Iowa Counties Chosen For Phosphate Test Deployments
A six member Iowa State extension team named 15 Iowa counties as proving grounds for Muscle Shoals phosphate fertilizer demonstrations. Tests target land seeded to soil building legumes grasses with free fertilizer from TVA. Counties await TVA approval and five year farmer participation for on farm demonstrations and farmer scientist meetings.
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Ames
Iowa State College Extension Service
Iowa
Muscle Shoals
Murl McDonald
Tennessee Valley Authority
Ala
McDonald
TVA
W. F. Watkins
L. G. Allbaugh
C. H. van Vlack
Rex. Beresford
E. S. Dyas
Genius Leaves Back Rent Owed To Washington Square Landlady
New York AP reports the creator known as Genius now owes money to Katarina Blanchard the longtime landlady of a Washington Square rooming house famed for sheltering artists and writers in hard times. Blanchard kept back rent records unstated, recalling tenants like Frank Norris Oscar Cesare and John Dos Passos who found refuge there alongside Peggy ONeill and performers such as Adelina Patti who stayed while preparing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington Square
Katarina Blanchard
Frank Norris
Oscar Cesare
J. T. Powers
Clarence Axman
Thompson Buchanan
Henry McBride
Gelett Burgess
George Garfield
Agnes Foster Wright
John Dos Passos
Bill Would Prohibit American Flags From Foreign Countries
Rep. John M. Costello introduces a bill to ban importing American flags made in foreign nations. The California Democrat cites seen flags labeled made in Japan used as dinner decorations, urging action after notes from the Native Sons of the Golden West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John M. Costello
Calif
Japan
Native Sons of the Golden West
California
Falling Leaves Box Elder Quilt Block Guidance
Instructional notice describes Box Elder leaf pattern for Falling Leaves quilt block. It explains tree identity, color layout, and applique steps plus how to obtain the next pattern and leaflet by sending a request to Nancy Page at The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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Nancy Page
The
Cedar Rapids
Nancy
G Man To Speak At Scout Area Annual Meeting On Tuesday
D M Ladd special agent in charge of the Chicago division of the FBI will speak on The Federal Bureau of Investigation's War on Crime at the Cedar Rapids area council Boy Scouts annual dinner at the Montrose hotel Tuesday at 630 p m. Council officers for 1937 will be elected and special training awards will be presented including the Scouter award to Leslie R Grigg and Scoutmaster's Key to J Walterick. The Silver Beaver award will be presented by Rev Nelson C Dreier. Reports, yearbook display, and a pageant What is a Boy Worth will be featured by Troop 6 and Cub Pack 6 with music by the McKinley high school orchestra directed by Paul Anthony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Ladd
Chicago
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cedar Rapids Area
Council of Boy Scouts
Montrose Hotel
Benton
Jones and Linn
Dean C. H. Geiger
Leslie R. Grigg
J. W. Walterick
Nelson C. Dreier
Area Court of Honor
W. E. McFann
Scout Troop
Cub Pack
First Congregational Church
McKinley High School
Paul Anthony
City Briefs and Personals Highlights Local Events
Prescriptions and drug deliveries noted for Richards Pharmacy. Master Masons urged to attend Crescent lodge funeral of John Toeller at Masonic hall 1:30 PM. Bungalow cooking school sessions set for Monday to Thursday. W R Cherry of 2432 B avenue NE back from Chicago after Cities Service Oil meeting. Iowa Volunteers Cedar Rapids post No 1 to host annual sauerkraut supper Monday at 6:30 PM. Mr and Mrs Leo W Larson of 1820 Higley avenue SE traveling to Rochester MN for Mayo Clinic treatment.
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Crescent Lodge
Masonic Hall
John Toeller
W. R. Cherry
Avenue NE
Chicago
Cities Service Oil Company
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Post
No. 1
Leo W. Larson
Higley Avenue
Rochester
Minn
Larson
Mayo Clinic
Milk price at McRaith's Ice Cream stores Seven cents a quart
The Home Owners' Loan Corporation of Washington seeks a $2,440 judgment in district court on a secured note allegedly made in 1934 by Amanda E. Border. The ad notes clean pasteurized milk sold at seven cents per quart.
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McRaith
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation of Washington, Alse
Amanda E. Border
Rotary luncheon to feature Illinois Central talk at Roosevelt
J C Corliss of the Illinois Central railroad public relations department will give an illustrated talk at the Rotary club Monday luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel. The item notes J H Steffens returning Friday from Des Moines after attending a Salt company sales meeting.
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J. H. Steffens
B Avenue NE
Des Moines
Ruggles and Rademaker Salt Company
J. C. Corliss
Illinois Central Railroad
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Bob sled party formed from Gazette Want Ad 5
Advertisers recruit a sled team by calling for a bob sled party. The notice signals a new group of men with teams and sleds to join a winter display advertised in the Gazette Want Ad section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Gazette
Steffens Family Seeks Update After Appendectomy
Mrs Martha Steffens of Hampton travels to Cedar Rapids to be with her daughter Miranda Steffens who underwent an appendectomy at St Luke's hospital on Wednesday. Paul Steffens of Annandale Minnesota had visited.
