Granada Refuge Amid Bombs Miss Witwer Says
Cedar Rapids residents Miss Witwer and Mrs. Seely sheltered in the Alhambra dungeon during Granada bombings after their pension was cut off. They later evacuated to Tangier then London, praising the Spaniards who aided Americans and recalling the perilous days with gratitude and resolve.
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Miss Witwer
Alhambra
Sultana
Sierras
Mrs. Seely
Vassar
Granada
Cedar Rapids
France
Spain
Italy
New York
Paris
le Havre
Iran
Pension
Pension Garden
Albaysin
America
Tangier
Robert “Bob” Neville
New York Herald-Tribune
New York City
Neville
Washington Irving
Seely
John Jordain
Vacuum Oil Company
Barcelona
Phillip
Straits of Gibraltar
Spanish Morocco
Vicomte Jacques de Sibour
Gordon Selfridge
London
Vicomte
Exposition to Feature Iowa Saddle Horse Show At Frontier Park
Iowa's top stables enter the All Iowa Dairy and Junior Livestock exposition horse show at Frontier Park September 16 to 19. Riders include Steve Garner and Robert Barnes of Hillacre Farms Oskaloosa with nine horses, Mrs Theodore McKee of Muscatine with seven mounts, and Robert Adams Odebolt with three or four.
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Iowa
Frontier Park
Steve Garner
Robert Barnes
Hillacre Farms
Oskaloosa
Theodore B. McKee
Muscatine
Pearl City
Robert Adams
Odebolt
H. N. Strader
Marion
Davenport
Charles Wright
Cedar Rapids
Princess Stonewall
June Ann
Denver
Barbara Cox
Major Cox
Fort Des Moines
Cox
C. D. Moore
All Iowa Dairy and Junior Livestock Exposition
Chamber of Commerce
Woman flyer recounts Atlantic flight and crash voyage
A female pilot describes a failed east to west Atlantic crossing that ended with a crash in fog and rain after 23 hours 15 minutes aloft. She landed in a swamp, walked to a house for aid, and traveled on to Louisburg and Sydney. She notes instrument flying and fuel exhaustion ending the historic solo route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Markham
Atlantic
Louisburg
Freeman O’neill
Sydney
The
Aero Club
Abingdon
Spanish Rebels Near Madrid and Flight of Mrs Markham
Span ish rebels ne aring Madrid have crossed. The engine ran beautifully but lack of petrol robbed me of victory. Mrs Markham speaks of safety, fatigue, and longing for home after a daring Atlantic flight with husband Jim Mollison. The Madrid report details swift counter espionage by the new national republican guard amid rising tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
England
T. Campbell Black
Kenya
Harold Vanderbilt
Winston Guest
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll For 1936
The Cedar Rapids auto toll for 1936 is listed with a rate of .353. Local motorists are shown charges and the schedule reflects fee adjustments planned for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Bennett Festival Horse Show Draws 3000 at Fall Event
Three thousand persons attended the seventh annual Bennett fall festival Saturday hosted by Rixe Lausen Post No. 104 American Legion. A horse and colt show, rain delaying some events, preceded vaudeville and a Bennett Community Band concert with a dance. Winners in nine classes included Raldo Semank first in junior sacklers, Frank Starry first in senior sucklers, Ray Kahler first in yearlings, Stanley Eichorn first in two-year-olds, Henry Beer first in three-year olds, Schroeder brothers first in best draft mare or gelding halter, Don Smith first in best draft mare or gelding halter, Schroeder brothers first in best draft team under 1600 pounds, and Lewis Brusch first in best draft team over 1600 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Rixe-Lausen Post No. 104
American Legion
London
Dixon
Sacklers
Raldo Semank
Ralph Ritson
Erwin Bachus
Frank Starry
Teeter Seivers
Edwin Bathus
Ray Kahler
Stanley Eichorn
Harvey Klette
Floyd Speer
Delbert Weiss
Henry Beer
Dillon Stickley
Henry Lunow
Halter
Lewis Brusch
Schroeder Brothers
M. Bowser
Ed Crist
Don Smith
Rebels Capture Fontara Bia and Fort Guadelupe Near Iran
Insurgent forces seized Fontara bia the last loyalist stronghold in the Iran sector and occupied Fort Guadelupe after the garrison fled. Rebels then advanced toward San Sebastian, meeting only feeble resistance at Fontarabia as bells rang to signal the capture.
