Minton backs McNutt for 1940 presidency in new deal faith
Sen Sherman Minton Indiana predicts Paul V McNutt former Indiana governor and Philippines high commissioner is Democratic presidential front runner in 1940 while denying any La Follette bid. He says McNutt would align with the New Deal and promises Townsend as potential vice president. He urges McNutt as a natural leader with broad US support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Paul V. McNutt
Hoosier
Philippines
Minton
McNutt
Robert M la Follette
Wisconsin
Holt
West Virginia
la Follette
John L. Lewis
CIO
Senate
M. Clifford Townsend
Townsend
United States
Children Rescued From Cedar River Danger Spot
Three children aged 5 to 3 were spotted wading on the Cedar river west of the First Avenue bridge. Patrolmen Walters and Weiland drew them from the water near a sudden drop and returned them to their homes. A collie dog accompanied the kids during the incident. Parents thought the children had gone to a wading pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar River
Walters
Weiland
First Avenue Bridge
Ft Ddren
Grocer Norris To Complete Jail Term
Lincoln Neb. grocer George W Norris from Alva Oklahoma to complete a three months term for perjury in connection with the 1930 election affair. Norris attempted to oppose US Senator George Woods in Nebraska. He will leave the Lincoln city jail Thursday after serving the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
George W Norris
Alva
Okla
George Woods
Ind
Neb
Tal
Eastern Iowa towns vie in Frontier Park name contest
Eastern Iowa towns heavily contribute to the contest for a new Frontier Park name for the All Iowa Livestock show venue on September 6 to 10. Entries must be postmarked by August 25 and judges led by Mayor Hahn will select a name with clear significance and easy pronunciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Frontier Park
Homer C. Maxwell
Inter- Service Club Council
Cedar Rapids
Inter-Service Club Council
Montrose
Wll
Lions, Kiwanis
Rotary Canopus
Optimist Clubs
Court House News Facing Beer License Charges at Two Inns
Herbert v Wesling involves Herb's Barbecue Inn on highway 161 near Marion accused of selling beer in prohibited hours with a $500 bond. Leslie Van Dyke operator of the Valley Inn west of Cedar Rapids pled not guilty to selling beer without a license and posted $500 bond after police reported two men leaving with beer from the inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert v Wesling
Herb
Marion
C. J. Haas
James H. Smith
Dick Payn
G. K. Thompson
Leslie van Dyke
Valley Inn
Cedar Rapids
Judge King
Bond Smith and Payn
van Dyke Place
Draws Suspended 3 Year Term On Liquor Charge
Florence Binkey Harris of 1101 Thirteenth Avenue engaged in illegal liquor sales and received a three year suspended sentence at Rockwell City Reformatory in district court Judge HC Ring suspended the term on condition she leave the state Harris had three prior liquor convictions dating back to 1935 and 1937 Sam Simmons of 729 WY Street SW pled not guilty to liquor sale charges and had a $500 bond set He had a previous liquor conviction in July 1936
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Binkey Harris
Thirteenth Avenue SF
Rockwell City
Reformatory
HC. Ring
Haris
Sam Simmons
James LaVelle Held on Warrant for False Pretenses
James LaVelle aged 53 of Center Point was jailed by Sheriff James Ho Smuth and Deputy Dick Payn on a warrant for false pretenses from the Charles City sheriff. He was to be transferred to Cedar Rapids after notification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James LaVelle
Center Point
James Ho Smuth
Dick Payn
Charles City
LaVelles
Cedar Rapids
Will of Theodore W Rice Probated in District Court
The will of Theodore W Rice died Nov 1 1935 was probated in district court Wednesday. The wife Martha Alice Rice acts as beneficiary and executrix. The will is dated March 23 1912. Ben L Bain seeks 16487 judgment in a district court action against Howard P Scherer and Frank D Pettit doing business as the Midwest Motor company of Marion. Bain alleges the sum is due as balance on a salesman's commission account. A 1812 33 note action filed in district court December 3 1936 by D W Bates receiver of the Iowa State Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids against Stella Burchard and Fred A Burchard has been dismissed with prejudice at plaintiff costs. Odetta Glick seeks a divorce in district court from Glen Glick on one orb and inhuman treatment eveens the two were married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore W Rice
