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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1940
Page
23
Libbie Zrudsky, 1823 Second Street SW, builds a canine collection of 260 toy models from paperweights to doorstops in a year. She names breeds like collie and bulldog and favors a Rin Tin Tin police dog model, while also collecting aura charms and WPA crafts.
About 300 WPA workers and guests gather for a dinner at the Church of the Brethren to launch a week highlighting professional and service division efforts. A national radio broadcast features WPA officials and local project speakers with open house at project sites in the city.
Singapore AP reports Premier Luang Bipol Songgram of Siam cabled 14 year old Ning Ananda in Switzerland on Saturday proposing that he pursue education in the United States or return to Thailand.
Mimeographed warnings against check forgers to be passed out to downtown stores and lodging houses as Cedar Rapids police seek to halt a new city swindle. Chief Jim Bailey said criminals operate in and near the city and urged merchants, service stations to guard against a gas station racket using staged $10 bills and altered change.
Mrs. J. A. McDonough of University City California suffered shock and bruises as a transfer truck bumped her car at Second avenue and Third street SE. She rode with her husband J. A. McDonough. the truck was driven by 31 year old Omer Olson of Fairfax. Olson said the trucks struck when the McDonough car stopped for a traffic signal while both autos traveled south on Third street.
Mayor Hahn will host a Monday thrashout at 1 30 p m in City Hall with Harland Bartholomew and Associates to inspect Ellis Park and invite all interested to determine the pool location. The decision on the exact site and start of work will follow the meeting.
Walter Popeko invites Cedar Rapids model air plane enthusiasts to meet at Mound Farm Sunday at 2 pm to form a permanent club. The group already has 15 senior and 15 junior members from a YMCA meeting. plans include officer elections and summer model plane contests.
Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron criticizes the census effort saying he was not counted and none of his street was visited. He contends the city population estimate of 1,386,613 is too low and questions census accuracy.
Clarence Budington Kelland, noted author, was unanimously elected Republican national committeeman from Arizona on Saturday in Phoenix. The move places Kelland among party leaders guiding Arizona’s national strategy.
An old scrapbook owned by Mrs. Louis Ralston depicts Carrollton life during the Civil War era. It contains Lincoln’s Aug 6 1863 Thanksgiving proclamation, letters from soldiers, hospital notes, poems, and a New York Tribune excerpt on a jailed escaped slave. The volume, once fragile from age, includes portraits and a stray 1940 doodle on its margins.
Augustine Boggi 65 and his wife emigrated from Italy to the United States and saved pennies with a hand organ. By 1930 they had $1,600 in the bank for retirement, the bank failed, and they continued to save with a wheezy barrow wagon earning $2,000 before someone stole the money.
Cub Pack 30 held Friday at St. Pauls church presenting a new charter to Pack Chairman Harry Hoyt by Russell Knapp Cedar Rapids area council cubbing chairman. Awards were given to Wolf Bobby French John Kirby David Hoyt and David Clark with multiple insignia and gold arrow honors to listed scouts. Bear and lion titles awarded to several members along with Bear books and a Tion book. James Morse welcomed as a new Cub and Pack 30 numeral awarded.
Linn county 1,736 old age pensioners received $35,074 in April according to state social welfare figures. The county average was $20.20 and the state-wide average $20.39. Fifty blind aid recipients in Linn were granted $1,271.75, averaging $24.38 each, with the state average at $23.53.
Udga Tablets contain bismuth and other ingredients to coat the stomach and relieve ulcer and stomach pains caused by excess acid. A 25¢ box is advertised as safe, effective, and refundable if not helped, with claims of enabling digestion of hard foods.
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