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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1937

Page

6

Franklin forms new junior band to join senior ensemble

Franklin junior high creates a large instrumental group trained by Roland Moehlmann to blend with the senior band for football game appearances. Both bands share music studies, rehearse twice weekly, and will use carnival proceeds for uniforms. The carnival runs 7 to 11 p.m. with attractions and a 10 p.m. queen presentation.

Franklin Junior High School Roland Moehlmann Franklin School Moehlmann Ann Hill Phyllis Leacox Billy Owens James Thomas Dean Stucker David Battin Malcolm Coy Walter Bugenstein Ruth Hardiman Jimmy Hausler Robbins Jackson Dick Layman Bob Mitchell Herbert Northcutt Bob Sanborn Richard Selvie Allan Taylor Dale Toms John Vondracek Virginia Williamson Oliver Patrick Jack Burroughs Betty Houts Henry Haegg Leland Hausler Warren Hyten Bob Kimball Robert Klinsky Donald McGinty Robert Puckett John Reitz Robert VanHorn Gerald Wachal Buddy Lyman Allan Parker Gertrude Shamberg Eugene Stepanek Ione Thompson Leone Larson Junior Kohl Dean McMonagil Calvin Prenosil Roland Roupe Dean Terwilliger Donald Bennett Jerry Clift Paul Loepp Mary Smith Sterling Delzell Billy Graham Jimmy Rogers Blake Meissner Dick Ferguson Helen Prohaska Herald Smith Peggy Smythe

Pack 19 Cubmaster Is Given Farewell Party

Cubmaster James Staffney of pack No 19 Lin coln PTA bid farewell to members and parents at the January meeting. He leaves for Cleveland Ohio due to a business transfer. Harold Andrews praised him as cubmaster and neighbor. Den No 3 won attendance honors with Mrs James Orton as den mother. Two new members Billy Neary and Billy Bubaker joined in an investiture ceremony. Indoor track winners included Billy Birkicht Jerry Staffney Billy Neary Buddy Truesdell Robert Birkicht Cyrus McCalley. Eight-ton pilings to form foundation for Imperial diversion gain and All American canal head gates and sluiceways.

James Staffney Pack No. 19 Lincoln Pta Staffney Cleveland Ohio Harold Andrews den No. 3 James Orton Billy Neary Billy Bubaker Billy Birkicht Jerry Staffney Buddy Truesdell Robert Birkicht Cyrus McCalley

California mental hospitals exceed capacity by 5700 patients

California's mental hospitals held 20,105 patients at fiscal year end, exceeding normal capacity by 5,700. The figure highlights strain on state institutions and potential implications for care and funding.

California

Labor Seeks Parley to End GM Strike Amid Talks

Washington Frances Perkins pushes for a face to face with John L. Lewis and Alfred P. Sloan to restart negotiations. Gov Murphy mediates while Detroit plants face glass shortages prompting shutdowns and sit-down actions by Fisher Body workers in Flint and Baltimore.

Washington Frances Perkins John L. Lewis Alfred P. Sloan General Motors Detroit Chrysler Corporation Frank Murphy Michigan Miss Perkins Lewis Committee For Industrial Organization Generalissimo United Automobile Workers Sloan John Brophy CIO Homer Martin Auto Workers Union Lee Pressman Martin Fisher Body Flint Mich Murphy East General Motors Corporation UAW Gov. Murphy Baltimore

Negotiations Boost for Glass Workers as Strike Settles

Sloan cited GMC continuing auto production while unclear on output. Lewis gains in talks as Pittsburgh Plate Glass settles its strike and Libby Owens Ford glass workers show rising chances of returning to work.

Sloan GMC Lewis Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Libby-Owens- Ford Glass

Jack Spratt opens Iowa store system with fourteen members

Announcement Thursday revealed a new Jack Spratt food store system in Iowa with fourteen member stores and Western Grocer as the supply house. Local manager H N Stoehr said the remodel includes blue and yellow fronts and internal branding, as the network plans weekly meetings for purchasing and advertising.

Jack Spratt Western Grocer Company Wholesale Grocer H. N. Stoehr Jack Spratt Food Store Stoehr Iowa Western Grocer Company Clinton Waterloo Jack Spratt Food A Avenue Grocery A Avenue Chandler Grocery Fifteenth Street Drapela Grocery Mount Vernon Avenue M. M. Dvorak Ellis Boulevard John Heaton Third Avenue Kenmore Food Shop First Avenue Palumbo Grocery Third Street Pose Grocery Sixth Street Seventh Avenue Trombino Brothers Fourth Avenue Sixteenth Avenue Wonder Food Market Second Street L. O. Dickey Marion

Father and Son Hour Planned at Local Church

The church schedules an 11 a.m. Sunday service with a special Father and Son hour. Rev. A A Brooks will speak on Where Was Father. Fathers and sons gather in the church parlor at 10 45 a.m.

Clude A. A. Brooks Fathers and Sons

Warns Children Not To Coast From Lawns And Terraces Into Streets

W C Benesh, commissioner of public safety, briefly resumed his police chief role to warn children about coasting from sloped lawns into streets with traffic. He cited accident dangers and blamed motorists as often blameless, urging use of safer coasting locations without hazards.

W. C. Benesh Benesh

Elimination of Fire Hazards Urged In Cold Weather

Fire Chief E P Kohout urged all residents to remove fire hazards as icy streets slow response times. He warned that freezing weather allows fires to spread quickly before firefighters can arrive, and emphasized care from all who handle any fire risk at home.

E. P. Kohout Kohout

McKinley Seniors Stage Comedy Friday Night

McKinley high school seniors present The Whole Towns Talking a brisk comedy at 8 p m Friday in the McKinley school auditorium. The plot follows a naive small town businessman tangled in gossip and love rumors until a happy ending under the direction of Miss Geraldine Green with Anita Loos contributing to the script.

McKinley School McKinley High School Binney Geraldine Green Anita Loos

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