High Automobile Traffic Through Cedar Rapids Despite Low Mood
Cedar Rapids sees heavy car flow with 9 300 autos counted by Boy Scouts and Cedar Rapids Automobile club on August 23 amid a three Saturday survey. Out of state cars totaled 996 1098 and 682 on July 23 August 13 and August 27, with numerous states and Canada represented in the counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth Palmer
Cedar Rapids Automobile Club
Boy Scot
Tenth Street
First Avenue
Boy Scouts
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Canada
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Idaho— 397 ° 9 Timets—38, 326, 331 Indiara
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New
Clark County
Johnson, Benton, Jones
Black Hawk
Polk
Delaware
Vermont
West Virginia
Adair
Ausie
Adams
Audubon Ae Eeee
Benton
Black Hawk Eee
Boonee Eae
Bremer Wees Buchanan
Buene Vista
Butler Calhoun
Carroll Oe
Cerro Gordo
Ae Oi
Chickasaw Clarke Feesee Ee Clay Eee
Clayton Ae ID
Clinton
Crawford Os Davis
Decatur
Arion
Aulis Marshal
Ya Warren Washington
Warre
Webster
Farmer Brown to Address Kiwanis in Cedar Rapids
Charles S Farmer Brown of Anzona will speak to the Cedar Rapids Kiwanis club Wednesday noon on the agricultural marketing act and farm organization. He has 16 years in rural groups and has led cooperative marketing efforts with the Roosevelt Hay Growers and Pima Cotton Marketing associations among others. He is scheduled to speak also in Oskaloosa Tuesday and Washington Wednesday evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S
Brown
Anzona
Cedar Rapids Kiwanis Club
Iowa
Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids
George Dillon
Oskaloosa
Washington
Arizona Industrial Congress
Roosevelt Hay Growers’ Association
Pima Cotton Marketing Association
Mesa Lettuce Growers’ Association
Onion Growers’ Association
Tucson Dairy Association
State score totals in scattered college football results
A list of team scores by state shows mixed results with entries for North Carolina Ohio Texas Vermont Washington and Wisconsin among others. The figures include multiple numbers per entry suggesting quarter by quarter tallies or game scores.
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York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Aeete Waki
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Local Boys Create Prize Winning Napoleon Coaches
Cedar Rapids youths Frederick Anderson and Martin Luber showcased miniature coaches in the Killian store window. Anderson won $100 and a medal as second senior prize in Iowa district. Luber earned $80 and four ribbons for third in the district junior division. Both pieces followed Fisher Body blueprints, with opened windows, revolving wheels, and detailed undercarriage.
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District of Iowa
Frederick Anderson
Fred Anderson
Fruitland Heights
Martin Luber
M. H. Luber
Fourth Avenue
Napoleon
Josephine
Fisher Body Company
Martin Luther
Two Sigmund Stories Listed in O’Brien’s Distinguished Collection
Jay G Sigmund of Cedar Rapids contributed two stories to a list of distinguished pieces in American periodicals edited by Edward J OBrien for the Boston Evening Transcript. The works Ten Heads Better than One and Mystic appeared in May 1931, with O Brien later ranking seventeen periodicals by count and share of distinctive short stories.
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Jay G Sigmund
Cedar Rapids
Edward J Obrien
Boston Evening Transcript
Mystic
Mr O Brien
Midland
Iowa City
John T Frederick
Iowa University
Chicago
Iowa track coach to address Legion meeting
George T. Bresnahan University of Iowa track coach to speak at Hanford post American Legion meeting in Memorial building Tuesday night. He will recount Olympic experiences as officers for the coming Legion year are nominated. Maurice Cahill reports on Iowa department conventions. no bonus debate. Dixie Dandies quartet and post musical groups provide entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bresnahan
George T. Bresnahan
University of Iowa
Hanford
American Legion
Memorial Building
Bresnahan
Maurice Cahill
Legion
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Dixie Dandies
Post, Drum and Bugle Corps
Signals On Corners To Replace Center Post In First Ave
Dan Kruidenier, commissioner of public safety, announced that the center post signal at the First Avenue and Thirteenth Street intersection will not be replaced. Plans call for traffic signals on all four corners after a recent crash knocked down the post. A Kansas City driver suffered multiple facial fractures and a broken ankle in the collision. The city council backs the change and signals are to be installed soon.
