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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1936

Page

13

ISU President Urges Intellectual Honesty at Rotary

Dr. Charles E. Finley of Iowa State College spoke at a Rotary Ladies Night at the Hotel Roosevelt advocating intellectual honesty as essential for democracy. He argued education should enlighten and free energies, with thorough training where needed and vivid enlightenment where not, warning that without honesty medievalism could return. Carl C. Kesler presided. farewell to retiring Rotary president C. W. Cottingham noted.

Charles E. Finley Iowa State College Ames Rotary Club Hotel Roosevelt Owa State College Glee Club Tolbert MacRae Rollin Chinn Finley Carl C. Kesler Rotary C. W. Cottingham Sioux City A. J. Stanfield Cottingham

Temporary Office Used By State Tax Dept Must Be Vacated

The city served notice to the state tax board to vacate the third floor quarters in city hall used by income tax field auditors for fifteen months. The city cites election needs and charges $75 monthly rent. janitor lights and elevator services were provided gratis, and the space was declared no longer temporary.

State Board L. D. Buergus

Goody goody approach in children theater challenged

Miss Gloria Chandler of New York City spoke at the Cedar Rapids Junior League event urging sincere stimulating theater for children. She said children seek artistic, strong, honest work and should be played up to not down to, with focus on imagination and genuine storytelling. She outlined two theater divisions and announced a twelve minute scene from The Blue Bird to be shown at the Montrose.

Gloria Chandler New York City Montrose Hotel Children’s Theater Institute Junior League of Cedar Rapids Miss Chandler the Montrose

Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honors Induction Names

The text notes three students honored by Omicron Kappa Upsilon national honorary dental fraternity Ray Lawson of Des Moines and Bernard Patrick of Fort Madison joining another student in the recognition.

Omicron Kappa Upsilon Ray Lawson Des Moines Bernard Patrick Fort Madison

City Council Grants Gas Main Laying Permit

The Cedar Rapids Gas Co. receives permission Monday to lay 250 feet of gas main along Twentieth Avenue SW at Hamilton Street in the city.

Cedar Rapids Gas Company Twentieth Avenue Hamilton Street

Y M C A. Speaker Charles Laurance to address club

Charles Laurance, a living charter member of the Y M C A., will speak at the Y M C A. Men’s club meeting in the cafeteria after dinner at 6 30 this evening.

Charles Laurance Y’s Men’s Club

Will Start Good Will Dinner at Roosevelt High School

The executive board meeting will be held at 6 30 this evening in the Roosevelt high school cafeteria. E M Pinney will preside and the Rev Nelson C Dreier will speak briefly. A roundtable discussion will follow with committee members E M Pinney B J Newburger and Fred Neisz slated for the executive board.

Roosevelt High School E. M. Pinney Nelson C. Dreier B. J. Newburger Fred Neisz

Local court fines for speeding and parking violations

Mrs. Rose Koch was fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding with the fine suspended. Overtime parking fines of 1 dollar and costs were levied against J. W. Posey G. M. King B. H. Madden B. Harrington W. W. Boardman and Mrs. T. M. Ingersoll. C. H. Young Star laundry was fined 1 dollar and costs for parking in an alley, and Edna Engelson was fined 1 dollar for double parking.

Rose Koch Thirtyfourth Street J. W. Posey Second Avenue G. M. King Seventeenth Street B. H. Madden B. Harrington Forest Drive W. W. Boardman Grande Avenue T. M. Ingersoll Second Avenue SE C. H. Young Star Laundry Edna Engelson A Avenue NW

Liberty League Chief Set to Speak on Federal Finances

Jouett Shouse president of the American Liberty League will deliver a radio address at 8 15 p m central time focusing on the federal government finances The National Broadcasting Company networks will carry the program.

Jouett Shouse American Liberty League National Broadcasting Company Networks

Scout Leaders to Attend Cedar Rapids Scout Area Meeting

Scoutmasters and Scout commissioners will be guests of the Cedar Rapids Scout area executive committee for a planning session. The gathering aims to review programs and set activities for the coming quarter with local leaders and organizers in attendance.

Cedar Rapids Execu

Manufacturers Reliant On Agricultural Products

A recent report notes that eighty percent of American manufacturers depend on agricultural products for their inputs, highlighting a broad link between farming and industry.

