Cerf Seeks Film Deals On Goodman Story And More
Bennett Cerf, New York publisher and Sylvia Sidney’s ex husband, pursues film options for Benny Goodman The Swingmaster and Elizabeth Hawes Fashion Is Spinach with MGM interest. Cerf also met Eugene O Neill about eight plays spanning pre revolution to present day while Sam Goldwyn negotiates United Artists plans and manages story properties amid a testing frenzy for Capra directed You Cant Take It With You. Gene Morgan even takes xylophone lessons to land Ed role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Bennett Cerf
New York
Sylvia Sidney
Benny Goodman
Benny
Elizabeth Hawes
Miss Hawes
MGM Story Department
Cerf
Eugene O'Neill
O'Neill
Sam Goldwyn
Douglas Fairbanks
Charlie Chaplin
Mary Pickford
United Artists
Sam
MGM
Massachusetts
Mr G
Jon ‘Hall
Kate Smith
Edward Arnold
Frank Capra
George Kaufman
Moss Hart
Capra
Gene Morgan
Restoration Of Williamsburg Affects United States Progress
John R. Rives, editor of the Railway Conductor, told the Canopus club at the Roosevelt hotel that Williamsburg Va is shaping architecture interior design and landscape gardening nationwide. He noted Rockefeller Jr. funds restore Jamestown Yorktown Williamsburg as part of the Colonial National Monument to preserve early American sites. The program included Tillie and Millie performing western cowboy songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
United States
John R. Rives
Canopus Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Rives
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Jamestown
Yorktown
Colonial
Births Reported From Local Families at St Luke and Mercy Hospitals
A series of births reported for area families. Loren Brown of Springville welcomed a son on February 27 at St Luke's hospital. W C Clauson of Farmersburg welcomed a son on February 26 at St Luke's hospital. W S Hahn of 423 Second Street SW welcomed a daughter on February 26 at St Luke's hospital. Fred A O'Kelly of 145 Thirty-sixth Street NE welcomed a son on February 24 at St Luke's hospital. Glenn McMurray of 550 H Street SW welcomed a son on February 28 at Mercy hospital. Elmer Ingels of 428 Thirtieth Street SE welcomed a son on March 1 at Mercy hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren Brown
Springvife
St. Luke's Hospital
W. C
Clauson
Farmersburg
W. S. Hahn
Second Street
Fred A. O'Kelly
Thirty-sixth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Glenn McMurrin
H Street
Mercy Hospital
Elmer Ingels
Thirtieth Street
Higher Taxes And Wages Cut A T And T Income Last Year
The 1937 annual report shows 15,332,000 Bell System telephones in service, up from 15,193,000 in 1930, with 878,400 more in 1937. Net operating income fell $12.5 million despite revenue up $56.5 million, due largely to $46.6 million in higher taxes and wages. Net income per share reached $9.76 with 642,000 stockholders of record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell System
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell Telephone System
Seadlund Urges Fast Trial Prefers Quick Death
John Henry Seadlund the confessed kidnap slayer of Charles S Ross urged his lawyers to stop delaying his trial saying he prefers death by electric chair. A jury trial is set for March 14 after his guilty plea. court appointee Floyd E Thompson said Seadlund told him he wanted the chair and to have it over with.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Henry Seadlund
Charles S. Ross
Seadlund
Floyd E. Thompson
Renewal Charter for Troop 6 Presented at Parents Program
Chester S. Johnson presented the thirteenth renewal charter to Troop 6 at a Monday night parents dinner in the First Congregational church. About 160 people attended. program highlights included advancement and service recognitions, a charter presentation, and a xylophone solo. Over the past year the troop logged 71 advancements, 105 merit badges, 367 civic hours, and 7,030 outdoor hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester S. Johnson
Cedar Rapids Area
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
First Congregational Church
Assembly
N. J. Markey
Mothers’ Club
C. S. Woodward
Guy Clark
Burton Day
J. W. Markey
C. V. Freeman
Mr. Johnson
Jack Rice
