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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1939

Page

14

DeMolay to Confer Legion of Honor on Four in Public Investiture

Four DeMolays will receive the Legion of Honor degree at a Friday 8 p.m. investiture in Masonic hall. Honorees are Robert Ure, Ervin Stepanek, Richard Sears, and Courtright Hawley of Marion, with eastern Iowa members assisting and Dancing and refreshments planned after the ceremony.

Legion of Honor Robert P. Ure Wellington Street Ervin E. Stepanek Park Avenue Richard Sears Courtright Hawley Marion Masonic Hall Iowa Harry Burmeister Cedar Rapids Amos Stewart Arthur Hammerand Dubuque Curtis Moncrief Monticello Lewis Harlan Ralph Michel Richard Strohbehn Davenport Basil Waddington Ben Padzewsky Stanley Moore, Jr Wayne Bain Fred J. Witousek Cedar Malta Order of Eastern Star Brand Council Stepanek Peoples Savings Bank Lions Club High Twelve Club Young Men's Bureau The Chamber of Commerce State Junior Chamber of Commerce Linn County J. 7. Ure LaPlant Choate Manufacturing Company Marion Presbyterian Sunday School DeMolay Trojan Lodge A. F

St Johns Cemetery New Chapel Blessed In Memorial Gift

The new five thousand dollar chapel at St. Johns Cemetery will be blessed Tuesday at 10 am by Monsignor Innocent Kestl. A solemn high mass will be said by Rev. Joseph Gregor, with English sermon by Msgr. John Molloy. Speeches in Bohemian follow, and salutes end the service.

St. John's Cemetery Julia Novak Joseph Kanka Cedar Rapids Innocent Kestl Chicago Joseph Gregor Oxford Junction John Molloy Frank Hruby St. Ludmila’s Church Norman Hatton Holy Land

Boehm Reappointed Walther League District Head

Bert Boehm of Ottumwa is re elected president of the Iowa district East Walther League during the convention in the Roosevelt hotel. Raymond Moeller of Wilton Junction becomes vice president and Lucille Timmerman of Waterloo succeeds Pearl Zopf as secretary. Edwin Gray of Burlington is treasurer and Walter Fuchs Steiner of Trinity church Clinton joins the executive board. The Rev T H Joeckel retiring vice president is named to the nominating committee with Rev Obert Kruger and Miss Egerding.

Bert Boehm Ottumwa Iowa East Walther League Roosevelt Hotel Raymond Moeller Wilton Junction Lucille Timmerman Waterloo Pearl Zopf Marengo Edwin Gray Burlington Walter Fuchssteiner Trinity Church Clinton T. H. Joeckel Williamsburg Obert Kruger Davenport Kiiss Egerding

First Lady Presents Diplomas At Resettlement School

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt awarded diplomas to a dozen graduates in Arthurdale West Virginia a resettlement community she helped found urging peacemaking among groups. She noted unemployment and warned against expanding the army and munitions as a WPA substitute.

Arthurdale W. Va Franklin D. Roosevelt

Temporary Anthracite Accord Reached Between Miners and Operators

United Mine Workers and hard coal operators agreed on a temporary wage and hour contract for about 100000 miners in the Pennsylvania anthracite field. The pact took effect at midnight and awaits formal signing after a union referendum next month. President John L. Lewis predicted overwhelming support. The accord ends deadlock and avoids further extensions of the old contract.

NEW York United Mine Workers of America Pennsylvania John L. Lewis UMW Thomas Kennedy Maj W. W. Inglis Glen Alden Coal Company

Two Cedar Rapids Men to Be Ordained to Priesthood

Two Cedar Rapids men Gilbert C. Lattner and Albert L. Zachar will be ordained at the Cathedral of St. Raphael in Dubuque next Saturday by Archbishop Francis Beckman. Each will celebrate his first solemn high mass in his home parish the following Sunday. Lattner, a St. Patrick’s graduate, will serve at St. Patrick’s in Cedar Rapids with a 10:30 a.m. mass on June 4, assisted by Rev. D. J. Lenihan and others. Zachar will celebrate at St. Wenceslaus in Cedar Rapids with Msgr. August Vojacek presiding, following by a parish reception. Both men completed earlier schooling in Cedar Rapids and study at Loras College. Lattner’s training includes St. Paul Seminary, Minnesota.

