Panama Canal as Model for Public Works Efficiency
A 1933 retrospective credits the Panama Canal for showing government can run large civil projects efficiently and profitably. It notes 39 years of operation with $11.2 million in net revenues and rising traffic, including a 28-ship record, plus substantial modernization to Gatun and Madden dam facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
U. S
SY Willis Thornton
WEA
Washington
International Sun
America
Tennessee Valley
Boulder Dam
St Lawrence Project
Panamer Canal
Chicago University
Marshall E. Dimock
Madden Dam
Gatun
Chagres
Christobal
U.S. Treasury
Cedar Rapids Community Calendar and Society Notes
Waterloo resident Mrs. Thomas Lehan visits Cedar Rapids for weekend stay. Mizpah lodge and K of P hold meetings with talks by Royal Holbrook and others. Canopus club hosts Prof Lynn Garwood on The Poor historically and from every aspect at Hotel Roosevelt. Power Engineers and Ladies Auxiliary meet at Sokol hall. Rebekahs and Odd Fellows plan joint session. Recreation chief reports St Patrick activities with games and banquet stunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Garwood
Coe College
Hotel Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
Toof
Rebekahs
Odd Fellows
Army Board Members Named in Allocation Report
The board listed Major Walter A. Meyer Captain Frank N Mallory and Lieut Jack Donnell as members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Meyer
Frank N. Mallory
Jack Donnell
Navy recruiter speaks to Cedar Rapids Boy Scouts
L. Du Four, a Navy recruiting officer, spoke in Cedar Rapids Friday night to 14 Boy Scouts and their parents. He described the Navy’s peacetime mission and the characteristics of ships.
Mrs Sturges Visits Louisville Couple Ends Stay
Mrs. W. E. Sturges of Louisville left for home Saturday after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs Dc W McCalley at 1818 Park Avenue SE. She was honored at many social affairs during her visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Sturges
Louisville
Dc. W. McCalley
Park Avenue SE
Marion man wins second prize in national Frigidaire contest
Leo Voss of Marion, an employee of Checker Motor Supply in Cedar Rapids, takes second prize for Frigidaire service improvement ideas. First prize goes to D. D. Trivette of West Palm Beach, Florida. G. A Mentzer, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Mentzer of 1302 First Street NW, has become a second class petty recruiting officer at the San Diego training station after enlisting January 3, and was previously a national guard corporal in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Voss
Marion
Checker Motor Supply Company
Cedar Rapids
D. D. Trivette
West Palm Beach
Fla
G. A Mentzer
C. K. Mentzer
First Street
Navy
San Diego
Calif
Mentzer
National Guard
Stolen 1928 Chevrolet From Unlocked Parking Spot
Lester Cole reports his 1928 Chevrolet license 57-15728 was taken from a Seventh Street parking place between First and Second Avenues SE while unoccupied and unlocked. Police were notified Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Cole
Eleventh Street
Seventh Street
First
Second Avenues
Winthrop High Coach Stuelke and McGovern Seek Infantry Commissions
Theron R. Stuelke athletic coach for Winthrop High School and Thomas G McGovern of Ottumwa took examinations Saturday at the 349th Infantry Headquarters in the Federal Building Cedar Rapids for commissions as first lieutenants in the infantry on the examining board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theron R. Stuelke
Winthrop
Thomas G McGovern
Ottlunwa
349Th Infantry
Federal Building
Cedar Rapids
Mrs Zvacek Recovers After Car Crash At First Ave
Mrs Emma Zvacek of 333 Second Avenue SW is reported making a fair recovery at Mercy hospital after fractures to both legs from a car collision at First Avenue and Twelfth Street FE last Wednesday night. A community program at the Methodist church featured a George Washington theme with acts by Kramer, Berry, Jorgenson, O Connor and others and included readings, tableau, and vocal solos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Zvacek
Second Avenue SW
First Avenue
Twelfth Street FE
Mercy Hospital
Bertram
George Washington
Tillie Kramer
George Kramer
J.B Burstone
Billy McCrackin
Frank Lerner
Leonzo Berry
Methodist Church
Ladies Ald Society
Mises
Tilie Kramer
George
Martha
Amos Barry Leonzo Berry
Gerald Putterfield
Ace Grisham
Warren Jorgenson
Margaret Knapp
Tillie
Caroline Berry
George Minish
James O'Connor
Billy
Regis McCrackin
Ramona Jorgenson
Junior Berry
F G Anderson
Mr and Mrs Eyestone
Pauline Wetzel
Iva Mae Wetzel
Decorah Cresco and Postville join protestate contest
A protestate sectional declamatory contest will be held Wednesday evening featuring Oratorical: Nelson Press Decorah Fat Thomas Cresco Clifton Wiehe Postville Dramatic James Dack Decorah Mary Hope Humphrey Postville Fred Woolrich Cresco Jiumorous: Margorie Kennard Devvrsh Harold Normann Cresco Robert Greef Postville Ammonia notes hartshorn history from destructive distillation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decoranh
Postville
Cresco
Decorah
Nelson Press
Fat Thomas
Clifton Wiehe
James Dack
Mary Hope
Humphrey
Fred Woolrich
Margorie Kennard
Devvrsh
Harold Normann
Robert Greef
Brown Farley hearing features slur claim and air mail debate
