Y W C A Annual Meeting Highlights Discuss Trends
Sixty members and friends attend the Y W C A annual membership dinner at the Y W C A building. Mrs Ernest A Johnson of Lake Forest speaks on trends in the Y W C A and future needs. Election of board members and nominating committee reports are presented. The program includes music by Washington Girl Reserves and Olivet Church delegates. flowers and lighting enhance the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest A. Johnson
Lake Forest
Wayne Foster
Robert Little
Katherine Franken
Pye Gor Hilber
Mes
F.C. Chambers
Osl¢ha Swen
Pene Ee Aden
Russell Knapp
Fred A. Winas
Nomigent Sempittre
Inga
Tupper
Blissade McQuir
Marvin R. Selden
Louis D
Y. W
Johnson
Y. W C A
Winifred Murray
Meriwyn Pollins
Maxine Reams
Betty Walters
Blanche Stolba
Viola Bohac
Washington
Miss Stolba
Miss Bohse
Grant
Frances Owen
Jack Nelson
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Jane Boyd Circle Meets for Luncheon and Devotions
Jane Boyd circle of the King's Daughters met Thursday at 1 pm for a luncheon. Devotionals were led by Mrs. Tom Walpole who read the international letter on Gods Gentleness. At the business meeting the president outlined spring work for committees and read a letter of appreciation from the Community House. Mrs Harry W Dunker was a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Boyd
King’s Daughters
Oscar Anderson
Tom Walpole
Harry W Dunker
Mr and Mrs Burger Return From Southern Motor Tour
Mr and Mrs George Burger have returned from a two and a half month motor tour through the southern states. Mrs Burger, formerly Miss Sylvia Northland, and Mr Burger will make their home in Cedar Rapids for the present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Burger
Burger
Sylvia Northland
Mr. Burger
Cedar Rapids
Harmony breakfast honors Louise Beebe ahead of Des Moines move
Mrs. Lillian Lumsden hosted a Friday morning breakfast at Harmony cafeteria honoring Mrs. Louise Beebe who departs Sunday to accept a new position with Nina Ross Cosmetic in Des Moines. Guests included Nina Ross Cosmetic staff from the local office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Lumsden
Nina Ross Cosmetic
Harmony
Louise Beebe
Des Moines
Guest Night Postponed at River Hotel
Weather forces postponement of the Ladies United Benevolent Society event at the Roseviewest hotel tonight. the evening program and end of season plans have been deferred until further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rousévest Hotel
Dairy Dale PTA Plans Dance For Community Hall
The Dairy Dale Parent-Teacher Association met at the school house to plan a Feb 16 dance at the Dairy Dale Community Hall for hall funds. Mrs Joseph Trestnar presided as community singing opened the meeting led by Mrs Louis Vavrech. Committee reports and a second grade reading demonstration directed by Miss Edina Donahue featured Bernice Vavroch Betty Fredikson Ellen Trejnar and Arlene Klekar. Louise Sundberg played a piano solo and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy Dale
Parent-Teacher Association
P. T A
Joseph Trestnar
Louis Vavrech
Edina Donahue
Bernice Vavroch
Betty Frederikson
Ellen Trejtnar
Arlene Klekar
Louise Sundberg
El Kahir Auxiliary elects officers at luncheon meeting
Edna C. Duncan was elected chairman of the El Kahir unit of the Shriners hospital auxiliary at a picnic luncheon and meeting at the Home for the Friendless. Other officers include Mrs. Charles Bode as vice chairwoman Mrs. W J Hutchings as secretary Mrs. J W Thompson as treasurer and Mrs. W C Benesh as corresponding secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna C. Duncan
el Kahir
Shriners’ Hospital
Charles Bode
W. J. Hutchings
J. W. Thompson
W. C. Benesh
Birthday Surprise For Mae Van Dyke At Home
About twenty five friends and relatives surprised Mae Van Dyke on her birthday Thursday at her home. The evening featured cards and dancing with a decorated birthday cake as a gift from Mrs. Sheridan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae van Dyke
Quilt won by Mrs. James Janda at Memorial building meeting
Mrs James Janda of 1808 Hamilton Street SW won a quilt made by the Jane Delano auxiliary to the U S W V at the auxiliary meeting held Friday evening in the Memorial building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Janda
Hamilton Street
Jane Delano
Memorial Building
Trinity Methodist youth party postponed to Thursday
The Young People's League at Trinity Methodist Church has postponed its coasting party until Thursday evening. League members will gather at Frank Schultz's home on O Avenue NW for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People's League of
