Desks Kept Cleared and Ready for Action by Cedar Rapids Executives
A Cedar Rapids desk survey highlights how top leaders keep their workspaces minimal yet functional. A. L. Killian’s area centers on advertising plans and department reports while inspirational messages line the walls. Senator Byers and Mayor Hahn also maintain busy desks reflecting their public duties and local concerns. President H. M. Gage’s Old Main office embodies an academic atmosphere guiding youth. Van Vechten Shaffer at Guaranty Bank and Trust commands global economic readings, his desk acting as a miniature mail hub when absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
A. L. Killian
Killian Company
H. M. Gage
Coe College
Old Main
Dr. Gage
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
van Vechten Shaffer
Master Tire Tread files for incorporation in Cedar Rapids
Articles of Incorporation filed with County Recorder Dempsy Jones. Authorized capital stock is 25000 dollars. Officers are L. F. Lincoln president F. L. Martin vice-president and C. E. Fleury secretary treasurer, all of Cedar Rapids. Also renewal of Higley Land company extends corporate period to May 15 1959 with 30000 dollars capitalization. Officers include E. M. Scott president Harry T. Hedges vice-president Horace G. Hedges Philo H. Higley and William M. Higley. Emma Naibert Swab is secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Dempsy Jones
L. F. Lincoln
F. L. Martin
C. E. Fleury
Higley Land Company
E. M. Scott
Harry T. Hedges
Horace G. Hedges
Philo H. Higley
New York City
William M. Higley
Babson Park
Fla
Emma Naibert Swab
Partition ruling splits Bovey estate among heirs and churches
Judge Haas apportions one twentieth shares to Laura Doughty Lilian Nichols Carlton Ahalt Edgar Ahalt Walton Ahalt Francis Ahalt Stanley Ahalt Charles Ahalt James Ahalt and William Ahalt of the Mount Vernon residence at 725 Fifth Avenue North as part of Launa Bovey estate. Churches First Presbyterian Mount Vernon and Federated Lisbon each receive one fourth. Referee Anson Burge and appraisers G. M. Wilson John Kyle J. F. Bowers named. Also, divorce case Helen Ottersen versus Irving Ottersen cites cruel treatment with custody dispute. hearing set for June 2 at 9 am.
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C. J. Haas
Laura E. Doughty
Lillian Nichols
Carlton Ahalt
Edgar Ahalt
Walton Ahalt
Francis Ahalt
Stanley Ahalt
Charles Ahalt
James Ahalt
William Ahalt
Fifth Avenue North
Mount Vernon
Launa May Bovey
First Presbyterian Church of
Federated
Bank Receiver Seeks Compromise on Note with Cedar Rapids Equity
D. W. Bates receiver of the American Trust and Savings bank offered to settle a $19,264.62 note of C. R. Chandler in Cedar Rapids for 25 bank shares valued around $200 each. Judge C. J. Haas granted $689.10 default judgment Saturday in a note case against John J. Zachar, Frank J. Zachar and Joseph W. Zachar. Ina Pearl Ridge probate assigns John William Ridge as beneficiary and G. A. Kenderdine as administrator with will annexed. will dated November 24 1937.
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D. W. Bates
American Trust and Savings Bank
C. R. Chandler
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Savings Bank of
C. J. Haas
John J. Zachar
Frank J. Zachar
Joseph W. Zachar
Ina Pearl Ridge
John William Ridge
G. A. Kenderdine
Delay Trial Of Harlan Injunction Litigation
Delay trial of an injunction suit against 26 Bell and Harlan county coal mines over union shop contracts with John L. Lewis United Mine Workers. Hearing paused as some companies lacked representation. trial rescheduled to June 7 amid Harlan county coal mine warfare and UMW picket clashes with National Guard.
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Pineville, Ky
INL
Bell and
Harlan County
John L. Lewis United Mine Workers
CIO
James M. Gilbert
UMW
National Guardsmen
John L. Lewis
Senate Clears Path for Special Rail Bankruptcy Court
The Senate passed a bill to place railroad bankruptcy cases under a five judge special court. It would give the new court jurisdiction over reorganizations and receiverships with ICc certification of capitalization and earnings forecasts. A Clark amendment to strip judicial powers failed amid Wheel er objections.
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Washington
Senate
House
Bill
Clark
Wheeler
Mont
Congress
Baltimore and Ohio
Lehigh Valley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Individual Incomes Gain 2 Per Cent In First Four Months
United States individual income payments rose 2 percent from 1938 to 1939 in the first four months of each year. Secretary Hopkins reported that payments totaling 21.561 billion dollars in the current period compare with 21.13 billion in the same period of 1938, marking a notable recovery indicator.
