Hyatt Urges Clerks to Maintain Co operative Spirit
About 200 Iowa Post Office Clerks and Rural Letter Carriers met at the Hotel Roosevelt for a two day convention. Gilbert Hyatt warned that the next three years would be anxious and urged unity to protect gains such as the five day week and wage restoration. He noted output gains and urged members to address future problems without resorting to coercion.
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Iowa Federations of
Hotel Roosevelt
Gilbert E. Hyatt
Washington, D. C
Gil” Hyatt
Hyatt
Congress
Births list from area families with multiple July infants
Born to William Hamer and wife a daughter Laura Roberta at address 954 Sixteenth avenue SW. George Kolda and wife of 733 Seventh avenue Marion have a 9 pound daughter born July 4. Glen Moore and wife of 1433 C avenue NE have a son Robert Perry born July 5 at Mercy hospital. Godfrey Novak and wife of 1821 K street SW have a daughter born July 6 at Mercy hospital. Theodore Demery and wife of 624 I avenue NW have a son William Lowell born July 4. George T. Davis and wife of 916 Ninth street SW have a son born July 2 at St. Luke's hospital. Paul Picker ing and wife of Alburnett have a son born July 5 at St. Luke's hospital. E R Pratt and wife rural route 1 have a daughter born July 3 at St. Luke's hospital. E W Rosewehr of Stanwood and wife have a daughter Sandra Lea born July 4 at St. Luke's hospital. W T McAllen and wife of 1030 Ninth street NW have a daughter Jacqueline Ann born July 5 at St. Luke's hospital. Lenis McQueen and wife of 110 Fourth avenue SW have a daughter born July 5 at St. Luke's hospital.
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William Hamer
Sixteenth Avenue
Laura Roberta
George Kolda
Seventh Avenue
Marion
Glen Moore
C Avenue NE
Robert Perry
Mercy Hospital
Godfrey Novak
K_ street
Theodore Demery
I Avenue NW
William Lowell
George T. Davis
Ninth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Paul Pickering
Alburnett
E. R. Pratt
E. W. Rosewehr
Stanwood
Sandra Lea
W. T. McAllen
Jacqueline Ann
Lenis McQueen
Fourth Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospi
Wealthy Cedar County man dies as will dispute brews
John Iwers dies of double pneumonia in Davenport after illness on May 28. Administrators named for John and Henry Iwers estates face potential will contest. Autopsy permit filed by seventeen claimants includes Treimer and Jager families alongside other relatives. Bodied buried in Durant beside parents. books and quiet life noted by neighbors.
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Durant
Iwers
Davenport
Voss
William Duge
John Iwers
Duge
William Tre
Sunbury Savings Bank
J. C. France
Henry Iwers
Board of Health
William Treimer
Hartley
Doris Loehren
Emma Treimer
Annie
Fred
Otto
Nicholas Jager
Anna Jager Franck
Minnie Bruegman
Emil
Walter
Eldo Krebs
Edna
Nazi Youth as Key Factor in German Nationalism
Rotary Club speakers discuss how Nazi youth is being regimented to build a stronger state. Rev. John Anderson notes Germany uses utilitarian youth policy, sport to raise physical vigor, and militarism influences youth, urging the U S to offer clear ideals to guide young people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Hotel Roosevelt
John Anderson
J. H. Anderson
Twentieth Street NW
Scotland
Germany
Anderson
United States
Brickmasons Quit Work as Heat Slows Anamosa School Project
Special to The Gazette reports that brickmasons on the Anamosa schoolhouse project quit work Monday due to extreme heat, halting progress on the build.
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the Gazette
Anamosa
Slayer Of Gasoline Station Attendant Sentenced To Hang
Judge John P. Tinley in Council Bluffs sentenced Allen Wheaton of Rapid City South Dakota to death by hanging for the murder of Henry Plummer a Council Bluffs gasoline station attendant. Execution date set for September 10 1937. Plummer was robbed kidnapped and shot to death. Wheaton was arrested in Omaha about twenty hours after the body was found in a ditch north of Council Bluffs and pleaded guilty at arraignment two weeks ago.
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Council Bluffs
John P. Tinley
Allen Wheaton
Rapid City
S. C
Henry Plummer
Tinley
Plummer
Wheaton
Omaha
South
Goodyear Entry Wins Balloon Race
The Goodyear X sponsored by Goodyear Tire and Rubber won first place in the 24th national balloon race. The craft flew from Colorado after a prior landing there and landed early Sunday near Presho South Dakota about 365 miles from Denver.
