Equal Education Opportunity Debate At Lions Club
Dean C Harve Geiger of Coe College spoke at the Hotel Roosevelt luncheon about unequal educational opportunities in the United States. He cited per pupil expenditures in 1900 and 1930, showing stark regional gaps and racial disparities. The Lions Club adopted an Iowa Taxpayers Association resolution urging public budget hearings and taxpayer appeals to control expenditures and encourage equalized funding. The resolution will be presented at the upcoming Lions convention in Fort Dodge.
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Dean Geiger
Coe
Talk To Lions
United States
Dean C. Harve Geiger
Coe College
Lions Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Iowa Taxpayers Association
General Assembly
Iowa
Lions Clubs
Fort Dodge
Furnace Dealers Hold Two Day School Here
A two day furnace dealers school and exhibition at the Chandler company heater plant drew 165 dealers from Iowa Illinois and Wisconsin ending at 3 p m Thursday Air conditioning and heater equipment were on show Speakers included R P Wettstein Harold Achuff C W Nessell and C Louis Fontana Those attending were treated to a Chamber of Commerce banquet with toastmaster Ernest Gandling plus music a roller skating exhibition and a comedy skit Lee s Tinshop by Chandler salesmen
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Chandler Company
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
R. P. Wettstien
Chicago
Keeney Publishing Company
Harold Achuff
Milwaukee
Wis
Achuff Company
C. W. Nessell
Minneapolis
Minneapolis- Honeywell Company
Iowa German Professor To Speak Here Tonight
Erich Funke of the University of Iowa will discuss Field Service in Gray at a 6 30 dinner at the Elks club. Event sponsored by Linn county chapter Reserve Officers Association, open to Sojourners Hanford post American Legion national guard and friends.
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Erich Funke
University of Iowa
Gray
Elks Club
Linn County
The
Reserve Officers Association
Sojourners
Hanford
American Legion
National Guard
Townsend club to meet Friday in superior court room
Townsend No 2 unit will meet Friday at 7 30 p m in the superior court room with a speaker Alvin Vondracek four year old son of Mr and Mrs Filbert Vondracek of Fairfax is in St Luke s hospital after an appendectomy Monday L T Winters 1522 A avenue NE was fined 100 and costs for reckless driving C H Otto 308 Second street NW was fined 1 and costs for parking in a prohibited zone Thirty day jail terms for intoxication and disturbing the peace were handed down in police court Thursday to Jake Wicher 52 of 106 L avenue NW and Babene 32 of 302 Seventh street NE
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Townsend Club No. 2
Superior Court Room
Alvin Vondracek
Filbert Vondracek
Fairfax
St. Luke’s Hospital
L. T. Winters
A Avenue NE
C. H. Otto
Second Street NW
Jake Wicher
L Avenue NW
Babe Ene
Seventh Street NE
Janitor Severely Injured After Chair Fall at Delavan Hotel
Howard Bridges of 1702 C street SW, janitor at the Delavan hotel, fractured his right ankle Thursday forenoon when he toppled from a chair. He was carried by ambulance to St. Luke's hospital and is confined.
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Howard Bridges
C Street
Delavan Hotel
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bicycle collision injures man at J Street and Twenty first Avenue
Attendant at St Luke's hospital says Clifford Carney 31 of 1210 Memorial drive SE suffered head and ear injuries after being struck by a bicycle ridden by Paul Myers 12 of 608 Eighteenth avenue SW at J Street and Twenty first Avenue SW. Condition not serious. Earlier story on page 22.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Clifford Carney
Memorial Drive SE
Paul Myers
Eighteenth Avenue
J Street
Twenty-first Avenue
Awarded Park Concession to Ed Leigh
The city council awarded concessions at Bever, Daniels, Riverside and Ellis parks to Ed Leigh on Thursday. Leigh’s bid of $457.50 was the only bid filed with the council on Monday.
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Ed Leigh
Bever, Daniels, Riverside
Ellis Parks
Leigh
De Molay To Meet In Cedar Rapids Tonight
Cedar Rapids chapter No. 10 of the Order of De Molay will hold a meeting at 7:15 PM in the Masonic hall. The initiatory degree will be conferred and work judged for the Northeast district ritual contest. George Griner, attorney, will speak on The Observance of Patriotic Day.
