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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1934
Page
12
Miss Eleanor Montgomery and others hosted a bridge luncheon for Miss Adris Willson at 1948 Fifth Avenue SE. In nearby social news, the Railway Brotherhood installed officers for 1934 led by Mrs Beulah Bort, and a wedding at the Oliphant home with guests and luncheon followed the ceremony.
The Congenial Hundred club hosts its January dancing party at Hotel Montrose Crystal ballroom Friday from 8:30 to 12. Intermission entertainment is planned. Committee: George Liddle, Cecil Bolsinger, Dwight Lupton, Paul Bedell, George Smith, Leslie Crabbs, and Dr Hoyt Thomas.
Miss Elizabeth Earley entertained at Dr and Mrs Frederick G Murray home 1829 B avenue NE Saturday afternoon for a kitchen shower honoring Frances Keith whose marriage to Stevenson Earley of Traer will take place Thursday High score at bridge went to Miss Mamie Mauss with second to Mrs Thomas Suchomel Guests included Miss Mary Keith Traer Mrs Robert Keith Mrs Nelson Keith Mrs James Bradley Miss Ann Bradley Mrs Emily Redus Miss Mary Fuller Miss Georgia Lindsay Miss Deane Pigott Miss Norma Jordan Miss Irene Mahannah Miss Mary Gallagher Miss Rachel Clark Mrs Murray Miss Janet Murray and Miss Winifred Murray
WEST LIBERTY The home talent play Beads On A String will be presented at the South Prairie church Tuesday at 8 pm. Proceeds go to defray expenses of an institute to be held Wednesday and Thursday at the church. Participants include John Kile Marguerite James Raymond Kile Bernard Brugman Vernon Wright Leslie Steen Lucy Anderson Dorothy Wilson Elma Odell. Harry Nauman will judge the small grains and fruit and Mrs Raymond Fitzgerald will judge the fancy work and vegetables.
Thelma Alcorn daughter of Mrs Derle Langmann Tipton married Robert McClellan of Stanwood Friday at the Tipton Presbyterian parsonage. Rev H N Poston officiated. They went to Cedar Rapids for a wedding dinner for eight. The bride, a Tipton High and Coe College graduate, taught in Kenwood Park and Clarence schools and worked with Ingram Production. she is a pianist. The groom edits the Stanwood Herald and their home will be in Stanwood.
The marriage of Miss Bonelta Armstrong and Russell Lowell Myers of Cedar Rapids was solemnized Saturday at 3 p.m. by Rev. E. J. Wykle at his home 231 Tenth Street NW. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. George Stevens of Cedar Rapids.
The Willy Weiss contract bridge challenge trophy leaves Cedar Rapids after the local team’s weekend defeat. Davenport held the trophy. Cedar Rapids women defended it against two challengers. The winning lineup features E. A. Hayes Mount Pleasant Paul S. Junkin Fairfield Burt Vaughn and D I Goode Broomfield. Junkin is league president and Hayes secretary.
Miss Nina Christina Kiester sister of Mrs. Robert C. Hopwood wed William Kenneth McGuire son of Mrs. Thomas E. Burke Sunday afternoon at 5. Olivet Presbyterian pastor Rev E J Wykle officiated at the Hopwood home 1217 Third Avenue SW. The couple, Grant High School graduates, reside at 442 Fourth Avenue.
Miss Evelyn Risdale entertained friends on her sixteenth birthday at the Chester Hagan home near Atkins. Attendees included Dorothy and Wilma Lensch Raymond and Este Keiper Lillian Schminke Dorothy Rinderknecht Lydia Theiss Wilma Wethrhan Leota Koehn Bert and Louise Krug Aine and Doris Simmer Pauline Behrens Howard Freeman Merlon Koehn Harry Albrecht George Popenhagen Keith Beatty Edward and George Krug Betty and Charles Lensch Wilma and Paul Rinderknecht and Calvin Pratt from Cedar Rapids Elmer Sass Albert Kructner and Mr and Mrs Charles Hagan of Shellsburg.
The Poweshiek county older boys and girls conference meets January 30 at the Brooklyn Methodist church. Officers include President Howard Willett and Vice President Walter Talcott with committees led by Ruth Davidson and Enid Hatcher. Other towns report O E S installations and local officer elections.
Sutherland C. Dows urged acceptance of new ideas to build an economic system lasting 150 to 200 years. He noted land policy flaws and farm surplus pressures while calling for industry and agriculture adjustment. The talk opened the Northwestern Mutual Life Iowa agents meeting at the Montrose Hotel with about ninety attending.