Trinity Methodist Church
Frank Schultz
O Avenue NW
Stores Dropped From Relief Script List In Linn County
Several Linn county merchants redeeming direct federal aid script have been suspended from the relief script program for violating regulations by supplying items not on the approved list. County relief chairman Benjamin Tait said State Relief Chairman E. H. Mulock notified him early Saturday that suspensions followed recent state investigations. The specific store names were not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
State Relief Department
Benjamin Tait
County Relief
E. H. Mulock
Des Moines
Tait
Sunday Horoscope Preview for January 20
The STARS SAY stresses orthodox avocations of the day elevating spiritual impulses toward psychic research or mediumship. Those born on January 20 face a year of peculiar and intriguing experiences in work, relationships, and inner life. A notable nativity is poet Richard Le Gallienne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard le Gal- Hlenne
Ickes Warns Housing Drive Foes Over Luxury Living
Secretary Harold Ickes told the national public housing conference that private initiative often fails to provide decent housing and that the government must act. He urged careful appraisement of slum areas and warned critics against price-cut land bargaining, citing thirteen federal housing projects already under way in nine cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ins
Harold L. Ickes
Housing Administration
New York City
Des Moines river authority survey underway in Iowa
Representative Utterback announced a three week preliminary report on a proposed Des Moines river authority. Engineers from Young and Stanley of Muscatine Iowa will survey the project for damming the Des Moines river above Des Moines for a joint power, flood control and lake recreation plan. The study will cover scope, development options, stability, income sources and costs before seeking federal funds. Utterback plans to introduce legislation in Congress to create a Des Moines river authority similar to the Tennessee Valley Authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Des Moines River
Utterback
Uiterback
Des Moines
Iowa Capital
Iowa
Young and Stanley
Muscatine
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
Mount Vernon to Palisades Road Surfacing Planned
Linn county to acquire 100-foot right of way for a graded 30-foot wide road from Mount Vernon toward Palisades Kepler state park. State highway commission will let contracts soon in Ames. project to provide park access and extend west from highway 261 over about 3.1 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palisades- Kepler State Park
Mount Vernon
Linn County Board of Supervisors
William H Behrens
State Highway Commission
Behrens
Rough Ride Test Ordered For Army Air Corps Members
Washington AP reports all 1 228 Army Air Corps pilots must pass a rough ride test by June 30 to remain as flyers. Secretary Dern ordered the test with annual requirements thereafter, including blind flight night flying instrument cross country and formation flying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Air Corps
Dern
Baker Aviation Commission
Department
The Sphinx Myth Misread in Egypt Observed
The article argues the great Egyptian statue commonly called the Sphinx is actually Harmachis the god. It notes Harmachis as a sociable deity and criticizes the mythic attribution of a lion body with a woman's head as a true sphinx.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Harmachis
Public Ledger, Inc
Birthday dances mark Franklin county events in January
Elkader and nearby towns report a county wide birthday celebration for President Wilson with a dance in Elkader’s opera house on January 30. Local chairmen and committee members from McGregor Strawberry Point Garnevillo Guttenberg Monona Luana Farmersburg St Olaf Volga City Edgewood Littleport and other communities organize ticket sales and event details for the observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Schug
Garnavillo
E. J. Kregel
Guttenberg
Ed. Felder
A Abel
Monona
Eugene Kilempell
Luana
Art Berg
Farmersburg
Kenneth Fuelling
St. Olaf
G. B. Stewart
Volga City
Tom Ryan
Edgewood
Charles Todd
Littleport
Joe Kafer
Elkport
Harry Butler
Garber
Thor Fiske
Marquette
Bob Edgar
Charles Calvin
Henry Weber
D. L. Mason
Elmer Miller
Roy Simmons
Noah Miller
Gene Smith
Oracle
Ardian Feldman
Effie Butler
Mary Andrews
Stella Markwell
Recorder
Joe King
Inner Sentinel
Rosa Miller
Outer Sentinel
Fern Faas
Arapages
Emma Oll
Will Rogers on trains and grade crossings in Indianapolis