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Washington
INS
United States
Hopkins
Sir Ronald Outlines Functions For Rulers Visit
Washington AP Sir Ronald Lindsay British Ambassador says the June 9 embassy dinner for King George and Queen Elizabeth will be official yet pleasant. He notes a prior garden party for June 8 with about 1300 invites and says gifts from private individuals cannot be accepted. The guest list for the dinner will be released.
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Washington
Ronald Lindsay
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Lady Lindsay
Sir Ronald
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Third Term Talk Gets New Impetus in Washington
Washington reports renewed third term speculation for 1940 as President Roosevelt faces calls to run again. Postmaster General Farley tours the nation shaping party prospects while Gov. Lloyd C. Stark of Missouri emerges as a potential nominee or vice presidential candidate amid Missouri political tensions. Senator Bennett Clark of Missouri is also discussed as a possible candidate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Farley
Interior
Lloyd C. Stark
Missouri
Stark
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
Sen
Bennett Clark
Faculty Lectures on Coe Alumni Day Saturday
Coe college will host two faculty lectures on Alumni day June 3. Dr George W Bryant executive vice president will speak at 230 p m in the Stewart Memorial library on Between the Lines of the Record. Dr C Ward Macy economics and commerce professor will lecture at 1030 a m in Marshall hall on Economics in a Dynamic World.
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Coe
Coe College
George W. Bryant
C. Ward Macy
Bryant
Stewart Memorial Library
Eta Sigma Pi
Macy
Marshall Hall
Pi Gamma Mu
No Prospect of a Breach Over State Favor in 1940
The text notes that there is no prospect of a breach between factions over which candidate will be the state's favored son in 1940, suggesting a settled alignment or quiet anticipation within political circles.
Army Mules Die Quietly After Reprieve
Eight aging army mules once spared by Congress at Fort Dix New Jersey were quietly executed two weeks ago. Officials cited illness and infirmity as cruelty to keep them from continued service while a veterans group pressed for retirement.
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Fort DIX
N. J
War Department
Army
Unemployment Drops 2 Percent In April
New York AP reports U S unemployment fell 2 percent in April to about 10 177 000 as the month began. The Industrial Conference Board cites a large rise in agricultural employment typical for this season as the main cause of the decline.
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New York
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
Presbyterians Oppose Social Security Extension to Church Staff
The 925 commissioners of the 151st General Assembly in Cleveland voted unanimously against extending Social Security Act coverage to church employees. They warn that inclusion would blur church state lines and risk new taxation. The report also calls for ministers to receive pensions after retirement and urges church bodies to place staff under the church pension fund.
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Cleveland
INS
Presbyterian Church
151St General Assembly of the Church
Standing Committee On
Pair of Men Convicted in Berkeley Nurse Kidnapping
A Oakland Superior Court jury found Joseph Movle aged 24 and John Orloff aged 22 guilty of kidnapping. The pair were captured in Kansas City after a nationwide search and accused of sexually attacking and robbing Mary Gray, a Berkeley nurse.
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Oakland
Calif
INS
Joseph Movle
John Orloff
Kansas City
Mary Gray
Berkeley
Seek to void huge Hearst stock block
In Wilmington Delaware a chancery suit seeks nullification of 2,000,000 shares of common stock in Hearst Consolidated Publications held by Hearst Corporation and related entities. Plaintiffs Gossard and Collie name Hearst organizations and William Randolph Hearst among defendants, seeking dissolution, a receiver, and removal of directors over alleged misused proceeds and excessive salaries.
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Wilmington, del
Llp
Chancery
Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc
Hearst Corporation
Hearst Company
Robert L. Gossard
Washington
William Collie
Montgomery County
The
Corporation
American Newspapers, Inc
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Hearst Publications, Inc
Hearst Enterprises, Inc
State Debts Rise Slightly As U S Deficit Doubled
Treasury experts told the House Ways and Means Committee that the net debt of the 48 states rose by 110 million dollars while the federal debt doubled since 1931. Secretary Morgenthau testified on the tax revision plan as Daniel Bell and Ray Blough quoted state and federal debt figures.
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Washington
INS
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Morgenthaus
Daniel W. Bell
Ray Blough
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Art Snider
Wall Space
Mr. Killian
Frank Byers
Byers
Frank Hahn
Banker—Van Vechten Shaffer
Gazette Photos
Court House News
Tire Tread Co
Sets
Bovey Estate
Helen Ottersen
Irving Ottersen
Chicago
H. C. Ring
Harlan
Mr. Roosevelt
DR. C. Ward Macy
Hearst
U. S
Iowa
2Nd Ave. SE
Rosenbaums
Rosengaus
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