Linn county pension staff seeks raises blocked by supervisors
Linn county officials debate a proposed pension staff raise and new investigator post. The state welfare board is asked to act first while supervisors resist midyear salary changes. Proposed pay upgrades include Old Age Assistance Director Joseph Roeder at 175 dollars monthly, senior investigators Eloyse Bittner and Edwin Hurley rising to 100 and 110 dollars, with J.C. House added at 125 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
County Social Welfare Board
State Social Welfare Board
Elmer M. Seevell
Fred Stirm
Alburnett
Clarence Beeson
Cedar Rapids
Board of Supervisors
Beeson
Stirm
Joseph Roeder
Eloyse Bittner
Edwin J. Hurley
J.C. House of
Mechanicsville
M. W. Moore
Utilities Division of League Discusses Municipal Plants
Waggoner of Lake Mills was elected to the board of trustees of the municipal electric subdivision of the League of Iowa Municipalities at a Roosevelt hotel meeting. Discussion covered how municipal plants fund street lighting, utility taxation, and REA service options for towns, with warnings against overtaxing facilities and costly contracts. Tigers and hunters in India killed 1608 tigers and 1033 men in 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Il. L. Waggoner
Lake Mills
Municipal Electric Subdivision
League of Iowa Municipalities
Roosevelt Hotel
C. W. Pollard
Algona
Cor van de Steeg
Orange City
W. C. Rus
Hawarden
Ben Wingrove
Denison
Kellogg's All-Bran Promises Constipation Relief
Why endure dull headachy days from constipation when the cause is lack of bulk in the diet. Kellogg's All-Bran is presented as the preventive cereal that helps you stay regular day after day by the pleasantest means. Made by Kellogg's in Battle Creek and sold by every grocer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
City Briefs And Personalities
Cedar Rapids briefs report a Wednesday bungalow canning school at 2 00 PM and a Moose hall meeting of Cedar Rapids chapter No 194 of the Order of Ahepa. Police log notes a stolen license plate from a home front in front of 1229 J Avenue NE. A couple headed from Cedar Rapids to Duluth and Canadian points plans a month away. Dr. Roderick F MacDougall, newly trained obstetrician, moves to Cedar Rapids to practice. Barbara Risk presents a sweet potato duck to The Gazette. Garage break in at 1222 Ellis Boulevard NW. four gallons of gas stolen. Motorcycle crash near a Dubuque railroad crossing injures Harold DeLaMater and Marie Williams but no serious injuries. Collision on Third Avenue SE as Dr Proctor’s car passes Langham’s. Langham turns into a driveway. Cavaliers drum corps parents and a sponsor delegation elects officers. P J Chapman president. Police department picnic hosts over 130 officers and families at Sokol camp on the Cedar River near Center Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold DeLaMater
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Marie Williams
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
DeLaMater
Stamp Exhibition Plans Run Through Trans Miss Convention
The Trans Mississipp i Philatelic Society convenes in Denver August 17 21 with A W Jenista as stamp judge. Local attendees G W Borschel L G Brookman and Mr Jenista travel to the event as more than 600 frames are entered and stamp valuations exceed one million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Jenista
Cedar Rapids
Trans-Mississippi Philatelic Society
Denver
G. W. Borschel
Trans-Mississippi Society
Jenista
L. G. Brookman
Minneapolis
R. W. Hawkins
Holstein and Guernsey judging at All-Iowa fair finals
More than 1,000 attend the All Iowa fair cattle shows with Sir Skylark All Right shown by Paul Stewart of Maynard winning Holstein grand champion. CE Moss of Iowa City with Glencliffe Noble LaRue won the Guernsey grand championship. Junior Holstein champion went to E F Powell. Guernsey junior to Wyanet Farms of Davenport. Judges were E N Hansen of ISU and J B Fitch of the University of Minnesota. Placings list multiple exhibitors across aged, senior and junior classes in both breeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Skylark All Right
Paul Stewart
Maynard
CE. Moss
Iowa City
Glencliffe Noble LaRue
E. F. Powell
Lynn Grove
Wyanet Farms
Davenport
E. N Hansen
Iowa State College
Ames
J. B. Fitch
University of Minnesota
St. Paul
Stewart
Smith Brothers
Cashen
Stence
Aurora
J. J
Waverly
Maplecrest Farms
Wellman
Charles Hanson
Randalia
Paper
Vern H. Bahde
Gaza
Fraseur Farms
Tipton
Cashen and
C. B Jensen
Sutherland
F. A. Chester and Sons
Plainfield
C. H. Knos
Fayette
Plainview Farms
Glen Appenzeller
Linden
Stanley Klemesrud
Nora Springs
Guernsey
Modern Prince Horizontal 1 6 Crowns of Norway
The puzzle lists numerous clues across two vertical sections with many numbered items and names. It records farm entries and winners from a livestock show including junior yearling bulls and female classes with various breeders and locations such as Dubuque Muscatine Tipton Independence and Keokuk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
R A
Nelson
Independence
Wyanet Farms
Harry Cornick
Gertrude Cottrell
Tipton
Elmwood Farm
C. A. McBride
Victor B. Peters
Keokuk
Roy Crawford
Maquoketa Man Dies After Wagon Car Crash
Maquoketa resident John Ralston 83 died in LeRoy Hospital from injuries sustained August 4 when the wagon he rode in was struck near Maquoketa by a car driven by Hugo Schmidt. He was thrown from the wagon and hit the pavement, with officers noting the wagon had no lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
John Ralston
LeRoy
Hugo Schmidt
Ralston
Walter Florence
Schmidt
Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County Iowa
Notice is given that on September 2, 1930 at 9 o clock an instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Bertha Tow Bergh late of Linn County deceased has come for hearing before the District Court for proof and admission to probate Cedar Rapids Iowa. Edwin W. Lundquist Clerk District Court R S Milner attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Bertha Tow Bergh
