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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 30, 1939

Page

12

Women never to rule dance music's realm

AP report quotes five top female conductors who acknowledge glamour is appealing but concede all girl orchestras cannot match male bands. They cite stamina and cohesion as key limits, with Ina Ray Hutton and Rita Rio as prominent figures in the debate about gender in swing music.

New York Ina Ray Hutton Rita Rio Frances Carroll Miss Hutton Miss Carroll Diasan Costello Ramona

Building Activity and Business Changes Across East Iowa Towns

In Hopkinton Barney Juergens buys the Esther Smith home on Main for his residence while his son takes over the farm. Frank Irish Jr buys the LeClerc building. Mr and Mrs J A Tibbetts open a second hand store in the former Blue Front tavern. In South English Sammy Slate purchases O W Sheaffer’s residence for tourist accommodations. Buckingham owner Oscar Herman buys his store building and the rear six room residence from D J Gallogly. Monticello YC shop to open Aug 5 with $4000 allocated for pay. youths to be paid about $14 monthly for county non profit work, desks and chairs to be refinished first. Belle Plaine installs 140 new adjustable desks and a walnut finish. two-way communication via Checker Electric between office and five grade rooms, high school assembly and gym. Independence faces rental shortages due to new courthouse, sewer plant and rural electric work. contractors seek housing for workers. new H J Becker residence under construction at Fifth Ave and Third St SW. Springville breaks ground for Iowa Builders Supply new office and lumber yard. Anamosa sees closures and retirements. Monroe hardware ends its long service. Ruth Grambling buys beauty shop equipment and will open over McNamara shoe store. Eugene Rees promoted to manager at D McCain and Son abstract office.

Sam Slate Clarence Stoner Buckingham Oscar Herman Buckingham Grocery D. J. Gallogly Waterloo Monticello National Youth Administration Jones County Anamosa Belle Plaine Checker Electric Company Cedar Rapids Independence H. J. Becker Fifth Avenue Third Street Becker Will Lentzkow Springville Iowa Builders Supply Company Monroe Hardware Monroe Anamosa Lumber Company W. W. Hanken Ruth Grambling Dale Gramling Helen McDermont-McAleer McNamara Eugene Rees D. McCain and Son Company

Salad as a vital course and raw vegetables merits

A health column argues raw salads improve appetite and digestion, noting vitamins and minerals in greens, peppers and fruits. It cautions against cooking destroying nutrients, prefers lemon juice over vinegar, and warns nutritious meals still fail without raw salad components.

Junior Ol’ Doc Webster

Piqua Girl Finds Burned Envelope Holds $100 Bill

A girl discovers a partially burned contribution envelope near a Methodist church in Piqua containing a $100 bill. She gives it to her father who passes it to the envelope’s listed owner who denies ownership. Church officials are unable to identify the rightful holder.

Piqua, O Piqua

Linn County Board Proceedings July 1939 Linn Co Iowa

Linn County Board of Supervisors met July 18 1939 with all members present. They authorized legal steps for letters of administration in estates of Alfred Gage and Josefa Pesina and approved several administrative actions and financial claims. The board adjourned to July 25 1939 and set bid dates for coal. they also discussed emergency tax levies and widows pensions, then approved ambulance service and numerous relief payments to individuals and organizations.

Board OF Supervisors Linn County Iowa Cedar Rapids State of Iowa County of Linn. Is Scevell Beeson R. O. Coutts Iowa Tax Service Alfred Gage Josefa Pesina Stirm Thomas EF. Hense Otter Creek Seevell Anna M. Marr Olivye Brunskill Wee Blue Inn A. H. Walbrand Soldiers Relief Commission Allicks Grocery A and P Tea Co Ace Cafe Sol A and P Grocery Anthony Leslie Baldwin Frank B. O Briners Cash Burge Anson Broutik Wm Burkholder Marvin Gol Butters Grocery Buchler Bros Builders Material Inc Baker Paper Co Beniah Shoe Store Bechka Joseph and Mary Batchelders Garage Beranck GA Bokorneys Service Eng Baldwin Frank B Biddick Eastman Ler Co Baker Paper Car,co Barachel Mrs F Belcher J A Callaghan and Co Callarhan and Co Misc County Cilne Marion Seessee Ledvina Edward Levane Howard Long Clate A Mitchell Miller Charles McDaniel Linn Justice of the Peace Rapids Township Meeson Linn Counts Town Emergency Relief Administration Towa Berson Coutnty Widows’ Pension Fund Mary Foley Margaret Green Carmelita Jeffrey Pauline Mararetz Della Miller Thomas B. Powell Cedar Rounds Creon

Residential sales close in several city areas

Brisk sales of residential property were reported for the last week by the Hedges company. The firm listed multiple transfers including 3008 C avenue NE from James H. Yuill to Marshall Brown and 1334 A avenue NE sold by Mrs. Eva Hazen to Pete Carighn. Also noted were lots and other houses sold to various buyers with dates suggesting occupancy in 1940 for one property.

Hedges Company C Avenue NE James H. Yuill Marshall Brown Nineteenth Street Frank Fitch Cottage Grove Avenue E. S. Domer Trenton S. C A Avenue NE Eva Hazen Twenty-second Street Pete Carighn Center Point Road Yawkeye Loan and Brokerage Company Thirty-seventh Street First Avenue Lorraine R. Smith Thirteenth Street Earl L. Sperring J. J. Raymer Juda Wis Glenn A. Williams Eleventh Street Sixteenth Street NW John H. Winn William Bradshaw Oakland Avenue NE Seventeenth Street E. M. Roman Hollywood

Motorized Rustlers Find Modern Law Is Tricky

In Greenwood South Carolina two men in a truck sold four cows to a meat packing employee who flagged the incident. Sheriff arrested the suspects after noting the license number and investigating the report.

Greenwood S. C South Carolina W. P. Corley Meat Packing Company

Woman steals shoes then tries to resell them at shop

Brookline Massachusetts. Thomas Daley, a shoe store proprietor, reported that a woman customer who initially stole a pair of shoes later returned to try to sell them back to him. He called the police.

Brookline, Mass Thomas Daley

Tips as Bribes to Get Drivers Licenses Probe

Statewide probe into bribes for driving license tests revealed by Motor Vehicle Commissioner Carroll E. Mealey. Three inspectors in New York City area faced accusations. two resigned and one was dismissed after a departmental trial. Mealey called tipping intolerable and said benefits to applicants must be earned by ability, not gratuities. He said the state would turn evidence over to district attorneys for prosecution where violations occurred.

Albany N. Y INL Carroll E. Mealey New York City Mealey

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