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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1939

Page

13

Federal court halts sale of lumber for wage violations

The wage-hour administration secured its first federal decree enjoining interstate sale of goods from noncompliant mills. Judge Robert N. Pollard in Richmond Virginia ordered Walton Lumber Co Pendleton Virginia and Herman H Walton to stop selling about 2 500 000 board feet of lumber from noncompliant small sawmills.

Washington U. S Robert N. Pollard Richmond Herman H. Walton Walton Lumber Company, Inc Pendleton Louisa County Virginia Pollard Hot” Lumber

IOWA News In Brief Amid Local Obituaries And Notices

Special to The Gazette reports a 92 year old man in Paullins injured by a fall and hospital X rays showing a cracked arm. Numerous brief notes cover local school board reelection, funerals in Atalissa Keota DeWitt and Wilton, Red Cross leadership, church and music club activities, and a marriage solemnization in DeWitt.

Ryan Lonnie Lee Paullins G. M. Paullins Ossian Board of Education Supt L. J. Radtke Catherine White Edith Sykes Jud Miller William Hughes Loretta McGary Beth Cole Janice Weithorn Atalissa J. H. de Mean Iowa City Presbyterian Church West Liberty de Filion Oakridge Keota Christian Church William Hagist University Hospital Maggie Smith Hagist G E. Stoutner W. W. Hagist F. F. Hagist G. J. McDowell George Hagist Richard Hudson Sigourney Everett Hagist Ottumwa Clifford Freel Wellman E. J. Schmitt Washington Wilton A. J. Wacker Red Cross R. L. Blaisdell Vesta Murdock Harry Griffith Kate McNulty G. G. Leith Home Service Board The Presbyterian Sunday School Marion Kelley Mary Jane Atkinson Gretchen Martin Lois Thurston Marjorie Pahl Vera Maurer Dorothy Maurer Griffith Johnson Ed_ Sobolic Decorah Hospital Mayme Gunderson Sobolic Winthrop Edith Conrad Margaret Postel Jean Rowland Helen Teale Mozart Iowa Federation of Music Clubs Ames Karl Manz

Funeral held for Mrs. Elizabeth Bentley in Lone Tree

Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Bentley 51 who died Friday will be at 9 am Monday at St Marys church Lone Tree with burial in St Marys cemetery. She was born September 10 1887 to John and August Schappveld.

Mechanicsville Harry Herman Albaugh Here Methodist Odd Fellows Lodge Dewitt John R. Guinan Thomas St. Joseph's Church Thomas F. Loftus Gecal the Gazette Lone Tree Elizabeth Bentley St. Mary’s St. .Mary's Cemetery Bentley rof.John August Schappveld

Iowa House Votes to Restore Penalty for Concealed Weapons

The Iowa House, 73 to 0, approved restoring the maximum five year prison penalty for carrying concealed weapons and sent the bill to the Senate and then the governor for immediate publication. The measure adds a $1000 fine and notes several related bills.

Des Moines Iowa House Senate House

Kehrer Named to Represent Iowa at Midwest ASME Meeting

John S. Kehrer of Iowa City formerly Cedar Rapids now Iowa City will represent the University of Iowa on the technical program of the sixth annual Midwest Student Conference of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in Chicago tomorrow and Tuesday. He earned the honor with a paper on Eye Movements During Inspection Work judged best among IA State University mechanical engineering seniors or juniors since last September. In Chicago he competes with students from sixteen leading Midwest engineering colleges. Kehrer is the son of Mr and Mrs K H Kehrer, formerly of Cedar Rapids now Sioux City.

John S. Kehrer Iowa City Cedar Rapids University of Iowa American Society of Mechanical Engineers Chicago Kehrer University The State University Middle West Mr. Kehrer K. H. Kehrer Sioux City

Queen Geraldine Reported Out Of Danger

In Athens Greece former Queen Geraldine of Albania was reported out of danger Saturday night after a health scare. The release noted the royal figure was safe and receiving care amid mounting public interest.

Athens Greece Geraldine Albania

St Wenceslaus Pupils Perform Operetta Tonight

St Wenceslaus grade school pupils present an operetta Down Among the Fairies at 7 30 this evening in the school auditorium. The program opens with an Indian song and dance by fifth to eighth graders and features a large cast with named characters and a fairyland theme.

St. Wenceslaus Ceveriti Green Wood Elma Josephine Fiala Maidie Phyllis Harrelson Moonbeams Frances Fiala Bernice Waveroch Marie Friedl Fairy Queen Fairyland Helen Pagse C Loris Collins Reer Airls Lois Sramek Torraineng

Telephone Debut Reaches Stockton No 7 Village

In Hazleton Pennsylvania AP reports the telephone first arrives in Stockton No 7 a mining town founded seventy five years ago. Nine of the town’s fifty homes now have telephone sets installed marking the debut milestone.

Hazleton, Pa Stockton No. 7

Fairbanks Jr Announces Imminent Marriage to Socialite

Hollywood reports that Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Mary Lee Epling Hartford of Hartford West Virginia plan marriage in a few weeks. The announcement comes from Fairbanks in Hollywood, noting the couple’s social prominence.

Hollywood Douglas Fairbanks, Jr Mary Lee Epling Hartford West Virginia

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