Former felon surrenders in extortion plot against child stars
Hollywood police and the FBI report Dave Harris a 47 year old ex convict surrendered after attempting to extort 35000 from Jane Withers and Freddie Bartholomew. Harris claimed hunger driven plan and admitted writing letters to the stars and their mothers while insisting no harm to the children. He described himself as the lone offender with a minor criminal record in Minnesota and Nebraska.
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Hollywood
Dave Harris
Jane Withers
Freddie Bartholomew
Harris
W. E. Withers
Jane
Lillian May Bartholomew
Freddie
Bartholomew
Minnesota
Nebraska
Longtime Cedar Rapids resident Ben Krabbenhoft dies at 83
Bernhardt Ben Krabbenhoft a Cedar Rapids resident for fifty one years died at his home on Twelfth avenue SE at 1 a.m. Tuesday after a brief illness. Born April 6 1857 in Davenport he lived in Belle Plaine as a boy and worked with several railroads before thirty six years at Wilson Packing. He married Mary Bauman in 1882 and was active in the Cedar Rapids fire department and local lodges. Surviving are three daughters two sons and six grandchildren. Funeral set for 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Turner chapel with prior calling Joyce Sundberg says service may be continued if patronage allows. He was a pioneer in store door delivery with Cedar Rapids to Marion shipments led by Martin Geiss Henry Christopher and Christopher as motorman.
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Mary Bauman
Luzerne
Cedar Rapids
Robert K. Allen
Faith R. Carns
Frieda Krabbenhoft
George L
Walter H. Krabbenhoft
Robert
John Krabbenhoft
Ben
Bruce
Mary Katherine
Magdalene Carns
English Lutheran Church
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Order of Foresters
Turner Chapel
Sundberg
Marion
Martin Geiss
Henry Christopher
Christopher
Geiss
Striking garment workers attack and strip four women at Dallas plant
In Dallas two garment plants walked out for union recognition and 40 hour week. At the M Siegel Manufacturing front door four women attempt to enter were seized spanked and stripped by over twenty picketing workers. Police protected the women as one officer required emergency treatment for a wrist bite.
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Dallas
Tex
M. Siegel Manufacturing Company
International Ladies Garment Workers
Jeanne Dress Manufacturing Company
Ethel Casey
Eunice Arnold
Naomi Standifer
Virginia Ray
J. C. Holloway
R. B. Norvill
World War I Veterans Living Count Reported
The article notes that about 4,150,000 American veterans who served in World War I remain alive. It discusses the ongoing significance of this elderly population and the need for continued recognition and veteran services.
Kellogg's All-Bran Ad Promises Gentle Constipation Relief
A Kellogg advertisement promotes All-Bran cereal as a safe use for low-bulk meals and chronic constipation. It claims the cereal absorbs water, forms a soft mass, and cleanses the intestines, suggesting two tablespoonfuls daily or three times in severe cases, with a money-back guarantee.
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Kellogg Company
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Red Cross Annual Meeting Set for Wednesday
Kenneth E. Cornell, Linn county Red Cross chairman, will preside at the annual meeting at the Y M C A Wednesday. A 6 15 dinner precedes the session with 52 reservations noted. Rev. M L Welke will give the invocation and C V Shepherd, E K Beane, and Paul H Huston lead arrangements for the roll call and residences east and west.
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Kenneth E. Cornell
Linn County
American Red Cross
Metta A. Burd
M. L. Welke
C. V. Shepherd
E. K. Beane
Paul H. Huston
Street Railway Freight Service To Marion May Be Discontinued
Cedar Rapids and Marion City railway freight service between the two cities may end February 1 due to insufficient business to cover operating costs. H. F. Sundberg notes most tonnage moves are by truck. December revenue barely covered crew wages, excluding power and upkeep. E. C. Allen, general manager, has indicated willingness to proceed.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion City Railway
T O
H. F. Sundberg
E. C. Allen
Wife To Seek Friendly Divorce From James Moffett
Palm Beach Florida AP Mrs James A Moffett wife of former federal housing administrator said she would file friendly divorce proceedings and would seek restoration of her former name Mrs Joseph F Oran Mental cruelty is likely cited by attorney J Kenneth Williamson proceedings to begin Tuesday or Wednesday
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Palm Beach, Fla
James A. Moffett
Moffett
Joseph F. Oran
J. Kenneth Williamson
Mrs Irving Mirick Of Anamosa Dead
Mrs. Irving Mirick 53 of Anamosa died suddenly Monday at University hospital Iowa City after an operation Saturday. A pianist and music worker she was born Lulu Belle Mellinger in Worthington and taught school at Monticello before her 1905 marriage. Survived by husband a daughter Catherine Lazare Mount Pleasant a son Irving Keota and her parents L M and Mrs Mellinger Madison Wisconsin. Body at Smykil mortuary pending funeral arrangements.
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Madison, Wis
Smykil Mortuary
Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County Iowa
The District Court of Linn County Iowa will hear on January 22 1937 at 9 oclock a.m. a document claimed as the Last Will and Testament of Joseph Mrazek late of the county deceased to prove and admit it to probate. Edwin W Lundquist Clerk G F Buresh attorney.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
District Court
Joseph Mrazek
Said County
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Edwin W. Lundquist
G. F. Buresh
Obituary: Joseph Prucha 67 Cabinet Maker Dies
Joseph Prucha 67 a master cabinet maker of Cedar Rapids died at a local hospital at 5 50 p m Monday Born April 28 1869 in Kutna Hora Bohemia he came to Cedar Rapids May 3 1895 He married Mary Maryk Smith in 1896 Survived by wife two brothers Adolph Cedar Rapids Vincent Crete Neb and two sisters Mrs J H Coggin and Mrs
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Joseph Prucha
First Avenue E
Kutna Hora
Bohemia
Cedar Rapids
Mary Maryk Smith
Prucha
Mary
Adolph
Vincent
Crete
Neb
J. H. Coggin
Obituary for A. G. Bendennick of Bremerton Washington
A. G. Bendennick of Bremerton Washington a member of Mladocech lodge I C B J Maine lodge No 643 IOOF and Joneba and Brosh chapel will be honored Wednesday at 2 p.m. in a service conducted by Theodore B Hlubucek IOOF services follow. Burial in Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel Tuesday evening. IOOF members are asked to meet at the Maine lodge room at 1 30 p.m. to attend the services in a body.
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A. G. Bendennick
Bremerton
Wash
Mladocech Lodge
Maine Lodge
1.C.O.F
Janeba and Brosh
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Nearly All Ontario Felons Recaptured
GUELPH Ontario Canadian Press reports that almost all escaped prisoners from the Ontario reformatory were recaptured by Tuesday. Four or five remained unaccounted for but three fugitives called to return, as guards maintained patrols and tension eased after the riot.
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Guelph
Ont
Ontario Reformatory
Ousted Judge Halsted Ritter Files Case With High Court
Former Federal Judge Halsted L. Ritter of Florida, impeached and removed by the U S Senate, filed a petition for review of his case in the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Halsted L. Ritter
Florida
U. S. Senate
Supreme Court
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