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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1936
Page
20
Iowa endures a fifth day of extreme heat with Des Moines forecast to reach 110 tomorrow. Deaths linked to heat rise as drownings mount to nine and crops including corn and pastures suffer severe damage due to lack of rain. Des Moines man Frank M. Breen, 50, among the fatalities.
Volunteers from Bayard and firefighters from Coon Rapids Scranton Guthrie Center and Jamada saved $100 000 of property in Bayard Iowa from a blaze that started in a barn at Paul Stone s home then spread to stone s house and toward a Moraine place lumberyard and other homes Mayor Earl Carrick credited the responders with preventing greater loss noting the village water tank was full and estimating total loss at 4 000 to 5 000 Bayard lies in Guthrie county about 20 miles southeast of Carroll and 30 miles west of Perry.
DES MOINES AP Seven hundred fifty Iowa and Missouri youths gather to begin a thirty day Citizens Military Training Camp at Fort Des Moines Col John C Pogram commands the camp Maj Gen Frank C Bolles oversees training in cavalry infantry and citizenship The camp uses regular army detail for staff with reserve officers in other roles. OELWEIN UP City considers acquiring the original Oelwein homestead for a park The Misses Oelwein would deed the tract if the city assumes a small mortgage Residents favor a pool tennis courts and athletic field with a restored log cabin.
A car driven by Gifford McCright of Troy Mills went into a ditch two miles north of town Sunday afternoon while coasting downhill. The wheels locked causing a crash. A Miss Smith suffered facial cuts from flying glass.
Local carpenter Carl Deitel recovers after a fall from about twenty feet while adjusting a hay track on Will Wendland farm. Helen Mackintosh resigns Grand Rapids grade supervisor post to join University of Miami faculty. Mrs William Heick injured in haying accident near Bennett. severe injuries. Funeral announced for Henry Wickmann in Iowa township Williamsburg. Charles C Clark to be buried at Rogers Grove after shooting incident in Ely. Dean Ernest Corht, infant dies near Keystone. services conducted. W A Knoll faces liquor charge at Grandview. Chase family reunites in Williamsburg after 57 year separation. Monroe Butler dies at 69 in Vinton. funeral held. Arthur Deverwaere 30th wedding anniversary celebrated near Wheatland. Masonville funeral for Dennis H Ryan. extended family noted. Palo Savings Bank declares 20 percent dividend on trust certificates. Brandon school district census complete. secretary re-elected. Amra Tilson, 87, dies. services in Vinton. Marian Rowe injured in Dubuque regatta. boat nicknamed Miss Iowa performs.
Peace officers and guards searched for two inmates who escaped late Monday from the Iowa state penitentiary at Fort Madison. Fred Newman alias Ralph Weeks, 42, and Frank Edwards, 49, were serving multi year terms in Davenport and Iowa City respectively. Officials described Newman as slight and tanned with light hair and Edwards as bald and stocky. Edwards had prior Joliet escape credit. Details on the breakout were not released.
The Independence Municipal Band will give a concert at Backbone State Park next Sunday in the auditorium at the north end. The event starts at 2 30 PM.
ITT Norbert Peterson, 30, of DeWitt, drowned at 5 30 pm Monday while swimming in the Wansipini river near the bridge on Route 61 three miles south of DeWitt. County coroner Dr. D O Riggert was called but no inquest. Peterson is survived by his wife Dorothy Quick and two small children. Body at N F McGinnis mortuary.
Mount Vernon Charles Stoneking 63, longtime resident of Bertram township, died Monday evening at his sister Mrs George Berry's home from heart trouble worsened by heat. Survived by two sisters Mrs Ed Barrett and Mrs Effie Schloemeyer and six brothers Bert Clarence Taylor Sherman Scott and Robert. Funeral at Neff chapel Wednesday at 2 p.m. with Rev J B Eye stone officiating and burial in Campbell cemetery.
Edward Corporan of Tama sues Georgianna Corporan in Tama county district court for divorce on cruelty. He seeks $100 temporary alimony and suit money and $25 monthly permanent alimony. The couple wed at Rockport Missouri on October 14, 1924. Both partners had prior marriages.
A Palo A picnic at Ellis Park Cedar Rapids honored Mrs. Charles McManus of Asheville North Carolina. Attendees included Mr and Mrs W C Wright and Vehna and Junior Mr and Mrs C C Wright and Leora Mr and Mrs Gene Wright Mrs Emily Wright Mr and Mrs Lew Weis Everett Mr and Mrs Clair Weir Garth Palo Miss Grace McManus Mr and Mrs G B Wright Mr and Mrs Howard Wright and Guy Cedar Rapids Mr and Mrs Earl Wright and son Dale Rockford Illinois ville North Carolina
Forty mothers and daughters from West Branch and nearby Iowa towns halted at a gas station for an educational bus tour to Canada. They travel by two buses camping nightly, planning a loop through Madison Green Bay Niagara Falls Sault Ste Marie with Quebec as the far north, aiming to return by late July and finance the trip at about 65 dollars per person.
The hay-filled barn on the Carl Gnade farm near Maquoketa burned Monday noon. Rex Lane delivered furniture as the barn burst into flames. Firemen saved the home, hog house, chicken house, and other small structures. A cistern supplied water and suction hose aided the attack for over two hours. Loss estimated at least $2,000.
Fred Klotz of Independence died at his home after a year's illness. He was 60 and longtime proprietor of the Klotz sales pavilion. Funeral services are set for Wednesday afternoon with burial in Hoover Cemetery near Newtonville. Survived by his wife and daughter Bertha.
Catherine Ellen Ryan Keegan, 97, longtime Manchester resident and former Masonville and Waterloo farmholder, died at her West Manchester home after a lingering illness. Survived by a niece in St Paul, funeral at St Mary’s Catholic church with Rev. F W McKinley, burial in Catholic cemetery.
Mrs. Erma Robinson, 33, of Delhi died at John Macs Donald hospital in Monticello from severe burns suffered Friday while canning fruit. A towel near an oil stove caught fire, igniting her dress and sending her outside. Neighbors and Dr. Wintenburg rushed her to the Monticello hospital where over a third of her body was burned and poison caused her death Sunday afternoon. She leaves a husband Evlon Robinson and three young children.
Donald Motz Bennett 13 was badly burned Sunday afternoon when a loaded blank cartridge gun exploded in his hand. He was taken to Tipton where serum was injected to prevent lockjaw.
The Monticello city council has voted to hold a special election on Wednesday July 15 to submit to the voters the proposition to construct a municipal swimming pool.
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