County boards weigh co op electric role for Linn home
Linn County supervisors discuss whether the county may join a cooperative electric group to supply three phase power for county home refrigeration rooms while also weighing a private utility option. REA Linn cooperative argues lower rates and wholesale power. Iowa Electric Light and Power cites line extension and customer retention. The county seeks by law details and a formal opinion from County Attorney G K Thompson after reviewing cooperative by laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
G. K. Thompson
Thompson
Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Rea
REA Linn Cooperative
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company of
Cedar Rapids
Co-Operative
Lincoln Electric Company of
Marion
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Towa Electric Light and Power
Linn County Rural Cooperative
Iowa Electric Light and Power
Lincoln Concern
Walther League Rally at Keystone April 23 at 2 30 PM
Local Walther league of Trinity Lutheran church invites members to a rally at the Keystone Lutheran church on Sunday April 23 at 2 30 PM The program includes a devotional by Rev E Weiss of Marengo a business meeting led by Clarence Schulze and a play by St Stephens Atkins group In the evening Rev P L Bornhoeft will lecture on The Young People Participation in the Centennial of Our Church Edward Euken will discuss the Cedar Rounds Walther league convention May 27 28 preparations underway
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walther League of Trinity Lutheran Church
Keystone
Albert Brauer
E. Weiss
Marengo
Clarence Schulze
Blairstown
Tall Corn
Ilene Niebuhr
St. Stephens Church
Atkins
P. L. Bornhoeft
Trinity Lutheran Church
Edward Euken
Cedar Rounds
Walther League
British King and Queen U S Visit Plans Revealed
The four day June royal visit to the United States remains on schedule despite European war fears. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth will arrive at Niagara Falls June 7 and proceed to Washington for events at the White House Union Station and embassy garden party. They will wreath George Washington’s tomb at Mount Vernon and the Unknown Soldier at Arlington, dine with the Roosevelts, and attend New York World’s Fair activities before staying at Hyde Park and traveling to Canada.
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Washington
Europe
George
Queen Elizabeth
United States
Niagara Falls
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Union Station
White House
Mrs. Roosevelt
Mount Vernon
Potomac
George Washington
Arlington Cemetery
New York City
Hyde Park
Roosevelt Home
Canada
Edgar A. Guest Poet of the People Returns to Golfing Sermons
The poem frames Edgar A. Guest as the golfing parson who delivers springtime reflections from the tee. He praises life and the outdoors while awaiting his next sermon like a question about his golf strokes. The verses celebrate renewal and the joy of a warm day amid nature and sport.
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Asphodel
Nazis Execute 2 Spies in Berlin Beheadings
Berlin reports that Walter Hermann aged 24 and Walter Hertwig aged 19 were executed by beheading after conviction for passing military secrets to foreign agents for money. The men were hanged by the Nazis on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Walter Hermann
Walter Hertwig
Lincoln Highway trip echoes 1915 tour toward exposition
Austin F. Bement of Detroit, vice president of the Lincoln Highway association, passes Cedar Rapids en route to the San Francisco exposition. He recalls the 1915 Panama-Pacific trip that aimed to beat a 20 day Detroit to Frisco record but was slowed by rain and bad roads, taking 22 days. He will help plan Lincoln Highway day on July 1 at the Golden Gate Exposition as Lincoln Highway needs widening and modernization.
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Austin F. Bement
Detroit
Lincoln Highway Association
Cedar Rapids
San Francisco
Bement
Cheyenne
Wyo
Iowa
Golden Gate International Exposition
Local Store Employees Hear 5 Points on Selling Anything
Elmer "Sizzles" Wheeler, sales counsellor and head of the Testing Selling Institute, lectured 1,400 Cedar Rapids clerks at the Paramount Theater on five core selling points. He urged letting customers touch items first, stressing the slogan Don't sell the steak sell the sizzle and advocated clear, choice-driven phrasing and engaging delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer
Wheeler
Cedar Rapids
Paramount Theater
Telegraph
Canopus Club hears Dr Naibert on Caribbean cruise
