NYA and Union Labor Clash Over Workshop Request
National Youth Administration officials and Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor representatives clashed at a school board meeting over using the abandoned Dairy Dale school as a NYA workshop. Both sides debated pay, supervision, and job access for Linn County youths with no resolution, as board chair urged a fresh attempt to reconcile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NYA
National Youth Administration
Cedar Rapids
Luther Fuhrmeister
N. O. Dahlin
Davenport
Dahlin
Federation
Rev V. C. Grant
Lloyd Schuknecht
Walter F Shadle
Carpenters’ Union
C B. Zimmerman
Carpenters
Council of the Cedar Rapids Federation
Dairy Dale
Linn County
Penningroth
Iowa Soldiers
von Lackum
Dahlia Organized Labor
Blodgett
Grant
WPA National Cut To Have Little Effect On Linn County Force
Col Harrington ordered a national WPA cut of 250 000 workers by April but Linn County likely escapes major impact Cedar Rapids may avoid layoffs Walter Myers Iowa district engineer said Iowa’s WPA load is light and may stay under quota If cuts occur they compensate for private employment exits Linn County WPA assignments total about 395 workers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col F CC. Harrington
Cedar Rapids
Walter Myers
Towa
Myers
Iowa
Linn County
Police Report Three Riot Calls And Three Arrests
Three riot calls after midnight led to three arrests. A night clerk at Hotel Roosevelt reported two or four women. later claims included hair pulled. At Danceland four patrols found two contestants, taken to St Luke's with minor injuries, later released as a man and wife. At 3:36 am arrests for drunkenness and disturbing the peace followed. First two fined ten dollars plus costs. Watson denied charges with bond set at one hundred ten dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Roosevelt
John Falstaff
Danceland
St. Luke's Hospital
Eosy Tan No. 2
W C. Repstein
Avenue NE
Clem Cashman
Sixteenth Street NE
M.C Watson
Eighteenth Street
Watson
Magee Outlines Pathways To Greatness In Holy Week Talk
Dr. John B. Magee president of Cornell College told a State theater Holy Week audience that service patience and forgiveness define true greatness. He quoted Jesus on greatest among you serving and urged individuals to shape their own ends while pursuing inner greatness.
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John B Magee
Cornell College
Union
State Theater
Magee
Jesus
Europe
George Stauffacher
First Evangelical Church
Ruth Ebling Massey
Galilee
Lucy Ambroz
Four School Sites To Host Girls Rope Skipping Contest
The playground commission will hold a rope skipping test for sixth graders and younger girls Thursday at 10 am at four schools. Local leaders Fillmore Rita Ferriter Van Buren Martha Hubbard John son Ruth Zicke Charlotte Hubbard direct events with ropes provided. ribbons awarded for successful completion.
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Playground Commission
Fillmore
Rita Ferriter
van Buren
Martha Hubbard
Johnson
Ruth Zicke
Folk
Charlotte Hubbard
Trenine
Prowler Steals Food At Home Near Fairfax
Sheriff’s office investigates a break in at the Sedlacek home near Fairfax. The intruder entered between 8:30 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 a.m. Sunday using a skeleton key and stole foodstuffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfax
Jim Smith
Wesley J. Sedlacek
Near
Sedlacek
City Briefs Highlight Local Events and Advertisements
Marion Cedar Rapids service club to meet in Marion March 21. Miss Mary Kapoun recovering after operation at St Luke's. Easter rabbits advertised in Want Ads. Winter temple 78 Pythian Sisters meet at Knights hall. Sgt Karl Sorensen home from Chanute Field before reporting to Fort Lewis. Scout troop 28 program at St James Methodist noted. Various lodge and club meetings planned with films and ceremonies across Cedar Rapids area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion-Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee Service Club
Marion
Winter Temple
Pythian Sisters
Knights of Pythias Hall
Bay Short
Cedar Rapids
Boy Scouts
St James Methodist Church
Harold West
West
Mr Short
Memorials and community notices from local paper segment
Charles S Mon tooth a vice president of the Order of Railway Conductors and Canopus club leader died Sunday evening. No Conopus club meeting Tuesday and members plan a full attendance at Mon tooths funeral. Young peoples night at Church of God in Cedar Rapids features Rev A J Nindred of Kansas City speaking on God the Eternal Bookkeeper and A Spiritual Clinic. Meetings run nightly at 730 through April 3 except Saturday. Ralph Wilson, a 17 year old from Chicago, travels 3000 miles Los Angeles to New York City on a bicycle seeking prize money and a job plus publicity. he was in Cedar Rapids Tuesday en route east. Leo Pillot reports a Pinocchio mask stolen from his Des Moines car. reward offered. J S Doubenmier, College High School Greels Colorado trainer, left Denver after two days with his father. he resigned as basketball coach at Colorado State College after three years. the team won the Rockies Mountain championship last year. Doubenmier will visit his ill sister Mrs Ava Townsend in Carroll Ja hospital on return trip.
