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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1933

Page

4

Coe Y W Cabinet Hosts Honor Tea for Miss Frick

The first Coe Y W cabinet hosted a 3 to 5 tea at Miss Margaret Rundberg’s home to honor Miss May Frick who has just returned from a world cruise. Dean Mary Bell led the tea service as Miss Nedra Arendts chaired social activities, with advisory board members listed.

Coe Y W CA Margaret Rundberg Vernon Drive May Frick Coe Y W Miss Frick Mary Bell Nedra Arendts P W Jacobson Robert C. Armstrong G Armstrong Edward H Bingham Max Daeehler Harry M. Gage AL. Haldeman C. T. Hickok George Yuill Edward F Winslow Bell Ethel Ryan

Leona Chadima Weds Leo Trachta in St Ludmilla Nuptials

Miss Leona R Chadima, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Chadima, marries Leo J Trachta, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Trachta, in a high Mass at St Ludmilla church. Attendants include Miss Charlotte Trachta, Mrs O B Peal, Leonard Chadima, and Or Peal. reception for about 150 guests followed by a wedding dance.

Leona R Chadima Charles MM G Chadima Leo J Trachta Joseph Trachta St Ludmilla’s Church R Hruby Mary Anna Charlotte Trachta O. B Peal Leonard Chadima Or. Peal Betty Ann Rhimes Elvin Shultz Leslie Kral South Side Commercial Club Mises Marie Bina Alice Bittner Rorinn Chanipar Rachel Clark Iola Mentzer Lilie Samuelson The-Town Joseph Ro Kuhn Decash Mane Bina Calmuarates LaVona Kohl Airgil Kol Towa City Veron Repids

Marriage notices from a Waterloo area local paper

The notice lists many names in a long marriage announcement and social notices of families from Waterloo and nearby areas. It records Vera, daughter of the Vern and Mrs. Lorn, marrying George N Toft of this city. The ceremony was at Grace Methodist Church in Waterloo officiated by Rev Harvey C Travis with attendants Mr and Mrs Arthur Toft of Waterloo. They will reside at 313 Fifteenth Street NE.

Jace Johanna Hill Ayder Elmer M Thirty-second Street Vera George N Toft Waterloo Harvey C .Travis Grace Methodist Church Arthur Toft Fifteenth Street

Miss Georgia Linter to Present Senior Speech Recital at Coe

Miss Georgia Linter, senior in the Coe College School of Speech, will present a senior recital Thursday at the Coe Little Theater. Her program includes a review of the three act play The Bull of Divorcement and she is active in Chi Omega sorority and Zeta Phi Eta.

Georgia Linter Coe College School of Speech Coe Little Theater Linter Chi Omera Sororits Zeta Phi Eta Dramatic Sorority Col'ece Leidine

Hitchcock to Wed Miss Snodgrass of Bellevue

Engagement announced in Pittsburgh between Miss Marjorie Snodgrass of Bellevue and Ralph Cyrus Hitchcock of Canton Ohio. Miss Snodgrass, a Carnegie Tech graduate, teaches at Ingh school Bellevue. Hitchcock, a 1925 Washington High School alumnus and Carnegie Tech graduate, is with Canton Engraving Company.

Marjory Snodgrass Ralph Cyrus Hitchcock Canton Ohio Edwin T Hitchcock Fourth Avenue SE Pittsburgh Willam Hamilton Snodgrass Bellevue Snodgrass Margaret Morrison Carnegie Institute of Technology Ingh Hitchcock Washington High School Carnegie Institute of Technolgy Beta Theta Pi Canton Engraving Company

Make This Model At Home pattern notice

An ad announces Pattern 2649 for making weather dresses with up front back necks and pleated skirts. It offers monogram options and a Spring Fashion Book with Paris inspired models for all ages, plus prices for catalog and pattern sets from Gazette Pattern Department New York City.

WY Ansel Adams PLC Address Gazette Pattern Department West Seventeenth Street New YorkCity

Eastern Star Thirteenth District Meeting Draws 450

About 450 persons attended the Thirteenth district meeting of the Eastern Star in the Masonic temple with Cedar Rapids chapter No 184 as hostess. The day featured a visitor registration lunch for grand officers and representatives followed by a formal opening and ritualistic work led by Cedar Rapids officers and district dignitaries.

