Labor Picnic at Cedar Gardens Set With Big Crowd to Hear Governor
Federation of Labor picnic expected to draw a large crowd at Cedar Gardens on Saturday with Gov Clyde L Herring slated to speak at 5 pm. Also to appear are Mrs Alex Miller and Cong B M Jacobsen. events include diamondball contests, pie eating, tug of war, and prizes for winners. Admission ten cents.
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Federation of Labor
Cedar Gardens
Clyde L Herring
Alex Miller
B M Jacobsen
Clinton
B G Broghammer
Clare Nichols
Playground Commission
Alberts
Ellis Park
Linn County Farm Holiday Association
Federation
Court House
West Branch
Penick and Ford
Federated Crafts
Iowa
Local truck driver dies in crash near Marengo
Guy Joseph 27 of Omaha was killed when his loaded truck collided on the highway. Driver Stephenson 21 of Denver Ind survived with injuries. Coroner Mahannah investigated and said no inquest. Johnson 29, husband and father, survived by wife and infant son. Funeral plans to be announced.
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Guy Joseph
Omaha
Joseph
Marengo Hospital
Glen Stephenson
Denver Ind
Johnson
Mahannah
Stephenson
George Peter
Glen Johnson
Marriage Licenses for Herbert W Andrew and Marjorie Aldred
Herbert W Andrew of Nevada and Marjorie Aldred of Milford obtained marriage licenses. The other items note Trinidad reports vampire bats and deaths from creepine paralysis, plus England’s manufacturing workforce rising by 30,200 in ten years.
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Herbert W Andrew
Nevada
Marjorie Aldred
Milford
Trinidad
England
Trucker George Johnson Killed in Head-On Crash
George Johnson of Cedar Rapids a Witwer Grocer driver was killed in a head on collision with an Indiana truck driven by Guy Joseph of Omaha on Highway 6 near South Amana.
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George Johnson
M Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids
Witwer Grocer Company
Indiana
Guy Joseph
Omaha
South Amani
Sheriff Petrus Narrowly Escapes Crash in Highway Incident
Sheriff Joseph A Petrus and Night County Jailer John Buresh were en route to a state hospital when Petrus’ car veered into a ditch after a passing attempt by a truck and trailer three miles south of Independence on highway 11. The Greenberg truck, driven by John Barnholtz, faced a fine for reckless driving after being stopped by deputies.
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Joseph A Petrus
John Buresh
Pabst Catyell Av
Crepewood
Ark
Petrus
State Hospital
Independence
Highway No 11
S. I Greenberg
Winona
Minn
John Barnholtz
Cedar Rapids
Not a brain trust just educated men in munitions inquiry
A Washington report describes Fin Spearre of Du Pont explaining foreign trade agreements to a group of educated men during a munitions inquiry. Senator Bone D Wash asks if it is a brain trust, but Spearre insists it is a body of educated men, not a brain trust.
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Washington
Brain Trust
Fin Spearre
du Pont Company
Bone D' Wash
Spearre
Bone
Labor Chiefs See Fight to Finish in Textile Strike
Labor and capital mobilized as a textile belt strike becomes a decisive test for the American Federation of Labor. William Green calls the strike highly significant. presidents and mill owners weigh government relief policy and arbitration.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
President
United Textile Workers
William Green
Robert L Lund
National Association of Manufacturers
Gates Girl Seen in Lincoln Nebrumors of Miss Gates Crossing Midwest
Miss Virginia Ewing Gates, 23, daughter of University of Pennsylvania president Thomas Gates, reportedly moved toward the Midwest Friday with sightings in Lincoln Nebraska. Sheriff Holt and Dew deny major clues, noting she vanished from a local ranch area a month ago and search parties have found no trace.
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Pinedale
Virginia Ewing Gates
Thomas Gates
University of Pennsylvania
Middle West
Lincoln
Neb
Omaha
Holt
Jack Dewren
Rock Springs
Sheriff Holt
Dew
Dodds Addresses Ethics at Iowa Engineering Society District Meeting
Prof J S Dodds of Iowa State College Ames spoke on engineering ethics at a Cedar Rapids district meeting held at the Hotel Roosevelt. Forty seven engineers from Cedar Rapids Town City and surrounding areas attended, marking Cedar Rapids relief from state conferences as a district event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J S Dodds
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa Engineering Society
Evangelist to wear overalls for workers night sermon
Evangelist Francelist Fucene Palmer of O'tumwa leads a Friday evening Sunshine Mission service titled When The Whistle Blows. He will wear overalls and speak to working people, with an overall-clad quartet singing Work for The Night Is Coming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Massion
Lankine Atti
Constitution Talks Planned Next Week by Local Groups
A week of Constitution day events unfolds under Hanford post American Legion with talks at High Twelve Hotel Roosevelt Kiwanis Lions and junior high assemblies. Speakers include William Chamberlain R B McConlogue and Prof Clarence Updegraff with American Legion and Americanization committee coordinating poster campaigns and 12 billboards.
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Hanford Post
American Legion
Hotel Roosevelt
William Chamberlain
Highland Park Jr
United Light and Power Company
R B McConlogue
Canopus Club
Clarence M. Updegraff
University of Iowa College of Law
Kiwanis Club
Lions Club
Fred Kuss
Grant High School
The
Legion
Carl Hendrickson
Hendrickson
United States
Social Recreation Expert To Conduct Cedar Rapids Conferences
Robert Murray of New York City, social recreation expert with the National Recreation Association, will visit Cedar Rapids for a series of meetings announced by acting superintendent Mrs. Clare Nichols. The opening session is at Grant gymnasium 7 30 p.m. Tuesday featuring a modern recreation evening and demonstrations. Murray will also explain new folk dancing and indoor games and will hold individual recreation conferences by appointment through the local playground office on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Murray
New York City
National Recreation Association
Cedar Rapids
Clare Nichols
Murray
Grant Gymnasium
Lorimer Funeral To Be Held Monday
Funeral services for William Lorimer 73 former United States senator will be held Monday. The services will be at Crystal Lake residence and St Catharine of Stena church in Oak Park. Lorimer collapsed and died of a heart attack Thursday at the Chicago and North Western railroad station after a lengthy illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Willham Lo Lorimer
United States
Cristal Lake
St Catharine of Stena Church
Oak Park
Lorimer
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Man Held For Violating National Motor Theft Law
Joseph William Crawford, 39, held in Marengo county jail, was brought to Cedar Rapids by U S Deputy Marshal R L Whelan to face charges of violating the national motor theft law. He claims to live in Independence Missouri and is accused of bring a stolen truck from Kansas City to Marengo. He waived hearing to the federal grand jury when arraigned before U S Commissioner Edward J McPartland. Bond set at $2000.
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Joseph William Crawford
Marengo
Cedar Rapids
United States
R. L. Whelan
Independence
Kansas City
Edward J. McPartland
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