U S Savings Bonds Sales by Iowa Post Offices Reported
Government figures show Cedar Rapids posted 971387 in bonds sold for the year ending Aug 31 1937 ranking second in Iowa first class offices. Des Moines led with 2253962 50 and Fairfax led fourth class. Per capita Cedar Rapids 1730 Iowa average 780 national 3 81. More than 1 260 000 investors bought bonds by March 7 1938 total maturity value 1584462875 with 92 percent retained by government.
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United States Savings
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Fairfax
United States
Frank Baldwin
Des Moines
Iowa City
Vinton
Decorah
Oelwein
Monona
Clutter
Wheatland
Ossian
Arlington
Luana
West Chester
Elberon
Mount Auburn
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Honor Mothers Night at Trinity Methodist Church
Trinity Methodist on Third Avenue SW hosts a Mother and Daughter night at 7 30 p m with Dr John H McCombe speaking on Humble Mother Great Son Women occupy center seats men in side sections A bouquet will honor the oldest mother and a Testament goes to the youngest daughter Browne Metropolitan Jubilee Singers perform Mother Mahree Dr McCombe born in Ireland and began evangelistic work there After the service the young people group led by Jack McCombe will hold a Fun and Fellowship mixer in the church basement chaired by Mary Adams
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West Side
Trinity Methodist Church
Third Avenue
Fifth Street
John H McCombe
Browne Metropolitan Jubilee Singers
Mahree
Mc Combe
Ireland
Young People's Group
Jack Mc Combe
Mary Adams
Second Avenue
Trish Evangelist
McCombe
United States
Walter Camp Jr. Defends Divorce Case in Hollywood
Walter Camp Jr., film executive and son of the late Walter Camp, faced a divorce action filed by his wife Mrs. Gladys Smith Camp. She accuses him of cruelty in the complaint.
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Hollywood
INS
Walter Camp, Jr
Walter Camp
Gladys Smith Camp
Shirley Temple Wins Libel Settlement In London
Shirley Temple receives 10000 dollars after a libel judgment in the king's bench division of the English High Court. The settlement names 20th Century Fox Film Corp of America 5000 dollars and 20th Century Fox Film Co of England 2500 dollars. The suit stemmed from an article criticizing the child actress's acting.
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London
LLP
Shirley Temple
King’s Bench Division
High Court
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation of America
Twentieth Century Fox Film Co
England
Bitter sea bottle warns youths against life at sea
A Pacific Ocean bottle message found in Westport Washington urges young men away from seafaring. It advises starting in the purser’s department, moving to the main office, then warns of drinking and possible death, signed by Capt W J Fowler of San Francisco, a former Golden Horn captain.
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Westport
Wash
Pacific
Dale Rhoads
W H Annand
mid-Pacific
W J Fowler
San Francisco
Golden Horn
Personal injury action over car strike at Cedar Rapids
Stella Bena seeks $10,000 in a negligence suit against Walter Novak of Ely claiming rib fractures and a broken shoulder from a Dec 20, 1936 collision while crossing Third Street at Eleventh Avenue SE. Witnesses include Joseph Bena Paul Vanda Ruby Reif and doctors Suchomel and Murphy.
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John T. Moffit
Stella Bena
Cedar Rapids
Walter Novak
Ely
Novak
Third Street
Eleventh Avenue SE
Joseph Bena
Paul Vanda
Ruby Reif
J. J. Murphy
Thomas Suchomel
Louisa Schmidt
Plaintiff seeks reinstatement after dismissal for lack of prosecution
Millie Drummey files motion in district court to set aside a suit dismissal under rule No 1 and reinstate the action brought October 25 1934 against Maurice Krueger and Mrs Maurice Krueger. The plaintiff contends she believed the case remained active and pending.
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District Court
Millie Drummey
Maurice Krueger
Jury Convicts Helen Turner Davis in Statutory Charge
Judge Ellison set March 28 for a hearing. Helen Turner Davis, 26, of 1104 Fourteenth Avenue SE, was convicted after a twenty minute deliberation by a district court jury on a statutory charge and given an indeterminate five year sentence at Rockwell City women’s reformatory Tuesday. Davis was arrested two weeks ago by police. C. D. Cash seeks $347.28 in a labor claim against H. J. Robertson Electric. Dwight Krumholtz was appointed receiver. Alice E. Neal, 69, seeks $2,500 in a personal injury suit against Cedar Rapids for a left hip fracture from a December 23 ice fall near Eighteenth Street and Sixth Avenue SE.
