City Council Sets Civil Works Plan With Bonds Feasible
City officials submitted a list of made-work projects under the Civil Works Administration, with an estimated total of 371000 dollars and a 200000 dollar bond to cover non labor costs. The plan aims to create about 300000 man hours of work, primarily for sewer and street projects, while awaiting Des Moines guidance on program eligibility.
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Porn Nenderson
Civil Works Administration
Frank Young
WH Stepanek
Publle Impvement
Des Moines
Young
Ono
Wits
Tota
CWA
RW Roverent Badern
F Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Twenty-fourth Street
A Street
Twentieth Avenue
Ninth Avenue
Second Street
I Avenue
Ellis Boulevard NW
Vinton Ditch
E Avenue NW
Park Court
Second Avenue SE
Cedar River
Municipal Island
Island
Seventeenth Avenue
West River
Highland
Glass Road
Wenng Road
Twenty-ninth Avenue
Hawthorne Drive
Edgewood Road
Deverade Crossifiyee Railroad
Tex
Santa Claus Pre-Christmas Visit to Cedar Rapids
Town folk await a Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Santa visit on December 1 with a public pageant parade. The event features balloon dolls and eight Alaskan wolf hounds pulling the sleigh, with Eskimo friends joining the goodwill tour.
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North Pole
Santa Claus
Cedar Rapids
Mercantile Bureau
New York City
United States
Santa Claus Pre Christmas Visit Pageant Planned
The Gazette reports a city pre Christmas visit by Santa Claus with a pageant. Special correspondents will monitor arrangements and relay details as they are received.
Recognition of Soviet Union Reshapes US Communist Discourse
The Daily Worker and party spokesmen discuss Litvinov’s remarks and Soviet recognition as boosting Soviet power while signaling a need to realign US communist strategy amid NRA failures. They describe the American and Russian units of the Communist International as coordinated components exchanging experiences and funds.
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Anti Communist Party
Communist International
Moscow
Ite
International
United States
American Communist Organization
The
Daily Worker
Russia
Soviet Union
NRA
Illinois Legislature Studies Crime Law Proposals
Springfield report notes former State Representatives urging study of crime law provisions. Gov Henry Horley backs review as lawmakers push reform and potential changes to enforcement and penalties.
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Springfield
Henry Home
Grand Prizes Awarded in Cedar Rapids Kiddie Comics Contest
Virginia Greer and Perry Woodward win the grand prizes in The Cedar Rapids Gazette Kiddie Comic contest at the Paramount Theatre. Greer earned the girls prize earlier with six weekly wins. Woodward won by audience vote amid a rules dispute.
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Virginia Greer
Perry Woodward
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Frelles
Sirt
la Salle Blesche
la Salle
Paramount Theater
H. R. Greer
Avenue NE
Charles S. Woodward
Nineteenth Street SE
Gazette
Perry
Iire
the Gazette
Kathleen Snyder
R. E. Snyder
Johnson Avenue
Route 1
Eugene Stewart
J. E. Stewart
Oakland Avenue
Black Barney
City Briefs and Personal Notes Highlight Local Vagrancy Conviction
James Hepburn was sentenced to three months in the county jail by Judge F O Ellison after pleading guilty to vagrancy. He had pled not guilty in May and was released on bond. William Kulhavy reported his 1931 Chevrolet coach 57 17576 stolen from a parking area near Thornwood dance hall the previous night. the car was not locked. Modern Woodmen of America will meet Tuesday at 7 30 for regular business and adoption of new members followed at 8 30 by a card party with poultry prizes.
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James Hepburn
F. O. Ellison
Hepburn
William Kulhavy
Sixth Street
Thornwood Dance Hall
Woodmen of America
Armory Roller Party For National Guard Members
A roller skating party for local national guard members and friends will be held at the armory on Monday night at 7. M C Udson, armory rink manager, will oversee with prizes and refreshments provided by the armory board.
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National Guard
M. C. Udson
Armory Board
Radio detector locates cannons on Red Bank battlefield
Frank H. Stewart, a former Philadelphia electrical engineer, used a radio headset to locate three iron cannons and two eighteenth century rifles buried on Red Bank Battlefield near National Park New Jersey. He estimates at least nine more cannons remain to be found in the vicinity.
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Philadelphia
Red Bank Battlefield
National Park
N. J
Frank H. Stewart
Stewart
Red Bank
Cornwallis
Fort Mercer
Centenarian Says Women Assume Too Many Jobs
Miss Mary E Nutting, 103, remarks in Holyoke Massachusetts that women seek too many roles from governors to presidents. She wonders what men will do if women fill most jobs while many would prefer business over housework.
