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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1935
Page
3
Stage set as the Raiders begin 1935 preparations at Belden Hill park with Cap Crosley arriving Wednesday to oversee tickets and workouts. Practice starts Friday at 10 a.m. as veterans report and rookies join. The squad, largely new, aims to boost speed and staying power while renovations finish at the plant.
The advertisement asserts that a B M A All Ways life policy guarantees earning power and protection for sickness accident and death with old age provision and emergency savings. It cites the company as the largest life accident and health firm of its era and notes over 34 million dollars already paid to policy owners and beneficiaries across 30 states.
Allen Hall of Chicago among the world’s top three cushions players and world championship runner up will give a demonstration and instruction at Allison billiard parlor Thursday at 7:45 p m The event is sponsored by the National Billiard Association Feminine fans are invited Admission is free Hall has competed in five world tournaments and holds several titles He recently posted a high run of 16 and a forty four inning best game in a western amateur event He is slated to meet Johnny Layton in a forthcoming world crown match tournament.
Luther College baseball coach Sig Reque will resume the Luther nine against the University of Nebraska in Decorah Iowa on a Wednesday. The rivalry dates back twenty six years with the series tied four apiece after three days rest following two wins against Carleton. Adolph Naeseth pitched a no hitter in the Cornhuskers last meeting.
New York boxing moves toward approvals for a million dollars in fights. Braddock vs Baer and Ambers vs Canzoneri headline MSG and Garden events, with Louis vs Carnera in one non title showdown. June 13 and May 10 dates teased amid ticket demand in Harlem and Little Italy.
The Manchester post rifle club defeated Minneapolis marksmen 967 to 953 in the seventh and final interstate series match. The Dayton team edged Des Moines 956 to 955 last week, earning a spot in the final US championship match. A local Minneapolis score followed.
The University of Iowa baseball team aims to break into the win column in the third game of the season against Carleton College in Iowa City. After two losses to Western Michigan Teachers, Iowa hopes Ford or Reece will pitch and steady the effort.
Webster High wins 7 to 3 at Keswick in the season opener. Six veterans and three players from last fall reported for practice as Webster looks strong. Return game set for Tuesday evening in Webster.
Red Pepper today notes Dizzy Dean will appear at a department store at noon for a thirty minute showcase then pitch for the Cardinals at Wrigley Field in the season opener against the Cubs. A two hour seance at another department store on the west side follows and earnings for 1935 are projected at 75060 dollars.
The American Legion wrestling program in the coliseum features a headline confrontation between two villains Sun Jennings and Cliff Olson with Abe Rothberg versus Frankie French also drawing strong interest. Mike Nazarian and Jack Zarnas open the show as two preliminaries.
Clutier high school planned a spring trip to Elberon for a season opener postponed by rain. Eight games plus the Tama county tournament at Gladbrook fill the schedule with dates in April and May including Garwin Dinsdale Dysart and Elberon as opponents.
New York AP Barney Ross relinquishes the lightweight title due to inability to make 135 pounds after a successful defense. He plans a welterweight title challenge against Jimmy McLarnin at Mike Jacobs' club likely May 28. Analysts foresee a possible Ross-McLarnin rematch and a path back to lightweight if he fares well.
Plans for a new baseball league to be known as the Iowa Valley league were made at a Walker meeting. The five towns Walker, Norway, Watkins, Conroy, and Amana will join. Williamsburg or Blairstown may provide a sixth club. Fay Davis was elected temporary chairman and Walter Wendsler the acting secretary. The league hopes to start operations around May 1.
All candidates for the Three Minute Cereal team of the American Legion Junior baseball league are requested to report for practice at Daniels Park Wednesday at 1 pm.
Long assails the state Supreme Court and criticizes the legislature as he speaks to the house ways and means committee. He notes more than a score of bills introduced Monday night and urges action for the people. He cites three judges changing decisions from day to day.
In Baton Rouge Senator Huey P. Long convened Louisiana's fifth extraordinary session to curb federal authority. He proposed bills to halt a federal court case and grant the state control over all federal public works funds and local government finances, including a resolution blocking New Orleans from seeking bankruptcy readjustment. The House also moved to limit municipal actions without state consent and to place public works supervision under state administration.
Fort Worth Texas AP Melvin Bowes 33 a Florida fugitive was killed and two other prisoners wounded during an attempted eight man break from the Tarrant county jail Jail Guard Charles B Miller fired during the escape effort Clarence B Billingsley 23 a jockey held on theft and burglary charges and James Lawrence Kirk awaiting robbery trial were wounded
Chicago barbers must follow a fixed price scale set by Judge John P. McGoorty. Haircuts cost 50 cents, shaves 25 cents, and other services must align proportionally. Violations incur fines or imprisonment as contempt of court.
Eighty percent of the Iowa State Council Knights of Columbus quota of 1200 new members has been reached. Dr. William Redmond said after returning from Council Bluffs where about 100 new and former members were initiated and reinstated. Cedar Rapids aims for 125 more. The K of C hall hosts bi monthly reports and a May 12 initiation ahead of the May 2021 state convention in Dyersville.
Washington high school system coaches plan to sign contracts for the coming year. George Freshwaters will again serve as athletic director overseeing college football basketball and spring sports. Coach Guy Carlton will head football and basketball with Fred Maasdam as assistant. Maasdam will handle track and teach at both junior high and high school.
Dr. Benjamin F. Schwartz of Muscatine will preach at Trinity Methodist Church at 7 30 pm as part of Holy Week services on Calvary's Three Crosses. The event follows Dr Frank W Court's sermon on Rainbows of Life and a duet by Mr and Mrs Clifford Burr.
Maquoketa councilmen held a marathon meeting from eight until 12:30 pm and then another hour and a half discussing street repairs and oiling the streets. They also debated granting the town kittenball league free lights for their ball park.
George Convey aged 26 of 1617 Fourth Street SW suffered back injuries after a collision at First Avenue and Fifteenth Street E as he swerved to avoid a street car. Emily Hermanek of 1515 A Avenue NE received bruises and shock at Third Street and Third Avenue SE when struck by a car. Driver W F Kepler of 1559 Fourth Avenue SE took Hermanek to Mercy hospital after a physician’s consultation. Seifert waived preliminary hearing on bootlegging charges and was bound over to the grand jury with bonds of 500 dollars. His car contained whiskey and bootleg alcohol seized by Deputy Crawford.
Mrs. Fred Fish ER of Troy Mills reports a fire at the brooder house one mile south of town during a high wind storm Monday morning. The blaze, started by a brooder stove, burned 395-10 day old chicks.
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