Funeral Honors Henry Stark A Cedar Rapids Leader
The Rev J Renwick McCullough extolled the late William Henry Stark 79 at his Westminster Presbyterian church funeral in Cedar Rapids praising his character and civic service. Stark known for counsel, generosity and steady faith died after a life of aid to Red Cross and city welfare and is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Stark
Cedar Rapids
J. Renwick McCullough
Stark
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Joseph
God
McCullough
Kingdom of God
Cora Fisher
Oak Hill Cemetery
How to Play and Win Contract Bridge Lesson
North dealer East makes a risky two heart overcall and doubles for penalties. South should have warned with a takeout double to swing 1000 points for their side. The final contract, two spades, was defeated 800 points.
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North
East
South
West
Declarer
Waterloo athlete Delaney Schuck dies after rock fall
Delaney Schuck a 23 year old Waterloo West graduate of 1932 died in Tracy Minnesota hospital after being injured by a falling rock in a gravel pit. He earned six letters in football basketball and track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Delaney Schuck
Waterloo West
Tracy, Minn
Schuck
Grinnell Hit By Brief Hail and Rain Storm
A hail and rainstorm struck Grinnell on Monday afternoon. One-fourth of an inch of water fell in about fifteen minutes as the storm moved through the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Radio Schedules and Orchestra Lineup Across NBC CBS Networks
The page lists daily radio programming with multiple networks NBC CBS and stations WABC WJZ WEAF KYW WMAQ WHO among others. It names performers Horace Heidt Abe Lyman Pat Gallivan Wayne King Nancy Rodrigo Donahue Lunceford and many orchestras and hosts across morning afternoon and evening slots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee McGee and Molly
NBC
KYW
WMAQ
WHO
Dickinson, Soprano
WJZ
Horace Heidt Orch
WABC
WBBM
KMOX
Margaret Speaks Ens
WEAF
Abe Lyman Orch
Pat
CBS
iHoward Price
Billy White
WJZ Chain
Radio Theater
WCCO
Richard Himber Orch
Goldman
Wayne King Orch
Mert
WCC
Berar Orch
Weaf N Jolly Coburn Orch
March of Time
la Leafer Orch
Clyde Lucas Orch
Nancy Rodrigo Orch
A Donahue Orch
Bernie Cummins
Orch
Jimmy Lunceford
Shandor
Vincent Oe Orch
WGST
Wwoc
Ee Pollack Orch
Irving Aaronson
Hawaii
ABC
ae-Hichard Maxwell
Betty and
Bob
Ee Rees Quartet
Cha Josh. Higgins
Par We
Wendell Hall
Rennie
Par. Chain
Es Harding
Doc _Schneider
Secree Hall Orch
Wabc Ann
Rhythm Octette
Weaf Chain
Golden Melodies
Madison Ensemble
Wabc Woc
Pepper Young’s
Leo Reisman
Ben Bernie
Ethel Waters
Fred Warine Orch
Ed Wynn
WEAP
Benny Goodman Orch
Meredith Willson Orch
NBC Symphony
Chain March of Time
WBBM x_ WCCO
KMO
Clem McCarthy
Willard Robison Orch
Julian Woodworth’ Orch
JZ Chain
Reeves Fray Orch
Rodrigo Orch
Weaf Ens Coburn
WJZ Orville Knapp
Fletcher Henderson
Free Bridge Rules Booklet Offer From The Gazette
The Cedar Rapids Gazette offers readers a free copy of Bridge Rules and Etiquette by Josephine Culbertson through a special arrangement. Send a stamped self addressed envelope to Mrs Culbertson in care of The Gazette.
