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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1936
Page
4
In Cedar Rapids World War II veterans received adjusted service certificates totaling over a million dollars. Many plan to pay debts and buy homes, cars, furniture, clothing, and improvements, with much of the money circulating to creditors and local businesses as households upgrade and modernize.
A mix of veterans and farmers share plans from new furniture and machinery to livestock and debt relief. One man celebrates being debt free for five years while others invest in hayloaders, stock, and lace dresses as they await bond payments and house balance settlements.
The passage notes that husbands and wives will retain cash from resources and will not deploy the remainder until a specific and well considered need justifies it. The statement emphasizes prudent, deferred usage of accumulated funds.
Two men James Murphy 29 Rockford Illinois and Eddie Martin 53 Fox Lake Wisconsin were arrested near Delhi after a confidence scam. They claimed a truck accident and sought 35 dollars with a watch as collateral while promising to return 65 dollars and 20 for use. Deputies seized several watches.
Elgin Mrs. William Kruger, 43, took her life by hanging Tuesday at her farm two miles north of Elgin. Found by her husband in the cellar, she had been despondent over ill health. Surviving: her husband and four children Raymond of Los Angeles California William Dorothy and a 2 year old at home. Born Ella Freiburghaus in Elgin daughter of Christian and Rosa Freiburghaus. Five sisters and one brother survive. Funeral at the Baptist church and burial here.
Damage estimated at 3000 dollars disrupted lines of the Eastern Iowa Telephone and Telegraph company in Manchester. Connections to Dubuque and Cedar Rapids were out, with about 200 Manchester telephones and many rural lines out of service. A Bell Cable was broken by a fallen tree crossing the Illinois Central track, and a barn near Bert Hamblin’s farm was wrecked. Weather caused widespread outages and street flooding.
Frank M. Kolar of Iowa City was named assistant supervisor of operations for the Fifth Iowa WPA district based in Council Bluffs. He succeeds B. R. Van Cleve of Cedar Rapids, named supervisor of operations for Pottawattamie county, who replaces L. G. Holbrook discharged for administrative reasons.
A large gathering honored Mr. and Mrs. Lumir Truhlar and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Rigel at their Ely home. Attendees included multiple local families from Ely and Cedar Rapids, with many relatives present to celebrate the milestone.
The first real bonus cash reached Iowa veterans on Wednesday as 75 000 veterans received payments averaging about 550. Checks were exchanged for cash at banks, boosting retail trade and car sales while some veterans saved bonds for 3 percent interest. Banks prepared for the rush at post office windows.
The Lisbon Methodist Ladies Aid burned a $1,100 note to mark paying off a $4,000 debt from church parsonage remodeling. Eloise Stuckslager lit the match while John Macaulay and Clarice Johnston sang. Stuckslager also reviewed a book and minutes. Mayme Reiger read them. C B Johnston sang a vocal solo.
CENTER POINT The eighth annual high school alumni picnic drew 200 attendees. Thirty six years’ classes were represented, including three 1886 graduates marking their fiftieth anniversary: Mrs. Delia Hull Newland Cedar Rapids Mrs. Crete Serveson Center Point and Mrs. Linnet Aitchinson Palo. Judge H. C. Ring Cedar Rapids, class of 1888, attended with six fellow alumni from that class. Also present were Judge Ring Minnie Snyder Elizabeth Gilchrist Dr. Mark A. Newland Maurice Hassell Ella Ferrin. Alumni officers named Tom Condon president M. J. Hand vice president Vera Ashlock secretary Teddy Remer treasurer.
A barn owned by the Methodist church burned on Tuesday in West Chester, threatening nearby buildings including the parsonage for about half an hour. Volunteers used buckets and hoses to save others, with a Washington county truck assisting. Damage estimated at 700 dollars, believed started by a spark from a bonfire.
In Jerusalem the automobile of Jacob Simon, United Press correspondent, was burned near the U S consulate. Police shot one Arab dead and wounded several after rioters fired back. Three bombs exploded at Gaza damaging the railway. A military patrol was fired on along the Haifa Lydda line.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors designated weed commissioners for townships and towns outside Cedar Rapids. They will supervise noxious weed cutting when property owners miss deadlines in a county schedule and will bill the property owner for costs. Listed are township and town commissioners, including Judson MacIntosh and W. E. Stick among others, serving various locales such as Bertram, Central City, Lisbon, Marion, Mount Vernon, and Robins.
Washington settled a month long fight over the Ames Indiana postmastership by selecting Anna K Shane county democratic chairwoman from a civil service eligible list. Other finalists Alvis Lloyd and Clarence Brooker were also named on the list. The decision ends a dispute involving Rep Hubert Utterback and county leaders who opposed appointing Judge family members.
Cedar Rapids state representative Hickenlooper honored flag patriotism at a Mount Vernon Flag Day program in the Legion hall hosted by the American Legion auxiliary and other groups. Civil War veteran S. S. Haun shared what the flag meant to him. The program included living patriotic pictures by Junior auxiliary girls, a pledge, song, and a picnic lunch.
Two hundred twenty eight war veterans collected bonus bonds at the Oelwein post office before closing Tuesday. About seventy more will receive bonds in ten days, adding over 150 thousand dollars into the town. Most bonds were issued Monday evening when the office stayed open three hours. Only seventy veterans returned bonds for cash, with about ten percent cashing immediately.
United States Justice Department inquiry began as Reverend Claude Williams and Willie Sue Blagden reported being abducted and beaten in eastern Arkansas. A third victim, Roy Morelock, said attackers tied to sharecropper tensions also assaulted him near Parkin.
Senator Fletcher died of a heart attack after a long career in Florida politics and national finance reform. Born 1859 in Sumter County Georgia, he served as Jacksonville mayor, state legislator, and U S senator from 1909. He backed ship canal funding and supported key banking and tax reforms in Congress.
Florida's Senator Fletcher dies after a long career beginning with service dating to 1917 and a reputation as a conservative yet active supporter of banking and securities legislation. President Roosevelt paid tribute praising his dedication to public welfare and steady leadership during the banking crisis.
Henry B. Walthall, famed star of Birth of a Nation, died in Pasteur sanatorium Monrovia California at age 55 after a brief illness. The Shelby City Alabama native appeared in China Clipper Viva Villa Judge Priest and A Tale of Two Cities. Survived by widow Mary Charleson Walthall and daughter Mary Patricia 18.
William Hale Big Bill Thompson, former Chicago mayor, announced in Owen Sound that he will run for Illinois governor on the progressive ticket. He plans to stay in Chicago to organize his campaign this summer and said the party will base its principles on those of George Washington.
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