Linn County Sees Fewer Auto Deaths In 1937
Linn County reports 11 auto fatalities in 1937, down from 15 in 1936, with Cedar Rapids accounting for five deaths and six outside the city. total coroner investigations rose to 123 from 111, while drownings and train-related deaths remained notable, and first airplane fatality occurred at the Legion Air show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
B. L. Knight
Cedar Rapids
Knight
Iowa
Linn
Polk
Clinton
Black Hawk
Scott
Cerro Gordo
Webster
Pottawattamie
Kossuth
Story
Wapello
Muscatine
Johnson
Benton
Woodbury
Jones
Osceola
Marion
Legion Air Show
Jim Christman
Jim Smith
Slayer Dies in Chair at Sing Sing
Ossining New York AP report says Salva tore Ossido a 27 year old barber died in electric chair at Sing Sing prison for raping and bludgeoning to death Einer Spor rer a 9 year old Brooklyn girl last March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossining
N. Y
Salvatore Ossido
Sing Sing Prison
Einer Sporrer
Brooklyn
Canadian born film star crossword puzzle clues
A compact crossword style clue set referencing a young film actress of Canadian birth with horizontal and vertical entries. Includes hints for study hastily dress protector aroma bathing alluvial matter headlong plunge deputies medicine behold red stones became wife imbecile marriageable punctuation roman language parent maids to reach place snakelike pertaining to a tela constellation tract empty mole remarkable child voice to trail corded fabric recession having left a will her first picture bloomed bustle brink Portuguese tithe striped cloth kindled prophet one who pares air.
Irene Castle May Leave If She Won’t Repair Furnace
Chicago report states Irene Castle McLaughlin can move out if the oil burner in her Lake Forest home remains unfixed. Superior Judge John J. Lupe ruled the case tied to her complaint about the broken furnace. She must also pay 4677 for Christmas tree ornaments amid a petition listing chores for her estranged husband Maj. Frederic McLaughlin.
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Irene Castle
Chicago
INS
Irene Castle McLaughlin
John J. Lupe
McLaughlin
Lake Forest
Maj
Frederic McLaughlin
Irene
City Briefs and Personals Highlights Local Happenings
George E. Waite, former Cedar Rapids resident, becomes sales manager of Pacific Coast Novelty Co. Trachten from Kansas City, Rock Island motive power superintendent, visited Cedar Rapids. Valley City division R C to host house warming at I O O F hall with covered dish. McPartland and family in Cedar Rapids for J. R. McPartland funeral services. Shueyville United Brethren service topics announced. Mrs Mayme L Johnson recovering from surgery at University hospital Iowa City with limited visitors. Four motorists fined for overtime parking. another for improper parking. Boy Scouts seek old printing gear to support merit badge program, call headguas quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Waite
Cedar Rapids
The
Pacific Coast Novelty Company
McPartland
Rock Island
Chicago
J. R. McPartland
J. W. Walterick
Scout Headquarters
Court Change Stirs Hope Of Process Taxes
Washington AP reports talk in Congress of reviving processing taxes on farm products to fund crop control as Justice Suther land nears retirement reducing the court to four of six justices who struck down the act. Senators Pope and Hatch discuss reviving levies with no plan to add them to current bills, while President Roosevelt signals limited costs to existing authorizations. Tolley estimates $700 million could be spent on farm stabilization this year with additions from customs receipts and sugar set asides.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Sutherland
Pope
Idaho
Hatch
N. M
House
Roosevelt
H. R. Tolley
AAA
Tolley
Easy to sew wrap frock Pattern 4688 from Anne Adams
Pattern 4688 offers a cheery wrap-around frock with pointed yokes sleeves and pocket in misses and women sizes. Advertises the New Anne Adams Book of Spring Patterns with over a hundred styles and pricing for book and pattern.
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Anne Adams
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York
Local Ardekan temple installs Currell as royal vizier
J. Fred Currell is installed as royal vizier of Ardekan temple No. 234 in a Thursday night meeting with Fran cis Curran as installing officer. The slate includes Bruce Lindsay as grand emir Lester Frezek shiek Joe Stoddard mahedi John W Cook secretary E. B. Gable treasurer W. L. Dodds sahib F. M. Popenhagen satrap and E. L. Rogers H Oakley and A. C. Allen as trustees. Eliminate Local Trains. North Western trains Nos. 29 30 through Cedar Rapids Clinton to Belle Plaine will be eliminated effective Jan 10. Train 29 leaves at 11 40 am train 30 at 5 15 pm. Columbine schedule changes Num ber 15 westbound arrives 6 39 am instead of 6 22 No 12 eastbound arrives 2 39 pm instead of 2 27 pm.