Will Rogers notes good train service in Indianapolis for a hospital benefit, cites an accidental grade crossing incident as not clearly anyone's fault, praises crossing elimination for workers and lives saved, and comments on Indiana politics without new taxes. He asks about news from the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Supreme Court
Christmas seal sale in Jones county raises 775
The Jones county Christmas seal sale committee met in Monticello and heard township chairmen report approximately 775 dollars realized in the county, a substantial increase from last year. County officers were elected: director Mrs. James Remley Anamosa chairwoman Mrs. George McDonald Center Junction vice chairman Nelle Morey Anamosa secretary treasurer Mrs. Alfred Remley Anamosa. Cascade death of Mrs. Benjamin Timmer follows meningitis. Postville Presbyterian church elected elders and trustees, church hosts and other officers including superintendent E F Weihe and secretary Lois Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Alden
Adah
Elsie Servite
Esther
Mae Peck
Maritinas
Murachy
T+ sono
Hana
Pearl Rogers
Marz.Plamear
Dee Thomsen
W. H. Alden
Nonkira
ANT
Pogars
Evelyn
Raymond
Laurence
Nicholas
Bernard
Jacob
Lester
Helen
Cascade
St. Mary's Church
J. B. Albers
Postville
Community Presbyterian Church
Amy Meier
John Waters
Paul Topel
Arthur Webster
A. L. Peterson
Harvey Roberts
F. H. Luhman
Elmer Weihe
A. C. Webster
Ira Smith
C.B. Jessen
C. A. Pearson
R. F. Galloway
E. F. Weihe
Flora Franklin
Lois Turner
B. F. Bollman
Dorothy Douglass
Nazis Accused Of Terrorism In Saar Basin
Terrified refugees describe Nazi persecution in the Saar Basin as anti Nazi groups lack protection. League of Nations officials and Geneva appeals by Anthony Eden offer slim hope while troops wait in barracks. A Paris mine guard shelters non Nazis as others sleep in the snow and woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saar Basin
Saarbruecken
Saar
League of Nations
Berlin
International Army
Germany
Geneva
Anthony Eden
Eden
Sulzbach
Secret Service
United Press
Lloyd Hamilton Dies at 44 in Hollywood
Comedian Lloyd Hamilton died Friday in Hollywood at age 44 from a stomach ailment. A round faced silent film star, Hamilton rose to fame in early cinema and remained popular despite his decline after talkies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Lloyd Hamilton
Talking Pictures
Five names circling as Roosevelts recovery chief picks
Washington dispatch outlines speculation on the choice to head the $4 billion relief and recovery program. Names cited include Frank P. Walsh Frank C. Walker Harold L. Ickes Harry L. Hopkins and Admiral Christian J. Peoples with debate over Ickes amid opposition alleging slow spending graft concerns and municipal power project bias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recovery
Frank P. Walsh
Kansas City
New York
Frank C. Walker
PWA
Harold L. Ickes
FERA
Harry L. Hopkins
Christian J. Peoples
Navy Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Roosevelt
Congress
Ickes
Plan
Just Folks by Edgar A Guest
The poem portrays nature sleeping through winter while humans fret and toil. It contrasts the calm of trees and the earth with man's anxious dreams and unending ambition, urging restraint to gain strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Just Folks
Edgar A. Guest
Appointment of Executors No 13150 in Iowa
Notice from Linn County Iowa dated January 11 1935 names executors for the estate of Davis M Auten deceased. Creditors and those owing money asked to pay promptly and file claims with the Linn County District Court Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Linn County
Davis M. Auten
Mindful musings on science and society in old columns
A fragment from a historical column discusses science guiding moral choices, warns on individual rights versus collective order, and surveys ethics in commerce and politics. It cites George M. Roberts on deceit by tradesmen, noting victims as the ignorant and careless, especially men and children. It also mentions debates between communism and capitalism and tariff disputes within a university essay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Roberts
Washington D. C
America
Masks of Loyalty Split Society and Drive Toward Unity
A writer argues that myriad loyalties and numerous societies reflect diverse beliefs but will clash only to yield a balance of common interests. He sees a trend back toward national solidarity of purpose amid this fragmentation. A separate Q and A panel asks if handsome men fare better in films. The answer: looks are less decisive now. successful actors often rely on reputations, and newcomers face mockery, even as the industry jokes about “anti beauty” trials.
