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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1934
Page
7
Governor Clyde L. I ng reports a $9,000,000 saving in state expenditures for 1933, stressing that total reductions across state government may reach about $25,000,000 when county school and real-government costs are included. He cites specific figures for general expenditures and trust funds.
AP report details Iowa highway maintenance expenses for the year, totaling 2,668,974.19 dollars. The breakdown covers primary outside cities, extensions within cities, real estate, equipment use, repairs, and snow removal, with a grand total far below 1929 figures.
Clark W. Huff, former Harrison County treasurer, died in 1932 of embezzlement and will begin a ten year term at Fort Bison Penitentiary. Sheriff Cross said Huff, convicted of giving $800, has been in custody pending appeal to the supreme court.
SMETSBURG AP Frank weer 39 of Webster City was sentenced by Judge F C son to 25 years in state penitentiary for robbery with aggravation. Jer, convicted last week, was linked to a five man gang alleged to have robbed fenn Sirbel farm last December.
Des Moines based Bankers Life Company of Des Moines is entitled to a tax refund of 7896 for 1932 33 with state attorney general Webb noting the company overpaid its California taxes in those years according to Official statements by Forrest Mitchell state commissioner.
Iowa Democratic lawmakers in Washington split over Roosevelt’s eighth circuit court of appeals nomination. Seth Thomas of Fort Dodge and Rep E C Eicher of Washington were discussed as candidates. Postmaster General Farley signaled an Iowa pick, but internal disputes between Senator Murphy and Iowa House members suggested an Iowan without strong backing from either chamber. The decision remained undecided as of Friday night.
George Bothell 54 an undertaker’s employee was killed when his light truck collided with an ice cream truck driven by Ernest Gibson two miles south of Monona on Primary 55. Bothell was delivering a casket for Carl Schultz firm. Coroner’s inquest ruled unavoidable accident. Bothell survived by his widow and two daughters Lois and Margaret.
Special to The Gazette Des Moines The thirty eighth annual PTA convention in Des Moines May 13 to 19 centers on The Future of the Forgotten Child. The six million public relief children include the underfed, inadequately housed or clothed, broken or poor homes, and those denied education due to NRA codes or harmful work.
Iowa's Dean Seashore rose to prominence through applied psychology spanning medicine engineering music and education. He strengthened the graduate college at Iowa and built a premier psychology laboratory while guiding students and family with a practical, evidence based approach.
Ward, a local automobile dealer, crafts an ice boat on Wanpsie river using a Star Four motor with a model A carburetor and model T tank. The frame and rear axle come from a model T, front runner uses roller bearings, steering wheel from a Chevrolet, and a walnut propeller is the costliest piece. The craft can reach sixty miles an hour but requires snow to stay on course.
Special to The Gazette Mount Vernon Mrs Horace A Miller keeps a Civil War era hoard gathered by her late father J B Albrook a former Iowa Methodist minister and Cornell College trustee The trove includes Confederate notes from Georgia Richmond and Alabama US treasury notes from 1863 a Cape Fear note with a lamplike engraving a copper token from Cedar River Bridge and a 1774 English coin Also a Central City Grange membership card kept by Albrook and signatures of F R Pinson and Arthur M Jayne.
The note lists coin types and dates including a 1805 copper half penny, an 1816 Canadian dime, and several one cent pieces from 1834 1827 and 1848. It compares to the size of today’s quarter and references Charles III with the inscription Carolus III Dei Gratia.
Robert R. Cook aged 47 principal of Roosevelt High School in Des Moines died at his home after falling ill a week earlier while in New York for a principals meeting. A Kansas native, he joined Roosevelt in 1922 after work in several Kansas high schools and was a University of Kansas graduate.
Des Moines AP reports Iowa’s June primary begins with five Republican candidates for state offices and several Democratic contenders, while incumbents seek renomination. Turner's gubernatorial bid rises with Dan Turner and U S Attorney Robert Calflesh. Judge Lovrien says he will not run and backs Turner. Other announced GOP hopefuls include Shaw Mowry and Greenwalt. Ray Johnson and Karl Fischer discussed for other posts. Democratic field adds James Pearson and Otha Wearin. Tax revision talks in the state assembly affect campaign issues, with potential anti Turner coalition noted.
George W. Black, 16, pleaded guilty to an extortion attempt against Mrs. Margaret Shellito. He was sentenced by Judge R. W. Hasner to the Eldora reformatory after a juvenile court arraignment. Authorities halted the scheme at the Second avenue bridge on January 26.
A ground hog in the Mc Gregor civilian conservation camp survived a quarry blasting near his burrow. The creature woke in a warm box at the camp barracks and, after a rough start, became gentle and playful. Floyd Fetters of Council Bluffs, the ground hog’s keeper, models with him in the photo.
A high wind carried dust from South Dakota into Iowa causing reduced visibility in Sioux City and Des Moines. Estherville reports dust at 2 PM while Des Moines saw the arrival around 5 PM as temperatures fell and winds rose. Forecasters warned of much colder conditions ahead.
Sioux Falls reports strong winds from 40 to 48 miles per hour generating major dust clouds across the state. Aberdeen Pierre and Huron noted near November storm intensity with bare ground from scant snowfall aiding drifting dust.
A strong northwest wind and light dust Saturday night suggested Cedar Rapids could see a repeat of last November’s severe dust storm from the Dakotas. The day’s high was 54 degrees at 5 pm dropping to 53 by 9 pm.
Stanwood celebrates the sixty sixth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Webb at the home of their daughter Mrs. J. F. Boling. Mr. Webb is 90 and Mrs. Webb 86. married February 5, 1868, in Farmersburg Iowa.
Mrs. Fred Stone, 47, of Central City, died in an Oskaloosa hospital after she and her husband were overcome by monoxide gas in their car near Otley on January 27. The car was found by the roadside. Mrs Stone opened a door and collapsed outside with severely frozen legs. Funeral set Monday at Hatch chapel Central City. burial in Mount Clark Cemetery. Survived by husband Artie a son. mother Edith Bice. sisters Grace Price Perry Moles. brothers Orrin and Charles Bice.
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