Senate Panel Advances NRA Extension Plan
The Senate Finance Committee voted 16 to 3 to report a joint resolution extending the NRA to April 1, 1936. The proposal outlines three provisions including price fixing limits, intra state commerce exclusions, and time for the President to review codes. Roosevelt reportedly prefers Congress to frame NRA details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
NRA
Pat Harrison
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Gazette Newsies Attend Freak Show at Human Oddities
About 200 Gazette newsbros and others toured a freak show at 221 Third slice SE. Snooke the Hollywood chimpanzee acted as crowd guide while Bly wrote names on grains of rice. Special stunts featured by midgets and Prince Dennis with Lady Ethel De Lenz. Big Bertha the 540 pound giantess drew laughs when asked where her lap was.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette Newsbros
Bly
Leo Prince Dennis
Ethel
de Lenz
Big Bertha
Paul Engle to Speak From England by Radio
Rhodes scholar and poet Paul Engle will speak from England on a nationwide network this country at 3435 pm Thursday. He is son of Mr Tomas A. Engle of 1602 Fifth Avenue SE, Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Engle
England
Engle
Mec Ord
Tomas A. Engle
Fifth Avenue SE
Iowa News In Brief Mixes Local Obits and Elections
A compact Iowa in brief page records obituaries from Monmouth and Hopkinton areas, notes on church services for Mrs Harry Ireland, and funeral plans for Delmar Miller and Thomas Gesty. It also lists civic items from Washington county candidates and Iowa City hospital society officers, with schedules for church events and a student music contest in West Liberty.
Second Evangelical family night and civic meetings
The Second Evangelical church family night discussion follows a 6 pm picnic at the church on Eighteenth avenue and Ninth street SW. The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Young Men’s Bureau executive committee meets Thursday at 5 pm at the Chamber. John Meskes recovering at home after an operation at the Des Moines veterans hospital. Elmer Palmer, 59, of 1012 Sixth street SE, held by police for investigation into recent clothing theft from a private home. no formal charge filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second
Evangelical Church
Eighteenth Avenue
Ninth Street
Young Men's Bureau
The
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
John Meskes
D Avenue
United States Veterans’ Hospital
Des Moines
Elmer Palmer
Sixth Street SE
Doctor to Attend Iowa Osteopathic Convention in Des Moines
Dr. A. Helebrant will leave Thursday morning for Des Moines to attend the annual meeting of the Iowa Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons at the Hotel Savery. He chairs the state membership committee and will deliver his annual report Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Helebrant
Des Moines
Iowa Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
Hotel Savery
Dr. Helebrant
Garage Theft Report At Cedar Oil Site
H O Bishop of 2210 Grande avenue SE told police a thief stole a brown leather zipper portfolio and a three ring binder plus tools from a car in his unlocked garage. Loss valued at 10 dollars. Cedar Oil company at 400 First avenue E reported a new tire stolen from the rear of that facility Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H O- Bishop
Grande Avenue SE
Bishop
Cedar Oil Company
First Avenue E
Permit Issued for Stanley Reid Dwelling in SE
A permit has been issued to Stanley Reid of 206 Twenty-sixth street drive SE to construct a $2,000 dwelling at 238 Twenty fourth street drive SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Reid
Twenty-sixth Street Drive
Twenty Fourth Street Drive
Speeders Fined in local court
Hugh L. Rick Jr of 1649 Thirty-fourth Street NE and C St Germain of 603 Eighteenth Avenue SW were fined $10 and costs each for speeding. Fines of $1 and costs were levied for parking offenses against Henry Parson of 108 First Avenue E Mrs J L Farmer of 1920 First Avenue E and Fred Hargrave of 1551 Bever Avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh L. Rick, Jr
Thirty-fourth Street
C. St. Germain
Eighteenth Avenue
Henry Parson
First Avenue E
J. L. Farmer
Fred Hargrave
Bever Avenue SE
Boy Injured Rammed Fence During Baseball Play
