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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1947

Page

5

House Group Urges Boosts For 17 Units

Des Moines AP. A house appropriations subcommittee proposes a 149 500 annual rise over governor Blue estimates for 17 state departments in the next biennium. Notable increases include 68 000 for the national and state guards and 4 500 for the governor, raising the chief executive’s pay to 12 000 annually.

Des Moines House of Representatives Appropriations Rupert D. Blue Albert Steinberg Ames House Comptroller’s Office Pioneer Lawmakers’ Organization Secretary of State’s Office Department National State Guard Commerce Commission Statehouse State Department of Public Instruction Geological Survey Department

Two Youths Sentenced For Theft of 23 Hogs

Ben Bruggenwirth Jr and Roy Rosenboom, both 18, were sentenced in Clinton Iowa to up to five years in Anamosa reformatory for the theft of 23 hogs worth about 1324 dollars. They pled guilty to felony of domestic animals after admitting three nighttime hog robberies and a stockyard trip.

Clinton, Ia Ben Bruggenwirth, Jr Roy Rosenboom Clinton Anamosa George Claussen Carroll F. Johnson

Scientist seeks revival of convicted killer denied

Sacramento reports that Dr. Robert Cornish’s bid to revive Tom McMonigle after execution will be denied. Berkeley scientist sought permission from Governor Warren to attempt revivification after McMonigle, 37, was executed in the gas chamber. McGee, state director of corrections, stated the request was referred for decision.

Sacramento Calif Berkeley Richard A. McGee Corrections Robert Cornish Warren Tom McMonigle McGee Cornish

Marshall Tackles Task of Selling Defense to Scions

This profile details George C. Marshall’s rise to army chief of staff on the eve of World War II and his battles in Congress to secure defense funding. It notes his reform of the army, formation of a mechanized brigade, and his blunt, trusted, facts-first approach to garner support amid isolationist pressure.

Marshall Alaska Panama Canal Hawaii Philippines Air Corps Congress United States Congressional

Ban on Firewater Sale to Redskins Ends in Minnesota

Minnesota Gov. Luther Youngdahl signed a measure removing the ban on selling liquor to Indians. The act allows Indians to purchase alcoholic beverages, arguing the law discriminates against rightful citizens of Minnesota and the United States. Similar bills had passed the senate in 1941 and 1943 but were defeated in the house.

ST. Paul INS Minnesota Luther Youngdahl United States Minnesota Senate House

Indians Soon May Buy Liquor Off Reservations

Chicago report notes Theodore Haas chief counsel of the Office of Indian Affairs voiced favorable response to Minnesota legislation allowing Indians to purchase alcoholic beverages off reservations. Haas argued prohibiting such sales is discrimination and cites Indians who served in the armed forces. He said they should be allowed to buy a drink when they wish.

Chicago INS Minnesota Theodore Haas Office of Indian Affairs Haas

Estate Appointments Reported in County Records

A garbled notice indicates an appointive action in the county, naming an executrix and detailing related legacies. The filing lists Chas L. Benesh as attorney, with references to a county and an official who appears to be stepping down or resigning from duties.

Estate of Louise B. Gray in Linn County Iowa

The notice states Louise B. Gray late of Linn County Iowa deceased. It calls for any persons indebted to the estate and appoints an administrator or executrix. It names Gray and an attorney in a formal probate context.

NOTI Istratrix Louise B Linn County Iowa Guy Gray

Boy Writes Pitiful Letter After Dog Prince Is Slain

Eight year old Tommy Kunstek of Gary explains in a letter to the Gary Post-Tribune how his five year old beagle Prince was shot and killed while he lay sick at home. He says Prince slept on a back porch bed and played with children, and pleads that no more dogs be killed.

Gary, Ind INS Tommy Kunstek Tommy Gary Post-Tribune Prince

Ex-Felon Accused in Ragen Slaying in Chicago

Chicago police filed a murder warrant for William Block, 36, former convict, in the shooting death of James M. Ragen Jr. Ragen died Aug 14 two weeks after a crowded street intersection attack that was ruled a gangland attempt. Block tore up a lie detector test during questioning, shouting that officials asked wrong questions.

Chicago William Block James M. Ragen Ragen Block Leonard Keeler

Detroit Man To Speak At Dairy Dale Church

Elmer Strauss of Detroit will be guest speaker at the Dairy Dale church Sunday morning. He is the leader of the Challenger club with headquarters in Chicago. Members of the Challenger club in Cedar Rapids are invited to hear his talk. Widely known as a youth worker, Strauss has a following of about 2,000 youth workers who call him Uncle Elmer.

