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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1934

Page

3

Coe College Sororities Plan Christmas Parties

Coe College sororities schedule Christmas celebrations Tuesday with theater parties and room gatherings. Kappa Delta will host a theater party and supper. Delta Delta Delta holds a pine party at Delta lodge. Chi Omega decorates rooms for a gift exchange. Beta Alpha sorority plans a Christmas program at city rooms. Alpha Xi Delta mothers club hosts actives and pledges at Mrs Tufts home.

Coe College Kappa Delta Sorority E Sorority Delta Delta Delta Sorority Delta Lodge Chi Omega Sorority Beta Alpha Sorority Beta Belfrey E. Mothers Club Alpha Ma Delta Sorority Aer J. H. Tufts

Melberg Leads University of Iowa Play Mud On Roof

Elizabeth Melberg plays the lead in Mud On Roof by Virgil Geddes at the University of Iowa. The Monday event, a guest affair for critics and active amateurs, starts at 815 PM. Geddes of New York City has been collaborating with the university drama department since fall, marking the second experimental play produced there this year.

Elizabeth Melberg Daugher Amos J. Mel Nineteenth Street SE Virgil Geddes Uniy Iowa Geddes New York City New York City, Et Sites of the Play, Has Been Work~ Ting-In Dramatic Art

Maricedar Club party and Phi Eta sorority initiate noted

Mrs E W Hovorka entertained Maricedar club members at their home with prizes and a grab bag. Mr and Mrs Neal Bunting won high prizes. F Calkey took second. C D Knapp of Marion attended. A Phi Eta initiate Miss Helscher joined Zeta Phi Eta at Coe College with a Sunday afternoon spread. O O F lodge announced officers for 1935.

E. W. Hovorka F0 Avenue NW Maricedar Counting Home Marion

Christmas Music Program At First Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian Church will present a Christmas music program featuring selections from The Messiah by Handel on Tuesday at 8 p.m. The program includes Hallelujah by Ralph Lee and a seventeenth century carol sung with an echo choir. Soloists are Harold Reeves Jess Chaney Inez Murray Frances Norton and Norman Emerson. The church chorus choir has thirty voices.

First Presbyterian Church Ralph Lee Harold Reeves Jess Chaney Inez Murray Frances Norton Norman Emerson

Breakins Solved By Arrest And Confession

Walter Burton 21 year old Negro was arrested at midnight Sunday near Risk grocery and confessed to five break ins over the past year. Patrolmen Harley Simon and Leonard Stusak identified him. he escaped but was captured on a nearby porch. He received an indeterminate ten year sentence from Judge John T. Moffit in district court.

Harley Simon Leonard Stusak Walter Burton Risk Sixth Street Burton Anamosa John T. Moffit Risk Grocery Kuda Ninth Street Tenth Avenue Lincoln Shoe Repair Second Avenue Horak Drug Store Fourth Avenue Fifth Street B. O. Jandera Mount Vernon Avenue David Eighth Street

Rural Mailmen Must Pay State Gas Taxes

The supreme court ruled that rural mail carriers must pay state gas taxes on gasoline used while delivering the mail.

Washington Supreme Court

Liberalized credit urged to ease postwar bank loan squeeze

A Treasury and U S Loan Agency document urges banks to renew sound six month working capital loans and to liberalize rediscount rules. It calls for direct government lending to industry, reduced emphasis on slow loans, and local offices to assist borrowers while criticizing bank examiners and over advertising by fiscal agencies.

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Suspect Iowa car thief identified from photos in Davenport

Davenport police and Illinois authorities hunted for a missing rented car after two employees identified Thomas Robinson Jr from police photos as the man who came in to rent a car in women's clothing. A Fulton Illinois address and a southern accented voice were reported as details of the suspect.

Davenport Thomas Robinson Jr Stoll Iowa Ilinois Robinson Fred H. Willey Walter Snyder Tri- City Willey Moline Fulton

Gold Standard Gifts For Christmas Fashion In 1934

The piece highlights gold themed gifts for Christmas 1934 including gold flowers in corsages, gold metal cloth belts and accessories, gold accented compacts, and fitted evening bags. It notes these items pair with evening wear and can brighten daytime outfits, with mentions of marcasite and other gold touches.

New Deal Seeks to Foil Soak the Rich Drive

Washington reports the Roosevelt administration aims to prevent any surge toward wealth redistribution and higher taxes in the Seventy-fourth Congress. Officials emphasize protecting private initiative and adequate profits, while considering corporate surplus tax tweaks and potential federal expenditure funding without broad tax hikes. Fear of higher inheritance and gift taxes is cited as dampening private capital’s recovery role.

Washington Capitol Hill Congress Roosevelt Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr Pat Harrison Senate Finance Committee

Radio Schedule Plays Morning to Evening From NBC and CBS Networks

A dense morning to evening chart lists radio programs by time, network, and chain. Notable items include The Honeymooners on NBC and multiple orchestral broadcasts, choral programs, and variety acts across NBC WEAF WJZ CBS WBBM WMT and other stations.

