Home Loan Men Meet in Cedar Rapids for Annual Convention
The forty ninth annual Iowa Building and Loan league convention will gather 100 to 1450 attendees at the Montrose hotel in Cedar Rapids Sunday through Tuesday. Mayor Hahn will give the welcome, with multiple addresses on home loan topics, financing, appraisals, and legislation. Cedar Rapids associations participate in the event.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Building and Loan League
Montrose Hotel
Fred H. Kubriek
Frank K. Hahn
Frank G. Nebiker
League First
Burlington
League
W. M. Lynch
Ares
Richard J. Richardson
Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines
Hubert E. James
Des Moines
American Savings and Loan Institute
G. H. Fallin
Society of Residential Appraisers
Peoria
Ill
Fred W Catlett
Federal Home Loan Bank
Washington, D. C
H. Merle Smith
Missouri State League of Building and Loan Associations
Kansas City
C. W. Macy
Coe College
A. W. Gordon
Omaha Building and Loan Association
Omaha
Morton Bodfish
United States Savings and Loan League
Chicago
Montrose Crystal Room
H R. Hanger
Dubuque
L. D Ross
John C. Shenk
Davenport
H Warnock
Iowa Falls
E. S. Tesdell
R G. Holmes
Waterloo
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association
Cedar Rapids Building and Loan Association
Bohemian Savings and Loan Association
Draft Boards Furnish Own Equipment Delaying Draft
Linn county draft boards prevent delays in registration by furnishing their own typewriters and equipment while awaiting manufacturer supplies. Cedar Rapids boards prepare alphabetized registrant lists for quick office visits. both chairmen urge registrants not to call for numbers. Blocked by mail, boards report steady card arrivals with high serials listed for board 1 and 2, including Dr Kenneth Bogard and Richard E Randall.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
John C. Reid
Charles Kosek
Mail
W. K. Lothian
Marion
Kenneth Bogaard
Dunreath Drive
Richard E. Randall
N Street
School Board Grants Water Cooler Contract for Grant High
The school board awarded a contract for three electric water coolers at Grant high school admin quarters to Checker Electric Supply. The units cost 40.40 each with a 4.4 gallon capacity, delivered to three building floors. Rosenbaum Furniture offered 371.10, while Paul R. Kelly proposed 500 including installation.
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Grant High School
Checker Electric Supply Company
Rosenbaum Furniture Company
Paul R. Kelly Company
Vinton Baby Falls In Well Rescue By Neighbor
Special to The Gazette reports 18 month old Carmen Long daughter of Mr and Mrs Corliss Long fell ten feet to a rocky well bottom in Vinton. Otto Oppelt, a neighbor, jumped into the well and pulled her to safety before firemen arrived.
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the Gazette
Vinton
Carmen Long
Corliss Long
Otto Oppelt
Marion council approves 60 block paving project
The Marion city council approved a 60 block bituminous paving project for 28 656 99 to be assessed to private property with final assessment set for November 18 The plan includes revised specs and a hot mix claim by contractor F M Hargrave while objectors led by Winfield A White push for concrete paving and highway commission analysis.
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Winfield A. White
White
W. Gearhart
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
F. M. Hargrave
Hargrave
Hargrave Construction Company
Fifteenth Street
First
Fifth Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Second Avenue
10Th Street
11Th Street
First Avenue
Sth Street
Orchard Tere
6Th Avenue
10Th Avenue
6Th Street
Sth Avenue
6Th
Ieal
Marion News Notes Bonding Community Health Efforts
Eight members of the Marion P T A dental medical committee met to approve bills for immunization and the health round up. In the past year 109 children were immunized and 73 kindergartners were given physical exams. The high school will host a tuberculosis test program funded by Christmas seal funds with Dr. H. L. Van Winkle coordinating along with Linn County nurses and local doctors.
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Dental Medical Committee
Marion
Parent-Teacher Association
Gas Company
Tuberculosis Association
Neal Bunting
J. J. Keith
Philip I. Crew
H O. Young
R. E. Lehdigh
Robert Hess
Presbyterian Church
Dental Medical Fund
Reed Receives Air Reserve Commission in W D C
The War Department announced from Washington that William Norman Reed has accepted an officer corps appointment as second lieutenant in the air reserve. Reed teaches at Randolph Field Texas. Also noted are social items: Mrs Fred M Blakeslee hosts a Monday contract club. Mrs Lena Pratt visiting Waubeck. Presbyterian Pastor's Helpers picnic at Mrs N A Baker and Mrs Clara Wilson’s home. Harold Ford returns to Laurens after visiting his parents. Christian church choir to rehearse Wednesday evening.
