Food Rush Boosts Employment Here
The food industry reports steadier hiring as stock flows improve and direct selling to retailers rises. Wilson and Company and Penick and Ford plants note steady or growing output with no real shortage, while market-driven orders remind managers that prices influence demand. Employment at local plants fluctuated but remains near normal levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer
Jo T McMillan
Wilson
A. W
Penick
Ford
National Oats Company
Vermeersch
Rte. Vermeersch
United States
To Begin Work Soon On New City Directory
The R L Polls company of Detroit will start compiling a new Cedar Rapids city directory within two to three weeks. Printing will be done by a Cedar Rapids company. The start is set for September 25 or October 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New City Directory
R L. Polls Company
Detroi
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Baker Shoe Store to Open in Cedar Rapids Saturday
The Baker shoe store at 209 Second Street SE in Cedar Rapids unveils a remodeled colonial style interior at a cost of 25 000. The dual level space features an irregular white terrazzo lobby and modern plate glass curved windows with ivory structural glass, red and green trim, and new display setups. Manager W M Moore leads the venture with remodeling by O F Paulsen Construction after Cone's vacated the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Shoe
Cedar Rapids
Jean Fahrnes
Franklin — High School
New York City
Horace Heidts
Noor
W. M. Moore
O. F Paulsen Construction Company
Jean Pahrney
Cedar Rapids Grocers Discuss New Price Plan At Sokol Hall
Tom Wright of Sanitary Farm Dairy told Cedar Rapids Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers association Thursday night that six cent pricing could not be met due to feed costs. He discussed likely effects on grocery stores and consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Wright
Sanitary Farm Dairy
Cedar Rapids Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Association
Sokol Hall
Attempted Breakin Of House At Mrs Mayfield Home
An attempted breakin at Mrs E R Mayfield 406 Twenty six street SE ended when she heard a noise about 9 p m Thursday and the intruder was scared away Detectives found a patch removed from a bedroom window screen and a two inch strip cut away Neighbors reported seeing a man outside the window
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E.R Mayfield
Twenty-sixth Street
City Briefs And Personals Highlight Local Events
Viking lodge No. 293 S F of A will meet at 624 Fifteenth avenue SW at 7 30 tonight. Mrs Eva Clarke 1536 First avenue E was taken to St Luke's hospital for major surgery Friday morning. George Moran will provide music and teach the Edgewood school No 1 Bible class Sunday at 1015 am. C C Minor to speak on Faith Rewarded at Covington Evangelical church Sunday at 8 pm. In case of rain the Homesteader picnic will be held in the Hasek building Fairfax. St Patrick's Fried Chicken Dinner Sunday 11 45 am to 2 15 pm Reserved tickets at Belden Hills cigar store. Shoesville United Brethren church service 930 Sunday school 1030 Senior Christian Endeavor 730 pm. Have you dots for sale National Dog Week Sept 17 to 23 Gazette Want Ads find buyers. Christ school of mastership will be held next Tue Wed Thu Unity Center 9 11 30 am and 1 30 3 30 pm. Theft of two five dollar bills from a billfold in a trouser pocket between Sept 4 5 and 14 reported by G M Armstrong 1922 Ninth Street SW one dollar left in billfold. District Court Judge C J Haas of Marion spoke before the Law club of Cedar Rapids Thursday noon at the Roosevelt hotel on Problems in Pleadings.
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G. M. Armstrong
Ninth Street
Army recruitment update lists new members and field details
The notice names new recruits James Crawford James Indl W O Gray Joe Hann John M Powell Ralph Schindler Howard Smith Don Smith and Corporal W C Geisendorfer of the 80th Field Artillery. All foreign service vacancies except air corps are canceled. Twenty men are ordered to Moffett Field California by September 24 with requirements of high school graduation age 18 to 25 and no dependents.
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James Crawford
James Indl
W.O. Gray
Joe Hann
John M Powell
Ralph Schindler
Howard Smith
Don Smith
W. C Geisendorfer
80Th Feld Artillery
Air Corps
Moffett Field
Calif
Cedar Rapids School Board Officials Meet Comptroller Over Budget Appeal
Haroid Trewin president Cedar Rapids school board Charles Penningroth finance chair Super intendent Arthur Deamer and C Dorsey Hedberg secretary met State Comptroller C F Porter in Des Moines to discuss the budget appeal hearing set for 10 30 am October 4 in Cedar Rapids A group of taxpayers protested the board approved budget and filed an appeal.
