Council halts Highway 149 plans over Williams property
City council refused approval of highway commission plans for paving First Avenue and Eighteenth Street W and for a right of way grade across William Williams property. Lawyers warned the grade would impose up to 60,000 in dirt costs and require city cross-street work totaling at least 25,000, with future road widening to 100 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Fairfax
Louis J. Zika
E. S. Williams
The
Highway Commission
First Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Willliams
Zika
G. Stewart Holmes
T. R. Warriner
Williams
Willams
Holmes
Warriner
Warren Carr Receives Top ROTC Honor at I U
Warren Carr son of Mr and Mrs W H Carr 1722 Seventh avenue 8E and a freshman in liberal arts at the University of Town earned the highest undergraduate ROTC medal for outstanding military and academic work in the first semester The award announced by Lieut Col Converse R Lewis head of the Iowa university military department recognizes an A average in military discipline an A in military and a 3 0 or better scholastic average Carr a 1933 Washington high grad was the only Cedar Rapids student in a group of 27 eligible for the honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Carr
W. H. Carr
Seventh Avenue
College of the
University of Town
Converse R. Lewis
Iowa University
Carr
Cedar Rapids
Military Department
Washington High School
Escape notices issued for two Clive prison farm escapees
Sheriff Petrus received escape notices from Warden Frazer at Anamosa for Jacob Evans and L J McCormick who fled the state prison farm at Clive Tuesday night. Evans, 25 of Wapello, is described as short and stocky, about 154 pounds with grey eyes and light brown hair. McCormick, 23 of Bedford, weighs about 148, with blue eyes and brown hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Petrus
W. H. Frazer
Anamosa State Reformatory
Clive
Jacob Evans
Wapello
L. J. McCormick
Bedford
Evans
McCormick
Approve Payment Of Sewage Plant Estimates
City council approves contractor estimates for two sewage plant units in February. Bemis and Schlick of Des Moines total $36,402.73 with 15 percent subtracted and $26,530.15 already paid. balance $4,412.17 paid to trustee Keith B Merrill. Morehead and Frederikson, local contractors, expended $4,016.80 with $1,858.44 previously paid. council orders $1,555.84 payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemis and Schlick
Des Moines
Keith B. Merrill
Bemis and Schick
Morehead and
Frederikson
Coe Grad Ken Milne Visits Cedar Rapids Friends
Kenneth Milne, Coe college class of 1919, long with General Motors export division, and Herbert Newcomer, Coe graduate of 1923, visited Cedar Rapids friends Thursday. Milne’s home is Marshalltown. he plans to join Deleco Remy in Anderson Indiana. Mrs Milne and their two children are with relatives near Anderson. Milne just returned Feb 8 from Birmingham England after a year abroad including Australia, England, and Paris years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Milne
Coe College
General Motors
Herbert Newcomer
Coe
Cedar Rapids
Newcomer
Marshalltown
Milne
Anderson
Ind
Deleco-Remy Company
Birmingham
England
Australia
Paris
Divorce Notes From Court House News
In district court Judge A B Clark grants divorce to Gnagy from Alice Gnagy over cruel treatment, married in 1925, property settled by stipulation. Judge H C Ring grants Naomi Hurdle divorce from Lloyd L Hurdle for cruelty, custody of two children, goods and support. married 1918. Elizabeth Lange granted divorce from Otto Lange on cross petition. married 1930. Libby Shock granted divorce from Frank Shock for cruelty, restoration of maiden name Libby Klinger and $500 alimony. married 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gnagy
Alice Gnagy
A. B. Clark
Chicago
H. C. Ring
Naomi Hurdle
Lloyd L. Hurdle
J' “Clark
Libby Shock
Frank Shock
Libby Klinger
Shoplifter Given Up To Five Years In Prison
Roy Hopkins, 24, of Kansas City, was sentenced to up to five years at Anamosa state reformatory by Judge F. O. Ellison on a larceny charge. He admitted shoplifting five trousers and three pairs of socks from Montgomery Ward last Saturday and said he recently completed an eight month jail term. He claimed South Carolina origin and said an accomplice, not yet caught, helped commit a prior petty theft at another local store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Hopkins
Kansas City
Anamosa State Reformatory
F. O. Ellison
Hopkins
Montgomery Ward
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
South Carolina
G. K. Thompson
Wills Of Anna Skerik And Florence Washburn Probated
Wills for Anna Skerik of Cedar Rapids who died in San Diego on Jan 10 were admitted to probate in district court. Executors named Adolph Skerik and D W Richards. Beneficiaries include Joseph F Skerik Adolph W Skerik Charles E Skerik Mary Snyder and Rose Swenson. The Florence Washburn will of Cedar Rapids died Feb 28 named D W Richards executor. Will dated Aug 5 1920 and codicil dated Feb 22 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Skerik
