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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1934
Page
2
A large prairie style fire swept Shaver Park in Cedar Rapids for over three hours on Thursday. Firefighters from all available units battled the blaze amid dry grass and wind, extinguishing it after 5 pm and checking surrounding homes and properties for embers.
The April term of the U S district court for the northern district of Iowa closed in Cedar Rapids Friday morning. Judge Thomas C Muncer left for Lincoln after the arraignment of Frank Spina and Galen Jarque on old revenue act charges. Both men posted bonds of 8000 each. Cari W Newernb 40 Chicago was held on a separate indictment for a $995 malfeasance order and released on a 1000 bond. The Danish and Norwegian witnesses are described as similar in content though the wording varies.
Joseph L Prochaska of Cedar Rapids declares his candidacy for the Democratic nomination as state representative from Linn County He has served Cedar Rapids on the zoning commission for eleven years and runs a clothing and shoe trade business and an insurance agency He belongs to the South Side Commercial club and United State bank since its organization Prochaska is a Linn County property owner for thirty five years married with four children.
Chief Ray Tapper announced a final warning as his force intensifies patrols for motorist violations. He noted many cars block double parking in the business district and promised more tickets. The campaign will extend to overtime parking and curb cars at fire plugs and restricted lanes to prevent accidents. Police will also cite drivers who fail to stop for streetcar loading and unloading, stressing safety over arrests.
Linn county supervisors approve a 50 cent per hour work relief wage scale after a Des Moines conference. Local committee members including AL Cituntlet EMpluBeed propose the plan to state relief officials. registration of workers continues with signatories agreeing to subsistence gardens and registering with the National Reemployment service.
Graphics and campaign wording appear garbled. The item references General Johnson urging local aid to the NRA and mentions appreciation messages for a promoter tied to Natron Roemer, with ambiguous names and roles in Cedar Raya Chamorrich Coteme and SRA.
Coe College announces the Greek Gaieties to be performed April 25. Students rehearse a suite of songs with a chorus and band, directed by faculty and fraternity members for the campus show.
Coe's graduating class topped all others in grade ratios with an average of 1.8044, followed by juniors 1.6357 sophomores 1.6243 and freshmen 1.3878. Women averaged 0.4276 above men. Sororities led by Tri Delts. Beta Phi Alpha second in sororities. Fraternities averaged 1.3181 for 157 members, non Greeks 1.4476. Active members outscored pledges.
A group of at least six Coe students will attend the Iowa Colleges Press Association convention at Drake University April 27 and 28. Officers and editors from Coe’s Cosmos will join speakers including Louis Conk, George Yates, Edward W. Toat, Victor Ho Lovejoy, and Scott Snyder. Last year Coe Cosmos won the best editorial plaque and the best original advertisement silver cup.
Fourteen officers from Coe ROTC will travel to Fort Snelling for infantry training starting June 17, with plans to return by June 18. The group includes Charles Grace Contery and William Kynoaack among others, with supervision by Dr. Darla a. and Lt. SP. The trip follows a ceremony at Revere Avenue and SF Street, continuing through New Sharon and Payette locales.
Washington Hopkins reports a historic peak of 4 700 000 families on relief as of April 2, up from 4 600 000 last year. He notes new applicants and ongoing employment gains. preliminary city reports show relief expenditures rising 20 percent since February 1934.
At Luttrelstown Castle in Clonsulla, guests include Douglas Fairbanks and Lady Ashley amid a London divorce suit naming Fairbanks as corespondent. Rumors swirl over possible reconciliation with Mary Pickford as Fairbanks travels incognito from London.
A faculty backed Inter-fraternity Council resolution requests a quarterly audit of fraternity books by a faculty auditor. It urges sending delinquency notices to members with bills over ten dollars and states that unpaid balances may block graduation or transfer credits, aiming to simplify fraternity finance.
Senior chapel exercises start at Coe on April 27 and will occur each Friday for four weeks. Seniors in caps and gowns lead processions with Bernard Bolton and Wendell Walker in charge. The first program includes a special speaker and class participation, with May 11 set for a second Friday event.
Mrs Althea Ford Weeks died recently and funeral services were held at the Yocom chapel with Rev W E Fisher officiating. Songs were led by Mrs La Verna Crew and Miss Edna Roberts accompanying. Burial followed in Oak Shade cemetery. Several relatives attended from Laurens Mount Vernon and Marshalltown with local watches and family friends present.
About 3500 automotive tool and die workers walked out Friday across nearly 100 Detroit area plants. Seventeen association jobbers and three non-members signed wage accords for a 20 percent raise and a 36 hour five day week, averting a broader shutdown and offering some hope to auto makers that non-struck plants can meet demand.
The United States Navy simulates a Pacific battle off the West Coast of Mexico with two rival fleets under Admiral D F Sellers and Rear Admiral Frederick J Horne. Umpires on board ships compute casualties as the mock conflict unfolds and tests fleet readiness for Atlantic deployment.
A faction of dissident Iowa Democratic legislators announced Charles J. Zylstra for governor, with Curtis L. McKinnon for lieutenant governor and Dr. Thomas L. Curran for secretary of agriculture. The move challenges the party central committee and its endorsement of incumbents, claiming support for an open primary and free voter choice.
InONONA reports describe friction within the present administration and central committee over patronage distribution. Also in Monona a grade school and Women's club program at the high school featured student plays Where's My Toothbrush and The Care of The Teeth plus The Yellowstone in which local women performed with musical and literary readings led by community figures.
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