Charity Ball Clears $500 For Hospital Room Endowment
A White Cross society charity ball held December 22 at Mrs George B Douglas's home raised $500, part of $17,450 toward a $20,000 endowment for a St Luke's hospital room for independent women in need of medical aid. The luncheon thanked sponsors Kombie Floral, John F Lepes, Montrose hotel, aiding girls, and donors unable to attend.
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White Cross Society
George B Douglas
St Luke's Hospital
Kombie Floral Company
John F Lepes
Montrose Hotel
Literary Programs Given For Two P.E.O. Chapters
Two chapters of the PEO met Monday at members homes for informal literary programs. Chapter Hd discussed Men In White by Sidney Kingsley at the home of Mrs Frank V Orr with guests from several chapters present.
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PE O
Ora Beitzell
L. R Gerhardt
Nineteenth Street SE
E. M North
Matthew Josephson
Lucille Reynolds
Louis D. Burkhalter
Edward H Files
A E Nugent
H. C. Ring
Men In White
Sidney Kingsley
Frank V. Orr
First Avenue E
Fred Meyer
Helen Hubbard
R. D. Gray
L. E. Henry
Walter Rowles
Onawa
W. M. Trunke
Redmond
Ore
W H Barger
Spint Lake
P A. Tracy
Chariton
Rebecca Clements
Orr
Cedar Rapids Couple Wed At St James Methodist Church
Miss Marie Gray daughter of Walter Gray and J D King of Cedar Rapids were married in a single ring ceremony at the St James Methodist church parsonage Monday at 8 pm The Rev Homer A Crumb officiated and the couple will reside at 409 J Avenue NW Mr King is employed at the Kings Crown Plaster Company
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Marie Gray
Walter Gray
Cedar Rapids
J D King
St. James Methodist Church
Homer A Crumb
Mr King
J Avenue NW
F Haigh
Manchester
Frank Sylvester
Littleport
Nora Aldrich
Hazel Green Township
Winnie Brauer
Spring Branch
Alta Grapes
Strawberry Point
Rowley
Mary Catherine Kirsch
Laverne Ziczer
All Saints Church
Lucile Kirsch
Leo Levins
A. Kirsch
Theodore Kirsch
Rowley Bank
Ziezer
Leo Ziezer
Tama
Zella M Smith
N J Smith
Donald Whitney
R R. Whitney
West Union
W R Yard
Baptist Church
Marshalltown
Hilma Smith
Maurice Lansrude
Whitney
Tama High School
West Union High School
West Main Street
St Wenceslaus Church wedding on Monday morning
Miss Leuinse Roshar, daughter of Mrs Ben Rosseraroof, wed Stanley Zrudsky in a ceremony at St Wenceslaus Church performed by Rev Valentine Hoek. About 35 relatives and friends attended as the couple exchanged rings.
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Leuinse Roshar
Stanley Zrudsky
St. Wences- 4
Valentine Hoek
Ato
Sen
Morrison Heads Community House Board Directors
M H Morrison was elected president of the Community House board at a Monday meeting. He succeeds Mrs Weaver Witwer. Officers include Mrs Worth Averill, vice president, Miss Havel Brown, treasurer, and Mrs J F Rall, secretary. The annual report shows 39 476 children attended in nine school months 1934 and 202 children received fourteen days of camping at Camp Conservation.
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Moh Morrison
Community House Board of Directors
Morrison
Weaver Witwer
Worth Averill
Havel Brown
J F Rall
Averill
William C Crawford
Brown
Rall
van Vechten Shaffer
Ira Carruthers
Jenna Strahan
Edward H Files
Camp Conservation
Thornton outlines New Deal goals to Woman's Club
Prof H J Thornton of the University of Iowa addresses 150 members of the Woman's Club at the Roosevelt hotel, detailing two main aims for Americans: material prosperity and security, plus idealistic enterprises. He expresses optimism about achieving these objectives through natural resources, culture, and national spirit, despite depression-era challenges.
