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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1935

Page

15

Waley Family Ties Tangle In Weyerhaeuser Kidnapping Case

Harmon Metz Waley, 24, ex-inmate, and his wife Margaret confessed to involvement in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping. In Tacoma a tearful mother pleads for his return as state and federal authorities pursue extortion and kidnapping charges. Ex-convict William Mahan, nicknamed the Egoist, is also sought. prosecutors push for the death penalty for all involved.

Tacoma Wash INS Harmon Metz Waley Department of Justice Salt Lake City Margaret Weyerhaeuser Cleo S. Bonnie Bonnie Waley Salvation Army William S. Grant Mahan Weyerheuser Butte Mont J P. Weyerheuser Little George U. S H. G. Fitch Waleys John Doe Harry H. Johnston

Cedar Rapids marriage licenses list several couples

The Cedar Rapids area issues marriage licenses for multiple couples including Joseph A. Kopecky and Georgia A. Hartl of Cedar Rapids. Lowell Truman Galt and Ruth Evangeline Stoner of Madison. J. M. Torrence and Anita S Chapman. Charles Arthur Fitzgerald and Audrey Kemp. Marshin Fred Deichman and Helen Koehler. Steven M Fattee and Helen I Pratt.

T Joseph A. Kopecky Georgia A. Hartl Cedar Rapids Lowell Truman Galt Ruth Evangeline Stoner Madison Wis J. M. Torrence Anita S Chapman Charles Arthur Fitzgerald Audrey Kemp Marshin Fred Deichman Helen Koehler Steven M Fattee Helen I. Pratt

City briefs and personals update notes several local items

Firemen answered a false alarm on Third avenue at Tenth street SE at 10 35 p m. Mrs Clarence A Cramer is recovering at Mercy hospital after a major operation last Saturday. Special notices of personal interest appear in classification 4 of the Want Ad section. The Indian Creek Bluebirds 4 H club meet Thursday at 8 pm at Rosedale school with a movie. Fresh Cut Peonies are offered for sale in Want Ads classification 4. M L Healy federal probation officer attended federal court in Fort Dodge Tuesday. Stephen M Durisch a Chicago naturalization examiner was at Cedar Rapids federal building interviewing citizenship petitioners. A typo in Mondays ad gave incorrect Kiwanis Show Boat dates. correct are June 13 14 and 15. Clyde Burwinkel of Silvis IL was treated for a hand injury at St Lukes hospital Monday afternoon. Wilma Bishop at 1042 Sixteenth street NE injured her right hand on a water faucet and was taken to St Lukes for first aid. A southeast central zone meeting of the Iowa State Association of Optometrists will be at Hotel Roosevelt 7 30 pm Wednesday with dinner. Dr E I Copeland leads arrangements. An address on the Townsend plan will be given at Memorial Coliseum Wednesday night June 12 at 8 00 admission free.

Wilma Bishop Sixteenth Street St Lukes Hospital Iowa State Association of Optometrists Hotel Roosevelt E. I. Copeland

Miller Files Bankruptcy Petition in Federal Court

Ralph D. Miller of 2011 First Avenue East filed a bankruptcy petition in federal court on Monday. He lists total debts of 1,713 dollars with 150 dollars in assets and claims a 100 dollar exemption.

Ralph D. Miller First Avenue E

Parking Violations Result in Fines for Two Local Residents

Speeding case notes Howard Leacox of 801 J Avenue NE and Hazel McCray of Hotel Roosevelt paid one dollar and court costs each for parking violations.

Howard Leacox J Avenue NE Hazel McCray Hotel Roosevelt

Kiwanis Showboat Evening Delays Chamber Meeting

With Thursday marking the start of the Kiwanis Showboat, the regular meeting of the Young Men's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce is cancelled. No meeting will be held for two weeks.

Kiwanis Club Young Men's Bureau The Chamber of Commerce

Night club purse theft report involving Miss Genevieve Rosdail

Police investigated after Miss Genevieve Rosdail of 700 Fifth Avenue SE reported $12 stolen from her purse in a downtown night club. She identified two men but suspected one. The man was arrested searched and questioned but not held.

