Census Count Starts Tuesday in Linn County
Seventy one census enumerators 43 in Cedar Rapids and 28 in other Linn County sections begin the decennial population and housing census Tuesday morning. Enumerators receive final instructions at a Wednesday meeting. The housing questionnaire asks race head of house whether owned or rented rent value families in building business connections year built rooms water and sewer fuel and mortgage details.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Census Bureau
Federal
Truck Union Official Denies Quoting County Attorney In Dispute
Frank Frisbie business agent for the Incal truckers union denies telling police he had County Attorney King Thompson’s permission to solicit memberships. Police sought Thompson’s guidance after Frisbie refused delivery to a non union trucker. Miller, Ike Miller, a non union trucker from Spint Lake, accompanied Henn at the warehouse. Miller agreed to join the union after police provided protection during loading.
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Frank Frisbie
Incal Truckers Union
the Gazette
Kenwood Transfer Warehouse
Second Street
Frisbie
King Thompson
William F. Henn
Terris
Tenny
Ike Miller
Spint Lake
Miller
Henn
Thompson
Council To Name Appointees Monday
With the city fiscal year closing Saturday, councilmen for the 1040. 41 year will be sworn in at the first meeting Monday. There will be some appointments of administrative heads not holding office under the civil service law. Almost all city employees have been placed under civil service rights during the last two years and thus automatically continue in office.
Republicans Lead In Cornell Freshman Poll
Cornell freshmen are 49 percent Republican 15 percent Democrat 34 percent non partisan and 2 percent socialist in the freshman As We Are poll released on campus. The booklet was edited by Kaye Moss of Des Moines and Lloyd Starr Ottumwa with help from Betty Jean Hunt Manchester Norma Kofahl Clinton and William Slothower Dixon St John Death Forreston Tl and Dick Rex Oak Park NL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Cornell
Republcan
Kaye Moss
Des Moines
Lloyd Starr
Ottumwa
Betty Jean Hunt
Manchester
Norma Kofahl
Clinton
William Slothower
Dixon
St John Death
Forreston
Dick Rex
Oak Park
Lorraine Russell
Hinsdale
Harry Wingert Dies After Long Illness at 68
Harry W Wingert 68 farm supervisor for Mutual Benefit Insurance of Omaha died at home 3585 Nineteenth St SE at 2:15 pm Thursday after a long illness. He moved to Cedar Rapids from Iowa City eighteen years ago and belonged to St Pauls church and Mount Hermon Lodge 263 AF and AM. He married Edith Suer Oct 22 1932 and is survived by two daughters, a granddaughter, four brothers, three stepdaughters, and a host of relatives. Funeral in Moon chapel at 2 pm Saturday with burial in Linwood Cemetery and pallbearers named.
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Harry W. Wingert
Mutual Benefit Insurance Company of
Omaha
Nineteenth Street
Tipton
Wingert
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
St Paul's Methodist Church
Mount Hermon Lodge
Edith Suer
C .T. Lucas
Fresno
Calif
Stanley Burnett
Charles City
Sandra Tinnett
FL. R Wingert
E. P Wingert
Davenport
Burnita Suer
Fort Dodge
George Brown
Newton
Marui Suer
Ceca
Rapids
Moon Chapel
Pam
Charles J Bready
Mount Efferman Masonic Lodge
Linwood Cemetery
L.A Eckert
C A. Pope
Verdi F Leaven
Ho E Henderson
Fo Fleming
William M. Kaeena
Master Magans
Mount Hermon
Deaths in Cedar Rapids Mrs Snouffer and others
Funeral services are listed for Mrs Bertha M Snouffer lifelong Cedar Rapids resident wife of Edward M Snouffer who died at 1340 Kirst Avenue West on Wednesday at 1 pm with services at the First Lutheran Church at 3 pm Saturday burial in Linwood Cemetery. Also noted are obituaries for Mrs Anna Beatty 78 widow of Frank P Beatty who died at 1007 Second Street SW after a long illness with services in Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday at 2 pm burial Linwood Cemetery and for George W Pyle 75 of 416 Fifth Street SE who died Thursday burial Turnwood Cemetery with services Monday at Beatty Chapel.
