Real Estate Board Tours Cedar Rapids Waste Plants
Mayor Hahn led Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board members on a tour of the municipal sewage disposal plant and incinerator on A Street near Burling ton Avenue SW. Officials cited daily garbage and sewage handling figures, cost efficiency, gas byproducts, and plant operations as part of the visit drawing regional interest.
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Hahn
Burlington Avenue
Wilson Packing Plant
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
Frank K
Cap” Hahn
Gazette
Announce First British Soldier Death In Action
In Dowsbury England UP reports Private William Roper 28 the first British soldier killed in action on the Rhineland front in the new war His mother has been notified A letter from his commanding officer says he was killed on guard duty for which he volunteered and buried with military honors
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Dowsbury
England
William Roper
Rhineland
France
Roper
Program Tonight Marks Czech Independence Day
A capacity audience is expected at 8 pm at the C.S.P.S. hall for a Czech Alliance program commemorating Czech Independence Day. Principal speaker Dr. Michael Mudry, formerly of Bratislava, Slovakia, will lead the event with the Hromatka Taylor trio performing classical selections and a quartet singing special songs.
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C.S.P.S
Czech Alliance Association
Sdruzeni Ceskych Spolka
Michael Mudry
Bratislava
Slovakia
Hromatka-Taylor
South Side Civic Club Forms Joint Committees on Projects
Presidents Lumir W Struesky and George Kosek name joint committees for two proposed activities with the South Side Civic club and Sixteenth Avenue Commercial club. Plans include a Christmas lighting project and a new playground proposal with specific members listed. The Czech Dramatic society postponed its Nov 5 performance to Dec 3. The Z B J park near Cedar River will gain a dance pavilion with work starting today. Volunteers are urged to donate time.
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South Side Civic Club
Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club
Lumir W. Struesky
George Kosek
South Side
Frank J. Dvorak
Adolph Kalous
Frank A. Brosh
Charles J. Kosek
Martin Polehna
Charles Kriz
Sixteenth Avenue Club
M. F. Mitvalsky
R. M. Vesely
William Broulik
Civic Club
O. J. Elsenbast
Ernest Kosek
Commercial Club
Cedar River
Czech School Board Meeting Thursday Evening
The Czech school board will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at the Bohemian school building for a conference with parents.
Community meeting on school activities review
A note invites attendance at a session on improving school activities. Refreshments will be served and reports from the three day bazaar will be given.
Sokol and Czech groups plan events across clubs in town
Renata Tyrsova auxiliary will screen gymnastic tournament films and Sokol camp pictures next Friday, courtesy of Z.C.B.J. The Z.C.B.J. Dramatic circle meets Tuesday. Czech Independence talk by T. B. Hlubucek, today at 2 p.m. Mrs. Kopecky Beals to sing. Czech Alliance meets Tuesday 7 30 p m at St Wenceslaus hall for fall and winter sessions. Karla Masaryk lodge meets Wednesday 7 30 p m. Renata Tyrs sewing circle meets Tuesday 1 p.m. Bazaar committee final Nov 2. All Z.C.B.J. dance planned for Nov 4.
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Ann
C.S.P.S. Hall
Czech Dramatic Society
East
Renata Tyrsova
Sokol
Pittsburgh
Boonton
N. J
Z.C.B.J
T. B. Hlubucek
Czech Reading Society
Marie Kopecky-Beals
Czech Alliance
St. Wenceslaus Lodge
Karla Masaryk
C.S.P.S
Renata Tyrs
Sokol Hall
Japan to Open Trade Talks with United States Envoy
In Tokio Foreign Minister Nomura will start negotiations with U S Ambassador Grew on revising or renewing the 1911 commercial treaty. Anglo Japanese talks also began with Sir Robert Craigie meeting Vice Foreign Minister Tani in Tokyo, Britain seeking to reopen the Tientsin issue.
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Tokio
Kichisaburo Nomura
U. S
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Hochi Shimbun
United States
Grew
China
Robert L. Craigie
Massayuki Tani
Tani
Britain
Tientsin
London
Moen Storm Drives Ten Live Mines Ashore
A heavy storm off the island of Moen washed ashore at least ten live mines. The incident prompted authorities to secure the area and warn nearby mariners to keep clear of the coastline. Local crews assessed the danger and began neutralization operations as needed.
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Copenhagen
Moen
Reverend Eugene Murphy to speak at Mount Mercy Homecoming
The Rev. Eugene Murphy of St Louis University philosophy department will address Mount Mercy junior college and academy homecoming alumnae today at 2 30 p m in the college auditorium. He will discuss Adventures on the Christian Front and is founder of the Radio League of the Sacred Heart. He hosts a daily program and has led a spiritual crusade against war.
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Eugene Murphy
Philosophy
St. Louis University
Mount Mercy Junior College
Academy Today
Murphy
Radio League of the Sacred Heart
Czechoslovak flag flies on anniversary at embassy
In Washington a Czechoslovak flag waved over the legation to mark the nation’s 21st birth anniversary under Nazi German occupation. First secretary Otaker Kabelac said the Fourth of July should see freedom, calling the occupation temporary.
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Washington
Czechoslovakia
Legation
Otaker Kabelac
Cedar Rapids Community Chest Budget For 1940 Revealed
Ten local agencies will share a total Community Chest budget of 9121,200 for 1940, with the YMCA receiving 517,000 and the YWCA 513,800. Other allocations include Sunshine Mission 59,300, Community House 58,800, Boy Scouts 58,500, Public Health Nursing 57,700, Camp Fire Girls 55,800, Public Welfare Bureau 53,650, Salvation Army 53,500, Home For Aged Women 53,000. The drive includes campaign costs 53,750 and pledge administration 51,900, with a 5 percent reserve for losses. The Salvation Army joins the agencies, but funds aren’t allocated until April, using its previous year’s campaign funds for nine months.
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Cedar Rapids
Carl Kirwin
Public Welfare Bureau
Y.M.C.A
Y.W.C.A
Sunshine Mission
Community House
Boy Scouts
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Fire
Salvation Army
Home For Aged Women
Community Chest
Welfare Bureau
Army
Baptist Quartet To Sing At Coe Vespers
The First Baptist church quartet will perform at Coe College vesper program today at 4 in Sinclair Memorial chapel. Dr. Harry M. Gage reveals "Glorious Liberty" and the quartet sings "The Lord is My Light" by Parker. program includes hymns, readings, anthems, and prayers with choir and organ accompaniment.
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First Baptist Church
Coe College
Sinclair
Harry M. Gage
Coe
Lord
Parker
Orman
Faulkes
Doxolexzy
David I. Berger
Marc Karel Hindee
Alberta Johnson
Edward Melcher
John Schwenke
Jerusalem
Maunder
Harry Gare
Dresden
Bowe Erby
Andrea Johannsen
Eleanor Taylor
Pact Ratified By France Britain And Turkey Decree
The official journal published Saturday carries the presidential decree ratifying the mutual aid pact between France Britain and Turkey.
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Paris
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