Guests Of Local Folk Return To Their Homes
Cedar Rapids society notes weekend visitors depart after varied stays. Notable departures include Mr and Mrs Will J Price of Scarsdale New York and son Billy heading to Chicago then home. Mr and Mrs Ben H Witwer returning to Linden Drive SE. Miss Frances Mitchell leaving Chicago for St Paul after two weeks with Miss Leha Johnson. and others who visited E Ives 2300 Grande avenue SE and A J Barth family before departing for their cities.
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Cedar Rapids Society
Will J Price
Scarsdale
Billy
Chicago
Price
Ben H. Witwer
Linden Drive
Frances Mitchell
Leha Johnson
First Avenue F
St Paul
Calfornia
Frederick Seely
Meadville
Seely
Merton F. Seely
Second Avenue
Jane Cochran
Camden
Janet Coquil
Barth
A. J. Barth
Forest Drive
R. A. Schreiber
Des Moines
Richard
Schreiber
Harry S. Johnson
Washington Avenue
Beems Host Rosalie Fleming From St Louis For Visit
Mr and Mrs C A Beems welcomed Miss Rosalie Fleming of St Louis Mo as their guest Tuesday evening. They plan a trip to Peoria Ill Sunday where Miss Fleming will visit before returning to St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. C. A. Beems
Twenty-first Street
Rosalie Fleming
St. Louis
Mrs. Beems
Miss Fleming
Mrs Beems
Peoria
Miss Stubbs Hosts Luncheon Guests at Club Event
Miss Mary Stubbs of 358 Woodland Drive SE entertained nineteen guests at a luncheon Friday noon at the Country Club. She also served twelve friends at a luncheon at her home last Saturday.
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Mary Stubbs
Woodland Drive
Luncheon Honoring Miss Peggy Russell at Country Club
Mrs Guy E Hillier hosted a Friday luncheon at the Country club at noon in compliment to her guest in the Hillier home Miss Peggy Russell from Staunton Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy E Hillier
Meadowbrook Drive
Country Club
Hillier
Peggy Russell
Staunton
Andersons Return Home After Chicago Visit
Mr and Mrs Paul Anderson of Chicago have been visiting Mrs Minna K Anderson at 1400 Second Avenue SE for two weeks and plan to return to their home in Sunny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Anderson
Chicago
Anderson
Minna K Anderson
Second Avenue SE
Fragmentary travel notes from a Westward trip
The readable fragments describe a journey starting in Russell and Seeman areas, then a trek toward Mexico. The notes mention stopping at a Prope Fe ke wet at tap hsb RS 1 Nice rf ag Sf and a show labeled BES. It recalls a seven week return from the West passing through Los Angeles to Portland, Oregon, Washington, and Colorado before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russel
Burke
West
Gomes
Mexico
Los Angeles
Portland Ore
Washington
Cetorido
Craemer family annual picnic set for Sunday at Bever Park
The Craemer family invites all to their annual picnic on Sunday at 12 30 p.m. at Bever Park. Attendees should come ready for outdoor games and share potluck dishes.
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Craemer
Bever Park
Mrs O Leary Hosts Luncheon For Des Moines Guest
Mrs J G O Leary of 804 Sixteenth Street SE entertained at a Friday luncheon in honor of Mrs A C Lane of Des Moines. Mrs Lane is a weekend guest of Mrs Gaie Coyne at 113 Tenth Street SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G O'Leary
Sixteenth Street
A. C Lane
Des Moines
Lance
Gaie Coyne
Tenth Street
Kappa Delta Group Having House Party at Coe College
A Cedar Rapids house party planned by Kappa Delta sorority members at Coe College features Miss Florence Teets of Milledgeville Illinois speaking on her Kappa Delta convention trip to California and Canada. Out of town guests include Misses Audrey Abell Elgin Illinois Dorothy Pfandhoefer Evanston Illinois Marjory Wright Isla McSperrin Oelwein Geraldine Koster Atkins Wilma Bolsinger Colesburg Kathryn Kendall Marion Elinor Kendall Cedar Rapids Miss Dorothy Struesky leads plans for the weekend event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kappa Delta
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Florence Teets
Milledgeville
Ill
California
Canada
Audrey Abell
Elgin
Dorothy Pfandhoefer
Evanston, Ill
Marjory Wright
Isla McSperrin
Shaffers Attend Davenport Social Affairs Before Wedding
Mr and Mrs Van Vechten Shaffer of 304 Nassau Street SE traveled to Davenport for social affairs honoring Miss Elizabeth Kahl and V O Figge whose wedding is set for Saturday at St Mary's church. They joined Reginald Figge of Cedar Rapids and will attend a bridal dinner hosted by the Figges at the Outing club. The Shaffers also took part in a picnic dinner at the Country club hosted by local hosts.
