Boy Bicycles 236 Miles From Chicago To Enroll At Coe College
A Coe College freshman biked 236 miles from Chicago to Cedar Rapids in three days to enroll. He stopped at Leaf River Illinois Miles City and Greenehall near the college. He chose biking to finance winter study while noting heat rain and headwinds as challenges.
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Chicago
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Leaf River
Miles
Greenehall
Clifford Lighthart
Time Magazine
Time
Lake Michigan
Clifford
Coe
Poilus Face To Face On Rhine But Theyre Fishing
Basle Swiss observers report German Nazi hosts and French poilus meeting near the Alsace frontier across the Rhine. Soldiers fish along riverbanks while planes fly overhead with limited activity and no anti aircraft fire. Travelers arrive quietly from Germany, signaling no large scale action planned.
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Basle
Switzerland
INS
Adolf Hitler
France
Rhine
Alsace
Germany
Tullingen
Genoa
Italy
Five men jailed over pigs in Denver apartment
Neighbors called police as pigs aired in an Denver apartment all night. Four men were jailed for questioning after failing to explain why they slept with the animals. a fifth man claimed hogs were taken from his feed yard near the city.
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Denver
Constant Pursued by German Submarine Near Gibraltar
The distress call reported the Constant chased by a German U boat after leaving Gibraltar eight days earlier. Admiral Courtney ordered the Jacob Jones to aid the Constant with water and supplies as the submarine appeared but vanished upon seeing the accompanying destroyer.
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Constant
Gibraltar
Courtney
Jacob Jones
Primary Detours In Eastern Iowa Listed
A list of highway detours in eastern Iowa for the week ending Sept 29 shows multiple closures and detours. Iowa routes including 64 74 78 122 128 136 248 261 and 290 are affected with detour lengths in miles and surface types such as gravel paved and earth.
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Iowa
The
Highway Commission
Freston
Miles
Bennett
Wayland
U. S. 218
Clayton County
Courageous Toll Stated At 518 Officers Believed Lost
The Admiralty through the Ministry of Information reported that 518 officers and men are believed lost after the German submarine torpedoed the aircraft carrier Courageous.
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London
Admiralty
Ministry of Information
Courageous
Y M C A Swim Team to Rally Monday Evening
The Y M C A swimming team will hold a father and son pep rally Monday at 7 30 p m in the Y M C A cafeteria. Coach Leo Baughman and Bill Clemenger will speak and the group will tour Allen Motor Company to view Billy Rose s Aquacade films.
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Leo. Baughman
Bill Clemenger
Allen Motor Company
Billy Rose
Hamilton Bell
Grant Collins
John Condon
Wallace Emmons
Richard Elliot
Kenneth Marsh
George Henry
George Ross
New Books On Display At Library
A new feature allows examination of new fiction and non fiction before circulation. Display in the library lobby each Monday to Thursday with reservations made then. On Friday the books circulate to first come, first served with a one book limit per patron. Subsequent reservations will be filled.
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Public Library
Nomura Named Japan Foreign Minister in Abe Cabinet
Admiral Kichi saburo Nomura, former Japanese naval attache in Washington, accepted appointment as foreign minister in Premier Noboyuki Abe's cabinet. The move places Nomura at the helm of Tokyo's diplomacy as Abe forms his new government.
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TOKIO
INS
Kichisaburo
Nomura
Washington
Noboyuki Abe
Presence of U S Ship Prevents Sub Attack on Britons
In Lisbon, Rear Admiral Charles E. Courtney said the U S S Jacob Jones, a destroyer with the Mediterranean squadron, saved the British steamer Constant from a German submarine attack. Courtney disclosed he arrived aboard the cruiser Trenton and picked up the SOS en route to Lisbon.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Jacob Jones
Mediterranean
Constant
Charles E. Courtney
Courtney
Trenton
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Uiniren
Fletcher
Hazel
May
Pacquin
May’s
Sahara
Hier
Iris
Haarlem
Marine
Eagle Brand
Cedar Rapids Fuel Co. i. Sialon Heen Ee
DIAL
Remington
Lie
Jergen
Penick Syrup
Sawyer's
INSON
Ira
del Monte
Gevaert
May's Motor Oil
American Institute of Laundering
mei _ARRID
Arrid
Probak JR. Razor Blades
WELCH
Secon
U. S
Art R. Ellis
Luminous Tube Engineers
Third Street
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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