House Votes Army Probe Continued
Washington AP reports the House approved unanimously a resolution to continue the military affairs committee inquiry into War Department purchase methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Military Affairs Committee
War Department
Notice to compromise claim in Iowa bank receivership case
District Court in Linn county Iowa hears application by D W Bates Receiver of Iowa State Savings Bank Cedar Rapids asking court to authorize compromise of a first mortgage for 83131 62 and a deed of conveyance and second mortgage totaling 840 00 to settle all indebtedness of A A Wood and Rachel M Wood You must appear January 26 1935 to show cause why order should not be granted. Dr W Bates Receiver Jos Mekota Attorney for Receiver.
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District Court of
Towa
Linn County
W. Bates
State of Iowa
Towa State Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowsa State Bavings Bank
Lows
Home Owners Loan Corporation
A. A. Wood
Rachel Mr. Wood
Linn County Court House
Dr. W._ BATES
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SPEED
DES Moines River Power Survey
Palisades
John Hervey Farbay, Ph.d
Sphinx
Iowa News
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Adnan
SOLON
Sunflower
Rebekah Lodge
Anna Mekota
Florence Netolicky
Noble Grand
Ruth Heinsius
Velma Beck
Albin Kessler
Lucile Adams
Solon State Bank
Richard Adams
William Apitz
O. E. Markitan
Joseph T. Krob
William Unick
William Mclaughlin
Joe Pavelka
Wazleton
G. W. Nelson Woman's Relief Corps
Hazel Lahner
Margaret Steggall
Mary Worley
Alice Brown
Bertha Spragg
Neva Latham
Susan Oelberg
Anna Wengert
Ida Lawrence
Letta Waters
Sadie Munger
Golda Becker
Jessamine Bacon
Genevieve Silka
Velma Gerstenberger
Hazel Gerstenberger
Nellie King
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Ethel Smith
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Anna Farmer
Stella Sherman
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Grace Thomas
Marie Schneider
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May Way
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Modesty
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Jennie Frentress
Opal Upson
Lorraine Frentress
Estella Wayman
Agnes Dvorak
Anna Kucera
Marie Kucera
R. S
N. G
Rose Silhanek
L. S
Rose Vileta
V. G
Mayme Postolka
Mable Upah
Jenevieve Monroe
Betty Wayman
Vernon Wayman
Mable Wayman
Emma Kauphan
Beatrice Ulch
Emma Novak
Quasqueton
H. T. Manson
Union Church
Guy Rutherford
Cresco
Maude Hekel
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Verle Manson
Frank Manson
Canada
Ely
Ely Lodge
J. H. Woodside
Maine Lodge
Lumir Truh- Pyon
Gegeses Tycka
Norbert Vanourny
Robert Farman
Andrew Clark
Center Point
Anti-Saloon League
J. R. Lee
Finch Wagner
W. R. Watsebaugh
L. J. Dennis
Lee Dennison
Cato Satchett
Margaret Newland
Sam Lewis
Ethel Anne Holloway
E. E. Silver
Elizabeth Gil
Anamosa
Arthur McCullough Post
American Legion
Amber
Springville
Glenn McLaughlin
Charles Spaethe
John Goodman
R. E. Ballard
Clyde E. Barker
Atkins
Louisa Schueler
Adam and
Anna Schueler
Nick Schueler
Theo Schueler
Boone
H. L. Zenov
Orvie Risdal
St. Stephan’s Lutheran Church
G. Rickles
Hawkeye
Windsor
Order of Eastern Star
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J. R. Barrett
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N. B. Tibbitts
Charles Rulifson
L. W. Sachs
G. L. Cumming
Jennie Smith
W. W. Burkhart
Marshal
L. H. Hauth
Leo Raatz
Ruth
Orra Bevins
G. W. Aspinwall
Martha
W. E. Walsh
Electa
K. R. Henderson
Bessie Schoonover
Sentinel
Art Renwick
Allen Dungey
Wyoming
Keystone Lodge
Eastern Star
Robert Grappengeter
Maquoketa
Earl Heath
Onslow Lodge
W.W. M
J. W. Thomson
Klaud Dick
Henry Bramer
A. W. Peck
Howard Gee
Tyler
C. N. Rogers
E. S
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JW. Thomson
Elizabeth Alden
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Grace
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Iokes
United States
Ad‘amar Trates
Super Gency Relief Administration
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Walsh
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Public Welfare Board
National Labor Conference Board
National War Labor Board
Linni £ Opal Breidert
Delbert M. Auten
W. Hann
Attornex
Albert Edward Wiggam
Harry W. Hepner
Syracuse University
Albert Edward Wissam
Albert E. Wigam
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Iplyle
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