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van Vechten Shaffer
Nassau Street
Davenport
Elizabeth Kahl
V. O. Figge
St Mary's Church
Mrs Shaffer
Reginald Figge
Cedar Rapids
Fred J. Figge
Ossian
Outing
Gene Halligan
Ed Walsh
Lee Dougherty
Mrs Metta R Cole Visits Washington Sisters
Mrs. Metta R Cole of Washington DC visits her sisters Mrs. L. E. Blessing at 215 Fifteenth Street NE and Mrs. Clara K Brink at 1812 Grande Avenue SE in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metta R Cole
Washington, DC
L. E. Blessing
Fifteenth Street
Clara K Brink
Grande Avenue SE
Loyal Workers Sunday School to Honor Miss Irene Karr
The Loyal Workers class of United Brethren church honors Irene Karr of Los Angeles formerly of Cedar Rapids at a Bever Park picnic Saturday evening. Miss Karr is visiting Mr and Mrs Sidney G Smith at 2301 Mount Vernon Avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyal Workers
United Brethren Church
Irene Karr
Los Angeles
Calif
Cedar Rapids
Bever Park
Karr
Sidney G Smith
Mount Vernon Avenue
Woman's Labor Bureau No 17 Holds Regular Meeting
The Woman's Labor Bureau No 17 met Thursday evening for regular business at the labor temple. The next meeting will be held August 8 at 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Labor Bureau
Labor Temple
Sorenson Family Vacation and Cedar Rapids Visit
The Rev Mr and Mrs P C Sorenson of Fargo and daughters Esther and Ruth left for Bemidji Minnesota after visiting relatives Mr and Mrs H E E Sherrard of 2326 B avenue NE hosted them Esther and Ruth will stay a week in the Lakes region before returning Miss Eva Hansen of Minneapolis, sister of Mrs Sherrard, remains in Cedar Rapids for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. C Sorenson
Fargo
N. D
Esther
Ruth
Sorenson
Hee Sherrard
Avenue NE
Bemidji
Minn
Lake
Minnesota
Eva Hansen
Minneapolis
Sherrad
Sherrard
Cedar Rapids
Fourteenth Baker family reunion in Bever Park pavilion
The fourteenth annual Baker family reunion gathered Sunday in Bever Park pavilion with many relatives present. Attendees included Edward and Ivin Bakers and families from Mechanicsville, Cedar Rapids, Denver, La Salle City, Vinton, Dysart, and Tracr, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Bever Park
Edward Baker
Ivin Baker
Ther
Troy Baker
Rock Falls
WJ. Woerion Baker
Phena Baker
Forrest Decious
D F Andre
Norman Andre
Darlene
Mechanicsville
Low Baker
Violet
Clair Nietii
Gwencore
John Honna
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Skillen
Lois
Denver
Cale
Sheldon Keer
Laste City
Henry Triesher
Vinton
James Baker
Inez
Dysart
Vivian Robbins
Tracr
Mrs J L Taylor Hosts Shower for Leone Sedlak
Mrs J L Taylor and Miss Cecelia Taylor hosted a miscellaneous shower Wednesday evening for their niece and cousin Miss Leone Sedlak. Her upcoming marriage to William Dyt rt is planned for early September. Forty guests attended with assists from Mrs Anna Hershey, Mrs Mary Bilsland, Mrs Verne Paul, Miss Marcel e Sedlak and Miss Adeline Novak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J L Taylor
Camburncourt
Cecelia Taylor
Leone Sedlak
William Dytrt
Anna Hershey
Mary Bilsland
Verne Paul
Marcelle Sedlak
Adeline Novak
Conference Camp programs entertain at Wapsie Y guest night
Boys and girls at the Wapsie Y conference camp enjoyed guest night with a lodge program led by Andrew Smith. Miss Lida Tallman directed group singing, Ruth Subotnik read the camp newspaper, and Miss Anna Marie Weber spoke after a German folk song introduction. The evening ended with a play coached by Pierre A Tracey featuring several campers.
