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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1934
Page
14
Nine Dartmouth undergraduates died in Theta Chi house due to carbon monoxide from a furnace. An unskilled repair likely caused a faulty chimney connection. victims were found asleep as fumes spread through the 16-room building. Names listed include William Fullerton and Alfred Moldenke among others.
Edward N Wentworth formerly of Ames was killed by fumes from a Dartmouth college fraternity house furnace on Sunday. He is the son of Edward Wentworth a former Iowa State College faculty member and Alma McCulla of St Ansgar was his mother.
Washington AP reports that Claude A. Swanson, 71, may resign as secretary of the navy due to ill health. He has spent time in hospital recently but has given no indication of his plans. Circles mention Rear Admiral Cary T Grayson as a potential successor.
The Senate Banking Committee released data on 881 New York Stock Exchange listed firms showing top executives earning vast salaries and bonuses in 1929, with declines by 1932. R. E. Wood of Sears earned 1003200 salary plus 150000 bonus in 1929, while Walter Teagle of Standard Oil dropped to 73295 in 1932, and James Farrell of US Steel fell to 77031 with a 4000 bonus.
Milk producers and distributors will meet at the YMCA Wednesday evening at 7 30 to defend their interests before the dairy code hearing on March 2. The gathering invites all independent producers and producer distributors, whether or not they belong to the Cedar Rapids Cooperative Dairy.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the two story farm dwelling of Mrs Susan Conkey two miles south of West Union on highway 11. The loss exceeded insurance value. Hugh Conkey and his family and Er nest Northrop and family occupied the home but most personal effects were saved. West Union fire department saved a barn ignited by house sparks.
Funeral services for Charles J Beranek will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in St Marys church Morse. He died Sunday night at University hospital in Iowa City after an illness at age 58. Rev J J Hopkins to officiate burial in Morse cemetery. Survived by widow Lillian son Glenn four daughters Winifred two brothers John and Frank Morse sisters Mrs Charles Gill Mrs Henry Apitz of Solon and Mrs Anna Snyder of Washington Iowa.
Cedar Rapids restaurant owners activated parts of the national restaurant code Monday as they could interpret it. Unclear clauses on wages and hours prompted several owners to seek guidance from the National Restaurant Association headquarters for further information.
The body of Tony Henley, 29, formerly of Wilton Junction, arrived for burial after dying in an airplane crash at Brunswick Maryland. Henley served six years in the U S aviation corps as a radio operator at Bowling Field Washington. He lived in Wilton Junction most of his life, graduated from the local high school in 1926, and the American Legion will oversee his military funeral at St Marys church Tuesday morning with Fr John M Cash delivering the sermon. Surviving are his father James Henley and stepmother, one brother David Henley, and three sisters Bernice Remling Waterloo Velma Young Wakasaw SD and Orpha Effenbeck Rock Island.
Notice of appointment of administrator for the estate of Frank Tordik in Linn County Iowa. Thomas Suchomel named administrator on February 24 1934. Creditors urged to settle debts promptly and file claims properly with Linn County District Court through attorney G. P. Linville.
Pilot of the rescue plane recounts sighting Lloyd Anderson's missing craft on approach to the wreck, after a long search over the summit near Salt Lake City. The fuselage rested against a fir, nose buried, with no signs of life as skiers approached, marking a dramatic final discoverable moment.
Three Iowa men from Perry and Des Moines headed to Salt Lake City to arrange funerals for Marcellus Zinsmaster E W Berglund and Bert McLaughlin killed in a Salt Lake airplane crash. Zinsmaster a leading baker and former Iowa Master Bakers president leaves widow and two adopted sons. Berglund a Boone grocer and CWA chairman leaves widow and three children. McLaughlin Perry grocer leaves widow two daughters and a son.
D. K. Spurgeon of Shellsburg, about 60, was granted a decree of divorce from Louise Spurgeon of Cedar Rapids. She receives 2500 dollars. her cross petition sought 15000 alimony. The couple wed November 20 1930 at Rock Island Illinois and separated December 12 1932.
Will Rogers comments on weather forecasters and a staged storm in rehearsal in New York. He notes Clark Gable back in town and jokes about keeping women away from him. He mentions Wall Street brokers shifting to Washington amid investigations.
Fashion notes favor softer coat-dress designs for spring with gentler necklines, draped collars, and varied sleeve lengths. Fabrics range from Canton crepe to printed silks, with a youthful air in monotone and contrast colors. A coupon offer promises a leaflet showing ideal skirt lengths for buyers or makers.