Dr. W F Naibert spoke at a Canopus club luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel about a Caribbean cruise. He described Kingston Jamaica as the high point with orchids, fruits, and free rum drinks in imports stores and suggested it boosts souvenir sales. He called Venezuela the worst shop due to the dollar’s decline and praised the U S Virgin Islands as the cleanest visited on the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
W.F. Naibert
Canopus Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Venezuela
Naibert
United States
Virgin Islands
Havana
Cuba
Select Teams For Concert Course Membership Drive
Mrs. R. D. Taylor announces team captains and workers for the Community Concerts membership campaign. Dinner for all staff and officers Friday at 6:30 p.m. Montrose hotel with speakers Miss Alice Inskeep and the Madrigal Singers of Coe College. Fifty-plus named campaign teams and captains listed from Coe College group and local associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Taylor
Community Concerts
Montrose Hotel
Taylor
Everett Fisher
Blanche Krebs
Clark A. Beems
Edward H. Files
Beems
Alice Inskeep
Madrigal Singers
Coe College
Coe Group
Betty Levien
Margaret Hindee
Naoma Hall
Edward Melcher
William Carran
Robert Carmichael
Arthur Wisner
Columbia Concerts
James Franken
Russell Lemley
Morris B. Katzoff
Joseph Il Kitchin
Paul S. Ray
Carl N. Ettinger
Karl P. Blaise
Roland H. Mohlmann
Ella Johnson
S. W. Wilder
E. H. Files
Frances Bailey
Everett E. Fisher
Ollie Larson
W. R. Boyd
Clare R. Marshall
Helen McCahon
Evelyn Stoakes
Norma Deitrich
Paul Anthony
Sylvia Stark
Rose Wilcox
Nettie Sisam
Alice Mae Ottilie
Genevieve Jensen
Roland Moehlmann
Olive Curtis
Grace Meloney
Betty Hamilton
Maurine Hambl
1800 Entertained On Guest Day Of Chamber Commerce
About 1800 northeastern Iowa merchants gathered in Cedar Rapids for the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Out-of-Town Guest Day. Guests toured local plants, enjoyed a buffet, and attended a two hour vaudeville show in the armory featuring wrestlers magnetic performers Ted Key and Joe Dusck with referee Alex Fidler. Clare Marshall offered a brief welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Wholesalers and Manufacturers Bureau
Clare Marshall
Chamber of Commerce
Herb Larimer
Ted Key
Joe Dusck
Alex Fidler
Springville Pastor Named Moderator Of C. R. Presbytery
The Rev Roland A. Badger of Springville was elected moderator of the Cedar Rapids Presbytery at the spring session held in Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian church. The fall meeting will be in Wyoming. Delegates to the Iowa Synod in Ames in June include John Walker Monticello, RE MacDanel Cedar Rapids Central Park, S G Hutton Onslow, W B Clark Scotch Grove, Werner Stripple Vinton, Charles Ford Mount Vernon, and William Hintz Peniel Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland A. Badger
Springville
Cedar Rapids
Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian Church
Wyoming
Iowa Synod
Ames
John Walker
Monticello
R E. MacDanel
Central Park Church
S. G. Hutton
Onslow
W. B Clark
Scotch Grove
Werner Stripple
Vinton
Charles Ford
Mount Vernon
William Hintz
Peniel Church
Ten to twenty years ago in the Gazette
Recap of varied local items: Frank Kanazawa injured after a fall from a pole at Capitol theater. The Madonna play directed by Genevieve Dotson for Iowa City state contest with cast members. Col Charles B. Robbins honored by army officials in Cedar Rapids. Mrs Frank Witwer and daughter Anne returned from Miami. Prof Robert D Parmenter resigns from Coe College violin dept. Mrs H A Stearns travels to Los Angeles due to illness of John J Miller. Mrs John A Pirnie and Nelle Erwin host theater party for Mrs Harry L Worth departing for Seattle. Mr and Mrs Frank Moravee relocate to Cedar Rapids. Tom Breslin, government meat inspector, returns from New York. William Hynds sustains neck injury from pitchfork fall. P E Hall returns from California. J H Forsythe knocked down by car at First Ave and Fourth St.
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Frank Kanazawa
Capitol Theater
Madonna
Nevin Nichols
Iowa City
Genevieve Dotson
Pauline Stanley
Harold Reid
Charles Whipple
Charles B. Robbins
Cedar Rapids
Army Supply Department
Frank Witwer
Anne
Miami
Fla
Robert D. Parmenter
Coe College
Chicago
H. A Stearns
John
Los Angeles
Calif
Stearn
John J. Miller
John A. Pirnie
Nelle Erwin
the Majestic
Harry L. Worth
Seattle
Frank Moravee
Oxford Junction
Tom Breslin
New York
William
J. Hynds
P. E. Hall
California
J. H Forsythe
Vinton
First Avenue
Fourth Street
How Family of 5 Can Eat Well On $12 a Week
The menus planned for a family of five aim to cover about 12 a week with daily menus and recipes for two adults and three young children. Each day provides balanced calories, protein, minerals, and vitamins to support energy and bodily functions.
