Social event honors Miss Buckingham and Mrs Winterberg
Out of town visitors inspired Friday social activity with a luncheon hosted by Miss Eugenia Kelly for Miss Betty Buckingham at 2029 Washington Avenue SE. A lawn picnic supper at 110 Twenty-fifth Street Drive SE honored Mrs. Frank Winterberg of Edinburg Indiana, with guests including Mr and Mrs. Russell F. Knapp and daughter Carolyn, Miss Evelyn Northcott, Miss May Winterberg, Dr and Mrs W E Owen, and family members from Sioux City and Cedar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Buckingham
Oak Park
Ill
Marjorie Deacon
Knollwood Drive
Eugenia Kelly
Washington Avenue
Jane Fuhrmeister
Deacon
Elizabeth Smith
Nadgie Rohrbach
Harriette Hamilton
Janet Thomas
Lois Lockwood
W. E. Owen, Jr
Valley camp No 2136 Royal Neighbors picnic at Bever park
Valley camp No 2136 of the Royal Neighbors of America held its annual picnic in Bever park with about 70 members and families attending. Guests included Florence Bridges Mapleton the state supervising deputy and Nelle Sexton the district deputy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Neighbors of America
Bever Park
Florence Bridges
Mapleton
Nelle Sexton
Jolly Neighbors Meet at Hines Home
The Jolly Neighbors gathered Thursday at Mrs. Ray Hines home 839 Twelfth Street NE. Bunce was played with prizes awarded to Mrs. Harley O Connor and Mrs. Charles Packingham. The next meeting is set for August 3 at Mrs. Lester Scotts home 1020 Thirtieth Street NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hines
Twelfth Street
Bunce
Harley O'Connor
Charles Packingham
Lester Scott
Thirtieth Street
Hruskas Visit Galveston Friends Before Moving West
William Hruska and his wife prepared to depart Thursday for their new home in Pacific Palisades California. They had resided at 2540 Vernon Court SE and spent several days as guests of George Eye at 312 Eleventh Street SW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Palisades
Calif
William Hruska
Vernon Court SE
George Eye
Eleventh Street
Mrs Berger Hosts Fifth Birthday Party for Mitzi Jean
Mrs Charles Berger entertained twenty guests at 1320 L avenue NE honoring her daughter Mitzi Jean on her fifth birthday with games and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Berger
L Avenue NE
Mitzi Jean
Carollo Indicted for Tax Evasion in Kansas City
Charles V. Carollo a Northside gambling lieutenant linked to Boss Tom Pendergast was indicted by a federal grand jury on four counts for evading income taxes on 246650 dollars. The alien defendant faces one mail fraud and perjury charge alongside the tax counts covering 1935 to 1938. The case echoes prior indictments in a Kansas City gambling racket case Judge Merrill E. Otis has described him as the big man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Charles V. Carollo
Northside
Tom Pendergast
Carollo
Merrill E. Otis
Grocers To Meet Monday Night On Bread Issue
Retail Grocers association held a Friday meeting with 57 members present as talks over a bread dispute with baking companies stalled. A second meeting is set for 8 pm Monday at Sokol hall. Colonial and Cedar Rapids bakeries closed stale bread stores, Petersen Baking remains open. Grocers argue day old goods resale harms their business. bakers say reduced prices target low income shoppers.
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Retail Grocers Association
Procers
Henry Jensen
Sokol Hall
Jensen
Colonial
Cedar Rapids
Petersen Baking Company
Snow Fight Cools Summer Heat In Two Rivers
Two Rivers residents planned a playful snow battle courtesy of an American Legion post which stored tons of snow and ice last winter. Junior Chamber of Commerce members prepared to clash with a group from Appleton amid a snow king and queen throne made of illuminated ice and a makeshift slide showcasing a WPA era cache of buried snow from 1936.
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Two Rivers
Wis
Papsiserts
American Legion
Wed Ai Little Brown Church wedding ties two families
The Little Brown Church at Nashua hosted the wedding of Miss Annamae Dean daughter of Mrs Minnie Dean and William J Biderman son of Mr and Mrs Charles Biderman Cedar Rapids Friday at high noon The couple exchanged a single ring ceremony performed by Rev William Kent in the presence of immediate families The bride wore a street length white and navy jersey frock with orchid corsage Mrs Dean wore black net with white accessories and Mrs Biderman wore blue lace Both mothers wore gardenia corsages After a Colorado trip the couple will live at 338 Alta Vista Drive Waterloo The couple are graduates of Franklin and Grant high schools respectively and Mr Biderman works as a salesman for Witwer Grocer Co Waterloo
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Little Brown
Nashua
Annamae Dean
Minnie Dean
Avenne
William J. Biderman
Charles Biderman
Cedar Rapids
William Kent
Beacon Lite Breakfast at Ellis Park River Pavilion
The Beacon Lite class of Four Square church met for a Wednesday breakfast at Ellis park river pavilion. Afterward, Scripture reading and chorus singing followed. Attendees included Mesdames IJ Isa belle Hall, Irene Frame, Barbara Welch, Pearl Kruse, Ada Anderson, Helen Bahr, Mary Kennedy, Clara Jayne, Clara Heider, Lela Winn and Louise Shafer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Lite
Four Square Church
River Pavilion
Ellis Park
Mesdames IJ
Isabelle Hall
Irene Frame
Barbara Welch
Pearl Kruse
Ada Anderson
Helen Bahr
Mary Kennedy
Clara Jayne
Clara Heider
Lela Winn
Louise Shafer
Jones Says RFC Faces Big Losses On Loans
Washington AP. Jesse H Jones, federal loan administrator, told the Senate Banking Committee the Reconstruction Finance Corporation will incur a very substantial percentage of losses on its existing business loans. He cited foreclosures on 12 million dollars of industrial loans and warned losses could reach high single digits to double digits.
