Boys Town Road Show to Visit Cedar Rapids
Father Flanagan's Boys Town road show will come to Memorial Coliseum in Cedar Rapids on October 9, sponsored by Hanford Post No. 5 of the American Legion. The seventy member company includes an a capella choir and features two segments with comic and musical acts led by Bergens and McCarthys.
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Father Flanagan
Cedar Rapids
James Franken
Hanford Post No. 5
American Legion
Boys’ Town
Memorial Coliseum
Bergens
McCarthys
Edgar Bergens
Charlie McCarthys
Bergen
McCarthy
Mr. Franken
Frank Stepanek
B. D. Silliman
H. H. Wage
Gilbert Martin
Leo Custer
Robert Vinch
Robert Vesely
Charles A. J. Marousek
John Battin
Harry Corot
R. W. Manatt
Grant Named English Instructor at Coe College
Dr. Harry M. Gage announced George P. Grant's appointment to Coe College as instructor in English and speech. Grant, from Baden Pennsylvania, is a 1934 Allegheny graduate with a master’s from Northwestern in 1937, Phi Beta Kappa member, and former Syracuse and Iowa university staffer. He will teach freshman composition and fundamentals of speech and arrives in Cedar Rapids Tuesday.
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Harry M. Gage
Coe College
George P. Grant
Coe
Grant
Irving L. Churchill
Baden, Pa
Allegheny College
Meadville
Syracuse University
Northwestern University
Mary Malcolm
Phi Beta Kappa
Iowa University
Churchill
Inyer
Cedarapids
All His Own Way: 96 Year Old G A R Survivor Appoints Self
Daniel Wedge, 96, sole G A R survivor in Aurora, names himself to an office as a one man organization. He proclaims himself commander of the unit in a bold display of self appointment.
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Aurora
INS
Daniel Wedge
Wedge Zengee
Uni
Billy Bells Funeral Today at Turner Chapel
Funeral services for Billy Bell eight of 508 Vernon drive SE will be held at Turner chapel at 2 30 p m today. The reader of the First Church of Christ Scientist will preside and burial will follow at Oak Hill cemetery. He was the son of Mrs Pauline Krebs Bell and Chester D Bell and died Friday at 1 pm in a local hospital.
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Billy Bell
Vernon Drive
Turner Chapel
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Oak Hill Cemetery
Billy
Pauline Krebs Bell
Chester D. Bell
Republicans Urge Constant Vigil Across Nation
Republican leaders urged Americans to keep constant vigilance against perceived attempts to evade the Constitution. Speakers from Boston to Tacoma warned of government overreach, urging Congress to block court and government reorganization bills and echo Franklin on preserving a republic.
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Roosevelt
Boston
Tacoma
Wash
Philadelphia
Senate
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
United States
Supreme Court
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Topeka
Congress
Capper
John Hamilton
Benjamin Franklin
Hamilton
Franklin
Rae
Col
Frank Knox
Chicago Daily News
Ill
Typographers Vote for Five Day Union Shop Week
The International Typographical Union approves a five day week for union shops in printing. The plan will be put to a referendum of ITU members in the United States and Canada. It avoids the 40 hour cap, targets a six day week, and reflects AFL recommendations.
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Birmingham
Ala
Typographical Union Convention
ITU
United States
Canada
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
Conductor A. E. Scruggs Retires to Make 8000 Mile Rail Trip
Portland Oregon veteran railroad conductor A. E. Scruggs retired after 40 years on the rails having traveled over a million miles. He plans to embark on an 8000 mile journey to see the country.
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Portland, Ore
A. E. Scruggs
Coe plans musical work for children
Coe college continues objective musical training for children in the department of music under Miss Eleanor Houts with Prof. Paul S. Ray announcing free instruction on a graded basis. The program includes melody rhythm band work, sight singing, ear training, keyboard harmony, and theory classes starting October 1 after qualifying tests. Recitals and ensemble work will aid development as the faculty expands to 14 with new instructors Andrea Johannsen and Martha Leksa joining existing staff.
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Coe College
Eleanor Houts
Paul S. Ray
Ray
Andrea Johannsen
New York City
Coe
Martha Leksa
Max Daehler
Grace Swab
Louise Crawford
Alma Turechek
Helen Mokress
Stanley Vesely
Morris Katzoff
Howard Ellson
Joseph Kitchin
Eleanor Taylor
Emergency state decreed as Sudeten crisis deepens
Czech government declares emergency state amid arrests of Czech subjects in Germany and Sudeten German tensions. Hencke reportedly warned of reciprocal executions. Prague protests German arrests and seeks freedom for kidnapped gendarmes. Frontier military build up and new orders to maintain order accompany talks with London and Berlin.
