Legion Executive Committees Formed At Hanford Post
An executive committee of forty was approved at Hanford post American Legion in the armory. Frank N. Stepanek was named post commander and announced appointments of other committees. Capt. Roy V. Rickard urged strong national defense amid Europe and Asia tensions, saying disarmament is foolish and war likely. Members include Stepanek, Vinch, McDonald, and many others. numerous chairmen were also named for relief, publicity, service, and other duties.
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Hanford Post
American Legion
Armory
Frank N. Stepanek
Roy V. Rickard
Military Department
University of Iowa
Rickard
Europe
Asia
Western
Liam D. Ross
National Legion
Miami
Fla
Cone
Carie
Eve
Velma
Edna Dieman School
Robert Vinch
Glenn McDonald
F. A. Ahring
H. H. Wage
Otto Hanzlik
James E. Franken
W. E. McFann
Dwight Krumhol
Spanish War Vets To Meet At Memorial Building
Cedar chapter No 184 O E S to meet to discuss officers. United Spanish War Veterans Dows camp No 4 and Jane DeLano auxiliary to hold meeting in Memorial building Friday after a 6 30 picnic supper. Members asked to bring sandwiches and a covered dish. Mrs Allie Wheeler department president to inspect the auxiliary.
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Dows
Local Checkers Players Defeat Iowa City 88 to 56
Cedar Rapids checkers players beat Iowa City 88 to 56 Tuesday night before a large crowd in Iowa City. Cedar Rapids scorers included Percy Woolwine 19 J. W. Houser 17 Ralph Kennedy 16 T. J. Kirkpatrick 14 Bobby Kennedy 12 Logan Stingley 10. Iowa City leaders were Kettles 14 Stevens 9 Peteel 8 Ransom 8 Slemmons 0. A highlight was 11 year old Bouky Kennedy playing at 1431 First Avenue drew the gallery.
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Cedar Rapids Checker
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Percy Woolwine
J. W. Houser
Ralph Kennedy
T. J
Kirkpatrick
Bobby Kennedy
Logan Stingley
Kettles
Stevens
Peteel
Ransom
Slemmons
Bouky Kennedy
First Avenue
Turkey supper and public meeting notices
City briefs list local church and Salvation Army events with dates and venues including a turkey supper at Olivet and First Baptist, a Salvation Army meeting led by Brigadier Penfold, and other advertisements across Cedar Rapids venues. Several police court notes and community happenings follow, including a charity bazaar and a crepe paper display club report.
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Robert Penfold
Salvation Army Hall
Seventh Street
Penfold
Salvation Army Work
Iowa
Elmer Huckins Hospitalized Amid Mail Fraud Trial
Elmer S. Huckins, awaiting federal trial on mail fraud charges linked to 26 and 52 percent interest schemes in Milwaukee and Cedar Rapids, was admitted to St. Anthony's hospital from the county jail due to a worsening heart condition. He has spent months in and out of the hospital. trial slated for December.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Elmer S. Huckins
Cedar Rapids
St. Anthony's Hospital
Randalia junior class to stage The Treasure Hunters
Randalia will present The Treasure Hunters on November 16 as a junior class production. Cast includes Hartman Elsie Blankenship Billy Snyder Esther Eibey Jean Law man Jane Arnold LaVerne Guess Gerald Wiltse Robert Porteous Lawrence Bramon Howard Hoephner Eunice Clow Marion Odekirk Frances Edmunds Margaret Talcott Max Earle Evelyn Severson Richard Scanell Dean Austin.
Rickenbacker Falls Short of New East Coast Speed Mark
New York dispatch reports Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and 15 companions completed a six hour predicted New York to Miami air service in 17 hours 20 minutes. The Florida Flyer flew Newark to Miami Tuesday with headwinds over the down leg and a crosswind on return, though air time was under 15 hours.
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New York
INS
Miami
Eddie Rickenbacker
Here
Floriday City
Florida Flyer
Rickenbacker
Newark Airport
IOWA NEWS IN BRIEF HIGHLIGHTS FROM POSTVILLE WAUKON MANCHESTER
IN POSTVILLE the Monday club celebrated its thirty ninth anniversary with dinner and a music program at Mrs Helen Behrens home. Waukon saw Legion leader Wesley Henke address ninety three members on preparedness and defense. Lyle Simon became president of the Waukon Drum and Bugle corps. Manchester rehearsals begin for Hold Everything a three act comedy to be staged next week at the gym with Leeta Jarard coaching the cast.