Herbert Hoover Jr son of the former president testified to a Senate committee about air mail contact fears and his resignation offer to avoid contract talk He described his 1929 1930 pay rising from 200 to 466 monthly and said he received a leave of absence after resigning in 1930 He denied any stock bonuses or political contributions and stated his wife was not involved.
A 1934 Amos Parrish column outlines cruise wear for winter sea voyages. It describes new cruise clothes, including boucie knits, three piece suits, dresses, sweaters, shorts, slacks, and evening attire with lace, jackets, and land outfits for shore visits. It emphasizes practicality for damp ocean air and tropical nights aboard ship.
Captain Bill May and Fay Baker, a dancer, flew from Le Pas to Winnipeg via a patched plane after six days lost. Blizzard and storms forced landings at Whisky Jack Island and Duck Island with Indians aiding Baker. May repaired the plane, salvaged a shelter, and finally reached Lake Winnipego sis with their first meal since Jan. 9.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania industrial conflict grips the northern anthracite region as United Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania organize picket lines at about twenty collieries. About 40 000 miners face idleness while 140 state police stand by to disperse demonstrations. State president Rinaldo Cappellini is jailed on malice and disorderly conduct charges.
The Royal Neighbors held an installation of officers on Thursday evening in Norway. Installed were Oracle Mrs Bertha Robertson and many officers including vice oracle Myrna Schloecman, past oracle Anna Fahnle, chancellor Mrs Augusta Steffenson, recorder Mrs Mark Meredith, and musician Geraldine Long, among others.
Traffic Violators Fined in Police Court. Carlin King of Ladora led the traffic panel, paying $10 fine and costs for speeding. Carl Phelps of Walker fined $2 and costs for parking in front of a theater. Penny supper advertised by First Evangelical church on Tuesday night. L. B. Burrows and Gio Walker mentioned in city briefs.
Iowa City will hold an April 17 special election on a proposed $917000 municipally owned light plant. Mayor Harry D Breene announced the date after enough property owners in five wards demanded the vote. The council seeks a 30 percent grant from the Public Works Administration.
Fayet te Floyd Dean, manager of a local ice company, escaped serious injury Saturday afternoon when his truck overturned after starting to move from the loaded position. He jumped into the cab to stop it but struck a stump, rolling off a cliff into the creek bottom. he suffered bruises and cuts.
Mrs Caroline Renfer oldest Spring Grove resident celebrated her eighty fourth birthday with a family dinner Thursday. She came from Germany as a child with her parents and settled in Spring Grove. Guests included Nelson Mote Herman Candler Clarence Price JR and SR families Clark Evers Robert Mote Roy Mentzer Harrison Price Cecil Price Roy Annis Bert Candler and Joan Annis. Three great grandchildren Keith Price Jay Price and Joan Annis attended.
Wellman Savings Bank plans a trusteeship over half of restricted deposits by waivers tied to senate file 111. Fifty-one percent of depositors representing seventy-five percent of funds must sign. remaining funds released. Roy Durian is cashier and H. W Deuker president.
NEW YORK INS unclaimed the body of David Lamar known as The Wolf of Wall Street lay at the morgue as an attorney sought relatives to arrange funeral services. Lamar died of heart disease in a midtown hotel room where he had lived in obscurity and near poverty. Armin Kohn the attorney, tried to contact Lamar's daughter Dorothy Lamar of Pittsfield Massachusetts and second wife Edna Eck but received no word. Police found $138 cash a suit of clothes and a few small personal items in the room. no other property was recorded.
Hollywood, UP Rudy Vallee evaded local process servers by fleeing to New York to avoid a Monday court hearing on two motions in his estranged wife Fay Webb Vallee's separate maintenance suit. He slipped away Saturday night by secret flight to the Arizona border then boarded a train for New York, according to friends.
A Battle Creek goitre expert warns of the condition’s dangers and notes thousands afflicted. He offers a free illustrated home treatment book and advises sufferers to write to Physicians Treatment and Advisory Co in Battle Creek Michigan for guidance.
Cedar Rapids Life Insurance Co reports a 28th annual statement showing a near 1932 level of new business district wide and a 93 percent coverage of Iowa market. The company paid policyholders 753 768 in 1933, with reserves totaling 4 007 860 and real estate valued at 870 480.41. Principal agencies span Iowa and Minneapolis.
An advertisement promotes Dr Leonhardt s Hem-Roid as a safe internal treatment for piles. It claims the cause is internal congestion and that Hem-Roid removes it, improves circulation, and heals the affected area with a money back guarantee if it fails.
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