Bar Convention Opens Thursday At Montrose Hotel
The forty first annual Iowa State Bar association convenes at the Montrose hotel starting Thursday at 9 30 am and runs to Friday. Between 500 and 700 members are expected. An executive committee meeting occurred Wednesday. The Friday session moves to the Memorial coliseum audience room. The Linn County Bar association invites the event. John M. Grimm of Cedar Rapids heads the arrangements committee with members from multiple cities. State Bar officers include President Thomas J. Guthrie Des Moines and Secretary Treasurer Mason Ladd Iowa City. A wives committee will assist with registration and host tours and tea for Cedar Rapids lawyers wives. The Iowa State District Judges association meets Wednesday evening at the Montrose with dinner at 7 pm and a business session. Judge Frank Beckley presides.
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Iowa State Bar Association
Montrose Hotel
Memorial Coliseum
Crystal Room
Montrose
Linn County Bar Association
John M. Grimm
Cedar Rapids
John F. Devitt
Muscatine
B. F. Swisher
Waterloo
R. F. Clough
Mason City
John E. Cross
Newton
T. G. Garfield
Ames
W. F. Stipe
Clarinda
Alan Loth
Fort Dodge
A. O.wakefield
Sioux City
State Bar Association
Thomas J. Guthrie
Des Moines
James W. Moisé
Estherville
A. J. Small
Mason Ladd
Iowa City
University of
Cedar Rapids Country Club
B. B. Hickenlooper
Iowa State District Judges’ Association
Bar Association
Frank Beckley
Montezuma
Judges’ Association
Atherton B. Clark
Blasting Removes Shale From Niagara Falls Rim
Explosives rocked Table Rock at Niagara Falls removing about 200 tons of shale as a prelude to next month’s blasting to widen the Niagara gorge rock weakened by the falls. Local officials expect extensive blasting to follow to alter the gorge structure.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Horseshoe Falls
Niagara Gorge
Railway Mail Clerks Name Iowan Leader for Division
J. M. McCraig of Council Bluffs Iowa was elected president of the fourteenth division of the Railway Mail Association at its biennial meeting in Lincoln Nebraska. He succeeds Harry Hughes of Sheridan Wyoming who held the post eight years. The fourteenth district includes Nebraska Wyoming Colorado Utah Montana Iowa and South Dakota.
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Lincoln
Neb
J. M. McCraig
Council Bluffs, Jr
Railway Mail Association
Election Board
Harry Hughes
Sheridan
Wyo
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Montana
Iowa
South Dakota
Wilson and Co plans 20 million bond issue
Chicago report shows Wilson and Co and Cudahy Packing plan refi bonds totaling about 34 million to fund public offerings this summer. The Big Four packing firms push aggregate new securities beyond 135 million, with Wilson refunding 16.222 million of first mortgage bonds and 898 thousand of subsidiary bonds. Cudahy totals near 25 million. Swift and Armour also active with large debt retirements and new issues.
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Chicago
Wilson and Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Wilson
Cudahy
Swift and Company
Armour and Company
Willow Rebekah Lodge Elects 2023 Officers
Mrs Hazel Shaffer was elected noble grand with Mrs Ivah Glass as vice grand and Mrs Julia Fisher as secretary while Mrs Ruth Rowe takes the treasurer post for Willow Rebekah Lodge No 398.
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Troy Mills
Hazel Shaffer
Noble
Ivah Glass
Julia Fisher
Ruth Rowe
Willow Rebekah
Composing Room Leaders Reelect Officers for Anniversary Convention
The Tuesday conference at the Roosevelt hotel re-elected Leo Carle of the Mason City Globe-Gazette as president and Paul Kamber of the Clinton Herald as secretary treasurer for the coming year. They will organize the tenth anniversary convention in Waterloo where the group was founded. The slate plans to include stereo typing executives from daily newspapers.
