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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1937

Page

5

Man and Woman in Brown Car Sought in Kidnapping Case

West Union authorities search for Donna Mae Howard a 16 year old high school student believed abducted Monday after a man and a woman in a brown automobile asked another girl to call her. Donna Mae left with them and has not returned by 7 pm. Her father Bruce Howard operates the family farm near West Union and is from a Fayette county line.

the Gazette West Union Donna Mae Howard Donna Mae Bruce Howard H. J. Nehring Howard Mr. Howard

Settlements Total 17 500 In Vinton Crash Killing Six

Special to The Gazette VINTON Settlements totaling 17 500 have been made by State Farm Mutual Insurance for death and injuries from an Oct 23 crash south of Vinton that killed six. Policy had 20 000 max on Davey Roach car, which hit Mrs. Harry Newtons car.

Vinton State Farm Mutual Insurance Company Bloomington Davey Roach Vinton Farmer Harry Newton Grundy Center John Roach Newton Edward Shaw Raymond Brown Cedar Rapids Marcid Lee Arthur Robinson O. A. Newton Maquoketa Arthur F. Janssen D. O. Roff Jones County J. E. Purcell Clinton Roff Clarence Miller J. A. Ruhl Pat Bostrom East Eighth Street Mike Avery Justice Ruhl George Briggs Donald Ary Fred Rose

Susanna's Christmas Auction at Newhall School

The Newhall school presents its annual Christmas operetta Susanna's Christmas Auction Thursday at 1 15 p m in the auditorium. Phyllis Werning plays Susanna and Don Edward Weichman Santa Claus with a cast including Margaret Ernst Kenneth Werning Roberta Light and more. The chorus features Nadine Niebuhr Merva Jane Francisco and others. Santa's Helpers and police figures are listed along with Teddy Bears and teachers. Public invited.

Newhall Newhall School Susanna Phyllis Werning Don Edward Weichman Santa Claus Margaret Ernst Kenneth Werning Roberta Light Robert Fuller Mildred Baddicker Norene Schirm Willis Werning Jack Oliphant Elsifine D@Klotz Dorot David Wheeler Roger Swanson Ray Walter Davis Alfred Boddicker Jimmy Boston Richard Fuller Marvin Boddicker Dale Grovert Kenneth Schirm Howard Oliphant Robert Seber Glenn Wilhelms Waldo Haerther Dale Mitchell Donald Wheeler Donald Deklotz Gerald Werning Gordon Johnson James Kolsto Ernest Light Ronald Johnson Miss Anderson Miss Burris

Affordable apartments wanted in Gazette ads

Demand rises for warm apartments and sleeping rooms as listings fill quickly. An inexpensive Gazette Want Ad will rent your vacancy. Dial 2-1121 to place the ad. Ad-Taker.

Des Moines Wins Bid in Valuations Battle

Des Moines gains court ruling backing the city's new real property valuation total of 121.5 million dollars over the state board's 118.3 million. Judge James P. Gaffney held the city’s figures stand subject to appeals, and the decision limits the state board’s district by district power.

DES Moines (Ap Des Moines State Board of Assessment and Review James P. Gaffney Williamsburg State Board Louis Roddewig Iowa Supreme Court Charles Cook

Wapello Marshal Gets Reward For Capture

WAPELLO Rollie Cook an escaped reformatory convict was recaptured in a Sunday car theft attempt. his brother Alvie also escaped. Wapello Marshal Robert Lewis who was wounded in a prior encounter will receive a $50 reward for the capture.

Wapello Rollie Cook Anamosa Alvie Robert Lewis Wapcello Cook

Dog Arouses Couple As Farm Home Burns

North Liberty fire destroyed the Kasper farm home about 3 am Tuesday. The dog bark woke Mr. and Mrs. Kasper, and the fire started in the summer kitchen. Few household goods were saved and insurance was carried.

North Liberty Frank Kasper

Robbers loot two Shellsburg cafes and nearby stores

A gang robbed two Shellsburg cafes and two Perry and Baldwin groceries Monday night, breaking front doors and safes to steal about 15 dollars at Perry and a similar amount at Baldwin. Sheriff Fry investigated, with the band also linked to a break in at the Hoon garage in Urbana where two tires and tubes were taken. The cash register was tampered with but not entered.