Cedar Rapids
San Diego
Calif
Joseph F. Skerik
Adolph W. Skerik
Charles E. Skerik
Mary Snyder
Rose Swenson
Adolph Skerik
Anna Richards
Florence E. Washburn
A. B. Clark
D. W. Richards
Haight Venue Change Refused to Muscatine
A defendant Kenneth E. Wall loses a motion to move venue from Linn county district court to Muscatine county district court. The court retains jurisdiction in Linn County as the case proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haight
Muscatine
Linn County District Court
Muscatine County District Court
Kenneth E. Wall
Damages Suit Against State Agent Overruled In Iowa Court
District Judge F O Ellison overruled a $4 000 damage suit by Wall against State Agent A J Haight of Muscatine alleging unlawful arrest on April 14 1933 and one hour police confinement. Wall claimed $1 000 actual and $3 000 exemplary damages. Lien action dismissed. Letta M Domer’s establishment action against Harley R Etzel and Elizabeth Etzel dismissed with prejudice. Plaintiff sought to set aside an $1 100 charter mortgage and subject pledged property to execution on a $214.97 judgment against Harley R Etzel and Elizabeth Etzel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Haight
Muscatine
F. O. Ellison
Wall
Haight
Letta M. Domer
Harley R. Etzel
Elizabeth Etzel
A. B. Clark
Etzels
C. O. Etzel
Lundell Given Suspended Sentence For Vagrancy
Walt Lundell a 47 year old resident of Central City pleaded guilty before Judge F O Ellison on Thursday and was sentenced to two months suspended. The county attorney’s office recommended the suspension noting Lundell has already served time in the county jail since November 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Lundell
Central City
F. O. Ellison
Lundell
Wilder Case Transfered to Cedar Rapids Federal Court
Judge Kilison ordered the $5,000 damage suit brought by Grace Wilder as executrix of the William R. Wilder estate against the Milwaukee railroad transferred to the Cedar Rapids division of the federal court. The transfer petition was filed by defendant Otto L. Schluter in district court, seeking $236.90 against Sadie Lehan Fannie Cerda Lepha Fivash and Cora Stockwell in an action on account for legal services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto L. Schluter
Sadie Lehan
Fannie Cerda
Lepha Fivash
Cora Stockwell
Legal Services
Bank Messenger Robbed of $60,000 in Greenville
A South Carolina National Bank messenger was robbed of a mail sack containing $50,000 Thursday. The two bandits blocked the street with a new V-8 Ford, forced the messenger from his car, and fled toward Atlanta in a vehicle with North Carolina license plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
8. C
South Carolina National Bank
Atlanta
North Carolina
City Briefs And Personals
Firemen extinguished a small roof fire at 1 p.m. Thursday on the home of Leo Fitzsimmons and Ray Tanner, 1011 Sixth Street SE. Mrs. Emma Nezerka, banquet head waitress at the Hotel Roosevelt, is reported to be showing slight improvement at Mercy hospital. Errol L. Joyce, formerly of Tulsa, now Brookfield, visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Klass, 112 Twenty seventh Street NE. Joyce was a classmate of Klass at Missouri University and practiced law in Tulsa for sixteen years. Naturalization hearings set for April 3 and Sept. 25, 1934, by Judge Thomas B. Powell of the superior court. Virgil Longerbeam of Mount Vernon asks police to help find two coats stolen from his car on the night of Feb. 24 near Sixth Avenue and Eighth Street SE. One coat was a grey topcoat and the other a sheep-lined overcoat. Louis R. Kriz, 229 Fifteenth Street NW, reports a spare tire and wheel stolen from his truck near A Avenue and Sixth Street NE Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Fitzsimmons
Ray Tanner
Sixth Street
Emma _ Nezerka
Hotel Roosevelt
Mercy Hospital
Errol L. Joyce
Tulsa
Okla
Brookfield, Mo
Raymond Klass
Twenty Seventh Street
Joyce
Klass
Missouri University
Virgil Longerbeam
Mount Vernon
Sixth Avenue
Eighth Street
Louis R. Kriz
Fifteenth Street
Local Marriage Licenses Reported
Manning J Thomas of Central City and Chloe A Cottrell of Rowley. Robert J Crowe and Lucille Murphy, both of Reinbeck. George Melvin Rick and Leona Mae Boyles, both of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manning J. Thomas
Centrally
Chloe A. Cottrell
Rowey
Robert J. Crowe
Lucille Murphy
Reinbeck
George Melvin Rick
Leona Mae Boyles
Cedar Rapids
Olsen And Johnson Stir Lions Club With Laughter
Olsen and Johnson headline a Lions Club luncheon at Hotel Roosevelt assisted by their Take a Chance company and five others. The act featured rapid banter, Johnson interruptions, and a Graham McNamee style Little Red Riding Hood bit, while club members hissed and cheered along with musical interludes from cast members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Olsen
Robert Little
Wabash
Ind
Chic Johnson
Lions Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Olsen