Martha Alice Rice
Ben L. Bain
Howard P. Scherer
Frank D Pettit
Midwest Motor Company
Marion
Bain
D W Bates
Iowa State Savings Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Stella Burchard
Fred A. Burchard
Odetta Glick
Treet
Glen Glick
Eveens
E. A. Franklin
Marcella Esters
Grundy Center
Toddville
Holsinger
Carl Holsinger
Charles Bachman
Eva Bleedner
Anna Snyder
Billy Holsinger
George Holsinger
C. V. Holsinger
Ames
Daniel Holsinger
Charles Bleedner
Charles Holsinger
Anna
Wilbur van Fossen
Charles
Gladys
Center Point
Robert
Arlene
C. K. Franks
E B. Franks
E. A. Downs
Lucille
Gordon
Gerald
Billy
R. C. Harris
Phyllis
Marian
Montour
Louise Gooding
Marshalltown
Eldon Johnson
Mount Vernon
Lucille Bren=deland
Clifford Hanlin
C. H. Harlin
Congregational
A R. Mellaughlin
Evelyn Brendeland
Charles Caldwell
A Building and Loan
Assventosi
Sutherland Divorce Proceedings Hear Testimony In District Court
On Wednesday Judge H C Ring heard testimony in a district court divorce action between Helen C Sutherland and John C Sutherland filed on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds. The couple married at Galena Illinois on July 14 1933. Franklin Turner a 21 year old Negro of 904 Fifth Street SE was jailed on a district court bench warrant in paternity proceedings. Effie M Miller seeks 136605 in a district court note action against C W Falcon and Mary J Falcon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Ring
District Court
Helen C. Sutherland
John C. Sutherland
Galena
Ill
Franklin Turner
Fifth Street
Admits Killing Son in Chicago Home
Adolph Peterson aged 69 surrendered after his son Gerald was found dead in the Peterson home. Police report a blood stained bat near the body and the suspect admitted killing Gerald during a dispute to oust him from the residence. Gerald Peterson’s widow Kathryn Peterson testified the family had frequent alcohol related quarrels but no prior serious violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Adolph Peterson
William Kells
Gerald Peterson
Gerald
Kathryn Peterson
City Briefs And Personals
Quarity Pharmacy now located at 3rd Ave SE. The Towa Volunteers meet Thursday at 8 pm at the Montrose hotel. For the college girl stylish and durable fur prices. Schoen, 210 3rd Ave E. Mrs Stewart Saylor of 521 Eighth St SE is seriously ill but reported improved. her sister Mrs John Kennedy of Rock Island is visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quarity Pharmacy
3Rd Ave
Towa
Montrose
Schoen
Stewart Saylor
Eighth Street
John Kennedy
Rock Island
Saylor
La Follette Plans Simplified Taxes
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin proposes simplifying the tax structure and revising personal income brackets to raise revenue. He plans a joint senate and house tax committee conference after returning from Europe to craft a comprehensive program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
la Follette
Wisconsin
Senate Finance Committee
Europe
Senate
House Joint Tax Committee
Delius Name Tied to Apollo Birth Legend on Delos
A historic claim links the name Delius to Apollo’s birth legend on the island of Delos, suggesting a mythic origin for the name and its association with the divine twin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delius
Apollo
Island of
Delos
Martin presses UAW battle with Ford at convention
CIO leader Homer Martin declared the UAW factions were cooling as delegates rallied for a fight aimed at forcing Ford to sign a union agreement. He vowed to win “no matter what it costs” and pressed Ford to place the union label on cars. John Brophy and Wyndham Mortimer led rival factions amid seating disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
CIO
United Automobile Workers of America
Henry Ford
UAW
Homer Martin
Martin
Ford
America
John L. Lewis
John Brophy
Washington
VAW
Wyndham Mortimer
Michigan
Wallace accuses Sat Evening Post of dirty politics
