Women Club Night At Montrose Hotel During Business Week
More than one hundred women from the Business and Professional Women's club and guests attended a Montrose hotel meeting as part of Business Women's week. The program featured a four-member one act play directed by Miss Ollie Larson with Bessie Graves Etta Loyka Hannah Johnson and Elizabeth Hodson in roles, magic, banjo music, and moving pictures by Mr and Mrs Charles Novotny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women's Club
Montrose Hotel
Margaret McKnight
Ollie Larson
Bessie Graves
Etta Loyka
Hannah Johnson
Elizabeth Hodson
Mexico
Myr
Charles Novotny
Coe Pi Alpha Theta Hosts Tea at Coe College
Coe Pi Alpha Theta sorority entertained about twenty five Cosmos staff members with a tea in the Coe College library staff room on a Wednesday afternoon. Prof. Ethel R. Outland presided at the head table with hostesses Miss Kathryn O Bryan Miss Abigail Ann Gilbert Miss Betty White Miss Iva B Stevens and Miss Nadine Subotnik serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pi Apha Theta
Coe College
Coe Library
Cosmos
Ethel R. Outland
Pi Alpha Theta
Kathryn O’bryan
Abigail Ann Gilbert
Betty White
Iva B Stevens
Nadine Subotnik
Trinity Methodist church hosts Camp Fire guards picnic and talk
The girls' work committee invites all Camp Fire guardians and groups to a picnic supper and meeting Thursday at 6 30 P M in the church dining room. Dr Oli Clinton pastor of the Methodist Church in Fayette and a leader in youth work will be guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Trinity Methodist Church
Mothers and Friends
Joke Wen
Oli Clinton
Methodist Church
Fayette
Farewell Gathering for Netolickys Family Neighbors
Seventy five friends visited Mr. and Mrs. Oldrich Netolicky at Western Sunday evening to bid farewell before the family moves to Cedar Rapids. Refreshments followed for relatives and neighbors including Jansa, Netolicky, Ziskovsky, Smahe, Skala, Vinch, Dvorak, Jansa, Buresh, Wotousek, Volehna, Kopecky, Svoboda, Josi fek, Kioubee, Prachar, Coufal, Kulhavy, Ziskovsky Ray Sword, Kilimesh, Pavlish and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oldrich Netolicky
Donald
Clifford
Western
Cedar Rapids
Ernest Jansa
Frank Netolicky
Frank Netolicky, Jr
Frank Ziskovsky
Harry Ziskovsky
Ed Smahe
Rene
Lows Skala
Tumis
Ed Vinch
Alex Dvorak
Walliam Jansa
Joe Buresh
Alfred Wutousek
Martin Volehna
Eugene Skalsky Honored At Surprise Party
Eugene Skalsky celebrated his eighteenth birthday at a party hosted by Me and Mia. Guests included family and friends from Ely and nearby towns with music, games, and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Skalsky
Mia
Frank Skalsky
Ely
Brea
Vosses
Frances Corsety
Chi Dagens
Patricia Telecks
Milde Kacor
Edith Eaudnan
Cenore Nezerka
Ann Rice
Katherine Cerveny
Mildred Marie Broadman
Lorex
Joanna Buresh
Rose Skripsky
Amelia Kriz
Lumir Skripsky
Francis Skaisky
Leonard Kriz
P. T. A. Meeting At Dairy Dale School Friday Evening
The Dairy Dale P. T. A. will meet at the school Friday at 7 45 pm for a musical program by the children. A film will be shown by the state highway commission.
