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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1939

Page

17

New Welfare Bureau Setup Aims to Lead Cedar Rapids Chest

Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce adopts a new public welfare bureau to operate the Community Chest. The plan halves duplication by coordinating welfare charity and character building groups while the directors approve by laws and elect a Chest director.

Welfare Bureau Cedar Rapids Public Welfare Bureau Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Chamber Bureau van Vechten Shaffer Carl N. Ettinger M. H. Morrison Harry Palmer Clare Marshall

District Music Meet Results at Monticello Gazette Report

Results from the district high school music contest list winners by class and event. Notable names include Harold Barlow Roosevelt Cedar Rapids tenor solo and Barbara Shonka Franklin Cedar Rapids contralto with Oelwein, Dubuque entries among chorus and sextet winners across multiple schools such as Oelwein Monticello Marion and Anamosa.

Monticello Girls Glee Club of Oelwein Boys Glee Club of Harold Barlow Roosevelt Cedar Rapids Urrae Bellevue Marion Winthrop Mount Vernon Dysart Springville Lamont Elkader Anamosa Toledo Monona Vinton School of the Blind Datisman Dubuque Barbara Platt Belle Plaine Tama Maquoketa Vinton Marjorie Moore Gloria Mindrum Jeanne Cash Franklin Ellen Anderson Jeanette Oakley Lois Grissel

District Music Contest Results Highlight Local Talent

Mount Pleasant reports top placements from the district music contest. Winners include Virginia Simpson of Iowa City and Ned Sterlen of Sigourney for solos, with multiple duets and ensembles from Kalona Tipton Davenport and other nearby towns earning first and second in various classes.

Helen Blough Ottumwa Lester Tines Keota Hubert Dahms Donnelison George Fraseur, Jr Tipton Jack Scott Bloomfield Dean Mallory Wayland May K. Fosdick Dale McMurren Donnellson Dorothy Kleinert West Liberty Mary Horr Stanwood Dick Schlegel Helmut Dammeier Murval Weidlein Wellman Carol Olds Lyons Clinton da Loris Nihart Mount Pleasant Lorraine Kos Robert Jameson Burlington Dick Grant Fairfield Don Kephart Helen Martin Paul P. Levi Lyons Clinton Blayne Huston Olds Stanley Yocum Betty Lea Leonard Melville Spicer Keokuk Louis Wilton Junction Iowa City Kalona Davenport Danville South English Keene Virginia Simpson Carolyn Strong Washington Jean Fry Virginia Bolton Ned Sterlen Sigourney Virgean Simpson Betty Snakenberg Devone Fraseur Edwin Small Norman Goetsch Robert Caywood Meda Hanenstein Cotter al Bridger Richland Richard Jones Donnelson Verna Gongiver West Branch DeWitt and Tipton Robert Simpson Wankee Brayton Tubasolo Douglas Duncan Fort Madison Milo

Deaths of Anna Jambor and Mable Burke in Cedar Rapids area

Anna Jambor 52 died at 2 30 pm Saturday at her rural Cedar Rapids home after a lingering illness. Survived by husband Henry and a daughter and son, plus grandchildren and multiple siblings. Funeral set for 2 pm Tuesday at Kuba funeral home with visitation after 5 pm Sunday. Mable Burke 32 wife of John J Burke died at University Hospital Town City at noon Saturday after short illness. Survived by husband and son and her father Peter McKenzie and an aunt.

Anna Jambor Cedar Rapids Henry Jambor Leo Hartman Henry V. Jambor, Jrr Robert Hartman Julianne Jambor Rose Kalous St. Paul St. Paul, Minn., Mrs. Alice Klavic of Chicago, Mrs. Agnes Horak Ely Frances Cepl Vaclav Rudolph Jelinek California Albert Jelinek Marion Frank John Jelinek Bohemia Jambor Mlado Cech Lodge Cesky-Viastenky Zofia-Podlipska Kuba Mable Burke John J. Burke Avenue NE University Hospital Town City Minn John J., Jr Peter McKenzie Glendive Mont

Funeral services for Mable Anderson in Cedar Rapids

Funeral services will be held at Immaculate Conception Church at 9 a.m. Tuesday conducted by Msgr. John Mouiley. Burial follows at Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at Beatty Chapel from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.

Funeral Services for Frank Selzer Held at St Patrick's

Funeral services for Frank Selzer, who died Friday at 1 30 p m at 502 B avenue NW, will be at 9 a m Monday in St Patrick's church with Rev D J Lenihan officiating. Burial will be in Fairfax cemetery. Surviving brothers Charlies G Selzer of Cedar Rapids and Jake F and Adolph Selzer of Fairfax are listed. Jesse J Woodrum funeral services follow at 2 30 p m today in the Rohn chapel with Rev Grant F Anderson. Burial in Cedar Memorial park.

Frank Selzer B Avenue NW St. Patrick's Church D. J. Lenihan Fairfax Cemetery Charlies G. Selzer Cedar Rapids Jake F Adolph Selzer Fairfax Jesse J. Woodrum Rohn Grant F. Anderson First Baptist Church Bare Cedar Memorial Park

Mrs Phebe Ann Bean Funeral Services

Funeral services for Mrs. Phebe Ann Bean who died at her home on Saturday will be held at Beatty chapel at 2 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. I. E. Linkletter of the Second Christian church will officiate and burial will be in Shiloh cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Funeral services for Mrs Carrie Hill

Funeral services for Mrs Carrie May Hill of 1224 Maplewood Drive NE will be held at Beatty chapel at 1 p.m. Monday conducted by Rev Charles J. Bready. Burial in Pioneer Cemetery at Waterloo. Friends may call at the chapel.

