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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1938
Page
4
A Cedar Rapids feature mocks New Year’s resolutions among public figures and local officials. Mayor Frank K Hahn, Ed Stefan, Louis Burgos, and others pledge humorous aims while readers see the joke about politics, police, and civic life. The piece ends noting a $1,000 humane society appropriation.
In Washington the American Contract Bridge League national tournament crowned Lieut. R. A. Cook and Lieut. C. W. Humphreys champions. Cook defended with precise play to secure a one spade lead and a sequence of discards that built the contract. The hand featured deliberate card play and strategic finesses enabling three no trump to succeed.
Linn county supervisors Friday approved granting $1,000 from the 1937 domestic animal fund to the Linn County Humane Society to aid in alleviating distress among domestic animals. A new state law allows apportionment of year end balances over $500 for humane work. The board also voted to transfer $2,700 remaining in the fund to the general fund.
Jerry Mahring elected president of the Bohemian Reading Society in its 70th year. Joseph Trachta re elected vice president and officers named for cemetery and school board roles. Pro gressive lodge officers chosen. A large crowd attends Troy laundry member enrollment in the Sixteenth Avenue Commercial club. Strands film program postponed. Karla Masaryk lodge prepares an annual banquet. Sokol society to hold regular meeting. Australian eucalyptus trees exceed 450 feet in height.
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