Linn Schoolmasters Rally to Arm Minds Against Propaganda
Linn county schoolmasters gathered at the Montrose hotel for a session on propaganda in education and the press. Verne Marshall of The Cedar Rapids Gazette represented the press while Lloyd Rahn, Lisbon schools superintendent, presided, as teachers pledged to defend truth and offset hype.
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Linn County
Montrose Hotel
Ers
Verne Marshall
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Lloyd Rahn
Lisbon Schools
Waltonians Take On Conservation Merit Badge Classes
Waltonians, led by Rev. Henry Scherer, will conduct Boy Scout classes for conservation merit badges. Cedar Rapids council reports only one conservation badge earned last year. A committee including O P Moody and Earl North will oversee the program.
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Waltonian Club
Henry Scherer
First Lutheran
Cedar Rapids
Scherer
Coe Freshmen Win Pushball Game With Dummies
The traditional Coe college pushball contest between freshmen and sophomores was played at Coe field with football dummies substituted for the ball. Seven players per side competed as seniors officiated. The freshmen won 5 to 3 amid a lively crowd hoping to see players carried off.
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Coe College
Coe Field
Light Co Plans Auxiliary Service Line To Business District
The Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. won city approval to install an auxiliary service line by enlarging manholes from the powerhouse to the business district and west side. Allan Hird, the companys construction engineer, noted the work mainly enlarges existing structures to accommodate the new line. City Engineer Frank Young supported the petition after a brief conference with Hird.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Allan Hird
Frank Young
Hird
Young
Nervous Weak Ankles Swollen Ad Promises Kidney Cure
Psychic symptoms tied to excess acids and kidney disorders are pitched as relief with Cystex. The ad claims early dose improves kidney cleaning, promises money back if not satisfied, and cites a price of 3e per dose at druggists.
City Briefs And Personals Snapshot From Cedar Rapids
Townsend Club No 3 meets at YMCA Friday at 7 30 p m with a fried chicken supper at Daniels Park church. The Speeder chorus rehearses at the YMCA Friday at 2 30 p m. A fire at H F Miller home 1601 K avenue NE caused by a defective fireplace. C T P A of A picnic at Sokol hall Friday 6 30 p m. Cedar Rapids Fish and Game Restoration club meets Friday 8 p m at 6244 Sixteenth avenue SW. Mrs RE Johnston to visit her sons in Fairmont Minn. Beth Jacob Friday night service by Junior Hadassah with reception at 8 p m. Streamliner City of Denver delayed two hours due to Nebraska derailment. Community night Halloween party at Edgewood No 2 school Friday. Dr BE L Moravec to attend ASA convention in St Louis. Robert E O'Brian to speak at Reporters Plan Club. Helen McCohan reports auto radio $5950 stolen. Students Jim Scott Marcel Worther Russell Love Robert Smith hitchhiking. judge warns. Mr and Mrs AL Taylor attend National Association of Commercial Organizations Secretaries meeting in New Orleans. Mr Taylor is Cedar Rapids Chamber exec secretary. Seysler and Hagen arrested on statutory charge. information filed by Seysler's estranged wife. Rapids Chamber of Commerce addressed Grinnell Chamber of Commerce at annual dinner on national recovery of character.
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AL. Taylor
Grande Avenue
New Orleans
National Association of Commercial Organizations
Taylor
Cedar Rapids
William Whipple Speaks at Grinnell Event
William Whipple of the Cedar Speakers Bureau visited Grinnell to deliver a talk, drawing attention from local residents and highlighting civic engagement efforts in the region.
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Grinnell
William Whipple
Speakers Bureau of
The
Cedar
Evangelist Ward Tells of Crime to Faith Conversion
Detroit evangelist Phil Ward recounts his switch from crime as Sunshine Mission marks 43rd anniversary. The program features musical numbers by the Ormans with future nights planned for vocal and instrumental performances by guest musicians.
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Phil Ward
Detroit
Sunshine Mission
Ormans
Linge family attends national cemetery owners convention
Mr and Mrs C K Linge of Cedar Rapids attend the American Cemetery Owners association annual convention in Memphis Tennessee. Mr Linge serves as president of the Iowa State Cemetery Owners association and Mrs Linge addresses the session on Women's Interest in the Cemetery.
