Quota Club Formed by Local Women in Cedar Rapids
The Quotarians of Cedar Rapids held a charter dinner at the Roosevelt hotel with eighty guests, including city leaders from cultural and service groups. Miss Gertrude Stenner presented charter members, and Mayor Frank K. Hahn welcomed the new Quota club aimed at good citizenship, crime prevention, and professional recognition.
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Cedar Rapids
Florentine
Roosevelt Hotel
Taylor
Flora Hromatko Taylor
Irene Urban Campbell
Virginia Paul Moore
Gertrude Stenner
Henrietta Frank
Quota Club
Frank K. Hahn
Clara Frenzl
Waterloo
Frenzl
Imogen Emery
Alta Duncan
Alice Cejka
Elizabeth Bender
Lillian Beane
Rotary, Kiwanis, Chamber of Commerce
Inter- Service Club Council
High Twelve
Canopus, Lions, Executives Club
Ministerial Association
College Club
B. and
P. W
Woman’s Club
Goodbye Mr Chips Tops 1939 Film Critics Poll
Memphis critics group NFCA named Goodbye Mr Chips the best film of 1939. Robert Donat led acting honors for Chips while Bette Davis won best actress for Dark Victory. Top ten list and vote totals shown.
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Memphis
Chips
Mr. Smith
Washington
Wuthering
Bravest Saddest Finnish Cradle Melody in War Time
Finland endures grim air raids as mothers cradle babies in bombproof shelters and woods. Despite tension no woman has shown fear in two months of danger, and a Finnish lullaby born from wartime may inspire future symphonic interpretation amid the Russian Finn war’s varied sounds from muted to crescendo.
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Helsinki
Finland
Birthday Cake Lit for Missing Dad as Police Shootout Injures Officer
In Chicago AP report, Martha Dugan turns three as her father Traffic Policeman Martin Dugan 33 is shot twice while pursuing a robber. He is in serious condition at county hospital. Mother and child await homecoming with a birthday cake untouched except for four candles.
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Chicago
Martha Dugan
Martin Dugan
City Briefs Mention Local Events And Appointments
Community notices include a chicken lunch 25 cents at Kenwood Presbyterian and a card party Wednesday 7 30 p m by the Townsend auxiliary. Easter permanents advertised. V F W auxiliary pancake supper 6 to 7 30 p m followed by entertainment. Lent services at Trinity Lutheran 7 45 p m with Rev P L Bornhoeft. Sears Roebuck manager M F Feiden attends Chicago convention. local store workers engage in king for a week. M A Patten named assistant manager.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary No. 788
Memorial Building
M. E. Feiden
Cedar Rapids
Sears Roebuck
Chicago
M. A. Patten
National Secretaries Convention Attended by Two Local Winners
Miss Sara Slutsky of Roosevelt High and Miss Inez Nasinec of Wilson School served as state and local delegates at the National Association of School Secretaries convention in St Louis. The event ran Saturday and Sunday alongside the American Association of School Administrators meeting.
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Sara Slutsky
Roosevelt High School
School Secretaries’ Association
Inez Nasinec
Wilson School
National Association of School Secretaries
St.Louis
American Association of School Administrators
First American Legion Included Tory and Desertion Members
A historic note describes the first American Legion as formed from Tories and American deserters still within British lines during the Revolutionary War.
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First
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Promote Kidney Flush
A 35 cent advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe diuretic that cleanses kidneys of wastes and acids. It claims relief from frequent nightly urination and other signs of weak kidneys such as back ache and burning urination, urging shoppers to avoid substitutes.
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Haarlem
Holland
Maid of Orleans
Crossword style puzzle clue list featuring references to Joan of Arc with mixed definitions and word plays across horizontal and vertical entries. Includes hints like French heroine and stake at Rouen, plus various small terms and cross references.
Huge Processing Tax Refund Hangs On House Action
AP report notes hog producers seek refunds from processing taxes levied 1933 to 1936 under the AAA. S. J. Res. 66 and H. J. Res. 138 seek refunds, with over 3,000 claims from farmers in several states. Backers say refunds pass burden to producers. opponents cite $270 million in AAA benefits.
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Washington
House
United States Supreme Court
Capitol Hill
Frazier
N. D
Gurney
S. D
Lemke
Congress
Wallace
Morgenthau
AAA
Advancements At Cedar Rapids Scout Honor Court At Wilson School
The February court of honor for Cedar Rapids area council Scouts will be held at 7 30 p m today at Wilson school. The Sea Scout Ship Kingston sponsored by the Lions club will host troop. Merit and service awards including Life Star and First class distinctions are listed with multiple Scouts from troops 19 13 6 12 23 26 15 and others. Fifty nine merit badges will be conferred on 42 Scouts.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Arp
Buddy Meyers
Dick Truesdell
Kenneth Gardner
Wallace Puriington
Kenneth Easley
Robert Allard
Gene Johnson
Richard Krohn
Billy Heral
Donald Dvorak
Robert Dvorak
Melvin Couser
William Mallon
Marshall Milligan
James Blake
Tommy McDonald
Charles Harmon
Paul Jones, Jr
Franklin Main
C. Jackson von Yeast
Dr. Glen W. Rowley to Speak at Second Christian Church
Rev. Dr. Glen W. Rowley, pastor of Trinity Methodist, will be guest preacher at Second Christian Church on Third Avenue and Sixth Street SW tonight. He will address Religion Made to Order. Earlier, Rev. M. D. Swisher of Center Point spoke on The World's Supreme Tragedy.
