Red Cross Grows in Linn County with 2270 Members
Linn County Red Cross reports 2270 members enrolled in the roll call chaired by Rev. Charles F. Edwards. Helen Hubbard notes 5412 garments distributed to 620 Cedar Rapids and Linn County families, with 115 volunteers totaling 1125 hours. The federal building HQ logged 1822 interviews 183 calls and 11 home visits last month.
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Linn County Red Cross
Charles F. Edwards
Linn County
American Red Cross
Federal Building
Cedar Rapids
Helen Hubbard
Red Cross
the Red Cross
Metta A. Burd
Pioneers Club Sale Promotes Christmas Benefit Play
The Boys of the citys Pioneers clubs directed by Ralph Cutler will run a ticket drive Saturday morning for The Mor ale a three act drama by the Association Players under Y M C A Boys Welfare council auspices. Performances are Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 45 p m Roosevelt Junior high school and McKinley junior high auditorium. Pioneers will hold tickets for each night and Washington Hi Y club ushers directed by Don Van Meter will assist.
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Pioneers
Ralph Cutler
Association Players
A. Boys’ Welfare Council
Roosevelt Junior High
McKinley Junior High
Washington Hi-Y Club
Don van Meter
Fire Ravages George Cromer Farm Barn and Crops
A Wednesday night blaze at the George Cromer farm near Low Moor caused an estimated $10,000 in damage. The barn hay and machinery were destroyed along with a crib containing 6,000 bushels of unsealed corn. Volunteers fought the fire as Clinton fire department could not respond and the house was saved.
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George Cromer
Here
Clinton
Ice Cream Makers Elect New President at Convention
The Town Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers elected H. W. Dettner of Clinton as president for the next year at its Tuesday Wednesday convention. He succeeds E. C. Johnson of West Union and previously served as vice-president.
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Town Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers
H. W. Dettner
Clinton
E. C. Johnson
West Union
Dettner
Cornellian Tests Less Sleep Theory at Dorm Wakeathon
Mount Vernon The Gazette reports Cornell college junior Raymond Bublitz of Grafton is attempting a wakeathon to prove sleep is a habit not a necessity. He must keep eyes open and walk a straight line by December 20, earning a purse as proof to his dorm mates.
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Gazette
Mount Vernon
Raymond Bublitz
Grafton
Cornell College
Bublitz
Guildhall
Open New Division of Home Owners Loan Ass'n
DES MOINES AP Ray Lamb, ex Cleveland finance chief, will lead a new wholesale division of the General Home Owners Loan Association opening Friday in five Iowa cities. The unit will liquidate frozen home loan mortgages held by banks, building and loan firms and insurers and operate independently of the retail division, with Davenport Sioux City Fort Dodge Dubuque and Des Moines officers aiding initial operations.
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DES Moines
Ray Lamb
Cleveland
General Home Owners Loan Association
Iowa
Davenport
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Dubuque
Iowa House Favors Federal Monetary Inflation
The Iowa House passes a concurrent resolution by 81 to 16 urging the President to reduce gold backing to 11.61 grains and promote inflation as a national policy. The measure calls for government land purchases, compulsory silver and gold reserves, and other radical inflation steps while opponents warn of wage cuts and economic folly. The session also rejects a Dole bill on municipal telephone rate control and enacts three motor vehicle registration changes.
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DES Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
United States
Federal Reserve
Elmer Johnson
Linn County
Avery
Clay
Foster
Cedar
Jensen
Audubon
Donlon
Palo Alto
Doran
Boone
Durant
Hancock
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Assembly
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Ellsworth
Fabritz
Goode
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Johnson
Lichty
McCreery
McFarlane
Moore
Harrison
Mooty
Peet
Sheridan
Schmitz
Willis
Miller
Brady
Fuelling
Koch
McDermott
Benton
Porter
Reed
Snyder
Wieben
Zylstra
House
Dole
Senate
Department of Motor Vehicles
Americans face new Mallorca trial after court decision
Five Americans linked to a Palma assault on a Spanish civil guard may go to trial again. The Spanish Supreme Court upheld the prosecutor's appeal, retroactive minor sentences apply, and a new trial is likely in February with three defendants in Madrid arranging new counsel. Blodgett's whereabouts were unclear.
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Madrid
INS
Palma
Mallorca
Supreme Court
Clinton B. Lockwood
Rutherford Fullerton
R. F. Meand
E. W. Blodgett
Civil Guard
Marriages Registered in Cedar Rapids and Nearby Areas
Edward Gordon and Marcella A. HT ARIE of Cedar Rapids wed. Harry McDowell of Masonville and Ida Frances Johnston of Manchester obtained marriage licenses.
