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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1937

Page

12

Doctors Back Plan for Paralysis Fight

Doctors across the country rally behind the four point national front to battle infantile paralysis. Eminent surgeons such as Dr Karl R Werndorff support the National Foundation and pledge widespread backing from orthopedic specialists and health officers nationwide.

New York Roosevelts Karl. R Werndorff Council Bluffs National Foundation National Foundation For Keith Morgan Iowa

National Foundation to Fight Infantile Paralysis Formed

The new National Foundation will administer all infantile paralysis funds to support scientific research epidemic action and patient care. Leaders cite progress since President Roosevelt’s birthday campaign and pledge orthopedic center support and doctor parent information.

Permanent Living National Foundation National Foundation Roosevelt Morgan

Dog Deputy Guarded Nemaha County Court House

In Nemaha County Nebraska a dog served as deputy sheriff attending all trials at the court house and once captured a juice breaker.

Nemaha County Nebraska

McKinley Operetta Set For Two Nights

McKinley high school presents the operetta Oh Doctor in the school auditorium with 8 p.m. curtain Thursday and Friday. Directed by Miss Maurine Hamblin and assisted by Paul Anthony, the show features leading roles by Bob Herrald Dora Cargin Chester Jeffrey Gladys Jerome Florence Healy Margaret Ann Foster Jean Newburger Arline England Tom Pratt Merlyn Rowley Harlan Ralston John Kohl Bob Long Bill Caldwell Fred Uhlenhopp Orton Gralund Janice Larson Bill Howard Lucille Harris and Dorothy Duncan.

McKinley High School Doctor Maurine Hamblin Paul Anthony Bob Herrald Dora Cargin Chester Jeffrey Gladys Jerome Florence Healy Margaret Ann Foster Jean Newburger Arline England Tom Pratt Merlyn Rowley Harlan Ralston John Kohl Bob Long Bill Caldwell Fred Uhlenhopp Orton Gralund Janice Larson Bill Howard Lucille Harris Dorothy Duncan

Eight U S Presidents among American Philosophical Society Members

The American Philosophical Society, America's oldest learned society, counts eight U S Presidents among its members. The affiliation highlights the society's prominence in fostering scholarly discourse across history.

United States The American Philosophical Society Learned Society America

Iowa City News Briefs Chronicle Campus Events

Iowa City students compete in the Iowa Nine declamatory contest on December 14 in Fairfield. Charles Beckman will speak in oratorical, William Peck in dramatic, and John McGreevey in humorous categories. University of Iowa YWCA hosts a party with a talk by Mrs. Fred Pownall. University high school features Oscar Wilde play Lady Windermere's Fan directed by Prof. M F Carpenter with an extensive cast. District court awards no damages in a horse dispute involving John P. Schintler and Victor B. Fuhrman. Donald Spencer to edit the 1938 University high yearbook. Women debaters join the annual intercollegiate tournament March 3–5 at Iowa, with invitations sent to about twenty-five Midwestern colleges. The debate topic: That the national labor relations board should enforce compulsory arbitration of industrial disputes.

Iowa City Iowa Fairfield Lola Hughes Charles Beckman William Peck John McGreevey University of Iowa Iowa Union Fred 31 Pownall Betty Jane Prochnow Davenport Katherine Kraft Des Si Jane Hart Des Moines Phillis Wassam Anne Mikulasek Newton Alice Turley Chicago Marion Whinnery Pearl Holmes Red Oak Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere University High School M. F. Carpenter Charles Robbins David Boyd Paul Bordwell Bruce Blackstone Donald Spencer Bill Boiler John Mattill Dorothy Keppler Reva Wilson Elizabeth Spencer Barbar Kent Eleanor Colony Irene Waters Margaret Graf Mary Carolyn Kuever Dorothy Jane West John P. Schintler Victor B. Fuhrman Schintler Fuhrman Barbara Kent Mary Kuever Richard Neff Herbert Ries Charles Robins William Boiler Wilma Lee Hudson Dorothy Pownall National Labor Relations Board

Auto plunges 200 feet in Sequoia park mishap

Jeff Morris foreman at Potwisha CCC camp survives a 200 foot plunge down a mountain after his car goes off a grade in Sequoia National Park. He crawls from the wreck and walks to a ranger station to report the crash, then is granted sick leave for nerves. The district nickname Siberia is noted in the report.

Visalia Collif Jeff Morris Potwisha CCC Here Morris Sequoia National Park

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