Genevieve Rosdail Fifth Avenue SE Miss Rosdail

Betle Fiaine Vendor Fined for Illicit Butter Sale

Jens Thuesen of Betle Fiaine was fined $10 and costs by Justice A S Reed for selling butter with excess boric content. Officer Allion Hand, dairy and food inspector, arrested him after purchasing the butter at a Cedar Rapids store.

Jens Thuesen Betle Fiaine Justice A. S Reed

Public Court Fines Hit Two Men in San Francisco and Maran

Ted Olson of San Francisco was fined 25 and costs in public court for disorderly conduct and sent to the county jail after failing to pay. Frank Erie of Maran was jailed for not paying a 146 dollar fine and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication.

Ted Olson San Francisco Frank Erie Maran Ciw

Man Hurt by Grease Rag At Local Plant

Vance Gardner age 23 of 883 Shaver road NE was injured at La Plant Choate Manufacturing when a grease rag caught in a wheel drew him against machinery causing a severe scalp wound to his forehead and he was taken to St Luke’s hospital Tuesday morning.

Vance Gardner Shaver Road St. Luke's Hospital Choate Manufacturing Company

Red Cross Meeting Plans Relief Work in Linn County

The Linn county chapter of the American Red Cross holds its last monthly meeting until September on Thursday at 1 p.m. in the 206 Federal Building headquarters. Plans will be made for continuing relief work in storm disaster areas.

Linn County The American Red Cross Federal

Will Rogers Says about kidnappings and public fear

A muddled 1388-like garbled note references Will Rogers and concerns over kidnappings and social unrest. It mentions boycotts, difficult conditions, and speculation about events in a town with scattered names and dates.

Model Train Exhibit at Union Station During Railroad Week

A display of modern passenger cars from the Chicago and North Western Chicago Rock Island Pacific and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroads plus an Illinois Central baggage car will be shown at Union Station from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday. The equipment will be formed into a train on the depot track for public inspection. The train is named The Prosperity Special by railroad workers.

Chicago and North Western Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Union Station Illinois Central Railroad Week

Prince of Wales backs British Legion good will visit to Germany

The Prince of Wales urged a British Legion deputation to visit Germany as a gesture of goodwill. The public endorsement came during a London event marking postwar diplomacy efforts and reconciliation.

London Prince of Wales British Legion Germany

Penick and Ford Plant Expands Corn Processing Capabilities

Horan describes the Cedar Rapids facility started by the Douglas company as a major corn processing site with 32 000 bushels daily capacity. Products include gluten feed starches and corn oil used by textiles confectionery leather breweries and soap. The plant employs about 150 people under a 40 hour week with group health and accident coverage plus a life policy.

York Cowerni Ravald Soren Beaturer Lab Nihon Roosevelt YooShares Rosa Pesick Steko Lied Sisto Hoven Sand Towa Horan Sanford Kerr Emil J. Zadnichek Mr. Horan

Man Ordered to Leave State After Assault Charge

Ivan Parsons, charged with assault and battery on his wife Velma, was fined $100 and costs in Justice W. J. Gunewald’s court Tuesday. The fine was suspended on Parsons’s promise to leave the state.

Ivan Parsons Velma W. J. Gunewald Parsons

Two Speeders Fined In Police Court

John Unash of 199 Thirteenth Avenue SW and LeRoy Wood of Mount Vernon Avenue at Forty second Street SE were fined $10 and costs in police court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to speeding offenses.

John Unash Thirteenth Avenue LeRoy Wood Mount Vernon Avenue

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mother Salvationist Third Avenue Tenth Street SE Clarence A. Cramer Mercy Hospital Indian Creek Bluebirds Rosedale School M. L. Healy Fort Dodge Stephen M. Durisch Naturalization Examiner Federal Building Clyde Burwinkel St. Lukes Hospital Townsend Memorial Coliseum Will Rogers Cedersl Paxecepneil Aw Namiss Missouri, Nebraska and Canopus Club OF Penick Palm Beach Armstrong Iowa NEW Knox Straw Sailors Knox Armstrong’s Cedar Rapids’ Fine Armstrong Palm Beach Armstrong's Cinderella Sally Armstrong’s Dress Dept Arm~ Strong’s Ana Hue Ars Kenmoor
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