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Dairy Dale P. T A
State Highway Commission
Etna Fierstine and Calvin Kruger wed in Elkader
Miss Etna Fierstine of Manchester wed Calvin Kruger of Greeley in a single ring ceremony at the Lutheran parsonage Elkader. Rev Kitters officiated. Correlatives Evalene and Walter Brady attended. The couple will reside on a farm north of Greeley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etna Fierstine
Dudley Fierstine
Manchester
Calvin Kruger
Fred Kruger
Greeley
Elkader
Kitters
Evalene Brady
Walter Brady
Kruger
Manchester High School
Greeley High School
Mrs. Kruger
Audrey Abell Installed as Coe Kappa Delta President
Audrey Abell of Elgin was installed as president of Alpha Gamma chapter of Kappa Delta at Coe College on Tuesday. Officers named include Irenne Teets as vice president Dorothy Pfandhoefer secretary Audrey Campbell treasurer and Margaret Sirovy assistant treasurer with Gertrude Ilen rush captain and other chairs listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey Abell
Elgin
Alpha Gamma
Kappa Delta Sorority
Coe College
First Avenue
Irenne Teets
Dorothy Pfandhoefer
Audrey Campbell
Margaret Sirovy
Dorothy Blodgett
Gertrude Ilen
Rush
Mildred Hanson
Dorothy Dwelle
Helen Masha
Corrine Fahrney
Milnore Hoel
Marabelle Fuller
Soclal
Betty Pfandhoefer
Gertrude Ilten
Cedar Rapids and Linn County Seek Road Improvements
Cedar Rapids representatives from the chamber of commerce and highway committee met the state highway commission in Ames to discuss a general road improvement plan for Cedar Rapids and Linn county. The group led by S P Moore included A L Taylor NP Cracmer and D Moore and sought state highway funding for city and county projects approved by the planning commission and city council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Funeral for Hobson Set at Arlington Thursday
Rear Admiral Richmond Pearson Hobson 66 Spanish American War naval hero will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery Thursday afternoon after funeral services in the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Arlington National Cemetery
HOUSE GROUP TO URGE SEPARATE AUTO DEPT
DES MOINES Iowa motor vehicle committee plans to recommend a bill amendment to separate the motor vehicle department from the secretary of state and place a governor appointed commissioner in charge. The senate had struck independent operation. safety council urged action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Motor Vehicle Department
Department of State
Secretary of State
Motor Vehicle Committee
Iowa House of Representatives
Senate
House Committee
Iowa State Safety Council
High School Girl Held For Shooting At English Teacher
In Muskogee Oklahoma Ra Mona Porter a 16 year old student was held after firing a pistol at her English teacher Miss Charlotte Kennedy claiming low grades. The shots wounded junior Betty Peckenpaugh and janitor J Litten but Kennedy was unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee, Okla
INS
Ramona Porter
Ramona
Charlotte Kennedy
Betty Peckenpaugh
J. Litten
Trinity Methodist Plans Four Day Youth Program Led by Dr Clinton
Fayette pastor Dr John Clinton leads a four day event for Trinity Methodist Church youth groups starting Thursday. Programs include Camp Fire social, nature study, talks on personal growth, jamborees with Bay Scouts and Pioneers, and evening services with Dr Clinton preaching on The Last Parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Clinton
Methodist Church
Fayette
Trinity Methodist Church
Camp Fire
Clinton
Ladies' Aid
Bay Scouts
Heirs Sought For Mrs Hicks Estate In Iowa City
Efforts seek relatives of Rosa B Hicks 74 of 401 Eighth St SE who died Monday night leaving two homes and unknown cash. Friends think a cousin near Los Angeles named Nellie Heft may exist. Neighbor Nellie Heft was named temporary guardian and administrator as attorney G K Thompson notes no will is known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa B Hicks
Eighth Street SE
Hicks
Los Angeles
Calif
Nellie Heft
G K Thompson
Maritime Commission
Edward C. Moran
Maine New Dealer
Louis Brann
Thomas M. Woodward
Old Shipping Board Advisory Committee
Dan Roper
Joseph P. Kennedy
Securities and Exchange Commission
Kennedy
Washington
Joe
Roosevelt
Commission
Henry Wiley
Emory S. Land
Wiley
Land
May
Jesse
Justice Butler Reaches Age of 71
Justice Pierce Butler, born on St Patrick's day, marks his seventy first birthday in Washington. The Irish American justice ascended from rural beginnings to the supreme court, celebrating a milestone this Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Butler
Washington
INS
Pierce Butler
Supreme Court
St Patrick's Day
Palmistry Readings at Parties Spark Fame Talk
Dolly Meier and others claim palm readings reveal luck wealth and adventure with stars on finger bases and fate lines. The Cedar Rapids Gazette advertises a 40 page booklet Palmistry and Astrology offering charts and diagrams to analyze hands and attract friends for 15 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolly
Meier
John
Diana
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Home Institute
West 19Th Street
New York
N. Y
Beoklet
Wheeler fights Roosevelt court plan amid labor backers
Senator Burt Wheeler clashes with Roosevelt court plan drawing bitter attacks from former liberal allies and labor papers. meanwhile President Roosevelt reshapes the maritime commission and flood relief loans soften under Jesse Jones as congressional hearings draw crowds and air political tempers.
