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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1936

Page

16

Liquor Stocks In Bond Hit New High

Washington (UP) Amer ica s liquor stocks in bond reached a new high since repeal with 310 792 545 gallons in bonded warehouses as of July 1. Most stock is whisky three years or less and distillers aim to build reservoirs as consumption runs about one third of production.

Washington America Treasury James M. Doran Federal Bureau of Industrial Alcohol The Distilled Spirits Institute, Inc Doran Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr

Roy B Johnson dies in Cedar Rapids heart attack

Roy B Johnson 264 Thirty fifth Street SE Cedar Rapids associated with his father in real estate died suddenly in his office at 618 Cedar Rapids Savings Bank Building at 10 a m Thursday following a heart attack Born Marion February 9 1892 he had lived in Cedar Rapids thirty years A Cedar Rapids High School graduate and long time National Guard member he is survived by widow Cora two children George B Janet his parents Mr and Mrs G E Johnson and two sisters Mrs Walter Hanson and Mrs J H Lloyd Funeral arrangements will be announced later Friends may call at the Moen chapel

Roy B. Johnson G. E. Johnson Cedar Rapids Savings Bank Mr. Johnson Marion Cedar Rapids National Guard Cora George B U. S. S. Portland Janet City Walter Hanson J. H. Lloyd Mitchell, S. D Moen Chapel

Infant Gatens Babe Dies in Watkins

The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gatens of Watkins died at a local hospital at 3 am Thursday. The body remains at Monahan funeral home pending funeral arrangements.

Paul Gatens Watkins Monahan Funeral Home

Two Boys Dive in Suits Made By Own Hands

Jefferson Ohio reports 14 year old Robert Topper and 15 year old Norman Orford built a 100 pound boiler-top diving helmet with air-pressure control glass face lifeline and telephone system. With two automobile pumps and hose they explore Lake Erie bottom. Three men operate the shallow-water unit: two air into a tank and the third dons the helmet for depth dives.

Jefferson Robert Topper Norman Orford Lake Erie

Loan Repaid 60 Years After College Loan

In Buffalo New York Gerald J Shields assistant corporation counsel received a five dollar postal order with a note claiming his father borrowed five dollars from James Hoye during studies at the University of Ottawa. Hoye says he never recalled repayment and sends the postal order as repayment. Elder Shields died 21 years ago.

Buffalo N. Y Gerald J. Shields University of Ottawa James Hoye Shields

Yale Gallery Receives Orpheus Bronze by Milles

Yale Gallery of Fine Arts displays a bronze study of Orpheus by Carl Milles. The Swedish sculptor donated the piece for the fountain planned for Stockholm's new concert hall. The work, exhibited at the Brooklyn Institute, won a $500 prize from the Philadelphia Art Alliance in 1930. Orpheus plays his lyre to charm Cerberus, guardian of Hades.

New Haven Orpheus Cerberus Hades

France Population Split by Sex in Historical Data

France shows 20 320 000 females and 18 444 000 males in the reported census figures.

France

City Briefs And Personals

Ambar Grotto and Knights of Pythias bands will rehearse at K P hall at 8 p m Friday. City council ordered payment of 2655 19 to Amos Melberg for Hawthorne drive viaduct work. Mrs Guy Ross reported milk bottle thefts from her porch on three mornings. Leo Farrell of Fairfax fined 25 dollars for intoxication. Clinton Smith of Linn Junction fined 10 dollars for the same charge.

Ambar Grotto Knights of Pythias K. P. Hall Amos Melberg Hawthorne Drive Guy Ross Second Avenue Leo Farrell Fairfax Clinton Smith Linn Junction

Local Man Held on Charge of Larceny from Sears

Harry Murphy aged 55 of 917 A avenue NW was held by police Thursday afternoon as officers prepared a true information charging him with larceny from a building. He allegedly took merchandise from the Sears Roebuck and Company store.

Harry Murphy A Avenue NW Murphy Sears Roebuck and Company

George Frye Held on Lewd Acts Charge in Child Case

George Frye, 71, of 532 H Street SW, was arrested around noon Thursday on a charge of committing lewd acts with a child. An 8 year old girl served as the complaining witness. Frye was named in a true information by County Attorney G. K. Thompson. Arraignment in district court was set for late Thursday or Friday forenoon.

