Tuesday Grass Fire Reports Across City Blocks
Fire activity from afternoon through night on vacant lots and streets NW and SW. Multiple grass fires reported at O avenue Eighth street NW Eleventh street L avenue NW and Thirty-fifth street NE with quick response by engine companies 2 5 and hook and ladder. One ignition involved Frank Matejka at 624 E avenue NW. Leaves and rubbish burned at R O Johnson garage 915 N street SW with same response.
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O Avenue
Eighth Street
Eleventh Street
L Avenue NW
R. O. Johnson
N Street SW
Daughters and Sons Born at Mercy and St Luke's Hospitals
Mercy hospital reports a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. John Baker at 1232 Fifth Avenue SE on December 12. A daughter also born to Mr. and Mrs. Oren Kelly of Watkins on December 12. St Luke's hospital records a son for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cabalka Jr. at 601 Nineteenth Street NE on December 12 and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Raymond John at 1317 Third Street NW on December 12. A daughter arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sears of 500 Sixth Avenue Marion on December 12 and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Clair Beach, 315 Eleventh Street, Marion, on December 12.
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Mercy Hospital
John Baker
Fifth Avenue
Oren Kelly
Watkins
St. Luke’s Hospital
Charles Cabalka, Jr
Nineteenth Street
Raymond Johnson
Third Street
Richard Sears
Sixth Avenue
Marion
Clair Beach
Eleventh Street
Frank Driscoll Sentenced in Intoxication Case
Frank Driscoll aged 51 of 500 Fifth Avenue SE was sentenced by Justice H. R. Churchill to 30 days in the county jail for intoxication.
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Frank Driscoll
Fifth Avenue SE
H. R. Churchill
Gift Gossip and Holiday Treasures at Craemer’s Store
The column highlights gift ideas for children from Craemer’s Juvenile Undie and Infants sections on the third floor. It promotes pink satin like panties, crystal snow globe paperweight, Lucien LeLong Jabot dress clip perfume, and hauls of Broad cloths and linens priced at 1.00 for ages 1 to 3 and 3 to 6. Readers are invited to send letters by midnight for a chance to win No- Mead hosiery.
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Prim
Craemer
Lucien le Long
Five killed in plunge near Pasadena
Laurel H. Crawford, 41, of Pasadena, was arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife Elva Crawford, daughters Alice and Helen, son Paul, and boarder Aaroh Barnett by driving the car over a thousand foot precipice on Angeles Crest highway near Mount Wilson. Investigators said he stood to gain about 27 500 in life insurance, including 2000 per passenger. He described a night of horror as he searched for help after the crash.
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Pasadena
Calif
INS
Laurel H. Crawford
Crawford
William J. Bright
William Penprose
Hall of Justice
Mount Wilson
Red Box
Elva Crawford
Alice
Helen
Paul
Aaroh Barnett
Forest Rangers
Solon's Son Again Stymied In Plans For Distance Hop
Pat Johns 24 year old aviation enthusiast and son of a Wisconsin congressman is denied permission for a long non stop Oakland to New York flight in his 75 horsepower midget airship Shamrock Kid after officials say the craft would be 100 percent overloaded with fuel. The local port commission vetoed the plan following a prior rejection by the civil aeronautics authority for a trans Atlantic attempt.
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Oakland
Calif
INS
Pat Johns
Wisconsin
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Young Johns
New York
Reveal Dismissal Of Pinball Cases
Police raided Campus Drug store Belden Hill and McSwiggan taverns seizing pinball machines. In a November preliminary hearing Fordyce and attorney Linville postponed trial after district court terms. County Attorney Thompson will decide if additional machines will be seized.
Slot Machine Break-In on Fifth Avenue SE
A thief smashed the glass and pried the windshield frame of a slot machine at 1524 Fifth Avenue SE after entering through a door. Stolen materials were valued at $13. Nearby, Mrs. Norman Ennis reported a ransacked auto in a garage with nothing missing. Dr. E E Hruska and O W Latimer also reported a separate garage theft. Detectives Bailey and Marshall were on the case.
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Fifth Avenue SE
Adkins
Norman Ennis
Fifteenth Street SE
E. E. Hruska
Bever Avenue SE
O. W. Latimer
Twentieth Street SE
League Moves to Expel Russians
The report details efforts by the League of Nations to expel Soviet Russia amid the Russo Finnish dispute. Molotov rejects armistice mediation, stating Russia is not at war with Finland and desires peaceful relations with what Moscow calls the Democratic Republic of Finland.
