Children to Hunt Easter Eggs at Ellis Park Today
Cedar Rapids area children ages 6 to 13 from the surrounding community will gather at Ellis Park at 2 pm for an Easter egg hunt featuring 7 200 vividly colored Foster eggs and 500 prizes. If rain delays occur the event may be postponed but is expected to proceed with safety staff including nurses, a doctor, and an ambulance on site.
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Lions Club
Optim Stica
Amtecigs
Is Park
Esser
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Owen Fair
Addon
Sara
Cedar Rapids
Lions
Cosy Collins
Chuck Filip
Sid File
John Turner
Ira Carruthers
Merle Waterman
Frank Wood
George Griner
Hal TeSsler
Art Winne
E C Kuenzel
W. W. Richards
Charles Mahaffey
Clare T Call
EL H Gundiling
Frank Jennings
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Cosy Colins
SILLIMAN SEEKS G O P NOMINATION FOR STATE LEGISLATURE
Cedar Rapids attorney B D Silliman announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination as state representative from Linn county for the June 4 primaries. He has long ties to Cedar Rapids, with Coe College and University of Iowa Law School education, military service in World War I, and leadership roles in local Elks Mizpah AFY lodge and the American Legion. He has never held public office and is married.
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D Subman
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Dave McCreery
Elmer Johnson
Silman
Coe College
Silliman
University of Iowa Law School
Lodge of the Elks
Mizpah Lodge
AFY
A. M
Hanford
American Legion
Easter Program at First Presbyterian at 9:45
First Presbyterian will present an Easter program for parents and friends today at 9:45 am. The program features the beginners and junior departments performing songs and readings under church supervision.
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First Presbyterian
First Presbyterian Sunday School
Bird-House Building Contest Entries Shown At Sherwin-Williams
Entries for the Cedar Rapids Area bird-house contest are displayed in the Sherwin-Williams window at 216 Third Avenue SE. Judging by Bruce McKay and Fred Poyner starts at 1 pm after 11 am setup, with William McFann coordinating. Prizes include a mix of gear and two cash awards from local Cedar Rapids merchants, plus complimentary Palace Theater tickets for entrants.
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Cedar Rapids
Camp Fire
Camp Huaga
Palace Theater
Deaths of Allen W Burton former Cedar Rapids resident
Allen W Burton 71 died March 30 in Kansas City Missouri after a short pneumonia illness. Born August 26 1862 in Cedar Rapids he worked as assistant car accountant for the BCR and N railroad later in marble business and secretary of Phenix Marble Co. He is survived by his wife Josephine seven children two Cedar Rapids daughters Alice and Helen L Burton two brothers Lewis H Burton of Sodty and Charles Burton of Lave Charles La. He was a partner in Liavwine Wedge and father of Petron of an Eastern Etes eye 8 Battet O % Funeral arrangements set for Friday at Yo set £ y 2 44 Sete. BU be Ok
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Allen W Burton
Cedar Rapids
Kansas City
Charles W Burton
BCR
Omaha
Galveston
Tex
Phenix Marble Company
Josephine
Alice
Helen L. Burton
Lewis H Burton
Charles Burton
Lave
Charles la
Camp Good Health prepares 102 kids for recovery program
Adeline Taylor reports that 102 undernourished and underprivileged children are being prepared to enter Camp Good Health. Doctors Foster and Hayek provide gratis care including tonsillectomies and x rays while the Linn County Dental Society assists. Miss Alma Hartz tracks weight gain and targets a yearly honor roll of one third of campers.
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Public Health Nursing Association
Morgan Foster
J M Hayek
Camp Good Health
Linn County Dental Society
New Methods in Education Emphasize Independent Thinking
Dr James Rowland Angell of Yale tells Denver club that education now trains students to think constructively in any field. Law medicine and theology shift from fixed rules to social adjustment, patient personality, and daily life function, aiming to serve modern needs.
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Denver
Ins
James Rowland Angell
Yale University
Angell
Denver Club
Community groups schedule meetings and events
Local clubs and organizations announce gatherings for the week. Triton club dinner and speaker at YMCA Monday evening. Washington Hi Y meets Wednesday. Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce directors at Hotel Montrose Tuesday noon. Grant Hi club at YMCA Tuesday evening with a swim. Ardekan temple No 234 DO KK holds meeting Tuesday at 8 pm with entertainment. Airplane rides advertised for Sunday at the new Municipal Airport. Jean Scharfenberg returns home for Easter break. Dr Harold A Lockhart commissioned as first lieutenant in Army Reserves. Czech night school changes hours. advanced Wednesday 7:20 to 9:30 pm beginners Friday 7:30 to 9:30 pm at Washington High School. Modern Woodmen Linden Camp No 145 meets Tuesday at 7:30 pm with refreshments.