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Ashington
Burt Wheeler
Butte
Mont
Miners’ Voice
Wheeler
Roosevelt
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Supreme Court
Iowa considers higher taxes to fund farm to market roads
A joint Iowa legislature committee heard proposals to raise an additional 1 to 3 million dollars in truck taxes for farm to market roads. Fred White urged a ton mile tax covering carriers with an exemption for small operators, while Lew Wallace argued for a uniform registration fee and flat weight tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Fred White
Ames
State Highway Commission
White
Lew E. Wallace
Motor Vehicle Department
Wallace
Hase
State Board of Control
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Lee Eldon White
Highway Commission
Henry County
City of
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Vining Man Dies After Shotgun Self Inflicted Wound
Frank Herink a Tama County farmer and carpenter living south of Vining shot himself on his mother in law s farm earlier this week. He died Wednesday at 8 am in a local hospital after being brought in Monday forenoon in weak condition from loss of blood. His wife escaped by breaking a window and the couple s son Leonard age 5 and his brother William of Chelsea survive. Funeral plans are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Herink
Vining
Josephine Cizek
Herink
Heriik
Mr. Herink
Iowa City
Tama County
Tena Cizek
Leonard
Iowa Income Tax Returns Far Ahead Of Those Last Year
The Iowa state board reports 1936 income tax returns totaling $1,009,000 filed by Tuesday night. That compares to $631,000 from the same period last year and 37,000 returns to Wednesday versus 26,750 a year ago.
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Iowa
Des Moines
State Board of Assessments and Review Income Tax Division
Cities Service Suit Settlement Approved
Stockholders of Cities Service Co. approved a $1.25 million settlement offered by Henry L. Doherty to resolve a $20 million stockholders' suit alleging mismanagement against the company its subsidiaries Doherty and other directors.
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Dover, del
Cities Service Co
Henry L. Doherty
Doherty
Albia Publisher Dies At Iowa City
S W Wilson former Albia publisher died in University of Iowa hospital Iowa City His body taken to Albia Survived by widow and two sons Howard of Bloomfield and J W Wilson of Carroll
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
S. W. Wilson
Albia
University of Iowa Hospital
Albia Union Republican
Howard
Bloomfield
J. W. Wilson
Carroll
Jewelry Looted From Mt Vernon Home in Overnight Break In
Looters ransacked the downstairs rooms of the Lawrence Current home east of Mount Vernon between midnight Tuesday and 7 a m Wednesday taking a 17 jewel gold open faced watch two cameo rings a wedding ring and a Mount Vernon high school class ring plus 6 25 in cash and a quart of milk coffee left partly consumed. Officials said a key may have been used to enter the front door and sheriffs deputies investigated the scene Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Mount Vernon
James H. Smith
Larry Condon
Ed Gill
Baseball Ticket Campaign Discussed by Chamber Committee
The baseball ticket sale campaign was discussed by the baseball campaign committee at a Wednesday afternoon meeting in the Chamber of Commerce. Henry Files chaired the session with members A. L. Killian Clare Marshall Van Vechten Shaffer E L McKibben Roy Doty Earl Coughlin Harry Johnson and Arthur Poe in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baseball Campaign Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Henry Files
A. L. Killian
Clare Marshall
van Vechten Shaffer
E. L. McKibben
Roy Doty
Earl Coughlin
Harry Johnson
Arthur Poe
Motorists Fined For Variety Of Violations
Victor L. Weis of Davenport was fined $10 and costs after speeding in police court. H. P. Wenzel of Waterloo paid $2 and costs for failing to stop at a traffic light. R. D. Finnegan of Martello was fined $1 and costs for double parking, and Ed Wathan of Cedar Rapids received a similar fine for parking in an alley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor L. Weis
Davenport
H. P. Wenzel
Waterloo
R. D. Finnegan
Martello
Ed Wathan
Cedar Rapids
Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County Iowa
In the District Court of Linn County Iowa notice is given that an instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of John Kolarik late of the county is to come on for hearing for proof and admission to probate. Dated Cedar Rapids Iowa March 16 1937. Edwin W Lundquist Clerk District Court L D Dennis Attorney.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
District Court
John Kolarik
Said County
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
EDWIN_W. LUNDQUIRT
L.D. Dennis
Jowa House Passes Six New Measures
Des Moines Iowa six bills were approved by the Iowa House of Representatives on Wednesday. A naming change for Glenwood and Woodward facilities passed 90 to 2, a conservation-area cooperation bill got 72 to 19, and a ge graphic board bill failed 83 to 11 as did the state fair board election change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
House of Representatives
House
Institute For
Glenwood
Hospital For
Woodward
Town State Hospital
The
Conservation Commission
A. H. Baumhover
Carroll
State Fair Board
Iowa House Seeks Federal Help In Saving Sales Tax
Iowa House of Representatives asked Congress to allow legislation stopping sales tax evasions. A resolution calls for taxing interstate transactions to reduce losses to border states. A second measure urges immediate nationwide action to eradicate noxious weeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa House
DES Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
National Congress
Iowa
Congress
English Villagers Flee River Floods Across Cambridgeshire
Hundreds of villagers in the Fen country fled the Ouse floodwaters with rising waters threatening homes. Volunteers worked through the night to raise protective dykes as Cambridge University students aided relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
England
Cambridgeshire
Ouse
Aykes
Cambridge Univerality
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