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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1939
Page
5
Daily Record reports last night's high and low across multiple cities with scattered scores and a late entry noting C. W Carpenter, 37, of 207 School street Villa Park NL, fined $100 and costs for reckless driving.
Mercy Hospital reports a son for Mr and Mrs Vincent Spillane of 616 Ninth Street SE on July 8 at St. Luke's Hospital. John Bam, 42, of 8112 Third Street NW, dies Friday. Mrs. John Mekota, 78, of 1402 Fourth Avenue SE, dies at 7 am Saturday in a local hospital. Marion Creger, 14, of 952 Fourth Street SW, dies at 9:40 pm Friday. Mrs Earl McBurney, 43, five miles southeast of Troy Mills, dies at 12:15 pm Saturday in a local hospital. Justice of Peace Courts: Ralph Burgess, 22, of 1802 Center Point Road NE, fined 100 dollars and costs for leaving scene of accident without giving name. A B Albright, Cedar Rapids, fined 2 dollars and costs for operating a motor truck without a chauffeur's license.
Vernon G Simon from Marion and Lillian L. Cuhel of Cedar Rapids are named alongside William B Craig and Margaret M Manuel of Belle Plaine. Arthur Charles Nichols and Constance Genevieve Beerkrem, both Cedar Rapids, appear with William A Langton and Marguerite Hoyle, Cedar Rapids, in the same society notice.
WPA project workers face 30-day layoffs for those on rolls 18 consecutive months affecting about 600000 people or a quarter of WPA. AFL CIO and Workers Alliance urge Congress to restore wage hour provisions while Fort Dodge workers return Monday after idle protests. About 200 men in Fort Dodge to resume work on the business district paving project.
Bever park and Kenwood playgrounds held their first community night programs. Bever’s Thursday event drew 200 attendees under Helen Frank with a Romeo and Juliet play and dances by Alyce Chadima and Ellen Kaupke. Kenwood’s Friday night showcased a March of Time broadcast with students and townsfolk performing roles, Dorothy Schmidt as property manager, and directors Mary Condon and Donald Vernimont. both nights ended with three reels of sound films.
S C Snider of West Liberty, a prominent funeral director, was injured but not seriously when a car and trailer overturned in Winnipeg, Canada. He suffers a compressed fracture of the twelfth vertebra and is hospitalized there. Companions C J Lawton Frank Lawton A L Dice and John Boden returned home Saturday. they were en route from a fishing trip to Kenore Ontario.
In Utica New York on Saturday fourteen people were hospitalized after chlorine gas swept over a city pool. Three were in serious condition and about 64 others were treated with inhalants. The gas came from a tank opened to connect to the pool's chlorinating system, many victims were in the water or fled as lifeguards cleared the pool. Over half the affected were children, with coughing and screaming reported.
Jack Arlen of Clinton visits here for weekend with Harold Peterson at 342 Third avenue SW. Tudor cafe offers Sunday dinners 11 to 5 at 2924 1st Ave SE. Dr John H Rieniers and family stay weeks in Minnesota fishing. William Langton and Marguerite Hoyle of Cedar Rapids wed Saturday by Justice H R Churchill. Newman family reunion July 16 at Bever Park pavilion with picnic dinner and officer elections. Chris Walderbach name omitted from Railway Mail clerk convention executive committee report. George Ottsen of 1122 Maplewood Dr NE in Mercy hospital, recovering from crash last week that killed three. Warren J Buchan of 1416 Fourth Ave SE to become assistant manager at Alexander Lumber Kanakee Illinois after July 16.
Ruth Hageman at 2522 First Avenue East returned home Friday night to find the basement light on and her purse on the bedroom floor. A thief who entered while she was at the movies stole $10 from the purse. nothing else was disturbed.
H. L. Green of 303 Thirty-fourth street NE reported to police Saturday the loss or theft of a billfold from his overalls pocket Friday at a garage on 353 Second avenue SW. He wore the overalls to the garage at 7 am and found the billfold missing at noon. The billfold contained $53 in cash along with driving and fishing licenses.
The third nature tour in Palisades state park will be led by park naturalist Aureal T. Cross this Sunday at 2 p.m. from the east side of the main lodge. The two hour hike will identify at least 12 native ferns and include a brief history of ancient ferns and the life cycle of a single fern. Tours are free to the public and continue each Sunday.
In Taylor Nebraska a three year old boy saved his two year old cousin and another child from drowning after Carl Goos fell into a stock tank. Freddie Campbell grabbed Carl by the clothing and pulled him from the water, requiring artificial respiration to revive him.
BONNER SPRINGS Kan AP two young farm hands Clarence Turner of Gastonia North Carolina and Champ Brown of Des Moines Iowa were killed Friday in an abandoned coal mine ten miles northwest of Bonner Springs. Charles Vanderslice a nearby coal miner spotted them entering the mine and returned to surface after smelling damp gas. Police and Leavenworth firefighters then entered the shaft in gas masks and found the men dead about ten feet from the opening.