O E. S Masonic Temple Cedar Chapter Jennie Mickel Maria Cedar Rapidsworthy Earle E. Edwards Marion H D Mueller Mount Vernon and Henrys Carbee Springville Edith Crodden Cedar Cedar Rapids J Fo Wager Central City Rose Sihlue Blurstown Winsta Lockhart Fairfax Elsie Jordan Marion Bess Griffith Marion Sarah E Rife Shelsbure Marione Levsen L Daisy Burd Lisbon Alice Worthman Oxford Rena Holcomb Clara Nehis Malta Cedar Rapids Dewey Worthman Bueta Bennett Lisbon Mesdames Anna Shramek Ora White Laura Rodgers Marguerite Norbert Bess Huber Nora McKinnon Bernice Diserens Grace Palmer Beetree Kitterman Agnes Horak Amanda Easton Ada Torrence Margaret MacDonald Mabel Pollock Elizabeth Watson Robert McClaughts Mary Kendall Woilgs Milrion Elnora Beerkara Lila Palmer Mire Mortenenute Naibert Ce- Clrchanter Bernice Gladys Mie Nora Bailey

Helen Thompson to Wed June 14

Engagement notice for Helen A Thompson daughter of Mr and Mrs Norman J Thompson of Fourth Avenue SE to Theodore Q Anderson son of Mr and Mrs S A Anderson of Marshall Minnesota. Wedding planned June 14 at St Johns Episcopal Church. Miss Thompson graduate of Washington High School and a business college. engaged as a clerk at Roosevelt Junior High School. Mr Anderson graduate of Stout Institute Menomonie Wisconsin. instructor at Roosevelt Junior High.

Mroane Norman J. Thomp Fourth Avenue Helen Oto Theodore Q Anderson Ceaar Rapids S A Anderson Marshall Minn St Johns Epitecopal Church Grundy Center Ione Snider Cedar Falls Mina Hansen Waterloo Iss Lars Nielsen Edison School Nielset LeRoy A Meyer Grands Countiss Reinbeck Gal Town State Teachers College Meyer P A Meyser Wellsburg Iowa State College Ames

Miss Genevieve Tow Elected Secretary and Scribe

Miss Genevieve Tow of Stephens College Columbia Missouri has been chosen secretary of the senior class and grand worthy scribe of the Sigma Tau Chi sorority. She will attend the national convention in Chicago from June 30 to July 2.

Genevieve Tow Stephens College Columbia Sigma Tota Chi Sorority Chicago Tow Edgar Fukins Fairfix

Railroads plan new pay cut under contract terms

Chicago AP report says major railroads plan to ask union workers to accept another payroll reduction possible June 1 under current contract. More than twenty unions would be affected though no official confirmation was given. A Railway Labor Executives Association chair blamed unions for resisting cuts amid weak finances. An official of a western railroad noted the need to reduce payrolls to fix deficits from recent years.

Chicago Tap Euch Acton Conference Committee of A F Whitney Raihway Labor Executives Association Cleveland

Winds And Storms Leave Deaths And Damage In Northwest

Destructive winds and storms across the northwest caused deaths and injuries, damaged buildings and utilities, and disrupted crops. A soaking rain near Crookston lifted farmers’ hopes as winds battered Brainerd to Walker with two inches of hail and widespread flooding.

ST Paul Crookston Brainerd Walker

New Revolutionary Speed Train Planned By Union Pacific

Union Pacific will receive the first dreamlined motor driven train within six months. The caterpillar like three jointed car unit aims for 110 miles per hour top speed and 90 miles per hour sustained on straightaways. Features include recessed lights bells and whistle devices, ventilated cabins, and air conditioning. The three car train weighs about the same as one Pullman sleeper.

New York Union Pacific United States

Eddie Gambino Murder Blamed on Liquor Trade Fight

Chicago police say Eddie Gambino 23 was killed by four bullets in an early Wednesday ambush tied to a bid for control of west side liquor traffic. Detectives tie the murder to Gambino’s ambition to imitate the Genna gang era, as rivals seek to preserve their dwindling share of the business.

Chicago Eddie Gambino West Side West Grad Avenue Pohice Gambino Genna al Capone Thal

Wemyss, Armistice signer, dies at 69 in France

Admiral of the Fleet Russian Fiskine Wester Wemyss the first Baron of Wemyss, who signed the armistice for England, died Wednesday at his villa in France where he had lived since the war. He was 69 years old.

Cannel France Fiskine Wester Wemyss Wemyss Tengland

Couple Dead In Mystery Slaying At Elroy

A two person homicide in Elroy left Irene Lawrence 35 dead from a head wound and contractor William Tyler dying later at a hospital. Police suspect a dispute over finances preceded the shooting and consider a possible third party involvement as the wound on Tyler suggests the sequence may have been reversed.

Amlauston Wis Elroy

Japanese General in Jehol Reported Slain in Plane

A dispatch from Chinchow Manchuria says Col Takayoshi Matsumuro, head of Japan's special mission in Jehol, was found dead in a plane wreck near Weichang. Chinese bandits are believed to have shot down the aircraft, which left Jehol City Sunday. the pilot's body was recovered. The report also notes a separate Peiping confrontation as Chinese forces resisted Japanese demands and a troop buildup and leaflets over the city.

