Misleading Mister Call Leads to Family Confusion
A humorous piece tracks how callers struggle to identify the right Mr or Mr and Mrs in numerous firms and families across Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns. The article moves between busy telephone misdirections and a broader list of local business names with overlapping father son and brother pairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
A. B
C. D
E. F. Smith
Brother
So-and-So
Hubbard Ice
Comig
Chadimaou
Joseph T
George E
Harry J
Lester C
Willard J
NCLE
Albert Hahn
H. Cedric
F. Critz
Cedar Rapids Engineering Company
Henry
LeRoy Kling
Hamilton Seed and Coal
Hawkeye Lumber and Coal Company
Barry
Chandler's
Owen T
Donald S
Hawkeye
Halford
Chandler
Owen
David H
Chandler Company
Mr. Chandler
Ray
Pete
Clark
Donald P. Barnes
H. E. Haegg
Haegg Construction
William C
William E. Henning
Cedar Rapids Business College
Charles J
Charles J. Lynch, Jr
William L
William W. Crissman
Thanksgiving week turmoil across wars and politics
It Happened Last Week reviews wartime tensions and domestic policy amid Roosevelt hopes for peace. The piece notes navy disputes over battleship design, possible tax funding for armaments, WPA curtailment rumors, and party politics around a potential third term. Also covered are supreme court free speech rulings, labor unrest in meatpacking, anti trust warnings, wartime sea losses, and shifting Balkan alignments as Britain and France react to submarine warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Navy
Charles Edison
Claude A. Swanson
War Department
Harry Woodring
Louis Johnson
Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Chicago
CIO
Armour and Company
Thurman Arnold
Russia
Finland
Iron Man
Romania
Georges Tatarescu
Turkey
Greece
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Italy
Britain
France
French Visitor Seeks Longer U S Stay For World Fair
A French visitor Mrs. Marthe Mourer from Strasbourg asks the United States to extend her six months in the country. She arrived March 15 to visit her aunt Mrs. A Lachappelle of Hawthorne New Jersey and to see the world fair, asking Uncle Sam for more time before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
No Man’s Land
Sam
Marthe Mourer
Strausbourg
Mrs Mourer Seeks Visa Extension Amid War News
A strained visitor visa case unfolds as Mrs. Mourer, 39, of Strausbourg, seeks a three month extension while war echoes reach the town. Her husband has left, and records show no destination for him. Segers' New Jersey office states she is a housewife with an expiring visa December 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strausbourg
Rep. Segers
N. J
Segers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mister
Wanda Montz
Mary Ann
Frank
First Trust and Savings Bank
Frank Mitralsky
Frank Dvorak
Frank Stastny
Mr. Morrison
Mr Morrison
R. J
W. A
Hegber
Economy Lumber Company
A M
A. M
Vv. O
V. H
Fred C
Fred Fisher, Jr
Don Barnes
Allen Motor Company
Ray and
Hardendorf
Roy and
Boyson Jewelry Company
Adolph and
W. G
Burkhalter Insurance Agency
Louis D
Louis D. Jr
Hedges
The
Hedges Company
Harry T
Horace G
Hillbrunner Music Company
C. Lee
Clarence
Hawkeye Tin
Gundling
Adolph
Ernest
Killian
A. L
Herbert
James
Krebs
Carl W
Walter M
Monument Company
Claude G
Dairy Foods
John S
John M. Ely
George H. Cockburn
James L. Or
James D. Bever
Leo Smulekoff
David
John B. Turner II
Benjamin
Frank Kubins
Richard Mitralsky
Rollo
Roswell H. Pickford
Netherlands
Belgium
World Court
Munich
Georg Elser
Hitler
Europe
Germany
Heinrich Himmler
Prague
London
Shetland
Western Front
West Wall
China
Shansi
Tokio
Nanning
Kwangsi Province
Pot Pourri
South America
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
National Assembly
Des Moines
Charles Bechka
Ely
Shueyville
George Novotny
Cedar Rapids
Mississippi Valley
Bob Estabrook
United States
Warm Springs
Navy Department
Turkeys
del Monte Company
Otten
B. T. Babbitt
del Monte Tomato
PABST
Wheaties
Gmain
Neisner
First Ave
Rm. Jamiaty
Soling
Ismulek Off
Voss
Goo
Apta
Farnsworth
Smulekoff's
3D Ave
West Side
Fuel Oil Service
Super Service Oil Company
2Nd Avenue and
St. Street SE
Smulekoff
Second Ave
Second St
Renier
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