Handwriting Expert Analyzes Cedar Rapids Officials
The Gazette prints graphology readings by Lorne A. Milne based on signatures of three local figures John A. Reed attorney and Iowa Electric manager W C Benesh chief of police and W H Stepanek mayor. Milne details Reed’s musicality courage and display, Benesh’s practicality prudence and questions, and Stepanek’s executive drive and business focus.
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Gazette
Lorne A. Milne
Cedar Rapids
John A. Reed
Iowa Electric Company
W. C. Benesh
W. H. Stepanek
Milne
Portrait of John A. Reed as a practical, determined craftsman
The handwriting reveals a busy active mind and strong energy directed toward skilful handcraft. Reed is practical decisive and optimistic, with a sensitive temperament, generous nature, and readiness to work hard. He prizes reason, has firm judgments in business, and prefers collaboration over solo enterprise.
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John A. Reed
Reed
Mr. Reed
Stepanek Described As Industrious Yet Aggressive
The writing portrays W. H. Stepanek as industrious with a practical bent and a legal mind. He is talkative, skeptical of unproven claims, and driven to push plans to completion while demanding clear business understanding and factual proof.
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W. H. Stepanek
Ee Eee
Energetic disposition hinted by W C Benesh handwriting
The handwriting of W C Benesh reveals an energetic disposition with mental alertness and physical restlessness. It shows he is emphatic, positive and self reliant and suggests further traits implied by the document.
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W. C. Benesh
Daddy Ward Celebrates 78th Birthday Mission Leader
The Rev F K Ward known as Daddy Ward marks seventy eight as head of the Sun Shine Mission for 37 years. The mission moved to 121 23 Second Street NE last year and will host Tuesday's twenty fourth annual Old People's reunion picnic at Bever Park, with Ward as longtime Old People’s Association president. Born in Cambridgeport Massachusetts his career began as a news butcher on the Illinois Central railroad before dedicating his life to mission work.
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F. K
Daddy” Ward
Bever Park
Old People’s Association
Mr. Ward
Cambridgeport
Mass
Illinois Central Railroad
United States
Canada
Ames Specialist Shares At-Home Play Ideas for Kids
Mrs Alma H Jones Iowa State extension child care specialist offers simple, inexpensive materials to foster initiative and skill in children. Use orange crates, cemented spools, old boards and building scraps to create railroads houses and more. Kids can cut pictures from seed catalogs and fashion dolls from various materials. A Washington bicentennial doll guide is available by writing to the extension service. A basic home made modeling clay recipe with flour salt alum and coloring yields workable material.
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the Gazette
Ames
Alma H. Jones
Iowa State College
Eecine
Premium List Issued For Gladiolus Show Aug 5 6 Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Gladiolus society releases the premium list for its third annual show. Copies are available at Killian company service desk and Kosek Electric company, 78 Sixteenth Avenue. The event runs August 5 and 6 at Killian's department store. G. Reding serves as president.
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Cedar Rapids Gladiolus Society
Killian Company
Kosek Electa. Company
Sixteenth Avenue
Killian’s
A G. Reding
Roosevelt Playground Community Night at the park
Roosevelt Playground hosts a Monday community night at 6 pm featuring two ball games between the Roosevelt boys and girls teams and visiting playground teams. A handcraft exhibit follows, then free moving pictures at dark. Young participants have started a marionette theater project at the playground.
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Roosevelt Playground
Roosevelt
Mercantile Bureau Backing New Protective Association
The Mercantile Bureau favors a new protective body proposed by E. Carroll to combat rising shoplifting and worthless check problems. The Carroll Secret Service project aims to curb losses through a coordinated program led by Carroll.
