Italy and France Seek to Mend Med Front Frictions
Paris May 12 Italy and France move toward cordial ties after years of dispute over Tangiers and Tunisian status. Mussolini and France’s Beaumarchais discuss ceding western Tripoli frontier territory and resolving Tunisian nationality issues. Optimism shared that fronts can ease and cooperation endure.
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Italy
Tangiers
France
England
Spain
United States
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Great African Desert
Tumis
Tripoli
French Africa
Tibesii
Monsieur de Beaumarchais
Rome
Germany
Austria
Bismarck
Tunis
Republic
Tisly
Mar
Berlin
Balkans
Nice
Savoy
Fame Won’t Save Paris Cafes From Ebb of Fame
Paris cafes once famed as hangouts for artists actors and public figures have faded as notoriety drew crowds who talked drank little and left. Georges de Wissant notes stars’ attention chased regulars away and venues lost business while newer spots gained. In Rome Italy schools will introduce Luce geography study films as teaching aids.
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Paris
Georges de Wissant
Chess Db
Cafe de la Regence
Rome
Italy
Luce
de Mintels
Military Geographic Institute
Youthful bandits terrorize countryside until nabbed by constable
Abe Martin reports a bandit gang led by 17 year old Ralph Wick from Venetian Terrace. The group, linked to a pool hall ambush, faced allegations of multiple robberies and stolen goods. Investigations turned up guitars, shotguns, illegal items, and a maze of family testimonies.
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Plum
Acme Pool
Ralph Wick
Venetian Terrace
O’ Th
Allus Stead High
Colches
O' Bain
Lawrence Mopps
Irene Street
World’s Largest Mexican Oil and Land Library at U S Embassy
Mexico City May 12 The United States embassy has assembled what is described as the world’s largest library on Mexican oil and land laws under Ambassador Morrow. The collection includes rare documents from Spanish colonial times and decrees, gathered from Mexico City bookstores and government publications. Reuben Clark Jr. directs translations and setup to aid rapid access for policy discussions.
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Mexico City
United States
Morrow
Washington
Oil Or Land Company
Mexico
Spain
Reuben Clark, Jr
United States State Department
Morrow Frst
Mr. Murray
Kaisers Wealthy Cousin Must Pay Retainer Pension
Leipzig May 12 The federal supreme court rejected the appeal of Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia cousin of the former Kaiser and reputed wealthiest Hohenzollern for exemption from paying his former court functionary H Wille a monthly pension of 130 marks about 34 dollars as awarded by lower courts. Friedrich Leopold owner of two castles at Glienicke near Potsdam and a villa at Lugano Switzerland had clashed with his ex-imperial cousin over pensions for longtime employees since 1899 and claimed inability to fund such obligations due to currency inflation.
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Leipzig
Federal Supreme Court
Friedrich Leopold
Prussia
Kaiser
H. Wille
Friedrich Leopald
Glientcke
Potsdam
Lugano
Switzerland
J Janettonsry
Two Bertha Dawsons Claim $500 Insurance Benefit
Two women named Bertha Dawson claim the Rath Packing Company group life policy on Edward Dawson who died at his home. J H Meyers sues in municipal court for the Waterloo claimant seeking $500 from Rath and Travelers Insurance. One Bertha Dawson says she married Dawson here with a certificate. another Bertha Dawson of Chicago also claims. The body remains at Kearns parlor awaiting shipment or services. neither claimant has visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Dawson
Edward Dawson
Shilliam Avenue
Rath Packing Company
Dawson
Edwards, Ransier, Longley & Harris
Rath Company
Travelers Insurance Company
Hartford, Conn
J. H. Meyers
Waterloo
Alfred Longley
Chicago
Kearns
Sewage Cesspool at Suffern Building to be Voted On
The Suffern building site near the old mill river wall has created a stagnant sewage pool fed by a three foot sewer. Mayor Tibbits ordered a fire department wash to relieve the danger. A riverfront commission and sewers committee proposed a steel pipe extension to discharge sewage into the river beyond the site as a temporary measure to be acted on by the city council Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schulte Realty Company
Suffern
Glenn A. Tibbitts
Fire Department
Riverfront Commission
Council Committee On
Kiwanis Luncheon To Feature Local Musical Quartets
The Kiwanis club observes noonal music week with a noon luncheon program at Hotel Russell Lamson. West High string quartet, American Legion double quartet, Kiwanis quartet, and accordionist Mrs James Edwards perform. Members include Mildred Luce and Marxine Kessler in strings, Frank Bernard and others in Legion, plus Victor Zellharfer and B L Halton in Kiwanis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Hotel
Russell-Lamson
West High School
American Legion
Kiwanis Quartet
James Edwards
Mildred Luce
Marxine Kessler
Margaret Gaship
la Veta Anderson
Frank Bernard
W. C. Black
Karl Zellhaefer
William Thomson
W. F. Dilworth
Verne Raines
Wayne E. Smith
Gerald Holton
C. Albert Scholin
Victor Zellharfer
B. M. Golschall
W. P. McCore Imick
Halton
East High Carnival Draws 600 At First Night
East High hosted a two night carnival to aid the Hig club friendship club and the high school orchestra drawing a capacity crowd of 600 last night. The event featured a parade with a clown band and a darky band through the business district and used the schools upper floors for midway and gymnasium acts. Max Ryan served as master of ceremonies as the program promised vaudeville style home talent performances tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East High
Hig Club
Friendship Club
Darky
Max Ryan
Cuba Plans National Holiday Improvements Inauguration
Havana reports the Department of Public Works will inaugurate major improvements on national holidays. Secretary Cespedes notes the May 20 anniversary marks the Havana to Guanajay section of the Cuban Central highway and a new capitol building is slated for completion within 12 months.
