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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1938
Page
15
About 3500 to 4000 Iowans register daily for unemployment benefits under the Iowa act. In the first day and a half, 9633 applied from a 10.5 million fund, with early estimates suggesting over 85 percent eligible. Checks to eligible applicants expected in the fourth week of July.
Former Kansas governor and 1936 Republican nominee Landon will deliver a nationwide radio address from Council Bluffs Iowa from 6 to 6 30 p m CST The speech titled true liberalism the other side of the question is sponsored by the Republican National Committee and the local county committee.
A fire destroyed most of a quarter mile trestle on the Chariton St Joseph branch of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line at Davis City. Leon and Lamont fire departments could not halt the blaze which started at the north end and spread south along wooden timbers spanning the Grand River and adjacent bottom land, disrupting service.
The first accident of the harvest season occurred Tuesday at a farm north of town where Robert Gerdum, employed by Theodore Kober, had a finger torn by a pulley as the end of the line was pulled away.
Funeral services for 74 year old Mrs. S H Ferneau will be held Thursday afternoon in Highland United Brethren church after a 1 30 prayer service at her Tama county farm home. Rev Earl Roebuck will lead with B F Green of Marshalltown singing. Burial is in Korns cemetery. She is survived by her husband four daughters four sons and many grandchildren.
Special to The Gazette Maquoketa gears up for August 14 to 16 centennial events with church services, concerts, old settlers gatherings, school reunions, parades, pageants, and displays. Governors, local firemen, church and school groups, and alumni plan participation. plans call for relics displays and community-wide activities.
The federal government plans to dismiss mail fraud charges against four former officers of the Modern Brotherhood of America and a Chicago insurance broker. They faced a $300,000 secret commission tied to a merger of the MBA and the Independent Order of Foresters of Toronto. Retrial had been ordered after an appeals court reversed convictions. Defendants listed include Albert Haas of Mason City, W Pingree Curtis of Chicago, NJ France Parnell of Boscobel, William Knight of Battle Creek, and Clarence Parks of Chicago.
Funeral services for Samuel Anderson 65 well known farmer east of Waukon will be held Thursday at Center Baptist church with Rev J R Lindbloom in charge. Born March 2 1873 he was a lifelong resident. Surviving wife son Theodore and brother Peter Anderson Waukon and sister Mrs Frank Saxon Worthington Minn
University of Iowa professor Benj F Shambatugh ill with arthritis of the spine in University Hospital. improving and expected to be released soon. Lyman Bryson of Columbia University to speak on Discussion as a Method of Democracy in Old Capitol Senate chamber Friday at 4 pm, with student meetings and an open Saturday forum on alliance with Great Britain. Funeral services for Stella Dolezal 30 held at Zion Lutheran Church and burial at Oakland Cemetery. survivors include husband Richard and children, parents Frank and wife, and three Pokorny sisters. City health inspector exams set for July 25. registrations due by July 16 with city clerk. acting inspectors L P Graham and J J Carroll. George L Anderson of Cambridge Illinois dies after four weeks illness. survived by wife and daughter Charles Anderson Iowa City.
Des Moines and other Iowa cities baked under near 100 degree heat with Des Moines reaching 86 by midmorning and readings 1 to 5 degrees lower elsewhere. Forecasts called for showers and storms to ease the heat in the northeast and central regions, while rainfall totals varied across the state from Sioux City to Council Bluffs. Local records ranged from 66 to 99 degrees with towns like Clarinda and Creston near the peak.
Jess Van Winkle 38 of Macomb Illinois suffered total paralysis from the shoulders down after a hay truck struck a sagging wire. He was taken to Waterloo hospital and arrangements are made to move him to University Hospital Town City. The truck was driven by Roger Bown, son of his employer O A Bown. The wire was unseen as the truck passed beneath it. In Traer, residents received wedding invitations for Wilfred Martin and Elizabeth Myers to be married at Sage Chapel Cornell University Ithaca New York Saturday at 8 p m. Martin is from Tarkio Missouri, formerly of Traer and a Proctor Gamble employee in Cincinnati, where they will reside.
Des Moines report traces 95.02 in direct taxes by a hidden Mr. Average Taxpayer for 1938. The married father with two children earns about 2250 annually and pays fourteen tax types directly, including sales, gas, auto, liquor, social security, and fishing licenses, totaling 95.02 to date for June and the year.
Manchester highway patrolmen filed a reckless driving charge against Frank Cernach of Chicago, driver of the car colliding head on five miles east of Manchester with a machine from Strawberry Point. Hearing set before Justice Brayton, continued as hospital patients delayed proceedings. Paul Kramer of Manchester and Maynard Wendt of Illinois testified. Strawberry Point residents Elizabeth Preston, Eva Preston, and Will Smith hospitalized. Accident occurred on a steep hill in a 35 mph zone.
Esther Hammer of Columbus Junction and Frank Leroy Taylor of Muscatine married in Davenport Presbyterian church parsonage with attendants E W Hastings and C L Freyermuth. A Sunday dinner followed at the McCulley home in Muscatine. The couple plans to reside in Rock Island.
Mr and Mrs Robert E Wilson announce the engagement of their daughter Harriette Lois to John Wesley Jackson of Lennox South Dakota son of Mr and Mrs J W Jackson of Kennebec South Dakota The wedding is planned for late summer Harriette is a Toledo High School graduate who studied at Cornell College and Iowa State Teachers College She taught in Melbourne and Tama John Jackson a Kennebec High School graduate has a BA from Dakota Wesleyan and is pursuing Iowa University graduate work He taught four years in Parker South Carolina and will return to Lennox as principal and debate coach
DES MOINES The democratic state central committee will finalize plans Thursday for the state party convention July 27. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace has accepted an invitation to deliver the keynote address. His appearance is seen by some as a step toward the 1940 presidential race. Nominations for secretary of agriculture and commerce commissioner will be made at the convention.
Charles J Peterman 70 died at home after brief illness born January 24 1868 survived by wife Carrie Petch Peterman daughters Mrs Hazel Sackman Mrs Ruth Lilley and Miss Faye Peterman sons Walter Clyde Funeral arrangements to be announced by local undertaker in Maquoketa Iowa
Professor George R. Davies of the University of Iowa College of Commerce writes in the Iowa Business Digest that Iowa remains relatively stable amid a national recession. He notes gains in building, railroad car loadings, and life insurance sales, but declines in department store sales, bank debits, and employment, with cautious optimism for agricultural Midwest prospects.
Special to The Gazette Toledo Arlene Klenk five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Klenk Haven had a near drowning when she slipped into a cistern with four feet of water Tuesday Her mother was drawing water and not nearby Arlene grasped a pipe and kept her head above water until Mrs Klenk heard splashing and retrieved her from danger
Twenty eight members attended the sixth annual Copp family reunion at the Copp home in Wheatland. A basket dinner was served. Out-of-town participants included Mr and Mrs William Copp of Tama Mrs Anna Cubbage and son Lowell Phillip and Arthur Watson of Cedar Rapids Mr and Mrs Ted R Snyder and son Don of Davenport Esther Copp also attended.
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