Senators clash as Brown accuses Farley of a personal remark amid testimony on cancelled air mail contracts. Farley defends actions as based on evidence and contends no sympathy with political investigations. Debate covers collusion, fraud and policy implications in post office decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Black
Farley
Austin
Crowley
McCarran
Air Mall
Mrect
Rogers
Mass
Mead
N. Y
Post Office Committee
Who What Where contest in The Gazette today
A Cedar Rapids contest offers eighteen dollars in prizes for the best Who What Where answers. First prize ten dollars, second five, third three. Entries must be in by Tuesday noon and results will be announced Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Firemen battle basement blaze in Arnold home
A basement fire at 1659 Sixth Street NW grew to a conflagration before neighbors alerted firefighters at 3 p.m. Saturday. The hour long effort trapped the blaze after it burned through the first floor and damaged partitions to the second floor. The E. J. Arnold family was away. Firemen found a gas hot water heater burning in the basement and believe the heater sparked the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Street NW
E. J. Arnold
Linn county to hold twelve School Elections on March 12
Linn county votes set for March 12 across eighteen towns ninety five sub districts and forty five rural independent districts. Regulations posted by March 2 with notices visible in each district. Voters must meet residency rules to cast ballots and in person voting is required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Lulu B
Secrist
Iowa
Marion Mayor John Pazour enters Linn County sheriff race
John H Pazour mayor of Marion announces Republican candidacy for sheriff of Linn County at the June primaries. A 33 year old World War II veteran and former state automobile inspector, Pazour has long been a Marion resident and led local veterans groups. He lives at 1609 Third Avenue in Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Pazour
Marion
Linn County
Mr. Pazour
Pazour
Milwaukee Railroad
American Legion
Cedar Rapids
The
Forty-And-Eight
Third Avenue
Toyery aids poor New York children with donated playthings
The Toyery, a lending library of educational toys, helps New York City children access learning playthings daily. Organized by Dr. H Harold Axworthy and Ida Cash, the program began at New York University and expanded to multiple slum areas with over 2,000 youngsters participating. Toys are disinfected, age appropriate, and items kept if a child grows especially fond of them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Santa Claus
H. Harold Axworthy
New York University
Bureau of Community Service
Ida Cash
Adams Denies Inferior U S Air Force to Navy
Former secretary of the navy Charles Francis Adams testified to a congressional committee that the U S aviation forces were not inferior to other nations and that profits on early contracts helped but have fallen with efficiency. He denied stock ownership in Douglas Aircraft and warned against capping profits at ten percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles Francis Adams
Navy
Congressional
America
Adams
Boston
Douglas Aircraft Company
C. F. Adams
Y. Boys to Attend Majestic Show Saturday
City groups including Pioneers Friendly Indians and Comrades gather at the Majestic theater to view Ed Wynn in The Fire Chief as guests of Manager L M Garman. A program of talks by Charles Filipi and William Whipple will follow. tickets issued to clubs by Filipi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic Theater
L. M. Garman
Ed Wynn
City Y. Boys
Charles Filipi
William Whipple
Benng
Filipi
Swindler Alexandre Accused of French Bank Heist
Paris dispatch reports Georges Alexandre, linked to a 12 million dollar Paris bank theft, as an elusive financier tied to gambling rooms and shadowy companies. The investigation notes a long, dramatic career with connections to deputies, officials, and tax inspectors amid France’s latest financial scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georges Alexandre
Paris
INS
Alexandre
France
Alexandre Stavisky
Chamonix
Rainbow Division
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Nancy
Mauritius Discovery Chronicle Limits and Dates
Unclear OCR fragment notes a 1510 ca timeline and Mauritius related discovery. No cohesive events or names present to confirm specific persons, places, or actions.
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Goethals
United States
Canal Zone
George Washington Goethals
Panama
Compagnie Universelle du Canal Inter-Oceanique de
de Lesseps
Wallace and Stevens
Gatun Lake
Julian L. Schley
Bureau of Efficiency
Interstate Commerce Commission
Schley
Admiral Schley
Bachman’s Woodwind Sextette
Coe Chapel
Kryptok
Serer Cranet Cok
Pussell
Vedar Rapids. Ja
Thomas Lehan
Waterloo
Modern Woodmen of America
J. Stuart McQuiston
Hig Jey Bulding
Mizpah
Masonic Temple
Royal Holbrook
National Association of Power Engineers
Sokol Hall
417
Third Street
Ladies Aux Wary
K. of
P Lodge
K. of P. Hall
Dysart
Clare Nichols
St Patricks
Visita McCalley
Chevrolet
Dial
Zvacek
Senator
Arnold
County Mar
John Pazour
Grunewalde
Germany
U. S. Air Force
Majestic Show
Georges
Red Cross
Alexeandre
Admiral Ronard
Hero
Dixmide
Chamber of Deputies
Stavisky
Mauritius
C.S. A
Hall
Eer Heces Drug Store
Marge Easker
Sara Park
Salon de Beaute
On & Craven
Craven
2Nd St
Nebaska
Sioux Debraska
Sioux City
Gran
Locust St
Es Moines
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