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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1935
Page
4
The piece notes Zona Gale and other speakers at a Wednesday convention of the Federation of Workers, with sessions on essays, music, and community programs. Details include venues, performances, and organized activities by various local groups and associations.
Social notes describe gatherings hosted by the Chandlers with attendees including Moran Jeemsim, Nicolar Eve, and Mr and Mrs. 3. OW. Warrex and Neos are mentioned along with various guests and casual references to covers of the event.
An advertisement fragment appears with partial text. it includes a name Mes Richter and stray identifiers. The readable portion suggests a local ad or listing but lacks complete details to determine purpose, date, or location.
A sequence of pre performance dinners precedes the Faust opera at the Shrine. Members of the college social circle attended a series of evenings in late February. The gatherings featured notable guests and set the stage for the upcoming performance.
Fragmented OCR text shows garbled names and numbers with mentions of Shafers and Quartons. The readable parts suggest a local notice or brief mentioning reien from deeby with uncertain context and stray chemical like numbers. The readable content is insufficient for a coherent event.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Claude Bowles and San Jose with unclear terms. No coherent event or date present. Further readable details required for a meaningful summary.
A guest from Chicago spoke at the Mant Scrift Club meeting. The speaker, a senior editor of McCall's Magazine, discussed farm magazines and the two books for the Golden Note-Book.
Mr and Mrs James Everett Bates marked their 50th wedding anniversary with a Cedar Rapids gathering at 1227 Second Avenue SE. The couple wed May 5 1885 in Eldon Wapello County and have lived in Cedar Rapids since 1899. Many relatives and friends attended including Mr and Mrs W S Heng Mr and Mrs AL Bamih and others. The Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin and a May basket were part of the onlookers’ tribute.
Miss Xildred Krebs was chosen head of the Hesperlan club at a meeting held Monday evening at the home of Miss Mame Hugler. Grace Lowe was elected vice president and Agnes Robert and others were listed in attendance.
Visitors may tour the Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs biennial exhibits in Cedar Rapids and Keokuk. Displays include fine art, poetry, pottery, glass, model kitchens, and conservation exhibits. Federation delegates and the general public are invited to visit through the week with a noon to 5:30 schedule.
Five hundred Gelerates and visitors to the twenty first biennial session of the Iowa Federation of Women’s clubs attend a tea at Coe college Voorhees quadrangle Tuesday afternoon. Voorhees house council members greet guests with Dorothy Ferris chairing and Dorothy Grant Frances Henry Nathryn O’Bryan Florence Teets Helen Wade Avis Obrecht Jane Henderson assisting others. Faculty women and wives of faculty join as guests. Flowers include cherry blossoms tulips Gaf fo is marcissus and pansies. Refreshments served in the west parlors with snapdragons candy mitt roses and sweet peas.
In Lisbon the government announced it had crushed a naval revolt plot. Dozens of naval officers were arrested as the cabinet formed under Prime Minister Antonio de Oliveira Salazar.
Washington dispatch reports American minister to Canada Norman Armour Nay obtained the post after Warren Delero Robbins. The appointment is described as one of the most important, with former minister Armour set to assume duties as Canadian envoy under President Roosevelt.
Iona Gale, noted author of Miss Lulu Bett and others, will address the Wednesday evening session of the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs biennial convention at 8 o'clock in the Memorial Coliseum. She will speak on Modern Fiction.
The Get-Together 500 club met with Mr. and Mrs. Neil Blox of Marion Sunday. Prizes were won by Mrs. Edith Noble and Tom Thompson high both Alss. Giséas Strausser and Jerry Strausser second and Ceuce Porame Marcon Martin consolation. Refreshments were served.
Delta Delta Delta at Coe College received the scholarship tray for highest two semester GPA at the Pan-Hellenic dinner held Monday evening at the Hotel Roosevelt. Mary Gage accepted the tray as sorority president. New Pan-Hellenic president is Virginia Ellis of Cedar Rapids.
Readers glimpse a vivid guide to summer color palettes and fabrics for women’s beachwear. Tahitian tones like teal and orange mix with neutral grounds, ginghams and seersuckers dominate, and bold prints promise drama on beaches and dance floors.
Miss Richard M McClure of Chicago chairs the motion pictures committee for the General Federation of Women's Clubs and speaks on The Modern Pied Piper Wednesday at 9 15 am at the Memorial Coliseum. She has twenty years of public service as Morgan Park Women’s Club president district president of the Illinois Federation and president of the Better Films Council of Chicagoland.
Miss Bernice Hach along with Professors Alice Page and Gladys Mc Vay recorded as key participants. The gathering highlighted academic contributions and regional scholarly collaboration among noted figures.
Informal balloting for officers of the Town Federation of Women s clubs was held from 1 to 6 p m at the Memorial Coliseum on opening day of the Twenty first biennial convention in Tuesday s session. The ticket lists Mrs H C Houghton Jr as president and Mrs Eugene Cutler of Des Moines and Mrs Frank Davis of Sioux City as first vice president.
Robert H Krabbenhoff of 550 Forest Drive SE and Howard Tow of Fairfax travel to Ames on Thursday to spend the weekend with Robert Thomas, son of Dean C. and Mrs Thomas, a Town State College student at 370 Twentieth Street SE.
Two paroled convicts from the Anamosa State Reformatory escaped the county jail in Mason City. James Morris, 25, and Dwight Whitlow, 24, described as dangerous, were held on auto larceny charges awaiting trial. They forced their cell door with a device and sawed through window bars. Police in northern Iowa and southern Minnesota were notified.
Mona James fourteen and Loea Reed seventeen were reported missing after Sunday afternoon. Mona James is the freshman class president and an eyewitness in a prior murder trial connected to her father Charles James. The two were last seen traveling to Rock Island to visit Reed’s aunt.
Mrs Eugene Henely of Grinnell, president of the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs, received a fitted traveling bag and matching handbag at a dinner of the Fifth District during the twenty first biennial convention. Mrs W A Hunt of Ottumwa presented the gift and presided. Dinners for other districts were held at the Montrose and Roosevelt hotels. The federation has nine districts.
Iowa's superintendent of public instruction Miss Agnes Samuelson commended the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs for diligent educational project work. She spoke Tuesday at the Twenty‑first biennial federation convention in Des Moines, praising their help and noting the federation’s strong role in the first citizens' conference on education held December 19.
Rep Everett Dirksen of Illinois charges Federal Circuit Judge Samuel Alschuler with corruption in a Pullman Co case and high crimes. Rep Michael Igoe defends Alschuler as Iowa Democrats shout down Dirksen during the fiery Judiciary scene.
Washington plans to ask Japan to accept a voluntary quota on textile imports. Rep Rogers of Massachusetts urged Secretary Hull to press Tokyo before the cabinet textile committee.
In New Bedford Massachusetts Mrs Luella McHenry failed to secure an immediate hearing on her petition for guardianship of Alyce Jane McHenry. Judge Mayhew R Hitch ordered the father Paul McHenry to have a day in court and to set a hearing date. Attorney William C Crossley hinted at a possible cross petition in Bristol county for guardianship.
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