Local airfield praised by visiting aviation officials
The city airfield earned high praise from Eugene L Vidal head of the US commerce aeronautics branch who landed here on an unexpected visit with a party including Mr and Mrs Jones and their son traveling from Jackson Michigan. Other visitors included O G Corben from Madison Wisconsin and R Williams from Quincy Illinois stopping for fuel and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene L Vidal
Aeronautic
US Department of Commerce
Vidal
Jones
Jackson
Mich
Madison S. D
Waco
Fricas
O G Corben
Madison Wis
Des Moines
Madison
Corben
R. Williams
Quincy
Albert H Sprague Jr
Stinson
Chicago
la Crosse
Wis
Cummings Plans Nationwide Crime Conference in Washington
Attorney General Cummings told the National Press Club he will seek President Roosevelt approval to convene a crime conference with representatives from all states during November or early December. He indicated the agenda would address all crime and law enforcement aspects in unprecedented scope. He criticized unscrupulous lawyers and crooked officials aiding criminals and defended New Deal governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Crime Commission
Congress
Cummings
National Press Club
Roosevelt
Minneapolis Faces Possible Truck Drivers Strike
Employers and truckers in Minneapolis plan talks with a federal mediator and Governor Floyd B Olson to avert a new strike. The union committee called a mass meeting Friday night at the municipal auditorium to urge a resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Trav
Floyd B Olson
E H Dunnigan
Washington
United States Department of Inbar
Olson
Municipal
President's Wife Tours West Enters Kentucky
Norris Tenn. Mrs Franhn D Reaselve't accompanied by two companions left for Berea College Kentucky. The Presidents wife visited the Tennessee Valley Authority CCC construction site near the camp and spoke with workers during the stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris Tenn
Franhn D
Berea College
Perth
Tennessee Valley
Ike Appromptu
Coroner Accuses Ghoulish Burial Racketeers in Chicago
Cook County Coroner Frank J Walsh alleges a secret ring in Chicago robs graves of caskets and burial clothing. Bodies were found tossed in packing boxes or buried face down, some wrapped in newspapers or clad in threadbare clothes. Walsh says the scheme has lasted years and implicates respected undertakers acting as fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cook County
Frank J Walsh
Walsh
Chicago Funeral Directors Association
Edward Kelly
James Allman
Offre Walsh
Local Saturday Grocery Specials and Prices
A dense list of grocery items with prices and quantities for a Saturday sale. Includes sugar, bread, butter, cheese, lard, fruits, canned goods, baking items, cereals, flour, and produce from a specific street address and phone number for delivery. Highlights lower prices on sugar, cocoa, vanilla, flour, and canned fruit.
Probate records reveal Berry, Dresser, and Reed wills
The Berry will names Mary M Berry as executrix with the entire estate minus 1000 to Samuel N Berry Jr. of Vancouver. Ralph Hunting named executor of the Dresser estate with 1500 plus one fourth after 500 to Norah Gott. nephews and niece share the remainder. Frank B Reed's will leaves all property to husband Almon S Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel N. Berry
Mary M Berry
Samuel N Berry Jr
Vancouver
British Columbia
Canada
Jessie F Dresser
Ralph Dresser Hunting
Norah A Gott
Gertis Dresser Elmer
Armour C Dresser
Francis Dresser Hunting
Ralph Hunting
Norah Gott
Frank B Reed
Almon S. Reed
Almon S Reed
Toddville Man Sentenced for Defacing License Plates
Lee Horning age 24 of Toddville received three months in the county jail and a five year suspended sentence on the related charge of displaying improper license plates. He admitted altering a 1932 plate to 1934 by hammering and repainting. The court allows possible commitment to the state reformatory at Anamosa for five years if warranted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Horning
Toddville
Hoening
Hoen- Ing
Anamosa
Local man arraigned for drunk driving after collision
H B Irwin 27 of 331 avenue NW was arrested after a toxicated driving collision at Sixth avenue and First street. He pled guilty, fined 300 dollars, and began a 90 day jail sentence when unable to pay. Judge Clark also noted Olmstead's suspended sentence and parole status as district court considers his case. Charles McCormick withdrew his not guilty plea on a pending drunk driving charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H B Irwin
