Pi Beta Phi Leader Honored At Country Club Luncheon
Miss Amy Burnham Oaken national president of Pi Beta Phi was honored by the local Pi Beta Phi alumnae club at a 25-cover luncheon at the country club. She addressed alumnae after the meal and left for Ames to visit the Iowa State College chapter. Rosemary Roth chaired the event with Mrs. Johnston and Mrs. Ray arranging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Burnham Oaken
Chapin
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Pi Beta Phi
Miss Oaken
Ames
Iowa State College
Rosemary Roth
Raymond S. Johnston
Paul S. Ray
City financial report totals receipts and disbursements
Louis D. Burgos presented the city financials for the year ending March 31. Receipts totaled 1 146 843 37 with disbursements 1 125 211 70, including transfers and cash refunds. Cash on hand April 1 was 172 149 10 with warrants 30 231 79. Bonds paid 154 200 and 391 000 issued. total bonded debt 3 007 000. Subissued bonds include 20 000 fire equipment bonds and 371 000 sewer bonds. Sewage disposal fund holds 91 930 21 and sewage sinking fund 6
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Louis D. Burgos
Burgos
Burgus
City reports bond interest paid with sale premium
The city states it has paid all interest on sewage bonds using the bond sale premium. A year ago the cash balance stood at 224 778 56 and warrants outstanding totaled 104 493 02.
Wax King and Queen Figures For Jubilee Exhibits
Life size wax tableaux of the king and queen in state robes will tour the United States and other nations during the silver jubilee celebrations. Created by Louis Tussau, models are sized for display in stores and theater lobbies with India Australia Canada and South Africa already ordering. About 70 sets ready by May. freight costs quoted at 500 dollars.
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London
United States
Louis Tussau
India
Australia
Canada
South Africa
Liam
Contract Awarded for Mail Hauling in Cedar Rapids
A four year contract for hauling mail between the Cedar Rapids post office and rail and interurban terminals was awarded to Alfred F. Grim of Keswick at 3898 dollars per year. The bid beat Irving W. Yardo of Cedar Rapids who previously held the contract at 5788 dollars per year. Grim must post a 7000 dollar bond and operate two two ton trucks with an average of 73 trips daily and 2 to 5 minutes per leg. Clifford H. Hawkins of Cedar Rapids won the Dubuque contract at 4188 dollars per year.
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The
Gazette
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Alfred F. Grim
Keswick
Post Office
Irving W. Yardo
Roy Nabolz
Firman W. Lefebvre
John B. Steinbeck
H. G. Bender
Clifford W. Stout
Floyd E. Mitchell
Lyle R. Clayton
Delmar H. Jennison
George R. Willenbrook
L. C. Shilling
Vernon Kennison
Arthur K. Fulber
John Soukopp
Norris T. Williams
Clifford H. Hawkins
Dubuque
Paris Seeks Concrete Lamp Post Designs
Paris officials propose a competition for concrete lamp posts to replace fragile cast iron versions after 400 posts and 502 electric candles were knocked down in a year. The move aims to cut replacement costs and stop daily vandalism while inviting artists to submit designs for durable warning candles.
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Paris
British Have Own Snyder Gray Case
In Bournemouth court a 31 year old widow Alma Rattenbury and her 19 year old chauffeur George Stoner were arraigned for killing her 61 year old husband Francis Rattenbury with a heavy mallet. Scotland Yard linked the couple to the crime with shifting statements and motive tied to alleged forbidden romance. Testimony says the pair traveled to London four days before the murder and she spent lavishly on Stoner.
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London
INS
Bournemouth
Alma Rattenbury
George Stoner
Francis Rattenbury
Vancouver
Rattenbury
Stoner
Draft drastic U S neutrality policy proposal outlined
President Roosevelt received a verbal report from Secretary Hull as the State Department studies neutrality. The plan, modeled on Charles Warren’s wartime ideas, would control wireless stations and ban munitions, ships, and loans for belligerents, and tighten enlistment laws to safeguard neutral rights.
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America
Roosevelt
Secretary of State -Hull
State Department
Charles Warren
Wilson
U. S
United States
City Briefs And Personals Easter Bunnies And Pets
Easter Bunnies and pets of all kinds are daily bought and sold through classification 37 in the Want Ads.
Automobile Crash Injures Louis Beranek at B Ave and Fifth St
Louis H. Beranek of 710 Sixth Street SW sustained slight bruises in a Wednesday afternoon collision at B Avenue and Fifth Street NW. His car collided with a machine operated by Elmer Jacobsen of 124 Tenth Street NE. No other injuries reported.
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Louis H. Beranek
Sixth Street
B Avenue
Fifth Street
Elmer Jacobsen
Tenth Street
Police Target Showdown Ends With Hrabetin Victory
Dr Vic Hasek and Patrolman Frank Hrabetin faced off at the city target range. Hasek shot well at fifteen feet using blanks while Hrabetin outscored him at seventy five feet, earning the weekly nearest-trick medal for his superior accuracy.