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Mercantile Bureau
New Protective Association
Carroll Secret Servicr
E. Carroll
Four Bankruptcy Pleas Filed In Federal Court
Four voluntary bankruptcies were filed in the federal district court in the latter part of the week. Daniel N. Swomley of 153 Twenty-fourth Street SE lists debts of 711.84 and assets of 1,310 including household goods, farm implements and insurance policies. Carrie Swomley lists 711.84 in debts and 735 in assets in insurance and household goods. Melvin J. Peet, a carpenter of 509 Ninth Street SW, shows 2,591.07 in debts with no assets. George Strunk, a mechanic of Lowden, declares 2,084.92 in unsecured claims and 2,560 in assets including 2,500 in insurance.
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Federal
United States District Court
Daniel N. Swomley
Twenty-fourth Street
Carrie Swomley
Melvin J. Peet
Ninth Street
George Strunk
Lowden
Community Program At Kenwood Park Draws 200 Attendees
About two hundred people attended the second annual community night at Kenwood Park playground on Thursday. The program featured playground children, a talk by supervisor Willard Hayes, moving pictures, and musical performances by Claire Porter on cornet with a solo, Bob on clarinet, and Bob Emry providing the music. George Vidson Paul Hawke and Harold Schmidt were also present.
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Munity
Kenwood Park Playground
Willard Hayes
Taps
Claire Porter
Bob
George Vidson
Paul Hawke
Harold Schmidt
Bob Emry
Red Cross Roll Call Dates Set For November
The fifty first annual Red Cross roll call will run from November 11 to November 25. Regional headquarters in Louisburg and Linn County Chapter chairman 8S. R. Hankins provided the information.
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Red Cross
Louis
Linn County
Chaseman
R. Hankins
Births at St Luke's Hospital in Memphis
Dr and Mrs Ralph Bowen of Memphis Tenn welcome Nancy Anne born Thursday at St Luke's hospital. Mrs Bowen is Celestine Vosmek daughter of Mr and Mrs J H Vosmek of 1933 Grande Avenue. Also born to Mr and Mrs Anton Novak at the corner of Thirty-fifth Street and Mount Vernon Avenue SE on Saturday, a child born to an unnamed couple.
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Ralph Bowen
Memphis
Tenn
Nancy Anne
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids Couples Apply for Marriage Licenses
Adolph Dedic and Wilma Yanda both of Cedar Rapids. Charles Koranda of Oxford and Louise Popelar of Cedar Pewara J. Nemec and Leona A. Kudina, both of Cedar Rapids.
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Adolph Dedic
Wilma Yanda
Cedar Rapids
Charles Koranda
Oxford
Louise Popelar
Cedar
Pewara
J. Nemec
Leona A. Kudina
Nine Day Scout Camp Closes With 218 Best Awards
The Waubeek area Boy Scout camp wrapped its only nine day period of the season with 218 best awards granted to 30 regular campers, 18 satisfactory campers, plus one camper emblem and one campcrafter certificate. Clarence Rather of Cedar Rapids earned the highest camp honor, with multiple Cedar Rapids scouts earning Wallbecker or satisfactory camper awards and life guard and life saver badges earned by several others. A treasure hunt near Waubeek produced four campers who found a pocket knife prize, and an extended mountain climbing expedition through Waubeek terrain included a serenade on Main Street.