Elmer Strauss Detroit Dairy Dale Challenger Club Chicago Cedar Rapids Strauss Elmer

Missionary Rally At Bethel A M E Church

Mrs M R Warren president of the City Missionary Union will speak at a Bethel A M E Missionary Society rally and service Sunday at 3 30 pm A pageant Africa Gives Thanks will be presented by women of Bethel church with Mrs Andrew Parks in charge Public invited

M. R. Warren City Missionary Union Bethel A.M.E. Missionary Society Africa Bethel Church Andrew Parks

Cedar Rapids church notices schedule and leaders

The notice lists service times at St. John on Nineteenth Street and Park Avenue SE with Communion at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Church school at 9:45 a.m. Lenten services are led by Rev. James H. Dew-Brittain and Rev. Vernon L. S. Jones with services including Wednesday communion and 7:30 p.m. sessions. Nursery is available.

James H. Dew-Brittain Vernon L. S. Jones Davenport St. John’s Nineteenth Street Park Avenue D. A. Loferski

Baptist church schedules for Calvary Fifth Ave and Mt Zion

Calvary Fifth Avenue and Sixth Street SW hosts prayer 9 20 a m worship 10 55 with guest speaker Dr Carl F H Henry from Northern Baptist Seminary. Training Union 6 30 p m service 7 30 with sermon Seven Steps to Happiness. Second Avenue and resin Street SE holds Upper Room prayer 9 30 a m church school 9 45 worship 10 50 with guest Dr David I Berger YF 7 30 p m. Wednesday service 7 30 p m couples class in charge Mt Zion 824 Eighth Street SE Rev D O Bell Sunday school 10 a m worship 11 a m and 7 45 p m prayer Wednesday 8 p m.

Calvary Fifth Avenue Sixth Street Rodney C. Gould Carl F. H. Henry Northern Baptist Seminary Training Union Second Avenue Resin Street Grant F. Anderson David I. Berger Mt. Zion Eighth Street D. O. Bell Bethel A.M.E Andrew R. Parks Allen CE League True Riches John Huss Fourteenth Avenue F. O F. L. Hinshaw Jesus John Liambres Greece James Gable St. Paul’s Third Avenue Fourteenth Street Marvin B. Kober Merton B. Green Lensten

Parish Mass Schedules at Local Churches

Immaculate Conception on Third Avenue at Tenth Street SE lists Masses at 6 8 9 30 11 and 12 noon with confessions on Saturday 3 30 to 6 and 7 30 to 9 pm. St Ludmila on Twenty first Avenue at Second Street SW lists Sunday masses 5 45 8 and 10 am and weekday mass at 6 45 am with Saturday confessions 3 to 7. St Matthews on First Avenue and Twenty fourth Street E offers Sunday masses 6 8 10 and 12 with Saturday confessions 3 30 to 5 30 and 7 30 to 9 and Friday devotions 7 30 pm. St Patricks on First Avenue at Fifth Street NW lists Sunday masses 6 7 30 10 30 and 12 with a children’s mass at 9 and weekday mass at 8 am. St Wenceslaus on Twelfth Avenue at Fifth Street SE lists Sunday masses 6 8 and 10 am Holy Day masses 5 30 7 and 9 am weekday mass 7 and 8 15 am except summer with confessions Saturday 3 to 4 45 pm and 7 to 8 30 pm.

Immaculate Conception Third Avenue Tenth Street John M. Molloy Alphonse P. White John E. Thornton St. Ludmila’s Twenty-first Avenue Second Street Frank Hruby St. Matthew’s First Avenue Twenty-fourth Street J. D. Kearn St. Patrick’s Fifth Street St. Wenceslaus Twelfth Avenue A. W.chihak Joseph Kissling

Christian Church Services at Central and Seventh Avenues

The Christian churches hold services with Bible school at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 10:45 a.m. Dr. Carroll C. Roberts delivers a sermon "I Believe in the Gospel" as the third in a series on Great Christian Convictions. Evening classes run 6 to 7:30 p.m. Youth center 8 to 9:30. The second church at Sixth Avenue SW also conducts worship at 10:50 a.m. with a sermon "Life's Greatest Find" and studies at 7:30 p.m. CYF meets 6:30 p.m. and study follows at 7:30 with "This Church to Which I Belong."

