War materials stacked up at Eritrean port Massowah
War material shipments overflow Massowah Eritrea as Italian forces amass planes tanks autos and rails while the harbor proves unable to move cargo inland. Heat and crowds char the docks where longshoremen quit from exhaustion and camels and trucks haul gear toward the Ethiopian frontier amid rising prices and sparse lodging.
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Massowah
Eritrea
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Italy
Mediterranean
Orient
France
Massowa
Roosevelt Speech Defends AAA Highlights From Fremont
The Gazette prints President Roosevelt's Fremont farm speech highlighting three years of farm program gains. He cites a $5.3 billion rise in farm cash income since 1932, notes reduced debt burden, and argues the AAA stabilizes prices, supports soil fertility, and unifies policy under government action to promote general welfare.
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Roosevelt
Fremont
City briefs and personals roundup from Cedar Rapids area
A digest of local notices and society items. Fire department responded to a rear yard bonfire at 1620 Avenue NE. Parish supper planned for St. Wenceslaus Parish hall on Oct. 6. Odd Fellows and Woodmen chapters announce meetings and initiations. A Townsend club gathering features Rev. Charles F Edwards as speaker. Ministerial luncheon with talk on cooperation along moral lines. Foresters team reorganizing. member attendance requested. Advertisements promote farm produce and country drives. Marriage annulment case records Vernon D Stevens and Sylvia Vandehei Stevens in district court. Utah divorce law cited.
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Linden
Modern Woodmen of America
Odd Fellows Hall
Second Avenue SE
Foresters
H C Ring
District
Vernon D Stevens
Sylvia Vandehei Stevens
Stevens
Final Until Six Months After Interlocutory Decree Issued
The statement notes that enforcement or effect remains in place until a period of six months elapses after the interlocutory decree is issued, signaling a temporary or conditional stance pending further action.
Sunshine Mission to Host Mass Meeting and Rally
At Sunshine Mission a mass meeting is set for today at 4 p.m. with Evangelist Gus Scott speaking on the subject Graft ers. This evening a Sunday school rally program begins at 7 30 with Rev S V Williams, visiting Methodist conference pastor, as speaker.
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Sunshine Mission
Gus Scott
S. V. Williams
New York Plans a 40 Million World Fair on Long Island
New York moves to stage a 40 million dollar world fair on 1003 acres of meadow land on Long Island. The exhibit would begin April 30, 1939, marking the 150th anniversary of George Washington's inauguration. The organizers claim it would be the greatest exposition in history and aim to attract millions of visitors and dollars from across the nation.
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New York
Long Island
George Washington
United States
Lamont Farmer Loses Arm In Auto Crash
INDEPENDENCE Farmers around Lamont recount the accident on highway 187 south of Lamont Saturday. John Bowden, a farmer, sustained injuries requiring elbow amputation and a five inch scalp wound after a milk truck collided with his car and overturned. Bowden's son escaped unharmed. The milk truck was driven by Arthur Burns who was not injured. Bowden was transported to the People's hospital by Deputy County Auditor Pitman.
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John Bowden
Lamont
People’s Hospital
Bowden
Arthur Burns
Pitman
Maquoketa Mason Honored For Fifty Years Of Membership
George L. Mitchell a former master of Helion lodge No 36 A F and A M received a fifty year membership certificate at a special meeting. Born in 1858 he has been a continuous member for fifty four years and active in lodge work. Also honored was William Hancock 90 who earned a fifty year certificate after joining in 1877.
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Maquoketa
George L. Mitchell
Helion Lodge
A. F
A. M
William Hancock
Elwood Grange Opens Season With Host New President
The Elwood community met in the high school auditorium Friday led by new president Mrs Virtus Rutenbeck. The program committee for the year includes Mrs Lawrence Hartvigsen Mrs Lester Wirth Herman Schultz and James A Storing. A $20 contribution was approved for Clinton county health fund. Performers included Saxon phone solo by Charlotte Gartman piano solo by Ronald Adrian accordion solo by Mrs Louise Haas piano solo by Charles Tubbs. Frank Ellis of Maquoketa was the evening speaker.
