08 Feb 1940
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1940
Page
1
Marion residents enjoyed a New Art club gathering at Mrs. Hubert McCalley’s home with Court whist at three tables. Entertainment was led by Mrs. Clarence Meggers and Mrs. Walter Erwin, and the group voted a dollar for a dental medical fund.
The Friendly Guild of the Meth odist church will meet Friday at 2 30 at the home of Mrs. Louis C. Ross 1017 Eighteenth street instead of the home of Mrs. N P Vanderlinden.
The W. S. A. club will meet Friday at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs.
Hazel Peddycourt and three Mrs hostesses will lead joint efforts as 15 boys meet with adults at the Methodist church for the reorganization of Boy Scout troop No. 35. The group plans a February 13 meeting at 7 30 PM at the same church. The Presbyterian Ladies Aid fourth division held a picnic luncheon at Mrs. P A Osborne’s home with guest Mrs. S A Crouse delivering a reading.
A dense rundown of 6:00 to 5:50 PM radio listings across WMT WGN WCCO WSUI KFJB and others. Programs include news music drama sports talk concerts and children’s hours with multiple orchestra selections and hour-by-hour station rotations.
A fragmented listing of radio programs and hosts across stations WMT WOI KFJB WCCO KF WGN WHO WSUI and others. It shows times from 5:30 to 8:30 with programs like News Parade Sunrise Planting Time Morning Melodies and Happy Go Lucky Time, naming various hosts such as Jerry Zelda Hawkins and Arthur Godrey.
Marion society items list a birth announced for Judith Carroll Sweeney of Owatonna Minnesota to Mr. and Mrs. James Sweeney. Local groups note meetings at Mrs E C Foxs home and a picnic luncheon by the Methodist Ladies Aid. W R Kemble continues his business in Cedar Rapids. Mrs Florence Busenbark Berry of Chicago arrives after the death of her son in law Frank W Welsh Cedar Rapids.
Howard Colwell Hopson a leading figure in Associated Gas and Electric and several relatives and related companies were named in federal tax liens totaling 2 664 954. Liens filed by internal revenue officers James J Hoey and Harold Hickey in New York City and Albany. Associated Gas and Electric top holding network recently filed for bankruptcy in federal courts.
Moscow protests French police raid on Soviet trade office in Paris last Monday. Detentions of Russian officials and searches of homes followed, according to a statement from the Soviet press agency. Buffoons were originally mountebanks in Roman theaters.
Harry G. Hansen resigns effective March 1 from the Cedar Rapids Y M C A where he has served as citywide boys work secretary for many years. He moves to Chicago to become the North Larrabee Y M C A boys work secretary with his wife Mrs. Hansen and two sons. He has led programs for roughly 1,700 boys aged 8 to 21 and has been active in Kiwanis and church work while holding roles in social service groups.
The Federal Power Commission announced that the Moscow Electric Co-Op of Muscatine Iowa filed a declaration of intention to build a 20 000 horsepower hydroelectric plant on the Cedar River near Moscow Iowa. The generated energy would be absorbed by the Eastern Iowa Light and Power company of the Muscatine municipal system.
The Iowa state executive council gave factions ten days to file briefs on the proposed 3 million dollar dam project. After briefs are submitted, the council will decide whether to grant cooperative permission to proceed.
An advertisement touts FASTEETH as a power powder that keeps denture plates firmly in place with no gummy taste or pasty feel. It claims the alkaline formula prevents denture odor and poses no nausea and can be bought at drug stores.
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