Mollison Reaches Oul After Delays In Cape Town
British aviator James Mollison and his French co pilot landed near Breadasdorp on the coast southeast of Cape Town at 3 08 p m after a forced off course landing. They were located safe on a farm fourteen miles from Breadasdorp and were last sighted near Cape Agulhas while attempting to beat the England to Cape Town record held by Mrs Amy Johnson Mollison.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Ins
James Mollison
Mollison
Breadasdorp
Amy Johnson Mollison
Cape Agulhas
Rezoning Request for Second Avenue SW Block Presented
Max Bromwell representing Cedar Rapids Building and Loan asked the city council to rezone a Second Avenue SW block from Tenth to Eleventh streets from commercial to light industrial. He owns 1020 Second Avenue SW, formerly a rug works, now unusable by light manufacturers or wholesalers. Bromwell carried a petition signed by all block property owners. adjacent block to the east is heavy industrial. The council referred the matter to the city plan commission.
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Max Bromwell
Cedar Rapids Building and Loan Association
Second Avenue
Tenth
Eleventh Streets
Bromwell
Bramwell
City Plan Commission
County Lets Contracts For Quarrying Rock For Road Surfacing
Linn county supervisors awarded five contracts for quarrying rock for county road surfacing and resurfacing. Concrete Materials Co. of Cedar Rapids bids 8 891 10 for rock supply with WPA and county crews handling labor and trucking. work starts December 17 with four jobs due by May 15 and one by February 15. Seven bidders competed.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Concrete Materials Company of
Cedar Rapids
WPA
Beverly Road
O Avenue
Palo
Benton County
Covington
Clinton Township
Marion
Bertram Townships
Mrs. Emma Listebarger Dies After Brief Illness
Longtime Cedar Rapids resident Mrs Emma E Listebarger wife of J Frank Listebarger died at 1208 First avenue W at 1045 am Thursday after a brief illness She was born Feb 3 1861 in Trenton N J moved to Cedar Rapids in 1872 and lived in the area since She leaves husband two sons Marvin J and Ernest Fairfax and Kenneth Cedar Rapids one daughter Grace Listebarger a sister Hannah Stults six grandchildren and more The funeral will be held at Turner chapel at 2 pm Saturday.
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Emma E. Listebarger
J. Frank Listebarger
First Avenue
Trenton
N. J
Cedar Rapids
Frank Listebarger
Listebarger
Trinity Methodist Church and Fairest
Fairfax
Elm Grove
Home For the
Model School
Here
Grace Listebarger
City
Marvin J
Ernest
Kenneth
Hannah Stults
Turner Chapel
Thought Window Was Door Causes Car Fall on Highway 11
Henry Ross, 49, of Bunker Hill Illinois, was injured when he opened what he thought was a window but was the car door and fell out on highway 11 north of here Wednesday afternoon. He suffered cuts and bruises to his ankle hip and both hands and was treated at St Luke's hospital at 6 30 p.m. and released. Driver William Talbot of St Louis stopped and took him to the hospital. The men stayed at a local hotel that evening.
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Henry Ross
Bunker Hill
Ill
Here
Ross
St. Luke’s Hospital
William Talbot
St. Louis
NO MORE RACKET DISCONTINUED POST OFFICE
NO MORE RACKET RACKET MO AP The post office at Racket Missouri has been discontinued as the town’s population declined from about 100 families to nine in recent years.
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Post Office Department
Cap Clift Elected President of Cedar Rapids Police Union
Capt Jesse Clift was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Policemen's Protective Association at the annual officer election. F A Ahring became first vice president and Howard Walsh financial secretary. Gordon Hughes named treasurer, Fred Carstens recording secretary, L F Hines sergeant at arms. Wes Benesh re elected trustee for four years. Local No 5 named Dan Kruidenier president and elected officers. The locals approved a civil service statute amendment bill for the next general assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Clift
Cedar Rapids Policemen’s Protective Association
F. A. Ahring
Howard Walsh
Gordon Hughes
Fred Carstens
L. F. Hines
Wes Benesh
Iowa State Policemen’s Association
Cedar Rapids Association
Dan Kruidenier
Walter Kansky
Robert Hepwood
Tom Condon
William J. Kudina
General Assembly
Protest Withdrawal of 9 P.M. Mail Train
Protest against the withdrawal of the 9 p.m. mail train on the Waterloo interurban was sent to C. M. Cheney president of the road by H. F. Sundberg head of traffic for the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce. The removal will delay Cedar Rapids mail by eleven to twelve hours, the Cedar Rapids post office reported.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Five Dollar Coupon Trick Foiled in Street Trade
Sam Hutton of 1115 Twenty second avenue SW sold corn and chickens to a man who passed a folded five dollar bill. The note concealed a store coupon. Detective Maberle recovered the coupon and returned it to the seller, with goods restored and the deal dropped.
