Huntington Urges More Intelligence For Society
Arthur Huntington president of Iowa Electric Light and Power urged the American Society of Agricultural Engineers in Detroit to pursue intelligent progress. He warned against masking unemployment with short hour, useless jobs and called for expanding frontiers of civilization through knowledge and productive technology.
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Arthur Huntington
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
Detroit
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
United States
Huntington
America
Mr. Huntington
International Exchange
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First Community Night At Harrison Grounds Draws 500
More than 500 people attended the first community night at the Harrison playground Monday hosted by Harrison and Roosevelt groups. Margaret Grunewald and Byron Heneks were introduced by N. Schoen. A Maddigan School girls orchestra led singing followed by tap dancing and acrobatics by Viola Schuyler Nadine Hicks and Shirley Jean Keegan. Darlene Drozsang and Dolores Brousard danced. An inside look at a portable marionette theater was shown by Monty Bates John Linsley Bill Watson and Harlan Ralston.
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Harrison
Roosevelt
N. Schoen
Playground Commission
Margaret Grunewald
Byron Heneks
Maddigan School of Music
Viola Schuyler
Nadine Hicks
Shirley Jean Keegan
Darlene Drozsang
Dolores Brousard
Edna Dieman
Monty Bates
John Linsley
Bill Watson
Harlan Ralston
Central City Farmer in Critical Condition After Accident
Charles Schley a 73 year old central city farmer remains semi conscious after being struck by a car in Davenport on June 5. He was transferred to Mercy hospital where doctors report him in critical condition though occasionally able to answer questions. His skull is believed fractured from the impact and he was tossed about twenty five feet.
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Charles Schley
Central City
Davenport
Mercy Hospital
Schley
Dorothy Parker Visits Denver Hidden by Pet Color
Dorothy Parker and her husband Alan Campbell were seen in a Cedar Rapids restaurant last week. Two blue Bedlington terriers led to locals identifying the famous humorist and her new husband, as she announced their marriage upon arrival in Denver.
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Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Parker
Denver
Alan Campbell
Iowa Presbyterians Set Wednesday Action On College Question
Iowa Presbyterian synod with 300 delegates installed Dr. David I. Berger as moderator. A report urged keeping presbyteries boundaries unchanged. On Wednesday the synod will decide whether to discontinue any of seven colleges including Coe College Cedar Rapids and Parsons College Fairfield. Other topics include potential home mission work. The conference also heard leaders discuss rising death by own action rates and leadership concerns.
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Iowa Presbyterian Synod
David I. Berger
Synodical Council
Coe
Cedar Rapids
Parsons
Fairfield
Harry Clayton Rogers
Linwood Boulevard Church
Christ
C. A. Carrier
Dubuque
Frank W. Bible
Chicago
J. R. McCullough
A B. Keel
Senator Murphy to Visit Europe on Six Week Trip
Senator Louis Murphy of Iowa sails Wednesday on the S S Manhattan for a six week vacation in Europe. He will visit Ireland England and France and hold conferences with the Irish Free State secretary of agriculture and England's minister of agriculture.
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Louis Murphy
Iowa
S. S. Manhattan
Europe
Ireland
England
France
Irish Free State
Idaho's ex lieutenant governor Ernest Parker dies at 68
Ernest L. Parker 68 a native of Sigourney Iowa and former Idaho lieutenant governor in 1917 1918 and chairman of the state council of defense during World War I died at his Lewiston home on Monday ERNEST L Parker longtime public servant obituary notes in Lewiston Idaho AP report
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Sigourney
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State Council of Defense
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