Notable Year for New York Life 1932
Thomas A. Buckner, president, says 1932 was the company’s year of maximum service to policyholders. Total paid to policyholders and beneficiaries reached 255.2 million, with 40.2359 million in income. Assets totaled 1.974 billion with a surplus of 113.97 million. Also notes large government and municipal bond holdings and 7.34 billion in life insurance in force. Funeral services held for John Galli, 30, in Prairieburg following a log mill accident near Center Point.
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Thomas A. Buckner
New York Life Insurance Company
New York Life
Mr. Buckner
United States
Buckner
New York
Waterloo self help plan for jobless audience
Several hundred people attended a meeting of the Unemployed Progressive League at the Shrine temple in Waterloo to hear A. R. Locke explain the city’s self help relief system. Locke reported that the unemployed have shouldered much of relief through local organization, with Willard Hayes presiding and Dan Kruidenier among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unemployed Progressive League
Shrine Temple
A. R. Locke
Unemployed Relief Club of
Waterloo
Locke
Willard Hayes
Dan Kruidenier
Public Safety
Ed Stefan
W. C. Benesh
S. P. Murray
C. A. Hostetler
C. R. Olney
Bullet Goes Through Car but Misses Driver, Police Probe
J. J. Rickey reported that a .25 caliber bullet crashed through his windshield on First Avenue East near Twenty third Street around noon, narrowly missing him. The projectile exited the rear of the car. police investigated but found no shooter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Rickey
Avenue NE
First Avenue E
Twenty-third Street
Chief Benesh Cleared Of Parking Light Ticket Joke
Chief W C Benesh found a parking ticket on his car on Fifth street E near First avenue. He says friends from the Knights of Pythias staged a joke about missing parking lights, noting street lighting made the spot clearly visible. He pleaded not guilty in the incident Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Benesh
Fifth Street
First Avenue
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Benesh
Killian's 20th Anniversary Sales Event Promotion
Killian's announces a two page advertising celebration of its twentieth anniversary. The store has been consolidated from the annex and refilled with new merchandise as prices begin a rising period, encouraging buyers to purchase now at historically low levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Killian Company
Gazette
Funeral rites for Mrs Norman F Wood in Washington
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Baptist church for Mrs Norman F Wood 95 who died at her daughter's home Mrs Will Crozier Surviving are three children Linus Frank and Mrs Crozier plus twelve grandchildren thirty-five great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren The Wood family spent years in Illinois and Washington where Mr Wood farmed and later retired to Washington The deceased was a Civil War veteran's widow and a member of the Washington Baptist church and W R C burial will be at Ainsworth cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Ia
Baptist Church
Norman F. Wood
Will Crozier
New York
Wood
Ainsworth
Mr. Wood
Washington
Washington Baptist Church
A. A. Vinz
Ainsworth Cemetery
Frank
Linus Wood
Crozier
Gold Payments Reported to Linn County Treasurer
County Treasurer Frank L. Williams notes receipts of over 700 in gold including 320 in coins and over 400 in certificates. Some certificates originate from the era of larger blanket bills before the newer small notes were issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Frank L. Williams
Expert on Astronomy Speaks Wednesday Night
Dr. Charles C. Wylie, associate professor of astronomy at the University of Iowa, will speak at 6 15 p m Wednesday at a First Presbyterian church dinner on Our Universe and Other Universes. He is a noted meteors and meteorites authority who reported four of the six U S meteorites found since 1927, including the 1927 Illinois Tilden meteorite and a recent 1932 find at Archie Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Wylie
University of Iowa
First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Chapel
United States
Wylie
Tilden
Ill
Illinois
Archie
Linn County Farm Bureau Leader to Address Kiwanis
Roscoe Blanks, farmer east of Marion and Linn County Farm Bureau president, will speak to the Kiwanis club at noon in the Montrose hotel on how farming will be affected by the current economic climate. Major C A Russell of Coe College will discuss Roosevelt's inauguration and the band's role in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Blinks
Marion
Linn County Farm Bureau
Kiwanis Club
Montrose Hotel
C. A. Russell
Coe College Military Department
Roosevelt
Coe
Marriage Licenses and Club Officers Named in Oxford Junction
Harlan D. Sailor of Lisbon and Ruby Pauline Longerbeam of Solon received marriage licenses. Licenses applied for Frank Ross and Arley Howe, both of Cedar Rapids. Oxford Junction residents elected Mrs. Michael Souhrada president of the Bohemian Speaking Catholic Women's Study Club at Mrs. John Kropek's home, with Miss Ida Lucek as secretary and Mrs. John Kropek as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan D. Sailor
Lisbon
Ruby Pauline Longerbeam
Solon
Frank Ross
Arley Howe
Cedar Rapids
Oxford Junction
Michael Souhrada
John Kropek
Ida Lucek
Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County Iowa
