Undernourished children fed at Junior League nutrition center
Since 1931 the Community House nutrition center runs school day meals for 52 to 75 children and teaches economical cooking. Isabel Scroggie Emery directs the program with mothers volunteering in the kitchen and nutrition education, while doctors screen entrants and meals cost about 7 cents per child last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior League Nutrition Center
Border Line
Isabel Scroggie Emery
Nutrition Center
Miss Scroggie
Ames
University of Iowa
J. Hamilton Bell
Margaret Larimer
John T. Hecker
Edward H. Files
Horace G. Hedges
S. E. Coquillette
Jenna Strahan
Forest W. Stewart
Douglas Boynton
Eugene C. Hoyt
Scroggie
Thompson
Justin Albright
Bizarre sex masquerade case shocks La Jolla doctors
In La Jolla California Dr Eugene Perkins long known as a married man and physician died of a heart ailment. An official death certificate labeled male then corrected to female confirming the physician was biologically a woman. Coroner probe and police inquiry continue into Perkins and his late wife Margaret Curren Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
San Diego
Perkins
Margaret Curren Perkins
la Jolla
Alex V. Lesem
Health Department
San Diego County
Buffalo
N. Y
Florida
Pasadena
Buckner Named Commander Of Cedar Rapids VFW Post 788
Arthur S. Buckner was elected commander of Cedar Rapids post No. 788 Veterans of Foreign Wars at the last regular meeting Wednesday. Other officers include Glen Thomas senior vice commander Harry Concannon junior vice commander Harley Robertson chaplain Emil Vohaska quartermaster William W. White judge advocate and Walter Morris trustee. The post received membership by transfer from Clinton post via Ben Dvorak senior vice commander of Iowa department. Mr Dvorak will be connected with the Milwaukee railroad here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur S. Buckner
Cedar Rapids
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Glen Thomas
Harry Concannon
Junor
Harley Robertson
Emil Vohaska
William W. White
Walter Morris
Clinton
Ben Dvorak
Iowa Department
Dvorak
Milwaukee Railroad
China Builds Living Wall to Check Japanese Domination
The Nanking government racks a living Chinese wall along the 800 mile Lunghai line with ten divisions totaling about 150000 troops. The barricade spans from the seacoast north of Shanghai to interior Kiangsu Henan Shensi and Kansun and aims to block Japan’s North China influence and extend toward Ninghsia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
INS
Nanking
China
Lunghai
Seacoast
Japan
Shanghai
Kiangsu
Henan
Shensi
Kansun
Ninghsia
Teachers Exams Start Next Week In County Office
County teachers examinations will be held Wednesday Thursday and Friday in the office of County Superintendent Walter A. Shupp at the courthouse. State law requires applicants for certificates to have completed a four year high school course and at least twelve weeks of approved normal training. Schedule lists preliminary sessions and subjects each day including rural school management orthography geography United States history home economics manual training arithmetic physiology agriculture music grammar penmanship civics government Constitution algebra English composition elementary school methods and general science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Shupp
State Board of Educational Examiners
United States
Minneapolis and St. Louis gains in nine months 1936 net income
The Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad reports $689 144 in net income for the first nine months of 1936 reversing a deficit last year to Oct 1. Officials credit higher traffic from better business and farm conditions. September shows a drop to $19 933 from $86 372.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
Rotary district official to speak at luncheon
A. C. Fuller of Iowa Falls, Rotary district governor, will address the club at Monday noon luncheon in the Roosevelt hotel. Knights of Pythias to meet Monday at 7 45 p.m. in K P hall with knight rank conferred. refreshments served. Democratic precinct meeting set for 7 30 p.m. Monday at Garfield school followed by social hour. Mount Mercy academy presents Elmer and Alices Blue Gown this afternoon with an 8 p.m. repeat this evening and public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Fuller
Iowa Falls
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Knights of Pythias