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War Department
Washington, DC
William’ Norman Reed
E J’ Reed
Air Reserve
Reed
Randolph Field
Texas
The
Presbyterian Church
N A Baker
Clara Wilson
Central Avenue
Jurors Drawn for Buchanan County Court Term
Independence jurors for the Buchanan county district court November term were drawn. The panel lists 40 names with 20 women. jurors report November 13 after convening November 12 with Judge R. W. Hasner presiding.
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Independence
Buchanan County District Court
R. W. Hasner
George Arnold
Walker
Arthur Beckman
Brandon
Otto Barske
Nellie Benz
Quasqueton
Hazel Black
Paul Casey
Cogga
Jesup
Ed Kress
Harry Leary
Dan Lubin
Winthrop
Tom Malcom
Dale Miller
Aurora
Harold Miller
Albert Moritz
Cclwein
Dean Morris
Lamont
Elsie Prahm
Rowley
Catherine Purdy
L. Rowe
Coggan
Vera Saunders
Maxine Sheehan
Guy Spragg
Hazicton
Milo Stohr
Roy Streeter
Clark Swan
Paul Swartz
Clara Towlerton
Fred Winn
Cornell Science Groups Welcome New Members at Cornell
Two Cornell science clubs announced new members this week. Beta Beta Beta honored biology majors including Francis Baker and Barbara Tunnicliff alongside several others from Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan. The chemistry club inducted Frank Preston and Gordon Rahn among a diverse list of students from across the Midwest and beyond.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell
National Honorary Biological Fraternity
Chemistry Club
Tri Beta
Frank Brooks
Cornell Biology Department
Bios
Francis Baker
Mt. Morris
I]l
Arlene Gender
Minneapolis
Janice Huey
Lisbon
Frank Preston
Maywood
Gordon Rahn
Robert Thomson
Hampton
John Tudor
Olin
Walter Wasson
Onslow
Jerry Wilson
Rochelle
Ted Stotler
West Branch
Barbara Tunnicliff
Emmetsburg
Don Yost
Byron
Lara Lester
West Chicago
Dwight Swanson
Harcourt
Homer Skarin
Batavia
Clara Slagel
Cedar Rapids
Sedgwich Manson
Ogden
Dwayne Howard
Dayton
Donald Fish
Lime Spring
Ray Law
Chicago
Robert Ryan
Muncie
Ind
Richard Stolley
Evanston
Edward Gill
Keokuk
William Holch
Hinsdale
Paul Bellamy
Rapids City
S. C
Ransom Parlin
Crystal Falls
Mich
Manslaughter Charge Is Dismissed At Tama
In Tama County District Court Judge B O Tankersley dismissed the involuntary manslaughter charge against Billie Long 21 of Eddyville on grounds of insufficient evidence. The case stemmed from the Aug 11 automobile death of Oscar L Long 24, also of Eddyville, with the coroner's jury citing negligent driving by Billie Long.
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Toledo
George H Struble
Billie Long
Eddyville
Tama County District Court
B O. Tankersley
Long
Oscar L. Long
Goddard Admitted Doctor of Glamour at Chicago
The University of Chicago fraternity men voted Paulette Goddard as doctor of glamour magnum cum laude. The ceremony dubbed her the lady than which there is no whicher, celebrating her as a movie star.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Paulette Goddard
Urbana Juniors Present Bringin' Home the Bacon Play
Urbana High School junior class stages Bringin Home the Bacon a three act domestic comedy at Legion hall on Wednesday and Thursday. Geniece Wolf and Robert Glass lead with supporting cast including Wyckoff Kramer Burrell Rice Burrell Burrell and Hoff man. Aileen Miligan coaches the production.
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Gazette
Legion Hall
Geniece Wolf
Robert Glass
Russell Wyckoff
Delores Kramer
Erma Lee Burrell
Marjone Rice
Elnora Burrell
Albert Smith
Robert Rogers
Della Beyer
Marcia Ford
Charles Hoffman
Naomi Cumberland
Helen Thomas
Aileen Miligan
Iowa City News Briefs Roster of Obituaries and Events
Funeral services held for Michael P. Lumsden 63 lifelong Iowa City resident former alderman and fire chief. Swan P Benson Swedish born 1869 Iowa City bookbinding and Economy Advertising veteran. Fred A Payne 51 Johnson county equipment shop foreman dies. Labor smoker and campaign film showings planned at Jefferson Hotel with speakers and local GOP leaders.