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Wapsie-Y
Andrew Smith
Lida Tallman
Doris Hegewald
Pinicon
Ruth Subotnik
Margaret Schrader
Oxford
Wanda Farmer
Anna Marie Weber
Cologne
Germany
Wapsie
Miss Weber
Pierre A. Tracey
William Geiger
Marian Cone
Kingston Brokaw
June Womochil
Betty Albert
Ed Euken
James Lehman
Marie Kovac
Evelyn Keister
Helen Pleshek
Ellen Swomley
Local Shower Honors Miss Hach Before Aug 17 Wedding
Mrs Wayne Bain and Miss Marian Clark host a personal shower and bridge party at 126 Fourteenth Street SE honoring Miss Bernice Hach. The forthcoming marriage to Lester Baldwin is set for August 17. Sixteen guests will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Bain
Fourteenth Street
Marian Clark
Bernice Hach
Miss Hach
Lester Baldwin
Mrs Choosky and Miss Giblin Host Bridge Party for Miss Busler
Mrs Henry Choosky and Miss Gayle Giblin will host a bridge party and shower at 1535 Fifth avenue SE in honor of Miss Marie Busler a bride elect. Twelve guests attend and Miss Busler and Hubert Schin berg of Peoria Ill will marry August 12.
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Henry Choosky
Gayle Giblin
Fifth Avenue SE
Marie Busler
Miss Busler
Hubert Schimberg
Peoria
Ill
Mrs Dan Novak and children return from Cedar Rapids trip
Mrs Dan Novak and her children arrived home Wednesday after a four day vacation spent south of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Novak
Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Lemleys Stay At Jasper Park Lodge In Alberta
Mr and Mrs Russell W Lemley of 1252 Third Avenue SW are currently at Jasper Park Lodge in Jasper National Park Alberta Canada enjoying a Rocky Mountain resort stay with details noting their presence at the famed lodge while on Canadian travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell W. Lemley
Third Avenue
Jasper Park Lodge
Rocky Mountain Resort
Jasper National Park
Alberta
Canada
War Starts in Africa Ethiopians Challenge Italian Move
The note reports Italy’s actions in Africa and the Scheveningen commission collapse amid disagreements. The Ethiopian delegation received instructions on reconvening the commission, while Ethiopia rejects recalling the body. Officials blame Britain for arming bias, noting Ethiopia lacks munitions factories versus Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scheveningen
Netherlands
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Italy
Empire
Mussolini Rejects British Peace Plan As War Spirit Rises
Sir Eric Drum mond told Fulvio Suvich Britain would propose to the League of Nations a potential peace plan from Mussolini to avert war but Il Duce rejected Britain’s scheme for partial political dominion and free immigration in Abyssinia. Thousands cheered Mussolini at his palace while crowds also demonstrated in front of the French embassy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Count Rene de Chamrun
Death of Tom Noonan the Bowery's self styled bishop
Tom Noonan a former convict known as the Bishop of Chinatown dies at 57 in Long Island College Hospital New York. For thirty years he led a Bowery mission dubbed the cathedral of the underworld providing a bread line shelter and nightly prayer with 192 134 attendees and 1506 conversions in a single year before his radio broadcasts began in 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tom Noonan
Chinatown
Dover Street
Bowery
Noonan
Long Island College Hospital
Alleged Embezzler Held By Washington County Authorities
USAGE AP report that K. F. Huntley, sought for embezzlement in Washington County, was arrested near here. Huntley formerly resided in Toeterville Iowa by authorities Friday morning.
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Washington County
K. F. Huntley
Huntley
Toeterville
Governor Herring Stays Up All Night at Des Moines Bakery Strike
Governor Clyde Herring waited all night at a Des Moines hotel as bakery operators and union leaders sought a settlement. A police officer tagged his automobile for overtime parking, and the governor remarked that was the consequence of his late night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Clyde Herring
Robert Palmer to mark 85th birthday in Cedar Rapids
Robert Palmer longtime Cedar Rapids business and civic figure will turn eighty five Saturday with no special celebration. He arrived in Cedar Rapids in 1881 after moving from England and helped found Cedar Rapids Savings Bank serving as director and vice president. He also led local organizations and served as treasurer for the public library and churches. His six children attended a family reunion two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Palmer
Knollwood Drive
Cedar Rapids
Palmer
Gazette
Iowa
Mr. Palmer
Clarence Miller
Fred Faulkes
The
England
R. G. Dun Company
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
Dun Company
Old Union Club
Good Government Club
Andrew Carnegie
Grace Episcopal Church
St. John's Episcopal Church
Sarah
John
Robert
William
Lombard, Ill
W. L. Wright
Cleveland, O
B. A. Richards
Los Angeles
Abbott and Wood speak at Iowa City round table
Lael Abbott and Grant Wood of Cedar Rapids spoke Friday afternoon in a round table discussion on the western conference regional theater at the University of Iowa. They presented views as critic board member and audience participant.