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Gazette
Josephine Culbertson
Culbertson
Cedar Rapids
Cherry Burrell to Vote on Recapitalization Plan
Cherry Burrell stockholders are asked to vote at a July 28 Chicago meeting on a recapitalization plan reducing annual fixed dividends from 137 431 to 78 535 dollars. The plan exchanges current 7 percent preferred stock for new 5 percent preferred stock and common stock in a 0.8 to 2 3 ratio, shrinking preferred shares from 19 633 to 15 707 with par values noted by president W L Cherry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry-Burrell Corporation
Chicago
W. L. Cherry
Two Injured When Car Leaves Road and Overturns
A car leaving the Buffalo road at a curve northwest of Louisa overturned around 3 a.m. on Sunday injuring Allen Hill and Russell Burgess. Hill suffered a fractured right arm and leg cuts, Burgess had bruises, while Harold Nelson was uninjured. They reported to Sheriff James H. Smith Sunday afternoon and suspected a front tire failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Hill
Third Street
Russell Burgess
Buffalo Road
Louisa
Burgess
Harold Nelson
Cedar Rapids
Hill
James H. Smith
Little Rock man fined for gambling house operation
Jake Hardin, 32, of Little Rock, was fined 100 dollars plus costs in district court by Judge H. C. Ring for keeping a gambling house. The balance of the fine is suspended on 25 dollars and costs. Hardin was arrested Saturday afternoon at Palo celebration by Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon for operating a ball in box game. County Attorney G. K. Thompson filed the information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Hardin
Little Rock
Ark
H. C. Ring
Hardin
Larry Condon
Palo
Condon
G. K. Thompson
Judge approves fourteenth Ely Trust receivership report
Judge H. C. Ring in district court Monday approved the four teenth quarterly report in the receivership of the Ely Trust and Savings bank. The report shows cash on hand at the quarter's close June 30 as $12,980.77. Dividends paid to depositors to date aggregate seventy per cent or approximately $155,000. D. W. Bates is receiver and Ben S. Summerwill is examiner in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Ring
Ely Trust and Savings Bank
D. W. Bates
Ben S. Summerwill
Mount Vernon area chicken house robbery reported
Fred Alexander reported to Sheriff James H. Smith that his chicken house was broken into on Saturday evening while he was away. Several White Leghorn chickens were missing, and Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon conducted the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Alexander
Mount Vernon
James H. Smith
Alexander
Larry Condon
Heat Wave Fades as Showers Reach Southern States
The heat wave and drought easing in 28 states after showers and windstorms, with only Arkansas Oklahoma Southern Missouri southern Kansas and northern Texas hitting 100 degrees. Cooler air from Canada arrives as storms disrupt travel, dust and debris flood sidewalks, and crops show mixed recovery after $600 million in losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Canada
Alaska
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Midwest
Kansas_ City
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas City
Omaha
Indianapolis
Ind
Madison
Wis
Marriage Licenses Issued to Local Couples
Douglas Falkner and Viola Wilson of Ryan earned a marriage license. George S. Banta of Manchester and Stella T. Mutschler of East Dubuque III also received licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Falkner
Viola Wilson
Ryan
George S. Banta
Manchester
Stella T. Mutschler
East Dubuque
Alice in Blunderland and the Roosevelt Dilemma
Alice Longworth argues Roosevelt faces a center collapse as fringe allies like Townsend followers and Father Coughlin threaten his political base. The piece suggests cutting bread and circuses may not preserve support and warns of defections from those not given enough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend
Father Coughlin
Gerald Smith
Roosevelt
Alice Longworth
City Briefs and Minor Notices Roundup
The playground commission Archery club meets at Ellis park at 6 30 p m Tuesday. City council authorized purchase of road oil and ferric chloride for public works. Scout Executive N Harold West and Mrs West take a two week vacation to the Superior National Forest. Fire Company No 2 battled a grass fire at F Avenue and Twelfth Street NW at 12 27 p m Monday. A planned breakfast by Avenue Circle Cedar Chapter Order of Eastern Star was postponed. A J Meeker complained of nightly prowlers at 620 Seventh Street SE. H B Irvin of 325 I Avenue NW was fined 25 dollars and costs for intoxication, fine suspended if he leaves the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Improvement Department
