Santa Claus of Happy Valley Aids Local Children
Major George L. Berry known as head of the Pressmen's Union and federal recovery coordinator hosts Christmas parties on his Happy Valley farm. He and his wife distribute toys ice cream cake and candy to thousands of local children and also send Thanksgiving turkeys to friends nationwide. The piece shifts to other topics including TN Valley Authority hearings and a strict disciplinary plan in the Comptroller of the Currency office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George L. Berry
Pressmen's Union
Happy Valley
Tenn
Berry
Santa Claus
Berrys
Comptroller of the Currency
Jaffy
Dan Roper
Girl 12 Witnesses Father Fatally Crushed in Car Crash
In Chicago on Monday night Henry Van Dongen 41 was securing a Christmas tree on his car when a skidding vehicle hit his rear pushing the car into a truck and crushing him. His 12 year old daughter Gertrude watched from the sidewalk as the tragedy occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henry van Dongen
van Dongen
Gertrude
Winter Cold Grips Cedar Rapids As Temps Plunge Below Zero
Temperatures hit eight below zero near Cedar Rapids early Tuesday with a morning high near seven below then a gradual rise to above freezing later. Meanwhile a residence of the Jesse May family was destroyed by fire attributed to a defective flue, with no water supply hampering firefighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Jesse May
Kiwanis Speaker Warns on Government Trends
B D Silliman, Montrose attorney, told the Kiwanis at the Montrose hotel that national prosperity and bankruptcy cannot co exist. He outlined five government trends including social problem emphasis and rising bureaucracy. He warned of a growing national debt and centralization of power amid widespread legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Montrose
B. D. Silliman
United States
Silliman
TVA
AAA
Bueaucracy
Kansas
WPA Pay Checks On Soil Project Delayed For Christmas
WPA workers on a soil conservation project at Waubeek received their pay Tuesday afternoon after checks, originally due December 20, were misdirected. Payroll travels from Des Moines to Bethany Missouri then to the local office in the post office building Lips. Other WPA workers were paid the previous day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Soil Conservation Service
Waubeek
Soil Conservation
Des Moines
Bethany
Soil 'Conservation Office
Lips
Mistletoe Crop Fails Halving Kansas City Christmas Cheer
Mistletoe supplies in Kansas and Missouri will be half as merry as last year due to a crop failure in Oklahoma. The shortage threatens holiday orders and festive displays across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Brethren Home Talent Play The Eleventh Mayor Sunday
Members of the Church of the Brethren present a home talent play at the church Sunday at 7 40 p m The cast includes Lynn Brower Lillian Brower Mr and Mrs Ellsworth Coffman Earl Flory Marie Flory Raymond Flory and George Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren
Lynn
Lillian Brower
Ellsworth Coffman
Earl Flory
Marie Flory
Raymond Flory
George Grove
Radio listings for Christmas day performances and programs
A schedule of radio broadcasts across NBC CBS and affiliated stations detailing ensembles solos orchestras and dramatic readings. Notable entries include the Russian symphonic choir the Merrymakers the Los Angeles Symphony and performances of The Messiah and A Christmas Carol with Lionel Barrymore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
CBS
WABC
WBBM
NBC
Weaf Chain
WJZ Chain
Herman and Banta
Ida
Bailey Allen
WEAF
Jack
Loretta Clemens
U. S. Army Band
William Hinnam
Foulkes
Mrs. Wiggs
Merrymakers
WCCO
WGST
Reuenertt
WEAP
WJZ Chains
Franke
Hev Shield Orch
Weap Chai
RCA
WOC
Ae P. T. A. Congress
Los Angeles Symphony
KMOX
WHBM
Betty Marlowe Orch
WJZ
Betty and
Bob
Canada
Irisaeel
Pessi
Chain
Io Musical Review
al Roth
Ten At the Ritz
al Pearce
Gang
WWJ
Charles Dickens
Lionel Barrymore
Tom Mix
the King's Guard
Lee Gordon Orch
Billy and Metts
Uncle Ezra
Weaf KY
Kate Smith
WHEM
Lim
Abner
NBG
Olgax Vernon
One Man's Family
Kyw Wow
WBEM
Burna and Allen
WQST
Warne
Hing Orch
Weaf Wow
Frank
Tours Orch
Lily Ponstone
MARS
MBOX
Warden Lewis Lawes
Ray Noble
Joncy
NBC Cinema Theater
WABBC
Timmay Fidler
Abe Lyman
Madriguera
P Chain
Jesse Crawford
George Olsen
Alshadt
WIZ Chain
Leon Belasco Arch
Harold Stern
Don Bester
Franciscan Choir
Bethlehem
Henry Halstead
Weeco
Nancy Page Lily Wreath Quilt Pattern Advised
The Lily Wreath design uses a 12 inch wreath on a 15 inch square block with bias tape for the wreath. Instructions cover tracing lilies and leaves, cutting on the bias, basting, and applique. Patterns offered by sending pennies and self addressed envelopes to Nancy Page Cedar Rapids Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy
