Flower Not Pollyanna Inspires Titles For Gladiolus
Cedar Rapids cousins create new gladiola varieties named for admired young women. Nancy Joan Drahovzal, 16 months, daughter of Jerry and wife, won with a magenta gladiolus named by her grandfather Frank Libal. A blue ribbon pink mammoth gladiolus was named Helen Louise by Joseph R. Libal for his 15 year old daughter, who helped spark the interest in gladiolus.
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Cedar Rapids
Nancy Joan Drahovzal
Jerry Drahovzal
Twenty-first Avenue
Frank Libal
Helen Louise
Joseph R. Libal
Iowa Avenue
Helen Louise Libal
Evangelical league meeting hosts 500 club prizes
Clarence Mrs August Ruther chaired the 500 club gathering on Wednesday. Prizes went to Mrs Laura Kettleson Mrs Marie Martzahn and Mrs Wanda Hartwig. Rev L Gunneman of Tipton spoke on The Use and Misuse of the Bible with Irma Hulse leading devotions.
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August Ruther
Laura Kettleson
Marie Martzahn
Wanda Hartwig
L. Gunneman
Tipton
Evangelical Young People’s League
Irma Hulse
Miss Katherine DeShaw to Wed Dewain Thompson
Mrs. W C DeShaw hosted a Friday shower for Miss Katherine DeShaw who will marry Dewain Thompson later this month.
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W. C. DeShaw
Katherine DeShaw
Miss DeShaw
Dewain Thompson
Nearly Half Iowa WPA Money Used On Roads
Iowa WPA Administrator George J. Keller reported that nearly half of WPA funds in the year ending July 1 went to roads and streets. Projects totaled 14.43 million in traffic needs of a 29.04 million WPA budget, including extensive road surfacing and grading and thousands of bridges and culverts rebuilt or constructed.
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WPA
Iowa
George J. Keller
Keller
Works Progress Administration
Police Set Trap For Fire Chasers at Algona Fairground
Algona police and fire officials staged a mock rubbish fire at a distant fairground corner. The gaudy ruse drew over two hundred motorists who chased the fire truck as sirens wailed, then received tags reminding them of the violations for following emergency vehicles.
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Algona
INS
Fire Department
Fairground
Stock Buyer Makes Ornaments From Cattle Horns
Charles Moncrief, 67, of Scotch Grove township, works horns into vases and ornaments using boiling water, shellac, sandpaper, and ingenuity. A cattle buyer in Jones county, he often sources horns and also carves canes and lamp bases. He lives on a large Scotch Grove farm with three brothers nearby.
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Scotch Grove
Charles Moncrief
Scotch Grove Township
Moncrief
Jones County
Minneapolis Girl Killed In Eagle Grove Accident
Miss Marilee Anderson, 16, of Minneapolis, died when the car she rode in overturned at the east edge of Eagle Grove. Passenger Miss Lucille Kist of Minneapolis was injured slightly.
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Minneapolis
Eagle Grove
Marilee Anderson
Lucille Kist
Berlin baby halts presses and changes name on first day
Gail Arlene Richardson, born almost a day old in Berlin, Missouri, caused a newspaper to stop presses and a municipal power outage to be resolved as her name was changed from Arlene to Gail after her father alerted officials. The event touched local leaders and the Selbyville Del. ceremony.
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Berlin
Gail Richardson
Gail
Whaley
A. P. Chistorhen
E. Peter Richardson
Ae Papa
Cerele
Selbyville
Del
Arlene
Richardson
Gail-Arlene
Elliott Roosevelt Differes With Dad On Turkey Day Date
Elliott Roosevelt clashes with his father President on Thanksgiving date. He prefers celebrating on the traditional last Thursday in November while his father moved the holiday earlier. Roosevelt appeals to public sentiment and cites schedule concerns for his stance.
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Elliott Roosevelt
Dad
Fort Worth
Tex
Younge
The
United Oe
Young Roosevelt
Local Permits Reported For Last Week Citywide
Local blog item lists numerous permit actions including reroofs remodels new dwellings garages and foundations across addresses in SE NE SW NW and downtown areas. Notable entries include new dwelling constructions at 1830 Second Street SW 135 Seventeenth Street SW and 2723 B Avenue NE plus remodels at 711, 1110 Thirteenth SE, and 114 First Street SE with varied project values.
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Emil Trachta
Second Street
Robert Sadilek
D Avenue
W. T. Shipe
Eighth Street
Joseph P. Cacek
K Street
Mildred Krebs
H Avenue
V. C. North
Seventeenth Street
Ford Estate
Second Avenue
G. W. Fisher
A Avenue
Anna Dostal
Third Street
Dale Piersoll
Fifteenth Street
W. A. Wicke
Third Avenue
Dora Tvrdik
Sixteenth Avenue
Mrs. Beck
First Avenue
Joe Hradek
Joseph Stodola
Jackman
H. Pratt
Thirteenth
E. H. Koehn
First Street
L. A. Knowles
Carroll Drive
Slavia Realty. Company
Wae Street
Frank J. Treka
Soutter Avenue
R. Dolezal
Nineteenth Street
Otto Hanzlik
Fourth Street
P. Turner
Oe Avenue
Modern Laundry Co
First Steet
Earl H. Travis
Ellis Boulevard
K. C. Kohl
E Avenue
J. A. Peterson
Fifth Avenue
M. Conrad
Linn Boulevard
Mrs. Benesh
John Mikulecky
E. W. LaPlante
Thirtysis Street
Lester Trunecek
Memorial Drive
New Foundation
Frank Nassif
James P. Dillon
B Avenue
W. E. Vane
Jennie Little
Bever Avenue
Wm. Fetter
Henry Like
Fourth Avenue
J. M. Reynolds
Hubbard Avenue
James Vaughn
J. E. Franks
Twenty-second Avenue
Wm. H. Moes
Robert Palmer
Knollwood Drive
Orville Knudson
George I. Baldwin
I Avenue
Peterson
Leonard Walsh
Tenth Street
Emma L. Boelter
Berard Long
N Street
The
van Meter Co
F. Bellow
Ames Cowden
Forest Drive
Oesige Tee
Cooper
Ninth Street
Frank Synacek
Sixteenth Street
Sudden Death of Elgin Teacher Reported in Journal
Dr H H Wolf and Dr F P McNamara publish a case study in the August Journal of the Iowa State Medical Society on cerebral cavernous hemangioma causing sudden death. Miss Jeanette Lindaman, a public school teacher in Elgin, died December 7 after a night uneventful before her death.