Notice is given that on March 18 1933 a document purporting to be the last will of Mary B Synacek late of Linn County will be heard in the District Court Cedar Rapids Iowa for proof and admission to probate Edwin W Lundquist Clerk Jos Mekots Attorney to appear as directed by the court for the hearing on the will and probate proceedings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Linn County
District Court
Mary B. Synacek
Said County
Wee Cedar Rapids
Iowa
EDWIN _W. LUNDQUIST
Jos. Mekots
Appointment of Administratrix in Russell Estate No 12525
Iowa notice from Linn County states Bertha H H Russell is named administratrix of the Russell estate. Creditors must prove claims promptly and debts are to be paid to the clerk of Linn County District Court. Attorneys Deacon Sargent Spangler and Hutchison represent the administratrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Linn County
Russell
Bertha H H. Russell
Deacon
Sargent, Spangler and Hutchison
Table Shaken By Quakes As She Wrote Local Relatives
Miss Jennie G. Mitchell of Long Beach Calif described last weekend’s southern California earthquakes while writing to Cedar Rapids relatives. Her home was damaged and gas cut off but no major structural collapse occurred. Several Cedar Rapids families reported relatives in Los Angeles and Long Beach were safe, though many homes were damaged and some moved to Anaheim. Also noted: Winthrop Danial Gallery, a Buchanan county farmer, died at Independence hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
Jennie G. Mitchell
Long Beach
Calif
California
John M. Mitchell
Fifteenth Street
Miss Mitchell
Mitchell
Jane Miller
O. L. Davis
A Avenue NW
Libbie Pickerill
Shirley Miller
Tenth Street
Charles Johnson
Johnson
Ruth Miller
Western Avenue
Chinn
Alberta Roman Norberg
Norden Street
Los Angeles
Charles Laurance
Louise Mosler
Fresno
Sarah Slocum
H Avenne
A. D. Vaughan
Joe Peacock
George Peacock
Sixteenth Avenue
California Brewers Ready To Brew On Two Hours Notice
San Francisco brewers could start selling beer within two hours of legal approval by Congress. The California Brewers' Association pledged to restrict sales to legitimate dispensaries if President Roosevelt's modification proposal passes, as the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce urged California congressmen to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
San Francisco
Congress
California Brewers’ Association
Roosevelt
Legalizing Wine Could Put 125000 to Work, Advocates Claim
Advocates assert that any modification measure legalizing wine would immediately employ 125000 people, highlighting the economic impact of legalization.
Center Point Woman Reports Clark Devel Family Safe After Quake
Mrs G F Taylor of Center Point received word that her sister Mrs Myra L Clark and her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs J A Devel, formerly of Cedar Rapids and now in Hawthorne California, are safe and that their home was undamaged in the quake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Point
G. F. Taylor
Myra L. Clark
J. A. Devel
Cedar Rapids
Hawthorne
Calif
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Er Crandle Stages
Cedarmate Tet
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Chief
Killian’s
NBC
WEAF
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Wooninian
CBS
KMO
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Wen
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WBBM
KMOX
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WEAP
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Meller
Sargent and
Ross
Gotabers
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WCCO
Ed Wynn
WOC Who
Willard Robison
WJZ Wenr
WABC
KMBC
Wear
Woc-Who
Siemund
Spaeth
Wmaaq
Vie and Sade
Homay Bailey
WJZ
WHMAQ
Nakes
WECE
Bam Jones
Duke Ellingtas Ake Eenatan
WIZ
Tony Wons
Juan
Juan Ee
Kew Wow
Clara
Betty Crocker
WBEM
Breen
WJZ Kyw
Mousehota Institute
WHO Kyw
Stokes Creh
Merrymakers
Ve Beecher
Steve
Tiee
Jennny
Ms Marvin
WIZ WE
WMT
Lutior Ladier Orch
WMAQ
Battle’s Ensemble
WHO
Ann Leaf
Lampe Orch
School of the Art
Westminster Choir
Sisters of the Skillet
Sanford’s Ensemble
Berrens
Aorae
Unbc
Woo
Eastman School Chorus
Symphony
Inbc
WLW
KSTP
WEBM
Jack Brooks
Westnhal Arch
Musical Review
Sherman Orch
WENR
Gallicchio Orch
Néale
Martin Orch
Skhippy
Harding Sisters
Andy
Jerry and
Eddie
WBAP
Jacqueline Solomons
Goeldbersa
Wenr Weap
Fannie Brice
Olsen Orch
WLS
Crime Club
Jack Smith
Johnson Etch
WAEBC
Slugin' Bam
The
NEC
Kate Smith
Harriet Lee
Hillive
Bheviesk
Bingo Crosby
WGN T Kmox
Ieser Shevinne
MBC
Weap Chain
Burns and Allen
Lombarde Eorch
Downey and Nevis
WFAA
John Medbury
Waring Etch
Hollywood
WIZ Wmaq
Barnyard Music
Johany Marie
Vic and Sade
Edwin C. Hhl
Carveth Wells Arte Weap
Musile Grazie
NBG
Nine Martini
Barlow Ered
WPG
Elite Revell
Jimmy Kemper
Lopez Orch
Isham Jones
KFAB
Master Singers
Ben Bernie
Wen Duchin Orch
Weco
Hotel Orch
Weaf Chain
Hiw
Chevrolet
V. Merveaux
3Rd St.se
Linn Farm Bureau
USS
Mele
Bokorney
Kneip & Bowen
First Ave
Paby
W. J. Phelan
McKinley Street
Kathryn Mitralsky
Kathryn Thomas
James Low
Anaheim
Jack Horn
G. E. Higbee
George Horn
Winthrop
Daniel Gallery
Buchanan County
Independence Hospital
Francis Gallery
St. Patrick's Church
J. Byrne
Springfield
Mass
Patrick
Johanna Gallery
Gallery
James Gallery
BY Claude Callan
Betty
Montrose Drug Store
Hall Oe Inc
Peoples Savings Bank of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Peoples Savings Bank
Frank C. Welch
the Peoples Saving Bank
1St St
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