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William J. Clark
Melvin D. Clark
District Court
John T Moffit
Edwin A Beardsley
Clark
Beardsley
Guardian Ad Litem
Melvin Clark
Fred Taylor
C Avenue NE
F. ©. Ellison
Taylor
J. H. Beck
Seventh Street
K. P. Hall
Helen Turner Davis
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Rockwell City Women’s Reformatory
F. O. Ellison
Davis
C. D
H. J. Robertson Electric Company
Dwight Krumholtz
Alice E. Neal
Cedar Rapids
Eighteenth Street
Sixth Avenue SE
Daylight Saving Time Keeps Him From Cashing In
Chicago tavern owner Edward I. Kaufman sued to recover 207 dollars lost in a Sept. robbery arguing 1215 am CST was actually 1115 pm DST. The court upheld the insurer. DST was held to be local standard time during months when central standard time does not apply.
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Chicago
INS
Edward I. Kaufman
Kaufman
Lloyds of London
Hauptmann Counsel Seeks Release From Insane Hospital
Edward J Reilly once chief counsel for Hauptmann and key figure in the Lindbergh case asked a Suffolk county jury to free him from the Kings County Hospital for the Insane. He contends his commitment was illegal and testified he is sane. Officials argued he remains mentally ill.
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Riverhead
N. Y
Edward J Reilly
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Suffolk County
Kings County Hospital
Reilly
Helen Reilly
Charles Parker
Francis X. Wazerer
Collections Rise 5.1 Percent In Income Tax
Treasury reports 21 days of March income tax deposits totaling 685,689,563 dollars, up 5.1 percent from the same period last year. Officials note these are actual deposits by internal revenue collectors and final monthly gain will be known after full month totals. In leading states Iowa shows 3,542,315 versus 3,478,533 for the comparable period.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Iowa
At 35 Named Head of Indiana Univ
Dr. Herman B. Wells, 35, Bachelor, was chosen president of Indiana University in Bloomington by unanimous vote. He had been acting president since July 1 1937 after the retirement of Dr. William Lowe Bryan. Wells becomes the youngest university president in the state and the country.
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Bloomington
Ind
Herman B. Wells
Indiana University
University
Wells
William Lowe Bryan
City Briefs and Personal Notes From Cedar Rapids
Pearl Reid now at Higley Building Beauty Shop. Harold N Graves will return Wednesday after Omaha trip. Navy club meets 8 p.m. Wednesday at Montrose hotel. Mrs. R. A. Preston entered St Luke's hospital for treatment. George W. Clements reports his car stolen from near the public library with a briefcase of papers inside. Parlor City camp meets at KP hall Thursday noon for luncheon and the fortieth anniversary. Mrs. Sylvia Hollenbeck returned from Muscatine. sister Nancy Keeler in good condition after operation. Evangelist Paul Levin urges revival and speaks tonight on sin. Bob Findley, blind soloist, performs. Women’s Labor Bureau pot-luck at Labor temple Thursday 6:30 p.m. Track delays: City of Denver and City of San Francisco eastbound trains delayed by wind storm near Vail. Assistant Fire Chief Joe Trusty underwent major operation at University hospital Iowa City. two weeks expected. Navy talkies: Moon and Keene to obtain free educational films April 1–15. Drop Gilligan and Stuart case: assault with intent to rob dismissed for lack of evidence.
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Joe Trusty
Fifteenth Street
University Hospital
Iowa City
Draper Nominated to U S Federal Reserve Board
The banking and currency committee reported favorably to the Senate on Tuesday the nomination of Ernest G. Draper to be a member of the Federal Reserve Board. Draper, formerly assistant secretary of commerce, seeks the post.