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Martha Steffens
Hampton
Cedar Rapids
Miranda Steffens
St. Luke’s Hospital
Paul Steffens
Anandale
Minn
Teacher Brother of Miss Steffens Returns Home
Relatives and friends visit for a week before he returns Thursday to Anandale where he is a teacher. He is a brother of Miss Steffens.
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Anandale
Steffens
Girl, 10, Injured Coasting At Shaver Park
Margaret Deal daughter of Mr and Mrs T M Deal of 114 Eighteenth street NE suffered lacerations on the left thigh after sliding into a telephone pole while coasting near Shaver park Saturday evening. She was treated at St Luke's hospital and released.
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Margaret Deal
T. M. Deal
Eighteenth Street
Shaver Park
St. Luke’s Hospital
Roosevelt to Ask Congress for Administrative Reorganization
President Roosevelt will send a special message to Congress on Tuesday detailing plans for government reorganization aimed at greater efficiency rather than saving dollars. The message includes the Brownlow committee report on administrative management examining overlapping federal activities, with Byrd's Senate group seeking economies and budget balance. Congress awaits Roosevelts precise proposals before pledging support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Louis Brownlow
Brownlow
Senate
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
Coralville Mayor Call For Jail After Crime Claim
Coralville Mayor Owen R. Morgan declared there is crime in Coralville and urged a new jail. He said a large jail is needed and noted the town has lacked a town marshal since Christmas, with unclear re signing status for Al Robinson.
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Coralville
Owen R. Morgan
Iowa City
Morgan
al Robinson
Births Report From Cedar Rapids and Des Moines Families
Mrs. Nettie Sisam reports the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Sisam of Des Moines on January 9. Other births include Ivan Ratlston in Des Moines January 8, Milo Spinler in Cedar Rapids January 9, Clifford Springer in Cedar Rapids, Charles Svoboda in Des Moines January 9, G. L. Sears in Cedar Rapids January 8, and John Koehler in Cedar Rapids January 8. Several infants born at Mercy and St Luke's hospitals.
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Nettie Sisam
First Avenue
C. H. Sisam
Des Moines
Sisam
Cedar Rapids
Ivan Ralston
Second Street
Mercy Hospital
Milo Spinler
St. Luke’s Hospital
John Koehler
Twenty-first Avenue
Trotzky in Mexico Predicts European War Likely
Leon Trotzky arrived in Tampico Mexico from Oslo aboard the Ruth and warned reporters there of a 75 percent chance that war will break out in Europe soon. He said health improved after the crossing and mentioned plans to visit New York. Mexican President Cardenas arranged a private retreat for the couple.
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Tampico, Mex
Leon Trotzky
Mexico
Europe
Ruth
Oslo
Young Roosevelt At White House May Go To Florida
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr staying at the White House after illness in Boston spoke of a Florida vacation. He said he would go south “pretty soon” after discussing plans with his parents and noted the Washington train trip went “fine, just fine.”
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Young Roosevelt
White House
Florida
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Boston
South
Roosevelt
Senators Push Tougher Immigration Rules Plan
Senator Reynolds of North Carolina and Representative Starnes of Alabama unveiled a three bill program to tighten immigration. It calls for immediate registration of all aliens, deportation of relief or lawbreaking aliens, a 90 percent cut in quotas, treaties to shrink western hemisphere quotas, and a federal government ban on employing aliens.
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Washington
America
Reynolds
North Carolina
Starnes
Alabama
Congress
United States
Roosevelt
Department of State
Gasoline Floods Half Block at Pure Oil Co Site
In Duluth Minnesota over 8000 dollars of gasoline flooded a half block around Pure Oil Co storage tanks. The gasoline reached a depth up to eighteen inches in spots and officials suspect a reversing pump caused the spill. Police and firemen redirected trains and traffic while workers salvaged the fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth, Minn
Pure Oil Co
Hazel Kelso Weds Charles M Guire in Central City
Mrs Cora Kelso of Central City announces the marriage of her daughter Hazel Pauline to Charles W McGuire son of Mr and Mrs A H McGuire of Central City. The ceremony was at the Methodist parsonage with Rev E C Allen officiating Thursday afternoon. Edith Avis and Arthur Blofield, also of Central City, attended. The bride wore royal blue chiffon crepe with lace trim. Avis wore brown sheer crepe with yellow gold accessories. The newlyweds will reside on a farm west of Central City after January 12.
