Lincoln Library Branch Opens in Cedar Rapids District
Lincoln's birthday marks a milestone as the Cedar Rapids Lincoln branch opens in the Louis Blaha residence near Fifteenth avenue and Sixth street SW. The P T A led by Mrs. G. W. Reger pressed for access, boosting circulation to 8000 the year after opening. this January 930 books were checked out as students from Lincoln Taylor Van Buren and Trinity Lutheran schools use the facility. Librarians see growing adult use and improved reading levels in the district after one year of service.
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Fifteenth Avenue
Sixth Street
Lincoln
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Louis Blaha
Lincoln School
P.T.A
G. W. Reger
Lincoln, Taylor, van Buren
Trinity Lutheran Parochial School
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth Hodson
Public Library
Jacqueline Geraldine
Patricia Steyne
John A. Steyne
Britain Orders Radios For Small Vessels Invasion Precaution
The Admiralty ruled that all British ships under 1600 gross tons must install radio sets capable of receiving BBC broadcasts and keep wireless watches at five daily times. Ships not equipped will be barred from sailing, observers say the move aims to alert sea traffic to invasion risk and aid home defense.
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London
Admiralty
British Broadcasting Company
BBC News
Peraa
Red Army Parachute Drills Begin in Russia for Month
The London Daily Telegraph reports 6,000 parachute troops engaged in large scale Red Army maneuvers across Russia. The exercises commence with a full month planned, signaling a major military readiness drill.
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London
INS
Russia
London Daily Telegraph
First Lady Quits Dancing for Exercise
Boston AP reports Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt and Mrs Henry Morgenthau tried dancing for winter exercise but Mrs Roosevelt said she had to give it up as it did not provide much physical activity. She spoke at a press conference with a light laugh.
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Boston
Franklin D Roosevelt
Henry Morgenthau
Secretary of the Treasury
Deaths Funeral services for Charles Mika
Funeral services for Charles Mika of 1721 D Street SW will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at the Barta chapel with Theodore B Hlubucek officiating. Burial is in Bohemian National Cemetery. Mika was vice president of the South Side Commercial Club and a member of Hus Lodge I O F, which will conduct the grave services. Pallbearers include Hunter Baylor Lumir Kaplan Frank Stanek Milvoy Horsky Milo Simanek John Nagle. Friends may call at the chapel Sunday afternoon and evening.
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Charles Mika
D Street
Barta Chapel
Theodore B Hlubucek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Mika
South Side Commercial Club
Hus Lodge I
Hunter Baylor
Lumir Kaplan
Frank Stanek
Milvoy Horsky
Milo Simanek
John Nagle
Funeral services for Monroe D MecNelly
Funeral services for Monroe D MecNelly will be held at 3.30 p.m Sunday in the Moon chapel conducted by Dr. Charles J Bready. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial park. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Monroe D
Funeral rites for Mrs Ernestine Wirstlin
Funeral services for Mrs. Ernestine Wirstlin of 217 Sixth Street NE are set for 1 30 p.m. Sunday in Moon chapel with Rev. Mark J. Steege presiding. Burial will be in St Stephen's cemetery at Atkins.
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Ernestine W. Wirstlin
Sixth Street
Moon Chapel
Mark J. Steege
St. Stephen’s Cemetery
Atkins
Mrs Magdalena Fritz Dies. Services Set for Cedar Rapids
Mrs Magdalena Fritz widow of Jacob J Fritz died suddenly at her daughter’s home in Chicago. Born Feb 21 1867 in Sisley Grove she lived in Cedar Rapids Atkins and now Cedar Rapids where she kept her family. Survived by two daughters a granddaughter and a grandson. one son and one daughter preceded her. Funeral at Turner chapel Cedar Rapids 3 30 p m conducted by Pastor Henry Shearer.
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Magdalena Fritz
Jacob J. Fritz
D. J. Ford
Chicago
Sisley Grove
Cedar Rapids
Atkins
F. M. Dulin
Ford
Burial Details Mentioned for Linwood Cemetery
Monday burial will be held at Linwood cemetery with arrangements noted in the notice.
Funeral services for Cedar Rapids pioneer Phillip A. Wolff
Phillip A. Wolff, pioneer resident of Cedar Rapids, died in a local hospital Friday. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Turner chapel, followed by burial at Linwood cemetery. Mt Hermon lodge 263 A F and A M will conduct. Master Masons to meet at 1:30 p.m. at the Masonic hall for services.
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Phillip A. Wolff
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
Mt. Hermon Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
Nye Calls Aid Plan Concealed Dynamite
Sen Gerald P Nye accuses the British aid measure of being concealed dynamite that could empower the President to wage war without a formal declaration. Speaking at a Lincoln Day rally in Belleville Illinois he blasts Wendell Willkie for supporting the bill and cites Willkie’s past warnings about dictatorship.
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Nye
Belleville
Wendell Willkie
Gerald P Nye
N D
Willkie
Great Dane Befriends Bus Driver and Rides Home
AP reports in Omaha a Great Dane named Angel boarded a city bus without a master, sniffed the fare box, and stretched in a rear seat. Driver A L Patterson and three others struggled to remove him, then continued the route. Angel then followed Patterson for a hamburger and, after the bite, the driver kept driving.
