Faith Mission guardians train 78 children in Crystal Beach
Rev Mr and Mrs Fred Markert, former Cedar Rapids couple, run the Faith Mission home in Crystal Beach Florida. They shelter and educate a homeless family of seventy eight without solicitation or salaries. Children live, eat, study, and perform together, guided by faith and charity, with guardianship ending only when a child is ready for work or life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Markett
Cedar Rapids
Faith Mission
Crystal Beach
Fla
Mr Markett
Warke
Cedar Rapids West Side
Seco
Severth Avenue
Markerts
Clara Travis
Sixteenth Street NE
Scr Ls 38
Nussen
Fred Markert
Broadcast Contest For Radio Amateurs Set For Oct 27
Radio amateurs hear a Navy Day broadcast from NAA Washington and NPG San Francisco on October 27. The American Radio Relay League will run the contest at West Hertford Cann with copies from contestants and results sent to the travel chief. Letters of appreciation will go to perfect copy submitters. Transmission will begin at 25 words per minute with a one minute preface and simultaneous broadcasts on 4045 and 9090 kilocycles from NAA and NPC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
NAA
Washington
NPG
San Francisco
Navy Day
Linn and Johnson
American Radio Relay League
West Hertford Cann
Ravel
NPC
Anamosa Paving Project Approved
DES MOINES INSI PWA project totaling 39 530 in seven towns approved. P F Hopkins PWA administrator said government was a great 176 175 of the total amount for the work. Cities affected Buffalo Center 13 050 paving Maracas 67500 paving Lime Springs 23 850 sewers Forest City 9675 sewers Storm Lake 16 650 sewers Anamosa 30 600 paving Epworth 14 850 sewers plant
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INSI
PWA
P F Hopkins
Hopkins
Buffalo Center
Marecas
Lime Springs
Forest City
Storm Lake
Anamosa
Epworth
Rural Linn County teachers hold all day county meeting
Thirty six rural teachers of Linn County attended an all day meeting at Dairydale school No 1 Mount Vernon road with Walter A Shupp in charge. Three teachers Miss Minnie Crew Miss Jessie Hahn and Miss Edina Donohue demonstrated reading geography and arithmetic in the morning. In the afternoon they spoke on demonstrations. Mr Shupp addressed general school matters with emphasis on discipline. The Parent Teachers association served a dinner for the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn Counts
Dairydale
Mount Vernon Road
Walter A. Shupp
Minnie Crew
Jessie Hahn
Edina Donohue
Shupp
Parent-Teachers Association of the
Most Accidents On Roads Having No Natural Hazards
Des Moines report finds accidents concentrate in level straight sections with few natural hazards. Chief John R. Hattery plans district tours to identify danger spots and reasons for hazards then start selective enforcement concentrating patrols where traffic conditions are worst.
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Des Moines
State
Motor Vehicle Department
John R. Hattery
State Highway Patrol
Honeymoon couple seeks seclusion in Oregon retreat
Ann Cooper Hewitt 23 and Ronald McMillan Gay 32 married Friday in Grants Pass by County Judge Grant W Mathews. The couple said they sought privacy to avoid publicity, after a sensational legacy involving Ann's sterilization lawsuit and past prosecutions linked to her mother Maryon Cooper Hewitt and physicians. The newlyweds declined to identify themselves initially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grants Pass
Ore
Ann Cooper Hewitt
Ronald McMillan Gay
Grant W Mathews
Cher
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Maryon Cooper Hewitt
Miss Hewitt
Ann
San Francisco
Rocket Trains to be Described at Rotary Club
Charles C. Cunningham superintendent of the Rock Island railroad will describe experiences on the Rock Island streamlined Rocket trains. He is a Rotarian and has ridden the Rockets across the system with other railroad officials. Meeting is Monday at 12 15 p.m. at Hotel Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Cunningham
Twenty-sixth Street Drive
Rock Island Railroad
Rock Island
Rotary Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Cunningham
Roosevelts Attend Mrs Hopkins Rites
President and Mrs Roosevelt plus cabinet members and public figures attended funeral services for Mrs Barbara Hopkins wife of Harry L Hopkins federal relief administrator who died after a long illness in Washington Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Barbara Hopkins
Harry L. Hopkins
Federal
Roumania to Build Fortified Line Across Borders
Premier Tatarescu announced a nationwide fortification program to guard Roumania’s frontiers. He described a line of stone and steel designed to ensure permanence, likening it to the Maginot line in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roumania
Bucharest
Ins
Tatarescu
Gas from Cabot water taps sparks stove test
Cabot Arkansas residents reported gas flowing from water faucets on Saturday. Councilman Dr P R Shaver said youths planned to attach rubber hoses to faucets and run them to stoves to test cooking gas supply, after a gas pocket was believed struck while deepening a city water well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cabot, Ark
Cabot
P. R. Shaver
Flivver Planes Get Autumn Makeover To Drive Sales
Aviation editor notes small low powered planes under $2000 seek fall unveilings like autos to lift seasonal slump. Aeronca in Cincinnati plans new autumn model with yearly updates. Advertising experiments broaden reach as regulatory rules loosen for private pilots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devon Francis
Associated Press Aviation
NEW York
Aeronca
Cincinnati
Bureau of Air Commerce
Flyers’ Association
Aircar uses mixed controls with airbrake for takeoff and landing
The description outlines an amphibious or aircar with a fuselage stabilizer, lateral ailerons, dash and foot throttles, and a floor pedal for brakes while the pilot operates flaps or air brake. Air brake aids both takeoff and landing as current light planes emphasize interior comfort.