Gazette Shellsburg Perry Baldwin Leland Fry Vinton Urbana Hoon

Tipton Man Named On Group To Plan Vocational Training

DES MOINES AP The state board of vocational education and rehabilitation appointed a special advisory committee to aid in formulating vocational education policies. Members include L W Feik Sioux City John H Ploehn Davenport James Steadman Eagle Grove Joseph H Anderson Thompson Fred W Johansen Clarinda D J Kelley Tipton Mrs Eugene Henely Grinnell R H Duffy Mrs Max Mayer Des Moines. The committee will meet twice a year with representatives from education agriculture labor social welfare business and women s work.

Des Moines State Board of Vocational Education and Rehabilitation L. W. Feik Sioux City John H. Ploehn Davenport James Steadman Eagle Grove Joseph H. Anderson Thompson Fred W. Johansen Clarinda D.,j. Kelley Tipton Eugene Henely Grinnell R. H. Duffy Max Mayer

Manchester Couple Honored On Their 50th Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. John Carver of Manchester were honored by Jones Mill grange for their golden wedding anniversary with a dinner and program led by grange officers. The Carvers, both natives of England, have lived in Manchester for eleven years and are parents of four sons including Joseph in Manchester. A family gathering follows at their home.

Manchester John Carver Jones Mill Grange Francis Skinner Grange Earl Campbell H. A.‘ Dittmer E. H. Campbell John W. Greenley Carver Wedmor England United States Dyersville Bay City Mich Rockville Oneida Earlville Mr. Carver

New Officers Elected at Pope Rebekah Lodge

New officers of Pope Rebekah lodge include Mary Schocker as noble grand Hul da Fisher as vice grand Edna Cox as secretary Blanche Bradley as treasurer Reka Timpe as two year trustee and Cecelia Van Gorder as three year trustee in Maquoreta.

Maquoreta Pope Rebekah Lodge Mary Schocker Noble Grand Hulda Fisher Edna Cox Blanche Bradley Reka Timpe Cecelia van Gorder

Eastern Iowa brief notices mixed with obits and weddings

A mixed East Iowa roundup reports Mrs. Henry Manson of west Vinton with a fractured hip after a Saturday ice fall. Other items cover holiday programs in Lowden, funeral services for Flora Reed of Creston, a Williamsburg wedding, Burglaries in State Theater, George Nicolaus of Wilton Junction, John Mason Smith of Jesup, Decorah medical society leadership, Maynard Guritz funeral, Letts real estate sale, Jesup death of Emma Elliott, and allamakee snowplows ready for winter.

Excessive truck loads threaten Iowa concrete highways

A Iowa State College engineer warns that the life of about 5,000 miles of concrete pavement is endangered by loads beyond legal limits. Prof. M G Spangler says 8,000 pounds per wheel is the economical top, and repeated 8,000 to 10,000 pound stresses will crumble slabs, necessitating costly repairs. Taxpayer investment in highways is about 120 million dollars. He describes pavement as an elastic fatigue-prone material dependent on subgrade, slab thickness, and concrete quality.

Spangler Iowa Iowa State College Engineering Research Laboratories

Iowa mother slays children and wounds two in rural Iowa

WAVERLY UP Mrs Elias Waters 38 wife of a WPA worker killed two of her four children spent, seriously wounded two others and fired on a neighbor’s home. She was disarmed by H W Harms and later detained by Sheriff Hank Sager. An inquest was planned for Wednesday.

Beverly Bernard la Verne la Verne Weihe Cabin Weihie Weihe

Funeral services for Mrs S G Franks in Wyoming

Funeral services for Mrs S G Franks 87 longtime Wyoming resident who died Sunday after brief illness will be held at Harrington mortuary Wyoming at 2 p m Wednesday. She was born Huldah Lytton in Mellary and lived on Franks farm near Onslow until 1911. She married S G Franks in 1888 and leaves six daughters two sons five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. She was a Methodist and member of the C T T club. Henry Callahan Fremont township farmer funeral Tuesday at St Patrick s church conducted by Rev J L Byrne.