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Havana
Cuba
Department of Public Works of
Public Works
Cespedes
Manuel de Cespedes
Cuber
Guanajay
Creede Elected Rector at St Mark's
Rev. James G. Creede was canonically elected rector of St. Mark's Episcopal church by unanimous vote. Approval came from Bishop T. N. Morrison. Creede becomes priest in charge, relocating from Charles City to Waterloo. The parish has prospered, and rectorship brings a salary increase. Arthur Peterson named to fill vacancy after death of George Van Doyn. Exterior painting contract awarded to H. Pineid. Feast of the Ascension service at 10 am next Thursday. Memorial to chaplains notes Italy's tribute to padres who served in the war with daily masses for fallen soldiers.
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James G. Creede
St. Mark’ Episcopal Church
Church West
T. N. Morrison
Mr. Creede
St. Mark's Jar
Waterloo
Charles City
Arthur Peterson
George van Doyn
Pineid
Chinese Born in Other Countries Study at Canton
In Canton a foreign students department of Ling Nam university educates Chinese born abroad who return to their ancestral land. Students speak English Spanish and other languages yet know little Chinese. They mix Western customs with Cantonese study nine tones and Confucian classics. About half stay in China while others return to their homelands to run businesses marry foreigners or pursue politics.
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Ty RW. Wolcott
Canton
China
Ling Nam University
America
Arizona
Morses
Tucson
Ariz
Australia
Lum
Havana
Foreign
Sfty
O Mary
Banish Swans for Eating Carp in Famous Lake
In Fontainebleau, France on May 12, American Conservatory students gifted five swans to a local establishment. The swans learned tourists feed the carp and began feeding on them. To resolve the disturbance, authorities consulted the ministry and decided to banish the swans.
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Fontainebleau
France
American Conservatory
Ministry of Public Instruction
Art of Faking: A Farce in Modern Arts and Literature
Paris on May 12 reports Henri Duvernois warn that the art of faking is highly perfected across pictorial art literature and decorative industries. He says living’s high class shows altered art morals with many works and passages imitated so well the originals blur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Henri Duvernois
Abrillo
Duvernois
Long French Loaf Used as Weapon in Bordeaux Robbery
In Bordeaux on May 12 a baker used a six pound long French loaf to fend off three masked bandits. One attacker carried a pistol. The baker and his wife were at table when intruders demanded valuables. He struck a bandit with the loaf, enabling the couple to drive off the others, who fled injured.
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Bordeaux
Feck Jong
City Concert Schedule and Weather Outlook
A scrambled Saturday listings page shows multiple concerts and weather reports across Davenport and Des Moines. Highlights include Wood's orchestra at 6:00 PM with Bonnie Saddles sax. Palais D'Or orchestra at 3:00 PM. a 7:00 PM symphony watch time and a male quartet Amen. Weather reports and music reviews fill the rest of the timetable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Es Moines
Wood
Bonnie
Saxonhann
Nothong! Symphony
Palais D'Or
Radio Schedule Items and Concerts Summary
A historical radio schedule lists multiple program segments for AM and PM slots including news, home management, for shutins, music, children’s stories, concerts by string quintet and piano, miniature recital, Punch and Judy, novelty orchestra, and various acts such as Valvanilan trio and Reed/Tribune trix. The lineup features Cubs baseball, Wynker Buyken acts, Maties and other performances across afternoon and evening time blocks.
