Craemer Store Club Dinner Program At Cedar Rapids Club
Seventy six Craemer's Store C C club members and guests met Monday evening after a dinner at Cedar Rapids Country club. The program featured talks on Retail System Knowledge of Merchandise Selling Points Promotions and Advertising with songs and a tap dance. A former employee and bride elect Miss Gladys McKinlay attended. A June club picnic closes the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craemer
C. C. Club
Cedar Rapids Country Club
E. E. McDaniel
Charles W. Radeke
Dean Miller
Fred E. Long
Emma Baumgartner
Fern Cox
Roberta Krueger
Camp Fire Dance Sponsored By Aga-Tih Group
The Aga-Tih Camp Fire organization presents an informal dance Saturday from 8 30 to 11 30 p m in the Coe college recreation room open to Camp Fire girls over 14. A local orchestra will provide music and tickets are available from committee members or the Camp Fire office Audrey Anderson chairs the committee with Ruth Bokerney Jean Richardson Annabelle Hershey Hazel Abernathy Barbara Sgarlata Margaret Clark June Ann Hrdlicka Verna Krough Virginia Harover Betty Like Pauline Schmidt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aga-Tih
Camp Fire
Coe College
Audrey Anderson
Ruth Bokerney
Jean Richardson
Annabelle Hershey
Hazel Abernathy
Camp Fire Guardians Plan All Day Meeting
Thirty five Cedar Rapids Camp Fire Guardians association members met for dinner at Bishop's cafeteria and planned an all day June 7 gathering at Camp Huaga. Outdoor cookery will be the day’s project with Mrs A J Anderson presiding. Mrs Warner C Danforth led the summer activities discussion and Mrs Jay W Hesser announced three national Camp Fire training courses in June for the district in Ottawa Illinois Kansas City Kansas and Denver Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ottawa
Kansas City
Kan
Denver
Colo
Annie Y. Smith Elected President of Hesperian Club
Miss Annie Y. Smith was elected president of the Hesperian club at a Monday meeting held at 504 Memorial drive SE. Miss Jennie E. Post retires as president. new officers include Anjanette Cady as vice president Grace Low as secretary and Agnes Robertson as treasurer. The gathering doubled as a house warming for Miss Kugler and Miss Warner with gifts presented and a mystery play reviewed led by Beulah Perrin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Y. Smith
Hesperian Club
Marie Kugler
Sadie Warner
Memorial Drive
Jennie E. Post
Anjanette Cady
Grace Low
Agnes Robertson
Miss Post
Beulah Perrin
Packers Auxiliary Plans Weekly Game Parties
The Ladies' auxiliary to the United Packing House Workers L I U No 51 met Monday at the union office on Third street SE. They will sponsor weekly game nights at the I O O F hall on Second avenue SE starting this Saturday at 8 30 p m. They appeal for newspaper donations and announced a May 16 baby shower for Mrs Edna March. Four new members Alma Huss Zetta Moss Mrs Briles and Lucy Schaeperkoeter were welcomed. Refreshments were provided by Jennie Majewski and Bessie Severa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Packing House Workers
Third Street SE
I. O. O. F. Hall
Second Avenue SE
Maggie Klepach
Millicent He
Don’t Keep on Having Constipation
An advertising notice urges treating constipation by increasing bulk in the diet with Kellogg’s All-Bran. It explains bulk as fiber leaving a soft mass to aid bowel movements, recommends daily All-Bran breakfast and plenty of water, and cites production by Kellogg in Battle Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg's
Batti ‘Ade Ellogg
Battle Creek
Garfield Teachers Dine At Clara Robinsons Colonial Tea Room
Garfield school teachers enjoyed a Thursday dinner hosted by Garfield P T A at Clara Robinsons Colonial tea room. Honored guests included Miss Belle Campbell principal and Mrs E R Williams P T A president with table violets and guest favors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield School
Clara Robinson
Colonial Tea Room
Garfield P. T A
Belle Campbell
Leah Spencer
Miriam Confare
Mabel Swank
Agnes Carlson
