Red Cross Garment Room Opens for Needy in City
The Red Cross distributing center for garments will open at 110 Third Street NE after cleaning. About 100 applications exist. cards will schedule pick up from 2 to 4 p.m. daily. Limits: twenty yards of material per family, five to six ready-made garments. Applications must be made at the Red Cross office in the federal building. a card and requisition are required. Mrs. Ethel Mahon leads the store, Helen Hubbard oversees garment distribution, and Mrs. J. Hervert heads the relief committee.
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Red Cross
Third Street
Metta Burd
Federal Building
Ethel Mahon
Helen Hubbard
J. Hervert
Arthur Axmear Elected President at Canopus Club
Arthur Axmear was elected president of the Canopus Club at the Tuesday meeting. New officers include Willard C. Stuff as vice president and James Patterson as secretary. The program featured a reel from Northwestern Bell Telephone Company, “Communication System of Air Lines,” by C. C. Bolsinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Axmear
Canopus Club
Willard C. Stuff
James Patterson
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Airlines
C. C. Bolsinger
Unemployed League Plans Christmas Party at HQ
Members of the Unemployed Progressive league will host a Christmas party Saturday evening at the old city auditorium headquarters. A Cedar Rapids Woman's club donated a tree and Willard Hayes will direct singing and motion pictures. Candy will be placed around the tree for children and a member will act as Santa Claus. The auxiliary met Monday at Mrs. J. E. Wienands residence. the earlier notice of a league meeting at headquarters was in error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unemployed Progressive League
Old City Auditorium
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club
Willard Hayes
Santa Claus
J. E. Wienands
Tenth Street
League
Red hair and temper spark myths in everyday life
A compact column discusses how rust gives red hair its color and how anger reddens faces, noting the social signals of red hair, then shifts to parenting and vocation, urging realistic aims. It ends with a Wiggam note inviting questions on conduct and family issues with a stamped self-addressed envelope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiggam
Mary Nolan Denies Minneapolis Check Charge as Mixup
New York actress Mary Nolan, once with the Follies and in films, is free on $1,500 bail after a Minneapolis hotel forgery charge. She says she will pay the bill and straighten things out in Harlem court at arraignment Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mns
Mary Nolan
Liberty
Minneapolis
Harlem
Minneapol is theater mixup tied to hotel bill
Miss Nolan signed a $347 check drawn on a non existent bank to cover hotel expenses. Minneapolis authorities report the payment as a mix up caused by theater contract difficulties in Minnesota and expect it to be straightened out by nine o clock.
Bedford Church to Abolish Plate Passing
The Bedford Congregational church will end its plate-passing ceremony after next Sunday. Rev. August E. Johansen said collections would be dispensed with to avoid embarrassing those unable to contribute.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Bedford Congregational Church
August E. Johansen
Guy Faces Trial in Wanderwell Case
William James Curly Guy 24, Welsh adventurer, faces superior court trial for murdering world traveler Walter Wanderwell aboard the Carma. Key witnesses identify him as "the man in gray" who asked for Wanderwell before the shot.
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Long Beach
Calif
William James
Curly) Guy
Walter Wanderwell
Guy
Vanderwell
Cuthbert Wills
Marian Smith
Rockmart
Wanderwell
Glendale
Edward de Larm
Alpha Wanderwell
de Larm
Wills
Fatal Clash Between Farmers and Deputies At REELTOWN Alabama
A band of about 100 African American farmers clashed with deputy sheriffs in Reeltown Alabama after deputies attempted to attach property. Four officers were wounded and three Black protesters were reported dead with at least ten wounded. Deputies stated communist propaganda fueled the confrontation connected to wage demands and property seizures.
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Reeltown
Ala
Clifford James
Dadeville
Tallahassee
Clifford Elder
Dowdle Ware
J. H. Alford
J. M. Gauntt
Ware
Kyle Young
Ion Croppers’ Union of
Birmingam
Jury Selection Begins in Luce Slaying Case
Davenport AP reports jury selection completed for Norman A Luce charged with the slaying of Ethel Collicott, a Cedar Rapids used car dealer, eight years ago. Lt. William P. Hennelly testified to trace ownership of a .38 pistol and items found at the garage rear, as Luce, returned from Los Angeles, awaits trial in Judge D W Jackson's court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Norman A Luce
Ethel Collicott
D. W. Jackson
Collicott
Cedar Rapids
William P. Hennelly
Luce
Los Angeles
Christmas Basket Aid Reaches Near Half of Need
Nearly 500 of 1,800 Christmas relief cases had been issued by noon Tuesday, said Lillian Landmesser county overseer of the poor. Cash and food donations and pledges remain gravely needed and can be offered through the overseer's office or the Sunshine Mission.
