Cedar Falls High School - Tiger Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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CEDAR FALLS DAILY NEWS: MAY 15,1940 LOCALS The W. C. T. U. will meet Thursday afternoon at the home of the president, Miss Marcia Stephensen. The program will be as follows: ln the Footprints of Carrie Nation - Miss Louise Corsaut. Duet- Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight? -Miss Adelphia Smith and Miss B. Philpot. 'Psychological Phenomena of the Duties of Woman -Miss Ruth Waugh. Miss Waugh comes to us from Des Moines, and is highly recommended. This promises to be the best meeting of the year, and a large attendance is de- sired. A card party was given at the home of Edward and Florence jochumsen last Friday evening. Those present were Paul and-Adena Brown, Horace and Mary Louise Dewey, Hubert and Charlotte Moeller. The hostess served delicious re- freshments in a charming way and a good time was enjoyed by all. Harry Brown, who operates a dairy two miles southwest of town, had a piece of hard luck last week. Miss Bertise Jensen, state tester for bovine tuber- culosis, has condemned eighty-four cows out of his herd of one hundred. The cattle had been tested up to this time by a local tester and it is with great sorrow that Mr. Brown discovers that he has been distributing infected milk. Miss Violet Willadsen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willadsen of this city, has just returned from Chicago, where she has been taking a course in voice culture. Miss Willadsen has been under the per- sonal direction of Professor Thorwald Christolfersen, a very noted tenor. lt is rumored that perhaps Miss Willadsen will honor the home folks with a concert, but no definite arrangements have been made. Miss Willadsen will rest at home for a month before starting on a concert tour through the Southern and Eastern states. She will be accompanied on this tour by her pianist. Walter Obele. HOSlZlTAl. CATS DOGS DOLLS Send me your sick or injured Cats, Dogs and Dolls Don't take the kiddies pet's from tlrem ANNETTA MARKUSSEN 3oo Main Street roc SHI E loc 'Brownis Shine Parlors Shine your shoes any time, any make, any color, and any way PAUL BROWN, Proprietor Many big business men judge charac- ter by the appearance of an individual's finger nails. We have just secured the services of Marie Hiskey, an expert man- icurist. Come in and have your nails trimmedg your chances for success will be increased. Special attention given to ladies. Dewey, the up-to-the-times bar- ber.-Adv, Due to the great growth of the Y. W. C. A. in this section of the state, a new field secretary has just arrived to take charge of the work in this district. Miss llarma Christoffersen has been sent by the National Board of Directors to take charge of this work. Miss Christoffersen comes highly recommended, being of a charming personality and possessing rare ability as an interesting speaker. The local club is greatly pleased to think that Miss Christoffersen is making her head- quarters here, Dorothy Messerly, the city health in- spector, reports that there are two cases of dire need in the city that should be attended to immediately. One of these, that of old man Stevens, a bachelor living on the West Side, is a most piti- able case. Mr. Stevens is in a deplorable condition, but refuses to let any women enter the house, and but few men. He is not physically fit to care for himself and an appeal is made to the women of the town to supply food to be sent to the old man, He is in a bad condition and the people of the town should try to get in touch with him. The other case is that of a family liv- ing down in the factory district at 403 Fourth Street. The father, Paul Kaus, has been out of work for the past six months. Many know his wife, Ruth Kaus, who with the help of her aged mother, Mrs. A. C. Fuller, has taken in washings during the past winter. Both father and children are ill with scarlet fever and Mrs. Kaus is greatly in need of financial assistance. Will the citizens of Cedar Falls kindly respond? Twenty-Six