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Denver
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Goodyear
Colorado
Presho
S. D
Eleven Speeders Fined In Police Court
Eleven speeders faced Judge Thomas B Powell in police court with fines of ten dollars plus costs each. Notables include Harold Kron Iowa City and Dr Wayne A Hall Manchester among others. One driver Delbert Blackford 21 Sterling Ill received a one hundred dollar fine for reckless driving after an attempted escape from a Friday night accident. Additional motorists faced one dollar parking fines and various other $1 costs for improper parking.
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Thomas B. Powell
Harold Kron
Iowa City
Earl J. Wagner
What Cheer
O. W. Lawrence
Higley Building
Marguerite Morgan
C. E. Schultz
Chicago
Wayne A. Hall
Manchester
Donald Rheault
Twelfth Avenue
A. G. Thurman
Thirty~sixth Street
W. H. Wichman
Maplewood Drive
James Gelski
E. Thomas
Fifth Street
Delbert Blackford
Sterling
Ill
Blackford
Paul Shimek
Avenue
Sixteenth Street
R. J. Harrison
C. E. Anderson
Third Avenue SE
Tom Smith
Fifth Avenue SE
Paul W. Anderson
Second Avenue SE
Mary Lou Markland
First Avenue E
Abe Sanders
525 Avenue NW
Son and family picket home of evicting mother
Kapal Lory his wife and two of his three children protested at their mother Mrs Sarah Lorys New York home accusing her of evicting them. The 42 year old unemployed man who lost his left hand in a car crash says he receives 9 50 a week from relief and owes months of rent. Deputies moved his furniture to the sidewalk Friday while neighbors stored items and spectators jeered.
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New York
Kapal Lory
Lory
Sarah Lory
Relief Bureau
Roddewig and Kelly Seek Democratic Nomination for Congress
Davenport AP reports former Davenport mayor Louis E. Roddewig and longtime party worker Glenn D. Kelly announced their candidacies for the Democratic nomination to fill the Second Iowa district seat of the late Rep B. M. Jacobsen. The race centers on succession following Jacobsen's death last week.
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Davenport
Louis E. Roddewig
Glenn D. Kelly
U. S
Iowa
B. M. Jacobsen
Clinton
Wicher Couple Fined for Disturbing Derby Fight
Mr and Mrs Jake Wicher were fined 25 dollars and costs after a dispute at the Wicher home led to a police court ruling for intoxication and disturbing the peace. Each served in the county jail in lieu of payment. Jake Wicher exclaimed that he was serving life in that jail on installments.
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Jake Wicher
L Avenue NW
Wicher
Roosevelt Lands After His Cruise
The U S S Potomac docked in Washington at 9 30 Monday morning ending President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt three day Virginia tour. They went by car directly to the White House.
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Washington
INS
U. S. S. Potomac
Roosevelt
Virginia
White House
Drought Crisis Continues Across Great Plains and West
The article notes a drought choking grain markets with hot dry conditions across the Dakotas Wisconsin and Indiana. It cites Secretary Wallace on corn in a critical period and reports Catholic masses and prayer efforts in Nebraska plus rain making rituals of Navajo in Arizona. WPA relief plans aim to hire 50 000 for water projects and roads across several states while officials await a full federal program.
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Dakotas
Wisconsin
Indiana
Wallace
Nebraska
L. B. Kucera
Lincoln
Arizona
Wyoming
North Dakota
Montana
South Dakota
Minnesota
Washington
Roosevelt
Des Moines Heat Hits Iowa Crops and Grain
Extreme heat across Iowa threatens crops with grain burning and grasshopper pressure. Des Moines records the hottest July 5 in 57 years, with Carroll 112 and Sioux City 108 as officials warn late oats and other crops suffer damage from the heat.