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace charged the Saturday Evening Post with a campaign of mis representation and dirty politics in attributing subversive views to him in an August editorial. He urged that the piece misstates his position on the taxing power and farm programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Sat
Evening Post
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Saturday Evening Post
Agriculture Department
Department of Agriculture
Deaths: Michael Kratochvil 52 Cedar Rapids resident
Michael Kratochvil 52 of 509 Sixteenth avenue SE died at a local hospital at 7 10 p m Tuesday after a lingering illness He was born in Bohemia and came to Cedar Rapids fifty years ago Surviving are four sisters Mrs F E Morgan North Hollywood CA Mrs J W Frager Miss Mary Kratochvil and Miss Anna Kratochvil all of Cedar Rapids Funeral services will be at Polansky chapel 10 a m Thursday Burial in St Johns Cemetery Friends may call 7 to 9 p m Wednesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Kratochvil
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Bohemia
Cedar Rapids
F. E. Morgan
North Hollywood
Calif
J. W Frager
Mary Kratochvil
Anna Kratochvil
Polansky Chapel
Walnut High School
Wilton
Wilton Junction
Central City
Carl G. Crow
Rachel
Joseph Soukup
Joe Soukup
Walker Methodist Parsonage
Bretnall
Adlia Payne
Soukup
Garrison High School
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Coggan
Conesville
Henry de Vore
Almira Enoch
Abraham
Jane Donahue Enoch
West Virginia
Iowa
de Vore
Gladwin
Columbus Junction
E. Jasmann
Oskaloosa
Columbus City Cemetery
Brandon
Bear Creek
J. C. Buntin
Allen Clime
Mr. Sallee
Roland Shoesmith
Prairie Creek Quartet
Warren O'Donnell
Earnest Sallee
Marjorie McKinley
Ethel Stainbrook
Pansy Raitt
Bear Creek Quartet
Bert Walker
B. F. Nachholz
Sunshine Evangelist Traveling Orchestra
West Branch
Mary Moore
Emily Krouth
Iowa City
Nickelodeon
Veterans’ Hospital
Danville
Ill
Powers
Omaha
Ernest
Hastings
Ned
Ervin
Grand Mound
Phillip and
James
R. J. Maher
Calvary Cemetery
Legion
Edith Fink
Manning
Ann Oolberg
Wadena
Julia Bielefeldt
Roland
Evaline Horan
Independence
Henrietta Homewood
Strawberry Point
Dorothy DeBaggio
Eldora
Ruth Yocum
Sutherland
Anna K. Stewart
Waterloo
Greeley
Lewis W. Fry
Christian Church
Mr. Rideout
Baptist Church
Dubuque
Grant View
Lewis Fry
England
America
Mary Anna Davis
Augustus Davis
Fry
Fred Fry
Manchester
Sara Schram
New York
Mr. Fry
Mary L. Smith
Harry Fry
Edgewood
Louie Fry
Elmer Fry
Roy Fry
Elkhorn
Wis
Viola Fry
Newhall
Doolittle School
Bever Park
Ada Stewart
Swein Hanson
Poe
Newall
Berchenbriter Brothered by Loss in Cedar Rapids Notice
Louis Albert Berchenbriter 72 died at his twin George W Berchenbriter rural route Cedar Rapids at 640 am after a brief illness He was born May 14 1865 in Johnson County He lived with his brother for 30 years Survived by sisters Nettie Miller Laura Berchenbriter of Iowa City and several nieces and nephews Two sisters preceded him in death Funeral held Janeba and Brosh chapel at 130 pm Friday Rev George A Stauffacher Burial in North Liberty Cemetery Friends may call Thursday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Albert Berchenbriter
George W. Berchenbriter
Cedar Rapids
Johnson County
Nettie Miller
Laura Berchenbriter
Iowa City
Funeral services for Earl C Hayes Jr announced
Earl C Hayes Jr will be honored with funeral services in Turner chapel at 2 p m on Thursday. The Rev Frank H Ward will officiate and burial will follow in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl C. Hayes Jr
Turner Chapel
Frank H Ward
Linwood Cemetery
New Deal Plans Anti Trust Change Drive
Washington A new anti trust change campaign is being prepared by the New Deal administration to accompany a forthcoming request to amend existing anti trust statutes. The drive is said to reflect Brandeis era tenets as favored by Justice Louis D Brandeis before his 1916 Supreme Court tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Deal Administration
Congress
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Want Ads Spotlight Wood Biz For Sale Opportunities
In the Want Ads column under Business Opportunities several wood related businesses are being offered for sale. The listings encourage readers seeking self employment to explore ownership options in this growing sector.
