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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1933
Page
3
The Cedar Rapids mayor sets conditions for a sewage plant project, insisting no debt without citizen approval and that funds favor local labor and materials to ease unemployment. A technical, expert-led survey will assess river flow, waste characteristics, site options, and financing methods before proceeding.
Fifty new recruits depart Cedar Rapids for Fort Des Moines to join the Civilian Conservation Corps. The group includes twenty men from Black Hawk county and ten each from Benton and Buchanan counties, under Sergeant William Melton. William J. Bower leads the unit with a roster including Younie, Allen, Baker, Burbank, Beaudine, Blair, Costello, Campagna, Christian, Dolge, Davidson, Draves, Fair, Forgeson, Flancher, Githens, Gleason, Hohensee, Hughs, Johnson, Jepperson, Jackson, Kemphart, Killinger, Leahy, Miller, Manning, Moritz, Miller, McLean, O Brine, Penly, Pike, Price, Payne, Schlarbum, Schrader, Sterrett, Stanley, Taggert, Tharp, Taylor, Turner, Vaughn and Weldon.
All Jews in Cedar Rapids are invited to a 8 p.m. Monday mass meeting at the Chamber of Commerce to organize a local chapter of the American Jewish Congress. Rabbi Aaron Lefkowitz of Temple Emanuel Davenport will speak on Is God an Aryan and lead a discussion on Hitlerism and the United Jewish Front. No funds will be solicited.
Cedar Rapids area Boy Scout leaders attend a four day Camp Waubeek training to study troop camp methods. Sessions run from Saturday through Tuesday with leaders preparing meals at their quarters and eating at the camp mess hall. Completing two days earns a Specialization certificate in troop camping.
In St Paul, two masked men held up Phillip Burton at Edward Dockman Jewelry Co. on Monday. Burton was forced to surrender diamonds and valuable gems. Police estimate the loss at 25000 to 50000 dollars. Both robbers drew pistols and warned him to obey or be shot.
The public is invited to view the playground commission’s children’s gardens behind the Holland Furnace plant where iris bloom bright. A 200 foot long by four foot wide iris bed fronts the garden and bulbs were donated for use by the community. Needy residents may take iris from the garden for cemetery decoration on Memorial Day. The vegetable plots in the gardens are also very attractive this season.
Carlos McDonald five year old son of Mr and Mrs Karl P McDonald 514 Thirty fourth street NE memorized the Lord's Prayer Beatitudes Ten Commandments Psalm 23 and the sixty six books in proper order at the Seventh Day Adventist church 3424 First Avenue East. He received a framed Star Memory certificate from the Sabbath School department.
The 260 foot Lake liner struck a reef on Isle Royale in fog, sank Saturday night on Lake Superior. 132 aboard were rescued, six injured, including George M. Cox of New Orleans. Coast guard cutter Crawford saved 118, five seriously injured taken by Tremaine to Port Arthur.
Berlin report says Hermann Rauschning, newly slated president of the Danzig senate, declares the Free State will respect its constitution and treaties under all circumstances. He states measures in Danzig require legislation and mentions the Jewish question is not a factor. He notes Nazi aims to clear the atmosphere on Polish Danzig issues by mutual means. In Earlville, Rev. L C Smith is invited to return for another year. In Calmar, funeral services are held for Mel Blackmar 83 who died suddenly with burial in Decorah.
We thank neighbors and friends for kindness sympathy floral offerings and assistance during our recent bereavement. Also thanks to singers pallbearers and Mr Mekota and Anthony Soukup and wife. Much more from Jenny Relph and relatives employment
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