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Iowa CI TY
Michael P. Lumsden
Iowa City
Book and Ladder Company
Fire Department
John P von Lackum, Jr
Waterman
University of Iowa
Willkie
Sweden
Economy Advertising Company
Fred A Payne
Johnson County
Masonic
Tipton Barn
LaSalle
Johnson County Republican Committee
Jefferson Hotel
Edward F Rate
Charles W Harness
Ottumwa
Wilson
Roosevelt Jr. heckled at Drake meet asks to debate
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr faced heckling from Drake University students as he offered to debate a counter speaker. He explained his father's absence from Baltimore platform with Willkie and noted how a private invitation differs from public ads. The crowd applauded the exchange.
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DES Moines
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Drake University
Willkie
Roosevelt
Baltimore
Mr. Jones
New Deal Eyes North Iowa as Key Voting Ground
Des Moines AP reports a large New Deal push across north Iowa with speeches by Henry A. Wallace Franklyn D Roosevelt Jr Claude Wickard and Senator Clyde Herring. Observers see the effort aimed at holding Fourth Eighth and Ninth districts to repeat Roosevelt margins in 1936 and 1932 amid heavy Democratic interest in the region.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Claude Wickard
Wallace
Clyde L. Herring
Minnesota
Lutheran Teachers Parley Set At Lowden This Week
A conference of the Lutheran parochial school teachers of Iowa East of the Missouri synod will convene in Lowden at the Trinity school auditorium on Wednesday and Thursday. Rev H Maas of London will conduct services, with speeches by Henry Albrecht and Prof A O Beck among others. Local teachers plan demonstrations in recitation and Bible history and noon and evening meals will be provided by a volunteer committee.
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Lowden
Lutheran Parochial School Teachers of Iowa Distret
Missouri Synod
Trinity School
Jessons
Henry Bertram
Helen Schulz
Henry Albrecht
Atkins
Ao Beck
Concordia Teachers College
River Forest
PL Boinhoeft
Cedar Rapids
C Hesse
Eldora
Iowa
John Jaeges
John Weber
Waverly
Martin Juergensen
John Mattheld
H Kamprath
A. Bastelmann
Williamsburg
H. Suhr
Westsate
Lo Mueller
Klinger
Frank Behnke
Latimer
H Maas
London
Trinity Church
Otto Stolte
Emil Stolte
Louis Helmold
Dick Twachtmann
F. Hem
Carl Esbaum
Inmate protests draft registration at Tama County Jail
Des Moines AP reports a Tama County Jail inmate voiced anger at being denied registration for the selective service last Wednesday. He claimed citizenship and willingness to serve, while officials said he can register on his release date.
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Tama County
DES Moines
Fe Isnail
Tama
State Unitarians Meet At Iowa City
The sixty third annual Iowa Unitarians conference continues in Iowa City for a three day session with about fifty delegates registered. Arrangements are led by Res Evans A Worthley with lectures planned by University of Iowa professors J Mott and Dean George D Stoddard and speakers including Rev Samuel A Eliot and Mrs Russell P Wise among others. A Tuesday night talk under the Arthur Markley Judy foundation features Faith Under Fire by Rev Eliot.
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Iowa City
Iowa Unitarians Association
Res Evans A Worthley
Iowa City Unitarian Church
University of Iowa
J. Mott
George D. Stoddard
Samuel A. Eliot
American Unitarian Association
Russell P Wise
General Alliance of Unitarian Women
Arthur J. Weatherly
First Unitarian Church
Lincoln
Neb
Lon Call
Western Unitarian Conference
Rudolph W. Gilbert
Peoples Church
Cedar Rapids
L. B. Traylor
Keokuk
Arthur Markley Judy Foundation
Eliot
Taylor
Dean Stoddard
Gilbert
Parsonage Dedication Set After Open House
The Methodist parsonage is completed and Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Conant invite friends to an open house Tuesday afternoon and evening. A brief dedicatory service will follow the morning church service Sunday.
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Wellman
200 Farmers to be Displaced by Army Cantonment
Federal Farm Security Administration officials meet in Des Moines to map rehousing for an estimated 279 to 300 people uprooted by a new Army camp in Wayne and Decatur counties. Indiana regional advisor Phil Beck says laborers and WPA workers also affected with owners and tenants likely to seek government aid or buy or rent replacement homes.
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Des Moines
Federal Farm Security Administration
Wayne
Decatur
Phil G Beck
Indianapolis
Advani Irator
FSA
Agencs
George Fuller
Beck
WPA
Warners
Beckman to Speak at Iowa State Press Building Dedication
Ames Iowa Beckman former head of the technical division at John Spite College and now editor of the Know Ville Journal will dedicate the new Iowa State Collegiate Press at a campus ceremony next Saturday. About 250 Iowa newspaper workers and journalism alumni are expected for the dedication and open house featuring the Bomb yearbook and three student newspapers.
