City Council Defers Annual Employment Office Contribution
The city council deferred its final decision on whether to continue paying 420 annually to the local Iowa state employment service office. A conference with the service advisory board and city officials was scheduled for Friday morning to review contingent funds and audit costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Employment Service Office
William C. Crawford
Walter Shadle
Arthur C. Deamer
L. D. Burgus
Burgus
Burgos
Cedar Rapids Seeks Equal Key Freight Rates To South
Harry F. Sundberg of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce urges the Interstate Commerce Commission to set specific key freight rates between Cedar Rapids and southern points. He argues the May report fails to name principal keys and could injure Cedar Rapids shipping. Oral arguments are scheduled for June in Washington with Sundberg calling for rates aligned to Milwaukee or Dubuque benchmarks.
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Cedar Rapids
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harry F. Sundberg
Traffic Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
William J. Koebel
Charles F. Bardwell
Sundberg
Washington, D. C
Mississippi Valley
Milwaukee
Dubuque
Man Sought After Bad Check For Berries Purchase
Amos Jacoby reports a man bought $2 worth of berries at his rural route farm, then presented a forged $475 check. The purchaser, about 40, 5 feet 7, 150 pounds, wore a gray coat and dark trousers, and no one at the provided address lived there. Jacoby found the check forged when he checked with the bank.
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Amos Jacoby
Jacoby
Tarkio Quartet To Sing At Grande Avenue Church
Tarkio college quartet of Tarkio Missouri will sing at Grande Avenue United Presbyterian church Friday at 7 45 pm. The announcement came Thursday from Pastor Morrow. A complete program of selections will be sung with Prof R F Patterson as secretary of the quartet.
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Tarkio Quartet
Grande Ave. Church
Tarkio College
Tarko
Grande Avenue United
Mungo Suspended And Fined 200 Dollars
Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Van Munroe Quits Club in Pittsburgh and receives a 200 dollar fine. Joe Russell of Clermont claims 5230 in a 25000 suit against Waukon Bottling Works for injuries from a truck accident on Sept 1, 1934. Suit moved from Allamakee to Winneshiek and appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court. A rainbow appears as a complete circle from an airplane.
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NEW York (Ap
van Mun- Ru
Brooklyn Dodgers
Yes
Pittsburgh
Waukon
Joe Russell
Clermont
Waukon Bottling Works
Aauta Acadent
Allamakee
Winneshick
Fie
Supreme Court
William A. Edgar Jr. Dies. Klinger Co. Secretary
William A. Edgar Jr. 800 Sixth Street SW longtime paint technician and secretary and plant manager at Klinger Paint and Wall Paper Co. died at a local hospital after a two week illness. He was born June 29, 1900 in Cedar Rapids and lived there his whole life. He survived by his wife Agnes and four children William III Marilyn Barbara and Richard. He also leaves a brother and three sisters. Funeral at St Patrick's Church Saturday at 10 a.m. with military graveside rites at Mount Calvary cemetery. Friends may call Beatty chapel Thursday evening.
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Willam A. Edgar, Jr
Sixth Street
Klinger Paint and Wall Paper Company
Cedar Rapids
Harvard Radio
Navy
Agnes
William III
Marilyn
Barbara
Richard
Chat Edgar
Margaret Howell
Bert Watkins
Sylvester Koutnik
Hanford Post
American Legion
the National Union
St. Patrick’s Church
Father Peters
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Beatty Chapel
Marion youth charged with larceny of motor vehicle
Robert McGill 21 of Marion pled not guilty in district court before Judge H C Ring to a larceny charge after allegedly releasing brakes on a car and fleeing a pursuit. Bond set at 2500 dollars. The car owned by Leland Todd was parked near his Seventh Street SE home. Todd reported a broken glass sound and found McGill with a bloodied hand and a cigar lighter on the dash. A true information was filed by County Attorney G K Thompson.