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Germany
Czechoslovakia
Hencke
Berlin
Sudeten
London
Benes
Republic
Europe
Detroit Catholic groups press probe into Spanish fund charge
The Detroit Council of Catholic organizations asks President Roosevelt to investigate claims federal officials are coercing government employees to contribute to a fund aiding Spanish loyalists.
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Detroit
INS
Detroit Council of Catholic Organizations
Roosevelt
Coe College Names Faculty Committees for Year
President H M Gage announced the college year committees across Executive Educational policy Student publications Athletics Catalogue Extension Forensics Honors and graduate study Library Military training Playhouse Radio Regulations and privileges Schedules Scholarship and student aid Senior standing Chapel with named faculty and administrators across various departments.
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Harry M. Gage
Coe College
C. Harve Geiger
Mary Bell
George W. Bryant
C.T. Hickok
Myron L. Koenig
A. L. Meyer
Alice E. Page
LeRoy D. Weld
Geiger
Bryant
Anna Heyberger
C. Ward Macy
Meyer
Ben H. Peterson
Karl Stiles
Weld
C. W. Perkins
J. M. Henry
Byrant
Vernon Lichtenstein
Ethel R. Outland
Peterson
Macy
Moray L. Eby
Bell
William V. Burger
Lichtenstein
J. F. Yothers
Koenig
Stiles
L. M. Garwood
J. Dale Welsch
Irving M. Churchill
L. R. Wilson
Yothers
Garwood
Churchill
Page
Betty Pritchett
Arthur W. Penrose
Eby
Kent Andrews
Grace E. Lambert
Alice B. Salter
Warren Keck
Ernest Mickel
Paul S. Ray
Welsch
Miss Lambert
Keck
Dr. Meyer
Hickok
Alex C. Robbie
James Hodgson
Breaks Down After 26 Years To Admit Money Row Slaying
Louis Horvath 47 walked into South Bend police and confessed to killing Joe Ceceli with a shotgun after a money dispute at a Sept. 2, 1912, drinking party. He said he returned to speak with Ceceli’s wife, Mrs Louis Szigeti, who will be questioned. Horvath has been polishing silver at Notre Dame University.
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South Bend
Ind
INS
Louis Horvath
Joe Ceceli
Bellevue
Horvath
Ceceli
Louis Szigeti
New York Stylist Plans Fashion Clinic at Newman’s
Marolyn Dearing a New York stylist will hold a fashion clinic at Newman’s street floor fabric department Tuesday at 3:30 PM She represents the Simplicity League of American Designers and will demonstrate with living models how color lines and fabric dramatize personality to suit individual types.
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Marolyn Dearing
New York
Newman
Simplicity League of American Designers
Miss Dearing
Cedar Rapids remarries and manning lodgers at mission dorm
Local police housed fifteen lodgers Saturday night as the Sunshine Mission dormitory closed for repainting and repairs. Jay Thomassen and Dora A. Thomassen, both of Cedar Rapids, were remarried by Justice H. R. Churchill Saturday afternoon.
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Sunshine Mission
Jay Thomassen
Dora A. Thomassen
Cedar Rapids
Justice H. R. Churchill
Triple Murderer Indicted for Triple Killing Declared Insane
Grand Rapids Minnesota AP report states 16 year old Harry Yern indicted for first degree murder in a triple killing last week. He was pronounced criminally insane and ordered confined to the state asylum.
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Grand Rapids, Minn
Harry Yern
Windsor May Help King In Crisis Return
Reynolds News reports that discussions in recent conferences between King George VI and his ministers considered the Duke of Windsor returning to England to aid in the European crisis. The weekly London paper says the duke is in close touch with the situation, carrying on long telephone talks with officials.
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London
Reynolds News Today
Duke of Windsor
England
King George
Treasury Position Is Comfortable Despite European War Threat
Washington sources describe the U S treasury as in a comfortable position to withstand repercussions from the European war threat and the unusual flight of foreign gold to America as officials report Saturday.
