Linn county raises salaries for 36 workers and bailiffs
Linn supervisors approved annual salary increases totaling 83 420 for 36 county employees plus a 50 cent day raise for court bailiffs when in session. Top pay goes to County Engineer William H Behrens at 3 120, with many clerks and attendants receiving monthly increases and specific office pay scales listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn Supervisors
William 4H. Behrens
Thomas McAllen
W C. Brownell
Grace Bleakly
R. R Jordan
Walter Shupp
William H Behrens
F. E. Buckner
H. A. Gillette
J. L. Bigger
D A. Peterson
D. C. Klink
W. C. Brownell
H. R. Koob
F. F. Frederick
Linn
C. L. Peterson
Dewey Alexander
R M_ Clark
K. E. Graver
W. A. Peterson
William H Bleakly
R. R. Jordan
Clara Fellows
Dorcas Dean
William Peterman
Alwine Peterman
Erma Rompot
Zeta Stevenson
Constance Sawyer
Mary Wright
Clarence Hiebert
Joe Havlik
Alice Smith
Jennie Mote
Vance Newhouse
Charles Wadden
William Muir
H. C. Adams
L. H. Griffin
Lottie Melichar
Merritt R. Heath
Nina N. Hersch
Helen E. Clark
Gertrude Benecke
County Officials OK Salaries and Allocations in 1941 Budget
County funds approve salaries for Buchan and deputies plus jailers clerks and office staff with listed amounts, and set 40 cent hourly extra pay cap. Appointments of Minnie Johnson Verona Hayette as clerks in Auditor Vesely's office approved. Tax collection reports from three justices of the peace accepted and an $80 compromise on Horak Pharmacy taxes noted. Marion real estate lease of 45 acres to Anna Pospisil for one year with Scout retreat caveat. Purchase of new Caterpillar tractors approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Johnson
Verona Hayette
Robert Vesely
Anna Pospisil
Marion
Voice of Mrs Lookhoff Praised In Coe College Recital
Grace Huddle Lookhoff debuted a full recital at Sinclair Memorial chapel, Coe college, Tuesday night. The program impressed listeners with her fresh tone and refined interpretation, building on earlier favorable notices for the new instructor.
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Grace Huddle Lookhoff
Coe College
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Mrs. Lockhofff
Nominations Open For Queen Of 1941 Icecapade
Cedar Rapids seeks a queen for the Winter Sports club Ice capade of 1941. Candidates aged 16 to 25 from Cedar Rapids or within a 60 mile radius may enter with a photo. Balloting runs five days after Jan 25 opening. winner presides over the show. Haven Simmons chairs the committee.
Nomination Blank For Cedar Rapids Ice Carnival Queen
A nomination form for the Ice Carnival Queen requires a recent photo. Contestants must be between 1 and 25 years old and reside within Cedar Rapids and a sixty mile trade radius. Entries close Saturday noon January 18 1941 sent to the Chamber of Commerce Cedar Rapids Iowa with name age address city and telephone.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa
Notable vocalist shines with musical support
Mrs Lockhoff stands out as the excellent vocalist with a balanced artistry and strong vitality. Eleanor Taylor provides thoughtful piano accompaniment while Kathleen Check and Grant Rasmussen lead a string quartet with Leota Becking and Wilbur Bakehouse. Audience reaction shows strong appreciation.
Social Security Account Holders Allowed to Check Records
The Social Security Board offers wage earners a yearly chance to obtain a statement of wages credited to their account. John W. Donnelly of Cedar Rapids says 50 million accounts exist, and the card request option aids workers in verifying their Old Age and Survivors Insurance records.
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Social Security Board
John W Donnelly
Federal Building
Cedar Rapids
John J Corson
Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance
Social Security
Field
Board Form Sealed Mail Request For Social Security Account
A worker is instructed to fill out a board form and mail it or write a letter requesting the same. The text notes that the worker must provide his name address social security number and date of birth to identify the account. A reply is received in a sealed envelope.
Ice Storm Victim Sees Car Hit Twice by Trucks
C W Peeples, 27, of 326 Third Street SW, escaped serious injury after two trucks rear and front clipped his 1937 coupe in front of his home. Sergt Howard Walsh witnessed the second collision as Peeples stepped out. Peeples asked what to do, joking he might park the car under his bed.
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C. W. Peeples
Third Street
Peeples
Sergt
Howard Walsh
Walsh
Report on bone mending with nails wires and metal
New Orleans AP reports that nails screws wires and steel bands are used increasingly to mend broken bones. Surgeons say the method avoids heavy plaster casts and braces, letting patients recover sooner, though safety under war conditions requires properly equipped hospitals.
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New Orleans
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
Clay Ray Murray
New York
Peace After War Urged by Iowa Church Leader
About 24 Cedar Rapids presbytery ministers heard Fred J Kluss of Roosevelt High School argue for a just postwar peace built on scholarly plans. Rev James B Hodgson and others spoke, warning against negotiated peace and predicting fallout from a Hitler victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
James B Hodgson
Coe College
Hodgson
Europe
Kluss
Narivassal
Hitler
Church Leader Urges Progressive Tone to Solve Problems
The Rev. Joseph W. Gray Jr of Mount Vernon closed Tuesday morning meeting urging cultivation of virtue and a progressive church to foster an atmosphere for solving democratic governance problems. He argued democracy fails not by its form but by vision and will.
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Joseph W. Gray, Jr
Mount Vernon
Iowa U Students Perform Acts at Legion Meeting
Hanford post of the American Legion hosted Iowa university students at Memorial Coliseum Armory Tuesday night. Under Bill Sener as master of ceremonies the Swing Kids Norman Gold and Rosina Alexander performed shag dancing and other acts.
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Hanford Post
The
American Legion
Memorial Coliseum Armory
Iowa University
Bill Sener
Norman Gold
Rosina Alexander
Swing Kids
Walter Rouzer and Willie in a ventriloquist act
Jud. Cook tap dancer and the Four Cents a barbershop quartet performed at the posts New Years party. Members listed include Larry Geuber Paul Jeaundell Robert Katschkowsk and Everett Hogan Colar. Motion pictures by C P Carls Spence were shown. Dan Kruidenter reported post membership at 900 and urged action to reach over 1,000. An average of four earthquakes occur daily on Japan.
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Walter Rouzer
Willie
Cook
Larry Geuber
Paul Jeaundell
Robert Katschkowsk
Everett Hogan
Colar
C P Carls Spence
Dan Kruidenter
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J. H. Woodside
E. L. Kelso
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Vera Hibnes
Virginia Morgan
P. J. Whittemore
Maxine Paeper
Hilda Schmickle
D. A. Peterson
Irma Hall
Agnes Kuba
Sadie Kacer
Madeline Brutsman
Ray Coutts
Dorothy Hovey
Agnes
A&p
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Stinker
Lookhoff
Prof
Max Daehler
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Des Moines
Iawa
Haven Simmons
Klass
N.Y
Tobaccoland
U.S.A
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co
Fifth Avenue
Leocarr & Mysas Tobacco Ca
Iowa U
Japan
Bismarck Hotel
Baa
Tacebog
Dixie Flagler
Chicago
Miami
Florida
Cuba
Dixie Route Travel Bureau
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St. Louis
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L&n
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Dixie Flagier
John M Miller Ameren
Camden
Philadelphia
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