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Edward Gordon
Marcella A. HT Arie A
Cedar Rapps
Harry McDowell
Masonville
Ida Frances Johnston
Manchester
City Briefs And Personals Recap Of Local Events
Mary Simmonds left Thursday for Laurel Montana for Christmas shopping. Cedar Rapids groups plan meetings and election of officers. City council considers architect for police station and approves sewer pipe purchases. High Twelve club hosts talk by Prof C Ward Macy. Gipette Lost and Found ad service promoted. Sewage plant site purchase proposed for 2800 dollars. Peoples Church Men’s Fellowship to hear Miss Cora Jacobs. Postal Employes Credit Union to pay 3000 dollars in Christmas savings to 55 members. Master Builders elects new Iowa leaders. Maine Lodge Odd Fellows to hold homecoming in K P hall. Phi Lambda Upsilon welcomes six Iowa students including Carlos Kampmeier.
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Postal
Cedar Rapids
State Banking Department
E. J. Leach
J.C. Coenen
Grocers Begin Filling Processing Tax Returns On Corn Hog Products
Cedar Rapids grocers started Wednesday to fill hog and corn processing tax returns based on inventories taken December 5. Delinquency risk requires returns to be filed by January 5 at the collector of internal revenue. Bakers, restaurants and cafeterias are included with wholesalers and must file reports on hog and corn product holdings. The corn processing tax covers corn based items like meal, flakes, hominy, starch, oil, and glucose. The hog tax applies to sections of butchered hogs whether smoked canned or fresh.
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Cedar Rapids
Collector of Internal Revenue
Steck
What Determines Eligibility for Public School Children
Editor Gazette presented a letter from Frank Charipar criticizing Cedar Rapids zoning for schools. He argues city officials delayed informing the school board about growth, causing city residents near institutions to attend distant rural schools despite paying city taxes. He urges updating the independent school district and cites locations on O avenue NW and the M Avenue area.
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Cedar Rapids
M Avenue
Eleventh Street
O Avenue NW
Independent School
Frank Charipar
O Avenue
Twentieth Street NW
New York Evening Post Sold by Curtis Martin Group
The New York Evening Post has been sold by Curtis Martin Newspapers. Purchaser identity is undisclosed with a formal announcement expected by Saturday. Possible buyers include J David Stern and Mrs Mary Bok. Astor associates deny involvement.
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New York Evening Post
Curtis-Martin
New York
Alexander Hamilton
Curtis-Martin Newspapers, Inc
J. David Stern
Philadelphia Record
Camden, N. Jd
Courier-Post
Mary Louise Curtis Bok
Cyruis H K. Curtis
Vincent Astor
Harry Sinclair
Curtis
Edwin F. Gay
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Owen D. Young
George W. Wickersham
August Keckscher
Norman H. Davis
Paul M. Warburg
Frank L. Polk
Marshall Field
Gold Price Left Stationary Again
The government fixed the price of newly mined American gold at $34.01 an ounce, unchanged for the fourth day. Washington price stood $1.79 above the London world price of 126 shillings, which fell 11 pence from Wednesday. The pound sterling opened at $5.1114, making $32.22 per ounce, while the dollar stayed at 60.78 cents.
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Washington
London
Council approves jobs plan and ramps up public works
The council voted unanimously to back a 26000 bond plan while Burgos opposed it, and the levee proceed with reduced scope. City officials broadcast rapid hiring, adding 157 workers in parks and sewer, plus 128 more for Friday, amid planned expansion of the county payroll and ongoing Edgewood road prep.
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Frank Young
National Employment Bureau
Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Edgewood Road
Fifi Dorsay Weds Maurice Hill in Hollywood
Fifi Dorsay and Maurice Hill wed in Hollywood and planned a honeymoon for Thursday. The ceremony followed a reception prank by Buster Keaton, with Dorsay described as a French comedienne and Hill once a Chicago medical student.
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Hollywood
INS
Buster Keaton
Fifi Dorsay
Maurice Hill
Chicago
Film figures witness seaside wedding brooms and baby shoes
The scene at St Vincent church closes a chaperoned trial honeymoon. Lew Cody and Buster Keaton attend a reception where they gift Mr and Mrs Hill two pairs of baby shoes. Fifi and Maurice plan a lengthy honeymoon once the Adventress finishes her tour.
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St. Vincent's Church
Lew Cody
Keaton
Mrs. Hill
Buster
Fifi
Maurice
Nazis Freely Release 500 Prisoners From Camps
In Munich Bavarian police ordered the release of 500 concentration camp inmates amid a Nazi victory surge and nearing Christmas. The move aims to rehabilitate these former foes as loyal German citizens.
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Munich
Germany
INS
Bas Varia
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