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Washington
INS
United States Treasury
America
High Administration
Linn County Young Republicans Sponsor Oratorical Contest
The Linn County Young Republican club announced a county contest for ages 16 to 24 with top prizes up to 1000 dollars in the national federation competition. Entries close October 1 with regional and state prizes and a Washington trip for finalists.
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Linn County
Young Republican Club
Young Republican National Federation
William Whipple
Crystal Ballroom
Montrose Hotel
G.O.P. Holy
Republican
Washington, D. C
Republican Central Committee
Young Republican Committee
Loop kidnappers seize gems from diamond dealer in Chicago
In broad daylight in Chicago's Loop three armed men abducted Samuel Ramsly, 40, a New York City diamond broker for Bienenfeld and Gray-Kamsly. They forced him into a car and stole $100,000 worth of unset gems as crowds watched.
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Chicago
INS
Loop
Samuel Ramsly
New York City
Bienenfeld Company
Gray- Kamsly Company
Rockefeller Plaza
New York
Dewey Nominated for Governor by New York Sun
The New York Sun urged the Republican nomination of District Attorney Thomas B. Dewey for governor. The front page editorial argued the party had not held the office since 1920 and Dewey’s broad appeal made him a strong candidate against Democrats who chose leaders with late popular appeal.
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NEW York
New York Sun
Thomas B. Dewey
The
Sun
Dewey
Man Charged With Driving While Intoxicated
Charles A. Chehak 38 of 123 Third Street NE faces an operating while intoxicated charge after a west side squad car pursued his car with lights out for several blocks. He was arrested on E Avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets NW following a field sobriety test by Capt. Steve Stolba.
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Charles A. Chehak
Third Street
West Side
Chehak
E Avenue
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Steve Stolba
Sudeten Lands History Clarified by Czech-German Boundaries
Jaroslava Holubova argues that Sudeten tensions stem from centuries of mixed borders and migrations. She notes Czech lands have remained largely stable since the 14th century, with German settlers integrating and Austrians later gaining citizenship. She credits The Gazette for contextual reporting and calls for fuller coverage of Czech-German treatment.
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the Gazette
Sudeten Lands
Germany
Czechosloslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Elbe River
Bavaria
Charles IV
Praha
Czech Kingdom
Cechy
Moravia
Ostmark
Silesia
Holy Roman Empire
Vienna
Hohenzollerns
Republic
Adolf Hitler
Austria
America
Gazette
Europe
Jaroslava Holubova
K Street
To Organize Iowa's Small Business Men
Des Moines attorney E C Corry Jr says steps to organize Iowa's small business men into congressional district groups as affiliates of the National Small Business Men's association will be taken soon.
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DES Moines
Iowa
National
Small Business Men's Association
E. C. Corry, Jr
Funeral services for Mrs Kath ryn Stangl
Funeral services for Mrs Kathryn Stangl of 726 Eighth Avenue SE who died Friday will be held Tuesday at 9 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church conducted by Msgr J M Molloy. Burial is in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at Brady chapel Sunday.
Czech President's Sister-In-Law Visits Iowa City Area
Mrs. John Benes, sister-in-law of Eduard Benes, visits Cedar Rapids and Milwaukee relatives amid concern over Czechoslovakia crisis. She notes lack of news from her husband in Czechoslovakia while his brother Eduard leads the country. Benes, a retired cabinetmaker, has previously visited Czechoslovakia for the Sokol gathering.
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Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee
John Benes
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
C. Hasik
Seventeenth Avenue
Hasik
Mrs. Benes
Albert
Joe Mekota
Sokol International
Benes
United States
British plan for peace amid Czech crisis with Sudeten issue
In the second meeting this week with Hitler, Chamberlain and aides discussed Czech resolve to resist dismemberment. Britain hopes for a Sudeten transfer as a peace path while Prague weighs plebiscite based concessions. If talks fail, Germany may advance. Moscow backs thwarting Hitler.
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Chamberlain
Hitler
Viscount Runciman
Prague
Frank Ashton- Gwatkin
Sudetens
Reich
Czech
Germany
France
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Great Britain
Sudeten
Fine Horlick Heir Fined for Drunk Driving in Racine
William Horlick Sidley 26 heir to part of the Horlick malted milk fortune was fined $50 and costs in municipal court after a driving while intoxicated charge.
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Racine, Wis
William Horlick Sidley
Mayabelle Horlick Sidley
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