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Holyoke
Mass
Mary E Nutting
Eithey
Milton Will Start Ponies At New Houston Track
James Mion a renowned starter at major tracks will officiate the inaugural meeting at Epson Downs new Texas track opening November 29. Mion also works at Havre de Grace Pimlico Laurel Saratoga Springs Belmont Park and other large venues.
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Milton
New Houston
Houston
Tex
James Mion
Tetveran
Epson Downs
New Texes
Havre Ce Grace
Pimlico
Laurel
Saracca Springs
Belmont Park
Gold standard calls fuel policy debate and price stability
The article discusses demands to return to a gold base, end monetary experiments, and stabilize budgets. It notes fears of employment instability if policy shifts occur and mentions senators denouncing rumors about the financial system. It also covers proposals to boost silver to about 75 cents and a plan for domestic silver coinage under a treasury reserve.
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Senatorial Committee
Roosevelt
Thomas
Smith
Treasury Reserve
Pittman
Claim of First American Legion Post in Texas
Commerce Texas May 6 1919 crew of World War veterans gathered for the body of Private A Barrow sparked Dr W B De Jernett to form what veterans claim as the first American Legion post In May 1919 the organization was perfected with officers Dudley C Jernigen De Jennett and Leon Rutland and twenty seven responses to join The post also claims influence on Armistice Day first observed in Texas in 1919 and later nationally In Dallas delegates from Commerce aided by Bruce B Williams helped shape the national holiday observance
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Commerce
Tex
W. B. de Jernett
Bruce B. Williams
American Legion
First Legion
United States
Marion de Jernett
Commerce Legionaires
Dallas
Texas
Commerce Post
de Jernett
A. Barrow
Camp Stewart
Dudley C. Jernigen
de Jennett
Leon Rutland
Commerce Territory
Porny Stata
Anwrtern Tessers
Fialiaiai
Nestese Age Sevens
Wis
Wiliam
BSS
Wiss
Bruce Post
de Jamranye xv
Rimonds
Thaw
Bees Won Keeper Three-Day Jail Respite
Walter Weigert serving a 60 day drunken driving sentence in Fond du Lac Wisconsin received a three day reprieve because his bees had not yet been housed. He warned he would lose 15 hives if allowed to stay free, then returned to jail to complete his term.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Walter Weigert
Mrs Mabel Baker Groat Dies at 50 in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Mabel Baker Groat 50 wife of H W Groat died at home 1224 Twenty first Avenue SW at 5 PM Saturday born May 7 1863 Redfield South Dakota. Survived by seven children seven grandchildren and husband prominent in Seventh Day Adventist church Funeral Monday at 2 PM from Janeba and Brorh chapel with Elder T H Jers officiating burial in Lanswood cemetery
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Mabel Baker Groat
H. W. Groat
Twenty-first Avenue
Redfield
Mirs. Oliie Parrow
Helen
Edith
Rhevn Groat
Cedar Rapids
Forres
Groat
West Branch
Lawrence Groat
California
Chester Groat
North Dakota
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Janeba and
Brorh
T. H. Jers
Wevedale
Lanswood Cemetery
Gold fabrication advances lift U S into world leader role
Readable lines claim the United States leads in gold refining and fabrication with advanced chemistries and machine methods. Experts state U S smelters and refiners produce precise shapes and finished items, reducing waste and boosting domestic industry against foreign competition.
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New York
Aoe
Wxee
Toe
Roe WL
Cmt & Moe
Croée
Espemart
Turer
Manuis
Hsrdr
Simmex
Cais
Presani Sa
Malden Man Arrested Over Elevated Fare Dispute
A Malden man was arrested after an altercation over an elevated fare. He reportedly carried about $8,009 and £20 in pockets before being taken to jail and fined 100. The incident involved a Clug device at an elevated turnstile and an officer noted the suspect’s irregular behavior.
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Malden
Mass
Morris Gotz
Evvsc
Gorm Eppezie
Rain Barrel Bird Trap Prompts National Parks Chief’s Pause
A muddled regional piece recounts Grebe birds trapped by a rain barrel near a lake while Arno B. Cammerer, head of the National Park Service, considers altering the barrel’s appearance to resemble a lake and avert wildlife harm. The tale weaves local concerns with park service ripples and wildlife ethics.
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Arno B. Cammerer
C&ecur
S&ice
National Parks
Jomnger
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Citizens Unemployment Relief Committee
C&t
TSA
Oxfords
Juliet
Clerc
Mens
Inca
Radiogram
Litvinoff
Max Bedacht
Central Committee
Llinois
Bungalow
National Guard Party
Cedar Rapids Merchants
C.S.P.S. Hall
CSA
Bees
Mabel Groat
Kryptok
SP Alba Es
Ai Okinow
Berk
Zoe
Macy
Gayo
Ioc
Bishops
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