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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1937

Page

7

New Homes Offer Bargain Prices At Four Thousand

Bargain two bedroom bungalows with vestibule, dinette, ample kitchen cupboards and tile bath. Features include recreation room, attic, insulated construction, large living rooms, 50 to 200 foot lots and attached garages. Payment plans show $500 to $600 down and monthly notes around $35 to $450.

3Rd Ave Oth &T 1St Ave Bath East Side Priv 6Th Ave 18Th St 15Th St Park Ave Bedell Nissen CO Dial Arthur School Fred E. Collard & CO Buchanan Lat Ave APTS M. V. Bolton & CO C Ave West Side Kenwood Kenmore Dr Lst St Némi Bever Park

Iowa WPA shows 19 percent of workers are white collar

In Des Moines 19 percent of Works Progress Administration employees in Iowa are white collar workers. Non construction projects total 3,293 people, with 17,605 on the WPA payroll as of December 8. Sewing rooms employ 1,222, and the recreational program 395, while 285 work in housekeeping aid.

Des Moines Works Progress Administration Iowa George Keller WPA Jessie L. Hawthorn Elston Wagner Iowa State Planning Board H. H. McCarty Hawthorn Federal Theater

Waukon Mothers Observe Birthdays of 92 and 84

Two elderly Waukon mothers celebrate birthdays today Mrs E M Hancock aged 92 and Mrs M C Buettell aged 84. Social visits will include singing by the Legion auxiliary quartet and friends. Hancock is noted as a Northwestern alumna with medical training and long teaching and nursing experience. Buettell, wife of Rev M C Buettell, has been active in church work for six decades.

Waukon Wauckon E. M. Hancock M. C. Zuettell Hancock Legion Auxiliary Quartet Mesdamsen D. Cota J. F. Kepler G. B. Richter E. F. Pieper Charlotte Wedgewood-Hancock J. M. Wedgewood Berwick Allamakee County Winneshiek Allamakee Northwestern University Chicago Julia Wagner Liberty Wis Buettell Lancaster George Herman Lois Buettell

Cornell College Opens New Armstrong Hall Theater

Cornell college debuts Armstrong hall with Shakespeare as You Like It in a 408 seat theater. The new building hosts drama music and art with modern stage facilities and backstage rooms. Formal openings for music and art departments will come later with spring auditions and June commencement.

Armstrong ‘Hall Mount Vernon Speech and Dramatic Art Cornell College Cornell Thespians Armstrong Hall of Fine Arts Armstrong Hall Liberal Arts United States Cornell

Locomotive Strikes Boulder Killing Two on Holiday Train

The Pennsylvan ia railroad train struck a boulder rolled from a hillside killing engineer O E Rhoads and fireman W H Strouse and injuring seven others. A second wreck involving three motorists occurred nearby but no serious injuries were reported. The dead include Rhoads 47 of Columbus Ohio and Strouse 40 of Carnegie Pennsylvania.

O. E. Rhoads Columbus W. H. Strouse Carnegie Rhoads Strouse Pennsylvania Railroad

SAY ROOM FOR MANY MORE CARS EXISTS

Detroit AP reports car industry executives say U S streets can support about 6 million more vehicles without changing highway design. They urge stricter law enforcement and safer operation while noting growth from 1895 to 1925 and a 6.6 percent decline after 1925.

Detroit Automobile Manufacturers’ Association United States Henry Ford

IOWA NEWS IN BRIEF COLumbus Junction Marries on Farm Near Here

Miss Helen Lucile Murray of Wapello and Howard F. Wykert of Columbus Junction wed in Muscatine at the First Methodist parsonage with Miss Leota Richardson and Ernest Wykert as attendants. The couple will reside on a nearby farm. Funeral services were held for Edward W. Godlove in Riverside with multiple clergy assisting. Floral chapter officers in Riverside were elected and to be installed January 6 along with River side Masonic lodge officers. Funeral services were held for Charles E. Roby of Toledo. Traer youths skate on a new rink near the schoolhouse in a Lions club project. seed potatoes for planting yield two to three ounces each.

Columbus Junction Helen Lucile Murray Wapello Howard F. Wykert First Methodist Church Muscatine Leroy L. Weis Leota Richardson Ernest Wykert Riverside Methodist Church Edward W. Godlove C. E. Fitzsimmon C. E. Fitzsimmons Claude Flynn Helen Tener Ethel Flynn Rose Jardon Eunice Craig Gladys Bates Riverside Masonic Lodge

Contract Bridge Trick On Finesse By McKenney Explains Line

West overcalled with diamonds creating a dangerous threat to the declarer's guarded diamond king. The article outlines a trumping sequence to force a lead to the guarded honor and uses a club finesse to secure the tenth trick.

Sout West South Declarer East Dummy

South Side Community Notices Outline January Events

A compilation from the South Side News lists upcoming events and meetings across local groups. Sokol holds a New Year cabaret with a midnight special number at Z C B J hall, and Karla Masaryk lodge plans its first annual supper January 20 at C S P S hall. Czech Delegates swap Dec 31 for Dec 28 at 7:30 p.m. at C S P S hall. Sixteenth Avenue Commercial club meets next Thursday at 8 p.m. Z C B J Dramatic circle gathers at 7:30 p.m. at 7 C B J hall. Boh enian Cemetery association annual meeting is set for January 4 for officer elections. Prokop Velky lodge C S A officers to be elected January 2. Jan Hus lodge I O O F initiates seven candidates next Wednesday with initiatory degrees shown by all members. Jan Hus I O O F officers to be installed January 5 by Hans Krogh.

Karla Masaryk Theresa Jakubcik Marie Chalupnik Jan Hus Lodge

Christmas in Voluntary Exile on Isle Royale

Five men two women and three children spend Christmas on Isle Royale Lake Superior guarding a national park camp Their only contact with the outside world until spring will be a hand operated short wave radio They were last visited by a U S Coast Guard cutter as a routine stop The note also mentions that seven tenths of U S farm land are used to produce forage crops

Duluth Minn INS Isle Royale Lake Superior National Park Service United States Coast Guard

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