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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1939

Page

7

Playground Board Regains Powers After Six Years

The city council approved an ordinance elevating the playground commission to an adminis trative body with full powers while keeping six members and the public recreation supervisor. A yearly receipts and expenditures report to the council is required by Aug. 1. Formerly an admin unit, the panel had been only advisory since 1933 after the council vetoed its budget. Otto is named among the commission members.

Playground Commission Jess Kitterman The Otto

Man Taken in Ohio for Threatening Letter to Minneapolis

Charles Lorenz of Lisbon Ohio, 59, arrested by an FBI agent and Deputy Sheriff for claiming a package and waiving a preliminary hearing on postal law violation. He was ordered removed to Minneapolis on a $3500 bond after writing a threatening letter to the Minneapolis postmaster demanding $278. He claimed a mailed letter of $28 was not received.

Charles Lorenz Lisbon Ohio FBI Larry Cond RL. Whelan United States Joseph Petrus Whelan George C. Scott Minneapolis Lorenz

Memorial union decor to light up Nov 23 Thanksgiving eve

Ambroz as chairman and committee members plan gaily decorated loop area with alternating celloglass stars and tubes for the season. The lights will be ready to illuminate on November 23. Merchants' ads and college displays to be ready by then. Mr Grimm, sole surviving original planner, recounts the Memorial union's history.

Open Work on Yale Street Decorations

Initial work on Christmas street decorations in Cedar Rapids began Thursday. The project is sponsored annually by the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce merchants’ bureau, with several volunteers taking part.

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John Grimm Honored At Towa U Recognition Of Memorial Union Work

Cedar Rapids attorney John M. Grimm received an honor key at a University of Iowa ceremony recognizing his work with the founding group that envisioned the Memorial Union on campus. Also honored were the student presidents as Mrs Grimm attended with him at the dinner program.

John Grimm Towa U John M. Grimm Cedar Rapids University of Iowa Memorial Union Grimm Earl E Harper School of Fine Arts

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