K. P. Hall
Garfield School
Elmer
Alice
Mount Mercy Academy
Court of Honor for Cedar Rapids Scouts Nov 1
The Cedar Rapids area council of Boy Scouts will hold its next court of honor on November 1 at 3 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church located at Third Avenue and Fifth Street SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Area
Huie Party Heads to Mayo Clinic for Mrs Huie Operation
Mr and Mrs R J Huie of Burlington with Mrs Huie s mother Mrs Thomas Boone depart Saturday for Rochester Minnesota. Mrs Huie will enter Mayo hospital Monday for an operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Huie
Burlington
Tacoma visitor carries Cedar Rapids toll bridge token
Herman F. Meyer of Tacoma Washington visits his sister Sophia Meyer at 1800 E avenue NW and shows a small relic from Cedar Rapids a token about the size of a dime used for passage across the old toll bridge at First avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman F. Meyer
Tacoma
Wash
Sophia Meyer
E Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Fire at Iowa Milling Company Strikes No Major Damage
Firemen responded to an alarm from Iowa Milling company at 412 Sixth Street NE at 5 28 p m Saturday where a motor overheated. Damage was confined to the motor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Milling Company
Sixth Street
Chief of Detectives Earl Stanley to Travel After Brother-in-Law's Death
Chief of Detectives Earl Stanley will leave for Oskaloosa Sunday after his brother-in-law Oscar Elwood aged 60 died Saturday of a heart attack. Stanley will be joined by Mrs. Stanley, his daughter Mrs. H. T. Hampton, and Paul Stanley of Cedar Rapids. Elwood was a native of Oskaloosa and well known in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Stanley
Oskaloosa
Oscar Elwood
Stanley
H. T. Hampton
Paul Stanley
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Elwood
Miss Mildred Tate and Lester K Meeks Engagement
Miss Mildred Tate daughter of Mr and Mrs Alex Tate of 315 I avenue NW is announced to marry Lester K Meeks in a forthcoming ceremony. The notice lists the couple and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Tate
Alex Tate
I Avenue NW
Lester K. Meeks
Cedar Rapids Couple Wed at Jacksonville Home
A Cedar Rapids bridegroom and his Florida-born fiance were wed Thursday evening at the bride's home, with about forty guests. After a wedding trip to Des Moines they will return to Cedar Rapids before spending winter in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Otha Meeks
Jacksonville
Fla
A. M. Smith
Des Moines
Florida
Fire crews respond to three calls Saturday morning
Firemen answered three calls Saturday morning. At 10:10 at J. D. Mal borue 906 Seventh Street SE ashes in a paper container in the basement ignited the container. At 10:38 smoke on the top floor of the American Trust and Savings building annex was from a defective chimney with no fire. At 12:15 shingles on a barn roof at 615 Second Street NW ignited from chimney sparks, loss confined to a few shingles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Malborue
Seventh Street
American Trust and Savings Building
First Avenue
First
Second Streets
Blue Valley Dairy
Second Street
Plan Series of Linn Teachers Meetings
Walter A. Shupp Linn county superintendent of schools will meet Wednesday with rural teachers group No. 7 from Linn and Bertram townships. The plan is part of a yearlong improvement program with ten groups meeting during the school year to study Reading Activities in the Primary Grades. Group No 8 Franklin township meet Thursday and Group No 9 College and Putnam townships meet Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Shupp
Linn County
Linn
Bertram Township
Shupp
Franklin Township
College and Putnam Townships
Revival at Church of God Continues with Chapman's Talks
The Church of God on L avenue at Eighth Street NW hosts Rev. Cecil E. Chapman in illustrated lectures. Attendance has grown, and the revival ends Monday night with Chapman speaking Sunday at 10 AM on Enlarging Our Borders and 7:30 PM on The Downfall of Babylon. Monday's wrap includes a discussion on When and Where is the 1,000 Years Reign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil E. Chapman
Church of God
L Avenue
Eighth Street
Chapman
Bie
Mr. Chapman
Babylon
Griswold Takes Air Rifles On African Elephant Hunt
