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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1935
Page
3
In Conneaut Ohio a decomposed body of Rita Lent, 4, was found on a hillside. Sheriff Jerry Benson announced the child's death is recent and arrested her mother Oliva Lent and farmhand Martin Quinn after the body was found.
Monty Linkletter and Earl Kee present a four reel film Life of George Washington in a city wide Pioneer club roundup Friday at 7 p.m. in the YMCA Cominy theater. Attendees will hear top club standings and awards will be given by Herbert Penningroth.
Dr J H Calder president of the Cedar Rapids Rotary club received personal greetings from New Zealand. Dr A E O Meara Hastings New Zealand Rotary club president sent the letter with a snapshot. The communication included a club letter and an illustrated newspaper with country history population and industry views.
Harry Frederick Haack of Williamsburg and Pearl Katherine Schafbach of Marengo receive a marriage license. Frank Ceynar of Fairfax and Frances Kopecky of Cedar Rapids also licensed. Arthur Allen Knapp of Marion and Harriett Agnes Filloon of Mechanicsville obtain licenses. Mexfield G. Gantz and Lillian Svoboda, both of Cedar Rapids, also listed for licenses.
Community notes list meetings from Townsend club Linden camp and Cedar Rapids lodge, plus a Modern Woodmen event. Yale professor Cromie speaks at Rotary luncheon. Hancock district agents honored at Hotel Montrose. Knights of Pythias host anniversary broadcast with refreshments.
Mount Hermon lodge festival program features two plays and music at Masonic hall Thursday night. The Boy Wonder comedy stars Dempsy Jones Fred C Henson and Fred Witousek. Y M C A players present Acquitted. Edna Dieman dancing pupils perform with Mount Hermon members’ children. Joseph Votroubek plays accordion. Dancing cards refreshments follow. lodge members and ladies invited.
In dense fog 123 miles southeast of Halifax Nova Scotia the American fishing trawlers Ocean and Sea collided. Both limped toward port with no loss of life and Sea sustaining a bow breach but not taking on water.
Cedar Rapids council No 909 Knights of Columbus will host a Washington birthday dance Friday Feb 22 at the Roosevelt hotel. It benefits members and families with Ward Loftus as chairman and committees handling floor, entertainment, and reception. Tickets available at the K of C club or Enzler's Trunk and Luggage.
Cedar Rapids Pioneer clubs stage a table tennis tournament this week on YMCA tables. West side players clash Tuesday at 4 30 p.m. East side titlists meet the same hour Wednesday. Finals Friday at 7 p.m. Officials are George Wilson Don Steffa and Lyle Brown. Champion wins a prize. No entry fee.
The Rev. Goldie C. Richardson will lead the Seventh Christ School of Mastership at Unity Center 728 Fourth Avenue SE this week. Daily classes begin 9 a.m. with a noon intermission and 3:30 p.m. adjournment. two 8 p.m. lectures are open to all and will reflect the day’s discussions.
John Shada age 24 of Cedar Rapids was released from county jail on 2000 dollar bonds after being held since January 18 on a federal Mann Act charge. He had been accused of bringing Leah Gardiner from Broken Bow Nebraska into Iowa for marriage. A license was issued to Shada and Leah Gardiner by the district clerk and they were married by Justice Reed at noon.
Dr Arthur A Brooks pastor of St Pauls Methodist will deliver an address on George Washington the Father of Our Country at a special Masonic meeting Monday at 8 p m at Crescent lodge No 25 Masonic hall Music by Coe college male quartet Refreshments will be served All Master Masons invited.
Former Cedar Rapids resident John Javurek 43 was killed by a falling tree near Barneston Nebraska. He was born in Bohemia and had lived in Cedar Rapids, with surviving sister and brothers in Czechoslovakia. Funeral plans to be announced. Louis Patton a former Marion dispatcher died of pneumonia in Bayard Iowa after moving five years ago. Samuel Nelson funeral set for Beatty chapel with burial in Linwood. visitation hours listed.
Testimony in a Oklahoma case centers on Kennamer whether he understood acts and could distinguish right from wrong. J Berry King objects to preamble wording as Moss details Kennamer’s infatuation with Miss Wilcox. Kennamer’s violent impulses, ambitions, and family visit are described as court recesses and witness accounts unfold.
The Rev J H Krenmyre Montezuma grand chaplain of Iowa Masons will address local Master Masons at Mizpah lodge No 639 on Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Masonic hall on Masonic Influence in American History All Master Masons invited The Rev Mr Krenmyre has toured Chautauqua circuits for years Entertainment and an oyster supper will follow Allen I Dunn Worshipful Master of Mizpah lodge presiding
Grace Perkins of Chicago pleaded not guilty in federal court to charges she helped harbor the fugitive gangster known as Baby Face Nelson. A March 2 date was set for her trial and those of nine others charged in the same case.
Raymond Hamilton, a fugitive from the Texas death house, and a swarthy companion robbed the Texas National Guard armory in Beaumont. They bound the caretaker G T Owens and escaped with eight army rifles and 3600 pounds of ammunition before lawmen identified Hamilton by fingerprints on a door. A stolen car reported near Silsbee followed the haul.
In Seattle a joke runs that Cearisaon Tripletset has the longest name in the directory as Mr. and Mrs. Oscar William Free Omils Fitz Allen John Don Pedro All-Fontas Mel Tare Gustafson Tittle Tuttle Step Carl Cary plan an open house for their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Cary’s father reportedly named him with surnames of Civil War captains from Indiana in 1864 while serving.
Boston readers learned of a Bible lecture by John Ford advertised on a billboard outside Symphony Hall. The message read Where Is Hell Admission Free, inviting the public to attend.
Cedar Rapids area churches begin an eight week Iowa Church Loyalty Crusade with a 3 pm meeting at First Christian led by Dr. George Dowie. Rev. J Renwick McCullough to lead singing as delegations gather from surrounding towns.
CHICAGO UP Winiffred Caldwell and Irene North hostesses at a North Clark street cafe were held for questioning as police curb the growing use of knock out drops in liquor. Two men William Pyper and David Layton died in Chicago in the past 48 hours from chloral hydrate overdoses intended to rob.
Reports say the American radio schooner Seth Parker is believed to be in tow of the U S naval tug Ontario bound for Pago Pago Samoa after being disabled near Honolulu. The Ontario reportedly reached the schooner and prepared to take her in tow.
Funeral services for Virgie Lu cille Thomas are scheduled at Turner chapel Monday at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. Guy Pickering. Burial will follow in Dunkard cemetery with visitation at the chapel until 9 p.m. today.
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