Councilmen Ponder Possible Budget Cut
City councilmen Thursday discussed possible reductions in the proposed municipal budget after meetings with a Cedar Rapids delegation from the Iowa Taxpayers Association. Final hearing on the budget is set for Friday at 10 a.m. Joe Long and C. H. Bleakly joined local members to review the plan and push for economy. Bleakly has been in Cedar Rapids ten days checking budgets of local taxpaying units to aid recommendations.
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Iowa Taxpayers Association
Joe Long
State Association
C. H. Bleakly
Des Moines
Long
Cedar Rapids
Streamliner clips bumper in near miss on Illinois highway
Grover E. Ladd of Meredith New Hampshire testified Thursday to a near collision with an eastbound streamliner after a truck trailer stalled near a grade crossing in western Illinois. The train ripped off Ladd’s rear bumper but left the rear fender undamaged. he did not pursue details or timing beyond recalling “somewhere in Illinois.”
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Grover E. Ladd
Meredith
N. H
Finois
North Western
New Hampshire
Gazette
Illinois
Austria Delays Political Amnesty After Nazi Demonstration
Vienna reports a second amnesty for political offenders scheduled for August will be postponed indefinitely. The delay follows a large demonstration where Nazis denounced Jews and called for Hitler, as police battled protesters and 500 were arrested.
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Vienna
Hitler
Berlin
Increase in Hog Marketings and Fall Price Decline
Washington AP forecast by the Agriculture Department predicts more hogs marketed this fall and winter with a likely price drop in fall. A small corn harvest will cause sow and spring pig liquidation in the coming months, and higher priced corn will push farmers to send lighter weight hogs to market during 1936-37.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Gassaway Loses In Oklahoma Primary
Oklahoma City UPI reports Percy Lee Gassaway, a nationally known critic of Huey Long and sponsor of a birth control bill, lost the Fourth district run off to Lyle Boren by more than 3,000 votes out of 65,000. Fellow candidate Josh Lee backed the New Deal and defeated Gov. E W Mar land for the Senate nomination by a large margin.
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Oklahoma City
Percy Lee Gassaway
Gassaway
Lyle Boren
WPA
Huey Long
Townsend
Josh Lee
University of Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Lee
E. W. Marland
Senate
Marion supervisor BERT BUSBY dies in Marion
Former Linn County supervisor and Marion city council member BERT BUSBY has died in Marion. A Republican, he joined the board in 1928 and held many local and fraternal affiliations, including Marion lodge No. 6 AF and AM and Patmos Commandery No. 27 Knights Templar. He leaves a daughter in Maywood and a son in Marion, plus ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren, with numerous siblings and in laws.
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Marion
Board of Supervisors
Busby
Marion Lodge
A. M
Patmos
Knights Templar
el Kahir Shrine
Cedar Rapids
Maywood
George Busby
Charles Embert Busby
Cedar Falls
Cora Mae Busby
Hollywood
Calif
George Stearns Busby
Waterloo
Marian Busby
David Klink
Kathryn Klink
Verle Thompson
Robins
Louis Dykhuizen
George Arthur Hussey
Priscilla Hussey
Ill
James Thompson
Jacqueline Jeanne Dykhuizen
Gor Busby
Miami
Fla
Evin Busby
Chickasha
Okla
Bess Busby
Jack Ellis
Muscatine
Succession for Linn County Second District Supervisor Position
Under Iowa law the successor to Bert Busby who died Wednesday must be chosen by the county auditor Robert Vesely, county clerk Ed Lundquist, and county recorder Dempsy Jones. The selected individual will serve until the general election and until a successor is elected and qualified. The winning candidate in November will serve the unexpired term until Jan 1 1938. candidates may be chosen by party committeemen and committeewomen in the second district.
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Iowa
Bert Busby
Linn
Robert Vesely
Ed Lundquist
Dempsy Jones
Busby
Farnsworth Denies Treason Charges in DC Court
John S. Farnsworth angrily denied in federal court that he betrayed U S defense secrets to a foreign power. The ex naval officer, held in DC jail, pleaded innocence to two counts tied to delivering and attempting to deliver a confidential publication to a Japanese agent in August 1934. Trial set for early October. attorney William E Leahy said post of a 10000 bond was unlikely.
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Washington
John S. Farnsworth
District of Columbia
Oscar Luhring
Farnsworth
Naval
Service of Information and Security
William E. Leahy
Sinclair Wins Ninth Annual Midwest Playground Meet
Sinclair playground tops 13 events at Coe Field with 38 points in the eighth annual Midwest Playground Radio Track Meet. Riverside, Lincoln and Daniels follow with 27, 19 and 16 points as junior and intermediate divisions crown multiple winners from Sinclair, Roosevelt, Harrison and others.
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Cedar Rapids
Midwest Playground
National Recreation Association
Coe Field
Sinclair Playground
Riverside
Lincoln
Daniels
Harrison
Roosevelt
Arthur
Kenwood
Bever
Townsend Clubs Meet Tonight and Friday
Ice cream social advertised at St. Ludmila’s. Townsend Club No. 7 convenes at 607 1 Avenue NW at 7 30 p m Friday. Club No. 4 gathers in city hall superior court room at 7 30 p m Friday.
