NYA And Union Clash At Cedar Rapids School Board Meeting
The NYA and Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor clashed during a board session over using the abandoned Dairy Dale No 1 school as a NYA workshop. Youth unemployment, wage scales, supervision, and project types were debated with a board impasse and a call to reconvene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NYA
National Youth Administration
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Dairy Dale School No. 1
Mount Vernon Road
Linn County
Harold Trewin
Luther Fuhrmeister
Cedar Rapids
N. O. Dahlin
Davenport
Dahlin
Federation
Penningroth
Iowa Soldiers
von Lackum
Organized Labor
Blodgett
Grant
Police Tie Up Riot Calls Three Arrests After Midnight
Three riot calls after midnight led to arrests and police attention. A hotel incident near Roosevelt involved a disheveled clerk claiming hair loss. At Danceland two contestants, a man and wife, were treated for minor injuries before police arrival. At Eosy Inn No 2, Repstein, Cashmen were jailed for drunkenness while Watson faced disturbing the peace charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Roosevelt
John Falstaff
Danceland
St. Luke’s Hospital
Eosy Inn No. 2
W. C. Repstein
Avenue NE
Clem Cashmen
Sixteenth Street NE
M.C. Watson
Eighteenth Street
Watson
WPA National Cuts Likely Do Not Hit Linn County
Col. F C Harrington orders to drop 250000 nationwide. Linn County may escape reductions as Cedar Rapids is spared. Iowa totals are small about 380 to 400 men, reflecting a light WPA load. If Linn County cuts occur they offset workers leaving for private jobs with no new hires. About 3.5 men are currently assigned to WPA projects in Linn County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dahlin
Cedar Rapids
NYA
Dairy Dale
Linn County
Charles Penningroth
C. T. Hickok
Iowa
Col
F. C. Harrington
Walter Myers
Myers
Magee Urges Holy Week Pathways To Greatness
Dr. John B. Magee president of Cornell College told a Tuesday noon Holy Week service at the State theater that service patience and forgiveness are the routes to greatness. He said true greatness comes from serving others and shaping one’s own end, contrasting with brute force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Magee
Cornell College
Union
State Theater
Magee
Jesus
George Stauffacher
First Evangelical Church
Ruth Ebling Massey
Galilee
Ledwo
Lucy Ambroz
Girls Rope Skipping Contest Set Thursday At Four Sites
The playground commission will hold a girls rope skipping tests Thursday at 10 a.m. at four city schools with directors in charge. Participants must be in sixth grade or lower. ropes provided and ribbons awarded for completing the tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Playground Commission
Fillmore
Rita Ferriter
van Buren
Martha Hubbard
Johnson
Ruth Zieke
Folk
Charlotte Hubbard
Prowler Steals Food At Home Near Fairfax
Sheriff Jim Smith's office investigates a break in at the Sedlacek home near Fairfax. The intrusion occurred between 8:30 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 a.m. Sunday and involved entry with a skeleton key. Foodstuffs were stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfax
Jim Smith
Wesley J. Sedlacek
Near
Sedlacek
Haircuts 25c Offer At Hanna Barbers On 2nd Ave
City briefs note a March 21 Marion meeting of the Marion Cedar Rapids Milwaukee Service club. Miss Mary Kapoun of 1118 Second Street SE is recovering after a major operation at St Luke's hospital. Sergt Karl L Sorensen, son of Mr and Mrs J K L Sorensen of 1250 Thirtieth Street SE, is home from Chanute Field after radio training and will drive to Washington around April 1 to rejoin the 91st observation squadron at Fort Lewis Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion-Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee Service Club
Marion
Mary Kapoun
Second Street SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sergt
Karl L. Sorensen
J. K. L. Sorensen
Thirtieth Street
Air Corps Technical School
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Ill
Sergt. Sorensen
Washington
91St
Fort Lewis
Wash
Easter Bunnies in Want Ads Under Class 30
Advertisement urges mothers and fathers to buy real live rabbits for Easter and directs readers to the Want Ads under classification 30 for Easter Bunnies.