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Town Daily
Roosevelt Hotel
Leo Carle
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Paul Kamber
Clinton Herald
Waterloo
News Daily
Cedar Rapids City Briefs and Personals
R C Harris of Denver visited Cedar Rapids over the past two days. Charles Kotek of Cedar Rapids and Minnie Hepker of Marion wed by Justice W J Grunewald. Firemen answered a 10 40 pm Tuesday false alarm at B avenue and Twenty third street NE. Alma Hartz and Laura Sabroe attended an American Child Health association meeting in Iowa City Wednesday. M E Ray, 40, of 861 Eleventh Street NE, fined 10 dollars for intoxication. A man named Kaye was arrested Tuesday night in Milwaukee railroad yards for allegedly instructing workers. Lions Club luncheon held at Hotel Roosevelt Thursday noon. Historical note: Dr Cremieux, pre World War I surgeon at Rockefeller Institute in Pekin, later practiced in Shanghai.
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B Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Alma E. Hartz
Public Health Nursing Association
Laura Sabroe
American Child Health Association
Iowa City
M. E. Ray
Eleventh Street
Kaye
Milwaukee
Lions Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Cremieux
Rockefeller Institute of Pekin
Shangai
Cotton Blossom Singers to Perform Religious Songs Tonight
The Cotton Blossom Singers of Piney Woods School entertain at 8 tonight in the Sunshine Mission with a program of religious songs and Negro spirituals. Admission is free and the public is invited.
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Cotton Blossom Singers of
Piney Woods
Sunshine Mission
Stolen Car Recovered by Patrolmen Hines and Walsh
The automobile of A. O. Shep ardson of 312 First street SW was stolen Monday night and recovered Wednesday morning by Patrolmen Hines and Walsh. They found the car on Fifth Avenue SW between First and H streets.
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A. O. Shepardson
First Street
Hines and Walsh
Fifth Avenue
First
Al Thomas Suffers Fractured Arm in Dredge Accident
Al Thomas aged 46 of 1601 Fifth Street NW, an employee of King Crown Plaster, was taken to Mercy Hospital at noon Wednesday with a fractured left arm after being struck by a heavy hook on a sand dredge. He remained hospitalized.
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al Thomas
Fifth Street NW
King Crown Plaster Company
Mercy Hospital
Thomas
Meyer Slioken Buys Cedar Rapids Produce Facility
Meyer Slioken operator of Meyers Produce at Monticello has purchased the equipment of the Cedar Rapids Produce company at the east end of the Sixteenth avenue bridge and will run it under Meyers Produce.
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Meyer Slioken
Meyers Produce Company
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Sixteenth Avenue Bridge
Postponed M and J League Baseball Game
Tonight's game between Sinclair's and the Quaker Oats was called off due to wet grounds. The next match will be Friday at Daniels featuring the Light Company nine and Penick and Ford.
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Sinclair’s
Quaker Oats
Daniels
Light Company Nine
Penick and
Ford
Cherry Burrell executives attend Cedar Rapids conference
Cherry Burrell corporation president Walter L. Cherry and vice president John W. Ladd, along with sales managers O K Burrows and E Slayton, all of Chicago, attended a Cedar Rapids factory conference on Tuesday and returned to Chicago on Wednesday.
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Cherry-Burrell
Walter L. Cherry
Cherry-Burrell Corporation
John W. Ladd
O. K. Burrows
E. Slayton
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Lions To Hear Talk On China From Doctor's Viewpoint
Dr. Robert Cremieux of Shanghai China will speak on China from the Doctor's Viewpoint at the Lions Club meeting. The event aims to give members insights into China's health care and medical perspectives.
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China
Robert Cremieux
Shanghai
Osteopathic Meeting Opens Circuit Talks in Des Moines
The first district of the Iowa society of osteopathic physicians and surgeons plans a Roosevelt hotel gathering Thursday. Dr. Thomas Stirling Torrance will discuss Osteopathic Therapy, Dr. John M. Woods will speak on Practical Osteopathic Obstetrics, and Dr. F A Gordon will address Society Affairs.
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Iowa Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
Roosevelt Hotel Thursdday
Thomas Stirling Torrance
Edinburgh University
Scotland
John M. Woods
Still College
Des Moines
F. A. Gordon
Marshalltown
Piney Woods Singers Entertain Kiwanians
Piney Woods Singers from Piney Woods school for Negroes performed at the Montrose hotel with Laurence C. Jones. The group included Richard Smith pianist Albert Dobbs Singleton Bender Howard Hall and Charles Younger. Jones spoke on the school's growth from one student to 350 and its 50 000 circulation paper and national publicity. The Kiwanis club endorsed a Chamber of Commerce plan to urge Cedar Rapids to build a city swimming pool with federal funding.
