Huge sums paid on life insurance in 1934 cited
M M Thompson president of Cedar Rapids Association of Life Underwriters says hourly payments by American legal reserve life insurers averaged 308219 dollars for 1934. He notes 21 million beneficiaries touched, 800000 death claims, and a 10.1 percent rise in new business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Institution of Legal Reserve Life Insurance
M. M. Thompson
Cedar Rapids Association of Life Underwriters
Thompson
National Association of Life Underwriters
Legal Reserve Life Insurance Companies
Man wounded after fall while visiting newborn granddaughter
William Hennessey, 45, of 1441 Mount Vernon avenue SE, left Mercy hospital at midnight to share news of his newborn granddaughter born to his daughter Mrs. J F Steggall. He fell six feet near Fifth street and C avenue NE, suffered a deep scalp wound, was treated and returned to the hospital by ambulance. The daughter arrived at 10:45 p.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hennesey
Mount Vernon Avenue
Mercy Hospital
J. F. Steggall
Hennessey
Fifth Street
C Avenue
Begin Work Soon On Guttenberg Dam
Preliminary construction on a federal dam across the Mississippi River at Guttenberg is expected to start by Feb 15. The McCarthy Improvement Co of Davenport holds the contract and draftsmen and engineers will arrive next week for initial planning. Local employment services issued orders for prospective workers to register for hiring. Maggie Main Coggon death notice: age 63, survived by four brothers. Body sent to Coggon for funeralThursday afternoon at Presbyterian Church with Rev I F Hayenga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guttenberg
Mississippi River
McCarthy Improvement Company
Davenport
Coggon
Maggie Main
Independence
T. L
George
Merton
Cliff
Presbyterian Church
I. F. Hayenga
Dionnes timid in big city as guests of Chicago
The Dionne family arrives in Chicago amid novelty and crowd enthusiasm. Oliva and Elzire Dionne retreat to their presidential suite as cameras swarm. They plan a first public appearance but remain wary of city excitement while their children are named in order for records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Oliva
Elzire Dionne
Dionne
Michigan Boulevard
Dionnes
Edward Kelly
Papa
Mama Dionne
Ernest
Rose
Therese
David
Paul
Callander
Ont
Center Junction High School Oratorical Contest Entrants Named
Center Junction announces this week’s high school de clamatory contests with entrants including Ruth Hansen Maurice McNeilly and Lloyd in the oratorical event.
LaPorte City approves municipal power plant plan
Election results show 605 votes for municipal ownership and 131 for renewing the Central States Electric franchise. Construction will start this spring with a $100000 bond issue to finance the project. Mayor F W Kober and City Attorney William Brown led the pro municipal group alongside council members C A Brust John Miller L J Tutt John Goon and Dr W F Christopher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Porte City
Central States Electric Company
F. W. Kober
William Brown
C. A. Brust
John Miller
L. J. Tutt
John ‘Goon
W. F. Christopher
Fuji Maru Believed Sunk With 26 Crew In Snowstorm
AP reports the Japanese freighter Fuji Maru is believed sunk off Shizuoka with a crew of twenty six amid a fierce snowstorm. Also noted is a West Liberty high school dramatic elimination contest set for Thursday with illness keeping the main group away. participants include Margaret Hindee Corine Foster Mary Dell Kerr Virginia Smith and Donald Sickman Virginia Wilson Betty Nauman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TOKIO
Shizuoka
West Liberty
Margaret Hindee
Corine Foster
Mary Dell Kerr
Virginia Smith
Donald Sickman
Virginia Wilson
Betty Nauman
Maxine Moore
Davis Announces Changes in Agriculture Department