TOKIO Rengo Chinchow Manchuria Takayoshi Matsumuro Jehol Weichang Matsumura Peiping INSI Legation Guard Tientsin Nanking Ho Ying-Ching Tungchow Shunyi

North Wisconsin Milk Market Cut by Chicago Route

The Chicago milk inspection area will shrink after June 30 to a 200 mile radius. Ten northern Wisconsin dairy counties lose market permits affecting about 1,900 farmers as Chicago needs more milk for the Century of Progress. Dairies closer to Chicago may receive new permits.

Chicago Wisconsin Board of Health Herman Bundesen Bundesen

Swope Testifies Mitchell S Stock Loss Avoidance Claim

Government witness Ger ard Swope testifies that Charles E Mitchell sought to record a 1929 stock loss by selling to Mrs Mitchell and then filed a claim with National City company to avoid stock loss. Swope, a director at National City Bank and National City Company, recalls a March directors meeting where Mitchell spoke of holding him harmless.

Swope Mitchell NEW York Gerard Swope Charles E Mitchell National City Company National City Bank

Attempt To Kidnap Girl After Threats

In Joliet AP report a kidnapper attempted to seize four year old Shirley Mae Calkins while she slept with her mother. The assailant, described as a large dark man, fled after the mother’s screams. Police found cut telephone wires and an entry pane damaged at the Calkins home.

Calkins

China Pledges Opium Production Wipeout Plan

Victor Hoo, Chinese delegate, told the League of Nations opium commission in Geneva that China plans immediate inquiry into illicit factories to eradicate opium derivatives. He said a comprehensive plan will then suppress poppy cultivation and drug manufacture.

Geneva Opium Commission League of Nations Victor Hoo China Hoo Mlicit

Coe Student Named to West Point Appointment

William Snouffer a Coe college sophomore and Eagle Scout received an official appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. He will report July 1 after taking the West Point exam March 7 1933 at Fort Sheridan and after visiting Washington D C and Brooklyn with his family. He was nominated by Cyrenus Cole and leaves Cedar Rapids June 14 for the academy.

William Snouffer William D Snouffer Washington Avenue United States Military Academy West Point Cyrenus Cole Old Fifth District Snouffer Fort Sheridan Coe College Coe R.O T.C Cedar Rapids Washington, D. C Francis E. Nelson Brooklyn

Wife Accuses Jelke of Beating Her in Divorce Trial

Eugenia Woodward Jelke, a former Alabama belle, testified in Newport that Jelke beat her on multiple occasions and threatened to brand her with adultery charges in a divorce suit. Both spouses seek divorce as the trial nears its end. rebuttal testimony was expected after noon.

Jelke Newport R. I Eugenia Woodward Jelke Alabama

Camps For Jobless Women Suggested By Mrs Roosevelt

Mrs Frankin D Roosevelt proposes women join the government reforestation effort in nurseries rather than ax work. She asks Secretary Perkins to study establishing female work camps for destitute women alongside unemployed men.

Mrs. Roosevelt Washington Franklin D Roosevelt Roosevelt Perkins

Baer Held 30 Days To Reply In Divorce Suit

In Sacramento California Dorothy Dunbar Wells Baer seeks divorce from boxing figure Max Baer. He has 30 days to file an answer. The case notes cruelty accusations and possible engagement to actress June Knight. California law bars remarriage for one year after interlocutory decree.

Max Baer Sacramento Calif INS Dorothy Dunbar Wells Baer Baer June Knight California

Roosevelt To Sign Blue Sky Bill Today

President Roosevelt was expected to sign the federal blue sky bill Wednesday, guaranteeing investors full information about the securities they buy.

Roosevelt Washington LLP

Morgan and Whitney Ties in Big Bank Debates

The article traces J P Morgan and Whitney links to the stock market with Morgan holding seats on major exchanges and aiding friends by buying millions in stock. It notes a 1929 3 5 million share issue of the Alleghany holding that Morgan and company bought into and details a $12 million loan to National City Bank linked to Charles E Mitchell amid the 1929 crash.

New York Drexel and Company Morgan Van_ Sweringen Morgan and Company Whitney James F. Byrnes Dem S. C Roosevelt Woodin Treasury William Ewing Panama American Car and Foundry Company Pecora Charles E. Mitchell National City Bank House of Morgan J. P. Morgan Corn Exchange Bank Mitchell Thomas Gore Oklahoma

Morgan House May Take Control of National City Bank

Whitney protests the claim as he defends actions to aid a difficult situation, saying they did not seek to seize control but aimed to help. The dialogue centers on authority and responsibility surrounding the bank and potential influence by Morgan house.

House of Morgan National City Bank Whitney

Police officer’s pistol knocks prowler unconscious

Fort Worth Texas police report Policeman C E Eagle fired five times at a prowler but missed. In anger he threw his pistol which struck the prowler on the head, rendering him unconscious.

Fort Worth Tex C. E. Eagle Eagle

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