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Robert McGill
Marion
H. C. Ring
McGill
Stusak
Simon
Second
Third Avenues
Seventh Street
Leland Todd
Seventh Street SE
Todd
G. K. Thompson
Fined 300 for driving while intoxicated in Jones County
Gerd Weers, 34, of Anamosa, was fined 300 dollars and costs by Judge J C Ring in district court on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He may be released in good behavior on 150 dollars and costs, and cannot drive for three months. He pled guilty after arrest east of Prairieburg Sunday afternoon by Deputy Dick Payn and Sheriff Henry Eichorn. The court also approved the final report of Mr. Wright as receiver for disputed mail of Shores Mueller Co, related to a receivership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerd Weers
Anamosa
J. C. Ring
Weers
Prairieburg
Dick Payn
Henry Eichorn
Jones County
H. C. Ring
District Court
Wright
Shores-Mueller Company
Shores Company
Shores-Mueller
Shores-Muceller
Court Dismisses Chattel Mortgage Suit Over Corn Claim
District Court judge H C Ring dismissed Lovell and Adams v Herman Eilers as the plaintiff failed to show property in a Jevy. The defendant argued lack of consideration and no personal judgment was sought. The ruling, rendered April 26, held that over 100 bushels of corn under a Jevy is not defendant property due to a waiver.
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H. C. Ring
Lovell and Adams
Herman Eilers
Divorce Actions Filed in District Court
Cruel and inhuman treatment petitions list Bessie F McMillan vs Archie D McMullan from Marion after their 1910 marriage, Augustno Scolaro vs Grace Jean Scolaro from Rock Island after a 1934 marriage, and Forrest Hulen vs Margaret Hulten from Melcher with a 1929 marriage.
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Bessie F McMillan
Archie D McMullan
Marion
Augustno Scolaro
Grace Jean Scolaro
Rock Island, IL
Forrest Hulen
Margaret Hulten
Mel
Cher Jan
Will of Edward A Werner probate in Linn County Court
The will of Edward A Werner of Cedar Rapids was admitted to probate in district court on Thursday. The estate left to his wife Anna M Werner who also served as executrix. The instrument was drawn January 28 1931 and the Linn County Board of Supervisors accepted a bid from Juna Culvert and Pipe Company for a culvert project.
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Edward Werner
Edward A Werner
Cedar Rapids
Anna M Werner
Calvert Pipe
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Juna Culvert and Pipe Company
Des Moines Bid For Culvert Pipe Totals 5170.50
Two firms bid on iron and steel culvert pipe in Des Moines. The winning bid was 5170.50 for 850 feet copper steel culvert and 1730 feet iron base pipe. Separately a divorce case in Bruce FE Emberling cites cruel and inhuman treatment. Edythe A. Emberling’s cross-petition was granted but the May 7 petition was dismissed. The couple were married in Des Moines on March 2, 1917.
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Des Moines
H. C. Ring
District Court
Edythe A. Emberling
Bruce FE. Emberling
Petition Opposes Change In Beer and Dance Setup
Louis Pochobradsky filed two petitions with 1200 plus signatures urging the city not to change the beer and dance arrangement. He represents a south side property owner who would not name the client. Council action on the issue is expected soon with possible ordinance changes.
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Cance Halls
Louis Pochobradsky
Southwest Side
Podhobradsky
South Side
City Briefs and Personals Chronicle Cedar Rapids
Townsend club No 2 meets Friday at 7 50 pm in the superar court Seem Cedar Rapids Airbawks meet Friday at 7 pm in club room city hall basement Chicken Ginner Fairfax St Patrick editorium Sunday June 14 33 45 to 2 30 Tickets at Belden Hills cigar store advertisement Dr and Mrs GC M Cantrell and son Robert of Lone Tree Ia visiting F H Fleming 1602 Sixth Ave SE Daughters of Isabella attend funeral services for Mrs Margaret Schissel Westminster Presbyterian picnic at Duck Pond Ellis Park Saturday games begin 2 30 dinner 6 30 Mrs Sylvester Leverich 83 Marion admitted Mercy hospital hip fracture Royce Spence 4 713 Ely Ave SW fractured left wrist St Luke's hospital then home Ed Rawlis petition to rescue property on Mount Vernon avenue front commenced to Beht industrial Story Foundry petition to continue business 380 Pourteenth Ave SW not F Stary Sons Foundry Corner Sixteenth St NE sidewalk request on east side of Sixteenth St NE from H Ave to I Ave Fourteen signers Mr and Mrs G R Sampson Omaha visiting Cedar Rapids Sampsons former Cedar Rapids Republican composing room employee
The Gazette Street Newsies Attend State Theater Show
Cedar Rapids and Marion carriers and street newsies joined Wednesday evening at the State theater to see Joe E. Brown in Sons O Guns and the second feature Moonlight Murder.
