City Cancels Plea For Water Main Loan
Cedar Rapids votes against resubmitting the waterworks extension. The city retreats from a $140000 loan and 30 percent grant plan, noting voters rejected a spring election and current work totals about $40000 funded from surplus water funds. The plan now focuses on continuing under way work with remaining funds. City officials had applied for the federal grant while proceeding with the underway extension.
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Louis Burgus
Federal Administration of Public Works
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Burgus
City council action follows two week resolution on petition review
The vote aligned with a council resolution passed two weeks earlier to allow the city time to examine the petitioners more fully.
City council grants two beer permits and delays one
The city council approved permits to sell beer for Leslie O Peyton at 505 E Avenue NW and C C Pithk at 100 First Avenue W on Thursday. A third applicant, Marion W Spencer at 124 Firs Avenue W, was held up for a five day waiting period after filing.
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Leslie O Peyton
E Avenue NW
First Avenue
Marion W Spencer
Firs Avenue
Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Easy Relief at Drug Stores
Advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as powerful yet harmless for relief from suffering. Claims simple directions, economical price, and guaranteed results or money back from May Drug Co.
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Moone
Protest Conditions Near Beer Parlor On 9th St SE
Three women from the vicinity of Fred Platz's beer parlor at 828 Ninth Street SE asked the city council for relief from nightly disturbances. They described loud noise until morning and police delays. Officials cited limited power without nuisance law action. privacy and police protection promised.
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9Th St
Fred Platz
Ninth Street
City Council
Virgil Powell
Dan Kruidenier
Public Safety
William J Niel
Kruidenier
Plotz
ERE Ordorlne
Slipped On Tarred Street Seeks 15000 From City
A. W. Navratil files a personal injury claim with the city council seeking 15000 dollars in damages. He says he suffered an abdominal rupture after slipping on soft tar at First Street and Third Avenue SE on June 9. He alleges city negligence for lack of barricades or warning signs. the claim was referred to the city legal department.
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First Street
Third Avenue SE
Navratil
City Legal Department
North Dakota Governor Langer Faces Conviction and Fallout
U S suit centers on Governor William Langer amid charges of forcing job seekers to fund The Leader, his administration paper. Federal relief removal and a grand jury indictment followed, with embargos and moratoriums shaping a volatile, stormy tenure.
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Ismarck
Willam AL Langer
North Dakota
Langer
Lynn Frader
U. S
Nonpartisan League
League
U. S. Supreme Court
William A. Langer
Ates
Murray Seeks $100000 More in Chincha Bug War Aid
Des Moines Iowa secretary of agriculture Ray Murray said chinch bug infestations in southern and eastern Iowa are only partly controlled. He noted up to 25 percent corn loss but rains revived much of the crop. he asked Washington for an extra $100000 for the campaign and reported large coal tar drip shipments to counties Davis and Madison amid souring yields in Indianola area fields.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ray Murray
Murray
Washington
Washington County
Davis County
Church Bug
Indianola
Grundy Center Man Heads Grain Dealers
J Clyde Smith of Grundy Center was elected president of the Western Grain and Feed Dealers Association at its thirty fourth annual convention in Des Moines. Elected officers include J H Huston Columbus Junction vice president Perry Walters Toledo and M J Murphy Onawa directors, with Dave Milligan Des Moines re elected secretary and W H Walker Boone among continuing directors. Cognac France notes low per capita liquor consumption despite large production.
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Des Moines
J. Clyde Smith
Grundy Center
Western Grain and Feed Dealers Association
Earl Galbraith
Sac City
J H Huston
Columbus Junction
Perry Walters
Toledo
M J Murphy
Onawa
Dave Milligan
W. H. Walker
Boone
Luke Rader Predicts End Times Amid Meetings in Cedar Rapids
The Rev Luke Rader told a Cedar Rapids audience that the end of the age is near citing dictatorship, war threats and economic gloom as biblical signs The meetings run through the week with family and fellow evangelists including Paul Rader and Ray mond T Richey joining Cedar Rapids River Lake tabernacle founder pastor of a 2500 seat Minneapolis church leads this series
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Luke Rader
Old City
Rader
Paul
Ted Piper
Cedar Rapids
Paul Rader
Raymond T. Richey
Texas
River Lake Tabernacle
Minneapolis
Speeder Bills Fined 50 In Police Court
Merle Bills, 22, of Marion, was fined 50 dollars and costs for speeding at seventy five mph. Half the fine was suspended for good behavior. The arrest occurred on First Avenue near Twenty fifth Street East, marking a new high for speed records and fines this year.
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Merle Bills
Marion
Bills
First Avenue
Twenty-fifth Street
Joe J. Mally Resigns From Fire Department Appoints Elmer Stanek
The city council accepted the resignation of Joe J. Mally from the fire department and approved the appointment of Elmer Stanek to the vacancy. Mally had four months as a probationary member and returns to work with an oil company after leaving. Stanek was chosen from civil service eligible candidates and recommended by Fire Chief E. P. Kohout.
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Joe J. Mally
Elmer Stanek
Mally
Stanek
E. P. Kohout
Bar Leader Calls Overhaul and Civil Service For Police
Iowa Bar Association president J. C. Mabry of Albia urged a full revision of extradition laws, creation of a state police system under civil service, and a criminology school for peace officer training at the association’s 40th annual convention in Waterloo. He criticized political peace officers and lawyers who assist criminals, saying such lawyers are criminals at heart.
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Waterloo
J. C. Mabry
Albia
Iowa State Bar Association
Tweir
United States
Mabry
State Bar Association
Ex-Convict Slain By Green Bay Cop
Godfrey Belongia, 20, a former convict, was fatally shot by officer Vincent Czechanski in Green Bay after Belongia, fleeing from a tavern, grabbed a concealed pistol from his armpit holster. Officer Orpha Cunefare fired, hitting Belongia in the abdomen as the suspect tried to escape.
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Green Bay
Wis
Godfrey Belongia
Belongia
Vincent Czechanski
Belangia
Orpha Cunefare
Norma Millen Defense Gains Point in Murder Trial
In Dedham Massachusetts Norma Brighton Millen's murder accessory case, key witness Saul Messinger conceded borrowing $12 from Morton Millen after learning of a $15,000 Needham bank robbery and two police killings. The defense sought larger loan figures while Norma moved about during the interview in the Hotel Chesterfield New York.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Parson
Messinger
Morton Millen
Morton
Norma
Chesterfield
New York
Needham
Army Mass Flight To Alaska Planned
Washington AP reports the army air corps plans a spectacular massed flight from Washington to Nome Alaska to prove flying ability. Planned goals include demonstrating massed pilot skills after air mail service, promoting goodwill with Canada, and testing twelve Martin bombers. About forty pilots and crew expected. Brig Gen Oscar Westover may lead, itinerary not yet set.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
Nome
Alaska
United States
Canada
Air Corps
Oscar Westover
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Lancer
University of North Dakota
Columbis
Bismarck
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Third Avenue
S.W
Simmons
Chinch Bugs
Grundy Center Man
Allison
Wilbert Shallenberger
Chicago
Oakwood Blvd
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Kryptok
Creter
HW. G. Fussell
Opt Pecaten Ai
Vedar Rapids, Ta
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Craemer’s
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