Nancy Page
Cedar Rapids
Notice of Ottumwa Cedar Rapids Bus Line carrier hearing
The Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners publishes an official notice that Ottumwa Cedar Rapids Bus Line, a partnership of Earl Wright and Elizabeth Graham, seeks a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity to operate as a motor carrier of passengers and limited freight across multiple Iowa counties. A public hearing is set for January 9, 1936 at 10:00 a.m. in the Marengo county office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Railroad Commissioners
State of
Iowa
Linn County
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
Earl Wright
Elizabeth Graham
Burlington
Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners
Hedrick
Martinsburg
Bigourney
Webster
South English
North English
Parnell
Williamsburg
South Amana
Homestead
Amana
Walford
Fairfax
Wanpello
Mahaska
Keokuk
Towa
Benton
Linn
Moe Rapids
Paints
Ereto
Iowa County Auditor
Marengo
Auto crash injuries reported across city
A 24 year old Paul Konecny of 1927 O avenue NW suffers brain concussion and possible skull fracture after a taxi collided with a bakery truck on First avenue at First street. he is hospitalized at St Luke's. Cab driver Mason Smith and truck operator Clyde Howard are injured. another crash injures Frank Dostal near Sixteenth avenue and C street SW. police report witnesses and conditions. Virginia Whitters, 16, receives a minor ankle injury after colliding with a vehicle on Oakland avenue NE. the driver Guy De Witt said she fled after the incident without giving details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Konecny
O Avenue NW
First Avenue
First Street
Konecny
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mason Smith
B Avenue NE
Clyde Howard
Fourth Avenue SE
Frank Dostal
River Road
Sixteenth Avenue
C Street
Dostal
Carl Landergott
Mercy Hospital
Charles Uchytil
Eighteenth Avenue
William Dohnalek
Eighth Avenue
Sixth Street
Virginia Whitters
Oakland Avenue
Thirty-second Street
Guy de Witt
Green Avenue
de Witt
Iowa News in Brief roundup from several towns
MT AUBURN church near Mt Auburn will hold Christmas Eve service and tree in a newly completed United Presbyterian church replacing the one lost to fire last year. ALBURNETT Evangelical church Women’s Missionary society names officers led by Mrs Dunlap as president and Mrs McCreery as vice president. TROY MILLS Sophomore class to stage Kid Colby with Elzon Powell and Ernest Carson in leading roles at the school auditorium Saturday at 8 pm with Mrs Shupp directing. BUCKINGHAM Fire destroys the house on the Cummings farm northeast of Buckingham Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Auburn
New United Presbyterian Church
Pratt Creek
Alburnett
Women’s Missionary Society of the Evangelical Church
C. J. Dunlap
D. R. McCreery
Wilbur Perry
Kathryn Fisher
Cecil Benson
Arthur Simanek
Robert Orcutt
Edith Wagner
Marjorie Bowers
Merle Wright
Evelyn Baty
Lucille Winiistorfer
Mary Burke
Zanetta Sauer
Fire Injures Visitor at Hatton Farm House
Tenants Charles Hatton hosted Mr Meyers and wife from Missouri. A kerosene stove in a bedroom exploded or caused a clothes fire burning Meyers on head arms and back. He and his wife were taken to Toledo county hospital. House contents destroyed. Small insurance carried on goods. Farm owned by Thomas Cummings of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hatton
John Meyers
Missouri
Mr. Meyers
Toledo
Thomas Cummings
Chicago
Annual Meeting Notice of First Trust and Savings Bank
Notice states the annual meeting for the election of directors at the bank office Cedar Rapids Iowa on January 1936 in the afternoon. F J Dvorak cashier signs the notice with location at Twelfth Avenue and Third Street Southeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Trust and Savings Bank
Twelfth Avenue
Third Street
Cedar Rapids
County of Linn
State of
Iowa
F. J. Dvorak
When Out on the Lawn There Arose Such a Clatter
The speaker recalls leaping from bed to peek outside and rushing to the window to see what caused the loud disturbance.
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Drew Pearson and
Robert S. Allen
Tennessee Valley Authority
Supreme Court
Forney Johnston
Alabama Power Company
Johnston
James M. Beck
Harding
American Liberty. League
Beck
Madison Square Garden
Alabama
Underwood
Roper
Business Advisory Council
Harry P. Kendall
NRA
Kendall
Erry Christmas
Enzler’s
Piorence la Ganke
Iowa News
Buckingham
A. Pipal & CO
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Sayistmaas
St. Nicholas
Mama
St. Nick
Dasher
Dancer
Prancer
Vixen
Cupid
Clement C. Moore
Mandler Motor Company
Second Avenue
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