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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1935
Page
9
Des Moines Iowa tax officials say about 40 percent of 200 000 income tax returns require audits after new law. Forty accountants moved to review cases where extra tax appears due with 5 percent penalties and monthly interest. Early audits approved roughly 60 percent of filed returns with checks.
Cornell summer theater presents Love and Geography a Norwegian comedy by Bjornson as its third production. Monday and Tuesday at 8 15 p m in the Little Theater audience admission is a written critique. Directed by Stuart Frazier cast led by Gerald Guthrie with Myrtle Ann Mathern and others detailing extensive technical staff.
The document records the June 29 1935 condition of First Trust and Savings Bank Linn County Iowa Cedar Rapids including resources total 1 978 072 44 and liabilities total 878 072 44 with details on loans deposits certificates of deposit and trust funds. Bank officers Pichner Mitvalsky Dvorak Stritesky sworn statement certified by notary Frank J Stastny attested by directors L Blahnik E Hach.
Mr and Mrs W B McClellan pioneer Iowa couple observed their sixty third anniversary at Cedar Bluffs where they have lived forty two years. He born Washington county Indiana Nov 25 1852 she born Darke county Ohio April 14 1853 married July 4 1872. Eleven children born seven living thirteen grandchildren sixteen great grandchildren.
Clarence A. Dykstra city manager of Cincinnati told about 700 at a university summer session lecture in Iowa City that democracy must be saved. He warned that abandoning democracy would repeat difficult climbs back to human dignity and cautioned against industrialist pressures and propaganda.
Bids due 10:00 am July 18 1935 at the Linn County Auditor Cedar Rapids for 0.755 miles of road improvement including earth excavation and culvert work. A 5 percent certified check payable to the County Auditor accompanies each bid. The County reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive technicalities. July 3 1935. Robert M Vesely County Auditor.
Sealed bids for Project No 6 and a portion of No 34 in Otter Creek Township Three Year Road Program are due at 10:00 a.m. July 18 1935 at the County Auditor in Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa. Bids must accompany proposals and be submitted with liquidated damages details. The work covers about 4.6 miles and 3800 cubic yards of crushed stone with county approval. The County Board may waive technicalities and reject all bids. Dated Cedar Rapids Iowa July 3 1935 ROBERT M VESELY County Auditor.
Des Moines AP reports requests for 283,430 in public works loans and grants were filed with PWA Iowa director P F Hopkins. Municipalities and projects include Eldora sewage plant Bettendorf swimming pool Sigourney sewage plant Clay County road work Earling street paving Burt school addition Humeston gymnasium and auditorium Kennett waterworks Carlisle school addition.
A cyclone four miles wide and three miles long destroyed buildings along a corridor north of Decorah. Only the Henry Knoke farm house remained. Debris reached Highlandville sixteen miles away as the storm moved from the Peter Danielson farm toward the northeast.
Heat across Iowa pushed thermometers toward 100 with Harlan posting 100 unofficially and Atlantic 98 official. Humidity touted as deadly again while rainfall shortage allowed Des Moines and other rivers to ease from recent crests. Des Moines River fell below flood stage, Ottumwa crest neared 14 feet then eased, Tracy flood peak at 17 feet expected to drop below 14 by Sunday.
Grover Grier, 55, a Deep River area farmer, suffered a fractured skull when he lost balance while placing a chain hoist to rafters at his garage. He fell, striking his head on an engine block and the concrete floor. His condition is critical.
Waukon notes Frankville Community church marks its eightieth year this month. Founded by the Cedar Presbytery of Dubuque, the Frankville village was barely a year old when the church organized in July 1855.
Special to The Gasette Wilton Junction hosts a cleanup drive with slot machines seized and a curfew 9 pm enforcement for minors. A new beer ordinance bans dancing in beer halls and sets the permit fee.
Buck Creek consolidated school ground project completed this week with water mains laid to nearby homes and crushed rock driveways. About $1,000 from federal funds plus $800 from the school financed the work. 141 tree species planted, retaining walls built, and nursery stock installed under overseer H. E. Morrow with supervision by A. R. Wheeless and concrete chiefs Lester Gearhart and Charles Vesey.