Said
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Barkley Sees Hangover Session For Congress
Washington predicted the next Congress will focus on clearing hangover measures from Roosevelt's proposals. Senate Leader Barkley said the session will be short and adjourn by midsummer for national party conventions. He noted priority items include the lending bill, a neutrality repeal, and the $800 million housing program linked to the lending bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Harpley
Tuesay
Barkley
American Woman, 59, Struck by Japanese Sentry at Barrier
In Tientsin China a 59-year-old American woman, Frances Mary Richard of San Francisco, was struck in the face by a Japanese army sentry after an identification dispute at the barrier to the blockaded foreign concession. She had shown cards from both American and Japanese consulates. A sixth sentry refused to recognize the U S card, and the woman then presented a personal card from Japanese Vice-consul N Nishida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
China
Frances Mary Richard
San Francisco
Asahir Road
United States
Richard
N. Nishida
Milk Shipments to New York City Ban Enforced
In Utica New York the Dairy Farmers union enforced a ban on shipments to New York City to press for higher milk prices. The strike, backed by the Congress of Industrial Organizations, directs milk to hospitals and city children while the union, with about 15 000 producers across upper New York, Vermont, and Pennsylvania, claims the vast supply serves millions in the metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
Dairy Farmers’ Union
New York City
Milk Trust
Congress of Industrial Organizations
General Organization Committee
Upper New York
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Milk Dealers Face Volume Tactics to Lift August Prices
The plan withholds milk from dealers until fluid milk delivered in August, September and October reaches 2385 dollars per hundredweight. The present price stands at 2250 dollars.
Parking plan by economist prompts court appearance
Miss Constance Kiehel, economic analyst for the social security board, proposed paying fines for parking in restricted downtown spots rather than using lots. Three policemen testified they issued four tickets on her car in recent months. She said deliberate restricted parking saves money, costing under $1 weekly. Police records show $66 in fines on 22 tickets over years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Constance Kiehel
Kiehel
Social Security Board
Arrangements Made for Dahl Release From Civil War Prison
SAN SEBASTIAN Spain AP plans to free more than twenty American prisoners held by nationalists in the Spanish Civil War have advanced, including aviator Harold Whitey Dahl captured in 1937. The negotiations progress toward freeing several U S detainees with a release likely in coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Sebastian
Spain
Harold (Whitey) Dahl
Spain Advises U.S. on Prisoner Release Schedule
The Spanish foreign ministry has advised the United States embassy that dates for prisoner releases are not fixed yet. Prisoners, currently held in several jails, will be concentrated near San Sebastian before crossing the frontier bridge at Irun into France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Ministry
United States
San Sebastian
Frontier Bridge
Irun
France
Boy, 212 year-old Kent Olson Found After 24 Hours
A lost child from the Stanley Askeroth farm near Battle Lake, Minnesota, was found after a 24-hour search. Kent Olson, age 12 months in the text, wandered away Sunday while his parents checked equipment. Rescuers, including Selmer Nelson, located him in a swamp exhausted and mosquito-bitten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selmer Nelson
Kent Olson
Stanle Askeroth
Battle Lak
Fergus Falls
Kennet Olson
Battle Lake
Minna
Aherne and Fontaine Engagement Revealed
Hollywood report confirms engagement of film star Brian Aherne and actress Joan Fontaine, sister of Olivia de Havilland, announced Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Brian Aherne
Joan Fontaine Actres
Olivia de Havillan
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LINN
Utilities Division of League
Bruce Watts
Corning
Frank Pierce
Marshalltown
Jettsuc
Utilities
REA
Utilities Subdivision
Washington, D. C
Pierce
India
Bungalow Canning School
Order of Ahepa
Moose Hall
Co. L. McHugh
J Avenue NE
Judson J. Calkins
Thirtieth Street
Dulah
Minn
Roderick F. MacDougall
University of Iowa
Ever Rapids
Barbara Risk
Mike Risk
Sixth Street
Gazette
W. C. Johnson
Ellis Boulevard
Rothwell D. Proctor
B Avenue NE
M. R. Langham
Bover Avenue
Third Ave
Seventh and
Eighth Streets
Proctor
Third Avenue
Langham
Cavaliers
Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps
Iowa Volunteers
Armory
P. J. Chapman
R. I. Leaper
Curtis J. Johnson, Jr
Kroupa
Adolph Sramek
Wilbur Matus
Curtis Johnson
Police Dept
Edgar Stearns
Holstein
C. E. Moss
Henry Gensicke
Wyanet
Norway
Ainie Wiairis
Aidia” Aitii
Princess
Sweden
Poland
Edwin W. Lundquist
R S. Milner
Cedar Rapids Bottling Works
Top Hat
Harmon Beverages
Nichol Cola
Second Avenue SE
Dempsey Cleaning & Dyeing CO
South Side Sash and Door Co
Heinze Electric CO
First Avenue
Gluek
A. J. Smith
Nash-Finch CO
Nesper Sign & Neon CO
Fifth Street
Dial
Paul Jerabek
Schlitz
Milwaukee
Hack Bros. Co
Orpheum Cafe
Custom Crafts CO
Belden Hill
F. Kubias CO
Virginia Second Ave
Distributors of
Atlas Sales
E. J. Weis, SR
Atlas Sales CO
E. J. Weis, JR
Dahl
Boy
Ahnerne-Fontaine
Freeston
Canning ‘E Elberta
Basket
Bartlett Pears
Mason Jars
Japan
Prunes
Kraft’s Cheese
Lic
van Camps
Red Cross
del Monte
Ree
Pullman
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