Cedar Rapids community names in regional notice
The list names individuals and their home cities including Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas such as Jamaica NY Center Point Mount Vernon and Jamaica in a regional notice context. Noting multiple pairs and singles connected to Cedar Rapids across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Hanson
Rhea R. Wolf
Cedar Rapids
Derwood W. Northrup
Wynette M. Eall
Lloyd L. Hunter
Marcella A. Valandingham
Frederick C. W. Keil
Jamaica, N. Y
Hazel Lanning
Center Point
Lionel J. Miller
Waunita Jenkins
Arthur W. Spidle
Loretta Mae Hayes
Mount Vernon
Roof fire at 801 Oakland road NE reported by Zella Tschirgi
Saturday at 8 a.m. a roof fire broke out at 801 Oakland Road NE. Zella Tschirgi reported the general alarm and responders were dispatched.
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Oakland Road
Zella Tschirgi
Birth Announcements For St Luke's And Mercy Hospitals
A daughter to Mr and Mrs A L Fuchs 1065 Twelfth Street NE born February 2. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Harold Betzer 1615 J Avenue NE born February 2. A son to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Reid 1295 Elmhurst Drive NE born February 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke's Hospital
A. L. Fuchs
Twelfth Street
Mercy Hospital
Harold Betzer
J Avenue
Kenneth Reid
Elmhurst Drive
Cedar Rapids men fined for illegal spearing of fish
Bruce Davies and Howard Cross of Cedar Rapids were fined 25 shillings and costs by Justice H. R. Churchil after being found guilty of illegally spearing fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Davies
Howard Cross
Cedar Rapids
H. R. Churchil
YWCA adds keep fit class to city schedule
City briefs note a 6 45 p m keep fit class to be added to YWCA schedule starting Monday with registration open. A blacksmith shack at the Linn county quarry in Viola burned Thursday night, destroying tools while the cause remains unknown. Royal H Holbrook returned from Red Oak where he spoke to the Chamber of Commerce and local students. Merced Saldana 53 of 6020 avenue NE posted 500 bail Friday after a peace bond warrant served by Justice H R Churchill and deputy Larry Condon.
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Linn County
Viola
Royal H. Holbrook
Red Oak
Chamber of Commerce
Merced Saldana
Avenue NE
H. R. Churchill
Larry Condon
Cedar Rapids Bird Club Meets Monday at Coe College
The Cedar Rapids Bird club will meet Monday at 7 30 p m in room 110 of the Coe College science building. Margaret Dickey will review The Golden Plover by Allen. The program includes current bird events and a study of swallows and blackbirds. Public welcome.
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Cedar Rapids
Bird Club
Coe College Science Building
Margaret Dickey
Allen
Linn County Receives Welfare Grant for February Relief
The state social welfare department awards Linn County 3962 dollars for February relief. The county will add 35656 dollars to reach a total outlay of 39618 dollars to handle an estimated caseload of 1492.
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State Social Welfare Department
Linn County
Junior Red Cross Meeting At Y M C A Features Safety Play
The Junior Red Cross met Saturday at the Y M C A. Harrison chapters presented a safety play with cast members Betty McCabe Betty Kettering Lila Currier Robert Benson Emmet Collister and Glenn Medicus. Easter favors will be made by Polk and Garfield members. The next first aid meeting is set for February 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Y. M. C. A. Harrison
Betty McCabe
Betty Kettering
Lila Currier
Robert :Enson
Emmet Collister
Glenn Medicus
Polk
Garfield
Detectives Probe Purse Snatch at Local Shop
Detectives Friday investigated a purse snatching reported by Nora Gott of 1812 Grande Ave SE. She said a man took her purse from a shopping cart while at a counter in a store, with cash $21 and total loss $30.
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Nora Gott
Grande
Miss Gott
le Too
Slips In Front Of Car On Tenth Street
James Vares aged 61 of 101 Ninth Avenue SE suffered a bruised left leg when he slipped and fell before a car driven by C C Koning of Chicago on Tenth Street between First and Second Avenues SE. He was taken to Mercy Hospital by a motorist and remained there in good condition Friday.
