Coe College to Graduate 110 in 1936 Commencement
The class of 110 at Coe College will finish its commencement with a 9 30 a m ceremony in Sinclair Memorial chapel. Dr H M Gage will deliver Things That Matter as 104 arts degrees and six music diplomas are awarded with twenty more diplomas after the summer session. Dr Edward A Ross of Wisconsin will speak on The Evolution of Humanity in Our Time and mark his 50th Coe graduation anniversary.
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Coe College
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
H. M. Gage
Coe
Edward A. Ross
University of Wisconsin
Ross
Anna T. Adams
Robert W. Stewart
Wilbur Owen
Simeon J. Lowe
Western College
California
Voorhees Hall
Marvin D. Cone
Stewart Memorial Library
Cone
Funeral services for Mrs Lulu Shaffer in Rohn chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Lulu Shaffer will be held in the Rohn chapel Monday at 2 30 p.m. conducted by the Rev Paul Roger. Burial will be in Shiloh cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Lulu Shaffer
Rohn
Paul Roger
Shiloh
Funeral services for William Lewis Richards set for 2 p.m.
Funeral services for William Lewis Richards will be held in the Turner chapel at 2 p.m. today in charge of the Rev. Ira E. Edwards. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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William Lewis Richards
Turner Chapel
Ira E. Edwards
Oak Hill Cemetery
Funeral services set for Clarence E. Goodhue
Funeral services for Clarence E. Goodhue will be held in the Turner chapel at 3 30 p m Monday with the Rev August Cramer officiating. Burial will be in the local cemetery.
Funeral services for James M Fordice in Shueyville
Funeral services for James M Fordice will be held at United Brethren church in Shueyville at 4 p.m. today with Reverend G. W. Emerson of Des Moines officiating. Burial follows in Shueyville cemetery. Friends may call at Turner chapel until 10 a.m. and at the Shueyville home until 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Fordice
United Brethren Church
Shueyville
G. W. Emerson
Des Moines
Turner Chapel
Funeral rites for Mrs Sadie Mary Moore in Turner chapel
Funeral services for Mrs. Sadie Mary Moore will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Turner chapel with the Rev. C. H. Hook of Central Park Presbyterian church officiating. Burial follows at Dunkard cemetery ten miles north of Cedar Rapids. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Sadie Mary Moore
Turner Chapel
C. H. Hook
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Dunkard
Cedar Rapids
Death of Albert L. Adams Reported in Car Fatality
The body of Albert L. Adams age 66 was found dead in his car Saturday morning off Center Point road at 6th Avenue NE and is at Moon mortuary. Relatives could not be reached. He had a sister Mrs. Harry Shaw in Shellsburg and another sister in Chicago. Funeral arrangements await word from relatives.
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Albert L. Adams
Center Point Road
Canute
London
Hoover
Chicago
William E. Borah
Frank Knox
Lester J. Dickinson
Iowa
Landon
Pallbearers Named for Elmer Collicott Funeral Today
Pallbearers A S Long John Harper Walter Johnson George Scott C H Caplinger and Charles Madison will carry Elmer Collicott at the Moon chapel service at 2 30 p m Rev Nelson Dreier to officiate burial in Oak Hill cemetery follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Collicott
Moon Chapel
A. S. Long
John Harper
Walter Johnson
George Scott
C. H. Caplinger
Charles Madison
Nelson Dreier
Oak Hill Cemetery
Miss Amalia Maas Dies at 60 Near Williamsburg
Miss Amalia Maas 60 of a Williamsburg area farm died Friday at her home where she lived with two brothers. Born May 18 1876 she was daughter of Heinrich and wife. Survived by brothers Marcum and George and sister Mrs Fred Pundt. Funeral Monday 1 pm at home and 2 pm at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Williamsburg, Rev Joeckel officiating. Burial Maas Cemetery southeast of South Amana.
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Williamsburg
Amalia Maas
Heinrich Maas
Maas
Marcum
George
Fred Pundt
Conroy
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Joeckel
Maas Cemetery
South ‘Amana
Dr John S Skien Elected President Of Coe Alumni
Dr John S Skien of Cedar Rapids, a 1916 Coe College alumnus, was elected president of the Coe alumni association at the annual dinner in Voorhees hall. Officers named include Esther Youel Armstrong and James Manville as vice presidents, Inga Tapper secretary, and Alfred Meyer treasurer.
