Man Killed in Hit Run Crash Near Leibsohn Motors
A man and a woman were killed when a black Chevrolet sedan hit them on First Street SW in Cedar Rapids near Leibsohn Motors. Witnesses heard a thud then saw the couple dragged by the car about 30 and 40 feet. The man, John Toeller, Arthur, died en route from internal injuries. the woman, Emma Toeller, sustained serious head and arm injuries. Police report glass broken in the hit and run vehicle and noted the couple may have stopped at Rabus and Toeller machine shop at 119 First Street SW before the incident. Funeral arrangements for John Toeller are pending.
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First Street
Leibsohn Motors, Inc
George Trowbridge
Twelfth Avenue
Trowbridge
Toeller
Ralph Wichman
Second Street
Lamir Diask
Ellis Boulevard
Laurence Morgan
Jack McVay
C Street
Ely Avenue
Morgan
Rabus and Toeller Concern
G. F. Rabus
First Avenue
Mr. Toeller
Marion
Lambert Toeller
Toellers
Cedar Rapids
John Toeller
Cedar Rapids Business College
Emma Omelik
George Martinek
Park Terrace
Third Avenue SE
Susie
Margaret Lee
Crescent Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Iowa
el Kahir
Barta Funeral Home
American Woman Leads Chinese Communist Campaign Claims
Agnes Smedley, an American, is said to play a key role in building a communist movement in northwest China opposed to Chiang Kai-Shek. Her work mainly consists of radio propaganda broadcasts in English to recruit supporters, drawing opposition from British residents who recall her prior deportation from India over alleged conspiracy. She has been reported in Shanghai and went to Lianfu around the time of Marshall Chang’s December revolt.
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Sianfu
Shensi
China
Agnes Smedley
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Miss Smedley
India
Shanghai
Lianfu
Marshel Chang
Wage War at Frank Hearing Over Regents’ Battle
Regent Mead blasted President Wilkie after his spring surprise that Governor La Follette wanted a new university president. Mead said he was ashamed of being a regent.
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Frank
George W. Mead
Wisconsin Rapids
Harold M. Wilkie
Philip F. la Follette
University
Mead
Famed Prospector Walter Scott Sued for Separate Maintenance
In Long Beach California Mrs Ella Josephine Scott 60 sues Walter Death Valley Scott for separate maintenance seeking 1000 a month plus living expenses and medical care. She claims funds are lacking and requests 25000 for legal action and division of community property in the suit filed Thursday.
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Long Beach
Calif
Walter
Death Valley
Scott
Ella Josephine Scott
Cincinnati
Nancy Treats Children With Reasonable Demands
Florence La Ganke details Nancy Page urging parents to treat children as individuals. Nancy defers to the kids during bedtime and story time, arguing that patient, justified requests build genuine obedience. She cites her leaflet Ways with Children and invites requests via Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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Nancy
Nancy Page
Cedar Rapids
Italian Invents Device Making Man Invisible
Milan, Italy reports engineer Mario Mancini prepared to offer an electro optical apparatus that makes a person invisible under its rays. The device regulates electrical current to produce rays claimed to penetrate all body parts and render subjects ghost like before vanishing. chairs remain visible.
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Milan
Italy
Mario Mancini
Mancini
Uncle of George J. Jaeger Jr Ends Life By Hanging
Walter O. Birk 53 president of Birk Candy Co died by hanging in his Lake Shore Drive apartment. He had attended funeral services for his nephew George J. Jaeger Jr who earlier was found shot to death near Libertyville. A coroner jury ruled Jaeger’s death a self-inflicted act. Another nephew A S Klein, VP of Birk Candy, died in an automobile accident last October 31.
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Chicago
Herbert Johek
Walter O. Birk
Birk Candy Company
Lake Shore Drive
Birk
George J. Jaeger, Jr
Libertyville
Jaeger
A. S. Klein
Candy Company
Congress Considers Federal Labor Standards Expansion
Discussion centers on federal state wage and hour program with proposals to empower a federal agency to set minimum wages and maximum hours for interstate commerce firms. Debates split over constitutional reach and possible amendments amid Supreme Court rulings and NRA AAA Guffey act fallout.
