Weekend fishing trip to Lake Saganaga in Canada and Minnesota
Four Cedar Rapids men travel 650 miles to Chik-Wauk lodge on Lake Saganaga for a two day fishing weekend. They hire guides, share costs, and catch lake trout weighing three to ten pounds while enduring rapid weather swings from 85 to 60 degrees. They describe portage routes, scenery, and the lure of outdoor travel for busy businessmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y Joe McCormick, JR
Cedar Rapids
Minnesota
Canada
A. L. McKinstry
Elwood Hahn
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Ralph Hageman
Johnson Gas Appliance Company
Dan Banner
Omaha
Chik-Wauk Lodge
Saganaga Lake
Lake
Saganaga
Lake Trout
Hudson Bay
Silver Jake
Twin Cities
Hidden Lakes
Illustrators Fight New York Sales Tax Policy
The article notes New York City officials treat leading illustrators as tradesmen liable for the Unincorporated Business Tax four percent of net income. Names such as Howard Chandler, Christy, Dean Cornwell, Arthur William Brown are cited as affected, with artists forming a Workers Arise campaign to challenge the tax and organize similar to actors and dramatists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Will Hays Office
Actors Equity
Dramatists’ Guild
Not Wearing Them Yet He Shared Them With Guests
A fragmentary note from a 1930s hotel describes a newcomer arriving in New York, homesick and overwhelmed by the city’s immensity. The writer asks about other girls newly arrived and lonely, seeking connection.
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New York
DeMolays Host Grand Lodge Visitors in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids chapter No. 10 DeMolay will host Masonic delegates and Iowa Grand Lodge visitors on Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Masonic hall. The event features initiatory degree exemplification and merit and service bars for many chapter members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge
Masonic Hall
Grand Lodge
William Forrest
Paul R. Clendenning
Edward Cisler
A. Gilbert Fjellman
James Drew
William Kempter
Hugh Dorrien
Frank Scheible
Paul Fidler
Dean Rickey
Earl Hollenbeck
Richard Wingert
Karl Biskup
James Bowman
Franklin Mittvalsky
Robert H. Johnson
James Jensen
John Bailey
George Helmendahl
Robert Rummel
Donald Reysa
Herbert Westrom
Robert Kolarik
Don F. Russell
George Stone
James Ralston
Washington Merry-Go-Round notes job seekers and WPA wage concerns
National employment service files list more than 4,000 job seekers. Speaker Bankhead sends a letter from an Alabama constituent accusing a Black handyman of quitting for WPA work. Investigation shows minimal prior work and far lower offered wages than WPA pay. WPA officials say many complaints stem from desire to hire labor at starvation wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Employment Service
Speaker Bankhead
Harry Hopkins
Alabama
WPA
Merry-Go-Round Tent Hosts City Conven tion in Washington
A giant tent to shelter 12 000 will be used by Town sendites for their annual convention July 21 25 in Washington. An air conditioner will cool the tent. Harlee Branch adds a signed photograph of Margaret Mitchell to his autographs collection. An English student imitates a barefoot walk over white hot coals after Ahmed Hussain's demonstration in Carshalton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ed” Smith
Federal Trade Commission
South
Smith
Harlee Branch
Margaret Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
Atlanta Journal
Ahmed Hussain
Iowa Private Bills Scene in Congress Stalled
The article lists several Iowa private bills in Congress including payments to city workers, Civil War and World War veterans, and land title actions. It notes President Roosevelt’s veto record and states Iowa measures have little chance of passage.
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Jacobsen
John P. Volkens
Lavenport
Charles French
Cedar Rapids
Martin W. Duffy
Civilian Conservation Corps
Nicholas Stanton
Davenport
California
William McGarrahan
Eicher
Solon
Ben Whittington
Ed Ulch
Leo Ambdenstock
Biermann
J. C. Kinney
Stacyville
George H. Kinney
Roosevelt
Congress
Iowa
Link Air Lines Here With Alaskan Service
United Air Lines announced a summer schedule linking Cedar Rapids with Nome and Fairbanks Alaska. Passengers fly overnight to Seattle then take a steamer to Juneau before Pacific Alaska Airways flights to the Arctic Circle, saving many days.
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Cedar Rapids
Nome
Fairbanks
Arctic Circle
United Air Lines
Seattle
Juneau
Territorial
Pacific Alaska Airways
Alaska
United
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Mary Pickford
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Sandalwood Herald
April Oursler
Fulton Oursler
West Falmouth
Mass
Tomix
Beverly Hills
Montgomery
Mary F. Lockett
Marion
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