Thirteenth Street Stop Light Removed Causes Traffic Shifts
Report describes removal of the Thirteenth Street traffic light by police with state consent. Drivers on First Avenue faced unregulated flow as cars double parked and blockages spread. Traffic sergeant Geo Hagos advocates control measures while enforcement threats deter violators.
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Thirteenth Street
Atv
Geo Hag Os
Tye
Bioteks
Fortes
Torres
Mao
Fifteenth Street
Atlanta Leads In Retail Trade Rise
Washington reports department of commerce figures show a weekly rise in retail trade with Atlanta leading at a 16 percent upturn. Boston and Worcester rose 15 percent while New York City gained 4 percent.
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Atlanta
Washington
Department of Commerce
Boston
Vwhemsty
New York City
Funeral for Mildred Metcalf in Winthrop Congregational Church
Funeral services for Mildred Metcalf will be held at the Winthrop Congregational church at 2 pm today with the Rev Mr Fowler of Winthrop officiating. Burial will follow in Winthrop Cemetery. Friends may call at Turner Chapel until 11 am today.
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Mildred Metcalf
Congregational Church
Winthrop
Mr Fowler
Turner Chapel
State Commander of Legion to address Hanford Post
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a State Commander address to a Hanford post. Content is garbled with unrelated characters but implies a formal address or meeting. No clear date, location, or names beyond Hanford post.
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Legion
Hanford Post
City Briefs and Personals in Cedar Rapids
Community notices list events at city hall and YMCA. Meetings include Triton club Monday at 6 pm, Cedar Rapids Stamp Club fall meeting Monday 7 30 pm, Knights of Pythias Monday 7 45 pm, and Cedar Rapids Boys Y Band and Drum Corps parents meeting Monday 5 pm with practice for the group at 7 15 pm Tuesday. Mrs Emma Coward of South Pasadena is visiting relatives at 242 Tenth Street NW.
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Tre Triton Club
YMCA
Emma Coward
South
Pasvena Calif
Frank Dean
Tenth Street NW
Cedar Rapids Stamp Club
Montrose Terrace
Cedar Rapids
P.m
Y. M.C
Ethiopian Feudal Army Faces Modern Warfare Challenges
The article describes a feudal style Ethiopian force loyal to the emperor with mounted nobles commanding units. It notes grain and ammo dumps prepared for potential crisis, confidence in enduring weapons, and the risk posed by modern European war gear if confronted.
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Povenng
Hurricanes Death Toll And Cremation Orders Heighten Storm Tragedy
battered figures show 150 bodies affected by cremation orders issued against Roosevelt wishes as health officials warn disease risk. hospital casualties rise with dozens dead identified and hundreds unrecorded or injured in the storm aftermath. local funeral rites and memorials planned as military honors mark the dead.
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D C Coleman
Roosevelt
FFRA
Red Cross
Chase
Dr Gage to Speak at Fall Rally Dinner
Young people from eastern Iowa attend the Pilgrim Fellowship fall rally at First Congregational Davenport. Dr Harry M Gage president of Coe College will speak at the youth banquet Friday 6 30 p m on Christian Youth Building a New World.
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Iowa
Pilgrim Fellowship
Davenport Association of Congregational Churches
First Congregational Church
Washington Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Harry M. Gage
Coe College
Congregational
Davenport Association
Walter H Staves
Cedar Rapids
Mary Virginia Evans
Davenport
Thomas Thoensen
Royal J Montgomery
Religious Education Department
Wlllead
Nelson C Dreier
C S Foster
Ella S Merriman
Jane Dunlap
Walter Staves
John Blomquist
Elise Ainsworth
Delores Storrs
Banqueet
Wilfreda Hauser
Hazel Mae Scriven
Virginia Hillock
Gray Allan Watson
Evelyn Northcott
Helen Nelson
Rae Blodgett
Rose Marie Blomquist
Ella S. Merriman
Richard Staves
Wayne Swan
Kenneth Knaus
John Zachar
Bob Straka
Clinton Anamosa
Iowa City
Marion
Monticello
Lost Nation
Niles
DeWitt, Preston
Williamsburg
Muscatine
Central City
Maquoketa
Time Extended for Collecting C O D Mail
New postal rules grant COD customers five extra days to pay and claim goods. After October 1 parcels face 20 day storage before 5 cent daily demurrage. Applies to domestic mail. different limits exist for certain territories and possessions.
