Protest Over Third Avenue Widening Garners PWA Grant Contention
A committee of Third Avenue property owners and merchants protested to the city council against widening the avenue between Fourth Street and the river. They cited a 600-name petition and argued narrower sidewalks would aid pedestrians now that streetcars are gone. The council, facing a possible 45 percent PWA grant, prepared plans while surveying costs for completing the project in the loop district with a grant deadline of September 30.
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Third Avenue
Fourth Street
River
PWA
Don Barnes
Hahn
Eighth Street
Tenth Street
Barnes
Morris Sanford
Robert Armstrong
Lumir Severa
Williams
Joop
French Amass 52 Air Marks To Lead World
The National Aeronautic Association reports 175 international aircraft records, France holding 52, Italy 33, Russia 18, Germany 17, Czechoslovakia 13, Great Britain 10, Poland 7, Belgium 3, Austria 2 and Japan 1. The U S trails with 19. The association urges manufacturers to keep most landplane and seaplane records in the United States to boost prestige and export trade. The United States has no heavy land plane records and only two heavy seaplane records.
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Washington
Italy
France
Soviet
Russia
United States
National Aeronautic Association
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
Poland
Belgium
Austria
Japan
Boy King of Siam and Puzzle Across
A crossword style set presents clues for horizontal and vertical entries about a boy king of Siam, his reign, and related words. Includes themes of abdication, royalty, death, and various linguistic wordplay entries.
Keota plaintiff sues over car collision with Lardons
Bernice Meier of Keota files a $5,000 personal injury suit against Bernard Lardon and Frederick A. Lardon of Minneapolis alleging a car driven by Bernard and owned by Frederick struck a street car at First Street and Fourth Avenue SW May 5 with Meier as a rider. The will of Albert Aumen probated. Mary E. Auman named executrix. Gertrude Notbohm and Martha Schmickle residuary legatees. Donald P D Osborne, 28, released on $500 bond after pleading not guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Gertrude Thompson sues Paul Thompson for divorce on cruelty grounds filed in Columbus, Ohio marriage date 1908. custody requested for three children. Linn county delinquent tax sale adjourned to Sept 26 due to lack of bidders. Paternity actions against Alfred Akers dismissed on county attorney’s motion. Akers pled not guilty May 20 and posted bond.
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Bernice Meier
Keota
Bernard Lardon
Frederick A. Lardon
Minneapolis
First Street
Fourth Avenue
Lardon
Donald PD. Osborne
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Judge Ring
Gertrude Thompson
Paul Thompson
Columbus
Ohio
Alfred Akers
Akers
Birth announcements at Mercy and St Luke hospitals
A series of birth notices lists newborns to families across several addresses. Children deliveries occurred July 30 to Aug 1 at Mercy hospital and St Luke's hospital, detailing parents' names and residences such as 2642 Fruitland boulevard SW and 312 Fifteenth avenue SW.
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St. Luke's Hospital
Kenneth Ulrich
Center Point Road
F. W. Forsythe
Wilson Avenue
Frederick Eugene
R. E. Simpson
Donna Ruth
University of Iowa Hospital
Canape Ideas and Appetizer Platter Preparations
A vintage style guide lists North Cape appetizers with celery stuffed canapes and ham bread rolls. It guides selecting crisp celery, stuffing with sardines and pickles, rolling bread slices with ham and olives, and skewering beef canapes with vegetables and creamy cheese blends for a summer display.
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North Cape
Stauffacher Heads Second District Young Republicans
Dean Stauffacher of Cedar Rapids elected chairman of the Second congressional district Young Republican league at a Maquoketa caucus. Nema Dollinger named vice chairman. Counties in the district invited to hear B. B. Hickenlooper, Republican lieutenant governor nominee, speak in Cedar Rapids on August 16.
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Dean Stauffacher
Cedar Rapids
Young Republican League
Maquoketa
Nema Dollinger
B. B. Hickenlooper
City Employees Pass Red Cross First Aid Tests
Twenty three persons, three at Ellis beach and the rest at city playgrounds, passed the Red Cross first aid tests given Saturday by the Lay Instructors club of the local chapter. Nevin Nichols and Charlotte Hubbard led the class.