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Postville
Helen Behrens
C. Calvin Dravis
Dorothy Douglass
Segrid Nius
Waukon
Wesley G. Henke
Charles City
Americanism Committee
State Department of the American Legion
Waukon Kiwanians
Allamakee Hotel
Henke
American Legion
Warren Hayes
Lyle Simon
Waukon Drum and Bugle Corps
Norbert Roggensack
George Carter
B. A. Schwarzhoff
Albert S. Tousley
Art Sandbeck
C. W. Phillips
D. Cowan
Nathan Hale
Des Moines
Manchester
Leeta Jarard
Hazel Mangold
Doris Dutton
Harold Hockaday
Arlene
Stop That Itch in One Minute Cure Ad
An old fashioned D D D prescription claims immediate relief from eczema scales eruptions and rashes. Promotes a thirty year tested remedy by Dr D D Dennis with soothing oils that dry clear greasy free skin. Trial bottle A35 cents at drug stores guaranteed or money back by Italian Bale owners.
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D. D. Dennis
Will Rogers Says Beating the 1936 Hype
Beverly Hills editor recounts predictions for 1936, joking about Huey Long and senators from football players. He notes readers should focus on near term events, not long range forecasts, and closes with a signature Will.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Huey Long
Huey
Senators
Will
Copsright
Woolwich Court Orders Long Installment Auto Debt
R. S. H. Bishop must pay the remaining car debt at 25 cents weekly in a Woolwich court order, a schedule extending seventy years to clear the balance. The ruling highlights the extreme terms set by the court for installment repayment.
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R. S. H. Bishop
Woolwich
England
Skimping Days End For Nancy Leiter Birthday Windfall
Nancy Leiter turned 18 in Chicago and received 1,300,000 as part of her share of the 30,000,000 Leiter estate. Her fortune comes from her grandfather Levi Z. Leiter, with 500,000 paid outright and the rest in trust for her mother. Nancy plans horse riding as a lifelong pursuit shaping her education and lifestyle despite her family’s storied wealth and past ventures in wheat markets.
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Chicago
Nancy Leiter
Nancy
Joe Leiter
Levi Z. Leiter
England
Leiter
End of Manila cigar strike leaves workers unemployed
At the end of the cigar makers' strike in Manila Philippine Isles a manager announced that not all workers could be recalled. Demand for cigarettes had fallen during the walkout, leaving factories unable to rehire everyone.
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Manila
P. I
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Legion Executive
Capt
Richard
U.S
Drickson
Otto Schluter
William Broulik
Milroy Unzeitig
H. J. Beals
David Bleakley
Carl Basemann
Leonard Berry
Ed Kopp
John Battin
Andrew T. Coleman
House
J. P. Winn
Walter Meyer
Robert Vesely
B. D. Silliman
Charles Marousek
Cedar Rapides
Williams
Cedar
Checkers
Oleo
Pound
First Baptist Church
W. J. McSwiggan
Tipton
K. E. Warren
Fourth Street
Charles Williams
First Avenue E
Central Park Church
William Seay
Los Stewart Jef
Rapids
Cedar’ Rapids
Montrose
Hotel Jefferson
Perley’s
el Kahir Shrine
Shrine Temple
Paul Engle
Calvary Baptist
Florence E. Kinney
Iowa Biblical College
Billy Sunday
Calvary Baptist Church
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Street
E. F. Austin
Calvary
Cyrus Metcalf
A. A. Bezdek
Iowa State College
Ames
Dwight Hughes
Glenn E. Troyak
Cincinnati
Troyak
Iowa State
State College
Cadet Officers’ Association
Sara Park McFadden
Joe Pisny
Near
Otis
Joseph A. Petrus
Larry Condon
Otto A. Trinka
Daniels Street
Trinka
C A. Dusenbery
Istreet Drive
Elmer Huckins
Will Rogers
Harvard University
Young Leiter
Sears
America
EAS Aqt
Old Battery
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Third Avenue
Cedar Rapids, Ia
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