Card Party Draws 150 At Malta Chapter Event
Malta chapter No. 415 Order of Eastern Star hosted a Saturday card party in the Masonic hall with bridge five hundred pinochle and jig-saw puzzles. Bridge high scores went to Mrs. Stanley Barvinek and W. B. Ives. pinochle first place to Mrs. Edwin Hruska and Emil Petranek. Other prizes awarded to Mrs. George Cockburn and Dr. A. N. Hamiston.Refreshments circulated as red white and blue candles lit the dining room. Committee members listed include Mrs. Donald Lackey Mrs. Edwin Lundquist Mrs. Jerry Kroulik Mrs. Alvin Kannewulf and Mrs. Charles J. Johnson.
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Malta
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Stanley Barvinek
W. B. Ives
Edwin Hruska
Emil Petranek
George Cockburn
A. N. Hamiston
Donald Lackey
Edwin Lundquist
Jerry Kroulik
Alvin Kannewulf
Charles J. Johnson
Mrs. Sutherland Dows Leaves by Air for East
Mrs. Sutherland Dows of Country Club drive SE departed Sunday night by airplane for the East to be with her sister Mrs. Bartlett Guild of Hingham Massachusetts who is ill.
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Sutherland Dows
Country Club Drive
Bartlett Guild
Hingham
Mass
Junior Service League to Meet at Y W C A
The Junior Service League schedules a board meeting at 2 p.m. followed by the regular meeting at 2 30 Tuesday at the Y W C A.
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Junior Service League
Miss Helen Darragh to Star in The American Girl Pageant
Miss Helen Darragh daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Darragh of 1411 Eighth Avenue SE will appear in a patriotic pageant at Saint Clara academy Sinsinawa Wisconsin on Wednesday evening. The program titled The American Girl features dances including the wooden shoe dance the minuet southern clog modern tap and more with Miss Darragh cast as a Dutch girl.
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Helen Darragh
J. E. Darragh
Eighth Avenue SE
Saint Clara Academy
Sinsinawa
Wis
Darragh
Miss Stryker to Wed Soon in Social Shower Notes
Miss Helen Ogburn hosted a kitchen shower for Miss Jeannette Stryker at 2154 Blake boulevard SE with bridge prizes for Stryker and Kathryn Wolfe. A jig-saw party followed Saturday afternoon with many friends in attendance. Vera Mae Holman of 636 Eighth Street SE announces her marriage to Raymond R Murdock of Cedar Rapids. The ceremony occurred at the First Presbyterian Church parsonage in Rock Island with brief travels by the couple afterward.
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Miss Stryker
Helen Ogburn
Blake Boulevard
Jeannette Stryker
Kathryn Wolfe
Betty Burlanek
Irene Mikulecky
Irma Tehel
Carla Sgarlath
Ruth Esther King
Cora Farr
Vivian Eaton
Irene Langer
Edith Jirsa
Ella Holman
Eighth Street
Vera Mae
Raymond R Murdock
Fifth Avenue
L. Vance
First Presbyterian Church
Rock Island, Til
Murdock
W. W Carringer, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Carringer
Ecru
Jesup
Kilian
Mid-Continent Petroleum Company
Bridge Party at Lewis Tea Room Delights Local Guests
Miss Tillie Jiras hosted a Saturday evening bridge party at Lewis tea room. Winners were Mrs. Roy Arp and Harvey Gipp with first prizes, while Carol Crowell earned a consolation prize. Elmer Stanek directed a humorous program. other attendees included Roy Arp, Irene Loflin, Joe Sirowy, Katherine Jiras, Wes Panck, and Albin Wachal.
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Tillie Jiras
Lewis Tea Room
Roy Arp
Harvey Gipp
Carol Crowell
Elmer Stanek
Irene Loflin
Joe Sirowy
Katherine Jiras
Wes Panck
Albin Wachal
Children’s Plays Delight Cedar Rapids Audience
The Cedar Rapids Woman’s club drama department presented The Three Bears and Little Red Riding Hood to over 200 children at the Hotel Montrose on Saturday. Cast included Louise Powell Lucia May Smith Jean White Harlan Ralston and Forest Francis Zody. Mrs Don Atherton designed the set and lighting by Walter Staves. B E Warner directed with Tone Warner and Patty Ann Dudek performing interpretive dances.
