Council Accepts Longer Dancing Hours for Beer Parlors
The Cedar Rapids city council voted to allow dancing until 1 a.m at class B beer parlors while closing at that hour, despite Mayor Neill’s dissent. The amendment sets the 1 a.m deadline and aims to curb roistering by better police regulation. final action and immediate effect follow in one week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W J. Neill
Major Nell
Major Nest
Passon
Dan Kruthenter
Puline Safes
Cedar Rapids
Vernon Lost To W R C Convention
One hundred twenty eight registered for the annual convention of district No. 2 of W R C held at Mount Vernon. The meeting featured remarks by officers and greetings from charter members and G A R veterans, with notes on history compilation and local community honors.
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Mount Vernon
W. R C
Harriett McCullough
Des Moines
Jessie Ryberg
Lyon
Clara Weber
Iowa City
Tracy Stradhey
Margaret le
G A R
Eugene Allen
Bushnell
Cedar Rapids
Haun
F Yates
GAR
Tova
Moo
Besson
Mies
Pernand
Marion church groups host harvest events and meetings
Marion news lists Methodist Ladies Aid units meeting at several homes with plans for a beef vegetable soup sale and bazaar. It notes choir, missionary society, and club activities, leadership changes, harvest home dinner attendance, and church celebrations for 1937.
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Keystone
Methodist Ladies Aid Society
E. Badham
J. M Walters
Frank Fredericks
Vesper
Brookhart
Endeavor Division
H O Young
O Muller
Frank Smury
J G . Vernon
Leonard Taylor
General Aid Society
Baatar
Minnie Schenken
Fred Holsinger
Charles Breneman
Huch Hutton
Charles R Albaugh
Schenken
Secon
California
Sam Bear
Alice Phelps
Mn LM Phelps
Clarence Re'ter
Rellrai
Woode Lee
Ledgewood
Martin Nelson
Kinney
Bert Gleson
Waoaimer Nelson
Springs
Mo Nelson
A F Birks
Reece Banks
C F Drurmord
Fieb
Clemons
Set
Roberts Oxles
Gern Pile
Bernard Schenken
Baraar
Gleaners
Emma Belle
Retta Courtney
Edwards trial opens as letters to other girl offered
In Luzerne county, the prosecution plans to rest after presenting more than 170 letters written by Robert Allen Edwards to Margaret Crain. The case centers on Edwards alleged romance with a New York music teacher and the 1959 fatal beating of Freda McKechnie in Harvey’s Lake.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Robert Allen Edwards
Miss McKechnie
Harvey's Lake
Robbers Break Heartwell State Bank Safe
The Heartwell Nebraska bank safe was forced open Wednesday night by robbers using an acetylene torch. Police say loot likely not more than $2,500, with all valuables taken.
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Heartwell
Neb
Heartwell State Bank
Oriental Decorations Mark Mission Convention Socials
The fifty first annual meeting of the Des Moines Woman’s Foreign Missionary society opens at St Pauls Methodist with three oriental themed events. Keynote Junior luncheon speakers from Japan and China will share insights as choral and musical performances accompany the program. A World Fellowship dinner and a color filled Junior hour pageant conclude the Saturday program with Chinese costumes and global tables.
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Des Moines
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Japan
Bruce Eyestone
Mount Vernon
Vinton
Tipton
Lucy Wang
United States
Hwa Nan College
Erma Taylor
Ortha Lane
China
Mary G. Moore
Burma
World Fellowship
F. L. Wright
Webster Grove
St. Paul's Church
J. D Bragg
Kansas City
National Organization of the Woman's Foreign Mission Association
Clifford Teeple
Church Dramatic Group
Hlostesses
Eleanor Long
Dubuque
Clare Nichols
E. W. de Nio
Kenneth Cornell
C. R. Cassell
Waterloo
Church of Youth Choirs
St. Paul’s Church
Aeolians
Cedar Rapids
Germany Develops Dual Control Motorcycle for Learner Training
Germany unveils a dual control motorcycle designed for beginner rider instruction. The safety features include independent controls for both rider and instructor, enabling controlled practice and immediate intervention if needed.
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Germany
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Marion
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Perry
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Josephine Wiggins
Guild
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T W Riverton
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Pachine Naso
Tony Naso
Cedar Rayjads
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Martie Schenken
Jom Waters
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AR Schenken
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Carta
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C P Lewis
Britt
Hubner
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R Lee Tayior
Club
Ida McCoy
FA. Shumack
James Bramwell
Federation
R Lee Taylor
E B E. Parsons
Negro Choir
A G Lagerquist
the Baptist Church
Jairus
Jesus
Bethel Methodist Choir of
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Lada Nott
Willard I Patterson
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City
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C Br. Vernon
Lions Club
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Donald Wolfe
Ed Sigfred
Presbyterian Church
W. E. Fisher
Korea
Frank Snyder
Anamosa
Harold Howe
George Erwin
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Margaret Oldfather
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Miss Leasture
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Martha van Winkle
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Glen Ridge
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Bernie Setenge
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Amana Society
Amana Farm Dept
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Edwards
C. G. Hover
Gas Heating Division
Cedar Rapids Gas CO
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