Fire Prevention winners named in local poster contest
Winners announced at a Young Men's Bureau meeting for Fire Prevention Week as part of a Chamber of Commerce program. First prizes went to Elizabeth Pazour and Joe Sebern, with second prizes to Donald Andrews and Ruth Schloss. judges were Burkhalter, Cockburn, Powers.
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Chamber of Commerce
Young Men’s Bureau
Louis D. Burkhalter, Jr
East Side
West Side
Elizabeth Pazour
Pares
Joe Sebern
A. Garfield
L. N. Bruns
E. P. Kohout
Stewart Shank
J. L. Cahill
Davenport
A.D.T
First Avenue Bridge
Donald Bruns
Cleveland
Dixie Marie Bailey
Harrison
James Matejka
Filmore
Joyce Ann Ceynar
Hayes
Jacqueline Fry
Taylor
Gene Phillips
Mary Rossey
Arthur
Phoebe Jane Vavra
Buchanan
Norma Jean Bedell
Dolores Paulsen
Jackson
Loree Chapman
Garfield
Jean Cornthwaite
Rosalyn Omar
Dorothy Coombs
Patricia Spiichal
Lincoln
Betty Cole
Beverly Martin
Elaine Norman
Wallace Post
Mary Hubbard
Johnson
James Machen
Patty Long
Kenwood
Tom Carruthers
John Williams
James Cabalka
Eertald
Patricia Carberry
Arhur
Henry Jensen Heads Cedar Rapids Grocers and Meat Dealers
Henry Jensen was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Grocers and Meat Dealers association at the annual meeting in Sokol hall Thursday night. He succeeds Gus Mineck. Other officers named were Charles Duster as vice president J L Konecny as treasurer and John Eggers and Adolph Troyak as new directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Jensen
Cedar Rapids
Farmers Record July 1938 Sales Amount
American farmers received 9,000,000 dollars from sales in July 1938, an 18 percent decline from 740,000,000 dollars in July 1937 as reported in the historical market data.
Willie Willis on Shiner and the soul of a dog
Willie Willis declares that his dog Shiner would go to heaven. He counters the idea that dogs lack souls and asserts their spiritual worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiner
Woman Hiker Slightly Hurt When Hit By Car
Beddie Brown of Flint Michigan 55 sustained minor injuries when struck by a car driven by Mrs J Y Kennedy on highway No 30 about 14 miles west of Cedar Rapids. She was taken to St Luke's hospital after bruises on back and head. Accompanying Brown were Roy H Brown and Roland Brown who said they walked from Portland Oregon to the scene three months ago. They spoke to Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon at the county jail where Brown was lodged Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beddie Brown
Flint
Mich
J. Y. Kennedy
Fourth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Brown
St. Luke’s Hospital
Roy H. Brown
Larry Condon
Beddie Struck by Car in Nearby Incident
A report states Beddie was hit by a car about a week ago and sustained no serious injuries.
Playwright Drops Divorce and Ends Life in Reno
Playwright John W. Schuler author of An American Trilogy left instructions for his attorney to drop divorce proceedings and changed himself to a hotel room transom. Coroner Harry Dunseath cited a letter from Mrs Schuler agreeing to sign divorce papers.
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Reno, New
John W. Schuler
Harry Dunseath
Schuler
Policemen's Ball proceeds aid widows and orphans fund
The sixth annual Policemen's Ball in Cedar Rapids will donate all proceeds to the widows and orphans benefit fund of the Cedar Rapids Policemen's Protective Association. Detective A F Haberle says the fund provides immediate payments to families of officers killed or disabled in duty. The Nov 14 event at Shrine temple features Bob Crosby's Dixieland band and a strong floor show, organized by local police without urging patrons by uniformed officers.
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Widows and Orphans Benefit Fund
The
Cedar Rapids Policemen’s Protective Association
A. F. Haberle
Association
Shrine Temple
Bob Crosby
Dixieland Band
Haberle
Sultan Iskandar Shah of Perak Dies at 58 in Singapore
Paduka Sr Iskandar Shah, sultan of Perak in the Malay federated state, died Friday in Singapore at the age of 58. The line of succession and funeral arrangements were not detailed in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sultan
Singapore Straits Settlement
Paduka
Sr Iskandar Shah
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