Ellis Boulevard Man Rides to Work In Boat
Harry Gunderson, a marine repairman at the telephone company, commutes daily by cruising his cabin cruiser Mal de Mer from 1865 Bills Boulevard NW to a nearby dam and back, using the vessel for lunch and rest breaks with a stove, icebox, and radio on board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Gunderson
Bills Boulevard NW
Telephone Company
Gunderson
Mal de Mer
Mr. Gunderson
Compson
Ellis Boulevard
Cedar Rapids
City installs 11 street showers at 8 playgrounds for summer heat
Eight city playgrounds gain street showers fed from fire hydrants to spray 50 feet for 45 minutes. Showers operate at eleven locations on a biweekly schedule, blocking sections of streets while coordinated by listed playground directors. Five public park wading pools at Ellis Riverside Sinclair Whitlam and Daniels augment cooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinkley Avenue
Thirteenth Street NW
C Avenue
Leslie Grigg
G Avenue
Sixth Street NW
Norman Reid
Seventh Avenue
Seventh Street
Eighteenth Avenue
Ninth Street
Joe Stolat
Fourteenth Avenue
Third Street
Charles Ziegas
McKinley Street
Fifth Avenue
Frank Kinch
Blake Boulevard
Grande Avenue
Higley Avenue
Twentieth Street
Gene Carson
Thirty-second Street
Jack M. Thompson
E Avenue
Twenty-fourth Street
Irwin Nelson
Ellis
Riverside
Sinclair, Whitlam and
Daniels
WPA Plans Series of State Factbooks
The Works Progress Administration announced plans to publish a series of state factbooks. The first volume will cover one state and be released in about a year, with writers’ program involvement to compile state information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Washington
Ins
Works Projects Administration
Writers’ Program
Los Angeles Doll Owners Escape Tax Request
The Los Angeles county board of supervisors decided not to tax dolls this year after Mrs Rubie Sharon of Hermonia Beach protested a 500 doll collection assessment. She threatened to summon a battalion of doll owners to descend on the board if taxed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
County Board of Supervisors
Rubie Sharon
Hermonia Beach
Track cleared for anti alien measure in Senate
The Senate signals a clear track for a bill to require the German American Bund the Communist Party and similar groups to report to the attorney general as Congress tightens alien restrictions. Senator Connally predicted hearings Monday calling Bund leader G Wilhelm Kunze and other leaders with strong action likely. The package aims to deport aliens who advocate changes in the American form of government as part of a broader registration and fingerprinting program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bund
Communist Party
Senate
Connally
Tex
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
G. Wilhelm Kunze
New York
House
Subcommittee
Community Sing Program Brings Old Time Tunes to Ellis Park
Willis Hauser directs a Sunday evening community sing at Ellis park’s slope south of the rose garden. The program opens with America and Let Me Call You Sweetheart, features old favorites and hymns, with Gerardi brothers providing accordion music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Hauser
Ellis Park
Playground and Recreation Commission
America
Susanna
Tommy Tinker
Daisy Bell
God Bless
Rose Garden
Gerardi Brothers Accordion School
Bever and
Ellis Parks
Union Services to Be Held in August at St Pauls Church
The seventh series of August Sunday union services at St Pauls Methodist Church runs Aug 4 to Sept 1 with five 10 30 a m services. Sponsored by First Congregational First Presbyterian and St Pauls. Speakers include Dr Harris Franklin Ball Dr Arthur M Jayne Dr Samuel C Kincheloe Prof Paul Weaver and Dr Ilion T Jones. Musicians include the Coe college quartet Marvin Gard Harold Kofron Phyllis Myers Harold Reeves and Prof Allan Faber Schirmer. The pastors and laymen committee lists Rev Charles J Bready Rev Robert Little Rev William A Jacobs W A Ball H F Blomquist and Byron A Barlow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
First Congregational
First Presbyterian
St. Paul's
J. F. Rall
Cedar Rapids
Arthur M. Jayne
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Samuel C. Kincheloe
Chicago
Chicago Theological Seminary
Paul Weaver
Columbia
Division of Religion and Philosophy
Stephens College
Ilion T. Jones
First Presbyterian Church of
Iowa City
Westminster Foundation
Coe College Quartet
Marvin Gard
Harold Kofron
Phyllis Myers
Harold Reeves
Allan Faber Schirmer
Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music
Charles J. Bready
Robert Little
William A. Jacobs
W. A. Ball
H. F. Blomquist
Byron A. Barlow
Playground Tournaments At City Parks This Week
City playgrounds host two tournaments horseshoes for boys only in 13 and under and 14 and over divisions and Chinese checkers open to boys and girls in two age groups. Night programs include two reel musical Radio Revels and cartoon Tubby's World Flight plus various special activities across locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Playground
Riverside
Sinclair
Daniels
Arthur
Tubby
Harrison
Roosevelt
van Buren
Lincoln
Cedar Rapids
McKinley
Buchanan
Kenwood
Marion Pool
Shaver Park
Colorado Governor Fined For Speeding
Colorado Governor Ralph Carr pleaded guilty to speeding near North Platte Nebraska on July 4 and paid a total fine of 16.70 dollars while returning from the Republican National Convention. He was fined 10 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Platte, Neb
Ralph Carr
Colorado
Good Natured Irish Constable Keeps Rapids Township Calm
John Taylor 170-year-old Irishman and Linn county constable at 214 Second Ave SE in Rapids township is famed for good nature. He served as sheriff 1915 1921 and earlier 21 years on local street railway. Born near Belfast in 1870 he came to America at 23 and now handles warrants arrests and civil notices. He recalls electric car era and jokes in Bohemian phrases to assist questions from locals. Continued on Page 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
John Taylor
F Avenue NW
Old Erin
W. A. Ball
Second Avenue SE
Taylor
Rapids Township
Justice Ball
Rapid Township
Bill Fleming
H. R. Churchill
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Marion Street Railway
Constable Taylor
Belfast
Ireland
America
Mr. Taylor
Avenue NE
Joop District
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By Wanda Montz
John B. Turner and Son
Turner
John B. Turner & Son
St. Paul’s
Newman
Jack M'Kinney
Gazette
Mary Miles
U. S
Newman's
Newman's Street
Rayon
Satin
Newman's Street Fleet
Hartman
Modern Deign Davenport & Char
Turequoise Mohair
Bigelow Lewis
Bigelow Ferak
First Avenue
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