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Omaha
Angel
A. L. Patterson
Patterson
Czech speaker to headline Masaryk memory program in Chicago
Joe Martinek secretary of the Czech National council in Chicago and former editor will be principal speaker at the Czech Alliance program Sunday March 9 at the C S P S hall. He will discuss Masaryk life current events in Czechoslovakia and England with no admission charge.
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Joe Martinek
Czech National Council
Chicago
Delnicke Listy
Cleveland
Pravo Luda
Prague
Czech Alliance
C.S P.S. Hall
Czechoslovakia
Thomas Garrigue Masaryk Martinek
Masaryk
England
Men Never Grow Old three act comedy at CSPS hall
John Patray wrote the three act comedy Men Never Grow Old to be staged tonight by the Bo hemian Dramatic association at CSPS hall under Jan Spicka direction. Curtain rises at 7:30. The 1926 Prague premiere featured Olga Scheimpflug, wife of writer Karel Capek, as lead.
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John Patray
CSPS
Bohemian Dramatic Association
Jan Spicka
Kralovske Vinohrady
Prague
Olga Scheimpflug
Karel Capek
Sibrinks magazine to be released ahead of Sokol dance
The 32 page annual magazine edited by M. L. Hromadka is due from Iowa Printing this week and will be sold at businesses on the southeast and southwest sides. The Sokol carnival dance at C SP S hall is slated for February 24.
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Sibrinks
Sokol
Iowa Printing Company
M. L. Hromadka
C.sp.s
CS A CS Anniversary Marked by New Member Initiation
The CS A celebrates eighty seven years with a group initiation for new members across four local lodges on March 21. Bill Lana heads the official degree staff for the ritual followed by dancing for members and families. Mladocech lodge ZCBJ has a Feb 20 regular meeting. Cedar Rapids lodge No. 263 ZCBJ will host its annual dinner dance at the ZCBJ hall.
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Cs.a
Czechoslovak Society of America
Bill Lana
Mladocech Lodge
Z.C BJ
Community notices and meetings calendar for February events
February events news item lists dinners and programs, Cadets of St George regular session, Sanctuary guild meeting at St Wenceslaus parish, Progressive lodge C S A meeting, and Z C B J members traveling to Clutter for Cesti Bratri lodge fortieth anniversary celebration.
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St. Wenceslaus Parish
Z.C.B.J
Clutter
Cesti Bratri Lodge
Ford Seeks Prolonged War to Expose Rulers
Atlanta article quotes Henry Ford saying he hopes neither England nor the axis powers win the war in Europe. He argues both sides are driven by greed and that prolonging conflict may awaken ordinary people to manipulation by powerful international cliques.
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Atlanta
Henry Ford
Atlanta Constitution
England
Europe
Ways Station
Harold Martin
Constitution
Constitution Publishing Company
Ford
Britain
Death of Mrs Margaret Dollar in San Rafael Calif
Mrs Margaret Dollar widow of the founder of Dollar Steamship lines died Saturday at the family home in San Rafael California.
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San Rafarel
Calif
Margaret Dollar
Dollar Steamship Lines
Tips On Your Income Tax From NEA Service
The article explains clear filing tips to avoid errors in income tax returns. It stresses legible names in ink or typewriter, printing in block letters, signing in normal handwriting, and separate checks or money orders per return. It warns against mailing money in the return envelope and keeping canceled checks as receipts. Next topic noted as social security payments and tax.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Petain Won’t Surrender Fleet Says Petain Won’t Surrender Fleet
Chicago dispatch reports French Marshal Petain has no intention of surrendering the fleet to Germany. Consul-general Raymond Imbault-Huart says Petain opposes conquerors and is a modern statesman who has resisted Adolf Hitler politically.
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Chicago
INS
Marshal Petain
France
Fugland
Raymond Imbault-Huart
Cnonsul
Petain
Adolf Hitler
Trusty’s Speedy Arrest Surprise For Prison
Gur ney B Duncan, serving a nine year term for housebreaking, escaped a Central prison cell in Raleigh North Carolina. Night patrol officers captured him in a grocery and alerted prison authorities who had not yet learned of the escape. Duncan faced fresh charges of breaking and entering amid five prior convictions.
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Raleigh, N. C
Gurney B Duncan
Central Prison
G. R. Glover
RF. Goodwin
Duncan
Feminine Pickets Protest Aid Bill at White House
Seven women and a male leader picketed briefly outside the White House on Saturday to protest aid to Britain. The group carried placards for the Philadelphia Committee for Defense of Constitutional Rights and marched along Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Washington
White House
Philadelphia Committee For Defense of Constitutional Rights
England
Benedict Arnold
Ian
Pennsylvania Avenue
Thomas Blisard
Philadelphia
Vote To End Strike Halts Shipments At Youngstown Plant
CIO workers at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Brier Hill plant vote to end a three day walkout that halted steel shipments for British shells.
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Youngstown, O
CIO
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Brier Hill
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