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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1938
Page
30
County Treasurer Milo Sedlacek announces a new four window system at the courthouse to handle the eleventh hour rush for 1938 motor vehicle licenses before the January 31 penalty deadline. Vehicles are processed by last name letter groups with a Feb 1 penalty of one dollar per month.
Robert C. Glew spoke on Parents and Cubbing at a Friday night gathering of Cub Pack No 19 in the Lincoln school auditorium. The pack is sponsored by the school PTA. Scoutmaster Rodney FE. Birkicht reminded the group of annual prizes to be awarded in May.
Harold Usher joined as a new member and was assigned to Den No. 4. Dens 3 and 4 performed a pyramid building demonstration for the year.
American high commissioner to the Philippines, Paul V. McNutt, left Shanghai aboard the cruiser Augusta for Manila to report to President Roosevelt on Japanese activities in China and the Philippines. He planned to fly to Washington afterward, after meetings with Admiral Yarnell and other officials.
In Franklin district Saturday contest at Franklin senior high, twenty four students earned superior ratings while sevente nteen received excellent and one obtained a good rating. Judges were former Cedar Rapids high school members and Franklin senior high students. R L Moehlmann led a post contest discussion on making the event annual. Results list numerous students across flute oboe clarinet horn cornet baritone tuba drums piano violin cello and viola with multiple plains of excellence and good ratings.
J. J. Miller of Des Moines, executive secretary of the Iowa soldiers bonus board, met Friday at the Linn county courthouse with relief commissions and veterans groups from Benton, Jones, Linn, Johnson and Cedar counties. About fifty attended as Red Cross and social workers discussed veteran family child welfare and aid amounts. Miller cited roughly one million dollars spent in 1937 and said no changes in state relief rules, noting the conference informs new officers about soldiers relief operations.
A Wall Street Journal style rumor in Iowa politics centers on Gov. Nels Kraschel and Sen. Clyde Herring discussing a potential Gillette challenge. Ed Birmingham and Ed Hadley are mentioned in context, with timing tied to a White House visit and a forthcoming Herring statement.
The report describes internal Democratic wrangling over who will run for the Senate, naming Kraschel Gillette Wearin and Herring as key figures. It notes Wearin’s possible bid, attendance gaps at a Herring supper, and Republican Thurston’s views on race dynamics and tax legislation.
Wanda Montz profiles Mrs. C. O. Diehl who has handmade 25 to 30 quilts since 1931. Her latest postage stamp design uses 5,285 pieces and a hand-built frame. longtime quilting bees with family assist, while a White Persian cat helps on the frame.
A reflective verse note speaks of strength in endurance on long trails and the weariness of miles as a test of will and resolve.
Luther Johnson, former Obion County constable and deputy, was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the Christmas Eve murder of his wife after admitting the shooting but claiming self defense. A jury found him guilty, and the death sentence followed Saturday morning.
Washington authorities report Andrew Furuseth 84 longtime president of the International Seamen's Union and persistent ally of seamen aid measures died Saturday after a year of ill health. He remained active in recent weeks.
New York INS reports Senator Edward R. Burke of Nebraska opposes any expansion of executive power. He cites the defeated Roosevelt supreme court bill and warns against one branch overpowering another. Burke argues Congress must initiate legislation and cautions against presidential appeals to the people as a means to sway policy.
Regular uniform teachers examinations will be held at the office of County Superintendent of Schools Walter A. Shupp in the courthouse at Cedar Rapids. The schedule spans Wednesday to Friday with subjects including rural school management orthography reading geography U S history home economics manual training arithmetic physiology agriculture music grammar penmanship civics government Constitution algebra English composition elementary school methods and general science.
American vice consul T. Monroe Fisher reported the Nantucket Chief tanker is being held by nationalist authorities in Palma de Mallorca. He did not detail any efforts to release the vessel and crew.
Rochester Minnesota pair J Allyn Yates and Elvera B Nemoede wed. Cedar Rapids residents Clifford Rogers and Ira Sanders also listed. Davenport pair E R Happs and Hazel Treftz. Beecher City Alabama resident George C Zander with Lucille G LeCrone of Shelbyville. Tebbetts Missouri resident Ira L Wells with Ethel C Keeler of Octavia. Cedar Rapids duo Arthur W Pollett and Trenna E McCune. Bagley Wisconsin pair Clifford C Brown and Irene M Hoyle.
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