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Ellis Beach
Red Cross
The
Nevin Nichols
Charlotte Hubbard
Helen Beall
Theodore P. Bornhoeft
Gene Carson
Mary Condon
Stewart A. Cooper
Albert Earl
Rita M. Ferreter
Harold Fisher
Mildred Foster
Martha Hubbard
Eileen Kelly
Frank L. Kinch
Perry Larson
Wallace B Lyons
Ellsworth Miller
Virginia Murray
Luella O Brien
Francis Perryman
Carl Poole
Nadgie Rohrbach
Ford Shoudy
Elaine Whipple
Richard Zvacck
Train Wreck Toll in Jamaica Near Sixty Dead
Jamaica faces its worst rail disaster as at least 60 people are expected to die. Fifty two bodies recovered near Balaclava 70 miles from Kingston and 70 injured taken to hospitals. All 300 passengers were natives. Authorities cite miscoordination of two locomotives as the cause with the lead engine slowing on a curve then being struck by the second engine.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Balaclava
Here
City Council approves Musketeer tag day and reviews street projects
The Musketeer Drum and Bugle corps tag day on August 27 received council approval. A filing for oiling Fifteenth Avenue between Seventeenth and Eighteenth Streets SE was set for seven days. An August 18 hearing will consider curb and gutter installation on Eighth Avenue SW from Sixth to Ninth Streets. Fire loss for June totaled 3161.62 dollars per Fire Chief Kohout’s report. An alley rezoning at 716 Oakland Road and part of the LaPlant Choate property on First Avenue FB passed final reading. A citizen letter seeking damages from injuries to his wife was referred to the city attorney. Lilian Gish began stage work at age five.
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Eighth Avenue
Sixth Street
Ninth Street
Oakland Road
LaPlant-Choate
First Avenue
Victor J. DeCroix
Lincoln
DeCroix
Don Hines
City Briefs And Personals Highlights Local News
The Knights of Columbus meet tonight at the club rooms. Dr J J Nemec moves to 804 Merchants National Bank building by August 1. Lucille Watkins recovering well after July 25 appendectomy at St Luke's. Robert Kenney and Jim Hermson return from ten day Lake Okoboji vacation. Ray De Witt 6 injured finger at Bever park. treated at St Luke's. Mrs Martha A Winne ill at home. Winne fell ill at a courthouse hearing Saturday. Theft of 24 Rhode Island Red hens reported near Mount Vernon Ave SE on Memorial Drive. Westminster church women to picnic at Bever park 6 p.m. Friday. bring customary picnic items. families invited.
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Rhode Island
Joe Zaveral Place
Mount Vernon Avenue
Memorial Drive
James H. Smith
Westminster Church
Bever Park
Forrestal Given 30 Day Suspended Sentence for Assault
Joseph R. Forrestal 21 of 99 Cobhan Court SE received a 30 day suspended sentence in Justice H R Churchills court Monday on a charge of assault and battery. He was arrested at 930 p m Sunday on a complaint by a woman who alleged he kicked her out of an automobile.
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Joseph R. Forrestal
Cobhan Court
H. R
Restal’s Sentence Suspended After Dress Incident
A court suspended restal’s sentence after a Sunday incident in the 1200 block on Third avenue SE where a woman’s dress was torn. He was ordered to purchase her another dress as a condition of the suspension.
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Third Avenue
Forrestal
Jack Kelly Fined for Disorderly Conduct After Beer Parlor Incident
Jack Kelly aged 26 of 718 Vernal Street NW was fined 25 dollars plus costs in police court on Monday for intoxication and disturbing the peace by fighting. He was arrested at 5 55 pm Saturday at a local beer parlor after police say he beat an elderly patron.
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Jack Kelly
Vernal Street
Kelly
John Taylor Constable Suffered Ongoing Illness At 410 F Avenue
John Taylor constable of 410 F Avenue NW remained unchanged Monday after four weeks of illness. The exact nature of his ailment has not been determined and he suffers daily from high fever.
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John Taylor
F Avenue NW
Mr Taylor
Roosevelt Playground Hosts Tiny Animal and Insect Circus
Stewart Cooper and Rita M. Ferreter direct a community night event this evening at Roosevelt playground with a small animal and insect circus. Boys and girls are invited to display collections and compete for prizes for the best exhibits.
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Roosevelt Playground
Stewart Cooper
Rita M. Ferreter
Burglary Report At 608 Third Avenue Se
Eight dollars in cash, two gold lockets and chains, a gold class ring and a small yellow gold baseball and chain were taken from the rooms of Marion and Arlene Baum and Maxine Weinzler. The break in occurred Saturday night as several rooms in the house were ransacked and valuables were stolen from second and third floor rooms.
