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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1932
Page
7
The Sioux City area saw calm amid a farmers strike as 75 special officers and over 20 city police guarded highways. The blockade remained in effect with few trucks entering the city, while stock trucks and shipments moved by rail from Hawarden and LeMars to bypass the blockade.
Henry Field Republican nominee for the U S Senate spoke at the Lee County fair in Donnellson Ia and told audiences there would be more rosy promises than real facts in the coming campaign. He urged openness in Iowa policy supporting farm relief and noted Hoover’s leadership amid global turmoil while criticizing repeal of the farm act and urging amendments to boost farm prices and livestock markets. He predicted improved conditions with modest hogs butterfat and poultry prices and promised to generate work and factory demand in Iowa.
Representatives from six states met in Des Moines to map a general strike by mid western farmers to raise prices. The group discussed coordinating actions in Iowa Illinois and other states and handling perishable products during the strike. Milo Reno said the Farmers Holiday Association is rapidly organizing and could call a general strike soon after talks finish.
A Delaware county farmer Ivan Boone own cow died after two weeks illness. Post mortem revealed cog wheels springs and alarm clock parts in the cow stomach suggesting a bizarre fatal cause and surprising findings for bovine medicine.
Riverside Mr. and Mrs. John Mottet marked their fiftieth anniversary with all children present. The couple married at St. Marys church in Riverside by Rev. Peter Brommenschenkel. They have six children and twenty four grandchildren with relatives from West Chester Cedar Rapids Ottumwa and Iowa City in attendance.
Waterloo reports show Black Hawk county supervisors cutting the 1931 budget to 434092, a 20 percent reduction from prior plans. City council amendments to transfer 13000 from the city band fund and 8000 from the playground fund were not acted on, as proposals to apply them to tax millage were discussed.
Alva J. Carr died Saturday at University hospital Iowa City. Funeral services were conducted Monday at the Riverside Methodist church. Born June 17 1858 he was the youngest son of Chancy and Mary Carr and lived most of his life in the county. He never married and is survived by four sisters and one brother: Mrs Sarah Sperry Canyon City Colorado Mrs Matilda Meesz and Miss Mary Carr Iowa City Mrs Adele Wise Riverside and Charles Carr Lubbock Texas. He was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge. Pallbearers were William Ingram Joseph Birka Fred Hahn Henry Walters Alex Eman and Charles Havel.
An audit of Mona Motor Oil, Council Bluffs, found 64 639 50 in unpaid state gasoline taxes from Iowa and Nebraska. The report cites 24 253 50 due Iowa and 36 507 42 due Nebraska plus 3 878 58 for Nebraska from dealers.
Cedar county board of supervisors approved the budget as published after no objectors appeared at the hearing held Monday. The budget estimate means Cedar county taxes will be about two mills lower than last year.
Iowa municipal officers met in Spencer for their annual convention with programs including golf addresses committee elections and a visit to the Spencer waterworks. Speakers included Mayor W H Lewis Ackley Mayor Fred E Trainer and Harry J Corcoran outlining fire insurance and franchise issues and urging support for candidates opposing state utility commission powers.
Des Moines AP reports State Representative Lafe Hill of Nora Springs returned $500 from the legislative expense act to the state treasurer Tuesday. He has served from the Forty-first through the Forty-fourth assemblies. He is the eleventh in the Forty-third session to return extra funds after the measure was ruled unconstitutional.
Guy McCartney a 44 year old farm hand killed himself Tuesday morning around 6 by swallowing poison. He died in the living room after staggering there from a nearby location. He had lived with his brother in law Bert Moore after moving to Oelwein from Albert Lea Minnesota two years ago following his wife’s death. Surviving are his mother Esther McCartney and sister Sarah Hampson of Charles City. Despondency over financial affairs said to have driven the act.
Seven students will receive A B degrees from Cornell College at the close of the second summer session on August 16. Recipients include Lloyd Frowein of Macomb Harriet Holland of Independence Roy Mills of Mount Vernon Rachel Albright of Lisbon Othy Grieve of Whitten Kenneth Baker of Mount Vernon and Doris Montgomery of Montour.
Iowa contractors say new federal highway aid rules will add about 5500 jobs, doubling the usual workforce. Regulations set minimum wages of 40 cents an hour for unskilled and 60 cents for skilled labor, with a 30 hour week maximum and project completion by July 1, 1933.
Joseph Saunto of Troy sells his general merchandise stock to his brother in law James G. Risk of Walker. Risk plans to move the goods to Walker this week as Saunto and his family depart for Norfolk Nebraska to start a new business venture.
S H Cook 75 a Central City resident for over fifty years died at 10 p m Monday from a fractured skull and bruises after falling under a truck on Main street the driver Lindley Moore knew nothing of the incident until the rear wheel passed over him Witnesses say Cook tried to climb for a ride to the fairground and lost his grip He was born January 16 1857 and survived by his widow a daughter Mrs Frank Wells of Cedar Rapids and a son Harry of St Paul
Funeral services were held Monday for George Tressie 55 of Tama County who died Saturday after months of illness. The Rev Oliver Stevenson led at the Tama home with burial in the National cemetery near Vining. Born April 1 1877 near Chelsea he married Mary Melsa February 22 1900 and lived on farms near Vining Tama before moving to Tama thirteen years ago. He is survived by his widow his mother Mrs Anna Tressie of Chelsea two brothers Albert and Charles of Chelsea and three sisters Mrs James Cernin of Vining Mrs Josephine Liskovec of Chelsea and Mrs Fern Jager of Belle Plaine.
Des Moines Democrat Clyde L. Herring urged Iowa voters in Connellion that only constant pressure for less public spending can aid tax-ridden property owners. He condemned Gov. Dan Turner for not calling a special session to pass emergency tax relief measures and argued that relief must reach about ten million dollars, not just a few million. He cited a ready plan by the legislative tax reduction committee to cut up to 10 million and said a summer session could approve it without controversy.
A dated laundry tip promotes Lux soap as safe for garments. It claims one tablespoon per day with lukewarm suds, squeezing fabric, rinsing twice, and drying. It warns against ordinary soaps with harmful alkali that can weaken threads and fade colors, asserting Lux contains no alkali.
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