Thomas Pew nine of 834 Twentyeth street SE was treated at St Luke's hospital at 6 30 pm Tuesday for a deep gash on the right side of his face after he ran into a fence while playing baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Pew
Twentieth Street SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Arrest of Cletus ONeill on Larceny Warrant
Cletus ONeill a 24 year old of Cedar Rapids was arrested at 440 pm Tuesday by Detectives Condon and Kudina on a warrant issued by Justice W J Grunewald charging larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cletus O'Neill
Cedar Rapids
Condon and
Kudina
W. J. Grunewald
Infantry Record Sets April Extension Course Hours
Officers of the 349th Infantry based in the Cedar Rapids federal building completed 1 343 hours of extension sub courses for reserves in April. The effort involved 135 men. Fred Koering 50 of 1520 E Avenue NE suffered a left wrist cut in a collision with a taxi at Els Bealeard and H Avenue NW at 9 45 am Wednesday. James McArter 24 of 1326 A Avenue NW drove the taxi. McArter said Koering made a U turn and it was impossible to avoid the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
349Th Infantry
Cedar Rapids Federal Building
Fred Kooring
E Avenue NE
Els Bealeard
H Avenue NW
James McArter
A Avenue NW
MicArter
Koering
Army Recruiting Reopens for Six Men in Cedar Rapids District
Army recruiting stations reopen following a lapse last July. Sergt William Melton seeks six volunteers from the Cedar Rapids district for service at Fort Des Moines and Fort Tomes, with four men to be accepted initially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergt Willam Melton
Cedar Rapids
Fort Des Tomes
Fort Des Moines
Grocers See Modern Merchandising Techniques
Grocers from Cedar Rayd and Marion attended a Hotel Roosevelt event Tuesday to view a film on modern merchandising. The program showcased interior and exterior store modernization, stock arrangement, incoming goods handling, and methods to check profit leaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Grocers
Hotel Roosevelt
Nearhy Swaft and Company
Work Relief Registration Deadline Urges Cedar Rapids Clients
Allen Wallen a FERA engineer announced that work relief clients must register at Room 11 in the courthouse basement by May 8 to complete work division occupational records for submission to Washington DC. The registration has been in progress for several days and is required of all work series clients as many Cedar Rapids residents have not yet registered and are urged to report promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, DC
Allen Wallen
FERA
Cedar Rapids
Convention Attendance By Iowa Osteopathic Physicians
Dr Paul French state secretary of the Iowa Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons and colleagues traveled to Des Moines to attend the thirty seventh annual convention to be held at the Hotel Savery on Thursday and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul French
Iowa Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
B. He
Hulda Rice
Des Moines
Hotel Savery
S.A. Helebrant
Zoa May Munger
S. D. Miller
Clarence PTA Holds Final Meeting of the Year
The last P T A gathering of the year met in the high school auditorium Monday evening. New officers were installed by Mrs Fraseur of Tipton. A school program was presented and a school exhibit displayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Fraseur
Tipton
Hitler Calls for Unity in May Day Rally at Templehof
Adolf Hitler addressed a crowd at Templehof in Berlin for the Reichsparteitag May Day offset against communism. He urged no war and no unrest, praising Germany’s past 2,000 years and demanding national unity under a strong leader, while insisting the people are the country’s greatest asset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
INS
West
Germany
Polite Sign Fails. Profane Sign Works on Lawn
In Amesbury Massachusetts John Fernald’s front lawn sign reading Please keep off failed to deter trespassers. He replaced it with a stronger Keep the hell off sign, and after the switch the lawn saw a drop in pedestrians on the graded area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesbury
Mass
John Fernald
Fernald
Unusual safety play secures contract in contract bridge
In a not vulnerable part score South sacrifices a trump trick to permit a 4-2 spade split and prevent opponents from running clubs. West leads clubs, East misreads, but South ruffs clubs, uses diamonds to enter hand, and ends five odd despite adverse trump division. Copyright 1935.