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Vic Hasek
Hrabetin
Frank Hrabetin
Hrabelin
Big Frank
Hasek
Dr. Hasek
Westminster Church Holds Annual Meeting
After a Wednesday picnic supper in the parlors the Westminster Presbyterian church congregation held its annual meeting and election of elders and trustees. The Rev J Renwick McCullough presided, with H F Sundberg in charge of the meeting. Elders named to classes 1938 1937 and 1936 and trustees listed. Reports from church organizations and Sunday school were read and filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Presbyterian Church
J. Renwick McCullough
H. F. Sundberg
C. C. Hunt
W. F. Brooksmit
J. A. Sprague
M.R. Selden
J. R. Watson
J. L. Eikendall
Dr. Banner Howard
W. L. Jackson
R. R. Williamson
S. C. Moore
G. K. Thompson
L. M. Henry
H. E. Sherrard
New Russian Stamps To Honor Special Occasions
Moscow reports the Soviet government will issue two new stamp series soon. One series will be engraved in 5 10 15 and 20 kopeck denominations to commemorate a specific completion milestone. The other set details are incomplete in the fragment.
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Moscow
Moscow Underground Railroad Stamps Highlight Arctic Rescue
The issue depicts stages of the Moscow metropolitan underground line and commemorates 104 survivors rescued from the ill fated ice breaker Cheliushkin by Soviet airmen. Denominations range from 1 to 50 kopecks.
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Moscow Metropolitan
Cheliuskin
Post graduate course in bagpipe playing started in London
A new post graduate program for bagpipe playing has begun in London. The course aims to advance high level piping skills and performance in formal settings.
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London
Marmola Reducing Agent Promises Easy Weight Loss
A vintage Marmola weight loss advertisement touts effortless fat loss without dieting or exercise. It claims physicians endorse the tablet remedy and notes over 20 million packages sold since 1907. It urges readers to buy Marmola from dealers nationwide and start losing weight.
Revolutionary Junis Cream promises deep cleansing and sebisol infusion
The ad promotes Junis Cream as a cleansing cream that removes buried pore dirt for a youthful radiance. It claims deep cleansing beyond ordinary creams and introduces sebisol, a substance from young skin, to bolster softness. Women report smoother, awake-looking complexions and the product is sold at toilet goods counters.
Real estate transfers and deeds from 1935 filings
A sequence of property transfers and deeds recorded, including joint tenancies and survivorship rights, to various buyers such as George T and Ruth Elliott Davis and Harold A Pickerill. Transactions include lot and block transfers in Buchanan and Reed's Add, Eastland Manor, Country Club Heights, and Park View areas, with nominal consideration and recorded dates in 1935.
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John Russell Henderson
George T
Ruth Elliott Davis
Buchanan and Reed
Patrick J Lucey
National Life Insurance Company of USA
Hercules Life Insurance
Patrick J. Lucey
Hercules Life Insurance Company
Linn County
Country Club Heights Realty Co
Harold A. Pickerill
Country Club Heights
Lewis O. Hepker
Stanley Reid
Harold A Pickerill
Eastland Manor
Park View
West Highlands Club to Meet at Cleveland School
West Highlands Community club convenes Friday at 7 30 p m at Cleveland School. Clark A Beeems will discuss his work with the state reformatory at Anamosa. A social period and refreshments close the gathering. All members are invited.
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West Highlands Community Club
Cleveland School
Clark A. Beeems
State Reformatory
Anamosa
West Highlands
Cedar Rapids Equitable agents prepare for Midwest conference
Oscar A. Anderson Byron A. Barlow and Oliver E. Atkinson of Cedar Rapids Albert A. Schenk en of Marion J. N. Wilson of Vin ton and C. J. Lee of Williams burg members of the Cedar Rapids agency of Equitable Life Insurance company of Iowa left Wednesday for Omaha to attend a Midwest regional conference on Thursday and Friday.
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Oscar A. Anderson
Byron A. Barlow
Oliver E. Atkinson
Cedar Rapids
Albert A. Schenken
Marion
J. N. Wilson
Vinton
C. J. Lee
Williamsburg
Equitable Life Insurance Company of
Iowa
Omaha
Equitable Company
Jubilee Films Of King Given Private Showing
British Movietone News produced a private two reel film titled The King God Bless Him to mark King George VI's silver jubilee. The two reels cover his early life, coronation, Delhi Durbar, Princess Victoria Louise's Berlin wedding, wartime royal activities, and ends with the Duke and Duchess of Kent wedding last November.
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London
George
British Movietone News
Delhi
Victoria Louise
Berlin
Duke
Duchess of Kent
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Jas
Babs
Yan
Flatterer
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