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John S. Skien
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Coe
Voorhees Hall
Skien
Esther Youel Armstrong
James C. Manville
Inga B. Tapper
Alfred W. Meyer
Lois Hurtt Kriz
L. W. Dunlap
Rose Ferguson Seldon
Louis D. Burkhalter
Bruce West
Anna T. Adams
Leander Clark College
Wilbur Owen
Sioux City
West
Coe Alumni Association
Howard Wason
Chicago
C. C. Minard
Davenport
H. M. Gage
Pilot and observer bail out of spinning Army plane
In Syosset New York an Army plane entered a flat spin from 8 000 feet. Pilot Lieut Delaine Bailey stayed at the controls until 1 000 feet then jumped with observer Sergeant P G Smith. Both were from Mitchel Field. The aircraft crashed and burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchelfield
Texas Centennial Exposition Opens With Record Attendance
Dallas crowds jam streets for the Texas Centennial Exposition, a $25 million event. Advance ticket sales exceed two million as orders for 250,000 more go unfilled before the formal noon opening led by Secretary Daniel C. Roper and Governor James V. Allred.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Daniel C. Roper
Gov
James V. Allred
Farm Wife Freed Through Husband She Tried To Kill
Lena Schulte, who admitted planning the buckshot attack on her husband Carl Ballard, was released after a pardon board commuted her five to ten year sentence. Frank Schulte claimed he made her work too hard, leading to the near-fatal farmyard shooting in 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mankato
Minn
Lena Schulte
Carl Ballard
Frank Schulte
Schulte
Centenarian Drury Still Works in Porto Rico Mission
Dr. M. R. Drury age 87 travels from Porto Rico to attend Coe college commencement. A trustee and former Leander Clark president, he has served in Porto Rico without pay for fourteen years aiding native ministers and teaching English. He and his son built Protestant work there to 200 churches and ministers.
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M. R. Drury
Porto Rico
Coe College
Leander Clark College
Toledo
Coe
Drury
Dr. Drury
United Brethren
Congregational
Philo W. Drury
United Evangelical Churches
Avengelico
New York
Iowa
Santo Domingo
Western College
Western College Class of 1872.” Dr. Drury
Westfield College
Des Moines raid nets 100 arrests at gambling room
Des Moines police arrested 100 men and women at a Fifth Avenue cigar shop in a raid on a disorderly gambling room. Back-room racing forms and cash were seized as shoppers watched. the proprietor and a clerk were among the booked, amid state agency tensions sparked by a similar Sioux City operation.
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Des Moines
Fifth Avenue
Roy Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Glen Schmidt
State Bureau of Investigation
Iowa
Sioux City
Schmidt
Locating Two Vernon Youths From Mount Vernon Sought
Mrs. Ernest Blood of Mount Vernon asked police to locate two missing youths. Vernon Hillis, 16, 5'9" with dark brown hair and blue eyes, wore an oxford grey suit with blue shirt. Donald Hunter, 16, 5'5" and 105 pounds, brown hair and eyes, wore white shirt and tie with blue figures, white shoes. They had a traveling bag and were last heard of with plans to go to California.
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Ernest Blood
Mount Vernon
Vernon Hillis
Court records reveal DeGuerre divorce filing and bank receivership update
Helen I DeGuerre seeks a divorce from Ralph DeGuerre on cruel and inhuman treatment ground in district court. Also in district court Judge A B Clark approves the Spring ville Savings bank receivership fifteenth quarterly report showing 1040.95 cash, 12379.62 dividend paid to depositors. D W Bates is receiver and O F Fryer is examiner in charge.
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Helen I. DeGuerre
Ralph DeGuerre
Nebraska
A. B. Clark
Springville Savings Bank
D. W. Bates
O. F. Fryer
Spring Fever Blamed For 15-Year-Old Disappearance
Ednee Josephine Stephens 15 daughter of Winston B Stephens resettlement administration personnel director said spring fever caused her three day disappearance. Found in Madison Virginia after special agents of the department of justice and police searched. She left for school Wednesday morning hitchhiked to Madison where she was located.