Third Avenue Carroll C. Roberts Bible School School For Christian Living Second Sixth Avenue I. E. Linkletter

First Church of Christ Scientist Service and Reading Room Hours

The First Church of Christ Scientist at 1242 Second Avenue SE holds Sunday school at 9 45 a m and service at 11 with the subject Substance A testimonial meeting is Wednesday at 8 p m The reading room in the Paramount Theater Building open 930 a m to 530 p m daily except Sunday

Christian Science First Church of Christ Scientist Second Avenue SE Paramount Theater

Church of the Brethren Service Schedule and Classes

The Church of the Brethren at 1057 Fourth Avenue SE led by Rev Milton C Early holds church school at 9 45 a.m. with Dean Stoner as superintendent Worship at 10 55 a m featuring the sermon Day of Authority A board meeting at 3 p m Song service at 7 30 p m with The Good Life Parents guidance class Tuesday 8 p m with Dean Alice B Salter of Coe speaking Prayer service Wednesday Trustees meeting Friday

Church OF the Brethren Fourth Avenue Milton C. Early Dean Stoner Day of Authority Alice B. Salter Coe

Church of Christ Service Schedule at 511 Tenth Street

Long service and Bible study at 10:30 a.m. Communion at 11:45 a.m. at the Church of Christ located on 511 Tenth Street SW.

Church OF Christ Tenth Street

Community church schedule for Dairy Dale and Edgewood

The bulletin lists Bible school at 9 45 a m and worship at 10 55 a m with nursery. Challenger club guest speaker Elmer Strauss leads services. Teen Ad venturers 6 30 p m Gospel song 7 30 p m. Edgewood session Sunday school 10 15 a m supervised by Rev Chester Ainsworth with prayer 7 10 p m. Christian Youth 7 30 p m. Monthly service with Rev Ainsworth and music by Rosink duo. Wednesday prayer 7 30 p m at the Ainsworth home.

Dairy Dale Mt. Vernon Road Thirty-fourth Street Timothy Starr Elmer Strauss Challenger Club Bible Community Club Edgewood Chester Ainsworth Christian Youth Meeting Mr. Ainsworth Mrs. Rosink Ainsworth

Religious services and schedules at Bethany and Con Coe Colleges

The Bethany church on Sixth Street NW led by Rev Milton E White holds Sunday school at 10 am with A H Bliss as superintendent and worship at 11 am featuring a sermon Flowing Rivers. Evening event Singspiration and message Down into Egypt. Thursday service at 7 30 pm at First Washington Avenue SE led by Rev J Richard Wagner. Church school at 9 45 am, children's church hour 9 45, service at 10 55 with sermon Mastering Man's Hardships. Pilgrim Fellowship 5 pm and Pilgrim Sparks 6 30.

Bethany Sixth Street NW Milton E. White A. H. Bliss Egypt Washington Avenue Seventeenth Street J. Richard Wagner

Episcopal Grace Church Service at Grace Avenue

Communion services are held at 8 a.m. at Grace Church on Grace Avenue near Sixth Street NE.

Episcopal Grace Sixth Street

Evangelical Reform Churches Offer Multilingual Services

The Czech-1510 Second Street SW and First-Eighth Avenue and L Street SW churches provide English Bible school at 9:30 a.m. Czech worship at 10:30 with a sermon Salvation by Faith. YF in English at 7 p.m. topics include Reverence for Own Personality. Laetare Sunday service at 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. are planned with youth groups and council activities set for Monday and Tuesday evenings.

Evangelical & Reformed Second Street Milo Filipi Eighth Avenue L Street Frederick H. Haag Laetare Council of Churches Couples Club

Area Churches Schedule Services In Evan City

Evangeline United Brethren St Andrews and Sharon churches list sermon topics for Sunday Worship. Rev Lyle K Anderson preaches on Steps in Christian Growth at St Andrews with YF at 6 30 p m. Rev G H Bamford leads First at Third St SW with The Higher Satisfaction sermon and Lenten service. Sharon church offers A Great Woman sermon with Bible study and children’s club.

Evan United Brethren St. Andrews First United Brethren Fourth Avenue Seventh Street Lyle K. Anderson First Evangelical First Avenue Third Street G. H. Bamford Sharon Second Evangelical Eighteenth Avenue Ninth Street Church School Children’s Bible Club

Mormon and reorganized church notices on city streets

The LDS church at 838 First Avenue NE holds Sunday school at 10 15 a m and sacrament meeting at 11 with Elder Fred W Kerkman as missionary speaker and Mrs Lawrence Walker as speaker. The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints meets at Sohol Hall 416 Third Street SE with church school at 10 worship at 11.

