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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1936

Page

12

Crowded Adjustment Board Denies Porch Enclosures

A busy session of the adjustment board denied three petitions to enclose existing front porches and rejected a rehearing on a fourth. Denied were Marius Larson 632 Wilson Ave SW L J Layer 245 Eighteenth St NW and Gordon Delaney 2346 B Ave NE. W H Jump's rehearing was denied for lack of motion.

Board of Adjustment Marius Larson Wilson Avenue L. J. Layer Eighteenth Street Gordon Delaney B Avenue W. H. Jump Park Avenue Jump Dearborn Brass Company J. F. White Third Street NW A. Rocco Mount Vernon Road G. J. Albright Second Avenue F. J. Lynott K Avenue Twenty-seventh Drive A. I. Bailey Twenty-seventh Street C. L. Cashman D Avenue NE Joseph Hradek Twentysixth Street Mount Vernon Avenue

Milwaukee and St Louis rail plan speeds freight links

At a U S hearing in Minneapolis C S Christoffer outlined a proposed breakup and consolidation plan. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific would gain 429 miles of Minneapolis St Louis line and establish through freight from the Twin Cities via Albert Lea Mason City Marshalltown and Oskaloosa linking with the Wabash at Albia. Daily through freight would run both ways to Minneapolis except Sundays. The M and St L branch to Leola S D would also transfer to Milwaukee which would run faster service to Aberdeen and Minneapolis.

Minneapolis Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Kansas City St. Louis C. S. Christoffer Interstate Commerce Commission Minneapolis and Milwaukee Christoffer Twin Cities Albert Lea Mason City Marshalltown Oskaloosa Albia Minnesota Norwood Hanley Falls M. and St L Leola Aberdeen S D

Dr Harlow Brooks Dies Noted Diagnostic Physician

Dr Harlow Brooks 65 renowned diagnostic physician died Monday at Doctors Hospital New York after liver surgery. He served as chief surgeon of the Second Army AEF in World War I and taught clinical medicine at Bellevue Hospital. He studied American Indian medicine and was nicknamed Kishka Temu by a Western tribe.

New York Harlow Brooks America Doctor’s Hospital Florida Brook Brooks Second Army AEF United States Army Medical Corps Bellevue Hospital East

Spaghetti Eater Johnny Marinelli Wins Two-Round Record

In Minneapolis the pudgy Italian Johnny Marinelli won the preliminaries of a spaghetti eating contest at the Northwest Sportsman Show finishing two rounds in 47 seconds to set an auditorium record. He devoured two pounds of spaghetti with a steady rotary motion while reporters interviewed him after the race.

Minneapolis Minn Johnny Marinelli Mussolini Johnny Italy

Two More Jackson County Residents End Their Lives

Special to The Gazelle reports two more Jackson County residents died by own action after Clyde Reynolds, 16, near Tron Hills, did so Monday. M. R. Bullock, about 50, Maquoketa, was found dead in his basement Tuesday morning, having shot himself Monday evening. He had escaped from Independence State Hospital last Friday following an inebriety charge. Coroner John W Jordan and Sheriff Leo Heinecke said no inquest. The Bullock family had moved to Maquoketa a month ago.

Maquoketa Jackson County Clyde Reynolds Tron Hills M. R. Bullock Bullock State Hospital Independence Ronald Cahill John W Jordan Leo Heinecke Onslow Winnifred Fuller Monmouth Dwight Dale

Within Show To Be A Feature Of Y's Revue

A show within a show is featured in Y's Revue with performances from 8 pm at Bergeron Forum. The event includes a crowning of a foury queen, youth acts, crafts, and a sports revue. Tickets available at the door each evening.

Auciter Bergeron Frer Torium Wapste Y Pauline O'Connor Hannan Scheer Love Crunkshank Edith Winn Wanda Farmer Frances Rubins Minnie Petrick Elsie Leigh Mary Andrick Frances Truhhieek Ruth Subotnik Jeanne Young Martha Jane van Metre Sara Taylor Eloise Sawyer Billie Young Evelyn Pascha Frances Hodgren Fileen Brockmin Christine Bjornsen Dixie May Layer Evelyn Keister Mary Catherine Carns Betty Svoboda Jeanette Kuns Mary Forrest Beulah Detwiler Doris Farmer Mildred Mikulecky Nadine Mott Clara Nafa Dorothy Kemp Adeline Fieseter Rita Sandberg Annabille Reindl Rose Miller June Womochil Verona Chalupnik Helen MceManes May Woodson Noel Newell May Randall Georgia Carson Frances McFall Anna Kravorik Frances Cooper Dorothy Peck Mardelle Anderson Lydia Kriz Franciel Craft Lenora Simon Hazel Heasty Emma Kriz Wilma Louvar Virgilene Herring Idris Wyatt Georgiana Hach

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