Scouts to helm Cedar Rapids city government for day
Cedar Rapids Scouts were chosen to serve as temporary city officials during a Saturday observance of American Scouting's anniversary. Walter Dennis will be acting mayor, with Don Ross as Public Safety Commissioner and Dave Williams assisting the street commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Scout Area Civic Service Committee
Reginald Figge
Frank Hahn
Walter Dennis
Kiwanian
Don Ross
Wes Benesh
Dave Williams
Edwin Hansen
Iowa Assembly Urges Stand Against Roosevelt Court Plan
A resolution to oppose President Roosevelt's judiciary changes was introduced in the Iowa House. Signed by Representatives Claus Randall Roy Souis and Earl C. Fishbaugh Jr the measure asks Congress to defeat the plan and favors passage of any change only via constitutional amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Congress
Roosevelt
Iowa House of Representatives
Claus Randall
Manly
Roy Souis
Charles City
Earl C. Fishbaugh, Jr
Shenandoah
Supreme Court
Iowa
Charter Presented To Scout Troop No 29
The 1937 charter of Boy Scouts Troop 29 at Westminster Presbyterian Church was presented to the troop Tuesday evening during a Parents' night dinner. Harry Fraser, Cedar Rapids area council chairman, presented and the Scouts gave their mothers miniature pins. Field Executive Robert L. Dill showed Camp Waubeek motion pictures. troop committee includes Rev J Renwick McCullough, Grafton Hale and William Enright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troop 29
Boy Scouts
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Joe Stenner
Harry Fraser
Cedar Rapids
Town and County Classifieds Briefs
For sale: Large lot facing Country Club grounds. Townsend club No 2 meets Friday at 7 45 p m in the superior court room for election of officers. Hutchinson's valentine ice creams Whitman's candies. Prescriptions drugs Immediate delivery Richards Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend Club No. 2
Superior Court Room
Hutchinson’s Valentine
Whitman’s
Richards Pharmacy
Three fined in police court for intoxication
E. R. Hansen aged 45 of 1324 D Avenue NE G. Sullivan 39 of Cedar Rapids and R. Francis 54 were each fined 10 dollars and costs in police court Thursday for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Hansen
D Avenue NE
G. Sullivan
Cedar Rapids
R. Francis
Mrs. H. H. Artman Treated After Ice Fall
Mrs. H. H. Artman aged 60 of Garrison was treated at St. Luke's hospital Wednesday for a fractured left wrist from a fall on ice near her home. She was discharged after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Artman
Garrison
St. Luke’s Hospital
Rock Island Engineer Slips on Ice, Suffers Shock
Jesse Chapin of Rock Island living at 1141 H Avenue NE slipped on ice en route to work Wednesday morning and suffered a severe shock. He is recovering at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Chapin
Rock Island
H Avenue
Reserve Officers leader to speak on National Defense week
Raymond Coward, secretary of Linn county Reserve Officers Association, will speak Saturday from 6 15 to 6 30 p m on a local broadcast of National Defense in observance week. Townsend club members met Tuesday at Kingston hall for a picnic supper and program with vocal selections by Darwin Whitney Mary French and Mrs French. The Home Rebekah lodge staged a play a style show and dancing followed.
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Darwin Jack
Perry Woodward
Bernhardt Kraus
Clarence Brockman
Ray Harbit
Andy Coleman
George Hobel
Tim O'Brien
Cedar Rapids
Raymond Coward
Linn County
The
Reserve Officers’ Association
Townsend Club
Kingston Hall
Darwin Whitney
Mary French
Local motorists fined for traffic light and overtime parking
John W. Baird of 813 Third Street NW was fined $2 and costs in police court for failing to stop at a traffic light. L. D. Burkhalter Jr of 233 Sinclair Ave SE Floyd Baumgartner of 219 Iowa Theater Building and Eldred Bowers of 869 Eleventh St NE were each fined $1 and costs for overtime parking.
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John W. Baird
Third Street
L. D. Burkhalter, Jr
Sinclair Avenue SE
Floyd Baumgartner
Iowa Theater
Eldred Bowers
Eleventh Street
Dealers to Attend Motorola Show and Dinner Thursday
Sixty eastern Iowa dealers will join Terry-Durin at the Roosevelt hotel for a dinner and pre showing of 1937 Motorola models. John Rogers of Chicago will speak as factory representative at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Terry-Durin Company
Motorola
Roosevelt Hotel
John Rogers
Chicago
Man Injured By Falling Tree Relapses At Mercy Hospital
John H. Baker aged 74 of Conesville who fractured both legs when a tree fell on him near Nichols on January 1 was moved to Mercy hospital Wednesday from his son John A. Baker’s home at 811 Seventh street SE after a relapse. He had been transported from a Muscatine hospital by ambulance on Saturday.