Johnny
Chic
Minneapolis
Johnson
Graham McNamee
Little Red Riding Hood
Dave Johnson
Harold Puls
Sol Silverman
Harold Stanton
Charles Bhoutie
Four Arrested In Coal Theft Ring Case
Four men, described as Negroes, were arraigned on larceny charges in a coal theft racket tied to coal dealers. Mahnske pleaded guilty with fines. LeRoy Capes contested and awaits trial on March 14 while detecting a prior suspended sentence and link to a downtown drug store theft confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice A
Reed
B. R. Stuff
William Mahnske
Tenth Avenue SE
LeRoy Capes
Ninth Avenue SE
James Capes
Fourth Street
Paul Ford
Ninth Avenue
Mahnske
Liberty
Two Fathers Bonded to Support Their Children
Two men charged with deserting their minor children were arraigned before Justice A S Reed Thursday and posted bonds to support their offspring. Do R Jameson former city fireman, named in an information by Mrs Jameson for their two daughters under sixteen, agreed to $4 a week while employed with adjustments when unemployed. Forrest Lee Kohl named in an information by Mrs Kohl for their son Gordon Lee Kohl, agreed to provide $3 a week for the boy's support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Reed
Do. R. Jameson
Jameson
Forrest
Lee Kohl
Deaths brief for John Vittengl and Mollie Downs
Funeral services are set for John A. Vittengl a former Cedar Rapids resident who died in Kennett Square Pennsylvania. Services will be at 10 am Friday in the Barta chapel with burial in Bohemian National cemetery. he leaves wife Clara, son Morgan four grandchildren and four siblings. Mollie E Downs dies at a local hospital and her funeral is at 2 pm Saturday in Vinton Methodist Church with burial in Vinton cemetery, officiated by Rev Charles E Fort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Vittengl
Cedar Rapids
Kennett Square
Barta Chapel
Joseph Mekota
Bohemian National Cemetery
Clara
Morgan
George D. Clark
Ely
Joseph Peshek
Solon
Anna Moravek
William Duree
Kansas City
George
Anton
Charles Sladek
Mollie E. Downs
Vinton
Charles E. Fort
Washington Court Ignores Reno Divorce Residence Ruling
In a district supreme court decision Justice Jesse C. Adkins held Reno divorces for Washington residents are not entitled to full faith and credit when the Nevada action was pursued solely to obtain a divorce. Margaret Emma Holt was granted a limited divorce and alimony with attorney fees, despite Lawrence James Holt testifying six weeks’ Nevada residence. The court found Holt did not domicile in Nevada but maintained DC residency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Reno
Nevada
Jesse C. Adkins
District Supreme Court
Lawrence James Holt
Margaret Emma Holt
Holt
State of
District of Columbia
Iowa Youth In Camp Hero Saves Fellow Worker
Johnny Wilson an 18 year old Iowan hero of the western Washington CCC camp leaped into the path of a falling tree to push a fellow worker from danger. His leg was crushed but he told rescuers better that it was me since he hasn’t a family. An ambulance carried him to the Veterans hospital in Portland where a torniquet was applied and he expressed pride in his act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Washington
CCC
Johnny Wilson
Wilson
Johnny
Veterans’ Hospital
Senators Set Brief Hearings On World Court Issue
Washington reports that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold two two hour hearings on the American adherence to the world court. Proponents speak March 23 and opponents at a later date focusing on the Root protocol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LLP
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Key Pittman
House Military Affairs Committee
War Department
Alexander Severski
Benjamin D. Foulois
House Ways and Means
Cordell Hull
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
House
Senate
Langer Foes Convene In North Dakota to Endorse Candidates
Nonpartisan league members opposed to Gov. William Langer met in Jamestown to endorse state and congressional candidates in the upcoming campaign. Delegates to the Valley City convention walked out in repudiation after Langer was removed as federal relief administrator for allegedly urging CWA workers to support the league's newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
N. D
Nonpartisan League
William Langer
Strike Averted in Chicago and North Western Rail Strike
Chicago and North Western Railroad averted a threatened 26,000 employee walkout after a conference between railroad president Fred W. Sargent and union representative William Bishop. A joint statement said talks produced a satisfactory outcome and the threat was called off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Fred W. Sargent
Road
William Bishop
Settlement follows strike vote over 500 grievances
Settlement had been reached after disputes between the employee and road management over adjustments of more than 500 minor grievances. A strike vote was called for Feb 2, but the result was not acknowledged as negotiations began immediately afterward.