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CO. D
George E Bes
United States
Hawai
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Guam
Tutula Samoa
Seasonal Buying Aids Demand In Shoe Market
New York AP reports a broader demand for shoes this week as promotional sales and pool opening promotions attract shoppers. Retailers expect continued activity with discounts and special offers boosting midseason sales.
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New York
Sal
Sixteen Named For Chamber of Commerce Directors
Sixteen candidates were announced for seven vacancies on the Chamber of Commerce board with a mail election set for Sept. 17. Ballots may be returned by mail or messenger by 4 p.m. The list includes Mark Anderson Arthur A. Barlow Karl P. Blaise Frank A. Brooke C R Chandler S E Coquillette Joseph M. Long I B McGladrey RH Meister B J Newburger H D O Meara Charles Penningroth Willam B Quarton H A Rundquist Van Vechten Shaffer and G H Tellier. Three year term expirations include M N Boyson Roy E Curray H R Green P F Keehn Clare Marshall R H Pickford and Henry J Kling.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Mark Anderson
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Arthur A. Barlow
The
Amana Society
Karl P. Blaise
Inter-Ocean Reinsurance
Newman's
H. D. O'Meara
O'Meara Clothing Company
Charles Penningroth
Willam B. Quarton
WMT
Young Men's Bureau
H. A. Rundquist
Petersen Baking Company
van Vechten Shaffer
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
G. H. Tellier
Art relief center eyed for Iowa State campus projects
At FERA headquarters Cedar Rapids artist Grant Wood, tied to the public works program, may lead the regional artists relief setup. Plans include 218000 in total for campus improvements at the University of Iowa and new Fine Arts campus work, with WPA and state support and possible CCC involvement.
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FERA
Cedar Rapids
Grant Wood
Gilmore
Wood
Iowa State College
WPA
PWA
Murtagh
West Side
University Hospital
Fine Arts
Iowa River
Civilian Conservation Corps
Reunion in Penn Station as Dixie survivors return home
New York reports 166 Dixie hurricane survivors arrive in two trains, from Charleston and Florida, reuniting with relatives at Penn Station. Passengers praise Captain Einar Sundstrom and crew for their calm, recount emotional scenes, from tears to laughter, and share survivor tales including a poker game during the disaster.
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New York
Penn Station
Dixie
Charleston
Arenas
Florida
Pennsylvania
Einar W. Sundstrom
French Reef
Florida Keys
Sundstrom
Ethel Marshall
Jean
George Outland
Los Angeles
Yale University
Outland
August Hardware Sales Rise From Last Year
New York AP reports August hardware sales volume up 8 percent from July and 12 percent higher than the same period a year ago as trade jobbers anticipate another sales spurt this month.
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New York
Cedar Rapids photographer’s work shown at Toronto salon expo
Benjamin W. Robinson of Cedar Rapids submitted a photo of his daughter Jane Ann to the 44th Toronto Salon of Photography held with the Canadian National Exposition from Aug 23 to Sept 7. His entry was accepted and displayed, marking a notable Cedar Rapids presence among Belgian and international displays. Robinson has long pursued photography earning national recognition, with prior works featured in the American Annual of Photography in 1926 and 1928. He helped promote photography in Iowa, displaying works with clubs in Iowa City and exposure to salons in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Toronto, Westminster, Buffalo, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. He is a Cedar Rapids Camera Club member with officers listed as C. W. Bucknam president, Paul Hanson vice president, and John Barry secretary-treasurer.
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Benjamin W. Robinson
Nineteenth Street
Iowa State Employment Service
Toronto
Cedar Rapids
Robinson
Pittsburgh
Iowa City
Iowa Memorial Union
Chicago
Vienna
New York
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Westminster
Buffalo
Seattle
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Can
Camera Club
C. W. Bucknam
Paul Hanson
John Barry
Tax sale notice for Cedar Rapids district sale
Unpaid taxes on six blocks in Hulls addition Cedar Rapids lead to assessment of liens and record for sale. Court action is set for August 13 1935 with assignment of all to repay tax debt and secure payment of principal and interest.
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EU Tuck
Mamie Skersick
Hull
Cedar Rapids
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