Healthy start at Cedar Rapids four nursing clinics
About 250 Cedar Rapids babies are enrolled in four Public Health Nursing clinics. Doctors monitor weekly weight gain and feeding, while mothers learn proper care and habits. Clinics operate at Memorial building Community House Harrison and Van Buren schools with Dr. L M Downing and Dr. Morgan Foster leading care. Rosemary Cranny assists.
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Cedar Rapids
Public Health Nursing Association
L. M. Downing
Morgan Foster
J. M. Hayek
Des Moines
Memorial Building
Memorial Coliseum
Rosemary Cranny
The
Cotton futures rise with weekly advances amid mixed weather
New York reports a weekly gain in the cotton market as demand remains strong and prices climb. July options perform notably while New Orleans notices briefly pull futures below 12 cents before recovering. Weather varies across the belt with scattered rain and pockets of drought. no single region signals a bullish trend. Chicago futures rise 8 to 17 points with contract gains across the board.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Techniques for Cutting and Arranging Flowers
Instructions on preparing cut flowers including splitting stems, removing anthers from lilies, handling milk sap blooms, and heating stems to 140 degrees before placing in water. Do not use shears, trim to fit container height, and keep garden blooms picked as soon as wilted.
Fire destroys corn crib and hog facilities near La Porte City
Lightning-caused blaze at the Joseph Ambrose farm one mile southeast of La Porte City destroyed a corn crib, hog house part, straw stack and contents including shelled corn oats baled hay machinery and an automobile. Insurance covers the loss. George Selk of Waterloo owns the farm. A second fire destroyed a double corn crib on the Joe Robertson farm west of La Porte City. the building was insured but contents were lost.
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LA Porte City
Joseph Ambrose
George Selk
Waterloo
Joe Robertson
Czech language drive gains local school support
A community meeting at the Bohemian school outlined plans to promote Czech language in high schools. Leaders and parents urged enrolment, proposing a special group to work with the school board. Summer and winter courses are available, with hundreds of students already enrolled.
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Bohemian
J. J. Hervert
Marie Kopecky Beals
Rose Wistein
Marie Vitek
Frances Dusek
Marie Hurka
Marie A. Zivny
Josephine Lebeda
Anthony Trusty
T. B
Hayes
Four New Members Joined Sixteenth Avenue Club
At an outdoor meeting of the Sixteenth Avenue Commercial club held Thursday evening at the Cedar river picnic grounds six miles south four new members were admitted. The new members are Charles Marousek Charles Mika Jerry Ulch and Leon Hasek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club
Cedar River
Charles Marousek
Charles Mika
Jerry Ulch
Leon Hasek
Picnic of Progressive lodge to be held at Miller park
The Progressive lodge C. S. A. picnic, postponed last Sunday due to rain, will be held today at Miller park weather permitting. Members and their friends are invited.
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Progressive Lodge
C. S. A.miller Park
Children to hold annual picnic at Miller's Park
The Czech school plans its annual picnic on July 4 at Miller's Park. Students and families are invited to attend and enjoy the community event.
Cedar Rapids Plans July Fourth Visit to Corn Belt Lodge
Cedar Rapids residents plan to travel to Vining for the first anniversary program of Corn Belt lodge on July 4, seeking community celebration and fellowship.
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Cedar Rapids
C S P S National Hall Lighted for Celebration
The C S P S National hall hosts a celebration with the C S A lodge led by Karel Jonas. A drill team forms to initiate new members. Lodge Pomnenka Vlasti No 91 schedules a regular meeting July 2 at Mrs. A. Volz's Bever Park home.
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C. S. P. S. National Hall
Karel Jonas
Lodge
Pomnenka Vlasti, No. 91
Czech American groups plan multiple summer picnics and meetings
The C S A degree staff will picnic at CSA Miller park Sunday July 5 with bowling dancing and sport events. The Czech school pupils hold a picnic at CSA Miller park Saturday July 4 with Kubovec's band and activities for children and adults. Z C B J district committee meets July 1 to discuss the state picnic and CSA central committee meets Tuesday at 7 30 pm at the CPS hall. Cedar Rapids lodge Z C B J picnics today at Sokol camp with fish fry and sports. Zofie Podlipska lodge 25 picnics at Riverside park Wednesday at 2 pm bring own dishes and dues may be paid at the park. Sokolky meet next Friday at 8 pm last summer meeting. Karla Masaryk lodge CSA meets Wednesday at CPS hall and Ustredni Matice Skoslka meets Thursday at the Bohemian school building.
