Edwards Keeps Three-Eye Batting Crown Despite Narrow Margin
Hoisting a .362-plus season average, Hank Edwards of the Cedar Rapids Raiders outpaced Norm Jaeger of Clinton. Jaeger narrowed the gap after Sept 2 with six hits in three games, but Edwards still holds the top mark as next week’s totals decide the final standings. Edwards also leads in home runs, total bases, and runs batted in while Jaeger takes hits, two-base hits, and three-base hits titles.
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Solon High School Baseball Opens Season With Lisbon Win
Solon high school baseball opened with a victory over Lisbon Friday. Remaining fall schedule includes Sept. 9 vs Tiffin at there, Sept. 12 vs Ely here, Sept. 19 vs Tiffin here, and Sept. 25 26 27 sectional tournament.
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Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Claim Health Boost
Vintage advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills promising two pints of bile daily to aid digestion. It links free bile flow to relief from constipation and stomach discomfort, urging purchase of the 10¢ and 256 tablet package.
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IHSAA Shows Big Cash Gain
IHSAA in Des Moines reports Aug 1 cash assets of 10 245 with a 4 692 rise from July 31 1940. Securities stand 7 997 unchanged. total assets 25 905 up 5 125 from last year. net worth 24 504 up 4 332. Overhead cut 230 monthly from rent and salaries. dismissal of ex secretary George A Brown noted.
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Chief Kohout Defends School Fire Extinguishers
Cedar Rapids Fire Chief E P Kohout defended the school system against criticism of its 400 to 500 extinguishers. He said annual tests and refilling by school staff under the fire department ensure reliability and noted 50 extinguishers were borrowed for the All Iowa Fair at Hawkeye Downs.
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9th Century Composer Horizontal Puzzle
A cryptic crossword style fill with clues for across and down entries. Includes definitions for music, anatomy, chemistry, and common abbreviations, with several cultural and historical references woven into the grid.
Atkins Nears Title In Iowa Valley Playoff Race
Atkins beat Norway 10 to 6 in a Sunday Iowa Valley league playoff game. The title could be decided next Sunday when Watkins visits Atkins in the third round. Atkins can win by defeating Watkins. If Watkins beats Atkins after Norway’s earlier win, all three teams would be tied and a decision on tiebreaks remains unsettled.
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Police Court Docket Heaviest In Years As 14 Offenders Are Fined
Judge Harry Johnson fined 14 offenders in a weekend police court docket noted as one of the heaviest since Prohibition. A six man steel worker gang from West Union faced costs and were released. others included Alfred Nelson 46 Edward Schon deck 51 Joe Fazio 32 Olaf Orn burg 46 Mark Zagarac 70 James Hatfield 32. Calvin Jenkins 23 1424 A avenue NE was fined 25 dollars for disturbing the peace after smashing a plate glass window. Jerry Racer 41 1512 E street SW paid 25 dollars for peace of his family. Five men and one woman were fined 10 dollars for plain drunkenness and costs.
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Hatfield
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A Avenue NE
Jerry Racer
E Street
Ninety Minute Parking Limit Sought on Second Street
A petition with 17 signatures asked the city council Monday to set a 90 minute parking limit on Second Street between Twelfth and Thirteenth Avenues. Commissioner Wes Benesh sent the matter to the traffic department for a report. The council also granted Penick and Ford permission to depress 40 feet of the south curb on Eighth Avenue SW for a plant entrance. A Shell Oil station petition for a service station at Sixteenth Avenue and C Street SW was referred to the engineering department, seeking a five foot curb move on C Street.
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Walker Evens Wapsie Valley Playoff Series Closer Set
Walker evens the Wapsie Valley playoff series by 1 0 win over Manchester as Red Kelso out pitched Harold DeWoody in a tight game. Rowe drove in Peterson with a ninth inning double after Peterson was HBP and advanced on a McCright sacrifice. Third game site to be decided Monday night at league officers meeting. Manchester won opening game 3 0 at Manchester.
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Roosevelt Hails Brazil Ties On Independence Anniversary
President Roosevelt sent a greeting to Brazil praising the fundamental sympathy between the two nations and warning that aggression now threatens global peace. The message, read in Portuguese by Brazilian ambassador Carlos Martins via short wave radio, urged reestablishing peace and justice.
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Two Injured In Highway 218 Collision Near Marion
Two persons were injured in a crash on highway 218 eight miles south of Marion Sunday at 12 45 am. Lumir Vavricek rural route 2 Marion suffered cuts and bruises and Helen N Slat Twenty third avenue SE had minor injuries. Albert McGowan of Marion driver of the car carrying Miss Slat says he was blinded by oncoming lights, braked, skidded on gravel at county road intersection and struck the other car which overturned.
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Bethany Lutheran Church Raises U S Flag From Coblenz
An American flag flown over World War II evacuation hospital No 27 in Coblenz Germany was raised at Bethany Lutheran during Rally day exercises marking the fall opening of Sunday school. Arthur Sallach presented the flag and the Rev Mark J Steege led prayers and pledges.
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Robert Vejda
Roosevelt Criticized Over Greer Incident In German Press
Berlin editors condemn President Roosevelt over the destroyer Greer affair claiming U S statements misrepresented the attack by a German submarine. Tokyo papers join in hostility while North Atlantic forces pursue the U boat amid reports of damage and possible sinking.
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Ida Lupino Declines Kings Row Role In Hollywood Buzz
Hollywood notes report Ida Lupino turned down the Kings Row part Bette Davis coveted. Other items mention Cecelia Parker returning to MGM, Sonja Henie negotiating with 20th Century Fox, and rising star Lorraine Miller landing a Gary Cooper project with Howard Hawks and Sam Goldwyn.
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Broadway Wit and World Notes From Walter Winchell Column
Michael Loring recalls a lettuce ear joke in a 49th street cafe and a celery ear prank. The piece notes Robert E. Sherwood in London, drama critics sought, Cantor’s new show Banjo Eyes, andSwap of reporters for Nazis. Mentions Jessup, Colum bia, and U S S Carolina test imagery.
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Schedule of Today’s Paramount Rialto Palace and State Theaters
The Gazette lists today’s film showtimes and shorts for Paramount Iowa Palace State Rialto and other venues. Titles include Aroma of the South Seas Here Comes Mr Jordan Frank Buck Jungle Cavalcade Forced Landing Blackout The Ziegfeld Girl Repent at Leisure The Return of Frank James Daytime Wife with listed start times and durations.
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Monticello Team Wins In Softball Finals
Monticello captured the Eastern Iowa invitational softball title by defeating Maquoketa’s Joe Martin team 8-2 in the finals Friday night. Sinclair beat Bowman's Cowboys 8-3 in the consolation for third place.
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Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps Sell Everywhere
Retail outlets from department stores to drug stores will carry defense savings stamps and bonds. A woman can help by urging purchases in her neighborhood. To buy, go to the local post office bank or savings and loan association or write to the treasurer of the United States Washington DC.
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Poet Edgar A Guest Returns Home From Summer Cottage
Edgar A Guest writes of returning from a summer cottage to the city. He contrasts rustic leisure with urban routines as doors ring and trains whistle and daily life resumes with the morning paper and a city bed. The poem wraps with a return to city rhythms after lakeside solace.
Union accuses CIO raid using racketeering charges
Chicago police report Local 46 of the International Laundry Workers union accuses a CIO effort to raid its membership, framing a pending lawsuit as racketeering. The confrontation highlights labor conflict amid cross union tensions in the city.
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