Year s Activities of Y M C A To Be Depicted Monday
Visitors at Cedar Rapids Y M C A New Year open house Monday will tour the year’s events in a three hour program from 2 to 5 p.m. Exhibits games and demonstrations will unfold in the main lobby and various activity groups. The 43 piece YMCA band will debut.
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Cedar Rapids
YMCA
Stanley Vesely
Cedar Rapids Y
Aviation
Airplane Club
Cyril Noon
Willowcraft Club
William Kelly
Charles Bentley Slightly Hurt in Street Collision
Charles Bentley of 1508 Greene Avenue NE sustained a small cut to his left ear after being struck by a car at Third Avenue and Tenth Street SE at 5 15 p m Saturday. A E Borschel of 1802 Washington Avenue SE drove west on Third Avenue and blamed street conditions for the accident. Bentley went to a doctor's office for first aid.
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Charles Bentley
Greene Avenue
Third Avenue
Tenth Street
A. E. Borschel
Washington Avenue
Bentley
Towa Closed Banks Pay 2 569 000 In December
Depositors of Iowa banks in receivership during December received dividends totaling 2 569 935 80. Payments were made by 102 banks. The Winneshiek County State Bank of Decorah led with 156 583.40 in dividends, followed by Iowa City Savings with 122 832.38 and Heimer and Hortner State Bank of Mechanicsville with 116 188.89. Twenty two banks paid their first dividend.
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DES Moines
Iowa
W Bates
State Banking Department
Bates
Winneshiek County State Bank of
Decorah
Iowa City Savings Bank
Heimer and Hortner State Bank of
Mechanicsville
Davenport Savenes Bank
Winneshiek Bank
Birth Announcement for Bain Baby at St Lukes
Mr and Mrs Warne Bain announce the birth of their child on December 29 at St Lukes Hospital. The newborn joins the family at 126 Fourteenth Street NEas.
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Warne Bain
Fourteenth Street
Neas
St Lukes Hospital
Kiwanis Club to Install New President in 1934
Donald C Gaffne of 800 First Avenue East will be installed as Kiwanis club president for 1934 at a Wednesday noon Montrose hotel meeting. Robert O Bickel, former president and lieutenant governor, will conduct the installation. Other officers include Willis Mohn as vice president and HR Van Slyck as treasurer.
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Donald C Gaffne
First Avenue E
Kiwanis Club
Montrose Hotel
Ora Lawrence
Robert O Bickel
Iowa- Nebraska
Kiwanis
Willis Mohn
HR. van Slyck
Chicago braces for record New Year revelry
Chicago readies a wild New Year as hotel ballrooms fill to capacity and celebrations figure to top pre prohibition levels. Officials forecast 25 000 quarts of champagne in loop areas and similar totals elsewhere with prices around 12 dollars per couple.
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Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Tlinoise
Domestic Trade And Production Gain 10 Percent
New York AP reports that 1933 domestic industrial production and trade rose about ten percent from 1932, per a Federal Reserve agent's preliminary New York review. The gain reflects post banking holiday expansion across manufactured goods minerals and railroad merchandise lending and construction contracts.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Public Library Sets Sunday Hours for New Year Day Reading
The library will open 2 to 6 pm on New Year’s Day for reading only. The children's room will be closed. All stations normally open Monday will instead operate Tuesday hours. Daniels Park Kenwood Park and Northwest stations affected.
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Daniels Park
Kenwood Park
Chatham Isles First to Greet New Year 1934
Chatham Islands near Wellington will be the first to welcome 1934 as locals rise for Sunday church services on December 31, 1933. The line of time shifts from the 180th meridian, racing westward at about 1000 miles an hour toward the Americas.
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Wellington
N. Z
Chatham Islands
United States
South America
Hanson Island
London
New York
Buenos Aires
Admiralty
Americas
Al Smith’s 60th Birthday Celebrated With Trade Boost Assertion
Alfred E Smith praised a marked improvement in business conditions on his sixtieth birthday. He credited repeal and the NRA for better purchasing power and noted hours and minimum wage rules aided the economy. He predicted expansion in New York residential districts giving way to business and growth in Nassau and Westchester counties.
