Fire Prevention Week Opens Today
Fire prevention week emphasizes reducing home fires and losses as President Roosevelt urges personal responsibility. The Cedar Rapids observance includes school drills, public building inspections, posters, club talks, and a testimonial dinner for Fire Chief E. P. Kohout. Local committee members are L. D. Burkhalter Jr., E. P. Kohout, Frank Powers, John Beck, William Whipple, G. H. Cockburn Jr., and W. D. Ralston.
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United States
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Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
E. P. Kohout
Hotel Montrose
Cedar Rapids Association of Insurance Agents
Federal Housing Administration
L. D. Burkhalter, Jr
Frank Powers
John Beck
William Whipple
G. H. Cockburn, Jr
W. D. Ralston
Hanford Post To Elect Officers At Tuesday Meeting
The Hanford post of the American Legion will hold its final meeting of the year in the Memorial building to elect officers and hear final committee reports. James Franken retires as commander, and nominations include Ahring for commander and several nominees for vice commanders plus adjutant and other posts. A likely contest will occur for the vice commandership among three of four nominees.
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Hanford Post
American Legion
Memorial
James Franken
F. A. Ahring
Ed Nelson
Walter QO
Schultz
I. R. Harbit
Dan Kruidenier
H. H. Wage
R. W. Manatt
Chester Johnson
Dwight Krumholtz
Roy Decker
Autumn drive through Iowa’s hills and byways
A travel essay invites readers to explore northeastern Iowa’s fall scenery. From Route 13 to Guttenberg and McGregor to Pike’s Peak state park, readers are guided to overlook cornfields, maple colors, rocky ledges, and the Wompi cave, with stops at towns like Osterdock and West Union.
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Iowa
Taj Mahal
Westminster Abbey
Strawberry Point
Edgewood
Colesburg
Luxemberg
Guttenberg
Mississippi
Pioneer Rock Church
Garnayillo
McGregor
Pike's Peak
Wisconsin
Towa
Osterdock
Garber
Flirport
Littleport
Mederville
West Union
Cedar Rapids
Switzerland
America
Farmers to seed 350 acres at Toledo airport fields
Planes arriving at Toledo municipal airport will land among waving alfalfa and wheat. The 350 acre area between runways will be seeded by a nearby farmer who will receive the wheat crop while the city keeps the alfalfa.
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Toledo
Chest Headquarters Relocated to Chamber of Commerce
Community Chest officials announced Saturday that headquarters have moved from the Montrose Hotel to the Chamber of Commerce offices. While the goal has been reached, calls continue and contributions are still being accepted at the new location.
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Chamber of Commerce
Community Chest
Montrose Hotel
U S Cotton Crop Estimated At 12 212 000 Bales
The agriculture department estimates this year’s U S cotton crop at 12 212 000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight. Last year’s forecast was 11 825 000 bales, with the ten year average at 13 201 000. Crop condition on Act 1 stood at 66 percent of normal, up from 65 a month earlier and 79 last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Bank records too bulky for filing in Wellman
Eardley Bell Jr. of Wellman faces a problem with keeping records of the closed Security Savings bank. State law requires five years of filing in the county courthouse, but a carpenter built a box five feet high and a yard square to hold them, too large to fit the filing room. Bell and County Clerk Noonan seek ideas.
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Eardley Bell, Jr
Closed Security Savings Bank of
Wellman
Bell
Robert R Noonan
Historian Abram Sachar to open Town Hall series Friday
Abram Leon Sachar, historian and educator, opens the sixth annual Town Hall program at St. Pauls church next Friday evening with Lessons From the American Past. He recently returned from a three month tour of European trouble centers and will speak as part of a members only event with out of town guests welcome by membership.
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Abram Leon Sachar
Town Hall
St. Paul's Church
Grace Boston
Coe College
Sachar
Morris Sanford Company
Linton Wells
Clifton Fadiman
Mercado
Tipica Mexican Orchestra
Don Blanding
Osa Johnson
George E. Sokolsky
John Gunther
Soo Yong
James Shelby Thomas
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