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Washington (Ap
Jesse H Jones
Federal Loan Administrator
Senate Banking Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jones
Roosevelt
RFC
Townsend
Del
Adams
Cole
Prize for Cagney Named by Police Chiefs Group
Actor James Cagney was notified he will receive the magazine’s annual crime prevention prize after a poll of 5,000 police chiefs. The citation credited his crime roles with making gangsters a loathsome figure for the nation’s youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
James Cagney
Wage Hour Act Alteration Put On Must List
Washington (UP) The rules committee placed wage hour amendments on its must list and urged a quick compromise. After an executive session, Elmer F Andrews and Mary T Norton with Rep. Graham A Barden planned a Tuesday hearing to seek a settlement. The deadlock between Norton and Barden threatened to delay any revision this session.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Elmer F Andrews
Mary T. Norton
N. J
House Labor Committee
Graham A. Barden
N. C
Barden
E. C. Cox
Rules Committee
Norton
Roosevelt
House
Kent Keller
Chief Plans Safety Aid For Downtown Bicycle Ordinance
Police chief Bob Vinch will seek help from Phil Sproul state safety council secretary to draft a bicycle ordinance. The plan requires bicycles in the street or pedestrians on sidewalks downtown to protect walkers. Parking lots to curb thefts will be leased, and a bicycle registration fee may be set to aid recovery.
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Cedar Rapids
Bob Vinch
Phil Sproul
State Safety Council
Sproul
Bicycle Committee
National Safety Council
Iowa
Vlach
Des Moines
A Toam
Viach
Headlines Read Back in Senate Clash Over Neutrality
Washington senator Arthur H. Vandenberg cites two newspaper headlines to counter President Roosevelt's claim that Congress blocked neutrality revision ended a business boom. He quotes “Senate Kills Boom, Says The President” and “Stocks Spurt One to Three Dollars in Private Trading” to argue the record contradicts the idea of a boom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ulp
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Vandenberg
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pattern 4189 from Anne Adams offers summer dress options
The Cedar Rapids Gazette advertises Pattern 4189 by Anne Adams with designs to slim width and add height through princess lines. Features include a front buttoning bodice, optional breeze-flow sleeves, and a snow-white collar. Sizes 34 to 48, fabric 514 yards for size 36. Book and pattern prices listed. order to Pattern Department New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department
17Th St
New York
Business Rise Gaining Momentum in June
Commerce department economists said Friday that higher wage payments and a lower cost of living are aiding business improvement to gain momentum. They foresee a year end upturn but well below 1937 peaks, citing increased government expenditures, residential construction growth, and stronger purchasing power from incomes versus prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
United Press
Secretary of Commerce
Harry L. Hopkins
Hull blocks action on Jap arms embargo study
Secretary of State Hull halted congressional steps on an arms embargo to Japan, noting the delay until next session for a ruling on treaty implications. He indicated Roosevelt would consider repealing the 1911 pact if the Senate voted to scrap it, while Vandenberg urged reconvening the 1937 Brussels conference over nine power treaty issues.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Japan
Roosevelt
Key Pittman
Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hull
Pittman
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Mgr. Roosevelt
Senate
Vandenberg
Brussels
China
Must Leave His Trailer And 2 Wives To Serve Prison Term For Bigamy
Walter Thurman, 29, of Long Beach must abandon his auto trailer and two wives as he serves a bigamy sentence. Judge Desmond noted his disregard for social norms while Thurman admitted marriages to Ruth Louden, 18, in October and Agnes Thrush, 23, in January. The younger wife is pregnant.
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Long Beach
Calif
Walter Thurman
Walter Desmond
Thurman
Ruth Louden
Santa Ana
Agnes Thrush
San Francisco
American youth jailed by Nazis returns home with no hard feelings
William Bardwell Curts, 20, who wrote an unflattering note in a Heidelberg guest book, spent 32 days in German custody after a clash with authorities. He arrived in New York aboard the Hamburg and said he left Germany without resentment though unsure about guardian Bestor Robinson's next steps.