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DES
City Briefs and Personal Items From Davenport and Cedar Rapids
Mr and Mrs James Campbell were week end guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Army of Davenport Cedar Rapids chapter No 194 Order of Ahepa will meet Tuesday at 8 pm at Moose hall The Sons of Pericles will meet at 730 The Cedar Rapids Fish and Game Restoration club will meet Monday at 8 pm at the Kosek Electric company G J Albright Monday was granted a housemovers permit by the city council when he posted a 2000 bond Police department receipts during June totaled 1618 09 Chief of Police Robert J Vinch reported to the city council Monday Richard Kemp 9 of 1617 avenue NE suffered lacerations on his left temple and a shoulder injury at 6 pm Sunday when he fell off his bicycle He was treated at St Luke s hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Post Office
O. R. Pulis
Iowa Falls
E. V. Saylor
Marshalltown
Ralph Wheeler
Hawarden
George Canady
Council Bluffs
W. E. Hunter
Red Oak
F. B. Drake
Newton
Dan I. Condon
Des Moines
Z. V. Asbury
Ottumwa
E. H. Benson
Sioux City
E. L. Loftus
Davenport
J. W. Free
George A. Youtzy
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Ade
L. L. Andrews
A. M. Kallensrud
Fort Dodge
Constitution
Ralph E. Rosenbaum
Missouri Valley
D. W. Desmond
L. E. Nebro
Iowa City
Convention City
C. H. Young
George Harbron
Clinton
Ambrose Muller
Donald E. Dunn
Eldred Bender
Esther Nelson
Nona Harrington
Edna Landon
Nora Hinchcliffe
Keenig
Carrie Kouba
E. J. Gleason
Esther Martens
St. Paul
Mildred Lawcues
Order of Ahepa
Moose Hall
Pericles
Cedar Rapids Fish and Game Restoration Club
Kosek Electric Company
Robert J. Vinch
Richard Kemp
Avenue NE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Playground commission archery club meeting announced
The playground commission archery club will meet at 6 30 p m Tuesday at Ellis Park. Anyone interested is invited to attend. Equipment will be furnished those who have none.
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The
Playground Commission
Archery Club
Ellis Park
DeMolay Chapter Shares Day With City Council
A letter of appreciation for the city council's cooperation in permitting the local DeMolay chapter to take over the city government for a day was received Monday by the city council from DeMolay scribe Robert M. Adams.
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DeMolay Chapter
Robert M. Adams
DeMolay
Fire damages kitchen at John Heslop residence
Firefighters answered a 5 40 a m alarm Sunday to 1235 Fourth Street SE where the kitchen interior was ablaze. Investigators could not determine the cause and the loss was confined to walls and ceiling.
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John Heslop
Fourth Street
Evangelist Murphy to Speak at Shine Mission Tonight
The Rev. E. C. Murphy of Peoria Illinois prison evangelist will address Shine Mission this evening at eight on The Danger of Delay. Rev. T. J. Hinkin will lead the musical service as Murphy conducts daily evening services all week following a Sunday talk on The Cords of the Cross.
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E. C. Murphy
Peoria
Ill
Sunshine Mission
T. J. Hinkin
Murphy
Independence Day Address Stresses Citizen Participation
Raymond Coward Cedar Rapids attorney delivered the principal address at Center Point's Independence Day celebration Saturday evening. He traced the United States growth from the Declaration of Independence 160 years ago and urged active involvement of individual citizens in government.
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Raymond Coward
Cedar Rapids
Center Point
Coward
United States
J E Stoner Visits Relative Before Dallas Nursery Trip
J E Stoner owner of Westminster nursery in Westminster Maryland visits his nephew Raymond L Stoner at 414 Sixteenth Street SE with wife and daughter Lucy Jane before traveling to Dallas Texas for the Texas centennial exposition and the national nurserymen convention July 21 to 24.
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J. E. Stoner
Westminster Nursery
Westminster
East
Raymond L. Stoner
Sixteenth Street
Lucy Jane
Nebraska Man Held on Mann Act Charge
James R. Mansier of Stuart Nebraska pled not guilty before United States Commissioner E P Mc Partland on a Mann Act violation. He was bound over to the grand jury and jailed in lieu of a 5000 dollar bond. Mansier was arrested on a complaint by the woman he allegedly transported from Norfolk to Cedar Rapids.
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James R. Mansier
Stuart
Neb
United States
E. P. McPartland
Mansier
Norfolk
Cedar Rapids
Fourth of July drunkenness roundup leads to fines
Ed Bednasek, 37, of Anamosa, topped intoxication cases in Monday police court after the Fourth of July roundup, fined 100 dollars plus costs. Leo T. Farrell, 43, of Ida Grove, paid 25 dollars and costs, while the list of 10 dollar defendants includes Pat Connelly, Joe Besta, Ben Smith, John Clarett, Clark Calvert, Mark Collogan and others with addresses in Springville and adjacent areas.