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Lillian Landmesser
Sunshine Mission
German Edict Lifts Press Restrictions
Berlin reports a government decree reestablishing freedom of the press and ending former censorship by special political courts. The decree abolishes the political courts set to enforce political peace, with the act expiring December 31.
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Berlin
INS
Chicago tailor plunges to death from 20th floor window
Max Menacker a 47 year old owner of an exclusive women's tailoring shop on the Gold Coast fell twenty floors from his Hyde Park home Tuesday after suffering a recent nervous breakdown. The tragedy occurred in Chicago with authorities reporting the accident as a self inflicted fatal fall.
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Chicago
Max Menacker
Gold Coast
Hyde Park
Menacker
KC Members To See Phone Developments
Knights of Columbus Council No 909 Cedar Rapids will host a talk on radio telephone advances by Bell Telephone commercial rep C C Bolsinger after its semi monthly meeting. A film segment titled Sky Harbors shows airline use of radio telephone and Call of the East examines Chinese exchanges in San Francisco and England. Ray Phelan announces after the business meeting Bingo games with Christmas prizes.
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Cedar, Rapids
Knights of Columbus
C. C. Bolsinger
Bell Telephone Company
Sky Harbors
United States
Hawthorne
Chicago
San Francisco
England
Ray Phelan
Tokheim Receives Patent for Vapor Control Gauge Hatch
John J. Tokheim of Cedar Rapids and the Tokheim company gains a patent dated Dec 13 for a vac vapor condenser a gauge hatch vapor control and condensing valve used in gasoline and oil storage tanks. An interference dispute with another manufacturer delayed the issue and a patent court trial upheld Tokheim as the originator of all claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Tokheim
Tokheim Company
Cedar Rapids
Tokheim
Mr. Tokheim
Christmas Cards With 11 Cent Postage Go As Third Class Mail
Postmaster F. K. Hahn reminds that 11 cent postage on unsealed Christmas greetings with only sender signature are third class mail. It does not receive directory service and cannot be forwarded if the addressee has moved. Cards with 14% cent postage lack address verification by postal workers.
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F. K. Hahn
Addresses to Guard Mail Quality Avoid Dead Letter Office
Postal officials urge careful handling of addresses to ensure mail reaches recipients. Clear street names, correct ZIP codes, and complete names reduce misdelivery and prevent items from entering the dead letter office.
High Court Dismisses Earl Wilson Appeal In Forgeries
The state supreme court dismissed on review Earl J. Wilsons appeal from three indeterminate ten year forgery sentences imposed by Judge H C Ring on Jan 19 1931. Wilson 26 now sits in Fort Madison penitentiary after the high court annulled the writ and requisitioned the judge.
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State Supreme Court
Earl J. Wilson
H. C. Ring
Wilson
Ring
Willson
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Cedar Rapids Engineering Company
Columbus voyage cost and pay figures in early exploration
The record notes Christopher Columbus spent about 7000 pounds on his voyage to America and received roughly 320 dollars for his work. The figures illustrate early expedition funding and compensation.
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Christopher Columbus
America
Bankrupt Geiger's Shop listed in Iowa bankruptcy
In the District Court of the Northern District of Iowa Cedar Rapids Division Sam Geiger doing business as Geiger's Shop is adjudged bankrupt on December 19 1932 Creditors meet December 20 1932 at 2 00 p m at Higley Building Cedar Rapids Iowa to prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt The trustee will seek an order for immediate sale of all assets of the bankruptcy estate without further notice Referee M W O Rieley directs the proceedings
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District Court of the United States
District of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Sam Geiger
Geiger
Linn County
Iowa
O'Rieley
Higley Building
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RED Cross Garment Room
Unemployed League
Albert Edward Wiggam
D. Sc
Antipater of
Palestine
Daniel Green
L. B. Evans
LYNX
K. C
John Tokheim
Were
High Court
Earl Wilson
M. W. O'Rieley
Phoenix
Cheney and
Superba
Botany
Cheney
Eagle
Yorkshire
Daniel Hays
Osborne
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
Big Shoe Store
Norge Refrigerators
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