Bob Smythe
Beth Stevenson
George Newland
Three scouts earn Eagle awards at national jamboree
Perry Woodward George Henry and Lee Thomas represented the troop at the national jamboree in Washington last July where Thomas and Henry received Eagle awards. George Newland serves as scoutmaster of troop 6 with Jack Rice and Hugh Daggett as assistant scoutmasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Woodward
George Henry
Lee Thomas
Washington
Thomas
Henry
David Beard
George Newland
Jack Rice
Hugh Daggett
Dr. Cs, Foster
K. Steul
Willard Chadima
J H. Fordice
Lee Beardsley
J W. Markey
J C Blodgett
C. S
Linn County Awards Contracts for Motor Fuels Lubricants
Linn County supervisors awarded contracts for annual motor fuels and lubricants. Cooper Petroleum of Minneapolis won 100,000 gallons gasoline at 3/16 of a cent under Chicago Journal of Commerce low. Shell Petroleum won 45,000 gallons diesel fuel at a guaranteed 4.25 cents per gallon with low as of setting date 3.75. Martin-Rousa Tractor of Cedar Rapids bid 58.6 cents per gallon for 1,500 gallons of diesel lubricating oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Cooper Petroleum Company of
Minneapolis
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Shell Petroleum Corporation
Shell
Martin-Rousa Tractor and Equipment Company
Cedar Rapids
Standard Oil Company
Skelly Oil Company
Marion men face charges in poultry theft and related cases
Basil Dean 23 and Howard Burgess 27 of Marion were named in a larceny of four chickens from the Hamer farm. Dean pleaded guilty and received sixty days in county jail. Burgess was given until Friday to enter a plea with bond set at $1000. Harry Goodland 54 of Des Moines was jailed on intoxication charges after officers found him with miscellaneous merchandise. A divorce decree was granted to Mary Dickinson from Glenn Dickinson on cruelty grounds. Executors of Marie Louise Sinclair estate were authorized to negotiate inheritance tax up to 864.28 dollars. John Emery McClelland and Mildred Leone McClelland filed to quiet title to Lisbon real estate against heirs of John C. Ringer, who died in 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basil Dean
Marion
H C Ring
Dean
G K Thompson
Howard Burgess
Roy Radebaugh
Dick Payn
Otto Hamer
Hamer
Harry Goodland
Des Moines
Linn County
Goodland
Harlan Snyder
H. C. Ring
Marie Louise Sinclair
Treasurer of State
John Emery McClelland
Mildred Leone McClelland
Lisbon
John C. Ringer
Red Cross First Aid Course Seeks Registrants
Registrations urged for Linn County Red Cross first aid class. Men and women over 17 urged to call headquarters in the federal building to register. The first session at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday will be held in the federal building basement under Emery A. Milliken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
American Red Cross
Joe Carberry
First Aid Committee
Federal Building
Emery A. Milliken
Postpone Hearing On Arrow Distilleries Co
Washington AP A federal official postponed indefinitely a hearing on Arrow Distilleries Inc of Peoria Alabama. The delay, due to the corporation’s attorney illness, delays five hearings into the distillery’s handling of liquor shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
W. S. Alexander
Arrow Distilleries, Inc
Peoria
Alexander
Lighting Survey Uses Photo Electric Eye at McKinley High
The Cedar Rapids school board approves a lighting survey for McKinley High School by Iowa Electric Light and Power. A photo electric eye will auto switch lights in one room while a second room is manually lit for comparison, with meters recording current use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley High School
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
McKinley School
Frank Kanak
Charles Penningroth
J. K. von Lackum E
A. Holloway
Power Company
McNinley School
Mr. Holloway
Holloway
J K von Lackum
Bus Route Changes Favored by Merchants Bureau
At a conference Monday afternoon the Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce and the city council supported Cedar Rapids City Lines proposed bus routings. The changes include extending the Third street SE line to the old street car route end, adding McKinley school service on Vernon Heights, and rerouting downtown loop to Fifth Street and Second Avenue before returning to Third Street. Public hearings will be scheduled Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids City Lines, Inc
