Push Preparations For Major Bowes Program At Club
Cedar Rapids Country club members plan an amateur program to precede a Major Bowes show. Participants practice music and impersonations aiming to avoid the gong. The event includes a club dinner with dancing afterwards and many parties booked or planned by Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Country Club
E. J Carey
Edwin H. Wadsworth
H Gordon DeLay
John B. Turner
Richard E. Kilhan
Essay Contest Ends March For Cedar Rapids Business and Professional Women
The Cedar Rapids Business and Professional Woman's club executive board voted to award a $5 prize to the winner of an essay contest. Eligible are young men and women who have come of age since the last national election, with essays on "If I Were Mayor" limited to 1000 words. Submissions go to Mrs Imogen B Emery by March 1. The meeting also covered plans for a district meeting banquet at the Roosevelt hotel March 11 and the safety pledge campaign. Eudora Ramsay Richardson of Richmond Va will speak at the event.
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Cedar Rapids
Lena Nelson
Edth Lowe
Roosevelt Hotel
United States
Wiletta Strahen
Muscatine
Eudora Ramsay Richardson
Richmond
Richardson
National Federation
Miss Agnes Kriz Weds Arnold Vatra In Chicago Ceremony
Miss Agnes Kriz daughter of Joseph A Kriz of 1918 J Street SW married Arnold C Vatra of Chicago son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Vavra of Cedar Rapids Tuesday morning at the bride's home. Rev Francis Pokorny officiated in the presence of immediate families. Bridesmaid Miss Emma Kriz wore beige crepe while Bu an wth a corsage of talisman roses and lavender pees. A decorated wedding cake centered the table. After the ceremony the couple departed for Chicago where Vatra is connected with Shear Vieta Engineering Co. A large reception followed with local officials and members of the American Legion observing.
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Agnes Kriz
Joseph A Kriz
J Street
Arnold C Vatra
Chicago
Joseph Vavra
Cedar Rapids
Francis Pokorny
Emma Kriz
Milton Sabacky
Mr Vara
Tueday
Shere Vieta
Therrome
West Fifty-sixth Street
Tre Daughtess Paces Chapter No 8 Meet
Members are asked to attend a 7 30 pm meeting at venue to discuss copies of the constituted notes and related documents. Refractive amendments will be served. members are urged to be present.
Delta Delphan Club Meeting at YWCA
Delta Delphan will meet Tuesday at 9 30 am at the YWCA with Mrs A F Sander as leader. The study topic is Post Impressionists.
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Delta Delphan
Y W CA
A F Sander
Mrs. Caroline Knight To Be 92 Saturday Open House
Mrs. Caroline Knight of Garwin and Cedar Rapids will turn ninety two on Saturday February 29. An open house will be held from 2 to 5 pm at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs E H Farrow 2320 Grande avenue SE Cedar Rapids. Knight born in 1844 in Henry county Indiana now spends summers in Garwin and winters in Cedar Rapids. She has two other daughters Mrs T Watters Anamosa and Mrs Julia Shrader Garwin who will assist.
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Caroline Knight
Garwin
Cedar Rapids
Knight
E. H Farrow
Grande Avenue
Mrs Knight
Henry County
Local Injuries Reported From Farm Incident And Ice Slips
Charles Van Bogart, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Van Bogart, broke his leg Sunday morning after a stone-boat he was driving on the Harry Martin farm near Alpha hit a gate post and overturned. Ewald Quandt’s wife broke an ankle Sunday evening after slipping on ice. Mrs George Boess fractured her hip Monday on icy steps.
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Hawkeye
Charles van Bogart
Frank van Bogart
Harry Martin
Alpha
Ewald Quandt
George Boess
Women Will Attend Republican Meeting Des Moines Delegation
Thirteen Linn county women including eight Cedar Rapids members travel Thursday to Des Moines for the Republican state convention. They join seventy six Linn county Republicans meeting with county delegates to pick delegates to the Cleveland Presidential convention.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Cleveland
J. W. Ballard
J. C. Staley
Frank G. Riemann
E. K. Beane
A . Chase
Rollin Heald
I. E. Jackson
Imogen Emery
Anne Hewitt
Marion
Carrie Oates
Mount Vernon
Minnie Hoffman
Central City
Elmer Ellison
Walker
Lulu G Read
Coggan
Road extras denied as WPA workers kept on briefly
W D Johnson, division main maintenance engineer for the state highway commission, denied reports that snow removal extras were dismissed to hire WPA workers. He said the extra crew of about thirty was no longer needed after snow clearance and that WPA men were not used to replace highway workers. Some WPA men were kept on brief jobs to help until regular projects resumed, then dismissed. all extras were to be registered with the Iowa State Employment Service.
