Washington and Mason City Clash in Regular-Season Finale
Washington meets Mason City here Friday in a final regular season game on Franklin court. Grant travels to Waterloo to face West High in a Mississippi Valley league tussle as both teams seek decisive results before the state tournament. West Waterloo aims to solidify second place with a win over Grant.
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Washington
Grant
Mason City
Waterloo
West High School
Tigers
Franklin Court
West Waterloo
Panthers
Western Magnates To Discuss Keokuk Situation Friday
A Western League committee will meet Friday to discuss transferring the Topeka franchise to Keokuk Indiana. The panel includes E L Keyser Des Moines Dr A J McLaughlin Sioux City and Harry S Johnson Cedar Rapids with Dale Gear league president. Keokuk backers promise 40000 attendance while Topeka owners may consent if approved.
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DES Moines
Topeka
Kan
Keokuk
E. L. Keyser
A. J. McLaughlin
Sioux City
Harry S. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Dale Gear
Joe Buss
Keokuk Baseball Association
Permissio
Ipin
Zue
Iowa to Finish Cage Season At Home Monday
The Hawkeyes close the season at home March 4 against Northwestern after a 6 5 Big Ten record. John Barko leads Iowa scoring with 119 points in conference play as Northwestern aims to rebound after a rough start and recent improvement.
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Iowa
Iowa City
Michigan
University of Iowa
Northwestern
Iowans
Wildcats
Hawkeyes
John Barko
Barko
Gold Medal Cage Meet Opens With Three Tonight
The Gold Medal basketball tournament at the YY M C A starts with three games tonight. Eleven teams entered. First two nights schedule lists Wednesday and Thursday games with winners advancing to semifinals and final on Saturday.
Wrestling Results From AP Across Cities
Wrestlers compete in multiple bouts with names and scores: Jim Browning wins over Emil Dusek in New Haven. Chuck Montanar defeats Fred Bruno in Portland. Joe Dusek defeats Sam Cordovano in Albany. Bronko Naturski defeats Buck Weaver in Kansas City. Ed Strangler Lewis defeats Frank Speer in San Diego. Joe Hubka faces Joe Olson to a draw in Spokane.
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Associated Press
New Haven
Conn
Jim _ Browning
Verona
Emil Dusek
Omaha
Dusek
Portland
Chuck Montanar
Detroit
Fred Bruno
Newark
Albany
Joe Dusek
Sam Cordovano
Buffalo
Cordovano
Kansas City
Bronko Naturski Sac
Minneapolis
Buck Weaver
Atlanta
San Diego
Calli
Strangler Lewis
Glendale
Calif
Frank Speer
Georgia
Spokane
Wash
Joe Hubka
Nebraska
Joe Olson
Canzoneri Drops Ten Round Bout To Chuck Woods
In Detroit Chuck Woods upset Tony Canzoneri by decision in a ten round bout. Canzoneri, a former champion in three divisions, started late with his right, allowing Woods to endure and win in the final rounds.
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Canzoneri
Chuck Woods
Detroit
Tony Canzoneri
New York
Tony
Wood
Seek Closer Contact Between Local Police And State Radio System
Public safety commissioner Dan Kruidenier and Des Moines engineer E. J. Brown discussed closer links between the Iowa Bureau of Investigation radio system and the local police station KGOZ. Brown outlined plans to create an operating schedule with Waterloo to receive state messages and rebroadcast locally, with the department forwarding messages to Waterloo for transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Bureau of Investigation
KGOZ
Dan Kruidenier
Public Safety Commissioner
Ray Tapper
Henry Nemec
E. J. Brown
Des Moines
Brown
Waterloo
Col Mull Addresses Kiwanis on National Defense
Col W Mull spoke at the Montrose hotel to the Kiwanis club on National Defense urging continued training of reserve officers The speaker drew on his German army service and U S forces to warn that American troops faced weak knowledge in prior wars He warned another war is likely due to Europe’s extreme preparedness.
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Col
W Mull
United States
Kiwanis Club
Montrose Hotel
Col. Mull
Col Mull
City Briefs and Personal Notes from Local News
The column lists community items including a First Iowa Volunteers meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday, a funeral in Hawkeye for Ed Eitel, a 30c chicken noodle supper at St. James church, Ed Makovsky fined for intoxication, Emma Ford’s hospital return after surgery, George E. Story heading to San Diego naval station for duty on March 2, and a Luther League play at Central Park Presbyterian church. It also notes legal moves by Fred A. Lochard seeking debt extension and Howard Kingsbury filing bankruptcy.
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George E. Story
Josephine Story
Fairfax
Naval Training Station
San Diego
Calif
Robert and
Richard Tow
Gifford
Eighth Avenue SE
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Luther League of the First Lutheran Church
Alice Korteling
Fish and Game Club President to Speak at Waltonian Lunch
John Tobin president of the Fish and Game club of Vinton will address the Waltonian lunch at the YMCA Thursday noon February 28. All Waltonians and friends are invited.