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James Vares
Ninth Avenue SE
C. C. Koning
Chicago
Tenth Street
First
Second Avenues SE
Mercy Hopital
County Tax Sale Certificates for 133 Properties
Linn county public bidder’s tax sale report shows certificates issued for 133 properties totaling 10 395 11 in taxes penalties and costs as of Dec 4 1939. Regular sale certificates totaling 180 amounted to 11 950 21. Each certificate carries a 4 percent penalty and 6 percent interest. sale adjourned to April 2 at 9 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank F. Bates
Linn County
Native Customs Curtail Radcliffe Student’s Social Life
Cecilia de Castro Silva, a Radcliffe College student and Brazil native, finds American and Brazilian norms clash. Brazilian custom forbids a girl dating without engagement or a chaperone, while Cambridge college men avoid such arranged meetings. She says she likes them but faces these social barriers.
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Cambridge, Mass
Cecilia de Castro Silva
Radcliffe College
Brazil
Miss Silva
Hoover warns US must lead civilization revival after war
Former President Hoover says America must remain out of European conflicts to preserve strength and lead peace, with an immediate job to save Finland and Poland from famine. He urges $30 million in food aid, warns of famine across Europe if war prolongs, and cites past aid after World War I.
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New York
INS
Hoover
Europe
United States
America
Overseas Press Club
Finland
Poland
Belgium
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Germany
Russia
Hitler
Stalin
Ger
Four Offices In Iowa Theater Robbed Of Over $80
The week saw four office robberies at an Iowa theater, totaling over eighty dollars with losses varying per business. Investigations note repeated DeNio and other office entries, while detectives pursue vague suspects and one man jailed for inquiry.
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Iowa
Mary Elgas Crowned Queen At Drum Corps Mardi Gras
Mary Elgas was crowned queen at the second annual Mardi Gras held at the Memorial coliseum. Attendants included Doris Chyba and Laura Majewski. runner-up Chyba and third place Majewski. The Musketeers and Cavaliers drum corps organized the ceremony with performances by dancers and a Cupid entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elgas
Memorial Coliseum
Tenth Street NW
Richard Danshill
Second Avenue NW
Elgas
Musketeers and
Cavaliers
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Los Angeles
Doris Chyba
C Street
Laura Majewski
Sixteenth Avenue
Miss Chyba
Miss Majewski
Juanita Fields
Georgene Heider
Frances Baer
Bernadine White
Rachel Marsh
la Verna Hahnsohn
Libbie Trachta
Marilyn Chapman
Cupid
Norbert Zobl
Jack Fromm
Georgia Do
Peace Appeal From People of Russia and The People
A quotation asserts that neither man nor Russian people bear responsibility for current wars. It emphasizes that vast majorities in both nations are gentle, decent, and pray for peace, aligning with universal hopes for an end to conflict.
Lisbon man pleads not guilty to DWI after collision
Alvin Kamberling, 44, of Lisbon, pled not guilty before Judge H. C. Ring to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Bond set at $500 after highway patrol investigated a collision on Highway 30 near Rosedale School between Kamberling’s car and one driven by Paul Anderson, 23, of Lisbon, Thursday at 5 15 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Kamberling
Lisbon
H. C. Ring
Kamberling
Highway Patrol
Clarence B. Day
Paul Anderson
Rosedale School
Williams Pleads Guilty to Cheating by False Pretenses
Clyde Williams age 21 of 527 Third Avenue SW pled guilty before Judge H C Ring after County Attorney G K Thompson filed a true information. Sentencing was scheduled for Tuesday at 9 am. Williams, arrested by police, allegedly obtained car servicing and money from a local service station attendant during state fair week last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Williams
Third Avenue
H. C. Ring
G. K. Thompson
Williams
Becket Athletic Goods Limited Partnership Recorded
A certificate of limited partnership for John Beck Athletic Goods of Cedar Rapids was recorded by County Recorder Dempsy Jones. General partner is John W. Beck with limited partners Eleanor S. Beck Bertha A. Snow Herman W. Snow and Mary L. Anderson listed, spanning Cedar Rapids Kankakee and Sheldon Illinois.