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Cedar Rapids and Marion
the Gazette
Street Newsies
State Theater
Joe E. Brown
State bar examinees and hospital patients named in court notice
The state supreme court announced that Marion Burkholder and Lyman Mitchell of Cedar Rapids were among those admitted to law practice after state bar exams in Iowa City. Marie Linder of 1414 First Avenue E was treated for a fractured right elbow at St. Luke's hospital after an incident last week.
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Marie Linder
First Avenue E
St. Luke's Hospital
Marion Burkholder
Lyman Mitchell
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
State Supreme Court
Associated Press
City Council Seeks Oil Job On Fourth Street SE
A resolution filed Thursday orders one week of oiling on Fourth Street SE from Twelfth Avenue to a point beyond. The measure directs city crews to seal and treat the roadway to improve driving conditions.
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Streeta
Fourth Street SE
Twelfth Avenue
Avenues and Streets Listed for Public Works
Public works notice describes street segments to be coordinated on Fourteenth avenue and Ninth avenue SE, including boundaries from Fourth street to the alley between Third and Fourth streets, and Seventh and Sixth avenues SW from L street to Fourth and from First to Second streets.
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Fourteenth Avenue
Fourth Street
Third
Fourth Streets
Ninth Avenue
Fifth Street
Sixth Street
Seventh Avenue
L Street
Sixth Avenue
First Street
Second Street
Cedar Rapids Gas gets curbside main extensions approval
The city council on Monday granted Cedar Rapids Gas permission to lay 2,436 feet of gas mains along Cottage Grove Avenue from Linn Boulevard east, 701 feet on Twenty-sixth Street SW east from First Street, and 984 feet on Schaeffer Drive SW south from Twenty-sixth Street.
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Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Cottage Grove Avenue
Linn Boulevard
Twenty-sixth Street
First Street
Schaeffer Drive
Four hairs hold a one pound weight with strength tested
A historical note claims that four hairs of good strength can suspend a one pound weight, implying a test of material strength or tension in daily object use. The statement reflects a rough comparison of fiber tensile capacity and practical demonstration.
Births: Twila Pearl and daughter born at Mercy Hospital
Mr and Mrs Charles Filling of 1855 Zika Avenue NW welcome a daughter Twila Pearl born June 10 at Mercy hospital. Mr and Mrs Leo Ock enfels of Watkins announce a daughter born June 10 at Mercy hospital.
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Charles Filling
Zika Avenue NW
Twila Pearl
Mercy Hospital
Leo Ockenfels of
Watkins
Graham elected grand knight of local Knights of Columbus
Frank Graham was elected grand knight of the local Knights of Columbus council Tuesday evening. Bernard Deeny was named deputy grand knight with Hugh J. Deeny as chancellor and Francis Sullivan as recording secretary. William Deeny became treasurer with Frank Teeling as advocate and Victor Zoll as warden. Cyril Elliott is inside guard, Robert Elliott outside guard, James White and Peter Zabolitsky as trustees.
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Waukon
Frank Graham
Knights of Columbus Council
Bernard Deeny
Hugh J. Deeny
Francis Sullivan
William Deeny
Frank Teeling
Victor Zoll
Cyril Elliott
Robert Elliott
James White
Peter Zabolitsky
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Sixth Avenue SE
Daughters of Isabella, Lady of Perpetual Help
Stu Patrick’s Church
Margaret Schissel
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Ellis Park
Alrs
Sylvester Leverich
Royce Spence
Ely Avenue
Ed Rawlis
Mount Vernon
City Plan Commission
Story Foundry
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Pourteenth Avenue
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