Bishop Stauffacher to Give Two Talks in Cedar Rapids
Bishop C H Stauffacher of Kansas City formerly of Cedar Rapids will speak at the First Evangelical church in the morning at 10 45 and at a union west side churches service in the evening. He led Cedar Rapids church for five years and later held multiple church and missionary roles before his 1934 election as bishop.
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C. H. Stauffacher
Kansas City
Cedar Rapids
First Evangelical Church
West Side
Bishop Stauffacher
George Stauffacher
Dean
Stauffacher
The
Missionary Society of the Evangelical Church
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
California
China
Japan
Iowa State,Christian Endeavor Union
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Cleveland
Tough Customer Runs Off With Gas Change Near Cedar Rapids
At the Valley Inn five miles west of Cedar Rapids a man used a short change trick after paying $5 for five gallons of gasoline. Miss Evelyn Matejka, 18, saw him pocket the $4.11 change and the bill as he claimed he had paid. He fled with two companions in a car heading west. Sheriff Smith distributed a description via radio: 35 years old, medium build, tan jacket, dark trousers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Inn
Cedar Rapids
Evelyn Matejka
Matejka
James H. Smith
Edgar A Guest to Poet of the People
A 1938 verse praising freedom and virtue lists blessings such as schools churches liberty of speech and press and the right to worship. The note adds a line about Iceland's Althing being Europe’s oldest parliament, convened in 930 with a hiatus 1798 to 1874.
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Edgar A. Guest
Poet of the People
Althing
Kingdom of
Iceland
Europe
Isolation Is an Illusion Says Hull in NBC Address
Secretary Hull declared isolation and national self sufficiency are illusions and urged cooperation. He noted rapid global information flows and emphasized breaking down barriers to expand friendly contact to prevent disaster and protect civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
NBC
United States
Dixie Conference Seeks Rural Aid and Tenant Law Change
The Dixie Conference on human welfare in Birmingham calls for extending federal rural aid and for state action to revise tenancy laws. They propose a Southern study committee modeled after the Great Plains panel to craft cooperative federal state land use and soil conservation programs and urge immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Southern Conference On Human Welfare
Department of Agriculture
Wallace
South
Great Plains
Resolutions Endorse Southern Rural Policy Reforms
A pair of resolutions backed by Wallace supporters call for a broad attack on southern rural poverty through existing agencies, focusing on better farming, diversification, cooperatives, and farmers as purchasers. They also push for democratizing local farm security and agricultural adjustment administration committees via elected representation by the farm population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Wallace
Farm Security Administration
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Two Newborns Reported in City Hospitals
A son born to Mr and Mrs Sidney M Levi at St Luke s hospital on November 24 and a daughter born to Mr and Mrs William Dougherty at Mercy hospital on November 24 and 16 No further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney M. Levi
Fifth Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
William Dougherty
Second Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Loomis Brothers Low Bid for Cedar Rapids Highway Office Building
Loomis Brothers, a Cedar Rapids contracting firm, submitted a low bid of 48375 dollars for the construction of a highway commission garage and office building in Cedar Rapids. Five bidders competed. no contract will be awarded until bids are inspected at regional PWA headquarters in Omaha. The structure sits on Sixteenth Avenue SW between Fourth and Sixth Streets, with Fifth Street vacated for access. the garage occupies the first floor and offices the second floor of the two story brick building.
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Loomis Brothers
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Highway Commission
PWA
Omaha
Sixteenth Avenue
Fourth
Sixth Streets
Fifth Street
Feeble Minded Tend To Marry Earlier Study Says
The Journal of the American Medical Association reported feeble minded persons tend to marry earlier and procreate more rapidly. It notes few states restrain such marriages and labels it a form of child marriage more hazardous than publicized cases. Sterilization segregation and registration are proposed to curb heredity of morons and degenerates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Nazis Recruit Indians For Bund
Indian Commissioner John Collier charges Nazi agents target US reservations to enroll original Americans in the German American Bund. He cites California as a ground where Indians are being recruited and exploited from Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
John Collier
California
Germany
Marriage Licenses Listed From Cedar Rapids and Surrounding Areas
Verle Vernon Harris of Cedar Rapids wed Matilda Rose New man of Tama as marriage licenses are recorded. Fréd Stone and Mary Dolly Moreland from Central City appear as a couple. Stanley Forsyth of Vinton and Lola Stainbrook of Brandon are listed, along with Roy Humpal of Anamosa and Rowena Penn of Springville. Elmer Jayne and Clara Jackson, both of Cedar Rapids, James Burtis and Cordelia Stokes of Peoria, Oran Hopper of Vinton and Kaga Craddock of Garrico, and William Cousins with Margaret Christiansen of DeWitt are named in the license list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verle Vernon Harris
Cedar Rapids
Matilda Rose Newman
Tama
Fréd Stone
Mary Dolly Moreland
Central City
Stanley Forsyth
Vinton
Lola Stainbrook
Brandon
Roy Franklin Humpal
Anamosa
Rowena Florence Penn
Springville
Elmer F. Jayne
Clara Jackson
James Burtis
Cordelia Stokes
Peoria
Oran Hopper
Kaga Irene Craddock
Garrico
William Carl Cousins
Margaret Lucille Christiansen
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Arthur Vandenberg
Dixie
Morris An
the Gazette
Cosbie
Sava
Wintec! Union Suits
Stert
Pinnacle Prints
Ban Iene
Rete
Montgomery Ward
Second Street
Loomis Brothers Law On Highway Commission
Wards
A.C
Ivory
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