How Banks Clearing House Exchange Cash and Checks
Doris Cone explains the Cedar Rapids Clearing House process in the Merchants National Bank building. Banks meet daily to clear checks, with fines for late arrivals and inaccuracies, and weekly clearings reported to The Cedar Rapids Gazette and the Commercial and Financial Chronicle. The article details the journey of a check from issue to return and cancellation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearing House
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
Webster
William A. Dana Company
New York
Commercial and Financial Chronicle
Pictures Taken of Milky Way Center by Astronomers
The Milky Way center region was photographed by Dr. W Baade using Mt Wilson's 100 inch telescope. He studied the globular cluster NGC 6522 in Sagittarius finding 152 variable stars and estimating the distance of about 30 000 light years, supporting the core hub theory of our galaxy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rennie Taylor
San Francisco
Earth
W. Baade
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Baade
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Mt. Wilson
Sagittarius
U. S
Milky Way
Galactic Center
Harlow Shapley
Harvard University
Brains Trump Looks in Peggy Joyce Top Man List
Peggy Hopkins Joyce names ten men she considers highly attractive for their brains as postwar demands lean toward intellect. Baruch tops the list followed by Gromyko, O'Dwyer, Dewey, Hoover, Harriman, Stewart, Cochran, and Stettinius. She notes women must also have brains and plans another book despite being estranged from her fifth husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Joyce
Hotel del Monico
U.S.A
Modern design dominates International Home Furnishings Market preview
In Chicago the International Home Furnishings Market opens January 6 at The Merchandise Mart and The American Furniture Mart. For two weeks manufacturers unveil wares to store buyers shaping what homemakers will see. Modern, space efficient designs gain prominence with adaptable pieces ideal for small quarters and growing homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Merchandise Mart
American Furniture Mart
Banks Prefer Ink Written Checks Might Aid Transit
Banks warn that checks drawn on out of town banks may return via transit departments locally. They emphasize writing in ink with legible figures and matching the written amount to the numeric amount. The bank must pay the written sum.
Nominees Sought for Cedar Rapids Civic Service Award
Nominations for the Young Men's Bureau Distinguished Civic Service award are open. Cedar Rapids 21 to 36 year old men may be nominated through the Chamber of Commerce, with no membership required. The award honors selfless civic effort and may be presented at a March VMB meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Bureau
Robert M. Peck
YMB
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Bureau
Peck
VMB
Chamber
Inter-Service Club Council
Coe College
Robert O. Bickel
Harold M. Wies
N. Harold West
Kenneth E. Cornell
Harry Boyd
Ervin Stepanek
al Keyes
Warren McAllister
W. W. Crissman
John
Straighten and Duco Your Fenders at Rapids Chevrolet
Prompt service on straightening refinishing and complete paint jobs offered by Rapids Chevrolet Co 601 1st Ave East along with nearby auto services and a variety of local business notices including jewelry shop ad and beauty services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapids Chevrolet Co
1St Ave
Card of Thanks and Lost and Found Notices
Card of Thanks expresses sympathy for Emil Albert and family following the loss of a husband and father, thanking friends for flowers and offerings. The page also lists multiple lost and found items and ads including keys, a dog, a rose set with diamonds, and various missing items with contact details, plus a brief list of notable personals and notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Albert
Anna Petrusch
Ceska
Stowed Away To Visit To Be Prosecuted
Victoria Josephine Andrews of West Palm Beach faces federal charges after stowing away on a flight to Newfoundland to visit her boyfriend Sgt. Thomas Covert. FBI says she hid under plane blankets and stayed at the air field a week posing as Covert’s wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fila
INS
Victoria Josephine Andrews
West Palm Beach
Fla
New York
FBI
Joseph Thornton
Thornton
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Doris Cone
Louis Visha
Milky Way Center
Peggy Joyce
Inez Robb
York
Yesteryear
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Bernard M. Baruch
United Nations Atomic Energy Committee
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
William O'Dwyer
New York City
Coun
Thomas E. Dewey
J. Edgar Hoover
W. Averell Harriman
Horace Greeley
Jimmy Stewart
Hollywood
Col
Phil Cochran
Air Corps
Edward R. Stettinius
Prac
Harvard
Designing Woman
Elizabeth Hillyer
American Inc
Buresh Motors, Inc
3Rd Street
Stratoincent’s
3Rd Ave. SE
Kia M
R. James Maternity
Isis
Eastside Maternity Unity Hospital
Claxton College Ph
Schillig
Car and Inc
Rete
Lockhart
Fai
Vanity Beauty sAlex
3Rd Ave
Nixon Ruth Tschneider
Grace Parrson
Beauty la Permanents
Porothevy Zee
Handy Tavern
Mina
Oni
Delicious
Dave Tr
Ane Amet
M&l Grill
S Grill
St. NE
Stee
Gorech
Morris Fur Shop
Granby
A&h
Marion
Reigseness
Seencriis
Tine
Jack Fordice
Lowell Taylor
Dia
Chris
Bayes Regieter
Ackerman
Henderson
Wales
G. Webster
B.C
Bari
Diaense
Gazette i Aes
McConnon & Company
Iona
Minnesota
Air Aeea i
Bupane Appliances
Bupane Gas CO
Bave. NE
Gazette
Mer
Sion
Ave
Minneapolis
Hotel Roosevelt
Al's
Sca
Iowa
Exmae Oes Real Estate & Investment Co
Onal
Rats Pol
Spretertes
Williond
General Office
Puta
Collins Radio
Cherry Burrell Ll Corp
10Th Ave
Roosevelt
Sear’s
IRD
Mr. Smith Newman
Car Furni
Kansas City
Tory Rou
New
Breinde Industries
Winona
Minn
Watkins
Fay Stahl
Belle Plaine. In
Higbee
Cherry Burrell Corp
Allen Motor Co
2Nd Avenue
10TH ST_ SE
Labant
TE Mfg. CO
Bupane Gas IS CO
Montrose Hotel
Montrose
Roosevelt Hotel
Neces Peoples SA Bank
West End of
Terry Ee Westfield
Benny
Cincinnati
Ohio
Marshall County
Marshalltown
N. Dossibie
Cornatt
Denson
Stencarapher
T. Caneweees
SeAea Core
Bath
Peter
Sander Jonnes
Wineer’s
Deere
Nisht
Union New Stand Union
Ope
Cerry Boeeve
Tiveral Rex Rewa
Faramount
Roosevelt Ska
Motor la Fayette Cafe
Chi
Teper
Ra Fati
Los Angeles
Southern Te
Plymouth
Center Point
Queceelty
Misiones
P. O
Cedar Bar
towa-Minn
Towa- Indiana
Arion
Peas
Universal Engineering
Personnel Dept
8Th St. NW
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