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H J Thornton
History Department
University of Iowa
Womans Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Thornton
Charles E Roberts
Iowa in Brief Chronicle of Lodges and Obituaries
Joint IOOF and Rebekah installation recaps officers for both orders in Clutier with names such as Kenneth Uniiect and Anna Vileta. Numerous funeral notices from Cascade to Fayette honor John Dunne, Arthur Bud, Elaine Kiel, and George Scott, listing relatives, churches, and burial plans.
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Albert Petersen
Charles Konicek
Noble Grand
C H Chitty
George Drinovsky
Dewey Lorenzen
J C Caloud
Melvin Blocker
Stanley Hlavacka
Frank Popper
Rebekah
Anna Vileta
Anna Novotny
I Nina Babor
Kate Axon
J Agnes Novak
Marie ‘Vileta
Jean Davis
Martha Rambow
Inside Guardian
Charlotte Austin
Guardian
Gladys Konicek
Hazel Bell
Libbie Drinovsky
Mars Cowr
Pauline Hadacek
Bessie Kosnar
Leona Mundt
Clutifr
Clutter Tele
Tursday
Te Ud
Albert Hach
J P Nwak
Herman F Blocker
Fneman John No- Vatns
F T Stodola
Joel Saatny
Henry Uridel
Britain Extends Subsistence to All Wage Earners Under £
Britain permanently assumes care for every able bodied wage earner earning under 25 dollars a week. About 17 million workers plus their dependents join the unemployment assistance board with a 25 million dollar initial deposit. The basic weekly grant is 24 shillings for a man and wife plus scale increments for children, adjusted if rent exceeds 18 dollars weekly.
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London
Great Britain
Unemployment Assistance Board
Bank of England
Linens Set Pace For Luncheons In Fashionable Tables
A 1935 Amos Parrish feature notes Irish damask, hand embroidered linens, and international imports shaping luncheon tables. From white hemstitched cloths to bold peasant weaves, patterns range from striped borders to pastel mats, with dressy informal pieces balancing formality and flair.
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Italy
Spain
Russia
Municipal Utilities May Be Promoted As Work Relief Projects
Des Moines Iowa Gov Clyde L Herring announced that self liquidating municipal projects such as light plants gas works and sewage disposal plants will be started under the federal work relief program A statewide survey led by Prof George Keller state FERA engineer will identify city and county needs and a legislation program to accelerate municipal utilities development may be recommended Several cities have loans and grants for electric light plants but construction is slowed by litigation Engineers will report on projects including recreation centers town halls grade crossing elimination and band shells Projects that pay for themselves will seek federal approval This public works effort may replace direct relief administered by FERA
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
Herring
George Keller
FERA
Keller
Plane Crashes Into Troops Killing Eleven on Field Exercise
An Indian air force plane crashed near Hubb river during maneuvers, killing eleven soldiers and severely wounding eleven others. The pilot Flying Officer H C Shear and observer were lightly hurt as the craft wrecked. Funeral services for Mrs Charlotte Spear 77 were held at Red Oak church with burial in Red Oak cemetery. Survivors include four daughters and three sons from Harmony Point Scott county Waterloo Cedar Rapids and Harmony Point.
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Independence
George W Scott
Swan and Leytze
L. A. Miller
The
Baptist Church
Wilson Cemetery
Scott
Fayette County
Wesley Scott
Wisconsin
Fila Henrop
Washourn County
Wis
Karachi
India
Indian Air Force
Hubb River
H C. Shear
Tipton
Charlotte Spear
Red Oak
A. J Fike
Spear
Ireland
Harmony Point
Eugene Domer
Charles Meyer
Waterloo
Maggie McFate
Bessie Domer
Scott County
Walter Spear
Johnston Spear
Robert Spear
Cedar Rapids
Man Receives 50 Year Jewel At Local Lodge
Maquoketa scene honors Fred F. Wray for over 50 years with a 50 year jewel. He is the first member to reach this distinction. G L Mitchell and Frank S Hite presented the award, while Dozen club pins went to Guy Anderson Burton Burleson Caro V Phillips and Sam Snoeberger.
