Firemen's Ball Planned for January 24 at Memorial Coliseum
Fire department officials announced a January 24 charity ball at the Memorial Coliseum to raise funds for a toy repair program aiding Cedar Rapids children. Tickets cost $1 per couple, sold by uniformed firefighters door to door. Proceeds will fund supplies and materials for toy repairs each fall, speeding work and enabling wholesale toy purchases if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Coliseum
Cedar Rapids
E. P. Kohout
Uncle of Henry Wallace to address scout dinner
John P. Wallace of Des Moines known as the father of Lone Scouting will address the Cedar Rapids area Scout council dinner at First Congregational church January 17 at 630 pm The Silver Buffalo award is noted as a top honor in Scouting and two Silver Beaver awards will be conferred Cedar Rapids scouters will receive two Scouter awards and one Scoutmaster's Key Officers for 1935 will be elected 1934 reports reviewed and 1935 objectives outlined The gathering is open to Scouters and their ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Wallace
Des Moines
Lone Scouting
Henry A Wallace
Cedar Rapids
United Presbyterian To Hold Meetings This Week
Special meetings at First United Presbyterian church on Second street begin at 11 a.m. today with evening services at 7 30 p.m. except Saturday. G W Day a sightless piano accordion artist performs tonight. The Rev W Greer McCrary preaches except Tuesday and Thursday. The Rev S M Morrow and the Rev Harald Fo Mase will speak on Tuesday and Thursday evenings respectively. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Presbyterian Church
Second Street
Third Avenue
W. Greer McCrary
S M Morrow
Grande Avenue
New Rock Island Supt Began Rail Career in 1895
C B Pratt appointed superintendent of the Cedar Rapids Dakota division with Cedar Rapids headquarters. Born 1873 in Delavan Illinois, he started in railroading in 1895 with the Great Northern at Grand Forks. He has held multiple posts across the system and will move to Cedar Rapids with his wife and five married children in tow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C B Pratt
Cedar Rapids-Dakota
Rock Island Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Delavan
Pekin
Chicago
Remington Typewriter Company
Lincoln
Neb
Great Northern
Grand Forks
N. D
Cotton Belt
Pine Bluff
Ark
Havre
Mont
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Little Rock
Oklahoma
el Reno
Okla
Kansas
Herington
Kan
Social Security and Public Works Plan for Jobs Growth
Congress prepares a single security bill tying employment insurance old age pensions and health care. Provisions cover maternity and child care. A $880 million relief closeout funds government direct relief. Hopkins leads a nationwide public works plan creating up to 3.5 million jobs with long term value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
White House
Harry Hopkins
Jasper County Seeks Primary Drought Area Status
A request was filed to have Jasper County included in the primary drought area. The move was urged by the board of supervisors Farm Bureau and welfare officers after farmers said their livestock face severe food shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Cad
PF Oh Mulock Stat
RK Bliss
Jasper County
Board of Supervisors Farm Bureau
Producers urge a producers' setup for corn hog program
A letter argues that the corn hog administration should be redesigned into a district and state representation ladder. The writer credits Henry Wallace and Dr Black with appointments but says producers should elect the district and state committees and form a national board with a three-member coordinating panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Black
Secretary of Agriculture
Park and Recreation Expert to Conduct Conferences Here
Lebert Howard Weir director of the park recreation service of the National Recreation association will conduct a series of conferences here next Friday and Saturday under the city park department playground commission and the Council of Social Agencies. He will tour city parks with Ed Stefan and confer with William Wood and William Velz. Heir will speak at a luncheon at the Y M C A and then hold further meetings with group representatives and individuals through Friday and Saturday. Bookings through the playground office. He has served as recreation consultant for national resources and conducted surveys for Washington New Hampshire and Germany. He has advised Buffalo Cleveland New Orleans Chicago and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebert Howard Weir
Park Recreation Service
National Recreation Association
City Park Department
The
Playground Commission
Council of Social Agencies
Weir
Ed Stefan
William Wood
West Side
William Velz
East Side
City Plan Commission
City Council
National Resources Board
Washington, D. C
National Capitol Park and Planning Commission
New Hampshire
Germany
Oberlaender Trust
National Conference On Outdoor Recreation
United States
Buffalo
Cleveland
New Orleans
Chicago
Reflections on Rights Duty and Prosperity from 1934
The piece questions the era's national program and explores themes of life liberty and happiness. It criticizes the misuse of privileges as rights, warns against hoarding wealth and knowledge, and argues true progress depends on practical use of resources and humane policy. It concludes with a Shakespearean citation.
Sea Scout Skipper To Speak At Round Table
Harold M Wies skipper of the Sea Scout ship Kiwanian No. 90 will speak on The Senior Boy Program at the Cedar Rapids area council Scouters round table Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. in the Chamber of Commerce. Paul Smola discusses a late February basketry and handcraft course. Plans for the national Scout jamboree in Washington next summer and the April area first aid contest will be outlined as Scout Commissioner Chester Johnson presides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold M Wies
Kiwanian
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Paul Smola
Washington
D. C
Chester Johnson
Wil Preside
Fuses Stolen From Marion Elevation Elevator
Thieves entered the Farmers Elevator company in Marion Friday or Saturday and stole electrical fuses valued at 125 dollars. The loss includes four 600 amp fuses, eight 400 amp fuses, and eight 100 amp fuses of 250 voltage. The side door was found open Saturday morning. Patrols investigated the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Elevator Company
Marion
James H Smith
J I. Ford
Smith
Larry Condon
City Briefs and Personals Highlights Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids items note lodge No 141 I O O F meeting for officer installation with refreshments, a playground commission session at 730 pm, and George Harms returning to Columbia college Dubuque after holidays. Also mentions World War II era veterans in CCC camps, Triton club at Y M C A, and other local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Harms
Elmhurst Drive
Columbia College
Dubuque
United States Army Recruiting Office
Cedar Rapids
Coe College Hosts Australian Actor Stanley Brookes
The event features 600 home furnishings displays and an in personation of Charles Dickens characters by Stanley Brookes. Monday evening at 8 p.m. Admission 35 cents. Students 25 cents. Tickets from Morris Sanford's or Coe chapel.
