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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1939

Page

11

Doubt of Sabotage in Langley Field Crashes

Langley Field Virginia reports a second army plane crash in as many days with no evidence of sabotage. A scout-attack plane crashed while a bomber's board of inquiry was convening nearby. Pilot Lieut Carroll T. Murrell and mechanic Private Antonio Linzeni survived.

Langley Field INS U. S. Army Army Carroll T. Murrell Antonio Linzeni Department of Justice U. S Special Army Board of

Sedlacek seeks judgment in Iowa suit over 1938 collision

Joe Sedlacek, Linn County farmer, asks 8484 in a personal injury and damage suit against Emery Cleveland of Walkerton Indiana. Sedlacek alleges his car struck the rear of Cleveland's tractor trailer halted on Highway No 13 near the Linn County home on the evening of December 24 1938. The petition states no warnings or signals were showing on or near the truck.

Joe Sedlacek Linn County Emery Cleveland Walkerton Ind Sedlacek Cleveland

State AG ruling prompts 25 cent fee on marginal releases

Linn county must charge 25 cents for each marginal release of a chattel mortgage under a new attorney general ruling. County Recorder Dempsy Jones announced after showing a letter from State Auditor C B Akers. The opinion overturns a 1933 stance. About 50 percent of roughly 14 000 chattel mortgages passing through his office yearly are marginally released.

Linn County Dempsy Jones C. B. Akers Jones

Woman alleges dirt removal and tree cutting by county workers

Pearl Runyon charges that men under County Engineer W H Behrens and road superintendent Kenneth Graver removed dirt and felled trees on her Lincoln Heights property and seeks remedy. The incident highlights alleged official overreach and property damage.

Pearl Runyon W. H. Behrens Kenneth Graver Lincoln Heights

Divorce Suits Filed In Cedar Rapids Area

Esther Longerbeam seeks divorce from Lloyd Longerbeam on desertion grounds after a 1925 Mechanicsville marriage and a separation in 1937 with custody sought of a daughter. Arnold William Layer sues Loretta Elizabeth Sayer for divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment. marriage occurred in Cedar Rapids on April 9, 1.

Esther Longerbeam Lloyd Longerbeam Mechanicsville

Cedar Rapids Loan Company Incorporation Filed

Articles of incorporation for Cedar Rapids Loan Company Inc filed with County Recorder Dempsy Jones. Authorized capital includes 100 shares no par value. Officers and directors: William G. Sparks Indianapolis president and treasurer H Y Simmons Cedar Rapids secretary H R Trewin Cedar Rapids vice president W L Glessner Cedar Rapids manager. Leon Stusak named administrator of Harry C Stusak estate who died August 4 administrator bond set at 3000 dollars.

Cedar Rapids Loan Company, Inc Dempsy Jones William G. Sparks Indianapolis H. Y. Simmons Cedar Rapids H. R. Trewin W. L. Glessner Leon Stusak Harry C. Stusak

Finch Family Tail Feathers Count Revealed

Among birds, researchers confirm that all finch family members possess 12 tail feathers. This finding highlights a consistent morphological trait across diverse finch species studied this year.

Gladiolus Awards Highlight Chelsea Growers and Waterloo Entries

The article lists numerous gladiolus winners and exhibitors across divisions in Chelsea and Waterloo. Names include Dr. H. H. Knight Ames, Theodore Jensen Sioux Rapids, Joseph Holec Sioux City, Merle Brush Chelsea, and Rosemont Gardens. Show divisions feature amateur mammoth and mammoth displays, color varieties from Rose Pink to Dark Red, and multiple garden- display awards across Ridgeway Gardens and The Glad Patch Normal II.

Boite Waterloo H. Knight Ames H. H. Knight Theodore Jensen Sioux Rapids Joseph Holec Sheadowbreck Drive Nes Ralph Oldham A. J. Amsler Sioux John C. Klein Sumners M. C. Severson Mes Meadowbrook Drive A. Amsler Merie Brush Chelsea Bob Frank Neptash Arte Frank Neptash George G. Waite Anamosa Merle Brush Sioux City Ridgeway Gardens R.F.D Glad Patch

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