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Waubeek
Robert Munsen
Marion
Clarence Rather
Cedar Rapids
Wallbecker
Vernon Voelpel
Philip Klass
Willard Hayes, Jr
Winston Lowe
John Yuza
Fred Kacena
William Watson
Harry Garrett
Robert Munson
Harold Emerson
Charles Higbie
Mount Vernon
George Fraser
John Fraser
Jack Thomas
Tim Thomas
Monticello
Ray Kent
Nashua
Charles Ireland
Anamosa
Melvin Galbraith
Howard Merkel
Red Cross
Howard Gherry
Victor Moravec
Robert Quinn
James Endsley
Robert Sar
Oe 17
Bruce Bucknell
Fred Ellis
William Jackson
Charles Loomis
Howard Cherry
John Hutch
Troop Rapids
Lees
Tom Thompson
Troop
Cedar
Devil's Bone State Park
Arthur Schlumbohm
Frank Siverly
George Wilson
Wapsipinicon
Milerock
Harvey Sauer
Vernon Voelper
Veteran Insurance Official Headlines Farewell Tour Stop in Cedar Rapids
Francis O. Ayres, first vice president of Metropolitan Life, tours the country before retirement. He will speak at Hotel Roosevelt in Cedar Rapids to meet with more than 160 Iowa agents as part of a final goodwill tour. Ayres, long noted for developing the ordinary department, now supervises over 22,000 agencies with aides Zettler and Os joining the Midwest leg of the trip.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Francis O. Ayres
New York City
Cedar Rapids
Hotel Roosevelt
Iowa
Ayres
Metropolitan Life Insurance Agency
Omaha
Detroit
Milwaukee
Middle West
Mr. Ayres
Louis J. Zettler
Metropolitan Service
Northwest Territory
Glenn J. Os
Nearly 7 500 Licenses Issued In Linn County This Year
County Recorder Dempsy Jones reports nearly 7 500 hunting and fishing licenses issued in Linn County to date. From the recorder’s office 5 464 permits have been issued locally and about 2 000 come from outside sources. The total is roughly 300 ahead of the same date last year. Linn County ranked second in the state in total licenses in 1931.
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Linn County
Dempsy Jones
Recorder
City Briefs and Personals Ice Cream Social and Moves
Ice cream social Sunday evening at St on Fairfax advertised. Mr and Mrs L V Hoskin move from 316 Ninth Street NW to 1063 F Avenue new home. Antique shop relocates to 227 Second Street SE advertisement.
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St. On Fairfax
Second Street SE
Life service at First Church of Christ Scientist
The First Church of Christ Scientist holds morning services at 11 with the subject Life. Sunday school begins at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday evening testimony meeting starts at 8. The 518 Paramount reading room is open daily except Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
Paramount Building
Ellis Park Beach Opens Early for Grotto Picnic
Ellis Park bathing beach will open at 10 a.m. Sunday to accommodate about 500 attendees for the Iowa Grotto picnic. Normally the beach opens at 1 p.m. The public will be allowed to use the beach Sunday morning.
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Ellis Park
Iowa
Powell in Manila After Orient Tour
Thomas Powell son of Judge and Mrs Thomas B Powell was in Manila Philippines June 15 after visiting Honolulu Yokohama Kobe Shanghai Hong Kong Canton and Cebu A card received Saturday by Arie Poldervaart a Coe classmate says Powell left last September to visit the Orient
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Thomas Powell
Thomas B. Powell
Manila
Philippine Islands
Honolulu
Yokohama
Kobe
Shanghai
Hongkong
Canton
Cebu
Arie Poldervaart
Powell
Coe
Orient
Novak Plumbing Code Charge Disposed In District Court
Judge A B Clark dismisses the violation against Anton Novak of 1114 K street SW on the assistant city solicitor’s motion. Novak previously fined 25 dollars and costs in municipal court on July 28, 1931 and appealed to the district court, with costs assessed to the city.
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Anton Novak
A. B. Clark
Harry S. Johnson
Novak
Knights of Khorassan Picnic At Ellis Park July 24
Ardekan temple No 234 will hold its annual picnic July 24 at the Duck pond Ellis park. Program begins 2 p.m. with games and entertainment through afternoon. Picnic supper served at 6. Dokies Pythians and their age group invited from Cedar Rapids and nearby region.
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Ardekan Temple No
Dramatic Order of Knights of Khorassan
Duck Pond
Ellis Park
Cedar Rapids
Doctor S H Miller D C Examines Case Free Evening Open
Dr S H Miller D C offers free examination and explanation of your case in the evenings with a lady assistant. Phone 3-1217. 117 N 3rd St.
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Dial
3Rd St
Local Folk At Stone City Colony Highlighted Program
A public program at Stone City Art colony features music by the Taylor trio Cedar Rapids, community singing, poetry including Wapsipinicon by Jay Sigmund, and a talk by Warren B Gregg. Architect Stewart Leonard will give illustrated lectures over two weeks. New members join Cedar Rapids area classes. honor cards go to Byron Boyd and Edward Rowan.
