This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 24 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1938
Page
19
A cheerful feature promotes heart shaped cutters and pink foods for Valentine Day. It lists menu ideas using ham, potatoes, vegetables, Crème puffs with berry fillings, Jellied ham mousse, and cream puffs with varied fillings. Founders day and PTA notes follow with local speakers and candy sales plans.
Monticello Mrs Rex Rickless hosted the FP chapter meeting as Mrs William Grosshelm read Plantation Echoes. The Monticello high school senior girls sextet sang with accompaniment by Miss Hulda Peet, featuring Kathleen Carlsen Jo McNeill Doris Beard Josephine Ricklefs Lucille Huibregtse and Elmeree Nichols.
Cedar Rapids hosts fine arts exhibit at multiple venues from 3 to 5 pm with public invite. Coe College presents vesper service and India lecture. Trinity and partner churches sponsor. Cedar Rapids also stages Trudi Schoop ballet and Golden Gloves boxing opens. Iowa City features lectures, concerts, debates, and theater through the week.
Bungalow cooking classes scheduled Monday to Thursday. Star of the West lodge No 1 to confer esquire rank Monday at 7 45 p.m. at Pythian hall. Rapids Chevrolet Co advertises vehicle service. Cedar Rapids Saengerband to rehearse Monday 7 30 p.m. at Sokol hall. all singers urged to attend. J E Gregory 46 Springville furnished band Saturday after Deputy Sheriff Payn served a warrant on child desertion charge. Chris Tichy 710 Seventeenth St SE returned from Chicago after attending a Merchant Tailor Designer's convention. H E Spangler Iowa Republican national committeeman and Mrs J W Ballard to travel to Des Moines for state committee meeting at Savery hotel Sunday afternoon.
The Elizabeth Sloan School of Music now operates at Room 7 943rd avenue SE. It teaches accordion piano strings and winds with a phone contact 25618 for enrollment and inquiries.
Mrs. Edith Kelsey reports to police that a purse valued at 12 dollars was stolen from her home at 1317 Tenth Street NW in August or September.
Berteaux H. Madden of 1269 Second Avenue SE left Friday for Fort Sam Houston San Antonio Texas where he will stay two weeks with Major and Mrs James Betley Taylor Mrs Taylor is Madden's sister
The Maine lodge of the Odd Fellows will confer the first and second degrees on a class of candidates Tuesday at Maine lodge hall 838 First avenue East. The business meeting starts at 7 o clock due to the full schedule and refreshments will be served after the degree work.
Night school dance classes start Monday February 7 at 8 30 p m in McKinley High School. Sessions run Mondays and Thursdays for eight weeks and are open to all interested. A small registration fee applies.
At a Garfield school gathering of Scout troop 24 members and parents, Charles Smig was announced as winner in an advancement contest. H R Langridge, scout committee man, made the announcement. Alan Parker performed a French horn solo and Sammy Leacox played a cornet piece. The Rev Henry Scherer spoke on the merit badge program.
Miss Georgine A. Novotny and Robert G. Baird were married at the Evangelical Lutheran church of Oxford Junction with Rev. W A Wolgemuth officiating. Attendants included C A Novotny and Edwin Novotny. the couple plans a brief wedding trip and will reside at 1517 Hamilton Street SW Cedar Rapids after February 15.
Chairman Mansfield of the house rivers and harbors committee floated a national planning bill as an alternative to the regional plan. He said safeguards for regional interests would be included and that the measure could change, aligning with Roosevelt ideas though not yet discussed by the committee. The original bill aimed to create seven TVA like authorities to plan and execute conservation programs, excluding power projects and needing congressional approval for regional programs.
Mrs. J. L. Parker was named senior counselor of the Cedar Rapids council U C T auxiliary after a joint dinner with the men's group at the Roosevelt hotel. Other officers were announced, two new members were admitted, and plans noted for the council election on March 5. The event featured a dance with McKinley high school’s Tune Kings and a piano tap by Robert Herrald.
In Washington, Minority Leader Snell urged President Roosevelt to stabilize fiscal policy and reform the tax system. He criticized official warnings as causing counsel confusion and argued that corrective legislation is needed to free private enterprise from New Deal constraints.
Mrs. A G Iosty of 1501 D avenue NE suffered severe lacerations to her right arm at 9 am Friday when her arm was caught in an electric wringer. Mr. Iosty, present at the home, freed the arm. exam found no fractures.
P T A groups hold multiple events this week. The Lincoln P T A meets Tuesday at 2 30 for founders day at the school with an operetta by the intermediate department directed by Miss Florence Reusch. The Polk P T A assembles Tuesday at 2 pm for a brief founders day program following business. A mothers chorus rehearsal starts Monday at 1 30 in the Y W C A auditorium. Van Buren study group meets Monday at 8 pm at 1411 Second Street S W. Jackson P T A meets Tuesday at 2 30 at the school with allergy topic by Dr L J Halpin and cubbing by Charles Young. Cleveland P T A hosts a dad s night Tuesday at 7 30 pm.
Robert O. Bickel addressed Jesup Lions and guests at a Thursday meeting. He discussed travels in northeast Iowa and showed his motion picture 1,000 miles of Iowa rivers by canoe. A. L. Taylor, Chamber of Commerce executive secretary, accompanied him. About eighty people attended.
Frank Stefl of 426 Ninth Avenue SW appeals to storekeepers to watch for boys aged 10 to 14 who may attempt to cash $20 bills after a Sokol hall robbery Wednesday evening. He lost three $20 notes. three boys seen in the hall as money and bills were taken from several men in the gym. Stefl asks anyone with information to contact police.
In Europe hickories magnolias sassafrasses and sequoias exist only in fossil form while the United States shows growing abundance of these species.
Washington inquiry set for Monday as Labor Department investigators and labor leaders are summoned before the Senate Commerce Committee to testify on the case of Harry Bridges. Gerard D. Reilly, who examined Bridges citizenship under Secretary Frances Perkins, will likely be the first witness.
San Francisco coast leader Harry Bridges of the Committee for Industrial Organization delivered a blistering reply to Senate Commerce Committee members aiming to revive deportation proceedings against him. He said it is time the mask came off, accusing opponents of persecuting him for being born outside the country and naming figures like Senator Wagner and Professor Albert Einstein as examples of the hostile fringe.
Snell blames the Roosevelt administration for the recession, calling its approach impractical and lacking any integrated plan to restore jobs. He argues the White House has offered no coherent effort to revive employment.
The Republican National Committee and Gov. George D. Aiken announce a nationwide set of Lincoln day dinners and meetings from February 12 to energize the 1938 congressional drive. Speakers include Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg in Boston and Rep. Bruce Barton in key events with John D. M. Hamilton and Sen. H Styles Bridges among the lineup.
The United States transport Grant will probably leave China on March 4 with the 15th infantry. Eight hundred eight officers and enlisted men are withdrawn, leaving the Fourth Marines at Shanghai and the Marine Embassy Guard at Peiping. The pullback halves the Shanghai Marines, sending the Second Brigade and Sixth Regiment to Honolulu, with the 15th Infantry moving to Fort Lewis, Washington, after long service in China.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.