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Three Bears
Little Red Riding Hood
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club
Hotel
Montrose
Louise Powell
Lucia May Smith
Jean White
Harlan Ralston
Forest Francis Zody
Don Atherton
Coe Fraternities Stage Weekend Initiations
Tau Kappa Epsilon at Coe college held initiation at the chapter house Saturday and Sunday ending with a dinner for new initiates Robert Brodie Cedar Rapids Lionel Klein Brooklyn N Y Dean Clapsaddie Burt Lester Nickless Detroit Mich and Wendell Gunn Boone Phi Alpha Pi initiated Elmer Keith Bernard Morrison James Olney Joseph Schneider Joseph Votroubek Cedar Rapids and Gilbert Schroeder Williamsburg Guests at the Sunday dinner were Prof C T Hickok and Prof C Harve Geiger.
M C C C Club Dinner and Bridge at Elms Tea Room
The M C C C club met Sunday evening for dinner at the Elms tea room. Bridge was played at three tables with high scores to Mrs Robert Leaper and Jack Smith, second to Mrs Guy Johnston and Freeman Johnson. Traveling prize went to Jack Smith and consolation to Miss Mabel Jeffries. Those present included Mr and Mrs Bert Teeters, Mr and Mrs Leon Drapela, Mr and Mrs Jack Smith, Mr and Mrs Freeman Johnson, Mr and Mrs Robert Leaper, Mrs Guy Johnston, and Miss Mabel Jeffries a guest.
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M. Cc. C. Club
Elms Tea Room
Robert Leaper
Jack Smith
Guy Johnston
Freeman Johnson
Mabel Jeffries
Bert Teeters
Leon Drapela
Pope Nominates Delegate to Austral Asia
Vatican officials announced Pope Pius will nominate Monsignor Filippo Bernadini, a Washington Catholic University professor, as apostolic delegate to Austral Asia. Mrs. Margaret Meyer of Luzerne, 82, died Friday at her daughter’s home. born in Germany, she arrived in 1865 and left ten children, eighteen grandchildren, five great grandchildren, plus siblings. Funeral services were held Monday at the Raaba home conducted by Rev. Starke of the Lutheran church.
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Vatican City
Pius
Monsignor
Filippo Bernardini
Catholic University At
Washington
Austral-Asia
Luzerne
Margaret Meyer
Benton County
Charles Raaba
Fred Rupp
Omaha
Lizzie Hann
Raaba
Mr Starke
Lutheran Church
Delinquent Tax Sale Postponed Again to April 17
Linn county delinquent tax sale delayed for a third time to April 17 at 10 a.m. at the courthouse amid about 100 attendees. No bids were offered as County Treasurer Frank L. Williams reported $22,405.38 collected since January while $181,864.44 remained delinquent, with most due in Cedar Rapids.
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Linn County
Frank L. Williams
Court House
Federation of Labor
Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids
R. B. Booth
College Township
Iowa
State Senate
Joe McCormick
Federation of Labor Committee
Carl Wallace
Marion
Booth
J. Wilbur Hill
W. J. Grunewald
Williams
Births at Mercy and St Luke Hospital on Feb 19 20
A series of birth notices lists several families welcoming new babies. C M Svoboda, Mercy hospital Feb 19 a daughter. C H Stark Mercy hospital Feb 19 a son. Matthew Lorenc Mercy hospital Feb 19 a daughter. P J McGuire Mercy hospital Feb 20 a daughter. Louis Pieper Newhall Mercy hospital Feb 20 a daughter.