McKinley
Vernon Heights
Oak Hill
Third Street SE
Twelfth Avenue
Grande Avenue
Third Street
Third Avenue
Fifth Street
Second Avenue
McKinney School
Tom Bedford
National City Lines, Inc
Sundberg to Attend Rate Increase Hearing in Des Moines
Harry Sundberg, Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce traffic bureau manager, will attend a rate increase hearing before the Iowa commerce commission in Des Moines on Thursday. He lists commodities to be discussed including brick, fresh meat, packing house products, sewer pipe, crushed stone, sand and gravel, salt, and agricultural limestone, noting trucking competition affects all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Sundberg
Cedar Rapids
Lucas seeks limits on game hunter possession rule
Representative Scott W Lucas proposes a bill to strip the Biological Survey of certain legislative authority. The measure targets Agriculture Department rules that allow a hunter to kill 10 birds per day but cap possession at 10 at any moment, regardless of hunting duration or distance from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Scott W. Lucas
U. S
Department of Agriculture
Woman Struck by Car While Crossing Street
Mrs. H. W. Bauman, 1221 Third avenue SE, suffered back chest and left knee injuries when an eastbound car driven by M. J. Frankel, 511 Fairview drive SE, struck her at Twelfth street and Fifth avenue SE. She was taken to St Luke's hospital. Tuesday her condition was reported fairly good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Bauman
Third Avenue
M. J. Frankel
Fairview Drive
Twelfth Street
Fifth Avenue
Professor Ladd Talks on Evidence to Cedar Rapids Police
Professor Mason Ladd of the University of Iowa College of Law will address Cedar Rapids Policemen's Protective Association at the police station Thursday at 9 am. He is a leading state authority on evidence and spoke previously to Iowa sheriffs and policemen's training school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Ladd
University of Iowa College of Law
Cedar Rapids
Policemen’s Protective Association
Add
Iowa Sheriffs and Policemen's Training School
Iowa City
Policemen’s Association
The Peanut Stand and the Landlord
A small enterprising man opens a peanut stand on a vacant lot and hires a clerk. The landlord raises rent, the assessor taxes the stock, profits fade, and the clerk falls into debt while others wonder who will hire him next.
Marriage Licenses Listed for Central City Cedar Rapids Marion and More
Arland S Bowdish and Mary C Anderson both of Central City. Owen S Brislawn and Violet M Knapp both of Central City. Howard L Van Winkle and Wilma Willimack both of Cedar Rapids. Charles E Green and Ellen Agnes Fish both of Marion. Robert E Leigh and Selma E Fisher both of Mount Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arland S Bowdish
Mary C. Anderson
Central City
Owen S. Brislawn
Violet M. Knapp
Howard L. van Winkle
Wilma Willimack
Cedar Rapids
Charles E. Green
Ellen Agnes Fish
Marion
Robert E. Leigh
Selma E. Fisher
Mount Vernon
U S Government Will Not Issue Long Term Notes
Washington announces no new long term notes or bonds in March financing. Treasury will rely on baby bonds and short term bills maturing within three months. Morgenthau says baby bonds remain popular and declines to set an end date. Cash payoff of 400 million on March 15 and refinancing of 455 million three percent notes planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Treasury
Morgenthau
Deaths: Howard L. Coombes and Julia Stocker
Howard L. Coombes 43 formerly Cedar Rapids projectionist in Pasadena died Feb 24 after injuries from an auto crash. Survives wife Blanche, son Jack, father J W Coombes, sister Lillian Curley. Funeral in Pasadena. Julia O Stocker 60 died at home Cedar Rapids after brief illness. Survived by sisters Matilda Warland Nels Christensen, and brothers Ole G Stocker Cumberland, Solomon O Stocker. Funeral Thursday Beatty chapel Cedar Memorial park.