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Stone City
Cedar Rapids
Charles Shackell
Bertha Sargent
Wendall Culp
Lydia A. Montgomery
Sturges Ely
Kate Vanduree
Dubuque
Marian Gilmore
Ottumwa
Harry Cowden
Leon Zeman
C Dar Rapids
al Morey
Des Moines
Harlan Miller
Christine Holbrook
Better Homes and Gardens
Hattie Wood
Grant Wood
Elia Witters
Central High School
Minneapolis
Elmer T. Peterson
University of Iowa
R. H. Fitzgerald
Russell Coles
Taos
N. M
Cole McMartin
Ivan Boyd
Patricia
Albert Robertson
David Kruidenier
S. D. Quarton
L. Y. Carrethers
Hawaii
Karl Blaise
Gladys Calder Brooks
Columbia Held
Boyd
Rowan
Iowa
Byron Ben Boyd
Iowa Artists’ Association
Chicago Galleries Association
Edward B. Rowan
Little Gallery
Brown University
Providence
R. I
Institute of Art
Colony
Dorothy June Duncan
Dixon Hedges
Franklin Peddie
Geraldine Cook
Mechanicsville
Bernita Barnes
Two Ex-Convicts Nabbed As Suspects In Several Crimes
Omaha police nabbed two ex convicts after a garage raid turned into a running gun fight. One man forced a clerk and two patrons to surrender $45 while the other started a car. A pursuing car was fired upon 24 times before it yielded. Suspects may be linked to earlier pistol fights in Wisner and Laurel, Nebraska. One man, John Ulrich of Omaha, 21, died from a fresh bullet wound after arrest. The other suspect was identified as Arthur McDaniels, alias Semen, recently released from McNeil Island federal prison for auto theft.
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Omaha
Deeeeeeett
Nebraska
Hanscom Park
Honer
Ms Ir
John Ulrich
Nebraska Semlanuuary
Herman Nuttleman
Wisner
Neb
Freedom Proved Too Strong A Temptation
Clyde E Johnson, 39, was released from the county jail after a fused six month sentence on a vagrancy charge in a June arrest. He faced another intoxication charge and his vagrancy case remains pending. Police Sergeant Clift and Patrolman Devotee reported the incident on a Saturday 5 p.m. arrest.
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Clyde E Johnson
Clift
Self expression quotes in Henry Neumann words
A compact quote attributed to Henry Neumann on self expression. It asserts that the truest form of expression emerges when the mind ceases to focus on self-expression itself. The remark emphasizes unselfconscious communication as the path to authenticity.
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Henry Neumann
Long Denies He Is Considering Race For Governor
DES MOINES AP J W Long suspended state auditor says he has not contemplated running for governor on an independent ticket if defeated for auditor at the Republican state convention. He calls reports started by others on their own initiative. Long is among five candidates seeking the Republican nomination for auditor.
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Des Moines
J. W. Long
Long
Funeral services for Emma A Schuler held Monday
Emma A Schuler died Saturday. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 30 p m at Pioneer Funeral Home with Father R J Campbell officiating. Burial followed at Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
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Emma A. Schuler
Pioneer Funeral Home
R. J. Campbell
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
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Falas
Eubeetiner
Mao
Coerier
Lam
CP Ice
Lorne A. Milneting
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
F. K. Ward
Kenwood Park
Veteran Insurance CO
Francis C. Ayres
Christian Science Services
Tom Powell
S. H. Miller
D.C
O. C. Hobson
2Nd Ave
Stone City Colony
Emma Schuler
Ridgewood
Bolton
C. BR. Savings Bank
Enna Jettick
Alene Robison
South English
Iris K. Smith
C Avenue
Margaret Dorsey
17Th Street
N. Jay Leonard
Chamber of Commerce
C. D. Hedberg
Board of Education
F. E. Katterjohn
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Newman’s
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