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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1937
Page
2
Heavy rains and snow swell rivers as 120000 flee homes while warnings spread that gas service could shut off in 115 hours if rising waters continue. Prison yards in Pittsburgh and Fort Knox are watched but not deemed immediately dangerous as crests approach.
The Ohio River surged into Portsmouth flooding 15 000 residents as the water rose to 62.7 feet and threatened to submerge second floors. City officials opened sewer valves to relieve pressure, evacuated thousands to hilltop refuges, and warned of further rises with 10 000 industrial jobs disrupted.
The United Brethren Brotherhood meeting planned for this evening has been postponed until further notice. Ms and Mrs J F Stevenson and daughter Virginia visit Waterloo with Mr and Mrs Glen Fisher, former Cedar Rapids residents, for the weekend.
George Bitz aged 59 of Clarence was taken to St Luke's hospital Thursday with a fractured left arm after slipping on ice in front of his home. A sheet metal sign was stolen from the railing at Harry's Art Shop basement stairway room 6. A Corn Belt bank building sign went missing before 4 p.m. Thursday, reported to police Friday.
Farmers' Market Place in the Want Ad section advertises buying and selling livestock farm machinery poultry baby chicks farms and related items.
The Sunday worship at Shueyville United Brethren Church is at 9 30 a m with the sermon Loyalty to Christ and the Church Sunday school follows at 10 30 a m The Senior Christian Endeavor meets at 7 30 p m with the topic How May We Work For A Fairer Distribution Of Wealth.
Frank Riggins 26 of 1729 O avenue NW was arrested and held for investigation after demanding money from a candy store attendant in the Iowa theater building. Traffic officers Hughes and Duncan returned him to the Woodward state home Friday. Riggins had been an inmate there until a month ago.
C. E. Cole of Mount Vernon was found not guilty in Justice A. S. Reed's court on a charge of failing to stop and give identification after a collision with a Takin Brothers truck near here on December 24. The hearing had been delayed until Friday.
Jack Reynolds reports a new 1937 model car stolen from in front of the Oelwein Elks club at 1 30 a m Friday. The vehicle was found abandoned twelve miles from Oelwein Friday morning and was being towed to an Oelwein garage Friday afternoon. Reynolds is a factory representative for an automobile manufacturer.
Firemen were summoned to the G. S. Gleason residence at 4301 Mount Vernon avenue SE where an overheated chimney ignited a floor joist. Damage was limited to the joist. Earlier, a chimney fire at Mrs. B. P. Clark’s residence at 827 Sixteenth avenue SW was extinguished. A wood piece leaning against a smoke pipe in the Otto Thoemes residence basement at 373 Sixteenth street SE was ignited, prompting a still alarm at 8:47 a.m.
A seven pound baby girl born Tuesday in St Louis with her heart outside her chest died after hours in an incubator. Doctors had feared the exposed heart and said returning it inside the chest would likely fail. Names of parents withheld by hospital.
The Iowa house approved an amended senate emergency feed loan bill by 82 to 11 after stripping mandatory features and limiting aid to 40 or more drought counties, with debates over county and population restrictions and relief for farmers and stockmen in storm damaged northwestern Iowa.
The Norwegian steamer Karmt sent a wireless call for help Friday claiming it was sinking in the North Sea off Norway with a 20 crew. The Norwegian Leda and the Danish Alexandrine were en route to assist.
Natividad Valenzuela, 25, was hanged at San Quentin before twelve civilian witnesses and guards for the murder of his wife Jovita with a car jack in Orange County California. Her body was later found in a ditch after the crime. Valenzuela fled to Dallas where he was arrested.
A description notes that Northern France likely has the best grass lands in Europe, emphasizing its expansive pastures and productive meadows suitable for dairy and livestock farming.
Water hard or soft suds perform four feats: dirt removal in 15 minutes without scrubbing, 25 percent time savings, whites four to five shades whiter by Tintometer tests, and safety for fabrics with cotton prints lasting 100 washes. Hands stay soft while many women switch to Oxypot from other soaps. tests claim one-third to one-half more uses than rival chips. Procter and Gamble advertises Oxypot as economical and approved by Gour Keepkeeping Institute.
The Cedar Rapids Elks Lodge No. 251 will initiate over fifty candidates tonight as a tribute to Grand Exalted Ruler David Shultz former Florida governor. A 6 p.m. game dinner precedes an 8 p.m. initiation with Robert Hardin Waterloo district deputy conducting the inspection and addressing members. Membership will rise to 725 after the ceremony.
Linn county has a quota of 37 men for next summer's CMTC camp at Fort Des Moines announced by Jack Donnell of the 349th infantry headquarters. The camp runs July 6 through August 4 and is open to men 17 to 24. Training includes 545 infantrymen and 175 cavalrymen with travel, clothing, quarters, and medical care provided. no pay.
Senate committee continues inquiry into labor conditions led by La Follette. House moves to extend RFC and create a 50 million dollar crop loan fund. Ways and Means reviews extension of presidential power to negotiate reciprocal trade agreements. Appropriations panels hear treasury and navy supply bills. Civil service panel approves posting masters under civil service.
Schroeder 15 named athletic director at Iowa University as part of a reshuffle that places him amid 5 000 students in 19 sports. Rival candidates Moray Eby and Devine eyed the post while alumni petitions protested Schroeder appointment.
The Mutual Broadcasting System announced Father Charles E. Coughlin will resume a 52 week series of talks beginning January 24. He will speak Sundays from 3 to 4 p.m. EST on 16 eastern stations and again from 8 to 8:30 p.m. on 22 coast to coast stations.
In Kansas City, Missouri, a near zero temperature caused the fire department switchboard to report outages as the heating system failed. Operators noted widespread outages with the city chilled, unable to secure warmth due to the breakdown.
Miss Lucille Britton district deputy president installed officers Tuesday for Adah Rebekah Lodge in West Liberty. Named to roles were Norma Britton past noble grand Mrs Charlie Conklin noble grand Naomi Stevens vice grand Lina Cantrel warden Wilma Wright conductor Nellie Brand chaplain Gus Davisson recording secretary Emily Rath financial secretary Mary Lane treasurer A N Rabe inside guardian Zelpha Monroe outside guardian Case and supports Lucille Britton Martha Harrington L M McGuire.
Federal Judge Leon Yankwich ruled the windfall tax on agricultural processors is valid after the AAA was invalidated. The decision allows re collection from processing firms and follows the Supreme Court finding Congress could impose a processing tax. Union Packing Co. challenged the collection.
Five Texas rice milling companies including Tyrell Rice Mill Beaumont Rice Mills and Steinhagen Rice Milling failed to obtain a preliminary injunction from the Fifth U S circuit court of appeals blocking windfall taxes on refunds paid after the AAA was invalidated.
The report lists Beaumont, Texas firms alongside the El Camp company of El Campo and the Gulf Coast Rice Mills at Houston as participants in the described business or project, indicating regional corporate involvement.
The Coe college military band directed by Stanley Vesely performed at the Iowa Society dinner in the Shoreham hotel's gold ballroom Washington D C The space limited performance yielded Bach and Beethoven tones reminiscent of a giant pipe organ with Mrs Helen Turley singing Iowa The Golden with Frank Flack as accompanist Henry Wallace Secretary of Agriculture Senator Guy Gillette and Congressman William Jacobsen praised the band.
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