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Washington
INS
Ernest G. Draper
Federal Reserve Board
Senate
Banking and Currency Committee
Draper
Commerce
Lieut Harper Visits Here in Cedar Rapids Area
Los Angeles detective lieutenant William J. Harper, visiting friends in Cedar Rapids area after returning Ben Sutliff to Los Angeles on burglary charges, dropped by the homes of Mrs. Anna Dvorak and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chadima and later drove to Oelwein to see relatives. Harper plans to escort Sutliff back to California this week.
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Harper
William J. Harper
Los Angeles
Dvorak
Chadima
Sutliff
California
Deaths Clyde Williams and Nancy Ellen Morris
Funeral services for S. Clyde Williams of Sheldon, former Iowa athlete and Iowa State coach, move to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Turner's chapel with burial at Oak Hill cemetery. Nancy Ellen Morris’s services set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Vinton’s Methodist church, with burial at Evergreen cemetery.
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S. Clyde Williams
Sheldon
Iowa University
Iowa State College
Turner's Chapel
Robert Little
First Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Turner Chapel
Nancy Ellen Morris
Methodist Church
Vinton
Everett Sabin
Evergreen Cemetery
Veto Hearings On Gen Welfare Act Dropped
Washington reports that the House Ways and Means Committee will not hold hearings on the General Welfare Act. Chairman Robert L. Coughton announced the decision after Democratic members blocked a petition by 140 representatives seeking hearings on the pension measure succeeding the Townsend plan.
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Washington
Robert L. Coughton
N. C
House
Ways and Means
Insurgents Resume Drive Toward Sea
Insurgents report driving government troops from five fortified trench lines at Valdealgorfo in fierce hand to hand fighting. They resume the push toward Catalonia and the Mediterranean coast and launch a major assault ten miles southeast of Alcaniz, about thirty-five miles from the sea.
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Hendaye
France
Valdealgorfo
Catalonia
Mediterranean
Alcaniz
Man Held For Investigation After Post Office Walk Incident
R M Herrmann, 24, of Cedar Rapids, drove onto the sidewalk in front of the post office. He was taken to the county jail after drinking beer near his truck and making a tale about a highway 149 hit and run. Authorities will refer the case to county officials.
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R. M. Herrmann
Route 1
Cedar Rapids
Herrmann
Highway 149
Here
First Avenue
Burton
Labor Temple
Earl Stanley
Grass Fires Keep Dept On The Jump
Grass fires kept firemen on the jump Monday with eight still alarms and two general calls. At 2:20 p.m. two companies fought a vacant-lot blaze at 3200 block Carlisle avenue NE. Other alarms include H C Jensen home 2500 Country club parkway SE burning leaves, and grass fires at 1143 Twelfth street NE Wenng road NE Shaver park, and 423 Gwendolyn drive NE. A general alarm followed at 4:02 p.m. for a vacant-lot blaze at Eight avenue and Seventeenth street SW. Leaves set a car aflame at 1647 B avenue NE. rigs responded at 4:23 p.m.
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Carlisle Avenue
Carl Bowman
Bowman
H. C. Jensen
Country Club Parkway
Twelfth Street
Shaver Park
Wenng Road
Eighth- Avenue
Cottage Grove Avenue
Forest Drive
Gwendolyn Drive
Eight Avenue
Seventeenth Street
E. Bapty
B Avenue
Extension Of Corn Loan Deadline Is Announced
DES MOINES AP The deadline on federal corn loans is extended indefinitely Iowa secretary of agriculture Dr Thomas L Curran said the move allows borrowers to pay local bank loans and attach the same warehouse certificate to federal notes with no new certificate required. The warehouse certificate is payable to bearer and usable for multiple loans after recording.
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Des Moines
Thomas L. Curran
Iowa
Curran
Cedar Rapids School District General Fund Balance Report
The Cedar Rapids Independent School District shows a general fund balance of 761 108 as of February 28 with 75 671 disbursed that month. The schoolhouse fund ends February at 195 431 with expenditures of 7 921.
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Cedar Rapids’ Independent School District
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Offer Kidney Relief
Go to your druggist today for Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules to flush kidneys and reduce bladder irritation. Symptoms of kidney weakness include night awakenings puffy eyes cramps in leg backache and moist palms. Original Haarlem from Holland priced at 35 cents with promised good results.
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Haarlem
Holland
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