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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1932

Page

15

Dry states back repeal plank in convention vote

United Press tally shows many dry state delegations favor pledging repeal of the prohibition amendment and pushing repeal or Volstead Act revision. Pro-repeal advocates claim Colorado Maine Vermont Alaska and Iowa would add 62 votes, while submission without recommendation gathers about 324 votes versus 580 for outright repeal.

United Press Carolinas Colorado Maine Vermox Alaska Iowa

77 Year Old Freeman Undertakes 2160 Mile West Trip Alone

L Freeman, a 77 year old resident of 417 Third Avenue SW, completed a 2160 mile solo motor journey through the western states. He visited Denver with daughter Mrs Charles Rittenhouse and sons William and Emmet, and stopped in Omaha with son James H Freeman. In Colorado he toured Pike's Peak, the Cave of the Winds, and Garden of the Gods, noting unusually advanced crops in Iowa and Nebraska.

L. Freeman Third Avenue Mr. Freeman Denver Colo Charles Rittenhouse William and Emmet Freeman Omaha James H. Freeman Colorado Freeman Pike’s Peak Iowa Nebraska

Whitaker Held in New York in Lindbergh Baby Hoax Case

Norman Whitaker known as the fox was arrested at police headquarters on a Washington fugitive charge. Brooklyn residents say Whitaker aided Gaston B. Means in a hoax claiming to locate the kidnapped Lindbergh baby. Whitaker, 42, a former convict, reportedly worked with McDermott detectives on the case.

NEW York Norman Whitaker The Fox Gaston B. Means Lindbergh Washington, D. C Whitaker Brooklyn Washington Eeward McLean Alien Squad Means Michal F. McDermott

U S Will Bargain On Disarmament In Terms Of Arms Only

Washington officials said the administration will bargain for acceptance of Hoover's disarmament plan only in terms of ships fighting machines men and guns. The United States will not exchange concessions on war debts security pacts or Far Eastern policy for disarmament of foreign nations.

Washington Hoover United States France Japan

Hindenburg Edict Supersedes State Laws on Uniforms

Berlin AP report says President von Hindenburg signed a decree allowing federal law to override state objections on militant faction uniforms. The edict preserves police authority to forbid demonstrations or parades locally while states may object.

Berlin von Hindenburg

Official Notice of Road Vacation in Iowa

The county auditor reports in favor of vacating a road at the northeast corner of Section Four, Township Eighty-two North Range Eight West near Primary Road No. 149. Objections or claims must be filed in Woodbury County Auditors office in Rapids, Iowa, by August 30, 1932, or the road will be vacated. A. Senninger, County Auditor.

Coun R Rapids Pene County Iowa Ats Et Oedear

National contest prize winner names two to Quebec trip

Col L S Powers of Hawesville Kentucky wins an all expense trip for two through Quebec Canada for his cartoon about Rev M L Voyles of Little Rock Arkansas. Voyles has memorized and cites Bible verses exactly in sermons. Powers and Voyles will make the trip together. Tomorrow feature: The Real Barnum.

Quebec Canada Col L. S. Powers Hawesville Kentucky M. L. Voyles Little Rock Arkansas Col. Powers Voyies

Iowa News in Brief Highlights Rail Ties and Local Events

Railroads haul four thousand ties daily from Steam Mill Corners to Wyoming for creosote treatment in Minneapolis. Foreclosures in Anamosa include farms of Vesseys near Monticello and Fields near Oxford Millis. Pennsylvania picnic draws hundreds in Rochester. July Fourth plans in Maynard. Greeley reunion, La Porte City marriage, and Morley church address attract locals. Washington prepares Congress hotel reopen. Morley hosts bishop Statton address.

Wyoming—Railroad Wyoming Anamosa Jones County Court House Monticello Della Phelps Jones Delaware Monticello State Bank Mike Koranda William C. Fields Margaret Fields Oxford Millis Burton Brown L. A. Andrew Iowa Morley Irvin Devoe Margaret Coleman Et al Katie Sunday

English May Wear Straw Hats Now English May Wear Straw Hats

Major De Spencer Robertson surprised associates by entering the House of Commons in a boater straw hat, a first in that deliberative body. The sight drew notice as straw hats rarely appear in England and hinted at a possible national trend.

London de Spencer Robertson House of Commons England Commons Prince of W Bedfordshire

Teachers Plead For Federal Aid At National Convention

In Chicago the American Federation of Teachers urged Congress to add a temporary aid provision to the Wagner-Garner relief bill. The sixteenth annual convention adopted a resolution calling federal aid to sustain states in maintaining former high educational standards amid the emergency.