331 Avenue NW
Sixth Avenue
First Street
A. B. Clark
Irwin
AB Clark
Robert Olmstead
Olmstead
G K. Thompson
Charles McCormick
District Court Guilty Plea in Reckless Driving Case
Noon in district court, with State consent, Mc Cormick pled guilty to reckless driving and was fined 100 dollars. An appeal bond of 500 dollars was set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noon
McCormick
Hampton Freed Over Possession of Stolen Drill
H J Hampton was arrested June 11 on a charge of possessing stolen property. Judge A B Clark granted release Friday in district court and the state requested dismissal due to lack of evidence concerning an electric drill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Hampton
A. B. Clark
Federal duck hunting stamp tax approved by Congress
Congress passed a $1 federal duck stamp tax to be affixed to hunting licenses, backed by President Roosevelt. It seeks to fund waterfowl habitat and feeding grounds, with stamps to go on sale at post offices nationwide. In Iowa a combined fishing and hunting license totals $3.50 with the stamp. other licenses vary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Roosevelt
Iowa
Stratosphere Balloon Practice Underway At Rapid City
National Geographic and Army Air Corps crews rehearse inflation of a 35 000 cubic foot gas bag in Rapid City. The 120 member Fort Meade team will test currents for the forthcoming 3 000 000 cubic foot main balloon flight planned after July 9 with Major Kepner and Captain Anderson aboard the small balloon during the trial hop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
National Geographic Society
Army Air Corps
Fort Meade Army Post
William E. Kepner
Orval Anderson
Widow of Jackson Barnett Charges Political Use of Estate
The widow filed an affidavit in district supreme court accusing that his funds are used as a political football while his Creek family remains destitute. She claims money spread from Washington to California and alleges government and lawyers profit from the estate. She cites letters and telegrams and says impostor heirs keep the estate in litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jackson Barnett
District Supreme Court
Harold McGugin
Kan
California
Riggs National Bank
City Briefs and Personals
Thomas and Lowell Pirnie attend the World's Fair in Chicago. James Hepburn, 35, is given a suspended thirty day jail term for intoxication and must leave the state. Edward Vanda, 45, pleads guilty to disturbing the peace and pays costs. L. D. Moss, 27, is fined for intoxication and disturbing the peace. LeRoy Wood and Richard Killian are fined for parking violations. The Ladies Relief club met at Mrs Effie Scheaner’s home. next is a kitchen shower at Mrs L Franks. Virginia Bowker sustains a minor eye injury when her bicycle hits a car at Thirteenth street and First avenue E. Jerry Dytert drives the car involved. Mrs Henry Doering reports fifteen young chickens stolen from a rear-yard coop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hepburn
Henry A. Stearns
Hepburn
Edward Vanda
L. D. Moss
Memorial Drive SE
Ladies Relief Club
Effie Scheaner
Ninth Street
L. Franks
C Avenue NE
Wid Twelve Club Leaders Report From Detroit Convention
Clark Beems was elected International president and Dr. Edwin Hruska International secretary at the Wid Twelve clubs gathering in Detroit. They reported to the local club at Hotel Roosevelt on Friday noon, noting by-law changes, officer elections, and plans for future expansion and activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Beems
Wid
Detroit
Edwin Hruska
Hotel Roosevelt
No. Dak. Treasurer Refuses To Honor Langer's Pay Check
North Dakota Governor William Langer faces a pay dispute as State Treasurer Alfred Dale refuses the June check and withholds payments pending a court ruling on Langer's status. Dale also withheld Highway Commissioner Frank Vogel's pay amid related appeals as Langer and co-defendants challenge their convictions. the outcome hinges on the Supreme Court’s July 12 decision on original jurisdiction in Olson’s ouster suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
William H Langer
Alfred S. Dale
North Dakota
June Dale
Langer
Dale
Frank Vogel
Langer Langer
Supreme Court
