Linn County Reads Jury Pool for March Term
The Court Clerk and county officials drawn 75 residents to serve as petit jurors for the Linn county district court March term. Jurors report March 12 at 9 a.m. Names include Helen L. Bailey, J. L. Bauer, Arthur Baxter, Mary S. Bell, Lawrence J. Bigger, Mae Blinks, Chris Behren, Freda Donisthorpe, S. F. Emerson, John English, and many others from Marion, Cedar Rapids, Mount Vernon, Lisbon, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Ed Lundquist
Robert M. Vesely
Dempsy Jones
Helen L. Bailey
First Avenue
Francis H. Batten
Ninth Street
J. L. Bauer
Alburnett
Arthur Baxter
Seventeenth Street
Wm. T
S. F. Emerson
Lisbon
John English
Viola
Joe Erenberger
Ely
R. J
Park Terrace
Frank W. Huenger
E Avenue
John Hasting
F. C. Hyde
Central City
Charles H. Jackson
Thirty-fourth Street
Charles Jadrnicek
Lillian Johnson
S Avenue
A. R. Jones
Mariin
Florence M. Knight
Grande Avenue
Stanley Kocourek
Second Street
Leo Kolar
Longwood Drive
Grace Koppenhaver
Marion
Edward Koutsky
First Street
Charles Krejci
Fourth Street
Alice E. Leefers
Arthur B. Lindsey
Mount Vernon
Herman Little
Fifth Avenue
W. A. Looney
Ninth Avenue
Mildred McClelland
Bird Club Records Peak At 201 Species In One Iowa Year
Cedar Rapids Bird Club reports a record 201 species viewed in Iowa during one year, with 261 of 364 possible species observed. Summer residents like meadowlarks flicker red headed woodpecker and other notes emerge as March dates and events are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Bird Club
Coe Science Hall
Margaret Dickey
Arthur Allen
Ethel Orr
Commonwealth Tea Room
New Head for Iowa Joint Legislative Council Revealed
Mrs Rosa Cunningham of Des Moines named chairman to make the council active in 1940 and seek a permanent role. She succeeds Mrs keuth Sayre of Ackworth and emphasizes citizen collaboration to advance common interests in state legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Cunningham
Joint Legislative Council
Iowa
Capt Hughes to Attend Traffic Safety Course at Northwestern
Capt Gordon Hughes will attend the Northwestern University Traffic Safety Institute for police officers at Evanston Illinois from March 4 to 23 to further traffic safety measures in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Hughes
Northwestern U
Cedar Rapids
Gordon Hughes
Northwestern University Traffic Safety Institute
Evanston
Traffic Institute Course Led by National Expert in Cedar Rapids
Chief of Police Bob Vinch and Commissioner Wes Benesh arrange a three week traffic course with authorities from across the country. Lieut. Franklin M. Kreml, a renowned traffic expert, directs the eleventh institute. Captain Hughes will use notes for training Cedar Rapids traffic patrolmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Vinch
Public Safety
Wes Benesh
Franklin M. Kreml
Hughes
Cedar Rapids
Mind vs Morals in Hobbies and Reading Gaps
Albert Edward Wigg am presents a scientific take on moral questions. He cites Phillips Greene on introverts choosing hobbies, Gansl on vocabulary by gender, and Witty Leehman on gifted children enjoying comic strips and jokes. The piece notes differences in interests and language skills among groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witty and
Leehman
Kansas City
John F. Dille Co
Cornelius Leaves Patrol for ICC Staff
Chester S. Cornelius formerly of Marion and an original member of the state highway patrol resigns effective February 15. He will join the Interstate Commerce Commission truck and safety division in Kansas City and is currently at West Liberty, patrol headquarters for eastern Iowa district No. 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester S. Cornelius
Marion
State Highway Patrol
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas City
Cornelius
West Liberty
Iowa
Century Payroll Car Looting Suspect Sentenced
Arthur Tracy and two accomplices tried to loot a Illinois Central mail car carrying a $56,000 government payroll. Federal Judge Walter C. Lindley sentenced Tracy to 25 years in prison on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville, Ill
INS
Arthur Tracy
Illinois Central
Walter C. Lindley
Quentin Ulrey to Direct Y M Chorus
Quentin Ulrey, veteran voice instructor, will direct the Y M C A male chorus meeting Wednesdays at 8 p.m. in the Y M C A. He studied at Lawrence College and Chicago Musical College, taught at Olivet College and Illinois Wesleyan, and led choirs in Bloomington and Grand Rapids. He plans to include men of all races and invites interested singers to attend at 7 30 p.m. Wednesdays with the chorus debut at the Y M C A annual meeting on Feb 16. Diophantus wrote thirteen books on algebra in the fourth century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quentin Ulrey
Mr. Ulrey
Dean Car J. Waterman
Lawrence College
Herbert Witherspoon
Chicago Musical Colege
Ulrey
Olivet College
Wisconsin College of Music
Illinois Wesleyan
Centennial Christian Church
Bloomington
First Church
Diophantus
Algebra
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Seph T. Michal
Seventh Avenue
F. E. Mitchell
Waubeek
T. A. Newman
Irwin Penn
Springville
Frank Prasil
Palo
Osa B. Price
Raymond Reid
Knollwood Drive
Frank J. Ressa
Fifteenth Avenue
Frank Salat
Albert Schatzle
Fred Schultz
Joseph Shultz
Hamilton Street
By Galbraith
Helen
Bird Club
Baieie
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola CO
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Albert Edward Wiggam
Phillips
Greene
I. Gansl
New York City
ICC
United
Y. M. Chorus
Emile
Poiing
Christ
Jania
America
Kesterfield
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