Christmas Benefit Dance Set To Boost Island Projects
The Cham ber of Commerce young men’s bureau plans a Thursday night benefit dance at Danceland to raise funds for a Christmas party for needy children and for beautifying the island plaza. Court Hussey’s broadcasting ensemble will provide music after selection to represent Iowa nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Danceland
Island Plaza
Court Hussey
Broadcasting Ensemble
Iowa
National Flag Puzzle and Local News Briefs
A room over the Iowa Electric Light and Power company office hosted a South America themed party afternoon on Wednesday November 13. John Smith returns to work as a Milwaukee railroad engineer in Dubuque after visiting family here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
John Smith
Milwaukee Railroad
Dubuque
Symphony Orchestra Opens Season With Free City Concert
The Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra directed by Prof. Joseph Kitchin performs the season’s first concert tonight at 8 15 in the Memorial Coliseum. Soloist is Prof. Clyde Stephens a noted pianist from the University of Minnesota and former Coe College faculty. Music lovers’ support keeps the concerts free of charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Kitchin
Memorial Coliseum
Clyde Stephens
University of Minnesota
Coe College
Maid In Nels Kraschel Home Ends Her Life
Betty Hansen twenty of Viola Center took poison in a Council Bluffs hotel after a troubled romance. She had worked as a maid in the home of Lieut governor Nels G Kraschel at Harlan and previously lived in Omaha. Her father San Hansen discouraged her from self harm when she purchased the poison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Fred Clemmenson
Audubon County
Betty Hansen
Viola Center
Nels G. Kraschel
Harlan
Omaha
San Hansen
Butternut Lax-O-Loaf Bread Advertises Nervous Health
An advertisement promotes Butternut Lax-O-Loaf Bread as a natural laxative and nerve strengthener. It claims improved digestion from whole wheat kernels and honey, with a tasty creamy taste. It urges readers to order tomorrow and notes Cedar Rapids grocers carry it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cast For Religious Play Highlighted In Marion
The Marion item lists cast members for the religious drama The First Commandment to be staged Wednesday and Thursday at 8 15 p m in Lincoln school auditorium under Grove City Rebekah lodge. Also noted are elected officers of the Methodist Sunday school for the coming year and local weddings and homecoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln School
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge
Melvin McBride
Ralph Parks
William Breed
Allen Edwards
Hugh Hutton
Delbert Pugh
Edward Sedlacek
Archie Milner
William Fleish
Jack Ratliff
Merle Robison
K. M. Saunders
Lewis Harlan
Stanley Kellams
Clifford Johnson
Floyd Slauson
Milo Porterfield
Carol Johnston
Howard Guzzle
John Johnson
George Atwater
John Lines
D. H. Smith
Clyde Derflinger
Lloyd Fernow
Sam Jackson
Mahlon Fleisher
Melvin Clarke
Rolin Milner
Jack Norris
Harrison Booze
Vernon Brockman
H. RB. Livingston
Carlton Oxley
Edward Conrad
Margaret Oldfather
Methodist Sunday School
Floyd Robson
J. L. Papes
Marian van Fossen
Eleanor Hanson
H. F. Lockwood
George Reichard
Nancy Ellen Hanscom
Fred C. Newlin
Harry Snell
Bernice Hillerege
Ruth Engstrom
Lulu B. Secrist
H. M. Titus
Home Department
E. J. Esgate
A. L. van Fossen
Harold Phillips
Linn County Christmas Seal group Holds Annual Meeting
The Linn County Christmas Seal organization met at New Hallwood near Cedar Rapids after a luncheon. Out of town guests included Marguerite Pfeffer Des Moines and Mrs E M Adams Central City chairwoman. Pfeffer spoke on seal sale methods and Linn county reported leading the state last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
New Hallwood
Marguerite Pfeffer
Des Moines
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
E. M. Adams
Central City
George Krebs
Bertram
Melvin Heefner
Fern Horak
Walker
Miss Lawless
Cedar Rapids Man Fined for Illegal Liquor Possession
George Zulakis, 46, of Cedar Rapids, was fined 300 dollars and costs and sentenced to four months in county jail by Judge H C Ring. Four months suspended on good behavior after paying 100 dollars and costs. The charge stemmed from alleged liquor purchases by special agents with prior liquor convictions in 1923 and 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Zulakis
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Ring
G. K. Thompson
Zulakis
Cedar Rapids man charged with illegal possession of liquor
William Nick of Cedar Rapids faced a district court true information Tuesday charging illegal possession of alcoholic liquor. Judge H. C. Ring approved the information and set bond at $500 after federal and state agents reported Nick was selling alcoholic drinks at a bar located near A and First avenues on Second Street NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. K. Thompson
