Cedar Rapids Fire Prevention Week Emphasizes Home Hazards
Cedar Rapids joins Fire Prevention Week with a Roosevelt proclamation. Fire Chief E P Kohout leads plans with fire underwriters, Boy Scouts, the department, and schools. He urges basements as first hazard targets and notes 58 percent of U S home fires start there.
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Cedar Rapids
Franklin D. Roosevelt
E. P. Kohout
Boy Scouts
Kohout
United States
Roosevelt
Second Street
Fire safety tips emphasize electrical hazards and proper wiring
National Fire Prevention week highlights safe electrical usage, warnings against cord misuses, proper labeling approved by Underwriters Laboratories, and the need for a professional electrical inspection. The article also includes Newhall high school officers and student council members.
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Newhall
Newhall High School
Paul Hegewald
Charles Horwedel
Mable Boddicker
F. H. Thompson
Billy Werning
Howard Thompson
Marion Risdal
Kathryn Scovel
John McGranahan
Wilmart Werning
Helen Bevens
Miss Grace Burris
Carsten Christianson
Virginia Armstrong
Marcella Meland
Miss Grace Rummens
Paul Hedgewald
Wilmar Werning
Philippine Commonwealth A Land Of Contrasts
Washington outlines the Philippines becoming a self governing commonwealth a decade hence noting strides under U S rule in education roads and crimea culture contrasts Manila harbor modernity vs bamboo villages and a plan to stay neutral amid Asian politics. The piece highlights vast coconut and sugar exports and the archipelago's diverse geography and people.
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Washington, D. C
Philippine Islands
United States
Philippines
National Geographic Society
Magellan
Philip II of Spain
U. S
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Spain
Islands
Taiwan
Borneo
Moluccas
Switzerland
Pacific
Commonwealth
Manila
Cinema chat Wanda Montz and week’s lively film notes
The week’s lively cinema chat covers the Baer Louis fight’s notable calm pose mile-stone, Chaplin’s Modern Times release, and The Farmer Takes A Wife cast facts. It notes Mademoiselle magazine quotes on Lily Pons, and budget details for stunts, animals, and cars in film production. It mentions Lincoln satire in The Perfect Tribute and other star notes from Cooper to Weissmuller.
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Joe Louis
Rally Day Program at Church of God Today
A rally day program will be held at Church of God on L avenue and Eighth street NW at 9 45 a m. The event includes a pageant Service for Him with songs scripture readings a sermon and a violin solo. Church members and primary children perform a series of readings recitations and songs concluding with a benediction.
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Church of God
L Avenue
Eighth Street NW
My Shepherd
Miller
Dorothy Atkins
Evelyn Hadsell
Caroline
Hadedon
Lucille Karcata
R. N. Coolidace
R. N. Cool- Litertory
Evelyn i
Winfred
Miler
Hadsell
Opal Franks
Dorothy Abginata
Janior Jane
Ethel An. Voltenberg
Richard Kelly
Bobby Cool
Laike
Arya Paseka
Bee breeding hopes to yield docile Bristol honey bees
Louis E. Snelgrove pursues evolution by kindness at Clifton Zoological Gardens Bristol aiming for tame honey bees that will be gentle with humans yet retain their sting but never use it in future generations. The effort reflects early 20th century experiments in animal behavior and selective breeding at a major English institution.
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Louis E. Snelgrove
Clifton Zoological Gardens
Bristol
England
Pedro and His Orchestra at Danceland Thursday Night
Don Pedro and his orchestra will provide music for dancing at Danceland from 9 to 1 Thursday evening. Manager Frank Brookhiser announced the act, noting Pedro as a standout local performer who has appeared at the ballroom before.
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Don Pedro
Danceland
Frank Brookhiser
Pedro
Pedro the violinist joins San Antonio Symphony Orchestra edition
Pedro plays violin saxophone and xylophone and sings. He specializes in new tango and rhumba numbers. His family moved from Spain to Mexico then Texas. Don kept an old violin given by a beggar in Spain. His skill earned him a spot with the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra. Tuesday night is community night at Danceland with the Revelers providing music.
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Danceland
Brookhiser
Pedro
Mexico
Texas
Don
Spain
San Antonio
King's Daughters Fold 100 000 Christmas Seals
The Service circle of King's Daughters folded 100000 Christmas seals for mailing envelopes. Miss Alma E Hartz director of Public Health Nursing reported Saturday. The work was done at a luncheon in the Public Health Nursing offices at city hall. Seals come in blocks of 100 with corner seals bearing health messages used as table decor. Japan's new film control society will enforce strict censorship on newsreels.
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King’s Daughters
Alma E. Hartz
Public Health Nursing Association
Public Health Nursing
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Underwriters Laboratories
Wien
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Panverell
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First Avenue SE
Philippine Commonwealth
Wanda Montz
Chic Sale
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Lincoln
Henry Fonda
Mademoiselle
Esquires
Iowa
Lily Pons
Lily
Toway
Gary Cooper
Lawrence Tibbett
Mandalay
Johnny Weissmuller
Tarzan
Charlie Chaplin
Marx Brothers
Chico, Harpo
Groucho, Gummo
Zeppo
Sport Oxfords
Cedar Rapids’ Bargain Shoe Center
2Nd Avenue
Japan
New Film Control Society
Great
Congoleum-Nairn Company
Axminster
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