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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1934
Page
12
Iowa Highway Safety Patrol readies for a two day weekend operation focused on drunk drivers. The effort follows a successful Fourth of July trial by the state motor vehicle department and aims to reduce accidents and conserve property on crowded Iowa highways.
Des Moines town patrol rules list required lights, brakes, reckless driving, passing restrictions on hills, DUI, truck regulations, strict stop sign observance, signaling when stopping or turning, and driving on the right of the center line for roadways under the license provisions.
Instructions warn patrols to be alert for intoxicated drivers and to remove or detain such vehicles with capable drivers. Charges to be filed immediately, focus on highways outside cities. Officers urged to cooperate with locals, be courteous, avoid profanity, exercise discretion, and avoid drawing arms except at night or when necessary.
Proponents of a municipal power plant in Glidden Ia celebrate a decisive special election result. The measure passes 221 to 66 to authorize construction at a cost of 47500 dollars, to be funded from plant earnings.
A Martelle picnic at Anamosa state park Wednesday hosted by Mrs. Cox in Omaha guest of her brother R D Finnigan. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Cox and Omaha guests Violet and Grace, along with numerous Anamosa and Cedar Rapids residents and families.
Des Moines AP Ralph Dean Smith one year old son of Mr and Mrs Albert L Smith of North English Friday became the first entrant in the baby health contest sponsored by the Iowa state fair Also Dorothea Tomlinson of Des Moines filed the first entry in the Iowa art salon entering landscape and portrait painting departments The baby contest is for towns under 15 000 population with children ages 12 to 36 months Awards totaling 400 are offered this year by fair officials
Sioux City youth George Kuntz saved his life with a flying tackle during a gunman incident at a jeweler shop. Tom Frost of Emerson Nebraska entered the store, displayed a revolver, and stated he wished to kill someone. Kuntz tackled him, Frost fired four shots but wounded no one, and police hold Frost for questioning.
In Sheilsburg Alex Moody reports Emory Robbins moved to a hospital while a paralytic stroke affected him Saturday night and a stroke struck Mr Robbins on Tuesday. Moody notes the patient is 18 and at Vinton hospital, with Robbins confined to his home in Sheilsburg.
Des Moines AP reports highway users are invited to a Monday meeting to discuss proposed amendments to the Iowa constitution governing road taxes. The amendments would cap motor taxes at current levels and allocate all collected funds to highway construction, maintenance, and safety. Major Roy F Britton of Washington DC and St Louis will speak, noting his past role with the National Highway Users Conference and AAA.
Special to The Gazette reports Mrs. E. E. Blanchard of Grant's Pass Oregon and her husband observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary at the home of Mrs. Blanchard's mother Mrs. E J Ward in Montour Iowa. Their son Paul Blanchard of Chicago arranged the trip as an anniversary gift. The couple were married July 10 1884 and have strong ties to Montour with Mr Blanchard once serving as Montour schools principal. The event included a simple family gathering and a light afternoon reception with relatives present.
Rimer Grant Case, president of Case and Moods Me, a Wheatland native, shot himself in the company basement amid fears of being supplanted. Directors waited for him at a board meeting as a note cited heavy strain on his health and courage and requested care for his wife and daughter.
First State bank reopened its doors Friday under a depositors agreement after SF 111 release. Officials said the reopening held no special significance for Friday the 13th. Directors delayed opening until today despite earlier clearance.
Eight local young men left Thursday for the civilian conservation corps camp at Solon. James Chapman was chosen to accompany them and will lead a group of less experienced workers at the camp. The travelers from Washington include Robert Sorrell, Charles F Srott, Daryl Leffler, Clifford Berges, J Daryl Crawford, Wilbur Havel, Donald Starr, and Harold Kolosick.