Chicago INS

Germans Propose Reconstruction Plan After Hoover Bank

In Lausanne Germany outlines a project similar to the American Reconstruction Finance Corporation to ease the European financial muddle. France calls the plan inadmissible and demands time for a final reply after a conference with Premier Herriot and Chancellor von Papen.

Lausanne Germany American Reconstruction Finance Corporation France Edouard Herriot von Papen Herriot

Receivers Confirmed for Packer Products in District Court

Judge A B Clark upheld the receivers Ed McPartland and L V Mahany after creditors challenged impartiality. Metropolitan Supply Star Printing and Harry Shulman had filed the removal application amid questions about a friendly creditor action by Iowa Milling. The court found the receivers competent and trustworthy despite objections.

Packer Products Company A. B. Clark Ed McPartland L. V. Mahany Metropolitan Supply Company Star Printing Company Cedar Rapids Harry Shulman Iowa City Rendering Works Iowa Milling Company Packer McPartland and Mahany McPartland Packer Company Mahany Shulman Clark

Reynolds Files Expenses as Campaign Returns Ledger

W G Reynolds, First district county supervisor candidate on the Republican ticket, filed a campaign expense return of 19.50 with County Auditor G A Senninger. Royal F McGinnis, Democratic constable candidate, certified no expenditures.

Civil suits seek judgments in district court

H H Glackin seeks judgment of 160.34 in a coin deal case against H Gue. Promissory note suits and judgments include C L Van Valkenburg versus Thomas F Crocker for 2501.52 and Maude Menear against E F Borschel for 180.

H. H. Glackin H. Gue C. L. van Valkenburg Thomas F. Crocker Vee Maude Menear E. F. Borschel

Democrats Open Chairman Battle

Rival candidates emerge as party factions weigh strategies to curb Roosevelt. Tammany leader John F. Curry stays neutral while seeking options should Roosevelt falter. Possible shifts toward Arthur Smith candidates and Newton Baker are discussed, with coalescing delayed until after ballot testing.

Tammany New Jersey Alfred E. Smith Ritchie Maryland John F. Curry Roosevelt

Bequest For Eugenics Ruled Invalid By Court

Toronto judge nullifies a $296,241 bequest from Watson G. Walton to endow a foundation promoting eugenic births in Wentworth county. The plan would pay prospective parents after examinations and later pay children $500 at ages 12 and 21 if they remained 99 per cent perfect.

Watson G. Walton Hamilton, Ont Wentworth County

Doctor Jailed In Hospital Fire Investigation

Dr W E Estabrook head of the Florida Parish hospital in Hammond Louisiana was jailed without bond as investigators probe the hospital blaze last Saturday night. Authorities say 300 gallons of liquid explosives were found among the wreckage. No patients were present when the fire occurred. Public reaction was strong as the fire marshal reported findings.

Hammond W. E. Estabrook Florida Parish

City Briefs and Personal News Item Mix

Edgar's Barber Shop touts itself as the coolest with fine workmanship. Mrs. Charles Forsythe returned from Minneapolis after a visit as she learned of sister Mrs. ill Anderson's death in Turner Oregon. Canopus club picnic rescheduled to Cedar View club at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Mrs. Walter L. Brousard is in fair condition after a major operation at St. Luke's Hospital.

Tary Pearl Schenke Colesburg Albert Tucker Strawberry Point Milton Klaus Elmer Timmons Greeley LA Porte City Betty Schaible Charles Schaible Fred Chester U. S California L. D. Chester Walter Johannsen Chester San Pedro Mr. Chester Wallace Chester Joan Charles Forsythe R. K. Forsythe Minneapolis Ill Anderson Turner Ore Canopus Cedar View Club the Palisades Walter L. Brousard Sixth Street St. Luke's Hospital

Barter Ad Offers Trade Options and Local Permits Issued

A Want Ad invites bartering swaps in the Barter and Exchange column with a phone number for contact. The board of adjustment granted L A Preeman permission to build a temporary refreshment stand at his 1304 First Avenue West property. A city permit issued to William Bowker allows constructing a $2,400 dwelling at 117 Crescent Street SE.