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Ames
Fred WoBeckman
John Spite Enllege
Soll
Ide Nf
Iowa Hen
Iowa State
the Bomb
Iowa Agriculturist
Iowa Engineer
Iowa Tlamemade
Colleanite Pre
Tralee
Lowe State College
Pre
Orgeant
Green Gander
Gage To Speak On Iowa State Honor Program
Dr H VM Gage president of Coe college Cedar Rapids will be guest speaker at the fall Honors day at Iowa State College Ort 80 Dr Charles E Fitles president will present awards to 15 students for outstanding scholastic records Among honored are five sophomores with top freshman grades in their divisions and the senior with the highest grades for 1939 40 Gold medals will be awarded to the five honor freshmen.
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Ames
H VM Gage
Coe College
Cedar Raypeds
Iowa State College
Charles Eo Fitles
Roosevelt says tradition can go too far in campaign swing
In Des Moines Roosevelt defends experience over tradition while denying third term bid. He says crisis requires capable leadership and praises his father as a model. He spoke at Drake University amid campus gate debates and public reception.
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F. R
Franklin du Roosevelt
Des Mrinee
Pittsburgh
Sen
Clyde Tretting
Denes
Eicher to Speak at Washington Rally Thursday
Eicher of the Federal Securities and Exchange Commission will address a Democratic rally in Washington at 8 pm Thursday at the courthouse. The event is sponsored by the Washington County Democratic Central Committee and the Iowa Committee for Agriculture. Focher formerly represented the First Iowa District.
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Eicher
Washington
Federal Secures and Exchange Commission
Woopington
Washington Counts Demoscratic Central Committee
Iowa Committee For Agriculture
Focher
Iowa
Fat Wife Sparks Husband’s Lost Love Across City Ads
A jumble of old New York headlines and notices shows a wife’s changing weight affecting marriage. The text notes readers’ reactions and mentions a kitchen store and other local ads as context.
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Vinton Baby
Marion News
Gazette Business Office
Harriet Hoffman Educational Fund
Joe Walker
Department
Lumer Lorence
Fred Ross
Gladys Smith
Viola
Chamber of Commerce
Mary Buzza
Oakdale
Grace Bleakly
Neil Blok
Maquoketa
Earl Helbig
Walter Hall
R. M. Clark
Carolyn Hanscom
R. J. Williams
Glenn Larkin
Boston
Mass
Paul Revere
Old Ironsides
Louise Alcott
France
Lester Harford
St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids
Ida G. Hall
Ivan Gillmore
Helen Scott
Pasadena
Calif
Harold Scott
Claude C. Scott
Jolly Dozen
Marilyn Hayes
Lothian
Lewis Weis
E. B. Castle
John H Pazour
Sixth Avenue
Norman J. Waffle
Drummond
William Grassfield
Earl J. Kassler
B Earl Beiber
Claude D. Knapp
King's Daughters
Kassler
Oscar E. Weale
Handicraft Club No
Norman Adce
Tenth Street
Marion E. Chisman
Natex
Marion Agency
Owen
Fidelis Circle of
L. R. Fitzgerald
Richard Waters
Lloyd Stark
C. W. Biggs
E. L Potter
Richard
Jimmie Joe
Marshalltown
Jack Blessing
Betty Jane
Jackie
Marion Lodge No
Hazel Smith
Seventh Avenue
Bessie Neff
W. E. Neff
St. Luke's Training School
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Minn
L. W. Inman
Ministerial Union
Ethel Hart
Arlene Halstead
Jane Low
Maxine Conrad
National
Hairdressers’ Association
Bert Graves
Ruth
Roy
Marion Boulevard
Marion High School
Independence High School
Melvin Meggers
Bob Vernon
Kenn Cornell
Bob Hoff
Virginia Jackson
Martha
Lawrence Sturgeon
Springfield
111
Louise Edson
Fred M. Blakeslee
Lena Pratt
S. D. Noah
Waubeck
Harold Ford
Dan G. Hickey
Laurens
Christian Church
Buchanan Court
Cornell Science Groups
Urbana Juniors
Geniece
Garvette
A&p
America
New Deal
North Iowa
Ing Vath
ASK Pga
State Unitarians
Beckman
Iowa State Press
Gage
Duke
Drake
Roosevelt Club
Morehouse
Planeter Hartios
Arcane
Hote
Simlar
Sefte
New York
Nh Repr
Satielars
Santa Fe
Santa Claus
D M Snraneler
Ail Equitable
J J Grogan Freisht
Mwiinels
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