Davis reorganizes the agriculture department with an operating council and six divisions. New council members include A. G. Black in livestock and J. W. Tapp in dairy and marketing. Gardner Jackson exits. Tugwell tours Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Howe
Operating Council
Gardner Jackson
George A. Farrell
Alfred D. Stedman
Jesse W. Tapp
H. R. Tolley
Seth Thoras
Department of Agriculture
Consumers Counsel
Tugwell
Florida
Anna Louise Strong to speak on Russia at Cornell
Dr. Anna Louise Strong, called the oldest American resident in the Moscow Soviet, will address the Cornell lecture course on February 20. Her talk titled My Thirteen Years in the Soviet Union draws on travel across Russia and studies of collective farms. She recently founded an American newspaper in Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Anna Louise Strong
Arctic Circle
Turkestan
Parmir
Russia
Dr. Strong
Moscow
Wood cutting bee aids Methodist church project
A group of local men gathered Monday to cut timber south of Bertram. They hauled the logs to the church lot where they will be sawed into stove wood and stored in the wood shed. Participants included Rev. Jd. Bruce Eyestone George D. King Floyd Kitchen C. C. Berry James Plummer F. G. Anderson Amos Berry Floyd Nagle Louis Thompson Paul Anderson Leonzo Berry and Herman Thompson. Women provided dinner for the workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertram
Jd. Bruce Eyestone
George D. King
Floyd Kitchen
C. C. Berry
James Plummer
F. G. Anderson
Amos Berry
Floyd Nagle
Louis Thompson
Paul Anderson
Leonzo Berry
Herman Thompson
Elva Walker Leads In Old Fashioned Mother At Church
Elva Walker stars in An Old Fashioned Mother to be performed Friday at 7:30 p.m. at United Brethren church Fourth avenue and Seventh street SE under H and W class auspices. Director is John Wittkop. Plot follows a devoted mother and her son wrongly imprisoned, with supporting roles by Clyde Walker and Ted Parsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elva Walker
United Brethren Church
Fourth Avenue
Seventh Street
H. and W
John Wittkop
John
Ted Parsons
Enoch Kane
Clyde Walker
Widder
Bill Pincher
Teryee
Kunzman
Paul Roberts
Evelyn Tewalt
Columbus Junior Class Rehearses Have You Seen the Queen
Columbus high school junior class begins rehearsals for Have You Seen the Queen with cast including Jane Harbison Jean Robertson Jean Littrell Laurene Dircks Wanda Marshall Iane Cooper Maryella Duncan Jean Hawkins Ruth Weber Paul Shearer William Shearer Lawrence Cornie Jack Huston Warren May Richard Hants Billie Dwinell Ward Aldershof
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Columbus High School
Jane Harbison
Jean Robertson
Jean Littrell
Laurene Dircks
Wanda Marshall
Iane Cooper
Maryella Duncan
Jean Hawkins
Ruth Weber
Paul Shearer
William Shearer
Lawrence Cornie
Jack Huston
Warren May
Richard Hants
Billie Dwinell
Ward Aldershof
Notice of Freight Carrier Hearing by Iowa Board
The Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa advertises a public hearing on February 26 at 9:00 A.M. in the Linn County Auditor's office Cedar Rapids for John R R Owen of Waterloo to obtain a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity to operate as a freight motor carrier between multiple Iowa towns including Oelwein and Cedar Rapids. The notice lists proposed routes and intercity connections and states jurisdictions in multiple counties.
Notice of Appointment of Executor in Linn County Iowa
State of Towa Linn County notice dated February 5 1935 informs that Oliver P Harman has been appointed and qualified as Executor of the estate of Anna Harman late of Linn County deceased All persons indebted must pay promptly and all claims should be filed in the Linn County Iowa District Court with attorney A Heald listed as solicitor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Linn County
Anna Harman
Iowa
Free theater tickets awarded in Want Ads list
Advertisement notes more free tickets awarded today to readers whose names appear in the Want Ads. Check the published list to see if your name is included.
