Quaker Oats Proposes Employee Retirement Annuity Plan
Quaker Oats proposes a retirement annuity plan for U S and Canada staff. It links benefits to years of service with a Past Service option for near retirement workers. Contributions split between employee and company, underwritten by Prudential and Metropolitan Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker Oats Company
United States
Canada
John Stuart
Board of Directors
Stuart
Cedar Rapids
St. Joseph
Memphis
Peterborough
Akron
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Coe College Welcomes 344 Freshmen in Record Class
The 344 new students form the largest freshman class since 1925, with total enrollment estimated at 750 for the fall. Iowa provides 254 newcomers, Cedar Rapids hosts 103, others come from Illinois 66 Minnesota 10 Ohio 3 North Dakota 2 and single students from several states and territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
Office of Admissions
Towa
Cedar Rapids
Llinois
Minnesota
Ohio
North Dakota
California
Florida
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
Vermont
Wyoming
Philippine Islands
Hawaii
Three Newborns Reported from Local Homes
Birth notices list a daughter to Mr and Mrs Charles A Joss of route No 2 Marion born at St Luke s hospital on September 25. A son to Mr and Mrs R Potter of 368 Fifteenth street SE born at St Luke s hospital on September 27. A son to Mr and Mrs Frank Rucicka of 1536 Sixteenth avenue SE born at Mercy hospital on September 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Joss
Marion
St. Luke's Hospital
R. Potter
Fifteenth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Frank Rucicka
Sixteenth Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Benefit Dance for Czech Defense Fund in Cedar Rapids
Eight local Czech women societies sponsor a benefit dance at C S P S hall Thursday from 2 to 5 pm with expected large attendance. Jimmie Davis of Long Beach California will give a sacred concert at Sunshine Mission Thursday at 7 30 pm. He travels with the Vom Bruch evangelistic party and will stay two days with Rev Mr and Mrs T J Hinkin at 1732 C avenue NE Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czech Defense Fund
C. S. P. S Hall
Jimmie Davis
Long Beach
Calif
Sunshine Mission
Davis
Minneapolis
T. J Hinkin
C Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Navy Seaman Krsek To Be Transferred To China In November
James J. Krsek a former Roosevelt High School student who joined the navy more than a year ago will be transferred to China arriving in November aboard the U S navy transport Chaumont. He has served eleven months on the U S S Oklahoma.
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James J. Krsek
Roosevelt High School
Navy
China
James Krsek
Cedar Rapid
U. S. Navy
Chaumont
U.S. S Oklahoma
Podzimek's drug store patron suffers fall on stairs
Frank Rosencranz aged 67 sustained a slight stroke and toppled from a rail at Podzimek's drug store on Second Avenue around 10 20 am Wednesday. He fell to the fifth step of the stone stairway and was taken to Mercy Hospital by the ambulance service for observation. doctors reported no serious injuries.
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Frank Rosencranz
Second Avenue
Podzimek
Rosencranz
Mercy Hospital
Czech Minister Calls Hitler a Liar in U S Broadcast
Vladimir Hurban the Czechoslovakian minister in Washington branded Adolf Hitler a liar in a Czech radio interview. He accused Hitler of a “philosophy of lying” and of making false charges about Czechoslovakia while using the Sudetenland issue as cover for expansion in southern and eastern Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Adolf Hitler
Vladimir Hurban
Czech
Regation
Hurban
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Europe
Alcoban A New Prescription Aids Alcohol Craving
A doctor’s prescription used for years for alcohol addiction is now sold as Alcoban. It is advertised as non habit forming and usable with liquor tea coffee or food with or without the user’s knowledge. Promises to curb liquor craving and build resistance. Sold by May’s Cut Rate Drug Store and other druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May
Alcoban
Slovak Leader Declares Unity With Czechs In Speech
In a speech yesterday Hurban, a World War I Czech troops veteran, said he despises division and that Czechs and Slovaks form a political unity. He proclaimed I am a Slovak and I can speak for them, asserting we will fight.
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Hurban
Insurgents Capture King Lardner's Son
James P. Lardner, 24, son of the late King Lardner, was captured by Spanish insurgents during the night of Sept. 22 amid the international brigade fighting with the Spanish government in Barcelona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
James P. Lardner
King Lardner
International Brigade
Honeymead Receives $185000 RFC Loan For Expansion
Honeymead Products of Cedar Rapids obtains a $185000 Reconstruction Finance loan secured by mortgages on Lisbon and Cedar Rapids properties. The funds will partly cover expansion costs totaling over $250000 for a flax and soybean processing push, with 5 percent interest and annual net-profit based prepayment, to be repaid in ten years. The firm, started in Lisbon by R P Andreas, grew to Cedar Rapids and expanded to Omaha Iowa Falls Jefferson Clinton and De Kalb with multiple facilities and storage elevators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Dempsy Jones
Honeymead Products Company
Cedar Rapids
Honeymead
Lisbon
R. P. Andreas
RFC
Honeymead Company
United States
R. P Andreas
Omaha
Iowa Falls
Jefferson
Clinton
DeKalb
Cedar Rapids Grain Company
Haven drives fund with weekly pledge scale and new committees
The Chest drive outlines a donation plan based on weekly earnings from S17 to S24 and above, with minimum pledges of 10 and 15 cents respectively. Two new committees were announced: legal division chaired by Haven Y. Simmons, and auditing chaired by Keith W. Dunn. Members include Stewart Holmes, Dean Stauffacher, Robert Milota, Raymond Coward, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haven Y. Simmons
Stewart Holmes
Dean Stauffacher
Robert Milota
Raymond Coward
D. E. Smith
W. Albright
E. H. Wadsworth
Fred Kubicek
E. J. North
Keith W. Dunn
Eleanor Pohorsky
Frank Jesina
L. le Burgus
Raymond Brown
Thelma Holtz
M. H. Morrison, Jr
Harold Maricle
Bob Rogers
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Henrietta Harken
Third Avenue SE
Peotone
Harken
Mito O. Hanzlik
Higley
United States Court
Central Park Church
Embassy Club
Kenwood Park Methodist Church
Foster Beck
B. L. Wick
Lions Club
Montrose Hotel
U. S
Ford
Lardner
England
America
American Broadcast
K. C
Sears
Cole
Rayon Velour
EROS
Mite
Bamboo
Third Avenue
Iowa
Hercules Stoker
Elec Iron
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