Doris Brookman
Anna Marie Painter
Wilma Meyers
Genevieve Jensen
Betty Chapman
Ethel Lowe
E. R. Williams
H. R. Langridge
Wilmer J. Robinson
Alumnae Picnic of Alpha Xi Delta Held in Bever Park
Alumnae members of Alpha Xi Delta held a picnic supper Monday evening in Bever Park. Mrs. E. Harold Skinner and Miss Dorothy Gabbert reported on the province convention recently held in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority
Bever Park
E. Harold Skinner
Dorothy Gabbert
Iowa City
Mrs Edward Filip Hosts Bridge Club Lunch at Tea Room
Mrs Edward Filip of 1635 B avenue NE entertained her bridge group at a luncheon Tuesday afternoon at the Wurster tea room. Members were entertained with bridge during the afternoon at the tea room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Filip
Avenue NE
Wurster
Margaret Bottome circle hosts dessert luncheon in Saint Paul
The King’s Daughters group met Monday at 1828 Park Avenue SE for a dessert luncheon hosted by Mrs. Walter Kahler. Guest Mrs. J Frank Cravens attended. Devotions led by Mrs. Willis Mohn featured readings from Meditations by Louise Leibert. Bible verses answered roll call. Afternoon devoted to sewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Bottome
King's Daughters
Walter Kahler
Park Avenue SE
J. Frank Cravens
Willis Mohn
Louise Leibert
Wonder club luncheon at Mrs Otto Gilpatrick home
The Wonder club met Thursday at 512 Twelfth Street SE for luncheon. Five hundred was played with prizes awarded to Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Taylor Longstaftf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wonder Club
Otto Gilpatrick
Twelfth Street
Kelly
Taylor Longstaftf
Skersicks Return Home From California Trip
Mr and Mrs A W Skersick of 534 McKinley Street SE return home Saturday after a winter in California The last six weeks were spent in Hollywood with their son Kenneth Skersick and Mrs Skersick
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Skersick
McKinley Street
California
Kenneth Skersick
Skersick
Hollywood
Business Girls' League Program Includes Songs by Moll
Members of the Y W C A Business Girls' league met Monday evening in the association building. The program featured a group of songs by Charles Moll with accompaniment by Opalee Barnard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Girls’ League
Association
Charles Moll
Opalee Barnard
Mrs Kennedy To Present 7 U S Women At Court
The American embassy said Mrs Joseph C. Kennedy will present seven American matrons and debutantes to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at the first royal court of the season on May 11. The group includes Mrs Douglas Jenkins of Charleston and Mrs Leslie Ammerton Davis of Port Jefferson, plus several Kennedy daughters and other officials’ relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Joseph C. Kennedy
United States
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Douglas Jenkins
Charleston
D. C
Quickigan
Lowon
Leslie Ammerton Davis
Port Jefferson
N. Y
Glasgow
Warren Sewell Lockwood
Washington
Rosemary
Kathleen Kennedy
Rosamund Harris Seidel
Providence
R. I
International Associations of the Petroleum Industry, Ltd
Virginia
Lee Howard
Washington, D. C
Treasury
Missouri Supreme Court Upholds Richetti Death Sentence
The Missouri supreme court on Tuesday affirmed the death sentence of Adam Richetti lieutenant of Pretty Boy Floyd for his role in the Kansas City Union Station massacre of June 17, 1933. Five men died during the Floyd gang attempt to free Frank Nash, who was also killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City, Mo
INS
Missouri Supreme Court
Adam Richetti
Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd
Kansas City Union Station
Richetti
State Penitentiary
Floyd
Frank Nash
Nash
Chinese Forces Press Offense in Shantung Front
Chinese troops launched a general offensive in Shantung province delivering a smashing attack on the Japanese center. Headquarters reported a seven mile advance amid mobilization of 800000 men as signs of Japanese weakening appeared in the drive.