Aurora George Goodrick Arthur Stapel Dale Miller Clark Watson James Trotter Rex. Matteson Paul Hoaglan C. W. Sanders Thorwald Holst Larence Henry Goldsmith Otensdorf Germany America Maria Klieforth Henry William Fred John Jacob Louisa Vitense Maria Thien Karl Fauth Webster Flora Sorden Reed Creston Methodist Church Daniel Sorden Lamont Mr. Brown Etta Ackley Lyman Sorden Oklahoma City Roy Sorden Glenn Sorden Milo Sorden Lorin Sorden F. O. Hall Williamsburg Miss Walisbach Henry Morse J. D. Misbach C. W. Stark Génoa Bluffs Bess Pugh Bagley Hubbard Ice and Fuel Company Cedar Rapids Morse George Morse Iowa State College California Genoa Gton Jack Creech Harold M. Putnam Sia Maynard Carl Guritz St. Pauls Lutheran Church Fred C. Lutz Aaron Schlegel Ray Wolfe Otto Wegner Arvid Odekirk Gerald Warnke Caroline Borges Paul Bredow Fred Guritz Rochester Minn Will Guritz Ricka Guritz Lock Haven Penn Minnie Allen Mill Hall Henry Guritz Martin Guritz Oelwein Anna Welch Pennsylvania Columbus Junction Ellen Wagner Manning J. L. Estle Main Street Delia Shellabarger Letts Nora Gage Oak’ Street Cherry Street Paul Klotz Fred Wiedenmann Waukon Wyoming S. G. Franks Harrington Mortuary Huldah Lytton Mellary Cascade Dubuque Sinsinawr Mound Wisconsin Franks Onslow C. T. T. Club John L Dillon W Frances Franks Ida Perrine Monticello Sara Rhodes Iowa City Katherine Bronson Josephine Noyes Washington, D. C Henrietta Franks Woodrow Wilson High School Winthrop Henry Callahan Fremont Township St. Patrick’s Church J. L. Byrne Patrick Callahan

Mason City Plant Destroyed by Fire

AP report says a Mason City plant of Northwestern Distributing, maker of seeds and flour, burned Monday night causing about 30000 dollars in damage after a four hour blaze. Hampton firemen aided, marking the third major Mason City fire this year at the same site. The warehouse burned earlier in May 1934 and the current building was built that year. Three carloads of flour were lost and fifteen carloads of feed and other stock were destroyed by water.

Mason City Northwestern Distributing Company Hampton Fire Department Northwestern Distributing

Accident Verdict in Postville Inquest

Coroner J L Bresnahan ruled Clifton West 36 of Elkader died by accidental train strike east of Postville after attending a dance at Wakom. He was on his way home when the Milwaukee passenger train hit him Sunday. Maynard news notes wedding plans for Violet Glew and Arthur Longseth with ceremony on Nov 28 at Bode and reception in Cherokee. Funeral arrangements announced for Lizzie McNeil in Center Point.

Postville J. L. Bresnahan Clifton West Elkader West Waukon Maynard Drx R. E. Glew Violet Glew Arthur Longseth Ann& Longseth Ottosen Bode Mildred Swanson Ayrshire John McClellan Tipton Longseth Maynard Consolidated School Upper Iowa University Fayette Ottosen School Cherokee State Motor Vehicle Department Edgar Jacobson Supt W. P. Truesdell Joseph Longseth Earl Firkins Edgar Jacobs

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West Union High School Corona K. J. Schmidt L. C. Smith and Corona Typewriters 2Nd Ave Gaffney Wilton Junction George J. Nicolaus Wilton Savings Bank Henry Nicolaus Harry Leo Chicago Nicolaus Santa Monica Jesup John Mason Smith Jackson County Independence Phoebe Soper Fairbank E. L. Miller Orville Arthur Earl W. Smith Waterloo Claude Addie Miller Decorah Lester E. Larson Winneshiek County Harold North English Scotch Grove Gerd Antons Dorothy Antons Arthur Rickels Henry G. Rickels J. Willms Wayne Zion Lutheran Church Charlotte Rickels Selma Antons Joe Ladehoff Clarence Willms Zoric Marion Rapids Third Street Center Junction Farnham Dean McDonald Dillon Mead Santa White Marble Lodge No. 288 Masonic Lodge Thomas Brummett Oakale S. W. Roger Oakdale J. W. Green C. B. Wolfe Cc. C. Green Conesville Herbert Hill Israel Elizabeth Hill Eva Ewing Roy Burlington Emory Curtis A. A. Crist Shell Rock S. W John C Muscatine Robert Portland, Ore Jess Beck's Teo Beck Crest Second Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Hardware Co
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