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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1936
Page
11
Kansas opens the new fiscal year with a surplus in the general revenue fund, expected to be slightly above last year’s $1,007,000. The highway and other funds are also forecast to be in surplus, with municipalities likely to reduce total bonded indebtedness from $137,141,526 as of June 30, 1935.
Rock Island announces trainmaster C F Franklin of Cedar Rapids is reassigned to Fort Worth Texas. J L Hayes gains extended territory at Inver Grove Minnesota including Minneapolis Cedar Rapids and Vinton Iowa Falls lines. Missouri division headquarters at Trenton Mo is discontinued and folded into adjacent divisions. Cedar Rapids Dakota division absorbs Manly to Minneapolis line.
George Kitts of Cedar Rapids wed Edna Jordan of Madison Wisconsin. Peter Papas and Eva A Lind berg both of Marshalltown. Arnold M Malmquist of Racine Wisconsin and Ruby Tilleson of Phillips Wisconsin.
John Nelson aged 51 of 316 Seventh Street SE was sentenced to three months in county jail after pleading guilty to carrying a concealed weapon. Judge H C Ring granted release on good behavior after sixty days due to a previously clean record. Nelson was arrested Monday with a loaded revolver after accusations by two women at 420 A Avenue NE, Mrs Gayhart Allesee and Mrs Betty Wilson, who reported threats against Mrs Wilson.
Charles J. Johnson asked police Tuesday to search the Twenty ninth Street NE area for the dog poisoner blamed for multiple dog deaths in the neighborhood. Johnson said his dog was the latest victim. Marie Eichhorn has been granted a divorce from William F. Eichhorn on desertion grounds. they married June 28, 1917. Secured note actions filed in district court involve Home Owners' Loan Corporation of Washington DC and judgments against J L Rhea and Wilhelmina Rhea for 5351.25 and William Davis and Cora A. Davis for 1101.80. Judge H C Ring awarded D W Bates, receiver of Commercial Savings Bank of Marion, 9347.53 in a secured note suit against C A Reinheimer. Edward Thompson reported the theft of a radiator cap from his car at 1319 Avenue NW Tuesday evening.
Three persons were injured Wednesday forenoon in a crash at Thirteenth street and Nineteenth avenue SW. Drivers were Donald Walker of 1328 Twenty-second avenue SW and F A Gilbert of the Lincoln hotel. Walker and Mrs Clara Walker suffered minor injuries. Gilbert and Mrs Mae Volz of 1343 Twentieth street SW were treated at Mercy hospital.
Coroner B L Knight and the Linn County Red Cross issued safety guidance after three local drownings in three days. They urged supervision, lifeguard locations, no swimming alone, proper wading, no diving in shallow water, avoid swimming when tired or ill, and to apply Red Cross artificial respiration methods.
One of six sections of the new west side feeder main has been suspended from the First Avenue Bridge. The 113 foot long 16 inch diameter line costs about 10000 and will connect with the main from the water works. It aims to improve water service and fire protection for the west side district north of it. The existing lines cross at Seventh Avenue and Third Avenue.
Dealers and company representatives were entertained at a Hotel Roosevelt dinner Tuesday evening. R. E. Choate and Harold N. Graves led the group through the plant after the meal, with about sixty in attendance and thirty more joining daily.
A large delegation totaling nearly 200 men from across the United States spent several days at the La Plante Choate offices for conference and briefing. The group capped their visit with a dinner on Tuesday night, concluding the week's business representatives activities.
The Iowa State Historical society announced 41 new members at a Tuesday night meeting. New inductees include Mary Anderson of West Liberty, Robert C. Armstrong of Cedar Rapids, Abbie R. Bickett of Iowa City, George L. Gallaher of Williamsburg, W. C. Shuttleworth of Cedar Rapids, and Ray N. Steele of Cedar Rapids.
Mrs Emma J Sawyer celebrated her ninety third birthday with thirty five friends at her Tipton home. She taught in Springdale schools, lived on a farm after wartime, and later ran a livery barn in Tipton. She has long been a member of the Eastern Star.
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