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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1936
Page
5
Washington reports concern over Peiping after Japanese military occupation accuses mistreatment of American nationals and embassy property. Incidents include a U S captain punched with a bayonet and an American woman threatened with a saber as Japanese troops overrun the city.
In Geneva, Emperor Haile Selassie indicated he would attend to plead Ethiopia s case at the League of Nations session. Italy pressed to frame Ethiopians as responsible for the East African war while neutrals awaited steps for reform and reorganization of the league.
Senator William E Borah marks his 71st birthday in Washington and faces a clouded political future. He is likely to run again in Idaho in November but his role in the national campaign remains unsettled. Borah plans horseback rides and long hours in the office as his health remains fair despite age.
Edward F. Moorman was installed as president of the Rotary club at a Monday noon meeting at the Hotel Roosevelt. Lael Abbott presided. Committee chairmen reported on classification fellowship finance and budget community service intra-city work and new members R H Pickford and Rudolph Novak joined.
Mrs. S J Lippman and son Perry left for Springfield while Lawrence W Skoog of Cedar Rapids wed Mayme C Buresh of Oxford Junction. John L Sullivan improving after diphtheria. Gospel workers Rev E R Robinson to lead Sunshine Mission service at 8 pm with Negro spirituals. Parking fines levied on Nassif Wilt Kell and others tied to Abrams beer parlor arrest.
The Cedar Rapids Saengerbund will meet July 10 at Ben Hur hall on First street SW at 7 30 p m. Regular meetings move from Tuesday to Friday. E Siegmund elected secretary at the last meeting. La Vonne Robison 7 of Vinton received first aid at St Luke s hospital for an injury to her left ankle after a bicycle fall but she left the hospital. John Stodola 66 of Shellsburg waived to the grand jury on a drunk driving charge.
The Homemakers club will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the home workshop of George F Allison 508 Second Street SW Demonstrations of woodworking and metalworking will be given.
Elmer Karr aged 73 of 112 A Avenue NE received treatment at Mercy Hospital Sunday morning for chest injuries from an incident in Palo on Saturday. He could not identify the truck or driver and did not know if the vehicle stopped. doctors termed his injuries not serious.
Sam Nasisf of 1231 Tenth Street SE and Reuben Frost of Iowa City were fined 10 dollars and costs for reckless driving. Emil Klimesh of Springville Mary A Snyder of Marion and Bert Hartenberger of 1528 N Street SW were fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding. Joe Cortez of 520 B Avenue NE was fined 10 dollars and costs for driving a car.
Former sufferers report quick relief from rheumatism neuritis sciatica lumbago and neuralgia using Nurite no opiates or narcotics. Money-back guarantee if first three doses do not relieve the most intense pain. Pain-racked people sleepless from tort pain urged to try Nurito today. All drug stores.
Sanford Kerr freight agent for the Illinois Central is traveling to Alaska after leaving Seattle on Saturday. He is on a three months’ vacation following fifty four years of continuous service. Kerr left Cedar Rapids June 1 and will tour western Canada and British Columbia, then visit Pacific coast points in the United States after Alaska.
Kenneth L Blake 26 of Magnus hotel paid 50 dollars and costs for soliciting for immoral purposes. James Carr 36 of 1128 Thirteenth Avenue SE paid 25 dollars and costs for frequenting a gambling house. Several others including James O Neal Alnutt Boone Lee and Vishek faced similar gambling fines. all suspended. Disturbing the peace fines were also suspended.
Local attorney Elmer A Johnson warns at the Republican club that Democratic leaders nudge the nation toward communism and the erosion of constitutional government. He calls the current path more than a regulatory spree and urges vigilance against such trends. Riverside firemen plan an evening of entertainment at the local ball field with a softball game against the University Hospital Club of Iowa City followed by the Dressen and Purcell circus starting at 8 and 9 PM.
A dense listing of NBC CBS and WABC WJZ WCCO stations outlines 6:30 PM to 11:45 PM programming with Fibber McGee and Molly, multiple orchestras and bands, and guest performers like Abe Lyman Wayne King and Xavier Cugat. Morning and afternoon blocks feature similar programs, interviews, and variety acts across networks, including the Breakfast Club and Armchair Quartet.
Charles Byron Spaulding aged 65, a millionaire Chicago flour mills operator and former Pillsbury Mills executive, died Monday in a Miami hospital after a long illness at his vacation home. He was born in Charles City Indiana and owned New Century Milling in Chicago.
Mrs. Harley Shoger 47 was killed Sunday night when her stalled auto was struck by a Burlington Zephyr westbound at a crossing near Bristol, Illinois. Her husband 50 was critically injured. the car was hurled several hundred feet and the train continued to Denver after a 30 minute delay.
Adelaide Bevoort Hutton Durant, cousin of Barbara Hutton, filed suit in Reno for divorce from Thomas W. Durant on cruelty grounds. They wed January 19, 1927 in New York. A 1935 settlement awarded custody of their eight year old daughter Marjorie and property rights. A secret hearing was requested for later Monday.
Cedar Rapids city council approved a stipulation with Cedar Rapids Airways clarifying contract ambiguity. It enables use of the municipal airfield by United Air Lines during its planned experimental flights. The council also amended the lease with landowner R. B. Booth to lease 17.2 additional acres at ten dollars per acre yearly for improvements needed before the schedule begins.
Campaign aides flag two weak spots in the Democratic platform: foreign trade and the world court. They intend to press that trade figures include imports and that most growth since 1932 came from imports, harming domestic producers and energizing GOP spokesmen.
Secretary Hull favors adherence to the world court while the Republican line presses anti court stance. The Democratic platform shows old guard Wilsonian Democrats resisting a blunt anti court plank, with southern Dixie concerns shaping the compromise and abrogation.
City proclamation by Mayor Frank Hahn and the council lifts the noisemaker ban and allows discharge of fireworks within city limits from midnight July 3 to midnight July 4 except for prohibited types. The ordinance permits lifting bans by proclamation.
Residents near the Moslem temple at Ninth Street NW complained to the city council on Monday that mosque activities disturb the peace. Twenty six people signed the complaint alleging late hours until 11 p.m. or midnight and one meeting lasting to 2 a.m. Hassam Igram listed as a signer.
NW church head rejects claim of undue noise after being notified of a petition. He argues many signers do not live near enough to be affected by the church’s activities.
Marriage licenses issued to Robert D. Hess of Crete Nebraska and Marie Elizabeth Woods of Cedar Rapids. John F. Koons and Dorothy M. Ellis of Cedar Rapids. Louis Buresh of Swisher and Elma Hrdlicka of Amana. Leo W. Salat and Libbie H. Popelka of Cedar Rapids. Mrs Mayme C. Buresh of Oxford Junction. Kenneth Jones of Springville and Mary Jamison of Mount Vernon. Leo A. Wineke of West Branch and Mildred M. Klein of Iowa City.
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