Cadar Rapids Area Scout Membership Grows Steadily
In the Cedar Rapids area council covering Benton Jones and Linn counties, membership shows steady gains since January. As of May 1 the roster lists 802 Scouts with 291 leaders and 67 Cubs, while a jamboree quota is filled for Washington DC. Plans for Camp Waubeek 1935 include three, seven and seven day sessions and a court of honor on May 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout
Cedar Rapids
Benton, Jones and Linn
Area Council Executive Board
Roosevelt Hotel
Fred W. Neisz
Neisz
Fred J. Payneer
Camp
Waubeek
Joshua
Joe” Wilson
University of Wichita At
Wichita Kan
M. Lt. Johnson
Wichita
N. Harold West
Area Council
W. J. Brown
Washington, D. C
Daughter Lost in Cedar Rapids Found by Chain Letter
Medford Oregon says a send a dime chain letter led Marie McDaniel to Ruth McDaniel in Santa Monica after nineteen years apart. Ruth traveled to Medford for a reunion, having been placed with relatives in California when she was an infant. No Cedar Rapids relatives could be located.
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Medford
Ore
Marie McDaniel
Los Angeles
California
Cedar Rapids
Police Vow Strict Action Against Boys Damaging New Houses
Police Chief Ray Tapper announced arrests for boys involved in damage to housing under construction. Patrols will target building sites with orders to apprehend any seen near the projects. Reports cite wall damage requiring re plastering and plaster damage in a room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Tapper
Tapper
Hawkeye Laboratories Sues Van Note Over Business Rule
H L Duncan doing business as Hawkeye Laboratories seeks in district court to bar W H Van Note from entering the same or similar formulas for five years after selling the lab in November 1933 and requests 500 dollars for breach. The suit cites a sales agreement and ongoing prohibition. The case appears with probate notices for Frederic Shirtliff and Susan Kraut, naming executors and beneficiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Duncan
Hawkeye Laboratories
W. H. van Note
Duncan
van Note
Frederic G. Shirtliff
John F Shirtliff
Mary H
Divorce Action Dismissed Without Prejudice
Janet Bain filed a district court divorce action against Wendell Bain on September 15, 1033, which the plaintiff dismissed without prejudice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Bain
Wendell Bain
Winter Wheat Crop Relies on State Yields and Abandoned Acreage
The May 1 conditions show winter wheat at about 70 percent of normal with 32,945,000 a year ago and 39,454,000 in the 1928-32 average. Abandoned winter wheat acreage reached 31.2 percent of last fall’s sowing, rye sowing 5,697,000 acres, and noted stocks and hay and pasture conditions shift amid varied regional results. Key states report production totals: Illinois 31,892,000 bushels at 87 percent normal, Minnesota 2,624,000 at 91 percent, Iowa 5,760,000 at 79 percent, Missouri 24,310,000 at 87 percent, Nebraska 32,872,000 at 76 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
DES Moines
Leslie M. Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Department of Agriculture
Carl
Iowa Winter Wheat Output Soars, Rye Declines
Iowa estimates May 1 crop conditions show winter wheat at 5.76 million bushels from 340000 acres, up about 3 million from last year. Rye yield placed at 1.76 million bushels with 114000 acres expected for harvest, pasture conditions lagging drought recovery and milk and egg production showing modest changes.