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W D Johnson
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
WPA
Johnson
Iowa State Employment Service
Tax West Liberty Estate Inheritance Tax Paid
The estate of Aaron F. Brown of West Liberty paid a $1540 state inheritance tax on a $15407 valuation, reported from Des Moines.
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TAX West Liberty Estate
Des Moines
Aaron F. Brown
West Liberty
Radio Network Listings and Artist Lineup Digest
A dense OCR of 1930s radio schedules lists stations CBS NBC WABC WEAF WJZ WEAP and others with a crowded slate of performers. Names include Johnstone ensemble Morton Bowe Arthur Lanz Lary Cortes Ruby Newman and several orchestras and vocalists across times from morning to night.
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Rhythm Boys
CBS
WABC
Jack Berch
NBC
Morton Bowe
WEAP
WJZ
Arthur Lanz
WEAF
WARBC
Wcco
KMOX
WBBM
Marie de Ville
Simpeon
Sprucehead Bay
Johnstone
Hoceyhoy
Sassafras
Chadais Sra
Wabsbc
Kmoxx
Kesca
Heer Weran
WGST
Lary Cortes
Inbc
Weap Enain
Bneyeree
NBC Ufar
CBS Wabc
WABT
Ator Arms Bard
Bing Crosby
Jimmy Persey
WLW
NBC Cinema Theater
Vy Lombardo Orch
Weaf Enan
Em' Coleman Orch
Eh Levant Orch
NBG
Weap Enan
Ithen Jones Oren
Wgost Crar
I Shandor
WJZ! Chain
Ruby Newman Orch
Cha
Heese
Eceh
Er Bestor Ora
N3ci
WJZ Chain
Cedar Rapids urged to carry on building a greater city
Judge John M. Grimm urged younger business and professional men to continue Cedar Rapids’ growth after the 1890 community builders. He recalled the 1890 city, named twenty five spark plug leaders, and said eleven are dead, eight moved away, others inactive, leaving a challenge for today’s generation.
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Cedar Rapids
Kiwanis Club
Montrose Hotel
John M. Grimm
Iowa Supreme Court
Grimm
Sioux City Highways Again Blocked By Snow
AP reports all principal highways to Sioux City blocked by snow after noon with crippled bus service and troubled rail lines as winds push old and new snows onto routes. Iowa highway official E. W. Dunn warns motorists to stay off roads. northeast Nebraska and southwest South Dakota highways impassable.
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Sioux City
E. W. Dunn
Iowa Highway Commission
Mary H. Sly 84 of Manchester Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Mary H. Sly, 84, lifelong Manchester resident and longtime member of the Eastern Star and Jones Mill Grange, died at home after a two month illness. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Brown chapel conducted by Rev. J. Frank Moore. She was born Mary Acers March 16, 1851, married Luther Sly in 1874, and survived by two sons Harry and Frank, three grandchildren, six great grandchildren, and a brother A. C. Acers.
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Manchester
Mary H. Sly
Eastern Star Lodge
Jones Mill Grange
J. Frank Moore
Brown Chapel
Mary H. Acers
George
Charlotte Acers
Luther Sly
Mr Sly
Harry Sly
Frank L. Sly
Vivian
John Sly
A. C. Acers
Virgil, S. D
George W. Saylor Dies at 76 Near Mechanicsville
George W. Saylor of Mechanicsville area, aged 76, died at his home Tuesday noon after a brief illness. Born May 8, 1859 in Norristown Pennsylvania, he moved to Mechanicsville in 1887 and married Harriet Albaugh in 1892, who survives. Funeral set for Thursday at 2 p.m. in Horner chapel with Rev. Mr. McKinley officiating.
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Mechanicsville
George W Saylor
Here
Norristown
Abram
Mary Saylor
Harriet Albaugh
Horner Chapel
Mr. McKinley
Numerology Fun Prompts Bert and Anne to Ponder Life
In a playful scene Bert and Anne explore numerology using Bert’s christened name Hubert Jones instead of Bert. The couple, planning marriage this summer, discuss personality vibes from numbers and invite readers to order a 40 page booklet on Numerology and Astrology.
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Bert
Home Institute
Admiral Okada SLAIN PREMIER OPPOSED Jingoistic Policies
Keisuke Okada aged 68, former Japanese fleet admiral and premier since Aug 18, 1934, urged naval disarmament and defense only. He warned war with the United States was unthinkable and favored neutral policy toward the Philippines. He advocated further reductions in capital ships and aircraft carriers while preserving submarines. Mare NG Official notice follows.
