Hobbies Show Features Wide Range of Local Treasures
The Junior League fine arts and hobby show opens at the public library gallery today with free admission. Readings from Mrs. D. Pirie Beyea and Fred J. Payneer collections, wrought iron works, textile displays, antiques, glass, stamps, dolls, and Indian relics showcase Linn and surrounding counties. The exhibit runs 2 to 9 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday.
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Cedar Rapids
United States
D. Pirie Beyca
Beyea
Noe
Dodges of
Venice
Fred J. Payneer
Linn
Jones
Iowa
League
George Wilhelm
Wilhelm
Carol Selby
Roosevelt High School
Allen I. Dunn
Walter G Peterson
Ronald Holets
H L. Hoaglan
J. E. Stewart
Everett Ferguson
Mingo Willis
Mary Josephine
Jay Sigmund
Elizabeth Stuart
Charles L. Rose
Vernon White
Lnlique Glass
Florence Mae
Frances Wolfe
Lester de Yarman
Merrill Smith
Delores Harley
Robert Gilchrist
Robert Horsky
Episcopal Rites Read At Home Services For Mrs Elmer Higley
Funeral services were held Friday at 11 am for Mrs Helen L Higley widow of Elmer A Higley a pioneer resident of the city The Rev Vernon L Jones Grace Episcopal church conducted the service with no music as requested The hymn Now the Day is Over was read at the close Interment after cremation will be in the family lot at Oak Hill cemetery
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Idlewild
Seventeenth Street
Helen L. Higley
Elmer A Higley
Vernon L. Jones
Grace Episcopal Church
Higley
Jones
Oak Hill Cemetery
Boy and sister report missing coaster wagon
Jimmy Stockwell aged six and his sister Jeanine aged four visited the police station with their coaster wagon missing. They spoke with Desk Clerk Jack Weiland detailing where they parked and the circumstances of the loss in a brief, formal report.
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Jimmy Stockwell
Jeanine
Jack Weiland
Boy Admits Wagon Theft After Finding Wagon In Garage
A youth named Jimmy reported a wagon stolen from a garage at 109 Fifth Street SW after it disappeared between 6 30 pm Thursday and 10 am Friday. The wagon, three by one feet, orange inside, lacked a locked garage and held sentimental value to him and his siblings. The boy previously found a car and promised to inform police if the wagon reappeared.
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Fifth Street
Jimmy
Weiland
Will Rogers Widows Tax Payment Over Bathhouse Sale
In San Francisco the U S circuit court ordered Betty Rogers and the Rogers estate to pay 33 899 on income tax from a bathhouse sale linked to comedian Will Rogers. They bought it for 105 000, assumed a mortgage, later forfeited the venture and gave the property to the note holder. The 1933 return showed a 54 000 loss but the court ruled the loss as a sale of capital assets.
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San Francisco
Betty Rogers
Will Rogers
Rogers
U .S Circuit
Marion housing plan ties luncheon to arrivals
Marion Chamber of Commerce directors and committee chairs met at a noon luncheon where J Lewis Papes reported housing four incoming families tied to the soil conservation service expansion. The Knox ville office staff and others transfer to Marion include E F Moen Carl O Hill Byron Bruner Edward B Sherman Luella Molin Lucile Jordan Jamie Blohm Kathryn Frisbie Emmett Tow family to Marshalltown and other moves.
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Marion
Marion Chamber of Commerce
J. Lewis Papes
Soil Conservation Service
Knoxville
EF. M . Moen
Carl O. Hill
Byron Bruner
Edwa
B. Sherman
Luella Molin
Lucile Jordan
Jamie Blohm
Kathryn Frisbie
McGregor
Edwin Harlestad
Faribault
Minn
Mrs Ed Forbes Host Picnic Shower for Catherine Lafferty
Social notes from Ames describe a Thursday evening at 387 Eleventh Street a picnic supper and shower honoring Catherine Lafferty who will wed Leonard Brenneman of Marion. Attendees include Hazel Hutton Bonnie Carey and others at the state Junior Academy of Science convention. Hospital news and store ads pepper the page as spring items and local events continue.
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Ed Forbes
Mary Ellen
Margaret Forbes
Eleventh Street
Catherine Lafferty
Leonard Brenneman
Marion
Ames
Junior Academy of Science
Hazel Mae Hutton
Bonnie Carey
Mary Ives
Harriet Swift
Margaret Wilkinson
Eleanor Kesting
Bruce Phillips
Lois Lehdigh
Glenn Hoover
Lawrence Kesting
Alfred Pantry
Man's 4000 Mile Trek Blocked Near Czech Home by Soldiers
Waynesburg Pa UP Mike Zahratke recounts a 4000 mile journey to see his Vonyacina birthplace. Hungarian soldiers barred him within 500 yards of his family as air raids and shelling wounded him and damaged their taxi. He returned with Clay Hoy learning of his father's death. The events unfold amid dismemberment of Czechoslovakia.