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Ed Bednasek
Anamosa
Leo T. Farrell
Ida Grove
Joe Besta
Mallory Street
Pat Connelly
Ben Smith
John Clarett
Clark Calvert
Springville
Mark Collogan
City council orders oiling on multiple streets in several districts
A Monday city council resolution mandates paving oiling projects on Six teenth avenue SE Fifth street SE Ninth avenue SE Thirty-first street NE Nineteenth avenue SW Eighteenth avenue SW and other segments across Maple drive NW Mallory Bowling and C D streets. The report notes a grand father's clock in Spitzbergen requires a longer pendulum due to gravity.
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Sixteenth Avenue
Tenth Street
Seventeenth Street
Maple Drive
Eighteenth Street
Fifth Street
Eighth Avenue
Tenth Avenue
Ninth Avenue
Fourth Street
Thirty-first Street
First Avenue
C Avenue
Nineteenth Avenue
Sixth Street
Ninth Street
Mallory Street
Bowling Street
Eighteenth Avenue
C Street
D Street
Seventh Street
Eighth Street
B Street
Local girl killed and three hurt in Cedar Rapids crash
A Cedar Rapids youth, Marjorie Capron, 18, died when a car carrying three Cedar Rapids girls to Baraboo Wisconsin collided at a notorious accident site near Madison. The other two girls and Miss Capron’s parents survived, with funeral plans set in Cedar Rapids.
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Madison
Beatty
Cedar Rapids
Baraboo
Wis
Munger
Marjorie Capron
Manley
Neb
Washington High School
St. Paul’s Church
Martin’s Dry Goods Company
Hazel
Delbert White
William Capron
Woman Hit by Truck Injures Dora Silver in D.C. Incident
Mrs. Dora Silver, 40, of New York City, sustained leg bruises after a truck driven by Richard Corporan, 24, struck her at Third Avenue and Tenth Street SE around 10:45 am Sunday. Corporan, who said he could not stop, took her to Mercy hospital for first aid.
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Dora Silver
New York City
Richard Corporan
Penn Avenue NW
Third Avenue
Tenth Street
Corporan
Silver
Mercy Hospital
O. E. Gillilan
Seventh Street
Herman Freud
K Street
First Avenue
Second Street
The Big Dipper Across the Atlantic Names
The Big Dipper is an American constellation known by various names abroad. Across the Atlantic observers refer to it as different star groups and asterisms in other cultures and languages.
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Atlantic
Knights Of Columbus To Install Cedar Rapids Officers
Newly elected Cedar Rapids council No. 908 Knights of Columbus officers will be installed at 8 tonight in the K of C club rooms. John H. Borman will be installing officer. New officers include Ward Loftus grand knight and other posts with names such as Dr. B. G. Brer Wilbur Coffey Mike Rocca Don Spaight Norbert Engler Ed McPartland M. J. Kelly F. D. Collogan Walter Maher Lumir Serovy and P A Pusa as trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Knights of Columbus
K. of C
John H. Bormann
Ward Loftus
B. G. Brer
Wilbur Coffey
Mike Rocca
Don Spaight
Norbert Engler
Ed McPartland
M. J. Kelly
F. D. Collogan
Walter Maher
Lumir Serovy
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P. A. Pusa
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Clerks
Wyman
Henry C. Wyman
Post Office Service
O. A. Knapp
Harry S. Johnson
A. L. Taylor
Chamber of Commerce
F. C. Jiruska
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
F. B. Baldwin
Clarence Heskett
State Post Office Clerks’ Auxiliary
G. B. Scott
H. M. Titus
Leroy E. Hollan
W. F. Koenig
St. Louis
National Post Office Clerk’s Auxiliary
W. W. Harvey
J. P. Trapp
Wichita, Kan
Margaret Kitchell
Gertrude Hunter
Helen
Katherine Kakert
Edith Andrews
Nina Morrison
Waterloo
Janette Kallensrud
Bernice Young
Mildred Lawrenson
Tellers
Beulah Saint
Margaret Strunk
Helen Canady
Gertrude Condon
J. W. McDonald
Cordelia Miller
Louise Dunn
Florentine
Roosevelt Hotel
Maude Runkle
Anna Denkman
Joan Dulin
Alice
Ruth Zier
Sally Ann Strother
Donald McKinlay
Will Mose
Conrad Stookey
E. E. Reynolds
Country Club
Corinne Groves
Tony Copp
Adelen Hutchison
Earl Youtzy
George E. Smith
George Youtzy
Lawrence Kohl
Albert Keith
Sydney Smith
Cedar County
Roddewig and
Kelly
Rep. Jacobsen
James Campbell
Charles Army
G. J. Albright
E. R. Robinson
Spitzbergen
Clarence Bea
Bossy
P.S
Melo
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