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Elwood
Elwood High School
Virtus Rutenbeck
Lawrence Hartvigsen
Lester Wirth
Herman Schultz
James A. Storing
Clinton County Health Fund
Saxon
Charlotte Gartman
Ronald Adrian
Louise Haas
Charles Tubbs
Frank Ellis of
Maquoketa
Selassie Prefers American Foods in Ethiopian profile
An AP dispatch outlines Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia as American-taste oriented. He favors American breakfast cereals canned fruit vegetables glazed chestnuts grapefruit preserved jellies and jams, and insists foods pass through the American legation to avoid poisoning. He drinks no strong drink or smoke and works long hours daily.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Legation
Solomon
Sheba
Two Iowans Killed As Auto Hits Truck
In Knoxville Iowa two Iowans died when Otis Glasscock of Cincinnati and W H Stevens of Des Moines died in a head on crash with a sheep loaded truck on Highway 60 south of town. Mrs Glasscock and Gilbert McCoy of Cincinnati were badly hurt. Stevens was attempting to pass a wagon driven by P E McKim of Knoxville at a hill, meeting a truck driven by Peas Lee of Knoxville carrying sheep.
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Knoxville
Here
Otis Glasscock
Cincinnati
W. H. Stevens
Des Moines
Glasscock
Gilbert McCoy
Stevens
P. E. McKim
Peas Lee
McKim
Jennings Named Assistant Professor of Law at Minnesota
University of Minnesota regents approved Edward G. Jennings as assistant professor of law. Jennings, formerly with the University of Iowa, joins the law faculty this year.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Board of Regents
Edward G. Jennings
University of Iowa
LaPORTE CITY High School Class Officers Named
LaPorte City lists 12 officer positions for all four classes with names for president, vice president, secretary treasurer and reporters. The message also records a land parcel transaction involving Maynard A Morling and R A Shover with a lot and plat description and a value.
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Laporte City
Ruth Lyle
Kay Kober
Thelma Butschy
Cecil Teeter
Robert McBride
Russell Moore
Harold Schreiber
Russell Bannister
Allen Cooper
Glenn Fleck
Claire Teeter
Jean McChane
Guinevere
Maynard A Morling
R A Shover
Valcon
Expect Surfacing Of Belle Plaine-Dysart Road Start Monday
The county road from Dysart to Belle Plaine, 18.14 miles, will begin surfacing on Monday after a delay due to railroad car shortages. Sidney Moore of Cedar Rapids says ten truck owners and six laborers from Tama and Benton counties will work on the project, selected from federal reemployment records. Rock for the south end will come from Cedar Rapids, the north end from the local area, with some rock possibly from a Benton county quarry.
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the Gazette
Dysart
Belle Plaine
Sidney Moore
Cedar Rapids
Tama
Benton
Benton County
Italy Politely Reaffirms Britain Ties Amid War Preparations
The Italian council of ministers asserts cordial terms with Britain and says diplomacy has no aims to harm Great Britain. It notes accelerated troop departure, readiness to negotiate further accords, and a pledge to restrict hostilities while praising Eritrean and Somaliland divisions. The message praises 30,000 workers in East Africa and foresees a historic civil mobilization to show fascist strength.
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Samuel Hoare
Great Britain
Council of Ministers
Bolzano
Italy
England
East Africa
Council
Relief clients turn up noses at job offers in Des Moines
Des Moines AP notes relief clients spurns twelve better paying relief jobs. Elvera Larson, west district secretary of county relief, reported twelve "men wanted" and "women needed" notices as hopefuls opt for continued aid over work offers.
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DES Moines
Elvera Larson
West District
County Relief
Wanted Notices At Bulletin Boards Demand Work
A fragment reports people posting wanted notices seeking work on bulletin boards. Ranging from housework with board and room at five dollars weekly to day labor at two to three dollars per day, the reader notes the scarcity of jobs and the urgency of available employment.