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Keisuke Okada
Japan
Viscount Makoto Saito
United States
Pacific
Philippines
Okada
Associated Press
Kagawa to Speak Three Times at Cornell Conference
Japanese Christian reformer Toyojiro Kagawa will address delegates at Cornell College in Mount Vernon Thursday and Friday. The revised schedule limits him to three lectures to prevent fatigue. sessions include chapel services and talks by Dr Willard Lampe and Albert Buckner Coe.
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Mount Vernon
Toyohiko Kagawa
Cornell College
Kagawa
Dean Albion King
Willard Lampe
Iowa City
Lampe
Albert Buckner Coe
First Congregational Church
Oak Park
Coe
National Social Action Movement
Young People's Church
Cornell
State Teachers
University of Iowa
Luther
Upper Iowa
Iowa Wesleyan
Dubuque
Augustana
Penn, Fletcher
Burlington
Washington
Wartburg of Waverly
Littell
T. R. McConnell
George Mecklenburg
Wesley Church
Minneapolis
Japan
Mecklenburg
Dean McConnell
Havner to Speak on Graft Tactics in Cedar Rapids
Former Iowa attorney general Horace M. Havner, once special prosecutor in Woodbury County graft cases, plans two talks in Cedar Rapids on Thursday. He will speak at the Lions Club luncheon at Hotel Roosevelt on Six Months in Sioux City and at 6:15 dinner of the Chamber of Commerce Young Men's Bureau.
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Horace M. Havner
Iowa
Woodbury
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Lions Club
Hotel
Roosevelt
Havner
Young Men's Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
School Reopens After Week-Long Fuel Shortage
Conesville reports classes back in session Monday after a week off due to fuel shortages. Coal deliveries arrived Saturday and churches plan to resume services Sunday.
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Conesville
Millicent Rogers Weds Third Time in Vienna
Millicent Rogers Salm Ramos daughter of Henry Huddleston Rogers wed Ronald Balcolm in Vienna on Tuesday. She was previously married to Count Ludwig Salm von Hoogstraeten and to Arturo Ramos. The couple plans a winter honeymoon at San Anton Tyrol and will remain through the sports season.
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New York
INS
Millicent Rogers Salm Ramos
Henry Huddleston Rogers
Standard Oil
Ronald Balcolm
Vienna
Cable
Balcolm
Ludwig Salm von Hoogstraeten
Arturo Ramos
Millicent
San Anton
Tyrol
American Gothic a possible American master says L.A. critic
Los Angeles Times Sunday magazine weighs Grant Wood as a future American master candidate for our era. Arthur Millier argues Wood could become a defining figure if another major work like American Gothic or Dinner for Threshers emerges, noting his fame rests mainly on American Gothic to date.
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Los Angeles Times
Grant Wood
Arthur Millier
Kansas
Wood
Leonardo da Vinci
Deems Taylor-Debussy
Edna St. Vincent Millay-Shakespeare
Robert Millikan-Newton
Maynard declamatory contest crowns winners
Ralph Fratzke won the oratorical group with Ropes in the Maynard home contest held Monday in the school auditorium. Thelma Martin placed second with College for Crooks. Juanita Tolheim led the dramatic group with The Littlest Orphan, Beatrice Hoehne second with Blood Moncey. Earl Parke read Resting Easily for first in humorous, Fern Betz second with The Feather weight champion. First place winners advance to the state prelims. seconds to the county contest. Judges were Professor and Mrs Eyssen and Maida Jennings of Fayette.
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Maynard
Ralph _ ‘Fratzke
Thelma Martin
College For
Crooks
Juanita Tolheim
Beatrice Hoehne
Eyssen
Mise Maida Jennings
Fayette
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Legion Auxiliary
Gilbert Martn
Joan Kadler
Erers
L P Lyman
Jop Winn
Penelope
Delta Delphian
Liebke and Taylor Co
Third St
Holmes & Edwards
MBC
Jonn
Kerrees
NBC Weap da
Greece
Orn
ABL
Tveninsg
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Cellecy
NBC Wiz
Enain
Pupeye the
Kate
Stillman's _ Actone
Stillman Company
Aurora
Stillman’s Actone
Ravel
America
Detroit
Wagner Motor Co
3Rd Ave
8Th St
Dia
George W. Saylor
Numerology
Anne
Jimmie
Bert Jones
Hubert Jones
Anne Yates
Cedar Mapies Gazette Home Institute
W. 19Th St
N. Y
Numerology and Astrology
Name Presse
Marengo
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Bessie MacMurray
Newton
A. M. Bergman
Dorothy Ayers Loudon
Cooking
Wm. S. Cadow
Mer
Millicent Rogers
Los Angeles
Housewives
Earl BR. Fulver
Continental Casualty Co
Risley
Dial
Jack Sprat
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