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Washington, D. C
Ednee Josephine Stephens
Winston B. Stephens
Resettlement Administration
Madison
Department of Justice and Police
Virginia
Florida Run-Off Set After Democratic Governor Primary
Unofficial tallies show two leading candidates for the June 23 run-off as Judge W Raleigh Petteway of Tampa and Fred P Cone of Lake City lead with 50 878 and 46 375 votes respectively. William C Hodges of Tallahassee trails close in third with 45 843. Five precincts remain unreported across 1 321.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
W. Raleigh Petteway
Tampa
Fred P. Cone
Lake City
William C. Hodges
Cone
Petteway
Hodges
Pool hall raid nets gambling charge for Novak
Police and federal county officers conducted raids at a pool hall on Fourteenth Avenue SE seizing punchboards and arresting 28 year old Charles Novak who faced gambling charges as the operator. The operation followed several liquor search warrant raids by the same squad.
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Charles Novak
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Novak
Large Angus cattle sale nets 917 025 at Iowa farm
Sixty seven Angus lots owned by L. R. Morford and E. T. Davis sold for 17 025 dollars at a Davis farm sale southeast of Iowa City. Auctioneers included W. H. Cooper Nels Kraschel John Halsey and A. D. Bradshaw. Highest price 1 000 for a Pontius Brothers bull. herd included 21 bulls and 46 cows with over 500 buyers and attendees.
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Iowa City
L. R. Morford
E. T. Davis
Davis
Pontius Brothers
Calleo
Miss Burgess
Burgess
Tolan
Pleasant Plains
J. Garre
Elba Suil
B. Seeley
Mount Leasant
Sens
Certeseute
Gharies Henricks
Mona
Lba
Erica Bull
John Miller
Newton
Burgess Bull
Harry King
Arcedia
Parses Bull
George McLaughlin
Kirksville
James Moffit
Tipton
Jack
Tee Puaski
Tica Oo Osage
Mecates Bull
Shislesses
B. Miller
His
Harold Brown
Grundy Center
Gibbons Brothers
North English
Schu Brothers
Liscomb
Eries Spall
B. A. Gillmer and Sons
Batavia
Ee Bull
Raymond Severin
London
Elba Bull
Edith Wilter Eiler
Juana Erica Cow
Charles R. Deale
Serre Va
Thmore Terms
Meaver City
Clarence Quintal
Carol Martin
Mount Pleasant
Pearse McLaughlin
Kirkspile
Weleushit
Sicbaush Hin
McLaugee
Laugh
Stanley Pierce
Hal Hooker
Maryville
Haville
Elba Grey
Hinkley
Centerville
R. M. Evans
Ville
Lullen
Crab Orchard
Neb
William Hansen
Dixon
Mulherin
Victorates Ald
Caffland
Watkins
Missing Registered Mail Valued Over 50 000 At Wall Street Office
Police report twenty two pieces of registered mail vanished from the 20th floor of Shields & Co. brokers on Wall Street. The mail had been signed for but unopened and detectives say securities valued at more than 50 000 were in the missing mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Shields & Co
Wall Street
Week Closes With Cool Clear Cedar Rapids Night
Cool and clear weather prevailed in Cedar Rapids Saturday night. Temperatures fell from a high of 79 degrees between 1:30 and 5:30 p.m. to 67 by 7 p.m. and remained there at 10. Data comes from Chambers Inskeep company records.
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CxDan Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Former Scout 89 Makes Nineteenth Across United States
William A. Stanwood 89 of Boston visits Cedar Rapids claiming to be a detached scout under Custer during the Little Big Horn massacre. He says Stanwood Iowa was named for a cousin and recounts being rescued by General Crook’s men. He notes 20 months in Everett Washington and a career with the Boston Museum Company.
