Honor Campers at Wapsie Y Chosen
The fourth period at Camp Wapsie Y closed with a camp fire and honors. Allan Taylor and Chester Geiger earned honor campers status. Lyle Fuller and Leonard Fuller received red cords. Monograms went to Bobby Chadima Warren Rinderknecht Warner White John Choate Don Bennett David Arnold and Herbert Northcott. achievement ribbons to multiple campers. The camp, near capacity, saw Fourth of July celebrations with minor burns and a carnival. Navigation and construction projects continued including a nearly completed river bridge and active tennis courts and canoe trips led by staff.
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Camp Wapsie-Y
Allan Taylor
H. R. Taylor
Blake Boulevard
Chester Geiger
C. Geiger
Eleventh Street
Lyle Fuller
Leonard Fuller
Bobby Chadima
Warren Rinderknecht
Warner White
John Choate
Don Bennett
David Arnold
Herbert Northcott
Jonts Leeper
Richard Downing
Russell Clapp
John B. Hill
Bobby McConnell
Billy Barron
Dick Morrison
Jack Oberhaus
James Thomas
Bob Penquite
George Nissen
Frank Guyott
Bernard Rudin
Heat Reflects Similarity of Cloth Materials in Sun Rays
Government experts report closely woven fabrics reflect more sun heat than loosely woven ones. Wool offers no clear warmth advantage beyond insulation through air spaces. The article mentions camp activities and a nature-study program with extensive student participation and plant, tree, and fossil observations.
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Public Ledger, Inc
Illiteracy Fines Enforced in Nanking Literacy Drive
PEIPING INS reports Nanking enacts compulsory literacy with fines for illiterates over 6 to 50 who fail to master 1000 characters by May 1 1936. Street checks may follow. About 470000 nonliterate residents, half the capital's population, targeted for a 70 percent improvement within a year. Heads of families and shop and factory owners will bear responsibility for others' progress.
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Peiping
INS
Nanking
Notice of Appointment of Administrator and Probate
Notice announces Elmer A. Runkle appointed administrator of Mary B. Sweet estate in Linn County Iowa. It requests claims be filed with Linn County Clerk. Cedar Rapids probate notices list Stephen Dumond and Emma M. Fisher wills for probate hearings August 1935.
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Towa
Linn County
Mary B. Sweet
Elmer A. Runkle
Iowa
Edwin W. Lundquist
J C. Leonard
State of
Emma M. Fisher
District
Port Vine
Cedar Rapids
EDWIN_W. LUNDQUIRT
Crissman and Bleakley
Bertram
R. Anderson
Will Rogers Salutes Rockefeller at 96
Beverly Hills column notes Will Rogers praising John D. Rockefeller for his philanthropy and global mosquito control efforts. The piece highlights Rockefeller’s age, wealth, and perceived impact on government and public health. Rogers jokes about philanthropist influence and predicts Rockefeller will leave substantial wealth.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Rockefeller
Brazil
Will
Speedy Rail Automobiles Bring Paris Closer to Sea
Paris rapid transit advances include a rail automobile model reaching 122 mph in tests and connecting Paris to Le Havre in about two hours. Regular services now combine with rail automobiles, boosting cross system links. France also notes electrified lines in the south and claims 58 percent of its trains exceed 62 mph.
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Paris
le Havre
France
Three youths die in electric chair for killing motorman
Chester Alabama. Three youths from East St Louis were executed for the February 22 slaying of 67 year old street car motorman William C. Moss during an attempted holdup. John Krul 21 Edward Balling 19 and Van Buren Dedmon 25 faced the electric chair after Governor Reynolds refused a stay.
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Chester, al
William C. Moss
John Krul
Edward Balling
van Buren Dedmon
East St. Louis
Balling
Krul
Dedmon
City Briefs and Personals Highlight Local Notices
Coats Barber Shop opens at 205 Third St SE. Mrs. M. McGuire, 620 First Ave W, ill and recently confined at home, shows improvement. Crescent lodge Masons attend funeral for R. S. Crowell Wednesday at 9 30 am. Ed Reed, cited for intoxication and fighting, previously listed at 1008 Sixth St SE but wife reports no longer living there. A 1930 Ford Tudor was stolen from Rude Auto on Sixteenth Ave SW and A Street, with entry via broken gate. gear shift knobs also taken from Rude lot on Third Ave near Sixth St SE.
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Ed Reed
Sixth Street
Jasper Dweyer
Rude Auto Company
Sixteenth Avenue
Rude
Third Avenue
French Smugglers Pass Dull-Nosed Customs Men
Lyon France AP Gorgon zola cheese smuggling becomes a pastime for traffickers who exploit weak customs noses to move redolent product across the border An executive of a northern France dairy company Henri Gervais a Swiss citizen was arrested for smuggling 18 tons of Italian gorgonzola into France Gervais is also sought by his government for allegedly introducing Danish butter into Switzerland
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Lyon
France
Henri Gervais
Gervais
Switzerland
Bicycle rider struck by truck in city alley crash
Albert Smith of 320 First street SW escaped injury after a 5 15 p m bicycle ride on Second street SE when a westbound truck from an alley between Fourth and Fifth avenues struck him. The driver was George Elder of 831A avenue NE.
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Albert Smith
First Street
Second Street
Fourth and
Fifth Avenues
George Elder
Loudy Lectures On God’s Administrations From Innocence To Maturity
Evangelist Adlai Loudy continues a Bible lecture series tonight focusing on “God's Administrations with Man from Innocence to Maturity.” The event outlines a progressive theological discussion and seeks audience engagement.
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Loudy
Evangelist Adlai Loudy
Unsearchable riches of Christ lecture series noted
Johnson City Tennessee hosts ten lectures in the Community theater at the YMCA. Mr Loudy used a large colored chart to distinguish time and eternity as used in scriptures. He stressed the necessity of this discrimination to understand God’s revealed purpose of the ages. He clarified by original Hebrew and Greek meanings.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Loudy
Twins Celebrate 80th Birthday With Amusement Park Party
In Tampa Florida Mett and Clint Davis marked their eightieth birthday by renting an amusement park for a party that drew thousands of attendees, building on a 41 year tradition started by friends who urged them to hire a ball for celebrations.
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Tampa
Fla
Ins
Mett
Clint Davis
Natal
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