Speedy justice sought for Argentine child killer
Jose Gancedo confessing to abducting and smothering Eugenio Pereyra Iraola, a 2 year old heir to a cattle fortune, authorities said. He faces a swift trial and life imprisonment in Ushuaia's Terra del Fuego penal system, after more than 100 hours of questioning. The crime echoes the Lindbergh case on its fifth anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mar del Plata
Jose Gancedo
Eugenio Pereyra Iraola
Argentina
Gancedo
Charles A. Lindbergt Jr
la Sorpresa Ranch
Rappaport Dies in Chair After Lie Test
Joseph Rappaport, son of a rabbi, died in Cook County Jail after a blood pressure lie test supervised by Prof. Leonard Keeler. The condemned man, after five reprieves, faced four electric shocks in the death chamber for the murder of government narcotics informer Max Dent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joseph Rappaport
Cook County
Rappaport
Max Dent
Leonard Keeler
Northwestern University Crime Laboratory
Henry Horner
Keeler
Horner
Notice of Receivership Real Estate Sale Cedar Rapids Bank
In Linn County Iowa the receivership of Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust Company seeks authority to sell real estate described as 501 feet of Eat One ti in Block Bix 16 Central Park Addition Cedar Rapids for 1800 dollars cash or higher offers. Hearing set March 10 193% at Cedar Rapids Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of Iowa
Linn County
W. Bates
State of Iowa
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust Company
Ceder Rapids
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
District Court
D. W Bates
State of Town
Centra Park
Freeport Publisher Wins Playwriting Contest Again
Donald L. Breed of Freeport has won the Cedar Rapids Community Players Midwest Playwriting contest for a second time. His play The Meal Ticket set in New Deal and Washington, D. C. was chosen by Prof. James Weber Linn of the University of Chicago from ten entries from five states and earned Breed a $50 prize. Tryouts for the March production are set for 7 30 p.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald L. Breed
Freeport
Cedar Rapids Community Players
New Deal
Washington, D. C
James Weber Linn
University of Chicago
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Mr. Breed
Community Playhouse
Mary Lackersteen
Warren Smith
University of Iowa
Mark Willard
Dorothea Harris
Salina
Kan
Prof
Linn
Second Bid Possible For Waconia Sorghum Mills Sale
In Wright County district court Judge John T. Moffit extended the sale process for Waconia Sorghum Mills Inc. to March 13 at 9 am as American Syrup and Sorghum of St. Louis may submit a new offer by noon March 10. Previously trustees sought approval to sell to Ed Wessale and associates for 130000 under a ten year contract. bondholders raised no objections.
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Waconia Sorghum Mills, Inc
Ed Wessale
St. Louis
Frank Wessale
Cedar Rapids
George Wessale
Fort Smith
Ark
H. C. Ring
The
Amer
St. Louis Syrup Plant Lease Granted to Wessales
The court granted a lease for the 1937 season to the three Wessales after allowing objections until March 10 to the proposed sale. The local plant has operated as a production rental lessee for four seasons under St. Louis concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ican
St. Louis
Leibsohn Food Market Named in Cedar Rapids Injury Suit
Mary Neidl sues the Leibsohn entity and the city of Cedar Rapids for 3000 dollars after injuring herself on a sidewalk hole used for merchandise delivery in front of a Third Street NE store. The defendant seeks to quash service and dismiss via special appearance, asserting the store is operated by Phillip Leibsohn as Leibsohn Food Market, not the Leibsohn company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leibsohn
Mary Neidl
Leibsohn Company
Cedar Rapids
Leibsohn Grocery
Third Street
Phillip Leibsohn
District court suits seek to quash service notices
The record describes suits where defendants through special appearances seek to quash service of suit notices for insufficiency or inadequacy. Included are a fire insurance claim by Charles Cloughy and Frances Dloughy against Union Fire Insurance Co of Lincoln Nebraska and an auto damage suit by A D Harman against Leo B Miller Leo C Miller Automatic Sound System and Automatic Musical Instrument Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cloughy
Frances Dloughy
Union Fire Insurance Company of
Lincoln, Neb
A. D. Harman
Leo 8. Miller
Leo C. Miller
Automatic Sound System and
Automatic Musical Instrument Company
Pease case dismissed with prejudice in car damage suit