Ole H. Olson
Californians Hanged in Separate California Prisons
John Mick, convicted of killing a Victorville gas station operator, was hanged at San Quentin. Daniel Harris, a four time loser who killed a Crockett jeweler, was hanged at Folsom Prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Quentin Prison
Calif
John Mick
Victorville
Folsom
Daniel Harris
Crockett
Anamosa Boy Earns Eagle Scout Rank
Donald Irwin aged 15 of Anamosa received the Eagle Scout badge at a Camp Waubeek court of honor held Saturday. Also honored were Laurance Mortensen and Carl Fllermans, both 14 from Cedar Rapids. Irwin joined scouting in 1931 and progressed from first class to Star and then Life rank in 1933. He serves as bugler and patrol leader of the Eagle patrol, Troop 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Irwin
CG. E. Irwin
Anamosa
Camp Waubeek
Laurance Mortensen
Carl Fllermans
Cedar Rapids Young
Irwin
Hfe
Eagle Patrol
Anmmosa
NRA Code May Cover Prison Made Goods
The NRA prison labor code moves toward unifying rules across 29 states plus federal participation to price prison made goods fairly. The authority will set prices after consulting code bodies for free industries, aiming to prevent undercutting and support market fairness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Prison Labor Authority
NRA
Alabama
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Indis
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New York
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Vermont
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Fleeing Woman Caught in Iowa City After Robbery
Iowa City police arrested Friday a woman described as B Parker a Negress claiming Omaha as home after she entered the city by taxicab from Cedar Rapids Her arrest followed the larceny of a $200 billfold from J J Kroulik at a Cedar Rapids beer parlor He pursued but she escaped before a train stopped him Detec tive Marshall and Police Matron Glidden returned her to Cedar Rapids where information was filed Kroulik said she had $16 on arrest and was described as having fled three weeks earlier The article also notes insecticidal dust used to combat locusts in Africa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Joseph Pilerron
Germany
Herr Pierron
Hitler
Herr Pierson
Sam Friedman
Rae Edelman
Maurice Levys
Sam Ornstelin
Jack Fishman
Elizabeth
Fran Pierron
Fishman
Illinois
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
B. Parker
Negress
Omaha
Marshall
Glidden
Miss Parker
J. J. Kroulik
Eighth Avenue SE
Kroulik
Ninth Avenue SE
Post Office Introduces Fees for Cashing Money Orders
Beginning August 1, post offices will charge a fee for cashing money orders drawn at other offices. Money orders may be cashed at the issuing office within thirty days for free. after that, or at other offices, a flat fee applies. Fees range from six to twenty two cents for orders up to $100. The change follows rising small denomination orders and higher handling costs, with figures showing more orders issued but lower per-order value in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Cedar Rapids Clearing House Association
Post Office
Maytag Co Resumes Dividends On Preferred Stock
New York AP Directors of Maytag announce a 75 cent dividend on the $3 cumulative preferred and a 1.50 regular quarterly dividend on the $6 preferred, both due August 1 for stock of record July 16. The $3 preferred dividend resumes after a February 1, 1932 payout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Maytag Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eugene L. Vidal
St Ansgar
Marvin Muller
Gladys Ucker
Ed Libersky
Vancy Libersky
Fred Symington
Ackley
The
Gazette
A. N. Watson
Third Avenue SW
Lee
Manwell
Hills
Jersey
Omar
Pillsbury
Betty Crocker
Joe Stark
1St St. NE
Dial
Court House News
S. N. Berry
Jessie F. Dresser
A. S. Reed
Ponders Olmstead
Hampton
Barnett
Thomas and
Lowell Pirnie
Twelfth Street
Jones Sausage Hladky's
LeRoy Wood
Forty-second Street
Mount Vernon Avenue
Richard Killian
Blake Boulevard
Virgina Bowker
Avenue NE
Thirteenth Street
First Avenue E
Jerry Dytert
Henry Doering
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Doering
No. Dak
Iowa Fruit Marketing
First Avenue Southeast
Campus
Sunkist
Juicy Sunkist
Arizona
George L
Sear Dial
Lasswell
Truart
Krouick
Africa
Maytag Co
Naxera’s Pastry Shop
First Avenue
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