Hill Carrie May Hill Maplewood Drive University Hospital Beatty Chapel Charles J. Bready Pioneer Cemetery Waterloo

Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Brazier

Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Brazier wife of Henry Brazier 523 Second avenue SW will be held in the Turner chapel at 3 30 pm Monday in charge of Pastor Henry Scherer and Pythian Sisters Burial will be made in Linwood cemetery Friends may call at the chapel

Brazier Jennie Brazier Henry Brazier Second Avenue Turner Chapel Henry Scherer Pythian Linwood Cemetery

Mrs. Hulda A. Davis Funeral Services

Funeral services for Mrs. Hulda A. Davis wife of Frank Davis who died at her home on Weing Road NE Saturday will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Turner chapel. The Rev. Frank Ward will officiate and burial will be in Shiloh cemetery at Louisa. Friends may call at the chapel.

Nazi Reaction to Roosevelt Plan Is Cold and Silent

The Nazis reject Roosevelt's non aggression pledges citing Soviet Russia as a recipient. Mussolini and Hitler reportedly plan a joint reply while Goering consults with Mussolini. They claim no aggression toward any nation and denounce American implications as impertinent.

Hitler Roosevelt Soviet Russia Germany Italy Britain Great Britain Soviet Union Poland Romania Turkey Rome Mussolini Hermann Wilhelm Goering Duce Reichsfuehrer

First Four Guests Of West Branch Hostel Welcomed

Four refugees welcomed at Scattergood hostel in West Branch Iowa join a Quaker effort to Americanize newcomers. They include Kurt Rosegg a Viennese goldsmith and Kurt Schaefer a Berlin educated social statistician who fled Nazism. Fritz Treuer recalls Vienna oysters and opines on American life while host John Kaltenbach steers the welcome.

West Branch Iowa Kurt Rosegg Vienna Rosegg America Kurt Schaefer Schaefer Germany University of Berlin Fritz Treuer Treuer Philadelphia Scattergood John Kaltenbach Friends Society J. J. Newlin Grimes Newlin

Capital Despairs As Fuehrer Firm

In a war threatened world Americans debate Roosevelt's peace bid and U S neutrality. Congress splits over aiding aggression victims while public moves frame the move as publicity or prudence. Naval transfers stir diplomatic chatter as fleet heads to the west coast earlier than planned.

America Congress United States Roosevelt Hiram W. Johnson Calif House Joseph W. Martin Martin Atlantic

Spectacular Japanese navy demo near Singapore planned

naval experts note unspoken Anglo French American understandings shift fleets to Atlantic and Mediterranean while the United States keeps Pacific patrol. the main fleet heads to panama via the canal and likely reaches the pacific coast in about ten days with fifty ships remaining in the Atlantic for world fair ceremonies.

Atlantic Mediterranean United States Pacific Panama Canal Pacific Coast Comintern State Department Walter Kirk Moscow Berlin Resalta

Japan seeks Axis aid to stop third powers in China war

Nichi Nichi reports Japan will enlist Germany and Italy to pressure Britain France and Soviet Russia to halt support for China in the undeclared war. The United States may also face pressure as Japan seeks action against nations with interests in China.

TORIO Nichi Nichi China Great Britain France Soviet Russia United States Japan

Couple Arrested On Bench Warrants For Lewdness

Charles L. Grommon and Bessie Randolph Lynch, both of Cedar Rapids, were arrested at 5 p m Saturday by Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder on district court bench warrants charging lewdness. Lynch posted 500 bond and was released. Pauline Grommon, Grommon’s former wife, is named as a witness. The alleged offense date is August 8.

Charles L. Grommon Bessie Randolph Lynch Cedar Rapids Harlan Snyder

Stolen Car Crashes Into Local Delivery Truck

Police investigated a mystery crash near C avenue and Thirty second street NE at midnight Saturday. A car believed stolen struck the front of a delivery truck in the driveway of H. W. Shipe at 404 Thirty-second street NE. Neighbors found the driver's door open and the car abandoned. The vehicle was registered to Russell Manatt of 1918 Park Avenue SE, but police could not locate him at his home.

C Avenue H. W. Shipe Thirty-second Street Russell Manatt Park Avenue SE Manatt Mr. Manatt

Four Killed Three Injured In Ohio Auto Crash

Four people died and three were injured in a Saturday auto crash near Portsmouth Ohio ending shortly after plans for a marriage. The deceased were Daniel Ratliff 30 his wife Iva 30 Leonard Watkins 30 and Marguerite Bruerd 24 all from nearby towns. Injured include Mrs Leonard Watkins and her young daughter Sarah and D G Pife 44 of Columbus. Bruerd was a school teacher and she and Rife were en route to Kentucky for their wedding when the wreck occurred.

Portsmouth, Ohio Here Daniel Ratliff Iva Portsemouth Leonard Watkins Portmouth Marguerite Bruerd Hilliards Ohio Sarah D. G. Pife Columbus

Shenandoah Man Heads Iowa Society of Sons of American Revolution

John S. Cutter of Shenandoah was chosen president of the Iowa Society of the Sons of the American Revolution at the forty fifth annual convention in Sioux City. Earl A. Hewitt of Ames was first vice president and Dr Tom B Throckmorton of Des Moines was second vice president. Dr J A Goodrich of Des Moines named secretary and William A Baker of Des Moines treasurer. W R Felton of Sioux City registrar and C D Reed of Des Moines chaplain. Judge A O Wakefield of Sioux City and John S Irwin of Keokuk elected to the board of managers.

Sioux City John S. Cutter Shenandoah Iowa Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Earl A. Hewitt Ames Tom B. Throckmorton Des Moines J.A. Goodrich William A. Baker W. R. Felton Sioux Es C. D. Reed A. O. Wakefield John S. Irwin Keokuk

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