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Waynesburg
Mike Zahratke
Vonyacina
Czechoslovakia
Clay Hoy
Vonsacina
Wip
Zahratka
Hoy
Townsend Resolution Passed By Iowa House
DES MOINES AP A townsend send plan resolution urging Congress to consider a bill modeled on the Townsend old age pension plan sailed through the Iowa House with 19 votes against. Sponsor Rep Harry Bulow noted uncertainty over a $200 monthly pension provision. Opponents included Axmear Dancer Fishbaugh Johannes Johnson Johnson Miller Moore Paul lus Pieper Pratt Prentis Ritchie Scholz Shimanek Steinberg Stewart Thompson Troeger.
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DES Moines
Iowa House
Harry Bulow
Clinton
Congress
Bulow
United States
Axmear
Dancer
Fishbaugh
Johannes
Johnson
Linn
Marion
Miller
Moore
Paullus
Pieper
Pratt
Prentis
Ritchie
Scholz
Shimanek
Steinberg
Stewart
Thompson
Guthrie
Troeger
Maquoketa Mayor Sets May 31 Special Election
Mayor L C Schroeder announced a special election for May 31 in Maquoketa to let residents express views on granting a franchise renewal to Iowa Electric Company of Cedar Rapids. The vote will not decide the franchise, leaving that council decision.
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Maquoketa
L C. Schroeder
Iowa Electric Company of
Cedar Rapids
Schroeder
Deaths Clarence Hinrichs dies. funeral at Turner chapel
Clarence Hinrichs born Center Junction October 28 1899 died at his Cedar Rapids home. Funeral 2 PM Sunday in Turner chapel with Rev S E Linkletter. Burial Shiloh Cemetery. Survived by wife Minam son Dale daughter Jeanette mother Mrs Minnie Null three sisters five brothers. Also services for Mizpah lodge A F and A M and Ambar Grotto at Turner chapel 3830 pm Sunday. Oak Hill Cemetery burial. Friends may call.
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Clarence Hinrichs
First Avenue E
Turner Chapel
S E Linkletter
Shiloh
Center Junction
Cedar Rapids
Standard Tire Company
Minam
Dale
Jeanette
Minnie Null
Moanticello
Mary Moore
Onslow
Lilly Dookey
Oxford Junction
Mable Fluckiger
Monticello
John
Elmer Hinrichs
Henry Hinrichs
Amber
Alva Hinrichs
William Hinrichs
George W Harwood 1873 1933 North Western foreman dies
George W Harwood retired after twenty one years as general foreman of the North Western round house and dies in a medical hospital Friday at 9 40 am He was born in New York City on March 27 1873 and came to Cedar Rapids from Clinton in 1919 He married Lena Vosburg in Beaver Dams NY on Sept 8 1900 He leaves a wife a daughter Helen Day and a grandson Jack of Miami Fla a brother William Harwood of Beaver Dams and a sister Mrs William Sickles of Elma NY Burial is planned in Cedar Memorial Dark cemetery at a time to be announced He was a member of St Pauls Methodist church Turner Chapel.
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George W Harwood
Twenty-fifth Street
North Western Roundhouse
Mr. Harwood
New York City
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Lena Vosburg
Beaver Dams
Harwood
Helen Day
Longtime Cedar Rapids Man James Goodhue Dies at 3 05 PM
James Goodhue of 414 Seventh Street SE Cedar Rapids died in a focal hospital at 3 05 PM Thursday after a brief illness. Born May 1, 1900 in Cedar Rapids he was educated in local schools and graduated from Grant High School. Surviving are his mother Mary Goodhue brother Fred Goodhue sister Mrs Robert Minor and nephew Dwayne Minor all of Cedar Rapids. He was a member of the local community.
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James Goodhue
Seventh Street
Cedar Rapids
Grant High School
Mary Goodhue
Fred Goodhue
Robert Minor
Dwayne Minor
Goodhue
Death notices Miss Jeanette Wold of Cedar Rapids
Miss Jeanette Margaret Wold age 25 daughter of Mr and Mrs L L M Wold died at home 1341 Fourth Avenue SE at 1 05 am Friday Born Cedar Rapids June 5 1918 she was a stenographer at Beatty Chapel until 2 pm Sunday burial in Cedar Memorial Park friends may call at the chapel
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Jeanette Margaret Wold
L L. M. Wold
Fourth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Beatty Chapel
Christian Science Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Britain weighs roofing streets for air raid protection
Britain's air raid protection department considers roofing over some of England's narrow city streets to provide extra security against air raids. Sir John Anderson, minister of civilian defense, disclosed Friday.
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London
Britain
England
John Anderson
Not Told Until After Birthday Pet Poisoning Shock Cedar Rapids
Norma Jean Holley learned on Friday her dog Pal a Spitz German was found dead from poisoning just after her fifteenth birthday on Thursday. The dog had eight years of family service, and the incident followed a second northwest Cedar Rapids pet poisoning that Thursday as investigators hunted for clues. Nearby, Mrs. J P Cummings reported another pet death about a block and a half from her home. Separately, Farm Credit Administration estimated 35 percent of U S farms carried mortgages in 1938 totaling 5 100 000 000.
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Norma Jean Holley
Dave Holles
Avenue NW
Pal
Cedar Rapids
J.P. Cummings
Fifth Street
Farm Credit Administration
United States
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