Trout Opening Sees Mixed Fortunes for Northeastern Iowa Anglers
Veteran Harold Drew and party fished about fifteen miles of Maquoketa river headwaters Monday. Snow and rough footing hampered effort with only a few trout kept by Drew and others. judges and locals observed uneven success across Spring Branch and nearby pools while many anglers lacked catches.
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Harold Drew
Third Avenue SE
Iowa
Maquoketa River
Drew
Walter Sweetman
Jay Davis
Jay Countryman
Spring Branch Creek
Manchester
A. B. Lovejoy
George W. Wood
Waterloo
A. C. Willford
Gus Merton
Charles City
Merton
Cedar Rapids Gun Club Builds Modern Clubhouse and Traps
The Cedar Rapids Airways Gun club, led by F. J. Lightner, is completing a one story clubhouse near the municipal airport and installing three automated traps. Frank Brookhiser, who helped found the club, will manage it as about 150 members joined, far above expectations. Opening shoot planned for May 12 with future profits from ammunition sales planned to repay memberships.
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Cedar Rapids Airways
F. J. Lightner
Fairfax Club
Brookhiser
Federal Court to Hold Brief Cedar Rapids Session
Federal Judge George C. Scott opened the April term and will hold court in Cedar Rapids this week. No trials are set. only two criminal cases proceed, including Edward E. Gordon former Cedar Rapids store president charged with perjury and B E Duncan charged with liquor tax violations. Gordon waives jury. trial set for Wednesday. The Commonwealth Apartments case with objections to a special master report will be reviewed as the week continues.
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George C. Scott
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
United States
E. G. Dunn
Edward E. Gordon
Betty Jean Dress Stores, Inc
Iowa Cities
M. W. O'Rieley
B. E. Duncan
Gordon
Commonwealth Apartments, Inc
Scott
Enniscorthy Property Fetches High Foot-Price
Property in Enniscorthy, Irish Free State, is being sold at five dollars per foot, a markedly high price compared with recent years.
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Enniscorthy
Irish Free State
Vinton Man Named Grand Jury Foreman For Federal Court
Dale Stickney of Vinton was appointed foreman for the federal grand jury which began deliberations Tuesday after instructions from Federal Judge George C. Scott of Sioux City at 2:20 p.m. The panel includes Otto Bierkamp, Ernest Benedict, Nathan Carter, Roy Clapsaddle, J. W. Dodd, John Geis, George Gragy, Louis Herman, Rudolph Harder, George Heiken, Ray Lake, George Lynk, Melvin Mundt, J. H. Neil, W. J. Peet, D. T. Palmer, Louis Rohwedder, John Rupp, Henry Richmann, Theodore Schmitz, and Walter Smith.
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Dale Stickney
Vinton
Federal Grand Jury
George C. Scott
Sioux City
Otto Bierkamp
Durant
Ernest E. Benedict
Iowa Falls
Nathan Carter
Anamosa
Roy Clapsaddle
Conrad
J. W. Dodd
Traer
John Geis
Victor
George S. Gragy
Grundy Center
Louis Herman
Marengo
Rudolph
Duck Migration Topic At Cedar Rapids Bird Club Meeting
Cedar Rapids Bird Club president E J Petranek told Coe college members the migration is exceptionally large this year with thousands of pintails seen near Cedar lake and Amana region. He displayed duck specimens and discussed habits while Myra Willis described arriving spring birds. The club plans a field trip from Coe on Sunday at 7 am and urged establishing a civilian conservation corps camp to convert Van Vechten park into a wildlife sanctuary.
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E. J. Petranek
Cedar Rapids
Bird Club
Coe College
Cedar Lake
Amana
Petranek
Myra Willis
Civilian Conservation Corps
van Vechten Park
Coe
Ticket sale for Cedar Rapids Boy Scout merit badge show
The Cedar Rapids area council opens ticket sales for the annual merit badge show at Memorial Building Auditorium on April 19 and 20 under Reginald Figge. Tickets are 25 cents for over 15, 10 cents for under 15, with matinees at 10 cents. More than fifty booths will display merit badge topics across a two day program with demonstrations by Scouts Sea Scouts and Cubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Area
Cedar Rapids
Sea Scouts
Police Warn Motorists To Observe Light Rules
Police warn motorists to use proper lights at night and to park correctly as a traffic safety campaign continues. Sergeant Gordon Hughes says officers will target vehicles with a single headlight and those failing to illuminate parking lights, stop for arterial highway signs, or school stop signs.
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Gordon Hughes
Hughes
Permits Issued For Two New Residences
George Corey of 2244 Bever avenue SE received a permit to build a new frame dwelling at 356 Park Terrace with an attached garage and an estimated cost of 10000 dollars. McKay Brothers, J B McKay of 1723 Bever avenue, were granted a permit to construct a frame dwelling at 300 Thirty-sixth Street NE for about 4000 dollars.
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George Corey
Bever Avenue
Park Terrace
MccKay Brothers
J. B McKay
Thirty-sixth Street
McKay Brothers
British trial mirrors American tragedy in Leeds case
John Raphael Russell, 28, son of a wealthy timber merchant, was found guilty of attempting to drown his fiancée Carol Leadbeater in a river as a tidal wave loomed. Leadbeater testified she still loved him and did not believe he intended to kill her.
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Leeds
Eng
Ins
Theodore Dreiser
John Raphael Russell
Carol Haraard Leadbeater
Russell
Hamar Russell
Will Rogers Says Oklahoma Has Them All Beat
Will Rogers praises Oklahoma noting good governor crops cattle and a strong outlook while contrasting Kansas political rise and Roosevelt forecasts in a late 1930s style column excerpt. Also mentions a court case involving Russell and Miss Leadbeater with river incident and political figures.
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Claremore
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
Roosevelt
Secret engagement claims in Russell case arise
The trial alleges Russell and Miss Lead Beater were secretly engaged for two to three years and that Russell had failed to carry out implied obligations. The case centers on personal conduct and financial or social expectations within the disputed arrangement.
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Russell
Miss Leadbeater
Egyptian trombone player jailed for murder of conductor
Sayed Ahmed Aly, a trombone player, was sentenced in Alexandria Egypt to twelve years hard labor for murdering an orchestra conductor who criticized his playing at a wedding feast.
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Sayed Ahmed Aly
Alexandria
Egypt
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