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AL Smith
New York
Alfred E Smith
Empire State Building
Smith
NRA
Ao Ge
Manhattan
Nassau
Westchester
South Dakota Bank Robber Given Life
Arthur Rahmer of St Paul pled guilty in circuit court to participating in the Nov 8 bank robbery of the First State Bank of Stockholm and was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Howard Babcock. The article notes that ten percent of the American people depend on foreign trade for livelihood.
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Sisseton Ssd (Ap
Arthur Rahmer
St Paul
First State Bank
Stockholm
State Penitentiary
Howard Babcock
Linn County Supervisors Close 1933 With Quiet Wrap
The Linn County Board of Supervisors Fred W. Stirm Bert Busby and James D. Kennedy and County Auditor Robert M Vesely finished 1933 as the county books remained in the black The late Saturday session counted cash signed last claims and discussed budgets and bonds before the clock showed 4 PM The group planned an early New Year’s conference and called the year a quiet end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Stirm
B.C. Busby
James D. Kennedy
Linn County
Boswell
Robert MM. Vesely
Fred Stirm
Bert’ Busby
Gazette
Congress Readies for Opening Amid Budget Debates
Congress prepares for Wednesday opening as Roosevelt budget message is awaited. Debate centers on whether independents and Democrats can unite on an opposition program while Republicans demand restraint on emergency spending and tax measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Johnson
California
Woman Hart When Hit By Car At Intersection
Miss Bessie Spaulding of 821 Eighth Street SE was struck at the Third avenue and Fifth street SE intersection at 7 p.m. Saturday. She suffered a gash above her right eye and bruises. Driver Baird King of 2511 B avenue NE said he stopped for a signal and began moving as she stepped into the path. Spaulding was taken to Mercy hospital, treated, and returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Spaulding
Eighth Street
Third Avenue
Fifth Street
Baird King
B Avenue NE
King
Miss Spaulding
Mercy Hospital
Henry Hull Tops Stage Selections of 1933
New York AP reports Henry Hull in Tobacco Road named best Broadway performer of 1933 by critic Robert Garland. The list includes Bromberg, Montgomery, Campbell, Cohan, Bell, Nolan, Meredith, Gish, Bainter among top actors. Garland also names ten best plays led by White and One Sunday Afternoon.
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NEW York (Ap
He Hull
Tobacco Road
Robert Garland
World-Telegram
Garland
Hull
Edward Bromberg
Douglass Montgomery
Patrick Campbell
George M Cohan
James Bell
Lloyd Nolan
Burgess Meredith
Lillian Gish
Joe In White
Sidney Kingsey
United States
Eugene O'Neill
George O'Neill
Moss Hart
Irving Berlin
Green Bay Tree
Mordaunt Shairp
Noel Coward
Lawrence Langner
Armina Marshall
Sailor
Kenyon Nicholson
Charles Robinson
George M. Cohan
James Hagan
Latimer shoe merchant dies after stroke at 72
Alvan Latimer aged 72 died suddenly at his home 512 Fourteenth Street SE at 2 p.m. Saturday after a stroke. Born June 28, 1861 in Iowa City, he spent 35 years in Cedar Rapids retail shoe business and later retired. Survives wife and two children James L Halpin and J O Latimer of Cedar Rapids. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Barta chapel with Father R. J Campbell. Cedar Memorial Park burial. Friends may call Monday evening.
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Alvan Latimer
Fourteenth Street
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
James L. Halpin
J O. Latimer
Cedar Rapds
Barta
R. J Campbell
Cedar Memorial Park
Deaths
Mrs Clara Johnson Patterson former Linn county resident died in Medford Oregon December 16 1941 She was born May 12 1861 at Bellville Michigan and lived in Marion Traer Cedar Rapids and Boise Idaho She leaves husband two daughters six sisters and two brothers Funeral services and burial were in Medford.
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Clara Johnson Patterson
Linn County
Medford
Ore
W. H. Johnson
Bellville
Mich
Lisbon
Marion
C. H. Patterson
Traer
Boise
Idaho
Jennie
Jennie Shirtcliff
Ruth Scott
Seattle
Wash
Ida Kemp
Elia Exiine
Atascadero
Calif
Morrow
Ottumwa
C. D. Seelye
Funeral services for James W. Koffron Tuesday at 2 p.m
Funeral services for James W. Koffron will be held in the Turner chapel Tuesday at 2 p.m. The Rev. M. L. Welke will officiate and burial will be made in Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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James W. Koffron
Turner Chapel
M. L. Welke
Bohemian National Cemetery
Funeral services for Budd Wetzel in Turner Chapel
Funeral services for Budd Wetzel will be held at 3 30 pm Tuesday in the Turner chapel. The Rev M Morrow will officiate and burial will follow in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Budd O, Wetzel
Turner Chapel
M. Morrow
Linwood Cemetery
Funeral services for Aaron Jack son announced
Funeral services for Aaron Jack son aged unspecified will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Beatty chapel with Rev. A. M. Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill cemetery.