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Lael Abbott
Grant Wood
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Board of Governors
What's In Fashion The Man Garbed In White Conquers Summer Heat
New York fashion trend emphasizes white linen suits and light summer fabrics. Men relax after work at Rainbow Room lounges as white accessories and hats create a cool, crisp look. Dark shirts and maroon or blue accents highlight the whiteness of the outfits.
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York
Rainbow Room
New_York
Ccleaner
Community theater figures attend Cedar Rapids conference
Mrs. Paul Gallagher representing the Omaha Community Players Clark McAdams of the St Louis Little Theater and Merle Potter of Minneapolis Journal are listed among Cedar Rapids attendees at the conference. Also present are Arthur Poe Bedford Lattner Miss Mary Lackersteen Miss Hazel Brown Mrs Don Hines and Mrs Douglas Kirk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gallagher
Omaha Community Players
Clark McAdams
St. Louis Little Theater
Merle Potter
Minneapolis Journal
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Poe
Bedford Lattner
Mary Lackersteen
Hazel Brown
Don Hines
Douglas Kirk
Reductions in Linn County 1935 Personal Property Values
The state board of assessment and review cut Linn County 1935 personal property values. Mules one year old dropped 20 percent and swine over nine months old fell 22 percent. County Auditor Vesely and board chairman John M. Valentine provided the information.
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State Board of Assessment
Linn County
Robert M. Vesely
John M. Valentine
State Board
Independence Shooting Victim's Accounts OK
B H Clark of Illinois Central reports Chicago auditor J J Hesler completed audit of late John Gaffney found fatally shot in the freight office on July 17. Accounts in perfect condition. Gaffney’s work among finest Hesler audited. It remains unclear if Gaffney was murdered or died by his own hand.
Igoe pushes clean-up of eleven income tax indictments
United States District Attorney Michael Igoe pushed a clean-up of eleven income tax fraud indictments. One target was William H. Malone former chairman of the Illinois tax commission who was indicted in 1933 for taxes owed for 1929 and 1930 and reportedly in Germany. Others include the Dowdle brothers nephews of Patrick Nash charged with taxes evaded on contracts with the sanitary district during 1927 1928. George L. Chamberlain head of U S A Electrical Contractors indicted in 1929 facing a largest invasion and alleged to owe 213 600 in 1926 1927 and 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
United States
Michael Igoe
William H. Malone
Illinois Tax Commission
Germany
Dowdle Brothers
Thomas
Raymond
John
Sanitary District
Patrick Nash
George L. Chamberlain
U. S A
Airminded Maine Teacher Travels 245 Miles to Boston
Eben A Hodgkins, a teacher of 75 years, arrived by air from Maine to Boston. He wished the plane would continue on to California as he stepped from the airliner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
INS
Eben A. Hodgkins
Hodgkins
Maine
California
School board fills vacancies after deaths resignations
Center Point board of education filled vacancies created by the death of Mildred Bettis of Cedar Rapids and the resignation of Amanda Schwenck. Alfred Pierce became principal and Mable Floyd was hired as seventh grade teacher. Amelia Bartow of Ames will teach home economics and history.