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that jfalls ailp sms V01, 10 Cedar Falls. Iowa, May 15, 1940 No. 73 SCI IUUI, BOARD .XNNOUNCFS NEW 'l'li.XCIlIiRS FUR FALL TERM The following teachers will teach here in September: Miss Marion Davidson. first and second grades, at the West Side Sthoolg Miss Inga -luhl, commercial de- partment in the lligh Schoolg Miss Dorothy Morehouse, public speaking at the Iligh School. The same teachers who served this year are returning to their departments. except Miss Irene Thierman. The super- intendent this April asked her to resign as a result of a suit brought against her by Mr. and Mrs. Cronk of this city, be- cause of corporal punishment adminis- tered on their five-year-old son, Charles. The jury found her guilty and as a.re- sult of a petition signed by hundreds of people, she was forced to resign. The suit created widespread interest, and as a result of the decision of the courts, it is not likely that she will ever be able to teach in this state again. WOMAN lllKIiS FROM COAST TO COAST llow long does it take to walk from New York to San Francisco? Can a wo- man walk that distance in record-break- ing time, or will she give up before she arrives at her destination? Those are some of the questions news- paper reporters, business men and women are asking themselves as a result of the attempt ol' Miss Mildred Christensen to hike from New York across the entire continent. The men say that she will take a train before she has gone half way: the women say that she will walk all the way and will not turn back. Miss Christensen started out yesterday from New York, clatl in khaki knickers, mannish coat and hat, a revolver strapped at her side. and a knapsack on her shoulder, Miss Christensen has been practising all summer and has acquired a swarthy countenance, She looks the part of a true daughter of the sun. One of the reporters asked her if she were not afraid to go so far all alone. She laughed and said, Why should I be? What is there to be afraid of? I have my revolver-although I hardly think l'll ever need it. Then, I won't be lone- some because I have my radio outfit and can pick up messages as I go. No-I will not accept automobile or airplane lifts -I am going to hike my way from New York to San Francisco. Well, I admire your pluck, said the reporter, and I wish you good luck. Tu I I l I I I l I'm sure you'll be in San Francisco soon. FIRIS OF INKNOWN ORIGIN DE- STROYS BEAL'TlFL'L IIOME The home of' Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Cronk on W. l3th St., is in complete ruins as the result of a fire that started last night, evidently in their attic. The fire department was called after the in- mates of the house had discovered the flames. Mrs. Gladys Cronk was the first to notice the smoke and tried to arouse the rest of the household, who were all sound asleep. She called and called, but no answer came from any of the mem- bers. She ran upstairs, through all the blinding smoke, and succeeded in awak- ening Mr. Ilubert Moeller, and his wife, Charlotte Moeller, Mr. Horace Dewey and Mrs. Mary Louise Dewey, but the smoke became so stifling that she could not go on further down the hall. Clad in scanty arraignment the roomers hur- ried out doors. where a large crowd had gathered. Miss Dorothy Morehouse, Mr. and M rs. Ilubert Moeller. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey, Miss Mabel Van Loh, their maid. and Wallace Curtis, the cook. all came hurrying out. The crowd and the hre- men thought everyone was safe, but- no-Miss Ruth Waugh and a book agent named Bryant. were still missing. Une of the firemen, Ilarry Deal, vol- unteered to rescue Miss Waugh. The window of her room. from which heavy clouds of smoke were pouring, was point- ed out. A ladder was put up to the win- dow, and with a bound, Mr. Deal was on the ladder, climbing steadily up ami up. soon to disappear in the black, angry volumes of smoke. The crowd gasped. Was he, too, to be made a victim of the fire? All eyes were turned upward. Slowly down the ladder came the hero hearing his burden. The crowd cheered as he reached the ground. At last they were sale. lust as one of the firemen was going to go after Mr. Bryant, someone spoke up, saying that they had seen him drop out of the lower-story window with a suitgase in his hand. and then disappear. Ile owed Mrs. Cronk for tw'o weeks room and board, Iividently the book agent thought the tire provided a good oppor- tunity for him to escape, The damage of the fire was estimated at Slflllflll as the house and all the fur- niture was completely destroyed. Mr. Cronk stated today that the loss will be entirely covered by insurance. 'vzily-Fire