George Pease filed in district court on August 17 1936 a $111.19 car damage action alleging a collision with a turn cab driven by Forrest F Drew and another car operated by Thomas E Beall near Third avenue and Seventh street SE. A $302.66 cross petition by Andrews against Beall on a car damage claim was dismissed with prejudice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Pease
Pease
Third Avenue
Seventh Street SE
Forrest F. Drews
Thomas E. Beall
Andrews
Beall
Woman seeks $1000 in injury suit against Cedar Rapids city
Vida Wilson files in district court for a $1000 judgment claiming a fall on an icy sidewalk in front of property owned by Kopecky. A separate secured note case by Henry C. Wieneke against James F. Coolahan et al. filed Sept 25 1933 and dismissed Aug 12 1936 was reinstated on the docket Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vida Wilson
Cedar Rapids
John Kopecky
Kopecky Fed
Henry C. Wieneke
James F. Coolahan
Boiler Blast Kills Two at Carnegie-Illinois Plant
A double explosion in the Carnegie-Illinois steel plant boiler house on Chicago's south side killed two men identified as an unknown Black worker and John Zadanowski, 45, and injured ten others. Four workers were reported missing, authorities could not confirm. The blast destroyed a one story building and toppled a 250 foot smokestack, while gas leaks endangered fire crews. Fire Marshal Monahan and plant officials offered no immediate explanation pending investigation. Windows shattered for miles and utilities were knocked out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Carnegie-Illinois Company Steel
John Zadanowski
John Monahan
Culbertson Holds Grand Slam Chance in Bridge Masterclass
In New York during the Atlantic National Tournament final, Ely Culbertson’s cautious play and a deft squeeze against East reveal a grand slam opportunity despite a potential bad club break. His partner Richard Frey signs the deliberate five diamond jump to locate first round spade control and steer the hand to victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely Culbertson
New York
Mr. Culbertson
Richard L. Frey
South
North
Dummy
East
City Briefs And Personals In Cedar Rapids
Regular meeting of Arde kan temple 234 D O K set for 8 p m Wednesday at Pythian hall. Royal Arch Masons to meet at Masonic hall 7 30 p m. Dr W A Stevenson of Benna Vista college to speak at Kiwanis noon meeting at Montrose hotel. Mrs Lawrence Yount recovering from emergency appendectomy at Mercy hospital. Theft of $3 from a cedar chest at Anna Marie Boyder home reported. Vic Steege visiting Cedar Rapids parents from Indianapolis Times staff. Paul Saylor fined $10 for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Hall
W.A. Stevenson
Benna Vista College
Storm Lake
Kiwanis Club
Montrose Hotel
Lawrence Yount
Third Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Anna Marie Boyder
A Avenue NE
Vic Steege
Cedar Rapids
Indianapolis
Lmes
W. H. Steege
Fifteenth Avenue
Mr. Steege
the Times
Crawfordsville
Ind
Boy Fractures Arm in School Gym Play
John Choate 12 suffered a compound fracture of his left arm Monday afternoon after slipping and hitting a wall during basketball at Benjamin Franklin school gym. Police reported a theft case involving Haegg Roofing Company items found in a car parked on C street between 16th and 17th streets SW. a 1931 Ford coach with 1936 license No. 57-5694, grey in color, was involved. Evangelist L Otis Triplett of Kalamazoo Michigan will air each evening at 7 30 starting tonight at the Assembly of God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Choate
R. E. Choate
Blake Boulevard
Benjamin Franklin School
L. Otis Triplett
Kalamazoo
Mich
Assembly of God
Nebraska
H. F. Benesh
Mount Vernon Avenue
Haegg Roofing Company
C Street
Sixteenth
Seventeenth Streets
Hand Breaks at CCC Camp in Marion
Kenneth Coquillette of CCC camp at Marion was treated at St Luke's for a broken right hand after a Sunday fall on ice. This followed another injury at the camp the previous day as Warren Geiger received care at St Luke's for a broken left hand from a fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Coquillette
CCC
Marion
St. Luke's
Coquillette
Warren Geiger
Boy on Bicycle Hit in Street Collision
Arnold Brown aged 18 of 120 Twenty-ninth Street SE was struck by a car driven by James Hamer Smith 54 of 2725 Second Avenue SE Monday evening at First Avenue and Twenty-eighth Street SE. Brown rode on First Avenue and said he was not injured. Smith was turning left onto First Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Brown
Twenty-ninth Street SE
James Hamersmith
Second Avenue SE
First Avenue
Twenty-eighth Street
Brown
Hamersmith
Mrs Myrtle Donnelly Injured After Car Collision
The condition of Mrs Myrtle Donnelly of 834 First Avenue East is reported after she was struck by a car. Her injuries are under medical assessment as authorities investigate the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Donnelly
First Avenue E
Woman Injured After Car Strikes Pedestrian Names Mixed