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Laurence C. Jones
Piney Woods
Cotton Blossom Singers
Kiwanis Club
Montrose Hotel
Richard Smith
Albert Dobbs
Singleton Bender
Howard Hall
Charles Younger
Jones
Young Men’s Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Margaret Murphy 89 Widow of Rock Island Official Dies
Mrs. Margaret Murphy age 89 died at 1 am Wednesday at the home of her niece Mrs. Elizabeth J. Earl Cedar Rapids after a lingering illness. Born in Tipperary Ireland on August 17 1845 she lived in Cedar Rapids many years and previously in Minneapolis. Survived by nieces Mrs. Earl and Miss Bessie Millikan. Funeral at St Matthew's Church Friday 10 am Rev James Kearns. Burial Oak Hill cemetery. Calling at Brady chapel after 11 am Thursday.
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Margaret Murphy
P. A. Murphy
Rock Island Railroad
Elizabeth J. Earl
Thirty-eighth Street
Tipperary
Ireland
Cedar Rapids
Minneapolis
Earl
Bessie Millikan
Elmira
St. Matthew's Church
St. Matthew’s Church
James Kearns
Oak Hill Cemetery
Brady Chapel
Death of Mrs Eva Shearon In Lincoln Neb
Word came Tuesday of the death of Mrs Eva Shearon in Lincoln Nebraska Monday night. She formerly lived in Cedar Rapids for seventeen years with her sister-in-law Mrs John W Barry at 1818 B avenue NE. Burial will be at Fairbury Nebraska.
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Eva Shearon
Lincoln
Neb
Infant Pancratz Dies in Local Hospital
John F. Pancratz three day old son of Mr and Mrs Albert Pancratz of 911 Sixteenth Street NE died at 5 15 am Wednesday in a local hospital. He is survived by his parents a brother Lee and grandparents Mr and Mrs R S Kettler and A C Pancratz all of Cedar Rapids Burial was in Cedar Memorial Park Wednesday afternoon.
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John F. Pancratz
Albert Pancratz
Sixteenth Street
Lee
R. S. Kettler
A. C. Pancratz
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Memorial Park
Funeral services for William E Beall at Immaculate Conception
Funeral services for William E Beall will be held at Immaculate Conception church on Thursday at 9 a.m. with Msgr John Molloy in charge. The body will be taken to Mattoon Illinois for burial after short services at the grave. The Catholic Order of Foresters will recite the Rosary at Brady chapel on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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William E. Beall
Immaculate Conception
John Molloy
Mattoon
Order of Foresters
Brady Chapel
German Youths Enter National Trade Competitions
Nearly 1 500 000 German youths participated in national trade competitions for scores of callings this year.
Camp Good Health Fund Seeks Aid for 3 Teachers
Camp Good Health aims to provide recuperating vacations for ill children under the Public Health Nursing Bureau. Funds cover maintenance and summer bills at Camp Good Health. Readers urged to send contributions to The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa to support bedding, clothing, and meals for 6 to 14 year olds.
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Camp Good Health
Camp Good Health Fund
Public Health Nursing Bureau
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Palisades CCC Camp to Continue Another Year
The Palisades CCC camp will be extended for another year starting July 1. Lieut. W. H. Owen confirms the camp commandant that the Chariton relocation plan is dropped and Palisades improvement work including Cedar river dam will continue through the coming year.
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CCC
Palisades State, Park
W. H. Owen
Chariton
Palisades
Cedar River
Paul Grier Receives Legion of Honor at State DeMolay Meet
Paul Grier of Cedar Rapids, 818 Eighth Street NW, was awarded the Legion of Honor at a state DeMolay conclave in Davenport. The honor, given annually to about one in 600 members, recognizes past DeMolay service and future leadership potential. Other Iowa recipients included Harry Burmeister, Ben Padzewsky, Stanley C Moore Jr, Charles Whelply, Wayne Bain, Fred J Witousek, Richard Munden, and Basil Waddington.