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Elgin
H. H. Wolf
F. P. McNamara
Dubuque
Iowa State Medical Society
Jeanette Lindaman
Lindaman
Wolf
Decorah
Percival Bailey
University of Chicago
Boy Flees Home Fearing Return to Germany
A 16 year old Chicago youth, Lawrence Lorenz, fled his home after hearing his parents discuss returning to Germany with a stranger. He says he enjoys life in America and is now in the Scott county juvenile home while authorities seek his parents. Lawrence claims his father was an architect in Germany and that he lived in Germany with his grandmother.
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Davenport
INS
Chicago
Germany
Scott County
Lawrence Lorenz
Lawrence
America
New Land
Lake Geneva
Wis
Tax Commission Drops About 20 In Reorganization
Iowa tax commission officials said about 20 employees were released effective Aug. 31. At least 11 fieldmen were let go with replacements hired last Monday. The action is part of a broader reorganization and political replacement program reducing field staff from 85 to about 65 and total tax employees from 300 to about 240.
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Des Moines
Iowa Tax Commission
Commission
Rath Packing Disbands Employee Group in Labor Board Action
The labor relations board ordered Rath Packing Company to disestablish the employes representative council of plant employes at Waterloo Indiana. The board also dismissed complaints alleging discrimination against three employees for union activities finding the council's constitution aimed to deprive self organization and that the company blocked legitimate collective bargaining.
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Washington
Labor Relations Board
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
Center Point A Neighbor Family Reunion at Church
A Neighbor family reunion gathered Friday evening at the Center Point Christian church. Special guests included Morris Neighbor family members Mrs. Olive McLaughlin of Black Hills South Dakota and Mrs. Eva Herring of Los Angeles. Other relatives listed were Mrs. Ida Oliphant of Waterloo and son Willard Neighbor of Center Point.
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Center Point
Christian Church
Morris Neighbor
Olive McLaughlin
Black Hills
S. D
Eva Herring
Los Angeles
Ida Oliphant
Waterloo
Willard
Wencil Skalicky Crafts A Year Round Home Garden Hobby
In a Cedar Rapids residence Wencil Skalicky tends a living room gallery of wood birds and parrots and a large Prague picture frame with 900 pieces. A street sweeper since 1913 he devotes winter evenings to art while Mrs. Skalicky embroiders and sews. Their daughter Helen learns crochet as the family pursues handicrafts.
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Wencil Skalicky
Cedar Rapids
Skalicky
First Avenue E
Chamber of Commerce
Soames
Mr. Skalicky
Prague
Pendergast Faces Tight Rules After Prison Release
Kansas City officials report former political boss Tom Pendergast will face strict federal probation terms. He must stay within Leavenworth area, report monthly, avoid politics, and abstain from horse racing as part of a five year probation set after a 15 month sentence for income tax evasion.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Merriie
Soeniien
Will Pendergast
Leavenworth
Otis
Pendergast
Local Man Named President of 21st Railroad Engineers
Victor R. Moncriefe of Chicago was elected president of the Twenty first Railroad Engineers American Expeditionary Forces at the eleventh annual convention in Oakland California. Minneapolis was chosen as the 1940 convention site and Floyd E. Love of Cedar Rapids Iowa was selected secretary treasurer.
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Oakland
Calif
Victor R. Moncriefe
Chicago
Twenty-first
American Expeditionary Forces
Minneapolis
Floyd E. Love
Cedar Rapids
Weather Man Explains Real Meaning Behind Forecast
New York AP report outlines how James Osman and colleagues plan to reform weather messaging. They say humidity temperature and air motion vary by locality and affect mood and perception, defining an “optimum day” with warm warmth, high humidity, and signs of well being.
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New York
James Osman
Eayly
John Citizen
Osman
Denver
Subpoenaed Witnesses Named in Skidmore Inquiry Withheld
In Chicago the federal grand jury’s income tax probe of William R. Skidmore withheld the names of more than fifty subpoenaed witnesses. U S Attorney William J Campbell cited fear of violence to silence witnesses and stressed protection as the government’s only hope.
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Chicago
INS
Federal Grand Jury
William R. Skidmore
U. S
William J. Campbell
Miami alienist to examine confessed kidnap murder suspect
Dr. Ralph Greene a renowned Miami psychiatrist will examine Herbert Goddard, the confessed kidnap murder suspect in the Frances Ruth Dunn case, to render an opinion on his sanity, officials announced Saturday in West Palm Beach.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
INS
Ralph Greene
Miami
Herbert Goddard
Frances Ruth Dunn
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