Garrison area shows full employment with a stone crusher operating day and night in the east quarry and a brick and tile factory in active use. Pea harvest continues north of town and a corn canning plant will dispose of produce from 1000 acres of sweetcorn, creating work for about 200 more workers. In Troy Mills Wilbur Keller, 19, suffered broken ribs and a back injury after stepping through a trap door at the Snyder cafe.
County in Fayette Township Iowa seeks bids by 4:00 p.m. July 18 1935 for Local County Road Project No 11 Three Year Road Program. Bids must include five percent bid security and may be retained as liquidated damages if a winner fails to execute a contract. Project spans about 1.248 miles with earth excavation culverts and drive ways. Cedar Rapids office of County Auditor and County Engineer handle bids and the Board reserves right to reject any or all bids.
Linn County Iowa invites scaled bids for bridge No. 1870 in Center Point section 9 85 68. Bid due July 18 1935 at 10 00 am at the County Auditor office Cedar Rapids. Requires 5 percent bid bond and performance bond with specified steel and concrete quantities. The County reserves right to waive technicalities and fixes bid conditions.
Emil Berg a 76 year old Davenport businessman and his wife Clara 71 were found dead in their home with bullets to the heart and a nearby revolver. Coroner and police say Berg killed his wife then shot himself amid illness and despair.
Lester Sederlund a 25 year old farm hand from near Wellman Iowa died after a hit and run driver struck him late Friday. He was taken to a hospital in Iowa City then transferred to Washington Iowa for treatment. Funeral services likely in Cambridge Minnesota and relatives are expected to decide soon.
The Hummer church nine miles southwest of Iowa City in Johnson County burned to the ground late Thursday night causing several thousand dollars in damages. Firefighters could not save the building and the cause of the fire was not yet determined.
Deadline for manuscripts in the American Prefaces contest at the University of Iowa magazine has been extended to August 1. More than 600 submissions have been received from across the United States and abroad. Prizes of 20 dollars will go to the best poem short story and critical article. The magazine’s first issue will appear in September.
About 3000 residents attended the American Legion sponsored Fourth of July parade in Lowden led by the Legion and Auxiliary. Prizes went to A Freund and Company Department Store, The Lowden News, and Farmers Cooperative Store. Gus Allbee of Muscatine spoke. Bennett defeated Lowden 4 to 3 in the Bennett Lowden ball game. Dances followed in the bowery and hall.
Garrison voters approved a $16,000 bond to fund a $30,000 school addition including a gymnasium and several recitation rooms by a 177 to 19 vote at a special election.
William Woh ters of Bellevue resigns from the county soldiers relief commission after a decade of service. The board names Paul Felderman adjutant of the Bellevue legion post to fill the vacancy.
McGregor Home Savings and Loan association transitions from a state to a federal charter and will operate under the name Interstate Federal Savings and Loan association. The change accompanies broader reforms in the Iowa area financial landscape.
Notice to creditors and heirs that Elizabeth J. Earl has been appointed Administratrix with the Will Annexed of the estate of Margaret Murphy in Linn County Iowa. Creditors must file claims and debtors must settle accounts at the Linn County District Court. M W O Rieley is the attorney handling the estate.
The University of Iowa bureau of business research, under the state planning board, reports Iowa’s income source mix changing from agriculture to industry. Agricultural earnings fell from 52.2 percent in 1917 to 25 percent in 1934 while manufacturing surpassed 10 percent and government 14.4 percent of total income.
Des Moines reports that state Comptroller C. B. Murtagh has approved departmental expense allocations totaling $2,852,247.65 for the first quarter of the new fiscal year. The package includes $855,544.15 for general departments, $906,455 for board of control institutions, and $1,090,248.50 for state educational institutions.
DES MOINES AP reports 1 300 Class B retail beer licenses issued since the new law took effect requiring a $3 state permit in addition to local licenses. State permit board secretary E F Rahm estimates about 6 500 licenses were held under the old law which expired July 1.
Strawberry Point residents will see Emanuel Lutheran church members perform The Path across the Hill on Monday and Tuesday evenings in the high school auditorium. Cast includes Ernest Op perman Clifford Burrack Edgar Jahr Arnold Jahr Vernon Burrack Elsie Frederick Delena Frederick Elaine Schug Lilian Frederick Lavonne Steward with Helene Jahr directing.
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