Winter Temple No 78 Pythian Sisters Meet
Winter temple No 78 Pythian Sisters will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday at the Knights of Pythias hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Temple
Pythian Sisters
Knights of Pythias Hall
Scout troop 28 hears talk by Ray Short at St James Church
Ray Short Cedar Rapids area commissioner for the Boy Scouts spoke at the presentation of Scout troop 28 at St James Methodist church. The Gazette had reported Scout Chief N Harold West would speak. West introduced Short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Short
Cedar Rapids
Boy Scouts
St. James Methodist Church
N. Harold West
West
Mr. Short
Iowa Consistory No 2 Meets in Regular Session
Iowa Consistory No 2 will hold a regular session at the Scottish Rite temple Wednesday at 8 p.m. A women's social hour is planned and refreshments will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Canopus Club to Honor Mon tooth at Funeral
Following the death Sunday evening of Charles S. Mon tooth vice president of the Order of Railway Conductors and Canopus club president club members plan to attend his funeral en masse No Canopus meeting was held Tuesday in respect to the late leader and to prepare for forthcoming rites
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Montooth
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Canopus Club
Mr. Montooth
Jan Hus Lodge to Meet at Sokol Hall Wednesday
Jan Hus I O O F lodge will hold regular business at Sokol hall Wednesday evening. After the session, motion pictures of South America will be shown and the public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Hus
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Sokol Hall
South America
Navy film shown at Guernsey High School
Motion pictures of United States Navy activities were shown at Guernsey High School in Guernsey Tuesday morning by Machinist's Mate James W. Keene from the Cedar Rapids recruiting station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Guernsey High School
Guernsey
James W. Keene
Cedar Rapids
Ahepa Units Set Meetings At Moose Hall Tuesday
Cedar Rapids chapter No 194 of the Order of Ahepa schedules a 8 p.m. meeting at Moose hall Tuesday The Sons of Pericles Junior Order of Ahepa will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the same hall depending on attendance and local arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Moose Hall
Sons of
Pericles
Young people's night at Church of God to run through April 5
The Church of God at Laverue and Eighth Street NW hosts nightly events led by Rev. A J Kindred of Kansas City. He spoke Sunday on God the Eternal Bookkeeper and Monday on A Spiritual Clinic. Meetings run at 7 30 each night except Saturday until April 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
L Averue
Eighth Street NW
A. J. Kindred
Kansas City
God
Communion Service at Trinity Lutheran Church
Holy Communion will be celebrated at Trinity Lutheran Church on First Avenue and Fourteenth Street West Thursday at 7 45 p m Rev P L Bornhoeft to preach on This do in remembrance of Me The event is indicated as a church service in the local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
First Avenue
Fourteenth Street
P. L. Bornhoeft
Linn County Young Democrats Meet to Pick Delegates
Members of the Young Democratic club of Linn County meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Raymond Coward’s office at 1230 Merchants National Bank Building. Delegates to the state convention in Waterloo next month will be named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Democratic Club
Linn County
Raymond Coward
Merchants National Bank
Waterloo
Chicago Youth Takes 3000 Mile Bicycle Ride For Cash Job
A 17 year old Chicago youth, Ralph Wilson, travels 3000 miles from Los Angeles to New York City on a bicycle drawn by a prize of 100 dollars and a job offer. He rode through Cedar Rapids on Tuesday and aims to reach New York by April 1, having covered as much as 300 miles in a 25 hour stretch. His next stop is Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Wilson
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York City
Ralph
Cedar Rapids
California
Cubs Tour Quaker Oats Plant in Central Park Session
Fifty eight members of Cub pack 5 sponsored by Central Park Presbyterian church toured the cereal division of the Quaker Oats plant Monday afternoon. They viewed operations in groups of 13 under Cubmaster Paul Hunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Pack 5
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Quaker Oats
Paul Hunter
Pinocchio Mask Stolen From Car Ahead of Film Opening
Leo Pillot of the RKO pictures office in Des Moines reports a two foot diameter Pinocchio mask stolen from his car on First avenue. He offers a $25 reward for its return and notes the Pinocchio film opens here Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Pillot
RKO Pictures
Des Moines
First Avenue
Pillot
Doubenmier Leaves for Denver After Visit with Father
J S Doubenmier supervisor of physical education at College High School Greeley Colorado spent two days with his father A C Doubenmier 1053 Fourth Avenue SE before returning home He resigned this year as basketball coach at Colorado State College where his team won last year’s Rocky Mountain championship In 1936 College High School quin tet coached by Doubenmier won the Colorado state championship On the return trip he will visit his sister Mrs Ava Tovmasend who is ill in a Carroll Iowa hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Doubenmier
