City Host This Week To Iowa Auxiliary Of American Legion
The twelfth annual Iowa American Legion Auxiliary convention focuses on child welfare hospital service and veteran rehabilitation. Delegates will discuss hospital programs supporting WWI veterans in facilities like Knoxville and Cherokee, with budgets and education for orphans on the agenda. National officers Gwen macDowell and Frederick Williams attend. meetings begin Tuesday morning in Cedar Rapids Memorial building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
Memorial Building
George W. Prichard
Onawa
M. Myrton Shelley
Des Moines
Deent
Cedar Rapids
American Legion Auxiliary
Grace Gilbert King
West Union
Iowa
Knoxville Government Hospital
Cherokee
Clarinda
Mount Pleasant
Independence
Oakdale
Sunnycrest
Dubuque
Sunnyslope
Ottumwa
Pine Knoll
Hoscheer
Government Hospital
Hotel Roosevelt
G. H. Maxon
Jewell
Round Table
Shenandoah
Amy Fearing
Manilla
Fidac
M. Myrton Skelley
Child Welfare and Legislation Round Table
Kathryn de Camp
Anita
Americanism and
National Defense
B. E. Brown
Marshalltown
C. L. Dixon
Ames
Virginia Bedell
Spirit Lake
Bernhard Duthbert
Cedar Falls
Gwendolyn Wiggin MacDowell
Indianapolis
Story City
Frederick C. Williams
Tuckahoe
N. Y
MacDowell
Williams
Kathryn Deane
Aes
J. M . Smittle
Waucoma
Denry E. Haegg
Rapids
Ccamamisnie
Manicekoe Pont
Fred Ehlers
Estherville
Josephine Joens
Davenport
Oscar Thompson
Dallas Center
B. L. Williams
L. L. Doolittle
Anamosa
Robert W. Calflesh
American Legion
Department of Iowa
W. Earl Hall
Mason City
H. E. Ross
Wellman
Department Rehabilitation
A. H. Hoffman
National Rehabilitation
Marie Lockhart
Center Point
Education
Radio
Publicity
R. A. Grimm
Muscatine
Poppy poster winner advances in Legion contest
Miss Bernice Nemec 19 daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph B Nemec 816 Fourteenth street SE has won first prize in the Second district American Legion auxiliary poppy poster contest Her Cedar Rapids poster depicts a white cross over a soldier s grave and a battlefield scene It will enter the state contest Nemec who graduated from Washington high school in 1930 has little formal art training and lives in Cedar Rapids The article notes a convention program with speakers and meetings at the Hotel Montrose Memorial building and nearby venues
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Bernice Nemec
Joseph B. Nemec
Fourteenth Street
American Legion Auxiliary
Cedar Rapids
Nemec
Washington High School
Federal relief fund debated as dire necessity never a gift
Representative Cyrenus Cole argues the 300 million Reconstruction Finance Corp fund should be used only for absolute necessity and as loans. He says states must exhaust own resources, Iowa can seek aid only if dire, with repayment required and no gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrenus Cole
Turner
Iowa
Congress
Hoover
Recontruction Finance Corporation
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Doles
R F C funds and political chatter in Pennsylvania
Representative Cyrenus Cole notes funds from this source require proven need and exhausted local relief efforts. He recalls Pinchot’s request for 10 million then 35 million was denied for now. The RFC, run by businessmen, funds loans only against solid collateral. The piece also mentions Theodore McCown's Palestine fossil find, Sir Arthur Keith on human evolution, Bill Bryan’s death, and a Young Democratic Clubs of America soap drive for Roosevelt campaign funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
University of California
Theodore McCown
Mount Carmel
Palestine
Arthur Keith
Bill Bryan
Young Democratic Clubs of America
Roosevelt
State budget cuts urged for 1932 spending
A legislative committee urges sweeping reductions in all expenditures including salaries as state officials face a two million cut in the 1932 schools budget. It notes the Board of Education tops pay with five officials at 10000 or more and lists many earning 7500 to 10000, while thousands earn under 1000 yearly.
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Highway Commission
State House
Board of Education
Federal Department of Labor
Continental Oil to spend 15000 on Cedar Rapids stations
Continental Oil to begin work Monday on two service stations and a bulk station in Cedar Rapids with a total outlay near 15000. Each filling station will house six pumps and a grease rack, with bulk station equipment totaling about 5000. Local labor is expected, and Cedar Rapids offices will be in the new building.
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Continental
Cedar Rapids
Twelfth Avenue
Sixth Street
First Avenue
Sixteenth Street E
Fifth Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Continental Oil Company
Iowa
Weighing Feathers: Vacuum vs Air
A pound of feathers weighs slightly more in air than in a vacuum due to air occupying the space between the feathers. The increase is extremely small because feathers are very light and air density is low.
City Briefs and Personals Highlight Local Notes
Peter A. Low of Denver arrived to visit relatives and friends in the city. The descendants of Thomas Gibson plan an annual picnic on August 14 in Ellis Park rose garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter A. Low
Denver, Colo
Thomas Gibson
Ellis Park
Weather Says Cedar Ra Sees Clear Sky After Rain
After a half day of rain and dark clouds ideal weather returned to Cedar Ra as skies cleared Saturday. The high reached 76 degrees at 3 30 p.m. The temperature eased to 72 by 7 p.m.
