Scouts Stage Benefit to Fund Jamboree Trip
Eight west side Cedar Rapids Boy Scout troops and local entertainers performed at Roosevelt high school in a benefit sponsored by the Roosevelt PTA and the Canopus club. Proceeds fund sending scouts to the National Scout jamboree in Washington in August. The show repeats at Roosevelt tonight at 8 and at Woodrow Wilson high school next Monday and Tuesday at 8. A representative from each troop appears in the Scout play.
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West Side
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt High School
Roosevelt P T. A
Canopus Club
Washington
Roosevelt Auditorium
Woodrow Wilson High School
Mac Decides
The program features Thomas Dolan Rudy Grubich Robert Cray Edward McDonough George Baldwin Adolph Abraham John Hasek Bernhardt Kraus and J W Walterick amid an enthusiastic audience. Dempsy Jones presides with Dr Dawson Grim musical selections and Ralph Chess accordion numbers.
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Mac
Thomas Dolan
Rudy Grubich
Robert Cray
Edward McDonough
George Baldwin
Adolph Abraham
John Hasek
Bernhardt Kraus
J. W. Walterick
Dempsy Jones
Dr. Dawson Grim
Ralph Chess
Mary Jane Hubbard
Don Maloney
Miss Beulah
Pat Ford
A. P. Vaughn
H. W. Groat
Music Disciplines, Says John Erskine In Cornell Address
John Erskine, pianist and president of the Juilliard College of Education, told Cornell students that the business of education is to teach how to live now. He spoke during a chapel lecture and was awarded an honorary doctor of music degree. He urged focusing on doing subjects rather than studying them, calling music the most disciplinarian subject in the curriculum.
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Mount Vernon
John Erskine
Juliard College of Education
Cornell
Erskine
Chicago Symphony
Birds and nests debunk popular nesting myths
The Debunker argues that birds rarely reuse nests year after year even if in good condition. Swallows and a few others are exceptions. Young birds do not return to nests after fledging. they depart to learn to fly and live independently.
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Public Ledger, Inc
Greek Education Idea Emphasized by Erskine Speech
Mr. Erskine urged that true education lies in doing, aligning with ancient Greek practice. He argued colleges focus on athletics while neglecting practical learning, a deficit he says has persisted for 2,000 years. Dean McConnell presented Erskine and Burgstahler conferred an honorary degree.
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Erskine
T. R. McConnell
H. J. Burgstahler
Hurley and Eberhard Win Elkader Road Letting
J P Hurley Epworth grading contractor and Eugene Eberhard Guttenberg culvert contractor were the winning bidders. The project covers county road work from Norway church in Wagner township to St Olaf. Five bids were received for grading with a low of 7592.53 and a high of 12833.20. Five bids for culverts were submitted with Eberhard’s low bid at 3018.32.
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Elkader
J. P. Hurley
Epworth
Eugene Eberhard
Guttenberg
Norway Church
Wagner Township
St. Olaf
Hurley
Draboff
Wallace
Eberhard
Mrs Eckoff Loses 41 Pounds with Kruschen Salts
Sag inaw Michigan resident Mrs W Eckoff reports dropping 41 pounds in about nine months after using Kruschen Salts for health. She says blood pressure fell from 290 and weight from 255 to 214, with improved digestion and regular bowels. The ad promotes a one half teaspoon daily in hot water before breakfast, with lemon juice, and guarantees results. May Drug Store Higley Building Pharmacy is listed as a distributor.
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Kruschen
May
Higley Bldg
Interstate crime ring arrests tied to multiple robberies
Five men arrested in four kidnappings and six robberies across three Midwest states are in custody, with operations traced to Sioux City and Minneapolis. The case includes the Lewis System attack on a bank courier in Sioux City and holdups at Heidelberg Inn Yankton and Peggy's Inn Sioux Falls, among others.
