Two Bandits Hold Up Local Couple
A pair of youths robbed Cedric Alton and Dorothy Wagley near Ninth Street NW as they walked from the circus grounds shortly before 10 30 p.m. One man fled with Alton’s wallet and a railroad pass while the other man forced Wagley to the ground. Police report the assailants, about 20 to 25 years old, five feet tall in dark brown suits and caps, searched the victim and warned each other to leave the girl alone before ordering them to walk away. Wagley was unharmed. Alton’s losses included a diamond ring, small change, and a cigarette pack. Patrolmen Powell and Stodola investigated.
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Cedric Alton
Ninth Street
Dorothy Wagley
K Avenue NE
Alton
Miss Wagley
Court House News Embezzlement Case Bonds Set For Five
Five defendants tied to the Center Point Walker Trust embezzlement scheme remain free on bonds after adjustments. Walter Dee 26 Joseph Cosgrove 28 and Patrick Cosgrove 64 were released on 5 000 bonds with Mrs Stella Kayser providing 20 000 and E G Fisher paying 10 000 pled not guilty. The alleged theft began in 1928 involving ledger manipulation and centers on the Walker bank.
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Manana
Center Point-Walker Trust Company
Liberty
Walter J. Dee
Joseph Cosgrove
Stella Kayser
Walker Bank
Patrick Cosgrove
Kayser
Man Given Fine and Driving Ban for DUI
Vern Harry O'Neal, 37, arrested Tuesday morning, was fined 300 dollars and costs and forbidden to drive for three months by Judge H. C. Ring in district court, for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. The sentence included a 90 day jail term in lieu of further fines. He was in a party of four near Robins Lake where a fisherman reported a revolver threat.
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Vern
Harry O'Neal
H. C. Ring
O'Neal
Robins Lake
Four Suits Filed Over Trolley Auto Crash in Cedar Rapids
Four damage suits totaling 21 405.70 have been filed in district court against the Cedar Rapids and Marion City railway company after a fatal street car auto crash on First avenue at Second street west last Feb 19. The largest claim by Carl C. Drew administrator of John M. Drew estate seeks 8809.70. John M. Drew was killed and Mrs Drew was driving. Winifred Drew seeks 7561 for injuries and Andolyn D Hunter asks 3535 for personal injuries. D F Hunter Jr seeks 1500 for injury with pelvis fracture.
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Cedar Rapids and Marion City Railway Company
First Avenue
Second Street West
Carl C. Drew
John M. Drew
C. C. Drew
Marion Man Sentenced For Arson Found Sane By Commission
Fred Long aged 50 of Marion was declared not insane by the county insanity commission after evaluation. He allegedly confessed to setting fire to the Clayton Blackford home at 250 Twenty Second street Marion last Saturday about 1130 PM. He received an indeterminate 10 sentence at Fort Madison state Penitentiary in strict court before Judge H C Ring Monday.
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Fred Long
Marion
County
Long
Clayton Blackford
Twenty-second Street
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
H. C. Ring
Birth Control Viewed to Curb Defects and Population
Jessor Chandler argues government information on Nordic birth control practices and criminal sterilization could check mental deficiencies and align population with resources. He warns overpopulation will rise globally unless steps are taken.
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Jessor Chandler
Long confession linked Blackford to house fire
The commission found Long worried and unable to reason, noting his purported confession tied Blackford to domestic trouble. Long allegedly went to the Blackford home when absent, tossed a burning match into cabs and paper in a rear lean-to, risking total loss of the structure.
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Long
Blackford
Longs
Yeast dispute prompts $138 suit in district court
Liberty Oil company sues Frank M. Sullivan operating as the Golden Seal Yeast Company for three tons of yeast purchased and paid for but deemed unsuited to uses. Plaintiff seeks return of the amount paid for the shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Oil Company
Frank M. Sullivan
Golden Seal Yeast Company
Golden Seal
Inheritance Tax Paid on Minnie E Watrous Estate
The state treasurer received an inheritance tax of 631.38 on a taxable value of 12 627.11 for Minnie E Watrous of Cedar Rapids. The notice is from an Associated Press dispatch dated Wednesday.
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Minnie E. Watrous
Cedar Rapids
Associated Press
Cornell Sociologist Urges Birth Control To Curb Population
Prof. Sidney R. Chandler of Cornell warned Kiwanis members that the United States must join France in facing eugenics and birth control to avert a world population catastrophe. He cited France’s population policy as having helped it endure the depression. He explained the system.
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Sidney R. Chandler
Cornell College
Kiwanis Club
United States
France
Chandler
Dempsy Jones Milks Cow After Falls During Show
Linn county recorder Dempsy Jones boasted of milking skill and attempted to prove it at the Joe Vanous farm near Louisa. He sat on a stool by Bossy, the stool collapsed, and he toppled over. He then steadied himself and finished milking the cow successfully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dempsy Jones
Linn County
Dempsy
Bossy
County Recorder
Fire Truck Damaged By Circus Wagon Collision
A Ringling Brothers circus pole truck skidded into a Cedar Rapids fire truck parked on B avenue NW near Sixth street causing about 125 in damage. Circus officials agreed to cover the repair costs. A separate blaze at 615 B avenue NW damaged stock room materials and a wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ringling Brothers- Barnum and Bailey Circus
B Avenue NW
Sixth Street
Cedar Rapids Wood Working Company
B Avenue
Emil P. Kohout
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Niue
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Etele
Sia
Econoemy Basement
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