Multiple Iowa town notices and weddings across counties
Fire at F H Montgomery home caused by faulty wiring. funeral services held for Mrs Arne Guttormson in Decorah. several marriages and reunions listed across Decorah Turin Solon Traer and neighboring towns. school openings announced in Traer Jesup and Center Junction. Mario Dempsey marries Perry Smith in Oelwein. many local notices of civic and family events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
F. H. Montgomery
Montgomery
Minnesota
Jack Sturdy
Decorah
Arne Guttormson
Lincoln Lutheran Church
M. B. Quill
Matthea Olson
Guttormson
Norway
Anne Guttormson
America
Winneshiek County
Casper
Albert
Hjalmar Guttormson
John Vine
E. F. Bakken
John Cross
Charles City
Obus Olson
Duluth
Center Junction
R. E. Beall
Helen McCord
Omaha
Neb
Harley Bulgren
Dorothy Driebelbis
Ethel Courtney
Grand Mound
Ae, Bush
Davenport
Jane Bowers
Clinton
Blanche Lichtenstein
Marjorie van Epps
Genevieve Wulf
Mildred Wieck Oelwein
Helen Dempsey
Jack Dempsey
Perry Harrison Smith
Perry Smith
Fayette
Sacred Heart Church
Sims
Lillian Bartels
Albert DeBow
Dempsey
Oelwein Sacred Heart High School
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Grocer Norris
Buehler Bros
First St. SE
Ring
Bologna
O. K. Coffee
F K Hahn
Clare Marshall
the Gazette
Joe McCormick
The
Cedar Rapids Tribune
William Kinderknecht
Chamber of Commerce
William Quarton
WMT
Wilbur Kennedy
Chamber of Commerce Publicity Committee
Court House News
T. W. Rice
Odetta Butsler
Effie M. Miller
C. W. Falcon
Mary J. Falcon
Lows A. Berchenbriter
Lars C. Mayes, Jr
Toledo
Harold Yoergler
Gloria Yoergler
Des Moines
Harold John
Solon
Kadlee
Joe Kadlec
John Kadlec
F. J. Bittner
Ed Beranek
John Kadlee
Joan
Joe Kadlee
Joe Petsky
Chadima
Judy
Leo Trachta
Joe Trachta
Louis Kadlec
Lyle
Swisher
Wesley Kadlec
J. W. Zenishek
Anna Kucera
Anna Zeller
Roscoe Zeller
Florence Kucera
Agnes P. Finberg
Peter Finberg
Alfred A. Amundson
Albert Amundson
First Lutheran Church
Thorald A. Hoff
Mary Loux
Janice Relf
James Amundson
Elvin Finberg
Green Parrot Cafe
Earnest E. Andrews
Raymond Cheney
Greene
Mary Ellen Moore
Margaret Risser
Evelyn Haak
Lost Nation
Bertha Gallagher
Ruth Sheppard
Ankeny
Methodist Church
Jerry Schenke
C. W. Cleveland
Bearman
Warren L. Feller
Schenke
Germany
Bernard Schenke
Colesburg
Laura Tucker
Harry Schenke
Masonville
Mabel Fitsimmons
Toronto
TRAER
M. E. Beecher
Dinsdale
Dysart
M. S. Barnes
Beecher
Claus Henry Witt
Edward Witt
Albert Joens
West Liberty
Marie Marolf
Will Marolf
John Burkle
University of Iowa
Wilton Public
Anamosa
H. J. Peterson
Milwaukee Railroad
Perry
A. B. Lake
Peterson
Vadena Finney
Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Miss Finney
Elkader
Clarence Munger
George Ehrhardt
Hazleton
George Myers
C. E. Daubert
Pauline Harold
Viola Moeller
Marjorie Child
H. R. Blanchard
Bertha Klotz
Anna Kendal
Mary Stark
Mary Beecher
Helen McCaughey
Cedar Falls
Julia Weymark
Ridgeway
Harriett Hartshorn
Genevieve Scott
Esther Wood
Tracer
Kalona
Community Club
Walter Gingerich
E. H. Rief Department
S. W., Yoder Jack Sprat
Mellinger Lumber Company
Snyder and Beck Hardware Store
Kauffman Feed Store
Lewis Feldman
Ellingson
Newhall Park
William Ellingson
L. O. Larson
Gertrude Olson
Marcella Bump
Lloyd Ellingson
Joy
Belle Ellingson
Walter Bump
Verna Mae
Welch
Gladys Olson
Stanhope
Chester Hagen
Carl Steffenson
Betty
Stella Mae
Palo
Otis Johnson
Keith
Springville
Ben Christianson
Carsten
Grace
Mount Auburn
W. S. Johnson
van Horne
Wayne Bump
L. B. Johnson
Mark Olson
Simon Peterson
Lewis S. Johnson
Blaine
Leo
Peter M. Olson
Bernice
Frances
Ronald Johnson
John S. Johnson
Ben Olson
Shima
Solon Auditorium
Annie Miller
Lamont
Betty Jane Dibble
JESUP
Earl R Cope
John E. Hodges
Frank K. Kiple
Eva Marie Chaloupka
Yale
Marshall Grosscup
Naomi Jewell
Elizabeth Brown
Creston
Dorothy Palmer
Commercial
Max Risinger
Fort Madison
Gail Thompson
May
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