Life Insurance Debate Alarm over Federal Takeover
Senator Millard E. Tydings warned at a New York luncheon that federal control of life insurance would create a politician's paradise and threaten the vast private system built by 66 million Americans. He argued government involvement would push the nation toward planned economy and erode democratic institutions while hampering private insurers' efficiency and benefits.
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New York
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Tydings
Life Underwriters Association of
City of
E. J. Ellingson Dies A Vice President Of O R C
E J Ellingson a vice president of the Order of Railway Conductors of America died Saturday at his San Diego home at age 62. He rose from newsboy to O R C officer over 40 years joining in Toronto 1934 and serving as general secretary treasurer and editor of the Railroad Pension Review until 1934. Born August 19 1877 at Willmar Minnesota to Norwegian parents funeral set for Willmar time pending.
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J. Ellingson
Order of
Railway Conductors of America
San Diego
Calif
Toronto
Railroad Pension Review
Ellingson
Colorado and Midland Railway
Denver
Grand
Blood Donors Club Formed by Knights of Columbus Cedar Rapids
The Knights of Columbus Cedar Rapids have formed a blood donors club to aid those needing transfusions who cannot pay or are in emergencies. Over 50 members were typed at Mercy hospital, with tests to raise the donor pool to about 100. Tommy Caldwell, local boxing trainer, will speak at Tuesday’s meeting, lunch to follow.
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Supreme Council
Knights of Columbus of
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Tommy Caldwell
Large Audience At First Lutheran Event
The Sunday school Christmas program at First Lutheran church drew 422 attendees, with recitations songs and a Christmas play titled A Little Child Shall Lead Them directed by Nola Berger. An offering collected will go to the Tabitha Home for orphans and aged in Lincoln Nebraska.
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First Lutheran Church
Third Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Nola Berger
Tabitha Home
Lincoln
Neb
Industrial Pageant Draws Large Audience At Memorial Coliseum
About 1200 spectators watched the Allied Industrial league stage the first Christmas night pageant in Memorial coliseum. A 40 piece band directed by Roy Schwab opened with Christmas music before the curtain rose on a nativity scene framed by evergreens and a star.
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Memorial Coliseum
Allied Industrial League
Roy Schwab
Stage Picture Describes Manger Scene and Choir
The passage notes Willie Willis remarking on a birthday party, then describes singers kneeling beside a manger with Madonna, the Three Kings, and King Wenceslaus while the opposite stage section features the Quaker Oats chorus, with a racial note about the chorus.
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Madonna
Three Kings
Wenceslaus
Pageant of Seasons at Allied Industrial League Show
Readers and artists from several groups performed in an annual Allied Industrial League pageant directed by Harold Reeves. The program featured choral numbers including What Child Is This and Silent Night, solos by Miss Kathleen Check, and roles for villagers, shepherds, and the Holy Family in a Cedar Rapids style nativity.
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W. G. Rowley
Reuben Smith
Malcolm Hall
King Wenceslaus
Orient
Norman Emerson
William
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Sen. Tydings
United States
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America
Piret Ave
Roosevelt
PLM
Princinal
Guyvel
E. J. Ellingson
Blood Donors’ Club
K.O. C
First Lutheran
Willie Willis
Sanford
Iowa
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