National Heads of Realty Business Meet in Cedar Rapids
National convention of the North Central region of the National Association of Real Estate Boards will gather 300 to 500 delegates from Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota Nebraska North and South Dakota May 1 and 2 in Cedar Rapids. Prominent officials including Walter W. Rose Herbert A. Nelson and others will lead group meetings and an exhibit featuring floor plans houses advertising forms and a best selling idea contest with cash prizes.
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Cedar Rapids
North Central
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Iowa
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Chicago
Association
Walter W. Rose
Orlando
Fla
Herbert A. Nelson
Robert W. Whitaker
Kenosha
Wis
National Brokers’ Division
G. I. Huffman
Houston
Tex
Brokers
E. G. Hacker
Lansing, Mich
Property Management Institute
Stanley C. Hanks
Madison
North Central Region
George D. Koser
Iowa Association of Real Estate Boards
G. E. Johnson
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
Earl Linn
Des Moines Real Estate Board
E. W. Bedford
Omaha Real Estate Board
Amos Grant
Nebraska Real Estate Association
O. C. Neuman
Minnesota Realty Association
Henry C. Clark
Minnesota Real Estate Board
Joseph C. Barta
St. Paul
Social Security Board Regulations Sent To Cedar Rapids Employers
Two hundred copies of the first official regulations of the federal social security board arrived in Cedar Rapids and were mimeographed by the Chamber of Commerce industrial and manufacturers bureau. The sheets were mailed to all local employers with eight or more payroll workers and may be obtained on request from the Chamber if missing.
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Federal Social Security Board
Cedar Rapids
Industrial and Manufacturers Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Water Colors By Howard Johnson and Grant Wood Chosen for Chicago Exhibit
Slack Piles, a water color by Howard Johnson of Cedar Rapids, is accepted for the International Water Color Show at the Chicago Art Institute. The only other Iowan with work in the show is Grant Wood of Iowa City.
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Howard Johnson
Grant Wood
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Chicago Art Institute
Iowa City
Expediency as a national policy and its critics
The piece argues that changing attitudes toward expediency shape American policy. It warns that postwar boom habits encouraged schemes to gain present benefits at future costs. It questions continuing expediency in national governance and urges adherence to enduring principles.
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America
John
Courthouse Parade by Fred C Henson
Robins Iowa with 190 inhabitants ties for Los Angeles of Linn county as its area tops all but Cedar Rapids. Robins spans one seventh of Cedar Rapids and covers 2570 acres within its boundaries. Marion holds 2280 acres after St Patrick's day. In Behrens office a road embankment project provoked a quip about Irishman on Thursday and a remark on the final appearance after completion.
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Robins
Los Angeles
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Bill Behrens
Behrens
County Supervisor Targeted by Courthouse Jest
Bert Busby veteran county supervisor wore a shamrock on his coat two days after Thursday drawing courthouse ridicule. A Linn County rural school pupil adds glory to William Jennings Bryan claiming credit for flying to the North and South Poles in an exam paper. A former CWA worker inspected an actual photograph.
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Bert Busby
Linn County
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Poles
River bank proximity blamed for floods by janitor Shanty Newhouse
A courthouse janitor named Shanty Newhouse offers a plausible theory that floods result from river banks being placed too close to the water. He voices the claim amid discussions of deforestation and drainage.
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Newhouse
Drunken Driving Charges Drop From 1930 to 1935
Records from Clerk of the District Court Ed Lundquist show a decline in drunken driving charges, with 131 defendants listed in 1930 and 51 charged in 1935, reflecting a notable drop over the five year period.
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Ed Lundquist
Liquor Case Trends From 1930 to 1935 Revealed
A search shows liquor case information was richer in 1935 than in 1930. In 1930 seven ty one persons were accused of offenses, indicating shifting enforcement patterns and records from the early prohibition era.
Liquor Law Violations Docket Increases in 1935
State records show 1935 docketings for liquor and beer law violations totaling 116, up 45 from prior figures. The peak filing month was February 1930 with twenty cases, while March 1935 had nineteen cases.
Veteran Iowa sheriff backs long prisoner transfer remark
An elderly sheriff from a neighboring county arrived at Linn county jail to return a young prisoner for trial. He demonstrated his wit with a sharp retort while applying handcuffs, saying the prisoner did not need them. The sheriff added that someone must carry them and quipped the prisoner is younger and stronger.
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Iowa
Linn County
Poor relief cost England in 1933
The article notes that poor relief cost England and more than 170 million dollars in 1933.
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England and
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National Heads OF Realty
North Central Meeting
Gazette
United States
United States Department of Commerce
Dan W. Richards
City
Washington
Journal of Business
College of Commerce
University of Iowa
People’s Forum
Social Security Board
Emerson
Muscatine
Burlington
Fort Madison
Keokuk
Quincy
St. Louis
Points
M. C. Foster
Federal Housing Administration
Ae A. — Ae
Standard Tire Co
Cedar Rapids Pump & Supply Co
Cedar Rapids Appliance Co
van Ell, Inc
Elmer Laker
Hubbard Ice & Fuel Co
Sears Roebuck Co
Prastia Jewelry Co
Pioneer Manufacturing Co
Smulekoff’s
the Sherwin-Williams
Montgomery Ward Co
Home Coal Co
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
Kings Crown Plaster Co
Capitol House Insulation Co
Checker Electric Supply Co., Inc
The
Chandler Co
Chamberlin Metal Weather Strip Co
Standard Glass & Paint Co
Killian
Iowa Electric Light & Power Co
Williams & Hunting Co
Luberger Co
Gas Machine Service Co
IGP
Sanford
Fred C. Henson
Bert
CWA
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