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Boone
C. M. Svoboda
Sixteenth Street
St. Luke's Hospital
C. H. Stark
D Avenue NE
Mercy Hospital
Matthew Lorenc
Nineteenth Avenue SW
P. J McGuire
Twenty-sixth Street
Louis Pieper
Newhall
Make This Model At Home Pattern 2557 by Anne Adams
Pattern 2557 offers a silk print or solid dress with dolman sleeves and slim skirt lines. Sizes 14 to 42 available. size 16 requires 334 yards of 39 inch fabric with contrasting yardage. Includes illustrated step by step sewing instructions and pricing for pattern catalog and combined orders.
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Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department
Seventeenth Street
New York City
Hoover Proposes Economic Plan And Unworkable Allotment
President Hoover twice urges Congress to pass the bankruptcy bill to align creditors and debtors, backs the Glass banking bill, and calls for expanded Reconstruction Finance corp loan authority. He condemns the domestic allotment plan as wholly unworkable and favors marginal land leasing to raise farm prices. He also recommends ending public loan publications and exploring a long-term credit system, plus arms shipment controls for world peace.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
House
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Secretary of Agriculture
Reconstruction Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Iowa House Votes Scrip Money Plan
The Iowa House passed a scrip money plan detailing denominations and stamp values. It allows redemption at face value from the county treasurer with bank exchange at 96 cents on the dollar for $25 plus copies. Critics argued banks lack investment rights and questioned funding sources for school and public salaries.
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Rep. Johnson
Linn
County General Fund
Dean
Dole
Felter
Gissel
Hopp
Humeston
Jenkins
Johnson
McErmott
Paisley
Sours
Stansell
Swift
Dubuque
Wolf
Miller
Elliott
Hook
Millhone
Peace
Ryder
Sheridan
Jackson
Teter
Thiessen
France to reopen debts discussions with United States
Paris reports Foreign Minister Joseph Paul Boncour said debt negotiations with the United States should resume after March. He noted the approach would go through normal diplomatic channels and align France with the United States and Great Britain, based on the league covenant and peace pacts.
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Paris
Joseph Paul Boncour
United States
Roosevelt
Paul Boncour
France
League of Nations
Great Britain
Death notices from Cedar Rapids area
Esdras R. Baker former resident dies at his Two Harbors Minnesota home after twenty years there. Survived by widow five daughters three sons two brothers George D. Baker of Portland Oregon W A Baker and sister Mrs Henry Otterbein of Cedar Rapids funeral at Two Harbors. Marie Parkan 88 former Cedar Rapids resident dies in Anaheim California at daughter’s home. Survived by Joseph Parkan and Mrs Joseph Charipar of Cedar Rapids two sons Frank and John Parkan of Los Angeles a daughter Mrs J Nerad also of Los Angeles a daughter Mrs Anna Maresh in Czechoslovakia twenty one grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
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Esdras R. Baker
Two Harbors
Minn
Linn County
George D. Baker
Portland
Ore
W A. Baker
Henry Otterbein
Cedar Rapids
Marie Parkan
T. Harrison
Anaheim
Calif
California
Joseph Parkan
Joseph Charipar
Frank
John Parkan
Los Angeles
J. Nerad
Anna Maresh
Czechoslovakia
Marriage Licenses Applied For in Cedar Rapids and Walker
Lumir A Horak and Julia Shimek of Cedar Rapids apply for a marriage license. Gerald Shaffer and Lucille Wint ringer of Walker also apply for a license.
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Lumir A. Horak
Julia Shimek
Cedar Rapids
Gerald Shaffer
Lucille Wintringer
Walker
House Votes Repeal in Heated Prohibition Debates
The senate approved a repeal resolution with a dry-state proviso as supporters pressed to end national prohibition. Speeches ran briefly amid jeers and jibes from drys and wets, with lawmakers like Rep. Frank Oliver pushing for action and Garner controlling the pace. Prominent spectators included Mrs. Raymond Robbins and Mrs. Jessie Nicholson as the scene drew in attendees and reporters.