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John Beck
Attachment Action Dropped in Hoke Case
A landlord's attachment action for 750 dollars against C. W. Hoke and Anna M. Hoke filed Sept 21 1939 was dismissed with prejudice by the plaintiff before Judge H C Ring. Also noted was a 1056 dollar attachment petition by Christine Voss and a 420 dollar counterclaim by Nick Ehlers and Mrs Nick Ehlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Wilson
C. W. Hoke
Anna M. Hoke
H. C. Ring
Christine Voss
Nick Ehlers
Default judgments entered in several account suits
Petition filed September 6 1939 and dismissed by Judge Ring. Default judgments were returned by Judge H C Ring for W T Shipe asignee in three account suits. Defendants and judgments include George F Hennessey and Elizabeth A Hennessey 181 77 Grace McEldon 207 25 and Marie E Gordon 205 98.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Ring
W. T. Shipe
George F. Hennessey
Elizabeth A. Hennessey
Grace McEldon
Marie E. Gordon
Doss seeks divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds
Dale L. Doss requests a divorce from Lucile Doss, now living in Indiana, in an action alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. The couple married at Fonda on June 5 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale L. Doss
Lucile Doss
Indiana
Fonda
Partition claim over Mount Vernon real estate
Maude Silver and Oleta Westcott claim a one half interest each in Mount Vernon property. Charles Litts is alleged to have waived any interest in the real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Silver
Oleta Westcott
Mount Vernon
Charles Litts
Plan Commission Ends In Favor Of City Owning Old High School
The plan commission approves city acquisition of the old Washington high school property if the school board sells it and seeks to gain the adjacent private parcels between Fourth and Fifth streets and Fifth avenue and Greene's square. The move follows a civic group representatives meeting. The panel also endorses automatic traffic signals on First avenue at Nineteenth street and approves two plats and a subdivision plan. Membership in the American Planning and Civic association was approved.
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City Plan Commission
Commission
First Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Third Avenue
Twenty-eighth
Twentyninth Streets
American Planning and Civic Association
French envoy Naggiar Leaves for Paris on Leave
French ambassador to Soviet Russia Paul Emile Naggiar departed Moscow on Saturday for Paris on leave due to ill health. Officials in Paris said his condition was poor.
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Moscow
Paul Emile Naggiar
Soviet Russia
Paris
Naggiar
House approves cut farm outlay bill
The House moved to reduce farm spending in a broad outlay bill with key changes. It added funds for sugar grower payments and dry land agriculture experiments while scrapping a proposed loan to support rural electrification. Farm tenancy and surplus distribution funds were defeated, and no roll call was recorded in final passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
John Taber
N. Y
Clarence Cannon
Marvin Jones
Tex
Agriculture Committee
Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Jones
William B. Bankhead
House
Reds to Prepare for Spring Offensives
The piece notes the Finns likely to stay static for now while Russians wage an air campaign, with reports of 300 planes delivered to Finland by the US, Britain, and Italy. It mentions a parachute raid behind the Mannerheim line and skiers used for espionage, then references Molotov’s bread as Finns mock Russian promises.
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Copenhagen
United States
Britain
Italy
Mannerheim
V. M. Molotoff
Russia
Little Republic
Molotoff
Juliet's Castle Transformed Into Romeo and Juliet Tavern
Verona Italy report that the Capulet family castle associated with Juliet has been converted into a deluxe restaurant named the Romeo and Juliet tavern. The grand dining room features period furnishings and fourteen frescoes illustrating scenes from the tale.
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Verona
Italy
Ins
Regend
Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Gannett Calls On President To Quit Office
Rochester publisher Frank E Garnett, announcing his 1940 candidacy, urges Congress to strip presidential powers and for Roosevelt to resign. He warns of internal threats, warns against New Deal collectivism, and outlines a Republican plan to revitalize the economy with private enterprise and reform of labor laws.