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Thirteenth Street
First Avenue E
Dan Kruidenjer
Public Safety
Kruidenier
Benesh
Mike Skerik
Frank Lisherness
Kansas City
Unemployed Relief Picnic At Ellis Park Today
The Unemployed Relief association hosts an all day picnic at Ellis Park starting at 10 am with a noonday dinner and afternoon sports. Transportation can be arranged by calling association HQ at 25562 126 Third Avenue SW before 9 am. city trucks will help deliver riders. Miss Daisy Hickman of Huntington Tennessee is said to possess a 150 year old wooden clock still keeping good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unemployed Relief Association
Ellis Park
Third Avenue SW
Daisy Hickman
Huntingdon, Tenn
Y M C A and club meetings headline city hearers
The City notes list events including a Y M C A junior board dinner session at 6 pm Tuesday, Rotary Club lunch speaker Ossie Salem, Star of the West lodge meeting, Triton club season opener at the Y M C A, Grant Hi Y cabinet plans, and Mrs Lurene Lotts visiting relatives before returning to Alice, Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star of the West Lodge
Grant Hi-Y
Camp Foster
Lurene Lotts
Chicago
John L. Wilson
Robins
Alice, In
William Werner
Summer Heat Reaches 83 in Cedar Rapids Saturday
Cedar Rapids saw temperatures rise to 83 degrees from 2 to 430 pm, after an 80 degree noon reading. The day cooled to 70 by 645 pm as skies stayed fair.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Joint Meeting of Relief Fund and Public Welfare Chamber
Executive committees of the unemployment relief fund and the public welfare bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, which oversees the Community Chest, will hold a joint meeting Monday at noon at the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unemployment Relief Fund
Public Welfare Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Community Chest
Baptism Service Moves to Ellis Park Beach Today
Calvary Baptist church baptismal rite shifted from Prairie Creek on Sixth Street SW to Ellis Park Beach at 6 p.m. Rev. E. F. Austin will preach. David Nederhiser of Grand Hotel was jailed after 5 p.m. Saturday on intoxication charges for allegedly smashing a downtown business window. City Physician Suchomel treated a hand cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Baptist Church
Prairie Creek
Sixth Street
Ellis Park Beach
E. F. Austin
David Nederhiser
Grand Hotel
Thomas F Suchomel
West Highlands Community Fall Picnic At Ellis Park
West Highlands residents are invited to a fall picnic at Ellis Park duck pond on Sunday September 18. The event starts with a 1 30 p m picnic dinner and includes address music and a sports program in the afternoon.
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West Highlands Community Club
Ellis Park
Mnoupc Hvelang
West Highlands Community
Mrs Kegley Hosts Dinner Honoring 93 Year Old Father
Mrs Sara J Kegley plans a dinner for Walter James visiting from Wyoming. Ninety three year old James, who turned 93 on July 15, will be guest of honor. Attending from out of town are Dan James of Anamosa and Frank Porter and son Floyd, also of Anamosa.
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Sara J. Kegley
Walter James
Wyoming
James
Dan James
Anamosa
Frank Porter
Floyd
Indiana Miners Accept New Wage Scale After Strike
In Terre Haute Indiana miners voted unanimously to accept a new wage scale effective until March 31 1935. The 25 percent cut reduces the basic pay to 45734 dollars a day replacing the 5 dollar daily rate as operators sought to boost work days and compete with Illinois mines amid wartime shortages.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Abe Wales
United Mine Workers of America
Ilinois
Wales
Swarm of Insects Mistaken for Smoke at Washington High Tower
At dusk on Saturday a plume of smoke rose from the Washington high school tower causing anxious glances. The smoke-like plume was revealed as a swarm of winged insects circling the peak, a common sight this season around tall structures and trees.
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Tower OF High School
Washington High School
Deaths Mrs Myra Purcell
Mrs Myra Purcell wife of Robert Purcell died at home 622 Wilson avenue SW Cedar Rapids after a long illness. She had lived in Cedar Rapids twelve years. Survived by husband seven children George and Charles Camp Shells area and others in Center Point Cedar Rapids Bertram. Funeral in Beatty chapel Tuesday at 2 pm with burial in Dunkard cemetery.
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Myra Purcell
Robert Purcell
Wilson Avenue
Cedar Rapids
George
Charles Camp
Elsie Schultz
Center Point
Pearl Martell
Bessie Sparks
Bertram
Beatty Chapel
Dunkard Cemetery
Births: Vance Burton and David George Welsh
Birth notice from Cedar Rapids recalls the arrival of a son Vance Burton to Mr. and Mrs. Vance B. McKinnon of Lincoln Nebraska on Sept 9. A son David George Welsh to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Welsh of 396 Twenty sixth street SE born Sept 2 at St Luke's Hospital. Mrs Welsh prior to marriage was Janette Thompson.
