Cedar Rapids Gas Franchise On Ballot In Tuesday Election
Voters in Cedar Rapids will decide on a 25 year extension of the Cedar Rapids Gas company franchise at the general election alongside county state and national races. The measure asks if the ordinance granting the franchise to the Cedar Rapids Gas company its successors or assigns be adopted. The council may regulate gas rates separate from this ballot question. The gas company is the oldest in Cedar Rapids and has served the city for more than 40 years.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Iowa
Eet
Cedar Pids
Jooss European Ballet Plays Shrine Temple On Wednesday
The Jooss European Ballet returns to the United States to perform at the Shrine Temple in Cedar Rapids Wednesday at 8 15 p m as part of the Community Concert series. The company, with 24 artists from 11 nations, will perform seven ballets including The Green Table.
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Jooss European Ballet
Shrine Temple
Jooss
Yooss
United States
Cedar Rapids
Paul S. Ray
Europe
Ballet
Kurt Jooss
Fritz Cohen
Paris
Cohen
European Ballet
Dartington Hall
South Devon
England
Old
Vienna
Divorce Awarded in Deser tion Case at District Court
Judge H C Ring grants Ernest Van Fleet a divorce from Leone Van Fleet on desertion grounds. Leone granted custody of a minor daughter. The couple wed in Chicago in December 1927 and separated in 1932 per petition. Mort Blum Inc Cedar Rapids files for $10 000 capitalization with Dempsy Jones as recorder. John M Kirkpatrick counterclaims a $356 41 mechanic lien case by Alfred H Vornholt and QO H Stabenow seeking $400 judgment over barn dimensions. Judge A B Clark authorizes sale of real estate on B avenue NE Cedar Rapids to George H Harmer for 7625 with referee's deed approved.
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H. C. Ring
District Court
Ernest van Fleet
Leone van Fleet
Chicago
Mort Blum, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Dempsy Jones
Mort Blum
John M. Kirkpatrick
Alfred H. Vornholt
QO. H. Stabenow
Vornholt
Stabenow
Copartnership
A. B. Clark
B Avenue
Fourth
Fifth Streets
D. W. Bates
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust Company
George H. Harmer
Appeal Filed From Ring Ruling in Note and Mortgage Case
A notice of appeal to the state supreme court challenges Judge H. C. Ring’s July 8 finding in a note and mortgage action. D. W. Bates, receiver of Iowa State Savings Bank, sues Olga M. Vesely and Stanley J. Vesely. The court held the note and mortgage void for lack of consideration and an unperformed condition and ordered cancellation.
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State Supreme Court
H. C. Ring
D. W. Bates
Iowa State Savings Bank
Olga M. Vesely
Stanley J. Vesely
Halloween Problem Solved At Oelwein
Oelwein residents saw minimal property damage on Halloween as a pledge backed by the Chamber of Commerce led to a theater party for over a thousand children. The event, sponsored by the Oelwein Chamber of Commerce, offered free admission to those who signed the pledge not to vandalize.
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Oelwein
Oelwein Chamber of Commerce
Spooky Mystery Play At Wilson High Delights Audience
Wilson High 9A class presented Hobgoblin House directed by Miss Louise Renner. Cast included James Benish Louis Valliere Winifred Hershey Lillian McCalley Mary Jane Messa Jack Zaruba Robert Sedenka Helen Kuhlavy with Robert Koutsky Avohn Denton and others. Music by the school orchestra under Alan W. Richardson.
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Wilson High School
Louise Renner
Bluebeard
James Benish
Hobgoblin House
Louis Valliere
Crystle Luchterhand
Robert Samek
Winifred Hershey
Lillian McCalley
Mary Jane Messa
Jack Zaruba
Robert Sedenka
Robert Koutsky
Valliere
Helen Kulhavy
Avohn Denton
Alan W. Richardson
Willis Hall
Frank Davis
Washburn Wear
John Sage
David Basker
Bob Stolba
Slavie Kubik
Vern Reeder
Frank Evilsizer
Douglas Mathews
Milton Valenta
Donald Machula
Oldrich Zikmund
Lumir Zitek
Anamosa Bride Weds Cedar Rapids Man at Parsonage
ANAMOSA Hazel Blakesley daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry L Blakesley of Anamosa wed John Rauscher of Cedar Rapids at the Congregational parsonage with immediate family present. Guests from Cedar Rapids attended and the couple will reside in Cedar Rapids. Decorah State Senator Sam D Goetsch sells Sam s Tavern to Leslie Cox and plans to finish term. K A Vick sells confectionery business to M P Anderson and retires after 39 years.
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Hazel Blakesley
Harry L. Blakesley
David M. Beggs
John Rauscher
Cedar Rapids
C. A. Rauscher
John Briggs
Carroll Briggs
Martin’s
George Chambers
Truman Stone
Dora Snyder
Jim Porter
Roy Alspaugh
Rauscher
Decorah
Sam D. Goetsch
Sam
Leslie Cox
Goetsch
Iowa
K. A. Vick
M. P. Anderson
Fillmore County
Minn
Ina Ray Hutton to Headline Cedar Rapids Police Ball Show
Ina Ray Hutton and her Melodears, a leading all girl band, will perform a forty five minute floor show at the 1936 Cedar Rapids Police ball in the Memorial Coliseum on the night of Nov 30. Hutton brings vaudeville Broadway musical and film credits to the event.
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Ina Ray Hutton
Melodears
America
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Coliseum
Ina Ray
Palace Theater
New York City
Miss Hutton
Lew Leslie
George White
Jolas Set as Soloist for Cedar Rapids Symphony Opening
Jacques Jolas guest professor of piano at Cornell college will perform the Tschaikowsky Concerto in B flat minor as the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra opens its fifteenth season in Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday at 8 15 p m. Admission is free.
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Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Memorial Coliseum
Jacques Jolas
Cornell College
Tschaikowsky
America
Jolas
Lorraine
New York
Teresa Carreno
Phillip
Paris
Brockway
Vidal
Mr. Jolas
Berlin
Vienna
Copenhagen
Juilliard School of Music
New York City
Harrisburg
Juilliard
University of Louisville
School of Music
Louisville
Dancing Tonight Extends Past Normal Closing Time
The feature of their appearance will be dancing starting at 9 p.m. and continuing until 2 a.m. surpassing the usual closing time.
Glass is Handled Like Hay at Newark Factory
Workers load glass frames using a pitchfork in a Newark Ohio factory. The scene mirrors hay handling methods, illustrating manual material handling practices in industrial settings.
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Newark
Woodcarver Geiger Draws Inspiration From Lyric For Lamp Base
Woodcarver H. J. Geiger uses the lyric In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree to shape a lamp base carved from three woods. The walnut trunk supports two plum figurines and a pastel bass wood base with apple-green shade. Geiger, of Westwood NW, gained notice after a Washington exhibit and previously saw one Amana figurine given to Mrs. Roosevelt. four of his pieces from that show are on display at the Dallas centennial.
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H. J. Geiger
Geiger
Westwood Addition
Washington, D. C
Franklin Roosevelt
Washington
Dallas
University of Iowa Medical Clinic Set For November Dates
IOWA CITY more than 300 physicians and surgeons are expected at the twenty fifth annual University of Iowa College of Medicine clinic November 12 14. Guest speakers include Dr Ernest Irons and Dr Vernon David of Rush Medical College Chicago with university directors contributing to the program.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Ernest Irons
Vernon David
Rush Medical College of Chicago
Philip Jeans
Frank
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