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Haroid Trewin
Cedar Rapids
Charles Penningroth
Arthur Deamer
C. Dorsey Hedberg
Des Moines
C F Porter
Goebbels Vanishes From Public Life Says Belgian Report
According to a Brussels dispatch cited by Reuters, Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels the Nazi propaganda minister has disappeared from public life in Germany. The Berlin report notes he has not delivered speeches or written articles since the Polish crisis began and he previously faced rumors of disfavor amid a Czech actress affair.
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London
INL
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Adolf Hitler
Nazidem
Germany
Reuter
Brussels
Berlin
Goebbels
Hitler
Belahin
Reuter’s
Producer-Distributor Group Adopts Milk Price Plan
A producer-distributor group of 34 dairies in Cedar Rapids will sell milk at 9 cents for the first quart and 7 cents for each additional quart. The plan, announced Friday by ILEF Gen Gensicke of Vinton Road NW, mirrors a volume-based proposal by Sanitary Farm dairies.
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Dairies
Cedar Rapids
Ilef Gensicke
Vinton Road
Co-operative Dairy
Sanitary Farm Dairies
Gensicke
Cedar Rapids man fined for illegal sale of liquor at Hilltop Inn
Ralph Mettler, 38, of Cedar Rapids, pled guilty to illegal sale of intoxicating liquor and was fined 300 dollars plus costs by Judge C J Haas. He was arrested July 28 after selling a pint to a state agent. He posted 500 dollar bond earlier and was granted structured payments. Gladys Smith seeks divorce from Robert H Smith for cruel treatment and asks custody of a 2 year old daughter and property and support decrees.
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Ralph Mettler
Cedar Rapids
C.J. Haas
Mettler
Hilltop Inn
Gladys Smith
Robert H. Smith
Morrison
Oln
Sky Dance traffic plan for Cedar Rapids event
Preparations for the Sky Dance atop the Iowa theater building intensify as Cedar Rapids police outline traffic closures on First avenue E from Fourth to Second streets and on Third street from A to Second avenues. Organizers expect up to 40 000 spectators at each of the 3 pm and 8 45 pm shows with morning crowds around 10 000 to 20 000. Tom and Bette Forrest will perform on a 100 foot pole and visit local merchants starting Saturday to thank them for supporting the free event.
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Iowa Theater
Gordon Hughes
Jo Petelle
Frankin Katterjohn
The
Gazette
Hughes
Fourth
Second Streets
First Avenue
Second Avenues
Third Street
Petelle
Tom
Bette Forrest
Cedar Rapids
Bette
The Poet Edgar A Guest Helps Stranded Driver
A shabby, bewhiskered man named Edgar A. Guest becomes a friend to a driver in need. Despite initial pity and disdain, the writer greets him with gratitude when Guest offers to change a flat tire.
Waukon Youth Exonerated By Grand Jury In Shooting Case
Lester Hanson aged 21 was cleared by a grand jury on a shooting charge and allowed to return home. George Heim, who had been staying with Mrs. Freda Hanson and her four sons on a farm near Waukon, had threatened the Hanson family. Hanson fired after Heim brandished a knife. Heim is reported recovering in Iowa City. Plus a note on National Dog Week and Gazette Want Ad section.
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Speems
Gazette
Waukon
Lester Hanson
George Heim
Heim
Freda Hanson
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American Trust Building
Second Street
Baker Store
Second Avenue SE
Viking Lodge No. 293
S. F. of A
Fifteenth Avenue
Eva Clarke
First Avenue E
St. Luke's Hospital
George Moran
Edgewood School
C C Minor
Covington Evangelical Church
Hasek
Fairfax
St. Patrick’s
Belden Hill's
Shoesville United Brethren Church
Senior Christian Endeavor
Christ School of Mastership
Unity Center
Law Club
C. J. Haas
Marion
Law Club of
Roosevelt Hotel
McCready
Food Shop
2Nd Ave
Geurt House News
Phastea
China
Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Milwaukee
Hladky’s
Ave
Dial
Bendix
General Electric
HOT Point
Queen Square
Paul R. Kelly CO
Cedar Rai Bare
Clarks
Soe
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