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J. Fred Currell
Ardekan Temple No. 234
Francis Curran
Bruce Lindsay
Lester Frezek
Shiek
Joe Stoddard
John W. Cook
E. B. Gable
W. L. Dodds
Sahib
F. M. Popenhagen
Satrap
E. L. Rogers
W. H. Oakley
A. C. Allen
Trustees
North Western
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Belle Plaine
Columbine
Coughlin Plans Return To Radio to Clarify Position and Lift Morale
The Rev Father Charles E. Coughlin announces a Sunday comeback on an independent hookup aiming to reach about sixty stations in seventeen weeks. He says the purpose is to clarify his stance with the church and to bolster morale amid fear and mistrust, touching on topics from the New Deal to labor and economics.
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Coughlin
Detroit
INS
Charles E. Coughlin
Shrine of the Little Flower
Edward Mooney
Vatican
Father Coughlin
Royal Oak
Pal
Labor
Roosevelt
White House
Fay Wray Injured in Hollywood Kitchen Skirmish
Actress Fay Wray recuperates from head and back bruises after a chaotic confrontation with former cook Mrs Raymonde Duvall 57 who was jailed on drunk charges. Wray says Duvall ran amok after quitting and fought her for thirty minutes, injuring Wray and nurse Ethel Jackson as Susan Wray 11 fled with help to a neighbor.
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Hollywood (Ap
Fay Wray
Raymonde Duvall
Miss Wray
Duvall
Ethel Jackson
Miss Jackson
Susan
Local firm ships on first air express to New Zealand
Inauguration of the United States to New Zealand air express features a shipment from Cedar Rapids to Aukland by Speeder Machinery. Twenty five pounds of promotional literature were sent via United Air Lines to San Francisco for the Pan American Clipper to Aukland. Surface routes took four weeks, air travel about four and a half days. The firm views air service as vital for quick replacement parts up to 60 pounds. The Samoa Clipper departs San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New Zealand
Cedar Rapids
Aukland
Speeder Machinery Corporation
United Air Lines
San Francisco
Air Service
Samoa
San
Francisco Friday Sets Course for New Zealand
Francisco Friday will fly via Honolulu and Pago Pago to reach New Zealand next Tuesday. Regular fortnightly service will be operated by United and Pan American.
Autopsy Finds Heart Disease in Death of Hollywood Artist
Hollywood artist Harry A Raynes, 57, found dead in his locked apartment in California with a head injury from a fall. Autopsy reports heart ailment as the cause of death. investigation into friends and recent whereabouts will be discontinued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Calif
Harry A Raynes
New York
Frank Nance
Raynes
Contract Bridge Thriller With 12 Tricks Revealed
In the South North hand analysis, a dramatic deal yields 12 tricks though costs include a trump and a club. The play features spades and hearts, a ruff, and precise cashing of clubs to secure the contract.
Bridge hand commentary on four one trump distribution
The article discusses careful timing and card reading to complete a contract. South wins the first trick with the ace, leads a small spade to the king in dummy, and after West's queen drops, South analyzes the trump distribution as four to one and chooses a line of play.
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Declarer
East
West
South
Refuse Fire Sparks Multiple Small Blazes and Custody Fight
Refuse in a pipe at Charles Colgan residence 1056 Third Avenue SE ignited a fire alarm at 10 13 p.m. No fire damage. Chimney fires reported at D Wilson home 827 Second Avenue SW at 4 48 p.m. and 515 Fairview Drive SE at 8 p.m. A chimney blaze near 112 Twenty fourth Street NE caused a short circuit in a radio with no damage. Calvin Lee 10, and father listed as C M Lee 631 Tenth Street SE, were mentioned in a separate item about a runaway. Authorities located the boy en route to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where custody sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Colgan
Third Avenue SE
D. Wilson
Second Avenue
Fairview Drive
C. W. Owen
Twenty-fourth Street
C. M. Lee
Tenth Street
Calvin Lee
Cook County
Illinois
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Lee
Bedford Park
Notice of Teste of Will in Linn County Iowa
Notice is hereby given that on the 0th day of January 1938 at 9 o'clock A.M an instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of J Emin Milligan deceased will come on for hearing before the District Court for the proof and admission of same to probate in Orford Rapids Iowa. Edwin W Landouist Clerk District Court Foo Kubiick Attorney
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Ah Tug
Iowa
Linn County
Emin Milligan
District Court
Ordar Rapids
EDWIN_W_ LANDOUIST
Clerk District Court
Foo Kubiick
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Slayer
VNI
ENIN
Industri
Kansas City
O. R C
Valley City Division No. . R. C
Shueyville United Brethren
Mayme L. Johnson
Ninth Street
W. A Johnson
Mount Zion Baptist Church
University Hospital
Iowa City
R. J. Straus
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Jess van Antwerp
Third Street
Charles Kacerovsky
J. W. Mertens
Fourth Avenue
Vinton Watson
G Avenue NW
William James Company
1St. ST. NW
West End
F Avenue Bridge
Third Avenue SW
Butter—Co-Op
Paul Gallico
CIO
Cook
First Air Express
Cntr
Dpr
Neer
Wm. E. McKenney
American Bridge League
South West North East
China
Killian
Bezdek’s
Johnson Ave
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