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Maquoketa
Fred F. Wray
Peerless Lodge No. 60
Knights of Pythias
G. L. Mitchell
Frank S. Hite
Marengo
Iowa
Guy Anderson
Burton Burleson
Caro V. Phillips
Sam Snoeberger
How I Keep My Figure in Health and Form
A self help piece outlines simple daily routines for women to maintain fitness and beauty. It covers swimming and beach games, night exercise, dancing, warm baths, and eight hours of sleep, plus a short gym routine with five basic moves for figure maintenance.
Tomorrow Claire Trevor Repeats From One Side to the Other
Public Ledger notes Tomorrow Claire Trevor repeats a stage routine from one side to the other in a copyright context. The item highlights performance details and studio handling of the act.
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Claire Trevor
Public Ledger, Inc
Woodin Jr Sued for Divorce Over Mental Cruelty
Mrs. Carolyn Hyde Woodin filed for divorce from William H. Woodin Jr a son of the former treasury secretary charging mental cruelty They seeks $3000 monthly alimony custody of their child William H Woodin III and a share of community property They married December 29 1922 in Plainfield New Jersey The couple lived on a desert east of Tucson Arizona
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Tucson
Ariz
William H. Woodin
Secretary of the Treasury
Carolyn Hyde Woodin
Scrape Old Ice And Snow From Rink Edge
The municipal skating rink at Manhattan Beach remained closed Tuesday due to weather. Workmen cleaned the warming house cut firewood and scraped the old ice and snow from the rink edge. Neighborhood rinks will be inspected Wednesday and prepared for flooding when weather permits.
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Manhattan Beach
Iowa Bans Snagging or Spearing Any Fish
Deputy game warden Leo Logan warned fishermen in the territory that Iowa law prohibits snagging or spearing any fish in Iowa waters. He said mis understandings exist but the law is clear and offenders will be taken to court.
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Leo Logan
Iowa
Logan
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C Chambers Inskeep Optical Company
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M. H. Morrison
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the Rein
Iowa News
Cascade
St Patsin' S Church
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J Dunne
Jonesec
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Kate Re
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Fatrer
L Lorenz
Oreld Mienday
Charee
A “Moore
Gelden
Oakland Cemetery
Shreppard
John
Tabitha Sherpard
Hall Green Township
Wes
Suro. Ghere
Isaac Wola
Ard
Joepn Scepperdstein
MM Wester Fasard Sceppede
Mary Weatone
Deil Rapids
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Postville
John Stockman
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
R B. Garten
Stockman
Kentucky
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William Beisher
Lester
Toleno
Rebekah Lodge
Dorothy Beem
N R McaAnulty
W. B Schultz
Leona Reinig
Pearl Reinig
Margaret Walton
Florence Mowry
Lu Ree UlNom
Moss Victoria Slessor
Lottie Youngman
Violande
Grace Bell
Agnes Snider
Estella Berger
Leonard Cooper
R. Freet
William
C. E. Scott
Wadena
Elmer Baxter
Central City
Geneva Stainbrook
Brandon
R. C. Galer
Jeffries
Minn
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Glen Grove
Mary Helen Powell
Doris Sprague
Leroy Claypool
Glen Sigafoose
Arlan Brower
Lillian Brower
Bob Good
Maynard Keiser
Dollie Troutman
Hal Huber
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Melvin Cook
Wayne Craven
Fairyland Chorus
Vernon Brower
Donald Raplinger
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Ruth Walfe
Emma Lou Feckley
Ruth Ferris
Raymond Sloan
Wayne Garrett
Patty Radebaugh
Herbert Brower
Mary Ann Brock
Pythian
Clarence Hahn
Lyle van Auken
Berle Long
E. L. Graham
Wilbur Miller
Milo Lockridge
W W. Lawler
Claude Green
Leo Wagner
W. W. Lawler
Quincy Lockridge
Pythian Sisters
Harold Dennis
Forest Plank
Ed Harbor
Glen McKinstry
Roy Simmons
Jim Lindsey
Merle Smith Tipton
Cedar County
Jane McCormick
Cedar County Schoolmasters Club
Sam Risk
R. O . Club
Olivette Pehrson
Jim
Ansbods
Britain
Amos Parrish
York
Janet Gaynor
Wm. H. Woodin, Jr
FELTS
Bartlett
Millinery Mart
Second Avenue
Davenport
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