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Sam Hutton
Twenty-second Avenue
Sam
Maberle
Hutton
Births Near Saint Luke and Mercy Hospitals
Born to Mr and Mrs W O McMahan 1611 K avenue NE a son Dec 2 at St Luke s hospital. Born to Mr and Mrs Charles Stewart 606 Second avenue SW a daughter Suzanne Lee Dec 2 at Mercy hospital.
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W. O. McMahan
K Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
Charles Stewart
Second Avenue
Suzanne Lee
Mercy Hospital
Bond Plan For New City Police Station Discussed
City Council moved toward building a new police station by authorizing City Solicitor Don Hines to confer with Chicago bond attorneys Chapman and Cutler on a bond issue. Chief Vlach and architect Charles Zalesky presented tentative plans while officials consider site and wrecking of the old Madison school. The government grant of over 56 000 dollars motivates the preliminary steps.
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Robert Vlach
Don Hines
Chapman and Cutler
Chicago
Vinch
Charles Zalesky
Madison
Reed attacks Roosevelt with world domination claim in Kansas City
Former Senator James A. Reed of Missouri charged President Roosevelt aims to rule the world after visiting by Reed Smoot, an anti league of nations figure. Reed warned of an American league of nations and compared Roosevelt's South America trip to Wilson's 1919 Europe visit. Smoot disputed the charge, saying the claim could mean anything.
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Kansas City
James A. Reed
Missouri
Roosevelt
Reed Smoot
Utah
League of Nations
Reed
Wilson
Europe
Smoot
Lions Club Dinner Honors Local High School Players
The Toledo Lions club hosts dinner for high school football players and their mothers at the Russell building hall Thursday. Guest speaker is Coach Judd Dean of Cornell College.
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Toledo
Toledo Lions Club
Russell
Judd Dean
Cornell College
Mrs Isaiah Smith Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Isaiah Smith age 72 died at 8 50 p m at her Independence Iowa home after a long illness. Born Ella Cullinan Hartford Conn July 24 1964 she moved to Buchanan county at age 10 and married Dec 31 1882 to Mr Smith who died March 11 1924. Survived by seven children including Alice in Independence and Loretta who died 1934. three sisters Mary Cullinan Mrs W J Higgins and Grace Cullinan. Funeral at St Patrick church Saturday with time to be announced.
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Isaiah Smith
First Avenue
Ella Cullinan
Hartford
Conn
Buchanan County
Iowa
Independence
Smith
Lincoln Life wins judgments against Carter and Wilder Grain
Judgment awarded for 211.20 against Marion and Gertrude Carter and 61.93 against Wilder Grain Co of Parnell with 5 percent interest from March 1. Default entered. Butler vs ONeill dismissed at plaintiff's cost. Louise Miller, formerly of Des Moines, granted divorce from Louis Miller and custody of two minor sons, and to pay costs.
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Marengo
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Marion
Gertrude Carter
Wilder Grain Company
Parnell
C. O. Butler
Earle O'Neill
Williamsburg
Louise Miller
Des Moines
Louis Miller
Freed prisoner takes trip after police recover bonds and cash
Richard E. Spencer, freed from Anamosa, planned a western train trip to Cheyenne and San Diego with $700 in bonds and $146 cash. Cedar Rapids police recovered the money after two women allegedly robbed him, keeping $4 for a hotel, and Spencer hoped his new start would stick. He previously served time for poultry larceny and escape, and aided in dies creation for Iowa road signs.
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Richard E. Spencer
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Spencer
Kudina
Hrabetin
Cheyenne
Wyo
San Diego
Harrison County
Clive
Des Moines
Colorado
Canon City
Colo
Iowa
Seized Alcohol Routed To Post Office Auto Fleet
R H Taylor of the alcohol tax unit was told to distribute 229 gallons of confiscated alcohol. 100 gallons go to the Kansas City post office, 50 gallons to Sioux City, and the rest stored in Cedar Rapids for winter use in post office vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Taylor
Department of Internal Revenue
Frank Baldwin
Kansas City
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
City Fire Loss in October Stands at 3183 Dollars
Fire Chief E. P. Kohout reports Cedar Rapids led the middle west in insured and uninsured fire losses for October. Total losses on buildings and contents reached 3183.05 dollars, with insured content loss at 1306.90 and building loss at 1876.15. Only 16.89 dollars of insured building loss occurred.
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Cedar Rapids mi
Middle West
E. P. Kohout
Haarlem Oil Capsules Promise Kidney Toxin Flush
An advertisement hawks GOI MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a supremely efficient diuretic to flush poisons from the kidneys and improve sleep. It claims relief from symptoms like backache puffy eyes and cramps with a purchase from Haarlem Holland.
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Haarlem
Haarlem Holland
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J. F. Listebarger
Emma Listebarger
Capt. Clift
Policemen’s Protective Association
The
Gazette
Jim Reed
Elgin
Hamilton
Liebke & Taylor Co
BY Joe McCormick, JR
P. O. Dept
Books For
Sanford
Ysar
Carl Mohair
3Rd Ave. S.E
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