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de Molay
Cedar Rapids
Order of
Masonic Hall
George Griner
Fined For Reckless Driving In Cedar Rapids
Virginius Zearing of Cedar Rapids was fined 100 dollars and costs by Justice Reed on Thursday after a 12 30 a m crash on highway 30 seven miles west of Cedar Rapids. Sheriff Smith and Deputy Peyn stopped the alleged offender following the collision with another car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginius Zearing
Cedar Rapids
Justice A. S. Reed
Zearing
James H. Smith
Dick Peyn
Fighting Mayor Bangs Arrests Council in Limelight
Huntington Indiana story reports Clare W. H. Bangs, known as the fighting mayor, arresting three city council members to attend a meeting after a contentious dispute with Northern Indiana Power. He previously spent 10 days jailed over a $1,500 judgment, and says the actions were legal though he plans no further press. The council was called for 7 30 p m Tuesday and police brought the trio in after they were found in a parked car. The clash centers on extending electrical service to private homes at lower rates than the utility.
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Huntington
Ind
Clare W. H. Bangs
Indiana
Northern Indiana Power Company
Insull
Power Company
Elevation Rankings of Rocky Mountain States
Colorado records the highest mean elevation in the Rockies at 6 800 feet. Wyoming follows at 6 700 feet, ranking second in mean elevation among the states in the range.
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Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Wyoming
Suspected Companion of Slain Bandit Held near Lime Springs
Howard County Sheriff A T Pederson arrested a man posing as Jack Gibbs 23 Madison Wis near Lime Springs for auto theft. Gibbs may match a description of a bandit involved in service station holdups at Lawler and Primghar Iowa. State police search for bandits linked to Roscoe Barton 23 Davenport who was killed by a highway patrolman.
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Cresco
Howard County
A. T. Pederson
Jack Gibbs
Madison
Wis
Lime Springs
Gibbs
Lawler and Primghar
Muscatine
Roscoe Barton
Davenport
Oran H. Pape
Pederson
T. E. Decker
Mason City
Lawrence Jones
Iowa Sheriff to Question Suspect in Auto Theft Case
Cerro Gordo County Sheriff J. M. Robertson will take Jack Gibbs who was arrested near Cresco for automobile theft to Lawler to be identified by a service station attendant there, per Iowa Bureau of Investigation Chief Glen Schmidt.
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Des Moines
Glen Schmidt
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
Cerro Gordo County
J. M. Robertson
Jack Gibbs
Cresco
Lawler
Italian Forces At Addis Ababa
Italian columns push Ethiopians across flat terrain as Ras Naissibu fights with Turkish and Belgian officers. The rout signals a possible advance toward Harar and eventually Addis Ababa, uniting with northern forces. Ras Naissibu’s army is described by Italians as Ethiopia's last army.
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Ras Naissibu
Haile Selassie
Harar
Addis Aba
Addis Ababa Surrender Report Circulates From Asmara
An unconfirmed report from Asmara states three Addis Ababa municipal representatives left the Ethiopian capital to meet advancing Italian forces and surrender the city.
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Rome
INS
Asmara
Addis Ababa
Emperor Haile Selassie Orders Addis Ababa Undefended
Haile Selassie ordered the capital left undefended hoping for a bloodless Italian occupation. He recalled 3000 troops from the front while Blata Takalla stays with police to maintain order as the government plans to move to an unknown destination. Storm clouds mount to the north fueling fear among residents.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Blata Takalla
Deaths Frank Bozanek Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Frank Bozanek were held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Janeba and Brosh chapel conducted by Rev. Frank Helmich. Burial followed at Bohemian National cemetery. Members of Prokop Velky lodge No 7 Z C B J served as pallbearers.
