rapids artist Mrs. W A Montgomery created works featuring the barn.
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Linn County
Indian Creek
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Cedar Memorial Cemetery
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Cedar Rapids
Ed Rowan
United States
New Type Of Artificial Heart Bared By Lindy
Col Charles A Lindbergh announced a new hour glass shaped artificial heart that keeps multiple living tissues alive together. The device uses gases at body temperature to drive artificial blood between chambers, with daily maintenance and details published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
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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
City Briefs and Personals Highlights Local Happenings
William L. Stusak plans a teaching post at Blakesburg after Coe College graduation. C. H Peterson visits at Frank Zavodsky’s home in Des Moines. The Gazette Want Ad department opens Labor Day 8 to 10 a.m. Dial 2 1121. Mrs. Will Cook of Lisbon, aged 74, improves after a stroke at St Luke’s hospital. Rotary not meeting Labor Day. next is Ladies Night Sept 11 at the Roosevelt. D. O K K meets Sept with plans for fall Ceremonial. Clarence Gorton of WSM Nashville visits his parents at 1125 Tenth St NW. Dahlia and cotton plantings attract attention at Kvetensky’s home. St Mary’s Court WCOF moves meeting to Wednesday. Matthew Cowden attends Henry George centenary in New York. Linn County Chiropractors host at Montrose Tuesday. guests include Dr Rogers and Dr Slocum. Laurence Ramsey travels to Madison for Arthur A funeral.
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Roosevelt Hotel
Roosevelt
Funeral for Billy Kesler Draws Large Turnout
Dr. H M Gage spoke at Moon chapel for 11 year old Billy Kesler who died after a truck accident. More than 170 relatives and friends attended. burial followed at Cedar Memorial Park with services at the grave.
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Coe College
Moon Chapel
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Hoyle Kesler
Carl C. Kesler
Blake Boulevard
Billy
Gage
Cedar Memorial Park
London Archbishop Urges Unity and No Hatred
Canterbury Archbishop calls for loyalty calm and unity in wartime. He writes that hatred stains the cause and that Hitler is not to be persuaded, but expresses sympathy for the German people and hope for peace.
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Canterbury
Adolf Hitler
Europe On Air Schedules From Berlin London Paris
NBC and CBS networks list European broadcasts for Sunday with times in CST. Max Jordan reports from Berlin at 8 45 p m and Bankage from Berlin. WJZ NBC 1 15 p m London. WABC CBS 5 a m Berlin London Paris 11 30 a m London Paris Berlin 3 30 London Paris 6 London Paris Berlin.
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Berlin
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London
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Paris
Demo Leader Sees European Crisis Open to F R third term
Willis Mahoney an Oregon democratic leader said the European crisis could spur drafting President Roosevelt for a third term. He predicted the nominating question would be what the people want not Roosevelt himself and named Arthur Vandenberg as likely Republican nominee with Charles McNary as a potential running mate.
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Roosevelt
Willis Mahoney
Oregon
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Charles McNary
McNary
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U.S
Blied and Ramsey Fraternity Ties Noted at UW
Mr Blied, who died on Sept 1, was a fraternity brother of Mr Ramsey at the University of Wisconsin. Mrs Blied, née Elvina Malek of Cresco, visited Cedar Rapids recently. Police reported a pressure cooker theft near 1403 Fourth Street SW. Liquor purchase refused led to an arrest for disorderly conduct involving Adolph Wilson, 29, of 715 H Street SW.
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Mr. Ramsey
University of Wisconsin
Alfred Kresca
Fourth Street
Adolph Wilson
Pocket pickpockets rob Cedar Rapids man at downtown drug store
Police sought two men who feigned drunkenness and bumped into T. D. Carnes at 800 Nineteenth Street SE Saturday evening. They robbed his pocketbook containing $58 in checks. Carnes noted no cash was in the wallet and suspects appeared intoxicated.