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Vance Burton
Vance B. McKinnon
Lincoln
Neb
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Welsh
Twenty-sixth Street
David George
St. Luke's Hospital
Welsh
Jannette Thompson
Owner Of Ferry In Disaster Held In Bonds Of $25,000
Alexander Forsythe, co-owner of the steamer Obervation, held on $25,000 bail after arraignment days after the East River blast killed at least 39. Prosecutors say he gave conflicting accounts of who captained the boat. his father George Forsythe was killed in the explosion. Forsythe objected to the bail as excessive.
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York
Alexander Forshe
Oures
M.fees
East Riser
Forsythe
George Forsythe
Forsythes
Dr. E J Rose Fined In Ohio For Fishing Without License
Dr. E J Rose of Washington Chief of the United States Veterans Hospital was fined $25 and costs on Friday for fishing without a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tronton
E. J Rose
Washington
United States Veterans Hospital
Linn County Recorder Fees In 1931 Totaled 8279 20
Linn county government facts note 1931 fees collected by the Linn county recorder's office amounted to 8279 dollars and 20 cents. The item targets residents and taxpayers in this series on Linn county government.
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Linn County
Linn County Recorder's Office
Marital Separation Rules Insufficient to Preserve Civil Job
The civil service commission ruled that mere separation to save a government job is not enough. In a case involving a couple where the wife worked for the Agriculture Department, the court found the separation was to evade the Economy Act provisions and denied reinstatement for the husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Civil Service Commission
Department of Agriculture
Winners in Kline's Baby Contest Announced
Judges at Kline's Department Store announced the winners of the baby contest held Saturday. First prize went to Evelyn Elaine Stockburger of 619 Seventh Street SE, with Vernon Pickerill of 204 Fourth Avenue SW as runner up. More than 500 babies entered the competition.
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Kline's Department Store
Evelyn Elaine Stockburger
Seventh Street
Vernon Pickerill
Fourth Avenue
Health Education Classes At YWCA For Fall Schedule
Miss Lucille Ladd announces fall winter and spring health education classes at the YWCA for all ages. Fall term runs Oct 3 to Dec 10 with Sept 19 registration. ten weeks. medical exam required. Activities include gymnastics archery roller skating tap dancing basketball prep and youth programs with detailed schedules for adults and children.
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Lucille Ladd
Health Education Department
Coat shrinkage question prompts dealer response
A salesman asks if the coat will shrink and the chief replies that it will shrink, noting the coat is too large. The exchange appears in Stuttgarter Illustrierte in Stuttgart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuttgarter Illustrierte
Stuttgart
Walker Sails to Italy Amid Political Uncertainty
James Walker, former New York mayor, sailed on the Conte Grande to Italy for a three week sea voyage said to restore his health.Observers debated whether the trip signals abandonment of his mayoral vindication campaign amid tensions with Roosevelt and Tammany Hall.
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New York
James Walker
Italy
Smag
Walker
Steamship Company
Hall
John. Curry
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Tammany
William Schroeder
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Auto Club
Security Laboratories
Merchants Bank
Farmer Brown
Killian
Cedar Rapids Boys
Fisher Body Craftsman Guild
Sigmund
O’brien
First Ave
13Th St
Cedar Rapids Boys Drum and Bugle Corps
Armory. Co
Thomas
Cedar Rapids Boy Scout
John Reding
Drum and Buglecare
St. Mary’s
Deg Plaines, Ill
Andrew W Scott
Leo Shikoski
Joseph Belehrad
Stanley Szicar
Globe
Szicar Bros
Third St
Robert Ross
Ninth Avenue SE
Portland
Ore
Ossie Salem
Rotary Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Triton Club
Harold Millhiser
Beach
West Highlands
H. G. Fussell
Consult A
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
A. G. Bauder
John J. Beacom
Bedell-Nissen Company
Malcolm V. Bolton
Childs Realty Company
J. P. Conway and Company
A. A. Doolittle and Company
A. F. Dotson
Henry S. Ely
W. E. Halton
the Hedges Company
Frank L. Hynek
Knapp Company
G. E. Johnson
Henry Ristine and Company
Slavia Realty Company
H. J. Soper
Tait and Wagner Company
Bruce A. West
Bay Real Estate Now
Ridgewood
Kline’s
Y.W.C.A
Theronoid
W. S. Swaim
Theronold Junior
Harry Smith
Theronoid of
American Trust
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