Court hearing set to modify two divorce decrees
Hearing on plaintiffs requests to modify two divorce decrees was set for Oct. 16 at 9 a.m. by Judge H. C. Ring in district court. Minnie J Lewis, formerly Minnie J Krabacher, seeks to modify a Jan 29 1935 decree granting custody of two sons. Agnes Mordorst asks to modify a Jan 4 1933 decree to include child support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Ring
Minnie J Lewis
Minnie J. Krabacher
John B. Krabacher
Agnes Mordorst
John Mordorst
Bates seeks sale of Cedar Rapids real estate to Janecek for 1650
A hearing in district court before Judge H C Ring was set for Oct 21 at 9 am on the application by D W Bates receiver of American Trust and Savings bank to sell Cedar Rapids property to John Janecek for 1650. Judgments also involve declaring trusts to the RFC and road proposals in Linn County. Arlene M Paul received a divorce from Ernest G Paul on cruel and inhuman treatment with custody of a child and property rights settled. Farmers Supply of Hopkinton seeks 181.09 against William F Stahr Louis N Stahr and Stahr Brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Bates
American Trust and Savings Bank of
Cedar Rapids
John Janecek
H C Ring
Ring
Bates
Iowa State Savings Bank of
RFC
Arlene M Paul
H. C Ring
Ernest G Paul
Farmers Supply Company of
Hopkinton
William F. Stahr
Louis N. Stahr
Stahr
Snake Dance After Football Game Fruit Raid At Market
Police report a late Friday raid after the Roosevelt McKinley game at the Sears Fruit Market on First avenue and Eleventh street. A large quantity of fruit was taken by participants in the snake dance.
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Sears
First Avenue
Eleventhsstreet E
Tipton Duroc Sale Sets Top Price At 76 Dollars
Eighteen Duroc boars narrowed in March averaged 68 dollars with a top price of 76 at the Herman J. Martin sale held at Martin's farm in Tipton Saturday afternoon. Over 200 buyers from Scott, Jones, Cedar and Linn counties attended. Martin conducts a Duroc sale each fall. Four Poland China boars averaged 45 dollars and the Duroc gifts or young sons. Martin sold averaged 33 dollars.
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Tipton
Herman J. Martin
Martin
Scott, Jones, Cedar
Linn
Frightened Deer Crashes Into Car On Oregon Coast
A frightened buck leaped into the path of Dan Creary’s car on the Oregon coast highway near Gardiner, denting the front and costing about 150 dollars to repair. The driver kept the vehicle on the road as the buck bounded away, apparently uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshfield, Ore
Ins
Dan Creary
Oregon Coast Highway
Gardiner
Creary
Mussolini's Son Arrives in Washington for Visit
Vittorio Mussolini, son of Italy's premier, arrives in Washington by plane for a two day stay. He may meet President Roosevelt at the White House but offers no definite engagement. He is greeted by press, hosted by the Italian embassy, and accompanied by C Willard and Mario del Papa.
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Washington
INS
Vittorio Mussolini
Italy
Mussolini
White House
Roosevelt
Tr Duce
New York
C Willard
State Department
Mario del Papa
Marcello del Drage
Benedetto Capomazza
Elkader to Dedicate New School Building Sunday
Two congressmen and three former school superintendents will attend the Elkader dedication of the new school building on Sunday Oct 17. Miss Agnes Samuelson will give the dedicatory address with invited attendees from University of Iowa Coe college Luther college and Lenox Junior college among others. The auditorium will seat 2000 to 2500 for the afternoon program with its own sound system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkader
Agnes Samuelson
Public Instruction
Dr. R. Morse
Clyde L. Herring
Fred Biermann
Robert E. Rienow
University of Iowa
Dale Welch
Coe College
O. S. von Krog
Eldora
H J Preus
O. W Qualley
Luther College
E. W Laughlin
Lenox Junior College
Clayton County
Gets Long Sentence For Murder Of Aunt
Wiliam G Serviss pled guilty to second degree murder in the axe slaying of one of two aged aunts. He was sentenced to 20 years to life by State Supreme Justice Ellsworth C Lawrence. The case involved a dispute over a $5,000 plus estate and wills probated after the deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fonda
Wiliam G Serviss
State Supreme Justice
Ellsworth C Lawrence
Serviss
Alica State Hospital
Acousticon Institute Offers Hearing Aids and Repairs
Deafened readers are invited to obtain a genuine Acousticon hearing aid with batteries and repairs available. The Acousticon Institute at 1228 Merchants Bank in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, provides services and a contact phone number 9081.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acousticon Institute
Merchants Bank
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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Gulf of Mexico
Chad
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Linn County
Ann Hewitt
New Flusband
Oregon
Ronan
Optometrist
Higley Building
DIAL
Cleveland
Studebaker
Buffalo
Court House News
Jackson Township
Board of Supervisors
W. H. Behrens
Duce
Dodge
Chrysler Corporation
Bowes
Columbia
Handler Motor Company
Second Avenue SE
Trammer Nrew Credit Company
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