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Senate
House
Frank Oliver
Dem
Garner
John E. Nelson
Thomas H. Blanton
Tex
Raymond Robbins
North Carolina
Henry W. Peabody
Boston
Jessie W. Nicholson
Chevy Chase
Houston
Patrick J. Hurley
Timeline Of Prohibition From 1917 To 1933
A concise archival timeline lists key dates in the U S prohibition story from the 1917 amendment submission to the 1933 move to repeal. It notes state ratifications wartime laws Volstead act supreme court rulings and congressional actions shaping prohibition.
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Nebraska
Congress
Wilson
Senate
House
Coolidge
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
U. S
William Clark
Newark
N. J
United States Supreme Court
Clark
Beck-Linthicum
Youngquist Quits Federal Post
Washington AP report states G Aaron Youngquist of Minneapolis submitted his resignation as assistant attorney general to President Hoover. The move ends his tenure in the federal department amid ongoing personnel changes and policy debates at the DOJ.
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Youngquist
Washington
G. Aaron Youngquist
Minneapolis
Hoover
Iowa Tax Split Reveals School and Road Spending
The 1931 Iowa tax totals show 110.3 million in general taxes and 28.4 million in special taxes. Funds allocated include 57.8 million for schools and 23.3 million for roads and maintenance with federal aid leaving about 34 million for town roads. Overall schools and roads consume roughly 92 million of 199 million revenue, with schools alone a third plus. The Anti-Saloon League attorney argues repeal aims to restore pre Eighteenth Amendment status, while Hitler in Cologne cautions it will take years to fix past missteps as he takes office.
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Iowa
Uncle Sam
Anti- Saloon League
Cologne
Adolf Hitler
Adolf
Longtime Center Point Resident Martin Kozina Dies at 84
Martin Kozina 84 a retired farmer and longtime Center Point resident died at home 1207 Second Street SW at 11 15 a m Monday after a long illness He was born Sept 12 1848 in Bohemia came to America at 24 and settled near Center Point He is survived by his wife six children a brother and a sister Funeral services 2 p m Wednesday at the family home conducted by Rev FP D Chada with burial in Center Point cemetery
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Martin Kozina
Center Point
Second Street
Bohemia
America
Cedar Rapids
Joe Fremel
Joe Anangst
Clair Romig
L. P. Herger
Vinton
Frank Kozina
Walker
Thomas Lowe
Los Angeles
Calif
Jacob
John Horak
Ely
FP. D. Chada
Center Point Cemetery
Three still sought in liquor roundup case
Three defendants remain at large in a federal conspiracy roundup of alleged liquor dealers in this state region. Henry Brechlin of Milwaukee was arrested in a hotel room by U S marshal R L Whelan and agents on charges of conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law and illegal transportation of alcohol.
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Henry Brechlin
Milwaukee
Brechlin
R. L. Whelan
United States
Federal Grand Jury
Dubuque
Nquor
John E. Agnew
North English
Ed Swatosh
Tony Paula
Edward Vanda
Bennie Snape
J. S. Holton
Lloyd
Ed Mash
John, Sr
John, Jr
William
Wendl Prochaska
William Black
Frank Spina
Cedar
Col Robins Visits Hoover After Memory Loss
Col Raymond Robins, recently seen with sunburn from a mysterious disappearance, completed a social visit to President Hoover at the White House. He spent the night there with Mrs Robins and met Secretary Walter Newton, displaying his calloused hands from chopping wood and announcing his return to work after illness.
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Washington
Raymond Robins
Hoover
Robins
White House
Walter Newton
North Carolina
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Mrs. Dows
Vera Mae Holman
R. R. Murdock
Bridge
Ella
COE
M. C. C. Club
Cooking
Hotel Roosevelt
House of Representatives
E. R. Baker
Mississippi
Dorothy Cooley
Madam Mae's
Roosevelt Beauty Salon
Roosevelt Hotel
REX Beauty Shop
Third St. SE
Madam Mae
The
University of Iowa
Col. Robins
President Hoover
Dial
Sore
Springville
Morton
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