Lawrence T. K. Griswold travels to Africa with air rifles to hunt elephants. He plans to gift rifles to tribal chiefs to gain protection, using more powerful slugs to drive game from cover. Griswold, born in Boston, has explored ruins and captured Komodo dragons for zoos, and will press into Ituri forest Kenya and Uganda in pursuit of pigmy elephants and the okapi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lawrence T. K. Griswold
Africa
Griswold
Boston
Mass
New England
Komodo Island
Dutch East Indies
Ituri Forest
Kenya
Uganda
St. Louis
Roosevelt release to convicted banker sparks GOP charge
The Republican National Committee accused President Roosevelt of freeing banker Richard L. Hargreaves of Beverly Hills from prison, claiming the president acted at the request of a political crony. The banker, convicted of misapplication of funds and filing false records, allegedly had two years cut from his sentence with Col. William H. Neblett representing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LLP
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Republican Statement
Richard L. Hargreaves
Beverly Hills
Calif
Comptroller of Currency
Hargreaves
William H. Neblett
William G. McAdoo
California
Halloween Song by Local Women Featured in Magazine
In Children's Activities magazine the current issue opens with an illustrated Halloween song. Words by Mrs. Elizabeth L. Stuart McKinley junior high teacher and music by Mrs. Esther W. Yuill leader of the Junior League Scribblers. The verse set to music depicts a witch and goblins on Halloween night with Jack o lantern lights and merry black cats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children’s Activities Magazine
Elizabeth L. Stuart
McKinley Junior High
Esther W. Yuill
Junior League Scribbler
Dr Buswell Closes Mission Series At Sunshine
Dr J Oliver Buswell president of Wheaton College Wheaton Illinois will deliver closing Bible exposition addresses at Sunshine Mission today. He spoke Friday on Peter Versus Paul and Saturday on Must the Christian Keep the Law with two services at 2 30 p m and 7 30 p m including special music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Oliver Buswell
Wheaton College
Wheaton, Ill
Sunshine Mission
Bible Expositor to Give Lectures Here in Cedar Rapids
Adlai Loudy of Johnson City Tennessee will open a six lecture series at 7 45 p m Tuesday in Maine lodge I O F hall 838 First avenue E Cedar Rapids The free lectures run Tuesday through Friday and two Sunday sessions with time for questions. Topics include The Book Nobody Knows Satan His Origin and Stewardship Dispensations and Administrations The Presence of the Lord and How to Scripturally Study the Scriptures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlai Loudy
Johnson City
Tenn
Cedar Rapids
Maine Lodge I
O. O. F. Hall
First Avenue E
Satan
Loudy
Shocking plot information leads to hospital sentence
Frank R. Beddow, once a banker in Iowa and South Dakota, was commended by Federal Judge Albert L. Reeves for providing details of a “monstrous, shocking plot” at the Springfield federal hospital. Reeves gave Beddow a four year term to run with an existing five year sentence for a bond forgery scheme tied to a $101,000 Omaha fraud, as others in the case faced sentences or appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Frank R. Beddow
Iowa
South Dakota
Federal
Albert L. Reeves
Omaha
Sioux City
Beddow
United States
Richard K. Phelps
Federal Hospital
Phelps
Martin R. King
Bates denies reports of monstrous plot at Springfield prison hospital
Sanford Bates director of federal prisons said he had received no report of a monstrous shocking plot in the federal hospital for defective delinquents at Springfield Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
Sanford Bates
Federal
Springfield
Bar Registration Of Earlier Births In Baby Marathon
Toronto organizers suspend late registrations in the $775 000 stork derby as Hon H C Nixon blocks claimants seeking previous births. Grace Bagnato, poised to become the tenth of her 24 children, reacts in tears as two late births are deemed unregistered and the deadline looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
H. C. Nixon
Grace Bagnato
Mrs. Bagnato
Naiberts Preserve Mushrooms In Varied Ways In Iowa
Mr and Mrs Joe Naibert of Cedar Rapids describe their season of mushroom gathering and processing in Iowa. They canned 110 quarts using tomato juice and seasonings and dried a bag of mushrooms for winter use. They emphasize cleanliness and careful preparation methods for a safe tasty supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Naibert
