Carlson Christmas Lighting Wins In Cedar Rapids
Mr and Mrs Ray A Carlson of 512 Fifteenth street NE Cedar Rapids earned first prize in the annual home lighting contest with a nativity scene. Mrs Carlson supplied the music winding records for hours to broadcast Christmas music through a hidden loudspeaker. No prizes were given for music only for lighting and decorations.
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Ray A. Carlson
Fifteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Hibbing
Minn
Mary
Joseph
Carlsons
Linn County Looks Back At Centennial Year And Forges Ahead
By Fred C. Henson Linn County marks 100 years since the 1840 organization and the choice of Marion as county seat. The article reviews finances taxes bonds and growth, noting improvements in roads bridges and population as it enters a new presidential election year.
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Linn County
Richard Knott
Lyman Dillon
Benjamin Nye
William Abbe
Marion
Samuel C. Stewart
Peter McRoberts
Lyman M. Strong
James W. Willis
Hosea W. Gray
John C. Berry
Francis Marion
Cedar Rapids
Frank F. Bates
Snakes Invented Eyes After Long Underground Stay
Scientists at the 105th AAAS meeting discuss snake eye evolution. Dr. Gordon L. Walls notes snakes developed substitute eyes after extended subterranean life, linking eye changes to evolutionary history. TeKtites theory by W Carl Rufus proposes origin with the moon's formation and a deep Pacific basalt layer releasing glassy meteorite-like stones.
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Columbus
Gordon L. Walls
Wayne University College of Medicine
Detroit
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Walls
W. Carl Rufus
University of Michigan
Africa
Europe
Australia
Philippine Islands
Pacific Ocean
Earth
Pacific
New Deadline Set For Renewal Of Chauffeur Licenses
Renewal of chauffeur licenses extended to January 15 inclusive according to driver’s license examiners at the courthouse. The year end rush continued with 553 renewals issued Friday and 222 passing Saturday. A two dollar fee and a vision test are required.
Pocket Ship Problem Studied By Uncle Sam
The U S naval expansion may include a new heavy cruiser to counter the pocket battleship. Chairman Carl Vinson says the plan will be discussed at hearings opening January 8 alongside proposals for larger battleships.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
INS
U. S. Naval Expansion Program
Carl Vinson
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Train derailment injures 21 near Orange
Twenty one people were injured Saturday when the Southern Pacific passenger train Acadian derailed two miles east of Orange Texas. None of the injuries were serious.
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Orange
Tex
Southern Pacific
Acadian
Here
Butch Butler Explains Viola Quarry Terms After 40 Years
Howard Butch Butler a 60 year old Viola area quarry veteran explains his unique trade terms learned decades ago. He describes plugs and feathers as chisels and wedges used to break and cap stone while detailing rock splitting and capping methods at the Linn county quarry now reopened for WPA work.
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Howard
Butch” Butler
Viola
Butch
Wapsie’s
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
County Receives 4140 Grant for January Relief
Linn county has been approved for 4140 in state funds for January relief if it complies with Senate File 476 by January 15. The county plans a total outlay of 41400 to cover 1560 cases, with county officials deferring action pending board reorganizations for 1940.
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Bates
Linn
Senate
Mildred Hunt
State Social Welfare Department
Des Moines
Thyssen Recognized as Political Refugee in Switzerland
The Swiss federal council recognized Fritz Thyssen, the former German steel magnate credited with aiding Adolf Hitler to power, as a political refugee, according to sources close to Thyssen.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Federal Council
Fritz Thyssen
Adolf Hitler
Thyssen
Y M C A Open House Program Marks New Year
The Y M C A will host its annual open house from 2 to 5 p.m. on New Year’s Day with board members staff and wives as hosts Tea will be served and a varied program runs from 3 to 5 featuring hobby shows sports events including volleyball bowling handball and swimming demonstrations, a drum corps parade and a Rose Bowl radio broadcast at 5 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Poe
P. F. Keehn
Earl Nichols
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Woolworth’s
Challengers
Northwest
Drum and Bugle Corps
Iowa Manufaccturing Company
la Plant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Tribune Publishing Company
Universal Crusher Company
Wilson and Company
Weilch-Cook-Bears Company
Witwer Grocer Company
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Quaker Oats Company
City Fire Department
Link-Belt Speeder Company
Penick and Port Ltd., Inc
Cedar Rapids Gazette Company
National Y. M. C. A
George Nissen
Linn County Homestead Credit Valuations Approved
Linn county's 1939 homestead credit valuations totaling 21,712,054 dollars have been approved as correct after review. The finding came via a Saturday letter to County Auditor Robert M. Vesely from the Iowa tax commission in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Vesely
Bates
Linn
Linn County
Iowa Tax Commission
Des Moines
Slugged garage owner dies in Chicago
Police probe both an employers' association and a labor union as Marinus Hvid, a Chicago garage owner, dies from injuries suffered in the slugging Saturday.
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Chicago
INS
Employers’ Association
Marinus Hvid
Hvid
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Fred Stirm
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Dempsy Jones
Ed Lundquist
Jim Smith
Florida
Third Avenue SE
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Butch" Butler
Roscoe Ausmus
London
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2Nd St. SE
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