Faltinson Named Business Agent Trades Council
C J Faltinson longtime financial secretary of the ironworkers union since 1928 at 916 avenue NW is appointed business agent of the Building Trades council to replace Dave Williams who resigned to become commissioner of public improvements. Faltinson will serve until the council holds a regular election on June 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C J. Faltinson
Avenue NW
Ironworkers Union
Building Trades Council
Dave Williams
Faktinson
Giants star Travis Jackson fractures thumb
New York AP confirms Giants field captain and veteran third baseman Travis Jackson has a fractured left thumb and will miss game time. Manager Bill Terry announced the injury Friday, signaling a likely absence for an extended period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Travis Jackson
Giants
Bill Terry
Washington Man Battles In Court For Reinstatement
Hilton M. Rabenold of Washington II, a former state motor vehicle department employee, continued his bid for reinstatement under the soldiers' preference law in Polk county district court. Mrs. Alex Miller, secretary of state, was to testify during the Friday session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Hilton M. Rabenold
Washington
State Motor Vehicle Department
Alex Miller
Polk County
Rabenold
Demand for tax on tropical starches to shield Iowa corn
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce urges an amendment to the revenue act to tax tapioca sago and cassava imports. The letter notes tropical starches from Java and the Malay Straits displace 5.7 million bushels of U S corn annually in industrial starch use and cites multiple applications from glue to explosives. Charles D Mason explains the policy aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
United States
Charles D. Manson
Chamber of Commerce
Playground Commission to Run One Day Camps for Children
Cedar Rapids playground commission will hold one day camps for local boys and girls who cannot attend longer camps. Director Mrs. Clare Nichols announced at a Y M C A luncheon, noting reports show space for only 1 993 children. Boys may attend the Y M C A day camp at Shaver Park in July, with potential girl camps if demand exists. S R Hawkins offered Y M C A camp equipment for girls after the boys camp. Lists of local camp facilities were shared at the luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Playground Commission
Clare Nichols
Council of Social Agencies
Shaver Park
S. R. Hawkins
Plans for Seal Sale Highlight Nursing Association Meeting
Co. W. Kammerer of the Iowa Tuberculosis association and Mrs. Florence Breed of the National Tuberculosis association outlined this year’s Christmas health seal sale at a Public Health Nursing association board meeting. The group also reviewed a new budget as 668 visits were made in April to 278 homes for 600 persons, with 312 new cases and 403 carried forward into May, the largest carryover in history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. W. Kammerer
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Florence Breed
National Tuberculosis Association
Public Health Nursing Association
Alma E. Hartz
Association
Growth of pygmies beyond early childhood
A report notes that a normal growth pattern continues in pygmies until they reach about 7 or 8 years old, signaling the end of early developmental phase and transition to later growth stages.
Forty Knights of Columbus candidates to be initiated
Forty candidates for Knights of Columbus council No. 909 will be initiated in an all day program starting with Mass at St Wenceslaus at 8 a.m. and ending with a banquet at Hotel Roosevelt at 6 30 p.m. District officers from eastern Iowa join Cedar Rapids participants with a two degree and third degree initiation, a banquet address by Monsignor Molloy, and various program acts. Reservations via Don Spaight at the club rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus Council No. 909
St. Wenceslaus Church
Hotel Roosevelt
Iowa
St. Wenceslaus
K. of C
First Avenue
John M. Molloy
Immaculate Conception Church
Reading
Catherine Ameche
Mount Mercy
John H. Bormann
Frances Lucille Norton
Leo Peiffer
America
Ward Loftus
Don Spaight
W. Sam Stohl
B. G. Broghammer
Wilbur Coffey
John Newcomb
Joe Enzler
Paul Stephan
John Slabach
City Briefs and Personals Highlights
Mrs. C. E. Anderson of 1413 B avenue NE was fined one dollar and costs in police court for parking improperly. M. L. Healy a federal probation officer and R. L. Whelan returned from Dubuque where they attended federal court. A special Rock Island train carrying 350 CCC workers passed Cedar Rapids en route from Fort Knox Kentucky to Idaho points.
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C. E. Anderson
B Avenue NE
M. L. Healy
R. L. Whelan
Dubuque
Federal
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Idaho
Trio Pleads Guilty In Intoxication Charge
Elmer Gyp Snyder 30 pled guilty in police court to intoxication and was sentenced to 30 days in county jail. Dan Stanton 33 of 718 Ninth street NW and Anton Noska 40 of Mount Vernon were fined $10 and costs each on the same charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer “Gyp” Snyder
Dan Stanton
Ninth Street
Anton Noska
Mount Vernon
Dubuque Man Pleads Guilty in Unregistered Stock Remedy Case
W H Van Note pled guilty before Justice Reed in Dubuque to selling stock remedies not registered with the state agriculture department. He was fined 50 dollars plus costs after information by State Agent Milton Han.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. van Note
Dubuque
Justice A. S. Reed
State Department of Agriculture
Milton Han
van Note
Fire damages motorcycle on Ninth Avenue intersection
Firemen answered at 7 08 p m Thursday to Ninth avenue and Fifth street SE where gasoline overflow on a motorcycle owned by Wesley Franks ignited. Damage was slight. At 6 57 a m Friday firefighters visited the home of Harry B Price 730 Second street NW for a small roof fire.