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Charles S Montooth
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Canopus Club
Conopus Club
Montooths
Church of God
L. Avenue
Eighth Street NW
A J. Nindred
Kansas City
God
Ralph Wilson
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York City
Ralph
Cedar Rapids
California
New York
Leo Pillot
RKO Pictures
Des Moines
First Avenue
Pillot
J S Doubenmier
College High School
Greeles
Colo
Denver
AC Doubenmier
Fourth Avenue
Doubenmier
Colorado State College
Colorado
Ava Townsend
Carroll, Ja
Fleming Praises Annual Wage Contracts Not Widely Used
Washington, UP Philip B. Fleming, Wage Hour Administrator, praised annual wage contracts on Tuesday and expressed surprise that more employers have not adopted them to avoid overtime issues during rush periods. The Wage Hour administration was preparing further actions.
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Washington
Philip B. Fleming
Fleming
Firms adopt wage-hour act compliant work plans
Greenville Finishing Company of Smithfield Rhode Island is the fourth firm to adopt such a plan under the wage-hour act. The others are George A Hormel and Company Austin Minnesota Bellman Brook Bleachery Company Fairview New Jersey and the Cranston Works Company Cranston. The act allows year long hours under 12 hours daily and 56 hours weekly with a yearly cap of 2000 hours. Overtime pay rules remain for work beyond 42 hours weekly. The move aims to stabilize employment and align with social and economic goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville Finishing Company
Smithfield
George A Hormel and Company
Austin, Minn
Bellman Brook
Fairview
Cranstone Works Company
Cranston
Congress
Income Tax Revenue Up 26 Percent in Early March
Washington reports federal income tax collections for the first 16 days of March show a 26 percent increase over the same period last year, according to treasury officials.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Family of Five Feeds On $15 A Week Menus
Readable menus show a five person family surviving on fifteen dollars weekly. Recipes cover soup, pies and meals with specified ingredients including Swiss steak dinners and daily breakfast and lunch plans. The article notes nutrition aims and includes a chocolate rich gingersnap dessert plan.
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Meta Given
Beet Borscht and Comfort Food Menu Portion
A recipe style note describes beet borscht with sour cream and parsley as a bright flavored substitute for juice, with serving ideas. It mentions mashed potatoes and a bread and butter plan, plus a rough daily meal cost around $2.50 for children.
Alleged Slayer Of Postville Marshal Pleads Not Guilty
Carroll Berres, 23, of West Allis pled not guilty at arraignment on a first degree murder indictment for the shooting of Elmer Lennon, Postville night marshal, during a gun battle at a filling station. Lennon was surprised by Berres while allegedly stealing gasoline. Berres is hospitalized with a leg wound from the fight.
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Waukon
Carroll Berres
West Allis Wir
Kalling
Elmer Lennon
Postville
Navy Berres
State Reformatory
Lennon
Berres
Board Sets Plan to Remodel Grant Building
The school board's building and grounds committee was authorized to preserve the Grant school structure and begin cleaning and preliminary construction for remodeling. Members include JC Blodgett chairman Dro do Koon Lackum and Charles Penng roth.
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Enise
Grant Verater St Bogn
Blodgett
Dro Do Koon Lackum
Charles Penngroth
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Charles Penningroth
C. T Hickok
J. C. Blodgett
Harold Trewin
Bever Park
Orphans Home
Fears
Schuknecht
Shadle
Mrs Hickok
Schumecht
Trewin
WPA
Kellogg Company
Glumi
Mr. Blue
Mr. Bright
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
John Magee
Holy Week
Shamrock O'Toole
Alma Sioux Scarberry
City Briefs
Hanna Barbers
2Nd Ave
Mary Kapoun
Second Street SE
Sergt Karl L. Sorensen
Jo Kool Sorensen
Thirtieth Street
Air Corps Technical School
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Sergt Sorensen
Fort Lewis
Wash
Short
Lown
Jan Hus
Toof
Lodge
Sokal Hall
South America
United States Navy
Guernsey
James W Keene
Moose Hall
Sons of
Pericles
Trinity Lutheran Church
Fourteenth Street
L. Bornhoeft
Young Democratic Club
Raymond Coward
Merchants National Bank
Waterloo
Cub Pack 5
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Quaker Oats
Paul Hunter
James Wilson
St Louis
Iowa Railway and Light Company
John I. Hodges
Hodges
James C. Manville
Vinton
Sidney Smith
Kansas City Southern
Louisiana and Arkansas
Geneva
Ilinois
First Presbyterian Church
Pinocchio
J S. Doubenmier
Krebs
Whe
Mnument CO
WOM
IAS
Chess Pie
Buehler Bros
First Street
Ik Ib
del Monte
Chase & Sanhorn Coffee
NAVY
Michigan
Libby
Pomot Tuesdas Nicht
Robb Ross
Florida
RED Baldwins
Muney
Texas
Philadelphia
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