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Russia
League
Moscow
Armistice League
V. M. Molotoff
Joseph Avenol
Commissariat of Foreign Affairs
Molotoff
Finland
Democratic Republic of Finland
Terijoki
Finnish
Rainfall Shortage Tops 400 Billion Tons This Autumn
The Weather Bureau warned of a record dry autumn with a national rainfall shortfall exceeding 400 billion tons. In Kansas, winter wheat country, shortages reached about 25 billion tons for the state. Western belt areas faced the worst deficits and conditions threaten water supplies and livestock, with dust storms possible next spring absent substantial rain.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Bureau
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Great Lakes
Great Plains
Farm-To-Market Roads Discussed By County Officials
Members of the Sixth highway district county officers association discussed farm to market roads in the morning session of the annual meeting at Hotel Montrose. Scott county supervisor John Tank of Davenport presided. An afternoon program will cover county relief setups and state welfare supervision versus county state aid percentages.
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Sixth Highway District County Officers Association
Montrose
John Tank
Davenport
Scott County
Traffic Lights Reinstalled After Red Light Violations
At the intersection of 3rd Ave and 5th St drivers ignored a red signal prompting Captain Hughes to deploy officers. Patrolman L M Duncan chased several violators as others escaped, leading to an increased police presence. Signals had been reinstalled after stop signs proved unsatisfactory.
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3Rd Ave
5Th St
Hughes
L. M. Duncan
Boy Hurt In Collision With Car On Ellis Boulevard
Ronald Eugene Higham age 5 suffered facial and head cuts when he ran into the left front fender of a car driven by Louis Chiverton at the intersection of I avenue and Ellis boulevard NW. The boy was treated at Mercy hospital where his condition was listed as good.
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Ronald Eugene Higham
James Higham
Second Street
Louis Chiverton
Victoria Hotel
I Avenue
Ellis Boulevard
Chiverton
Ellis
Mercy Hospital
Rites Set for Clarence Gitt Local Fireman
Funeral services for Clarence W. Gitt retired city fireman of 1532 B avenue NE will be at Brush chapel with Williams officiating. Burial follows in Cedar Memorial Park. Gitt born Cedar Rapids March 30 1888 resided here all his life survived by wife two sons a sister and a brother.
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Clarence W. Gitt
B Avenue NE
Brush Chapel
Williams
Cedar Memorial Park
Cedar Rapids
Mason City Man Joseph Clause Dies at 84
Joseph Clause 84 of Mason City died in a local hospital at 10 a.m. Wednesday after a short illness. Born March 15, 1855 in Erie County New York he is survived by his wife Florence two daughters Mrs John P Conley and Mrs W L Harnett and three sons Albert T Joseph C and Robert. Funeral services are pending with viewing at the Monahan funeral home Thursday.
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Joseph Clause
Mason City
John P. Conley
Fifteenth Street
Erie County
N. Y
Conley
Florence
Albert T
Joseph C
Moline
Iil
Robert
High Grove
Calif
Death of Cedar Rapids resident Orland F Bishop at 62
Orland F Bishop 62 formerly of 954 Tenth Street NE Cedar Rapids died Tuesday at 3 am in Marion after several weeks illness. Born June 9 1877 Vandalia Illinois he is survived by two daughters Lucille Goodrow and Bernice Corporan of Cedar Rapids. Funeral Thursday 2 pm Yocom Chapel Marion Rev Frank Ward Sunshine Mission Cedar Rapids burial Oak Shade Cemetery Marion.
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Orland F. Bishop
Tenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Vandalia
Ill
Lucille Goodrow
Bernice Corporan
Yocom
Frank Ward
Sunshine Mission
Oak Shade
Funeral Services for Martha Morton Held at Oak Hill
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Morton, former Cedar Rapids resident, who died in Indianapolis, will be at Oak Hill Cemetery at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Vernon L. S. Jones will conduct. The body arrives Thursday morning and friends may call at Turner chapel until 1 p.m. Thursday.
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Martha Morton
Cedar Rapids
Indianapolis
Oak Hill Cemetery
Vernon L. S. Jones
Turner Chapel
Ina Saling Dies at University Hospital Iowa City
Ina Saling 29 daughter of Mrs Neva Saling Toddville died Wednesday noon at University hospital Iowa City. The body was taken to Turner mortuary Cedar Rapids.
