Board Awards School Supplies After Bid Totals
The board of education ordered general school supplies for the coming year after tabulating bids from about twenty firms. Awards often matched low bids with small variances, listing items, bidders, and total costs for goods such as waste baskets, blotters, brushes, glues, paper, and drawing supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Garden City Educational Company
Milton Bradley Company
Hach Brothers Company
Ralph L. Gorker
Fuller Brush Company
British shipping losses dip for third straight week
The Admiralty reports a weekly drop in British and Allied shipping losses ending Dec 30, with British losses at 18 208 tons and Allied losses 19 348 tons, totaling 37 556 tons. Woolton notes meat supplies remain tight despite the decline.
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London
Admiralty
Lord Woolton
British Isles
Woolton
North Africa
Cedar Rapids couple to celebrate golden wedding with open house
Lifelong Cedar Rapids residents Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bert Smith will host an open house from 4 to 8 pm on Wednesday to mark their golden wedding anniversary. Married January 8, 1891, in Cedar Rapids, they are active in local clubs and church.
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Cedar Rapids
A. J
Bert" Smith
Mount Vernon Avenue
I. K. Statton
W. S
Louisa Smith
Mrs. Smith
Theodore D. White
Smith
Cedar Rapids Waltonian Club
United Brethren Church
Jane Boyd
Leland L. Smith
Amos H. Smith
Carlton KK. Smith
Albert T Smith
Evelyn Kohl
Roosevelt State of the Union comments spark mixed responses
Chicago Journal of Commerce notes mixed take on F D R state of the union speech marking a shift from neutrality. Chicago Daily News calls it a trumpet call awakening Americans. Chicago Daily Tribune criticizes tone and urges Congress to define needs and methods. New York Daily News questions aims. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette finds Roosevelt disappointing on armament pace. New York Herald Tribune praises ideals. New York Times supports campaign. Dallas Morning News sees a mobilizing stance toward Britain. Los Angeles Times notes moral enlistment and aid. Kansas City Times frames aims as peaceful revolution guiding allied cooperation.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Roosevelt
Congress
How Family of 3 Can Eat Well On 9 Dollars a Week
Menus for a three person family aim at nine dollars weekly with balanced calories and nutrients. The main dish combines meat with sauerkraut for flavor and affordable sustenance and includes corned beef hash and tomato juice baked under bacon. Also listed are grapefruit, cracked wheat cereal with honey, Melba toast and coffee.
Schools Set Record in Sale of Christmas Seals
Cedar Rapids schools raised 1226.63 from Christmas seal sales, highest in history, with total school contributions reaching 129.15 from Taylor and major gifts from Franklin 112.50 and Johnson 104.34. Health diaries and cross pencils rewarded buyers. some seals remain unaccounted for and remittance urged to John M Ely, treasurer.
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Cedar Rapids
J. W. Ballard
Taylor
Franklin
Johnson
John M Ely
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
Arthur
Buchanan
Cleveland
Fillmore
Garfield
Harrison
Hayes
Immaculate Conception
Jackson
Kenwood Bog
Lincoln Teers
McKiniey
McKinley Senior High
Polk
Roosevelt High
St Patrick
St Wenceslaus
Ludmila's
St Matthews
Ann Taylor
Tyler
van Buren Es
Wisen
Wilson Senior High
Anton Busse Dies In Amana Former Foreign Legion Soldier
Anton Busse, 78, died Sunday in Amana where he had worked for 40 years as a sewer and water main digger. He served five years in the French Foreign Legion along the African coast, then stinted in Panama and Costa Rica before arriving in America in 1897. Born in Hanover, Germany, he had no known relatives there or in Amana.
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Amana
Anton Busse
Busse
French Foreign Legion
Panama
Costa Rica
America
Hanover
Germany
Improvement Of High School Stages Ordered
The board of education approved a $5,758.30 program to upgrade high school stage facilities. Five stages across Franklin, McKinley, Wilson, and Roosevelt will receive new curtains cycloramas and other equipment with $6,000 set aside. The building and grounds committee and Superintendent Arthur Deamer may begin work using salvaged material for grade schools and the administration building.
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Board of Education
Franklin
McKinley
Wilson
Roosevelt
Arthur Deamer
Still Active At 85 After 59 Years Of Ministry
Dr. William M. Evans aged 85 of 1328 Avenue NE remains active in the Presbyterian community of Iowa after a 59 year ministry. Ordained in 1882, he served churches in Manchester Grand Junction Dana Sioux City Estherville and Cedar Rapids before leading Coe College Bible, registrar for 15 years, and active as a supply minister post retirement. He helped organize several Cedar Rapids churches and received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Wooster in 1904.