Saturday at 10 45 p m she was reported fairly good at St Luke s hospital where she is confined Mrs Donnelly s name was incorrectly given to police as Myrtle Donnell She suffered a fractured thigh sprained ankle and bruises when struck by a car driven by John T Morse of Wyoming
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke's Hospital
Taxicab Skids On Ice Collides With Street Car
Mrs. J. J. Hervert of 1015 Second Street SE sustains slight scratches when the taxicab driven by Donald Augustine, 22, of 612 Memorial Drive SE, slides into the front end of a street car at Fifth Avenue and Second Street SE. Augustine says braking failed as the cab skidded on ice while the street car ran east on Fifth and the cab north on Second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Hervert
Second Street
Donald Augustine
Memorial Drive SE
Fifth Avenue
Augustine
Vacation for sitdown typist ends wage dispute in Oklahoma City
Fern Rudolph an 18 year old stenographer staged a sit down strike at Adolphus E Perry's sand and gravel firm seeking a $10 weekly raise to buy spring clothes. Perry sent her home to think it over and suggested a future raise, while avoiding a immediate concession. Fern may return to work with no disclosed salary. Perry once led Roosevelt forces in Oklahoma recalling a dynamite publicity stunt en route to a state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Fern Rudolph
Adolphus E
Perry
Sand and Gravel Company
Fern
Marlow
Okla
Theodore Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Atoka
Murdered young woman found in Cincinnati dance hall
Police found the body of an 18 to 20 year old woman on the second floor dance pavilion of the Inwood shelter house. She had been severely beaten and investigators suspected a criminal assault. A paper bag with three or pots and lipstick was found nearby to aid identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Inwood Shelter House
Sitdown Strike Of Widows Led By Ohio Woman In Mock Romance Move
Mrs. Nellie Brooke Stull, leader of the Widow and Widowers' club, calls a nationwide sitdown strike of 1,500 widows on April 1 to demand romance rights and collective bargaining in love. Plan includes pink and gold colors, possible men’s auxiliary, and strikes targeting a man’s doorstep with rolling pins and perfume if needed.
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Chicago
Nellie Brooke Stull
Stull
Widow and Widowers’ Club
Jill
Jack
House Committee Cuts Navy Budget For Fiscal Year
The House Appropriations Committee approved 526,555,428 for the Navy for the next fiscal year starting July 1. It trimmed the requested 562,425,709 to a smaller total, lowering the ship and airplane construction program and reducing the new ship construction allocation by 27,000,000 from the requested 187,000,000. The approved amount remains 1,647,104 below the current year’s peace time record.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Navy Department
Navy
Cottee
Government defers funds to start eight destroyers and four submarines
The statement describes a deferment of 56 million dollars to be carried over into the next fiscal year despite 130 million dollars in additional appropriations. The funds would finance eight new destroyers four submarines and continued work on battleships three aircraft carriers eleven cruisers forty eight destroyers sixteen submarines and a gunboat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Case Group
Linn County Red Cross Flood Fund Tops $22347
Contributions to the Linn county chapter of the American Red Cross for flood relief in the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys reached 22347.04 dollars, with donations from Anna Naprstek lodge and other groups, plus a 208.52 dollar radio station WMT collection.
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Mississippi
Ohio River
Linn County
American Red Cross
Metta Burd
Zbor Anna Naprstek Lodge
Star of Maine Rebekah Lodge
Wilson School Parent Teacher Association
Community House
Quaker Oats
Polk School Parent Teacher Association
Linden Camp
Central City
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
N. W
WMT
Central C
Edison Patents First Practical Electric Lamp in 1880
The first practical electric lamp was patented by Thomas Edison on January 27, 1880, marking a milestone in lighting technology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Edison
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Peon
Terra del Fuego
Simon Iraola
Simon
Do W Bates
State of
Wayne Boland
Court House News
Waconia
City
Ds9taja
Nort
Ardekan Temple
Wedneedara Pythian Hall
Will Mouchka
Fairfax
Ella Mouchka
Wes Mouchka
Belle Plaine
Ralph Simmons
Oakland Road
Paul Saylor
Fourth Avenue
Assembly of God Services
Mrs. Donnelly
Lude
LUX
Carol Lombard
Paramount
Ohio
House
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