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Bertha M. Snouffer
Cedar Rapids
Edward M. Snouffer
Kirst Avenue
Lautheran
Snouffer
Henry Scherer
Linwood Cemetery
Anna Beatty
Frank P Beatty
Second Street
Wilton Junction
William F. J. T
Franklin P. Jr
Charles He
Anna Roatiman
Emma Merrifield
William Kulhagy
Harry Milburn
Albert Grunder
Trinity Lutheran
George W Pyle
Fifth Street
Pam
Marshall County
Iown
Hattie
John
Beatty Chapel
F. Y. Ward
Turnwood Cemetery
Mrs. Frank Lawrence Dead at Linn County Home
Mrs. Frank Lawrence died at the Linn county home at 5 30 p.m. Wednesday after a brief illness. Born as Bessie Sampson in 1860 in County Down Ireland she was preceded in death by her husband a daughter and two sons and survived by three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lawrence
Linn
Bessie Sampson
County Down
Ireland
Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery Follows Beatty Chapel Service
The Beatty chapel service conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday by the Rev Frank Ward will be followed by burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel anytime after noon Saturday.
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Beatty Chapel
Frank Ward
Oak Hill Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Shaffer
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Shaffer widow of Lewis Shaffer and former Cedar Rapids resident who died at her Monterey Park California home will be held in Turner chapel at 2 p m Saturday with Rev FE Linkletter presiding Burial in Linwood cemetery The body arrives Cedar Rapids Saturday morning and will be taken to Turner chapel for calling hours
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Mary Shaffer
Lewis Shaffer
Cedar Rapids
Monterey Park
Calif
Turner Chapel
FE. Linkletter
Linwood Cemetery
Tornado Hits Grimes Farm Wrecks Buildings Injures Child
A tornado struck the Melvin Sears farm 17 miles northwest of Des Moines injuring a child and leveling eight buildings. The storm ripped through a two story house, blew down a garage, demolished two machine sheds, a hay chain, hog and chicken houses, and damaged an automobile with cattle harmed.
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Des Moines
Here
Melvin Sears
Grimes
Cleva Belle
Waterworks Payroll Vouchers Trace 1907 Expansion
Old payroll vouchers from the waterworks office show department growth. A September 1907 weekly payroll was 195 dollars, while current weekly payrolls reach about 2000 dollars. Names include a bookkeeper paid 15 dollars and a plumber at 15 dollars daily rates.
Coe College Students Stage Local PTA Program
Coe College students presented a one hour entertainment program for the Parent Teachers Association at Two Mills. Performers included Margaret Miller Winthrop Diana Coffey Fannie Paschel and Kathryn Show under Prof Max Daesier. Meanwhile police hunted a youth described as about 18, tall, riding a bicycle near Bever avenue and Fifteenth street. A peanut vending machine incident near 127 Third Street NE was clarified by Walter Ward of Johnson Nut Co that the truck belonged to a traveling salesman at the Grand hotel. Rabbit named Fritz missing from Walter Thousand who hopes for its return to 1014 Fifth Avenue SE.
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Coe College
Parent Teachers Association
Two Mills
Wip
Max Daesier
Coe
Margaret Miller
Winthrop
Diana Coffey
Wellman
Fannie Paschel
Des Moines
Kathryn Show
Newton
Bever Avenue
Fifteenth Street SF
Third Street
Bernita Foster
Johnson Nut Company
Gazelle
J Ward
Ward
Grand Hotel
Insurance convention in Des Moines hosts state agency officials
Eighteen six agents from 60 eastern Iowa towns attended the State Automobile Insurance association meeting in the Roosevelt hotel Des Moines keynote talks were given by M C Waterman Hodge Jones and Ernie H Fitch with about 150 at the banquet Sam Stohl and J C Milner managed Cedar Rapids arrangements for the event.
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State Automobile Insurance Association of
Des Moines
Iowa
M. C Waterman
Hodge Jones
Ernie H. Fitch
Roosevelt Hotel
Sam Stohl
J. C. Milner
Cedar Rapids
Dead Fish Freed by Cedar River Spring Thaw
Tons of dead fish floated down the Cedar river Friday as spring thaw began. The fish died in winter from oxygen deprivation due to low water levels and upriver debris.
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Cedar River
Timber City Legion Post to Observe Third Anniversary
Maquoketa timetable marks Timber City Legion post home dedication anniversary on April 17. Plans set by Commander Nic Jacobs' committee include guest speaker Department Commander George M Paradise of Hudson City. The dinner is a stag event with 175 tickets available. home was dedicated April 14, 1937.
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Maquoketa
Timber City Legion Post
Nic Jacobs
John Jargo
John L. Jones
J. J. Marquis
Glen F. Bailey
L. W. Romer
H. D Keeley
George M. Paradise
Hudson City
The
Post
Marion high school to stage tenth annual pre con concert
The Marion high school's vocal music department under Miss Rose Wilcox will present its tenth annual pre-concert Monday at 8 pm in the Lincoln Building auditorium. Accompaniments include Mrs LaVerna Crew and others with performances by piano soloist Bonnie Carey, multiple ensembles, and the boys and girls choirs.