New York Central Railroad paid Attorney Phillip Davis 232.89 for a passenger seat claim. Three years earlier Davis stood all the way from Albany to New York after suing for 45 dollars damages. The payout included 45 dollars, 2.80 for his ticket, and legal costs.
Frank Kiersner, 23, who shared a month with Frank Dolezal, described the torso slayer as a heavy drinker who cried over bad luck. He said Dolezal drank about 20 beers daily, rarely acted like a murderer, and implied the killer might have killed Florence Polillo after a money dispute if intoxicated.
In Carroll township district No 2 Tama county the 7 year old country school house will be sold or razed this summer. A new 30 by 22 frame building will be erected with bids sought by district directors who aim to complete the project by December 1. Dorothy Coe of Dysart married Paul Welsh of Odessa Texas at the Coe home with Virginia Sparry and James Williams as attendants. The couple departed for Austin to begin their new life as Mr Welsh takes a supervisory farm security post.
In Hollywood a court placed 6 year old Joan Langan as a ward of juvenile court after a petition by director John Langan seeking stable supervision. The girl will remain in a local Hollywood school. Joan Manners contested the ruling after previously serving a contempt jail sentence for picketing her husband’s studio.
Frank H Burgess aged 63, publisher of the La Crosse Tribune, died after a long illness in La Crosse Wisconsin. Born September 4 1875 in Liverpool England he moved to Canada in 1879 then to the United States. He joined the La Crosse Tribune in 1907 as business manager and became publisher of the consolidated Tribune Leader-Press in 1917, serving until his death.
Special to The Gazette. Maquoketa sheriff Ron Cahill said a $100 reward is offered by Michael Burns's daughters Stanton Berry of Sabula and Enid Burns of Davenport for information leading to his discovery dead or alive. Burns, 59, a Sabula railroad employe, vanished Tuesday evening at Green Island where he was substituting for the night operator. Authorities consider foul play possible as state agents join the investigation.
Citywide playground champions in five events have been determined. Winners include Manuel Wise in junior boys checkers at Elks playground and Bob Carpenter in senior boys checkers at Harrison playground. Patricia Cahalan tops senior girls checkers at Roosevelt, while Helen Cahalan also wins junior girls checkers at Roosevelt. Multiple players win deck tennis, Chinese checkers, jackstones, horseshoes, and other events across Riverside, Harrison, Bever, Arthur, and Dan iels. Award plaques will be presented at the community night programs.
A coroner's jury ruled the Maquoketa death of Mrs. Z. G. Wait 58 of Erie Illinois resulted from injuries and shock from two accidents and found no criminal negligence by Fred Durkop of Maquoketa who drove the car in the second collision two miles south of Maquoketa. Witnesses included Durkop Claude Bowers Kirk Griffin Joe Martin and Ralph O. Weaver. Dr John W. Jordan presided with County Attorney Arthur Janssen assisting.
Paris reports that the government invoked emergency powers to forbid any war materials factory from interrupting or diminishing July through September production. Vacations may be postponed to October, with priority given to married workers. Employers must grant regular vacations to workers who previously struck and returned to work.
Two year old Madge Galloway, daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Galloway of Lost Nation, was struck by an automobile Thursday causing facial and head injuries including a concussion of the brain.
London reports two speakers express confidence that Britain's anti aircraft network can repel any foreign air fleet. W L Wright son asserts the port of London is indestructible with 314 miles of trench protection for 30 000 port workers. Air Vice marshal T L Leigh Malory adds that enemy pilots would face a difficult time and that morale loss would reduce any attack to a trickle.
MOREHEAD KY INS reports the eastern Kentucky flash floods raise the death toll to 96 with 40 still missing. Officials fear the total might grow as searches reach remote areas while pestilence fears drop. Over 1,200 treated Friday with typhoid inoculations continuing. 1,100 farms in the flood zone, 900 damaged.
Edward Naudzius of Detroit extended his winning streak in the international model airplane indoor competition. He claimed the senior class hand-launched model event with 17 minutes 51.6 seconds to win the William B. Stout trophy, followed by Alvie Dague of Tulsa with 17 29.6 and John Stokes of Huntington Valley with 17 07.6.
The piece argues that losing teeth or excess waist size shortens life, urging dentures as life support. It cites a 76 year old who thrived without teeth and notes a reader who regretted not replacing a missing tooth. The author questions the value of five months of life.
A writer jokes about bright little boys targeting alcohol use and a doctor’s actuarial claim that drinking costs life minutes. He notes life insurance bases, then declares personal choices: keep teeth, abstain from booze, exercise lightly for girth, and take vitamins with breakfast.
A reader asks about age to start wearing support devices and receives odd answers suggesting 106 as start age. Advice emphasizes avoiding artificial supporters unless physician guidance and mentions calcium. Additional notes discuss a monograph request and frozen vegetables and fruits quality after thawing.
US Housing Administrator Nathan Straus told the House Banking Committee he plans to earmark 200 million of a lending powers increase to fund a rural homes program. The Senate amendment would lift USHA authority from 800 million to 1.6 billion to aid farm families of low income. Critics argued the farm focus limits city low-paid families. the chair indicated the change would apply broadly.
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