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United States
William A. Stanwood
Boston
Mass
Custer
Little Big Horn
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Stanwood
Stanwood
Iowa
Everett
Wash
General Crook
Old Boston Museum Company
Bunker Hill Lodge
Massachusetts Mayor Seeks Congress Run on Independent Ticket
Massachusetts Mayor Andrew J. Gillis announced on Saturday his candidacy for Congress in the Sixth Massachusetts district. Gillis plans to run as an independent, challenging the longtime seat held since 1921 by A. Pratt Andrews.
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Massachusetts
Congress
Ece Mass
Andrew J. “Bossy
Gillis
A. Pratt Andrews
Las Ah
Chaplin Leaves Silent Tramp Image for New Screen Character
Hollywood reports Charlie Chaplin, returning from the orient, says he will stop playing the wistful silent tramp. He cannot make silent pictures now and will direct and produce three films in two years with Paulette Goddard. He may abandon the tramp if a new character works.
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Hollywood
Charlie Chaplin
Orient
Chaplin
Paulette Goddard
Life Membership Awarded Retiring Jr. C. of C. Head
Allen Whitfield of Des Moines received a gold life membership from the Junior Chamber of Commerce after the national convention voted thanks for his services. The Texas delegation named him a Texas centennial ranger as 1,265 attended the convention, the largest in the group’s history. Tampa’s junior chamber won an outstanding civic award for work cleaning up the political scene and aiding the flogging trials investigation in Florida. Omaha received a prize for Christmas activities and street decorations.
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Memphis
Tampa
Florida
Leon Gilbert
Birmingham
Omaha
Neb
Vet Hopes To Buy Back German Gun He Won And Lost In War
Springfield man Fred Poole 49 seeks to recover a World War I sniper rifle he took from a German soldier in the Argonne. The gun later surfaced with Chariton veteran Fred Shirer in Iowa. Poole hopes Shirer will sell it for transportation costs, using his $700 overseas bonus.
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Vet
Springfield
Fred Poole
Fred Shirer
Chariton
Iowa
Shirer
Poole
Joe Poole
A. J. Poole
Jewell
Kan
France
Measles Strike Two Older Dionne Children
In Callander Ontario two of the Dionne quintuplets’ siblings Rose age eight and Ernest age nine have a mild measles infection. Their physician says the five babies are in a quarantined Dionne farm complex nearby and that Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe sees little chance the quintuplets will catch it.
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Callander
Dionne
Allan Roy Dafoe
Rose
Ernest
Canada’s Hangman to Retire From Job
Montreal reports Sam Edwards known as Arthurs, Canada’s executioner, will retire after 25 years and over 300 hangings. He last presided at a triple hanging involving Leoni Gagliardi Angelo Donofred and Mrs Thomasina Sarao amid a weight miscalculation. Joe Branchaud named as assistant executioner.
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Montreal
Quc
Canada
Sam Edwards
Arthurs
Leoni Gagliardi
Angelo Donofred
Thomasina Sarao
Saro
Sarao
Joe Branchaud
Exemoner
Ellis
Landon Seeks to Draft Vandenberg for 1936 Ticket
In Washington, Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg withdraws from vice presidential consideration. Landon campaign leaders push for a Landon Vandenberg slate as a coalition forms around Cleveland convention. John D. M. Hamilton claims 400 first ballot votes and signals early nomination moves.
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Moses
Cleveland
Congress
Supreme Court
White House
John D. M. Hamilton
Landon
Kansas
Roosevelt
Knox
Borah
Dickinson
Washington
Arthur M. Vandenberg
Michigan
Hamilton
Abou Vandenberg
Snow Cross of Holy Cross Forest Captivates Viewers
Reported in Colorado's Holy Cross National Forest, a famous cross of snow appears where two crevasses align on the mountain slope. The cross is visible for miles, drawing hikers and photographers to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Cross National Forest
Colorado
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Mrs. Shaffer
W. L. Richards
Clarence Goodhue
Clarence E. Goodhue
August Cramer
James Fordice
Leander Clark
Eliza Burkhalter
Tama
Marshalltown
Mr. Vernon
Court House News
Nels Kraschel
Jr. C
C. Head
Lowden
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Landon-Vandenberg
Steiner
Vandenberg
Oregon
Frederick Steiner
Herbert Hoover
the Big Shoe Store
Second Avenue
Oxfords
Stuardily
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