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South
West
East
Hearts
Declarer
Free Bridge Booklet Offered in Gazette
Readers may obtain a free copy of Bridge Rules and Etiquette by Josephine Culbertson through special arrangement. The booklet updated for 1935 laws and scoring. mail requests to Mrs Culbertson c/o The Cedar Rapids Gazette with a 3 cent stamped self addressed envelope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Josephine Culbertson
Culbertson
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Spangler to Announce Midwest Rally Date
Republican official Seon Harrison E Spangler confirmed the midwest meeting of nine states will hold in Springfield Illinois in early June with date to be announced soon. He said turnout could exceed 10000 and no presidential candidates will be invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spangler
Harrison E. Spangler
Republican National
Springfield
Ill
Middle West
United Press
Lyle Wilson
Washington
Wilson
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Alf M. Landon
West Side Boy Scouts Hold Court of Honor
West Side Boy Scout troops 2 3 4 10 12 13 18 19 held a court of honor at Calvary Baptist church with 43 Scouts 7 Scouters and 13 visitors. Troop 4 led ceremonies. awards included Second and First class pins and merit badges for multiple Scouts. 25 hour civic service bars awarded to four Scouts and a list of leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side Boy Scout
Calvary Baptist Church
Leo Grubich
Donald Lehmkuhl
Robert Multhaup
Kenneth Curran
Orland Griffin
Bob Smith
Ralph Cerny
Ruby Grubich
George Politis
Paul Wise
William Kuda
Kermit Byerly
Harold Andrews
Billy Caldwell
Don Bruce
James Halton
J. W. Walterick
John L. Fritzel 64 Dies in Grundy Center
John L. Fritzel 64 died at his Grundy Center home at 11 p m Tuesday after a stroke. Services will be at his home Friday 2 p m. He was born October 31 1870 in German township Grundy County and moved to Grundy Center in 1917. Survived by son Melvin athletic coach at Penn College Oskaloosa two daughters Av rilla and Marlys two sisters Mrs John Pippert Hartley and Mrs Charles Eperline George and two brothers Oscar A Fritzel Grundy Center and Charles at Klemme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy Center
John Hr. Fritzel
Fritzel
German Township
Grundy County
Melvin
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Arvilla
Marlys Fritzel
John Pippert
Hartley
Charles Eperline
George
Oscar A. Fritzel
Charles
Klemmae
Funeral for Mrs. Carl Hankenson at Cresco church
Funeral services were held for Sadie Margaret Koch Hankenson 47 in Immanuel Lutheran Cresco with Rev Mench officiating. Burial followed in New Oregon cemetery. She died Monday at her Decorah home after an eighteen month illness. Born Jan 27 1888 near Ridgeway she married Jan 24 1916 and leaves her husband a daughter Gaile two brothers and three sisters and several in laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Mus
Jenache
Cordele
Dorothy Flater
Miu
Caret Nichols
Hermann Bronidt
Roperta
Exangelical Reformed Church
Harry Ireland
Susan Meer
Monnee Oo
Alfred Mee
Ireland
Gordon
Marvin Bartlett
Elbert
Paul
Vernon Qles
Paulne
Virginia Meer
Lionticelle Services
Armin H Tend
Evangelical
Irelard
Thursdey Exver
Rg Tre
Mildred Mardt
Helen Dvorak
Leona Winn Redres Nicholson
Ole Hendreason
Mare Herdr
Irene Haeson
Charlotte Witt
Raip’ Cerecet
Neoman Larsor
Mount Vernon
Gora
Bengaet
Roort Sianer
Dae
Varre Alion
Acna Zacee Decor
Anon
Gerald
Decorah
Carl Hankenson
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Cresco
Gaile
Fred Koch
Roy Koch
Ridgeway
Fred Falck
Dan Blackburn
Robert Vopava
Calmar
Walter Peter
Lime Springs
Chain letters reach Cedar Rapids in dime scheme
The post office reports two dime chain letters in Cedar Rapids from California and a local addressee. The letters request sending a dime to a top name on a six person list, with names appended as copies circulate. Officials note no mail surge and warn the scheme profits are negligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Joe Michal
Seventh Avenue SE
California
Dodds-A
Frank Baldwin
Post Office
Four Grundy Banks To Pay Dividends