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Vadeagy
Home Management
Shutins
A. M
Musicale
P. M
Alnannck
Novelty
Hal
Del
Vawiilan
Wynker
Buyken & Nod
Ms-Matn
M—Laouie
Pyngry Five
San
N’ Henry
Tribune Trix
Reveler
Sunday Radio Schedule Highlights Des Moines Ames Davenport
A cluttered list shows a Sunday broadcast slate across Des Moines Ames and Davenport with multiple times for church services orchestras concerts talks and programs including Christensen's orchestra the YMCA conference biblical drama Ruth and Naomi Atwater Kent musical programs baseball scores and a Punch and Judy segment along with weather reports and time checks.
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Des Moines
Phonograph Records
Roxy Stroll
Christensen
YMCA
Selolat
Steteyr Shoe Ca
David Lawrence
TAS P
WOC
Davenport
Roxy
Young People’s Conference
Atwater Kent Artists
Ruth
Naomi
Daily Radio Schedule and Market Updates Des Moines
A dense list of radio program blocks and market updates from Des Moines, detailing phonograph records, housekeeper chats, weather and road reports, organ performances by Herbie Koch, and various orchestras. Times span morning to late evening with items on markets, livestock receipts, hog and sheep outlooks, and historical features.
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Herbie Koch
Radio Farm Service
the Ambassadors
Des Moines
Sir
Roxy
P. Gypsies
Jumping to Music Barred in Canton
Canton reports Mayor Lim shuts down all dancing venues to stop foreign influence. The action targets Miss Violet, a dancer of Chinese and Filipino heritage, accused of introducing Charleston and attracting youth away from revolutionary goals.
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Canton
Miss Violet
Foynger
Namie
Unah
Howe
Corn Price Rises to 1 Dollar on Demand in Iowa
Courier report from Des Moines on May 12 notes a surge in corn sales at 1 dollar per bushel across western Iowa, driven by low supply and wheat trends. Hog prices slump slightly but stay higher than months earlier as farm conditions show mixed signals from federal price indices and rising farm implements demand.
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Courier Special Service
Des Moines
Aif
Iowa
Washingam
Department of Labor
Bettendorf
Davenport
Milwaukee Railroad Company
Needham Young Counselor Elected in De Molays Seventh District
Needham Young of Cedar Rapids was elected master counselor of Iowa De Molays seventh district at the bi annual convention in Towa City Iowa Jens Thuesen of Belle Plaine was named senior counselor Robert Shaeffer of Clinton as junior counselor Edward Lorack of Town City treasurer and Don Hardin of Marion secretary were chosen for the district posts
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Towa City
Needham Young
Cedar Rapids
de Molays
Iowa
Jens Thuesen
Belle Plaine
Robert Shaeffer
Clinton
Edward Lorack
Town City
Don Hardin
Marion
Newcomer to Open Midwest Refrigeration Branch in Des Moines
Newcomer named manager of the Des Moines branch of Midwest Refrigeration announces a near opening on the Rialvera theatre building ground floor. The move signals expansion for the company as the new outlet prepares to serve local customers with refrigeration services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest Refrigeration Company
Des Moines
Riviera Theatre
Art Treasures of Early Days Are Found in France
In Tssy-Les-Moulineaus on May 22 officials broaden searches in Paris suburbs to uncover forgotten art. A twelfth century Christ bas-relief, hidden in a presbytery wall no longer used since the new church was built 300 years ago, is photographed and studied under Per rault Cabot, inspector of historic monuments. The quest has yielded many works not yet classified by the government.
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Tssy-Les-Moulineaus
Fpatis
Perrault
Cabot
Christ
Belle Bennett Plans Milaca Trip To Fetch Grandmother
Hollywood gossip notes that Belle Bennett, film star, is traveling from Hollywood to Milaca Minnesota to bring back Mrs. James Blackburn to live with her granddaughter. The May 12 dispatch identifies Blackburn as Belle Bennett’s grandmother and confirms the upcoming move.
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Hollywood
Cal
INS
James Blackburn
Milaca
Minn
Belle Bennett
Blackburn
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Wilbur Trout
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Bottom Ryty
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WGN
WLIB
Edward Barty
Cubs
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Milton
Punch and Judy
Atwater Kent
Qur Music Row
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Bernie Schultz
Bernie Schulte
Strisy
Pater
Burr
General Motors Temily
Fish
Boss
Evolution of Music
Herb Heart
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Palm Mechanics
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H. H. Bayes
Grandma
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W. L. Buckley
Entz Cafe
First National Bank Bldg
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