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DES Moines
State Bureau of Investigation
Woodbury
Sioux City
Minneapolis
Minn
Paul Gruber
Earl Egan
Charles H. Knight
Paul Clayton
Cavanall
Bud) Hoofer
Milo Jensen
Lewis System
Ernest Newman
Newman
St. Paul
Heidelberg Inn
Yankton
S. D
Sioux Falls
Holly Springs
Medical Arts
Omaha
Neb
Gene Mullen
Four men linked to auto theft gang in Midwest
Willard Willis report from Woodbine Iowa notes four men obtained 1800 dollars and linked gang members face Midwest auto theft connections. Investigators include U S special agent Gruber E Wenng Sheriff W R Tice and deputy Leo Naughton as part of the inquiry. Funeral service set for Calvin T Baldridge in Vinton with burial at Evergreen cemetery.
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Woodbine
State Department
United States Special
Gruber
E. C. Wenng
W. R. Tice
Woodbury County
Leo Naughton
Cornell chapter head named. nine initiates in Tau Kappa Alpha
Mount Vernon Frederic Ackman elected president of the Cornell chapter of Tau Kappa Alpha for the coming year. Nine new members initiated including Eleanor Atkinson Arthur Maynard Gordon Chamberlain and Ruth Burton. Grundy Center Morris Merritt 90 died at his Grundy Center farm after fifty four years on the homestead. sixty eighth wedding anniversary in April. Surviving are widow six children and other relatives. Dysart W H Robbins 68 former resident died in Traer after a long illness. Survived by widow two daughters one son and several grandchildren. funeral held Friday and burial planned at Buckingham cemetery.
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Vinton
Fry and Alcorn
Calvin T. Baldridge
Ray Mack
Tacoma
Wash
William Caldwell
Presbyterian Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Baldridge
W. H. Baldridge
Mount Vernon
Frederick Ackman
Oelwein
Cornell
Tau Kappa Alpha
Eleanor Atkinson
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Maynard
Conrad
Gordon Chamberlain
Arlington
Ruth Burton
Tama
Grundy Center
Morris Merritt
Dysart
W. H. Robbins
Traer
William Wilkinson
Near Here
Lester Uniiect
Howard
Walter
C. E. Suze
Buckingham Cemetery
Legion Poppy Sale Led by Mrs Reinhardt Aided by Camp Fire Girls
Mrs Lillian Reinhardt with Mrs Joy Thompson directs the Legion poppy sale aided by seven teen Camp Fire girls in the community drive.
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van Horne
Lillian Reinhardt
Joy Thompson
Legion
Paving Contract Awarded for Columbus Junction Viaduct
Columbus Junction reports the paving contract for the approaches of the new viaduct on primary road No 2 was awarded at Ames on Wednesday to Cameron and Joyce of Keokuk. More than half the cement work remains to be bid or completed.
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Columbus Junction
Ames
Cameron and Joyce
Keokuk
Viaduct Work Finished and Painting Underway
Work on the viaduct is completed and painting of the steel work is in progress. A separate note reports a disaster in King George's quarter century reign with twenty blown into the sea, one believed drowned and six injured by burns. In Mammoth Springs Wyoming a forest ranger's quarters are fenced with elk antlers.
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George
Mammoth Springs
Wyo
Fireworks Blast Hits Singapore Celebration
A box of fireworks exploded Friday during Singapore municipal celebrations injuring several attendees and forcing an evacuation. Officials investigated the incident as a mishandling accident.
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Singapore, Straits Settlements
Singapore
Trombino Bros. Grocery Saturday Monday Specials
Trombino Bros. Grocery at 527 Fourth Avenue SE lists Saturday to Monday specials including Prunes 40 to 50, 2 lbs for 23c. Green Beans 3 lbs for 25c. Spinach No 2 1/2 can 2 for 25c. Vegetable Soup No 2 can 25c. Corn No 2 can 3 for 25c. Peaches or Pineapple 2 for 35c. Potatoes peck 10c. Matches 6 boxes 25c.
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Trombino Bros. Grocery
Fourth Avenue SE
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