Iowa House Rejects Salary Bill Report
Iowa House tied 53 to 53 refusing to concur with the conference report on a Senate bill raising deputy and county official salaries to 70 percent of principals. Senate had approved 35 to 1, prompting a new conference committee. A tied vote also blocked reconsideration of defeating a bill to raise board of assessment and review salaries from 3600 to 4800 annually. The Senate rushed to finish remaining measures before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
Senate
House
Dressen
Crawford
Board of Assessment and Review
Breath Of Spring Lacking In March Weather
Cedar Rapids observed a cold March day as the thermometer sank to 19 at 9 am after 21 at 7 am and 37 at midnight. The sun lifted temperatures to 25 by 9:30 am while winds remained brisk. gusts reached 41 at 2:30 pm with the day peaking near 33 to 36 later in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Breeses
Cedar Rapids
Hotel clerks told to learn shooting after robbery
Roosevelt hotel clerks were ordered Thursday to learn how to shoot and to be provided revolvers for on duty use after a robbery. The Roosevelt manager William S. Catlow stated he believed lightning could strike twice, noting $863 was stolen from the auditor's office Wednesday at noon during lunch hour while the office was closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
William 5. Catlow
Oranges Distributed to County Relief Lists
Linn county's federal surplus shipment of 267 forty pound bags of oranges is being distributed under Miss Cora Jacobs county relief direction. The fruit goes to families on direct relief rolls and to large CWA families with more than six members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Cora Jacobs
Roof Fires Confined To Sections Of Homes
Two large roof fires were checked by the department on Thursday forenoon. The first fire was at 9 am on L. S. Green's home at 1003 E Avenue NW. The second appeared at 10 27 am on Mrs. R. C. Brousard's home at 1222 Ninth Street NW. A minor blaze burned shingles at J. 8. Zimmerman's home, 609 Tenth Street SE, at 11 40 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side
L. S. Green
E Avenue NW
R. C. Brousard
Ninth Street
J. 8. Zimmerman
Tenth Street
Suspect In Adler Case To Be Freed At Rock Island
ROCK ISLAND (UP) Officials planned Thursday to release Jack Lamar held in connection with an unsuccessful attempt to kidnap E. P. Adler of Davenport Iowa from a Chicago hotel unless new evidence emerges by Saturday Lamar has been held since Feb 24 due to his ties with Charles Mayo one of two youths who tried to abduct the publisher Mayo hanged himself after admitting plans to smuggle Adler out in a trunk for a $50 000 ransom Police Magistrate John T Bauer said Lamar would have been released yesterday but was detained at the request of Melvin Purvis chief of the Chicago FBI field office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Jack Lamar
E. P. Adler
Davenport
Chicago
Lamar
Charles Mayo
Iowa
Mayo
James Lacy
Adler
John T. Bauer
Melvin Purvis
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
German Republican Executed With Axe For Killing Nazi
In Lübeck Germany Johannes Fick a 30 year old former Reichsbanner member was executed by axe for fatally stabbing a woman in July 1932. The case followed a long prison term and an earlier death sentence was upheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luebeck
Germany
INS
Johannes Fick
Reichsbanner
Republican Armed Guards Organization
Karl Reehding
Ellow - Oe
Weeetring
Outstanding Men In Medical Circles To Address Local Group
Dr Morris Fishbein editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association will be principal speaker at the Linn County Medical Society dinner in Cedar Rapids at the Hotel Roosevelt. Des Moines Dr Walter L Blerring president elect of the AMA also attends. Dr Fishbein will discuss Current Trends in Medical Practices and is author of several medical books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Medical Society
Hotel Roosevelt
Morris Fishbein
Chicago
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Medical Society
Walter L. Blerring
Des Moines
Fishbein
Besn
Journal
The
Hygeia
Health Magazine
University of Chicago
Couner On Pharmacy
Council On Physical Therapy
Council On Scientific Assembly
Committee
Pretty Boy Floyd Reported In Toledo
Lucas County deputy sheriff William Bierwirth said he had authentic information that Charles Pretty Boy Floyd, a notorious outlaw, was in Toledo last week around the time John Dillinger escaped from Crown Point jail in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
William Bierwirth
Lucas County
Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd
John Dillinger
Crown Point
Ind
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R.O.T.C
I.U
Clive Prison Farm
Ken Milne
Coe Grad
Aker
E. Howard Tunky
Court House News
Florence Washburn
Willie Willis
Thomas B. Powell
Superior Court
Olsen and Johnson
John Vittengl
Washington Court
Langer
Gazette
J. E. F. Fitzgerald
Helen Duke
Irene Furman
Kresge
Brassieres
Kreage
Rayon
Taffeta
California
Elastic Foundation
First Avenue S.E
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