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Howard L. Coombes
Cedar Rapids
Pasadena
Calif
Los Angeles
Isis Theater
Mount Hermon Lodge
Blanche Coombes
Jack V. Coombes
J. W. Coombes
Memphis, Tenn
Lillian Curley
Tenth Street
Julia O. Stocker
Julia O Stocker
C Avenue NW
Knight
Norway
Europe
America
Matilda Warland
Nels Christensen
Ole G Stocker
Solomon O. Stocker
Cumberland
Wis
Beatty Chapel
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Mary Buehler Dies After Cerebral Hemorrhage in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Mary Buehler in her 80s died at 3 a m Tuesday at a local hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. She was born in Saxony Germany Sept 27 1866 and lived in Amanas before moving to Cedar Rapids six months ago. Survived by husband George Buehler and three children Hattie Shimek George and Henry Buehler all of Cedar Rapids. Body sent from Turner chapel to Amana for services and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Buehler
O Avenue NW
B L. Knight
Saxony
Germany
Amanas
Cedar Rapids
George Buehler
Hattie Shimek
George
Henry Buehler
Turner Chapel
Amuanas
Funeral services for Thomas F Boyle
Thomas F Boyle, who died late Saturday, will be buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery after a 9 30 am Wednesday funeral at St Patrick's Church conducted by Rev Dr Lenihan. The Rosary will be recited at 8 pm Tuesday in the Monahan chapel where friends may call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Boyle
Thomas F Boyle
St Patrick's Church
Lenihan
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Monahan Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Wutzinah Cox announced
Funeral services for Mrs Wutzinah Cox will be held in the Turner chapel at 2 pm Wednesday. The Rev. Melvin L. Welke will officiate and burial will follow at Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox
Wutzinah Cox
Turner Chapel
Pam
Melvin L. Welke
Oak Hill Cemetery
Fire at Hamlet Inn in Elsinore Kills Four Swedes
A fire swept the Hotel Prince Hamlet in Elsinore Tuesday killing a man and a woman who leapt from the fourth floor and burning the inn’s cook. All victims were Swedish as the blaze damaged the inn famed for visitors to Hamlet's grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Elsinore
Community Briefs from Cedar Rapids City Meeting and Local Events
Cedar Rapids notes report Ahepa chapter meeting at Moose Hall at 8 pm. Crocuses bloom earlier at Mrs J H Kepler’s 1627 Sixth Street NW. Ash Wednesday service at St John’s Episcopal Church at 10 am. Dr Kenneth Bogaard injured Feb 20, released from St Luke’s Hospital. Norden lodge No 336 OFA to hold a card party at 838 First Avenue E after business. National Recreation Association rep John Gronseth in city for summer program tour. Garden tools stolen from Newt Ferguson residence 1209 Second Ave SE. Miss Reva Hoffman injured elbow in wreck on Avenue NW. no fracture. Cedar Rapids National Sojourners move March meeting to Montrose Hotel for 76 Night. Dee Gillin reports lost yellow gold 17-jewel wrist watch and ring to a Negro man Sunday evening. Harborming a vicious dog case against Zeb Gallagher continued for 30 days. An $85 overcoat stolen from Louis Okey in Milwaukee was reported. coat lost in local garage. Okey offering bounty for return within two weeks.
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Reva Hoffman
Thirteenth Avenue SE
Avenue NW
St Luke's Hospital
Dee Gillin
Second Avenue
Cullin
Twelfth Avenue
Tenth Street
Louis Okey
Milwaukee
Wis
Okess
Okey
Independence
Lenten Services Start at Unity Center This Week
Lenten servicers begin Wednesday at Unity Center 1015 Second Avenue SE with a consecration from 9 30 to 11 30 am. An afternoon message at 2 30 pm carries the theme Better Understanding of the Christ Within. Evening programs include Finding That Secret Understanding at 8 pm and the first of five lessons on The Individual Journey to Calvary at 8 pm. Special public services continue Wednesdays Fridays and Sundays at 8 pm during Lent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity Center
Second Avenue SE
Calvary
Eight motorists pay fines in police court
Eight motorists paid fines of dollars and costs each in police court Tuesday as mild weather brought out more cars and hence more incidents, reflecting a busier day for local enforcement.