Italy Quits League Session At Geneva
Cont from Page 1 this Section Saturday the assembly left for home ready to reassemble at an instant's notice while the league council formed a committee of thirteen to continue work on a report. It reviewed the Italo Ethiopian dispute today and set a basis for its future draft next week.
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Council of the
League
Mussolini offers accords with Britain on Africa crisis
Rome reports Premier Mussolini seeking to localize Ethiopian tensions with Britain while accelerating Italian troop movements in Africa. A cabinet communique outlines four points including negotiations with Britain, warning the league to stay out, rejecting Haile Selassie’s neutral zone, and speeded war preparations. Crown Prince Umberto reviewed departing troops as Mussolini led the cabinet in Rome.
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Rome
Mussolini
Great Britain
Africa
Assembly of the League of Nations
Il Duce
Italy
League Assembly
Haile Selassie
Pacific
Unusual moves in Woodbury criminal case saga
The commentary notes the Inside dynamics after Woodbury county grand jury reports ahead of indictments. It criticizes attorney general Ed OConnor for claiming the Supreme Court would appoint an outside judge, a claim not echoed by Judge Newby or Woodbury jurists. The piece calls the sequence maneuvering and OConnors conduct misguided.
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Woodbury County
Grand Jury
Ed O'Connor
Newby
Sioux City
Supreme Court
O’connor
Kintzinger
Bandit robs hotel in Knoxville and escapes with $15
An armed bandit forced clerk Loren Jarman to the floor at the Swift hotel in Knoxville Saturday. He then demanded change and flashed a gun before escaping with $15.
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Knoxville
INS
Loren Jarman
Swift
Jarman
Keswick Christian Endeavor elects officers for year
Keswick The Keswick Christian Endeavor society has elected officers for the year with Velma Stras ser named president LaVaughn Goodnough as vice president Doris Caskey as secretary Ellen Rickman as treasurer and Annie Dunnick as corresponding secretary
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Keswick
Keswick Christian Endeavor Society
Velma Strasser
LaVaughn Goodnough
Doris Caskey
Ellen Rickman
Annie Dunnick
Chamber President Flays High Spending Program
Davenport AP Harper Sibley leader of United States Chamber of Commerce condemned the government vast spending plan. He urged balanced budget and cheaper relief methods while warning of rising public debt and lack of link between spending and taxation. He emphasized avoiding starvation through responsible aid and warned a big bill will later be paid.
Death of Independence resident Mrs Haven Harter
Mrs Haven Harter died at her Independence home after a nervous breakdown. Funeral Monday at 2 p.m. at Swan and Leytze chapel with Rev Floyd H Weed officiating. Born Carrie Warburton October 11, 1871 southeast of Independence, she held leadership roles in King’s Daughters and local church groups. She married Haven Harter in 1911 and is survived by her father William H Warburton, her husband, and brother Dr Clyde W Warburton.
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Independence
Haven Harter
Independence Pioneers
Swan and
Buchanan County
Sunday School Association
Lincoln Literary Circle
Warburton
Harter
Town
Clyde W. Warburton
Washington, D.C
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Carl Lex
Ulle Amerein Legon
Aussary
Lulu Hunt
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Mee Foust
On Down Treasure
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Merle Kuchinle
Hannah Hartwig
Rose Klaus
Mane Shvaer
AAA
Fremont, Neb
Congress
Illinois
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Concord
1620 Avenue NE
Edar Rapids
I Oo O. F
Cedar Rapids Ministerial Association
A. Clark A. Beems
Maine Lodge of the Odd Fellows
Maine Lodge
First Avenue E
Townsend Club
Superior Court
Memorial Building
Charles F. Edwards
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Louise Knight Wheatley Cook, C. S. B
Kansas City
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the First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Lamont Farmer
U. S
Paris
Ras Makonnen
Harar
Destiny
Lake
Harramaya
Ras Taffari
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Belle Plaine - Dysart
Duce
Britain
Geneva
Eric Drummond
London
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East
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Naples
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CCU
Ind Ave
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Chokce
Hamburger Sto
DIAL
Farmers Exchange
Faria
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Bandit Robs Hotel
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Penney
Oxford
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