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Coe College
Stanley Brookes
Charles Dickens
Morris Sanford
Coe Chapel
Linden Camp to Install Officers of Woodmen Chapter
Linden camp No. 145 Modern Woodmen of America will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. for regular work and installation of officers. L. F. Black is listed as consul with R. J. (surname incomplete) among the officers to be installed.
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Linden Camp
Linden Camp No
Modern
Woodmen of America
L. F. Black
R. J
Local Notables Gather for Oyster Supper Evening
MacNamara, adviser, C. S. Green, past consul, Guy B. Berlin, banker, Joshua J. Snouffer, secretary, W. J. Brewster, escort, W. Keough, trustee, Harry Cartwright, watchman, and Hans Ewoldt, sentry attend a social gathering. An oyster supper will follow.
Knights of Columbus to Recite Rosary Tonight in Kansas City
Knights of Columbus council No. 909 members will recite the rosary this evening at the home of John G. Lynott 845 Second Street NW The late Mr Lynott died Thursday in Kansas City Kaw His son Charles lives in Cedar Rapids and is also a K of C member The group will assemble at 8 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus Council
John G. Lynott
Second Street
Kansas City
Kaw
Mr. Lynott
Charles
Cedar Rapids
K. of C. Council
K. of C’s
Bank Receiver Authorized to Turn Over Trust Stock
Judge H C Ring in district court Saturday authorized D W Bates state superintendent of banking as receiver of the American Trust and Savings bank of Cedar Rapids to turn over a trust of twenty shares of Cleveland Worsted Mills stock left with the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Ring
D. W. Bates
American Trust and Savings Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Cleveland Worsted Mills
Wealthy Glendale man funds Czechoslovak orphan home
In 1929 William J Masak of Glendale California donated a bank to the Amerika Domovina an organization formed to provide a home for orphaned boys and girls in Czechoslovakia.
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William J. Masak
Glendale
Calif
Amerika Domovina
Czechoslovakia
Scout leaders to attend Prairieburg Troop 51 ceremony
John Bormann and Harold N West will participate in an investigative program for Troop 51 at Prairieburg Wednesday evening. The ceremonies will be conducted by Troop 44 of Central City led by Scoutmaster Paul Smola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bormann
Harold N. West
Prairieburg
Central City
Paul Smola
Trinity Methodist Services Schedule At Church
Trinity Methodist Church at Third avenue and Fifth street SW hosts morning worship at 10 50 with the sermon Blessedness of Renunciation by Rev Harold E Mayo. A unified service runs 10 00 to noon with classes at 10 15 and a preparatory members class at 10 50 in the junior department. Epworth leagues meet at 6 30 followed by evening worship at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinty Methodist
Trinity Methodist Church
Third Avenue
Fifth Street
Harold E. Mayo
Confusion at the Cross Roads of Life Sermon
A midweek prayer service is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m with a sermon titled Confusion at the Cross Roads of Life and moving pictures titled Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life.
Belle Plaine Scouters Train at High School Session
Belle Plaine district Scouters training enters fifth session at Belle Plaine High School Monday at 7 30 p m. Scout Executive N Harold West and Scoutmaster Arthur Schlumbohm will assist Morgan Morris head of sessions speaks on Putting the Out in Scouting and Hikes and Their Uses. Instruction covers bed roll knapsack carry fills packs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Harold West
Arthur Schlumbohm
Belle Plaine
Belle Plaine High School
Morgan Morris
Mr. West
Shell horsehide term linked to protective hide layer
A passage describes the area above a horse's hips containing protective material called the shell, explaining the origin of the term shell horsehide used commercially.
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Kohout
Hanford Post Drum and Bugle Corps
Jocal No. 11
Iowa Association of Firefighters
Melvin Thompson
George Hobel
Harry Gaskill
Peter Floyd Byrnes
Mike Collins
Frank Kucera
Clarence Gitt
United Presbyterian
Ierei R.whipple
Pete
American Trust Rae A
Rock Island
Lasswell
Cc. B. Pratt
To Wasten Jobs
Army Staterae
Jasper
People’s Forum
AAA
L. H. Weir
G. W. Shakespeare
Munich
Bungalow Cooking School
Menzies Shoe Company
A. L. Woerderhoff
Fair Shoe Store
Triton Club
A. T Bailey
Bert Kiburz
Monticello
John C Lange
Springville
Francis A. Heald
Samuel Insull
Rotary Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Mr. Heald
Star of the West Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Hall
Frank Kent
Peoples Furniture Company
First Street
Amerian Furniture Mart
K. P
Star of the West Lodge No. 1
Belle Plaine Scout Course
Ces
Uch
Smalekoff
DOWN
Bigelow— Sanford Rugs & Carpets
Hirchers
Eaunays
Simmons
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