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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1933

Page

3

Yuletide Sales Rise Across Major Cities

A United Press survey shows Christmas buying up to 10 to 25 percent higher in most leading cities under NRA. Stores report crowded departments and more wage earners shopping, with several markets noting higher dollar volume though some areas lag.

NRA Eliics United Press Cltics St. Paul Denver Minneapolis New York Atlanta Boston Chicago Cleveland Southwest Dallas Detroit Kansas City Pittsburgh Philadelphia San Francisco Seattle St. Louis

Linn County Supervisors Reopen 1933 Debts and Depositories

The Linn County Board of Supervisors adjourns to December 12 1933 after approving depositor agreements with Cedar Rapids American Trust and Savings Bank and Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust Company under Senate File 111 and 113. The minutes include tax suspensions, street opening petitions, and a detailed list of claims allowed for the poor, jail, and other county services with numerous names and sums.

LINN Jowaly Sentioneer Js Btate Iowa Dinniss Board of Supervisors Busby Senate Forty-nith General Assembly American ‘Trust and Savings Bank Cedar Rapids State of Supreme Court of Kennedy Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust Company Ffth General Assembly Aefund Supreme Court of Town Rankine American Trust and Buyings Bank of Laws General Assembly Code of American Trust and Savings Bank of District Court Supreme Court of Iowa Su Uy A United State Bank Fairfax State Savings Bank Fairfax Forty-fifth General Assembly Newland Marton Sentinel

Parachutes Save Two Airmail Pilots In Blizzard

In western Pennsylvania a blizzard forced two Transcontinental Westen Air Express planes down. Pilot Dean Burford of Columbus Colorado bailed out near Portage after icing crippled his winged craft, while H G Andrews of Newark New Jersey parachuted to safety near Rear-In Springs. Both pilots were unhurt and search parties sought the wrecks.

Pittsburgh INS Pennsylvania Transcontinental Westen Air Express Los Angeles Portage Rear- Inc Dean Burford Columbus H. G. Andrews Newark N. J

Rothrock Dies After Illness Since September

Mrs. E E Rothrock 1929 Ridge Way Drive SE died at a local hospital Sunday night after months of illness. Born Blanche M McParland on July 23 1877 in Boone Iowa she lived in Cedar Rapids over twenty years and married E E Rothrock on June 16 1915. She was active at St John s Episcopal Church and Malta Chapter Order of Eastern Star. Survived by two sisters a number of nieces and nephews and sister in law James Rothrock of Washington DC.

E. E. Rothrock Ridgeway Drive Blanche M. McParland Boone James §. McFarland Boone High School Grinnell College Rothrock Cedar Rapids St. John's Episcopal Church Malta Order of Eastern Star Dean Bricker R. R Rogers Hillsdale Mich R. E. Blaney Carrizoro N. M Horace J., Ray, Floyd, Ethel Eula McFarland James Rothrock Washington, D. C

Nine Held For $10,000 Denver Cafe Robbery

Dell Hanlon known as Slippery Dell is jailed with his wife Ruth and seven others for the Denver cafe holdup. Other arrestees include Earl Smith St Paul Wayne Haning Merritt Oxley George Anderson Ned Balger Mrs Mary Martin and Mrs Katherine Doxey Omaha. Four thousand dollars was recovered.

Omaha Dell Hanlon Slippery Dell Nfe Colorado Ruth Denver Earl Smith St. Paul Wayne Haning Merritt Oxley Oakland Calif George Anderson Ned Balger Mary Martin Katherine Doxey Hanson Hanlon America

Merritt Oxley History Tied to Multiple Burglary Arrests

Oakland police disclosed Merritt Oxley has a long record dating to 1913. The file notes Oakland burglary arrest and Preston Reformatory commitment in 1913, plus later auto theft in St. Louis 1916, Fresno vagrancy 1922, South Dakota burglary under alias John Crowley 1922, carrying concealed weapons in Sioux Falls 1926, and Iowa burglary arrest at Emmetsburg 1928 leading to state penitentiary commitment.

Oakland Calif Merritt Oxley Omaha Preston Reformatory St. Louis Fresno South Dakota State Penitentiary John Crowley Sioux Falls 8. D Iowa State Penitentiary Emmetsburg

Central Agency to Clear Christmas Aid Network

A YMCA backed central clearing agency coordinates Christmas basket distribution after resolutions by thirty social, fraternal, and religious groups. It aims to reduce wasteful duplication, urges advance family contact, and recommends Sunday deliveries since Christmas is Monday. Basket cost is two dollars for a four member family plus fifty cents per extra member. Names are kept confidential.

Y.M.C. A

Navy Air Fleet Ready for 2200 Mile Hawaii Flight

Six giant U S Navy patrol planes prepared for a nonstop mass flight from San Francisco to Hawaii, 2200 nautical miles, awaiting Washington permission. Planes flown from Norfolk via Panama Canal Zone. tenders ordered along the route. This marks the first projected mass formation at this distance.

San Diego Calif INS United States Navy San Francisco Hawaii Washington A. W. Johnson

France and Germany to Renew Parleys on Disarmament Talks

Paris reports that German Chancellor Hitler will again receive French Ambassador Andre Francois-Poncet as talks on disarmament and European issues are set to resume Friday or Saturday. The announcement came Monday.

Paris INS Germany France Hitler Andre Francois-Poncet

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