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Hankow
INS
Shantung Province
China
Shantung
Sears Plans To Sell Hercules Life Insurance Co
Chicago reports Sears Roebuck and Co plans to sell its $35 million Hercules Life Insurance Co to Washington National Insurance Co. Sale expected to close within the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Roebuck
Chicago
INS
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Hercules Life Insurance Co
Washington National Insurance Co
Young Jersey inventor claims cheap artificial radium
16 year old Wallace L Minto Jr of Jersey City says he can produce artificial radium from cheap ore at about one hundredth the price of genuine radium. He alleges the discovery of four new elements behind this process and claims his radium contains fewer alpha rays than the real product. He notes ore from northern New Jersey and says it is available elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
INS
Wallace L., Minto, Jr
Mme. Curie
Minto
New Jersey
Bill to authorize RFC loans for railroad reconstruction
Washington Senator Harry S. Truman introduced a bill to let the Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan funds to railroads for equipment purchases and rehiring furloughed workers. The measure waives ICC certification requirements and directs the commission and RFC to assess each railroad’s ability to repay loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Llp
Harry S. Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
RFC
New Anne Adams Pattern 4801 Dress Up Style
Summer fashion tease for a puff sleeve frock with lace trim and a gathered bodice. Pattern 4801 fits misses and women sizes 14 through 42, with yardage for size 16 and easy step-by-step instructions. Order info included for Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department New York address and pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York
City Briefs and Personals Reedied Items and Thefts
Various local notes include a Knights of Columbus meeting at 8 pm, three dresses stolen from Killian's ready to wear department, a spare tire stolen from Robert Gillam's car in Thomas Park, and court-finance figures totaling 671.20. Dorothea Johnson will advise on laundering at Killian's. Ahepa Chapter 194 hosts an open Moose Hall evening with boxing and music. Newsboys treated to a Town theater outing and manager Talbot hosted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Killian
Robert Gillam
First Avenue E
Gillam
Thomas Park
Marion
Dorothea Johnson
Lux Laboratories
Killian's
Cedar Rapids
Order of Ahepa
Moose Hall
Child Hurt By Baseball Bat Accident In NE Neighborhood
Barbara Ann Elliott four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs W C Elliott 120 Eleventh street NE suffered a forehead laceration Monday at 645 p m when struck by a baseball bat in a play with neighborhood boys She was treated at St Luke s hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Ann Elliott
W. C. Elliott
Eleventh Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Reid Way Corp guests and two vagrancy cases in city
C F Houck of Cleveland Ohio A C Dugannie Wilkinsburg PA L H Ford Elizabeth NJ and V L Morrow Wheeling WV visitors with Reid family at 512 Knollwood Drive SE. Brothers George Strong 49 and John Strong 51 received 30 day suspended jail terms on vagrancy charges after police found them sleeping in a refrigerator car near the North Western railroad bridge at 1230 Tuesday. Sentences suspended if they left town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.F. Houck
Cleveland
Ohio
A. C. Dugannie
Wilkinsburg
L. H. Ford
Elizabeth, N. J
V. L. Morrow
Wheeling
W. Va
Reid Way Corp
Raymond A. Reid
Knollwood Drive
Strong
George
John
W. R. Watsabaugh
North Western
Car Hits Light Pole In Cedar Rapids Parking Lot
A car driven by Emil Falt from route 1 Cedar Rapids struck an electric light pole in the parking area of the R. L. Van Meter residence at 2740 First Avenue E at midnight Monday. The right front wheel broke off and damage occurred to shrubbery and sod. No injuries were reported and the cause of the collision was not known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Falt
Route 1
Cedar Rapids
R. L. van Meter
First Avenue E
Sioux City Hosts Welcoming Visit By Cedar Rapids Officials
Sioux City hosts Wes Benesh Cedar Rapids Safety Commissioner Harold Sturgeon and wife Mrs Sturgeon and Parks Supervisor Bever and wife Bever from Sioux City as guests in the homes of Mr and Mrs Harry during a Sunday visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Benesh
Cedar Rapids
Harold Sturgeon
Sturgeon
Bever
Sioux City
Harry
Sioux City Group Heads to Des Moines for Conference
Haller and Mr and Mrs George Shelton of Cedar Rapids travel with a foursome from Sioux City who left Sunday for Des Moines where Mr Sturgeon attends a conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haller
George Shelton
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Des Moines
Sturgeon
Girl hit by car on K Avenue NW injures knee
Betty Milota an 11 year old girl of 1105 JF avenue NW suffered a bruised knee when struck by a car driven by A H Conrad 33 of 1117 Tenth street NW at 340 PM Monday on K avenue NW between Ninth and Tenth streets. The car was exiting an alley as the bicycle rider moved east on the sidewalk. Conrad said he sounded his horn but the girl rode into the left front end and he took her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Milota
JF Avenue NW
A H Conrad
Tenth’ Street NW
K Avenue NW
Ninth
Tenth
Conrad
Milota
Deputy Marshal Takes Minors to El Reno Reform School
Joseph Petrus, a United States deputy marshal, departed at 6 am Tuesday for the El Reno reformatory in Oklahoma with Robert Kline, 19, from Monrovia, California, and Raymond Morisette, 17, from Los Angeles, convicted of violating the Dyer act. The Californians stole a car in Monrovia and were arrested in Mason City on January 15. In U.S. court on April 20, Judge George C. Scott sentenced both youths to eighteen months in a reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Petrus
United States
el Reno
Okla
United States Reformatory
Robert Kline
Monrovia
Calif
Raymond Morisette
Los Angeles
Mason City
George C. Scott
Man Drowns Himself and Three Sons in River
Bedford Indiana police report Lester Etchison 32 drove his three sons Max 3 Russell 8 Donald 10 to a roadside stand by the White River and drowned all four in thirty feet of water after planning a fishing trip and leaving a note to his wife Mabel confessing guilt and wishing not to burden the boys.