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John Tobin
Fish and Game Club of
Vinton
Durand to Host Dinner During Cedar Rapids Truck Line Hearing
C. T. Durand of Marshalltown owner of National Freight Lines will entertain at the Hotel Roosevelt Wednesday night for board of railroad commissioners attendees. The hearing on operator certificate applications for Cedar Rapids truck lines has been in session at the county building Tuesday and Wednesday.
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C. T. Durand
Marshalltown
National Freight Lines
Hotel Roosevelt
Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners
Cedar Rapids
Mountain Bluebird Delayed by Freight Blockade Near Low Moor
North Western train No. 15 the Mountain Bluebird was held for more than an hour early Wednesday after a truck on a meat car broke loose in an east bound freight, blocking tracks about three miles east of Low Moor. Other trains also faced delays as the line was cleared by about 8 a.m.
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North Western
Low Moor
Greek missionary to speak at Foursquare Tabernacle
The Rev Costas Athens missionary to Greece will speak at the Foursquare Gospel tabernacle 609 First avenue West Thursday evening at 7 30. He will deliver his address in Greek with his son Leo interpreting for him.
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Costas Athens
Greece
Foursquare Gospel Tabernacle
First Avenue
Mr. Athens
Leo
Bakken Waived to Grand Jury on Larceny from Building
Melvin Bakken, 39, was waived to the grand jury Wednesday before Justice A S Reed on a charge of larceny from a building. Bond was set at 500 dollars and Bakken remained in the county jail after a Tuesday arrest in the business district when a Mc Lellan store employee identified him.
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Melvin Bakken
Grand Jury
Justice A. S. Reed
Bakken
McLellan
Man Charged After Four Caps Stolen From Store
A man who took four caps from a local store was identified and the caps were recovered by investigators. The incident prompted a brief police report and no injuries were reported.
Local Woman Missing On Hitch Hike to Milwaukee
Police extended a search for Hazel Schmidt sister of Mrs Edward Kosina of 649 Sixteenth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids. She left on February 15 to visit sister Leona Franks in Milwaukee and planned to hitch hike. She is five feet seven inches tall, 136 pounds with curly brown hair and black eyes, wearing a plush coat blue dress and blue felt hat.
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Hazel Schmidt
Edward Kosina
Sixteenth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Arrest Suspect In Beer Parlor Holdup
Marshalltown police arrested Sam Waller 31 of 84 Eighth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids on a robbery warrant for the January 31 hold up at the Tom Severn beer parlor 1616 Ninth Street SE. The store was robbed by an armed man with tape over his lip, taking about 300 dollars. Frank Jones 50 of Coffeyville Kansas is jailed for investigation with no charges yet filed.
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Marshalltown
Sam Waller
Eighth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Tom Severn
Ninth Street
Waller
Justice A. S. Reed
Stearns appeals dismissal of Rapids township justice race
Henry A. Stearns filed notice of appeal to the state supreme court after Judge A B Lovejoy dismissed his contest of the Nov 6 Rapids township justice of the peace election. The order installed W J Grunewald as successor and directed Stearns to hand over office compensation since Jan 2. Stearns argued ballot confusion from his name appearing twice on the official ballot.
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Henry A. Stearns
Rapids Township
A. B. Lovejoy
Waterloo
State Supreme Court
Edwin W. Lundquist
James H. Smith
Lovejoy
W. J. Grunewald
Stearns
Contest Board
Grunewald
Suspended sentences for stealing gloves at store
Carl Miller and John Miller received three month suspended sentences in county jail on larceny from a building charges in district court. Judge H C Ring presided after they were arraigned. The alleged thefts involved women's gloves from the Kresge store, with Constable William Fleming noting the prisoners dropped the gloves in the rear seat of his car.
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Carl Miller
John Miller
H. C. Ring
Kresge
William Fleming
Miss Carrie Weierheuser Seeks New Trial in Suit
Miss Carrie Weierheuser filed a motion for a new trial in district court in her $5,262 personal injury case against M. and M. Hotel company. A Feb. 4 jury verdict in favor of the defense before Judge H. C. Ring stemmed from a fall on a Montrose hotel stairway dated Oct. 3, 1933.
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Carrie Weierheuser
M. and M
H. C. Ring
Miss Weierheuser
Montrose
Symphony Concert Has Special Appeal by Prof. Max Darrier
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra under Joseph Kitchin featured local composer Roland Moehlmann with Adolescence and Suppe’s The Beautiful Galathea. Eulalie Hauser played Saint-Saëns, and the Swedish Coronation March by Svendsen closed the program with charm.
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Cedar Rapids
Tschaikowsky
Suppe
Svendsen
Roland Moehlmann
Moehlmann
Miss Hauser
Youthful Pianist Impresses with Fleet Technique and Clear Tone
A youthful pianist delivered a fleet, accurate technic and a musicianly presentation showing resonant tone without harshness. The concerto offered brilliant passages while the soloist’s personality added to the enjoyment.
