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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1936

Page

62

Mississippi nine foot channel project nears opening

Winona Minnesota reports progress on the Upper Mississippi nine foot channel project part of New Deal public works. Two dams at Minnieska and Alma completed at five million dollars each bring a chain of man made lakes intended to boost navigation, attract industry, and revive river towns along the upper Mississippi.

Winona, Minn Mississippi River Upper Mississippi Northwest mPen Winona Upper Mississippi Pepin Chippewa River Minnieska Minn Alma Wis Public Works Administration National Re-Employment Service War Department Buffalo City Cochrane Onalaska Wisdom Red Wing New Orleans Illinois Kentucky West Virginia Pittsburgh Chicago Twin Cities Dethe Biological Survey Agr Bur

School Election Precinct Map And Polling Places List

A map shows precincts for the upcoming school election with tenth precinct combined with ninth. Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The list names 23 polling sites including schools, fire stations, libraries, churches, and a city barn across SE, NE, SW, and NW districts with street intersections and addresses.

Rude Auto Company Second Avenue Fire Station B Avenue NE India’s Oakland Road H Avenue Benjamin Franklin High School B Avenue Twentieth Street Arthur Twenty-seventh Street Kenwood Park Jackson Fourth Avenue Twelfth Street Eighteenth Street Seventeenth Street Buchanan Mount Vernon Road McKinley High School Tenth Street Adams Fifth Street Third Street Hayes Twentieth Avenue D Street van Buren 14Th Avenue Taylor Fifth Avenue Sixth Street City Barn Seventh Avenue H Street First Evangelical Church First Avenue Harrison Eleventh Street M Avenues Roosevelt High Thirteenth Street C Avenue Cleveland Fifteenth Street

Minnesota duck hunting and fisheries boost in clear pools

Reported strong duck hunting last fall in the Minnesota and Alma Dam pools alongside booming fish rearing efforts. Residents foresee an industrial boom on the upper Mississippi making the area a potential world famous playground as Lake Pepin draws a large summer colony and concerns about legislative process surface.

Minnesska Alma Dam Upper Mississippi Lake Pepin

Pastor urges public to learn politics at Progress Club lunch

Rev. C H Hook of Central Park Presbyterian Church and two year chaplain of Minnesota's legislature told Linn County Progress club guests at the Hotel Roosevelt that people know little about politics today. He argued many laws need voter understanding.

C. H. Hook Central Park Presbyterian Church Minnesota Linn County Progress Club Hotel Roosevelt

Bandits Rob Peter Pan Grocery Store in Des Moines

Two bandits armed with shotguns robbed the Peter Pan grocery in Des Moines, escaping with $200 in receipts and $20 from three clerks. A fourth bandit waited outside in a stolen car. Police said the auto was taken less than an hour earlier. Air bubbles dent the bronze propellers of racing speedboats.

Des Moines

Rev C H Hook to Speak at Coe College Vespers

The Rev C H Hook pastor of Central Park Presbyterian Church will address Coe college vesper services at Sinclair Memorial chapel this afternoon at 4 o clock. He will discuss The Irresistible Cross. LaVon Buchanan will sing I Am Alpha and Omega with the A Capella choir under Prof Paul S Ray. James Manville class of 1934 will sing Out of the Depths. Max Daehler will play organ preludes and postludes.

C. H. Hook Central Park Presbyterian Church Sinclair Coe College Hook LaVon Buchanan I Am Alpha and Omega Stainer A Capella Paul S. Ray Rogers James Manville Max Daehler

Linn County Democrats Endorse Roosevelt in Precinct Caucuses

Democrats in Linn County Iowa selected 349 delegates for the county convention to back Franklin D. Roosevelt. Resolutions endorsed the president and instructed delegates to vote for an instructed delegation to the national convention. The county convention will pick delegates to Des Moines for the state gathering and then to Philadelphia in June.

