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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1935
Page
2
A local screening event at Pla Mor runs Thursday night with a personality contest portion and multiple acts. Several entrants are named and the event is billed as a promotional pageant to be judged for a state expenses prize.
Acclaimed as the perfect musical comedy Roberta stars Irene Dunne Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers at the Town theater starting Saturday A colorful program features Slue Steve and his orchestra with fashion shows and performances by Miss Demne singing Serame Kerm songs and Ritz melodies alongside popular numbers from Smoke Gets in Your Eye and other tunes presented in a lively stage spectacle.
Critics nationwide praise the picture as one of the top five for 1935. Shown at Paramount on a single feature program due to its length. The Ga mete ads will indicate advertised starting times.
Trinity Lutheran Church will launch a midweek Lenten sermon series this Wednesday at 7 45 PM. Rev. P L Bere hoelit leads the service with John A Isezer as organist and choir. Public invited to attend at Fourteenth Street Wy location.
Barbara Stanwyck delivers a strong performance in The Woman and Rog at Town theater. Gene Raymond and Tobin give polished supporting turns as the melodrama follows a frail plot about a fake movie production, with music from a high school chorus adding local flair.
Major W J Neil and commissioners Dan Muidemer and LD Sergus with County Treasurer Milo Sediacek met Governor Clyde Herring in Des Moines on Tuesday to urge restoring the eight percent penalty and eight percent annual interest on tax sale redemptions. They note the legislature cut penalties to six and four percent and consider a moratorium. Governor Herring said he would study the request and possibly propose a bill to the legislature.
Two amendments to Iowa nursing practice law passed the Senate in Des Moines. The bills aim to regulate nurse exam boards, fund enforcement, and elevate nursing standards. Key supporters include Miss Myrtie A. McAhren and the Iowa State Association of Registered Nurses.
Residents in Cedar Rapids Iowa defend homegrown art against the lure of foreign fame praising Grant Wood as a distinguished local painter. They argue American artists deserve recognition without foreign glamour and lament high prices for nonlocal works while praising nearby talent.
Charles W Young aged 64 of Mechanicsville died after a seven week illness. Survived by wife Ada two daughters in Cedar Rapids and a sister in Mechanicsville. Funeral at Methodist church conducted by Rev Arthur Kindred with burial in Rose Hill cemetery. Also notes a Vinton Methodist meeting and an unrelated actuarial claim about life expectancy.
A 1935 Cedar Rapids auto toll shows up in the public notices section. The record notes a toll rate and dates of enforcement. Officials outline collection procedures and affected vehicle eligibility.
State motor vehicle chief L E Wallace said a circulated report that 1934 licenses could operate in the state until May 1 without penalty is false. He noted penalties of $1 per month from Feb 1 are waived only if vehicles are properly stored, with no seizure for delinquent fees before May 1. Linn county issued 16,232 auto and 2,047 truck plates for 1935 as of Tuesday, and by March 5, 1934, 15,518 auto and 1,886 truck licenses had been obtained.
Thomas Urba noble grand of Palacky lodge No 630 credits Jan Hus lodge No 51 with hospitable entertainments during their fiftieth anniversary celebration. He thanks officers and committees for escorting the Chicago delegation and praises local residents for their welcome.
The twenty fifth annual meeting of the National Council of Boy Scouts of America will be held in Chicago May 15 and 16 drawing hundreds of volunteers from across the United States. Philip L Reed presented the invitation as president treasurer of American composed and a member of the national executive board of the Sons of America.
New York report recounts John D. Rockefeller sharing a simple savings rule with Arthur De Ferraris in 1893. Rockefeller said saving 10 percent from 30 a week, 20 percent from 60 a week, and 50 percent from 120 a week builds vast fortunes.
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