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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1937

Page

12

Denhardt Trial Sees Jury Yet to Rule on Murder Charge

In New Castle Kentucky Brigadier General Henry H Denhardt faces a jury of eleven farmers and a filling station operator as he stands trial for the murder of Verna Garr Taylor the widow he planned to marry. Closing arguments set for Monday with manslaughter option debated amid bloodstain and gun contact testimony.

New Castle Henry H. Denhardt Denhardt Verna Garr Taylor Charles C Marshall Kentucky Taylor Denhardts Corone+ TL Reker Deuhett

Walter F Shadle Seen as Contender for Iowa Labor Post

Walter F Shadle of Cedar Rapids, vice-president of the Iowa State Federation of Labor, may succeed J. C. Lewis as president if Lewis resigns his Des Moines post to join the national bituminous coal commission. Shadle, carpenters union business agent, could be a Sioux City convention candidate on June 8 pending Senate confirmation.

Iowa State Federation of Labor J. C. Lewis Des Moines National Bituminous Coal Commission Walter F Shadle Cedar Rapids Shadle Carpenters’ Union Lewis Sioux City US Senate

Life of Christ film and college band concert announced

An admission free program at Trinity Methodist Church will screen The Life of Christ with musical accompaniment on Thursday at 7 30 p.m. The film blends scenes from the Oberammergau Freiburg Passion plays with scenes from Egypt and Palestine. A concert by the Coe College band follows next Sunday at 7 30 p.m. in Second Christian Church at Third Avenue and Sixth Street SW.

Kenwood Hit Parade Friday Night Promoted by PTA

Five vaudeville acts with Dempsey Jones as master of ceremonies join a sixteen piece orchestra, melodrama, a returning from history and dance numbers at the Kenwood Hit Parade in the Kenwood school auditorium. Two shows 7 and 9:15 pm on Friday May 7 under PTA sponsorship. Plans aim to make the event an annual affair.

Dempsy Jones Kenwood Kenwood School Pt.a

Advancements In Sea Scouting Recognized In Year

Sea Scout advancements during the last year in the Kaiwanian unit sponsored by the Kiwanis club and led by Skipper N. M. Wies were recognized by Scout Executive Herald West of the Cedar Rapids area council at the annual Kwanan diner dance and trdge of bopar. The event listed several promoted crew and apprentice ranks and noted the honoring of individuals including Jemet Eevner and Rource Burme among others.

SSS Kaiwanian Kiwanis Club N. M. Wies Scout Executive Herald West Cedar Rapids Bopar

Iowa's Outstanding 4-H Clubbers Chosen

The state selects top 4-H club members for 1940s era recognition. Among finalists were youth from multiple counties, with notable participation by a Janus boy who represented Iowa at international events and congresses.

Iowa

West Side Churches Sponsor Music Week Programs Tonight

A group of West Side churches sponsor a Music Week with a 7 30 p m service at Trinity Methodist First United Presbyterian and other churches joining as a massed choir at Trinity West end. Jesse Robertson of New York renowned for ancient Israelite music will sing folk songs sacred selections and psalms at First Evangelical church on First Avenue and Third Street.

Trinity Wet St James Methodist Bethany Jesse Philips Robertson New York First Evangelical Church First Avenue Third Street Robertson David

Mormons Plan Total Abstinence Campaign

Salt Lake City Utah January plan outlines total abstinence from intoxicants for all Latter Day Saints worldwide. Church leaders approve campaign to be supported by lectures, demonstrations, pictures, and literature.

Salt Lake Citl Utah Ins Latter Day Saints Abelie Nence

Iowa Credit Union League Convenes In Des Moines

The Iowa Credit Union League held its eighth annual convention at the Roosevelt hotel with 235 attendees. Joseph E. Coenen of Cedar Rapids and others were elected to the league board to govern 199 Iowa credit unions and plan for 1937 events. Des Moines won the 1938 convention bid, Davenport and Waterloo invited 1939.

Joseph E. Coenen Cedar Rapids Des Moines Seventheentr Avenue Cedar Rapids Postal Emprives Credit Union Town Credit Union League Roosevelt Hotel C O Alexander Ames Staite Harry C. Lash Counc Bluffs D. Nelson McClelland Davenport N. J. Kramer Waterloo Ed H. Walz Harry W. Morgan Karl Johanssen Mason City Ray H. Spencer Dubuque Sioux City Iowa Iowa Credit Union League Thomas W. Doig Madison Wis League National Association Towa State Banking Department A. Neal Hutchins Rock Island

Miracle Monastery To Be Picketed By Carpenters Today

Milwaukee union officials announce about 500 carpenters will picket the Holy Hill monastery near Hartford Wisconsin on Sunday. The dispute centers on Hutter Construction Company hiring nonunion labor for the new 163000 dollar Gothic monastery rising from the hilltop.

Milwaukee Holy Hill Hartford Wis Hutter Construction Company Fond du Lac Walter Dunn Carpenters’ District Council of Hutter

Wyoming Girl Dies after Mysterious Illness

Floreine Herzberger, 18, of Wyoming Iowa, Wartburg college student in Waverly, died in Cedar Rapids hospital after a week with high fever and facial swelling. Funeral at 1 p.m. Monday at Wyoming Lutheran Church. burial in Van Horne. Daughter of George and Mrs Herzberger, she moved to Wyoming eight years ago, graduated 1935, member of glee club and band, Lutheran church and Luther League.

Wyoming Floreine Herzberger Wartburg College Waverly Cedar Rapids Lutheran Church van Horne George Herzberger Luther League

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