Youth conference draws 450 plus registrants in Iowa
More than 450 young people aged 15 to 23, pastors and leaders from twenty Iowa counties had registered by Thursday noon for the eighth annual Iowa Youth conference. The three day event opens at Trinity Methodist church with over 700 expected. Speakers include Dr. Harry Moore Dr. David I Berger and Al Cobe. The Friday banquet features William H. Danforth of St. Louis as main speaker.
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Iowa
Iowa State Council of Christian Education
Trinity Methodist Church
Harry Moore
David I. Berger
Muscatine
Moore
al Code
al Cobe
Lac du Flambeau
Wis
Cobe
International Council of Religious Education
Berger
C. A
William H. Danforth
St. Louis
Purina Mills Company
First National Bank
St. Louis Union Trust Company
College musical groups to perform Thursday program
The Thursday night session features Coc College musical groups led by Miss Margaret McFadden soloist with the A Cappella choir the Women's Glee club and the Alumn male quartet Harold Reeves Robert Troyak Carl Zbanek and James Manville are among the quartet members.
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Coc College
Margaret McFadden
Women's Glee Club
Harold Reeves
Robert Troyak
Carl Zbanek
James Manville
Petition to allow Sunday movies in Grundy Center
A petition circulated in Grundy Center seeks approval to show Sunday movies and will be filed with the town council next Monday evening. If the council approves, an election will be held to decide the issue.
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Grundy Center
Memorial service planned for Lusitania dead aboard Orphir
Captain Henry Russell schedules November 4 for a memorial over the Lusitania wreck and hopes to recover a significant object to prove the Cunarder’s grave location. Leslie Wood and other officials will attend. Storm damage delays salvage work as crews repair gear and await calmer seas. Alvin Olson resigns as Garrison school music supervisor to take a post in St Paul.
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Orphir
Henry Russell
Russell
Kinsale
Leslie Wood
United States
Cork
George Jarratt
Jim Jarratt
Garrison
Alvin Olson
Garrison School
St. Paul
What They Say About The Community Chest
Miss Ruby M. Byers, principal of Benjamin Franklin junior high school, calls the Community Chest an instrument to fairly distribute obligations and prevent bias. She says contributions yield a sense of duty, inspiration for effort, and hope that needs are met through civic plans.
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Ruby M. Byers
Benjamin Franklin Junior High School
Court House News Appeal Filed Over Shrine at Mount Mercy
W H Lightner appeals to the state supreme court after a Sisters of Mercy suit to cancel a shrine related agreement at Mount Mercy junior college Cedar Rapids The Sisters seek title quieting while Lightner says the contract was made in good faith and approved by church authorities He has donated to the sisters and collected rock formations for the shrine All issues to be argued before the supreme court.
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State Supreme Court
W. H. Lightner
Sisters of Mercy
Cedar Rapids
Mount Mercy Junior College
Lightner
Supreme Court
Governor Suspends Jail Term for Paul Lebeda Sr
Governor Clyde L. Herring in Des Moines suspended the Cedar Rapids man Paul Lebeda Sr.’s district court jail sentence for illegal possession of alcoholic liquor. Lebeda had a one year term with release on good behavior after four months, based on Judge Ring and Dr. V H Hasek’s recommendation to obtain medical treatment, county officials said.
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Paul Lebeda
Clyde L. Herring
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Ring
Lebeda
Ring
V. H. Hasek
G K. Thompson
Suspended $300 Fine On Liquor Charge
Cecil Gaines of near Central City was fined $300 and costs in district court on illegal possession of alcoholic liquor. The judge suspended the fine during good behavior on state recommendation due to Gaines condition. The action followed a June 29 home visit by county officials led by Sheriff Jim Smith who found traces of alcohol in a pitcher and dripping from a furnace register.
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Cecil Gaines
Central City
A. B. Clark
Jim Smith
Gaines
City council permits Armistice observance on Island plaza
The city council voted to allow the American Legion to use Island plaza for Armistice day on November 11. Other items include club meetings, speaker engagements, a bankruptcy filing by Vernon Heights farmer Harvey Cross, pastry shop relocations, and police court fines.
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The
American Legion
Island Plaza
Cedar Rapids Airhawks Plan Fall Contests Meeting
An A D T alarm at a Cedar Rapids hotel proved false with no fire found. The Cedar Rapids Airhawks schedule a special meeting Friday at 9 am in the city hall sub basement workshop to finalize plans for their fall contest, moved from last Sunday to Friday at 1 30 pm. The event will be at the field opposite Cedar Park on Highway 161.
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Cedar Rapids Airhawks
Playground Commission
Cedar Park
Highway 161
Luncheon Meeting of Social Agencies Board at YMCA
The council of social agencies and board members will meet for luncheon at the Y M C A Friday noon. Transient relief will be discussed with Miss Cora Jacobs Linn county relief director presiding. A report will be made by a nominating committee composed of Lena Vogt B W Robinson and Dr Charles T Hickok. Anyone interested is invited to attend.
