Stamps Trade Angles Involving Harold Ickes Revealed
Record outlines how Secretary Ickes and aides handled imperforate national park stamps bought at post office prices. Potential trades valued at $2,500 to $3,500 emerged, with two complete sets totaling 4,000 stamps highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ickes
Harol L Iexes
Irtering
Price
Tane
Hes Rar
Gerard Beeckman
Brown
Mr. Irexes
Natonal Park
High Value Placed On Ickes Stamps From Park Sheets
A letter quoted by The Cedar Rapids Gazette discusses high value stamps obtained by Secretary Ickes from national park imperforate sheets. The writer notes collectors would see the significance of the blocks and ponders the fate of such property and its ownership implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ickes
Beeckman
Cedar Rapids
National Park
Scott
Harold” Ickes
Ickes and Stamp Ethics Sparks New Probe
The piece questions whether a government official may acquire imperforate national park stamps at post office prices, then resell or trade them for profit. It cites Roosevelt and Senator Danaher pushing a senate inquiry into whether officials gained special privileges from official position.
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Ickes
E A. Evans
Scripps- Howard Alliance
Post Office
Roosevelt
New York
Danaher
Connecticut
Senate
United States
New Deal Congress
Harold’ Ickes
Navy Men Dance at Danceland Tuesday
Cedar Rapids navy men plan the nineteenth Navy Day observance with a dance at Danceland on Tuesday at 9 p.m. Court Hussey's orchestra will perform and active duty personnel in uniform will enter free. Navy Day falls on Sunday October 27, marking Theodore Roosevelt's birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Court Hussey
Navy
Marine
Theodore Roosevelt
Amer
Ten to Twenty Years Ago in the Gazette
The notice recalls the Des Moines convention of the B. of L. F. attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Schneider. Talks by E Howard J. Savage at Coe College chapel and new officers elected in osteopathic groups. National Guard honor, traffic injuries, social visits, a bicycle accident, and a Cedar Rapids Electric club formed with C. E. Fawcett president and J. R. Terry vice-president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Peters
Mary Schneider
E. A. Torrence
Des Moines
B. of L. F
E. Howard J. Savage
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Coe College Chapel
Hulda Rice
1338Rd Infantry
Iowa National Guard
Walter Glue
Milwaukee Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Electric Club
C. E. Fawcett
J. R. Terry
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Harold
Herman Liebert
Toledo Uwlide
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Harold Ickes
National Parks
New Deal
Heaven and Earth
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Mr. Ickes
Ron High
Department OF the Interior
National Park Service
State Park Division
Tor
Sinserely
Ter
Ican
Continental Congress
Navy League of the United States
Fred Thomas
John T. Wurster
James Benda
John Basker
Frank Dlask
Chicago
Mr Benda
N. W. Melver
Yokohama
Japan
Helen
Henrietta
St. Mary’s
Faribault
Minn
Jesse Yi
Mr. Beeckman
H G Fussell
WC TU Es
Dole
George Clark
Syrdien
Johnny
Gazette
Lawrence Sartor
Third Avenue
Third Street
George Lincoln
Freeman Caniff
Spirit Lake
W. N. Voorhies
Marion
E. R. Cook
Atlanta, Ga
Grant Munger
James A. Snyder
C. W. Brown
MacKibben
Wichita, Kan
American Mercury
Edward Stevenson
Renie
RKO Radio Pictures
Kathryn Brown
Dorset
Miss Brown
Craemer
Craemer's
Smeer
Tipstik
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