Parkers Fined For Time Limit Violations
List of individuals cited for leaving cars beyond the time limit includes Howard Pettit of 1263 First Avenue East and others such as Mrs. Carl Reese of 436 Eighth Avenue Southwest Gomer Jones from Cedar Rapids Mrs. Robert J Minor of 240 Fifteenth Street Northwest John E Lopes of 502 Twenty third Street Southeast Everett Thede at 828 Second Avenue Southeast and T O Bailey of 327 Third Street Southeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkers
Howard Pettit
First Avenue
Carl Reese
Eighth Avenue
W. H. Standard
Gomer Jones
Cedar Rapids
Robert J Minor
Fifteenth Street
John E. Lopes
Twenty-third Street
Everett Thede
Second Avenue
T. O. Bailey
Third Street
Grass Fire, Auto Firemen Battle Blazes In City Lot
Firefighters battled a grass fire on a lot at Twentieth avenue and Sixth street SW after being called at 12 36 pm. At 2 pm they responded to an automobile fire on Fourteenth avenue and Tenth street SW driven by Roy Buck of 415 G avenue NW. Damage limited to wiring and motor grease.
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Twentieth Avenue
Sixth Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Tenth Street
Roy Buck
G Avenue
Pleads Not Guilty To Assault In Court
Mrs Geneva Evers 26 of 855 A avenue NE pled not guilty in Justice W R Watsabaughs court to assault and battery. Trial set for Friday at 1 pm. Police arrested her on a warrant issued by Justice Watsabaugh based on a complaint by Mrs Louise Pirie 886 Second avenue SE. Pirie claims she was scratched in an altercation at a tavern on 726 Second avenue SE while seeking a roomer wanted for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva Evers
A Avenue NE
W. R. Watsabaugh
Evers
Justice Watsabaugh
Louise Pirie
Second Avenue SE
Pirie
Partial eye transplant aids priest in first U S procedure
In San Francisco a surgeon performed a pioneering operation transferring a one sixth of an eye disc from a deceased donor to Father Antonio Santandre. The patient, previously blind, can now see light and movement and a trace of color as recovery continues. The anonymous surgeon sealed the transplant by fitting the disc into the priest’s eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
America
Antonio Santandre
Davenport Police Stop Bingo Game Over Charity Pledge
Davenport authorities halted a bingo event at the coliseum after Mayor Merle Wells demanded a promised contribution to the community chest. Police impounded receipts totaling 8960 as part of enforcing the pledge, with two detectives remaining to collect up to 750.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Merle F Wells
Dominick Vescio
Davenport Coliseum
Wells
Vescio
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Goodman
Sy Lovella
Parsons
Poor PA
Claude Callan
A. T
Woerderhoff
Court House News
Mary Dickinson
Glenn Dickinson
Anamosa
Arrow Distilleries Co
Merchants Bureau
Sundberg
Ladd
Police Dept
Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Howard J. Coombes
Bauers Corr
NEVA
Irite
The
Order of Ahepa
Moose Hall
J. H. Kepler
Sixth Street NW
St. John's Episcopal Church
Kenneth Bogaard
A Avenue
Here
Norden Lodge No
Vas
Order of America
First Avenue E
John Gronseth
National Recreation Association
Nevin Nichols
Newt Ferguson
Ferguson
Merit
Cedar Rapids National Sojourners Club
Montrose Hotel
Zeb Galelagher
Seventh Street
Poles Court
Aganst
Gallagher
Joseph Vo Weaver
Fourth Avenue SE
Caillagher
Sojka
16Th Avenue SW
Haddock
L. Benedict, Inc
General Insurance Agency
Higley
First American Fire Insurance Co
Farmers of Cedar Rapids Dept
Fire Association of Philadelphia
New Hampshire Fire Ins
Westchester Fire Ins. Co. Insurance Co
North America
Fidelity Phenix Fire Ins
Royal Insurance Co
Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp
National Surety Corp
Hartford Steam
Jim & Ina. Co. le
Bernice
Deron. Pres
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