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Paul Grier
Eighth Street NW
Cedar Rapids
DeMolay
Legion of Honor
Davenport
Iowa
Harry Burmeister
Ben Padzewsky
Stanley C. Moore, Jr
Charles Whelply
Wayne Bain
Fred J. Witousek
Richard Munden
Basil Waddington
Germany's first survey counts public libraries and people
The initial survey in Germany found 15 500 public libraries serving 45 600 000 people.
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Germany
Britain to Consult Powers on Treaty
Britain prepares to invite naval experts from France Italy and Russia to discuss a multilateral naval limitation treaty. Captain Eden will meet Laval in Paris on Friday to outline details while Britain rebuffs French fears of a bilateral air pact.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Germany
Pierre Laval
Foreign Affairs Commission
Chamber of Deputies
London
Italy
Russia
Anthony Eden
League of Nations Affairs
Britain
Eden
Admiralty Office
Family Reunion Held at Mrs Pollock Home
A Mount Auburn family reunion gathered Sunday at Mrs Mary Pollock’s home with relatives Richard Pollock Free man Pollock and members of the Pollock families attending.
Notable Minnesota Families Named in Local Notice
Frances Dullenger and her daughter of Minneapolis Claude Pollock and Vere Crisman families of Vinton Charlies Grimm Sam Pollock and Hiram Pollock families from Mount Auburn are listed in the readable fragments of a local notice with names and origins.
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Frances Dullenger
Minneapolis
Claude Pollock
Vere Crisman
Vinton
Charlies Grimm
Sam Pollock
Hiram Pollock
Mount Auburn
Safety Talks Cut Speed for Fire Fighting Apparatus
Omaha dispatch reports Metropolitan safety concerns shaping dispatch rules for fire trucks at the Missouri Valley Fire Chiefs meeting. Captain C V Lindquist of Des Moines notes liability immunity varies by state while leaders from Iowa, South Dakota, and Missouri name new officers and set Davenport Iowa as 1936 convention site.
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Omaha
C. V. Lindquist
Des Moines Fire Department
Missouri Valley Fire Chiefs Association
William A. Sloan
Sioux Falls
S. D
Daniel H. Shire
Mason City
Arthur W. Olson
Ray Tiller
Waterloo
James T. O'Donnell
St. Louis
H. J. Callahan
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Davenport
Seven Informations On Charge Of Selling Cigarettes To Minors
Seven informations charging the sale of cigarettes to minors were filed late Tuesday before Justice W J Grunewald by the county attorney s office. Demands were entered for hearings slated for next Monday and Tuesday. Three counts against Trombino s Roman Inn, 525 Fourth avenue SE, two against Gatto s drug store, 110 Third avenue SW, and one each against Liggcott s drug store, 100 Third street SE, and Lyman s Luncheonette, 300 First avenue SE. Evidence was obtained by special agents of the county attorney s office.
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W. J. Grunewald
Trombino
Fourth Avenue SE
Gatto
Third Avenue
Liggcott
Third Street
Lyman
First Avenue SE
County Attorney’s Office
Linn County seeks PWA funds for road resurfacing project
The Linn County Board of Supervisors approved applying for PWA funds to cover 45 percent of a $30 170.09 road resurfacing plan totaling thirty one and a half miles. Roads include B from Prairieburg north and A to the Jones county line, with other segments in district 42 and county trunk routes. Final approval rests with Washington after Des Moines review. County Engineer Behrens said additional resurfacing grading and bridge projects will follow.
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Linn
Albur
Linn Township
Fairfax
Cedar Rapids
PWA
Des Moines
P. F. Hopkins
Washington
William H. Behrens
Kansas Fair Topeka Plans Spelling Bee Events
Spelling bees in oral and written formats will again be featured at the 1935 Kansas fair in Topeka, highlighting competitive word games during the event lineup.
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Topeka
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Thompson Phota
Leo Cable
R. C. Harris
Denver, Colo
Charles Kotek
Minnie Hepker
Marion
Justice W. J. Grunewald
Singers At Mission
Standard Oil
Piney Woods Singers
Pancratsz
W. E. Beall
Palisades CCC
Earth Photo
Ford Dealers
Universal Credit Company
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