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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1937
Page
2
City officials revisit runway repair plans amid budget concerns. No funds were set aside for maintenance while the council weighs temporary crushed rock surfacing versus full blacktop. Governor Williams and City Engineer Young outline costs and next steps as United Air Lines eyes summer service.
Eulalia Hauser, a promising young pianist born in Cedar Rapids, will perform on Friday May 7 at the Montrose hotel under the Czech Fine Arts Society during National Music Week. Critics praised her Chicago debut and Paganini Variations and Danse Macabre will be featured. Tickets are available through Hillbrunner Music or by phone.
A proposed city rock supply from the Larimer and Shaffer quarry would source material above a waterworks plant at five to a ton. Moore, receiver for the quarry, says a deal is agreeable. Dave Williams supports the plan, noting easier extraction than the North Western quarry, with contract provisions to ensure tie in if WPA funds fall short.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention births and deaths with names like Vino and Vi, Leste Toker, George Sanders, and Julius Mower. Locations include Stearn Avenue, Moon Water, and NF on N Apr with hospital and church references. Details are unclear due to garbled text.
In Denver two women pleaded guilty in justice of the peace court to assault and battery after an argument over a clothesline. The dispute, involving a third woman, resulted in a $50 fine.
In New York the American Newspaper Publishers association held a golden jubilee forum on business office problems. Newsprint costs had risen 25 percent in three years along with discussions on social security for publishers and concerns about foreign propaganda and theft of news via wireless broadcasts.
The Sewage Disposal Fund closed the city fiscal year March 31 with a balance of 31086.31. Disbursements totaled 77302.73 and receipts amounted to 108389.04 including a 22980.75 balance and 12571.58 transfer. Additions include 12256 from Wilson and Company for plant sewage treatment. sewer rentals reached 59307.01 and payroll was 15575.73.
Mayor Frank K. Hahn received a letter from Leroy Wallace of the Council Bluffs Nonpareil noting the Cedar Rapids beer ordinance's effectiveness. Wallace requested a copy to guide Council Bluffs as it plans amendments to its own law.
Linn county supervisors opened twenty one bids to supply yearly gasoline diesel and lubricating oil needs. Contracts planned for next Tuesday at 2 30 p m. Two bids were rejected for missing certification and failing to attach a certified check. Supplies include 125000 gallons of gasoline 31000 gallons of diesel fuel and 4150 gallons of lubricating oil.
Eighty Cedar Rapids public school pupils entertained Lions Club at a Roosevelt hotel lunch eon. Fred Winter coordinated with teachers while Norma Dietrich Sylvia Stark Henrietta Frank Catherine Troutman Evelyn Barnett Paul Kindler Leone Sutherland directed various numbers.
Roger Patrick and Margaret Van de Grift of Cedar Rapids appear as a couple in license records. Ralph C. Rodt of Cedar Rapids and Mildred Myhlhousen of Marion are also listed on marriage license filings.
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