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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1939
Page
12
Iowa tax figures show July 1939 receipts at $246 765.61 from the new cigaret stamping law up from $156 571 July previous year. Officials attribute the rise to larger distributor purchases and legal sale growth while inspectors note bootleggers laying off.
Iowa officials say they will cooperate with Nebraska in cleaning up gambling establishments at Carter Lake in Iowa side of the Missouri River near Omaha. Sheriff William Dorrance reports Chez Paree operates by Omaha gamblers with liquor and gambling all night. Six arrests and gambling equipment seized followed a raid by Pottawattamie County deputies.
The thirty ninth summer session at Upper Iowa University ends after ten weeks. Commencement in College Hall Chapel at 10 am August 11 features address by Harold F.oolberg Clayton County school superintendent and alumnus. Graduates include Kenneth W Evans Elgin Lois M Fargusson Chester Robert S Graham Newport MA Robert H Jr Lakota Earl E Kempf Victor Carl Rundle Lund Fayette Loretta M McGary Ossian May Holmes Miller Fayette Grant A Peterson Randall Sophus Peterson Clear Lake Roberta O Procter Alpha Miriam J Artman Ackley Ruth V Arthur Randalia Thelma Heritage Ashton Erma Hulsebus Buck Grove Martha Johnson Fayette G Bollman Castalia L M Clark Stanley V L Henrick Wadena A E Nieman Sumner.
R E White longtime Rock Island railroad agent for 35 years turned in his keys Monday night and handed the post to successor H M Fox. He and Mrs White plan a fishing trip to Lake Okoboji with son Chester White and family, then Lake Vermilion and Canada before winters in Oklahoma. White, 68, began at Mediapolis in 1904, moved to Tipton in 1906, and lived there since as agent at Walker prior to the Tipton post.
Loren Roster of Belle Plaine, a crane operator at the new sewage disposal plant near Monticello, escaped serious injury when his car hit a guard rail and plunged into a creek on Shover road. He was treated at John McDonald hospital after being cut by broken glass. The crane at the plant helped lift the car from the water.
The Delaware county fair in Manchester features new acts and performances. Balloon ascension follows jaloppy races, with a society horse show on the track and nightly Betty Mae Harris revue on the free act platform. Free acts include Uncle Ezra and the Black Dots. Seven high school bands perform, plus regional bands. Baseball games slot midweek and late week, with livestock parade Thursday and race programs Thursday and Friday afternoons. Waterloo Drum and Bugle Corps appears Friday evening.
Gov. George A. Wilson named M. C. Nelson and W. Earl Hall to the state highway safety education advisory committee joining Safety Commissioner Karl Fischer. The panel will allocate the annual $31 210 safety education appropriation and work with Jessie Parker to widen school safety instruction across Iowa.
The Iowa business digest reports steady conditions and an optimistic national trend. Prices remain firm except for farm products, with retail prices resisting seasonal declines and production expected to rise to offset declines as war fears abate due to British and French preparedness.
Final approval of the Johnson county budget totals 653300 with expenditures about 200000 under 1938 level. Auditor Ed Sulek says roughly 139000 will come from non tax sources and the treasury balance stands at 48848. A revised relief plan is under study following state law and county consultations. LaVerne Anciaux, 13, recovering after being struck by a car while bicycling. Elks club remodeling workers picketed by the A F of L noting no demands were stated.
State unemployment compensation officials outlined a reorganization plan to reduce field travel duplication. Three cars traveled from Sioux City to Rock Rapids in one day on job insurance work, with staff handling different administration phases. Federal requirements caused some overlap. changes aim to consolidate field activities.
Henry DePue aged 23 pled guilty to breaking and entering and received a ten year sentence at Ana reforma. He and Dale Gillman 25 were arrested Friday in Cherokee with six guns. Both were linked to the Harold J. Dreher death in Des Moines but cleared. Gillman remains jailed on concealed weapons charge.
Weather bureau reports cooler conditions across Iowa for Wednesday. Sioux City measured .77 of an inch of rain Monday night and it was still drizzling Tuesday morning. Estherville reached a high of 98 degrees Tuesday as heat lingered elsewhere.
Margaret Elizabeth Myers daughter of Mr and Mrs Logan A Myers of near North Liberty and Jervas Wilbur Baldwin of Des Moines son of the late Prof and Mrs Bird T Baldwin were married Sunday at the North Liberty Methodist church. The Rev For rest D Kellogg officiated in the presence of many guests.
Miss La verna Bauer and Marion Lange were married at Jubilee church Spring Creek township by Rev W F Domres. County items report arrests in Winton Vinton and Atkins plus a taxicab of sheriff actions. Anamosa notes cover funerals school sports and civic events across towns including Oelwein De Witt West Liberty and Toledo with reunions engagements and weddings.
Des Moines AP report shows urban residents gained more home ownership than rural in the state amid $12 million in homestead tax refunds this year. Of 333,083 Iowa filers, 221,085 urban and 111,998 rural. two-year urban rise 24,664 homes, rural up 4,120.
Senator Gillette proposes a five member Senate committee to study U S loans to foreign nations and how the funds are used. He asks for a $15,000 allotment for the inquiry, but expects action unlikely this session.
O B Israel fainted when a bandit brandished a revolver at his Des Moines store. The thief walked behind the counter, but Israel revived, seized a billiard cue, knocked the gun away, struck the attacker, and chased him from the shop.
The Port family reunion at Wapsipinicon State Park in Springville elected Mae Port president Clelland Port secretary and Glenn Port treasurer with members from Springville and Vinton attending.
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