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C. K. Linge
Cedar Rapids
American Cemetery Owners Association
Memphis
Tenn
Linge
Iowa State Cemetery Owners Association
Four Ways the Holy Spirit Is Grieved
Evangelist Dr. A. G. Canada spoke at the Church of the Foursquare Gospel on Wednesday evening listing four grieving acts: rejecting Him entirely resisting Him quenching Him and waiting for Him to inspire one to do what is already known they should do. He set Thursday night’s subject as Why God Uses the Sign Speaking in Tongues as Evidence to the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Canada
Church of the Foursquare
Evangelist Larson Leads Revival at Calvary Baptist
Northampton evangelist James Henry Larson conducted a revival at Calvary Baptist Church on Wednesday with the theme The Woman Who Had Five Husbands. George Hayes led singing with his wife performing a duet The Saviour We Would Have You Know.
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James Henry Larson
Northampton
Mass
George Hayes
Joseph Ainsworth
Larson
Dorothy Miller
Edinburgh crowds bid swallows farewell for southern voyage
From Edinburgh Scotland crowds gathered in the main street to see the swallows start their winter flight south. The event drew local residents who watched as the birds began their seasonal migration.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Webber Drops Personal Injury Suit After Arguments
Lester Webber, plaintiff in a $5,000 personal injury case against Larimer Hardware of Cedar Rapids, dismissed the action without prejudice after defense motion for directed verdict was argued. The suit stemmed from December 24 when galvanized iron sheets fell while Webber held them. Jury was discharged and September term jurors released.
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Lester Webber
Alburnett Elevator
E. K. Larimer Hardware Company
Cedar Rapids
Moffit
Webber
Larimer
Bank Receiver Reports Cash in Hand and Building Balance
The seventeenth quarterly report for the D W Bates receiver ship shows $73522.48 on hand as of Sept 30 and $10254.06 in the American Trust building. Receipts for the quarter totaled $30438.37 with disbursements of $6546.99. Dorothy Long sues Clarence W Long for divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment and seeks restoration of her name to Dorothy Barton. Judge Ellison renews acquaintance with K T Lamb visiting from Los Angeles. L Shoemaker seeks $299.10 in a note and account case against Roy Shakespeare and Ellen Shakespeare.
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American Trust and Savings Bank
J. R. Drake
D. W. Bates
H. C. Ring
American Trust Building
Dorothy Long
Clarence W. Long
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Barton
L. Shoemaker
Roy Shakespeare
Ellen Shakespeare
Marriage Licenses Reported in The Ledger
Raymond Lerch of Ely and Darlene Wilmont of Central City. Emery Reisner and Annabel Moore, both of Keokuk. Ernest G. Waldee and Betty M. Beatthiessens, both of Cedar Rapids. Ernest A. Simon and Mary Dair Whisler, both of Cedar Rapids. Dale I. Heins of Center Point and Pauline Berry of Walker.
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Raymond Lerch
Ely
Darlene Wilmont
Central City
Emery Reisner
Annabel Moore
Keokuk
Ernest G. Waldee
Betty M. Beatthiessens
Cedar Rapids
Ernest A. Simon
Mary Dair Whisler
Dale I. Heins
Center Point
Pauline Berry
Walker
Rules Movie Quiz Held Lottery Violating Statutes of Missouri
Jefferson City Missouri AP. Missouri Attorney General rules a $250000 movie quiz contest conducted in theaters nationwide constitutes a lottery. Elements of consideration prize and chance exist as tickets are bought, participants receive booklets, winners receive 50000 and many other prizes, and judging discretion determines best statements.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Roy McKittrick
Franklin E. Reagan
Reagan
Colombo Shaken by Worst Earthquake in Living Memory
Ceylon's worst earthquake in living memory was felt severely in Colombo. Violent shocks lasted five minutes then milder quakes for about two more hours. Thousands flooded streets as children cried. European bungalow areas also felt the tremors.
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Ceylon
Colombo
Illinois Measures Public War Policy on Ballot
Illinois voters will express sentiment on a public policy proposal to force Illinois members of Congress to vote against any declaration of war sending U S troops abroad. The measure, led by William Hale Thompson, requires petitions from 10 percent of registered voters to place the question on the ballot. Thompson, former Chicago mayor, faces opposition over his name appearing on the ballot.
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Springfield
Illinois
William Hale Thompson
Chicago
William Are Thompson
Congress of the United States
Llinois
Thompson
Illinois Republican Party
External Alcohol Application Causes Unusual Intoxication
Houston report details a case where a woman became intoxicated after four pints of 70 percent alcohol were applied to a thigh wound over 36 hours. Doctors measured 260 milliliters of alcohol per 100 centiliters of blood and 180 milliliters per 100 centiliters of spinal fluid, far above typical ratios.
