Second District VFW to Meet at Post Headquarters
Department Commander Totman and other officers plan to attend the Second District VFW meeting at post headquarters 2159 Furst Street South next Sunday. A 330 PM muster from Cedar Rapids and nearby posts. Auxiliary members host visiting women in the afternoon at the Roosevelt. Banquet at 6 PM with music by Comrade Nate Bert and Catherine Collins. Harry Concannon and a VFW orchestra will perform. Reservations due by Friday.
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Totman
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Furst Streets
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Note
I'mted Brethren Church
Natebert
Toas
de Sarge
Catherine Collins
Pup
Maddigan School of Music
Haveneard
Harry Concannon
VFW
Dillinger Pair Evades Police With Bulletproof Vests
Outlaws John Dillinger and John Hamilton escaped after robbing the First National Bank of 20377 dollars in East Chicago Indiana and killing Officer Patrick O Malley. They fled toward Hammond and Chicago with Ohio license plates as bullets from a submachine gun failed to stop them. Hamilton was wounded in the hand while Dillinger used armored vests to deflect the gunfire and escape with the loot.
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Chicago
Ind
John Dillinger
John Hamilton
First National
Indiana
Ohio
Hammond
Dillinger
Patrick O'Malley
O'Malley
Hamilton
O’malley
Cedar Rapids airport budget trimmed by federal ruling
Mayor W H Stepanek reported a federal reduction in Cedar Rapids airport funds from over 880,000 to 78,872.30. No money will be provided for concrete and electrical equipment, while the Chamber of Commerce pledges to cover deltas. The plan to install three-foot retaining strips along runways is affected and fundraising shifts to other improvements.
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Cedar Rapids
CWA
W H Stepanek
Stepanek
Des Moines
Chamber of Commerce
Champer of Commerce
Tunwals
Marvar Stepanek
Lider Cbs Ntan
Steparek
Will Rogers urges colleges to adopt pro football rules
Will Rogers writes from Beverly Hills urging colleges to modernize by adopting pro football rules. He notes a Los Angeles exhibition drew 25 000 fans and praises continuous play, arguing penalties slow the game and endanger audience appeal. He asserts college football is essential to college life and warns against closing doors.
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Beverly Wills
Calif
Los Angeles
Freight House To Move LTCL Shipments By Truck In Cedar Rapids
Railroads decide to switch less than carload shipments of more than 6 000 pounds from rail to truck for local delivery. Four trunk lines representatives met in Cedar Rapids Tuesday in the Rock Island division office to plan quicker handling from freight house to Industry s plant. Bids will be solicited from transfer companies.
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Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Court rules easement found in closed road dispute
Judge F O Ellison in district court found for Lord Callier in an injunction suit against Lee and Margaret Drumbarger over a road crossing Drumbarger's property north of Viola. Testimony showed the public used the road for over thirty years, granting an easement. A temporary injunction was made permanent as the road served as farm access.
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F O Ellison
District Court
Lord Callier
Lee Drumbarger
Margaret Drumbarger
Drumbarger
Viola
Testamony
Caller
Calee
Milwaukee Road Wins Suit Over Burger Death Verdict
A district court jury under Judge A B Clark sided with Milwaukee Road in Ruth F Burger's $1999 damage suit regarding the death of her husband Leo Burger. The accident occurred about midnight October 13, 1929, near Beverly when Burger was fatally injured by a North Western train.
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A B Clark
Ruth F Burger
Milwaukee Railroad
Leo Burger
North Western
Beverly
Beces
Afrae Fe
Ceda- Rarics
Beer - Attertarda Borger Ann Rgr
Ors
Sewera
Sr Rv
Seven Years Foe Fatte Pretenses In Antervectile Sole Deal
The fragment notes a legal matter involving a seven year term and pretense charges in a singular deal. It references a defendant and potential court action with limited readable details.
Trial Dismissals Involving Personal Injury Suits
A string of civil cases were dismissed with prejudice or without prejudice. Ellen B. Hird vs Newmann Mercantile Co ended in dismissal with prejudice after settlement. Cyrus Metcalf Plumbing and Heating vs W F Hupp and Frank L Buser dismissed without prejudice as to Buser. William H. Dunshee vs Anna Dvorak, a $137,418 auto collision suit near First Ave and 23rd St, dismissed by plaintiff.
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William H. Dunshee
Anna Dvorak
First Avenue
Twenty Third Street
Suit and Counter-Suit Over Accident Settled
Two personal injury suits by Lawrence and Mary Martinell against William Ackley over a crash two miles east of the junction of highways 38 and 30 on December 27, 1931, were settled in district court with each plaintiff taking a £500 confession of judgment. Judge H C Ring decreed the judgment after a partially impaneled jury. Ackley’s counter-claim was dismissed.