Mr and Mrs W G Langfitt announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Beth to A H Hinkle of Stella Nebraska. The wedding will be at the Langfitt home with plans to reside in Auburn after the ceremony. Beth attended Coe College and joined Kappa Delta. She worked for H C Jensen and company. A H Hinkle, Iowa State College graduate, Delta Tau Delta member, is an engineer with Tobin Quarries Inc in Kansas City.
Mr and Mrs Victor Elting left Saturday for Florida planning a month away in Vero Beach. They will be absent from home during the trip.
Mrs. G O Fletcher and her son Jackie depart from 1726 Blake Boulevard SB for Del Rey Beach Florida, planning a three week stay.
Mr and Mrs O C Olney and Mr and Mrs Frank A Beals completed a five week Florida journey with a two week stay in Miami and coastal motoring. During their absence D W Warren stayed in the Olneys home and is now with their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Robert B Davis of 329 Twenty ninth Street SE.
A wedding occurred Saturday afternoon at 798 L street SW when Irma Hunt married Dale Stoneking of Mount Vernon. Rev Ermil B Frye officiated with Robert Cartwright and Virginia Harover singing. Attendants were Clair Stoneking and two families celebrated, with the Stoneking couple marking thirty years of marriage for the groom’s parents. The bride wore a powder blue suit with grandma’s beads and talisman roses plus orchid sweet peas in her bouquet.
Gladys E Howland and George L Drips were married Sunday at the bride’s mother home in a ceremony conducted by Rev E Winslow Brown. The couple hosted 23 guests and plan to live on a farm near Martelle after March 1. Drips is a Martelle high school graduate and farmer, while Mrs Drips taught English at Grant high school and is Coe College trained.
Mr and Mrs John H Horn hosted a birthday dinner Sunday for Richard Jackson and Rudolph McNee of Mechanicsville. The table featured pink tapers and rosebuds in silver holders with a pink candle cake. Also present were Mr and Mrs Richard Jackson Mr and Mrs Rudolph McNee and their children Opal Arlene and Rollin plus Mr and Mrs W K Butler Mrs Edna Wilson and Myron Wolverton.
Miss Ann Dostal hosted a Corn room party at the Hotel Montrose Sunday evening in honor of Miss Laurine Brecht who will marry Chester Bierman soon. After dancing a buffet supper was served with guests including Dr and Mrs Arthur Nalbert Miss Esther Zvacek Miss Ethel Fainly Miss Mary Spinka Paul Nalbert George Hopker Duayne Walcott and guests from Norway Misses Paula and Marie Rinderknecht Chester Bierman and Maynard Olson
A reader from Cedar Rapids asks for the NY fashion leaflet How Lone Shall I Wear My Skirts This Spring. She encloses 3c in stamps and a stamped self addressed return envelope, listing name street state and afatu.
A brief notice notes a forthcoming program by Amos Parrish teaching how to blend stocking colors with outfits. The piece emphasizes practical fashion tips and color coordination for costumes.
Allen Pfalzgraf, 19, of Waterloo, robbed street car motorman E. J. Herron of 23.24 and tokens early Sunday. He pled guilty to robbery and received an indeterminate ten year sentence at Anamosa state reformatory. A liquor charge for H O Booth, fined 300 dollars, was suspended pending good behavior. Police captured Pfalzgraf within minutes after the holdup.
Miss Ruth Boyson, soon to wed this week, was guest of honor at a tea hosted by the Social Fifty at Mrs. C. L. Douglass home on Knollwood drive SE. The group gave her a gift as Mrs. L. E. Blessing presided. Boyson’s mother and grandmother, both Social Fifty members, marked her as the first child born to a member since the group’s founding.
The Cedar Rapids Country Club dinner dance is scheduled for next Saturday evening March 3. Organizers invite members to attend this social event at the club facilities with entertainment and dining.
The Ladies auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet at Pike Hospital at 1 pm on Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Philip Shive of 2316 B avenue NE are expected back today after a motor trip to Philadelphia Pennsylvania lasting ten days.
The Mra Bertha Card farm house five miles northwest of Vinton was destroyed by fire Monday morning. Occupied by the William Bendall family, they saved most household goods from the lower floors. Fire believed from a defective attic chimney. Mount Auburn and Vinton fire teams responded. pump trouble delayed water. Bendall and Mrs. Card carry insurance to partially cover losses.
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