Kilwinning lodge to hold May session at temple

Kilwinning Lodge of Perfection will hold its May business session Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Scottish Rite temple. Cedar Rapids chapter No 194 Order of Ahepa meets this evening at 7 30 p m at Moose hall with district governor present. The Sons of Pericles convene at 7 p m.

Kilwinning Lodge of Perfection Scottish Rite Temple Cedar Rapids Order of Ahepa Moose Hall Sons of Pericles

Will of Cedar Rapids widow admitted to probate

The will of Mrs. Marie Louise Sinclair, Cedar Rapids resident since 1883, widow of Sydney E. Sinclair and former T. M. Sinclair company president, was admitted to probate by Judge H. C. Ring. Died May 11. Trust income annuities go to son Sydney M. Sinclair and grandchildren. a 100 dollar annuity to cousin Miss Jane Matter of Belfast Ireland. Arden homestead at 2233 First Avenue E left in trust for use by another grandson Sydney E. Sinclair. Executors and trustees named: Hiram J. Carson, Sydney E. Sinclair, and Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids. Will dated 1933.

Marie Louise Sinclair Cedar Rapids Sydney E. Sinclair T. M. Sinclair Company H. C. Ring Sinclair Sydney M. Sinclair Testatrix Jane Matier Belfast Ireland Arden First Avenue E Hiram J. Carson Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids

Plaintiffs Dismiss Action For Receiver In W C F N Case

After a private conference, forty five preferred stockholders of the Water loo Cedar Falls and Northern interurban railroad filed suit in district court on April 27 to obtain a receiver appointment.

Waterloo Cedar Falls

Cass Estate Claim Dismissed in Iowa Probate Court

In Black Hawk county Waterloo proceedings the $465 000 claim against the Louis S Cass estate was dismissed without prejudice before Judge H C Ring. Plaintiffs did not seek a receiver but urged appointment to seize records on dealings among W C F N organizers and Cedar Valley Railway Construction. Stockholders allege Louis S Cass C D Cass and J F Cass controlled the rail line and the Cedar Valley system.

Black Hawk County Waterloo Louis S. Cass H. C. Ring Cedar Valley Railway Construction Company C. D. Cass J. F. Cass N. Organizers Cedar Valley Sysem

Cure-Alls Backfire in Dickinson Warning

Senator L. J. Dickinson of Iowa says economic cure-alls have created fresh, more serious problems for the nation. He calls the District of Columbia circuit ruling on the resettlement administration unconstitutional and says similar legal flaws affected recent Supreme Court decisions.

Washington INS L. J. Dickinson Iowa Supreme Court District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals

Congress Battle Over Executive Power In Depression Policy

A critic argues that deputizing the President to drive national recovery under the 1935 relief act and allied agencies like NRA AAA and the resettlement administration subordinates the legislature to the executive. He warns new problems threaten representative government as economic concerns dominate public life.

NRA AAA Guffey Coal Law and Resettlement Administration

Young Leeds To Wed Former Hotel Clerk

William B. Leeds, son of the late tin plate king, plans marriage to Olive Hamilton, a former Atlantic City hotel clerk. The couple, aboard Leeds yacht Mona near Kingston Jamaica, announced the wedding within ten days after a six year romance sparked by a sea shore rescue in Atlantic City.

New York INS William B. Leeds Tin Plate King Olive Hamilton Atlantic City William Hamilton Pittsburgh Leeds Miss Hamilton Mona Kingston Jamaica Hamilton Atlantic City Inlet Xenia Russia

Three Days Left to Correct Vote Registration in Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids residents have three days to update or correct their registrations before the June 1 primaries. City clerk L. J. Storey notes Friday is the deadline under permanent registration. Movers must file a change of address, name changes require re registration, and absent or disabled voters must be properly registered to vote.

Cedar Rapids L. J. Storey

Brandon Baccalaureate Service at Church of Christ

Brandon high school held baccalaureate services at the Church of Christ Sunday night with Rev. John Mee Kee delivering the sermon titled Remem ber Jesus Christ. The program included processional by Ethel Heath and a solo by Maxine Meythaler, with invocation by Rev. Russell Phillips. France has one doctor to every 1596 persons.

Brandon Brandon High School Church of Christ John MeeKee Jesus Christ Ethel Heath Russell Phillips Maxine Meythaler

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