Grundy Center and other Grundy county banks announce multiple dividends this week and next. Grundy Center Savings Bank pays third dividend of 9,582.35 dollars (10 percent). Farmers' Savings Morrison pays third dividend of 6,567.98 dollars (25 percent) plus subsequent 10 percent payments. First State Bank Trust Conrad pays first dividend of 17,565.61 dollars (20 percent). First Savings Reinbeck to pay second 10 percent dividend of 28,591.67 dollars next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brecial
Grundy Center
Grundy County
Grundy Center Savings Bank
Farmers’ Savings Bank of Morrison
First State Bank Trust Company of
Conrad
First Savings Bank of Reinbeck
Tyler Pupils Perform Skit for Kiwanis Club
Sixteen Tyler grade school pupils staged a musical skit at the Montrose hotel during a Kiwanis meeting led by Phoebe M. Bingham. The boys impersonated newsboys in a sketch prepared for the PTA. Accompanied by Cedar Rapids music supervisor Alice Inskeep and Tyler principal Jenna Strahan, the group received baseballs and bats from the club after the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler School
Kiwanis Club
Montrose Hotel
Phoebe M. Bingham
Newsboys
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Alice Inskeep
Cedar Rapids
Jenna Strahan
Roosevelt Seeks 545 More Cadet Appointments Annually
Brig. Gen. Andrew Moses told a House military affairs subcommittee that President Roosevelt favors increasing the West Point cadet corps by 545 appointments each year. Chairman John J. McSwain opposes the proposed expansion after a rebuke over secret testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
United States Military Academy
West Point
House
Andrew Moses
Army
John J. McSwain
Baptist missionary women elect officers in Washington county
At a West Chester meeting on Monday the Washington county Baptist missionary group elected officers. C. E. Strong of Prairie Flower church was named president, H. L. Edmondson of Kalona became vice president, E. H. Messer of Washington was secretary, and Ed Grayson of Washington was treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Cas
Darsyl Mitocs
Berna't Keapfer
Riveroidte Martells
Arabella
Gary Murfeld
C Murdiste
Greenfieldship
Jer
Someel
Isabelle Ray Grener
Sear
Munfield Hael
Muartelle
Martelle Royal Wall
Highland
Ceme
Martelle
Iowa City
Towa Communist Party
Ira Ro “Meade
Teanes
Towa
Lorraine Thomson
Virginia Wilson
Dixie Ee Mason
Carol Kindred
Hattie Nicoll
Addie Smith
Kathleen Davidson
Alice Rigby Moore
Tipton
Iowa Hospital Association
Robert A. Nettieton
Des Moines
Mary Cyril
LeMuars
Lucas Tome
Council Bluffs
F. P. G . Lattner
Dubuque
E. C. Pohlman
Towa State Dietetic Association
Eunice Longworth
Baptist Missionary Women of
Washington County
West Chester
C. E. Strong
Prairie Flower Church
H. L. Edmondson
Kalona
E. H. Messer
Ed Grayson
Marriage Licenses Listed for Cedar Rapids Couples
Richard J. Schultz and Emma P. Sadecky both of Cedar Rapids receive a license. Robert Benhan of Cedar Rapids and Beatrice Hobson of Springville also obtain a marriage license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard J. Schultz
Emma P. Sadecky
Cedar Rapids
Robert Benhan
Beatrice Hobson
Springville
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Yank
New York
Comerawee Tesco
Baston
Joe McCarinvy
Wen
Gazette Newsies
Bern
Peter J Kot
Paul Hatta
Seette Ey Co
Hursery CO
Faribault, Minnesota
Thomas Ericass
Southampton
Fairey
Boston
Iowa News
Berien Amergat
Bane
Peter
Coriar Rapaeldt
James Ho Grif
Griffith
Wailvy
Hubbard
Rwaten
Scotch Grove
Charles Roy
Hopkinton
Nichol
Tof Yaater
Finora
F ‘Roobs
Waplelo
John Walter
Grandveow Town
Muscatine Hospital
Coondsics Community Church
Grandview
Arersdow
Walter
Otto Grothe
Carl Silsevier
Ctyde
der Weer
Burington Riverside
Mons Gner
St Mars S School
Bernice Libenguth
Donald Piz
Jack Muller
Norma Rose Stransky
Wilma Fester Ballooneri
Gertrude Heitzman
Mary Kathleen Knittel
Amita Frank
Patrica Stransky
Kathleen Knepel
Maxine Rummelhart
St. Martin's Church
Mionday
Thomas Gesty
Chicago
Mary Ralph
Thomas Boones
Cascade
Columbus Junction
Heij
F Burch
Mir
Burch
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Hitler
John M. Mullican, Jr
John
Lincoln
West Side Boy Scouts
John L. Fritzel
Tyler
Peoples Savings Bank
the Peoples Savings Bank
Third Ave
First St
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