Freighter Wins Race Against Embargo Efforts
The Spanish freighter Mar Cantabrico, carrying war materials for the Spanish red forces, sped to sea after a court writ and coast guard attempts to detain it failed. Collector Durning ruled the libel insufficient, allowed clearance, the ship left U S waters at 4 15 p m, and the cutter turned back to port.
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New York
Coast Guard
Durning
United States
Dynamite death case links sought in Sioux City robbery
Woodbury county attorney Rawlings questioned Sam Mirkin and Mrs. Elizabeth Kern regarding the Sioux Falls dynamite death and the $37,000 Ehler man jewel robbery in Sioux City. Reeves got 40 years after pleading guilty to robbery with explosives and aiding dynamite execution. Police search for Lee Bradley and William Nesbeth as gang members continues. Helen Sieler remains in critical condition from seven bullet wounds allegedly inflicted by the gang.
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Sioux City
M. E. Rawlings
Woodbury County
Sam Mirkin
Elizabeth Kern
Sioux Falls
S. D
Ehlerman
Rawlings
Harry Reeves
State Penitentiary
Harold Baker
Lee Bradley
William Nesbeth
Reeves
Helen Sieler
Baker
City Briefs and Personals
Federal labor union No. 19147 will hold its regular meeting tonight at 7 30 in Labor temple. West Highlands Community club meets Friday at 8 p m at Cleveland school. Eastbound trains were up to an hour late Thursday morning due to bad weather in the west. Fred Phillips 2003 Third street SW was fined 1 and costs in police court Thursday for double parking the fine suspended. Townsend club No 1 will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the superior court rooms for election of officers.
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Federal Labor Union No. 19147
Labor Temple
West Highlands Community Club
Cleveland School
Fred Phillips
Third Street SW
Townsend Club No. 1
Superior Court
Cedar Rapids Fireworks Ban Backed by Ath ens Club
Mayor Frank K. Hahn presented a letter from Miss Anna Marie De Castello secretary of the Ath ens club. The organization went on record approving efforts to ban the shooting of fireworks in Cedar Rapids during the council meeting on Thursday.
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Frank K. Hahn
Anna Marie de Castello
Athens Club
Cedar Rapids
Red Cross to Offer Ten-Week First Aid Class for Women
Linn county chapter announces a ten week Tuesday night first aid course for women. Joseph W. Carberry chairs the program and organizers invite inquiries and registration via Red Cross headquarters at 2-2031.
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Linn County
American Red Cross
Joseph W. Carberry
First Aid
Red Cross
Girl Injured In Ice Slip Near St Patrick's School
Patricia Bell eight daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Bell 1242 Sixth Street SW suffered a laceration over the left eye when she slipped on ice in front of St Patrick's school just before 9am Thursday. Taken by her father to St Luke's hospital she was treated and released. She fell while exiting the car carrying a ruler.
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Patricia Bell
Paul B. Bell
Sixth Street
St. Patrick’s School
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cab driver injured by crane at Fifth Avenue office
Lyle Chermak of Yellow Cab was injured at 5 a.m. Thursday when he ran into a wrecker crane outside the Yellow Cab office on Fifth Avenue and Fourth Street SE. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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Lyle Chermak
Yellow Cab Company
Yellow Cab
Fifth Avenue
Fourth Street
Saengerbund Re-Elects Cedar Rapids Officers for 1937
Joseph Stark was re-elected president of the Cedar Rapids Saengerbund for 1937. H. E. Petersen was re-elected vice-president, Martin Rinderknecht secretary treasurer, and William Rinderknecht director. Committees to be named later. Birthday party scheduled Monday at Ben Hur hall 213% First street SW. all active and associate members invited.
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Joseph Stark
Cedar Rapids Saengerbund
H. E. Petersen
Martin Rinderknecht
William Rinderknecht
Saengerbund
Ben Hur Hall
First Street
Junk theft reported at Newell Construction and Machinery
Newell Construction and Machinery at 533 H Street SW reported the loss of two truckloads of junk after a Ford truck driver identified as about 32 year old man named Jones took one load on December 23 or 24 and another the next day. He agreed to have the loads weighed and pay later but did not return. He was described as six feet tall, wearing overalls and a cap.
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Newell Construction and Machinery Company
H Street
Ford
Jones
Congresswoman Pushes Tax Repeal on Cosmetics
Rep. Mary T. Norton of New Jersey urged repeal of the 10 percent federal tax on imported cosmetics. She framed lipstick perfume and similar items as essentials now within reach of all women regardless of income and home size, arguing cheaper cosmetics benefit everyday life.