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Aaron Jackson
H Street
Beatty Chapel
A. M. Smith
Oak Hill Cemetery
City Briefs and Personals Highlights Local Meetings
The Sokol association scheduled its Jan 8 meeting replacing Jan 1 due to New Year’s Day. Sokolky meet next Friday with a program and refreshments. Lindeh camp 145 Modern Woodmen of America to meet Tuesday at 7:30 pm for business and new member reception. A US mail truck fire at First Ave and First St B caused ignition of wiring and engine. firemen contained it with no major damage. Mrs Will J Smouse reports a robin in her backyard with a history of many bird varieties at her home.
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Berlin
Germany
Lindeh
Modern Woodman of America
United States Mail
First Avenue
First Street B
He Eed
Will J. Smouse
Third Avenue SW
Trade Gains Seen By Harriman In 1933
Harriman notes world trade improving despite tariffs and uncertainties. British unemployment declines, capital issues rise, French and German industries show progress. Canada reports higher output, U.S. exports rise in price, and overall foreign trade strengthens as domestic economy recovers.
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Harriman
United Kingdom
England
Italy
Japan
Broad Recovery Seen in U S City Business Volumes
Data from over 250 major cities show December 1933 business volumes rising versus December 1932, with more than 175 cities posting gains and the rest citing local factors for slower progress. The report notes a shift from fear to hope as the country moves toward recovery.
Former Local Man Dies After Rabbit-Hunting Accident
Louis Dvorak 46 of Salina Kansas formerly Cedar Rapids man died Friday from injuries after being accidentally shot in the abdomen by his seven year old son during a rabbit hunt. Funeral services will be held in Salina. He was born January 31, 1887 in Cedar Rapids. Surviving are his widow Mary, four children and his parents plus six Cedar Rapids siblings.
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Louis Dvorak
Salina
Kan
Cedar Rapids
Tommy
Dvorak
Wendl Dvorak
Kansas
Kansas City
Dvvorak
Mary Dvorak
Edward
Mary Jane
Adeline
M. Dvorak
Frank Dvorak
Mia
Ora Konigesmark
Los Angeles
Calif
J. H. Slattery
Emporia
L. G. Hae
Lincoln
Neb
George Shearer
W. G. Pulda
Emil Harding
Shearer
Pulda
Harding
Dean Pound Proposes Second Degree to End Third Degree
In Chicago Harvard’s Dean Roscoe Pound urges an orderly second degree allowing immediate arrest questioning in open court to replace violent third degree interrogations. Professor Zacharia Chafee of Harvard doubts the plan will work. Also noted is a 220 foot tron-rigid blimp based at Moffett Field near the new naval air base at Binhyvale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Pound
Chicago
Roscoe Pound
Harvard Law School
Zacharia Chafee
Harvard
New York City
Prof
Chafee
Moffett Field
New Pao Naval Air Base
Binhyvale
Oil Price Fixing Delayed to Feb 1
Secretary Ickes postponed the effective date of petroleum price fixing schedules to February 1 to allow more time to study a proposed control agreement for the industry. The plan creates a large fund to remove surplus gasoline and aims to balance protection for consumers independents and all interests. Senator Borah warned the proposal would devastate independents.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
Borah
Idaho
Petroleum Administrative Board
Ickea
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Shirley Huston
Carol Crowell
Grant High Schools
Cardinal Pioneer Club
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Westminster Presbyterian
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Association Players
A. Dramatics
Towa
Donald C. Gaffney
A. M. Warner
Second Avenue SE
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Britain
St. Paul's Cathedral
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Advelihood
Congress
Representative Snell
House
Roosevelt
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Treasury
Canada
Hart
Henry Hull
A. O. Latimer
Clara J. Patterson
Linn
Wetzel
Sokol Association
Moose Hall
Sokolky
Robin
White Coal
White Eagle Coal Co
First Street
Small Son
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