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Council of Social Agencies
Cora Jacobs
Linn County Relief
Lena Vogt
B. W. Robinson
Charles T. Hickok
Fire at Iowa Welding Company Causes Minor Loss
Firemen responded to a small blaze at the Iowa Welding company, 215 First Street NE, with loss confined to a pair of overalls. Rescue units also battled grass and timber fires on nearby streets as a child sustained injuries after running into a moving vehicle on First Street SW. the driver took her to Mercy hospital for treatment.
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Iowa Welding Company
First Street
Company No. 3
Thirtieth Street
Company No. 4
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Helen Vopalka
Harry Beeson
Avenue NW
Mercy Hospital
Search For Frank Jordon In Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce efforts were underway Thursday noon to locate Frank Jordon age 80 from Whittier California who was visiting Cedar Rapids. Roberta Shook and Martha Smith reported they brought him here and left him at the Magnus hotel during a trip from Chicago to California and plan to pick him up.
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Chamber of Commerce
Frank Jordon
Whittier
Calif
Cedar Rapids
Roberta Shook
Martha Smith
Magnus Hotel
Jordan
Chicago
California
Cedar Rapids Peace Pageant Parade Planned
Arthur J. Nie chairman of the Cedar Rapids Interdenominational Committee for Peace Action received approval for a peace pageant on Armistice Sunday November 10. The event features a parade through city streets with several hundred youths from church groups, floats, a band and singing starting at 5 p.m. A union meeting for the young people follows at 6 30 p.m.
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Arthur J. Nie
Cedar Rapids
Farm Loan Group Elects Iebraskan Leader
M E Isaacson of Marquette Nebraska was elected president of the Eighth Land Bank district association of the National Farm Loan group serving Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming. He succeeds Hallvard Kloster who retires after 10 years as district president. H C Modlin Perry Iowa was elected first vice president and E R Cronk Montour Iowa to the executive committee. Funeral services for World War II veteran Frank N Lasack were held with American Legion and Z C B J lodge honors. pallbearers were Legion members.
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Omaha
M. E. Isaacson
Marquette
Neb
Eighth Land Bank District Association
National Farm Loan Association
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Isaacson
Hallvard Kloster
Eagle Grove
H.C. Modlin
Perry
E. R. Cronk
Montour
Oxford Junction
Frank N. Lasack
American Legion
Z. C. B. J. Lodge
John Buresh
Z. C. B. J Lodge
Frank Nesper
R. E. Hill
James Cave
the Legion
Frank Kolarik
Agnes Carrington
Louis Fisher
Fire damages alfalfa field and fodder near Shellsburg
A Tuesday blaze on Mrs. Edith Bergen's farm east of Shellsburg destroyed a large alfalfa field and several shocks of corn fodder. Firefighters fought the flames for an extended time amid high winds, with concern that the Bergen residence could catch fire.
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Shellsburg
Edith Bergen
Bergen
At Home Cough Remedy Promises Quick Lasting Relief
A home cough syrup mixes 2 cups sugar with 1 cup water, no cooking required. Add 21% ounces of Pinex to a 2 pint bottle, fill with syrup to triple the quantity, creating a low cost remedy claimed to soothe membranes loosen phlegm and ease breathing for better sleep. Pinex is described as a Norway Pine compound. Money refund if not pleased.
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W. H. Danforth
Vincent
Mid. Plains
Renal Coil Croom
Vstals
Sle
Iowa Theatre
Rexall
Epee Drain Osa Pete Ute Ibu
Vhong Youster Land Vet
Dee
Hggett
Paul Paof Fea
Symonds Inn
Symond’s Inn
Marete Co
Hobart
Ste
American Youth Foundation
Danforth Foundation
Pettit
Josephine B Pettit
Turner Chapel
Harry M Gage
Coo College
Oak Hil Cemetery
Frederick Murray
Harry Hedges
Fred Hann
George Dunlip
Jane Sigmund
EF R Sigmund
M E Sigmund
Aurora
Ill
Mix EF CC Dickinson
Fourth Street Drive
Oscar
Homer Page
H L. Dickinson
Richmond
Ind
James Dickinson
June Sigmund
Barbara Ann Dickinson
Kenwood Methodist Church
Hatch Funeral Home
M. E.garmoe
Optometrist
3Rd St
Lusitania
United Feature Syndicate Inc
Gilbert McAllister
Court House News
Mt. Mercy
Shrine Action
Bruce Buchanan
United Presbyterian
Ethiopia
Vernon Heights
Second Avenue Southeast
Tasty Pastry
Townsend Club No. 2
Superior Court Room
Harvey Edward Cross
Conrad Farmer
Interchurch Basketball League
L. E. Crabbs
George Yingst
Buffalo Evangelical Church
Sunshine Mission
Clarence M Hidding
Keokuk
Hibbing
M. H. Hadad
Second Avenue SE
Joe Vavra
Fifth Street
John Hrbck
Fifth Avenue
Parkers
R. J. Campbell
A Avenue NE
A. C. Westrom
Merchants Bank
Frank Wood
Third Street
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
J Street
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Lincoln Hotel
Airhawks
Jack’s
Union
Siuirts
Super Mule
Lee Brand
O’alls
Sale Men’s Pants
Sut Iresn
Cro's
Mela
Melton
Weight Union
Oxford St
Farm Loan Group
Iebraskan
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