Welfare Bureau Aid Highlighted At Cedar Rapids Meeting
Mrs. Alice Kirwin, secretary of the public welfare bureau, urged cooperation with all city welfare groups during the fall council meeting at the YMCA. She noted the silver anniversary of Cedar Rapids Community Chest and outlined bureau plans for year-round coordination, a social service resources file, and vaccination campaign support. Mr. Sproul stressed the need for public support of safety campaigns and the high private cost of a child's education.
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Public Welfare Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Alice Kirwin
Council of Social Agencies
Cedar Rapids
Kuirwin
Kirwin
Sproul Emphasizes Individual Safety at High Twelve Luncheon
Philip H. Sproul, Iowa State Safety Council secretary, told High Twelve club members that safety is an individual problem and urged personal action. He noted Iowa ranking fell from second to eighteenth in traffic deaths with 47 more fatalities and 1,500 more accidents by Sept. 28 compared to 1938.
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Sproul
The
Safety Council
Philip H. Sproul
Iowa State Safety Council
High Twelve Club
Hotel
Roosevelt
Iowa
Funeral for Mrs. Maurice Howe in Troy Mills
Funeral services for Mrs. Maurice N. Howe, longtime Troy Mills resident, will be held at the Christian church in Troy Mills at 2 p.m. Sunday. Burial follows in Troy Mills. She died at her West Los Angeles home at 77, survived by her husband and a daughter in California, with two daughters predeceased, plus eight great grandchildren and a sister from Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice N. Howe
Troy Mills
Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
Calif
Christian Church
Howe
California
R. W Michael
West Los Angeles
Gladys Holt
Betty Michael
Eileen Newman Alburnett
Harry Powell
C. W Biggs
Marion
Funeral for Benjamin Jansa, musician, Saturday at Brush chapel
Funeral services for Benjamin Jansa, musician and band leader, will be held Saturday at 2 pm in Brush chapel. Theodore B. Hl ubacek will officiate with burial at Bohemian National Cemetery. Fellow musicians will escort the body from the cemetery to the grave. all O F members to meet at Sokol hall at 115 pm.
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Benjamin Jansa
Fourteenth Street SE
Brush Chapel
Theodore B. Hlubacek
Bohemian National Cemetery
dJan Hus
O F. Lodge
O F
Sokol
Funeral services for Claus Rathje
Funeral services for Claus Rathje age 74 will be held at Trinity Lutheran church at 2 p.m. Saturday following a brief home service at 1 30 p.m. conducted by Rev. P L Bornhoeft. Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery with no flowers requested. Friends may call after 5 p.m. Friday at the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claus Rathje
D Avenue NE
Trinity Lutheran Church
P L Bornhoeft
Linwood Cemetery
Funeral services for infant Karleen Fay Thompson
Private funeral services were held at Beatty chapel at 2 p.m. Friday for Karleen Fay Thompson two day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Thompson of 2323 Fruitland Boulevard SW. The baby died Thursday and burial took place in Viola.
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Karleen Fay Thompson
Louis Thompson
Fruitland Boulevard
Beatty Chapel
Viola
Death of Miss Emma Bradley Noted in Berkely California
News of Miss Emma Bradley's death in Berkely California. Reared here she taught for many years in Des Moines schools. Death due to hardening of the arteries.
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Emma Bradley
Berkely
Calif
Vestermark seeks license revocation in Johnson County
Iowa City reports County Attorney Harold Vestermark asking the board of supervisors to revoke licenses of Sunset Club Green Gables Whitehouse and taverns owned by Arthur Smith Ernest J. Smith Victor Oliva Ellen Summel and B M Brown. He also urged denying new beer permits.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Harold Vestermark
Board of Supervisors
Westermark
Sunset Club
Green Gables
Whitehouse
Arthur Smith
Ernest J. Smith
Victor Oliva
Ellen Summel
B. M. Brown
University of Iowa
Frank Krall
Vestermark
Raymond R. Pertlicek
Near
Curtis
Pertlicek
East Iowa Press Members Weigh Ar m s Embargo Views
Twenty five east central Iowa publishers attended the Iowa Press district meeting at the Roosevelt hotel. A noon luncheon opened events as James McCutcheon presided. An off the record poll showed 13 favored repeal of the arms embargo and 12 opposed it.