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Lawrence Martinell
Mary Martinell
Wlliam Euckley
Martinell
Ackley
H C Ring
Russia Expects War Crisis During 1930
Moscow reports from a high source indicate the Soviet government believes far eastern tensions could reach a crisis next year. It notes the 1935 world naval conference as a critical phase and says Moscow does not foresee war with Japan in the immediate term.
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Moscow
Far East
Russia
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Asia
Pacific
Manchukuo
Death notices for Alice Zavoral and Joseph Debsh families
Death notices report Mrs. Alice Jane Zavoral of Cedar Rapids dying at home after brief illness with funeral services led by Rev. Bernadine Crago in Bratty chapel and burial at Linwood. Also noted are funeral arrangements for Mrs. Joseph Debsh of Coral Gables with services at St Parces church and burial at a Lifwtard cemetery, plus lists of pallbearers and associated details.
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Alice Jane Zavoral
Joseph Zavoral
Twenty-sixth Street
Ellergehnen
Weet Palm Beach
Floraio
M.rs Arath Jennson
Edna Aces
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Debsh
Coral Gables
Fila
St Parces
Rex
Ruth Conde
Spaeva
City Briefs and Personals Recap of local events
News briefs cover church events a YMCA luncheon speaker and a Kiwanis talk. Local incidents include a small roof fire at 1125 Tenth Street NW, false alarms at the Quaker Oats plant, and parking fines for two individuals. Bankruptcy petition filed by Raymond Hahn reports assets and debts. Coasting plans on Ellis Hill limited by mud, a Navy sailor’s furlough at home, and executives attending a Northwestern Lumbermen convention. Walther Leagues meet at Trinity Lutheran with slides on Piney Woods mission and debt to Christian civilization.
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John Garton
Tenth Street NW
Walther
Trinity Lutheran Church
First Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Hildegard Happel
Piney Woods
Miss
Jewelry Stolen From House Amid Break-In
Mrs. F. L. Helman of Center Avenue NE reported a burglary at her home Tuesday, noting jewelry missing after an entry likely occurred earlier in the day. Police filed a report and are investigating leads.
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F. L. Helman
Center Avenue NE
Lost 20 Lbs In 4 Weeks Kruschen Salt Ad
Mrs Mae West of St Louis writes she weighed 170 pounds at 28 and after four weeks on Kruschen Salts now weighs 50 pounds. She reports more energy and no hunger. The ad claims half a teaspoon daily in hot water before breakfast with an 85 cent bottle lasting four weeks and offers a money back guarantee at May Drug Co and other drug stores.
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Mae West
St Louis
Podaimek Phev
America
Jewelry theft probe after break in at Liberty home
Between December 17 and January 15 jewelry valued at 25 dollars was stolen from a North Liberty home. A neighbor alerted Mrs. Heiman. Burglars broke a garage window and entered the rear door. loot included a gold opal ring, a plain gold wedding ring, and a plain gold bracelet. Stanley Bates of Boston, 24, was arrested for investigation after attempting to sell women’s gloves. vagrancy charge noted.
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Stanley Bates
Boston
Mass
Bates
Bates to be arraigned after Tuesday clash
A report notes Bates faced charges following a Tuesday incident and will be arraigned in police court Wednesday, detailing the sequence of events and upcoming judicial step.
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Bates
Ottsen Couple Return From Pennzoil Conference in Chicago
Mr and Mrs George J Ottsen of 1122 Maplewood drive NE return from Chicago where Mr Ottsen attended a two day Pennzoil distributors conference and obtained the 1934 Pennzoil sales and advertising program. Ottsen Oil Company, local Pennzoil distributors, again was honored for having the largest percentage increase for the last five months of 1933 compared to 1932.
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George J. Ottsen
Maplewood Drive
Chicago
Ottsen
Pennzoil Distributors
Pennzoil Company
Ottsen Oil Company
Final date set for playground one act play tourney
Saturday is the final day to file entries for the playground commission's annual one act play tournament. Mrs. Clare Nichols urged groups to enter at once and prepare their plays before the tournament dates February 5 6 8 and 9. An entry fee of five dollars is charged with groups allowed to sell tickets to cover the cost.
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Playground Commission
Clare Nichols
K. E. Cornell
Osmium Declared Heaviest Known Substance
Osmium identified as the heaviest natural element on record surpassing other metals in density while remaining a rare metal used in high strength applications and specialized alloys.
Local Cedar Rapids Dentist Offers Guaranteed Care At Low Prices
Located in Cedar Rapids for ten years the practice advertises affordable guaranteed dentistry. They compare prices with competitors and list plate work at 5 dollars per tooth, Heeolite at 12 dollars, and Coralite at 1800 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
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