Linn County Folks Attend Iowa California Picnic In Los Angeles
Registration at the Iowa California picnic in Los Angeles reached 1,000 with many Cedar Rapids and Mount Vernon residents among attendees. Notables included Mrs. R. P. Ink of Mount Vernon and hosts Prof C O Bates and Prof Ebersole with the Coe group and Cornell reunion guests.
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Linn County
Iowa
Los Angeles
R. P. Ink
Mount Vernon
California
Cedar Rapids
George Gable
W. H. Bushnell
Cora Allen
A. C. Reps
T. C. Oxley
Alice Gelston
W. H. Dodd
Frank Kuebler
Earl Mattieson
Leon Moore
C. O. Bates
City
Coe
Ebersole
Cornell
Cedar Rapids and Coggon Couples Obtain Marriage Licenses
Robert M. Chapman and Irene F. Klinger of Cedar Rapids. Francis B. Morrissey and Florence P. Ashby of Coggon received marriage licenses.
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Robert M. Chapman
Irene F. Klinger
Cedar Rapids
Francis B. Morrissey
Florence P. Ashby
Coggon
Junior League Exhibit Opens Thursday After Delay
The Junior League traveling exhibit of Six Best Designs from Charleston S C was delayed to Cedar Rapids causing the first day display and the tea to be postponed. The exhibit arrives tonight and will open Thursday from 2 to 5 p m at the Little Gallery in the public library with a Friday tea from 2 to 5. School children are invited to Thursday’s showing.
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Charleston
S. C
Cedar Rapids
Little Gallery
Public Library
Deaths W C Rickard 86 Cedar Rapids resident dies
W C Rickard aged 86 died at his son Bert Gillete's Estherville home at 7 40 p m after six weeks illness. Born on a Cedar Rapids farm he later lived in Chicago. Survived by Bert Gillete Fred Rickard Vera Rickard two siblings and a brother Robert Rickard. Burial plans announced in Cedar Rapids with funeral by Kofron family.
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W. C. Rickard
Cedar Rapids
Estherville
Bert. Gillete
W. S. Rickard
Wilson Avenue
Chicago
Bert Gillete
Fred Rickard
Vera Rickard
Spencer
Robert Rickard
Goldfield
Rebecca Rickard
Furen
Alabama Dry Movement Faces Looming Defeat In Vote
Rural areas swung the tally as returns poured in from Alabama. Early lead by dry supporters narrowed as thousands of rural ballots remained to be counted, eroding a 2,629 vote advantage.
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Birmingham
Ala
INS
Alabama
Chicago Nominates Kelly and Wetten for Mayor Contest
Mayor Edward J. Kelly won the Democratic nomination with a record 479 825 votes against Emil C. Wetten the Republican rival in the April 2 mayoral race The Democratic total reached 539 596 with a 440 672 plurality Kelly led by a large margin while Wetten carried 69 500 of the 114 429 Republican ballots cast.
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Chicago
INS
Edward J. Kelly
Emil C. Wetten
Kelly
Wetten
Congress Plans To Aid Substitute Post Office Workers
John M. Torka of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks outlined proposed relief in brief remarks on a downtown corner. He cited substitutes on lists up to six and a half years and urged vacations sick leave regular appointments and a ratio to cap substitutes. He said Congress is expected to act and noted calls for a forty hour week at current pay.
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John M. Torka
National Federation of Post Office Clerks
Washington, D. C
Superior
Neb
Nebraska Convention of Post Office Clerks
Omaha
Lincoln
Torka
Cedar Rapids
Congress
National Headquarters
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International Harvester
Rude Auto Co
Platt
Wed
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Cardinals
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Aker
MASOR
Jus
RAMEA
Y.M.C.A. Church League
Comrade League
Kenwood M. E
Daniela Park
Brdnasck
Dailey
Ross Smith
Thompson
Shepard
Pole
Davidson
Paar
Donal
United Brethren
Bethsny Congsrega
Dikinkenback
Ean Pulliam
Hoberock
Holmes
Holman $Inchell
Huston Morteer
Morningstar
Schamberger
Saron Lutheran Fea
Ist United Precerie A
Oi McCrary
Sundbere Fjellman
Listerbarger
Elson
Mineck
Central Park Church
W. F. W. Hall
St. James Church
Ed Makovsky
Ely
Emma Ford
Hawthorne Drive
University Hospital
Fred A. Lochard
Buckingham
Howard Kingsbury
West Branch
Foursquare Tabernacle
Milwaukee
Court House News
Eulalie Hauser
Prof
Max Darrier
G Minor
Saint-Saens
W.C. Rickard
Kofron
Blanche Kofron
Polansky
Cedar Rebekah Lodge
Bohemian National Cemetery
Eneves
Kelly and
Conoco
Continental Otl Company
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