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Iowa
Iowa Press Association
Roosevelt Hotel
James McCutcheon
Mount Vernon Hawkeye Record
Henry Kroeger
The
Coolidge Advertising Company
Thomas B. Powell, Jr
Anamosa Journal
Town Press Association
Lee A. M Clapp
Clinton Herald
F C. Satter
Central City News Letter
Lou Pa
Army officer killed in Corning crash near Livestock truck
Corning Iowa reports Col. C D Pillsbury of Fort Crook Nebraska was killed when his car failed to negotiate a curve and crashed into Delbert Edwards driven livestock truck eight miles west of Corning. Pillsbury wife critically injured and Edwards received minor injuries.
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Corning
INS
Col
C. D. Pillsbury
Fort Crook
Neb
Here
Delbert Edwards
Pillsbury
Stanwood Man Fined for Selling Beer to Minors
Walter France of Stanwood withdrew a not guilty plea and pled guilty to selling beer to minors before Judge H C Ring. He was fined 500 dollars and costs and sentenced to 30 days in county jail with the sentence suspended on payment of the fine. A contempt of court citation was dismissed. Fred Frahm of Clarence pleaded not guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. The state case against Henry C Gruemmer for obtaining money under false pretenses was continued.
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Tipton
Walter France
Stanwood
H C. Ring
France
Fred Frahm
Clarence
Ring
Reid L. Hunt
Henry C. Gruemmer
North Iowa Sees Killing Frost After Warm Spell
Sub freezing temperatures and a killing frost were reported across northern Iowa on Friday after a day of record heat. Des Moines reached 94 while Atlantic hit 96 as a cool wind swept down, dropping readings by as much as 20 degrees in under an hour.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Inwood
Mercury
Atlantic
Boone
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Keokuk
Mount Ayr
Payroll Drop Follows Iowa Liquor Commission Reorganization
Iowa Liquor Control Commission reports a payroll fall in August by 351.58 from last year after reorganizing under Chairman M. L. Curtis. Since July 1 the mix of staff has shifted toward Republicans, aiming for a 60 40 split. Salary totals declined despite store expansion and higher business, with 49 fewer staff than a year earlier.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
M. L. Curtis
Curtis
Sioux City
Senators Question Census Manager Selections in Iowa
Iowa's two census managers Sedlacek and Wood were named without direct consultation with Senator Gillette or Senator Herring. The selection followed internal party alignments and Bureau willingness to receive recommendations, with secrecy surrounding one manager’s identity and questions over other nominees.
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Clark Galloway
Washington
Guy M. Gillette
Department of Commerce
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
Gillette
Eicher-Wearin- Jacobsen
Democratic Party
Milo Sedlacek
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Wood
Hastings
W. S. Jacobsen
Sedlacek
Ben Grant
Greenfield
Grant
Wood
Otha D. Wearin
Ed Eicher
Securities and Exchange Commission
Wearin
Harry L. Hopkins
Secretary of Commerce
Census Bureau
Vincent F. Harrington
Herring
Ross Ewing
Des Moines
State Executive Council
Nick le Grande
Davenport
Ewing
Julia Reynolds celebrates 88th birthday amid illness
Mrs. Julia Rey nolds marked her eighty-eighth birthday on Wednesday. Though ill for months she received callers and many cards and flowers while her daughters Mrs. Lillian Stephenson and Mrs. Mentzer cared for her.
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Alburnett
Julia Reynolds
Lillian Stephenson
Mentzer
Enrollment Gains Hit Iowa Colleges Across State
An AP survey shows Iowa youth entering higher education rising more than 44 percent from 1938 to 1939. The fall total exceeded 24 785, with Iowa State College Ames at a record 6 300 and University of Iowa up 5 percent. Drake University Des Moines rose to 1 862, while Buena Vista College Storm Lake grew 23 percent to 335. Nine of 11 junior colleges reported gains. several other colleges posted increases.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Associated Press
Towa State College
Ames
University of Iowa
Drake University
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
University of Town
Jesss
Iowa State College
Iowa State
Parsons College
Penn College
Tabor College
Simpson College Oo
Dubuque U Veee
Loras College
Dubuque
Morningside
Eugene Jolas of Paris To Visit In Mt. Vernon
Eugene Jolas editor of Transition arrived in New York and travels to Mount Vernon to visit his brother Jacques Jolas. He is thought to have curtailed work in France due to the war and is linked with James Joyce and other European writers.