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John H. Baker
Conesville
Nichols
Mercy Hospital
John A. Baker
Seventh Street
Mr. Baker
Muscatine
Sea Scout Exhibit In Cedar Rapids Window Display
Sea Scout ship No. 90 the Kiwanian sponsored by the Kiwanis club shows an exhibit in the Sherwin-Williams window at 216 Third Avenue SE. The display highlights Scout work and handcraft as part of Cedar Rapids downtown observances for Scouting’s twenty seventh anniversary this week.
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The
Kiwanis Club
Sherwin-Williams Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Recruits Ordered by Des Moines Military District
Orders from the Fourth district army recruiting headquarters in Des Moines call for ninety men aged 18 to 35. Twenty are to Fort Snelling Minnesota, twenty to Fort Lincoln North Dakota, and fifty to Fort Des Moines. Roy Davis and Albert Garmes of Randalia Ia and Linhart Lawrence of Anamosa enlist in motorized field artillery at Fort Des Moines.
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Fourth District Army
Des Moines
Fort Snelling
Minn
Fort Lincoln
N. D
Fort Des Moines
Roy Davis
Albert Garmes
Randalia
Linhart Lawrence
Anamosa
Navy enlistments in Des Moines recruit office list twelve men
Twelve men have enlisted in the U S navy at Des Moines through the local navy recruiting headquarters located in the federal building, according to C C Hudnall, head of the local office. They are Robert T Thrasher, 1248 Fourth avenue SE, Carl Russell Meskimen, 712 Ninth street SE, Howard R Stiles, 1114 Fifteenth street SE, Frank E Dvorak, RFD No 1, Cedar Rapids, Marvin T Happel, 1338 Nineteenth avenue SW, LeRoy F Foster, 1406 Third street NW, Milford E Whitehead,
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Navy
Des Moines
Navy
Federal Building
C. C. Hudnall
Robert T. Thrasher
Fourth Avenue
Carl Russell Meskimen
Ninth Street
Howard R. Stiles
Fifteenth Street
Frank E. Dvorak
RFD
Cedar Rapids
Marvin T. Happel
Nineteenth Avenue
LeRoy F. Foster
Third Street
Milford E. Whitehead
Notable Names List in Local Court Docket
Francis M. Traer Marion Hendrickson Robert C. Colehour Howard Hollingsworth Springville and Lee M. Seger of Iowa City appear in a local docket listing. The item records participants and their hometowns in a civil matter referenced by the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traer
Francis M. Hendrickson
Marion
Robert C. Colehour
Springville
Howard H. Hollingsworth
Lee M. Seger
Iowa City
Social Agencies To Meet On Youth Program Luncheon
Lloyd C. Schuknecht outlines a father's view of the Cedar Rapids youth program at a Friday luncheon of the Council of Social Agencies at the Y M C A. The event is open to the public as part of a series evaluating welfare agency work and seeking suggestions for improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd C. Schuknecht
B Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids
Council of Social Agencies
Iowa Senate Delays Debate on Homestead Tax Aid Bill
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa senate postponed floor debate on the controversial homestead tax relief measure. An advisory committee will review suggested amendments as sponsor Senator Albert Shaw aims to bring it up next Tuesday. Governor Kraschel urged speeding sales tax continuance to fund pensions for 30,000 Iowa seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa Senate
Albert Shaw
Pocahontas
Senate
D. W. Kimberly
Davenport
Chamber
Kimberly
Shaw
Nelson G. Kraschel
Iowa
Partition And Ceiling Of Home Damaged By Fire
A smoke pipe overheated a wood partition and burned the ceiling at the James Crago residence 517 Sixteenth street NE. Firemen confined the damage to partition and ceiling after arriving at 3:20 pm Wednesday. Earlier, J Sam McLaughlin at 1017 A avenue NW reported oil issues with his car at Fourth avenue and Third street SE. Firemen also responded at 9:04 am to the M L Lindville residence 1214 Second avenue SE for a overheated furnace smoke pipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Crago
Sixteenth Street
J. Sam McLaughlin
A Avenue NW
Fourth Avenue
Third Street SE
M. L. Lindville
Second Avenue SE
Mormons Build Eagle Gate to Aid Digent Saints
In 1859 Brigham Young ordered construction of the Eagle gate spanning what is now State Street in Salt Lake City to aid needy Mormons, prefiguring public works programs before the New Deal.
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Salt Lake City
New Deal
Brigham Young
Church of the Latter Day Saints
Mormon
Eagle Gate
State Street
Old John Sleeps Good Now He Made This 25c Test
An old testimonial advertises a bu chu based treatment that claims to flush acids and poisons reducing bladder irritation and nighttime urination. The copy urges customers to buy at May’s Drug Store for 25 cents with a four day refund if not pleased.
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John
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Nevin Nichols
Iowa Assembly
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Cca
Handy Real Co
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PWA
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Taapas Aemennmn Tate
Jack Yager
Union Made
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