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Marion
Arlene Baum
Maxine Weinzler
Third Avenue SE
Ridgeway Elected Assistant Secretary at Equitable Reserve
Merlin L Ridgeway formerly of Rapids Life Insurance has been elected assistant secretary of the Equitable Reserve Association in Neenah Wisconsin. He heads an office with 50 employees and serves as both actuary and assistant secretary. Ridgeway has 17 years in secretarial and actuarial work at Cedar Rapids Life Insurance.
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Merlin L. Ridgeway
Cedar Rapids Life Insurance Company
Equitable Reserve Association
Neenah
Wis
Ward
Ridgeway
Cedar Rapids Life Insurance
Ridgeway Family Residence and Washing Machine Injury
Mr and Mrs Ridgeway and daughter Dorothy live at 304 Congress street Neenah Wisconsin. Mrs Martha Barnett of 220 Thirty fifth street drive SE suffered a lacerated left hand Monday in a washing machine wringer and was treated at St Luke's hospital.
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Coe College
Ridgeway
Dorothy
Congress Street
Neenah, Wis
Martha Barnett
Thirty Fifth Street Drive
St. Luke's Hospital
Man Given Suspended Jail Term in Assault Case
William Cerveny aged 33 received a 30 day suspended county jail sentence after being charged with assault and battery. He was arrested by Sheriff Jim Smith after his wife reported he pushed her from a car near Cedar Rapids. She was bruised and treated at St Luke's hospital. Sentence suspended on recommendation of County Attorney G K Thompson.
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William Cerveny
H R Churchill
Cerveny
Jim Smith
Cedar Rapids
St Luke's Hospital
G. K. Thompson
Missing Marion man sought by police after WPA job departure
Mrs. Frank Pickerill of Marion reports her husband left Saturday at 6 30 am for a WPA project on river road above Ellis park and has not been seen since. He is 44, 6 feet 2 inches, 170 pounds, in overalls and blue work shirt, driving a green Nash car, last checked in with foreman saying he would be back soon.
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Frank Pickerill
Marion
River Road
Ellis Park
Pickeri
Nash
Waterloo duo given suspended terms for hotel defrauding
F C Tarkett aged 25 and R H Bird aged 24, both of Waterloo, faced Justice H R Churchill for defrauding a hotel keeper of 450 dollars. They received 30 day suspended sentences conditioned on court costs and hotel till. They also covered police gasoline costs from transporting them back to Waterloo after arrest. The lodging total was nearly four times the initial rent.
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F C. Tarkett
R HH Bird
Waterloo
H. R Churchill
Marshall
Kofron
Negro Regiment Bears Nazi Sign in France in WWI
The 167th American Negro artillery brigade carried a Nazi swastika into action in France, chosen as a symbol of luck. Commander John H. Sherburne praised them as disciplined and skilled, noting they hailed from Pennsylvania Maryland Ohio and Indiana. They joined action October 15 1918 along the Moiselle near Pont au Mousson and remained under fire until the Armistice.
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Boston
Adolf Hitler
167Th
John H. Sherburne
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Ohio
Indiana
Moiselle
Pont Au Mousson
Nancy
Artist Offers Services in Exchange For Salary
Providence notices a local artist Gino Conti, a well known Prov. sculptor and teacher, offering his services or all produced work to any benefactor who provides a modest weekly or monthly stipend. References unlimited. Conti notes that art is valued but selling is scarce and an artist must eat.
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Providence
R. I
INSI
Gino Conti
Conti
Cedar Rapids Couple Granted Marriage License
Leo J. Niesen and Fannie May Richmond, both of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received a marriage license as the city records note.
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Leo J. Niesen and
Fannie May Richmond
Cedar Rapids
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Mahidol
South America
Boy King
Court House News
Albert Aumen
Monroe Township
Mary E. Auman
Gertrude Notbohm
Martha Schmickle
Mary E. Allman
Linn County
Wee Eeywestrere Cerperiee
Alexander George
Stauffacher
Young Republicans
Musketeer
Fifteenth Avenue
Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Streets
E. P Kohout
Benesh
Lilian Gish
L. L. Dolson
Chiropractor
C. R. Sav. Bank Bidg
Old Post Office
Tltle Avenue
Knights of Columbus
Dr. J. J. Nemec
Dow's
Merchants National Bank
Lucille Watkins
Robert Kenney
C Avenue NE
Jim Hermson
Highland Drive NW
Lake Okoboji
Ray de Witt
First Avenue W
Martha A Winne
Westminster
Roosevelt
WPA
Negro Regiment
Fieldcrest
Mountain Mist
1St Ave
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