Latter Day Saints Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Mormon First Avenue Fred W. Kerkman Lawrence Walker Reorganized Sohol Hall Third Street

Lutheran church services and events listings

The notice outlines services at Bethany Missouri Bethany Lutheran at 2044 First Avenue NE with Rev. E W Waggazer and guest Rev Carl Wuerffel, plus Our Savior's American and St Mark's meetings in YMCA spaces. Trinity Missouri on First Avenue and Fourteenth Street SW with Rev P L Bornhoeft lists services 9:15 and 10:45, Sunday school 9:30, and Lenten services. Walther Leagues and officer meetings scheduled, with sermon topics and times included.

Lutheran Bethany Missouri First Avenue E. W. Waggazer Newhall St. Mark's Little Theater Y.M.C.A Roland Johnson Mary Mother of Jesus Trinity Fourteenth Street P. L. Bornhoeft Walther League

Methodist church listings and sermons in city schedule

A compact schedule lists multiple churches with addresses and ministers, detailing Sunday school times worship periods and sermon themes. Also notes evening missionary and youth group meetings, Lenten services, and a church event with guest speaker John Liambres of Greece.

Diverse Church Activities Ahead on City’s East Side

A long schedule of services and events across numerous congregations is listed. Churches such as First Presbyterian on Fifth Street SE and Westminster on Bever and Fourteenth streets detail Bible schools, worship times, sermons, youth activities, and evening programs. Also listed are interdisciplinary groups and denominations including Liberal Thought Center, Church of God, Open Bible, Nazarene, and Jehovah's Witnesses with times for services, classes, and special programs.

Syrian Orthodox Churches Schedule In Capital Area

St George at 1202 Tenth Street SE offers Sunday school 10 to 11 a.m and Mass 10 to 12. St John the Baptist at 600 Seventh Street SE led by Rev Thomas N Abodeely conducts Divine Liturgy from 9:00 a.m. to noon with services in Syrian Greek and English.

St. George Tenth Street St. John the Baptist Seventh Street Thomas N

Unitarian services and events on Sixth Street SE

The Rev. Waldemar Argow leads church school and service at 11 with the topic Six Rules for Getting Along with People. A community book night at 8 features Mr. Argow reviewing Eric Sevareid Not So Wild a Dream.

Unitarian Third Avenue Sixth Street Waldemar Argow Argow Eric Severeid

UNITED PRESBYTERIAN SERVICE AND BIBLE SCHOOL

The United Presbyterian church on First Third avenue and Second street SW offers a 9:45 a.m. Bible school and an 11 a.m. worship with the sermon How to Deal with Life's Mysteries by Rev. Robert Little. A Grande Avenue site at Sixteenth street SE hosts worship at 11 with Rev. H. K. Galloway on Christ for All and All for Christ. A midweek program Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. covers Various Religions with Psychina.

United Presbyterian Third Avenue Second Street Robert Little

Also Mentioned on This Page

House Group Liquor Commission Appropriations Senate Building Code Council State Commission For the Blind Soldiers’ Orphans State Board of Control Hollywood Websters WMT Victor Borge Para Littile Roquefort Tuar MAMA Thama Eow Karl, SR Wall ST New York,ny Little Roquefort Newl George C. Mars Marc J. Parsons NEA George C. Marshall United States Army Hs Marshall Washington General Staff Gen. Pershing War Department Malin Craig Brazil Craig Poland Warsaw Europe Gressman Army Gen. Marshall France Japan Pearl Harbor McNamara's Homemaker Shop Avcoen Ecutrix Estate County Chas. L. Benesh Dairy Dale Church Cedar Rapids Church Catholic the Sidwell Co Presbyterian Theodore G. Lilley Daehler Anway Hus Ninth Avenue Z. F. Pauk Westminster Fellowship Potluck Jerusalem Kenwood Park R. Franklin Galloway Charles G. Finney Evangelist of Action Olivet — Avenue Tenth Street NW D. Keith Irwin Friend Yesudas India Westminster Bever and Andrew E. Kurth K. P. Hall Eloise Page Belle Tracy Church of the Foursquare Gospel Cline Halsey Job Church of the Nazarene K Street R. E. Hodgson Church of the Open Bible L. W. Kolb W. B. Kolb Overhcomer Free Methodist G Avenue NW C. F. Olson A Avenue NE George Hadjis Scott B. Pyle A. J. Stokes Young Peoples Meeting Lloyd Knouf Robert Rocourt Haiti Jehovah’s Witnesses Watchtower Sunshine Mission Frank H. Ward Mr. Ward Church of God North Liberty Unity Center Mabel Swanson Spain Bethany Lutheran Church Missouri Synod The Church of the Lutheran Hour First E. W. Wuggazer DR. Vor J. Bexpy Calvary Baptist Church Fta-Cio Federal Court Rooms United States Conciliation Service Quaker Oats Company
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