Linn County Franklin D. Roosevelt Iowa Roosevelt Des Moines Philadelphia D. L. Morrissey Democratic Central Committee Cedar Rapids Rapids T. F. Corbett James E. McInerney E. R. Petro W. Bickford Fred Bervid W. H. Olds Georgeb. Havercamp Anna Zalesky Peter Cutler Adah Thompson E. E. Henderson W. P. Grunewald Jack H. Patton David A. Crowley Julia Carberry P. Lone J. J. Beacom Mr.Ingerson Maude Bender Grace O. Clendenning John C. Heins J. W. McHugh Scot Newman Ava Nicholas Mildred Thenhaus John J. Wachal F. B. Baldwin Ray Phelan Ralph Ford Carl Ross Alex Lynott Oecle McGuire Ned Porter G. R. Hendricks Ben Talt Cecelia Hyland Eva Wicke Wells Peck Wells Peck Teresa Benesh B. G. Broshammer Esther Rowe A. J. Murray C. W. Hook F.R. Spevacek Elsie I. Reynolds J. Lindley Coon R. D. Reynolds Mary Schwinn Lotte M. Janda R. L. Morlan John Getz Dr. R. Wistein Hugh Fagan Ids M.F. Johnson F. A. Twalkers Mas Jances Duffy Mra Irene I. Henson Duffy Mes F. Jartin Walker Godfrey Votroubek Zrall Kolds Emil Stoudt Joseph Mekota Wes Robovsky Joan A. &Kepperd Charile Brown Joseph Stodola Milo Grubhoffer Mary Vavra Jerry Navratil Joe Balik Anthony Wosoba Frank Trachta Frank Jancbe Eddie Kuba Frances Duchan Joseph Lesinger Joseph Lesinach Rapida Emma Felter Prank Stastny Wilbur Matus Prochaska M. J. Prochaska M. W. Spencer P. J. Gohn Joseph Topinka Mary Serovy F. Frycek Jank Frycek Hugh Sheridan Louis Baker Avmir Felter A. Marsoun Frank Rika Louis Jiricek Philip Berger Mattie Demory Theodore Suchomel Frank Suchomel Esther H. Hayner Julia Peacock Viola Jiricek William Tehel Clarence Pitlik Wesley Suchomel John Melichar J. I. Ford William Cody Mary Ellen Hubbard S. E. Dale Adolph Walter George Scott F. O. Green Fred Barta H. Miller Rapids Lumir Hasek Elizabeth Thoman Robert Loftus J. W. Canady Samuel Clark Aden Sheriff Lillian Hasek Charles Castek Loraine Mitchell Vernon Johnson G. W. Little Agatha McDonnell Co. K. McMoran Dennie Skelly Robert F Milota Fred MicDonnel Harry F Teahen Frances Zoble AL. M. Shields Mrs Albin Wallace Arthur Parke

Farmers Hear Plea by Sec Wallace

Secretary Wallace urged a lasting farm act to conserve soil and expand acreage, arguing it would create a durable foundation for national civilization. He warned against removing the act and its funding despite tariffs, cautions on long-term soil depletion, and projected modest foreign market absorption.

Sec Wallace America

Seven committees named at Chicago farm conference

Seven committees were approved to adapt the new soil conservation program for the Midwest. They include paying soil improvement benefits averaging seven to ten dollars per acre on land in grasses and legumes if the farmer's crop acreage exceeds county averages. Payments would go to cash tenants rather than landlords, with share tenants receiving a portion.

Chicago

Plan for Farm Conservation Programs and Local Committees

The document outlines a farmer aid plan with shares of money tied to crop shares. It calls for small community committees under county and state boards to administer the program. Benefits cover weed eradication, pasture liming, summer fallowing, soil-building crops, woodlots, and ponds. County associations issue certificates of performance approving benefits. Special allotments are suggested for sugar beets, flax, and tobacco. It also urges opening market outlets for livestock and dairy products.

Jacobsen Assured Of WPA Help In Combating Flood

Rep. B. M. Jacobsen of Clinton Iowa said WPA cooperation was assured to combat floods in Iowa He cited L S Hill as saying WPA permission and workers were granted and that Washington authorities back the plan His field staff stays in touch and all resources would be used if needed

Washington (Ap B. M. Jacobsen Clinton Iowa WPA Cedar Rapids Cedar River Jacobsen L. S. Hill Washington

Salvation Army Leaders From Iowa to Speak Here Today

Major P. L. DeBevoise and Mrs. DeBevoise will lead Salvation Army services at 1030 Seventh Street SE including a holiness meeting, Sunday school, the young people's Legion, and a public service. Major DeBevoise will address inmates at the Anamosa state reformatory and speak to Cedar Rapids ministers. He recently transferred from Chicago to head Iowa division after editing the War Cry.

P. L. DeBevoise Des Moines Salvation Army Iowa DeBevoise Salvation Army Hall Seventh Street Young People’s Legion Young People's Anamosa State

Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs George Hedges at Edgewater

Mr and Mrs George Hedges announce the birth of a son Friday at Edgewater hospital in Chicago. The baby’s mother was formerly Vaughn Davis, daughter of Dr and Mrs Lloyd Davis of Centerville. The Hedgess reside at 2225 Ridgeway drive SE.

Harry T. Hedges Ridgeway Drive George Hedges Edgewater Hospital Chicago Hedges Vaughn Davis Lloyd Davis Centerville

Iowa Well Drillers Convene In Cedar Rapids

One hundred well drillers and jobbers’ representatives will attend the Iowa Well Drillers convention in Cedar Rapids at the Hotel Roosevelt Tuesday and Wednesday. Topics include pure water systems and drilling records with speakers from Cedar Rapids Fort Dodge Des Moines and Fairmont Minn. A banquet closes the event.

Hotel Roosevelt Cedar Rapids H. R. Green H F. Blomquist A. C. Tester J. J. Hinnman, Jr Town City K. M. Brown Fairmont Minn Thomas Woods E. I. Leighton Fort Dodge A. H. Wellers Des Moines

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