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Glen W. Rowley
Trinity Methodist Church
Second Christian Church
Third Avenue
Sixth Street
Rowley
M. D. Swisher
Christian Church of
Center Point
The World’s Greatest Tragedy Turns to Easter Joy
In a Lenten reflection a preacher notes that while Jesus’ suffering and death mark the world’s supreme tragedy, the tale ends with Easter joy as humanity still faces the choice to accept or reject God’s love revealed by Jesus.
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Jesus
Earth
Roosevelt picks James J. McEntee for CCC director
The Senate confirmed late Monday President Roosevelt's nomination of James J. McEntee of New Jersey to be director of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
James J. McEntee
New Jersey
Civilian Conservation Corps
Radio Listings Chronicle Des Moines to Chicago Schedule
A dense hourly roster details radio programs across stations WMT WGN WCCO KFJB WSUI WHO and others. It lists show names hosts timelines and featured acts from 6:00 p m through 5 50 a m with notes on news weather and special features.
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Ralph
Ginsbure
Orch
Amos
Andy
WSUI
Austin and
Scott
KFJB
Mr. Keen
Tracer
Jimmy Fidler
Robinson
Fulton Lewis, Jr
WGN
Herne Weeluen
Aldrich
Ned Jordan
Wcco
Big Town
Johnny
Orrin Tucker
Wwcco
Wwsui
Eleanor Hartley
Wmt—Cavalcade of America
Iowa
Utley
Fibber
Molly
KFPJB
Leonard Keller
Kate Smith
Wwccco
Glen Miller
Bob Gope
Bennett Gretten
Thomas Gallagher
Bill Austin
Ted Travers
Blue Barron
Paul Sullivan
Guy Lombardo
Een
Ae News
Wmto
Howard McCreery
Tommy Dorsey
WOI
Jerry
Zelda
WOOI
Wcocoo
Lem Hawkins
Wccoo
Irene Hatters
FJB
WGNC
Cedar Rapids
WOIL
Ames
Rock Island
WHO
Wsuui
Arthur Godfrey
Ma Perkins
Sunbeam
Betty Wells
Kitty Kelly
WISUI
Myrt and
Maree
John
Myrna Dee Sergent
Hilltop House
Bill
dJane Baker
Lost Empire
David Harum
Dr. Malone
Hannah
Myrt
Marge
Don Pedro
aMilltop House
Bill Burghart
Wccco
Guiding Light
Kfjb—Educational
Wgn—Musical
Corntussel Noo
Woi—Musicale
Mary Sothern
Adv
Judy
Jane
Tex
Ken
Magic Kitchen
Elm Street
Don Reth
Wcccco
Rhythm Street Forum
Tom Owens
Bank Robberies Fall 60 Percent in Six Years
Federal state and local efforts cut bank robberies by 60 to 70 percent since 1934. J L Dalton FBI agent spoke to 50 peace officers at a Cedar Rapids session on The Jurisdiction of the FBI. Also covered were espionage, kidnapping, and racketeering laws and a planned first aid training session.
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United States
J. L. Dalton
FBI
Jim Smith
Cedar Rapids
A. A. Mikota
R. E. Munden
George M Reynolds Dies at 75 Former Chicago Banker
George M Reynolds 75 retired Chicago banker died Monday night at his son Earle Reynolds home in Pasadena California He was born in Panora Iowa He served as chairman of Continental Illinois Bank executive committee and was offered secretary of the treasury post by Taft in 1909 He led the American Bankers Association in 1908
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Pasadena
Calif
George M. Reynolds
Chicago
Earle Reynolds
Panora
Iowa
Reynolds
Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Co
Treasury
Taft
American Bankers Association
Bioff Writ Hearing Set For March 6
Chicago AP reports William Bioff Hollywood labor leader won at least nine more days of freedom as a habeas corpus hearing was continued to March 6.
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Chicago
William Bioff
Hollywood
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
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Road of Life
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WMEOT
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Joyce Jordan
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My Son and I
Betty Crocker
Wceco
Mary Marlin
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Honeymoon Hill
Bill Anson Wee
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Anthony
Woolf
George Weiler
Len Salvo
School of the Air
Pepper Young
Vic and Sade
Ma Brown
Fourth Estate
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Hialeah
Stella Dallas
Kitty Keene
Wayne West
Melody Time
Lorenzo Jones
Caroline’s
Johnson Family
Charlie Flagler
Iowa State
Julia
Wol
Upper Iowa University
H. V. Kaltenborn
Jack Armstrong
Europe
Ellen Randolph
Bioff
Dept
T-1
Washington Street
New York
N.Y
Nash
Cedar Rapids Nash Inc
2Nd Ave
8Th St
Decorah
O. A. Bergan
Iowa City
Cook Nash Sales Co
Independence, Van's Standard Auto Parts
Tipton
Tipton Nash Sales
Toledo
Mason Nash Sales Company
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Wauken
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