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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1936
Page
18
Iowa liquor commission auditors reported 1935 net earnings of 1,244,590 with gross income about 6.26 million. Net profit near 19 to 20 percent. Amounts include liquor sales 6,090,734.63 and permits 147,002.50. Debts show 180,602.31 on purchases and 114,370 on undelivered liquor.
Iowa reports 117 220 liquor permit holders spent 6 090 734 on legal beverages in 1935 averaging about 51 per person. 924 830 gallons were taken from stores, with bourbon leading at 467 874 gallons and 2 777 601 dollars. Wine rose to 49 135 gallons, about 5 percent of yearly sales, driven by December demand.
Nine head of cattle valued at 450 dollars were driven from Nau Auction barn in Atlantic. The theft occurred near the police station as the thieves loaded cattle onto a truck. owners are Walter Rudy and Charles Morgan of Atlantic.
Anna Regenitter of Iowa City was arrested in a Muscatine hotel Friday and returned Saturday to face a false check charge. She is accused of passing a worthless check at a local meat market.
Iowa City report on Robert Freeman 19 of Olin, a University of Iowa freshman, who wrote Just for You and The Dance of Love. His two numbers were accepted for publication by Famous Music of New York, with royalties riding on hits. Freeman, who learned piano by ear and writes both words and music, plans a career in popular song and leading a dance band.
Des Moines Iowa Governor Clyde L Herring explains the difference between tax reduction and tax equalization. Tax reduction comes from spending less and improving administration. Tax equalization raises taxes for some, as with the three point tax measure aimed at balancing contributions from nonproperty owners.
Bert Johnson, 22, farmer youth on trial in the shotgun slaying of his father, will testify in his defense claiming self defense. His mother, wife of the slain man, is expected to take the stand again for the defense after previously aiding the prosecution with a version that backed her son’s claim.
Special to The Gazette Joseph Becking 18 son of William Becking of northeast of Waukon underwent an appendectomy at St. Mary's hospital Rochester. Doctors discovered he had two appendixes one diseased and one normal.
DYERSVILLE Petersburg eight miles northwest of here has been isolated since Tuesday. A rural mail carrier in a specially equipped car reached the town Friday after seven hours of plowing six foot drifts. Telephone service resumed Saturday when two workers walked five miles in. Temperatures reached 24 below zero as farmers battled snow and blocked roads.
Bedford AP report states highway workers labored Saturday to clear a route to a farm west of Bedford so doctors can reach Mrs. Claude Bowers 50 to treat severely frozen hands and feet found by neighbors in a snow drift Friday night. Her condition remained critical as neighbors assist per medical directions.
State Comptroller C B Murtagh Saturday allowed Iowa County to move 6000 dollars from its emergency to the poor fund and 10000 dollars from its emergency to road maintenance The town of Tama received permission to transfer 900 dollars from its water to general fund
President E A Gilmore of the University of Iowa delivered a speech at the nineteenth annual Finkbine dinner in Iowa City praising Will Finkbine’s philosophy of honoring campus leaders among young men. He cited Emerson’s Representative Men to explain the traits of great men and the dinner’s purpose to foster leadership and fellowship.
President Roosevelt assured Governor Clyde Herring of support for buying national forest lands in southern Iowa. Iowa lawmakers appropriated 500000 dollars for state park acquisitions to sustain CCC camps. Herring urged federal forestry work on sub marginal land, while officials weighed a 10.50 per acre price on 40000 acres.
Nearly a thousand patients, many with infantile paralysis, regain normal movement yearly at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital in Iowa City through exercise in a twenty by twenty five foot therapy pool. Water is kept at 90 degrees for infantile paralysis and 98 degrees for spastic paralysis as physicians note underwater exercise as highly beneficial in physical treatment.
Cedar County grand jury indicted Louis Wehde and Henry Peden of Rochester for hog thefts. Irene Van Dusen and Richard Van Dusen were charged with receiving and concealing stolen property and larceny. Elvin McQuillen of Wilton Junction faces assault with intent to rob. Bert Kephart named as the other suspect.
Iowa democracy shifts from 1934 joint campaigns as officials announce individual runs for June primaries. Lieut Governor Nels Kraschel starts gubernatorial bid with Governor Herring’s tentative support amid talk of a third term resistance. Secretary of State candidate Alex Miller also seeks a third term. others undecided. Ray Murray says no third term and will not seek reelection.
Sioux City attorney George R Call of Sioux City obtained nomination papers from the secretary of state's office as a Republican candidate for governor. The same filing period saw Lloyd Thurston of Osceola and John W Gwynne of Waterloo listed for Congress and Lloyd Ellis of Chariton for Congress with Paul L Hundley of Centerville taking papers for state representative.
Ed R. Brown a Des Moines attorney and former head of the interim tax reduction committee in 1931 announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for state representative from Polk County.
Charles Hanna of Jefferson Iowa, Democratic chairman of Greene County, announced Saturday his candidacy for lieutenant governor according to state Democratic headquarters.
Des Moines AP report states state comptroller C B Murtagh approved 248000 from sales and income tax receipts for the emergency relief administration for January. The total January relief load is about 770000 with 337000 in federal funds and 185000 from counties.
Des Moines district Judge Frank S. Shankland upheld a state law allowing cities to set minimum prices for beauty parlors. Sixteen Des Moines operators had sought an injunction, arguing the city ordinance was improperly passed and that the statute violated freedom of contract.
Federal Meteorologist Charles D. Reed warns that abnormally low temperatures may persist through February and into March. He notes historical patterns where extreme January cold often continues into February and sometimes March, with colder-than-normal spells lasting sixty days or more.
Frank Pence of the Iowa emergency relief administration began an inquiry into local relief methods after more than twenty five tons of coal vanished from railroad yards. Thirty men, all relief workers whose coal claims were denied, were arraigned and placed on parole for thirty days after agreeing to repay the stolen coal.
Fire swept the Fred Shilhanek garage Saturday evening causing heavy losses. Several new cars and Tama residents’ vehicles were destroyed. Blaze started near the furnace. Shilhanek’s loss is insured. Building owned by Ed Harrison of Aurora, Illinois.
Des Moines congressman Hubert Utterback plans to announce his bid for the U S Senate before February 15 facing Gov Clyde L Herring for the Democratic nomination. Also in contention are Sam Whiting of Iowa City and possibly R M Evans of Laurens. Utterback previously won a 1934 congressional victory in Iowa's sixth district.
Judge F O Ellison presides at the Jones county district court January term in Anamosa. The docket shows 28 new civil actions and 26 carried over, with fourteen women seeking divorce, one separate maintenance, and three men asking release from marriage vows. Names include Lorine Kohl vs Earl Kohl and Myrtle Wilkins vs Gilbert Wilkins among twenty essential pairs. Mary Dahlem seeks separate maintenance from Ivan Dahlem.
Mount Vernon The Cornell building committee postponed its Saturday meeting to Monday at 10 a.m. due to illness of two members. Bids were opened two weeks ago. no contract yet, with possible awards for general building, heating and plumbing, electricity, and perhaps furnishings.
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