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Marion High School
Rose Wilcox
Lincoln Building
LaVerna Crew
Melvyn Arp
Bonnie Carey
June de Wees
Ruth Ostrander
Dorothy Ford
Harold Miller
Robert Oakley
Gene Jacobs
Bruce Phillips
Robert Vernon
John Miller
Local transfers and social notes from early 20th century
Charles Schaeffer and Claude D Knapp accompany them. C H Comport sold his home at 420 Sixth Avenue to Mr and Mrs Paul Wenger with possession April 1. Mrs Raymond Johnson entertained bridge guests. Johnson won first prize. Fire dept. responded to a backfiring auto fire at WF Kruger home. damage slight. Mrs George Munier hospitalized at St Jukes. Town State College student senior chemical engineer Robert Munsen joined glee club spring tour of Illinois and Iowa. Mrs Bessie Josefi hosted dinner at her Robins North home honoring niece Lloyd Castle and children Richard and Ada Mary. Mrs E B Castle and others were guests. Church choir director will rehearse Friday at 7. Mrs Carl Anderson returned from Gladstone Michigan after niece Mrs Walter Olson’s illness. Mr and Mrs Karl Welsher informed of Vy Welshers’ condition in Knoxville. unimproved. Mr VOA Kemp, visiting, departed for Maxbuss ND.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H Comport
Sixth Avenue
Paul Wenger
Comport
Robert Mess
Robert Munsen
Andrey Pollansen
The
Town State College
College Glee Club
Hlinois
Towa
Bessie Josefi
Robins
Ais Lloyd Castle
Richard
Ada Mary
Danville
E B Castle
Bomb Inventor Found By European Powers Disclosed
Washington ins says Levie r Barlow, born in leva and inventor of a new thick liquid bomb capable of spreading death waves, disclosed that three major European powers offered to purchase his secret film. He claimed the talks covered payment and safeguard terms.
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Washington
INS
Levier Barlow
Leva
Loreto
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Iust Tenis
Ee Lenis Corp
Harry Wingert
Bertha Snouffer
Mrs. Snouffer
George W. Pyle
City Briefs
Walter Thousand
Gazette
Marion News
George O'Brien
Joan Rogers
Joseph Cira
Mercy Hospital
Cira
Alice Fensterman
le Marion Sausage Company
Fifth Avenue
Twentieth Street
Clifford Tracy
Roland
Archie Conklin
Wilona Grocery
Marion
Charlies Birmingham
Martha Ann Young
Dorothy Adee
Virginia Jackson
Norma Biddick
Poor Aubrey
Bob Vernon
Arling Hughes
Theola Gordon
Bob Oakley
Bob Ozburn
Kathleen Newman
Bill Nickeson
Elmira Russell
Eob Castle
Henry M Miller
Ro W. Gearhart
Sam Ladd
Sam A Ladd
Chicago
W A Ladd
Ladd
Sar A. Ladd
Elmer Fisher
Anamosa
Mildred Uhr
Mr Fisher
Uhr
Irvin Ford
Benish Shoe Store
Robert Mitchell Worc
Memorial Hall
Murrays
Harlan PF Whight
J Ray Roberts
Atkins
Mia
W . Carpenter
Elmer Michel Carl Michel
Jean Park
Frank Haas
Fort Dodee
Jo Whitacre
Charles Jo Haas
J Victor
Diana Fret Club
JF Coakley
T.O Clink
Aurora, TI
Nathan P. Vanderlinden
Gordon Grocery
Sorosis Club
Karl W Kendall
Verto Reichart
R. E. Leidigh
Muss Bess Busby
Owen's Drug Store
Dell Adkins
Mothere Club
Stantes Kellams
EL ¥ Cares
Alfred Pantry
W G. Bowen
Commonwealth Tea Room
Cedar Rapids Bridge
Andrew P Munson
Mr= Carson
Syls Grocery
Wilbur Cooper
Richard Sills
George Wolda
Rey King
Wayne Frakes
Koewa City
Ne- Molay
Linn Chapter No. 900
Bernard Price
Kenn Cornell
McCon Tues
Job Marsh Melhin Messers
Albert van Fossen
Bob Wither
Supervalue Stores
1St Ave
Kresge's
Charles Schaeffer and
Claude D Knapp
Raymond Johnson
Goodel
Bridge
Eighth Avenue
Johnson
John Schell
WF Kruger
Walter Reinseh
Reinsch
George Munier
St. Jukes Hospital
Car) Anderson
Gladstone
Mich
Walter Olson
John Stewart
Atio
Karl Welsher
Knoxville
Voa Kemp
Bridas
Maxbuss
Perrales
Simmons
Simmons Co
Simoes
HARTM
First Ave
First Avenue
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