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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1940
Page
10
The Iowa liquor control commission governs sale and distribution of intoxicating liquor, enforcing a state monopoly with permits, licenses, and store network. It lists commissioners, salaries, duties, and financials including receipts, expenses, and equipment value through 1940.
The Hanford post No 5 hosts an auxiliary dance on Thursday April 18 at 8 30 p m with refreshments and admission by 1940 membership card. On Tuesday April 23 the post sponsors a Linn county Legion meeting in the armory with dinner at 6 30 p m followed by a brief business meeting and dancing. Membership stands at 1 103, 117 short of last year.
Three burglars held up promoter Mike Jacobs and four guests at his Rumson home on Saturday night. Jacobs said the assailants escaped with little. police reported $700 in cash and a gold wrist watch taken, with $400 from Jacobs and the rest from guests' wallets.
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Liz Whitney seeks divorce from multimillionaire sportsman John Way Jack Whitney in Reno Nevada. She traveled to establish residency and filed a formal statement after arriving Sunday night saying they have separated and will pursue the action locally.
In a terse note, a Whitnes and Elizabeth Altenius of Philadelphia say they will seek divorce proceedings after an agreement settled all property matters over three months ago. They emphasize the matter is purely personal and offer no further comment. The couple, prominent Philadelphia families, were married Sept 23, 1031.
William Faversham aged 72 once famed as a leading old-time matinee idol died Sunday in a Bay Shore New York rooming house near the mansion he owned. Death was attributed to coronary embolism.
Washington report says Representative Clyde H. Smith of Maine died Monday from coronary thrombosis. The congressman served in the House and was known as a longtime public servant.
Police questioned two young men, John R Kasap and John Kursawa, who confessed to two murders and planned future crimes. They ran a "Murder house" in a middle class Detroit home to lure victims, killed Dorsey Bowman and Philip Loyst, and forged bills to steal cars and fund rent. Kasap and Kursawa were tracked by officers. Kasap identified in a Rogues gallery, Kursawa arrested in Imperial PA.
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