Forty one Benton county youths were sent to CCC camps at Decorah Lamont and Solon this week Cooks Clarence Zieser and George C Long were sent to Lamont The Decorah group included Ver non Becker Van Horne Virgil Boo heister Ed Emanuel Norway Harold Edmonds Vinton Evian Fisher Mount Auburn Frank Heddinger Luzerne Leonard Freeman Belle Plaine Howard Gillis Shellsburg James Martin Blairstown Charles King Shellsburg Roland Logan Mount Auburn Glenn Long Atkins Carl Mur ray Atkins Frederick Miller Nor way Earl Moore Blairstown Mel vin Montague Norway George Mouchka Belle Plaine Harry Oehlerick Keystone Everett Sevening Norway Leslie Shirley Belle Plaine David Thomas Shellsburg Leroy Wiese Keystone Clement Van De Woestyhe Belle Plaine and Harry Meyer Watkins The Solon group included Roy Alpers Clifford Dixon St ancy Kimm Len Kizer Lloyd Parker Ernest Smith and Frank Tharp of Vinton Arnold Lewis Lewis Groff Ernest Hamilton Edward Jones Ancil Shoemaker Dale Williams Harold Smothers and Frank Fisher of Belle Plaine
Prairieburg Mrs Thomas McNamara aged 78 suffered serious injuries when she fell down stairs at home injuring both arms and right shoulder. She was taken to Mercy hospital Anamosa in critical condition. Two weeks earlier her husband also aged 78 broke a leg after a horse kick and is bed bound at home.
Hale Mr and Mrs M and E Wooder Jones county residents were surprised on their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Twenty five relatives attended a reunion with their son Harry Wooder from San Francisco present for the first time in thirteen years. A family picnic at Anamosa State Park followed a dinner. The couple were married in Anamosa and raised seven children, four of whom attended along with numerous grandchildren.
Army engineers gain a second year allotment of 18 million from the Public Works Administration to continue upper Mississippi River locks and dams work begun with 22 million last year. An additional 16.736 million is allotted for Missouri River channel work. The Mississippi funds include 17 million for locks and dams, 1 million for dikes and revetments, and 11.5 million for dredging a nine foot channel between St Louis and Minneapolis. By June 1, 7,308 workers were employed on 18 projects, with several dam and lock contracts already awarded across Iowa including Linwood, Guttenberg, Dubuque, Bellevue, Muscatine, Burlington, and related roadworks.
Irene Wald Olsen, 26, alleged companion of Frank Beddow known as Bellboy Ponzi, was freed on $2,500 bail after arrest by State Agent Paul Gruber. Olsen, found with Beddow in a hayloft near Colesburg, IA, faces a charge of assisting a felon to escape. hearing set for July 31. She will testify before a grand jury probing bonds and forgeries in the case.
Nearly 100 sparrows were found dead under a tree on the S Williams lawn Thursday after a heavy storm. Officials believe lightning caused the deaths, though the tree showed no signs of a strike.
Maquoketa sheriffs escort three drivers back to Zwingle for talks on safe driving after a truck sped toward a freight train at the town’s Main street, killing a driver in a past accident. Officials deny a speed trap aim, seeking to prevent deadly accidents and protect citizens.
Mr and Mrs J Elliott of Troy Mills quietly celebrated their sixty fourth wedding anniversary at their home. They are the town's longest married couple and oldest residents, having lived all their married life near Troy Mills. They are parents to eleven, with ten living, and have twelve grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. Only one son R B Elliott and his wife and one daughter Mrs Harold Weber attended the dinner.
The estate of Cyrus Boone of Tipton, who died in a Cedar Rapids hospital on July 5, was issued in district court on Thursday appointing an administrator. The estate includes about $10,000 in personal property and a residence in Tipton. Heirs include brother Loveless Boone of Tipton and several nieces.
Judge John Moffit dismissed habeas corpus actions and upheld Mamie Crock the grandmother in a custody dispute over Russell George Moravek born to the late Mrs. Moravek The ruling cites the dying wish she be cared for by his grandmother and the father’s cooperation after the infant fell ill The case lists Korab Korab Iowa City Carl H Mather Tipton for the plaintiff Elmer Johnson Cedar Rapids for the defense with Nick J Crock grandfather as co defendant
Kalona reports installation of new I O O F officers on Thursday evening led by Fred E. Bourgeois with district deputy grand master oversight. Appointments include N G F E Skola Elmer Marner V G and others with Felzke and Britton in multiple roles.
The PWA loan and grant of 10500 to Center Point for a high school gym addition was changed to a grant of 7500, 30 percent of labor and materials, after Center Point withdrew the federal loan and sold a 12000 bond with a 230 premium to Cedar Rapids firm Scott McIntyre. Total project cost 25000, reserve funds 5500 to be used, roof now being laid.
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