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Cora Kelso
Central City
Hazel Pauline
Charles W. McGuire
A. H. McGuire
E. C. Allen
Edith Avis
Arthur Blofield
Miss Avis
Mrs. McGuire
Pope Appeals for World Peace Prayers at Manila Congress
Vatican message from Pope Pius to Dennis Cardinal Dougherty asks prayers for recovery of world peace and universal brotherhood at the Manila eucharistic congress. The papal mission, led by Dougherty, received in the Vatican where the Pope sent a personal gift of a gold embroidered altar cloth. Pontiff’s condition remains stationary.
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Vatican City
Manila
Pope Pius
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
Philadelphia
Cardinal Pacelli
Cardinal Dougherty
Vatican
Amenti Milani
Railroads Seek Swift ICC Ruling on Surcharge Hearings
Railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to limit hearings on proposed freight rate surcharges to tariffs affecting basic commodities and urged a quick decision. Observers viewed the move as aiming for a test case to determine which commodities would bear most of the increases.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Glassware Makers Grant Slight Raise to 7000 Workers
In Pittsburgh the National Association of Manufacturers of Pressed and Brown Glassware announced a new wage increase effective Feb 1 for about 7000 flint glass workers in 43 plants nationwide. The contract, negotiated by the American Flint Glass Workers union, covers unskilled workers previously without representation.
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Pittsburgh
National Association of Manufacturers of
American Flint Glass Workers Union
Traffic Tieup On Hill Blocks Highway Six West Of Tiffin
Five large trailer trucks jackknifed on a slippery hill about five miles west of Tiffin, blocking traffic on highway 6 late Saturday evening. No injuries were reported.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Tiffin
Considerable damage feared if starter pedal pressed with motor running
A cautionary note warns that pressing the starter pedal while the motor is already running could cause considerable damage to the system. The danger emphasizes avoiding simultaneous actions that drive mechanical stress.
Infinite Universe may host many living planets say Hubble Tolman
American scientists Dr Edwin P. Hubble and Dr Richard C. Tolman argue for a universe of infinite size containing myriad planets capable of supporting life. They note redshift observations could imply expansion, but contend current facts also fit a non expanding infinite model.
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Hubble and Tolman
New York
Edwin P. Hubble
Richard C. Tolman
Hubble
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Prof
Tolman
Einstein
California Institute of Technology
Carnegie Institution
Astrophysical Journal
University of Chicago
Drs. Hubble
Sprinkler Head Breaks Floods Store Basement
A sprinkler head in the basement beneath Home Specialty store at 304 Second Avenue SE broke Saturday at 6 33 p.m. flooding the room with about an inch of water. Firemen mopped up the water and there was no stock loss.
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Second Avenue SE
William H. Suhusen
Third Avenue SE
Vincent Stodola
B Avenue
Sixth Street
Ralph Osborne
Third Avenue
S. J. Semerad
Second Street
Eighteenth Avenue
It Must Have Been a Mighty Fine Picture
Mrs Kinkaid of Iowa City reported her 8 year old daughter Nideen missing after she left at noon Saturday. Police searched the city until 9 p.m. when they found Nideen leaving a theater. She had seen Theodora Goes Wild four times and called it a great picture.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
M. E. Kinkaid
Nideen
Theodora Goes Wild
Doctor Hurt After Car Strikes Snowplow Near Homestead
Dr. Clarence Van Epps head of neurology at the University of Iowa medical college sustained cuts and bruises when his car struck a snowplow near Homestead on Saturday. Witnesses say the bumper hooked the plow's rear wheel as he returned to Iowa City from Grinnell.
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Iowa City
Clarence van Epps
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Homestead
van Epps
Grinnell
War In Europe Now Improbable Says State Dept Head
Washington (UP) Acting Secretary of State R Walton Moore warned war in Europe is unlikely left Saturday. He said an outbreak would be an adventure in death by own action and expressed confidence leading European nations would not go to war over Spain. Moore repeated hope for a pacific resolution to the crisis.
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Washington
Europe
R. Walton Moore
Moore
Spain
Landon to Become Country Gentleman on Leaving Office
Gov Alf Landon will retire Monday and become a country gentleman. He bought 160 acres west of Topeka for a colonial style home and will landscape the property and sell five acre lots. He plans to resume control of his oil interests in southern Kansas and his real estate ventures.
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Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Walter A. Haxman
Kansas
Dog Hero Salvages Inmates From Freezing Nebraska Blaze
Lincoln Nebraska dog named Jerry woke its owners Mr. and Mrs. J E Sloss and roomer Leonard Walker as a fire began near the furnace. The brave dog navigated two doors to escape from a basement blaze, then all occupants fled into 16 below zero temperatures.
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Lincoln
Neb
INS
Jerry
J. E. Sloss
Leonard Walker
Bandits Take 5600 From Portland Telegraph Office
Two masked men held up the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph business office in Portland Oregon on Saturday. They forced G G Lundberg treasurer cashier and an assistant into the vault and escaped with 5600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland, Ore
INS
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
G. G. Lundberg
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