William Nick
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Ring
Nick
First Avenues
Second Street
Saturay
Judge approves fourth report in Cedar Rapids bank receivership
Judge H C Ring in district court accepted the receiver's fourth report for the Iowa State Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids. Receipts for the quarter ended Sept 30 totaled 30 699 31 with 26 620 33 paid on RFC loan. Cash on hand at quarter end 18 618 37. Balance due on RFC debt 195 918 55. D W Bates banking superintendent is receiver and J R Drake examiner in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Ring
Iowa State Savings Bank of
Cedar Rapids
RFC
D. W. Bates
J. R. Drake
Olson pleads not guilty to intoxicated driving charge in Fairfax
Peter L. Olson, 60, of Route No. 2, Fairfax, appeared in district court before Judge H. Ring on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. A $500 bond was furnished after a collision investigation by Sheriff James H. Smith and Deputy Sheriff Dick Payn near Fairfax. Separately, Judge F. O. Ellison granted Bertha Varner a divorce from Wendl Varner on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds following a Monday hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter L. Olson
Fairfax
H. Ring
James H. Smith
Dick Payn
Olson
James Caley
Third Avenue
F. O. Ellison
Bertha Varner
Wendl Varner
Varner Marriage Details and Custody Granted
The Varners were married in Galena Illinois on April 2 1982. Mrs Varner was awarded custody of a minor son and weekly support money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varners
Galena, Ill
Varner
Plaintiff Testimony Heard in City Vehicle Collision Suit
Jerry Dedek sues the city of Cedar Rapids and Patrolman Leonard Stusak for 10000 in a personal injury case over a motorcycle collision on Third Street and Twelfth Avenue SE June 18, 1934. Witnesses include Lorraine Shade, Mary Horak, Lillian Clifford, George Clifford, Charles Mahnke, and county officials Vesely and Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Clark
Jerry Dedek
City of
Cedar Rapids
Leonard Stusak
Dedek
Third Street
Twelfth Avenue
Lorraine Shade
Mary Horak
Lillian Clifford
George Clifford
Charles Mahnke
Background for Ethiopian War as Painted by Koenig
Professor Myron L. Koenig of Coe College spoke to the Canopus Club on the European backdrop to the Italian Ethiopian War. He outlined four flashpoints: Franco German history, Central Europe and Austria with the Little Entente, the Balkans revolutions, and Mussolini’s Italian expansion. England’s naval power and control of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal were emphasized as vital to empire.
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Myron L. Koenig
Coe College
Canopus Club
Europe
Austria
Entente
Balkans
Mussolini
England
Mr. Koenig
Gibraltar
Suez Canal
India
Three Iowa Men Honored by Scottish Rite Masons
The supreme council of Scottish Rite Masonry in Washington DC elected James W. Boling of Waterloo to thirty third degree Masonry and Floyd D. Fillmore and Edward E. Sparling of Cedar Rapids to Knight Commander of the Court of Honor. All three belong to Iowa Consistory No. 2 at Cedar Rapids. A note recalls the Sept 19 1783 Versailles balloon flight with a lamb duck and rooster as the first living creatures carried aloft.
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Supreme Council of Scottish Rite Masonry of
Southern Jurisdiction
Washington, D. C
James W. Boling
Waterloo
Floyd D. Fillmore
Edward E. Sparling
Path of
Cedar Rapids
Court of Honor
Iowa
Versailles
France
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Children’s Party
Ethiopia
Robin Hood
Ababa
Seal
Selassie
Spain
South America
Nels Kraschel
Kneip Market
Franks
DIAL
Marion News
J. H. Moothart
Maxine Frick
Alburnett
Clair Neal
Detroit
Steven Wayne
Iowa State Teachers College
Johnston
Mr. Sedlacek
Carl Anderson
A. J. Campbell
Fifth Avenue
Home Building and Loan Company
Tittle Bros. Packing Company
J. C. Penney Co
Lamb
Haddock
Marion
Bernice Reynolds
Ione Lee
Cornell College
Harley Reynolds
Handicraft Club No. 2
Fay Marsh
Stanley Thomas
Donna Mae Helbig
Ed Kemnitz
Ida Smith
Frank Doan
L. C. Low
H. A. Dye
Iowa City
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Buehler
First Street
Quality Coffee
Yy Ib
Court House News
Iowa State Savings Bank
Robert M. Vesely
James D. Kennedy
Board of Supervisors
Japan
Salada
Hotel Roosevelt
First Ave
New CO
C&h
Palmer
Green Mountain
Pillsbury’s
4Th Avenue
16Th Avenue
Coggon
Lipton
Lee
Sour
Rey Fall Ne. Sixe
Fresh Hearts
Gilc Lge
Frankfurters
iTc
del Mont
Red River
Ohio
Green Mountains
Colorado
Idaho
Jonathans
Sunkist
del Monte Peas
Wasking
Johnson’s
Wiskers
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