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Frank Bozanek
Janeba and Brosh
Frank Helmich
Bohemian National Cemetery
Prokop Velky Lodge No. 7
Slayer of Highway Patrolman Named in Crime Report
The assailant in the Muscatine incident was mortally wounded after a gun battle with Patrolman Oran Pape. Pape, once a star at the University of Iowa, wrested the gun from the attacker and signalled motorists to rush him to a hospital. Authorities linked the gunman to a string of Iowa filling station robberies using a car and stolen license plates. Roscoe Barton of Davenport, later described as paroled from federal custody, was connected to the case through details disclosed at the latest hearings.
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Pape
C. W. Wilson
L. L. Stewart
Kansas City
Fender
Onarga
Muscatine Hospital
Fred Nesper
Iowa
Minnesota
New
Hampton
Albert Fuldauer
Cleveland
C. J. McKone
Lawler
Nesper
Glen Schmidt
State Bureau of Investigation
Schmidt
West Point
Delta
McKone
Wapello
Primghar
Laverne
Minn
Davenport
State Highway Patrol
James Machholz
Sioux City
Charles O. Pape
Dubuque
Vern
John Fuhrman
University of Iowa
Walter Leyerly Funeral Services Held Saturday
Funeral services for Walter Leyerly will be conducted at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Immaculate Conception Church by Msgr. John Molloy. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial Park with Hanford Post American Legion providing military rites.
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Walter Leyerly
Immaculate Conception
Msgr
John Molloy
Cedar Memorial Park
Hanford Post
American Legion
Mrs. Emma Hollenbeck, Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs. Emma Hollenbeck wife of Ellsworth R. Hollenbeck 809 H avenue NW died at a local hospital at 5 p.m. Wednesday after a brief illness. Born May 27 1879 in Linn county she had lived in the area all her life. Survived by husband a brother John Zetka Cedar Rapids four sisters Mrs Josie Chambers Seattle Wash Mrs Marie Vining Wenatchee Wash and four nieces and a nephew. She was a Cedar chapter O E S member. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m. at Barta chapel with Rev James T. Stewart Cedar chapter officiating. Burial Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel Friday evening.
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Emma Hollenbeck
Emma _ Hollenbeck
Ellsworth R. Hollenbeck
H Avenue
Linn County
John Zetka
Cedar Rapids
Josie Chambers
Seattle
Wash
Marie Vining
Wenatchee
Cedar Chapter
Barta
James T. Stewart
Linwood Cemetery
Funeral services for Dwight Crippin Davis
Dwight Crippin Davis 56 died at his home 815 Center Point road Wednesday morning. Funeral in Beatty chapel Saturday at 10 a.m. Rev. W A Montgomery to officiate with burial at Hazelwood cemetery Grinnell. Survived by widow Anna five children Will C Clyde J Frank D ey W Davis and Mrs Charles McGinty all Cedar Rapids a brother Will V Oela and five grandchildren.
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Dwight Crippin Davis
Center Point Road
Beatty Chapel
W. A. Montgomery
Hazelwood Cemetery
Grinnell
Dwight Crippin
Davis
Geneseo, Ill
Cedar Rapids
Penick and Ford
Anna
Will C
Clyde J
Frank D
Ey W. Davis
Charles McGinty
Will V
Oela
Widow of patrolman to receive workmen compensation
Des Moines reports compensation totaling 4500 will be paid to the widow of highway patrolman Oran Pape who was killed in action near Muscatine. Deputy Comptroller Fred Porter said she will receive 60 percent of Pape's salary for 300 weeks under the workmen's compensation act with funds drawn from the general fund.
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Des Moines
INS
Oran Pape
Muscatine
Fred Porter
Pape
Funeral for slain Dubuque trooper Saturday
Funeral services for Oran Pape, a highway patrolman slain in Dubuque, will be held Saturday afternoon at the Egelhof Funeral Home. He is survived by his widow and mother, two brothers, and a sister, all of Dubuque. His father died last year.
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Dubuque
Oran Pape
Egelhof
Pape
Iowa City Newhall dominate high school music festival
Iowa City and Newhall led the Iowa high school music festival with superior ratings in morning sessions. Performers cited include Virgin Freeman in trombone solo and Ruth Meyer among several soloists earning good to excellent marks across varied brass and string ensembles.
