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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1939
Page
11
Des Moines wrestles with its heaviest February snowfall on record as authorities clear streets and workers dig out from 14.2 inches. One way traffic returns in spots while roads remain slippery. Temperatures rise to near freezing with statewide snowfall lingering along the Mississippi.
Russell Boggs, 37, of Waterloo, once pardoned by Gov Kraschel, was given a five year term in Anamosa reformatory for auto theft. He had been serving 25 years at Fort Madison for a Linn county robbery.
Sioux City residents voted on adopting the city manager form of government. Mayor David Loepp had sought a state supreme court halt to the election but was unsuccessful. The notice also reports on a West Union death of Mrs. George Olesen, details of her life, family, and funeral plans.
Sunday school attendees from the Christian church taught by Mrs Clarence Meggers and Rev Irving E Wade were celebrated at a church picnic dinner. Fifty members attended with games like ping pong and shuffleboard. Attendance in Marion city schools averaged 78 percent amid no influenza alarm.
Francis Taylor was elected president and Paul Beach vice president at a meeting Monday. Joseph Dumbalton became treasurer and Howard Rion secretary. Charles Dye and Claire Strickell were named work committee chairmen, Robert Hess chaired the membership committee. Last year’s work committee reported improvements, and the club will meet again March 27.
George Tierney 78 dies at local hospital. Born December 14, 1860 in Brooklyn. Survived by sister Mrs. T. L. Fitzsimmons and nephew T. J. Fitzsimmons. Funeral Friday at 9 am at Catholic church Clinton, burial Calvary cemetery. Also Marion Camp Fire council meeting in Cedar Rapids March 25. various local society events and ads for Hutchinson March special ice cream. family visits and illnesses noted. Benign announcements include church leagues, club meetings, property purchase, and a Shakespeare club postponement.
University of Iowa theater will present St Joan by George Bernard Shaw as the fourth in the community series. Performances run March 14 to 17 with a Saturday matinee March 18 marking the new theater building’s technical advantages. School and cultural notices. obituaries and student honors also noted.
Funeral services for Edith Rice 81 were conducted at West Prairie church with Rev. Scott in charge. Burial followed at Mount Clark Cemetery. Born in Cedar county she married John Bice in 1879 and lived on a West Prairie farm except for years in Nebraska. Survivors include two daughters Esther Moses and Ray Price, two sons Orrin and Charles, five grandchildren, and nine other relatives.
Gov George A Wilson suspended two county jail terms issued for driving with suspended licenses. William H Schroeder, 45, a Dickinson county farmer, received 30 days. Russell H Norcross, 58, Montgomery county, three months and a $300 fine. Both cases were reviewed after the governor was urged by the judge, county attorney, and sheriff to suspend the remaining penalties.
Ray L. Galinveaux, 46, of Waterloo, died in a hospital here after a Tuesday fall while pushing a stalled car near Melbourne. The skull fracture occurred when his head struck an underpass abutment as he and four Cecar Falls men traveled from Des Moines following the Paychek Massera fight. He was taken first to a Melbourne hotel, then transported by train to Waterloo.
Des Moines police sought a purse snatcher after a 19 year old sister was struck and a milk bottle wielded by Eleanor Eby 18 repelled the assailant. Eleanor rushed to her sister’s aid and the bandit limped away described as a 20 year old Negro man. Police linked him to two months of similar robberies targeting women.
Rolland W. Crook, 65, Davenport laundryman and longtime business partner with his brother since 1892, died late Tuesday in Davenport.
Iowa lawmakers push broad reform as Forty-eighth General Assembly weighs bills on ballot layout, short term term rules, governor appointed statewide official, and party convention nomination for lieutenant governor. Senate already passed key measures. House considers primary reform and removal of party circles.
In Paton, neighbors formed a four-car caravan with a school bus of shovelers to clear snow drifts and rush Mrs. Sam Conant to Jefferson Hospital. The 18 mile trip took two hours and a successful operation followed. In Des Moines, a weather bureau mathematician estimated the storm dumped 5,765,760 tons of snow, about 163.8 tons per acre, over Monday night and Tuesday. Northwestern Bell faced a surge in calls, 300 percent above normal Tuesday morning, easing to 50 percent above average by afternoon.
Davenport authorities report Miss Violet Watters, 50, a former Maquoketa resident, died after swallowing poison in a downtown hotel room. She checked in Monday night with a notable sum of money in her purse. A maid discovered her in distress a few hours later. She is survived by two brothers and a sister.
Tipton County Treasurer J M Blazek held the adjourned Cedar county tax sale Tuesday forenoon but again adjourned due to lack of bidders. The sale is moved to April 24.
Special to The Gazette Cedar County district court opens March 20 with Judge Charles J Haas presiding. Grand jury meets opening day while petit jurors report March 27. Names include Arm strong Mechanicsville Bockwoldt Durant Brand son West Branch Cary Tipton Conrad London Eells West Branch Ford Tipton Gohtls Wilton Junction Gregg West Branch Hansen Stanwood Hawthorne West Liberty Hegarty Lisbon Huey Lisbon Kemman Clarence Kettering Lisbon Laucamp Tipton Licht London Marquis Tipton Marquis Tipton Meier Lowden Miller Durant Miller Lowden Moore West Branch Motz Bennett Mowry Bennett Nagel Tipton Paist Stanwood Paulsen West Branch Pedersen West Branch Pemberton West Branch Portwig Stanwood Reeder Tipton Reid Tipton Roberts Tipton Robinson Mechanicsville Sanket Mechanicsville Schiling Clarence Lee Mechanicsville Sherman Bennett Stevenson Tipton Swart West Branch Vincent West Branch Von Roden Clarence Wellman Tipton Whitmer Tipton Woods Durant Wright Tipton York Stanwood Zajicek Tipton Zalesky West Branch
Richard Lenninger a 25 year old Washington stock dealer was to face a preliminary hearing Wednesday on a false check charge. He allegedly wrote two checks for 245 dollars to pay for hogs.
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