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William M. Evans
Avenue NE
Presbyterian Synod of Iowa
Presbytery of
Wooster
Wooster College
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Evans
Iowa
Nugent's Grove
Coggon
Manchester
Grand Junction
Dana
Sioux City
Estherville
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Coe
Iowa Board of National Missions
Presbyterian General Assembly
Daniels Park
Kenwood Park
Olivet
Ohio
South Salem
Franklin High School Shower Rooms Get Improved Heat
Franklin high school showers will receive univent heaters with hot water and fan systems at $50 each after a school board vote. Three shop machines were authorized for the carpenter shop, with costs for a circular saw 142 dollars, a six inch joiner 73, and a band saw 49. The storm sewer project near the athletic field, estimated at 13 thousand dollars, will be shared by the school district and city per a city construction program.
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Franklin High School
J. C. Blodgett
M. S. Hallman
Franklin
Joe Suna
Suma
C. D. Hedberg
National
NYA District Repairs After Water System Motor Burnout
The board voted that NYA workers must pay a $25 repair bill for burning out the Big Springs school water system motor. NYA projects are now housed in the old school.
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NYA
Big Springs
School Board Awards Boiler Insurance Contract to Millhiser Agency
The three year boiler insurance deal was awarded to Harold Millhiser for Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co. at $1,680.75 full time coverage and discounted three month suspensions, with Pioneer Insurance Agency sharing a low bid. Millhiser is backed by an A rating in Best's Manual.
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Board of Education
Harold Millhiser
Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company
Best
Millhiser
Pioneer Insurance Agency
Walking Septic Tanks Poster Warns Against Health Hype
A blue salmon poster distributed by a doctor-promoter mockingly claims constipation causes systemic poisoning. It cites a fictitious article on intestinal toxemia and chronic stasis, denouncing such theories while urging reliance on pills for dyspepsia and constipation.
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Arbuthnot Lane
Questions and Answers on Foot Care Diet and Vitamins
Readers submit questions on cold feet chilblains psoriasis and nutrition. Answers advise formaldehyde foot treatment cautions about dry shoes and sun drying, calcium and vitamin D for chilblains, summarizes vitamin D rehabilitation reports, and promotes pamphlets on constipation colon hygiene and wheat to eat while offering vitamin guidance for low income readers.
G. O. P. County Chairman Fined For Drunk Driving
Clarinda Iowa AP A. N. Ahlgren chairman of the Page county Republican central committee paid a $300 fine in district court after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. He was arrested December 8 by State Patrolmen H. L. Edum and M. D. Calhoon.
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Clarinda
A. N. Ahlgren
Page County Republican Central Committee
Ahlgren
H. L. Edum
M. D. Calhoon
City Briefs Contintental buffet Hotel Roosevelt notes
Mrs. Kate Meyers of 280 Highland NW is a patient at St Luke's hospital. Links Belt Speeder auxiliary hosts a card party at Mrs H B Hixon 1246 Fourth St SW. Moose Women sponsor a card party and apron dance at Moose hall from 2 to 5 pm with prizes. Dennis Berry of Davenport returned home after a week with Paul Callan 425 Seventeenth St NE and sister Mrs L E Bryant of Marion.
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Kate Meyers
Highland the NW
St. Luke's Hospital
H. B. Hixon
Fourth Street
Women of the Moose
Moose Hall
Dennis Berry
Davenport
Paul Callan
Seventeenth Street
L. E. Bryant
Marion
John Brookman
Minneapolis
H. A Toms
Sixteenth Street
Central City
C C. Crane
New Teacher At McKinler Miss Frances Viller Hired
An Ames Iowa educator Miss Frances Viller was named teacher of home economics at McKinler School. She earned a master of home economics from Iowa State College in 1949 and taught three years in Ames. She previously studied at the college and will begin her duties Monday night.
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McKinler
Frances Viller
Arre
The
News of Education
Mitler Vias
Iowa State
Amessti
Des Moines County Agrees To Accept 298000 For Home
Des Moines County will accept 298000 for a county home located on the site of a new shell-leving plant west of Burlington. The price is 67000 less than the initial county ask. Inmates have been moved out and the site will serve as construction headquarters during operations. Federal approval was received for 74 land options in the peat territory as two farmers were ordered to move. 144 occupants of the 29 NAN-acre tract are expected to relocate within two to three months.
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Burlington
Des Moines
Tucci
Shell-Leving
Here
Super
Russell Nau
Alre
Tgy
Bert Cockrell Herd
Federal Land Acquisition Office
Charles Kiel
Clyde Sourwine Alead
Thruland
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LePage
Baker Paper Company
Pyramid Paper Company
John Blau
Esterbrook
Turner and Harrison Steel
Mig, Co
Morris Sanford Company
Baker Panel Company
McKesson and Robbins
Hach Brothers
Metropolitan Son Company
Ach Brothers Company
John Blaul’s Sons Company
Morris Sanford Comany
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Star Printing Company
John Blair; Sons Company
Letirance Press
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May
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Schmidtman Company
Milwaukee
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Philadelphia
Pat Men's Reformatory
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Oscar A Anderson
Ridgeway Drive
Equitable Life of Iowa
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Laurence R. Dale
James A. Dale
San Diego
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Marine Corps
Des Moines County
del Monte
Sanka Coffee
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