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St. Ludmila’s
Townsend Club No. 7
Avenue NW
Townsend Club No. 4
Superior Court Room
City Hall
Local residents treated for surgery and arrests report
Robert Schwerke underwent an appendectomy at St Luke s hospital on Wednesday. Fire crews fought grass fires at Second Avenue and Twenty seventh Street SE and at Liberty Drive and Linn Boulevard SE. Morris Rimmer Milner hotel and Ralph Rowley pled guilty to intoxication in police court Thursday and were fined ten dollars with costs and jailed in default.
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Robert Schwerke
Crescent Drive
St. Luke’s Hospital
Second Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
Liberty Drive
Linn Boulevard
Morris Rimmer Milner
Ralph Rowley
F Avenue NW
Man Injured on Dormitory Scaffold at Cornell College
Louis Kutish aged 48 of Marion sustained a hip injury while working on scaffolding at the men’s dormitory at Cornell college in Mount Vernon. He was transported to Mercy hospital Wednesday afternoon for treatment.
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Louis Kutish
Marion
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Mercy Hospital
Boat Stolen From Cedar River Near Waterworks
Mrs. W. P. Thurston reports a boat belonging to the Thurston family was taken from near the waterworks intake between 3 and 6 p.m. Wednesday and recovered after a Cedar River search led by Mrs. Thurston at 826 Daniels Street NE.
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W. P. Thurston
Daniels Street
Thurston
Island Theft Report Reveals Three Suspects
Island residents learned on Thursday that three boys were suspected of taking an item from a local area. No further details were provided about the item or suspects.
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Islands
Porter Fined for Assault and Battery in Reed Court
Devern Porter pled guilty to assault and battery before Justice A. S. Reed. He was fined $100 and costs with the fine suspended for striking Mrs. Milo Benesh and Mrs. Lois Porter, his wife.
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Devern Porter
Court of Justice
A. S. Reed
Porter
Milo Benesh
Lois Porter
Taxicab Driver Fined for City License Violation
Charles Hite of 806 Third Street SW was fined $5 and costs in police court for operating a taxicab without a city license. E T Hampton paid $1 and costs for parking in a prohibited zone after pleading guilty. J Meek of 318 First Street SW was fined $10 and costs for speeding.
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Charles Hite
Third Street
E. T. Hampton
J. Meek
First Street
George W Koob Seeks Democratic Nomination in Dubuque
George W. Koob of Dubuque announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for representative. The report notes his local ties and bid for the office.
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George W. Koob
Dubuque
Con
Cedar Rapids candidate Koob seeks June convention nomination
The Second district candidate from Cedar Rapids, Mr. Koob, said he will seek the nomination at the district convention in Clinton June 5 to fill the vacancy caused by Rep. B. M. Jacobsen's death, noting he was born and raised in Cedar Rapids.
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Gress
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Koob
Clinton
B. M. Jacobsen
Drum Corps to Perform at Coggon Harvest Home Festival
Cedar Rapids Junior and Juvenile Drum Corps meet Friday and Saturday at 2:30 pm at the Rock Island railroad freight depot on Second Street SE to travel to Coggon for the harvest home festival. They will wear blue uniforms with white shirts.
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Cedar Rapids
Rock Island Railroad
Second Street
Coggon
R. E. Shank In Hospital After Injury
R. E. Shank, 50, of 814 Seventeenth street SW, was recovering at St. Luke's hospital Thursday afternoon from what was reported as a fall.
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R. E. Shank
Seventeenth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Man Self-Administers Formaldehyde Dose
A man reportedly ingested a self-administered dose of formaldehyde on Thursday morning, leading to medical concern and prompting an emergency response. Authorities describe the act as dangerous and self-harm related.
Lincoln playground group tours Quaker Oats plant
Forty children from Lincoln play ground toured the Quaker Oats plant on Tuesday. The next evening the Lincoln playground community night program featured the Cedar Rapids boys drum and bugle corps and entertainment by Betty Birkicht Richard Birkicht Bobby Roy Floyd Gephart Jimmy Burke Tommy and Donald Gaines Jeanette Sullivan Evelyn Berry Melba Browner Dorothy Matejka Gordon Shimek Wesley Gatewood and Johnny Sage before a record crowd.
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Lincoln Playground
Cedar Rapids Boys
Betty Birkicht
Richard Birkicht
Bobby Roy
Floyd Gephart
Jimmy Burke
Tommy
Donald Gaines
Jeanette Sullivan
Evelyn Berry
Melba Browner
Dorothy Matejka
Gordon Shimek
Wesley Gatewood
Johnny Sage
Objections Filed to Gust Schreiber Will in Tama Court
Katie Hark, sister of Gust Schreiber of Dysart, filed objections to the probate of his will in Tama County District Court on Wednesday. The document notes the will is dated October and requests certain probate actions be reconsidered.
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Toledo
Gust Schreiber
Dysart
Tama County
Katie Hark
Schreiber will contested over capacity and undue influence
Katie Hark charges that Ferdinand Schreiber was mentally incompetent when he signed his will in 1935 and that the document was procured through coercion by his wife. She seeks to declare the will void and deny probate, noting Schreiber had left his estate to his wife.
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Schreiber
Katie Hark
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Sinclair
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Warren Meer Riverside
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