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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1939
Page
10
A roof fire at 600 Twelfth Avenue SW was caused by an overheated boiler. The incident triggered a general alarm from P. M. Lattner Manufacturing Company and was reported early Wednesday at 6:48 am.
Dr L F Kepler aged 58 died at 2 30 am Wednesday at his home on Old Robins Road NE Samuel D Merrifield aged 73 died at his home 1209 Elizabeth Avenue SW late Tuesday Mrs Lavinia Meskimen aged 57 died Tuesday evening at her home 417 Soxth Street SE Marie Jacobs residing at the Delavan hotel died early Wednesday in a local hospital Joan Catherine Goodyear day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Goodyear 1912 Third Street SW died Wednesday morning
William G. Raim of 1053 Seventeenth Street NE fined 100 dollars for intoxicated and disturbing the peace after arrest on his wife's complaint. Birth notices list a son to Mr and Mrs Donald Campbell at 1408 B Avenue NE Feb 28, a daughter to Mr and Mrs Ollie Allick at 341 Twelfth Avenue SW Feb 28, a son to Mr and Mrs Martin Sanders Palo Feb 28, a daughter to Mr and Mrs Earl Wemnminger 1512 A Avenue NE Feb 26, birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Larry Faust Kansas City Mo Feb 28, Mrs Faust formerly Miss Donna Horak of Cedar Rapids. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Herbert Duffy 598 Thirty-ninth Street NE Feb 25.
W C Cooper 65 of Waverly fined 25 dollars and costs on petty larceny before Justice Churchill. Charges of false uttering of a check against Marshall Thorp dismissed on motion of prosecuting. Ivan Woods 21 and Ro Woods 24 of Marion fined 25 dollars and costs for assault and battery, fine suspended during good behavior by Justice Ball.
A six member owner labor panel named by President Roosevelt disclosed a bill to rehabilitate railroads. It would revise the Interstate Commerce Act to cover motor and water transport, create a transportation board and a railroad reorganization court, set reasonable rates, curb discriminations, and fund inland waterway projects via tolls. The transportation board would have five members earning 12000 dollars annually. The reorganization court would include five federal judges.
Senators weighed military budget shifts with a 7.25 million postwar Army fund ask and 8.59 million for new posts. Hearings on a Guam harbor airport project, 5 million, sparked debate over defense scope. Arguments centered on plane totals, with 5,500 versus 6,000 aircraft, and amid calls for fiscal restraint and neutrality.
Louis A. Johnson told the Chicago Association of Commerce that the War Department has designated about 10 000 industrial plants nationwide for emergency munitions production. He said these plants now do peacetime work but can switch to wartime output as needed.
Police traced a complex plot involving Michael Katz's abduction on February 20. In a staged meeting at Loew's Coney Island Theater, a maid delivered a note, and a taxi carried the boy to a relative's apartment. Mitchell and Schwartz coordinated the ransom, with payments and warnings passed through Mrs. Katz and the Katz household.
Washington AP House Minority Leader Martin named an eleven member Republican committee to set party policy on the national debt and related issues. The panel will study prospects of a congressional increase and the legal debt limit from 45 billion to 50 billion dollars with Rep Reed of New York named chairman.
State officials discuss tightening truck licensing rules to curb revenue losses from out of state haulers using Nebraska plates. Talks consider reciprocal agreements among states via the union or a state registration measure to capture fees. Nebraska highway patrol praised in the discussion.
The tale tracks George Shimek rising over 12 years of training to join the Olympic skating team. L D Dennis outlined his Cedar Rapids group’s aim to build citizens through speed skating, detailing Shimek’s 10000 meter victory at the Olympic trials in Oconomowoc Wisconsin and the final push that crowned him a top prospect.
Iowa authorities reported a weekend operation to remove phony license plates. Miller said he asked Nebraska authorities to inform Iowa about all reported plates and that the drive is a beginning with more checks planned in Sioux City Davenport and other border cities.
Des Moines AP reports Jebon Hurley of the Iowa Department of Motor Vehicles says Missouri truckers trying to dodge Nebraska patrols used a sign system near a Council Bluffs Omaha bridge restaurant. When Nebraska authorities were visible, the beer and eat sign was lit. lights were turned off to reduce crossing risk.
Pennsylvania ads in state liquor stores faced scrutiny as officials urged tighter rules. A governor's order questioned promotion of wine and liquor in monopolized outlets. An official suggested repurposing the space to highlight Pennsylvania’s wonders.
Washington AP reports the Senate confirmed Frances Biddle of Philadelphia as a federal circuit court judge on Tuesday with no record vote. The action follows lengthy nominations and outlines of Biddle's qualifications.
London reports government figures show Army estimates totaling 755 million dollars and a personnel level of 18 000 for the disaster era, the largest since World War I. The figures compare with 544 million and 170 000 personnel for the 1933-39 period and align with Navy estimates.
The U S court of appeals for the District of Columbia refused to stay a federal order directing WLW to cut transmitter power from 590 kilowatts to 50 kilowatts. The reduction was to take effect at 3 am Wednesday, affecting the Canemnatn station’s broadcast.
The House on Wednesday revised steel spending and approved 206,000 to enable construction of dams on the Pennesse Valley airhort project. The chamber moved to back the Senate and discussed funding for the Gilberts site and related preparations as it seeks passage of the bill.
Ninety eight 10 pound boxes of red perch fillets shipped from Cleveland to Cedar Rapids were seized Tuesday by United States Deputy Marshal Joseph Petrus on order of Federal Judge George C. Scott for parasites. Court order notes interstate shipment giving federal jurisdiction. Hearing set for March 15. action filed by Walter Hutchinson for Department of Agriculture.
Theodore Werner Northland 18 of near Louisa pled not guilty before Judge J. E. Heiserman Tuesday to charges of larceny from a building during the night.
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