Galaxy Who Honeymooners NBC WJZ Chain Your Child Nbci WEAF Wiernianist Wabc Nylons Tnbc Weap Who Navy Band CBS WABC WMT iSipenan Philips Weaf Who Ruby Mercer li—Honeyboy Sassafras WEAP Farm and Home Hour WJZ Weaf Chain Warren Orch WBBM Barnard College Glee Club Musical Art Quartet Velas Orch Eliz, Rodman Voorhees Swedish Radio Service Orch WCCO Morrn Sisters Woman's Review Webb Orch Etty Bob WJZ W Little House CBHS Dumke Ma Perkins Alascha Heifetz Albert Spalding Messner Orch Mitsans Orch Jack Heller Eins Rengter Gazette Wmaq Who Ferdingade Orch Nbcl WIZ Chain le—Skippy Hiltsduk Armstrong Dorothy Page Wee Chain ENR WSM Ee and Willie Ope Webm King's Guard Russu Orch Joseph Lumulty Maron Downey Hay Bates Post Wja You and Your Government Edgar Guest Wjz Wenr Buck Rogers Igns Arts Vauigha de Leath Oh—Nernie Arch Felix Knieht WMAQ WBAP Ringe Crosby Roswell Sisters KMOX Ed Wsan Duchin _orch Wek del Campo Arch Myrt and Margie Robert Royce Haymes

Iowa News in Brief Conesville Stanwood Mount Vernon Alburnett

Conesville high school girls stage The Other Ghost early in January with a cast including Roberta Brockway Josephine Sprouse and Grace Westaway. Stanwood lodges churches and schools plan a Christmas party December 20 at Masonic hall with committees led by Mrs Spear and Mrs Tilden. Mount Vernon presents Thornton Wilder play The Long Christmas Dinner with a Cornell speech project cast led by Carl Weber. Alburnett social at the Schueler home features Five Hundred. high scores go to Mrs Roy Potter and low to Mrs Carl R McCalley.

Conesville Roberta Brockway Josephine Sprouse Barnadean Holladay Grace Westaway Irene Cerney Ruby Yocum Edythe Wolford Viola Buckman Emma Vaughn DeEtta Abbott Stanwood Idelle Chapter Eastern Star Fremont Lodge A. F A. M Masonic Hall Roland Spear W. C. Tilden Frank Horr Donald Smith Alfred Meyer Hegarty- Busching Post American Legion Legion Hall Lucille Burgess Maggie Schick Charles Boedecker Mount Vernon Thornton Wilder Cornell Speech Department Cornell Little Theater Carl Weber Columbus Junction William Bolles Verndale Minn Lucille Roach Nashua Virginia Roy Potter Carl R. McCalley Charles Naylor L. E Petrak William Barnts Herman Koch M. L. Jones Charley Schuch C. R. McCalley Harry Kee Leslie Bardonner Jolly Dozen Five Hundred Club L. E. Petrak Kee A J Schueler Ronald C C Naylor Betty

Koob heirs transfer Cedar Rapids lot to Daly

Martin F. Koob and heirs at law with surviving husband of Rosie P. Koob grant Isa bella Daly a warranty deed for Lot 6 Block 3 Oak Park addition Cedar Rapids with $1 consideration on September 19, 1934.

Martin F. Koob Rosie P. Koob Isabella Daly Oak Park Cedar Rapids

Japan opposes second Isthmus canal plan

Tokyo voiced vigorous opposition to a proposed second inter ocean canal across Nicaragua. A foreign office spokesman said such a canal would threaten Japan and be used for military purposes. The stance followed U S naval affairs moves and Japan’s planned naval maneuvers next June to October.

Torio INS Japan Foreign Office United States Nicaragua London Panama Canal Washington Carl Vinson House Committee On Naval Affairs Vinson America Alaska

Higley To Appear In Court For Suit

District Court Judge H C Ring directed that Fred M Higley be cited in contempt in a $136.80 note suit so the case before the Alexander Hamilton Institute proceeds Hearing is set for December 19 The plaintiff was awarded judgment by Justice A S Reed August 28 and notes neither the defendant nor his attorney appeared on a district court citation October 8 after a continuance

H. C. Ring Fred M. Higley Alexander Hamilton Institute A. S. Reed

No film career for Clara Bow’s son

Clara Bow and Rex Bell welcomed a son at Santa Monica hospital weighing eight pounds. The baby, unnamed, is contrasted with Hollywood prompts, as Bow vows the child will grow up away from the film world on ranch life and desert air.

Hollywood Clara Bow Rex Bell Brooklyn Santa Monica

Olin Cemetery Suit Heard in Jones County Court

Clark district court heard an $8,000 suit involving funds of the Olin Cemetery Association deposited in Citizens Savings Bank of Olin which closed in 1931. Harry Miller, trustee, substituted plaintiff. defendants include Blayney and bank officers. case centers on a depository bond and alleged improper loans of cemetery funds.

A. B. Clark Olin Cemetery Association Citizens Savings Bank of Olin Harry Miller Gilbert Blayney Blayney Iowa Miller Jones County

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