Roosevelt Labor Clash Over Richberg Reelection
The AFL launches a major push to organize auto and steel industries as President Roosevelt defends Donald Richberg in a dispute over the auto labor board led by Leo Wolman. Roosevelt publicizes a letter to Charlton Ogburn defending the board as it continues to hold elections and fulfill its objectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Auto and Steel Industries
Roosevelt
Donald R. Richberg
A. F. of L
Charlton Ogburn
Automobile Labor Board
Leo Wolman
Ogburn
Wolman
A. F. of
Richberg
Labor
Wolman Board
Government Oversight Promotes Employee Choice in Representation
Under government supervision, all employees receive a full and fair opportunity to designate their representatives, choosing either individuals or as representatives of a labor organization. This statement emphasizes protected selection rights and equal access during the process.
West Highlands Club Dinner and Program Friday Night
The West Highlands Community club invites all area families west and northwest of the Northwestern railroad line to a Bring Your Neighbor night at Roosevelt Junior High Friday at 6:30 p.m. A basket dinner follows in the school cafeteria with attendees bringing dishes and silverware. A stage show and dancing conclude the evening led by club officers L. R. Kriz president Arthur Axmear vice president Walter Scherrebeck secretary and D. A. Stoflet treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Highlands Community Club
Roosevelt Junior High
North Western Railroad
L. R. Kriz
Arthur Axmear
Walter Scherrebeck
D. A. Stoflet
Mirror back projector aids lecturers by showing pictures
A new device helps lecturers by projecting images on a mirror behind the speaker, allowing him to face the audience without turning his back.
Notice of Iowa freight carrier hearing and certificate request
Charles T. Durand owner of National Transfer and Storage applies for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity to operate as a freight motor carrier on routes in Cedar Rapids Mt. Vernon Lisbon Mechanicsville Stanwood Tipton Bennett New Liberty Plain View Maysville Bettendorf Davenport and other Linn Cedar Scott counties. Hearings set February 27 1935 and March 1 1935 at Davenport and Scott County Auditor office respectively. Public notice from the Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners secretary Geo L McCaurhon Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nailroad Commission
State of Iowa
Linn County
Charles T. Durand
Marshalltown
Iowa
National Transfer and Storage Company
Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners
Code of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vernon
Lisbon
Mechanicsville
Stanwood
Tipton
Bennett
New Liberty
Plain View
Maysville
Bettendorf
Davenport
Linn
Cedar
Scott Counties
Towa
Mechanicsvile
Ottumwa
Batavia
Bernhart
Fairpele
Washington
Ainsworth
H Board of Railroad Commissioners
Scott County ‘Auditor
BOARD OP _RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
Geo L McCaurhon
Des Moines
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Life Insurance
United States
Life Insurance Companies of America
Stewart Sterling
KWCR
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Stirling
The
American Tobacco Company
By. Williams
Illia
NEA Service
Guttenberg Dam
Dionnes Timid
Big City
Moats
Imogene Chase
Evelyn Courtney
Miriam Courtney
Marcella Otten
Thelma Husman
Lucille Sbehlken
Lloyd Goldsmith
Helen Himebaugh
Jean McNeilly
Serena Otten
Luella Seehusen
Vote
LaPorte City
Quster
Frank
Cornell
Elkader
Little Brown Church
Chickasaw
Marjorie Richardson
Ross Richardson
Earl Zarndt
Decorah
Zarndt
Darling Drug
U. B
Mes
Board of Railroad Commissioners
State of Jews
John R&r. Owen
Waterloo
New Hampton
Cresco
Postville
West Union
Maynard
Towa Board of Railroad Commissioners
O¢elwein
Oelwein
Hazleton
Bryantburg
Walker
Center Point
Fayette
Buchanan
Benton
Geo. L. McCaughan
Oliver PD
Harman
A. Heald
Federal Labor Board
West Highlands Club
Good Housekeeping Bureau
Columbia Network
Margaret Murphy
Iowa State College, Extension Department
Cedar Rapids Gas. Co
Third Street
Acad
Helen
Doris
Valentine
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