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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1935
Page
7
Federal and state funds totaling 22 158 are allotted to Linn County for December unemployment relief. The county will add 8 058 to reach an estimated 30 216 needed for about 1 259 cases. An extra 2 077 funds cover medical relief including 189 for dental care.
The record notes 261 total direct county aid cases, of which thirteen were categorized as Service cases. Sixty eight cases involved issuance of surplus supplies only.
William Martin Kaufman, former Cedar Rapids resident, died suddenly Monday at his Omaha home from a heart attack. He was 52, born in Cedar Rapids, and survived by his wife and five children in Nebraska and Illinois. His mother died last September and his father was long a Cedar Rapids monument dealer. Funeral services are set for Wednesday in Omaha.
Former Cedar Rapids resident Harry R. Pettit died at his Rock Island home December 3 from asthma and complications. Survived by wife and five children Wilbur Gerald Donald Dorothea Betty Jean all of Rock Island, father George Pettit and brothers George of Cedar Rapids and Oliver of Rockford Illinois. Funeral services and burial held in Rock Island Saturday.
Funeral services for Mrs Clara Henningsen will be held at Trinity Lutheran church Wednesday at 2 p.m. preceded by family services at Beatty chapel at 1 40. Rev P L Bornhoeft officiating. Burial at Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at Beatty chapel 7 to 9 this evening.
Funeral services for Mrs Kath erine Ziskovsky will be held in the Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday in charge of the Rev. George Stauffacher. Burial will be made in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the Turner chapel.
Funeral services for Mrs An nine Zornig will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Turner chapel with Rev. Nelson C. Dreier presiding. Burial is planned in Mound cemetery near Watkins according to the arrangement.
Funeral services for Mrs Sadie Smith Doan will be held in Turner chapel Wednesday at 11 a.m. The Rev. Robert Little will officiate and burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery.
Harrison E. Spangler of the Republican National Committee assailed President Roosevelt at a suburban Evanston gathering. He labeled Roosevelt's actions class warfare and accused him of misrepresenting farm price trends and tariffs. A second note reports the Amana high school's senior class presenting a play, The Mystery of the Third Gable, with orchestra and direction by Miss Hartley.
J Ray Murphy national commander of the American Legion told Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters and guests that the organization wants the cash payment of the adjusted service certificates settled immediately. He argued delay harms veterans who borrow against future payments and notes government workers and contractors received bonuses sooner. He praised Linn County for prosecuting a benevolent organization case and cited insurance officials from Davenport Dubuque and Iowa City in attendance.
Hartzell convicted swindler case reveals money bags of investors cash moved to his Drake estate HQ in Chicago. Witness Stephen Flannagan says $79,000 shipped by Hartzell's New York brother Canfield between 1934 and 1935, part of $125,000 traced after earlier $46,000. defense suggests funds may have been British pounds repatriated for profit.
Denver prosecutors seek to prove Charles T. Davis, held in Eddyville Kentucky, is actually Harry Ross who killed Erwin C. Thompson of Grand Junction Iowa. Thompson was found buried in a South Denver basement on October 14, 1932 after last seen with Ross. Detective records identify Ross as Davis in Kentucky.
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