College High School
Greeley
Colo
Denver
A. C. Doubenmier
Fourth Avenue SE
Colorado
St. Louis Man Held on Petty Larceny Charge
James Wilson, 33, of St. Louis, was held by police on a petty larceny charge after being found with a bag of scrap copper alleged stolen from the Iowa Railway and Light Co. John I. Hodges, 32, of 212 A Avenue NE, was fined $100 and given 30 days suspended jail for disturbing the peace after a complaint from his former wife. James C. Manville spoke at the Vinton district meeting outlining the Scout circus in Cedar Rapids on April 19 and summer camp plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wilson
St. Louis
Iowa Railway and Light Company
John I. Hodges
Avenue NE
Hodges
James C. Manville
Vinton Diss
West School
Ton
Cedar Rapids
Vinton
Area Council
Fleming Seeks Wider Use of Annual Wage Contracts
Washington AP wage hour chief Philip B. Fleming praised annual wage contracts on Tuesday and said he was surprised more employers haven t adopted them to avoid overtime problems during rush seasons as the Wage Hour Administration continued its outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philip B. Fleming
Fleming
How Family of 5 Can Eat Well On $15 a Week
A reader guidance piece outlines a weekly menu plan for a family of five two adults and three children. It details balanced meals and provides recipes and specific ingredient amounts for a full week. The tone matches a 20th century Gazette cooking column emphasizing economical, hearty dishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Meta Given
Railroad official Sidney Smith relocates to Cedar Rapids
Sidney Smith former Chicago representative for the Kansas City Southern and Louisiana and Arkansas railroads has moved from Geneva Illinois to Cedar Rapids and will travel Iowa and western Illinois for the two lines. He and his wife and their two children will reside at 2523 Twenty sixth Street Drive SE. Colored motion pictures of the playground commission children s garden program from last year will be shown Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the First Presbyterian church chapel. An invitation has been issued to all playground and community groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Smith
Chicago
Kansas City Southern
Louisiana and Arkansas
Cedar Rapids
Geneva
Ill
Iowa
Illinois
Playground Commission
First Presbyterian Church
Four firms participate in wage plan under federal act
Greenville Finishing Co of Smithfield Rhode Island joins three others George A Hormel Austin Minnesota Bellman Brook Bleachery Fairview New Jersey and Cranston Dyes Cranston Rhode Island in wage hour act compliant contracts. The act allows 12 hours daily 56 hours weekly and 2000 hours yearly under this plan. The notice cites social value of dependable income and supports employment stabilization efforts. The piece also notes a beet borsht recipe and meal ideas including mashed potatoes broccoli bread and chess pie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Smithfield
R. I
George A. Hormel and Company
Austin, Minn
Bellman Brook
Fairview
N. J
Cranston Dyes Works Company
Cranston
Congress
Income Tax Revenue Rises 26 Percent in First 16 Days
Washington AP reports federal income tax collections jumped 26 percent from a year earlier in the first 16 days of March. Treasury officials released the figures on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Treasury
Alleged Slayer Of Postville Marshal Pleads Not Guilty
Carroll Berres of West Allis Wisconsin pled not guilty at arraignment on a first degree murder indictment. He is accused of killing Elmer Lennon Postville night marshal during a gun battle November 9. Berres is hospitalized at the state reformatory with a leg wound from the fight. Lennon confronted Berres at a filling station over alleged gasoline theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Carroll Berres
West Allis
Wis
Elmer Lennon
Postville
Berres
State Reformatory
Lennon
Board Sets Remodeling Plan for Grant Vocational High
The building and grounds committee of the school board was authorized to preserve plaster and floors and perform cleaning work in the Grant vocational high school building in preparation for remodeling and preliminary construction. Members: J. C. Blodgett, chair. Dr. J. K. von Lackum. Charles Pennington. The board intends to use Grant school as an administration building and garage with tentative plans for a special school for retarded children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Vocational High School
J. C. Blodgett
J. K. von Lackum
Charles Penningroth
Grant School
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Bever Park
Orphans Home
Fears
Schuknecht
Shadle
Mrs. Hickok
Dahlia
Trewin
WPA
Mr. Blue
Mr. Bright
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Cory
Kellogg
John Magee
Holy Week
Shamrock O'Toole
Alma Sioux Scarberry
Gujette
City Briefs
Hanna Barbers
2Nd Ave
Short
Speaker
Pinocchio
Chess Pie
Krebs Monument CO
Lean Ribboil
Buehler Bros
First Street
Ks Ae
del Monte
Chase & Sanborn Coffee
NAVY
Michigan
Libby
Robb Ross
Florida
RED Baldwins
HAM
Texas
Blo
Philadelphia
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