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Ninth Avenue
Fifth Street
Wesley Franks
Harry B. Price
Second Street NW
Former Senator Hunter in Cedar Rapids on Rural Credit Work
Former U S Senator Richard C Hunter of Nebraska visited Cedar Rapids on business as chief counsel for the Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation Omaha branch. He filled the unexpired term of the late Senator Thompson of Nebraska, which expired last December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Richard C. Hunter
Nebraska
Cedar Rapids
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation of
Sioux City
Omaha
Hunter
Senator Thompson
Plan to apply for HOLC loans urged locally
Wayne C. Boland, local HOLC counsel, announced Friday that persons seeking home owners' loans must declare their intention in the next seventeen days at the region al office. The announcement notes the new loan act requires expressed intent with evidence to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Wayne C. Boland
The
HOLC
Boland
Railroads Plan Record West Tours for 1935
Railroads forecast peak travel since 1930 with 115 planned westward tours this year, up from 79 last season. Yellowstone trips total 36, departing from Chicago on weekend evenings. Utah Arizona Colorado Rockies routes total 26, Pacific Northwest 5, Alaska 8, plus travelers to San Diego expo.
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North Western Railroad
Yellowstone Park
Chicago
Colorado Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Alaska
San Diego
Federal aid unlocks 1.2 million for Illinois relief crisis
The federal government approved a 1.2 million special fund to aid Illinois relief efforts amid a funding stalemate. NHNnois emergency relief chair Robert J. Dunham said the money, originally set for other purposes, will cover urgent requests from the most deserving families, with an estimated 500 thousand targeting Cook County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
Harry L. Hopkins
Robert J. Dunham
Nhnnois Emergency Relief Commission
Hopkins
Cook County
Beer Parlors Flagged To Close At 1 A.M.
Chief of Police Ray Tapper announced new state beer law requires beer parlors to close from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. No sale delivery or consumption on premises is allowed during that period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Tapper
First Donkey Ball Contest Tonight in Belden Hill Park
About thirty Cedar Rapids business and professional men aided by donkeys will perform tonight at 8 in Belden Hill Park as Kiwanis and Rotary members stage a donkey ball game to raise funds for underprivileged children. The event features unusual play with players on burros and a plan to donate proceeds after expenses to the club fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Belden Hill Park
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Lions Club
High Twelve
Hanford Post
American Legion
Young Men's Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Labor groups urge veto of price fixing bill in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor votes to urge Governor Clyde L. Herring to veto Senate file No. 222 prohibiting arbitrary price setting by producers. The action followed a report from the federated legislative council of Iowa and a Washington conference update by Fred A. Canfield who predicted the Wagner bill's passage in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Clyde L. Herring
Senate
Federated Legislative Council of Iowa
Fred A. Canfield
Federation
Washington
Congress
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Community House
Harry Fraser
Arthur Nie
Harrison
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Robert O. Bicker
W. O. Schultz
Portland
Denver
4Th Ave
2Nd Street SE
Interstate Transit Lines
Court House News
Susan Kraut
Testatrix
Louis J. Kraut
Nellie Kraut
Ura Beatrice Churchill
Jessie Robinson
Donald J. Kraut
Louis Richard Robinson
Peoples Savings Bank
Faltinson
Trades Council
Jackson
Iowa Theater
Rexall Drug Stores
Playground Commission
Nursing Assn
CCC
Snyder
Second Ave
Center Point Rd
Labor
Killian Co. Dept
Cunard
White Star Line
Donald Waddell
Waddell
Europe
Killian Co
Clarks
Clark
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