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Hendaye
Fontarabia
Iran
Fort Guadelupe
San Sebastian
Nine Die in Aircraft Crash Near City Fairground
A plane crashed near a busy fair area killing nine people. Roadways clogged as ambulances and police could not reach the site. Mrs. Beckley, among the bereaved, arrived at the airport an hour later in tears.
Pedestrians Told to Walk Left Facing Traffic on Rural Roads
Officials advise pedestrians on rural highways without sidewalks to stay to the left and walk facing oncoming traffic. The guidance aims to reduce collisions and improve visibility for drivers and walkers alike.
Do Not Blame The Church In A World Of Insecurity
A reader contends war cynicism and fear erode society and warns against blaming the church. The piece argues the Christ spirit offers justice and gentleness, urging collective action, creative goodwill, and mutual aid to escape a grim spiral and avert a moral collapse.
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Christ
Church
Jesus
Santa Claus
Funeral rites for Jacob C. Baurle planned in Cedar Memorial
Funeral services will be in Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Tuesday conducted by the Knights of Pythias. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial Park cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel. Knights of Pythias members to assemble at the lodge rooms at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob C. Baurle
Turner Chapel
Knights of Pythias
Cedar Memorial Park
K. of P
Mrs. Nora Wooldridge Nelson dies in Rock Island
Mrs. Nora Wooldridge Nelson, formerly Nora Wooldridge of Cedar Rapids, died Saturday in a Rock Island hospital. She was former manager of Newman's millinery department, married about eleven years ago, and is survived by her husband, two sisters, a brother Nathan Wooldridge, and grandmother Mary Wooldridge. Burial will be at Strawberry Point. funeral plans are pending.
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George Nelson
Rock Island
Ill
Nora Wooldridge
Cedar Rapids
Nelson
Nathan Wooldridge
Fifteenth Avenue
Newman's Millinery Department
Edgewood
Willis Wooldridge
Oelwein
Arlington
Mabel Wooldridge
Davenport
Donata Wooldridge
Wadena
Mary Wooldridge
Strawberry Point
Mrs Marion Lund Rites Planned In Cedar Rapids Lincoln Heights
Mrs Marion Shearer Lund of Cedar Rapids died at home in Lincoln Heights Saturday at 8 p.m. She was born in Dundee Scotland in 1872 and had been ill for over a year. Survived by two sons John P. Shearer and George Shearer both of Cedar Rapids, two sisters Mrs Al Malloy Amarillo Texas and Mrs F M Beltz Cedar Rapids, two brothers James F Lowe Cedar Rapids and Duncan Lowe Council Bluffs, and four grandchildren. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. Beatty mortuary with burial in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call Beatty chapel 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Shearer Lund
Cedar Rapids
Lincoln Heights
Dundee
Scotland
Lund
John P. Shearer
George Shearer
al Malloy
Amarillo
Tex
F. M. Beltz
James F. Lowe
Duncan Lowe
Council Bluffs
Beatty Mortuary
Linwood Cemetery
Beatty Chapel
Clock Invention Attributed To Pope Sylvester II In 996
The article credits Pope Sylvester II with inventing the first clock in 996 AD and notes that it did not see broad use in Europe until the thirteenth century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester II
Europe
Railroad magnate dies heir to Milwaukee Line legacy
The obituary outlines the railroad magnate who rose from a protege of James J. H. to head of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line, testifying before the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1925, named president in 1917 and later chairman of the Milwaukkee line board in 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byram
Eith Burdick
Daugter
Heaings
Interstate Commer Commission
Chicago, Milwakee
St. Paul
James J. H
Milwakee Line
Radio Stolen From Car Near Hall, Ed B. Layman Says
Ed B. Layman of 215 Fifth Street SE reported to police Saturday that a portable radio was taken from his car parked near the hall on Wednesday evening. The car was locked and the radio valued at 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed B. Layman
Twent Fifth Street
Poli
Kalona baby shows early tooth development record
The 17 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Benell Kalona has a notable dental record, surpassing a Boston baby with sixteen teeth at sixteen months. Born March 29, 1935, she cut her first eye tooth on April 28 and others followed rapidly.
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Kalona
Paul Benell
Boston
Benell
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