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Ina Saling
Neva Saling
Toddville
University Hospital
Iowa City
Turner Mortuary
Cedar Rapids
Court contest over wage assignment in damages case
William Cain sues Millsap Motor Co Virginia McDonnell notary public and the Fidelity and Casualty Co of New York alleging two wage assignments were invalid and that $527 67 in damages is owed He claims a written instrument was left blank and wages were exempt by law seeking relief and damages in court
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William Cain
Millsap Motor Company
Virginia McDonnell
Notary Public
Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York
Notary’s Surety
Judge resolves $6310 judgment in town personal injury suit
After a bench trial Judge H C Ring awarded Alice C Jacobsen $6310 45 in a $10000 personal injury action against Alfred H Levien. Trial stemmed from injuries Aug 6 when she was struck by Levien’s truck while crossing First Avenue at Sixteenth Street East. Plaintiff reported leg and pelvic fractures.
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H. C. Ring
Alice C. Jacobsen
Alfred H. Levien
First Avenue
Sixteenth Street E
Residents seek update on Trunk road X progress
A seven member delegation asked Linn county officials about when surfacing would finish Trunk road X from Highway 261 near Mount Vernon to the Johnson county line. Supervisors replied the work is on the current three year program and will be completed before the end of 1940. The road was graded this year.
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Mount Vernon
Johnson County
Linn County Supervisors
Linn County
Fairfax
Three Men Get Suspended Sentences in Cedar Rapids Case
Three non resident men were given suspended sentences by Judge C J Haas and released to leave the county. Albert Fox 50 received six months Howard Million 32 and George Moran 61 three months each. Fox was arrested Nov 6 to Nov 27 Moran’s sentence small town larceny case also noted.
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Cedar Rapids
C. J. Haas
Albert Fox
Howard Million
George Moran
Fox
Moran
Local court notes and sheriff duties amid January meetings
A man nabbed by police on Saturday was accused of stealing six pairs of women's hose from a local variety store. Two months of the jail term were suspended. An action of John P. Thill contesting the will of the late Joseph Thill was dismissed with prejudice. Leo J. Thill and Mary Thill were named as defendants. Sheriff Jim Smith attends the Iowa Sheriffs' association midwinter school in Des Moines, while County Attorney G. K. Thompson joins midwinter meetings there. Ethel Wolcott sues Duayne Wolcott for separate maintenance on cruel treatment grounds and seeks a temporary injunction against removing furniture. The estate of E. L. Rogers is appraised for sale of hardware stock to Philip Leibsohn for 725. State tax receipts for inheritance tax in the Clara Kelting estate were filed with the court clerk.
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John P. Thill
Joseph Thill
J. Haas
Leo J. Thill
Mary Thill
Jim Smith
Iowa Sheriffs’ Association
Des Moines
G. K. Thompson
County Attorneys’ Group
Ethel Wolcott
Duayne Wolcott
Illinois County Probes Soap Supply Overcharges
County officials reviewed a five year stock of soft soap and other chemicals in basement storerooms while Earl Miller, resigning chief janitor, disputes an oral inquiry transcript. Miller demands a grand jury to uncover irregularities and delay in payment records involving about $1100 in old bills.
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Miller
First District
Clarence Beeson
Three Day-Old Hatton Infant With Fragilitas Ossium
In Los Angeles a three day old baby, David Wayne Hatton, suffers from the rare infantile fragilitas ossium disease. Doctors report at least 20 bones broken during birth. A nurse found a broken arm, then a fractured leg, with splints applied and calcium and parathyroid extract given. The mother is Mrs Sydney Hatton.
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Los Angeles
David Wayne Hatton
Sydney Hatton
Murphy Named Census Supervisor for Second Iowa District
David J. Murphy of Dubuque, brother of the late Senator Louis Murphy, was named supervisor of the federal census for Iowa's Second district. He said his office and district headquarters would be in the Dubuque post office.
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Dubuque
David J. Murphy
Louis Murphy
Iowa
Britain Accuses Germany of Blocking War Aid to Finland
London reports the foreign office charges Germany is intercepting British exports of war material to Finland. The spokesman says license grants anticipated Berlin’s alignment with the aggressor and blocking aid to Finland.
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Britain
London
Foreign Office
Germany
Finland
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Daily Record
Iowa Falls
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Mount Ayr
New Orleans
Sioux City
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Omaha
Channes City A
San Francise
Seattle
la Crosse
Bismarck Dubuque
Detroit
Chicace Davenport Ss
Pittsburgh
New York Keokuk
Dallas
Houston
Justice OF Peace Court
G. G
Solon
U. S
Clarence Gitt
Orland F
Court House News
Mary Lois Palmer
Raymond Palmer
Central City
Moses Gillen
Mobile
Gillen
E. L. Rogers
H. v
Philip Leibsohn
State Tax Commission
Clara Kelting
Ed Lundquist
Earl Miller
Robert M. Vesely
Western Chemical Company
Vesely
Gazette
D. J. Murphy
Craemer’s
Craemer’s Bownstairs Store
Amana
Craemer's
Hassock
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