Mysterious Cambridge Boy Murder Case Reaches Breakthrough
Police recovered Chester Harris's skull and bones from a dump near Harvard stadium ending a 10 week search. A 27 year old laborer held for an alleged attack and another man questioned over tips to find the body are also under scrutiny. The victim's father appealed publicly as Cambridge offered a $500 reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolton
Harvard
Chester Harrs
Cambridge
East Cambridge
Harris
Arnold Harris
Edward McNamara
Chester
William J. Brickley
Harrises
Chelsea
Newfoundland
Ernest
Alma
Eaith
Charles
City Briefs and Personals Highlights
Prescriptions, drugs delivered by Richards Pharmacy. F E Carver and Blance Carver of Center Point remarried by Justice A S Reed. they had been divorced. Deb Isherwood’s death prompts cancellation of First United Brethren church night. Floyd Philbrick, Iowa Masonry expert, to speak at High Twelve club Friday noon in Roosevelt hotel. Firemen respond to sprinkler in Hall Manufacturing coal bin. no fire. J C Wooleyhan of Cedar Rapids outlines 1937 sales plan at Quaker Oats executive council meeting. 44 department heads attend. Y M C A badminton club holds final meeting before Feb 13. call the Y for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Carver
Blance Carver
Center Point
Justice A. S. Reed
Floyd Philbrick
Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge
High Twelve Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Hall Manufacturing Company
Thirtyfirst Street
First Avenue E
J. C. Wooleyhan
Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats Executive Council
Ring finger lost at Wilson and Co plant incident
John Stechon of Twenty-ninth Avenue SW lost the end of his left ring finger after his hand was caught in machinery at the Wilson and Company plant on Wednesday evening. He was taken to St. Luke's Hospital at 9 p.m. treated and released. George
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stechon
Twenty-ninth Avenue
Wilson and Company
St. Luke’s Hospital
George
Daisy Divorces and Marries Again in Runaway Romance
Daisy advertises for her dog while constant divorces and marriages unfold in this humorous sketch. Claude Callan presents a mobile vignette of romance and refrain as the dog witnesses every new master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy
Sumner Man Fractures Elbow After Ice Slip
Baumgartner age 58 from Sumner Iowa fractured his right elbow when he slipped on ice here Wednesday. He received treatment at 9 45 p m at St Luke s and was discharged from the hospital.
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Baumgartner
Sumner
St. Luke’s
Tire chain found after fire truck loss on Fifth Avenue
The tire chain lost by a Central station fire truck on Fifth Avenue near Third Street SE was found by a Century taxicab driver on Wednesday and returned to Central station Thursday morning, according to fire department mechanic Harry Hall.
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Central Station
Fifth Avenue
Third Street
Harry Hall
Culver Motors Team Honored After Half-Title Win
The Culver Motors basketball team, winners of the first half championship in the YMCA cage league, were hosted to a dinner at the Roosevelt hotel. W. C. Culver, owner and sponsor of Culver Motors, acted as host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culver Motors
Roosevelt Hotel
W. C. Culver
Miss Margaret Lutes Leaves Cedar Rapids After Chicago Role
Miss Margaret Lutes former Cedar Rapids resident and supervisor at Augustana hospital Chicago is leaving this.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Lutes
Cedar Rapids
Augustana Hospital
Chicago
Nursing unit aids flood effort in Ohio river valley
A Red Cross nursing unit works through a week in the flood ravaged Ohio river valley. Miss Lutes, sister of H B Lutes of 1617 B avenue NE, is a graduate of Augustana hospital in May 1935.
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Red Cross
Ohio River Valley
Miss Lutes
H. B. Lutes
B Avenue NE
Augustana Hospital
Two men jailed for coal larceny in Milwaukee yards
Leonard Boedeker aged 45 of 829 B avenue NE was arrested Tuesday by Milwaukee railroad special agent Jack Monahan and given a fifteen day county jail term in Justice H R Church ill's court. Joe Bisek aged 53 of 836 A avenue NE received a 50 dollar suspended fine on the same charge after being arrested with Boedeker as he was throwing coal from a car in the Milwaukee yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Boedeker
Avenue NE
Jack Monahan
Milwaukee Railroad
H. R. Churchill
Joe Bisek
Bisek
Boedeker
Milwaukee Yards
Monahan
Heinecke Family Safe as Evansville Flood Spreads
Mrs. Charlotte Kottmeier learns by mail that Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heinecke and their Evansville family are not endangered by flood waters. Heinecke home on higher ground, though city areas flooded. residents fled by train as highways filled with water.
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Charlotte Kottmeier
Fourth Street
Paul Heinecke
Evansville
Ind
Heinecke
Kottmeier
Heineckes
First Presbyterian Church Forms Cub Pack No 27
Dr J K Von Lackum Ira Brooks Clay Phillips and Dwight Krumholtz named to lead Cub pack No 27 sponsored by First Presbyterian church. Ira Brooks cubmaster Clay Phillips assistant cubmaster Von Lackum den dad Mrs Ira Brooks den mother and Mrs Howard Graham publicity chair. First pack meeting set for February 5 at 4 pm at the Brooks home 223 Twenty-sixth St SE. A new Boy Scout troop No 27 was recently organized at the church.
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J. K. von Lackum
Ira Brooks
Clay Phillips
Dwight Krumholtz
First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Chapel
Howard Graham
Twenty-sixth Street
Community Players Stage Flood Benefit Friday Night
The Community Players repeat their production The Devil Passes on Friday night at 8 30 in the Community Playhouse for flood relief in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. All seats priced fifty cents with no reservations and all proceeds go to the Red Cross. Marian Gallaway will replace Elizabeth Carey as Paul Robinson due to Careys absence.
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Red Cross Fund For Relief
Ohio
Mississippi
Community Playhouse
Y.M. C.A
Red Cross
Paul Robinson
Elizabeth Carey
Marian Gallaway
Miss Carey
Marmola Tablets Promised to Slim Faces and Figures
An advertisement urges women to slim down by eating sensibly and taking four Marmola Prescription Tablets daily until fat loss occurs. It claims the tablets contain the same element doctors prescribe and that millions use them successfully to achieve a slender figure.
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Richards Pharmacy
Deborah Isherwood
First United Brethren Church
Y. M. C. A. Badminton Club
S.S.S
Claude Callan
Culver
Cub Pack Committee
Flood Fund
Truetone Radios
Big
Husky
Struetone Auto Radio
Truetone
Western Auto Stores
Second Avenue SE
Davenport
Tubfast Prints
Percales
Cathode
AP. Long
Myers Sewing
Montgomery Ward
Second Street
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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