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Eugene Jolas
Paris
Mt. Vernon
Mount Vernon
Transition
New York
Jacques Jolas
France
Jolas
James Joyce
Europe
Protogues
Cornell Colege
Quaker Oats League Dominated by Kerres 630 Series
Kerres rolled 630 in the Quaker Oats league as Banners edged Bie Q and high team marks rose. Marie Stebon posted a 192 single and 426 series in Business and Professional play while other leagues saw Peter Pan Bread lead Red Crown Ladies and the Stabilizers top Iowa Manufacturing as high scorers and teams posted strong totals.
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Marie Stebon
Lincoln Alleys
Kerres
Banners
Big Q
Red Crown Ladies’ Recreation
Peter Pan Bread
Cities Service
Mutual Benefit and Health Assn
Lighters
Iowa Manufacturing
Stabilizers
Crushers
Speeder No
LaPlant No
Dailey
High scoring bowling across leagues and teams
Team results include Champlin Refining Co defeating Rapids Chevrolet 2540 to 2440 in the Red Crow Oil and Auto League, Stabilizers sweeping Crushers 2177 to 2013, and All-State beating Hercules 2099 to 1998 in the Sears Roebuck League. Individual highs feature Leopold 206, Schrader 573, and See 495 with top series 529 by Chased and 521 by Leopold.
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RED Crow Oil
Auto League
Champlin Refining Co
Rapids Chevrolet
Allen Motor Co
Hubbard Ice
Schrader
Iowa Manufacturing CO
Crushers
Leopold
Sears Roebuck
Hercules
Crosello
Scolaro
Ruttan
Hansen
Stout Sent To London By Associated Press
Riverside reports Edward Stout formerly of Iowa City now with the Associated Press in New York has been transferred to London. His wife Velma Cruz of Riverside, also with the AP, was not granted permission to sail with him. Mrs Stout is the daughter of S F Critz.
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Riverside
Edward Stout
Iowa City
Associated Press
New York
London
Velma Cruz
Baldwin High elects Freshman class officers
Baldwin High School freshman class officers have been elected with Beulah Scott as president Wayne Littel as vice president Verda Kubert as secretary and Darlene Buck as treasurer.
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Baldwin
Baldwin High School
Beulah Scott
Wayne Lit~tell
Verda Kubert
Darlene Buck
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Welfare Bureau
Maurice Howe
Pohl Eee
IERE
Hardendorf
Hardendorf Camera Shop
Third Avenue SE
Bristow
Auto Parts Co
Adams
Fifth Street
Seventh Avenue SE
NY Car Building
East Iowa
Iowa Press
Montgomery Ward
Second St. SE
Dial
Stanwood Man
North
Liquor Commission
Dayton Lininger
Dale Rowly
Lorraine
Central City
Florence Henderson
Reta Trumbull
B&g
S Sox
Hosiery Shops
Second Street
Quakers
Aig
Thompson
Hesse
Crystal Wedding
Hagenstein Ins
Briardale
Janda
Patterson Dental Surely
Sands Printing Co
Steban
Morris Plan Bank
Howard
Stoch Ins
Troy Laundry Co
Lindgren
Marie Stebar
RED Crown Ladies
Delbridge
Mutual Health and Benefit
Sheftie
Reddy
Thoman Flowers
Nezerka
Co. R. Gas Co
Herbal Super Service
Anderson
Modern Laundry
Leaf Clover Cafe
Stevenson
Peter Ban Bread
Commercial League
Firemen
Merchants Bank
Gaskill
M. C
A. Alleys
LaPlant No. 2
Hubbard
Seeeder
Ford
Drassines
Ee Freeman
Looney
Freeman
Y. W
LaPlant
Laurence
Speeder
Gracey
Stout
the Hill Oil Company
Penick
Sniday
Michigan
Huskies
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