F Avenue
Twelfth Street
H. B. Irvin
I Avenue NW
Irvin
Camp Good Health Hosts Candy Bar Visit
Children at Camp Good Health received six dozen candy bars donated by Witwer Grocer Company during a Sunday afternoon event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Good Health
Witwer Grocer Company
Novak Family Visits West Point Coach to See Mother
Leo Novak basketball and track coach at West Point and his wife Mrs. Novak with children Jack Mary Jean and Don arrived Monday to visit Mr. Novak's mother Mrs. Mary Novak of 820 First avenue E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Novak
United States Military Academy
West Point
Porch Swing Burned Under Suspected Arson
Police investigated a report by Mrs. J. W. Christen of 1025 First Street SE that her porch swing, located in a grape arbor near her home, was doused with gasoline and set ablaze Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Christen
First Street
Car Crash Wounds Mrs. Fillips in City Intersection
Mrs. J Edward Fillips of 4901 Center Point Road NE sustained a cut over her left eye when the car she rode in, driven by her husband, was rear ended by a vehicle driven by F J Shors of Grand Hotel at 6 p m Sunday at the C Street and Twelfth Avenue SW intersection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Fillips
Center Point Road
F. J. Shors
Grand Hotel
C Street
Twelfth Avenue
Sunday Fire Runs
Firemen extinguished a grass fire in the 800 block on Center Point road NE at 10 40 a m Sunday. Company No 1 responded at 1 22 p m to the Higbee shoe store Third avenue and Second street SE when a cigarette stub ignited an awning there. A false alarm was recorded at 10 19 p m turned in from C avenue and Twentieth street NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Point Road
Company No. 1
Higbee Shoe
Third Avenue
Second Street
C Avenue
Twentieth Street
Nickel Extracted From Baby's Windpipe At St. Luke's
Physicians removed a nickel from Clement Edward Fleury a four year old at St. Luke's hospital after he swallowed the coin on Saturday. Roy Arp aged 27 was treated for a lacerated arm after pushing it through a window vane. E E Nifziger was treated for a dog bite on the right hand. George Burrows received care for a punctured right arm from a large hook at the Iowa Manufacturing Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement Edward Fleury
St. Luke’s Hospital
Roy Arp
Third Avenue
E. E. Nifziger
Twentieth Street
George Burrows
Seventeenth Street SE
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Burgess Fined for Reckless Driving in Police Court
Ralph Burgess of 1247 Third Street NW pled guilty to reckless driving and was fined 100 dollars plus costs. unable to pay, he was sent to the county jail. John Drahodjal of 2427 Fruitland Drive SW was fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding. C Carstens at Sixteenth Street and 6 Avenue NW pled not guilty on speeding charges and a hearing is set for Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Burgess
Third Street
John Drahodjal
Fruitland Drive
C. Carstens
Sixteenth Street
Avenue NW
Auto stolen from Trpkosh home near Mount Vernon
Milo L. Trpkosh reports his 1933 Chevrolet coach, black wire wheels and a broken left lamp, license 57 19729, stolen from his Mount Vernon area home between 12 30 a.m. and 4 a.m. Sunday. Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon filed the report Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo L. Trpkosh
Mount Vernon
Trpkosh
Larry Condon
James Whitcomb Riley and the Benjamin F. Johnson Pseudonym
James Whitcomb Riley once used the pen name Benjamin F. Johnson. This nominal alias appears in biographical notes and literary references from his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Whitcomb
Riley
Ben-jamin F. Johnson
Joe Kroulik to Undergo Operation at University Hospital
Joe Kroulik a 78 year old retired police detective of 1006 Second Street SE Cedar Rapids will undergo an operation Tuesday at University Hospital in Iowa City where he has been confined for a week. City council granted Cedar Rapids Gas permission to lay mains on Twenty fourth Avenue SW near First Street in I avenue at Elev enth Street and Tenth Street at I avenue and in Hull Avenue SE near Tenth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Kroulik
Second Street SE
University Hospital
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Twenty-fourth Avenue
