Major bills threatened with shelving as adjournment nears
Washington reports scores of major bills lacking White House approval risk permanent shelving due to the adjournment rush. House Ways and Means will decide on open hearings and potential delays, with items like food and drug amendments, flood control measures, anti chain store legislation, and wage and contract bills on the danger list.
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Washington
White House
Guffey
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Overton Lower Mississippi
Walsh-Healey
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Italy accuses Britain of breaking blamed truce over dumdum ammo
Rome says Britain violated a truce tied to the Italo-Ethiopian crisis by denying British complicity in dumdum bullet supplies. An official Stefani release notes Italy dropped Geneva charges under a British accord to ease tensions. Prime Minister Eden in Parliament called Colonel Lopez’s evidence fabrication.
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Rome
Italy
Great Britain
Stefani
Geneva
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Eden
Pedro Lopez
Ethiopia
England
Lopez
Britain
El Kahir Temple golden jubilee draws 2500 Shriners
Cedar Rapids hosts El Kahir Temple's golden jubilee with 2500 Shriners from Za Ga Zig Des Moines Abu Bekr Kaaba and others. Delegations arrive by special trains. parade drills include White Horse patrol camels and bands. public events run Thursday to Friday at Whitlam Park and Coe Field with ceremonies, concerts, and a civic Shrine parade.
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Cedar Rapids
Middlewest
Iowa
Cyrus W. Eaton
Des Moines
Sioux City
Kaaba Temple
Davenport
el Kahir
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
South Dakota
Nebraska
Missouri
Zor Temple
Madison
Wis
Rufus
Sheba
Zora
Dane
Abu Bekr Temple
Shrinedom
Sioux City Temple
Coe Field
Whitlam Park
Shrine Temple
el Riad Temple
Sioux Falls
S. D
White Horse Patrol
Madison Camels
Second Avenue
Second
Third Streets
Masonic Hall
Abu Bekr
Calendar of Elwood school events through year end
The schedule lists Baccalaureate at the M E church Sunday with Rev Paul V Clements preaching. Commencement Tuesday in the high school auditorium with Prof H J Thornton of the University of Iowa as speaker. Alumni banquet at the high school gym Wednesday and grade picnic on Thursday.
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Elwood
M. E
Paul V. Clements
H. J. Thornton
University of Iowa
Finger Painting Promises Indoor Fun and Artistry
A feature on finger painting as a new indoor sport descended from mud pies. Ruth Faison Shaw created the technique for children in Rome, with Billy Murray of Marion introducing it to Cedar Rapids. It uses colored pigments, water, and the hands to create imaginative pictures that can be timed and finished with a warm iron for a dry, washable result.
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Ruth Faison Shaw
Rome
Cedar Rapids
Billy Murray
Marion
Murray
Mediterranean
Iowa State College
Tropics
Eureka
Expect Close Vote Tuesday on Iowa City High School
Iowa City voters face a pivotal decision on a $600000 high school bond proposal. The one sided campaign and a prior August rejection shape a likely close outcome despite broad support for the project.
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Iowa City High School
Iowa City
PWA
City vote on new school building faces light turnout
Residents weigh an east edge site amid divided support for the plan. The school board and PTA back the project while the Taxpayers league opposes. physicians cite overcrowding and opponent sentiment is strongest on the west side of the city.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Town City Taxpayers League
Obituary notice for Mrs Paul Dodt of Johnson county
Mrs Paul Dodt 64 lifelong Johnson county resident died at her home four miles west of North Liberty at 4 p m Saturday from a heart attack She was born Sept 30 1871 in Madison township daughter of Maurice Hrdlicka She married in 1894 Surviving are her husband two daughters Mrs Beulah Lagel of Tiffin Florence Dodt a son Earl of Tiffin a granddaughter Yvonne Lagel of Tiffin two sisters Mrs Catherine Brant of Tiffin and Mrs Elizabeth Anderson of Western three brothers Joe Charles Hrdlicka Cedar Rapids and Wilbert of St Paul The body is at Donohue mortuary Iowa City funeral Tuesday at 2 30 p m
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North Liberty
Paul Dodt
Johnson County
Here
Madison Township
Maurice Hrdlicka
Beulah Lagel
Tiffin
Florence Dodt
Earl of
Yvonne Lagel
Catherine Brant
Elizabeth Anderson
Western
Joe
Charles Hrdlicka
Cedar Rapids
Wilbert
St. Paul
Donohue Mortuary
Iowa City
Blairstown Postmaster Choice Acknowledged
Blairstown barber Rex Mayhew has word from Senator Louis J. Murphy recommending him for postmaster. No effective date noted. Incumbent George Goss’ term expired April 1 but serves until the successor is qualified. Other applicants were Lester Nieland and Mrs. G E Grunewald.
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Blairstown
Rex Mayhew
Louis J. Murphy
George Goss
Lester Nieland
G. E. Grunewald
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Olooson
Midwest
West Branch
Community Club, American Legion and Auxiliary
Bert Leech
Gordon Krouth
Tom Siler
S. L. Jeffries
H. L. Moorhead
E. A. Gray
L. I. Henderson
William Hoffman
L. J. Leech
Calvin G. Greene
Thomas F. Suchomel
A. O. Ambroz
Rabban
A. E. Kannewurf
M. M. Thompson
R. L. Savage
James W. Boling
Vernon Barta
A. W. Coquillette
Louis Broulck
George Corey
Amos Elder
B. Whelpley
John Burger
O. O. Hawk
Otto Lambertson
Henry Wright
Wes Benesh
Joe Danziger
Freeman Canniff
Fred Collard
Arthur Bye
Dom Feiereisen
Stanley Jonas
Otto Ambroz
E. N. Burmeister
Charles Bode
Ed N. Helm
E. E. Hruska
Frank Benesh
Ed Buser
George Harmer
Ed Rudin
Lynch
R. J. Hurka
Phil Leibsohn
Sidbeig
William Broulck
O. H. Adams
L. A. Anthony
F. W. Damour
Perry C. Rude
Ray Allen
Ben S. Handler
George Taylor
Earl Davis
Albert Wilson
John Mahanna
Ray Tapper
H. S. Hess
E. G. Kieck
F. G. Murray
R. M. Chapman
R. K. Keech
J. F. Currell
C. R. Sexton
George L. Krabbenhoff
Lew Zalesky
Emil Pardera
Frank Wingert
R. H. Meister
A. C. Coquillette
R. W. Black
Blairstown High School
G. L. Lyman
J. C. B. Peck
Fred J. Kluss
Board of Education
William R. Carlson
Supt
Runyon
Alice Moore
Virginia
Ellamae Stauffer
Marjorie Nieland
Marie Grunewald
Emma Grunewald
Richard Stoll
Jack Goss
Vance Kimm
Roy Ralston
Donald Ware
Frank Hartin
Kent Kimm
William Veenstra
Cleara Snodgrass
Bruce Hannen
Frank J. Hartin
William E. Hartin
Carl K. Cantor
Kent C. Kimm
William A. Veenstra
Alfred G. Voss
White Horse
Sioux City Shrine Temple
Jack Yager
Famous Foot Health
Harmony
2Nd Ave
3Rd St
Howard R. Churchill
Justice of the Peace
Adeline Taylor
Electrolux
Magic Chef
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
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