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CEDAR FALLS DAILY NEWS: MAY 15. 1940 O l teL1l'I1 rlHl'le8lIeI' rp Matinee 2:3o Starting Sunday-Vaucleville L8 J0l'lI'l,e Poland The Great lvleugician from MADGASAR With His Beautiful Assistant Madame Josephine Coombs The Man With the Million Dollar Feet Alvin Willadsen clout Dancing The Dancing Demonsn CLARA MAST Toe Dancing UFHNCLQ Danclngn WALTER OBELE Dance of the Sden Veils Dance of the Dagerdsn Atso FEATURING The Second Tlt88dBb8fB Margaret Santee Bhd The famous Protege of Rudolph Valentino- Byron Besh in The Perils of Pauline GREATEST R A I L ROA D WRECK KNOWN TO MODERN TIMES The impossible has happened! The New York and San Francisco Trans- Contincntal railroad, with its- modern steel coaches and new collapsible cars. with its new 800-ton engine and its re- inforced concrete roadbeds, its tremen- dous steel rails weighing nearly I5 pounds to the foot, has caused one of the greatest tragedies ever recorded. This train with twenty-five cars of human freight, struck one of the largest types of Trans-Continental airplanes, which had become disabled and was endeavoring to make a landing. The air-liner became entangled with the block signal, and this caused it to light immediately in front of the speeding train, which was traveling at an estimated speed of 200 miles per hour. After plowing completely through the great liner and killing or injuring all of its passengers, the huge engine left the rails, throwing the twenty-five steel cars tof an indestructable naturej and rolling them over and over as though they were a pile of leaves tossed by the wind. There was but one known person in the train or the airship that escaped injury- Bertise jensen, formerly an acrobat with Ringling Brothers. Several of the injured were able to make use of their personal radio equip- ment, and messages were sent to many cities within that region. All of the cities called upon responded, and every- thing possible is being done for the in- jured and suffering. It is impossible to estimate the number of dead at this time. The cars withstood the heavy tumbling and throwing around, but the passengers were hurled against the ends and sides of the cars as if shot from a gun, and were literally smashed and bruised. There was scarcely one but had an arm or leg broken, or had suffered internal injuries. The train was No. Zl4g air-liner No. li. The engineer of the train, Harold Bergeman, was injured very badly, but from latest reports, is likely to recover. The plucky fireman, joseph 'Vander Veer, helped the engineer out of the en- gine where he was pinned, although he, himself, had a broken arm. . Too much cannot be said for the brave work.of Sister Katherine. Miraculously escaping with only a few bruises, this Nun from St. Mary's School in New York. helped the suffering in both the air-liner and the train. She, with the help of Senator McKee from Iowa, res- cued a great many from the wreckage. Senator McKee was accompanied by his wife, Bernice Kent McKee, and his sec- retary, Emma Long. Miss Long and Mrs. McKee also helped a great deal in caring for the injured passengers. They were enroute to San Francisco where Mr McKee expects to deliver a speech next Monday. In searching for injured persons one of the rescue party stumbled upon a broken bottle of rare Scotch whiskey. Going on further he found a tall, slim man, who was apparently pinned under the wreckage, still clutching the remains of a suitcase in which were found several broken bottles of illicit Ii uor. On in- vestigation it was found llhat the man was Peter Overgaard, a bootlegger, whom the police ofiicials had been searching for during the past few months. People all over the country were very much in- terested in his case, because of the un- usual nature of the offense. Senator Ralph Bailey from Arkansas, and his wife, Maude Bailey, were on the air-liner going to New York. Because of his injuries, he will not be able to con- tinue his journey for several months. When joe Vander Veer, the fireman, was asked to give his account of the tragedy, he said that he believed he had never before been so terror-stricken, un- less it was the time when he got the water-cure when he was a Freshman in Cedar Falls, Iowa, High School, 7'tt'ent,i'-Seven