Two Cedar Rapids youths receive reformatory sentences overturned
Carroll Darringer and Raymond Brady, both 17, were sentenced March 7 by Judge Floyd Philbrick to an indefinite term up to ten years at the state reformatory for car thefts. Sentences suspended and they were paroled to state agent O. H. Story. Brady later received a Wis consin reformatory sentence. Story placed a detainer. Darringer’s suspension was revoked after he bought a gun.
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Cedar Rapids
Carroll Ray Darringer
Seventh Avenue
Raymond Brady
Fourth Street
State Reformatory
Floyd Philbrick
O. H. Story
M. L. Nathanson
W. Howard Smith
Story
Brady
Wisconsin State Reformatory
Wisconsin
Mt. Vernon
Marion
Abe Barron
Barron
LaCrosse
Wis
Council weighs soot dust complaint from National Oats
Cedar Rapids residents petitioned the city council on Thursday for relief from the soot dust nuisance caused by the National Oats company. Public Improvements Commissioner David L. Williams said filtering equipment exists but may not have been cleaned recently. the council referred the complaint to Building Inspector James Lilly for investigation.
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National Oats Company
Cedar Rapids
Public Improvements
David L. Williams
James Lilly
Ralph Ingersoll Fined For Reckless Driving
Ralph W. Ingersoll of 122 Sixth Street NE was fined 25 dollars and costs in traffic court after patrolmen clocked him at 50 miles per hour on Second Avenue SE between Tenth and Fifth streets. The incident occurred at 12 18 a m Thursday.
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Ralph W. Ingersoll
Sixth Street
Waude Fellwock
George Davis
Second Avenue SE
Tenth Street
Fifth Street
Pullman Bosses Accused of Wage Chisel by ORC Leader
Johnson of the Order of Railway Conductors charged the Pullman company with deducting part of wage increases won in arbitration. He warned of an August 7 strike affecting all railroads except Milwaukee for crews on Pullman cars, while asserting total gains should be 44.40 dollars monthly. Johnson spoke in Cedar Rapids while on routine business. CRC President Fraser was expected to join.
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B. C. Johnson
Order of Railway Conductors
Cedar Rapids
Pullman Company
ORC
Milwaukee
Johnson
United Press
Chicago
Brotherhood
Washington
Three Railroads Pledge Crossing Repairs in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids city council heard from R I and Milwaukee and North Western railroad engineers that crossings will be repaired soon. North Western began work. repairs aim to finish before winter amid material delays and a Union station deed clause urging maintenance.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Young
Young
R. R. Bragg
Rock Island Railroad Division
R. A. Whiteford
Milwaukee Railroad Division
C. H. Wells
North Western Railroad
Chicago and North Western
Wells
David L. Williams
Williams
Don Hines
Rock Island and North Western Railroads
Fourth Street
Third and
Fifth Avenues
Three Injured in Highway Mishaps
Three persons were injured in two accidents investigated by the highway patrol Wednesday night. Eddie Phipps of Des Moines and David E. Cripps of 206 Seventeenth Street SE suffered head injuries, with Phipps also having possible rib fractures. Both are listed in good condition at St Luke’s and Mercy hospitals respectively. A hog load escaped from a semi after a truck’s side tore open, sending a piano from Phipps’s pickup into a ditch.
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Highway Patrol
Eddie Phipps
Des Moines
St. Luke’s Hospital
David E. Cripps
Seventeenth Street
Mercy Hospital
Phipps
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Ervin
Vv.a
Winona Graves
Leon
Dripps
Gus Kroups
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Kroups
Wilbur Eicher
The
Dime Store Purse Containing 940 Found in Rochester Purchase
A paper bag containing 940 dollars was found Wednesday among Mrs. Thomas Hunts five and ten cent store purchases in Rochester New York. Police traced the bag to Mrs Anna M Fratta who apparently left it on a counter after the loss and find were reported.
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Rochester
N. Y
Thomas Hunt
Anna M. Fratta
Adventure on the Highway for Two 15-Year-Old Boys
Two 15 year old boys from Neenah Wisconsin ran away with $1.50. They hitchhiked toward Des Moines to visit an uncle, rode in a car that soon was found stolen after its engine fell out near Victor. They were jailed in Marengo then released when the driver admitted auto theft.
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Neenah, Wis
Milwaukee
Des Moines
Victor
Marengo
Hanford Post Second in Iowa Legion Membership Drive
Hanford post of the American Legion ranked second in Iowa for membership growth. State Commander Ralph R. Stuart noted Hanford had 4,161 members as of June 30, reaching 350 percent of its 1,187 quota, with Commander Jim Scolaro reporting 4,303 members. Des Moines Post 659 won the top quota percentage trophy. Cedar Rapids was second, Sioux City third, Davenport fourth.
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Hanford Post
American Legion
Iowa Department
Ralph R. Stuart
Hampton
Cedar Rapids
Stuart
Services Club of
Des Moines Post
Sioux City
Davenport
Jim Scolaro
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Kearney
Neb
Derringer
Iowa Reformatory
L. B. Marshall
George Connell
Council
Ralph Ingersoll
Standard Tire Company
Ist Ave
1St St. NE
Dial
J. F. Herbel & CO
J.f.herbel & CO
Mckinley Street
Pullman
C.R
OPA
Newman
Zeb
A.P.C
Magicolor
Newman's
Thrifty
etFttee
Reliance
Seersucker
Thunderbird
Nashua Sampa
Palr
Chambray
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