City Moves to End Taxi War with New Meter Rules
City council advances an ordinance to replace old taxi fares with metered rates of 25 cents for the first two miles and 10 cents for each additional two thirds mile. The measure ends the cab war by requiring meters and setting all cabs to display rates. Final passage is set for next Thursday with penalties up to 100 dollars or thirty days in jail for violations.
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Sacred Heart Academy Grounds
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First Avenue
Bever Park
Thirtieth Street
Mount Vernon Avenue
van Vechten Park
Twenty-ninth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Wilson Avenue
City
Twenty-second Street
James H. Douglas Jr Elected Trustee Of Chicago University
James Henderson Douglas Jr, former assistant secretary of the treasury, was elected to the University of Chicago board of trustees. Born in Cedar Rapids in 1899, he is the son of the late James Henderson Douglas Sr, former Quaker Oats executive. He is nephew of FE P Boynton of Cedar Rapids.
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James H. Douglas, Jr
Chicago University
Chicago
James Henderson Douglas, Jr
United States Treasury
University of Chicago
Douglas
Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats Company
FE. P. Boynton
Blake Boulevard
City briefs feature local talks and shrine picnic
Frank H. Ward will speak Sunday at Sunshine Mission on Sin and its effects. Fl Ka hir Shrine temple holds an annual stag picnic Friday at Sokol Park. E. L. Hellwig and E. H. DeNu and Co. W. Cottingham fined in city court. Mr. and Mrs. LeGrant travel to International Falls on fishing trip. August 17 set for hearing on road oiling project assessments. Unemployment Progressive League thanks donors and calls for more clothing and paper donations.
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Frank H. Ward
Sunshine Mission
Fl Kahir Shrine
Sokol Park
Man Charged With Plumbing Code Violation
An information charging Arthw Wenman with violating the municipal plumbing code was prepared at police headquarters Thursday forenoon by Harry S. Johnson assistant city solicitor and filed by L. G. Berry city plumbing inspector Wenman is alleged to have installed plumbing at 1053 Third avenue SE on July 26 without a license If the warrant is served Thursday he will appear in police court Friday
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Harry S. Johnson
L. G. Berry
Third Avenue SE
Playgrounds Week Postponed and City Projects Update
The safety week for city playgrounds is postponed likely by two weeks, with Wil lard Hayes noting the delay. Dan Kruidenier was to speak at each playground during community nights but will present the talk later. Plans for sanitary sewer work along Ond Avenue NE from Twelfth Street east to Oakland Avenue NE are being prepared by Louis J. Zika, with a resolution of necessity to be presented Monday. The council filed a quit claim deed resolution for a ten der strip on Tenth Street SE to adjacent property owners. Cedar Rapids all star girls softball to play Waterloo in Waterloo, with Sunday game moved to Diamond No 4 at Ellis Park. W H Cavanagh to umpire.
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Willard Hayes
Dan Kruidenier
Public Safety
Hayes
Louis J. Zika
City Council
Tenth Street
Eighth and
Ninth Avenues
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Abd Ellis Park
Daniels Park
W. H. Cavanagh
Plan Proposed to Prevent Millrace Drownings in City
City council discussed preventing a recurrence of the millrace tragedy that killed Ralph Smith, 12, at the Iowa Electric Light and Power dam. Commissioner Kruidenter urged a conference with the light company on remedies after headgates fault prevented draining the race. Other officials favored keeping the dam in good working order and installing a protective barrier along the race to stop fishing from walls. Mayor Stepanek supported immediate action.
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Glenn Smith
Fifteenth Street
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Dan Kruidenter
Public Safety
Kruidenter
Louis J. Zika
Public Improvements
Louis D. Burgos
W. H. Stepanek
Light Company
Queen of Hoboes Trails Through Cedar Rapids on Way to Alaska
Naturich Saunders of Chattanooga Tennessee known as the Queen of the Hoboes halted in Cedar Rapids en route to San Francisco as she continues attempts to hitch a ride to Alaska aboard an Alaska bound steamer. She claims extensive hitching across the United States and other countries since leaving Chattanooga on July 19 and vows she will reach Alaska.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Cedar Rapids
San Francisco
Alaska
Spaving Construction Company
Tulsa
Washington
Baltimore
New York
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
Supreme Court Upholds Mary Nolan $25,140 Judgment
Iowa Supreme Court affirms Judge Nelson of Dubuque county district court ruling granting Mary Nolan funds from her mother as guardian. Final accounting awarded $11,140.07 cash and $14,000 in real estate. American Surety defended and appealed. Includes unrelated ad line about selling produce.
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PR. J. Nelson
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Hines
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American Surety Company
Supreme Court
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