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Center Point
Mildred Bettis
Cedar Rapids
Amanda Schwenck
Board of Education
Alfred Pierce
Mable Floyd
Amelia Bartow
Ames
Miss Schwensk
Soviets Back Bourgeois Democracy at Communist Congress
At the seventh communist international in Moscow the party pledged support for a bourgeois democracy threatened by fascists. Wilhelm Pieck urged that a defensive war by national bourgeoises in democratic states would be just, while fascism deprives workers of any rights. American leaders Earl Browder and William Z. Foster joined about 400 delegates from fifty countries in the Hall of Columns.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Wilhelm Pieck
Red
Communist International
Europe
Earl Browder
William Z. Foster
Iowa News in Brief Highlights Several Local Changes
In Decorah the Decorah State bank began paying another 10 percent from trust funds, totaling $52,000 as the fourth such payment. La Porte City sees M. L. Haven replace Glen Teeter as teller at the Waterloo Savings bank branch. Haven previously worked as assistant cashier at the closed First National bank and ran a grocery. The La Porte City school board, in a separate matter, saw Ralph Elliott appointed to fill a vacancy after President Glen Teeter resigned. C. A. Fultz was elected president with Edna Taylor as a director. Cedar Rapids notes a third grade teacher resigning for a position in Cedar Rapids schools. the vacancy remains unfilled. Wellman funeral services were held for John C. Brennman, 70, a farmer who died of a heart attack. survivors include a wife, five daughters, six sons, three brothers, and three sisters. In Traer, Elmer E. Taylor Jr. heads the Tama county Republican Women’s unit, with officers elected and 15 members adopting new by-laws. Also in Traer, four O. B. Congdon family members suffered minor injuries when their car skidded and overturned on Highway 63. Iowa City discusses establishing a municipal court with broader criminal and civil jurisdiction. a governor-appointed municipal judge would serve until the next general election. DeWitt sees Mrs. George Kelly, 45, die in Davenport Mercy Hospital after a long illness. she was born in DeWitt and leaves a husband, daughter, four sons, siblings, and other relatives.
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LA Porte City
M. L. Haven
Glen Teeter
Waterloo Savings Bank
Haven
First National Bank
LA Forte
Ralph Elliott
C. A. Fultz
Edna Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Wellman
John C. Brennman
Timber
Brennman
Eli Yoder
Kalona
Sam Steckley
Richard Yoder
Iowa City
Truman Erb
Harold Miller
Chris
Henry
Washington
Leroy
Colorado
John
Elmus
Elmer
Peter
William
Joseph
Dan Gascho
A. B Gingerich
John Marner
Gladys Pauline
TRAER
Elmer E. Taylor, Jr
Highway 63
Hudson
Roger Thomas
Lois Congdon
B. Congdon
Justice of the Peace
Thomas E. Martin
Skye
Dewitt
George Kelly
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Herman Otto
Margaret
Raymond
Donald
Funeral Services Set For Three Brothers
Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday in St. Joseph's Catholic church with a requiem mass for three brothers. Burial will follow in St. Joseph's cemetery. The report also notes a larceny case in Grundy Center dismissed for lack of evidence, and various local notices across Colesburg Wheatland Jesup Delta Earlville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Thomas Loftus
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Grundy Center
Joe McMahan
McMahan
Colesburg
Ellen Smith
Newell
Emma Grimes
Silas Gillmore
Wheatland
Strackbein
Gus Horstman
Hans Kelting
Marvel Ann Schmidt
JESUP
Epworth League Institute
Clear Lake
Roscoe Sires
Milton
Bernice Sires
Delbert Miller
Gilbert Stoddard
Thelma Ingamells
Thelma
Maxine Clime
Dale Cook
Velma _ Bright
Donald Gaylord
Marcen Seaman
Clare Hoffman
Carl Nayson
Lucella Seaman
Marie Masters
Helen Reichen
Donald Masters
Lester Hoffman
Russell Mack
Raymond Clime
Elmer Jensen
Will Fisher
L. H. Blecemary
Vine Stoddard
Wilson's Daughter Finalizes Divorce From McAdoo
In Los Angeles the divorce of Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, daughter of Woodrow Wilson, from U S Senator William Gibbs McAdoo of California was made final on Friday. She was absent in court but represented by attorney Henry Grivi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mns
Eleanor Wilson McAdoo
Woodrow Wilson
United States
William Gibbs McAdoo
California
Men Of St Matthew s Frolic On Sunday
The men of St Matthew s parish plan a mid summer frolic on the church lawn this Sunday. Activities include refreshments games and entertainment from 4 pm through the evening with Ray Phelan as general chairman and a committee listing Tom Manton Jim Nolan Bud Murray Leo Locher Walt Nesper Gordon Delaney A Veermersch Frank Morrison Ted Nesper Roy Quinn Helen Lindekin and Elizabeth Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthew's Parish
Church Lawn
Ray Phelan
Tom Manton
Jim Nolan
Bud Murray
Leo Locher
Walt Nesper
Gordon Delaney
A. Veer~mersch
Frank Morrison
Ted Nesper
Roy Quinn
Helen Lindekin
Elizabeth Murray
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Leslie Gilchrist
Byron Sellers
Delta Christian Church
J. M. Elam
Oskaloosa
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Polk City
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