Fifteenth Street SE
Naiberts
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Belgian Government Fights Rally By Fascists In Brussels
The Belgian government massed several thousand gendarmes in Brussels to block a planned fascist demonstration led by Leon Degrelle. Police blocked roads into the city while soldiers stayed in barracks and fascists were halted from gathering. Degrelle vowed to speak despite potential arrest and claimed to outwit authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Rome
Leon Degrelle
Rexist
Paul van Zeeland
Degrelle
United Press
Will of Meri Metelak probate in Cedar Rapids district court
The will of Meri Metelak of Cedar Rapids, who died Oct. 5, was admitted to probate in district court Saturday. The testatrix named her husband Joseph Metelak, two daughters Jenoefa Vrba and Eliska Metelak, and a son Joseph Metelak Jr. as beneficiaries. Jenoefa Vrba was appointed administratrix with the will annexed. The will was made April 17, 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meri Metelak
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Metelak
Jenoefa Vrba
Eliska Metelak
Joseph Metelak, Jr
Auto Damage Case Settled in Idaho District Court
Marshall A. Shores filed June 3 against Jim Roberts of Boise Idaho operating as Jim Roberts Automotive and Paul Keiser of Nebraska for a collision with Robert Altenloh on Highway 30 west of Cedar Rapids March 11. The case was settled and dismissed by Shores before Judge A B Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall A. Shores
Jim Roberts
Boise
Ida
Paul Keiser
Nebraska
A. B. Clark
Shores
Robert Altenloh
Cedar Rapids
Divorces Granted in District Court
Divorces granted on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds include Jeanette Low Dye of Harlan Iowa and Harlan A. Dye, married June 12 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Low Dye
Harlan A. Dye
Farley Divorce Sought in District Court
Devee Farley files for divorce from Ralph Farley in district court on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. The couple are noted as married in 1935 at Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devee Farley
Ralph Farley
Davenport
Judge awards Herrmann $353.52 in default judgment
District court Judge H C Ring granted Max R Herrmann a 353 52 default judgment against Lake Comley. The suit claimed an encumbrance on the property Herrmann agreed to buy exceeded the agreed price and the excess was not reduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Ring
District Court
Max R. Herrmann
Lake Comley
Registrations Point To 45 000 000 Vote In Presidential Poll
An analysis of large registration increases in almost every section indicates a possible record presidential vote of about 45 473 000 in this election. The 1932 vote was slightly below 40 million. Eligible voters may total about 55 427 000. The study notes 15 to 20 percent of qualified voters did not cast ballots, with some southern states reaching about 50 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jeffersonian Group Launching Campaign Against Roosevelt
The National Jeffersonian Democrats announce an intensive speaking campaign against President Roosevelt. Former Missouri Senator James A. Reed will speak in Detroit Albany Providence Syracuse Des Moines Omaha Topeka Wichita St Paul and Memphis. Alfred E. Smith Joseph B. Ely Joseph W. Bailey Jr. Clarence J. Shearn will also speak in New York and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Jeffersonian Democrats
Roosevelt
Saturay
James A. Reed
Missouri
Detroit
Mich
Toledo
Chanute
Kaw
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Albany
N. Y
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Providence
A. L
Syracuse
Joseph W. Bailey, Jr
Dallas
Texas
Des Moines
Omaha
Topeka
Kan
Wichita
Oliver Skeller
Democratic Committee of
St. Paul, Min
St. Paul
Clarence J. Shearn
The
Bar Association of New York
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Dr. Naibert
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Church of God Revival
Dr. Buswell
Leota M. Kemper
Glenn F. Kemper
Nellie Chase
Milton Chase
Court House News
Will of
Kriz Tent & Awning Co
First Street
Jeffersonian
Kemble
Kemble Floral Co
Iowa Theater
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