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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1934
Page
3
City officials urge license holders whose permits expire in April or May to apply now for new licenses. New bond forms are available at city hall and renewals of old bonds are not allowed. All applicants must pass building, fire, and health approvals and undergo strict inspections.
Lester F. Trunecek and Irene mn both of Cedar Rapids. Frank Sireif and Pearl Newman both of Cedar Rapids. Royal F. Terrell and Gladys Irene Matteson both of Cedar Rapids.
Marshall Bidwell will be here May 9 to perform an organ concert at the First Presbyterian Church under the chapel society. Bidwell formerly served with the Coe College School of Music and acted as organist here before joining the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh as organist.
Charles Thorpe 93 longtime Manchester merchant died at his home Sunday after a two week hip fracture accident. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm at the family home with Rev. J Frank Moore officiating. Burial in Oakland Cemetery. Born Brooklyn Aug 31 1840 he moved to Delhi then Manchester and built a mercantile business with his sons. He retired two years ago. Survived by brothers George M Thorpe and B P Thorpe and niece Mae Coleman.
L Morris was re-elected Belle Plaine schools superintendent for three years at a Monday night board meeting. It marks his sixth year with the district and his next year salary rises five percent. Richard Box is named the new board president.
In Linn county district court several guilty pleas and dismissals were heard before Judge F O Ellison. Harry Thomas 29 and Raymond Wilson 25 both received indeterminate ten year sentences at Anamosa state reformatory for break in and furniture theft at Smulekoff Furniture warehouse March 18. Louise Brages Tate 22 pled guilty to receiving stolen property and was fined five dollars and given a one year reformatory sentence suspended on good behavior. Reymond Black 35 was fined 500 dollars and jailed four months with suspension after one day. Albert Jackson 27 drunk driving near Lisbon Feb 17 was fined 300 dollars with suspended balance on good behavior. Louis Trombino proprietor of the Roman Inn was fined 300 dollars for delivering beer on Sunday with balance suspended on good behavior. Frank Stanek 40 was fined 100 dollars for assault and battery with a 30 day jail term suspended for good behavior. A charge of taking goods from an officer against Stanek and Ethel Reed was dismissed for lack of evidence.
Hugh E. Miguet of Cedar Rapids and Louise Dye of Marion wed at the Methodist parsonage in Anamosa with Rev. H. D. Green officiating. Attendants were Mrs. Jane Dye and Mrs. Austin.
Iowa Republicans brace for a hard fought primary with Bob Calflesh leading a diverse field. Dan Turner Clarence Knutson Wallace Short and others campaign across sixty counties as party unity and policy issues shape the race.
Iowa Supreme Court upholds a one year jail term and a $1000 fine for Lewis F. Wheelock, a Des Moines investment broker, convicted of driving while intoxicated after a collision with W. J. Telfer of Prairie City on June 21, 1931, which killed Mrs. Mildred Telfer and two children. Wheelock was acquitted on manslaughter counts and the other manslaughter indictments were quashed to avoid double jeopardy.
Frank Flieder 45 prominent Bremerton grocer was killed Saturday night in his summer home along with his wife and four others. He was a cousin of Mrs. John N. Kilekar of Cedar Rapids. Police had not solved the wholesale murders by Tuesday. robbers appeared to be responsible as jewelry owned by Mrs. Flieder was missing.
In May term 1934 the court is asked to foreclose a mortgage on Lot Six in May s First Addition to West Cedar Rapids to secure a note of 1250 with 7.02 percent interest from 1925. The petition seeks a receiver to collect rents, insure property, pay taxes, and apply any surplus to the mortgage. Defendants are warned to appear by May 14 1934 or face default.
Community notices include church supper hours, hospital confinements, a board of adjustment meeting, a reckless driving fine, a student return to town, fall injuries from a stair accident, Scouters roundtable details, YMCA luncheon speaker, a legal arraignment for intoxication, and a localFine for disturbance among others in the Cedar Rapids area.
Police Chief W. C. Benesh told the city council on Monday that March police department receipts totaled $457.15 with fines comprising $381.75 of the amount.
Miss Ruby M. Byers principal of Benjamin Franklin junior high school will speak Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Garfield school Parent Teacher association meeting. Music will be provided by the Gar field school boys and girls glee clubs.
Mayor William J. Netli and four re elected council members Louis Zika Louis Burgus Ed Stefan and Dan Krutdenier will attend a Kiwanis noon gathering at the Monte Rose hotel. Police seek escapees Clifford Smith and Melvin Gibbons who fled Eldora training school Monday night with a group of boys. F J Lynott named night yardmaster, a post restored after being abolished in 1931 due to limited prospects.
Miss Eva Lois Waters principal of Garfield school was first hospitalized in December after ill health. She improved enough to be dismissed but her condition worsened last week and Sunday she was moved to a hospice where visitors are not allowed.
A man refused to give his name or details and was arrested for vagrancy at 12 15 p m Tuesday by Patrolman Frank Hrabetin who noted the unidentified man refused to cooperate.
A man about 40, six feet tall and 200 pounds, was caught stealing foodstuffs in a First avenue E market. He resisted arrest and caused a disturbance before being jailed.
Prof. Ben H. Peterson of Coe College will give a non technical chemistry talk at the Young Business Men's bureau dinner meeting. The event is at 6 p.m Thursday at the Chamber of Commerce.
City plan commission will discuss the highway commission proposal for relocating Highway 149 within Fairfax city limits as the main agenda item Tuesday night.
Police investigated two garage breakins. At 810 B avenue WE the owner Mrs. Jennie Newman reported thieves took ten Chinchilla rabbits and half a bale of alfalfa hay from her garage Monday night. Miss Oma Talcott 457 Eighth avenue SW reported her lock broken Monday evening and saw a man fleeing. nothing else was disturbed.
Fairfax attorney Leo T. Farrell announced on Tuesday his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for state representative from Linn County. A Linn County native and National University Law School graduate, he stresses support for the New Deal and has a 1923 Iowa bar admission with federal court credentials. He has spent two decades in government service.
An advertisement promotes Bukets as a 25 cent bladder tonic claimed to flush impurities and excess acids, reducing irritation that causes getting up at night. It advises using juniper oil from gin and promises a refund after four days if unsatisfied, with Horak Pharmacies guaranteeing better sleep.
One year of service abroad marked by fourteen months overseas defines the subject who was commissioned a second lieutenant in the officers reserve corps later. He is a member of the American Legion and of Sigma Delta Kappa, national law fraternity.
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a safe fat-reducing daily dose for women, claiming a 4 week bottle improves energy, skin, and figure. It urges cutting pastries and fatty foods and pins results on the morning dose and healthy lifestyle. It notes May Drug Co sells the product with a money back offer.
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