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New York
Roosevelt
Frank E. Coed
National Republican Club
Gannett
Congress
Rochester
New Deal
America
Garnett
Deaths Kie C Ellis 56 Sudden Heart Attack South Urbana
Kie C Ellis 56 died suddenly at his Toddville home Friday at 6 p m of a heart attack born January 15 1884 in Toddville His wife died November 25 1938 He is survived by his son Frank three brothers John Marion August and Henry Cedar Rapids three sisters Mrs Mollie Bowers Mrs Bessie Krouse and Polly Hopker Toddville and several nieces and nephews Funeral services Sunday at 2 p m at the Christian church Toddville Rev W C Wilson officiating burial Dunkard cemetery
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Kie C. Ellis
Urbana
Toddville
Frank
John
Marion
August
Henry
Cedar Rapids
Mollie Bowers
Bessie Krouse
Polly Hopker
Hopkinton
Fred A. Bort
Presbyterian Church
H. E. Morrow
Buck Creek
David de Best
Monticello
Bort
Bessie Fleetwood
Fort Dodge
Lyman
Manchester
Gazette
Lucille
Maquoreta
Flora Streets
Carson-Balster Chapel
H. D. Green
Streets Cemetery
Maquoketa
Albert Streets
Harvey Streets
Bernard and
San Francisco
Pearl Stemas
Chicago
Lutie Pierce
Clinton
Fred Gee
Linnie Edwards
Scott Bowling
Cody
Neb
Methodist Church
Daughters of the King
Columbus Junction
Ray Moody
Here
Olin
Joseph Sherman
Loder Chapel
W. T. Boston
United Brethren Church
Mr. Sherman
Rome
N. Y
Willard
Charles
Savanna, Ill
George
Anamosa
Bert
Delhi
Odd Fellow Lodge
Henry Sievers
Clarence Graft
R. Houstman
Ray Stivers
John Herken
Harry Jamison
Washington
Frank Chilcote
Will Chilcote
Htis
Belle Paine
John Scott Bradford
Durant
Peffers Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
James B
Emaline Guinn Bradford
Belle Plaine
Emma Thompson
Missouri
Davenport
Doris Albrighton
Donna Adams
Bill Moore
Laurena Sparrow
Margaret Sparrow
Jim Pfeffer
Duane Wilson
Lucille Little
Darlene Merryfield
Neva Stanley
Warren Morrison
Bobbie Axmear
Mary Adams
Dyersville
NYA
C. J. Nebel
Foreman
Elgin
Elgin High School
Chrystal Wenger
Keystone
Rudolph Struck
Mewes Junge
Vinton
Lillian Rolfs
Elmer
Florence
Dog Rescued After Nine Hours in Water Barrel
New York report: Van Liew, a produce dealer, searched for his dog Mitzie and found her in a rain barrel after nearly nine hours of struggling. A hired man helped extract the exhausted dog, ending a long search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
DeForrest
V. Liew
Mitzie
Binghamton
van Liew
McGregor widow dies in Iowa City at 36
Mrs. Leroy Larson of McGregor dies in an Iowa City hospital at age 36. She was daughter of Embret and Ida Gulsvig of Gunder and wife of Leroy Larson of St Olaf. Survived by son Lyle and husband. Funeral at Norway church with Rev. S J Strandjard.
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ST. Olaf
Leroy Larson
McGregor
Iowa City
Embret
Ida Gulsvig
Gunder
Lyle
Norway Church
S. J. Strandjard
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Justice OF Peace Court
City Briefs
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U. S
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Whipple
Investors Syndicate
E. W. DeNio
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Paulsen
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Betty Warren
Richard Carey
Bud
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Elaine Stettler
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W. F. Shaner
Bob Leaper
Shaner
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Birmingham
Ala
Iowa News
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Petersburg
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Swisher
Frank J. Pudil
Barta Chapel
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Jefferson Township
Johnson County
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William
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William P. Kerchmer
Grinnell
Lona J. Wheeler
Clifford Wheeler O
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Raymon F. Bangham
Fred C. Bangham
Charles R. Rowe
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Traer
Hesperia Lodge
Masonic Hall
Pau Hicks
Chariton
B. Fra Thomas
Richard Head
Cludes Ervin Madera
Marjori Nissen
Elsie Petersen
Joel Herman
Edward Vorba
Elizabeth Gravatt
John Read
Rober Dodd
LaVonne Briggs
John Kilinsky
Maywood
First Congregational Church
J. I. Walker
Oa Hill Cemetery
Sarah Jan Gray
William An Letitia Gray
Buckley
Ill
Seth Durham
Eigh Adelaide Walther
Richard Durham
Oak Park
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William Gray
Ben Yount
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Inez Glime
E. J. Goff Morgan
F. S. Garrabian
L. J. Robertson
O. Rober
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Mount Auburn
J. B. Healy
Mary Ann Redding
Thomas
Margate Redding
Wash
Earlville
J. B Healy
Healy
Lyle Fuller
Leonard Cole
Beverly Fisher
Bob Fisher
Margery Smith
Malloy Hall
Supt. Norlie
Luella Richards
Rodney Buddenberg
Geneva Schultz
Marion Meyer
Ardith Schultz
Norma Schultz
Irene McKernan
Clay Timmerman
Mary Malloy
Robert Szabo
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