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Iowa City
Newhall
Virgin Freeman
Stricasso
Lauretta King
Central
Sioux City
Ross Libby
East Waterloo
Good
Millard Kent
Des Moines
Frances LeValley
Logan
Amiber
Rolfe
George Bruner
East Des Moines
Robert Dugan
Stanley
Eugene Hutchinson
Estherville
Roger Hodgson
Hawarden
Robert Hanlihan
Ida Grove
Lea Hard
Muscatine
Charles Handsaker
Nevada
Pearl Stullkin
East Sioux City
Ruth Meyer
Roosevelt
Dorothy Nelson
Jewell
Leona Davis
Mediapolis
Helen Kolyn
Orange City
Ris Moberg
Crest
John Blumenschein
Ames
John Huston
Columpus Junction
James Cassel
Lincoln
Loyd Nichols
Mason City
Good Howard Robertson
Centerville
Swanson
Myra Stevenson Quimby
Paul Campbell
Superior
Exceilent
Abraham
Births in Anamosa Waterloo and Cedar Rapids families
Born to Mr and Mrs James H Strickell of Anamosa April 26 a six pound daughter Grace Mae. Born to Mr and Mrs Jerome Welsh 1322 Sixth Street NW Sunday at Iowa City a son Robert Eugene. Born April 19 to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Makinster of Waterloo a daughter Dorert Sue. Mrs Makinster before marriage was Miss Grace Atkins of Cedar Rapids.
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James H. Strickell
Anamosa
Grace Mae
Jerome Welsh
Sixth Street
Iowa City
Robert Eugene
Kenneth Makinster
Waterloo
Dorett Sue
Makinster
Grace Atkins
Cedar Rapids
House votes study of govt economy
The House approved a resolution to form a five member special committee to audit federal agencies for possible consolidations or eliminations. The plan, passed 226 to 43, follows a Roosevelt letter urging cooperation with a Senate panel and the President’s executive branch study.
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Washington
House
Bankhead
Alabama
Burns
Roosevelt
Senate
Bridgeworker Hospitalized After Foot Injury In Guthrie Bridge
George Logan of Delaware County suffered a severed artery and needed twelve stitches after his axe struck his right foot while sharpening piling for the Guthrie bridge three miles east of Ryan. He was brought to Manchester by coworker Oliver Fuller.
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Manchester
George Logan
Delaware County
Guthrie Bridge
Ryan
Logan
Oliver Fuller
Arrest Alleged Hi-Jacking Ring Nabbed in Quad Cities
Five residents of the Tri-Cities were arrested in Davenport on charges tied to a $250 000 liquor hi hijacking ring. Stanley Boyles a Moline newspaper man is charged with kidnapping transportation of stolen liquor and possession and selling of stolen liquor. A raid on William Tiedman s tavern yielded a large liquor shipment linked to 330 cases hijacked near Mount Pleasant Ia on April 2.
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Davenport
Tri-Cities
Stanley Boyles
Moline
William Tiedman
George Voge
John Henry Rummell
Boyles
United States
Albert F. Brock
Tiedeman
Mount Pleasant
Troy Mills Story Hour elects new officers
The Story Hour club at Troy Mills school elects officers led by President Paul Peyton and Vice President Lorraine Fisher. Secretary Lillian Washburn Librarian Vivian Ramsey and Vice Librarian Delmer Chester also named. Program committee includes Peyton, Zella Andrews, Jeanne Burton Sauer, and Edna Caldwell.
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Troy Mills
Story Hour Club
Troy Mills School
Paul Peyton
Lorraine Fisher
Lillian Washburn
Vivian Ramsey
Libarian
Delmer Chester
Zella Andrews
Jean Eee Burton Sauer
Edna Caldwell
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Oly Dlay
Hold
Highway Patrol
Irving Nelson
Portsmouth, O
Barton
Fairport
Federal District Court
Leavenworth
Charles A. Dewey
Robert Pappen
Dewey
Owa City
Coyne’ Bluffs
Ye Ae Pyala Sake
Bulova-Gruen
Elgin & Hamilton
Peoples Savings Bank
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