Cedar Rapids Forms Committee to Study Parking
The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce creates a parking facilities committee to study the growing parking problem affecting downtown merchants and attracting customers. Members include R E Walker Gordon Hughes and Sgt N Huar old West with chair Clare Marshall to craft long term plans for municipal lots while petition drives urge downtown workers to avoid sixty minute zones 9 am to 5 pm.
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Cedar Rapids
Howard Jones
John W Beck
Chamber
Clare Marshall
Marshall
Gordon Hughes
C. O. Hillbrunner
Hughes
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Street
Washington High School
City Briefs and Personals Highlights Local Notices
Ed Fane of Central City was fined $10 and costs in police court for intoxication. Haircuts are 25 cents at Hanna Barbers, 322 Second Avenue. Richard Max Herrmann of Westwand addition postponed his California trip. Cedar Rapids area Scout executive board to meet Thursday at 12:15 pm at Roosevelt Hotel. Kamera Klique to meet Wednesday at 7:30 pm at Cedar Rapids city hall playground commission office. election of officers. Iowa Volunteers Post Nebf officers and drumline members to meet at the armory Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Last week’s events included a dog incident and a local doctor’s service. other minor notices fill the page.
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Ed Fane
Central City
Richard Max Herrmann
Westwand Addition
California
Kamera Klique
Playground Commission 50
Civil Service Board Awaits City Attorney Opinion on New Law
Cedar Rapids civil service chairman Leo Peiffer sought a general opinion from City Attorney Don Hines on the new state civil service law to guide future City activities. Hines has not received the law copy, delaying guidance on which municipal jobs fall under civil service and which require examinations.
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Civil Service Board
Leo Peiffer
Cedar Rapids
Essa Service Commission
Civil Service Commission
Earl Stanley
State Organization of Policemen
Des Moines
Peiffer
Recial Service Commission
Local man hurt in alleged assault at hospital
BFAKELEY Calif UP Edward Smith age 33 was treated at General hospital for a black eye and scalp lacerations. He said a stranger struck him in the eye and hit his head when he refused to give the stranger two black eyes.
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Calif
Edward Smith
the General Hospital
Open City Market Season Delayed Improvements Omitted
Public Safety Commissioner W C Benesh says the municipal market will open Saturday May 15 with Frank Pollock returning as market master though start may be delayed due to few gardeners with produce. Improvements planned at $11,670,000 cannot be financed this season, Benesh states amid late start and arranging funding.
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Clas
Public Safety
W C Benesh
Frank Pollock
Benesh
Earl
Vital Auto's Economic Role Highlighted at Dodge Dealers Meeting
At a Dodge Brothers conference in eastern Iowa, regional leaders Willson Miller and Jo Po Mansfield outlined spring and summer selling plans. They cited 1936 motor car expenditures totaling 11 670 900 000 dollars and projected gains for 1937 to show the auto trade's central place in the economy.
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United States
Towa
Dodge Brothers Corporation
Roosevelt Hotel
Willson Miller Chicago
Jo Po Mansfield
Chicarzo
Regenal
Workmen Reduce Penick Plant Stack to Seventy Feet
Workmen at the Penick and Ford company plant are lowering the former tallest concrete stack from 225 feet to 70 feet. The job began in December but cold weather paused it. Pneumatic drills operate from a movable platform inside the chimney as two workers chip away concrete. Debris falls down the stack, and after leveling to the seventh foot, it will accompany an incinerator once cleared.
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Penick and Ford Company
Quaker Oats Group to stage Chonita operetta
Thirty members of the Quaker Oats Athletic association present the operetta Chonita a gypsy romance on two nights at 8 pm in Stuart hall Admission is free but ticketed only for Quaker Oats employees and their families Miss Helen Gable stars as Chonita with principal performers Werner Heck Lottie Proborsky William Barnett Wava Young and William Lattner Roy Olson directs the drama Harold Reeves conducts the music and Lorraine Nelson handles the dances
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Quaker Oats Company Athletic Association
Stuart Hall
Quaker Oats Company
Helen Gable
Chonita
Werner Heck
Lottie Proborsky
Wiliam Barnett
Wava Young
William Lattner
Joe Stenner
Roy Olson
Harold Reeves
Lorraine Nelson
Merrill And Lambie Miss Coronation Pageantry In London
Dick Merrill and Jack Lambie who flew the Atlantic for King George VI's coronation regret they cannot attend the ceremony. They plan to refuel in Liverpool and speed photos to New York while awaiting the procession. Their agent, Emil Hurja, said they felt fine after 21 hours aloft and 10 hours sleep.
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Merrill and
Lambie
London
Dick Merrill
Jack Lambie
Atlantic
George VI
Liverpool
New York
Croydon
Aira Dreame
Emil Hurja
Hurja
Harmer buys Cedar Rapids Candy building for storage firm
George H Harmer president of Calder Van and Storage buys the Cedar Rapids Candy company building at 412 16 A avenue NE for remodeling into a storage and furniture warehouse. He also owns a two story brick warehouse at 411 B avenue to be used as a terminal center with Milwaukee railroad service facilitating operations. The sale, brokered by Horace Hedges, is among the season’s largest in Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids Candy Company
Avenue NE
George H. Harmer
Calder van and Storage Company, Inc
Candy Company
Harmer
Calder van and Storage Company
B Avenue
Milwaukee Railroad
Horace Hedges
The
Hedges Company
Cedar Rapids
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Hanna Barbers
Second Avenue
Harsday
Iowa
Nebf
Torst Baptists
Veet
Rovio Villers
Eir
OUP
Derby
Mipet
Midowe
Gwinig
New Leonard
Williams
Pat
Dodge
Dodge Dealers
Penick
Quaker Oats Athletic Association
J.G. Craven
Do's Maines
GEO. H
Calder van and Storage
A Ave
Colander
Killian CO
BIG Values
VSTI
Quantitive Limited
Carter
Johnson
Krank
Hardwater
Castile
Magnesia
Bromoseltzer
Krems Hair Tonic
Gardenia
Camay
Pennsylvania
Watkin
Stearate
Woodbury
Gastor
Dorothy Perkins
Ginger
Coco
Wrisley Water Softener
Kurlash
Eveready
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