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Cvzech
CWA
Washington High School
Duchess votes for shorts at London mannequin parade
The Duchess of York attended a British Industrial fair event where she favored tennis shorts over skirts amid a long running dispute in tennis fashion. She reportedly ordered two shorts models delivered to her London residence after the display.
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Duchess of York
London
Saint Margaret’s card party and dance at Gatto’s Inn
St Margaret’s circle of the Immaculate Conception church sponsors a benefit card party and dance at Gatto’s Inn Monday night. Cards run 8 to 11 with prizes in contract and auction bridge and five hundred. An eight piece orchestra plays from 9. General admission 25 cents. Tickets from Mrs Ed Stark and Mrs A J Danner.
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St. Margaret's Circle of the Immaculate Conception Church
Gatto’s Inn
Ed Stark
A. J. Danner
Trained Trout Demands Back Scratches At Salt Lake City Tank
In Salt Lake City a four pound rainbow trout nicknamed Jumbo lives six years in a glass tank at the South State Fish market. The fish eats from owner Herbert Hyde’s hand and even expects back scratches after meals. Jumbo follows Hyde’s movements and taps along Hyde’s fingers seeking food rather than showing fear of an upcoming chop.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
South State
Herbert Hyde
Hyde
Morning Service speed benefit play for needy boys
A six scene continuous drama Morning Service by Fred C. Henson opens with a city meeting at the Y M C A to raise funds for Camp Wapsie Y. Proceeds go to the needy boys camp fund. The play runs April 18 and 19 at Benjamin Franklin junior high school with six days of the characters lives depicted.
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Camp Wapsie Y
Fred C. Henson
Gazette
Association Players
Benjamin Franklin Junior High School
Y Camp Committee
Hold Funeral For Mrs. Wormer Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Wormer, who died from injuries after an accident near Louisa, will be held at 2.30 p.m. Sunday at the Christian church in Center Point. Rev. Loren I. Jenne to conduct. Mrs. Wormer survived by her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hoglan, a brother Everett Hoglan in Oregon, and her husband J. C. Wormer.
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Center Point
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Cedar Rapids
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Christian Church
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J. E. Hoglan
Everett Hoglan
Oregon
J. C. Wormer
Miami University student waiters reprimanded for hazing prank
In Oxford Ohio, several Miami University student waiters were reprimanded after ducking sophomore James Hogg and rolling him in snow. Authorities acted after a publication labeled it hazing, a criminal offense in Ohio. Hogg caught a cold and suffered minor bruises.
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Miami University
James
Hogg
Jackson
Ohio
U S Asked To Aid Czech Prisoner
In Prague the US state department is urged to protest a four and a half year sentence against Karl Zajicek a Moravian coal operator convicted of embezzling 7 000 000 kronen Attorneys say his arrest in Panama and handover to Czech police was illegal Legal circles expect no intervention
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Prague
INS
United States Department of State
Karl Zajicek
Zajicek
Panama
American State Department
Governor Herring to Speak at Waltonian Dinner in Cedar Rapids
Governor Clyde L. Herring will address the Waltonian dinner set for April 13 at 6 30 p.m. in Cedar Rapids Armory Memorial building. Committee member Joe McCormick Jr reports the event includes a fish dinner and dancing with tickets available at local sporting goods shops.
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Clyde L. Herring
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Building
Joe McCormick, Jr
Dillinger Breaks From Trap In City Raid
Dillinger escapes pursuing officers after a rooftop and stairway chase in a St. Paul raid. A barrage of bullets hits walls and doors as he exits via the front door, with two women and a man fleeing in a green sedan. Authorities question witnesses while false identities complicate the manhunt.
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Cummings
Counter
Edward G. Bremer
College Demands Odd Supplies For TCU Teams
The Texas Christian University purchasing office lists annual needs including $91 of adhesive tape 60 bottles of rubbing alcohol 25 pounds of talcum powder and 60 rolls of gauze for athletic teams. The science lab requires a large female shark six little sharks embalmed cats frogs grasshoppers starfish clams cow eyes bees snails and pigeons.
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Fort Worth, Tex
INS
Texas Christian University
Girl dies saving baby on railway bridge in New Zealand
Ten year old Frances Mason lost her life near Wellington while carrying a three year old across a narrow railway bridge. She chose to shield the child as an express train approached, remaining on the tracks as both were killed.
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Frances Mason
Wellington
New Zealand
Frances
Utah Creates Quake Relief Organization In Salt Lake City
Utah officials form a disaster relief group led by Thomas Dee with units from the Salt Lake visiting nurse association Girl Scouts Boy Scouts and CWA workers trained in first aid. The plan also includes collaboration with an American Legion unit and operates under city supervision. Geologists report Wasatch fault activity near Salt Lake City Ogden with cracks and a quake intensity comparable to the Long Beach event.
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Salt Lake
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Police Department
Ogden
Wasatch
Wasatch Range
Hanzel Valley
Long Beach
Caliifornia
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