Cedar Rapids Dubuque Francis J. Beckman Gilbert C. Lattner John O. Lattner Avenue W Albert L. Zachar Nineteenth Street Cathedral of St. Raphael Father Lattner St. Patrick’s St. Patrick's Church D. J. Lenihan Lawrence Klassen J. J. Brietbach Worthington Rosewig Henry Teahen John Merrifield Hugh Phelps St. Patrick's St. Patrick’s School Loras College St. Paul Seminary St. Paul Minn Father Zachar St. Wenceslaus Parish Conception Abbey Conception Ino St. Mary’s Seminary Baltimore

Linn County Board Adopts Road District 135 and Property Sales

Linn County Iowa approves Secondary Road District No 135 for gravel surfacing with plat boundary. authorizes deed to W L Dahn for six Lisbon properties totaling 60 dollars. Also approves sale of Marion and Lisbon parcels to settle delinquent taxes and allocates funds for federal road project accounts.

Board of Supervisors Beeson Seevell Linn County Towa Cedar Rapids Iowa State Highway Commission Bert H. Rice Marion Bertram Stirm E. B. Castle and Son Iowa Light Company Lisbon Auditor's Pfantz W. L. Cahn Fred Stirm W. L. Dahn Daniels Railroad W. H. Lampicn H. W. Sampica

Oklahoma Man and Massachusetts Man Nabbed in Yacht Theft

Darrell Stevens age 22 of Oklahoma and Charles Chambers age 22 of Worcester Massachusetts were arrested Saturday and admitted stealing nautical equipment valued at about 2000 dollars from yachts moored in park lagoons in Chicago.

Chicago INS Darrell Stevens Oklahoma Charles Chambers Worcester Mass

Baccalaureate Tonight at Mount Mercy Chapel

The Rev. James D. Kearn of St. Matthew's Cedar Rapids will deliver the baccalaureate address at Mount Mercy Chapel at 2 45 this evening. Mount Mercy academy graduates include Lois Ann Cooksey Mary Alice Doran Lelia Harrison Helen Jones Bette Kelly Mary McDermott Bette McGuire Virginia Neilly Margaret Rooney Miriam Siepman Jean Taylor Rose Underwood Jean Wall Dorothy Weber. Mount Mercy college graduates listed: Betty Allender Ruby Boddicker Rosemary Burke Rose Butler Therese De Meulenacre Marjorie Fleming Helen Hanley Valeria Herold Martha Hubbard Angie Johnson Patricia McElligot Marcella McGrane Mary McGivern Maxine Orr Marian Plunkett Geraldine Rabe Mildred Ramer Katherine Rock Rita Rush Marie Sheda Winifred Shellenberger Leota Stark Monica Sullivan Mary Helen Swift Margaret Leedt Dolores Trierweiler Jean Whalen Mary Whelan Virginia Whitters.

James D. Kearn St. Matthew's Church Cedar Rapids Chapel of Mount Mercy Mount Mercy Academy Lois Ann Cooksey Mary Alice Doran Lelia Harrison Helen Jones Bette Kelly Mary McDermott Bette McGuire Virginia Neilly Margaret Rooney Miriam Siepman Jean Taylor Rose Underwood Jean Wall Dorothy Weber Mount Mercy College Betty Allender Ruby Boddicker Rosemary Burke Rose Butler Therese de Meulenacre Marjorie Fleming Helen Hanley Valeria Herold Martha Hubbard Angie Johnson Patricia McElligott Marcella McGrane Mary Mcgivern Maxine Orr Marian Plunkett Geraldine Rabe Mildred Ramer Katherine Rock Rita Rush Marie Sheda Winifred Shellenberger Leota Stark

Libel Award To Liggett Widow Deemed Inadequate

New York judge calls a $2,672 libel verdict against the Daily Worker inadequate in a suit by Edith Liggett widow of Walter Liggett. Justice Philip Brennan condemns the paper’s attacks as outrageous and cowardly and laments the small amount for her attempt to fund burial costs after her husband’s assassination.

New York INS Supreme Court Philip A. Brennan The Daily Worker Edith Liggett Minneapolis Walter Liggett Justice Brennan Liggett

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