Father Kacere Pays a Debt of Gratitude in Deportation Case
A tale of custody, kidnapping, and migration across borders from Damascus to Cedar Rapids. A mother fights to reclaim Fayz amid church influence, a grandmother’s alleged abduction, and eventual entry into the United States via Tampico. Detailing the Abdnow family’s paths, consular matters, and later settlement in Kennebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kacere
Elizabeth Abdnour
Fayz
Damascus
Joss
Mrs. Abdnour
America
Mr. and
J. Nassif
Cedar Raids
United States
Tampico
Mexico
Cedar Rapids
Texas
Iltle Fayz
Aine-Arb
Gutas Abdnow
Sam
South Dakota
Kennebec
Syrian priest saves boy from deportation in Cedar Rapids
Father Kacere, a Cedar Rapids Syrian pastor, led a quiet battle to prevent Fayz Abdnour from being deported to Mexico. Through letters and diplomacy, he secured parole for Fayz while remaining devoted to his 500-strong congregation and his own family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayz
America
Sam Abdnour
Kacere
Mexico
Fred
Father Kacere
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
Cyrenus Cole
United States Bureau of Immigration
Detroit
Memory of King Solomon’s Temple Echoes in Jerusalem
Joseph Kacere recalls childhoods in Syria and Sunday pilgrimages to Jerusalem. As a school teacher and Masonic lodge member he shares firsthand tales of places and faith, reflecting a forty five year debt repaid to his fraternal brothers. Fayz Abdnour is not a homeless exile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Solomon’s Temple
Jerusalem
Joseph Kacere
Syria
Fayz Abdnour
Mae West Stars In She Done Him Wrong At Paramount
Mae West stars in She Done Him Wrong at Paramount starting Saturday for a four day run. The film tells of a Bowery saloon singer who trades favors for diamonds and is surrounded by gangsters politicians and other Bowery figures. Cary Grant and others lead the supporting cast. No children under sixteen admitted to the engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae West
Paramount
Paramount Theater
Miss West
Cary Grant
Noah Berry
Gilbert Roland
David Landau
Owen Moore
Bowery
Recreation Leaders Institute Cancelled for This Year
The playground commission will not offer its annual Recreation Leaders Institute this spring. Instead, recreation leaders will be provided for special events, and a combined school for playground employees and voluntary tenders will be held in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Playground Commission
Willard Hayes
Theaters Showing Popular Silent Films
Paramount presents State Fair with George OBrien and Nell ODay. Palace screens Come on Tarzan with Ken Maynard and Tarzan. Olympic shows Hotel Continental with Peggy Shannon and Hello Trouble with Buck Jones. Rialto features The Man From Arizona with Rex Bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Will Rogers
Louise Dresser
Janet Gaynor
Norman Foster
State
George O'Brien
Nell O’day
Palace
Ken Maynard
Tarzan
Peggy Shannon
Buck Jones
Rialto
Rex Bell
Arizona
Drive On Overtime Parking Grings 9 In Police Court
Cedar Rapids citizens visiting police headquarters for car marking renew acquaintances and leave overtime parking tickets. Nine offenders appeared before Judge Powell in police court, each fined $2 and costs, including Mansfield Roosevelt hotel Gills 543 Forest drive SE Voegels Roosevelt hotel Cisler 153 Thirteenth Avenue SW Kvapil 407 Sixth Avenue SW Wilma Carter 835 Third Avenue SE J B Willey 119 Fifteenth Street SE Everett Morrow 1028 Thirteenth Street SE and Lee Winterburg 1266 Third Avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Thomas B Powell
E. G Mansfield
Roosevelt Hotel
L. D. Gills
Forest Drive
J. V. Voegels
Frank Cisler
Thirteenth Avenue
D. J. Kvapil
Sixth Avenue
Wilma Carter
Third Avenue
J. B. Willey
Fifteenth Street
Everett Morrow
Thirteenth Street
Lee Winterburg
Sloan Wins Star Mail Contract on West Liberty Route
James Sloan of West Liberty wins the star mail contract for the West Liberty Nichols Lone Tree route at a low bid of 720 dollars. Twenty one bidders from West Liberty entered. Sloan will run the route twice daily at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. starting March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
James Sloan
Star Mail
Nichols
Lone Tree
Sloan
Ken Maynard and Tarzan at Palace
Ken Maynard and his wonder horse Tarzan open a two day engagement at the Palace theater Friday in a Western film Come On Tarzan. Myrna Kennedy appears in Sweetwater Valley with a Laurel and Hardy short Any Old Port and Barn yard Follies cartoon. Upcoming attractions include Red Dust with Clark Gable and Jean Harlow and Too Busy to Work with Will Rogers, Dick Powell, Marian Nixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Maynard
Tarzan
Palace Theater
Myrna Kennedy
Sweetwater Valley
Helen Hubbard Named Delegate To Red Cross National Convention
Miss Helen V. Hubbard chairman of volunteer production for Linn county Red Cross was named delegate to the national convention in Washington DC April 24 27 by the chapter board. She was chosen for her winter work manufacturing and distributing garments to Cedar Rapids needy from cloth supplied by congress. Forty five volunteers donated 229 hours in February and 1658 garments were made last month. Mrs Burd reported February figures of 1381 garments distributed to 266 families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen V. Hubbard
Red Cross
Linn County
the Red Cross
Washington, D. C
Metta Burd
Miss Hubbard
Cedar Rapids
Congress
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Boy
Uncle
Abdnour
Twelfth Avenue SE
Washington High
Tyler
McKinley
Zane Grey
George
Spencer ! Tracy
Bette Davis
Arthur Byron
Laurel and Hardy
Hallwood Cafe
Marion
Iowa
Elmer Young
Ste
Big Featu Buck Jones
Hello Trouble
Recreation Leaders Institute
TAMA
James A. Roach
Eau Claire
Wis
Julie Ruggles
Montour
Cloquet
Minn
Roach
Grinnell
J. A. McKeen
Hazel Buckman
Ames
Carla Kopacek
Rock Rapids
Mildred Harlan
Mary Pope
Maggie Bridges
Joseph
John Roach
W .O. Eckler
Methodist Episcopal Church
Iowa City
Hugo P. Dehner
James P. Gafftney
Gaffney
Dehner
Don McComas
Charles Farrell
Helen Hubbard
Erret
Fifth Avenue
Columbia Yarns
Miss McConville
HAM
Hotel Montrose
Ellen Kaye
Montrose
Pirate Band
Kathleen Mary Quinlan
Margaret Serrach
Martin’s Toilet Goods Dept
Gotham
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