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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1939
Page
24
Iowa reports $128,319 in fines and costs from motor vehicle laws for the first six months of 1939. Patrol logged 2,476,762 miles, earning an estimated $29,250 net to the state. It issued 10,507 summonses and 23,064 warnings with numerous violations listed, including licensing, registration, and speeding offenses.
Kurt Schaeffer, once a University of Berlin graduate now at Scattergood refugee home near West Branch, says those outside Germany understand Nazism better than Germans who supported it. He cites Germany’s economic strain and claims war as the only solution, asserting the Nazi regime cannot be peaceful and must continually push forward.
Special to the Gazette Marengo two anniversaries were observed at the Earl Hoyle home Mrs Kies and Mr Kies marked their golden and silver wedding anniversaries respectively Mrs Kies born April 6 1868 at Indian Lake Nebraska daughter of Joseph and Jane King Mr Kies born in Grant county Wisconsin son of Allen and Sylvia Kies The couple had six children six living Mrs Hoyle Guerdon Gladys Lois and James eight grandchildren attended along with all children Mr Hoyle has served as rural mail carrier for 19 years
The Rapids School of Welding beat Gordon Hatchery 7 to 6 with Reed and G Krog on the Welders battery. Coast to Coast defeated Hallwood 11 to 10 as darkness halted play and managers plan a replay. The Painters face Garrison D II at 6:30. Multiple society notes cover club luncheons, neighborhood visits, travel to Chicago and Milwaukee, lifesaving classes, hospital updates, and a new baby born to Donald and family on South Thirteenth Street.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Sacred Heart church for Dr. William Breen age about 50 who died in a Town City hospital of uremic poisoning after an operation for appendicitis several weeks ago. Dr. Breen practiced medicine in Oxford Junction since graduation from the University of Iowa medical college. His widow survives. Burial was at Monticello.
Judd Page 89 a LaPorte City foreman long with Town Canning died at his Waterloo home Monday night He moved from Waterloo to LaPorte City in 1868 never married and helped establish Lotus lodge 100 F He enjoyed fishing and sports Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p m in Waterloo at O Keefe and Towne funeral home Also note Alburnett school band benefit event held on lawn with Rex Conn Linn county farm agent presenting films. proceeds about 35 from 200 attendees.
Governor George A. Wilson urged forming a three man coordinating committee to unify safety education campaign policies for Iowa. The panel would coordinate efforts among the Public Safety Department, the Iowa State Safety Council, and other groups amid disputes over disbursement of a 1939 budget of over 31000 annually.
Miss Gertrude Prull and Eric Owen wed at Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran church in Monticello on Wednesday morning. Rev. F. L. Kehren officiated with Emil Prull at the wedding march. The couple, after a Colorado honeymoon, will live in Anamosa where Owen operates a filling station.
After 21 years as superintendent of the Town School for the Blind in Vinton Dr. F J Palmer and his wife will move to Batavia New York where their son Eber Palmer serves as superintendent of the New York School for the Blind They departed Sunday for a Minnesota vacation before relocating Mr Hayes of Council Bluffs succeeds Dr Palmer at the state school
Special Deputies nabbed an elephant and recovered about 30 dollars of cash from Walter A Gentry circus promoters in Sabula and Maquoketa after the show skipped the town to reach Mt Carroll. The move came amid failed cash-in-advance pitches and a prior incident with Crime Doesn’t Pay lecture promoter Collins. Maynard burial notes for William P Sidie follow.
Des Moines reports indicate Mark C. Reno, a Des Moines attorney and Utterback’s former law partner, named executive secretary to Democratic Committeeman Hubert Utterback. The move signals efforts to break the Iowa patronage stalemate amid interparty quarrels and Roosevelt administration delays. Federal posts in Iowa remain open, with Valentine named as southern district attorney.
Yvonne Puffett ten months old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Puffett of Dundee died after being found head down in a pail of water. She was near death when found by her mother and died before medical aid arrived. Survivors include her parents grandparents Ernest Puffett and Mrs Puffett of Dundee and Mr and Mrs Carl Schug of Strawberry Point. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Lutheran Church in Dundee conducted by Rev Paul Matthias.
Plans for a Young Democrats dinner dance at Wildwood in Oelwein honor newly elected national committeeman James McNally of LeMars and committeewoman Phyllis Sheeler of Oelwein. Event sponsored by clubs of the Second Third and Fourth districts with speakers Nelson Kraschel Fred Biermann Ed Breen and Kenneth Baldwin.
Minneapolis AP dispatch reports Henry T. Asbury 25 of Kansas City and Robert G. Parker 24 of Oelwein Iowa were rescued from a precarious wedged position inside a box car in the Great Northern railroad yards. A railroad detective answered their cries and found shifting lumber had trapped them. They were given 30 day terms for vagrancy and ordered to leave the city on Tuesday.
Iowa automobile use tax receipts show the state spent nearly nine million dollars more on new cars in the first six months of 1939 than in the same period in 1938. The semi annual new car volume reached 33 4 220 158 dollars, with June totals at 5 683 000 dollars, and the two percent use tax yielded 664 403 dollars for the period.
Lindsey, a carpenter, fell 12 feet from a building and struck a saw-horse during work in Center Junction-C. The incident occurred Monday and prompted medical evaluation.
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