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Cedar Ra
Troop 2 to Attend Week at Camp Watbeek
Boy Scouts troop 2 and leaders will spend August 15 to 22 at Camp Watbeek near Waubeek Cedar Rapids area council camp. Acting Scoutmaster Arthur Kuhn will direct the one week encampment with troop committee members in attendance. Program includes nature lore cookery and various Scout activities.
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Boy Scouts
Troop 2
Camp
Watbeek
Cedar Rapids
Buchanan county board cuts two mills from road levies
Independence reports the Buchanan county board of supervisors trimmed two mills from the mandatory secondary road levies and two mills from construction levies, plus a half mill from maintenance. The cuts save about $18,000 in taxes and bring total proposed expenditures down by $79,000. Adjustments shift fractions of a mill across funds and reduce the bovine tuberculosis appropriation by two mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
Funeral for Frederick J. McDaniel Tuesday at 2
Funeral service for Frederick J. McDaniel, former local man drowned in Lake Wah-Wash-Kesh, Ontario, Canada, will be held at Turner's chapel Tuesday at 2 p.m. The Rev. George Korteling will officiate and burial will be in Linwood cemetery. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. E. B. McDaniel, formerly a missionary to Siam. The family resided at 2006 First Avenue E.
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Frederick J. McDaniel
Lake Wah-Wash- Kesh
Ontario
Canada
Turner’s Chapel
George Korteling
Linwood Cemetery
McDaniel
E. B. McDaniel
Siam
First Avenue E
Grandmother of “Andy” dies in Valley Junction
Mrs. Dyer Farnham 73 a pioneer of Jasper county died Saturday at her daughter Mrs. C D Ohler home in Valley Junction. She was the grandmother of Mrs. Charles Correll of Chicago whose husband is Andy of the Amos and Andy radio team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Dyer Farnham
Jasper County
C. D., Ohler
Valley Junction
Charles Correll
Chicago
Andy
Amos ‘Ha’ Andy
Quip on Breakfast After Night Out
A brief exchange from Tit-Bits shows Mrs Tompkins withholding breakfast after her husband stays out all night, while Mrs Smythe quips that such punishment wouldn’t affect her husband Jim who also stays out. The light anecdote reflects domestic humor about early meals and marital antics.
Iowa departments seek salaries near present biennium totals
Des Moines AP report shows nine state departments asking 187 thousand 820 dollars per year for salaries in the 1935 to 1937 biennium, about the same as the current 186 thousand 820 dollar annual allotment. Anderson urges prompt submission by August 1 as required by statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Oscar Anderson
General Assembly
Commission For the Blind
Geological Survey
Historial Society
Bureau of Labor
Parole- Board
Supreme Court
Anderson
County issues warrants to cover poor relief funds
Due to insufficient funds the county issues temporarily endorsed warrants bearing 5 percent interest. Warrants are callable when funds become available and may be used similarly for court expense funds if needed.
Teacher and Willie Dialogue About Adulthood
A classroom exchange ends abruptly as Willie attempts to define adulthood. The teacher prompts with a question about maturity while Willie trails off with an incomplete thought, suggesting distraction or difficulty expressing the idea.
Inheritance Tax Paid On Muse Estate In Des Moines
State Treasurer Ray Johnson received a payment of 10220.84 dollars as inheritance tax from the executors of W. F. Muse estate, late Mason City Globe Gazette publisher. The estate was valued largely in personal property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Ray Johnson
W. F. Muse
Mason City Globe Gazette
Wayne Lutheran Zion Church Plans Mission Rally
Plans for Wayne Lutheran Zion church annual mission rally on Sunday August 14 include English and German services at 10 a.m. and 2 15 p.m. Speakers are Prof. G J Zeilinger of Dubuque Revs G A Suechting of Dixon IL and H Hieronymus of Cisna Park IL. Wayne boys and girls orchestra will provide music and a free dinner will be served in the church parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Lutheran Zion Church
G. J. Zeilinger
Dubuque
G. A. Suechting
Dixon, IL
H. Hieronymus
Cisna Park
Wayne Boys and Girls Orchestra
Root beer stand proposal sparks a hilltop plan
A memo from Charlies A. Clark at 2nd First Avenue and Sixth Street describes opening a root beer stand on a hilltop overlook. It promises a slick setup, fresh enamel, and friendly service despite mysterious morning ash and high taxes delaying the project.
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Grandfather
First Avenue
Sixth Street
Charlies A. Clark
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W. H. Stepanek
Charles D. Manson
Lasswell
Core
Tion
Missouri
Harry Elmer Barnes
OIL Company
H. G. Fussell
Second Avenue
Mitralsky
F. J. McDaniel
Hollywood
Devine
Eews Sactier
Pilicer
Fourth St
First Ave
Willie
C. R. Sheet Metal CO
Ninth Ave
Maddigan School of Music
Paramount Bidg
Chichesters
Brand
Nois
Yy Reed
Vita-Noid
Cedar ‘Rapids
Muse
Verne Marshall
Cinders
Verne
Herbert C. Roosevelt
D. Hoover
Klinger’s
Charlie
Coolidge
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