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T. D. Carnes
Nineteenth Street
Carnes
Purses Stolen In Office Theft At American Trust Building
Miss Ruth Bowersox reported Saturday afternoon theft of $2.59 in cash and two keys from her purse on the ninth floor of the American Trust building. The thief took the purse and contents, later dropping it in a third floor wastebasket where a custodian found it.
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Ruth Bowersox
Grande Avenue SE
Miss Bowersox
Gov Wilson To Lead G O P Shrine Delegation
Ripon Wisconsin invitation extended to Governor George A Wilson to head a delegation of Iowa Republican officials and lawmakers for the September kickoff of the nationwide Republican pilgrimage planned for next May at the Little White School House birthplace of the party. The visit will mark the unofficial start of the 1940 campaign with leaders and candidates from twelve Midwest states invited.
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Iowa
Republican National Pilgrimage Committee
Little White School House
William A. Chappell
Midwest
Congress
Republican Committee
Chappell
Ripon College
Seventh Lucky Hitler Hanged in Effigy in Chicago
Adolf Hitler was hanged in effigy six times Saturday on Chicago streets. Police were kept busy cutting down effigies of the German chancellor.
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Adolf Hitler
Former Cedar Rapids Residents to Celebrate Golden Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eugene Allen of Glencoe Illinois celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a buffet at their home. They lived in Cedar Rapids from 1896 to 1934 where Mr. Allen worked with the T. M. Sinclair company. Cedar Rapids guests include Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stodola and others such as Mr. and Mrs. T Yuill Dr and Mrs H E Pfeiffer Mr. and Mrs. John F Powers Miss Frances Powers and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stransky.
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Glencoe
Cedar Rapids
Allen
T. M. Sinclair Company
T . Yuill
H. E. Pfeiffer
John F. Powers
Frances Powers
Charles Stransky
Iowa in Brief Reports Fines and Local Events
In Independence Eli Dresden and Robert Hill of Maquoketa were fined $10 each for violations of state game laws. Waukon saw a 8 by 12 wool bunting flag presented to St Patrick’s School by the Woman’s Relief Corps with Boy Scouts raising it. Bernard Chalupsky and Wilhelmina Geiger wed in Independence. Blanch Andrews was granted a divorce and custody in Buchanan county. A Monona funeral for William J. Miller, formerly of Monona, was held with burial in the city cemetery. Ossian reports burns to Norma Lee from spilled paraffin wax. Mrs James Mitchel of Marquette, 67, buried in Marquette after long illness. Fred Jones, Ossian native, moved to Phoenix to head the department there. Ossian public schools open with multiple teachers. De Sales School to begin with Sister De Cascia. Nellie Ellington sues John Tompkin for $7,213 in a district court suit in Vinton. A farm attachment seeks $5,000 on Tompkin’s Monroe Township property.
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E. J McDonald
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Monona
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Methodist Church
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Ossian
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Otto Lee
Osseo
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Dickinson Says Sin In Cheek-To-Cheek Dancing
Detroit AP: Michigan Governor Loren D. Dickinson, 80, longtime critic of modern customs, denounces cheek-to-cheek dancing as encouraging bodily conduct that could land participants in jail. He says modern dance bewitched and controls, while square dances are only enjoyed not fascinating.
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No Gas For Sunday Driving In Berlin
Berlin authorities told residents to avoid car travel on Sunday due to gasoline shortages. Citizens were urged to use electric streetcars and steam lines only and stay within the suburbs for recreation.
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Japanese Good Will Flyers Arrive in Oakland From Seattle
The Nippon good will plane landed at Oakland airport Saturday to a large crowd. A tentative schedule listed a takeoff for Los Angeles later that day.
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Legionnaires Reject Neutrality Vote at Arizona Convention
In Tucson American Legionnaires at the Arizona department convention blocked attempts to declare neutrality in the current world crisis. The issue was set aside by a voice vote.
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American Legionaires
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Americans in Paris Agree on Three Points
A group of American college students in Paris said they were mad at Hitler sorry for Poland and anxious to get home after a day of seeking exits from France. The AP report notes their stance reflects frustration with the war and concern for relatives abroad.
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