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New York
William Bardwell Curts
Heidelberg
Germany
U.S
Bestor Robinson
Oakland
Calif
Hamburg
Heidelberg Kaufbrau
France
Everebeey
Hhen
Raus
Budapest
Third Reich
Fuhrer
Reich
Gestapo
Secret Police
Curts
Europe
Willie Willis on gangs and their size
Willie Willis comments on youths joining gangs, arguing that small youths are suitable for gangs only if they are aligned with extremist ideas. He warns that bigger youths may think about girls and drift away from gang loyalty. The statement reflects concerns about youth recruitment and moral influence.
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Hitler
Roscoe Chapman Rockford Publisher Dies in Miami Beach
Roscoe S. Chapman 71, co founder of the Rockford Morning Star, died at his winter home in Miami Beach after a 3.5 year illness. He helped launch the Morning Star in 1888 and held senior roles at Rockford Newspapers Inc and the Register Republic. Funeral services are set for Sunday at the Elks Club in Rockford. He is survived by his widow and son Russell, an advertising executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe S. Chapman
Rockford, Hi
Morning Star
Cedar Rapids
Miami Beach
Fla
Elks Club
Rockford
Chapman
Rockford Morning Star
Rockford Regisister Republic
John V. Riley
Rockford Newspapers, Inc
Register-Gazette
Daily Republic
New Consolidated Company
Russell
Today In Congress By United Press
Senate in recess. Education and labor committee on general business. House debates Lea transportation bill and Banking and currency in executive session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Senate
Education
HOUSE
Allots Funds For Thirty Army Posts
Secretary Woodring allotted 62.8 million dollars of War Department funds for construction at more than 30 army posts. The largest single grant, 21.3 million, supports a new air base and reinforcement of three posts in the Panama Canal Zone.
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Washington (Ap
Woodring
War Department
Panama Canal Zone
Director Ceballos Freed on Bail in Drunk Driving Case
Hollywood police report Larry Ceballos, director of movie dance scenes, was out of jail on $150 bail Saturday and awaits trial on August 15 after being charged with drunk driving. He appeared in court following his arrest earlier in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Larry Ceballos
Grain prices dip as six to seven year depths reached
The AP report notes government efforts to stabilize world wheat prices amid sagging markets in Canada Argentina and the United States. It explains price guarantees, storage of grain, and rising world reserves, with US Canada and Argentina each backing farmers and marketing to support Chicago and Winnipeg futures while Liverpool faces record low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Canada
Argentina
Lake Ports
Winnipeg
Western Hemisphere
Liverpool
Illinois Relief Unit Plans To Redetermine Needs Of State Groups
Illinois emergency relief commission approved a plan for complete redetermination of need across the state. The effort will survey eligibility for direct relief, WPA, NYA, CCC, FSCC aid and review a 190000 case load. A master file of relief needs will summarize all cases since 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Chicago
Illinois Emergency Relief Commission
WPA
NYA
CCC
FSCC
Leo M. Lyons
IERC
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Dr J J Murphy Named To Loras College Board
Dr J J Murphy a Cedar Rapids physician and surgeon was elected to the Loras College board of regents in Dubuque at a board meeting presided by Archbishop Francis Beckman. He fills the late Louis Witty while the clerical vacancy is filled by Rev J J Klott. The board approved expansion plans and bid advertising for stadium site preparation and authorized hiring an architect for stadium drawings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
J. J. Murphy
Cedar Rapids
Board of Regents
Loras College
Francis J. L. Beckman
Murphy
Louis Witty
J. J. Klott
Weiss Quits All Offices In Louisiana
Sey mour Weiss, longtime member of Louisiana’s political triumvirate, resigned from all public offices including president of the port of New Orleans board, police board, and fire board. He faces an earlier indictment for using the mails to defraud and cited not wanting to embarrass friends as his reason. Governor Earl K. Long said Weiss telephoned about quitting as graft probes continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
INL
Seymour Weiss
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Weiss
United States
Board of Commissioners
Port of
Robert S. Maestri
Richard W. Leche
Deates
Maestri
Long
Unheard From American in China Sends Reassurance
L. W. Holland of the American Methodist Episcopal mission at Nanchang writes from Hankow stating he has not been harmed and that Americans there are safe. The letter, dated July 6, arrives after conflicting Japanese army claims about his detention. The U S consulate seeks access to Holland and to verify conditions in Nanchang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hankow
China
L. W. Holland
American Methodist Episcopal Mission
Nanchang
Holland
United States
Jack Russell To Be Arraigned Tuesday
Chicago police and federal officials moved toward bringing Jack C Russell the so called singing cowboy who escaped an Oklahoma prison to Chicago for arraignment on charges linked to the kidnapping and slaying of motorist William Scott Hamilton. Extradition papers were sent to Oklahoma and Russell was returned to the penitentiary pending transport to Chicago for a Tuesday federal court appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Jack C. Russell
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
William Scott Hamilton
Russell
Oklahoma
Man on Check Forgery Given Probation
Otto Bach faced Municipal Judge Max W. Nohl on a check forging charge. When asked his occupation he replied he was working on a check protector to prevent forgeries. Bach received three years probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Otto Bach
Max W. Nohl
Bach
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Ziegfeld Follies
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Edward P. Simon
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Texas
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