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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1934

Page

7

Two Held In Probe Of Stolen Plates

Detectives Condon and Kudina arrested H c Kuntz 24 Springville and Ward Abney 35 for investigation in a case involving a 1931 Chevrolet coach with stolen license plates taken March 28 from J B Stiles 1114 Fifteenth Street SE. A 1932 registration card tied to Henry Wicher NW was found. Abney was named as seller.

Condon Kudina H. c Kuntz Springville Ward Abney Kuntz J. B. Stiles Fifteenth Street Cedar Rapids Abney Henry Wicher L Avenue NW

Detectives Name Two Suspects in Stolen Plate Case

The case involves two suspects, Kuntz and Abney, with charges likely to include operating a motor vehicle with improper plates and receiving or disposing of stolen property. Detectives credited their work spotting long-stolen license numbers and noted Abney’s prior jail time. The car’s history was being checked and further charges were anticipated.

Kuntz Earl Stanley Abney Stanley

DeMolay to Install Officers Friday Night in Cedar Rapids

The Cedar Rapids De Molay chapter will hold installation exercises Friday at 7 30 p m in the Consistory building followed by an informal dance for members and guests. New officers include Raymond Churchill master councilor and John Dvorak junior councilor with an installing team headed by Fred Witousek Basil Waddington Wayne Bain and Ernest Johnson. A second local chapter dance is planned for July 23.

Cedar Rapids Order of de Molay de Molay Raymond Churchill Robert Leedom John Dvorak John Stephens Charles Youtzy Edward Lee Hulbert Gallagher Howard Stiles Harold Little Millard Buchanan Clair Nelson Almoner John Smith Sentinel Carl McMoran John Parlis Alfred Pidgeon Dale Trips Paul Rappaport Robert Hach Eugene Dillon Paul Fidler Robert Lee Robert Kolarik Donald Russel Donald Morgan William Williams Nathan Estes Maurice Estes Walter Kelly

South End Stickup Yields Five Dollar Loss

Joe Nemec reports being robbed of his billfold and five dollars by a small man in a dark suit at C Street and Twenty first Avenue Southwest. Nemec described the assailant as about 30, five feet four, 150 pounds, brown hat, white handled pistol. Police seek to clear a string of similar holdups blamed on a youth gang waiting in beer parlors to strike victims leaving venues.

Joe Nemec Twenty-first Avenue South End Nemec C Street

Autos Rushed to Cedar Rapids Airport After Phantom Plane

Police deployed several cars to the Cedar Rapids airfield late Wednesday after Ray Hannan reported hearing an airplane circling the field seeking land. Drivers turned on runway lights while officials tried to locate field personnel, but the plane apparently did not attempt to land.

Cedar Rapids Ray Hannan Third Avenue

Puzzle Fill In Evolution Theme Word List

A compact puzzle page lists vertical and horizontal clues with mixed topics about evolution birds and weather. It features numbered entries for words such as poker stake cheating back of neck ex piate decree lace carmine exists comforts and more with several historical and literary hints.

City Briefs and Personal Items Highlight Local Events

Charles Richard Sewell, son of Mr and Mrs C H Sewell, is bedbound with rheumatism. Miss Sophia Andersen recovering from appendicitis at St Luke's hospital. Mrs Mildred Whitmore visits after grandmother’s death. Trains delayed by heavy rains. French bulldog stolen from Mrs Leonard Kohl. CCC officers ordered to Fort Lincoln for Dakota district.

Charles Richard Sewell C. H. Sewell Fourth Street NW Sophia Andersen A Avenue NW St. Luke's Hospital Mildred Whitmore Oak Park Ill Henry Herkner Twenty-fourth Street John T. Glenn Rock Island Watertown Leonard Kohl Second Avenue SW Iowa City Dakota CCC James W. Arnold Oelwein Frederic J. Patterson Vinton H. Kemman Londen Earl H. Williams C Avenue Cedar Rapids Sophus Klinge Seventh Street Fort Lincoln S. D

Riverside Community Night Showcases Baseball and Movies

More than 800 people attended Riverside Playground Community Night on Tuesday. The Armstrong and Roosevelt hotel American Legion junior league teams played with Roosevelt defeating Armstrong 10 to 4. Twenty minutes of community singing preceded three reels of cinema. The program also included a Chester Conklin comedy Flip the Clown and a Mickey Mouse cartoon. Plans are under way for a local Sokol gym team appearance at a future event.

Riverside Playground Armstrong and Roosevelt Hotel American Legion Chester Conklin Sokol Gym

Descriptions of Two Men Seen Breaking Into Box Cars

Two itinerants from Los Angeles, K V Darbro and Neil Atwood, gave police portraits of two men seen breaking into Rock Island box cars in the south yards. One man, about 35, five eight, 180 pounds, wore a light straw hat, dark corduroy coat and blue overalls. The other, about 24, wore a dark felt hat, blue overall jacket and trousers. A check found cigaret papers and smoking tobacco stolen.

Los Angeles Calif K. V. Darbro Neil Atwood Rock Island South Yards

Auto Collides With Street Car In Rain Injures Man

Guy Smith aged 41 of 902 A avenue NW suffered facial lacerations when his car collided with a street car near First street and Third avenue SW during a heavy rain. Alvin Wilkinson of 1122 Twelfth street NW admitted it was hard to see. Smith was treated at St Luke's hospital and released.

Guy Smith A Avenue NW Alvin Wilkinson Twelfth Street First Street Third Avenue Wilkinson Smith St. Luke's Hospital

Ten Cent Fee Applies to Registered Letters After July Ninth

A new ruling takes effect July 9 requiring senders of registered letters restricted to addressee delivery to pay a ten cent fee. Previously only the three cent return receipt was charged, but after Monday the ten cent fee will be added to this receipt charge for all such mail.

Firecracker Injury Leaves Des Moines Man Eye Damaged

John Kenney a shoe buyer at New Man's department store sustained a serious eye injury when a firecracker exploded near his face in Des Moines during the Fourth of July holiday. The fate of the eye is not yet known. The Kenneys were visiting relatives at the time of the accident.

John Kenney Newman’s Department Store Des Moines Kenney

Germany to Remain Nazi Indefinitely

Berlin dispatch notes that foreign observers find the Nazi regime not endangered now or soon. It states Hitler will likely surmount current difficulties as broad support remains and the Reichswehr backs him, leaving no viable alternative to the Nazi regime in sight.

Berlin Germany Adolf Hitler Hitler Reichswehr

Nazi Military Power and Plot Shrouded in Mystery

The text asserts Nazi Germany's overwhelming armed forces including Reichswehr police Goering’s Landespolizei and SS, plus storm troopers and state police, with no credible opposition. It notes suppressed opposition groups and hints at an undisclosed Rochm plot against the regime, detailing limited official facts and lingering uncertainties about motives and outcomes.

Hitler Reichswehr Landespolitzi Police Hermann Goering Rochm

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