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Mis
Festive Desserts and Low Cost Meals Promoted
A Cedar Rapids Gazette features a meal plan totaling about 1.85 dollars with soups salads and desserts. It promotes cake recipes including chocolate chiffon and orange sponge and offers a Special Cakes leaflet via a 3 cent mail request and Meta Given booklets through Community Nutrition Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Community Nutrition Service
Dial
Jackson Pupils Stage American Folk Festival at McKinley
Jackson school pupils present An American Folk Festival in McKinley high auditorium at 7 30 p m Friday. The program features songs and dances depicting American Indians pilgrims southern mountaineers cowboys and Negro melodies with costumes and a final scene on the Old Kentucky Home lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson School
McKinley High School
Old
Kentucky
Colonel Bowen
Stephen Foster
Gilbert Lorpez
William Bowden
Donald Pisney
Jimmy Bowman Puskms
Charles Thousand Gizards
Jimmy McLain
Donald Anderson
Jack Hampton
Vernon Bys
Captain Jinks
Money Music
Billy Faches
Libbie Spinka Cowboys
Jerrold Conroy
Jack Jampton
Colonel Rowan
Jimmy Bean
Mrs. Rowan
Shirley Meade
Stephen Collins Foster
John Williams
County Road Surfacing District Hearings Set
Linn county supervisors set hearings for two proposed surfacing districts. No 131 would cover 3 miles in Buffalo township and No 132 would run 290 miles north from Alice in Otter Creek and Spring Grove townships. Engineer Behrens' report and plat were approved. A 2.5 mile Clinton Fairfax district petition is noted.
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Buffalo Township
Jones County
Alice
Otter Creek
Spring Grove
Linn County
W. H Behrens
Clinton
Fairfax
The Brosh Chapel Earns Widespread Female Approval
A writer argues women keep secrets well and influence business through word of mouth. He notes that firms winning female approval thrive, while those ignored or disliked fail. The piece praises Brosh Chapel for earning universal feminine endorsement through quality service.
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Brosh Chapel
Behrens Reports On Bridges And Road Petition
Behrens referred for report and plat. A 50 foot I beam bridge on a PWA project by Amos Melberg crosses Hoosier Creek in College township, with completion report accepted. A 301 foot continuous plate girder bridge replacing the Matsell bridge over the Wapsie River in Buffalo township should finish by May 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Behrens
Linn-Benton County
Cedar County
PWA
Amos Melberg
Hoosier Creek
College Township
Indict Twelve In Narcotics Inquiry
Twelve men accused of being members of a 1,000,000-a-month narcotics ring were indicted by a federal grand jury in Kansas City on Wednesday, triggering a major federal narcotics investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Investi
Receiver's Sale of Remaining Assets for Cedar Rapids Bank
Notice to stockholders and creditors of Cedar Rapids State Bank of a hearing on April 26, 1939 for approval of receiver D W Bates to sell all remaining assets to The Peoples Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids. The court will decide whether to grant the sale and transfer assets and claims against stockholders. Defense and inquiries directed to George C. Gorman, attorney for receiver.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Sai Bank
Towaim
Linn County
Cedar Rapids State Bank
Cedar Rapide State Bank
Peoples Savans Bank
Gedf
Rapids
Iowan
H Churchill Truster
Ced Rapids State Bank
Cedar Rapid Linn
W Bates
Cedar Ramids el
Cedar Stupids Tova
George C. Gorman
Celver
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Edgar A. Guest Hee Poet of the People
Hamilton
Waltham
Elgin
Sfnat
B. Waltham
D. Elgin
E. Hamilton
Prastra
deWareks
China
Paramount
Lincoln
J. W. Albright
Robert B. Davis
Patricia Burkhalter
Homer Maxwell
C. L. Fontana
J. Stuart McQuiston
Loren Toogood
Mary Mulvihill
EE. Fisher
H. M. Hill
Philip Shive
Donald S. Barry
Earley Nichols
M. Jd. Frankel
Katherine Franken
Mary Toof
Helen Levysen
Marianne Dvorak
Peiffer
Joe Peiffer
M. S. Hallman
Frances Swab
E. A Sloan
Marjorie Hungerford
Louis Brown
Eleanor Houts
Glayce Getz
Mary de Lourdes
Edna Mac Sila
Ettinger
Arthur L. Augustine
Lulu Engelmann Welty
Dean Hilborn
Adolph Topinka
Helen
Marvin D Marr
Carl J . Dueser
B. E. Bochmann
Frederick C Fisher, Jr
Frances Halpin
Mortmer S. Levy
Anne Johnson
Marian van Fossen
Betsy Falaise
Diane Marshall
Rebecca Hallman
Miriam Rosenbaum
Katheryn Greene
Bryce Fisher
Marian Taylor
Mary Jo Studer
Margaret Barngrover
Florence van Winkle
Charles Eble
Carrie Wackerbarth
Independence
Floyd Oakland
Hazel Black
Anamosa
Chamber Commerce
C. R. Presbytery
Barkers
Second Street
Itowa Fair Trade
Johnson
Dr. West
P & G. Soan
J QU Johnson
Wee U
Inaulla
McKinley
Mary Morris
Chinamel Store
3Rd Ave. SE
Crete
Ates
Lee -119
Fifth Street
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