George Frye H Street Frye G. K. Thompson

Protest over oiling on Nineteenth avenue SW

F D Cach protested to the board of education and then to the city council about oiling Nineteenth avenue SW from Bowling street to Mallory street. He claimed irregularity in the board of education action. The council said the road improvement was complete and could not be reversed now.

F. D. Cach Board of Education Nineteenth Avenue Bowling Street Mallory Street

Petition for Sixth Avenue SE storm sewer main

William Tehel petitioned the city council to construct a storm sewer main on Sixth Avenue SE from Fifth Street to 400 feet. The request seeks to improve drainage and prevent flooding in the area.

William Tehel Thursday Sixth Avenue Fifth Street

Council weighs drainage plan for new building site

Tehel reports roof drainage is diverted under the sidewalk causing walk damage. The proposed building would cover the 80 by 81 foot lot, leaving no space to dispose of runoff. The council takes the matter under advisement.

Sixth Avenue SE Tehel

Westroms Return From Western Tour With Catalina Visit

Mr and Mrs A C Westrom and family of 1923 Grande Avenue SE have returned from a trip through twelve states visiting Catalina Island. In Los Angeles Mr Westrom attended the Great Western Insurance convention held at the mountain home of George Martin the companys representative in Southern California.

A. C. Westrom Grande Avenue SE Catalina Island Los Angeles

Rifle Team Honor for R. O. T. C. Cadet Bernard Smith

Bernard L. Smith, son of Mr and Mrs Warren S Smith of 1700 Maple Drive NW, has been named a member of the Seventh Corps Area R O T C rifle team.

Bernard L. Smith Warren S. Smith Maple Drive Seventh Corps

ROTC Cadets From Seven States Form Team

A team of thirteen ROTC students from Nebraska Iowa Minnesota Missouri Arkansas South Dakota and North Dakota has organized to compete in intercollegiate events. They aim to represent their region in military drill and academic competitions this season.

Nebraska Iowa Minnesota Missouri Arkansas South Dakota North Dakota

Harvard Exhibits Old German Art at Germanic Museum

Harvard hosts a historic display of German masters from 1450 to 1550 at the Germanic Museum during the Tercentenary. The loaned 1455 Koerbecke painting The Presentation in the Temple anchors the exhibit alongside the Hainauer Reliquary and about forty paintings sculptures and metal works.

Cambridge Mass Ins United States Germanic Museum Harvard University Johann Koerbecke John M. Schiff New York

Farm Employee Is Held For Theft Of Calf

Jack Holmes, 22, of Atlanta, Ga., worked on Boyd Kaylor’s Cedar Rapids farm after joining Royal American Shows in May. He was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Larry Concon on larceny of domestic animals. The calf was found at the Wilson and Company packing house yards, and a truckload of cream was recovered.

Jack Holmes Atlanta Cedar Rapids Boyd Kaylor Larry Concon Condon Holmes Kaylor Wilson and Company

Land-Locked Ship Lacks At Purser

New Bedford suffers funding shortfall endangering the Charles W. Morgan, a famed whaling ship memorialized on Colonel E. H. R. Green’s South Dartmouth estate. Green funded base upkeep and a crew, but since his death no provision exists for ongoing preservation.

New Bedford Mass Ins Charles W. Morgan E. H. R. Green South Dartmouth Colonel Green

American Ship Share Rises Since 1910 Low

In 1935 only 36.2 percent of American marine trade was carried on American ships, but this was a marked improvement over 8.7 percent in 1910.

Boone Buys Manson Coal Yard for Thos. Boone Fuels

Thomas P. Boone owner of a large eastern Iowa coal firm buys the Manson Coal Company yards at 405 Fifth Avenue SE. Boone, of 227 Twenty-eighth Street Drive SE, will run the yard under the trade name Thos. Boone-Fuels. The yard has been a pioneer operation dating back to Senator William G. Haskell. The new concern will market a steady line of eastern and western coals.

Thomas P. Boone Twenty-eighth Street Drive Manson Coal Company Fifth Avenue William G. Haskell Boone Thos. Boone Iowa Western

U S Commerce Estimates Food Consumption Over a Lifetime

The Commerce Department finds people in a 56 year life consume about 106 400 pounds of food. Beef consumption over that span would total about 3 416 pounds based on these estimates.

U. S. Department of Commerce

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