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Frank Soukup
Czechoslovak Senate
Workmen’s Gymnastic Union
Cleveland
Cedar Rapids
New York
Julius Gerber
United States
Europe
Sokols
Western Bohemian Fraternal Association
Czechoslovak Society of America
Bohemian Reading Society
Czech Fine Arts Society
Damska Matice
Jednota Cesky Dam
Ceske Vlastenky
Woodrow Wilson High School
Soukup
Czechoslovakia
Edouard Benes
Sokol Association
Frank Machovsky
C. S. A.-Miller Park
Kubovec
Cedar Rapids Lodge
Zofie Podlipska
Riverside Park
Sokolky
Sokol Hall
Courthouse Parade and County News Pieces
A tangled collection recalls courthouse chatter and summer misadventures. Shanty Newhouse contemplates river dips amid joking bravado, while Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon proudly displays a 21 inch pike caught near the Fourth Avenue bridge and three bass later south of Cedar Rapids. Montana drought and wheat desolation shade Miss Hronek’s recollections of Lewiston trips, water worries, and altered grazing. Sheriff posters offer rewards totaling over 2700 dollars for various fugitives, including a Texas hog thief in colonial dress. County officers gather at Waterloo Electric Park where Dempsy Jones performs guitar and jokes at the Iowa County Officers association banquet, delivering The Cross-Eyed Butcher.
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Minnesota
Larry Condon
Fourth Avenue Bridge
Larry
Cedar Rapids
Dempsy Jones
Iowa
Waterloo
Electric Park
Iowa County Officers’ Association
Cross-Eyed Butcher
Swiss Police Dogs Trained for U S Prisons Service
Washington report details use of Swiss police dogs to recapture escaped federal prisoners. Bates describes training in Switzerland and at two years old, dogs join officers as one-man animals. The Bureau of Prisons has purchased about fourteen dogs with plans for more.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Sanford Bates
Justice Department
Appropriations
Bates
Switzerland
el Reno
Bureau of Prisons
Pioneer Couple to Celebrate Golden Wedding Today
Mr and Mrs John Kadlec sr of 1812 J street SW celebrate their golden wedding anniversary and Mrs Kadlec s birthday with a dinner for their children and families. They have six children five living in Cedar Rapids nine grandchildren and a history in Iowa since 1899 with a dairy past and auto repair business.
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John Kadlec
Solon
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Trachta
Joseph Petska
Wesley J
Joseph
John
Kadlec
Sixteenth Avenue
Czechoslovakia
Kadlecs
Western
Vehicle inspectors review drivers before diving tests
State Motor Vehicle Inspector Charles Hogan checks vehicles of all drivers and chauffeur license applicants prior to their diving test. He reports about one in ten cases require brake repairs before a license is granted, with cracked or discolored windshields also causing turn downs.
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Charles Hogan
Charlie
Campfire Group Hosts Pool Party at Marion
The Ao ki ya campfire group held a swimming party Wednesday at Marion pool followed by a wiener roast. Attendees included Jean Rice Eloise Balcar Dorothy Doolittle Rita Drake Mrs Henry Houseman guardian Dorothy Hopkins Betty Like Shirley Like Lillian Repstein and Pauline Schmidt.
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Marion Pool
Jean Rice
Eloise Balcar
Dorothy Doolittle
Rita Drake
Supervised Playground For Boys Opens At Edgewood No 1
A WPA program supervised by the Cedar Rapids playground commission will begin Monday at 2 p m on the Edgewood No 1 school grounds for boys. Girls activities will follow at a later date and the program will run daily this week for boys.
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Edgewood No. 1
Cedar Rapids Playground Commission
Radical Labor Split Shakes U S Politics Ahead of 1940
Washington reports a growing rift in organized labor over the London Roosevelt campaign. John L. Lewis directs the industrial union drive and backs the Democratic ticket to hold key states, while AFL leaders weigh neutrality. Radicals push for a farmer labor alignment and a potential shift in labor influence.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
White House
Philadelphia
Farley
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Illinois
David Dubinsky
Sidney Hillman
Needle
George L. Berry
Labor Committee
Roosevelt
William Green
American Federation of Labor Executive Board
Lewis
la Follette-Wheeler
Green
Federation
John Brophy
Communist Party
Farmer-labor
Popular Front
Labor
France
Hoover
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Nursing Association
Eliza Burkhalter
South Side News
Bohemian School
Second Street
Tenth Avenue SE
Czech Senate
U. S
Miller’s Park
Lefebure
Lefebvre Corporation Manufacture
First Avenue SE
Dial
Z. C. B. J. Hall
C. S. A. Central Committee
C. S. P. S. Hall
Karla Masaryk
Ustredni Matice Skoslka
Newhouse
Shanty
Mississippi
Montana
Marie Hronek
Milo Hronek
Lewiston
Mont
Hronek
Miss Hronek
James H. Smith
Texas
U. S. Prisons Service
Marion
Want
Adv
Hotel Roosevelt
Edgewood No
Lafayette Cafe
Checker Electric Supply, Inc
Thomas Bros
Democrats
John Thomas
Mgr
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