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Bedford
Ind
Lester Etchison
Max
Russell
Donald
White River
Etchison
Mabel
American Jews to vote in nationwide plebiscite on anti Semitism
In a three day plebiscite June 25 26 and 27 American Jews in 304 cities will vote on continuing the Nazi boycott support for a free Jewish state in Palestine and whether the American Jewish Congress should be the representative defense body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Democratic Front
Stephen S. Wise
Louis Lipsky
American Jewish Congress
Germany
Palestine
Moon's Earth Would Shine Four Times Brighter for Inhabitants
Speculation notes that lunar observers would see Earth four times larger in the sky and eighty times brighter than the Moon appears from Earth, highlighting dramatic visual differences across celestial vantage points.
British Troops Push Japanese From Consulate Yard
British sailors in khaki confronted Japanese guards at the British consulate general in Shanghai. Two trucks tried to cross Garden bridge toward a gunboat. one forced across while the other retreated. In the courtyard the sergeant major was pushed aside before British sailors fixed bayonets and advanced, prompting the Japanese to flee back across the bridge into Japanese territory.
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Shanghai
Garden Bridge
Soochow Creek
International Settlement
Hongkew
Seven Negro women arrested in MacLean death case
Chicago police raided areas Tuesday and arrested seven Negro women in connection with the fatal skull injuries to Paul Davidson MacLean 32 a University of Chicago publicity staff member found in a Southside alley. Witnesses had seen MacLean with three others hours before the assault and fight. The university denied involvement in private vice investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Paul Davidson MacLean
University of Chicago
MacLean
Dartmouth
Sidney Corenson
Corenson
Exchange urged to remove Richard Whitney in December
Bernard E. Smith told the SEC that he advised last December to oust Richard Whitney from the stock exchange. Smith recalled a luncheon with Charles Gay, president of the exchange, and said he accused Whitney of bringing the exchange into disrepute and urged swift removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Whitney
New York
INS
Bernard E. Smith
Stock Exchange
Smith
Securities and Exchange Commission
Exchange
Whitney
Charles Gay
Commission
Gay
Linn director says few try to chisel on relief rolls
Mrs. Alice Ferber, relief director in Linn county, told the Canopus club that those who attempt to defraud relief are rare. She outlined the joint federal state and county program and said by June 1 a complete reinvestigation of WPA recipients will be done to ensure aid goes to the most deserving. About half of relief cases receive medical assistance through the Linn County Medical Society clinic, described as the best setup in Iowa. Hart B. Hill spoke on St Clere’s hospital refinancing, noting subscriptions to retire bonds for the new addition and to reduce interest charges so the hospital can expand the children's division and acquire new equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Ferber
Lign County
Canopus Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Linn County
Ferber
Director of Relief
Linn County Medical Society
County Board of Supervisors
Iowa
Hart B. Hill
St. Cluire’s Hospital
Divide Estate of Flophouse Miser Among 24 Persons
In Chicago AP report, a $107000 estate left in a mattress by John Thomas Kelly the flophouse miser who died Feb 26 1935 was divided among 24 persons. Probate Judge John F O Connell awarded 2500 to 18 heirs and 1000 to four others after a three year dispute. Most claimants reside in New England and Newfoundland. The estate attorney and administrator received the largest shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Thomas Kelly
Kelly
John F. O'Connell
New England
Newfoundland
Irwin
Tax plea reduction nets Walker reward
N Walker received 12000 dollars after reducing the government's initial 90000 dollar tax claim to 15000 dollars. The administrator also got 12000 dollars as part of the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Walker
House approves $48 million highway bill for 1940 41
The House Rules Committee moved to approve a highway authorization act totaling 48 million dollars for fiscal years 1940 and 1941 after information suggested President Roosevelt had moderated his opposition, paving the way for floor debate on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
House Rules Committee
House
U.S. Deficit Tops Million for April Fiscal Month
The federal deficit at the end of April the tenth month of the fiscal year totaled 1 270 670 707. Since July 1 receipts were 5 092 316 930 and expenditures 6 362 987 637. Public debt at April 30 stood at 37 509 946 998 or 288 per person with 1937 debt at 34 940 629 364 or 270 per capita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Treasury
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