First Street
I Avenue
Eleventh Street
Tenth Street
Hull Avenue
Bob's Entertainers Orchestra Led by Robert Snodgrass
An ensemble called Bob's Entertainers is conducted by Robert Snodgrass, guiding performances likely in local venues. The brief notes indicate an organized orchestra with a named director shaping upcoming concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Streets Ordered Oiled In City Council Action
The city council Monday filed for one week a resolution ordering the oiling of Thirty third street NE from C avenue to E avenue Thirty third street NE from First avenue to C avenue Hamilton street SW from Fourteenth avenue to Sixteenth avenue First street NW from Fourth street to the alley between Fourth and Fifth streets and Eighth street SW from Eighteenth avenue to Twentieth avenue
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Thirty-third Street
C Avenue
E Avenue
First Avenue
Hamilton Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Sixteenth Avenue
First Street
Fourth Street
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Eighth Street
Eighteenth Avenue
Twentieth Avenue
Tent Meetings Held by Nazarene Church This Week
Special tent meetings sponsored by the Church of the Nazarene are led by Evangelist R. A. Thom of Waterloo at Van Buren school grounds. Services occur daily at 7 45 p m with Mr Thom speaking this evening and District Superintendent C Preston Roberts presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Nazarene
R. A. Thom
Waterloo
van Buren
Thom
C. Preston Roberts
Des Moines and Rev. Kaufman Engage in Palestine Mission Service
The Des Moines area church and the Rev. A. H. Kaufman of Jerusalem Palestine will join in a mission service. Local congregants prepare for the event and note a strong international connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
A. H. Kaufman
Jerusalem
Palestine
Veteran freight agent visits Anchorage after fifty year wait
Sanford Kerr, longtime Illinois Central railroad freight agent, was in Anchorage, Alaska on July 3. The clipping notes the Alaska trip had been planned fifty years ago but delayed due to a family death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford Kerr
Illinois Central Railroad
Anchorage
Alaska
Anchorage Daily Times
Kerr
Tire explosion injures worker at LaPlant Choate plant
Mike Weber of 137 Thirtieth Street SE suffered a broken knee cap and a cracked wrist when a truck tire exploded as he attempted to remove it at the LaPlant Choate company plant. A rim was blown from the wheel by the concussion and Weber was transported to St. Luke's hospital by ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Weber
Thirtieth Street Drive
LaPlant Choate Company
Weber
St. Luke’s Hospital
Notice of Appointment of Executrix No 13952 Iowa
Agnes Ces Edgar appointed Executrix of the estate of William A Edgar Jr deceased in Linn County Iowa on July 3 1936. Creditors must present claims to the Linn County District Court clerk and those owing debts should pay promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Linn County
William A. Edgar, Jr
Agnes Ces Edgar
All Iowa Dairy and Junior Livestock Show Plans Discussed
Iowa dairy breed groups junior livestock clubs and vocational agriculture departments met at Hotel Roosevelt with Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce members to finalize plans for the All Iowa Dairy and Junior Livestock exposition at Frontier Park September 17 to 19. Attendees included show manager Charles D Moore Chamber secretary A L Taylor breed reps Holgar Larson Charles Mountain Don Filson Roy Cook Paul Mitchell vocational agriculturists H T Hall Rex Conn Linn county agents Rex Conn and 4 H agent Percy Letson and show committee chair William Rinderknecht plus members Arthur Barlow Lysle Duncan and Ray Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Dairy Breed
Iowa
Hotel Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Holgar Larson
Dike
Charles Mountain
Des Moines
Don Filson
Marshalltown
Brown Swiss
Roy Cook
Independence
Paul Mitchell
Reinbeck
H. T. Hall
L. L. Falck
Belle Plaine
Rex Conn
Linn
Percy Letson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Stark
Mr. Stark
Ministry of Justice
Red Cross
Cherry-Burrell
Court House News
Man
Ely Bank
The
Playground Commission
Archery Club
Ellis Park
N. Harold West
Mrs. West
Superior National Forest
Avenue Circle
Cedar Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
A. J. Meeker
Seventh Street SE
Leo Novaks
Roy
Prufe
Killian Company
Ue, Killian
Illian
Cohama & Powder Cloth
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