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Washington
Mary T. Norton
N. J
Collecting Dogs From Every State
Miss Bernice Davis of Barnes Kansas is collecting a dog from each state and asks the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce to send a Nebraska dog. She wrote to Walter S. Whitten, secretary.
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Lincoln, Neb
Bernice Davis
Barnes
Kas
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska
Walter S. Whitten
University of Paris Founded Around 1200 by King Philip II
The University of Paris traces its origins to around 1200 when King Philip II established it as a center of learning. Early records credit royal sponsorship with shaping medieval scholarship and intellectual life in Paris.
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The
University of Paris
Philip II
Congress in recess as committee assignments set
Senate and house in recess. House ways and means committee meets at 10 a.m. to make committee assignments. On Wednesday electoral votes were counted and President Roosevelt's annual message was heard, with an emergency embargo on arms exports to Spain adopted.
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Senate
House
House Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Spain
Mild Winter Buds Roses and Lilacs in Marion Yard
The season’s warmth has caused rose and lilac bushes in the John D. Jacoby yard to bud, reflecting an unusually mild winter in Marion. Local gardeners observe early bloom signals amid the balmy conditions.
Boy on Highway Struck by Car Injures Leg
Eleven year old Robert Wieneke, son of Mrs. Otillie Wieneke, was hit by a car driven by Harry Wormer while walking with two companions along highway No. 30 west of Cedar Rapids. He suffered a left leg fracture and was taken to Mercy hospital. Wormer reported braking to Sheriff James H. Smith as the car skidded toward the roadside.
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Robert Wieneke
Otillie Wieneke
Cedar Rapids
Harry Wormer
Atkins
Wormer
Mercy Hospital
James H. Smith
Wieneke
Eugene
Edward Smith
Robert
Annulment Sought To Undo Marriage For Frances Rorabaugh
Charles L. Rorabaugh seeks a district court annulment of his marriage to Frances Rorabaugh, filed after a Sept. 21 ceremony, alleging she had a husband living at the time without his knowledge. Frances Rorabaugh denies the claim, says they have been separated for years, and asserts she had legal advice that she could marry.
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Charles L. Rorabaugh
Frances Rorabaugh
Judge H. C. Ring Rules on Re Marriage Misinfo
A case heard Thursday before Judge H. C. Ring involves a party married in good faith who learned only recently that she had been misinformed about remarriage. The hearing assessed validity and implications of the prior union.
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H. C. Ring
Peoria Liquor Ring Convictions Upheld
The U S Court of Appeals upheld eleven members of the Wainer alcohol diversion ring in Peoria last summer. Allen M David and Major were sentenced to two years in Leavenworth and fined 10000 each. The group moved untaxed bootleg liquor into Iowa and Wisconsin from Galesburg and other Illinois cities.
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Chicago
Wainer
Peoria
Circuit Court of Appeals
Allen M
David
Major
Leavenworth
J. Earl Major
Court of Appeals
Galesburg
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Trade Extension Bureau Plans 1937 Program
Members of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce trade extension bureau discussed a proposed 1937 program at a Thursday luncheon at the Y M C A. Officers of the bureau are to be elected at a later meeting this month. exact date to be announced.
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Trade Extension Bureau
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Curley Leaves Governor’s Office For New Matrimony
Boston report notes James M. Curley, widower and former governor, wed Brookline widow Gertrude M. Dennis at St Marys chapel Boston College. Bishop Spellman presided. About seventy-five guests attended as Curley plans a two month honeymoon through the South, West Indies, and world, ending with his sixty sixth birthday.
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Boston
State House
Boston Common
Charles F. Hurley
Francis J. Spellman
Sacred Heart Church
Newton
Vatican
John
Webster E. Howard
Dennis
South
West Indies
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Susan
Peter
Mrs. Bolton
Congress
Adams
Colo
Supreme Court
NRA
AAA
White House
Craemer
H.G. Fussell
Okinow
Les Eae
Associated Press
Lilacs
Peoria Liquor Ring
Curley
Men’s Union
Universal
Armstrong
Duke of Kent
Armstrong’s Furnishing Goods
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