Waltonians Seek 200 Dollar Bird Feed Fund
An urgent appeal by the Waltonians to raise 200 for bird feed follows severe cold that has killed thousands of birds in Linn Benton Tama and Delaware counties. Contributions are requested at Cedar Rapids shops and county offices with Leo Logan coordinating feed distribution.
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Waltonians
Linn
Benton
Tama
Delaware
Leo Logan
Seth Drew and Sons
Frank H. Drew and Company
Kresge Dollar Store
Armstrong Clothing Store
J. F. Shultz and Company
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids
Toledo
Manchester
Vinton
Logan
Van Sweringen Railroad Empire Probe Opens in Court
The Van Sweringen family and six subsidiaries file for reorganization under section 77 B. The Interstate Commerce Commission begins a year long inquiry into Mid-America and its control of Alleghany and rail lines including Chesapeake and Ohio and Erie. Testimony starts this week as Missouri Pacific reorganization hearings follow.
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Cleveland
van Sweringen Copany
Oris P
Mentis J. van Sweringen
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
van Sweringen
Mid-America Corporation
Oris P. van Sweringen
Mantis J
Mid-American
Alleghany Corporation
Chesapeake and Ohio
Erie
Missouri Pacific
Mid-America
Cris P. van Sweringen
Van Sweringen plan cuts fixed charges for system
The proposal would create two stock classes, reducing fixed charges from 26 million to 7.5 million, a figure the company says it can easily earn. Bondholders' committees and trustees oppose, arguing the plan benefits common stockholders at their expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Sweringen
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial prize offers 2500 dollars
Double day, Doran and company announced a Theodore Roosevelt Memorial award of 2500 dollars to be given annually for the best unpublished manuscript on contemporary American life or American foreign relations. A five member board of judges includes Roscoe Pound Harold W Dodds Harold G Moulton Henry Seidel Canby and Col Theodore Roosevelt. Manuscripts must reach judges by January 6 1937, with royalties to the author if published.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
America
Doubleday, Doran and Company
Roscoe Pound
Harvard University
Harold
Twins Born To Waitsburg Ewes Start New Year
A ewe owned by Henry Zugar of Waitsburg gave birth to twins in Walla Walla Washington marking an unusually early birth this section.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Ins
Henry Zugar
Waitsburg
Exploring Iowa culture and music in unit four
John Ely Briggs surveys Iowa cultural life highlighting farming, schools, churches, literature, and music. It names notable Iowa composers, performers, and institutions, from Grinnell to Iowa City, and explains how singing schools, bands, choirs, and festivals shaped musical education and community identity.
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Iowa Unit Four
John Ely Briggs
Iowa
Nellie
Normal Academy of Music
Iowa City
Old Capitol
Haydn
Normal Academy
Story City
Chicago
Riverside Brass Band
Anton Pederson
Storm Lake
Cedar Falls
C. A. Fullerton
State Teachers College
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State University
High School Musical Activities Association
Federation of Music Clubs
Council Orders Check Of All Frozen Water Pipes
City council in health capacity orders plumbing inspector to contact all plumbers about frozen feeder pipes and report unthawable cases to waterworks. Effort aims to restore water to homes. Louis Burgos says equipment to thaw pipes is available. Also notes funeral for Mrs Louise Liercke and Massillon death.
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Board of Health
Waterworks Department
Louis Burgos
Water Works Department
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Open van Sweringen Rail Empire Probe
Robert Smith
Mary Elizabeth Smith
Denver
Teddy Roosevelt
Second Avenue SE
Tlary
Kidskins
Iowa Composers
Paul Whiteman
Edward B. Scheve
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Marshalltown
Bloomfield
Frederick Knight Logan
Oskaloosa
Grinnell
Cornell
Elias Blum
M. L. Bartlett
Des Moines
Frank Lee
Horace A. Miller
Mount Vernon
Phillip Greeley Clapp
Clarence Whitehill
Marengo
Lee Pattison
Eagle Grove
Hope Glenn
Europe
Nzesaine
Druegiats
A. H. Lewis Medicine CO
Louis
Missouri
Oo Rcm
Melton Jackets
Belle Isle
Penney’s Mney Company
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