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Houston, Tex
J HH. Stephenson
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Stephenson
Bottle Note Delivered Just 23 Years Late
ADELAIDE Australia AP a bottle cast into the sea by Lieut Henry Blunt in 1915 finally reached his fiance Miss G M Severen now living in South Australia The note was found washed ashore about 60 miles from Albany and delivered Blunt had married Severen in 1919 after returning from World War I The last line notes Milnthorpe firemen struck after an insurance company failed to pay them following two fires.
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Adelaide
Australia
Henry Blunt
G. M. Severen
South Australia
Albany
Blunt
Miss Severen
Milnthorpe
England
Packing workers honored with service awards
Frank M Gerstner, 62, of 1421 Seventh Avenue SE, receives a gold service button from the Institute of American Meat Packers for fifty years in the packing industry. He works in the sweet pickle division at Wilson and Company, which also awards silver buttons to twenty five year veterans including Angeloof, Dehook, Jones, Topinka, Bartlett, Rowray, Hartman, and Hilmer. Last year James Canning, a Wilson employee, earned a gold award.
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Frank M Gerstner
Seventh Avenue SE
Institute of American Meat Packers
Wilson and Company
Gerstner
Peoria
James Angeloof
Eighth Avenue
James Dehook
First Avenue
Neal Jones
Twelfth Street
Joseph Topinka
Nineteenth Street
Charles Bartlett
Thirty-third Street
Charles Rowray
Second Avenue
Jack Hartman
Henry Hilmer
Belle Avenue
James Canning
Fifteenth Street
Wilson
Grooms Children Taken From Riverside Park to Mission
Fourteen year old Ruth Grooms who acted as little mother to her siblings fell ill with a cold and fever and was sent to Sunshine Mission in Riverside Park. The other children were transferred there with their father Claude Grooms remaining to care for their tent home while the mother recovers from influenza. Police learned of the family’s plight when Mr. Grooms sought medical aid for his wife after leaving St Joseph two months ago. The note about July being named for Julius Caesar is unrelated historical trivia.
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Ruth Grooms
Riverside Park
Sunshine Mission
Esther Ward
Mission
Claude Grooms
Bitten Child’s Parents Agree To Treatments
In Menlo Park California the parents of Ruth Hunnel 14 and Robert Stentiford discussed rabies risk after a mad dog incident. Ruth’s father announced she would begin Pasteur treatment, while Robert’s parents doubted infection due to immediate wound care. Health officer Dr. Gerlough warned the danger remained.
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Menlo Park
Calif
Tillman Hunnel
Ruth Hunnel
Ruth
Robert Stentiford
Thomas Stentiford
R. J. Gerlough
Local man seeks removal of Greek consul as estate administrator
Thomas Panagos of 888 Daniels Street NE Bridgeport Connecticut filed in a Bridgeport court to remove a Greek consul appointed as administrator of the estate of his uncle Dr Spiro Veronis who died intestate two months ago. Veronis is survived by two brothers a sister in Greece and a niece in the United States with the estate estimated at 100000 dollars.
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Bridgeport, Conn
Thomas Panagos
Daniels Street
Spiro Veronis
Bridgeport
Panagos
Veronis
Greece
United States
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Waltonians
Daniels Park Church
Speeder
Ymc.a
Larson Hopkirk Company
Henry Gundling
Dial
H F Miller
K Avenue NE
Sokol Hall
Cedar Rapids Fish and Game Restoration Club
Sixteenth Avenue
RE Johnston
Cabbancourt SE
Fairmont, Minn
Victor and
Russell Gardner
Beth Jacob
Hadassah
Denver
Nebraska
Edgewood No 2
BE. L. Moravec
St. Louis
American Society of Oral Surgeons and Exodontists
Robert E. O'Brian
Iowa
Reporters Plan Club
Democratic Women's Organization
Roosevelt Hotel
Helen McCohan
First Avenue E
Jim Scott
Marcel Worther
Russell Love
Robert Smith
Coc College
Thomas B Powell
T. Seysler
Bettie Hagen
Third Street
Justice H.R. Churchill
Seysler
Hear
L. J. Dickinson
Republican
U. S
Montrose
Republican Committee
Carl Hendrickson
Eloise
Dean Gilthrop
Andrea
Dean
David Mason
David
Andrea Mowbray
Libby
Dena
Denan
QWA
Allend
Calvary Baptist
Court House News
E. K. Larimer Co
F. O. Ellison
K. T. Lamb
Olin
Los Angeles
Mr. Lamb
W. L. Crissman
Morning Glory Doughnut Shop
Old Post Office
Are
Gruen
Je' 213
Ilry
Hamilton Ou
Frank M. Gerstner
Julius Caesar
Syteas
PANS
Hiaich
Cedar Rapids Hardware CO
Third Avenue
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