L. A. Preeman First Avenue West Board of Adjustment William Bowker C Avenue NE Crescent Street SE

Two men freed on peace disturbance charges in police court

Tom Smith aged 29 of 283 Twelfth avenue SW and Louis Semoha aged 50 were freed in police court Tuesday on disturbing the peace charges after pledging not guilty Monday. Walter Hickman of 118 Fifth street SW pled not guilty to assault and battery after noon Monday. his wife filed the charge and he faces a Wednesday forenoon trial with a $100 bond not furnished.

Tom Smith Twelfth Avenue SW Louis Semoha Walter Hickman Fifth Street G. S. Lightner Hickman

Toledo trio elects leaders at Ellis park picnic

Former Toledo Iowa residents now of Cedar Rapids elected Dwight Lupton and Miss Grace Gary president and vice president respectively of their group at a recent picnic attended by seventy five persons at Ellis park.

Toledo Iowa Cedar Rapids Dwight Lupton Grace Gary Ellis Park

First Lutheran Church Picnic at Ellis Park Duck Pond

The annual Sunday school picnic of First Lutheran Church will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at the duck pond in Ellis Park. Games and contests will entertain children and adults, followed by supper. About 200 people are expected to attend.

Tipton Pennsylvania Rochester Bedford Chester Columbia Cumberland Franklin Somerset Susquehanna York Westmoreland Carolyn Betty Eves Ivan Gates West Liberty W. W. Lawton L. C. Greene West Branch J. M. Newgard Wilton Junction Maynard George Fisher Presbyterian Church West Union Purley Jennison Oscar Sykes Margaret Haferman Amelia Reinhardt Mantie Joy Clark S. T. Payne Lois M. Bing W. E. Pace A. Haferman Harold Brownell FP. C. Warnke Frank Schmitt Tom Case John Miehe de Courtney A. M. Ganten First Lutheran Church Ellis Park

City to hear paving plan for Twenty-fifth Street drive SE

A public hearing on the proposed paving of Twenty-fifth Street drive SE is set for July 14 in the city council room. City engineer has prepared plans and specifications after a petition signed by 59 percent of local property owners.

Twenty-fifth Street Drive City Council

Miss Mary Campbell Recuperating After Major NYC Operation

Miss Mary Campbell daughter of Rev R J Campbell of the Church of Our Lady of Grace is recuperating satisfactorily after an emergency major operation performed last Wednesday in New York City. She is at the Poly clinic hospital and word of her condition has been received locally.

Mary Campbell R. J. Campbell Church of Our Lady of Grace New York City Miss Campbell Polyclinic Hospital

Indictment in Cocktail Murder Case at Old Bailey

A grand jury at Old Bailey returned a true bill against Mrs. Elvira Barney a young London society woman now under arrest charged with the cocktail murder of her sweetheart Michael Scott Stephen in her flat in May.

London Old Bailey Elvira Barney Michael Scott Stephen

Dave Hutton to testify in Myrtle St. Pierre suit defense

Los Angeles report says David Hutton Jr. music master husband of Aimee Semple McPherson will take the stand Tuesday in his defense against Myrtle Hazel Jean St. Pierre’s $200,000 heartache suit alleging betrayal after a marriage promise. St. Pierre testified she did not call him a sissy or pudding head. her sister said she introduced Hutton as her future husband in a grocery store while Hutton appeared pleased and kissed her. Hutton’s lawyers plan to argue there were other men in St. Pierre’s life and he eloped with Aimee.

Los Angeles INS David Hutton Aimee Semple McPherson Angelus Temple Myrtle Hazel Jean St. Pierre Hutton Mildred McCaffery

Profane Language Fines in Local Police Court

Louis Mann aged 46 of 412 Sixth Street SE was fined 10 dollars and costs for using profane language after an arrest in Greene Square Saturday night. Irvin Kirkpatrick 42 of 1622 B Avenue NE also paid 10 dollars and costs on an intoxication charge. Tom Smith 29 of 283 Twelfth Avenue SW and Louis Semoha 50 pled not guilty to disturbing the peace and will be tried Tuesday.

Louis Mann Sixth Street Greene Square Irvin Kirkpatrick B Avenue NE Tom Smith Twelfth Avenue Louis Semoha

Break‑in at old Magnus brewery storage rooms

Detective Kroulix reports that burglars broke into the Phillips Petroleum storage rooms in the old Magnus brewery on Dewey avenue NE by kicking in the back door nailed shut. A small fire extinguisher was stolen and investigators suspect juvenile involvement.

Phillips Petroleum Magnus Dewey Avenue NE Kroulix

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